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      VATKINS' LEGACY TO THE CHAKTISTS . ( LBCTTJBE T . CONCLUDED . ) How , then , are we to preserve union ?—By vigilance Union is acquired by many and various trays—it may be lost by one . We ate long before we get united—¦ wf rxnsy become disunited - ***? soon . We first a » oeate , that in on sentimsnfc—* e next organise , that is on opMaa—and at last we aet To get other * to associate with -as , -we must use argument and persuasion—we must convince them that we are seeking their good , snft we nmst proceed-. milaly—else they will suspect os of intending their injury , or at least of seeking our own interests only . When associated we must show them that oar plan of organizitiea is safe and sure , and then they -will form & good opinien of it , and be iu

      Induced to *«* ^ P ° Supposing all this done , -we ixmsi -ofaisH ^^ *¦ godly jealousy , lest aoine one , from an idea that his station * among us is not commensurate Trith bis deserts , or from envy at the Buperior confidence enjoyed by another , or from some vain , selflsb , or smbiiious motive or other—lest such a one raise objections to bur plan and proceedings , cr to the ceiiscrship of our press , and seek to establish a plan or a pres 3 of Ms own , in order to form a party to himself , or a * Uas » to retard the progress of our movement . We read in St Paul ' s account of the early Christians that one Diotrephes , " thinking himself somebody , " when , as the Apostle plainly intimates , he was

      nobody—that this personage got up , and tndeavcured to create a schism by a new move , bnt they were few , aria those of the ¦ weaker-minded sort , that lie Was able to lead away , and presently he and his party fell into contempt , while the Christians went on increasing as Hie Chartists are now doiBg . St . Pan ! Advised to pat sH such wranglers out of the body , for if they are suffered to eonSnuB in it , they will never let Blip an ' opportunity of caasing dissension and delay , If not disgusti We have to ajy . ts . ie the country . Tiiis is sorely agitation enough fer us , without our being additionally agitated by agitators in cur own body , which is somethins too agitating . -

      W « haYB been told that it mates no odds how many Associations we have—that more and better . True , if they ware all composed of the same materialif all acted in concert together , or harmonized with eaeh other like globules of quicksilver , ready to tun together and amalgamate into one great globe ; and such are the several branches of the National Charter AssodatHm . Bat if all these branches were separate factions—if Lbey irere jarring sections , a heterogenops eonrpemni—if , 13 t » the dissenters from the State ChurcTi , they dissented again from each other , what strength would they possess ? What could they do but weakea one another and strengthen the great enemy of all ? The apple of discord is like the golden apple thrown across the path of Atalanta , who was running a-race and would have won it , had she not left the eorarse to follow the apple that had been thrown across her path on purpose to divert her from the more noble prize that was in he / view—the priz 9 of victory .

      No matter how many Associations -we have ! No matter , then , to which we belong ! Now we « te tie necessity of vigllaneer Wbigs and Tories are hateful to us , but more hateful should hi a sham-Chartist . The schismatics ace powerless as open enemies , it is enly as professing friends that they can Id jure us . They can do us no harm out of our own body , but in it , thay may harm us much . It is necessary , lor the Bake cf preserving onr union , that we be vigilant to detect all decsy-dncks , and to discounlenance them . The sentinel who gives warning of the approach of &n enemy to the walls , or of the presence of a traitor in the camp , does more good with his tongue than ever be did with his sword . All Chartist soldiers should be sentinels , nor should we sleep on oar posts . The punishment of & sleeping sentinel is deservedly severe , for by his negligecce not only Us own life , but the lives of all those wfcom he is set to guard ma ; be lost .

      We are in little danger from the chief schismatics ; they were found out and denounced , and have not the flaring effrontery to come among us . But they have their underlings or sndeistrsppers who take up eur CKrds—who take np snares in our rooms—who get into places of trust • and for what purpose ? They purchase the jrivilega of members ta dismember us—they join ft » effics of managers to TniKm ^ Ti ^^ o us—and they obtain oar confidence to betray us . They use us to abuse us . We may say of them in the words of Pope— "Expose their fib or sophistry—in vain !—The creatures spin their dirty work again . "

      Now the best way . to disconcert the designs of these pestiferous gentry is for the people to pass votes of confidence in , or approbation of the men and the works which they seek to vilify and discredit ; and the best way to deal "with the men themselves is to do as the Wise Romans , did in all such eases—affix a brand on thar unblushing brows so as to mark them out to be avoided and not trusted . So * h * H we preserve pesce and preserve union . Some are so wily that they elude detection , or , if detected , they are so plausible that they escape conviction . Double honour is due to him -who discovers one cf thtse Bmootfr-faced , doable-faced Jannses . They

      can assume as many disguises as Proteus—you febink you have got hold of them in one shape when Etraigttway they appear in another . It requires an eye that can look quite through ths deed * cf men to see through these . I have read of an incident that occurred in the American war , somewhat to our purpose . A soldier , appointed to guard as outpost at night , was found killed asxt morning—and so noise , no trace of the deed—a second shared the same fate and a third . The fonrth resolved whatever he saw stirring to fire * t it . A large hog came out of a wood and approached him—he shot it , and found . thai 16 was an Indian in disguise , armed with a scalping knife .

      There are ano'Jisr kind of characters whom we © ngbt to watch narrowly—who by injustice to individuals occasion disunion . I mean those who would quench the lightB of others , or make them foils , in order that their own light should " stick fiery oft indeed ; " who would pile their own fame on the ruins cf others- If there be any sneb—if vre have among us a GrolMi of Ofath , whose height wa » six cabits and a span , and who was sheathed in brass—let us rejoice that we have such a powerful ehampion in our cause ; but if fed by flatteries , puffed out to an inordinate £ z $ , he forget himself , or , rather , think too much of himself , and top little of humbler , but not less honest servants of the cause—if ie tarn , not against the people , not against principle ; but against the friends of the people ami of principle , and endeavour to drive away in disgust , or to extinguish ell whom he cannot make tools or idoT ' zrrs nf—whan -we stand hi awe of such a man ?—shall it be

      said that he is too high ta be called to account ?—shall this leviathan sport himself in the ocean of agitation , spouting np shoveza of froth , and lashing ¦ wi th his angry tail aH who wfl ] not follow him , as the little bird follows the cuckoo ? No ; for , if so , the people would truly become his party and his prey . The great man Would put the cause in bis pocket , and bid us lock at Vnn—he -would be like the fly in tbe telescope , we could not see tbe run for him—he weuld darken our hopes—keep us from the light—and the Charter would ielost

      Now , the people , who are tbe source of all honour , and of all power—the people Ehould do justice to all and prevent injustice to any one—the men of independent minds are the men for the people , and they should be particularly careful to keep such , and to distinguish them . The people shonld see to thsse things for the sake of the cause—for the sake of themselves ; and , in tiie words of the Apostle , they should not sufier one siao to absorb or to usurp the just claims of others , but should render to all their dus—tribute to whom tribute , custom to whom custom , fear to whom fear , and honour to whom honour . Let us-beware lest those who inveigh against the tyranny ef Government should eeek to establish a worse tyranny of their own . Cromwell pulled down King Charles , but he set himself up in his place ; Kapolecn dethroned kings , but he crowned himself emperor . Ah , may we not ask with Byron ,

      * ' Cxn tyrants buVfey tyrants eonquer'd be , Alia freedom find no champion and no child Such &s Columbia saw arise when ske Bprang forth & Pallas , armed and nndefiled : Or must such minds be nourished in the wild Deep in fee unprun'd forest , Inidst tbe rear Of catractH , where nursing nature smiled On infant Washington ? Has earth no more Saeh seeds within her breast , or Enrope no snch shore ?" And bow bow de we feel when talking of these matters ? do we shrink from the subject with a degree Gf slavish , awe ? If we do , isTiot that a sign that despotism has already extended its eagle wings over us ? that thB great -roc is darkening tbe air above us , shutting out the light of freeafcm'B bobs , casting its own shadows upon , us ? XtemnKaatlon has baen much denounced ; but is it not

      &e safeguard © £ Chartism ? It is out doty to aenouace all who deserve it , a disagreeable duty ; but not tbe less & duty , —and he who does it deserves all the more praise , the more disagreeable tbe duty is . I do not believe that any one has been denounced without deeervisg it ; -sad he who fails to denounce one deserving ttj de « ervea tnmarif to be denouncad . No * should we fiencaaes Id « oft silken phrases ; but honestly and piaiafy . 1 am of opiates with Janius on this point : — " For my part , he says , I do not pretend to naderetaod those prudent form * of decorum , those gentle rnle « oJ discretion which some men endeavour to unite wiih the conduct of the greatest and most hazardous * &ix * . Kngaged in tbe defence of an banoaxabiecaose , I woald take 4 decisive part j Voald warn to provide to afatore rebe&t , at to keep terms with a man who

      Vesetra sw > aeasures with the ' public Neitherthe « nbaii » ioB of deserting bis post in the hour of danger , car evea the sacted shield of cowardice should protect him . 1 would pursue him through life , and txy the isEtesertfonofmy abililies to preserve the perishable ttfamy < £ hi * name and make It immortal . " And , again he says , " meaiureB and not men is the common cantrf aSected moderation ; & base , counterfeit language fabricated by knaves , and made current among fools . Such gentle censure is not fitted to the present degenerate state of society . What does it avail to expose the absurd contrivance or pernicious tendency oi measures if the man who advises , or executes shall be Knffigred , B . ofco * ly to estape-with impunity , bnfc even to Jreserve his l » wer . I would recommend to the reader Si 8 TrtiOie of ilt Pope ' s letter to Dr . ArbaUawt , dated

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      Jo ] y 26 th , im , from which the following is an extract : ' — "To reform and not to chastise , I am afraid is impossible ; and that the best precepts as well as the best laws would prove of small use if there was no examples to enforce them- To attack vices in the abstract -without touching persons may be safe fighting indeed , but it is fighting with shadows . My greatest comfort and encouragement to proceed has been to Bee that those who have no shame and no fear of anything else have appeared touched by my satires . ** It has been said * there are no proofs of the perfidiousnssa of those who have been denounced . Bat I maintain , and again I quote Juuius : —

      " That the conduct of these men carries with it an internal and convincing evidence against them . Some men seem not to know tbe -yalue or force of such a proof . They will cot permit us to judge of the motives of men bj the manifest tendency of their actions , nor by the notorious character of their minds . They call for papers and witn fcses with triumphant security , as if nothing could be true but what could be proved in a court of . law . " In conclusion let us see With whom tre should unite , and why we should unite . Much has been talked of a union of the middle and working-classes . This may be effected when the middle-classeB are reduced to a ltveiwith the working-classes but not before . The worknsg-classes should resolve to do the work

      themselves without the union of the middle classes , and in spite of their aost mean opposition . What do we ¦ want -witti a middle class ? They only serve as pickthanks' go-betweens , or a fence to the aristocracy . Let the working classes unite and they will n » t need help from the middle classes—how can they expect it , if disunited among themselves ? If the middle classes come ronnd to us , they most come behind ob . No trusting them to lead , who have always been opposed . If they come on principle , they will come repentant and be glad to be sdmitted as servan t * . Jf the Charter cannot be obtained without their help , God help the Chartists —they will be made mere stalkine-horses . No union with the jniddle class ; but let ; ub have a more complete union of tbe working classes .

      Why should we unite ? Beceuse only by union can we carry the causa . Why should we not unite ? Every additional member makes the Association stronger , safer . Shame on those who stand aloof . Let us not listen to the bickerings of discontent , but to the cries and groans of cur famishing fellow-countrymen . JGet US not pause to differ ; but rash to the resca 9 of onr country . The spectre famine is stalking among us . Ob , what the factious are making the people suffer . Deaths from starvation—worma devouring men while yet alivehovels , like open graves , where living skeletons lie exposed— -women demented , and children crying and crawling about amid filth , and horror , and corruption . Now our uoion is to remove these shameful , these shocking evils ; and who would not unite for such a

      • virtuous , such a humane purpose ? If we have a spark of principle , a spark of feeling , it will blaze oat in thia most holy cause . Why the accursed causers of the misery and destitution that prevails , although their hearts are as millstones , even they are beginning to melt ; they are beginning to see that they have gone too far , and now they are actually subscribing money for the relief of the starving ' . The beat way to remove distress would be to remove the cause , which is bad government ; but in this they have an interest , in this they live , and move , and have theii being . The people must do it Tbe greatest charity that the rich could do to the poor would be to grant them the Charter ; for it wonld enable them to render themselves indepande ' nt , or dependent only on the bounty of

      Providence . But they will not do that ; no , they will , if possible , prevent the people from obtaining that for themselves ; they withdraw their bounty from those whs seek their rights and view them with unkindly feelings .. Strange charity , ta keep causing want and then to dole out little modicums of relief . True charity would free them from the need of charity . The charities of the rich are but a refined species of despotism—their tender mercies are cruel . The Chartists alone are truly charitable , for they would release tbe poor from tke charitable care of the rich ; they would make men of them j they put it into their power to make themselves Independent , and to " owe _ no man anything , bufc to love one another . " J . W . Battersea .

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      TO THE EDITOS OF THB KOBTHEKN STAE . Si ^ r—I think it is time that we should really take our own affairs into our own hands , and exercise a strict surveillance over every part of Government . Our enemies are exhausting every means that priestly cant and political influence and power can afford , in order to entrap and victimise onr best and greatest leaders , and to strangle the giant Chartism ere it puts forth its resistless power . And in the midst of all this war of battling" interests we , who ought to be of all others the most united and firm , are showing signs of incipient distrust and want of mutual confidence .

      1 hare said that "we shonld exercise a strict surveillance over every part of oar system ; and onr Leicestershire friends , seemingly actuated by similar motives , have begun so to exercise tfeeaiaelves in a somewhat premature and one-sided manner . For instance , their censure of the Executive in reference to the new issuing of the cards at the time stated is too severe when we take all the circumstances into account—the multifarious and unsettled character of their occupations , their wont of funds , and the fact that very many places hava shamefully neglected to pay for the cards when issued . And as the imputed neglect of making a general list , which I should regard as the fault , I think that even that has had too many highly censurable precedents for it In the gross neglect and very mncht ;> -be-fciamed apathy of tbe mass of the body for the Executive to be made the scape-goat of the whole society . -

      li is notorious enough that the plan of organisation has never been anything like carried out in any of the localities except it be five or six places like TodoiorJen . The much-censured Executive has had no fan da wherewith to carry out the plan j and so far as I know the £ nb-Sgcretariea have not sent the names from their respective neighbourhoods of the whole of the members And as to the finding fault with the expenditure , I do think that if thby were rather more specific it wonld not be Any worse for any of the parties , especially in reference to portage expences . The Executive have certainly overstepped tho bounds of their dnty in altering the times ( previously agreed to by the National Delegate Meeting ) for the transaction of general basinets . And I cannot see what earthly usa three sectional eonfereness would be ot It there exists any necessity for anything of the sort , 1 wonld eay , call another National Delegate Meeting , but by all means abide by the present plan .

      We somehow seem to be a set of unlucky devils , for we have no sooner got over the ¦ " denunciation squabbles , " and got the bark nicely into smooth water again , than we run her upon the bidden rocks of some hithc-rto unexplored part of the political ocean , as if we were upon a Q-iixotic expedition after adventures . I think , 8 ir , und 6 r all the circumstances , that tbe manntr of addressing the Executive adopted by the Leicestershire * delegate meeting has not been characterised by that respect and brotherly feeling that ought to be exercised to onr office-bearers , when they are men ( as the Executive are believed to be ) of sterling and tried merit

      In conclusion , Sir , I hope that this affair will lead to a thorough fcxamination into the working of the plsn of government , and that the different localities will see that it is abided by in their own immediate vicinities , as far as regards giving to the Executive the means to carry on the plan . And it would be well , if there is a delegate meeting , if the sub-Secretaries were erdered by the delegates to forward a list of their names and their monies , say every fortnight . If this ca 4 been , done , there would not have been any need for our Leicestershire friends to make their complaint of the absence of a general list , for the General Secretary would have been too often and too significantly reminded of his duty to have neglected it to the extent complained ot The fact is , if the work is to be done , we must individually do a share of it , and I cannot but think that thousands of private members are as culpable as the Executive , even in reference to tbe general name-book .

      Let us try if we can make this the last stumbling block , and see if we can go on without running foul of anything else , until we run against and completely upset the murderous system that entails disease and poverty and death upon myriads of our countrymen . I am , Sir , Yours in the bands of universal tratb , J . W . Surra . Ratcliffe-gate , Mansfield , July 31 st , 1842 .

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      EATABLES AND DRINKABLES—WEARABLES AliD TJN-BEABABLES . The play is now almost played out , and whether it is to be followed by a Tory tragedy , a Whig comedy , or farce , in which a few political " Joseph Surfaces" and modern " Cwifcwella" will be in the ascendent , ox whether we are to have a serio-comic-tragic-melodramatic affair , under the guise of a liberal clap-trap , or whether we , the audience , the gallant people of England , SooUand , Ireland , and Wales , shall , exerting the unanimous powers of oar judgment and might of our power , dr ive the whole of tbe humbugs off the boards to take refuge behind the scenes , and take possession of the stage ourselves—a yerj , f&Tf , short time will speedily determine ! "

      Here /» & health , to the noble trades people of Burnley , and may their glorious example be immediately followed by every « ity , town , and village , throughout the United Kingdam , and then the people ' s Charter , ( name and all ) win become the law ot the land , in spite of all the- factions , the oligarchies and hierarchies of the earth ! 3 ut in tbe meantime the people . are starving , ana ih& Com Law Repealers , the " I /» gtte , ' * would immediately give as bread . Indeed ! Perhaps they will give us two penca to purchase a big loaf with ? If they wouid not do that , they would do B nothing , and the importation of all the corn in the world would be but a mockery , and would be like sending in herds of cattle to crop the herbage of tke most delicious pastures with HiTsza - es on their jaws 3 But Why not give US semethicg besides a big loaf ? Man cannot live eatirely . onfere&a , and tfie portly Jcrma of . many

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      of the "Leaguers" themselves folly testify , that a pretty considerable share of the good things of the earth , under the denomination of flesh , Hah , "Bd fowl , " are daily immured within the human walla of their ' ' inward" man , and are well soaked and nourished by divers asd copious libations of brandies , wines , ales , &c . ic , while the rich Leaguer ' s repast usually terminates by a cup of the " pure Mocha kerry , " enlivened by tbe fragrance of an Havannah cigar 1 This is a big loaf with a vengeance ; and wouldn't my gentleman lick bis lips at it , and envy the poor workey hi » share of the " good things" which Q-od sent for all ( but now eDJoyed by a few )—his share of the luxuries bsing now comprized in a big loaf and a draught of the limpid spring , and , perhaps , " if be be fortunate , " a chew of tbe worst and most taxed

      tobacco on earth , or a whiff of a halfpenny yard of clay , which be must have worked and sweated for till nature was fairly exhausted ! And this is all the » League" would do for you F the scheming , cold , calculating , money-hoarding , power-desiring "League , " the refuse of the Whig rump I A thousand times over would we rather be slaves to the Aristocracy ^ Buckinghams , Bucoleughs , Sutherlands , Riehmonds , or Waterfords , than truckle to , or suffer ourselves to ba led ( that is their object ) cheated and deceived by such a band of white slave-drivers ! We would not deprive them of a single enjoyment , or one article of luxury , but we want to live ourselves , make life a blessing to ourselves and families , instead of being what it now is . a soene of privation , toil , and trouble , a very curse , and a perfect bell upon earth . J

      Every luxury they may desire , we would not dream of interfering with , but we will have out fair shave . They have grasped the lion ' s , but we are resolved to play the jack&U no longer . All luxuries they may have with all our hearts , bat the luxury of power , for which they have proved themselves unworthy , they shall not have . This law is impr inted in our hearts , and like ike ancient laws of the Medea and Persians is immutable . If they ( the League ) are sincere , why not join the people ? Why stand aloof and prate about corn , when by giving the mass of the people the whole Chatter , that would be in their immediate grasp f Most of them say they are Chartists ; but that it Is unattainable at present Why at present ? Never was there a fairer opportunity to clutch it at o :: ce by a sincere and honest union of the middle and working classes . 'Bysry thing should be forgiven if not forgot , or merely remembered to wars ha wfc" for the future .

      What say you , Gentlemen , of the League ? Dissolve ? Give the right hand of brotherhood to your starving countrymen , and then by being" incorporated with the whole body of Chartists , you may chance to obtain that power which your talents and influence may entitle you to . Bat , as a separate body , never . Open tbe ports , unshackle the provision laws , away with the customs and excise , give us corn from America or the Mediterranean , Spain , Russia , or Poland ; brandies , wines , and tobacco from France , Germany , Portugal , Italy , and Cleily , Greece , Turkey , and the whole of Asia Minor , the East and West indies , tea from China , and coffee and sugar from everywhere it may be best and cheapest ; then you may be entitled to the gratitude of your countrymen— - then "Extension of Commerce" and " Free Trade" can be met on more equal terms—then , by the people possessing Universal Suffrage and the Ballot , a real Parliament would see that all were righted , and not

      trampled « n , despised , and laughed at by a few popinjays in a corner ! They may laugh before they are much older on the wrong side of their mouths ; and , if they are mad enough to court it , they may have shooting that they little dream of I Seriously speaking , all these things are to be obtained , if the mock Parliament did not intervene and oppose its veto ; hitherto they have been successful in upholding every outrage on common sense , and popular feeling , but the eyes of the working man are now opened , Lever again to be closed in Britain J A working man bere in this city replied to his master , who upbraided him for signing the petition for the Charter , " What have you to do with it , you have plenty of work ? " ' Work enough , " WJis the ready answer , " but I want my rights ; I want the Suffrage , and , what ' s more , I'll have it ! " The master turned on bis heel , and never said a word more . Let the working man answer in this maoner to his employer , and the latter will descend from their high horses !

      Tho acme of happiness to a working man is to work six eays in the week for fair wages , and eDjoy himself on the seventh ; but our lordly saints and sinners deny him even that . The lazzaroni of Naples work two days in the week , and spend the remaining five in idleness , or pleasure , or as they list Their wages for tbe two days are sufficient to support them for the week , and as they are moderate in their eating and driufcir . g , antl not overburthtmed with clothing , they ei . joy their maccaroni , or good wheaten bread , with grapes , figs , and other fruit in the glorious sunshine of an Italian sky , wash it down with a draught of good

      wine , and Jay down to * louse' or sleep as inclination points out ! And yet we pity the poor , Tagged , IszzarunL The fellows are as happy as the day is long , and much , much happier , and better fed is tho poor , benighted negro than half the working men of Christian England ! We should like to have a contract for brandies , wines , and tobacco with various other eatables and drinkables , and we would be bound to supply England with good spirits at one shilling the bottle , the best of wine at sixpence , and good tobaoco at tenpence the pound , and realise a large fortune in a few years !

      Now , gentlemen of the League , there would be Biarts for your wearables , your manufactured goods , besides supplying the backs of your countrymen who , by beiBg fully represented in Parliament , Would bo in a condition to buy ; and after glutting the home market ( yonr best customer , ) you might distribute the surplus over the world ! These are theunoearableB of which we jastly complain , and which we are resolved t 9 put an end to . With us , if you willwithout us , as you may ; but with us or without nsthe People ' s Charter will , ere long , be the law of the land . God save the People !!! A Woolwich Cadet . Cbichester , July 15 th , 1842 .

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      GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT STEPNEY GREEN . On Monday evening , placards having been widely distributed announcing the attendance of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., the assemblage at the open air meeting on Stepney Green was unusually large ; at one period not less than ten or twelve thousand persons wera present , exclusive of tho immenise number of casual listeners . Dr . Bowkett having been unanimously called to the cfeatr , opened the proceedings in a very excellent address , alluding , in feeling terms , to the distress existiog in the country . They were met not for the purpose

      of riot or tumult , but to ask and consider the important question , Why Englishmen should be starving in the land of their birth s why tbe industrious population of tbe land had not happy and comfortable homes ; and what was the cause which deprived them of the meanB of obtaining a livelihood ? The various speakers would lay before them a remedy for this disastrous condition of affairs ; and he trusted they would give every speaker a fair and impartial hearing and allow of full and free discussion . Mr . Shaw moved the first resolution : —

      " That it is the opinion of thia meeting that class legislation is the sole cause of the present unparalleled distress now bo prevalent amongst the working ; and trading classes of this country , and there is no hope of amelioration until the People ' s Charter become tbe law of theland . " The question had often been asked him , why the early reformers were not now in the ranks of the Chartists ? It wb 8 class legislation which hindered tbem from making their appearanca . He recollected some years since listening to Mr . Clay , now Si * Wiiliatu Clay , from ft hustings erected on that same green , who then stated that he was one of the people ; that he had

      nothing to do with the taxes but to pay them ; that his purae , his heart , his every energy should be devoted to the interests of the people ; and that if chosen to bo their representative , he should ever be active in tbe performance of his duty to them . Wny was not Sir William and th « ir other misrepresentative at that meeting ? It was class legislation that kept them away . Their faces were now never seen by the working men , save when they had a favour to ask . Let them abolish this bad legislation , and they could elect men who would be firm to their interest , because they would have no interest in betraying them ; and happiness and prosperity would be the result .

      Mr . Fbazikr seconded the resolution . When th « y visited a menagerie , the showman always introduced them to bis small fry befere he showed to them the rarer specimens of his collection ; and it would ill become him as one of the small fry , to take npoh him the jfoa . * l » g of on © of thfinobler animals ; but as fellowworking men he would ask them whether they were content to be looked upon as mere animal machines for the creation of nationatS ^ th—mere slaves to create individual capital as serfs to th >* w . i , on whose shoulders others were to climb to wealth ancrpower , as ladders by which their callous-hearted oppressors rose to affluence ; and when they attained the summit of their power they kicked down the ladder by which they had risen as so much useless lumber ? They spit upon and spurned those men without whose aid they would ever have remained in insigniflcaoce and Obscurity . Ttis was the way in which the factions had ever treated them . He did not boast of superior

      Intelligence ; he bad halloed and bawled as loud as ' asy mac in the cause of these to-called liberal men , thought * less while ho listened to their flattering tale of tbe enlightenment and liberality of the working classes , that he was , like the crow in the fable , allowing the bread and cheese to drop from his -mouth into the clutches of these hypocritica ! flattereri . But a new epoch had arisen In tbe bistery of the working classes ; they were no longer to be chained to the ehailot-wheels of thoaa who had enslaved them—they had set up in business for themselves . It was a glorious sight to see the giant labour taking np his true position—to see the ecales of ignorance and prejudice dropping from bis eyes , and the shackles of tyranny , which so long bad bound his muscular body , snapping before the exertion of his newiy awakened energies—to see him shake off the vermin which had so long preyed upon and disfigured his beauteous frame . The vermin shake and tlfcmble j thtj offer him anything to retain their

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      position . They offer him cheap com ; he smells at -lfrii be snortay and says Itis chaff ( cheers . ) The working classes had arisen in the moral dignity of their natutes , and declared _ they would submit to no compromise * - UWs' would Jiave their tights and nothing less ( cheers . ) Thsj-wwetoTiniiedwlth being destroyers of property , ! f * ^ IV ** ¦*{**' ¦ of tKe most horrible destitution , they had been calm * nd quiet as the unruffled bos « ih of thei oceaji— they haA been peaceful as the bleating lamb ; They had beea called dishonest He admitted the

      charge , for they who tolled through the heat of the day bad allowed ofchere to reap . They had permitted their wives , andcbildren to starve—tor be robbed of that wealth which they were justly entitled to . They had been Gisapnest , but they would be dishonest no more ( cheers . ) M » ., Etaster then gare aoine vory ajpausing anecdotes respecting the cry . of dishonesty raised by the upper classes ; and concludfsd by making an appeal Jo them regarding the coal whippers of the Tower Hamlets , and the little attention or sympathy paid to their claims . * -

      Mr . J . CAMPBELL , of the Executive , supported the resolution , and made some witty remarks * e * arding the conduct of Jlr . Wra . Clay , M . P . and enquired of what use . it was for him to come there to address % e 10 or 12 , 000 men he saw ^ ound him , unless they determined upon shaking off their apathy , unless each man was determined upon doing a man ' s duty ; they were all capable of doing this . He did not wanfc to see them begging of their proud oppressors for leave to toil ; he wished to . see them wipe away the brand of slavery from their foreheads . He did not wantto see them the mean cowardly slaves they bad been ; he Wanted to

      see ambngat them a determination to be free .: He was not willing to see them listening to the advice of a lot of big-bellied Bishops , to endure patiently misery and destitution here , that they might bav « roast beef and plum . puddlngs hereafter . He wished , them to get the roast beef and the plum-puddirig now , and leave . the concerns sf hereafter to the parsons . If any parsons were admitted into heaven , he trusted he should not go there , for he waa fearful they and their backers would act as they had done here , and turn it into a very hell * He trusted they stood forth erect in thoir manhdod . It

      was not tyrants that made slaves ; it was slaves that made tyrants . If they were determined to be free , hot air tha power of Whig or Tory combined could hinder them from achieving their object ; it was their own criminal cowardly apathy which kept them in bondage . TheI men in the provinces were nobly doing their duty - , they were thirty years in advance of tbe men ot London . He called upon them to come and join in the glorious movement . If they asked him what movement , he would tell them it was the National Charter

      Association . ( A voice , " Repeal the Corn Laws . ") That was the means to repeal them . Any man that asked him to assist in repealing the Corn Laws ; and did not give him the power to do . it , he looked upon as a very suspicious person , as a dishonest man , a political prig . Tbe Charter wonld Repeal all bad laws . He advised them immediately te join the organization . There were more than thirty different places of meeting iii London , and if they exerted themselves as men , they ought to have 100 , 600 members , Mr . Campbell sat down much cheered . " ¦¦ :. : ¦" . - ¦ ' ' ¦ ' . ' ' >; '¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ : ' : : ' . ' ' ¦¦ .. ¦' : ¦ . ¦ - '¦' . ¦

      The Chairman put the resolution , which was unanimonoly carried . / : : ' :. Mr . Blackmore moved the adoption of the National Remonstrance to the Commons' House of Parliament . He was proud to see the firm aha noble stand which the working men of Great Britain were making in behalf of the Charter . They had ^ petitioned the House of Commons time after time until patitouing had become useless . Were they still to continue in their miserable destitute condition , Seeing their wives and children starving around them ,: and their only consolar tion was being congratulated by their enlightened legislators on the patience , with which they had borne their misery ? He asked them , as working men , would they stand this any longer ? Would they not raise a

      determined cry against it ? . would they not join in the cry which waa advancing from north aud from south , from all parts of the kingdom for justice and freedom ? If they united as men , in six months time they might obtain the Cbortsr . Of What avail would be a repeal of the Corn Lsws without political power ? Their best artizans and mechanics were fast emigrating and taking their knowledge to other lands . They claimed in thfe remenstrance no more than every man had & right , to demand . They had been driven to the most appalling depths of misery , vice , and crime by their class 'legislators ,, and they must obtain a Pa , riianient , baaed on the principles of the People ' s Charter , ere they could obtain liberty or happiness , or make themselves and families happy and comfortable .

      Mr . fairchild had great pleasure in seconding the remonstrance . The present House of Commons had told them in the most emphatic manner that they were not worthy of consideration ; they had sent a petition signed by nearly four millions of persopB , and what was its fate ! it was laid under the table and . then kicked out of the Honse . He would say to them in . the words of the late poet laureate , Southy , " Petitioning for justice was weak ; the sovereign people ahould demand justice . " Mr . Fairchild then went Into the Com Law Question , and stated it was bis opinion that the great majority of the League were wolves in bheep'a : clothing ; they would give them the appearance of cheap bread , but would tie their hands behind them so that they could not obtain it ; they well know so Boon aa you obtain

      political power down goes the landed aristocracy * the mlllocracy , and all other monopolies . They say the people have bad leaders ; t ask them is the Chattel bad ? ( no ) . Then why reject it , but that they may still keep up the abominable system of class legislation , which enables them to riot in luxury and keeps you in poverty and idleness ? If you had a good form of government would it be allowed that one man should have an income of £ 67 ah hout ? no , the very idea was absurd . He emphatically called upon them to stand fisni by that code ' of laws , the People ' s Charter , which he was convinced would speedily bis the law of the land . Mr . CtEAVE Stated that ho should not have intruded npoir their ^ ^ me eting bad he not have been especially deputed to read a letter from Mr . O'Connor , detailing the cause of Wa absence . Be was well aware tlae men of the Tower Hamlets wanted n « strangers to instruct thtm in their duty * The last speaker bsul spoken on

      the folly of appealing at all to the Commons , and stated they Ehculd memorializa the Queen . T ^ ia also they were prepared to do . r Thoy intended doing all that their -position required . They-had first petitioned ; then they would remonetrarico . "; , then pass a memorial to the Queen ; and if that failed , do all that mm ebonld do who were determined to be free . ' . ; They would then unitedly demand that which none but crawling slaves and petty despots would withhold from them . It had been well observed that crawling men , —if men they could be called , ;—made the tyrants who oppressed them . Mr . Cleave then stated his sorrow that they had not a room of their own to meet in , where they would bs free from tbe fangs of a vampire police , llr . C . then alluded to the artifices of the cheiijvbread system ; and concluded by calling upon all to join the tanks of the National Charter Association , and never to relinciuiBh one lota of the principles of the Cflimer .

      The following letter was then read from Mr . O'Connor , and waB received with loud cheers :--| " London—Sunday . MX Friends , ~ I came from Nottingham on Thursday last , for the purpose of attending the " Stepney Green" meeting' , to . whicb I stood pledged ; ' but the wTit for Nottingham being issued on Friday iiight , and being pledged to render all tbe support in my power towards the return of Mr . Sturge , who has unequivpcally pledged himself to the whole of the Ckarter , I feel bound to redeem that prbmiss . "Had I remained for ' - the Stepney Green meeting , I could not have been at Nottingham to do busiueBs uaiil too late ; and you mast all bear in mind that ; some weeks since , I addressel a letter to the Chartists , wherein I stated , that all engagements pending should give way to the Nottlnghaui election , should tout come suddenly upon us ; it has come suddenly , and I must redeem my pledge . ; ;

      " You are aware the leading Whigs have entered into a most dishonest and indecent compromise with Mr . Walter , whereby to securei : 'themselves from disgrace ,- and to secaro the seat of . Sir John Cam Hobhouse . They have had the damning eftronttry and presumptioa to haud over—in as far as their power laythe whole "Liberal" constituency to the service efMr . Walter ! ¦ - ¦ - ¦ . ' . ¦ ¦ ' ' ; . ;¦ : " ¦ : : i ; V ' / ¦ ' - ' ¦ ] : -: ; :- ^ y \ :-" The electors and non-electors do ine the honour to think , or rather to say , that my presence and assistance will go far in fcjepoaing this uuheard-of piece of political delinquency ; and therefore I feel assured that any present at the Stepney meeting , who may feel a momentwy disappoiatmentfrom my absence , will say that no course was left open to me , bub that of hastening to Nottingham , and there taking my stand fa the front of the oppositien to united Whlggery and Torylsni . I fitart by the night train on this : ( Sunday ) eVening , to be at my post on Monday morning .

      " This explanation will , I trust , plead my full apology for absence . ; " /¦;¦¦¦' ¦ ' . ' ¦";'¦ ' '¦' . '" / . :.: '" v- ' ¦ ¦] .. ' " . And now allow me to make a single observatioh upon what should , in my mind , receive your beat conaiderationwhileassembled , VI think that is a damnable doctrine of Sir Jatnet Graham , that a constable ; baa a perfect tight to couatitute himself judge si » to what constitutes a legalmeeting , or to form hls-owo opioion as to what seditious language means , or what may lead to riot or breach of the peace ; and that the soundnees of such opinion to to be tested by the Subsequent verdict of a jury I Now , allow ma to make * fewobsetvsAiona upon this atrociouadoctrine la soohv case toe wttntss being the constable , and Ms act Rquiring a Terdict of guilty against the accused to make it Ieg 41 , baa ft tilrect interest in making for himself the

      8 iro » fwsipo * 8 ioteoase . But I will even put It more forcibly fariyqn . ; : / Suppose at a Corn Law League meeting , that one -of those : blood-thirsty incendiaries , who are uaiag all and'every : means to induce a starving people to fight , that they may run off with tbe spoils of war . I say euppose that , liko Mr . Taunton , of Coventry , thesa men use language which would indeed be sedition , and suppose a : constable should US 9 bis judicial discretion and arrest him , I aalt , in such case , of what party would the i » ry consist who should try the accused ? Why , of Com Law repealers , of course ; and who would acquit the prisoner , though he shonld directly incite to acts of blood and violence . But if tl-. e same jury was inipanneled to try a Chartist for much Biilder language , they wonld fi ^ ddi «» £ nijty . TfiuB you see that in the one cose the verdict of guilty ngainst a Chartist prisoner

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      would make the constable ' s act perfectly kgal , while the rerdlct of not guUty against a Com Law Leagaer would make the same act illegal ; ] ; ; "Now herein you have the fact fully eetabllshed that thereisone law for the Com Law repealers and another 4 j » w for the Chartists , aad fuiUier , you have the reason why the Government will not try .. the question of legal arrest by a constable-against a Cora Liw repealtr—because they could not get a jury to convict ; and you may rest assured that the local authorities ( who were

      the very partteB that persecuted the Chartists ) will not institute proceedings against the violent repealers , because they are op themselves . Always bear in mind that many of those who are now so loud in their complainta of diatress . are tha gorged leeehoa Vwh © have sucked labour ' s blood , and who persecuted me and others for defending its rights . Therefore meet them , battle them , and beat them ; and ere long wet will create a public opinion stronger than the Taw ' s oppression , and a public feeling more powerful than the ijase dixil of the minister of an oligarchy .

      ' Let your motto be LIBERTY ; your aim , UNION ; your meana , the Chart . br ; ancl your end , JcSTice for one and all , for the rich and the poor . Join no party to the state , but recoivethe support of all , Qf all classes who go with you for the Charter and its namd . :. ' . ' Trustlni } thaVyou will expressyburselves boldly as Englishmen , but legally'as Chartists , upon this subject ; and that yaa wiil never « tir one hair ' s breadth but of thft Straight Chiuttist tract to follow . th « false lights of any , V ¦ " ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ .. " ¦ .. ¦ ' : . . " . ram -: : ¦ .. . " ¦ '' . ¦ '¦ " Your faithful friend and servant , " Feargus O'Connor . " The Remonstrance was then pat , aud carried unanimously . ¦ ¦ '¦ . ¦ : .. - ; - ; . ., . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ / : ¦ .-. ' Mr . DUFPiEliD moved the National Memorial to the Queen , in an address replete with calm and deliberate reasoning . .. '¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ' ¦' .,: ¦'"' :. ' - ¦ '¦¦ .. '" ¦; .- ' — : . -: ¦ '¦ y ,- - - ¦¦' .-

      Mr . Farrer Becondod the Mtmorial in a forcible address , which drew down great applause . i Mr . BranN'on ably supported the Memorial , which was unanimously carried . ; ; .. Mh Erazier moved , and Mr . iLtiK / pwoRTH seconded , a vote of thanks to Dr . Bowkettj their truly liberal sod worthy Chairman , which be acknowledged in aneatspeech . ; ' v ' ; ¦¦ .. ¦ " /_ - .- ' . : " : ' ' : ' ; v . " ¦' ¦ ¦' .. „ - ' : ' - ' . .. ; " The usual quantity of enthuslasHc cheering was given , and the immense assembly quietly dispersed .

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      _^^ - ^ - ^—^ ^ r ^^^ M ^ i . i ' ' *** ' .. i . _ . _ . ..-. i i mij < ¦ " — ~*" herself , asked her if she had an ; questions to put to Dunn , but she veplied in the negative ; Earaged at his dlsappeiotment , he told her , she was no doubt glad that Dunia bad swovn to the truth of a lie in her behalf . Again he assailed Dunn , abused him personaliy , and ridiculed his religion , but all In Taii . V - > Barter was now called . This was an Ignorant telloW , who was pleased with hio importance on being made a witness , and proud of being asked questio&B by a Judge . He would have told anything , but he h ^ d nothing to t « ll , except that he had been laughed at , for , like Scrub in the play , he fanded-that those Who laughed , ware laughing at Mid . Pieased with the fellow for affording him thia alight clue , JeffdeH readily laid bold of it , and , turning to Dunn , asked him what

      they were talking about when they laughed . Dann said he did not know ; whereupon the Judge corijured him by all that is sacred to tell the truth , and denounced the most dreadful effects of the Divine vengeance upon him , if he did riot tell it ,. ' suddenly Cfincluding his long string of oblestations by quickly asking him—What was thebuBiness that he and the lady were talking about when fcbey laughed ?• ' I cannofe give an ac ^ unt of it , my lord , ' was the steady answer of the impenetrable Dunn . ; The Lord Chief Justice leaned back in his seat , and wiped the sweat off his brow , uttering at the same time tfcese broken exclamations— " Oh , blessed God- ^ was there : ever auch a viliaia on the face of tte earth ?—to what tifuea are W 6 reserved 1 "^ -Then , sharply turning to the witness , he

      asked him if he believed in God ? Dunn replied in the affirmative , . and tbe Judge proceeded— " Dost thou , then , believe that He can endure a lie •—that he knows thy thoughts—that He could sink thee to hell this moment for a . lie . ?'' : The -witceas Beemed moved by these . soiemninquirifeSi / He iooked down , and shuffled his feet . Jeffries perceived the impression which he had made , and , with a consummate artifice , began to soothe and coax him . ' prieud , " said be , in an encouraging tone , deceive not thyself , ; ' Ac Dunn held his ' head aside , as if fee was considering . Jeffries recapltala ^ ed all tbathad been said by himself and the other witnesses , and charged him with the evidence that had already appeared , in order to force more forth ; but in vain . Duna kept eilence . Jeffries theu tried to

      inflame the rainda of the spectators in the court , representing Dunn as an odioua chaiactex , and hinting that he Would find no mercyliere , txot , here ^ £ ter for his obaUnacy . . He appealed to Heaven against him , and in-Yoked ita condemnation upon him •„ and then , in a soleain tonei required him , in God'a iwuie , to tell tha truth . The witness was perplexed , and . knew \ not what to sayi "Good God | ' . exclaimed' Jeffries , '' there ever such an impudent rascaril ' v He then insinuaied that his silecce would do the lafiy harm , for , he said , it was enough ' to convict her . Dunn said he did not wish to favour her . <« Then favour' thy own soul , " saidtfie Judge j , | 8 nd ,: ' ; . with ' ;^ Bn . ^ air 7 of '' fri 49 adiy condescension , he ^^ told . hun , < " You , should - not have asked me the ^ question ^^ twice ; I Would hftTe ipld you without being obliged to tell ; but you haVd been sworn , and yet you will riot speak . " The witness , more

      softened by these mild expressions than by threats , said , " Ask me again , and I will answer . " Jeffries saw the favourable impression he had made , and wishful not to take advantage ofit t » o prematurely , he eiideaveuted to strengthen it . Before ne put tbe question he premised that it was out ef a tender regard to Dunn ' s soul , that he wish ed him to speak truth , and not from any desire to hear the prisoner criminated by it , and thea asked him the question in a persuasive tone . Dunn said solemnly and sincerely that all the lady had asked him was , whether he knew that Hicks was a Noncoaformist . This was not the answer that Jeffries expected , and , exasperated by what he considered an evasion , he told some one to bold a candle near Dunn ' s '' brazzh face , " in the bepe of disconcertiug him , so as that he ehould say * not what was tiue , for he had already said that , but what Jeffries wanted him to say . Here let us pause a moment .

      Surely a Judge ought calmly to deliberate upon facts elicited by counsel from witnesses , and not endeavour to extort evidence in prejudice of tbe prisoner . If he act as a counsel at all , it should be as counsel la favour of tbe prisoner . In cases of the worst crimes , arid Where the evidence Is direct , he eught to lean to the favourable side , much more so in mere constructive points of law . Wnafc shall we say of Jtffriea , WilO used evety ertiflce wliich hia superior knowledge of humari nature dictated to him , to intimidate , to wheedle , er to fascinate a witness into fake testimony , in order to convict an innocent and charitable old lady ? It is a wonder that any witness can be brought to attend in court ; for he is brow-beat by counsel , and stands , as it were , in a pillory , to be pelted at by the" bullets of thabrain . " ¦ " ¦ \ : ' . . . - ' ¦ ¦ .- ; -- ; - ; ¦¦ ¦ . "¦' : ' ; - " . . '¦ •• ¦'"" . ¦ ¦ ' . ( To be concluded in our next . )

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      From the London Gazette of ' Friday , July 29 ¦ . - . ' . ' . . , - : BAKKauris . ¦' ¦ - ¦ ' . ¦• ¦¦ . ' ;¦ Richard Cooper Gcay and Henry Trimbey Gray Gtosvenor-place and Marine-place , Commercial-road , East , and \ Upper Stamford-rtreet , Blackfriar ' s-rbad , iope-inakers , to surrender , Aug . 6 , Sept . 9 , at twelve o'clock , at Uie Batkrupfs Court . Solicitor , Mr . Church , Spital-sqaare ; official assignee , Mr . Belcher . TJiomas Henton Wood , Rauelagh-road , Pimlico , engineer , Aug . 8 , at twelve o ' clock , ' Sept . 9 , at two , at the Bankrupt ^ Court . ; Solicitor , Mr . Holicer , Bridge-street , Sputhwark , ; official assignee , Mr . Turquand , Capthall-buildings . V / William Wood , Pickot-stieetchanibera , Strand , Aug . 10 , at two o ' clock ; Sept , ; 9 , at twelve , att be Bankrupt ' s 'Court : Solicitor , Mr . Colwabine , Carlton-cham * btrs , Regent-street ; official assignee , Mr . Groom , Abchurcfa-Iane .-

      : Thomas Chapman , Tottenham-court-road and Kentishtowu , dairyman , Aug . 10 , at one o ' clock , Sept . 9 , at eleven , at the Bankrupt ' s Court . Solicitois , ; Messrs . Rutter and Trotter , Eiy-place , Holborn ; official assignee , Mr . Gr ? 6 m , Abchurch-lane .. ^ V Charles King , Joseph Sandell , aad Divid Henry King , Berner ' s-Btreet , Oxford-street , paper-stainers , Aug . 12 , at eleven o'clock , Sept . 9 , at one , at the Bankrupt's Court . Solicitor , Mr . Dyer , Eiy-piace ; official assignee , Mr . Edward ' s , / Frederick ' s-place , OidJewry . ' . ¦ ' ¦ " ;; '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦'¦ . . . ' ¦; "' : ¦ ¦¦ ..:- : : . ; l " - ' ' 17 : ' :- . ¦ .-. ¦ . . HeDry Westwwd , Wolverhamptonj-Bteelyard-maker , Aug . 17 , at three o ' clock , Sept . 9 , at one , at the Swan Inn , Wolyerhaaipton . Soltcitois , Messis . Wright and Smith , Goiden-squafe ; and Messrs . Manby and Hawksford , Wolverbamptou . ' : ' . ' •;; ..: •; . '¦¦ ¦

      SainueL Sedgley , Dudley , Worcestershire , grocer , Aug . 17 , Bsoi o , at eleven ; o ' clock , at the Swan Hotel , Wolverhampton . Boliottors , Mr . Johnson , Verulambuildings , Gray ' s-inn ; and Messrs . Robinson and Fletcher ^ Dudley . / / . ¦• . ; . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . " , ' - '¦ " : ; - , . - j ; ¦'"¦ ¦' ¦ ¦' Thomas Clarke , Rugby , " Warwickshire , " xn ercerj Aug . 17 , Sept * 9 ,. at eleven o ' clock , at the Spread Eagle Hotel , Rugby . Solicitors , Messrs . Austen and Hobaon , R . iyiHond-buildibgs , Gray ' -inn ; and Messrs . Benn , Bugby . > . ¦; ' . '' ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ v-- . " . - ' . ' ¦ ¦ "' . ¦'¦"¦' . ' ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ..: :- ¦ ' . ; . . - .- . ;'¦ , - " : ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ William iStone and Robert Blake , Bristol , tailors , Aug . 5 , Sept ; 9 , at 11 o'clock , at the Commorcial-rooms , Bristol . Solicitors , MeaM-s . Gregory and Sons , Clement ' sinn ; and Messrs . Williams and Bsikei , Bristol . James '¦ V iitoti , Bolfcoh-le-Mpors , Laucashure , smallware dealer , Aug . " , Sept . 9 , at ten o ' clock , at the Swan Inn , Boiton-lerMoora . Solicitors , Messrs . CnUton and Auckland , Chancery-lane ; and Mr , Hilton , Bolton-le-Moors . / ¦ . ' : ' " "

      CharlesLewis Wrenshall , Livorpool , dealer ! music , Aug . 9 , Sept . 9 , at one o ' clock , at the Ciarebdon-rooma , Liverpool ,. Solicitors , Messrs . Clarke and Metcalfe , Lincoln'e-inn-fielda ; and Messrs . Jones and Williams , Liverpool . . - ;\ : : - " : . : ' : ' \ -- ' ¦ •¦ ' ¦ ¦'¦¦'' : ' , ¦ . ' ¦ - ' . . ' . " ; .. ¦ - - "V ; . ' - James Watson , seD ., and James Watson , Jan ., Wat&-upon Deame , Yorkshire , common-brewere , Aug . 10 , Sap . 9 , ; at twelve o ' clock at the Town-hallj Sheffield . Solicitors , Messrs . Battye , Fisher , and tfadiow , Cbancery-lane ; and Mr Shackleton , Leeds . Jonathan Skelton , Gainsborough , Lincolnshire , miljtir , Aug . 8 , Sept . 9 , at eleven o'clock , attfae White Hart Inn , ' East- Retford , Notinghamshire . Solicitors , Messrs . Shearman and Evans , Gray ' s-inc-square ; and Mr . Jjpurr , Gainsboroogn . r \ ; \ .

      Francis ana Edward Arthur , Birmingham , coachmakers , Aug . 8 , Sept . 9 , at one o ' clock , at the Waterloo-rooms , Birmingham . Solioitora , Mr . Stafford , BuckiDghani-8 treet , Strand ¦;¦"¦ and Mr . Harding , Birmingham . ' ¦ : . ' ' ; ' -. '¦' ¦ '• ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ ' '¦'¦¦ ¦ ¦¦' :, '¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ _ . ¦ : "•'' . . ' : ¦ ¦ PARTNERSHIPS DISSOEVEb . Catlow and Smith , Colne , LancasJiire , cotton-manufacturers . ; T . -Livesey and Co . y Alkrington and Manchester , coalmastars . C . and J . HatterBley , Sheffield , spindle-manufacturer * . Boyes , Barrel ! and Co ., Liverpool ,, sbirvbrdkffirs . P . Taylor and Co ., Chadderton and Manchester , flax-spinners ; as far . as regards J . Taylor , '" - ; ¦ ¦ : •'¦ ¦ ¦' :: ' - '" : " '¦ - .. ' . ¦ : , ¦ ' - . " ; , •¦ ¦ . - , ; : . ;; ' .-. .. : ¦ " ¦ - .

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      From the Gazette , of Tuesday , Aug . 2 . - . " ¦ . '¦ ¦' . ' j' ' Y . ¦ . - ' ¦ ¦ bankrupts ; ¦' , ' - ¦ .. : " ;¦ - ^ - \! :, ' -V : John Ivery > builder , High Wycombe . Buckinghamshire , : to surrender , Aug . 11 , at bajf-past two , anid , S ^ p t . X 3 , at eleyen , at tte Court of Bankruptcy , Mr . Alsager , Birihin-lane , official assSgBee ; ' Solicitor , . Mr . Ashley ; Shoreditcb . , . ¦ - . V'i ' : ¦' ::, /;¦ : "¦ ' ¦ : /¦ - ' ¦'¦ ' Henry John Watkinaon , cardmaker , Higbtown , Yorkshire , ' Aug . 2 , and , 8 ept . 13 , at tenr " at , the Creorga Hotel , Huddeisrlela SqlicUots ; Messrs Ba'itye ^ Fisher , and : &adlow , 'Ctiancaiy- ? abe , I ^ dojaV ' jfeWfjgbarn , Brigbouse ^ Yorkshire . " ' - " •• ¦ - ^ . "" . - "' v "' ' . ' ! ' •"''' . - . -r : Cbailes Bindley and Francis Copland , coach make » Birmingham , Aiag . 19 , and Sept : 13 , at the Waierloorootas , BiO Tinghain . ; SoUcitor , Mr . 'Alexander , Soathatreet . ' Finsbuty .-square , Middlesex . : ;; ' . ' . ; i '

      Thomas Collet and Joseph Smith , cpttou-spijiners , Oesett , Yorkshire , Aug . 12 , and Sept 13 , attwelTO , at the Commiaflloners' -rooms , Iieeds . ' Splicitbnt ^ M * . Hampaon . Mancliester ; Messrs . A ( jlington / Gr * 5 g OTyi Paulfcaer , ^ nd ^ Polle ^ i , Bedfiwtlrrow ; tyB&fHU ^ Z K William W . ^ ri , plumber ^ ManchfcSter , Aug . 22 , ^ 10 ^ JSepV-i ?/ ' at ' tei , aV the C ^ mra ^ oners ' rj ^ mB ,. ^ axir . Chester . Soifcftor , Mr . Hadfleld , Manchestsr , ; Meesrsa Johnsbn , Son , and Weatherall , King ' s v Beilcl ^ - *| lk , Temple , London . ' . . ¦ . ; ' •'' . ' ; '¦¦' / - ' ; / V "¦ ¦ . ^¦' . ' .. J ' T ' t : 'V " \ ' Henry Hiton , bleacher , Oveir : " Darweri , Lajocasnii « ,-Aug ; : 23 , at three / ana Sept 13 , at eleyen , at the Commisaicners -rooms , Swaa InB , Boltori-le-Moora Solicitors , Messrs . / . Miine ,. Parry , Milnfi , and Morris , Toiop ' . a , London ; Me 8 srg , Neville , AiMwbrtb , and Beai-iiswoiai ,: Blackburn . . ; " . ; ' ¦ :- , ' . '¦•

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      TALES WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE "NORTHERN S 1 AR . "

      BY CHARTIUS . : ' . .. ,.: No . I . \ - ' . - .. . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦• . ' lADT ALICE LISLE . —A IA 1 E OF THE LA ^ T . Strict justice on offence ^ Where men aremade so liable to err , ' ¦ •' . ¦ Is cruelty . ; - ;'/ ; " / . ; ¦ ¦ : ; •; '¦' . ; '¦ ' . . : ;; When Monmouth was defeated , King James sent Judge . Jeffries to try the rebels . . The Judge had a military , as well as a judicial commission given him ; and , indeed , his proceed jugs weie . more in . consonance with the bloody spirit of niartial law than with the milder temper of the civil laws- Fear had made the King cruel ; he refused the most pressing solicitations

      on behalf of the Duke , and was equally vindictive upen bis followers . He styled Jeffries' bloody assizes his campaign in the west , " and well did they merit that name . 86 far from softening thei rigour . of .-the law , the zalous Judge stretched it beyond itsi extremest letter ; not content with punishing the ringleaders , be condemned many of the deluded people , and a trainof priBonefs were marched after bis carriage to grace his triumph . By this severity he probably expected to please bis rbyaiiuaster ; but it 1 b full as probablo that he gratified his own brutal disposition .: If he intended to strike terror into the hearts of the disaffected , he had lost ' his aini ; for they were nioved to indignation by that 8 ttonce 8 t inceutiveT-pity .

      The first victiiu of Jeffries ( we cannot say of tae law , ) was Lady Alice Lisle , an aged widow , whose husband had been one ofCromweH ' s adherents , and was a Judge under the Protectorship . His property had been secured to her by the indulgent Charles IL , and , grateful for this favour , ehe was a royalist , or , at least , neutral . Baing an Aaabaptist , she had become acquainted with one of the preachers of that sect , named Hicks j who had « ubsequeutly joined Monmbutk ' s army . During that unfortunate Dake ' s invasion . Lady Alice was residing in London ; but after his defeat she went down to her own countiy house in Southamptonshlre , Being ut « der the '' . necessity of hiding himself for the part which he had tok 6 n in tbe . iobellion , HickB , on her

      arrival , sent to ask leave to shelter hunself m her house for awhile . She judged that his extremity had made him ask this , and , without niaking any inquiries , but prorapted merely by her pity for distress , and her respect for him as a preacher , she granted his request . Accordingly , Hicks / guided by one of hlsL religiou 8 followers , named Dunn , went at night to ayali bimaelf of her Lauyghip'B buinano hpspitality . A ; fellow of the name of Barterj of whom they had inquired the way , suspecting some secret motive , betraytsd them to a Colonel in the King ' s arrny , who went early next morning , and took theih prisoners . Lidy Alice Lisle was trieS for haibouring Hicks ; there being a statute which adjudges death to any one found guilty of knowiDgly harbouring a convicted traitor .

      Let us enter the Court and s « e the trial of this Lady . Judge Jeffries sits upon the judgment-Beat , clothed in a sajjiettobeauderaune tippet , and looking as an owl with the huge wig in which his wisdom is housed . There is a amirkof jnalicipus conceitplaying about the corners of his mouth ; hia hard eyes glow with vindictive sat : afaction , and his whole appearance answer 8 to the description of the great image of the authority whose deeds make angels weep . We shudder as we look at him , and turn with sympathy to behold the poor ; prisoner who is at the mercy ; . 6 f such a ^ Judge She is plainly dressed as becomes her religious persuasion , and looks the respectable old lady ef those . homely times when Jadies were their own housekeepers , and prided ; themselves cbitfly on their domestic economy .

      She wears a black Bilk sneque or long loose body-gown , with white pinners across her breast , and a low-crowned bonnet , tessmbling those v ? om by " quiet quakeresaes . 's Har haiids : aro clasped upon her breast , and she ; . sit with resigned composure as though she vriero In ii place of worflhip . She is to be ttkily to * what ? -. Let us hear i : e indictmant—the Clerk of the Court drawls it out with a mechaaical tone . Ifc charges her that not having the fear tf God before her eyes , but being instigated by tke devil , she had withdrawn her allegiance from the King , and with all her might and influence had striven to raise a

      rebellionagainst him , to subvert the government , to deprive him of his crown aud dignity ,, and to put hiin to death . Horrible accusations , and delivered against her with terrible solemnity . Poor old \ woman ! there ste sits , timid by nature and nervous by agep-gentle in disposition and charitable by religion—filter to fondle babes than lead iebels to the slaughter of a k > ng and the destruction of his kingdom . A lawyer will Bay , tbese are mere words , of course , not intended to signify abyr thing . It inay be so , but why then are they uttered , and with such salemn formality to 6 ? Such bo-play is enough to frighten a poor prisoner into fits , and to impose upon the judgment of the jurors .

      The Immefliate charge to which the lady will be required to snake answer is , that she had secretly , wickedly , and traitorously , given meat and drink to John Hicks , -well knowing him to be a false traitor , When asked if she was guilty of high toeasoq , she truly said "No . " And when asked bow she would be tried , sHe vainly said , "By God arid ; v her ; country . They had already acquitted hsr . for who that reads his Bible : bat knows that ahe wdald be rewarded in Heaven for what ahe had <* 6 ne j and who , that has a conscience on earth , but . feels . ' that . ¦¦ she Reserved such reward . The law termed her humanity , wickednesslet tis see the humanity of the law . "Gpd send thee ' a good deliverance , " says the Clerk . Daniel was delivered out of the lion ' s den , but Lady Lisle fs fn a court

      of law surrounded by lawyers . The jurors have been sworn , and look like men convened on a repugnant duty ; Ttie spectatoiB are awed by the panoply of justice and the terrible show of lawyers , and listen -with deep but Bilent intereBt . Hush I the prisoner sptabs . With- tne ^^ dim look and tremuteus voice , of age , she says she ia hard of hearinsr , and desires that someone may stand beside her to tell her what is said j ner request is granted . ThecbunBelfor the king opens the case ; had he been a ; iDan > onelook at tb& infirm -old lady , arraigned for ^ her hUHianlty , would have caused him to fling down his brief ; but he was a lawyer , and he

      aggravated her case as xuuch as he could . Ho said that she was the widow of a rebel , and that Hicks had been one of tbe most active inBtrumente in the late rebeUipn . He was interrupted by the prisoner , who eald with honest warmth that gave energy to her feeble voice , "My Lord , I abhorred that jebelUon . '' And indeed ah © had cause , for her son ^ ad fallen while fighting for the King . Jeffries immediately stopped her . Without giving her her usual title , he said bluntly , " Look you , Mrs . Lisle , you shall be heard when it comes to your turn . ' He ^ ent oh to inform her of the ^ usual method of proceeding , and told her with a sneer , that she need notfearjautj'asftcewftuldbedone to her . ; -

      Dunn was the first wlthess called against her . Jeffries had been previously informed that he would be a very unwilling witness , and therefore he began an extra-judicial charge ^ to iiimTlfa " order to frighten him into compliance with his purposes . As Dunn was the messenger sent by Hicks to ask Lady Lisle's leave for him to harbour in her bonsiBv lie wua the most important and indeed the only wltnew -whose testimony could convict her of Jrno «> % that Hicks wus a- proclaimed traitor , and tterefowj- Jeffries took especial pains to dan hiin upon this subject r for ripon her previbuai knowledge of . Hicks' guUt , ; depended her criminnllty in harbouriotflitoJ . But Dann Was -not to be 1 out of

      dunned orxHof hia ^ Integrity . Partly religious reverence to * Hicks , who Wa » hia splriteal / pastor , and partly : out ' ' of regard to ^ the hospitable old Lady . Dtiaa was t « 8 ol * red to siy no more than he could help . Thinking that Dunn ' s puritanical principles might make htm sirperstitiooBj JeflWes , af ter vainly attempting to fnghten him by threats of bodily punishment , began to try what influence threate apon his soul would bave . He told him that be wanted ; the truth ngainst the tady , not lies in her favour—he wanted no . * Hicksying , " be said , he wondered that God had not etruefc such a gross prevaricator into hell . Tfae witnm rosined firm , and Jeffries hoping that if the prisoner speke tc liu-a ffe Biiglit iacorwciously commit

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 6, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct900/page/7/