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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE SOBTHEEJi STAS . Sir , —I am ft poor man borne down by oppression for my steadfastly adhering to the noble canse of Qjartlsin ; I liave been entirely mined by the clergy and middle classes of Sboreham lor my firm determination to uphold ths canse in this Toiy-ridden borough , ¦ which I am sorry to say that out of a population of 1 , 942 by the census , cannot number but myself and two sore Chartists , in the strict meaning of the ¦ word . J £ y case is as follows : — In December , 1838 , a party of respectable Chartists came to Shereh&m to enlighten the people here on the prinriplBs of the Charter . I being a "worling man was requested to tafee the chair , I did so ; being a

      Greenwich ont-pensioner , I wss immediately , reported to the Board of Admirality , who directly stopped , my pension . I memorializsd them , telling them that I had done no ' ihing "wrong ; when I was answered by- the Secretary that their Lordships aid not thinfe fit to restore it tack to me . I ansrwered them back that my country had given it to mo for -wounds receiYed in its defence , and it ought not to be ¦ withheld frommejxnlesa I hid broEe the latra I had fought for ; but they -were determined to stop it I then drew up a petition at tie suggestion of that noble-minded patriot , Mr . John Frost , and got Mr . T . Duncombe to present it to the House of Commons , "when , it was ordered to be laid on the table , ¦ where it remains .

      I still stood by the cause , and will as long as I live . I was immediately beset by the Shoreham parsons , who completely ruined me and my large family , of a ¦ wife and nine children . - I have dragged on a miserable existence , until every thing that the rascals left me is now gone . Therefore , I hope , through your valuable paper , the Star , the only consolation I have got , that you will be so good as through its columns to state my ease to my brother Democrats throughout the Kingdom to raise a small subscription for me , to buy me a boat and nets that I may gain a livelihood by filin g , as I can get one foi fifteen or sixteen pennds , to support my iamily with , and keep us out of the Bastile , as that plac * I hope I shall never face . If fbiH should meet your approbation , yon will place me under the greatest obligations to you ; and , if you Would act as Treasurer for me , if such a thing should take place , it will much oblige a poor but honest man . ' With tfce greatest respect , 1 am jour ' s , in the cause , JOHS HlJfDES , Shoreham , May 29 , 1842 .

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      ^ TO THE CHARTISTS OF GRFAT BRITAIN ASD IRELAND . Fbiends , —Having watched with some attention the progress of the canse of truth , justice , and humanity , in opposition to falsehood , injustice , and cruelty , I hava been impressed with the necessity of some further steps being taken for the diffusion of sound political information among all classes , particularly among a great portion of the working classes not as being necessary to Qualify the latter for electors , but as a means of enabling them to obtain their political rights . You are aware that those who are desirous of maintaining = that system thronib which they are enabled to live in sfflaence by depriving a great portion of the working classes of the common necessaries of life , do all they can io

      prevent ths people from having convenient places to ekJ in , hoping , thereby , to prevent their obtaining their object That tiiesa beings may reap disappointment , and that the causa of tmth may speedily prevail , I would recommend the Caartists all over the kingdom to open at convenient placf s their houses , and invite by printed circular , their neighbours to meet them , for the purpose of considering the propriety of forming a class for obtaining and diffusing sound political information . I subjoin the farm of a circular to save those who may be disposed to act on this suggestion the trouble of writing one . Should this plan be generally adopted , I am disposed to think that teos of thousands would j sin such classes , and afterwards the association ; who , with their present small amount of information would otherwise not join it for a considerable time . At these

      meetings , which should be held weekly , at least , let the National Chartist newspaper be read , and let ene or two of the members make it their business to look over the 6 tber Charti 3 t pnblicatioza , so as to bring any thing whieh they may think desirable should be made known before other members . As the success of those who may ba disposed to adopt the plan here recommended will depend much upon its bting understood that the plan is to be acted npon extensively , I would suggest that , at the next meetings of the members of ihe association , resolutions be passed expressive of a determination to act on the recommendation here given , and that notice be sent to the Star of such resolutions having been passed . J- S . FaBMEB . Wolverhsmcton , M 3 y 2 SSh , 1842 .

      ( Circular . ) Sis , —It i 3 is contemplation to have established throughout the kingdom eibsII classes for obtaining and diffuiirijT , at a cheap rate , sound political information , in crdtr that by extending the icottence and strengthening the power of the working ' eksses , they nasy ere long cesse 1 : > bs , as they tlow are , tha slaves cf landowsars , usurers , and money-mongers . Year company is rtqatst ^ d zX the house of there i - sert the piacs sad time cf meetings , ¦ when and where a a few of yenr neighbours have been invited to attend , for the ptrrpese of considering the propriety of forming a class to xcttt weekly at bis houss . The subscription , if any , need not be above one penny p = r month .

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      THE NECESSITY OF A TOTAL CHANGE IN OUR EAST-INDIAN POLICY 1 When the lives and fortunes of thousands of our brave countrymen are at state , and when many of them with their wives and families are priBoners and hostages in a bitterly hostile- country , we may be forgiven for calJioj ? some slight attrition to the erenii which have lately taken place , and which have caused such fceaxtbreakisgs and heartburnings boti abroad and at home , and to ail eonnecttd in any way whatever with the tfikirs of the Eist-india Company . Thcugh the greater portion of our energies and sympathies should be directed to the extenainatioa of the barbarian crutlties , practf * ed in arrogant and ignorant -wantonness , on the suffering masses of the pppulation of Great

      Britain acd Ireland , yet , we will uplift our voices , fesble tbough they be , and fearlessly and honestly declaim against , and * denounce with heart and scul , the murderers of our social hearths and happiness . . We have sons , brothers , friends , and relatives of all de-Kr ipiioES , male and female , in Hicdcstan , and in the midst of our unparalleled distresses , though we can render bat little aid for their safety or salvation , . yet we can record our feelinzB and show in after and bappitr times , we were not totaiiy insensible to their dangers and privations brought upon their beads ( like oursi by the crises of the legisjaru e Ojt affairs in the Eist are extremely difficult to deliberate on at least satisfectcrily , as vs bave placed ourselves in a very false position . It is madness to advance , our moral power is

      shaStOi if we retreat , and if we corns to a standstill we lxcirue the laughing stock of the European and OrienLai wcrJc ' s . Tid- is tie real picture of our position in Afghanistan , aid" a n . iglij pleasant one it cids fr > " to be ! How are we to exrricsts cursives with anything like honour , and retain out mi .-r . i ~ : superiority ? V , a have good reason to know that the w ; r is not palati la tj the army iu In . iia , whether Ear . ' pczn or native ; -re can also vouch f-sr : he unwilling feelings with ffh ' cn many of our frc ^ h levies embark :. ; on the trajOFp-urrs =-hii-b bare Isteiy saik-d from our ifcorca : we will iu ~ ntion j-art'cularlj the 9 th T . Tnvers , and we heard seijcant-ruajors , se-jeants , noneoniaiissioned officers of aa trades , End sc < -resof privates dbcuore , " that they ¦ vsvuli ntfctr iin the Tanks of the

      Affr'hi . ir . s , than fight agnln .-i tfce ^ i "—that iE was en unjust war—that th ^ y Wfcre obliges to go because they couldn ' t help theiuselvts , not from any vie-vetiun » o the interests of the century , but from sheer ntcessity Xbe E iropsaa offirtrs ajv zraaibiinz now ia all their private letters about t ^ t-ir numertU 3 hardships , the deprivations of their usnal luxarita , and the rrstrictions on thtir fcnormons qnjLt ; : ies of barga ^ e , thar rit-y can't erjoy their wices and aies , and are con Jcihiie-i to drink branay and waltr 3 Tiir » e risLricti' ^ s are absolutely Tnct < : ~ 2 . rj , or they T = "oc > i hiTe to p- - < . t » -ct a f . ageage train of siine milts in lergih , ana w < -ar the tr- - f » ps out by UECt 2 iiEg and har ££ s : nE Outy . We sh' -nid like to see eguis ( A the " oid Ecbooi" cepiiTid •{ t etr " mass " laxanes , their tents with outer Kinauis , " their " Bjwtys ,- * their ' BrSnobcrs , " tmir tajeoge . " and " nec ^^ 3 aIy * ' tents , and we should see a portion of

      their enthusiasm evaporate aft- ^ r tVrry da >' a march . Exoiie these remarks , hat ws kn » w whit wei are speaking abon-, and the Pake of Wei- ' , lingion is well a ^ rare tha : ttiey are but i " / rather bed soh inrs" ! We impugn not "iheir courage or tbeir physical energies , it is thu Ciiniate , and the clim . * e alone , that encrclt-s them in ; a shroud of lassitude and mufeirs tb ^ iu thy slaves of ' « 3 sV ; m . Whan Xbey ard in saih a ciime as Xbat of A % Uar . istan , the extreme of heat and old , if wet and dry , lh .-y muBt suffer c » ns-ilrr&bly , and the luxuries of Bisaostaa , would b « - ' oubly rtsrettcd , » n < i to make fee march at all palatable to Gbristian . Mahometan , or Hindoo gulletts , success must be tbeir constant companion , and plunder and promotion th-jir necessary fiitendaats ! Such then is tiie undoubtsd state and efficiency of the advancing army I

      Wo must now look bebinn and ttke a giimpse over i fee sur- ' ace . of Hindostan . Tiia ntquiet > pirit of the ] Hindoos and 2 kfahometans must be prop tiated ; it has j hitherto been laid , or rather j-moth-rred . by constant emplojnirnt and petty wais . Prow the fall of Seringapa- ; tem , wad the death of Tipp > >» s jab , vre tave bad a struggle , far B : itiEh supremecy , arin l - " aiis orly been attained by '; inducing oua tribe er «> t- > of natives , to wtge war , iStlnst anotb . tr . Like jivkdils , we Lave oartaken of J Bieprey . F ^ om the batik < f Assaje , ia 1 S 03 . ( where the Dake of Wellington jv ^ ptrd bis S' -si Kood-stained ; lauieli ; to that of Mahiiip- ^ r . in 1 S 17 we were con-^ Mt ' . y employed in the t < ~ Kr- an ^ l ehriitian-like occupa- ; tion cf E =: ting natives by t - t-3 rs , an I the w ^ rs and j qaarreis of Holkar and S .- . ; ii-ih rnrpiy trst-f / to -what ? exiest -re had Eseceeie ^ . P » -r Bij-c R'jw , the P ^ ishwa , j came m for a share of our atter . tiun . H = was ? n > -ju- ; g&tea , srd e te .- snme Lar .- flih ing ih- e-i . ' ant & ; k ' : ar , ? as cla -. , and fell a : . ^ sLt ? e . ' iian-:. < to ttevli ;

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      22 nd Dragoons , we remained masters of that hard fought field 1 In 1824 , came the Burmese war , to occupy men's minds and prevent them from thinking , theugh we forget to mention that the Bombay troops in 1820 made a few excursions to the Persian Gulf , which di 4 not stamp them as iovincibles , or their leader , Sir Lionel Smith ( like my Lord Cardigan ) as the chevalier sans pear et sans reproche ! In 1827 , a few thousands knocked taeii heads against the walls of Bhurtpore , and the ball was pretty well kept up , till the AfighanB hinted to the Feringhees that they were determined to have a will of their own .

      Her * , then , we are in Afghanistan , panting for revenge , goaded by military renown , and partaking , in dreams , of plunder and promotion ! Behind you , in Hindostan , nations and tribes bowing anwillingly to your yoke ; before you , a tardy , brave , and patriotic enemy ; and around yon , and for the time being , aad marching -under your banner , a dispirited , and treacherous native soldiery I We must negociate with arms in our hands . Positive orders must proceed from the Government here to the Indian authorities , to stop these wanton batcheries , and by taking a high moral ground , with considerable physical force to back it , we may be able , by the

      assistance of skilful negociators , to cause the blessings of peace to beam upon the land . We have little doubt but the Afghans will meet us half-way , and would assist by peaceable means in ridding themselves of our presence . They cannot wish for such & war to ravage their homes and habitations . The army , we are well assured , would gladly Bee once more the flowery " topes" and " paddy" fields of HiDdostan , and the Government in tranquility , by a more enlightened policy , might look to the construction of toads—aye , even the laying down of railroads , the beautifying the cities , towns , and villages , and framing more equitable and acceptable laws , equally embracing Enropean and native , tt ""< have ever been issued forth in the East by man .

      The ministers here must not hesitate ; they must be prompt and bold ; it is our only chance as regards Afghanistan and India . And such a result would tend more to their own or the national honour than thousands of bloodstained victories . Afghanistan cannot be conquered by us , and never could be tenable at any rate . Hindostan is not irredeemable , and by showering around it the blessings of civilization we may become in future years friends and benttictoTB to the natives . Under the present system we would boldly bzj never . A Woolwich Cadet . Chichester , 23 d May , 1842 .

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      THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHAKTEB ASSOCIATION . Brethren , —Tha duties which devolved upon us , as members of the National Convention , are terminated . The period is now approaching when it becomes us , in accordanca with the principles of the People ' s Charter , to resign into your hands that trust which you have reposed in ns , and which we have striven to ths best of our ability to exercise to the satisfaction cf our constituents and the benefit of the common causa . We therefore direct your attention to the proper measures to be adopted for the election of a new Executive Committee . THE BALLOT . Which shall take place throughout the nation in the week beginning with Tuesday , the 7 th day of June , and ending on Tuesday , the 14 th day of June . Let it be particular } - ? observed , thai each fscaii / t / will choose for itself one day only for ihe ballot , out of the . seven , so as to convenience all localities .

      JI 0 D £ OF BALLOTING . The fifth rule of our Association states , " That any person shall be admitted a member of this Association on taking a card of membership . " Therefore no person will be eligible to vote for the officers of the Association unless they can produce a card of membership . The . sub-secretary shall grant to each person , producing a card of membership of the locality to which he belongs , a voting card , on which is written or printed the names sf all the candidates . The elector shall then , st his

      owh convenience , draw a pea through all the names except the five for whom he votes , and the five names left standing on ths card shall be considered as the persons whom he thinks eligible to serve on the Executive . The sub-secretaries shall also be empowered to grant to absent , sick , or dis-tvnt members their voting cards , and receive their votes in return , sealed up , through the post office , or by other means , which sealed votes are to be opened by the General Council , and deposited in a box provided for the purpose , and to be called the ballot-box .

      On the day of ballot each sub-Secretary shall act as registrar , and the General Council as senjtinisers of the votes . The sub-Secretaries , at : tnded by the General Council , shall , on the day or evening appointed for the ballot by the majority , stand around the ballot-box , and proceed to call over the roll , eack voter advancing when his name is called , and dropping his ballotting card into the ballot-box . On the conclusion of the ballot , the General Council will proceed to the scrutiny . They shall fiist eoui : t ths cards to see that the number corresponds with that on the rolL They shall , secondly , cast up each , card in succession , and Ihe sub-Secretary shall put a mark opposite the naaie of each of the candidates reported as having been voted for . Finally , they shall declare the result to tha General Secretary , reserving a copy for themselves .

      . On Tuesday , the 2 Ut of June , or earlier , if possible , the namfs of the new Executive wiil be announced ; an 2 on Friday , the 2 st of July , tte new Executive will supersede the old . Brethren , we trust these directions will be strictly adhered to , and that all of you will vie with each other in exhibiting the proper spirit of Chartism during such an important practical application ol our principle . All those places ia arrears for cards are particularly requested to discharge the same , and thereby enable the present Executive to leave office without entailing any debts on the books of their successors . Having full reliance in you , onr constituents , supporting us in the course we have advised , regarding the election , We remain , your faithful And devoted Representatives , James Leach , P . M . AI'Douall . Morgak Williams . R . K . Philp . John Campbell .

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      ¦ BRISTOL AND THE STURGE PARTY . TO THE EDITOE OF THE KOBTHEBN STAR . Sib , —Having read a report iu your last paper of a j meeting cf the Complete Suffrage Union , without mem- ; bers . I wish through yoer pages to call the attention of ; my brother Cb . ari . ists to tha fact that iciihout Tnembtrs '< it could not be a meeting of any union , and further to j infurm them , that this said meeting was held at tha j house of one who hitherto has passed for a Chartist , and I believe was convened bj Cnartist professors , for ; the purpose of seducing others of tae Chartists to desert the glorious cause to which they have often publicly : pledged themselves , and become lowered in the cstitaa- ] tion of every party . The argument , if such their Ian- ; gQige may be termed , for this backsliding , is , that fortv i

      memoirs of Parliament will support Sturge , that none : wiil rapport Feanrus O"Cannor , thus resolving tee : question of right into individual influence . Secondly , i that a rose would be just as Bweet with any other \ name . But what Englishman would think of changing ; the name cf this emblem of his country ? and what \ Caarti » t would for a moment . entertain the idea of ¦ ¦ changing that name which has been banded down to j uj by Vaoss great souls , the immortal Hunt , Cart- i wright , Cobbett ? As well may you a ^ k the Irishman ; to change tbd name of his shamrock , or the Scotsman \ bis tbistle , the Welshman his leek , the democrats of Franca to strike ene of thsir trice-lours , or the Arnsricans to throw aside ona of their stripes acd itars . The \ answer in every case would be , Jfo ! These n ames and era- '

      bleas are national , and are endeared to ns by tfae breath , and toil , and blood of noble -sires and brothers , vrho j have gone hence , bequeatfeing to us the fulfilment of j ths labours they commenced ; and we have adminis- j tered to tbeir testament , and sworn for our own sakes \ and that of our children to devote our whole energies to ;' the accomplishment of their glorious onsets . Gbacga ! the name Universal Snffrage ! Never . ' It has became I a Baered name , sanctified by the sacred names of nobles ' of nature -who have died in its advocacy . ( We were once united in local associations under the title of Universal Suffrage , Democratic , and Working \ Men ' s Associations ; afttr the acceptance bj these of : the Charter , we advanced from this position to that of ;

      Local Chartist Associations and District Unious of Chartists ; after the barbarous crusade of 1839-40 , we emerged from the conflict with flying colours , and took ¦ a still more advanced position , under the title of the National Charter Association . We have since then , under good generals , parried every feint of our many enemies , and at length destroyed their army ; and should we , after having achieved this victory , in a war ' ef trickery waged by pretended friends and open foes , « now b « nd to their new-modelled yoke , and diBgrace our- ; selves in the eyes of the country and the world ? In the name of consistency , no !—in the name of ( union , so . '—in the names of Hunt , Cobbett , and Cart- ' wright , no 1

      The Charter , we were continually told ( aye , and by ' one who has backslidden ) was framed , that all that was necessary for a just representation may ba embodied that-we may have ene thing to point to , and be of one mind , not divided by our several crotchets , but by ' unity of purpose , and unity of action , achieve our ; o xn emancipation from the thraldom of class legislation . ; And shall we now descend from this unity of purpose and action , to our several erotchets again , changing one name after another , to suit the whim cf this man or that parly , until the whola face is changed , and the working cbss divided into powerless sections ? Universal Suffrage is cur sacred principle of political rights . Tne Charter is become a talisman to the people , ¦ Stettin ia their hope of frtedoni ; and to ask them to thanie—to turn from it—to o tack from tbeir presect

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      position to eves the five points without details , much less to alter one of those poinu for a more limited , and therefore iaferior name , is to ask them to be unstable as water , and lay them bars , to ba blown about , as they hitherto have been , by the breath of faction—is , indeed , to favour the tyrant ' s maxim , " Divide and govern . " But if the question is to be between Peargus O'Connor and Joseph Sta . ge , the decision must ba years of toil in favour of Feargus O'Connor , for he has been tried by the people and fjund perfect even to the present moment j but cf Joseph Sturge we may ask what do we know of him ?—answer , that he was a free trader only , till he found he could not carry free trade without the Chartists ; at least , all parties must own he is

      untried , and therefore only thought to be a friend of the people . When he has had years of trial in the people ' s cause of political emancipation , it will be time enough to dub him a friend of the toiling millions ; but to desert our tried friend , O'Connor , and join Sturge , because a few more of the dishoncurables would vote for the latter , would be truly absurd , and Joseph Scurge himself would not respect or place any confidence in sen who could be guilty of such gross ingratitude to ono who has served them so long and nobly . If Joseph StUTge can by his influence gain over the middle class to bis Suffrage , he may do us service , because at a future time we may get them to advance

      into the Chartist ranks ; but that Chartists should retrograde to his plan , is too ridiculous y inconsistent No , brothers , onward for the Charter , that has become sacredly endeared by the breath , and toil , and sufferings in dungeons and in exile of its virtuous advocates , and by its necessity to free our order from the crue : bondage , misery , and death entailed upon us by continual drudgery . Let us stand by our tried friends as becomes men—let as stand by our Charter as & £ - Cometh freemen ; and set an example of consistency and firmness to the mere wordy democrat—ear country and the world . J . , Bristol .

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      TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir —As another proof of what Englishmen are reduced to , tha following may be relied on as a fact : — "A man of the name of Ralph Kershaw , of Oldham , who has been some time out ef employment , went to his former employer to get a job but without success ; but having to send a parcel to Halifax the man begged ha would let him have the job , which ho did , and the man got a wheelbarrow and breught the parcel ( weighing nine stone four pounds , ) from Oldham to Halifax , a distance of twenty-one miles , aud took another parcel back that weighed six stone six pounds . What he got for it I know not , but this is another proof among many others , that Englishmen had rather toil for a livelihood , than live either on charity or parochial relief . " Robert Sutcliffe . Boothtown , May 31 , 1842 .

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      —^ i ^^—THE STONE MASONS ON STRIKE , FROM THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT , AND NELSON ' S MONUMENT , LONDON , AND THE WOOLWICH DOCKYARD , To the Public and the Trades of Great Britain and Ireland . " If . every just man , that now pines with want , H-. d but a moderate and beseeming share Of that which lewdly-pampered luxury Now heaps ut » on some few with vast exeess , Nature's full blessings would be well dispensed In uusuperfluous eveu proportion . " Milton .

      " Animmensa majority of every civilized people arc verging towards a mutual agreement to give , in order that to each may be given , full measure , pressed down , and shaken together , and running over . Such is the plenty in which God showers his gifts among us *; and such is the manner in which he would have us yield each to the other . " A Political Economist . Brethren , —We have at length arrived at that period so long and so devoutly wished for by all that have been engaged in prosecuting our strike to an honourable termination , and moro especially by ouraelvcB—that of issuing our final address .

      In doing so , it ia our pleasing duty to inform you , that excepting sixteen individuals located at Dartmoor , all of the late turnouts have relieved us of the cast of supporting them—some of them by the obtainment of other employment , in the immediate localities in which they reside , some of them by going in quest of it to distant parts of the country , aud others of them by being promised a small bsuus eich so auon as means are furnished to us to Bupply it to them . It may , perhaps , be flc here to state , that the arrears of pay due to those sixteen , inc l uding a bonus of £ 1 each , which they bave agreed to accept , and then to relinquish all further claims in respect of the strike , atnoui . t to upwards of sixty pounds ; and which ( having had " a pretty considerable sum" arrears of strike

      allowance to pay to those who have gone to the country in quest of employment , ami having yet a considerable sum to pay to those remaining In thsir respective localities deficient of the promised bonus , and unemployed ) , we are incapable of ourselves yet to pay , and which is operating most materially against us . We aw , however , sanguine enouch to hope , that this to the many insignificant , yet to us at thia moment important " trifle , " will not be allowed long to operate as a drag chain on the wheels cf <_ ur onward movement ; but , being freed from immediate embarrassment , wo may ba enabled , like industrious aad persevering artisans , to set ourselves cheerfully and energetically at work

      " placing our house again in order , " in repairing those portions of our citadel which , daring the Ions ; siege unto which it has been subjected , have been susceptible of injury . Not , hov . ever , in propping with lame expedients , or decaying substances , tho unstable and affected parts , but , taking the experience of the past as a beacon fur the future , conserving that only which , in its practice , has proved effective and useful , anrt levelling to the ground all that has been proved ineffective and useless , and upon the most approved principle rearing up a new fabric , more adapted to the improvement of our condition , and the defence of the rights of labour .

      We 6 ball not , we hope , offend any of our friends if in this , oar kst address to them , we digress a iittlt from the subject of our strike , to say a word or two respecting the origin of that Wealth through the agency of whieh we have been so persecuted , a 3 also respecting the inefBcien . protection afforded to , and the disproportionate distribution of , the produce of labour . It has beeu written , and , as assumed , by divinu inspiration , that " He who will not labour neither shall he eat "—that " The labourer is worthy of his hire . " Indeed , labour was the first price—the original purchase-money—; hat wa paid for all things . It was neither l > y gold nor by silver , but by labour , that . all the wealth of the world was originally purchased . labour , therefore , has a right to the first and most perfect kind of protection . * .

      We see not , however , how th : s " psiftcfc kind cf protection" can bo afforded il without a subver&ion of the txisUng arrangements with regard to tha distribution of labours produce . "Under the pies > -Mt kik-kiI system , the capitalists and uruyloyers are nvt oniy ri'stinc : from , but tLsy are iu ;\ iuanr-. r imJtpfe-i' . itnt , i > f , the labouring classes . Titey have the whole control of all the operations of trade—at their fiat production gees forward or languishes—the laOourinc man is uia < le cuiufuitib'e or starves by inches . In all trades or professions the capitalists or employers rt-ceiv ^ ( ' . oubL >; or quadrnole remuneration for single tvo . k , or fur no work

      whatever ; " and this uncq : al distrihutiyn of iabour'a produce is the great source from whence originates the misery and extreme poveit / if the labouring classes . TW 3 system must , therefore , be subverted ere lauour can receive " a perfect kind of protection . " Tin ; gr ^ at principle of equal « . x : U :: ur . , now ti-o much unUt ' il . d by the labouring man , and which exposes hnn t <> e . vry wrong and every injuotic-s the rapaciiy of tho c-rituist and the employer see it ta bo their interest to ii . fi ti epen him , 6 hould engage his serious and undivi ' . ' . " < t a *; rution . He must take into his owi : hands hi « ) e / , iu- ); nte fSlcj — that of distributing the pnxl . uee of his-own labour—a course of all others tho bets calculated t'j tri-uro it a

      " perfect kind of protection . " And until b * - dus-a tins —until he interpo ^ w bis & :: tarai authority to the auni- ; hilation of the haueful system of un ^ quAl txchanyea , ; with its destructive tendencies—" tiitre wii ! tic tvaxionj of labour by some cl : use 3 at t ! . > 3 cx . itr . ee of « . t-. \ er ] classes , the inors especially of his cla . < s—then * will be undeservedly rich , and uaiuerit-rily poor—ttwro will be tyrants ami thero will be slaves— and his / aboiir will be without even a seiabl ^ nce of a " perfect kiud if pro-1 lection . "

      Bs it , however , fully understood , that we have no reason or intention to speak lightly of what we fit onea . admit is but an imperfect "kind oJ protection" aff--riled to labour by trade societies as at present existing ; but that , on tbe contrary , by somewhat more judiciousiy . > directing their resources , and thus more extensively ] developing tbeir capabilities , vre hope fur more through . ; their agency than they have yet achieved . Neither let j it be Bupposeed that we contemplate the exi&tsnce of . trade societies would be rendered unnecessary by any political chance in the const-tution or government of

      the country that may be effected ,. however exteusive ; that change may be . The necessity for their txistence , ; in our opinion , can only be removed by sweeping away ; uuiverBally that system which makes one man the ' property , indeed the elave , of another man—which i divides society into classes of competitive and clashing Interests—compelling ona class to toil whiJe others are idle—to produce that others may consume . " And no mere govermental change , if engrafted upon the preEent social system , " can effect the removal of these things ; and their removal must be " a consummation devoutly to be wished . "

      To obtain , then , " a perfect kind of protection to labour , " and on unsupsrfluous evenly proportioned distribution of its prodnce , the various tiade societies must turn their attention , and direct their nieina to the institution of joint-stock and co-operative companies . " They must take their own affairs into th ' . ir own hands "—pat their own money into ttietr own co-operative bank ; and thus , by withdrawing it firom the unprofitable chaaneia which now absorb i ;» make its interest and prorita accrue to their own * immediate advantage . What we seo accomplished almost , everywhere around us by joint-stock companies muse clear away every doubt , evea from ihe oosS es&pticai , as to

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      the practicability of such a Bourse '; and there are ample means , when combined , at the disposal of the trades f ir sncha purpose . In theit existing funds which are p ' ow , through the hands of bankers and other conventional mediums , lent ; on hire under the cunningly devised delusion of receiving interest for the same , but which , in a majority of cases , are made in some one way or another to operate against them are the means to be found which , applied to such a purpose ^ under tha judicious direction of properly constituted boards of trade , aided by tb « ualted exertions of those concerned , " all having a common interest , working for a common end , and deriving a common benefit , must incalculably conduce to beta individual and collective prosperity .

      By the general adoption of the principles of co-operation , a great majority of the unenfranchised may also obtain for themselves their inalienable rights , the suffrage , and the means submitted are aimple , peaceable , andsafe . : We recommend , with all the Berionsness of which we are capable , the early attention of the trades to the subject cf co-operation , and upon which we have passed tbe foregoing , although- brief we hope , intelligible remarks . . . ¦< - . - .. ¦ ¦ ' . ..-. . - - ;' .,. ¦ ' " . . ¦¦ - .-. And as the meeting of delegates convened for the especial purpose , cf aiding us through our strike , is virtually dissolved , ! we most respectfully submit that each trade , at its earliest convenience , determine on the propriety of organizing another delegate meeting , having for its object the deliberate consideration of thia important question in all its bearings . With a view to inspire confidence we shall conclude with the follewiDg lines from a poet of immortal fame : —

      " Oft expectation fails , and most oft there Where most it promises ; and oft it hits Where hope is coldest , and despair moat sits : " and with deeply engrafted feelings of gratitude for the counsel and pecuniary aid which have beeu afforded We rabscribe ourselves , Yoursgratifully , v The Committee of the Masons on Strike , Tuouas Shortt , Sec . May 25 th , 1842 . N . B . All money contributed on behalf of the masons , in the provinces , should be made payable to Thomas Shortt , at No . 180 / Strand , Xondpn .

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      Sugar in the Gi-den Time . —In the reign of Heary the Fourth of France , sugar was so rare in that country , that it was sold by the ounce by apothecaries , nearly as Peruvian bark is now sold . t-Echo du Monde Savant . The Stoby of two Children is the Wood . — ( From the Nova-Scotian , o / Apri / 2 l . J—Two ohildrea went astray in the woods , about four niilca from Halifax , at the 'Dartmouth side , ou Monday week . Their names were Jane Elizabethi and Margaret

      Meagher ; tho elder six years and ten months old , the younjajer four years and six mouths . Some hundreds of people , many of them from Halifax , and comprising some military and Indians , went in search for several successive days . On Friday , a snow-storm occurred , and added painfully to tha difficulties and depression on the subject . Oa Sunday , the remains of the children were fouud about six mile 3 from the homo of their parents . They were found locked in each other ' s arins—the younger with its face on the cheek of the elder . The elder had rolled her apron about the moro helpless bab .-She had the looks of caro and sorrow in death , as if , which is net uncommon in eirnilar . cases , premature responsibility was felt , and that to secure and shield the little innocent by her side was felt a duty . The

      younger seemed as if it met death in sleep . Their tender feet were much injured by travelling—in vain endeavouring to reach hoBaa . What pangs must despair ha , re introduced into-tho 'children ' s mind * , aaaid their Ionelinoss and hunger , day after day ^ and nttfht after night , in the . wilderness . ' And yet there was a melaiifilioly subiinmy connected with their death—the ripening of tho spirit under keen distress , and the . ' -mutual sympathy and love which is too often wanted at the death-bed of the unfortunate mature . The parents of the children have been subjects of deep commisseration . The remains of the little wanderers were interred between Eilenvale and AHun's . They were laid in the one coffin , and in the position in which they had been discovered . They had a largely attended funeral , notwithstanding the wet weather .

      Death of Sir R . Iv Portee . — - Accounts have been received of the death of Sir Robert Kerr Poster . at St . Petersburgh . Sir Robert was au artut , aud was in 1804 appoin'ed hfatorical paiuter to tho Emperor of Russia ; a soldier , aud ehared the perils of Sir Jobu Moore ' a campaign in the Peninsula , which ended at Corunua ; and a diplomatist , being last employed by his own Government as Consul-General at' \ . ( :: ii-zuel <» ,. His sisters , Anna Maria and Jane , are well known for their works of fiction . He died ou the 3 rd instant , in his tixty-third year . lie is s : irripe < i- ' by lha Princess Alary , the daughter of Priuce Theoiioro de Sherbatoff of Russia , whom lie named in 1311 .

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      ( From our ow ? iCorresp 07 idenL ) Ever oinco tho announcement of the compromise into which the parties contending for tho honour of represenfcir . g tills pure Borough , in our reformed Parliament , are said to have entered , public opinion baa been upon the strstch . But perbap 3 it may not be amiss , as the work-Jn . 'j classes generally appear to attach more than usual importance to the result if the present struggle—to state the nature of ths compromise . It ia known to ail that the return of Sir John Hobhouse and Sir Jolin Larpent , was petitioned against by Waiter and his Tory coadjutor ou . the ecoro of bribery . That is , Hobbouse and Larpent had couiinitted the crime of over-bidding their -virtuous Toiy opponents in the flesh rnavket . However , so : gvtat "vras th 3

      importance tittachiid to the seat of the e ' S-Wiiig Minister , Hobhouse , that the WhlgaVot a auction' 6 * vU * ii'iflaential-of that body , entered into aa ng-reement with the petitioner , the terms of which weve that Hobliouso should retain his seat , that Lirpfnfc sliotikl accept toe Chiltern Hucdrcda , as well as tha liuvoiictey which corruption entitled him to , nad that the leading Whigs should give no opposition to tfie return cf ¦ Waltar ns the successor of the . Whig 3 i , \ ronat . In this state of uffaira thu Tories had a . fair , right to pvoauma that tho Q'jutralitybf thokading Whigs , andthec ffoet of Tory gold wonld insure a . walk over for thtir raaa . Bat , alas ! " man proposes , but Ciod disposes . aud the wicktd spoil-sport Chartist non-electors , firud with

      indignation at the prt-suinptuous barter thus made oi ' thuir riglit 3 , put thsii- ' . ignorant - heads togothor , aud camd to tho conclusion to flght corriprotDisa , gold and all , with ' .-jsoli'd . priaciplo au . l virtue ; a ; id aecordin » ly invited Mr . Joseph iSturgo to oifat liimself as tho representative of their -vhtuous destgu . Fearmis O'Connor was immediately written to , and at oiico pledged his aid in support : of tho people's viev / s . Tae Tories being sceptical of Chartist integrity , laughed at the motion of the Chartists and the homst and uncainuiitted portion of the middle classes daring to raise their prebumptuous heada against things as rulo had scitlod them . They have learned a lesson , however , which they will not hastily forget !

      O'Connor arrived on Thursday week , and addressed the people In the Market-place . Hs theri pledged himself tt » come and remain " with us , when tfio struggle commence 1 , until the victory was won . He returned on Thursday last , and , at eight o'clock , addressed a meeting of several . thousands :. of the people ia . the Markvt-p ' ace . The vtteian Harriaoai de \ egateto the Convention was in the chair , and opened the meeting in bis usual ctraightforward maricer . He then introduced Mr . O'Crtunor to their notice , who was received with repeated cheers . He commenced by saying V what a blessing , what a pleasure , what a jpride , that in the midst of accusation and l-ecrimination , of taunts of Tory gold and Whig gold , that 1 can thus stand in the Mavket-place , and say to the ^ h \ % a , whose spy I was till I strangled them , woo Pit » me ? and turning to the Tories , whose apy I then bsoame , but as whose

      destroyer I now am , to thorn also I aay , wuo paio me ? Now is your time to con \© forward and fot ever damn the hireling "—( tremoudbaa cheering and waving of hats . ) Mr . rOConnor then continued in his usual strain of rapid and thriHicg eloquence . •' ¦ ' . ' After inspiring the Chartiats with hop-j ami cuufidehce , in a glorious democratic gpeech , the Kieeting at its close fell into procession , and marched through the town , Bingiug Ctartiat aongs , -with . - . O'Connor at their head . Walter had heard of Mr . Sturge ' s abseuce ; and , hoping to steal a match upon the' undefended . garrison , he also arrived on Thursday ; ! mt O'Connor vvaa btfora baud with him . Walter addreessd a few of tha leading Tories in the Assembly Rponis , and affststed great sarprise at th . 9 alterwl stat 3 oi' public opinion siuee ho was made a tool oi by the--Chartists-for- tho aiiaihil'iUoa of Whigsery . O'Oo-mjor'iafornwd His . hearflw ' tikoi j WuiUs

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      was then addressinghisTory friends ; but esaurad them that on the morrow a train would take him back to the place from whence he came ; atwl ,- curious enough , on Friday morning , Walter was missing ( leaving to his mourning friends the sad task of communicating his retreat The people marched fey the Gaprge the Fourth , ( Walter ' s Hotel , ) and from which he wus accustomed to hear the joyous cheer ; but , alas ! the melody was changed into three groans for the Tories . 0 , ungrateful Chartists , why ^ arerye no £ still in love with Toryism , that promises such fait tblngsfor you ?

      FRIDAY EVENING . On Friday evening , Feargus O'Connor again addressed an immense concourse of all classes in tho Market-place , i Mr . James Sweet was unanimously called to the chair by his town 8 mon ,:, and was received with hearty cheering . He explained the conrse which he thought it his duty to pur 3 u » at Mr . Walter ' s first and .. ' second-. election , ' - and showed the triumph ¦ which Nottingham had gained over Whiggery by its adoption , and the hope which the Chartiats now had of reaching the bsnefit of that triumph by the annihilation of Toryism . It was very gratifying to witness the unanimity of sentiment , which prevailed in approval of Mr . Sweet ' s conduct . He concluded amid cheers by introducing 0 Cannor to the assembled thousands . Mr . O'Connor spoke till dark , and concluded , a sour-stirring appeal thus : — "If the middle closes are sincere , and desirous of

      a union , what an opportunity now presents itself ! but Bbould our principles be boat by . Whig neutrality , who again will venture , nay , who will dare to recommend , a union ? I for , one never ¦ will . " This sentence had a powerful effect , and eet many who were before lukewarm , to work . But he hit them still harder : — . ' What ,- ! ' said he , ••* are the Whigs of Nottingham parties to a compromise by which this town Is to be represented by an ex-Whig Minister , and no less a Tory than the proprietor of the Times ? If they beat us now , or if we are beaten by their neutrality , they shall have two thumping Tories at the very first general election . " This was followed by loud chsera . After the meeting broke tip , the multitude , more numerous if possible than on the preceding night , fell into procession , and paraded the town , singing and cheering for Sturge .

      SATURDAY . Saturday feeing market day , the Market-place was not available for electioneering purposes , so O'Connor addressed the Ciiaitiats in theit large room at the King George on Horseback . He entef « d fully into the question of trade , machiriery 4 and the Corn Laws ; and plainly explained to bis hearers that from a wholesome state of the labour market alone could machinery continue to be profitable to its owners . He laughed at the idea of remnherating markets abroad , while domestic taxation was swallowing up more than the proceeds of our entire exportation' ; while he eontended that the home market , if rendered sound by the representation of industry , would set every hand in every trade to work , and leave not a machine in the country idle .

      After his speech , which "Was loudly cheered , Mr . O'Connor ' s Address to the Irish Universal Suffrage Association was read by a working man , and was loudly applauded .

      SUNDAY . Mr . Harrison , the veteran who exposed the tricks of the traders in the late Convention , and who is much beloved by all who know him , preached a sermon on the Forest at noon , to an everflowing audteDca ; and Dcsan Taylor : preached his faTewa 51 sermon in the evening , from the same grass-carpeted natural pulpit .

      M 0 N . DAY . On Monday evening Mr , O'Connor addressed the largest assemblage that has been gathered together for ft long time , from a platform erncted at Mr . Bean ' s Buildings , ou Bunker's Hill . Mr . James Sweet was in the chair , and opened the baaiuess in an admirable speech of considerable length . Mr . O'Connor on being introduced , entered upoa the subject of the election , aud the poor prospects of the Tories . He then turned to the . Queen ' s begging letter , aud scouted the notion of the bishops and parsons bleeding the flock through the year , and than when terror presented itself through famine , ' - insulting the people with the tender of not a tithe ' -of a tithe of what they bad shorn from the back * of the poor : and in order

      to show the benefits which tho people derived , he entered upon the evidence taken before the commission upon the treatment of children in niinija and-. -cpilidnes .. One child , said he , of thirteen years of age , when questioned about Christ , and asked who he was , answered that sbe believed he was born in Wales and went into England ( shame , shame . ) Another was asked who God was ; and she answered that she did not know him at all , but heard that h 8 wa ? the first man . Now , said Mr . O'Connor , bad not these poor creatures the full share of ten millions sterling per annum spent "in the circulation and the dispen-.-vtion of 'gospel truth throughChureh State lips ? Ye 3 , '' he continued , -hut see the « fft » cfc which the neglect niiflhthave upon justice and the laws . It is ono of our rasral ruaxUnsj that the

      evidence of a witness cannot ba received ia a court of justice who does not '' believe in future rewards and punishments ; and suppose a murder to have baen committed in tho presence of ono hundred of those neglected creatures , all of whom witnessad it ; yet : would the murderer go free , in consequence of tho infamous neglect of" our admirable , buniane ,. and ruligi'iua pastors and Tnasteis , who tolerate such hellish deeds under ground , lest their exposure should surjsct tbem to the rich man ' s scorn . " He mode a dreadful exposure of some Nottingham Tories , who took thirteen men ; to- personate living voters at the S . vuth Derbyshirei-election . Hi } stated that ho knew them all , and thosa who suborned them ' to commit perjury end promised them £ 2 a head for their services . They were to have

      polled bifjre Ihe real Simon ; Pares presented thernsel res , and when the real ntan came , he would appear to have voted before . Those whom tbey were to have represented were Whigs ; thu 3 would the thirteen have made a diffarence of twenty-six in favour o ? the Tory candidates j and the very man who procured them , fed them > paid them and snl ) orn-d them , is now the leading man in Nottir . ghara in -Mi " . .. Walter ' s ihtoreah Mr . O'Ci'nnor , afctr a powerful appeal on bfehalf of Sturge , read the address of the rion-eleetors to the electors rf Nottingham , ( inserted below , ) and which it will ba found was carried unanimously by the vast assemblage . Mr . O'Connor spoke for an hour and a half , and shewed the foily of the middle classes hoping to gain a triumph without the people ' s aid , and the insolence of tfae Tories hoping to resist the demand which the whole working classss of Nottingham , nay of iEn ^ land , were makiue for the csmnian rights of all . Ho said the

      Whigs say they would rather do the work -wit ' iitus ; me . I fcnow they would , but I know how they would do it ( Cheers . ) But they shan't . ( Cheers . ) I rnarsh-il my force ; let tJieni Hiarafiai thoir foice ; and as I am a plain speaker , and as they attach much importince to ' manicipal t-ffiuVs here , I now tell tlieai that if we sufer the disgrace of a Tory triumph through their neglect , they shall have it to their heart ' s content , in November next ; for we will fill the Council with . Tories—( chi- - « rs .-l They call your advocates Ji demagogues , " in dtr ^ ei' > n , and in . ignorance of the term they vtss it as a repro ; ich , whereas it was esteemed as a-tUle tb ' ' ? irtost bon ' curibluby tho ~ a who loved liherty . because th-Jy know its value . Among both Greeks and Komans in tbeir paimiest ;' . d ; iys , deMctgoyue VTH 9 the term by which -the people distinsuisiittd their leaders . The word ia-derived ' from ' tho Greek words ' . demos '' tbo pimple , and " ago" to lead , and signified , as I have toid you , a leader of the people . to

      Wr . Viucen ^ endeavourccl pamt a demoso .-ue in his true colours for you ; bat I fear he ALSO has misundfcr&ton't the ram- ) vhxii ths ¦ p : c '; ure ha ? , r > esr dcserve < . i . Political pedlar chuui d Lave inch substituted for tbe word '" ueuwsogue . ; " aud iiov ? I vv-iil draw for you the ch . uajt ^ r of

      A POL I T I CAL . PEDLAR , to the life . 16 is a living thing of clay , so pliant that the political mechaiiio may mould it into arj shapa best suitid to his views It is as clay iu U' -v pdiiet'B hands , ready for any nb . r . pe . " All trmigd V > all men . " ' It qnotea from V-lney , Voltan'u . nrn \ Paine , Miiton , Steafc ^ paare , and Byron , Luci . c , Pope . S-ivilt , and Bentbam , without n : or » knowka ^ e » . f thsis contaiita , than the innocent cult ; kia in which they arc hound . If S . > ciaHhin is poiuiar ,-it tfwsanius a tjoctalist ; lut ; should , t-iu pure dociriaes o *! C ; inttianity present higher prospects and . a' richer hary ^ t , the cloak of Sociiviism is dtiF .-d , and tii « triplo m ; mt : u of theTriuity is modestly assumed . Its chaiiKts an ; smt conversion !) th « y are bat omens of the nionied v . Uue ,

      winch the ' change'ia other ' s minds hold out for-change ' in ' his . ' - Before'the . people , lie is loud in Jiis supjktit of labour ' s rights , and would uphold i :-3 every privilbgtf ; - but Bbould cbance luake him an employer , he forgtts even the rules and ; regulations of his craft , and -wb ' uiti do thtf work of journeymeu with apprentices . Ou the platform he v >* ^ s for tho ri&hts of fustian ; . , lushould Sosiie anxious expectants fuHow . hiin . to his rest injj-place , he appik-s to the landlord for a private apartment , where he and bis niwa resjpecUiblb associates may seek sheiteir from the filthy »;;¦ S 3 ... He will ga « u popularity under-the wing of a good and virtuous man ; , but should his patron be broasjiit to trouble , aud becoins bound in the lion ' s net on his account , then , unlike tho grateful m » uae , he will forget to gnaw his trainniisifi , or to assist ia his releaise . Should the fury of psaty

      threaten danger to him , he will have recourse t » all devises to eaaute his peisonal safety . Siiouid h& step into error , and be reminded oi tis false position by some of the bold sons of labour , he will sigh a quick itptentance , bat still remain Viitti opan mouthy ready to inhale the putrid . air' wheu he tuinki the epide-mio has become strong enough to Justify a relapse . Ee is generally too pr / md to work , » nfi too poor taliya without laWur . He lives but iW a short time in each locality , hia stock of recomniauilaiicus relng qua « kly us-. 'd up . he Can weep with tho latCvimose , lnugh wita tha tay , and mourn with tho sori-G 7 . fi . il ; b 3 ia part of ewry man ' s nature , and no part of hia professing eoif , "He will utnou&ce in tiiva 1 : e > ai ; d sefck sheltor usder-tiie cwt Iap 3 of his vktim in public % in fahoit ia -tue words uf the poet :-

      " It is a Biendei . thisg tf wcod ,. \ Vhich . up and ' -down'Vvfi awi ; "ward arma dutb , sviyft And tp , nt and sgo ^ t itf . d eivoat a-waj Iu one v , vuk "wasbj ei ^ lufiticg flouxt , "

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      He will bei the ' . Findicalor of yqurrights so l ^ ng as his vindication is profitable ; but when he baa Atied up the pap of paapvrism ; he will look round for tha dag of some new milch cow . In fact , he has vrares- in hi& basket for all parties , and is reVdy to praisa theruto effect a sale . He is a ppi-iipous noisy blockhead , taught like a parrot , and eternally jabbering the same stuff . Such , my friends , is the character which Mr . Vincent ought to have draicn ; and over it he should hav % written ' * ' a Political Podiiir , " with " Wares for all shades of politicians . '" . ; ' - - . ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ' : . . ¦ - . ' ¦¦'¦ - ¦ '¦ ' . '¦ .: , ;; . . --- " Very fine toys for glrla and boys , A cock and a hen for a hil fpenny , "— ( Roais of laugbier , and " aye that ' s it" ) ' . '¦ ¦ . " . ' ' ,

      The address of the non-electors to the electors of Nottingham was then read and proposed by that- excellent , veteran , Harrison , tf thelato ' Convention , and seconded by the meeting , and nn ! iniinou 3 iy : adopted ; after which , a member of the Chartist Association presented an address from that body to Mr . O ' Connor , to which lie briefly reyilied , and departed , after a hearty vote of thanlis to the Chairman ; and an assuraucs that he would come on the day of eJcctioa , and march them all , electors and non electors , to fnpport Stnrge and liberty . Several of the electors shook hands ; with Mr . O ' Connor , arid pledged themselves to b 9 forthepming to yota for the man of the people's choice . He stated that he had to address the men of Beeston , four rniiesut the other side of Nottingham , at half pist six , and the people of NottinRham at ha f-pnafc ei ^ ht ; and took his leave shortly after two o ' clock , the- procession attending him to the confines of the town , and giving a round of'hearty cheers at parting . . " :

      "ADDRESS TO THE ELECTORS . The following address of the non-electors , to the electors of Npttingham , \ vas : moved by 3 ilr . j J . Barber ^ seconded by N . Loiigmiris , and supported by feargus O'Connor , at one of the largsst public meetings ever held in Nottingbam , and carried unanimously amidst thunders of applausa on Monday , the 30 th May , 1842 . " Brothers , —We address yon at a critical juncture , when , as tiustees , you . are about to be called upon to exerci-e a saered right—the ri ^ Ut of voting—deposited in your "bands , not to be need for your own especial benefit , but for the general advantage of mankind . Tha

      misuse made of tbe franchise by the present electoral body has given to wealth and might an ujnjust and pernicious influence ovr * industry and right . It feas given tyranny and misrule a conndence in its strength which cduld only arise from the corruption of that cbnflned source from wheuca its power / springs . To the application oi power tLus U'ju ^^ y acquired , niay be traced the dominant sway of faction , th ; disjointed state of society , tha inquietude of tha public mind , the disparity which exists between the : represented and the unrepresented . classes , trnd the universal demand becosiixig daily more urgent for the restoration of that tro ^ t to the bands of the people , which has beea used for their destruction and notfor their advantage .

      m Brothers , —Wo will not withhold the truth from you , though it may sling you to hear it ; that , as a body , the Electors of- Nottingham have been distinguished above all others for their corruption and venality ; -bub , while we . thus charge you with past delinquencies , we are ready to record our approyai of your noble conduct while . s . trtiggling for Reform , which promised ns a share in those rigbta ffliich you have hitherto exclusively held . ?¦ Brothers , —Ycur demeanour upon that occasion much lessens onr cerisute ' -of-, your conduct at repeeted elections ; and , we are charitable enough to think that in your former struggles you recognised no difference in the value of those who courted your support , and therefore recocciled to your consciences the expediency of helping yourselves between tbe twa rotten crutches . '¦' - '¦ .

      ¦ * '* Brothers , —Let -us hope that such has been your motive , while your present position places before you a great and glorious opportunity of provirg to the world that the Electors of Nottingham know ; how to distinguish between right and wrong , between principle and expediency , between virtue and vice . Yes , Brethren , now for the flrtt time in tho history of our town ' s representation do we call upou you to use that trust with whinh you are invested , to aid in returning the man of our choice ,

      MR . JOSEPH STURGE , to represent both you and us"Jn the Hoasa ot Commons , where the friends of order are but few . *' ¦ Brothers , add ona tothe small number . You , the Burges 3 ea , have been taunted , with your disregard of piincipie when the tempter ' s gold is-. ' eficrtd . as the purchase money of your own disgrace and your country ' s ruin . But it is to you , the poorest of tbe poor , thab we make this our appeal , being well convinced that a mind as pure and a heat ; a 3 warmly attached t © Hbeity is to be found under the rags of the pauper aa under the : fino covering of the wealthy . ;

      ^ Brothers , tho fyes of Engiand—nay , tho world's glance is upon you ! and shall ' Enqinnn frovrri , and tha world stand paralyzed at the astounding iiew » , that Nottihgbaui boa added oiae jnore to the numistr of pur opprsssoi-3 ? No , brothers ! your starving wl ^ o s , daar to ¦ you , though in rags ;' : your eoVoia ^ offsprfeg •¦ your bleeding country ; yonr fami 8 h 5 ng brothera ; your lottering homos ; your God who ^ loves justice , ail , all , one and all call upon you , ' to awoke [ arise ! or bo for ever fallen ! ' Let virtuous poverty teach vice in rich apparel that , Within your famished horiies there is a jewel too dear to bo purchased , too pure to be aulliad . ' Tell the great ones who charge you with delinquencies , that you are afcbve entering into a base compact for the sale of your country ' s and yonr fellow labourer ' s rights

      - ¦ " Brothers : of what avai } will be the purchase money of our , Iiperties ? -Poe 3 not that which comes from evil perieh in dissipation ? Commune thus with the virtuous wives of your bo 3 om anA the little oues given you as pledges of love , and chargai ! upon yenr gup . idian ship . "' . My wife and children , behold , I am this day called upon to dispose of a sacred right which I hold in trust for iny fellow m&n , —how shall I use it ? it has been customary to sell it and'from the purohasa money to supply your wants for a timo . I knew not the dishonour and disgrace until reused to a sense of reflection by the sound jadginent of my crdev . Public opinion now calh upon mo fur the first time to throw my voice into the ecale of right , to weigh do a-n the load of my conntry ' s wrongs ; but will yon , my

      wife , still continue ; to beat your , s \ m <; riBg 8 ? and shall our little cues still want ? « r shall 1 feed you for ytt a little upoa the purchase ' money , of my own arid my country ' s dishonour ? ' And the virtuous wife wifu will ana-. rcr . 'My husband , nil the money that you have hitherto got for your country's sale has come over the deyil ' a back and gone nn «' . er the devii ' s belly You receive it in a moment of ( -xciternent ; you are ashamed to confess its pcssefisH » n ; and you hpeiid it in dissipation , ir-juriug your health , and ; unfitting you for business ; so cast it from . you oa that account : but as a motfaci , a v ? ife . and an EcgJish . woman , I take higher ground , and . srey , if we are to p « i-ish , let as nos perith

      by our own baud ; and if vvo must still wear our clmns , lot -its not ' -forgo thsm for ourselves . Husbi ' . nd , liben , vote for Sturre , who promises you peacj thrcugh fellows ?; ipi-abuiida ' ncQ- through industry , and the blessing of ivi-, g : oa through nn u ; : p : iiu church .- ' . Voto not for Walttr .-who -would b < como another link in that chain ¦ whicli-ha 3 bo Ion ?? bound industry and labour tothe opprtssoVs xvill . If we are poor , rny husb :: ml , let us at ie : Ut be ; honest , and resisting . tbs tejnpter ' 3 ge'd ,- ' shout fur Sturi- ; B and liberty ! io 7 ptaca thrwugh iVibw . tfhip ; for TfSixiv . n thtouah cor . sc'enc ^ ; for yourCniinry , > our oniVr . arid you ? G '* il ... " & * > . Go ! Go ! and may heaven smile uyoa j'cui uiidoi'takipg . " . "Signed ou behalf of tfiarae ^ tin ?; , ¦ -., . ' "James dweex . Chairman . "

      TUE 3 DAY . On . Tuesday , Mr . O'Connor visited Arnold , a large vIMa ., ' . i , distait about four miles . ' from ; NoUit > t : Laai , autl viHb -r . ccoiiipaiiied by Mr / Sv . ett . Upoa arming - . vltii-:. it r . iii . o ' of tho village , which has a population of about 5 OOP-, .-nd among "frho ' ta are tibuui foriy t-iectora , lit ; vjis ju . ut by the whole . . pgpulalidh , and iaigo numtsrs fro !; i many miles diitiirit , marching in prcceasion , 1 > v ' iftd 5 ? y th'j females and : a . fcond . It vu . s-iutindLd v ' . rt lie shou ' . d address tLem in the Cfaait . iss' Ch .-4 ' p ' .-l ; l ) iu vkiV . umbKta being too grtat to be aecomiuodattd ia , i biiit »;( a ' s ? : ' tt > u times tlie S'zi , XHi-f wtiu cohiprfied . to aiij mrrt to a liir ^ o gras 3 wailed-in yard , which was k finiy affori ' -id t'or the purpctio . Sir . litllor a . volet fur the borough was unanimously called to this cbair ,

      aiid , after opfeniDg the ' basiass 3 of tlia . iutttjir ^ . : hcro-« i uc ,: * l iir .- O ^ onhor , wSo ^ as received with r ; : ii ! uroqs ap 5 , lai : se ., JEJe .-spoke for mora ihnu zn houv zii'i a half upon the monopoly i > f mauhicery , the iniquiitisa of ' tbe i ; lw cl . urch , and the blessings tf a rural l : fu . 13 o said : " No : * - Buppose your popu-ation to consist of 5 , "

      one tnu ^ t HiaKe a maskat home for the other . Thus the fathev ' s profit over consumption would increase tho value of nia child ' s labour in the nrianafaCtutiny aiatkot . And suppose h 6 tad two children , and say one cf them above flftecn yeays of age ; that chM might work at that age a '» machirsty from eight in tfea morning till twtl 7 e , and-fijMi four in the evening . ttll 6 ix ; and itt those , six Iwurs' - . la'bquT ,- -. ' raised . " . ' ia vaJue by the ccmuiuiiitya ability to suppoit its produce , I cnly ask , for arguimuto 6 ak « . 103 ; pet weak i no > v add that £ 23 per aniidin "; to thy fiitiisx ' s \ £ 42 V aud you , haTS & groiS sum oi £ G 8 , ov » 3 r ami uttyxe cou £ uajption : for tacb poor ttiai . ' p faiiiuy tu sjj ^ & > . in tha tnauafict ] flriij 3 laMlisit- — - ( ic-u I cliee ' i ' sj '~ . shcl ^ Kjiitvla me , tha lesouvsts ci tUa couutry ary fully f ^ qual to be extended to threefold tliati ai ' uount if they - wera cultivafed t > the h ^ hvst . . Ttot wcuUi givs you . 1 . 000 a 6 ldiara : anu i ; 0 '( JO . p <) liecit ' -aa to ( ifcfwid yi--ii :-- irf ^ iite and preserve tie peace v £ Arnold , in v'iiic-h car ^ j uiaa as a wldiar aiyl rs poiic « rhuu wauld have vh . tquii inleretit —( leud ch ' . ' eKj . .. ( Continued in our eighth page . )

      Teottiucjham Election,

      teOTTIUCJHAM ELECTION ,

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      NORTHERN CIRGUIT . SUMMER ASSIZES 1842 . The days appointed for holding the A 391293 for the Northern Gjrcuifc , before tho Right Hon . Thomas Lord Denman , Chief Justice of Her Majesty ' s Court of Queen's B ^ noh at Westminster , aiid the Hon . Mr . Jui-tice Maule , one of Her Majesty's Justices of Common Pleas at Westminster , tho Juaticeg assigned to take the Assizes , pur 8 uant to the statute , Durham •—Saturday , July , 0 , at Durham . NoRTiiUMBEBLAND . —Thursday , July 14 , at the Castle of Newcastle-upou-Tyne . Town of Newcastle upon-Tvne . —Thursday , July 14 , at the Guildhall of Newoastlo-upon-Tyne . Cumberland . —Tuesday , July ID , at Carlisle . Wkstmoreland . —Saturday , July 23 , at Appleby . Lancasuiub { Northern Division ) . —Tuesday , Jaly 26 , at L : mca . ster . Lancashike ( Southern Division ) . —Saturday , July 30 . at Liverpool . YouKsuiRE . —Saturday , August 13 , at the Castle of York . Cjtv op York . —Saturday , August 13 , at the Guildhall of tho City of York .

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      THE NOBTHEM STAR . \ ' t %

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 4, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct891/page/7/