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      THE O'BRIEN PRESS FUND COMMITTEE OF LONDON . XO THE RADICALS OF GREAT BRITAIN , WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SECT , PARTY , ^ ___

      OB OPINION . « Chains * , cabin'd , aibbKI , confined , jj&S , too much light should bant on the etherial mind . " . —Byro * Fbllo ^ - Mzn , —Imprened with a sincere decire to promote tbe political freedom sad social happiness of par country , aad to witness the extirpation of all sys-^ nis and vices which impede oar moral and political pKgress , -with a belief , that the chief impediments is tbe way of our political and social progression would £ e removed by the spread of knowledge , and with a c 0 irrietio& that a goood press , advocaUag aoond demo-^ fttie principle * , and conducted by the hand of & longtried and talented friend of the people , would go i £ r towards the difioaion of that knowledge , the want of wfeica we , at present , so much deplore .

      We are , therefore , led to address < wrselvea to you , in order to impress -upon your minds the necessity of comjsgfonrard asd exercising yoar utmost energies to assist w in the establishment of a press , for that noble patriot , Bronterre O'Brien , whose pen so boldly and iodef&tipb ' j defended the rights of labour in the Poor Man ' t G uardian , the London Dispddk , the Operative , < Stc , irho has sa&ered both persecution and prosecution , and « bo has bat lately broke forth from the bonds of the jnost accrrsed and brntal faction ( calling themselves liberal } that erer disgraced the annals of onr country ; ^ rho with tbe name of liberty upon their lips , persecuted tbe best Meads of freedom , and imprisoned the noblest of patriots . Need we then to wonder that the seat sass of the people are dissatisfied with the

      Legislators—with the Ezeevtrre—nay , even with thej Crowm itself ? when we seethe working men—the pro- , dueen of all wealth—labouring under a distress unparalkfed is the history of our country , -while assumed , representatives are wasting the time of the public in ' giscBssing queetioBS in winch the mass of the people j Taste no interest , or ia Toting away , with a reckless i and extravagant profturion , that wealth which has been i tixiraetad from the blood and sinews of those who are ( because mrrepreaented ) famishing unheeded . A line of demarcation has been drawn by class legislation , ; jfiA mum the upper and middle , and the working classes . 1 { 11 feeling has been engendered , and who but the par- ; tisan Whig , Tory , and sham-Radical press , have , fceaped calumny spon calumny on the injured people , ! asd nattered and caressed their oppressors ! ' ¦

      Fellow caantrymen , let « s take a brief leaf from oar j e&emies * book , let os at once resolve to have a press , j * ' Their press , " tfeey Maintain , eTen at a great pecuniary J joss . Let us , being sensible bow great the influence of , the press is in the 'direction ior rather the mis-direction j ef public opinion ) asd thai no system of government ' p-n long exist in opposition to so formidable » foe , let u withdraw < xi support from the interested thick and , thin japportera -of those { actions who rob the pro- j ducers of all wealth of their comforts , trample on their : tights , and scorn their petitions , and at once rallying j round a press whkh will remore ignorance and correct the misdirection of peblie opinion by spreading political information and right principles among the mass of the people , which wfil assist us in hewing down the hage I spas tree of corruption , and enable us to replace it with % tdon from the sacred plant of liberty . Let that press - be to the Southern counties of Eagland what the S t ar is j to the North , a faithful sentinel , to watch the motions

      and expose Use deformities of the present Tile and selfish . system , which has hitherto existed , but by the culpable j and apathetic se&rance of the working class . ! PHH we then longer allow ourselves to be led blind- ' fold , as it were , as sacrifiaers to the' great Moloch of Oppression ! Shall we allow the few to wallow in wealth and idleses , to gratify their ambition and lust of power , at theexpesce of the many ? Shall we quiescently allow the misrepresentations of the press to j bolster up a system , which has its ramifications in ! the pulpit , and among the members of the law , thel army , and the navy , and to disseminate its poison jtmnng tbe ""¦"" -of the people , perpetuating ignorance , superstition , and corruption , at the same time precluding - them from that knowledge both political and religious , whkh would open their eyes to their condition ? No . ' if we are men and Britons , we shall at once energeti- ; ally wr » J « . iTn ; aad that such may be the response to - tins tumble address is tbe most sincere wish of ear hearts . ; We remain , \ Yost sincere Brother Democrats , J . Watis , ; JAS . SMITH , ] The Members of tbe O'Brien Press Fund j Committee , London . William Hogg , Dispatch Coffee House , Secretary . Bride-lane , London . ' I

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      TO THE RIGHT H 0 X 0 R 0 UBLE THE LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN . ¦ My Lord , —As your Lordship has doubtless perused ! tbo Star newspaper of tbe 27 th nit , and in so doing have perhaps seen in its columns ' a letter addressed to your lordship , of which I am the bumble author , j and having by this time , perhaps , considered the nature i of the questions therein asked , and the objects for which j it was-written , and not haTing seen in any of the public ] prints / an attempt to answer or object to its contents , < I take it for granted , that the hints therein contained , i carried conriction to your Lordship ' s heait I shall , ' now beg to remind your Lordship that it is many years j since my countrymen , stimulated by your Lordship's j cample , commenced their great jyatem ot moral ' agitation , and long as that period bas been , and mucb

      u they hare been opposed by the many and mighty enemies of their country , they hs , Te still resolutely maintained their position in tbe ranks of political warfire—they hare withstood the multitudinous attacks of Toryism and bigotry , and fca / re outlived the fury of toe contest , and are still resolutely determined to obtain fiat liberty which they are so derotedly attached to . Haring thus giTen them credit for perseTerance and censiKeiicy , it may be asked how much haye they gained by the struggle , and what is still to be sough : fee ? Witiioat entering into & detail of tbeir many Tietories , or the consequences resulting from them , ( as they must be familiar to eYery Irishman ) , I will only say , that it has eyer been stated by your Lordabi p , that "in &git £ ting for Catholic l mancipation , you had ulterior measures in Tiew , the principle of -which was a BepeaT of the Legislative Union . " Xnis , then , may be

      ssid to be the c iip >» T of my countrymen ' s hopes—this the main-spring of all their political actions , and the nmch-lored object of tbeir unceasing pursnit Here , then , arises a question , Which is the best method to obtain it , or are the people of Ireland conTinced that their mode of seeking Repeal ia the surest as well as the most wise they could adopt ? To the Utter part of tbe question I will simply say , if it is the surest , it is decidedly the slowest they could adopt ; for , acco r ding to jour Lordship ' s fiat , " they will hare to wait until tbe yoang Prince of Wales -will open the Irian PariiaaeEt as Viceroy of Ireland , " or , in other words , a period of twenty years , before there will be a chance of otuining it . Yerily , my Lord , your measure of Repeal is ulterior indeed . ' or so much Taluable time would not be expended talking about a question which might profitably be spent in action !

      Now , nsy Lord , to a ttiuti lite your Lerdaiup , irho haa by an infinity of ways become possessed of not only the rtoessaries , but the luxuries of life , a period of twenty years may not appear long , but to the many hundred thousand of your countrymen , who are eren now Btanlng out of existence , it will be a long and tedious interral . How many thousands of brave spirits of Ireland will be quenched before the expiration of that definite perioa ? 2 for can your Lordship be certain notwithstanding your many comforts and honours

      that long before that period has expired , your may not be numbered with tha " tenants of another TrorJd , " ana not eren like Moses " be blessed with a sight of the premised land . " How wise such a course of proceeding is , I leaTe to the world to suppose , but for my own part , I held it would be a greater part of wisdom in my countrymen , did they take the trouble to think and act for toemselYes , instead of yielding blind and inrpHcit obedience to the will of a man , who , under all circumstances , considers his own interest before all Others .

      Ii the " Repeal of the Union" is so desirable an object to Irishmen , I see not why they should refuse the eo-operation of their English friends , the Chartists , » ho are to a man desirous to assist them in tbeir efforts to obtain it , or if your Lordship ia sincerely a Repealer , Bamely , if you wish to obtain Repeal in the most speedy and tffectual manner , you ought to join issue with the Chartists , for your Lordship has often said , " The greater the moral power is , the greater the cer **^ n ty of success . " Your Lordship knows that Chartists are not th » " pbysical force men" yon would make it appear , and

      I sincerely hope , that the uncharitable assertion that " your Lordship is deferring the repeal to continue the tribute- is unfounded . Be that as it may , it is certain that nine years bare passed since tbe last " premature discusacn of the question , and twenty are to come before there will be another , and during that time there * Q 1 be a continual drawing from the pockets of the ptx * to-sweU the coffers and tbe dignity ef your Lord-* hip , whilst by embracing the principles , of tbe Charter , the peeple of Ireland and England would , by their sSarts , be in a yery short period able to obtain their every object by legal and constitutional means and with barely a nominal expenee .

      I am , my Lord , not a little surprised that the soberthinking men of Ireland cannot Bee that the prejudldes of country and sect are passing away , and that Englisbfiien are capable of being their friends , aad are wotthy of their cenfidenee ; and that the » alieious reporti which haTe bees rarmi ^ t ^ in refere nce te Chartism , aie a » unfounded as they are rile and contemptible , H is with the hope that my countrymen will be led to inquire for themselTes , and to adopt a more certain and ¦ peedy means of obtaining their long-lost rights and Privileges that I thns trespass on your Lordship ' s ? ataable time , and trusting that my humble effoits will «» Borne measure lead them to do so is the sincere wish 1 My Lord , Year lordshipi most obedient humble servant , W , H , CUJIOK .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STA . R . SlB , —As no doubt many of our friends in Scotland are awaiting in anxious suspense , for communications from Mr . O'Brien , he being unable in consequence of the bad state of his health , to write them , you will greatly oblige the above gentleman and his Scottish friends , by inserting the following letter in the Northern Star , Yous , -very sincerely . DUJfCAJT NlCHOLSOW . Aberdeen , Dsoember 3 d . 1841 . P . S . Tbe following is a copy of the letter received by me , from J . B . O'Brien . D . N .

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      TRIBUTE TO WHOM TRIBUTE IS DUE . TO THB EDITOR OF THE SORTHERS STAB . SrR , —An anti-Com Law tea party , was held on Tuesday the 7 th inst , at St r o u d , after the baby meeting ; it took place at the Victoria Coffee Rooms . I was anxious to bear tbe arguments of the speakers and went to tbe meeting . I assure you , sir , not one of the speakers produced a question to prore the good or evil of the present Corn Laws . After tea , the Rev . W . Yates was appointed chairman . After a few remarks upon the need of union , be sat down , after calling upon the

      Rev . B . Parsons , who rose and said , Sir , I am here tins evening to hear and not to speak , I know not what to say on the occasion . If I bad been left until some one had spoken upon the question , I could have picked up a speech . A fur a time be spoke ; the arguments of tbe speaker went to prove that of all monopolies , class monopoly was the most cruel , unjust , and severe , in its operations , and contended that without tbe destruction of elaas monopoly , every other monopoly would still exist . Scripture said , " Put not your hope in princes . " And if we look to Kings , Queens , Dukes , Srarquisses EarlB , Lords , Tfoteles , or the Commons House of monopolies , we shall in all be disappointed . I contend , said the Bpeaktr , tkat Property Qualification is quite as urjust , a § to select a party of cobblers , who pretended t ) be shoemakers , yet could not mend a shoe ; and the patching of our rulers shows the want of knowledge on their parts , and until the people put the question to themselves , who must do the work , and demand their rights , nothing would be done .

      W . Hopson , E-q ., next addressed tbe meeting , and distinctly laid down the plan of Mr . O'Connor , as to small farms being let to the poor . He could by manual labour produce thirty bushels of corn per acre , and that upon land which seven years ago , would yield only fifteen . One thousand five hundred acres of land were now lying watte in the borough of Stroud , and if we put one family to cultivate an acre , Poor Law Commissioners , Assistant Commissioners , and Rite Collectors Yrould not be needed . I maintain that tie land of Eng land could , by proper cultivation produce com for more than treble its inhabitants , and if put into use , England could , in a few years , export instead of import . This sentence did not meet the approbation of the Plague , -who began to cry '' We do net want to export . " Tbe Speaker said , If you do not wish to export , why do you a « iiate for free trade ?

      The cry of " Impoit , Import , " drowned the voice ot the Speaker , and he left the room . Mr . Ferribee then explained the plan of obtaining members by way of collectors going to the factories with books , and moved " That a meeting be called at tbe Subscription Rooms , to hear the opinion of the M . P . ' s of the Borough npon the question of the Corn Laws , and if net in accordance with a majority of voters and rate payers , to demand their resignation . " A lorjg debate ensued as to the plan best to be adopted to exclude the Chartists from the meeting . It was at last carried to admit all persons . Chartists , will you go ? . The Rev . Mr . Mound , represented the monopolies to be as pernicious as the Upas tree , and urged npon the meeting a need of union , to destroy the power of all monopolies .

      Mr . Paris , Secretary to the Association , was called upon . He thought as he had to work be ought not to speak , and tendered his service in the way of -work , and sit down . Rev . H . Griffith rose , and a / ter reviewing the government plan of erecting barracks and transporting the poor , under eo \ et of emigration , he stated that much had been said against a elasi of persons called Chartists , and he thought if he was placed in the same situation as the Chartists , he should act upon the same plan they did with regard to public meetings . If we look at the difficulties under which they labour , and consider toe opposition against which they have to contend , we ought rather to give them an opportunity to be heard in public , than « hut the doors of public meetings against them . Bo we go

      to their meetings to hear the question of the Charter explained ? Ho ; nor do we ask ourselves what the Charter is ; and I therefore think the Chartists ue justified in their coming to all public meetings , and urging their questions upon the public attention , persecuted as they haTe been , and still are , but witheut whom the monopoly of corn , nor any other monopoly , cannot be destroyed ; and I hope ,-at your meetings , you will give an opportunity for them to explain tbe question , as to the grievance under which they ( the Chartists ) have long had to labour . An individual once or twice interrupted the speaker , by exclaiming aloud " Draw me out , draw me out" This person is an individual of very mean principles , and of smaller understanding ; his name is John Lewis . The Rev . Gentleman proceeded to ^ "u&rk , tfcat the person before

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      him was a true evidence ef tbe opposition the Chartists had to contend igaiut ; and , in hopes of a nalon , in place of opposition , the Rev . Gentleman sat down much applauded . The Chairman urged npon all present to bring all they could to the meeting , and show their strength by numbers ; and , after singing two verses of the anti-Corn Lav Rhyme , the meeting mi dissolved , and roar humble servant left for his home . * •

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      TO HAMER STANSFELD , ESQ . " All classes will prey upon all other classes just M much as they can and dare . "—HamerSiansfdd . Sib , —I endeavoured in my lost letter to you to dzaw tbe inference from the words which I bad chosen as my motto , ( and which words I have taken fairly from your pamphlet , entitled "Monopoly or Machinery , " ] that , as all classes would prey upon all other classes just as much as they can and dan , supposing that all the benefits would flow from a repeal of the Cora Laws which yon talk as if you anticipate , still

      those who had tbe power would , as you say in another part of your pamphlet , " work underneath , and reap even more than all tbe advantages" which could be derived from the measure . I also endeavoured to impress upon your mind , and the minds of my readers , that if you were an honest and consistent man—that if you really wished to destroy all monopolies and their effects , you would at once strike at the master monopoly , the root from whence all other monopolies spring , the very fountain whence they hare their being , the monopoly of legislation .

      Taking this view of the matter , and I cannot conceive how , after your declaration as above , you can come to any other , it would appear to be entirely useless to say more upon the matter ; but as yon , and those who act with you , tell us what great effects would flow from a repeal of the Corn Laws , it perhaps may not be altogether unnecessary to give the subject a further consideration . There is such a discrepancy in the statements of the advocates of Repeal , that it is almost dangerous to fix upon any one . M'Gregor says , in bis offloial examination , the difference which the labourer pays in money is from forty to sixty per cent more than tbe foreign consumer . A pretty decent range this , oae would think , for men who deal in figures . Dr . Bawring

      appears to estimate the rise in price for all kinds of grain at 5 s . per quarter . The two statements appear so preposterous , when placed side by side , that one is almost ready to conclude , that , at the least , one of the parties did not know what be was talking about . Bat , however , as M'Gregor seems to speak more positively than Bowring , I will take his estimate ; and , as pat together and divided , they would make the average difference paid by the English consumer over the foreign one , to be sixty per oent , I , for the sake of roundness of numbers , will take the average difference to be fifty per cent , and then see what it amounts to , as compared with the taxes ; and then see if it would be possible to carry it into effect under the PTiitting circumstances of the country .

      I will only take a few of the leading taxes of tbe country . Then say gross revenue 60 , , 000 ; tithes , &C . 10 , 008 , 000 ; poor rate , county rate , rural police , &a , say 10 . , 000 more ; which would , in the gross , amount to 80 , 000 , 000 . New then suppose that we consume 16 million quarters of wheat , say at an average of 60 s . per quarter , 50 per cent of which would be 24 millions ; and if we consume 30 million quarters of other kind of grain at an average of 25 s . per quarter , 50 per cent of which wonld be about 19 millions ; these together would amount to 43 millions ; and suppose that tbe amount of Iabeur , after paying for the raw material contained In all onr exported manufacturers , should amount to

      35 , 000 , 000 ; both being put together , 50 percent upon all the corn consumed and the whole of the labour contained in our exported manufactures would be less by £ 2 , 000 , 000 than the amount of taxes . And if we take the average price of grain for the last twelve years , before the deficient harvests , the 16 millions quarters of wheat at 56 s per quarter would be about £ i 5 , 006 . 00 t ; and the SO millions quarters of other grain at 25 s per quarter , would be about £ 37 , 000 , 000 ; or both together , say £ 82 , 000 , 000 ; or the whole cost price of all the grain consumed in the country about 2 , 000 , 001 more than the taxes of tbe country . And yet these men tell us that the taxes axe nothing , and that the Corn LawB are every thing !

      But now as to the practicability of Repeal with this amount of taxation ; and according to the statements put forward by tbe leaders of your class . It will be necessary , perhaps , before I proceed further , to state that the taxes are a fixed monetary amount , and that in none of the plans put forward by Corn Law Repealers is it ever purposed to reduce them . Indeed bo far from proposing to reduce them , Lord John Russell said , in his speech to tbe electors of London , that " it is as absolutely requisite to preserve the public faith as it is to preserve the power of tbe country . " And Lord Morpeth said , in bis West Riding address , that '' the

      safety of the nation required that the revenue should be raised . " It must bo borne in mind that these men are locked up to as leaders of their paity ; and therefore , tt is completely ti&x to say , that there Is no reduction of oor fixed monetary payments in the least contemplated . Nay , Lord Morpeth tells us that the " safety" of the nation requires the present gross amount ; and Lord John Russell says that it is as absolutely necessary to preserve the public faith as it is to preserve tbe power of the country ? and the public faith cannot be kept without the present fross amount of taxes .

      It will also be requisite to state , in the onset , that tbe price of wheat and all other agricultural produce , is made up of rent , profit , and wages of labour in its production and conveyance to market The wages of labour are made up partly of the amount of remuneration necessary to procure the absolute necessaries of existence during such production ; and partly of the taxes which are " required by the safety of the nation . " The taxes of all description amount at least to one-third of the sum expended in the wages of labour at the present prices of labour ; and tbe taxes , being fixed monetary amounts , would not be reduced in consequence of the fall of corn-It is granted en all hands , by the most sanguine of those in favour of Repeal , that the farmer and labourer do not receive too much remuneration ; therefore , the only available resource in the price of corn appears to be in the rent

      Let us then , Sir , endeavour to trace , if we can , whai would be the effeet of a Repeal of the Corn Laws upon the farmer and labourer , if these consequences followed which are so pertinaciously asssetted would be tbe result , allowing our fixed monetary payments to remain as they are . I shall not pretend to any very great accuracy in quantity , and will take the load of wheat at one pound per loid , instead of by the quarter , in order that the calculation may be more easily followed , just premising that the result would have appeared worse if I bad taken the higher price , and by the quarter , but the calculation would have been rather more difficult to follow .

      S u ppose , then , that an acre of land produces ten loads of wheat , at three bushels to the load ; and suppose that tbe wheat sells at one pound per load , the produce of an acre will thus raise £ 10 . Now , the n , ltt us sappose the rental of the land to be one peund , to be , of course , taken from the £ 10 raised by the sale of the wheat There will then be £ 9 left , to be divided between the farmer and tbe labourer , for profit , purchasing tbe necessaries of life , and paying their taxes . Well , then , let us take from tbe £ 9 the £ Z which will be required as their share of taxes ; thus leaving £ 6 , or the value of six loads of wheat , as the net share of the farmer and his labourer , for prefit and wages . And let us always bear in mind that tbe £ 6 , left after the rent and taxes are paid , will purchase 240 lbs . of American cotton at sixpence per pound .

      Suppose then , now , that tbe Corn £ aws are repealed , and that , in consequence , the price of wheat ia reduced one half , or from 20 s . per load to 10 s . per load , ( and that is only a trifle compared with what some of the lecturers talk about ); and , to make the best of it , let us suppose that the landlord has reduced his rent from 20 s . per acre to 10 « . per aere . Well , then , as the acre produces ten loads , and as the price is 10 s per acre , the gross amount raised by the acre will be £ 5 ; from which take the 10 s . rent , and it will leave £ i Its . as the gross amount to be divided between the farmer aad his labourer for profit , wages , and tbe payment of taxes , instead of the £ 9 , which they had before the repeal . A pretty decent pull this one would think ; and it would appear scarcely possible , even for a political economist , to enable the farmer and bis labourer to have as much out of £ 5 10 s . as they had of tbe £ 9 before .

      But this is not quite the wont of the matter . It will be recollected that I stated , at the outset , that the taxes were a fixed monetary amount , » nd that they will not lower with tbe price of corn ; and if we are to take the authority of the leaden of the com repeal party , it is impossible for them to lower . You , Sir , well remember that Lord John Russell said , that "it is as absolutely requisite to preserve the public faith as it is to preserve the power [ by which I suppose he means tbe independence ] of the country ; " and you will also remember that . Lord Morpeth said , that " the safety of tbe nation required that the revenue should be raised . " These names , with you , will be high authority ; and if their opinions be correct , will prove that the " taxes are a fixed monetary paymect , that will not lower in consequence of the fall in the price of corn ; in short , the full amount ef . tbe bond must be raised , or Shylock

      will have the pound of flesh from onr bosoms . There ' fore , as we supposed the amount of taxes to be paid by the farmer and his labourer to be £ 3 ; and as that amount ia a fixed one , and will not lower with tbe price of corn ; that £ 3 taken from the £ i 10 s which , after the repeal of the corn laws , the produce of the aere , deducting rent , would amount to , will leave only £ 1 14 s , or the value of three loads of wheat , instead of £ 6 , or tbe value of six loads , which the farmer had before the repeal , for prefit and the wages of labour . But , Sir , you most bear in mind that although tbe £ l 10 s wiU purchase half as much wheat as tbe £ 0 , it will purchase only on * -fourkh as much American cotton ; or as was shewn before , he can now purchase 240 lbs of cotton after he has paid his rent and taxes ; but after the repeal be could only purchase with his £ l 10 s , 601 bs of cotton . A very enviable situation truly .

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      I dare not trespass further npon the space of a weekly journal whkh has neb heavy demands upon its columns ; bat by the kmd permission of the Edlto * 1 will resume the subject at another time . Toon , Ac . i James pbhht . Millbridge , December 6 , 1841 ,

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      MEETIN G O F THE DI S TRE SS ED SPITALFIELDS WEAVERS . Last Saturday night , a numerous meeting of the distressed SpitalfieldB weavers was held at the Crown and Anchor , Waterloo-town , Bethnal-greea , by adjournment from the previous Saturday , to receive the report of the deputation which waited upon the Lord Mayor , for the purpose ot hearing from his Lordship his intentions as to the appropriation of the funds in his hands for the relief of the SpitalfieldB weavers . Mr . Boddington having , about nine o ' clock , been appointed to preside .

      Mr . Fox , on the part of the committee , said , that he and two of the committee waited upon the Lord Mayor , on Thursday last . The committee were aware that * meeting bad been held in the V 6 strjr » roam of thajBhurcb at which meeting several clergymen of the district , and some gentlemen connected with the Adelaide Society , attended . Tbe committee were informed that an intention was then expressed to devote the monies raised for the relief of the SpltaiSelds weavers to the support of all persona in distress , of whatever trade . The committee reoolved , in consequence , that a deputation should wait upon the Lord Mayor . The deputation saw bis Lordship at the Mansion-house , and his Lordship expressed his surprise that there should be an attempt to appropriate money in any other way than the donors intended . They observed , that they called to express their desire that the money should not be

      parted with by the Lord Mayor until a proper committee had been appointed . His Lordshjp said that such was his inttntion . While they were in conversation , Mr . Wen wood , from the Adelaide Committee , and Mr . Brydges , entered the room , when they stated what had been done at the vestry , and what were their intentions as to the disposition of the funds . The Lord Mayor having stated bis objections , recommended tbe deputation to get up a district meeting , when , if they had a responsible chairman and an efficient committee , who would apply the funds judiciously , he would then give the money out of his bands . He stated that he had about £ 1 , 000 ., but which , he observed , he knew was not near sufficient to supply their urgent necessities . The committee bad since waited on Mr . R . Hanbury , who had declared his willingness to become their chairman at the district meeting . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Claisse , the Secretary , said , that he was nappy to find that they were in a course to obtain some asaistanco for the starving Spitalflelds' weavers . It was new out of the hands of the Committee . He assured them , that in the City and at the West-end the best disposition was evinced on their behalf by all parties , and he believed that now that the opinion of the Lerd Mayor was known , that many of the gentlemen who met at the church bad fallen in with his views . The distress , he was sorry to say , was increasing to an alarming extent .

      Since their last meeting , the Committee had had above 300 personal applications ; while the landlord of the Knave of Clubs , where the Committee meet , is called upon all day to know when the money will be distributed A few days ago he saw Mr . Brutton , tha vestry clerk , who stated that there were about 1 , 000 in the house , and 1 , 300 who receive out-door relief . ( Several exclaimed , "Nearly 3 , 000 ; " ) and a weaver-said that Barton , the relieving officer , informed him a few weeks ago that there were above 2 , 000 receiving out-door relief .

      Mr . Fox said , t h a t a fortni ght ago there were 854 in the house . He believed the out-door relief was about 3 , 090 . Several weavers addressed the chair , after which the report was unanimously received ; when , thanks being passed to tha Chairman , who replied , the meeting broke np .

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      STATE OF THE COUNTRY . Gentlemen , —Since I last wrote about the distress at Mansfield , some of the operatives have returned to work or rather half employment Others are still employed at the BastUe whither their necessities placed them . And now I will glance at the sufferings endured by my fellow townsmen during the last seven or eight months . The Gaardiana as I before asserted refused to allow outdoor relief to any but married men with families , and the relief allowed was utterly insufficient for the support of their families . Very many refused to go at all , and endured all the miseries of their fate at homa

      Some have cultivated small plots of Forest ground and have grown crops of potatoes , and this has been the ore of many families to every meal for many a day . I shall never forget a scene that I was made the spectator of : —A family of six persons had had the swinish fare above noticed , for four days successively , when one day they were at dinner ; after the meal , the mother fetched the remnant of a small loaf out and shared it amongst her children , reserving the smallest share for herself . I am personally acquainted with a man and his wife , who have had only a quarter of n stone of flour per ¦ week , for a many weeks past

      Begging has been the order of the day ; scores of parties of from two tojeix , or seven , have distributed themsalres up and down the country , humbly asking for a trifle to just spin oat life , upon whom , if brigand laws had not interposed betwixt them and nature ' s ordinations , themselves and their starving families might be living in health and plenty upon the uncultivated park , and thinly-manned farms , through which they passed in their amateur mendicant excursions . I cannot refrain from expressing my surprise at the

      almost entire absence of sympathy on the part of the wealthier portion of our towns people . At a meeting of a few benevolent and influential gentlemen , ( last noticed ) a deputation from themselves waited upon those public functionaries whose especial duty it is to manage towns' meetings , and wished to call a public meeting for the purpose of devising some means for meeting the exigencies of the ease ; but they refused to call the meeting . A requisition , got up by some working men , and signed by a Magistrate , for the same purpose , cad no better success .

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      Amidst some kind and sympathising individuals there were some who—' «• Like the rode Corinthian bow , Against the houseless stranger shut the door . " One man of this sort , a parson , living at a village net many miles frem Mansfield , actually slammed his door in the bee ef five highly respectable working men whilst they were respectfully stitingtheir eajw ; and these men actually returned home with twopence each , after a day ' s exposure to the most toclenwnt weather : they were all married men . Working men are often taunted with their immoralities and their ignorance . I should like to know how many of those be wallers of our moral aberationa , were they in like circumstances , would be better speciiflens of human greatness ?

      There has been an immense amount of unseen suffering and put-of-slght misery endured in this neighbourhood , and when the thousand little sympathies that bind a man to his own fireside , and make life worth living , are broken ; when the ruddy flow of health forsakes the cheeks of his half-starved children , when he has to meet the mournful eye of her who has pinched herself in order that her children might know somewhat less of want ; and when the many discomforts of his wretched cellar-house , where rags and filth and poverty are bis lot , instead of the joyous smiles of

      happy children , and the kindly sympathies of an affectionate wife , with the plenty that nature sent fo * all , is it surprising under these circumstances ' that ho should resort to the pot-house to drown all remembrance ef his woes , in the most vicious and criminal pursuits . And yet the distress that now obtains In all onr manufacturtng districts , does but display the sufferings of the useful classes in a little bolder relief . We have been for years bat just vegetating , and col * and selfish calculations about how we should get over the next day hate

      " Repress'd our noble rage , And froze the genUl current of the souL " The higher ends of onr existence have been forgotten amidst the crime and turmoil that society has forced us into ; bat notwithstanding the degradation im which what * re called' the higher classes haTe plunged as , we have been visited by some glimmerings of the great and good , and , despite our distresses , nothing can divert as from the pursuit of oar full rights . In answer to the crotchets of expediency-mongers , tbe

      people , in a voice of thunder , demand their Charter , as the first , the only thing they will contend for : and the wrongs that crash us , though they are keen to bear , yet eTen they point out the ephemeral character of the horrid system that entails them ; and they clearly foreshow the comieg—the speedily coming time when the present barbaric state of society shall be matter of history , until historians shall refuse to record its crime * . I am , Sir , Your obedient servant , J . W . Smith . Ratclifie-gate , Mansfield .

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      ADDRESS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL TO THE CHARTISTS OF SHEFFIELD . " Awake l arise ! or be for ever fallen r Brother Democrats , —Appointed by the National Charter Association to watch over the safety , and do all that in our power lies to promote the success , of the democratic cause in this district , we deem it our duty U briefly address you , shewing the necessity of immediate exertion on your part to place Sheffield in that position which , as one of the principal hives of British industry , it ought to occupy in the glorious movement now extending through the length and breadth of the land—a movement for the establishment of the rights of oar order , and the restoration of national greatness aad prosperity , based upon the equal rights and equal enjoyments of alL

      Brothers , the late General Election saw the wretched Whig faction driven from power , and for ever destroyed as a party . Their end was just—their doom well-merited : they had betrayed and insulted tho people ; and when , in the hour of tbeir need , the miserable hypocrites appealed for help to those whom in the plenitude of their power they had trampled upon , the derisive laugh of a nation ' s scorn was the only answer given : the tricksters of 1831 perished , and one national shout of exultation hailed their fall . Then was restored to power tbe Tory faction , the conservators of , because the proflters by , every abuse . If the Tories imagined that because the people rejected

      the Whigs they ( the people ) had any love for the rival faction , miserably have they deceived themselves , as the future will show . No ; had the people possessed legislative power they would have driven both factions to destruction . Not possessing that power , they destroyed the traitor parts , leaving enly tbe avowed supporters of tyranny to battle with ; the party with whom there can be no compromise , who will themselves be crushed striviog , to uphold the present canibal system : or , conquering us will being the now aroused millions under a military despotism , from whioh there will be no escape but by and through a struggle , such as the heart and the mind sickens to contemplate , and instinctively prayeth may never come .

      Are we mistaken as to the character of the ruling faction ?—No . Without reverting to their former deeds , without rehearsing the bloody records of the past , a glance at one or two of the leading members of the cabinet , will show the real character of the present Government . Who is the Duke of Wellington T Who ? Let the tans of thousands of victims of kingcraft and aristocracy who sleep 'neath the blood-stained sod of Europe ' s fields , and Asia ' s plains , answer . Who is Sir Robort Fee ]? " Oae ( to quote a certain writer ) of the most Jesuitical aad of heartless men . He hates and despises the people , more cordially than even the vilest ef the vile Whigs . He is a man without heart , without human sympathy , without any political affection in common with the masses of humanity around him . He may be said to embody all the bad qualities of both factions , and the good of neither . " We need proceed no further with our description of the present Government , save but to remind

      yon of the Duke of Wellington ' s i gnorantaud heartless assertion , that there was no distress in the country ! And that every man who chose to labour might earn a sufficiency of the necessaries and comforts of life > The very reverse of this being as notorious as the sun at noonday . To which -we may add the arrogant declaretion of the Duke of Richmond , to the effect , t h at t he power that made should unmake the present Government , unless that Government did the work of tbe landed aristocracy ! Are ye Englishmen , and blush not to hear this aristocratic insult , that it is not ye , the people , that make the Government , but your lordly oppressors ? And told this , too , by one who owes bis titles and wealth , the power to starve English paupers , and grind Highland serfs , to tbe fact of the first noble mother of his line having been the accommodating mistress of a royal debauchee ; to the arrogant tyranny of such shall we patiently submit ? Forbid it , Heaven ! Forbid it , every remembrance of our sires' deeds . '

      " We have too long Knelt at « ur proud lords' feet ; we have too long Obeyed their orders , bowed to their caprices—Sweated for them the wearying summer ' s day , Wasted for them the wages of our toil ; Fought for them , conquered for them , bled for them , Still to be trampled on , and still despised ! But we will bunt our chains . " From such a Government can we expect ougbt o good ? No , weturn with loathing disgust from ttu liberal knaves , who tell us to give Sir Robert Feel a fair trial . We call upon you to be up and doing , anil be ready to oppose the measures of the Government , it

      whenbronght before the couctry , they are . u nd to b e as rumoured " national emigration , and the building of more barracks , " that is , transportation for those who may be driven from home and kindred and bullets for those who may not I But , bfctbers , remembering the mittikea . and failures of the pa&t , let us , reaping wisdom from experience , fail not to combine prudence with determination in giving battle to the common foe ; we have to contend with a paity , crafty as well as cruel , cunning as well as strong . But , brothers , only ltt us be united and energetic , calm and resolute , and we may laugh the power of faction , to scorn , and despite the strength of tyranny , win the freedom of our fatherand .

      We deeply regret the necessity we are under of tailing you plainly , that hitherto , tbe Executive Council have not found-that support on the part of the Chartists of Sheffield they had a right to expect . Remember , brothers , 'tis not in the power of leaders , no matter how talented , . courageous , and incorruptible to accomplish of themselves a nation ' s regeneration . It Is the saverreign people , the mighty masses who must will by their apathy or energy , the slavery or freedom of our country . We have to complain that a considerable nnmber of the association have fallen into arrears with tbeir contribution * . We know that this may , in a great measure , be attributed to the want of employment in the

      town . But , as it is necessary for the carrying on of the agitation with vigour ; as well as to ascertain the real strength of the association , tbat tbe said arrears sbeuld be obtained , we have resolved to send a circular to each member indebted to the association , stating the amount by him due , and fixing a limited time for the payment of the same ; where , owing to the want of employment or other cattses , inability to pay maybe shewn , we shall be ready to extend the time specified in the circular . If there Stany man whose name is enrolled on our Ikt , who ' w 4 H" neither make good his arrears , ner state why he is unable to do so , we shall consider that man to bend ' real Chartist , and as such unworthy to have bis name longeron our rolL

      We now turn to these who , professing the principles of Chartism , have not as yet joined the ranks of the National Association . Brothers , we appeal to yon to shake off your apathy , and at once enlist under oar banner . He who isnst for us is agiinst iu . In your countless thousands ye thronged the streets to welcome , and hailed with raptoe every word from the lips of your champion , O'Connor ; that undaunted advocate of the poor man ' s rights will shortly again visit your town . Come , then , join the Association , and prove to O'Connor , that his p ast iataun b » Y « mi kwa in Tain ,

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      During the week of the ChrUfaa ** holidays , we shal take aettre and energetic measures foe obtateiag signatures to the National Petition- Ia the meantime , the names of-persons holding sheets for signatures wiU be found in aacilwr < ol"nui » f tbe < Slfc » r . ^ V _ , » Lectumaje delivered every Sunday erenlag " # past six o ' clock , ia the A * s » octation Room , Fig Treelane . Meetings are also held ia the same place « v «> j Monday and Tuesday evenings , when new members aw enrolled , and every information as to the ram of tbe Association £ iven * . , „_ * .. ! Uponftrneceaiity of rigninr the National Pentton aid supporting the forthcoming Convention , we shall hereafter address you . By order of the Committee , GKOBGE JULIA !* HaBNET , Sub-Secretary . Sheffield , Dec 13 , 1841 .

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      BRUTAL MURDER AT ST . HELEN'S . It is our painful duty to record the facts of a most diabolical aad barbarous murder which haa been committed on a highly-respectable farmer residing at Rainford , about two miles from St Helen ' s , whose name was Henry Grayson . About five o ' clock on Sunday morning , a man , em * ployed as ortler by the Denton ' s-green Brewery Company , was proceeding to his stables , when he discovered the body of a man lying in the centre of the highway , and his suspicion was that he was drank and asleep . He , however , raised him op ; aad , finding him incapable of either speaking or helping himself , carried him into a barn immediately adjoining , which belongs to the landlord of the Gerard ' s Arms pnblic-honse , DeatoB ' sgreen . There the man left him , supporing he was still

      asleep , bat returned some time after with a Ian them , when he found that be had been dreadfully wounded in , his head and other parts of his body , and if not the * , dead , was utterly insensible . He Immediately gave the * Alarm , and assistance was procured ; but theunfortanate gentleman was dead before It could be of uw avail . A report of the transaction was speedily , con * veyed to Captain Woodford , the Commander of tbe County Constabulary Force , whose head quarters are at Preston , amd who lost no time in repairing to tha scene of murder and outrsge . for the purpose of readezio&ftdvice and 'direction . The result of his exertions , together with those of Superintendent Storey , of the St Helen ' s division , is , that six persons , who are supposed to be implicated In the inhuman and bloodthirsty deed , am in custody . .. ' ., '¦[' .

      Tbe following are the particulars of this dreadfal deed : —The deceased , Mr . Henry Grayson , was a hig&ly respectable farmer , residing at Rainford , a village about four miles from St . Helen ' s . He was about sixty-four years of age , and was reputed to be worth considerable property , some say to the amount of £ 200 a year . Part of this property consisted of cottages in St . Helen ' s , the rents of which he was in the habit of collecting weekly , and for that purpose hegenerally attended every Saturday . On Saturday be was in St Helea ' s , and had called on several of his tenants , but so far aa it is at present ascertained he had only received , la the course of tha day , the sum of 12 s . 4 d . Between eight and nine o ' clock he was Been in a beer house in the tows , and la the course of conversation with some persons who were

      aware of his residence aud the road he had to traverse , knowing also of a gang of poachers , reputed bad characters , who were in the habit of frequenting that part of the country , he was cautioned to desist from his common practice of returning home at such late hours , as , in all probability , on some occasion the " long company , " as tbe gang iu question are generally designated , would attack and rob him ; but so little suspicion had he of such an occurrence taking place , that , in reply to the caution , his observation was / " Oh , ' no ; I know them all ; they'll not meddle with me . " He left the beer-bouse between eight and nine o ' clock , and called on a respectable tradesman , with whose family he ' remained until about midnight , and partook of supper with them . He was seen about one o ' clock at the

      door of the King ' s Head public house , in the cempany of a friend , knocking for admission , by a policeman on his beat . ' The polieeman went to the place , but , seeing who they wore , leit them , without addressing them at alL As he was geing away he heard some one belonging to the house say that unless they wished to stay all night they could not be admitted . Shortly afterwards ha was observed on the highway , leading towards Rainford , apparently sober . This is stipposed to have been the last time he was seen alive , except , perhaps , by ( the assassin or assassins ; for , about half-past four in she morning , the body was found lying in the middle of * the road , in such a dreadfully mangled state tbat it could not be recognised , even by those-who knew him . Tbe place where the horrid crime was committed ia

      called Detton's Green , about a mile from St Helen's , almost in the centre of the village , and within fifty yards of the Gerard ' s Arms Ina . It is evident that either the deceased bad been instantaneously deprived of utterance , or the storm , which was ragisg at the time , had prevented his cries f » m being beard , for no one in the neighbourhood was disturbed until tbe corpse waB discovered . It was found that on the fora * head , immediately above the nose , a wound was in * dieted with some blunt instrument , which bad broken the skull and penetrated the brain . " Oa the Sack part of the head was another wound which had also broken the bone of the skull and penetrated the brain , and the right eye was burst and forced from its position by another blow of the assassin . But as if the demoqsrim human shape , for less one eoHld hardly sappose them , were not satisfied with taking away the life of their victim , they proceeded to further violence , for bis

      right shoulder was dislocated , and six of his ribs on Qua right aide , and four on the left side , were broken , w forced into the lungs . The deceased , it w o u ld appear * from the state of the road , and the filth which cajewd him , mast have bad a fearful struggle with his rriur derers , and it is supposed was acquainted with all ar some of them . His pockets were all rifled , " and the right hand breeehes pocket was turned Inside out , and the lower part of it cutoff , but it . is known that they could not have obtained more than 10 s or 12 s , booty , in silver and copper , and this is all the property that was takes away , so that there is nothing which can be identified as belonging to him . So exceedingly cautions had the murderers been in their conduct to the dead , tbat bis pocket-handkerchief , which probably might have been recognised , was found thrown into tbe ditch at the road side , a few yards from where the body was found .

      In the course of Sunday morning , Mr . Storey succeeded in apprending two men on suspioion , named Thomas Meadowcroft and Isaac Jacques , within a short distance of deceased ' s residence . On ttxo small clothes of tbe former were marks of blood about the knees , which had evidently been attempted to be obliterated by scraping with a knife or some such instrument , and in his pocket was found i large clasp knife on which were marks of blood . When they were about to be conveyed to prison , Jacques was about to csmmunic ta something , but was prevented by his companion , and be afterwards declined making any statement at present , although he said he had something important to communicate . Since then , four other persons have been apprehended , whose names are Robert Wood , Charles Wood , William Jacques , and Patrick M'Caddon , all part of the gang of poachers above referred ' to . They have all been identified as being in the neighbourhood within a short time of the murder .

      As a proof of the perfectly reckless character of the gang mentioned above , the following particulars , which have since come to our knowledge , are given , and will afford a melancholy illustration . On Sunday evening-Superintendent Storey met three of them on the road between St Helen ' s , aud the place where the murder was committed , whom he stepped and searched , but finding nothing on them except some gins , which they admitted they were going to set for hares , be allowed them to depart Within two hours after this a poor labourer was knocked down on the road by three men , robbed of his little all—half ' a sovereign—which he vu conveying home to bis family , and thrown into the ditch . It happened , however , that the party robbed was well acquainted with one of the robbers , whom he has since identified , and who proves to be part of the same gang—a person named Peter Woods , brother to one of the prisoners in custody , on suspicion of the murder .

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      VoBACious Pikb . —A singular instance of the voracity of the pike occurred on the subsiding of the flood from the footpath adjoining Mr . Oldbam ' g mill , a few davs since . Some lads were engaged in play , and dabblin / j with their naked feet in the waters overflowing the banks of the Leant , when one of the juvenile party was seized by the foot by a pike of about 41 b . weight ; and such was the tenacity with which this tyrant of the watery element kept its hold , that it was with no little difficulty the boy succeeded inehakngit off , which having at length accomplished , he carried it to the domicile of his parents , where it formed part of the family meal » few hours afterwards . —Manchester paper .

      Coming to the Point . —A joung gentleman , whose extreme bashfulnesa might otherwise cause serious embarrassment to the fair , takes the following very modest means of breathing hia sighs through the columua of the Carmarthen Journal : — "Open to all South Wales , —Wanted , by a hand some young gentleman of nineteen ( whose bashfulness has caused him to adopt this mode of courtship ) , an object of affection . She must be pretty not very tall , accomplished ^ fond of music , and have a good voice of her own ; her age from seventeen to twenty-five . Money of no consideration . 'Address ( postpaid ) to ...... The utmost seeWeyobserved . P . S . —Any lady wishing to embrace the . present opportunity will meet with an affectionate lover , and , perhaps , wealthy husband . "

      Melancholt a » d Fatai , Accident . —On Thursday evening the master of the Kukcaldj packet , sailing between Leith and that place , fell into Kirkcaldy harbour , between eight and nine o ' clock , and as the night was very dark , no one saw the accident , but his cries for assistance brought David Hogg , one , of the men belonging to the flory boat , to the spot , whose endeavours , we regret to say , in rendering assistance , terminated in both being drowned . The captain ' s body was found tbe sane evening , and that of Hogg the next morning . The captain , whose name is Robert Graham , perished within 200 jards of his own house , and we understand has lfcfc a widow and three children to deplore his loss . Hogg has left a widow and eight children . Caledonian Mercury .

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      TO THE OPKRAT 1 YE MASONS OF LONDON . Fellow Countrymen . —Hiving read the particular * respecting your struggle agaiast a combined system of tyranny , and believing you to be actuated by really honest motives , both to yourselves and your fellow men , ia my reason for offering you my opinion aa to tbe ateps to be . adopted in order to secure a victory on the side of right against might Happy am I tbat you have malatained your position like honourable and brave men , and have given no reason to be pounced upon by tbe servants of the law . From my knowledge of sober , ho n eat , and industrious men , I am certain that they wonld sooner be employed than seen walking the Streets . My . object then in this communication is to lay down a plan by which you all might be set to work . Suppose

      then , tbat you were to make a call upon your friends in the ether trades for a loan of coney towards yoar support , and I am Tery glad to bear they come forward liberally ; raise , say a thousand pounds , to purehu * a plot of land ; after which yo « might borrow seven or eight thousand pounds more on interest , with which you may set to work immediately ; and build a large working-man ' s hall : and , by so doing , you would be enabled to pay your men wages for working for themselves , instead of , as now , walking about doing nothing . You would then have a commodious building wherein to meet for the mutual improvement of each other , withoot being dependant on other parties at times for a room . When erected , it would pay good interest ; it

      wonld tend to insure victory over jomr oppressors by opening a > market for labour . The working men ami trades would be relieved of their subscriptions , and would willingly give a loan for such a laudable purpose ; because the men , instead of receiving money for doing nothing , wonld be creating wealth for what they received . Then what man would sooner work for an oppressor than hiaoelf ? I merely throw out this hint to remind you of what might be done . Having had some experience with strikes , I am afraid that the trades will fall off in their subscriptions , unless they see a chance of success . If yoa could accomplish the above object yea would give tyranny a mighty shake ; and tbat you nay do so ia the sincere with of Your » , faithfully , Wm . Griffin .

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      ^¦ p TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brother Democrats , —The Executive have come to the eondiuioa to publish weekly in taeSfor , Findicater , and Chartist Circular , the weekly receipts , and by this means the country will be more satisfied as regards those places that pay and those tbat do not I am glad to find that the suggestions I have thrown out last Saturday , are being acted on ; letters now sent to me have the proper address to them , besides 1 have received several papers from Scotland as well as England , when sneers have been thrown out againstas Two copies of the SiqfordAire Advertiser have been sent me by some kind friend , in both of whioh we are attacked . This betokens something good—it clearly proves that onr numbers are making the venal and corrapt press of England begin to quake . Look to the two important meetings and triumph for our cause ,

      that have lately taken place in the great metropolis , viz the one at Soutfawark , and the other at Lambeth . Observe how Spurr , Ridle y , Ma y nard , and others made the immutable principles of truth triumph over cant and humbug . Here was a meeting called to inquire into the present distress , the returning officer lathe chair ; everything was right enough until Mr . Maynard moved the two members be requested to support th « Petition , when Alderman Humphrey said that he would not support the Petition , because there were statements in it , with which he did not agree . Then came tbe storm from the toil-worn , til-treated working men , aye , and because it is mentioned that Prince Albert has £ 104 per day , he would not support it . Why really the Alderman might not be afraid of the counter , knowing how much per diem tbe Prinoe

      However , the Alderman may rest asswed that all England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales shall know howBMwb per diem Prin * e-A-lbert ha » r- *» , dnofco 8 Tj shall the Chartists take steps in letting the country know this matter alone , but also to inform the people that Queen Adelaide has £ 273 per diem , that the Queen has as much for pocket money ia one year , a » would pay the entire salary of the President of America fer twelve years . Aye , aye , Mr . Alderman , w e w ill ere we end t his sort of information , let the people know all these things , and I am sure it will require more logic than Alderfean Humphrey possesses , to convince the people that inch intolerable grievances ought not to be mentioned . Every praise is due to Messrs . Maynard and Rogers , for the exertions they nave been at , to get up the above meeting .

      Tbe Doctor made an excellent address but the dailies would not report him . The other meeting at Lambeth was called to pass congratulatory addresses to the Queen , Prinoe Albert , and the Duchess of Knit , on the auapioious event of a Prince of Wales being born , ( what a sublime happiness to tbe SpitalfieldB weavers !) Dr . Bedford in the chair . Addresses were moved aad seconded for the above purpose , which were met by counter resolutions , that the addresses be discussed that day nine months . The Chartist amendment-i were triumphantly carried . I have received letters from London , speaking in very high terms of Dr . Bedford and tbe High Bailiff of Southwark .

      One of the best features in our agitation is , that the London Trades are beginning to move ; the masons , the tailors , tbe shoemakers , and the hatters are at the good work in their respective trades . Let the trades but come out for the Charter , and we are sure of suecess ,-let us be united amongst ourselves , and I defy the united power of Whig and Tory to arrest our progress . It is now past five o ' clock , and I have to be in Todmorden at half-past seven ; so I bid you good ni ght , by again pressing on you the necessity of union . i I remain , Your brother democrat , John Campbell , Secretary .

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      Wolverhampton , 1 st Dec . 1841 . Mt Dear Sib ., —In reply to your second letter , ( I have not received your first ) I beg to say , that owing to tfceprecarious state of my health , I cannot pledge myself to visit Aberdeen , or even the south of Scotland , before next summer , lest I should be obliged to disappoint my Scottish friends , as I have already bees to the men of Oldhaia . I have uadergoae a deal of fatigee since my liberation , having attended not less than sixty meetings , since the 24 th September , at each of which , I spoke on the average , not leas tn&n three honrs .

      I am now on my way to Manchester , where my family are residing temporarily , and should a week ' s quiet have the effect of recruiting my health , so as to enable me to resume the agitatioa , I shall most likely proceed northward , to Edinburgh and Glasgow , and if the weather be not very inclement , shall endeavour to visit Dundee , Aberdeen , it , &a , before my return to England . Bat as already observed , I don't like to pledge myself , lest I should be compelled , by ill health , to disappoint my friend * , after putting them to the trouble and expense ef preparing for my reception . I am bow nearly two years away from my family , who havs suffered many inconveniences and privations on m y accou n t , I most therefore think well on it befere I leave them again , and especially for a tour in the nortb of Scotland , which at this season of tlie year , might prove fatil to me , owing to my state of health .

      Under these circumstances , all I can promise is to ! cemply with the kind invitation of ray Aberdeen friends as soon as my health and circumstance * will permit , and I to give timely notice when they may expect me , either through the Northern Star or by private letter , i If I visit Scotland before Christmas or soon after , I ! shall have to take Mrs . O'Brien with me , ( which would : make the journey more expensive , ) and I dare not leave ¦ her for a long absence at this season of the year , —1 am ' therefore desirons to put off my Scottish tour till next I spring or summer ; but nevertheless , sbonld health and

      circumstances permit , I shall be in Scotland before Christmas , accompanied by my wife , rather than have my Scottish friends suppose for one instant , that I make light of their invitations , or entertain any other feelings than tho ^ e of respect and gratitude , for the many disinterested proofs they have given in . my absence o ! theii sympathy and good will towards , Their and your very obedient servant , And fellow-labourer in the good cause , James Bronterke O'Bbien . Duncan Xieholson , 37 , Kast North-street , Aberdeen .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 18, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct873/page/7/