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    • THE IfOETHERlf STAR. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1841.
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      DELEGATE MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM . A meeting of delegates for the counties of Warwick « ad Worcester , was held at the Chartist Boom , Free xnan-atwet , on Sunday last , at which the following persons were present .- — Walsall » Mr . John Griffia . HEKBTSTTA-sTBEET ... Mr . John Fare . Bromsguoye ..... Mr . Henry Prosser . Preekas-stbeet > Ir . Richard Thomson . Steelbocse La ^ b- ... Mt . Samnel T >* vis . STorraRiDGE Mi . John Chance . Bilstos * Ir - Jonn Cadley . Wedsesbubt Kt G . A- Bro-wning . SWALLOWSi&EET _ ... Mt Joih . ITnd «* hilL Wolvekhampiok ..... Mr . William Simms . Mr . Joas Chance vcs unanimously called to the ehair . Mr . George White W £ 3 appointed Secretary .

      The Chairman opened the business in his usual defraud perspicuous manner . He congratulated the delegates present on the improved prospects of the Chartist cause is this district ; pointed cat toe beneficial T 6 * ti 3 t 3 of Mr . HaeoE's taleatsd lectures , and the necessity of continuing him in the district -where hi * aerrioes were so much appreciated . He concluded by hoping the delegates would lay down &n efficient plan for paying him properly . A long discussion then took place on tie best mode of properly providing for the lecturer , and earning each place , to pay according to the cumber or members of the National Chatter Association in "each town . Messrs . White , Mason , Prosser , Simms , and others , ix > k part

      The Treasurer ' s book w&s then examined , from wh : eh it appeared that the following bubm bad been forwarded : — £ » . d . BinninghsiH ¦•• 3 12- 33 Walaall 12 6 * Bilit ^ n ... ... 1 17 6 . Stourbridge 1 10 0 Daventry 0 10 0 Wednesbnry 14 0 Stafford © 15 0 Bromsgreve 10 0 Kidderminster ... 1 0 0 Coventry l 11 0 Wolrerhampton ... 1 15 6 Reddieh 10 0 Jfuneaton 0 11 0 SteeThonss-lane ... 0 5 0

      A discussion then took place a-s to the amount which each place was in arrear , and the necessity of making such arrangements as would be calculated to give general satisfaction . Mr . Browning moved , " That each Delegate Eflould mate a retnrn of the number of members enrolled in the towns they represented . " The motion w&s seconded by 31 * . PaEE and agreed to . Tee Delegates then g&Te in the number of members enrolled , which v * 3 taken down by the Secretary , after which an estimate was made of the amount which each place should be required to advance . It was then unanimously agreed , after mature consideration .-

      —" That Mr . Mason be paid £ 2 per week , and be authorised to make out his own rouve , as the object of the Delegate * w&s not bo much to secure his services eXfilndrly to the places -which advanced bi « wages , as to enable him to attend where associations did not exist , in order to extend Chartist priscipies ; and also that the following should be the weekly sum required from each place — s . d . Birmingham ... ... ... 11 6 SHaton 5 0 Wslsall 2 6 Stourbrldge - ' o Wedneabury 2 0 Bromsgrove 2 o TTi ^ ^ PTTn ' * t PF ~» ... 2 6 Coventry 3 0

      WolTerhampton 2 6 Ksdiitch . -. 3 0 Kuneaton 2 0 Darlaston 2 0 £ 2 0 0 ° It was then resolved that each place ^ be called on to pay up their arrears te the Lecturer ' s ' Fund immediately , calculating fourteen creeks from th ^ commencement of V » ILaaen ' a s ^ rrices , as one fortuigtVs subscriptions were required for his coach fare , &c , from Newcastle . That all money orders should be directed to Mr . Frederick Corbet c , Adasi-stree ^ , Chancery Braidings ; and letters of business to Mr . George "White , 89 , Bromsgrove-strcet , Birmingham . The following resolution was moTed by Mr . Psosser , seconded by Mr . R . thohso * ' , &nd carried unani xaoosty : —

      " That this delegate me * ting disapproves of the atrocious and unmanly conduct of the Anti-Corn Lvw League towards Mr . Geerce White , and declare their determination to stand by any man who honestly discharges his duty to the people . " The Chairman then directed their attention to the mode of procuring signatures to the T ^ stlonal Petition . He was determined to wait upon every shopkeeper in Sionrbridge for the purpose of ascertaining their opinions , and getting them to aign it Mr . CADLBT said they cad resolTed at BiUlon not only to solicit the signatures of the shopkeepers , but also to ask them to subscribe to the support of the ConventtoB , as Staffordshire would have to supply £ 25 for that purpose . A long and interesting derate wu held on the mode of procuring signatures , electing & member to the Cosrestion , and raising funds for that purpose ; after ¦ which Mr . Richard Thompson moyed

      " That each place in the district be requested to nominate a proper person to represent them in the forthcoming Convention , on the first week in December . " Mr . Prossrr seconded the motion , which was unanimously agreed to . On the motion of Mr . Ghikfis it was unanimously agreed that the meeting b « adjourned to Sunday , Dec 26 , at two o ' clock . Tee meeting then sepass-ted . AI 1 parties requirrnj ; petition sheets , ice ., must apply to Mr . George White , 59 , BromsgroTftstreet .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . Hating attnmtd & position whleh h&s been acknowledged by the country , namely , that of a Cf ctral Board , to act in concert with the local committees throughout the nation , in superintending the raising of funds by voluntary subscriptions , to Lid our indefatigable friend James Bronterre O'Brien in procuring a printing pres 3 , We deem iS our duty to speak of the public affairs , with Which we are connected , of that gentleman , without apology for our interference , "well aware that the sober ease Of all reflecting Chartists and honest iuen -will applaud rather than deprecate our conduct in such a matter .

      Fellow-men , without doubt , thousands of you will hsre seen in the public papers , or heard from ethers , of statements injurious to the general character of Mr . O'Brien , and calumnious assertions destructive to his TwnwJ reputation . "With , these cktsst&ble f&bri caiions il OUT btllinea&t this time , and aa conaedeotions Ch&rlists we will address ourselTes to you , fellow-men , &s honest men should , in a bare statement of facts , so as to giTe you a full understanding of the whole matter ; and then ask from you a judgment upon the actions of these anonymous scribblers and cowardly tile-bearers , ¦ who haTe , under coyer , sneakingly attacked the political and moral character cf one of nature's noblest sons —one who has been formerly persecuted by seeming friends as veil as open £ o ? s . Ha has come faith from the repeated ordeal Bntonehed , and he will &Uo triumph ffver the present miserable charges of his Radical """" i * . even the same unebange&blB patriot be has ever been , without superior in bonesty of purpose , sod few equals In intelligence and industry .

      Mr . O'BrieB has been charged by these nameless i 'ibellew With , tha selfish , conduct a £ - originating the Press Fund Committee of Leeds , end consequently of all the local committee * throughout the country ; this il the Sat ierioos charge ms . de against Mr . O'Brien ; jhim is tjje head and firon : of his offending ; and , men ; of Great Britain and Ireland , we seriously &sk you , ¦ where is Uxb mighty Bin in such an appeal , eren supposing it to be true ? Is it so great a crime in the T p . fAKian 0 "Brioa , who has spent his all in the cause of democracy—who has brought his family to porerty— fcimtjf to imprisonment—^ and impaired his . constitution by working for you—by deroting his raluable fai fmta , on your behalf ? Was it too much , in each a man , to solicit assistaooe from you , to enable him to distritato knowledge among as , and support his family ? No , it was not ; every honest man must indignantly answer no ; and yet this is the pitiful charge of those tmbxppy tzadneezs of honest men's characters .

      But , brothers , it is not true . The Prets Fund Committee originated in Leeds , by Charttrti , by working men ; those founders of that Committee wen two of oar maat attire members , Mr . Wm . Roberto , and Mr . Samuel Fletcher ; they deliberated vpoa the idea ; they thought a practicable , and tbey correepsnded with Mr . Ofiziea , who was quite opposed to the proposition . Ha told them of bis enemies—that he had alw » y » been persecuted—* nd those whojengaged mai , nterest woaid ah&re the same fate—persecution and ruin . Tl / liillm . which the Committee received , Mr . CTBnes firtfmatftrt bit intention of going to the United States of America , as he had no prospect of supporting his family . ben , and aiding the cause of liberty by residing iatbaX part of the world .

      Theiamot Btuti a man to our cause appeared in all its impartiaee to the origiiutors of ths Gosunittee ; they TfilffnblfHi tfreir efforts , and , at a public meeting , fifteen brother Chartists Tolonteered to do all in thiir power-to get np a press fond to tssLst cur t : ud O'BrieB . Thus was the Committee formed ; we haTe began , and haTe prociaded so far in our business ; sueceo has in sorna degree attended oar exertioa ; , despite these pettifoggiBg enemies , -we will be enabled tj present oar frieztd with a press , and put it in his poorer again to defend and advocate the rights of as unen . ' tranchised people .

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      This is a short statement of the commencement of the Frees Fuse Committee . Mr . O'BrieB had nothing to do with h , and he has not era yat Ttrtu the committee deny these false reports , and call upon tbtir authors , and those who bare circulated these base insinuations , to prove them if they eta ; give date for their assertions , or acknowledge their < aaM , -like tipright and honest men . The next infamous fabrication ire approach with hesi tation , but it does not proceed from aay belief , on oar paitst of its correctness ; quite the rererae . It arises from delicacy , as it regards the moral character of the same uspurehasable patriot ; that onfeeliag charge is , Mr . O'Brien is an intemperate man . Hen haTe made this assertion and assisted its circulation , who from their ctwding in the Chartist ranks , -we are ashamed to

      mention in connection with such disgusting insinuations . This we can say from our personal knowledge of Mr . O'Brien ; we unhesitatingly contradict it While he resided in Leeds his moral behaviour was unimpeachable ; not the most fastidious could aay ought again * t him . Chartists of other places bear the same trilling testimony , and against these Cbartist-daatrojiDf persons take the testimony of Mr . O'Connor , Who declared at a public mc-. tT . g in Leeds , that through all the years he has been Intimate with O'Brien , and they were not few , he emphatically said , " he never knew him the worse for ttrong liquor . " Fellow-men , look at this , and can you pay one moment's attention to the falsehoods of these nameless traducen . Win yon luten to them while O'Connor makes such a plain , open , honest statement , being witness to Mr . O'Brien ' s exemplary

      conduct-Men of Great Britain and Ireland , we make these statement * to er&dic&t *; false impressions from your minds . We do it in justice to an ii > jtired man—we do it for the lore of truth and detestation of anonymous fiOsoboods . In conclusion , let us call upon yon to take the claims of O'Brien into consideration ; weigh them and come forward to assist as in oar endeavour to give him a proa . Observe the man . < Examine his past conduct ! Look at his powerful writings , and you most see

      the usefulness of furnishing him with the means ef giving to the 'working men of this kingdom the reflections of hia mighty mind . We plaee him and his ease before you . Judge betwixt him and his accusers , and your reply , your honest convictions , will be unanimous that he has been falsely accused , basely Attacked , and th&t his traducers ought , if possible , to be exposed , so that the nation may see who are the onhappj beings , wbosB tampers are so restless , and their cry so maliciously bitter- Signed on behalf of the Committee , William Brook , Secretary .

      The Ifoetherlf Star. Saturday, December 4, 1841.

      THE IfOETHERlf STAR . SATURDAY , DECEMBER 4 , 1841 .

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      TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . My Dearly Beloved Feiends , —I now proceed to a narrative of my past week's tour . On Monday night , at nine o'clock , I left London I arrived at Rochdale , at twelre on Tuesday , and was met by a splendidly arranged and very numerous procession at the Railway Station . When marshalled , we proceeded to the Bntts , a place usually dedicated to public meetings . It is a Tery large square , and was crowded to excess , while all the avenues leading to it , were also densely crammed . We passed good resolutions for the

      Charier and the Petition , and had some good speeches from working men . I spoke at great length , and when the business was concluded , I very foolishly consented to be taken in procession in an open carriage , and borne through tbe town . I was warm after speaking , and the day was very cold , so I got a very bad sore throat . In the evening , abjut 500 or 600 sat down to a very excellent soiree , and afterwards the theatre was opened , which in a few minutes was filled in every part . Mr . George Howe was again called to the chair : he had also presided over the out-door meeting . Several va > y excellent speeches were made .

      James Taylor , Jo&eph Linney , from Manchester , and Livesey spoke very powerfully upon the several subjects connected with the Charter . Tbe petition sheets were on the table , and were being well signed . I attached my name , and beiDg obliged to return to Manchester , I left cards of the Association with the Secretary , and nave not heard the number of members enrolled here , but I understand many joined . It was , upon the whole , the grandest day

      Rochdale has had in tbe cause . The demonstration was larger , as admitted by all , much larger than even any election demonstration ever witnessed ia the town ; and I uerer saw a finer or more determined spirit ttan was evinced from beginning to end of the proceedings . Our only want was , tbe presence of Mr . Sharman Crawford , the brave and upright member for the borough , and who , I am sorry to say , was detained by severe illness , which confined him to bed .

      ¦ Hetwoou . —In consequence of an anxious desire 1 upon the part of the men of Heywood , I visited j that town on Wednesday , at twelve o ' clock , I in compiny with Mr . Livesey . We had their I room crammed with Chartists ; and both Livesey i and myself epoke at great length . The people of ; Heywood are very forward and zealous , and promise to augment the National Petition in & fair ; proportion to taeir population .

      Boltow . —On the same day , Wednesday , I arrived at Bolton , and here Chartism had a jubilee . The Chartists , for the first time , had been allowed the privilege of meeting in the great Temperance Hall , a * nagni £ crnt building , capable of holding more than 2000 , and which was crowded to suffocation . Taose who had tickets for the Soiree were obliged to be accommodated at two sittings ; and when tea was over , the doors were thrown open at threepence admission to the body of the hall , and sixpence to the ealiery . More than an hour before the time

      appointed for commencing business , the whole place was inconveniently crowded . Mr . Wrenwick was called to the clair ; the several sentiments were Tery ably- spoken to by Mr . Hyslop , from Wigan . Mr . Dixon , the people ' s representative chosen by show of hands at the last general election j Mr . Vickers , a young and able speaker , who has lately made hi 3 first appearance as an orator , and bids fair to attain a very prominent position in our ranks . The meeting was one of the most orderly and cheering I Lave ever attended ; but there is a

      circumstance connected with the Bolton agitation , which , apart from the subject of the Soiree , demands separate notice . Mr . Isaac Barrow , a very extensive timbermerchant , finding the condition to which the Chartist ranks was likely to be redaoed , by tbe treacherous oouduct of Warden and otherB , put on the armour of agitation . He 13 a person of independent means , aud has , for the iast two or three years , travelled about , at his own expense , expounding the holy principles of Chartism , and explaining their superiority over ull other principles . He is a Member of the Town Council ; and although I had

      heard much of him , yet , as a burned child dreads the fire , I had a kind oi natural dread of so apparent a disinterested course , when pursued by one of his order . But what was my delight and astonishment upon hearing him epeak , to discover eloquence , patriotism , and encouragement in his every sentence . With him there is no flinching , no expediency , no truckling . I never heard a man say so much in so few wordB , or one who appears to understand the subject of Chartism more thoroughly . After I had heard his Bhort but pithy and soul-stirring address , I no longer wondered at the increased spirit which now reigns throughout Bolton and the neighbourhood . The people lore , honour , and esteem this man as they ought ; he

      attends every one of their meetings , aad devotes his Sundays to visiting distant localities , to preach the gospel of civil rights , without mixing theological disputation with his political discourses . But for his timely enlistment , treachery would hare ruined the cause at Bolton ; and I feel assured that my readers will be jjlad to learn , that he is wealthy , tnd in cifcumfltanoea above the reach of oppression or exclusive dealing . " After the raeeticg I proceeded w the work of enlistment , and enrolled not 100 , aa erroneously stated in the Star of last week , but 164 new members , about seventy of them being Irishmen and women ! That is real service . So much for Bolton , which now has oaa of the largest Associations in the Kingdom . St&cxpobt . —On Thursday , I proceed to Manchester , on my * ay to Stockport ; and , when ar-

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      rived there , several anonymous Utters awaited me ail fr om pretendedfriendB and foes , ud all conveying the fame intelligence , namely , thai I was to be attacked by the Irish on my arrival at Stockport j and thai the head bluugeoneers had gone from Manchester lot the purpose ot organization . About an hour before I started , three Irishmen called on me , and implored me not to go to Stockport , as there was a determination on the part of Finnigan and Co . to meet me at some of the Stations , in . bodies of fours and sixes , and there to attack me .

      I did go , however , and sent the Irish word of the very train by which I intended to start , and when I arrived at the Station I refused to go to the hotel by omnibus . I walked , in order to afford every facility for effectuating the manly purpose of my assailants ; but no person molested me . Finnigan and his party ware however apon the alert , and I gained a glorious triumph over him and his blind followers . They abandoned the physical force , but how did they meet me or rather disappoint me Why , they issued large posters calling a Repeal meeting of all the Irish , fearing to allow my

      gallant countrymen to hear my fair exposition of our country's woes and wrongs . Now , was not this a triumph t They begin to find that wherever I catch a Faddy I mako a convert to Chartism . In the evening , we had a very excellent soiree , in the only room ¦ which the poor people of Stockport can command , the Social Institution , capable of accommodating not more than about 300 at tea , and about 1 , 200 standing . The people here have been most brutally persecuted by their masters socially , and by the authorities politically . They are steeped in the very lowest

      abyss of misery , by reduction after reduction upon wages , until at length there is nothing to reduoe . Good artisans and mechanics are sweeping the streets at 6 d . per day , —3 s . per week . The hall was filled an . hour before the time of meeting , and one circumstance connected with Stockport iB well worthy of notice . They hare established a Youth ' s Association , which numbers 250 members . I observed several young men sitting opposite me , very tastefully decorated with medals and green ribands , and one in particular , quite a child . I asked a person near him if that child had begun to think about

      politics . M Aye , " was the answer , " that ' s our chap ; that ' s our leader ! " Why , " said I , what do you mean V * " "Why , that is our marshal and treasurer ; he has composed and written a splendid address , to be presented from our body to jou to-night I could scarcely believe my eyes . The subject of this narrative is Aaron Bentley , a child of about fifteen years of age . He is one of the handsomest children I ever saw , very small even for his years , but his figure is perfeot . When he observed me to doubt his pretensions to office and distinction , he went for the address to show it to

      me , and while absent , his corps of full grown men , told me that there was not his equal in Stockport . He has been treasurer to the Youths' Association from its commencement ; and to use their own words , 11 there never was a screw missing of their money . " 1 was literally astounded , both at the composition and writing of the address . It was a very beautiful document ; so much so that 1 left it with him to be framed . My readers will be astonished to hear that this child is a four-loom weaver , and has fullgrown men under him as assistants . He read the address , upon presentation , in capital style . Well ,

      we had a glorious display . One of my countrymen , Clarke , made an admirable speech : and just as I had concluded my harangue , a great beam , one Of those supporting the floor , gave way with a tremendous crash , which was succeeded by the most horrifying screams , the whole body of the meeting appeared to me to disappear . I thought some hundreds were either killed orgrievously wounded : bat , thank God , the floor had only sunk and not a soul was injured . Before the business began I had enrolled about fifty members , and should , but for the accident , have added at least one hundred more to the body .

      I promised , however , to go again , determined not to leave my work half finished . I read several extracts from a most villainous work , written by Stephenson-Square Cobden , entitled , England , Ireland ,, aud America , a production full of errors , ignorance , fallacies , and bad grammar , and teeming with bitter abuse of the Irish and the Catholic religion . From these extracts I traced much of the bad blood whioh this wretch has fomented between Protestant England and Catholic Ireland . It is a most blasphemous production , one which should be read by every Irishman in the land ; bat one whioh

      although well known to Finnigan and the professed Catholics , is nevertheless studiously suppressed by tho bludgeoneers who are canvassing for Catholic support for the bloody Cobden . " I wish every Irishman to read this work , and then we shall be able to test their value for their country and their religion . Stockport will shortly be depopulated if the work of tyranny is not stayed . The Stockport masters are amongst the foremost of England ' s spoliators and tyrants . They have ruined the working classes , and are now destroying the shopkeepers . So much for Stockport .

      Oldham . —On Saturday , I visited my English political birth-place , Oldham . I have a good right to love the men of Oldham , because from the month of June , 1335 , to the present moment , now six and a half years , their kindness to me has been uniform and unbounded . The Committee sent a carriage ai > d four to Manchester for me , at five o ' clock , and with them I started at that hour to Holliuwood , where we met an Oldham procession , well illuminated , with bands and banners . When I say an Oidham procession , I mean a congregation of the population of all the surrounding districts . When we reached the town , it would be quite impossible to make any guess at the countless tens of thousands who were assembled to do houour to

      the principles of demoeracy . We were a long time making our way , or rather crushing through the streets , bat at length we did arrive at the open space opposite the house of entertainment , aud when all had jammed into one mass , the whole world appeared to be there . I spoke , but not at great length , as the night was cold ; but I satisfied my children , for such the people of Oldham , old and young , call themselves . We then proceeded to the Soiree , but hera we discovered a moBt miserable deficiency . Our room would not accommodate more than 300 at once , and we were

      drinking tea till long after ten o'clock . That excellent gentleman and true patriot , Mr . JameB Hallidey , millowuer , butnot tyrant , was in tbe chair , and I fount } myself surrounded by the members of my old committe of 1835 ; a good proof that we have still hang together , in spite of all our enemies , and also a proof that we have the whole of the people with us . We had a spirited meeting ; but owing to the smallneas of the room , and to the fact of the party being all previously enrolled , we added no more than about twenty names to the Association , while , space permitting , we should have enrolled more than 500 . I was presented with a very splendid medal by the female Chartists of Oldham , and with a very beautiful

      tcarf by the female Chartists of Waterhead Mill . The medal was Tendered particularly valuable from the fact that in addition to the six points of the Charter on one side was added a Ripkal of the Legislative Umion . I had intended to have concluded as far as Halifax of this week's Yorkshire tour , but I learn that I have already obliged all Editorial Leader to be displaced for the insertion of as much as I have written ; and Yorkshire have a letter to itself next week . In truth , as far as I have gone , it well merits it , inasmuch as there never were two such demonstrations as Bradford and Halifax . For tbe present I shall only say of them , that after the proceedings I enrolled 201 new members .

      Want of space now compels me to stop , and I the less . regret the want of Leader in this week ' s Star , as you are all leaders , and your minds appear to be made np upon the subjects on whioh the Editor had written , namely , the humbug of Emigration , and the necessity

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      of a cautious watching of the League in their newly assumed form . We can now trust the people without weekly admonitions . I am just off for Dewsbuy where the people have erected a pavilion capable of holding 4 , 000 persona ; and I am , my dear Friends , Your kind and sincere friend and servant , Fkabgus O'Connob . Thursday , Dee . 2 d , Three O'clock .

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      show an act of royal clemency on the happy occasion of the birth of a Royal Prince , has been pleased te notify to the Bight Hon . Sir James Graham , the Secretary of State for the Home Department , that those convicts who have behaved themselves well shall have their punishment commuted ; and that those who seem deserving of such a mark of clemency , and who are now lingering on board the hulks at Deptford , Woolwich , Sheerness , Portsmouth , Pembroke , Cork , and other prisons , shall have their liberty granted to them . —London paper .

      [ This is well . The exercise of clemency becomes the Sovereign ; peculiarly at this time ; nor will the people hesitate in tkeir acceptance of an act of tardy justice , though it be dubbed by the name of mercy . The Glasgow Chartists have resolved to hold a meeting in tbe City Hall , on Monday next , to memorialize the Queen to include Frost , Williams , and Jones , in the number of political and other prisoners that may be pardoned on the baptism of the Prince . Let the hint be instantly acted on by the whole Empire . Let like memorials go from every town and village where there is a Chartist , and at once . —Ed . N . S . ]

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      The National Petition . —Our publisher , Mr . Hobson , has printed the National Petition for 1842 , on a neat sheet , for the purpose of being extensively distributed amongst those from whom signatures are asked , that they may know for what they are signing . He is ready to supply them to the Associations and to individuals at the following charges : —100 copies for 2 s ; 1 , 000 for 15 s . Petition sheets , of good strong paper , ruled in four columns , and holding two hundred names when JUled , may also be had , price 2 d . each . The Petition and sheets may also be had from Mr . Cleave , London : and Mr . Heywood , Manchester . But in all cases the money must be sent in advance—the price being so low as to preclude credit .

      (^ Messrs . P on ve , of Glasgow , apprise us that they have made arrangements with Mr . Hobsonfor the supply of our Scotch friends with sheets and petitions . Those in Scotland , tcho require them , will do well to make early application to these gentlemen . D . J ., Stockpobt . — We do not know how to advise for the best . The rascally lawyer ought certainly to be punished . It is a clear case of fraud . We have handed the letter to Mr . O'Connor , who will be better able to judge of the right mode of

      procedure than we are . Lettkbs to the Executive must be directed to the secretary , Mr . John Campbell , 18 , AdderleysCreet , Shaw ' s Brow , Manchester . The FsMALi : Chartist Committtke of the Borough op Tower Hamlets have sent us an address , for the insertion of tvhich we have not room , calling strenuously upon their sister countrywomen generally to bestir them in the cause of freedom , and to help forward the Charter agitation . L . P . Cook . —His verses are not suitable for our

      columns . A Joubnbyman Tailob . — We do not see his plan to be at all feasable , and have not space for his communication , except as an advertisement . C . WkSIRay , in a letter insisting on the necessity Of a general spread of knowledge among the people , says : — Let us then employ the time which intervenes between now and the meeting of Convention by the distribution of tracts , lecturing , and public meetings , and tlioroughly arouse the whole people to back the Convention . Let us take every possible step to induce the long suffering people of Ireland to join in the struggle for the Charter and Repeal . Let all class-leaders in the National Charter Association gather the Stars every

      week ftom such of their class as can spare them , and transmit them to the Dublin Universal Suffrage Association , who will make good use of them . Then , I am assured , will the scales of political ignorance fall from the « j / es of Erin ' s sons , and their minds be enlightened with the holy and sublime truths of Christianity . There is another maxim which we should consider likewise— ¦ Union is strength . " Without Union knowledge alone will avail us little . We should be but leaning on a broken reed . If we have not unanimity amongst ourselves , how can tee expect to succeed against enemies who , however much they hate each other , would , when we made an effort to aain our rights , instantly combine for

      the purpose of crushing « s . Let me implore the leaders of the people at this momentous crisis , to avoid personal bickerings , and let not private pique or wounded pride operate to the injury of our cause , and that they will not follow the example of a clique , who have from feelings of mortified vanity , lately withdrawn themselves from our ranks and attempted to raise a faction of their own . " Stars to Ireland . — We call attention to the following extract of a letter received by a female Chartist in Barnsley , from her brother , resident at Cashel , and transmitted to us for publication : — " With respect to forming a Chartist Association in Cashel . The cause was progressing rapidly ,

      but from some cause or other , all the papers that were heretofore sent to Casket , were stopped all of a . sudden , and no Stars come to Cashel now , with the exception of three . The withdrawal of the papers from the persons that were in the habit of receiving them , has caused a great damp here ; some of them respectable persons . I am requested to mention these particulars to you in order that you may make inquiry why they have not sent as usual , and if it should be in accordance with the rules of the Chartist Associations , to be sent to those persons again , I receive the Star on Fridays regularly from you , but there was not a Star came to Cashel this three months , with the exception of

      the three that I have mentioned . The undermentioned are the persons to whom the Stars were addressed , viz .: —Mr . John Nolan , Mr . Patrick Fogarty , and Wm . Hackett , Ladies ' Well-slreet , Cashel , Tipperary , Ireland ; Mr . Thomas Nolan , Friar-street , Cashel , Tipperary ; Mr * Daniel Duggan , Lister ' s-square Cashel , Tipperary : Mr . John Mills , Grange , care of Wm . Hackett , Ladies' Well-street , Cashel , Tipperary ; Terence Creed , Whitesmith , Alainstreet , Cashel , Tipperary ; James Reynolds , Lealherseller , Main-street , Cashel , Tipperary ; John Byrns , Victualler , Thurlas , Tipperary : Michael Mahany , Esq ., Bakestown Mills , near Thurlas . ( SignedJ "John Kennedy . "

      Rqbekx CatrxHEBS sends -us a very angry note about the Utter of " A Radical of tbe Old School , " in reference to Mr . R . J- Richardson ^ and the charge made against him , of having sold his brother Chartist , Dean . Mr . C . does not meet any one of the allegations contained in the letter of " A Radical of the Old School . " Mr . R . J . Richardson is doubtless quite competent to the defence of his own character . If the allegations referred to , but not originally made , by A Radical of the Old School" be false , it is in the power , ofijjjifcr . R . t / . Richardson to prove them so , and thfiyfft lumns of the Northern Star are at his serptee for that purpose . They are not matters which any man can treat with contempt , and if Mr . R . J . Richardson fail to meet and answer them the public must of necessity conclude his

      silence to be induced by a consciousness that they are true ; and if they be true we quite agree with " A Radical of the Old Schoot , " that no feeling qf execration can be too strong and no manifestation of that feeling too marked , for the deserts of such a man . We advise Mr . Cruthers , therefore , to keep quiet , and leave Mr . Richardson to play his own cards ; doubtless he best knows what sert of a . ** hand" he has . We have several other communications in reference to the matters referred to by ' ** A Radical of the Old School , " ail tending to place Mr . R . J . Richardson's character in a not very enviable point of view . We shall not insert them , because we think that until some reply has been made , enough has been said . No doubt that if Mr . Richardson can re ply he will . If he do not , the people will knov how to conclude .

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      - - .. 11 Maboks' Strike" is much inferior to the usual productions of the author . Mr . Georqk Black . —We have much pleatur * *» acknowledging the receipt of a letter frtm the Chartist of lrnold , test \ fjnngtothexealandintegrity of this person , whose intemperate Ianmage at Sheffield we eenrured in a recent tium' beVof the Star . We see that Notting ham and New Basfordhave also borne honourable testi mony to his inteentyof principle . Wetrustthat he will in future be more guarded % n hts etpressions , and that the cause wilt yet dertve much benefit from his patriotic zeal . ' Mb . Longmaid aud several other CorrbspoitvextBif they intend their communications to be

      , noticed , must write only on one side efthe paper We have much unnecessary trouble from the omission of this little attention on the partojour correspondents , which we have often solicited from them . , Mb . Whkelbb . will oblige us by not writing so closely . H . Pbitchabd . —If the letters to which he refers be well written , toe shall be glad to insert them . But we cannot undertake to promise til ! we have the means of estimating them . Scabbbo ' . —Send the Sign of the Civil Publican . — The names of persons nominated for general Council , coming without their addresses , are not inserted . Erratum in our last . —We are very sorry te

      perceive that a stupid oversight in the " reader " has completely destroyed the seme of one part of the verses on Democracy , furnished by our excellent correspondent F . The word " Rattling , " in the seveiithverse , should havebeen ** Rotting . " James Collier has our thanks . . Edwabd Bubley , of York , has received the follow ing sums for the purpose of purchasing books , &c . for Holberry , viz .: —U . 5 d . from Mr . Muckering , Market Weighton , Is . from Mr . Campbell , York , tmd id . from Mr . Corin , York . Any further sum will be thankfully received on behalf of the suffering patriot , and duly acknowledged .

      Attercliffe , Nor . 29 tb , 1841 . Bib , —Many of your readers are anxious to know what has beconn of Doctor Taylor , late M . C , as' bis name has not appeared in the pages of the Star for , a considerable time . Perhaps you ean give us the neces sary information . I am aleo desirous to bno-w -when Bronterre purposes to go on with the History of tho French Revolution ? If this question meets his eye in the Star , he will ne doubt answer it I am , Sir , Yours most respectfully , J . H . A .

      [ In answer to this and many similar inquiries , we can only say that we know nothing of Dr . Taylor . We have heard that he is in Ireland , but do not know . —Ed . ] T . M . Wheelee returns his thanks to those places who have done him the honour of nominating him for the ensuing Convention , but must decline standing on account of his position as a remunerated correspondent of the Northern Star . Middle-Class Honesty . —To the Editor op the NoRrHEHN Star . —Sir , —The excellent manner in which the Northern Star is conducted , the selection of its articles , and the vast amount of useful information fmind within its columns , must fill the mind of the general reader with awe

      and astonishment as to the abilities and sound judgment necessary in making the arrangements for bringing out each number in so complete and satisfactory a manner . With this tribute of respect , sincerely given , I venture to trouble you with a case of uncommon hardship connected with my trade , only this last week . In order that the matter of dispute may be fully understood , I beg to state that at the April of each year the pitmen of this locality are bound to a bond which sets forth the conditions to be observed by the parties thereunto subscribing in the working of the mine , and the prices to be paid for certain work to be done ; after which , and in the same bond , there is a clause , which , in

      effect , goes to say that at any time throughout the year , the master shall be at liberty to alter or change the mode of working at the same . Should that change be disadvantageous to the workmen , lie is bound to advance price accordingly to the satisfaction of the men ; or , they cannot agree , then , by another clause in the same bond , two viewers are to be called in , one by each party ; and , if they still disagree , the two viewers above referred to , have to call a third viewer to act as umpire , and the men , or masters , are bound to act according to the decision of the said umpire . Now , Sir , the master of St . Lawrence Colliery thought proper to alter the mode of working , which alteration would make , on the lowest

      calculation , a difference for the worse of about Is . 6 d . per score , and he , { the master ) , would only pay 6 d . per score extra , thus lowering the wages of the workmen Is . per day . The men , as a matter of course , complained , and he told them he would give no more at present , but if they would keep to work , and made the coals so much belter , that he could get Us . per chaldron extra , he might give them something more ; but as this was only a conditional promise , and as he was a person who had deceived them before , they refused to comply , and would not work in . the altered mode any longer , ( they had tried it one fortnight . ) This produced an alteration , and as words ran high , he ( the master J threatevedto

      discharge some of the most forward individuals , or , if they would not take their discharge , to put them in prison for three months . One , at least , of them had been in prison before for laying one day of work on the glorious 12 th of August , l 8 b 9 , and not having a taste for it again , / , rid riot being willing to work by the new or altered mode without a corresponding advance of price , they took their discharge . But , mark the cunning of the respectable master . He u-role that man ' s discharge in such a manner as to prevent him getting work from any other mister in the trade . Here is a copy of the discharge . —'" N . B . You are dischargedfrom this Colliery because you will not work according to the bond . " Now , few masters will hire a servant who is not wiUxnq

      to work according to agreement , and he { the master ) intended nothing else , or he would not have stated that which was not true , for it was not a refusal to work according to the bond ; they only declined working because an advance of price was not given commensurate with the additional labour which the new way of working entailed upon them . Sir , not being willing to trespass further on the columns of the People s paper , we will feel obliged if you can give insertion to the above , as we are desirous of acquainting our fellow-workmen of the real facts of the case . The men ' s names are kept back for the present , as they have not all got work yet . Will the Friends of Fjibedom in England and Scotland send , if tho can , some numbers of the Star of the 30 lh of October , to P . M .

      Broph y ^ No 14 , North Anne-street , Dublin . Notice . —Mr . T . B . Smith , having made sveh arrangements as will enable him to devote ten days or a fortnight to lecturing on the National Petition , and other topics connected with the welfare of the people , at the commencement of the New Year , requests that those places within ten miles of Leeds , which wish to avail themselves of his services , will communicate with him on or before the 25 th of the present month , in order that no disappointment may take place . All letters pre-paid , and inclosing a post label , and addressed to Mr . T . B , Smith , £ 6 , Beckettstreet , Burmanlofis , Leeds , shall receive immediate attention . Letters unpaid , or not inclosing a label , un I not be noticed .

      Bristol Chartists again write to complain of being unreported in the Star . We again inform them that the fault is not with us . We are most anxious that the friends at Bristol , Bath , and the West generally , should favour us with much more intelligence of their proceedings than we get from them . We insert everything thqf , comes from them , unless it be too late , but we very seldom get any report from them . They ask if Mr . Simeon be appointed correspondent for the Star in Bristol ? We know no one in Bristol personally , and can therefore have no choice . We shall be most happy to receive , and

      to pay all proper attention to , such intelligence as may be forwarded by any person in whom the friends have confidence ; and of which they can easily apprise us by a letter from the secretary . We received a letter from Mr . Simeon last week , informing us that he had been appointed by the friends to correspond with us , and biclosing a notice of their proceedings ; that notice was inserted , and it is the only one we recollect to have had from him ; except his letter of this week in reference to Brown , \ tne Anti-Corn-Law man , which came to hand after our notice of Brown ' s meetings was in type .

      The Westmoreland Chartists are appealed to by the brethren in Kendal , to render all possible aid in procuring signatures to the Petition . The Kendal Chartists desire to have the whole county canvassed , and they request each village to appoint proper persons to take eharge of the Petition sheets , and to communicate for that purpose with the secretary , Mr . John Robinsonj&endah [ By the bye , Mr . Robinson should have given his address more precisely . " \ N . 1 & , —We have no room . W . MABTis . —2 'he American Sunday School Song next week . J . E . Sharps ; . —Thanks . John \ yEAvER , Ryde , —We believe that Bronterre ' s Life of Robespierre has not been completed . Poetry . —As usual , we have shoals , that we have neither time nor inclination even to read .

      BRADFOKDr-iiBi / friends having any communications form Northern Star , will much oblige the correspondent , Ur . Joseph Brook , by leaving them with Mr . Joseph Alderson , tailor . Bank-street , or Mr . Ibbetson , bookseller , Bradford .

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      G . Thirkbll complains of our having omitted { tut week to insert a vote of censure on Mr . Watkint for his conduct on theO Brien Committee , ani says thai great dissatisfaction has been caused bytheomwion . We have no reeolhidumof hay ing received any notice ef it tulnote ; and if te » had , we claim to use our own judgment at to tht : ¦ insertion of such matters . E . P . Mead . —He pushes thebarr in his discussion with theMalihusian Bachelor , alitlle beyond tht boundary of modesty . His communication uouli suit better the taste of the readers of $ onu u respectable" and "fashionable" paper than 0 } the Northern Star .

      W ., Birkbnhbad . —His long report , written o both sides , and received by Thursday ' s post , standt no chance of even being read this week . Has Mb . Nathaniel Morlino , of Brighton , n ceived a letter from Mr . Wm . Martin , of Bramp , ton , ]/ iated 21 st November ? Mr . M . wishes . foccst . municate wWi him : he knows his address . Sheffield polish meeting . —Prat of matt obliges us to reserve ihe address till next week . Mr . Wm . Hogg can have a portrait of O'Brien if sending six Post Office stamp ) to this Office . POR THE EXECUTIVE , FROM THE SALE OP ROGER PJNDER'S BLACKING . S . d . Wm . Brook , Leeds ... 5 Joseph Breok , Sbeltos 0 7 Wm . Grocett , Manchester „ 0 lo Thomas Bentley , Mill Bridge 0 3 George White , Birmingham ..... 0 10 John Haxls , Hull 0 5 John Nickelson , Hull - ~ . 0 5 3 9

      H . Hall for J . Wright . —Do not know his addrtss , Will some of the Gloucester friends be kind enough ft send us the address of JohnSidateap , of thatplaet W . H . Cheltenham , —Tte Committee must order a transfer of the 10 s . J . W . Barnfield . —Send to the secretary , Mr . Camp , bell , care of Mr . John Cleave , Shoe-lane , Fleet-sired , London . Cannot speak positively about the oi&a affairs but think it will not be proceeded with .

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      J . B . Hunt , Southampton . — Must apply to the agent in London , who supppties him with the Nortben Star . We sent as many portraits of F . O'Connor U London as there were subscribers , and if not deli , vered the agent has them . Thos . Johnson , Lyme Regis . —His Utter has been sent to Mr . John Cleave J . Wakefibld , Cibencestbr . —Can have the booh he enquires for in the same parcel as Habson ' t Almanack and the Plates . FOU THE EXECUTIVE . s . d . T . Brearley , Leeds 1 0 From tbe Chartists of Canterbury , per J . W . Barnfield ... 10 0 From T . Collier , Devizes Z 0 FOR THE O'BRIEN PRESS FUND . a . < L From W . H ., Cheltenham 10 0 FOR THE FORTHCOMING CONVENTION . a . d . From T . Collier , Devizes 1 0

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      DUBLIN . The Lord Mayor . —How wisely Divine Provi dence has ordered it , that no matter how dexterous , how cunning , or how clever a man mav be , if he is not honest he will be found out at last All his canning , all his tact , and all his cleverness , will be discovered in the long run . What a pity it is that great men do not practice that integrity which they say they admire so mnoh in others " Honesty is the best policy" after all . The Dublin municipal elections and the circumstances attendant upon them , have developed a world of character in one man , about whose fiscal transactions there hung considerable mystery . It is fresh in the recollec tion of most of the readers of the Northern Star , that

      there was a great fuss in the House of Commons , in April , 1836 , about the sale of a seat in Parliament , to one Raphael , a Jew , for the sum of £ 2000 . This sum was paid for the county of Carlow , but although Raphael was ' * diddled" out of the money , yet ne never sat for the county for whioh he paid so dearly No one should mention a case of this son , which so deeply affects the honesty of an individual , without relying upon the most authentic sources of information in support of the accusation . The transaction is one with which all the readers of the Star in fact , all the inhabitants of Great Britain and

      Ireland should be acquainted . Let every Chartist copy them and treasure them np as the apple of his eye , and make np his mind never to trust a man who would be guilty ot" writing each a letter as the following , a is copied verbatim from the Votes and Proceeding of the House of Commons , " of the 22 nd day of April , 1836 , page 89 . The debate and division were on a motion , That it appears to this House , that Mr . O'Connell addressed a letter , bearing date the 1 st of June , 1835 , to Mr . ! Raphael , in whioh au agreement for Mr . Raphael's return for the county of Carlow , tot TWO Thousand Pocnds , was concluded , as follows ;—

      " Clargea-atreet , 1 st June , 1835 . "My dear Sir , —You having acceded to the terns proposed to you for tbe election of the county of Carlo * viz ., you are to pay , before nomination , £ 1 , 000—aay one thousand pounds , and a like sum after being returned ; the first to be paid absolutely and entirely fa being nominated , the second to be paid only in the event of your having been returned . " I hereby undertake to guarantee and mve 70 a hazm-Iess from any and every other expence whatsoever , whether of agents , carriages , counsel , petition against the return , or of any other description ; and I make this guarantee in the fullest sense of the honourable engagement that you should not possibly be required to pay one shilling more in any event , or upon any contingency whateover .

      " am , " My dear Sir , " Your very faithful , " Daniel O'Connelu " Alexander Raphael , Esq . " Is it not surprising how the author of this letter , this written agreement for the sale of an Irish county to a Jew , could have the face to complain of being called " a knave in politics and a hypocrite la religion . " Just mark the words one thousand pounds " TO BE PAID ABSOLUTELY AND ENTIRELY for being nominated " . ' ! One thousand pounds is > nice round sum . There was no contest apprehended in Carlow . It was looked upon as a snug little borough , as rotten as Kilkenny . Clonmel ,

      Dongarvou , or even Cashel itself ; so that not more than £ 200 could by possibility be expended on Agents , carriages , &c . &o . Let it not be forgotten , that there was a snug £ 1000 of the Precursor money never accounted for , although Mr . Peter Purcell , to his credit be it told , did his utmost to drag it forth , and have it applied for the purposes for whioh it was subscribed . Another £ 1000 has been realised by the municipal elections . It will be recollected that Mr . O ? Connell published , in several letters previous to the elections , that he was so busily occupied by municipal affairs that he could not attend to m Parliamentary duties , or even answer American letters in dae course . Well , he advertised that , in order to avoid divisions in the ranks of the Liberal candidates for the office of town councillors , a ballot should take place in his great rooms , Corn Exchange , and that those who should have most votes

      should be supported at the real election . Grotes Ballot Box was placed on the table , the candidates arrived ; butlo ! there was to be no nomination except on payment of £ 10 to £ 50 , according to the wealth of the car idldates . Mind , this money , as ltt Raphael ' s case , yras to be t > aid " absolutely and enr tirely for beiug nominated . The dupes paid their money , and in most cases were in a minority , " being previously arranged that the stalking-horseSt such as Mr . Thomas Arfcins , should be supported -Well , when the real election came on , none of the Liberal dupes and victims were to be supported , except on payment of £ 100 , nnder the pretence of its being wanted to meet contingent expences . The Raphael case falls far short of the municipal election case . When the elections were over and all the money paid into the sinking fund at the Com Ex « hange , this pattern of Baactity and political integrity muttered in low suppressed tones ,

      " Ye would be dupes and victims and ye are ! Is it enough I or must I while a thrill Lives in your sapient bosoms cheat you still !' The Lord Mayor made a great outcry about the unparalleled distress of the poor at this inclement scawon , the very day after the collection of the O'Connell tax , oammonly called "tribute , " bat not a word about this distress until the money was collected . XiH hug . —Free and Independent Order of Ancient Gjleeks . —The Foundation , Axoopa ^ oa , No . 1 , of the above newly-established and flourishing order celebrated their second anniversary , pn Thursday , the 55 kb nit ., at the house of Mr . Thompson , Shepherd ' s Inn , Bridge-Btreet , Leeds , when upwards of fifty members , besides numerous friends , sat down to an excellent dinner .

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      Mr . Macnamaha's Prize Essay . —We have been favoured with a sight of Mr . Maonamara ' s newly published Prize Essay on Peace ; but have have not yet had time or opportunity to give it thatcawral reading which is necessarv to form a judgment or its merits . Front the casual glance * we have yet _ been able to give at a few pages , the style seems to oe smooth and well connected ^ We promise ourselves a rich treat in the reading of tt .

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      TO AGENTS . The Parcels op Medals and of Portraits . — Soring the next few weeks weskall have to send parcels nearly to all parts of England and Scotland . In each case we shall endeavour to send by the cheapest mode of conveyance ,, and shall be obliged to any agent who will point out the best and cheapest mode of reaching him . We beg to call attention to this , that there may be no complaint afterwards . Those who will experience any convenience from having Petitions , or Sheets , or Poor Man's Almanack , or Mr . O'Connor's Pamphlet , or any other of our Publisher ' s Publications inclosed in their parcels , had better apprise him of ehe same in time . In all such casea , however , he desires us to state that money must be sent with the order . The price of the petitious and sheets are known j and tbe allowance upon the other goods to vendors , is 25 per cent , therefore they can easily calculate what the amount will be ; and in all such cases goods to tbe amount of cash received will be sent

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      A THE NORTH KEN STAR . .. ,, . . , .

      Respite And Pardon Op Convicts. — Frost, Williams, Anb Jones.—Her Majesty, Wishing To

      Respite and Pardon op Convicts . — Frost , Williams , anb Jones . —Her Majesty , wishing to

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 4, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct871/page/4/