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      BROOK OF NORTHALLERTON . 50 THE COUNCIL OF TEE BRADFORD CHAKTIST ASSOCIATION . Peab Friends , —I regret that I have to solicit jon jo t ake my distressed family into your consideration jnd protection , but I understand they bave been greatly neglected during the last year , either for want of concderstion or some ether cause unknown to me . I do not tfeink that the Chartists of Bradford have neglected than wLfnlly , for I am cosfident that they -will never allow my family to starre ¦ while I am confined for t&e part I bare taken in the struggle to secure the political freedom of my enslaved countrymen , and to secure for myself and them a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s wari ; and a ' the same tim 9 rescue our dear little children from the rapacious jaws of the cruel factory monster , and the aped and helpless from the tote devil kings appointed to starve them to death in the bsstiles .

      Di& z friends , I earnestly request you to take my family under your protection . It will be a source of much comfort to me to know that my family ; ire preserved from want during the remainder of my imprisonment , for I expect no relief from the bloodthirsty fictions , either Whig or Conservative , though I wish a memorial to be sent to the Secretary ef State , to rel ease me Irom prison . My imprisonment has not quenched my spirit , thongh it has reduced my body ; for please God to restore me to liberty I shall be a beit = r Chartist than ever I was , and my imprisonment has furnished me with ten

      thousand arguments in favonr of Chartism , which before were hid from me ; and I shall not fail to dtclare my experience , through the length and breadth of the land , if it should please God to preserve me in health and strength to do so : the powers that be from men will not hold the check upon me , for I am prepared not enly to meet imprisonment , tut death , or secure the political freedom of the labourers of England and their "Wives and childrea from the jaws of the factory monster . I remain truly y » ur 3 , Wiliiax Brook . House of Correction , Northalleitcn , July 2 nd , 1842 .

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      THE VETERAN JOHN GEORGE . The purport of this address is an appeal to your generosity in a lamentable cass . With , feelings cf the deepest regret I am prompted to inform my friends that distress of the most poignant nature has at length penetrated my humble habitation . My poverty has been occasioned by want of employment , and the great and many sacrifices I have at various times jnade in the cause of my compatriots . I am dow in my 75 th year , and bein ? therefore disqualifisd by age and physical debili ty from procuring a maintenance for myself and partner by the same means -which , up to a very recent period , I have employed far that purpose ( manual labour ) , I am now re ^ nced to actual penury- I therefore earnestly solicit the benevolent friends of freedom to tafee into consideration the oVjsct of this appeal , and likewise to endeavour as far as in them lie . to rel = ase me from my present extreme pecuniary thraldom .

      For the last fifteen or twenty years , I have encountered a multiplicity of trials of no ordinary description , during ail of which I never attempted to throw mystlf upon public notice , as one desirous of receiving charitable assistance , and eTtn now , but for the persuasion of a few radical friends upon the subject , my own silence thereupon would perhaps accompany me with sheer starvation to the grave . For many years I carried on the business of a paper hanger at the West end of the metropolis , by which was enabled to maintain a large family in credit . I was likewise one of the first members ef the once celebrated Corresponding Society , and I am therefore , with about one exception , the only one remaining of the old stock of Cosmopolites who fignered among the Tookes , the Hzrdies , the Thelwalls , the Ricimahs . the Joneses , and others whose names grace the annals of democracy .

      Jly obj-: ct in making thi 3 application is to endeavour , as the last resource , to keep myself and wife from becoming inmates of a Union Workhouse . Your distressed applicant , ~ JOB > - G 20 EGE . Kg . 2 , Cottage-place , Behind the Jolly Gardener , Lambeth-walk , London , July 13 th , 1 S-12 . Subscriptions wiil be thsnkfaHy received by Mr . John Savage , Mechanics' Institution Tavern , Circusstreet , New-road , liarylebona .

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      mb . sturge and the chartists of Nottingham . 10 THE EDITOR OF THE X 0 R 1 HERK STABI had written an article somewhat at length on the Chartists of NottLcgham supporting Mr . Sturge , but on second thought , seeing that your columns might be engaged to better purpose , end concluding that 1 might as well effect my intention by asking a question or tw « : I beg room for a line or two in your paper . As I am a Chartist , or Radical , of long-standing , I have too often ssen that the people , even after being

      often deceived , are too ready to place confidence in newmade converts . It is cf importance , especially at present , that we be cautious in receiving and supporting men newly come over to the profession of our principles from the middle class And more especially if they have been prominent in the Anti-Corn Law Movement . I wiBh to know if the Nottingham Chartists suppart Mr . Sturge merely because he is a Universal Suffrage man ? If so , I would answer , —bo is Dan . O'Connell , so Is , or at least was , Mr . Roebnek , so is Molesworth , Hume , and several others , who are the worst enemies tfce pecple have .

      la not Hr . Starge ef the free trade party ! The Chartists justly detm those principles , if carried out , to be starvation , destruction , and death to the working classes . Is Mr . Sturge friendly to the New Peor law ? I looked in the papers for a string of questions being put to h'T" by the Chartists of Nottingham , on various subjects ; but above all , I expected that he would be stringently questioned on that hateful measure . I was disappointed . I believe he was not questioned at all . Now , if Mr . Stnrge is a free trade man , and a friend to the New Poor Law , the ChartiBtB of Nottingham would be acting a strange and very injurious part in helping to return him . I should say , if such should be the case , as I mueh fear it i s , it would be a thousand times better that even Mr . Walter were returned . And further , if such should be the case , Mr . O'Connor has 20 business in Nottingham , if he valnes his consistency . Tours , { an enemy to Middle Class humbug and dece : t . ) Ai" OiD CHaRTJST ,

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      MIDDLE CLASS OPPRESSION-. " I would a whip were placed in every honest hand , To lash such rascals naked through the world . " TO THX EDITOR OP THE S 0 RTHXB . N STAB . Mt de . ae Sib , —AUow me through your colnmns to lay before the readers of the Star the following case of rascally oppression , the subjtct of which is a worthy fellow , highly respected here , a native of Nottingham , married , and having a family of three children . He has been ever since feis residence in SbffScld a member of the Charter Association , and ef late has , at the request of the Council , made hboself rather active in the performance of certain minor duties assigned him . On the 27 th of June , he attended the funeral of the deceased Samuel Holberry , only absenting himself from his employment during the afternoon . He was employed as striker at a c «« b-malriiig establishment It appears that on the " Monday afternoon his employer

      Tmtea the manufactory , and finding some of the men absent , directed that they should not be allewed to go to work next day till he had seen them . Accordingly , next morning the parties presented themselves at the house of the bashaw , but -were not seen till ¦ the afternoon j one of the men who pleaded that he had been drunk on the Sunday , and was compelled to leave on llonday , through being too ill to work in consequence of his Sundays spree , was allowed to return to his work on assuring his employer that he was no Chartist . All escaped condemnation but poor , who , upon being questioned if he was a Chartist , replied he was ; upon which the " gentleman" remarked he would not have a Chartist about the place if he knew it , adding that the Chartist 3 were the " d st low-lived scoundrels in the town J" That Holberry was a fellow who had tried to destroy life and property , and meant to bum the town ! Subsequently , our friend was asked

      if he did not pay sixpence a week to the Chartists ? he said no , only a penny . He was then asked if he had not better buy a pennyworth of tobacco or bread with the mcraey , and upon bis entering into a defence of his principles and the right to tT ""* for himself , the " gentleman" stopped him short , savagely telling him that after the avowal be had made of bis principles , if he " ^ aa Jesus Christ himself he should w ork for him no lorger ! He thea asked the tyrant to give him a character . The " gentleman" employer replied that the "Jdy character he would give h iTn would be , that he was 8 ^ ber , steady man , but left his work to follow the ^ artists . The following Friday our friend again « BaI on hia late employer , wbo , in reply to his remonfaeces , replied that he wanted none of the d——d Ciartist tribe about him , adding , " ft lot of yon ought to be drove into some gulf and smothered I" Finally ne left the place , £ he " gentleman" swearing that if he Tag not eff he would hare the police to him .

      % There , Sir , there is a specimen of miadJe-class jusftfiB 5 Th £ sum la a sober , steady , < jn 5 et jb » ; he tad * Wi&d for this fellow about two years , and I believe bad sever absented himself from his work before the afternoon cf poor Holberry's funeral ; and then , thongb absent bimBelf , he { unlike the other absentees ) pre'' ¦ ented no man from working through bis absence , Mother man supplying bis place . The poor fellow has been compelled to break up his home , and with his wife * ad children return to 'Nottingham , where the parish or death by starvation will in all likelihood ba their lo- We collected lCa . 6 d for him on Monday evening , ** the meeting in Fig-tree lane , to help him on his way . He left Sheffield en Monday last

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      Talk of the tyranny of Whig or Tory Governmentsfaugh ! These are the real tyrants of society—these shopecraticaT scoundrels that thus dare to doom to death their fellow-men . I may mention that this " gentleman" is a roaring Liberal , a Corn Law Repealer , &c . I am informed that at the last election tbiB same fellow had a waggon parading the town on which was exhibited the " big loaf and little loaf " What is the remedy for this infernal oppression ? the Charter . Only when we shall have wrested from such fellows as this the exclusive political power enjoyed by them , can we successfully attempt the curbing of tfceir insolent -oppression . So long as the working classes are deprived of their political rights , they must be the social slaves of the villains who hav < 3 oaly to say " You shall labour no more for me , " and doom their fellow-men to misery and death .

      Working , men of Sheffield , the fate of this poor honest man may be that of many more of you , if , like him , you have bouIs that will not band to tyranny . Rally , then , round the banner of the National Charter Association . Give your support to each other , and protect one another from the blows of oppression . Within the last two weeks our cause has gloriously progressed : above two hundred new members have within that time j oined the Association . Let us march onward with the like success fjr a short tim 9 longer , and we shal compel such tyrants to respect us , and think twice tre they punish and persecute men for their honest advocacy of righteous principles . George Julian Haii > et . Sheffield , July Ctb , 1842 .

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      ? TO THE SOUTH LANCASHIRE DELEGATES WHO ASSEMBLED AT MANCHESTER , ON SUNDAY , JUNE 26 th . Gentlemen , —I have read with feelings of great satisfaction the report cf your proceedings at your last meeting held ; in Manchester , more especiall y that part of your business having reference to a lecturer being sent to Ireland . It is a subject to which I have , for the last twelve months , directed much of my attention , and I had come to the conclusion of making a lecturing tour in the North of that country , if my means would have borne me out , but circumstances arose which prevested the fulfilment of my intentions .

      From my minute and intimate acquaintance with the manners , " customs , habits , and 1 m ; ght add feelings of the people of the North of Ireland , 1 feel fully confident of much good being accomplished by the carrying out of your resolution in the person of a talented , persevering , firm , and abo \ e all , a prudent lecturer . The reason why I more particularly refer to the NertbiB , that by experience gained from personal observation , 1 know thai mental despotism and the monopoly of the micd is not so fully in exercise , nor so wide spread in the North as in the South and West , and moreover the Dahlia Association is working in the latter places , whereas it has not a chance of carrying its usefulness ints the province of Ulster , and 1 canDot but arrive at the conclusion that the failure of Mr . Lowery ' s mission

      m 1 S 39 , may be attribated to the injudicious selection of Dalilin for the commencement of his labours , instead of seme of the principal towns in the Northern counties , say Belfast . Still I am aware that , even there , a ltcturer would have innumerabledifficulties to encounter and obstacles -to overcome in the prosecution of his work . The letters which 1 have been -in the habit of Ttcciving weekly , for the last twelvraontus , as Secretary to the Committee fcr transmitting Chartists publications to Ireland , from almost every county in that country , point out to me the hszirdous nature of the tisk , but iX the Eanie time thoroughly convince Tne of the neccsiity of such a corns © being pursued . The chief

      obstacle iutLe North would be the Orange party , which is strong and bitterly hostile to the spread of knowledge , particularly a knowledge of the people ' s rights bj the people ; when I say the Orange party , I do not mean the poor , ignorant , deluded dnpes—the workingmen ; but tae magistracy and squirearchy , who together wi : h the will , also possess the po wer to , in a great measure , much impede the progress of our movement ; but still taking all things into account , the chances are tea to one in favour of the carrying out of your resolutions , and I shall fee happy to render all the assistance in my po ^ er to the accomplishment ox so desirable an undertaking .

      The north is especially more peculiarly adapted for the csmmenceinent of such a work , inasmuch as the political p ^ uscks and gamblers of the Dublin Corn Exchange , have hitherto failed in using their inflaenee towards that mental debasement , in that quarter which is so much to be deplored in other parts ot Ireland ; and mcrtover , history and experience shew that the inhabitants of the northern latitude of any country are from geographical nnd local circumstances , found to be more attached , generally speaking , than the denizens of other latitudes , to the principles of freedom and independence , and from the open , candid , and warmhearted characteristics of my countrymen , I argue the

      establishment of our principles , and the building up of a tower of strength on the foundation uf a deep-Boated public opinion , in behaif of the principles of democracy in a spaeeof time incredibly short , to those ignorant of the ciremstancea of that people . Let us but have the confidence of the people of Ireland , on behalf of the People * Charter , or even the thinking and intelligent , who a > e too independent to pin their political faith to the sleeve of any hypocritical , canting , political prostitute , who would traffick in the miseries of his fWllowmsc , and prostrate the best energies , mental and physical , of a brave , chivalrous , and confiding peopleand the days of Iriah political humbugism are numbered .

      I could appeal to many of my Chartist friends in support of the sanguine anticipations which I entertain with respect to . Ireland , amongst others to 3 Ir . Christopher Doyle ,-for a 6 orroboration of my opinion , as to the success attending the adoption of the plan ; that gentleman can form something like a true estimate of the peopie , from the experience of his late vitit to Belfast , Luburn , Newtownaiils , &c and 1 believe it will bs found to be Lis opinion that a plentiful harvest could be reap-. d in the fiild of Irish democracy . The people only require to have true and universal principles enunciated and ushered upon thtir attention , with an honesty of purpose and a prudence of advocacy to ensure this recognition ; and when recog - nised by the convictions of the Irish people , a ll the political jugglery of mercenary brawlers , hireling scribes , and base pandering to civic dignities on the

      one hand , -the ruthlessness of open and avowed oppression on the other , cannot stem the wide-spreading torrest of free inquiry , and its sure offspring , a gracious and well-regulated public opinion ; for history points out to us the unparalleled tenacity with which they ( the people cf Ireland ) have ever clung to the last remaining relics of their native liberties , how they have watched . with a devotioDal assiduity hitherto unprecedented , the declining day-star of thair country ' s fret dam , urtn . treachery had broken those spirits which tyranny never could bend ; and with the " same characteristic avidity wouid they asain seiza those true and righteous principles which must nltimately secure tu them , after a long and ar&ary night cf bondage , the itaVlition of their dreams of the day-dawn of liberty , ail their long-chtrithed hopes of noble and exalted independence . .

      Trusting that the Excecutive will not Iobb sight of so important a subject , and that the Chartists generally , whl at once see the prspriety , nay the necessity , of assisting , by every possible means in their power , the prosecution of so laudable an undertaking , I remain , gentlemen , Your fellow labourer In the cause of democracy , Be&sakd 21 'Caet . vei . 13 , Cross Hall-st , Liverposl , July 5 th , 1842 .

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      AN APPEAL TO THE CHABTISTS OP GREAT ' " BRITAIN . IN BEHALF OF THE WIDOW

      OP SAMUEL HOLBERRY . Brethken , —We appeal to you in behalf of the widow of one of nature ' s nobles , who has at last fallen a martyr for the rights and liberties of mankind . Samuel Holberry is n » more ! but , oh , could his dungeon walls find , tongues to describe the anguish they have witnessed , the painful agony he endured , and the acute toiture of his mind , when bursting the portals of a prison's gloom , his soul left its clay tenement , without the kind" assistance of a fond wife to minister to his wants , or to close his dying eyes . Who can pourtray the agony of his sufferings ?

      Brethren , that wife he has left for your protection . He has bravely and nobly done hiB duty—it cow remains for you to do yours . He has sacrificed liberty and life , that wo might be freed from the bonds tfcit bind us . Let us swear that her upon whom bis warmest and tenderest affections were placed , shall nevex be compelled to taste the tender mbreies of a Poor Law Bastile , and thus shew to the world in deeds , not words , that we are determined to Btand by those wbo prove firm to out cause . By so doing we shall encourage future patriots to pursue the same gloiious couree—to smile at the dungeon and the scaffold , knowing that their wivss and children will find protection amongst a grateful band of kindred souls , and also , that they themselves will live in the memory of every lover of freedom , and hater of tyranny and oppression .

      Sister democrats , do you do yonr dnty . Your sister , thongh young in years , has drunk deeply of the cup of affliction . Jt is for you to administei the balm of consolation—to sympathise with the afflicted , aod to comf « rt the heart-broken . In the seft bosom of angelic woman the fountain of pity always flows for snffering humanity . Prove yourselves then worthy of yuur sex , and assist her who his bad the staff broken on which she leaned for support Sheffield fcas promptly and nobly come forward to assist in the good wofX , and to out townsmen we

      return our thanks for their hearty ana generous sympathy so " well proven npon this melanchely occasion . To the Chaftiats of York we also return our warmest thanks for their timely and patriotic aid , and to our brother democrats in other part * of the country who without waiting for this appeal nave already commenced collecting monies for the support of Mrs . Holberry . We have purchased the ground where the remains of the martyr repose , and intend to erect a plain monument over the grave . To accomplish this , and secure for the widow a maintenance for the fature , we expect the cooperation and aasiitance of every

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      Chartist in the kingdom . We also suggest the propriety of two separate funds , the one for the support ef the widow , and the other for the monument ; and although we doubt not that a portion of the fnnds for both objects may be raised in Sheffield , still on account of the depressed etate of trade we must look far the assistance of our brother Chartists throughout the country . Monies collected in Sheffield may be paid to the treasurer or secretary of this committee . But , monies collected in other and distant parts of the country , we request may be forwarded to Mr . Joshua Hobson ,

      Northern Star Office , Market-street , Briggate , Leeds . We think it unwise to limit each association to any particular sum . Let each and every one give according to his or her means , and emulating each other in the good work , place the widow of the martyred Helberry above the reach of poverty and any increase of the sufferings she has already endured . Samuel Ludlam , Treasurer , No . 11 , Radford-street . QEOBGE Julian HaRNE ? , Secretary , No . 11 , Hartshcad . National Charter Association Room , Fig-tree-lane , July 4 , 1812 .

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      ADDRESS TO THE SIX LOCAL CENTRES IN SCOTLAND . At a Meeting held in the Universal Suffrage Hall , Alloa , on the evening of July 4 th , Mr . John Stewart in the chair , to ccnaider the propriety of electing a National Executive for Scotland , the following resolution waB moved by Mr . Jas . Robertson , and , being seconded , was unanimously agreed to : — " This meeting , taking into consideration the beneficial tffects likely t'j follow the appointment of a Scottish Executive , Gall upon their Secretary , David Tnonipson , to draw up an Address to the Six Centres , urging to the performance of this duty , and have it published in tbe next number of the Star , and that our Storbtary ba instructed to correspond with Mr . Campbbll , Secretary of tbe English Executive , according to the form which tbe Law prescribes . " Signed , John Stewart , Chairman .

      Brother Chartists , —In obedience to the above resolution I address myself to you ¦ upon a matter of vital importance to the consolidation and permanent influence of the movement in Scotland , for the attainment of the People ' s Charter by peaceful , legal , and constitutional means . It cannot be denied that the movement in Scotland hitherto has been principally influenced by impulses extraneous to itself ; in stating this there is no intentien to find fault with those bursts of excitement caused by some aceklental circumstance taking place in England , and resultisg in a series of demonstrations held over the principal parts cf Scotland . These have given an extension to the knowledge of our principles

      and deepened the conviction among tens of thousands of the people of Scotland of the absolute necessity for their practical real . zrtion , - as the only means to secure good , equitable , and just government to tbe whole body of the people . But this mode of spreading a knowledge of onr principles among the people has always been attended with this drawback , that very many places in Scotland sink into a state of inactivity , if not into positive apathy , awaiting a new inspiration from a fresh excitement from England . In one sense , then , it may be said that the movement in Scotland , is created , nourished , and upheld by these means , and whenever they are wanting , the Chartist Committees in many places act as if they had no particular duties to discharge in connectiop with the movement .

      Every Chartist will agree with the association In Alloa , that if a remedy can ba found for this defect it onght to be taken into consideration , and if approved of , instantly adopted . And here again we most still turn to Eagland , not for the purpose of waiting to Bee what the Chartists there will do for the Chartists in Scotland , but to copy tbe mode of their movement , so far as it can be applicable to Scotland . They have had an Executive Committee in existence for one year , and it only requires to trace their progress and calculate the results of their labours to arrive at the conviction that what has wrought so well in England for the ex tens ' on of the principles of the Pseple ' s Charter , that without being charged with any thing romantic or Utopian ; there is surely sufficient materials in Scotland to constitute an Executive , and it only requires to be impressed upon the pseple the utility of having such a body to command their attention and secure their cooperation for this purpose .

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      We have many valuable men in Scotland , heart and soul devoted to the furtherance of the movement , who have shown a dsep devotion to its service , and have made many personal sacrifices to uphold it in ita integrity ; the past services of these mea ^ and present labours , command the reverence and respect of- the people , and the best of all testimonies of their worth to the people , from their enemies , is , that they have had every species of misrepresentation wtiioo the vile hirelingsof the Whig and Tory press could invent , yet they hava nobly set all theae efforts at defiance , treated them with scorn and contempt , and gone on in tbe even tenour of their way , exposing the hypocrisy ^ low cunning , and fraud , and open tyranny of the government class / and inspired the people with self-respect and confidence in their own power of union , to redress the wrongs they have so long suffered under , arid establish in their place the just and righteous principles of the People ' s Charter . Yet there has been a defect attending their

      operations in this glorious cause , possibly . arising as much from necessity as choice ; they have '( . . nit union among themselves , no co-operation , no oneness of purpose ; to some extent it may be said that they are personally unknown to each other ; this might be cited in proof of the excellency of the Chartist niovement , that a msvement could , have been conducted for years by men in ? culcating the same principles ; pursuing the same general plan of actions , and all bearing on one point ; and yet those who are engaged in these labours are in many cases personally unknown to each other , not dvenholding intorcouae by letter this view of our movement , and the means by which it is conducted ought to teach unimportant lesson to every opponent of the Charter , if an . agency so scattered and unconnected has through its exertions raised the people to the proud position , they occupy at present , what xvill this agency not be able to effect when bound together and acting upon a fixed plan of operation ? : ;

      Having indicated our present condition without exagerafcion or despondency , I will in my next address point out tho remedyv and the means whereby it can be brought into action . David Thompson , Secretary to r the A 1 loa Chatti&t Association .

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      CHAKTIST PRINCIPLES . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , — -The proposal made in the . Star , June 2 fith , for - 'A National Tribute / 'Vin aid of the Executiye , was to me quite refreshing , and tho excellent beginning made by yourself and Messrs . Lonsdale , Hobspn , and Ardill , I thought would have called forth the energies of our entire Association , in ordor to raise tho " wind , ' bo that the " tribuia" '¦ -nii ght be made handsome and sufficient . If those who are already organized will not bostir themselves , how can they ever expect to succeed ? Let the four hundred places where our orgaiiizitlon exists , contribute half-a-j . uinea each , arid thus we would hava two hundred Kuineaa at once .

      In addition to this , it is not too much to expect that other gentlemen wboprofess to be friendly to . the Ultra movement , should imitate the example , each according to . his means , so nobly set before them . Were the fifty thousand members who constituto our : Association to give one penny each , it would raise upward * of £ 200 . Se easy is the way where there ia the will ; Without any wish to dictate , I would respectfully suggest to the sub-secretaries everywhere , to bring this before the General Council , Proposals made in newspapers are nothing unless made to assume the shape 1 of business , by being put into actual operation among us . And I do think that it devolves upon tho sub-secretaries to bring forward such things at the proper place ..: ' . ' - ; . : - . ¦ V : - ; ~ ' : . ' ' . , '¦

      Sir , while reading tho report given In the Star of July 2 nd , of the meeting of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , Dublin , it struck me forcibly that the forthcoming harvest would afford a good opportunity to the Eaglish Chartists to do something towards the spread of ChartUt principles among our Irish brethren ; I , therefore , on Monday evening last , broui ? ht for ward ; a resolution calling upon the council men of this district to collect iis many as possible of the newest copies of the Star , to be given to the Irish labourers , who may happen to pass through this neighbourhood , on their way into the agricultural districts . The resolution was carried unanimously , and I hope will be preniptly acted upon , and to the fullest extent .

      It is not necessary to make any remarks upon the above resolution , as its , importance and object must be obvious . I send it to you for ineartion , in order to incite the rest of England to " go and do likewise . '' I would also add , that as the English Chartist Circular is very cheap , the people might , with little trouble and cost , procure quantities of that periodical for the same purpose , and thus do much additional good . I remain , Sir , 1 Very respectfully , J . Arran . Vicar-lane . Bradford , July 11 , 1842 . ¦ ' - ¦ - ¦

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      UPON THE POWER AND GENERAL USEFULNESS OF AN H 0 NE 3 T PRESS . TO THE PHILANTHROPISTS , THE TOILING MILLIONS , AND THE CHARTISTS PARTICULARLY . Beloved Brethren , —In an age when the education of our youth has been neglected by the State , the adult population oppressed , impoverished , stripped of the means of providing a sufficiency of food for themselves and children , and consequently without the means of educating them ; lacking the influence necessary to get them into the public charities established for the purpose of instructing the rising generation ; the meagre knowledge acquired at these establishments and the sehoola generally , by th « aa favoured , youths who bave been able to avail themselves of those bounties

      and : blessings of our enlightened Bystem ; a mental wilderness , is sent forth generation after generation npon the wide world . Unacquainted with it themselves , or the principles of virtue that should guide their steps , they travel oa as it were in darkness , falling into trap after trap , that society so called hath everywhere laid for them , until they have learned by dearbought experience , that the natural day-dreams of youth , its pictures of manhood , liberty , and happiness have no existence in real life ; and if they are fortunate enough to escape the precipices down ¦ which numbers fall to execration , misery , Or an ignominious . - . -death , they may linger out a miserable existence in honourable poverty , insulted , calumniated , and punished by the successful gamblers in labour , land , or gold , and the public robber . .

      Brothers , in this state of things the press becomes the greatest schoolmaster , and its purity > t > ec 6 mes a subject of paramount importance ; and an honest press < I use the term implying the whole ) would not only be the greatest , but the best Bchoolmafcter of the pre-Bent age ; that the press of our country , with but few exceptions , is detestably hollow , whose oiily principle 18 money , whose object is money , and the elevation of their paymasters over the people , that they may ever be able to pay them , is a fact that the millions will bear testimony to , and feut few , save the potent "tveis " themselves , will dare to deny .

      And seeing this is the case , this mighty engine of instruction and power is used far injury and . destruction ; then how necessary for us , the working : classf that we should support by all the means at our commnnd , a truly honest press to counteract the poisen the factious press disseminates , and foil its destructive and poisonous influence . Ye have witnessed its effects in the manner they iufluenced the jury class against you in the Wdjr crusade of 1339—40 / which ended in the enriungeonmg of hundreds of honest working men , whose only offence was speaking the truth . The base moneyhuuters are again at their work ; they seek another onslaught , another sacrifice unto mammon ; they are of the priesthood , and their cry ia persecute , prosecute , blood , blood , for the idol God .

      My fellows , this engineinu 3 t . be powerfully grappled with ; this can only be done by a similar engine , but an honest one ; it would be useless to rear other factious engines , tor this would but increase the evil , by adding power to the already too powerful monster ; an honest press alone can grapple with this huge servant of cpr-Tupt '« n , a presa based upon principle , whose editor and proprietors shall be pledged , true and tried servants of the oppressed people ; Bucn mon o : ; ly can be expected to strictly and firmly advocate the interest of the plundered against the plunderers , for when the proprietor of a paper is a meromonied man , unknown , or untried by the people , though he may hire an editor to advocate apparently their interest , there is no guarantee that when the truth has served his own turn , be will gradually rat or veer round to come other patty , and then do them more injury than all his assumed service did good .

      Therefore , Brothers , it is evident ye should support no paper excepting you know the crintroUers and conductors thereof to be your true 1 friends , however plausibly they may write ; for the time is coming , and now is , when many will eay wo are your friends , and seek to lead you after them , first for your own favourite objects , even the Charter , for which ye have suffered s » much , for which two brave fellows have perished in prison , three labour in chains—the beloved Frost and his compatriots , and several others pine in dungeons ; these gold and fame-hunting Editors will sympathise with you , will go with you , till another and better paymaster offers , or they have got their master ' s favourite project effected for him ; then will they desert you , say you are too violent , want too much , must get a little at a time , call you wild—the rabble- —men they catinot associate with , as did Vincent and others . .

      Brothers , be wise ; avoid them as you would a quack —as you would a serpent ; and if the Star to such a paper , as we need , an honest paper—a paper based upon principle , the principle of truth , political and social- * a paper that has beep- tried by you , having an editor and proprietor long-tiled servants In the cause of poll , tical ngbts , and has never aWerved , but has sewed you through good report and evil report ; then let us , in like manner , stand by it , avoiding the insinuations of pretending and changing friends , especially those wh » ran for gold and fame ; but let us , for the purpose of destroying the power of the factions' press , seek to extend tbe circulation of the only people's paper , tbe Star , by introducing it into all the houses and rooms where the working or middle classes resort , and where * ever else we have the power—into every man ' s house whe can afford it , that the upper and middle class may not remain in Ignorance of our objects , and political truth . And when our present paper is well circulated ,

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      and there fa room for : another without crippling that , then , and not till then , let ns look for tried , true friends to carry on another , for it is useless : and injarious of bur friends starting papers , to be ^ n the end sold to moneymongers , and men devoid of principle , as has been the case heretofore . V Hoping , brothers , you will pay to thii subject all the attention that its importance demands , I remain , ¦ -. ¦ ¦' ;¦ Yours truly , In the cause of Chartiam , j . —— , BriatoL

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      HURRAH FOR THE CHARTER ! TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Srai—I now address you for the first time , and I do it with a degree of pleasure which I could not at any preceding period have -ventured to express . My position in society and other circumstances naturally linked me with the anti-Corn Law League , though my heart has all along been set upon the Charter as the only moans of doing justice to all ; My views far twenty years have been , that our

      legislative machinery is not competent for the werk required , and wise men when they want any pieee of work accomplished in the beat manner , take care that they begin at the beginning , and set up proper machinery for its execution . The idea of working a vessel of 400 tons burden against both wind and ; tide with a pair of oara is not more ridiculous than to expect good laws from eur Legislature as at present constituted , and the full , fair , and free representation of the people is the only means by / which proper legislative machinery can beobtained . ;

      My present object , however , is not to reason on this Subject It is already perfectly well understood by your readers . I take up pen to tell you , ami to tell your readers , that the Charter is now virtually obtained . A little longer peaceable endurance , if the thing be possible , and the Charter becomes the law of the land . Any violence—any outbreak would mar its accomplishment , and delay its being perfected , and might for a time subject ua to a military deRpQUsm , and produce EuftVing to tenfold the extent that it has yet reached- All this has to be avoided , and I tell you that there i s a movement in process that will infallibly : secure the accomplishment of all we want I am not at liberty at present to say more . Y" 6 n will soon have the evidence of the truth of my statement from other quarters . In the meantime , let us hold on the even tenour of our vrqy , maintaining our position , and fearfully pursuing

      our object The Government would at this moment n joice in any event which should indicate violence ; any thing that would alarm men of property , and afford an excuse for transporting our leaders , or any one else . that could be brought within the meshes of the laws . Spies are rife ; be on your guard . The anti-Corn Law delegates were not allowed to meet without being visited by these gentry , and they will make thoir way into every other roettting . Do nothing secretly . Let all be above boardj and legal , that no individual may bo exposed to danger , and our long-continued and powerful agitation and Buffering will be crowned with triumph .. In the . present trying circumstances it ought to be the business of all Chartists , all honest and enlightened men , to usq every effort tp keep the peace . If this can be done , we shall soon have a complete and a bloodless victory over both Wliigs and Tories , and all the enemies of human freedom .

      Once more , the anti-Corn Law party are going ; to try the present House of Commons to repeal that law . It will not bo done , and then comes the hour of our success . Let U 8 be prepared to act wisely when the time comes . Oar difflaulties are not yet over , though our prospect be brightening , and the utmost caution ought to be observed . Oar enemies are still numerous and powerful ; but there is discord in their camp , and deserters are numerous ; from this day forward , they grow weaker ohd weaker ^ and every movement increases our v strength . In these circumstances we cannot but

      rejoice .. Those that have long opposed are now satisfied that nothing else than the Charter can give us any security for good and choap Gavernment There is Btill one point to which men come reluctantly and Blowly , namely , payment of meinbars ; but even from this we must not flinch . Lst us stand fast for the whole Charter whatever efforts may be made to decoy ^ us into alteration . Our steatliness of principle is now beginning to operate with increased effeot , and all that is wanted is continued perseverance in pursuit of out object .

      There will still be hardships to endure for a little ; but that will aooa be over , aud It will be eveQ more demonstrated before the eyes of the world , that " for a nation to be free it is sufficient that ; she wills it . " This is written hot by one who is a new . convert , but by one who has formerly suffered in the cause many years ago , and who now heartily rejoices in the present prospect , and must be known to you at present as wothing more than . . An Anti-Corn Law Delegate . London , 8 th July , 1842 .

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      MORE MIDDLE-CLASS SYMPATHY . —MIDDLETON SILK WEAVERS . Mr . Editor , —We are often fold that labour Is protected , and that the labouring classes are represented in the House of Commons ; the following statement ot the delegates sent by the silk weavers of Middleton , Leigh , and other adjacent places will show how far t ha above assertions are true or not . The delegates waited on Walker , one of the largest manufactures in the Manchester trade , who baa recently taken the lead in t ' ae sweeping reduction of one penny per yard for weaving satins * and one halfpenny per yard for plain sarsnets . They found him at his warehouse , » nd after njaklDg known their business , the following conversation toot place : — . - : •• ' . ' ¦ '¦ :. ' ' ¦ " '¦ ' - - . ¦ '¦"¦ . ' : , ¦ ¦ Delegates—We are come to see if we cannot induce you to retract the steps you have takon relative to the abatement , as the other manufacturers have declined giving out work until they bad fully ascertained your intention , and they further state that it is uncalledfor . - ¦ , ; ' ' : ;• ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ . . : ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ... - . '

      Mr . Walker—It is no hasty conolnsion that I have ceme to , but have thought of it for the last two or three months . Delegates—Will the reduction be of any benefit to you ? Mr . Walker—No , not one penny . Delegates-- ^ Wi ll there be more employment after the reduction ? : Mr . Walker—No , not one piece . Delegates—Willit guarantee the weavers from casual and unjust abatements ? Mr . Walker—No . .. ,. .: Delegates—Why , then , in the name of common sense do you make the reduction ? Mr . Walker—I am compelled to do bo for solfrpfotEction , because two of thre ^ nvanufafAurera have , for some time , only been giving-the price I bave reduced to ; one in particular . -

      The Delegates asked htm if the ono he referred to inparticular was a Manchester manufacturer / -.,. * . ' ,. . Mr . Walker answered he could mention names but did not wish to do . The Delegates then reminded him that in all claspea of society there were unprincipled characters , and that the manufacturing class were not exempt ; that the present reduction would not alter such characters , and that , consequently ; we were as liable to a second , third , or fourth reduction on that ground a * we had been to this , " ' , ¦ ¦*¦¦ - ¦ ; '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' .:- : ' : ' '¦¦ ¦ - ' - . ' - ¦ ' " ' ' ' ¦' v . ¦'¦ ¦ ' Mr . Walker answered no ; there is a point beyond which we cannot go . [ Can any of our friends tell us what that point is ? J

      The Delegates then shewed him that nearly all the Bilk weavers last winter , were reduced to a state of pauperism , and nearly one-fourth of them were receiving parish relief , and a great number were receiving relief from casual charities , ihe distress that existed last winter , even with the wages they t&en had was great , fft constqaence of the scarcity of . employniept , and - they asfeed him how he supposed it would be next -winter , when , according to . i nis own showing , there would be the same scarcity to contend with ? Mr . Walker said it would be much worse . The Delegates said , well then the odium of it will rest oh your shouldera Mr . Walker said he 1 was willing to bear the odium . The Delegates then told him that it was tha general opinion of the workpeople , that there was a combination on the part of the employers generally , and that he ( Mr . W ^) was placed in front to carry out the intentions of the others .

      Mr . Walker said no , I pledge my werd and honour that there is nothing of the kind ; what I hare done I have done it independently of the others . I am not in anything guided by them . After having recourse to all the argnments that could be addaced , he was immovable , and they left him as they found him . Yours truly , Edmund Fallows . Middleton , July 11 th , 1842 .

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      PROGRESS OF CHART 1851 IN CORN WALL AND DEVONSHIRE / Mr . Ed ITOR , —We see in the last week's Star Mr , OConnor ' a Intention of visiting Cornwall ; we hope that he will visit tbia part as well . We have much need of a lectorer here , and we are assured that he would be received with every nurk of respect by all classes In the town of Tavistock . The only lecturer we have had in the two conntlea for a long time is Mr . Powell ; we muat say that he has laboured hard and diaintereaiedly amongst , aa , bat we are sorry to state that

      trade has been so bad that ^ we have not been able to back biia out with thktiiwpp his travels . He lectured at Tregany , onei of the old borough towns in Cornwall , an the Monday and Tuesday evenings , on the righto of the working classes . A very favourable Impression was made , and several persona expressed themselves ready to join the association . : On the Wednesday evening be lectured at Garran Haven , and there gave great satisfaction to all except the Lieutenants of the coast guard , wko stated he deserved banishing the coaitry . ;; : ¦

      From thence he proceeded to Mevigissey , and lectured there on Thursday and Friday evenings to very large assemblies . Those places have never heard the sound

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      of Chartism before . At the conclusion of each lecture in this ptice Mr . P . was received by the fishermen in a most generous manner . We feel confident couidhupplies be raised to keep Mr . P . constantly at the good work , the two connties would soon be up to the mark . Mr . P . lectured here last evening ta a crowded audience , and gave a glowing description of the presentation of the Great National Petition , and afterwards contrasted the loud laughter , the bad behaviour , and the mummeriesi of what is called the Honourable House of Conimona with the manly , demoeratici Bttaightforward conduct . of the Pdople ' s Convention . He likewise descanted in a beautiful maneer on the rise and proffresa of Chartism in England , the foul-mouthed

      epithets thrown out against them ; the persecutions and imprisonments they had had to endure . Still they had persevered in their righteous and God-like cause ; and now the once-stinking name of Chartism was smelling like arsse . He was proud to say the reiddle classes of the mfetropolis m . arei taking up the cause in a manly manner . He said the day was hot distant when the Tariff and Income Tax would bring those of the middle classes , who had hitherto been opposed to us , into our ranks by Bhoala like pilchards ; for their friend , Sir Robert , was ; determined tf » make them all Chartists . He concladed an able address amidst great applause , when a vote of thanks was given to the Chairnian , and the meeting broke up . ¦ - '

      As we do notoften trouble you , by giving inseition to th « above , You would greatly oblige ,-Yours in the causei . . R . Webbe . Brook-street , Tayistock , ' July 10 , 1842 .

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      THE GOAL MINERS AND ; THEIR GRIEVANCES . Tbe rapid strides- ' of tyranny and misrule ia this yery populous district have aroused the attention of a class of beings . w&o have not hitherto ; bad the most distant shadow ot a thought that , by uniting with the ma % ses for one common interest , would ever tend to hurl intr » oblivion a systeni which preys on the yery vitals of industry , and at this very era is doing daily » by robbing the pdor miners of even the ] lb ' srty \ of meeting with each other . After plundering their labour , by charging over weight , pound money , store , robbery , &c &c ., there are even ; some of these ltiw makers who have compelled their men to sign a new code of rules—the very firsu of v ? hi < ib is , that they sbaU not , during ttie time of their heing in his service , attend any meeting , by night or by day , above grouad , or below ground ,

      and especially the , meetings of tbe "Coal Miner ' s Association . " Ohi the rogues ! they have notaaid "Chartist meetings , " bht we know what they mean ; they mean to suppress every exertion of the miners , if possible ; they have . already begun their dirty wsrk by discharging indivirtuals from their works for being leaders . I have bteu made a victim , at this time , having a wife and six children , literally driven to want , by these baaa bloodhounds , who were not ; satisfied by disemploying me , but their audacious . and barefaced effrontery . followeil me from work . : to workj so that I could not pet eniploynieDJ , till reduced to the direful necessity of rEffitng the implements by which I earned a livelihood at my employment to realise as mncb amongst my follow brethren as , would support

      my family a little . Such is the conduct of these coal and ironocrats . They are writhing like so iiiany halfburned shades , biting add hissing at every thing within their reach , is cohsequ ^ nee of Lord . Ashley ' s Bill depriving them of ' one of their most lucrative sources of gain , namely , females working in mines . Likewise they do not like by haif the plan the miners are pursuing , by petitioning PatUaoitut to give them just weights , by which their labour may be weighed , and . that said wiilgbt be at the pit bottom , where the miner * ,, may see their own labour weighed . This is a right th / . y consider the mineics haveno right to have , and they ' 9 re doing whit Uiey can to suppress every plan the mi * ^ Ji may adopt ; but Itrust that this night ' s meeting will t how them that the miners have now opened their eyea , ar id are

      alive to their own interest , though at the eleven' / a hoar . There were delegates from twenty-six coal v $ & iron * Etone pitsj who were not joined with the ifcovement before , met in jamiesoh ' s Hall , Airdrie , ¦ at f 0 ar o ' clock in this afternoon , when John M'Lag was cal feid to the chair . He described as well as his abilltiias would admit , ; the utility , of their coming into society—both miners , drawers , and putters—for one commo / i interest ; and us class legislation was an evil which pressed alike on industry—a cloak under which all the jugglery of the tyrant eHiployera could find safety , so that by . their aid , that is , the iron miners and their drawers , we would gain a' power over the oppressors .. A resolution

      was brought forward to that ; effect * and unanimously carried . The Miner ' s Jott / nal was brought bafore the meeting , and owing to its limited circulation it wa « difficult to keiep it alive , and to increase its . circulation every 'de lt ^ te " , agreed to fake copies each to all their different const-tuenciee ; tbejr also agieed that a report of their meeting be sent to the Northern Star , and a copy of the miner ' s Journal to the E . iitdr , requesting him to review tho same in the Star ^^ for Saturday ; as the circulation . 01 lh ^ Northern Star is wide it may tend te carry with it the inforiBation into piaces we are not aware of , and tend to increasc the circula'icn of a Work the coal and iron masters would be proud to to see putdown . , - ¦ ¦ , ' . ¦' ¦ ' . -. - ; " . - ¦ -:. ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ " ' ; : ; ¦ ¦;' ., ' ¦ . ¦' . ' . ¦ ¦

      A letter being read from the Glasgow district union , and answered , the delegates agreed to meet in Jamison ' s Han . eveiy Monday at three o ' clock , p . m ., to aid tfce glorious caus 6 pf reform , by doing what lies ia their power to work out their own political salvation . A Coal iliNER . Airdrie , July 8 th , 1842

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      John Thompson , said to be a large earthenware manufacturer at Ashby-de-laZouehr Vfas brought before the magistrates , at the Uxbridge Petty Ses-BionB , charged with , presenting what appeared to ba a pistol at a young lady , named Bloomfield , whereby Bhe became areatly alarmed . The offence was committed at the Drayton station , on the Great Western Railway . Oa the pistol being examined , it turned out to be oolyaa imitation of a pistol , made of earthenware . Tbe prisoner pleaded intoxication . Misa Bloomfield did not appear , and the maglsttatea , therefore , fined the silly iellow 40 * . under the Railway Aot . .

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      ^ — TO SIR R . PEEL , Upon the necessity of an immediate remedy for the present unparalleled distress , and provision agaiyist the future calamities inevitable to our artificial system . " But with respect to you , ye Legislators , ye civilizsrs of mankind , ye Orpheuses , MoseBes , Minoses , Sol ons , Theseuses , Lycurguses , Numas . —with respect to you , be it spoken , your regulations have done more mischief in cold blood than all the rage of the fiercest animals in their greatest terrors or furies have ever done , or could do . "

      Lord Bolingbroke oa Societt . Sir Robert , —Whether the noble writer declared truly in what I have just quoted let the histories of all nationB testify , let the poor starving wretched thousands of our couctrjmen answer , whilst I endeavour by my humble pen to rouse you from your professed sympathy —but real apathy—to do your duty to my perishing fellows , whose appalling situation is enough to make the very stones cry out fer justice . Justice demands that the people should not starve in the land of their birth .

      God gave them " dominion over the earth : they have an inheritance in their father land . Who hath taken it from them ? who hath the wealth that they have produced in thtiif generation in Britain ? where is the wealth the generations of their fathers produced upon the estates , in the mansions and coffers of the rich ? From these , Sir , mate restitution to the long-robbed labourers ; and if you have not the courage and inclination to do this act of justice , then borrow of them Twenty Millions .

      Twenty Millions were borrowed upon the labour of these starving thousands and tbeir poor fellows to buy the name of freedom for the blacks of the West Indies . Sir Robert , borrow twenty millions more to give food and labour to your starving countrymen . Will you dare te argue that it is not enough to permanently relieve the distress and , then . fore should not be borrowed ? If like other creatures of the Honourable House you should answer thus callous and inhumane , I answer borrow forty millions ; for if the freedom of some thousands of negroes was worth twenty millions , surely the lives of thousands of Englishmen are worth at least double the snm .

      But borrow twenty millions , and see what may be done with it You have , with the representatives of the upper and middle class in your criminal apathy towards the suffering people , suffered the seed time to paBS away without making the least provision for the future maintenance of the wretched unwilling idlers ; but it . is not now too lats to make some provision fer the present time , and the gloomy winter that it is but too certain will succeed this wrttched summer . Sir Robert , aa the premier of England , youTS is the duty to make tush provision ; see to it , and if you would not bave your name handed down to posterity laden with infamy as the murderer of thousands of your countrymen—if you would not be branded thus , you will immediattly set about the business of saving your starving countrymen from this wretched fate , and yourself this lasting ignominy and execration .

      To the work , Sir Robert ; a mighty responsibility is laid upon you by the office you filL Restore to these people their daily bread now withheld from them , not by dearth , for there is pknty of land in our country to prodace fo © d for them withheld by some power , and what greater than the Government of which you , Sir Robert , are the head . Really then in your hands is the remedy—you can restore . Borrow for the present exigency twenty millions to feed and employ the hnngry population ; do you ask

      how ? take the parks of the aristocracy npon a lease for several years , and place the plundered starving operatives thereon , to cultivate them ; it is not too late to have a . crop of potatoes , which , with a portion of corn and some cattle , will support them through the winter whilst they are getting the land ready , and sowing grain , setting plants for cahbage , planting fruit trees , &c There are plenty among tbe starving to direct these agricultural operations , and the thousands will willingly , labour for their daily bread upon these public f arms .

      Therefore let the money be immediately borrowed and laid out in potatoes and corn for food and for seed , implements of husbandry and art ; set the poor to work throughout the country upon the nearest and most suitable plots of ground ; let them rear tbeir own dwellings , raise their own food for the time to come ; their labour will amply repay the Government for the outlay thereon , save the rich from poor rates , tbe poor from a most appalling death , relieve the manufacturing market of its iron-madfe surplus population , spars tbe farmer from ruin by repeal of the Corn Laws and immense reduction of his stock , contribute to tho welfare of all classes , and ultimately restore prosperity to our gold-blighted country . :

      Sir Babert , this is a homeiy project , an English project , a prcject worthy of the attention and help of every lover of his species , and doubtless of the Premier of a Christian Government . Try this , or some Buch extensive plan of national economy ; give perishing humanity a chance to live on the laud of its birthright ; give neglected , insulted , much-wronged mortals a chance to be honourable , free , virtuous , and happy . . For your own sake , Sir Robert— for your country ' s sake—for the sake of our many Christian professions , and for our national honour make one noble and necessary attempt to stay this cruel scourge . Let it not be said the thousands rolled in riches and luxury , and the millions pined in poverty , and perished for want of tha coarsest food . . Hoping the above letter will not be altogether unheeded by you , Sir , on account of the bumble pretensions of the v . riter , I jubscribe myself , Your most humble servant , Homespuk .

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      THE CHARTISTS OF THE CITY OF LONDON TO THEIR OPPRESSED BRETHREN AND SISTERS OF IRELAND . ; Brethren and Sisxeks , —Havirig heard with horror and indignation of the late : merciless police massacre at Ennis , do most feelingly . sympathise ¦ with the poor suffering people pf unhappy Ireland . Bat , Brethren arid Sisters , 4 f we look round amongst the labouring classes generally , what do we behold ?—Able bodied labourers , willing , nay , anxious , to work , but totally unable ; to find employment , thronging the streets , day after day , in rags , and with countenances so pale , aud frames so emaciated ; that even to behold them ( in this boasted city ) is enough to make humanity shudder , whilst thousands who have only partial employment , are barely able to keep up a wretched union betwixt soul and body . ' / '¦ - .

      Brethren and Sisters , —There is no natural cause why things should be as they are . providence has i ; ot withheld its bounties—our labourers are proverbial throughout the civilized world for their willingness to toil—our . soil is good—the / bowels of our earth yield everything that is good and necessary for trade and manufactures—and our geographical position is such as to command the commerce of the world . Beiug . thus situated , we can conceive of but one cause sufficiently blighting to produce the sad state of thipgs we see around us , and that one is claBs legislation . r - ¦' . ¦ ' . - ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " -... -v ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ : '¦

      The next . Question naturally arises , how can thia state of things beroost speedily and effectually abolished f Our answer is this , by agitating for a full measure of justice for all , for we feel certain that tlie great mass of the working classes of Great Britain and Ireland will never be induced to join in any agitation , except that which demands for the whole ' . a fair sharp of political power , as confined in the People ' s Charter . But we wish to know what laws have been violated by our brethren and sisters at "Ennis . Net the Jaws of God ? for he . who gave life gave also the means by which life is to be sustained . Not the laws of nature , for she has amply provided for all her children ; but the lawa ' of man . The clasa-laws of the stronger impossii npon the weaker—laws made by a class for the protection and enriebnient of a class , ¦; : and by the nnna * tural and anti-social operations of which every other class of society is grouud to the earth , and trampled upon by those who assume domination . V

      It then remains for the working classes to take cars that those changes which must take place ( sooner or later ) are for the advantage of themselves ; this can only be done by seeuring political power , and we hope the time is not far distant when the people of England and Ireland will be Hnited like brothers in tho cause of freedom ; then we shall shew our tyrants that we will be fre « . This measure is sufficient to prove to you and to us , that we can have no hope from any Government except formed on democratic principles , and we think this sufficient cause foindnce them to come forth as one man for liberty and the Charter ^ ' -: : '' ' . -. ' - ' ¦ ¦¦ : 8 igned , : : ¦ . . - ¦ ¦' ' . ¦ / v .: \ 7 " . '" ' : On behalf of the meeting , : Thomas Cabby , Chairman , Political and Scientific Institute , ' ' . ' 55 , Old Bailey . :-v '•¦ .-. ' -. r ::.: : : ¦¦ „ . . ¦ " - :

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      ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦" . ¦ — ? ; . ; . - ¦ - ; - ' :, .. -:., TO THE 'SpiTeU OF THE NORTHERN STAH . Sir , —In last week ' s Stor I inserted a route fdf which 1 was making every preparation , when the sudden and distracting intelligence reached me that my beloved wife was in dying circumstances . After travelling through a long , long , sleepless night , and now by her bedside , I ask the favour of the kindly opinion and indulgence of the Chartists of Bury , Hey wood , Eccles , Todmorden . Dewsbury , Blackburn , Droylsdeh , &c ., for this inevitable disappointment , and trust this public naticQ will b , e det-med a sufficient exeuse ? . ; !

      . Piease , sir , to give this insertion ; iu your next , and you will oblige ¦ - - Your sorrowing , but staunch , BrotherCbarUst ,: J . K . H . BaIRSTOW . Longhborougb , July 12 ih , 1842 .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 16, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct897/page/7/