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      * . CHlEFTADf JINKS OWN TO THE QUEEN i . nld Scotland cried , " welcome yer Qtieen •" . Uto gli "* 11 echoed , " trelcome yer ( Jneen ! ' * futile turret an' tower na mountain an' muir , Cried waukin an' " welcome yei Queen 1 " ¦ Iben o' rie deray was exprest , Ai Scotland for lang hadna seen ; Winn bodies cam * bickerin ' a" clad i' their best ! beet to their bonnie young Queen . Then a' kin' o' colour * cam' south , An' scarlet fra « ly Aberdeen ; Hi fiutteria' heart flitted np to the mouth—A' pantin' to peep at our Queen . < j 5 j « e ware Earla on thai gliltarin' strand RT diamonded dame mony a" ane ; Aj' -wesl rnifiht seem that the happiest land—Was trod by the happiest Qaetn .

      Ties many a chieftain ' s heart Beat high " neath its proud tartan screen—Sat ona snllen chief stood afar and apart , >' or recked hi the smile of a Qaeen ! ¦ yVfca ' B be wisna blink on our Queen ? VTi' his hafftsts sae lyart an" lean ; 0 bo ! it is -ffi-ST , m' his retinue gaunt , An' tis millions o' mourners unseen ! Pxond Scotland cried hide them , O hide . ' - An' lctca' them licht on her eei . — TTi' their b&irnies bare—it wad sorrow her Fair jtofcs a mithtr ' s heart move in our Quten ? . W .-Thom . T = ? £ arT , Sept . 1542 .

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      THE CUSTOMS' DEPARTMENT-FRAUDS

      TPON THE REVENUE . Before alluding rr . ore in extenso to the means by ¦ which fee receipts cf the Customs h » te btcn so materially diELinisiied by illegal and irregular transactions and connivance * , it is a duty we owe toa great majority of landing-waiters and other officers of the landing department , to say , that for honour , probity , and intesrity , tfcey stand beyond suspicion . Far is it from < jurintention , because one delinquent be found among a score of employes of the department alluded to , to jay a word ibat would induce the belief that the general body is deneient in honesty . As the names of those discovered to bare been mixed cp -with irregular and illegal practices must be given in ths course of the narrative , innocent parties will be , as they ' ought of course to be , relieved from the slightest taint of suspicion in the public mind .

      The nime of the psrty already dismissed the service is ilr- James Hastings , bis participation in the frauds being fully established , and his securities will , therefore , be called upon to make good his deficiency to the extent of their liability . The suspensions n-jw in force , are Mr . William Barnby , Mr . B . Homersham , Mr . J . E . Fcote . . Mr . Lang , Mr . Poole , and Mr . Rolls . It may be necessary to remark , that some of these parties will , no doubt , be reinstated . As respects Mr . Burnby , the following facts and elrcnmstaiices connected with the prtsent and previous yff < ir irill ttcd forcibly to illustrate and prove the assertion made in the former article upon this subject , of the favouritism exhibited by the Commissioners , and the readiness that has been shown to let scot-free those who are in favour with the heads of the department .

      In the month of December , 1840 , the drawoacb on a large quantity of wins was attempted to be received by a party who had employed an agent of known respectabiliSy and integrity to make the nt-cessary entry ; suspicion being excited by a trifling irregularity in the papers about io be passed , an investigation tras made , when it was discovered that the whole was an attempt at fraud . The name of Mr . Burnby , as the gauger of the imaginary wine , appeared in the papers . This cEcer was interrogated by the Surveyer-G-eneral , Mr . Dowding , and the case was brought before c th 9 Commissioners , but the result of this transiction was not permitted to transpire ; and although it was never doubted that Mr . Bumby had some knowledge of the irregularity complained of , still he was retained in his situation until the present discovery was made . It

      would appear , from what has since escaped of the secret sittings of the Board , that ttds Mr . Burnby has » t last , te save himself ( for there is every reason to believe that he has a promise ef indemnity from ulterior steps ) , turned approver , and as such has been and is giving evidence against some of his colleagues . The first clue of suspicion of those irauds was afforded by the examination that took placa in the Court of Bankruptcy some six months ago , under the fist issued against the now noted silk manufacturing firm of Messrs . Williams and Mottrim , as will be presently sb = wn . The Government , it is imagined , have bad 6 ome facts laid before them tending to raise suspicions that frands of the character now in course of description were of usual occurence at the water-side , or the appeintment of Mr . How to the neweffice cf

      Inspector-general , t « supervise the acting officers , would not have been made . In the discovery of frauds upon drawbacks on wine three distinct instances are acknowledged to by Burnby , Homersham , and Hastings , discharged servants of the London Dock Company , ^ acting rb merchants on their behalf , it beir . g understood that a fair division of the profits of the operatien should take place . The amount confessed to have been received by these parties upon this transaction ia between £ 600 and £ 760 . As it often happens in cat . es of fraud , when the coadjutors fall out or are discovered , recrimination is the order of the day . Another mode of defeating the revenue of the country , adopted by the oEcsr whose name and acts we have been commenting upon , is

      in the fabrication of what is called ' Quakers' or Dummies , ' as a substitute for spices or other valuables aboat to be shipped for export . A discharged foreman from the F warehouse ( spiee floor ) of the St . Katharine ' s Dark , named Qnadling , was employed to make these " Quakers , " or " Dummies , " at the suggestion of Burcby , one of the landing waiters . A relative of his , aid to hold a commission in the royal navy , though professing to be a silk-merchant , carrying on an extensive trade , had promised a berth of three pounds per week in the event of his ( tfce " Quaker maker ") being discharged from his situation . Discharged he was , but whether the promised situation was provided we cannot assert .

      Connected with the silk , lace , and glove trade , it has long been a known fact among those connected with this branch of Custom-house business , that the favourable connection which junior partners and other confidential servants of such firms have made with tbs efficers , have enabled them to supersede the licensed custom-house agent by the many marceuvres which they in concert could practice , either to get the goods oat at a duty trifling in the extreme . , or without any dr . ty at alL It is the knowledge of this connection which has led many of these agents to c « ase soliciting the business of many of the houses in the silk trade , being well aware of their inability to give satisfaction to their principals , or compete with those parties , who , in their business transactions , were intimate With the revenue-officers .

      _ The case adduced in the last notice to the'fraud practised by the exchange of packages , which , thers can be no doubt , has been extensively carried on by the parties , must have been Bomewhav startling to those unacquainted with this particular department of water-side practice . Another , equally simple in its proceBS , will , however , satisfy the most sceptical that the modes by Which the revenue can and has been defrauded to a vaft unoun ; are various , and are almost alterable at the pleif ure <_ f those concerned in them , so as not Vo arouse tie suspicion of third parties by the oft-repeated prac tice t . f out deception .

      A cast- marked and numbered , says B within a dia-EoEn No . 2 . containing silk fcr drawback , is sent to tbfclecai qcsjg ; is there examined and " made shipped " by 'he ureter , after which it iB put en K Erd a lighter for trsr , Mx , rt to the veFEeL In the-same lighter is inoiitr case similarly marked aid numbered , containing coftuD or free goods , entered in a different exporter ' s name . Sbmly alter the exporter tl the iait-ment oned packaKs Eppiies to have his ccse made " Ebort-thipped " ( that u . to re returned ) , when by the understood change the case if s-lks jg relanded and delivered , in the place cf tke caw of cottons , which is , in due conrse , exported , While the drawback is received en the p-.-cks ^ e of silk Ti « frtnd ctnid , at eny time , be prosecuted without tit si" of the t Seer , but by his connivance eculd be inert € ss-. ly tffected .

      It vim > o be fcuScient for present purrees to close bere li ; . further fscu can be stated , wt-. t- it not felt to bt cf jr . minent importance to carry the narrative Eotue-B tat fur . htr , in order to prove the sj >\ tm of fraud to K cte itL-ra which the revenue fc&s for a lor- ' g time suffered . The course the investigation has taken , and the larce number of witnesses called to support the chirks already brought against the pants wbo figure a * the principals in the violation of their duties already dacrired , preclude for the moment giving the facts in drtaii which will subsequently be elicited to establish in the ttroDf tst possible light the connection of many firms in this metropolis , as ' the Tedpie&ts in due proportion with the revenue officers , of the profits of the fraud cow under investigation . Tfce

      public , by occasional paragraphs appearing within the ast three weeke in the daily prints ,- were in some degree prepared for disclosures which would nect interests identical with tlie mercantile world , but they were hardly , it is considered , prepared to meet the astounding statement , that by the continued assistance of these frands , parties have been enabled to carry on a system of business which , while allowing them to supply the retail dealer at " cutting" prices , also allowed them to be bis superior in the ordinary ? alks of trade , at even a greater reduction than they bad at firet submitted to . Wien the who ' e of the Bystem pursued on the scale of BisgBitade verily beliered to be tire case shall bars been prestnted to the general community , not much wonder ^ i :. i fc ^ expressed at the competition and roin resultinp fn . ra the following of certain descriptions of kcsiEesa connected with tbe silk and lace trades , and the VM 7 ? : r 2 E £ e things which have appeared , and come to pas ? , -sfcea matters of the kind have been

      investi-8 * ted before tke public tribunals of the country . Hj-resf-. ir stronger and more palpable truths will be "JniisfcfcJ , to prove the corruption existing in the

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      management of the revenue , and among some of its dependents ; and there can be no doubt that when these shall have been widely disseminated , legislative interference will bs called icto action , to prevent in future the possibility of the recur , ence of such abuses . The court of inquiry at present constituted , and under which the investigation is proceeding , consists of the Hon . George Robert Dawron , and Surveyor-generals Mewrs . Dowding and Weaton . It is generally believed that , in addition to the examination which these gentlemen may mike as the representatives of the Board of Commissioners of Customs , the Government will also direct the Rsvenue Commissionera , who have till very lately been engaged in an inquiry with the view of improving the Liverpool Branch of Customs , to take np the snl ject as a topic of discussion in the report whfen they may hereafter have to make upon the London department .

      How well the Revenue Commissioners would be able to grapple with the question may be fairly inferred from the consideration which it appears they have given to the connection of the landing-cmoera and the merchants in their Liverpool report , not long issued from the House of Commons . In that document they allude to the conference they had with the merchants on the scale of remuneration paid to the landing waiters , searchers , 4 c ; and it is there said , that " they ( meaning the merchants ) do not believe tbat this system would ever produce the former evils of fees paid by the merchants to the officers , nor do they admit that the work would be slurred over or executed with undue haste , and that thus facility to commit frauds , and to occasion mistakes injurious to the revenue , would be the result They reiterate Mr . HuskUBon ' s assertion ,

      that the adoption of this system would be a saving of time in un oading vessels of three days in ten , and strenuously maintain that either a greater number of landing waiters must be employed , or means be adopted for causing greater exertion to be put forth by the ont-door department of the Customs . On the other hand , not only do the Commissioners of Customs repeat the arguments which they have formerly advanced , in deprecation of the part salary and part fee syEtem of payment of landing-waiters , but their practical officers in London and in Liverpool remonstrate in the strongest manner against a recurrence to it . They say it perils the revenue , and gives rise to neglect and inconvenience of all kinds—that it turns the officer into the head-clerk of the merchant , and induces him to act as such , and to take an improper share in the superintendence of the unloading of vessels . "

      It is understood that as the investigation proceeds , though tardily , fresh facts are brought to notice , Bhowing the laxity with which * . hi « important branch of revenue has been managed .

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      AND DURHAM . Beethrem ik Bondage , —My object in addressing you at this important crisis is to mbke you acquainted with the languid state in which our cause is at , present placed , and to endeavour to impress npon your minds the necessity of a union of the above counties for the purpose of engaging a lecturer and effecting a better organisation . It is a fact which must be well known to you that many of the colliery district * , both on the Tyne and Wear , which were most forward in the movement of 1839 , for the emancipation of our common country , have , as it were falien prostrate to our glorious principles ; and from what cause ? not from a conviction of their inutility ; no , but solely to the want of a lecturer to organise and direct tbat opinion which was at that period create * in our favour .

      Again , on the other hand , look to the number of agricultural districts , where our principles have been but little ( if at all ; made known through the instrumentality of a lecturer , among which I need only mention Hexham , HaltwhUtle , Morpeth , Alnwick , Belford , &c ., in Northumberland ; and S = dgefleld , Middleton-inleesdale . Wolsingham , Stanhope , &c ., in Durham ; the population of which comprises a great number of agricultural Ubourers who have to toil beneath a summer ' s sun or winter ' s blast , for a miserable pittance scarcely sufficient to enable them to eke out an existance . That there is a necessity for something being done mnst be apparent to all , and my reasons for recommending a union of the above counties are , that we have not a sufficient number of associations in the county of Durham , to enable us to pay a lecturer his salary , and from what I learn Northumberland is placed in a similar situation , but the difficulty could easily be removed by a union .

      Axeuse then from your lethargy , and let every shoulder ba put to the wheel . Let there be a meeting of delegates from the different associations of these two important counties , at the earliest opportunity , to take the subject into consideration , and in the meantime believe me to be Tours , < fcc , In the cause of democracy , John Movtbeat , Member of the General Council . 39 , Framewell-gate , Durham , 27 th Sept . 1842 .

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      LONDON . —On Saturday morning great excitement was produced among the Chartist body by the news of the arrest of the Editor of the Northern Slar , and the other patriots , whom a vile Government have again laid under the ban of ihe law . Immediate steps were taken to establish a large and influential committee , and to obtain the assistance of such of the middle classes as would , at this crisis , come forward to assist in protectidg the liberty and lives of their proscribed fellow

      men . 55 , Old Bailey . —Immediately upon the receipt of the news of the arrest of Mr . O'Csnnor and Mr . Campbell , Bteps were taken to convene a meeting at the above place , Mr . Crump was called to the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings . Mr . Ovtrton , in an able manner , exposed the tyranny of the Government , and the vile crusade they were waging against public opinion . He said that the arrests must be regarded as a blow aimed at the public liberties and the right of the people to meet , according to the old constitutional privilege , in public assembly to discuss their grievances The Council of # hich he ( M . T . Orexton ) was a member , was called upon , in the face of such a despotic stretch of unconstitutional power , to adopt such prompt and energetic courre as the exigency demanded . The

      Government had at that moment got into their power nearly the whole of the Executive Council of the Chartist body . They had driven Dr . M'Douall te take flight for his safety ; they weie in purEuit of Mr . Bairstow ; they had got Mr . Leach ; and now they had arrested Mr . Feargus O'Connor and Mr . Campbell . —iShame . ) All those gentlemen were tried and steady friendB of the people . He ( Mr . Overton ) would support Mr . O'Connor , on whom he looked as his " father" in politics , having first heard the principles of the Charter from his lips , and been made a convert to them , at a great meeting at Leeds . Mr . O'Connor ' s claims on the working people were ol paramount importance . His successful exertions in behalf of the Dorchester labouis and of the Glasgow spinners , together wi ; h his opposition to the inhuman

      New Poor-law Bill , entitled bim to the respect and gratitude of every just and humane man—( hear , hear )—and as leng as he continues in a steady and nndeviating course in support of the people ' s rights , he would doubtless meet with the support of the working men of England . ( Hear , hear . ) " The dogs" were beginning to " show their teeth" against the friends of the people ; and " the Whigs , " he ( Mr . Overton ) doubted not , were at the bettom of the present proceeding . ( Hear . ) The arrest and scattering of their friends had left the Chartist body without an ' * Executive Conneil ; " and to meet the difficulty thus occasioned , the present meeting should adopt seme prompt measures . The Charti&t body could not be without an Executive Council , and he ( Mr . Overton ) would recommend that ? he general Council of the Metropolitan localities be at occe convened to take the important subject iuto their immediate conr . ceration . ( Hear , hear , and applause . ) Mr . Catoi moved that a recomnserkdation be issued from that body for the purpose of convening a meeting of the

      couucil to adopt prompt measures iu electing an Exesu tive Committee to act during the incarceration of tbeir present m embers . Mr . O verton seconded the motion , which was supported by Messrs . Walker , Homt , and Salmon , and carried unanimously . Mr . Walker said be thought they ought to let it go forth to the wcrld that the arrest of their friends eould not crush or cause them to abate their principles ; and that as fast as the Government should apprehend their " Executive , " other men would spring up in their stead , and with equal zeal and fidelity to their cause , £ 11 up their places—thear , hear . ) He ( Mr . V ? alkei ) in conclusion , did not hesitate to say , that Mr . O'Connor would not have been arrested at the present moment , but that the object wca to prevent him , as far as possible , from being present at the " Special Commission" on the eve of beii'g held in Staffordshire for the trial of the Chartist prisroera—( bear )—it being known to the Government and the Government lawyers that Mr . O'Connor was determined to attend that Commission , and aid the victims with his powerful support

      —( bear . ) A ntjmebocs heetixg of coal whippers was held on Friday evening , at the Mariner ' s Church , WelleloBesquare . Messis-Frazer , Brown , Applegate , and others delivered eloquent and truly democratic addresses , and inoculated the principles of the Charter into the minds of this numerous and much ill-used body . A Mzsrise was held on Thursday evening at the Cambrian Tavern , Castle-street , Leicester-square . Dr . Black and Messrs . Duncan and "Westerton , of the Parliamentary Reform Association , deliTered able addresses , and also Messrs . Campbell , Bairstow , and others of the N . OA . Mr . Bairstow ' fl address was received with tremendous applause . A Tote of thank » was passed to the Evening Star , and on the motion of Dr . Black , the Advertiser received a similar compliment Three Khiiiintm > ras paid into the bands of Mr . Wheeler for the victims , and the meeting adjourned until Wednesday evening .

      Floka , Taters , Toue . Place , Ba . bssbcr-1 Park , ISLIKGT 05 . —On Sunday evening , Mr . Whetler lectured npon the rrineiples of the Charter , to an enthusiastic audience . The chair ma ably filled by Mr . Wright At the conclusion of the lecture , it was unanimously agreed to form , at the above house , a locality ef the

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      National Charter Association ; fifteen names were immediately enrolled , ana' a Secretary , Treasurer , and Committee appointed . Ex cellent addresses were delivered by Messrs . Humphries , Heuley , Coviogton , and others , and a most determined and enthusiastic feeling was exhibited . The a am of -4 s . 8 d . was collected for the victims . Metropolitan Delega- ^ k Meeting . — This meeting was held on Sunday afc 0 i"noon , at 55 . Old Bailey , Mr . Brown in the chair . Ci ° edentials were received from Mr . D . Crane , from the youths' locality of Lambeth ; Mr . Lake King , f .-om the Star , Golden Lane ; and from Messrs . Messenger and Wright , for ths morocco leather finishers , Long Lane . The s . 'itn of 5 s . 6 d . was received for the delegate meeting , froii the SSar , Golden Lane ; 4 s . from Lambeth ; and is . 3 d . from the Rock

      locality . Two shillings was received for the Tract Committee . Mr . Dron reported from the Observational Committee , and various lecturers , whosa services had been proffered , were accepted , and the Comvuittee were authorised to procure an official seal for the signature of their credentials . The following resolution was received from Camber well : — " That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Metropolitan delegate meeting , for their wonted zsal and indefatigable exertions at this critical period in carrying' oat the glorious principles of liberty , truth , and justice against tyranny and injustice . " A deputation was received from the shareholders , 55 , Old Bailey , stating they intended to hola a public meeting for the benefit of the victims , and desired the cooperation of the delegate meeting . A present of a pair of handsome ladies' clogs was

      made by Mr . Brown , to bo raffled for , the proceeds to go to the political victims . Mr . Wheeler proposed , and Mr . Lucas seconded , the adoption of an address to the country , which , after a long and Tery enthusiastic discussion was unanimously agreed to , and signed by all the delegates present . A committee was appointed to superintend tha r » f& ng of several presents made to the delegate meeeting . It was also resolved that a meeting of the whole of the ( Janeial Council of tbe Metropolis should be convened , on Thursday evening , at 55 , Old Biiley . After several most excellent and enthusiastic addresses from Messrs . Knight , Dron , Wheeler , Parker , Ridley , Ferguson , Cuffiy . Davoc , Matthews , and others , Messrs . Wheeler , Cuffay , Dron , and Knight were elected , an Executive Committee ,

      ad interim , to supply the place of those whom a tyranuic Government has pounced upon , or caused to be wanderers in the land of their birth . Mr . Wheeler , who had previously been fulfilling the duties of the office was elected as secretary to ths above body . Mr . Wheeler was authorised to write to all the sub secretaries in the Metropolitan counties , requesting them to send delegates to the monthly Metropolitan delegate meeting , held on the first Sunday in the month . Mr . Maynard was elected a member of the Observation Committee in the room of Mr . Rose resigned . Tne meeting then adjourned . Daring the whole of the proceedings , the rooms were excessively crowded , and the greatest enthusiasm was exbibittd . The following ia the address agreed to , as named in the foregoing report : —

      XO THE FRIENDS OF BRITISH FREEDOM . Bbotheb Chartists . — The iron hand of tyranny has grasped many of unr best and bravest men , and has compelled many of Briton ' s noblest sons to be exiled from tbe land of their birth . ( Shame . ) Shall we stand tamely by , and see those men sacrificed ? ( Cries of " No , no . " ) Shall we not rather act with redoubled energy and visour , and show to our heartless oppressors that we will combat witn tyranny to our last breath ? ( Cheers . ) That in spite of privations , persecation , imprisonment , or death , we will never slacken our exertions , or cease agitating our fellowmen , until the " People ' s Charter" become the law of the land , and until we be in possession of those rights and enjoyments to which , as men and as Britons , we are entitled ? ( Hear , and renewed applause . ) Up , then , and

      be doing . Bestir yourselves in collecting , to secure the families from want , and to dtfend the liberties of your imprisoned brethren . Let not the foul disgrace attach itself to our character , that we have deserted those men who have sacrificed their all in out- cause . ( Hear . ) The eyes of the whole country are fixed upon you . ( Heat , hear . ) Europe and America are anxiously looking to your movement The tyrants of the earth SB 9 in it the germs of that moral revolution , which , if allowed to roll on unimpeded , will speedily destroy them . Hence tbeir insane efiorts to arrest its progress . The enlightened , the liberal , the humane of all countries , are sympathising with you—are ardently longing for yout final success . Disappoint not their expectations ; blight not by your apathy the rising hopes your previous conduct has instilled into their hearts . Show to the world that you are men whom no dangers can daunt—no temptations seduce from that allegiance which you have sworn to the principles of

      liberty and the Charter—( hear ) . Cunningly have your oppressors guided this last treacherous attempt ; thinking , doubtless , that in the panic of the moment—the * Watch-dogs' being ensnared—the flock would fall an easy victim—( cries cf " Never . ") We hurl back defiance upon them . We despise their barbarous anil exploded methods of trampling on public opinion—( hear , hear , and applause ) . We are conscious of our own integrity , and of the justice and nobility of our cause—< hear , hear . ) We will sacrifice , if necessary , our lives in its defence ; and we look , confidently , to you for an assurance that we are only the mouth-piece of the sentiments of the whole Chartist body ; and that persecution , so far from dismaying you er injuring your organization , has only served to strengthen the ties which biud you together , and to drite away all sectional disputes , calculated to impede the speedy progress of our mighty movement . ( Long continued applause . )

      Yours in the cause of democracy , The Members ef the Metropolitan Delegate Meeting , William Matthews , John Dron , Edward Pickeesgill , Wm . Humphries , James Knight , John Mayhard , John Simpson , Thomas Beadon , Edward Langwith , Henry Wileins , William Caffat , Charles Page , Michael Jones , William Smith , William Datoc , Luke King , James Morgan , John Sims , Abel Cook , Donald C . Crane , Henry Crockford , Joseph Wright , John Bkown , Thos . M . Wheeler , Secretary .

      Meetings were held in every district in London , on Sunday evening , and language of the most firm and determined description was made use of . Instead of the violent and oppressive arrests of the Government depressing the spirits of the people , the exact reverse is the case , for never before did Chartism assume such a healthy aspect , as it does at the present instant ia the metropolis . Great Public Meeting at the Splendid an » Capacious Rooms of the Phoenix Tavern , Ratcliffe Choss . —On Monday evening , a meeting was held in the abuve piace , Mr . Frazsr having been cilled to the chair , commenced by explaining that Mr . O'Connor , -whose attendance at tbe meeting had been announced , was , frem severe illness , unable to be present . Their oppressors were hunting him about , anxious

      to destroy him . If they should succeed in their attempt , they must learn to do without him . If by that they thought they sbould be able to crush tbe spirit of liberty , they were deceived . The destruction of fifty O'Connors wonld never be able to ciush them . The present was a time when society v .-as roused from its very foundation , when political ditcord had penetrated to the most isolated points of society ; and it was not fit that men , who hud the lives , the happiness , and the well-being of their fellow men at heart , should stand supinely by while these mighty events were being transacted around them ; when despotism was tottering on its very throne , and only supported by its bands of armc-d myrmidions ; when the germs of liberty were springi&k up in every direction , and becoming a flourishing tree , stretching from pole to pole , and

      embracing under its shadow the people of the whole earth Mr . Fassell moved the following resolution : " That the meeting viewed with alarm the unholy crusade entered into agaicBt the friends of freedom ; and as they have always believed that the British Constitution guaranteed to the people the right to discuss their grievances in public meeting , they cannot silsntly submit to this last remnant of liberty being taken away , and do there * fore declare their opinion , that it is the duty of all friends to the people to aid ia maintaining inviolate the right ef denouncing tyrants and reprobating injustice . " Mr . F ., in a long and able address , supported the resolution . The piesent numerous meeting satisfied him that the time bad arrived when the people would no longer tamely tubmit to have the last , remnant of liberty torn from tbeir hands . He had lately been in Staffordshire

      and different parts of the country , and had seen his fellowmen hunted like dogs , because they would not give np the right of meeting to discuss their grievances because they would not be driven into a breach of the peace . These men , once so ignorant , had now acquired the knowledge , that by moral means alone could their objects be acheived ; and he had seen them shed tears of gratitude to those men who bad saved them from the fate of beingthe victims of an outbreak . The Charter ¦ would place Bien in a condition to get a faiT lemunfiration for their labour . The Government desired to keep them poor aad degraded , that they might become the servile tools they desired to see them . While he had breath he would never cease to agitate tot the rights of the people ; be would oppose their oppressors inch by inch , until the victory was achieved . He was proud to see that as fast as one set of victims were condemned

      to incarceration others rose np to supply their place * Mr . Ridley , ia a most eloquent and determined address , which was vociferously applauded , seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Blackmore moved the next resolution—•• That an address be presented to her Majesty , praying ber not to allow the right of free discussion of politics ! gnrances to be infringed , nor honest patriots prerented from denouncing tyranny and oppression , by those who have an interest in excluding the great majority of the nation from participating in legislation . * ' Mr . Dron ascended the resolution in a neat and humorous speech , and the resolution having been put by the Chairman , wca unanimously carried . Dr . Bowkett moved the third resolution— " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the People ' s Charter becoming the law ef this land is tbe only remedy for preventing a continual recurrence of appalling- suffering ; for the poor . " Toe worthy

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      Doctor was much applauded throughout a long and eloquent address in which he strongly insisted upon the evils of discords , and the advantage ot a kindly spirit being displayed towards all ranks of reformers . Mr . Brown seconded the resolution in a very eloquent speech , which , was loudly and deservedly applauded . The resolution wai nnanlmoaaly carried . Mr . Lueaa moved a resolution ot « onfld « noe in the Evening Star , and spoke highly of the Northern Star , as being one of the main props of the movement Mr . Cobham seconded the motion , which was ably spoken to by the Chairman previous to his . putting it to the meeting , when it was carried without a dissentient A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting separated , after giving cheers for the Charter , the victims , &c

      Me . Rbffey Ridley delivered a lecture on Sunday evening , at the Chartist Hall , 29 £ , Mile End Road , in which he lashed the Government authorities and their agents , in a most unmerciful manner , and was greeted with great applause . The Hall wob crowded to excess , and the sum of 8 a . Id . was collected for the victims . The officers wh * arrested Mr . J . Campbell having seized upon the letters accompanying the money orders which Mr . Campbell was engaged in opening , the parties who on that day , Sept 30 , sent money orders for the Executive will greatly oblige by sendiDg to the Secretary , pro tern . Mr . Wheeler , 243 ^ , Temple Bar , their names and the places from which taey were sent , that cash maybe obtained for tbe the orders : the sums are 5 s . and 10 s . from places unknown , and 6 s . 6 d . from Ramsgite .

      Lambeth . —The Lambeth Youths met as usual on Sunday afternoon , when a very eloquent lecture was delivered by Mr . G . Brown , on the benefit which would invariably arisa from the adoption of the People's Coarter . The meeting was also addressed by Messrs . Crow and Blackmore . A vote of confidence was also passed in Feargus O'Connor . Two members were enrolled . Star Coffee House , Golden Lanz . —( United Boot and Shoemakers ) . —Mr . Ferguson lectured upon passing events , on Saturday evening . It was then agreed that we present Dr . M'Douall with a pair of boots , and his wife with a pair of boots and shoes , as a token of the esteem in which he is held by the sons of Crispin residing in the City of London . j £ l was Bent to the Viotim , and £ i to the Defence Fund . 'Three shillings and twopence was collected for the victims , and Mr , Bolwell agreed to deliver his promised lecture upon the life and character of Robert Emmett on Sunday , Oct 9 th .

      Martlebone . —Mr . Maniz lectured at the Working Men s Hali , on Sunday last , to a very full audience , and gave great satisfaction . After the lecture a collection was made in aid of the General Defence Fund , when 18 s . Id . was collected . Mr . Packer , one of our members , likewise gave tbe profits arising from the sale of the Chartist Circular for that night , which amounted to 6 ^( 1 . ; and this , with 18 s . 4 jjd . that was in hand , amounting in all to £ 1 17 s ., has been paid over to Mr . Pardon , ac the Evening Star office . NE ^ rCASTIiE . —Mr . P . M . Bropby , late of Dublin , that unflinching advocate of liberty , delivered a lecture in the Chartist Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth-market , on

      Wednesday evening . Mr . B . was well received and loudly cheered throughout , his addresB . He braced the strike in Lancashire to its origin , and clearly proved that it was the work of the League . Mr . B . gave another lecture equally instructive , and with the same success , in Gateshead , on Thursday evening ; at Byker on Saturday evening ; South Shields on Sunday ; and at Byker Primitive Methodist Chapel again on Monday evening . Mr . B . is a gentleman whosu mode of delivery is calculated to leave a lasting impression on the minds of his audience , and he is not one that will truckle ; be goes for the whole hog , name and all , and will not flinch an inch for any humbug .

      Mr . Spencer , from Lancashire , delivered soulstirring lectures , first on the Quay and afterwards in the Chartist's Hall , Goat Inn , on Sunday evening : and although only half an heur ' s notice was given , the hall was crowded to the door . We have heard few lecturers lately bettor calculated to enlist the attention of his bearers than Mr . S ., and he was most enthusiastically cheured at the end of each sentence . After the lecture , Mr . Sinclair announced that in these trying times public meetings would be held every evening in the Hall , for the purpose of reading tbe Evening Star aloud , and thereby apprising the people daily of the species of justice to be dealt out to our entrapped leaders .

      The Chartists of Newcastle held their weekly business meeting on Monday evening as usual , Mr . Blums in the chair . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , Mr . Sinclair , in the absence of Mr . Phinnie , proposed tbe resolution which Mr P . gave notice of last meeting night , which was britfly seconded by Mr . Livingstone , and ably supported by Mr . Spencer , and carried unanimously , viz ., " That the Chartists of this locality view with the greatest abhorrence and disgust the detestable means which the tyrants in office are adopting to entrap and consign to a living tomb the best and most honest advocates of the people ' s cause throughout these realms .

      That we , tho Chartists of Newcastle and Gateshead , do forthwith use our every effort to procure funds for the defence of such of out friends as may be victimised by our enemies ; and that the following persons be appointed to form a committee to carry out the same , with power to add to their number : —Messrs . Binns , J . Sinclair , W . Smith , Matthew Robson , N Frankland . J . Young , sen ., Joseph Clark , J . YouDg . jun ., Wm . Hall , and John Cassel . Mr . Binns was instructed to transmit £ 1 Is . to the Treasurer of the General Dafence Fund immediately , and to say tbat we will send some more in a few days ; and , after disposing of some local business , tbe meeting adjourned .

      Any Person desirous of contributing towards the General Defence Fund , by transmitting to any one of the above , it will be thankfully received , duly acknowledged in the Star , and forwarded to the proper quarter . PHNSNETT . —Mr . T . Pearson preached an impressive sermon here on Sunday to a numerous audience , which has given a new impetus to the glorious cause of Chartism . A collection waa made ; indeed the honest men and true of this locality have stirred themselves nobly in the cause of our suffering fellow patriots , thirteen shillings and three-halfpence having been raised for the defence of the whole of the incarcerated Chartists . Mr . Pearson preached a sermon the same evening , in behalf of poor Linney , at Bihtoa , and a handsome collection was made here also .

      SHEFFIELD . Arrest of George Julian Habney bnd MR . Samuel Parkes . — Mr . George Julian Harney was arrested last Thursday week , Sept . 29 th , whilst holding a council meeting in his own house , at half-past nine at night , by Rayner , of the Sheffield , and Sawley of the Manchester police . Tbe members' association book , and class-books of four neighbouring villages , were taken possession of at the same time ; but such a loss is of no importance , we having been actively engaged for several weeks past in dividing the association into districts , and having class books for each , which are safe in the hands of collectors . Mr . S . Parkes , against whom a warrant was also issued , was attending tbe council at the time of the arrest , but owing to the alacrity with which Mr . H . was ready to accompany tho officers , Mr . Parkes for that time , escaped .

      On Friday morning when the news of the arrest became known , great excitement prevailed ; and a public meeting waB announced to take place at eight o ' clock the same evening . Mr . Harney was removed from Sheffield to Manchester by the eleven o ' clock train . At the meeting , Mr . W . Wraggs ia the chain , Mr . Edwin Gill was addressing a crowded audience on the tyrannical cenduct of tbe Tory Government , and the folly and absurdity of attempting to destroy public opinion by persecution , when Mr . Parkea entered the room ascended and the platform amidst the most deafening applause . He made a powerful appeal to tbe auiiieixe , pledged them to stand firm to their principles , and to

      those who advocated tbeir rights , and stated tbat he was prepared to meet his fate whatever it might be , in defence of the good old cause . '• To your care , '' said he , " I leave the wife of my bosom , and the children of my heart ; let them not want support , when their natural protector is torn from them ; for should I be thrown in the felon ' s cell for the advocacy of oar common cause it would be agony to me beyond endurance to kuow that my children were crying for bread , &ud that thbir wretched motlier bad none to give them . " The meeting was deeply affected by bis discourse , there being scarce a dry eye in the room . At the conclusion , " We ' ll rally around him" was sung in gallant style Six shillings were collected for his family , and a puoiic meeting announced for ths following evenii . g .

      Mr , Parkes , in company with some friends , then retired to hia home , and waited the arrival of his expected , though unwelcome visitors . They , howevtr , ( the police ) did not make their appearance until after twelve , when he was arrested , and lodged by them in the watch-house for the remainder ef tbe night On Saturday evening , Mr . Pike in the chair , having read the numerous arrests as published in the Northern and Evening Stars , Mr . E . Gill called on the meeting to renew their exertions for the defence of the victims ; and that although the Chartists of Fig-tree-lane , had sent £ i to the General Defence Fund , yet tbat the monies in hand would be insufficient to meet the demands likely to be made upon it . £ l more was collected in » few hours for that purpose .

      On Sunday , Mr . S . Parkes ieft Sheffield by the five o ' clock train , accompanied by the police for Manchester . Although the police too generally behave with uncalled for severity to those entrusted to tbeir charge , and thereby gain the hatred of the people , it affords us great pleasure to acknowledge the kindness of those of Sheffield , to Messrs . Harney and Parkes ; and particularly that of Mr . Cooper and Mr . Rayner , who gave Mr . P . a good bed , and allowed him to we his wife and family as often as he pleased , and whatever newspapers be chose to have , even the Northern Star —In the evening . Mi . Bvin&oa delivered an excellent Lecture , during which he was warmly applauded .

      On Monday evening , at a very full meeting , Mr . Edwin Gill delivered an appropriate lecture on the present crisis . At the conclusion , 12 s . 6 d , was collected for the wife and family of Mr . ParkeB , and three cheers were given for him- and Mr . Barney . The greatest eoBHraii *« n ptarailei .

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      MAI . TON . —On Thursday , September 29 th , a meeting of the inhabitants of Mai ton , convened by the over-Beers , In pursuance of the New Act of Parliament , 5 th and 6 th Victoria , chap-, 109 , sec . 3 , was held in the vestry of the Parish Church , to make eat a list of the names of individuals qualified to serva as constables . The meeting was called for ten o ' clock ? and inconvenient as the hour was , the working classes assembled in good number . Mr . Wilson , a radical of forty years standing , was called to the chair ; and the Chartists proposed and carried their own list , by a tremendous majority . An attempt was then made to establish a paid police , hut tbe scheme was defeated . In tho evening Mr . Sheridan Nnseey , of Leeds , addressed a large meeting in the Market-place , in refutation of the various calumnies and prejudices that stand in the way of the people ' s rights . He shewed clearly the advantages of a moral , physical , and intellectual character that would Sow frem democratic institutions , and depicted faithfully the great evils of aristocracy .

      OUSEBURN . —The Chartists of this locality assembled in their room , East-end of the Railway-bridge , en Sunday , October 2 nd , at half-past ten , a m . After the financial bnsiness bad been gone through , it was announced to the meeting that Messrs . O'Connor , Campbell and . Hill had been arrested , when ev 6 ry one present gavs expression to their abhorrence of the base act . Can the Government think that by arresting all the speakers they will put down Chartism ? What delusion 1 where we only held one meeting we are determined to hold two . Public meetings will be held in every village and colliery ronnd about this place during this and ntxt week . We have sent seven shillings to the Executive , and eight ahiUings to the General Defence Fund , being our first subscription . We intend to keep the subscription list open a little longer to enable them tbat have not given , an opportuity of doing so .

      RADCLIPFE TfcRRACE . —We have had Mr . Rigby from Chorley since Tuesday last . He has delivered four lectures , and assisted us in forming an association . Mr . Rigby has proved himself an able advocate of the cause of liberty . He hols completely laid prostrate every opposition to the principles of Universal Suffrage , and proved that free trade , with all the nostrums of quack politicians , can never be a sufficient guarantee for the peace and prosperity of the country ; and tbat if any benefits are to be conferred npon the people the possession of the Charter alone will confer it .

      NOTTINGHAM . —On Sunday morning an unusual large attendance of the members of the General Council of the various localities assembled in tbe democratic cbapel , to read the Northern and Evening Stars , and to take into their consideration the best means to be adopted at the present crisis , which ended in a motion being made and passed , to authorise the secretary to send a notice t 9 the NorOiem and Evening Stars , requesting that the localities in the town and county will send representatives from their General Councils , to meet at ten o ' clock , on Sunday the 9 ih , in the Democratic Chapel , to adopt measures for procuring a good defence for their incarcerated brethren . It is hoped tbat all the friends in these localities will pay attention to this request . On Sunday evening Mr . G . Harrison preached in the Democratic Chapel , to a very crowded andknee .

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      NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL : COUNCIL . LEICESTER ( sHAKSPERIAN . )

      Mr . William Smedley , loom hand , Russell-square Mr . Robert Facer , publican , Orchard-street . Mr . John Deacon , grocer , Brunswick-street . Mr . Thomas Hallich , grocer and baker , Wharfstreet . Mr . Robert Allen , frame-work knitter , Metcalfstreet ; . - . - . ¦ ¦ ' Mr . James Duffey , butcher , Whaxf-Btreet . LIVERPOOL . Mr . Charles Hook , painter , 80 , Fletcher-street . Mr . Samuel Morris , blockmaker , 10 , Roscoa-lane . Mr . Riohard Parry , stonemason , 63 , Northumberland-street . Mr . William Jones , painter , 3 , CritoUey-court . Mr . Thomas Hodgson , smith , 3 , Afiict-courb . Mr . George Rigii , shoemaker , 2 , B jlton-court , Norfolk-street , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Charles Gwilliam , bricklayer , 8 , Summer-3 treet , Bub-Secretary .

      B 0 LTON . Mr . James Vorve , coal-dealer , Lottery-row . Mr . John Sulivan , cordwainer , Great Moore street . Mr . Arohibald Prentice , brusbmaker , Maryland ' s buildings . Mr . William Paritt , moulder , Howell-croft . Mr . John Hamer , joiner , Newport-street . Mr . James Logan , sawyer , Grime-street . Mr . William Baird , power-loom weaver , Flash street . Mr . Wm . Howard , furniture-broker , Exchange street , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Keir , joiner , Chapel-street , sub-Se oretarv .

      UEWINGTON . Mr . Wm . Emery , glass-cutter , No . 1 , King ' s-arcb court . Mr . James Dobell , carpenter , No . 12 , Salisbury , cresent . Mr . Thomas Nodder , shoemaker , 7 , Northam p ton place . Mr . James Batten , publican , 1 , Cross-street , sub Treasurer . Mr . John Taylor , accountant , ditto , sub-Seeretary

      YORK . Mr . Edward Burley , Paper-stainer . 19 , Bitton > st . Layorthorpe . Mr . James Webster , tinner , ditto . Mr . James Scruton . shoemaker , Layorthorpe . Mr . David Halton , joiner , North-stieet . Mr . Geo . Jefferson , smith , Layorthorpe . Mr . Wm . Jefferson , bricklayer , Haver-lane . Mr . Robert King , pencil manufacturer , Nunnerylane . Mr . Robert GUI , joiner , Bilcon-street , Layorthorpe , ^ 1 * AII fill Y * Af * Mr . Thomas Hunter , tailor , at Mr . Milbum ' s , King ' s-square , sub-Secretary .

      LYWN . Mr . Thomas Johnson , hatter , Norfolk-st . Mr . Edward Scott , shoemaker , Clough-lane . Mr . Joshua Waines . taior , Paradise-lane . Mr . William Price , brioklayer , Tower-st . Mr . William Proctor , shoemaker , Norfolk-st . Mr . Edward Masson , ditto North-st . Mr . Hatteich , clock maker , Norfolk-st . Mr . Wm . Day , shoemaker , New Conduct-si . Mr Balohambers , tailor , Paradise-lane , sub-Treasurer . Mr . James Browne , cabinet maker , No . 5 , Trappits court , Norfolk-Et ., sub-Secretary .

      HOLBECK . Mr . Joseph Watson , carrier , Shackleton-fold , New Wortley . Mr . Joseph Wilkinson , mechanic , ditto . Mr . Daniel Garside , ove r looker , Low-fields , Holbeck . : ' Mr . John Wood , ditto , Canvas-street , Holbeck . Mr . John Broadbeut , hackle-setter , Holbeckbridge . Mr . John Clapham , mechanic , Isle-lane , Holbeck . Mr . Thomas Bell , labourer , Law-balm , do . Mr . William Stead , clothier , New Wortley . Mr . William Dawson , labourer , Stock ' e-hill , Holbeck Mr . John Drake , mechanic , Peacock-road , Beeston . Mr . John Hall , overlooker , Wood-street , Holbeck . Mr John Davies , Terrace-street , Holbeck , sub-Treasurer . Mr . William Sykes , Horse and Jockey-yard , Holbeck , sub-Secretary .

      NOTTINGHAM . —BOOT AND SHOK MAKERS . Mr . Thomas Wagg , Clare-street . Mr . John Abel , Uuion-place , Clare-street . Mr . John Herod , Union-place , Clare-street . Mr . John Jackson , Clare-street . Mr . Daniel Dixon , Clare-street . Mr . William Dalling , Union-place , Clare-street , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Joo Atterbury , Bloomsgrove , sub-Secretary .

      NOTTINGHAM . —RANCLIFFE ARMS . Mr . John fckerritt , shoe-maker , Currant-street . Mr . John Wall , ditto , ditto . Mr . George Atkinson , lace-maker , Narrow-marsh . Mr . William Potter , framework-knitter , ditto . Mr . John Easom , ditto , Leen-sido . Mr . George Pickering , shoe-maker , Bub-Treasurer . Mr . John Goodson , cabinet-maker , Castle-street , sub-Secretary . NOTTINGHAM . —DEMOCRATIC CHAPfL . Mr . Henry Shaw , needle-maker , 17 , Pipe-street . Mr . Joseph Greensmith , butcher , No . 2 , Haughton Place , Lincoln-street . Mr . Joseph Shardlow , framework-knitter . Milk-¦

      street . Mr . William Cropper , smith , Snenton Element . Mr . William Carrington , framework-knitter , New Snenton . Mr . John Mitchell , schoolmaster , No . 2 , Mi ll stone Lane . Mr . George Rogers , nail-maker , Narrow Marsh . Mr . James Sweet , hair-dresser , Goose Gate , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Thomas Stanford , framework-knitter , 21 , Bromley-8 treet , Bab-Secretaiy . HOTTIKOHAll—HAG ' S HEAD , MANSFIELD ROAD . Mr . Samuel Etches , lace-maker . Mr . James Newton , ditto . Mr . Benjamin Grant , ditto . Mr . Thomas Barnett , ditto . Mr . Horatio Nelson , ditto . Mr , William Holmes , ditto . Mr . William SanBom , ditto . Mr . William Rogers , ditto , sub-Treasurer . Mr . William Fletcher , ditto , sub-Secretary .

      LUiHETH YOUTHS . Mr . G . Broome , bookbinder , 53 , Portland-street , ^ M ^ F ^ Vhittaker , printer , 35 , Tr a fal gar-street , do . eub-Secretary .

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      BTAtYBRlDOE . Mr . Thomas Cooper , porter , Spring-street . Mr . Wright Swift , weaver , Hish-street . Mr . John . M'GJoehlin , piecer , Rassbottom-stroet Mr . Samuel Jackson , weaver , Cocker Hill . Mr . John Woodcock , shoemaker , Cross Leechstreet . Mr . John Hunt , grinder , Robison-street . Mr . John Aspinall , weaver , Kenwonhy-street . Mr . William Hornby , weaver , Mount Pleasant , sub-Treasurer . ' Mr . William Hall , spinner , Nowton-street , sub-Seoretary .

      LEWISHAM . Mr . Charles Abbott , Poplar-row . Mr . Wm . Hinoes , Hanover-street . Mr . James Parkey , ditto . Mr . Joseph Hinoea . Mill-place . Mr . Wright Parker , ditto . Mr . Henry Hillman , Hanover-street , sub-Trea su » vr . Mr . Charles Winch , Cross-street , sub-Secretary .

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      SHEFFIELD .-the " press Gang . "—compleib Suffrage and Free Trade . —Tte Independent of S . irurnay had another . " leader" tmaded ' Cutupieta Suffrage " Tiiu writer , after admitting that the Ballot ; and Household Suffrage , two excellent measures , aro ¦ una ttainable through tbo obstinacy of tha people in sticking to Universal Suffrage , goes on to tell his readers that . " Perpetual efforts are made , with unscrupu-! oua villany , by the Tory press to confound Sturge , Vincent , aud Lovett , with O'Connor , Cooper , and White . " The . writer adds . " The sla ? ider muse be lived down , and to do so will require great circumaptction , both in language and policy . We must have harmony and imity araoni ; men whose faces are sit in the same direction , however varied-may be ( heir face or the proposed length of their journey ! " The folio wins ia qu ted

      from tho lato address of the Sturgites : —• ' To consMsr the proprietyof calling upon the municipal electors to a'Jopt immediate measures lor securing tne election of such men only to represent tbem in their local governments as are known to be favourable to the principles of Complete Suffrage . " On this the writer of the Independent . observes— " Now we ar « quire sure that Air . ticurge cannot mean that honest Refo , mers should have the opposition , active or passive , of his frieuds , unless they can utter the shibboleth of Complete Suffrage . If that were meant , what tcou / d become of Mr Vincent ' s bold and eloquent protests wjuiiisl the intolerance which has disgraced Chartism ? fHcar , hear !] If . the Complete * -Sufirage men ¦ sere to voio for ' such men oniy as are known to be favourable to the principles of Complete Suffrage , ' then we should have

      nothing but aiucord and feebleness among Reformers . " After quoting that paragraph of the Sturge address , where tne addressers talk of endeavouring "to ascertain how far the friends of unrestricted and absolute freedom of trade" will unite with the Suffragists for the obtainment of the letter ' s oty-ct , tbu E'litor goes on to say— " They cannot mean to put tbe question of free trade into abeyance until they shall have carritd Complete Suffrage ; if so , as even Mi . StuTse speakB of five years as tho term of the agitation , we fear tbat ere the remedy can be applied the patient -will be past recovery . There can be no doubt that aristocracy if hard pressed , would much rather concede free TRADK THAN POLITICAL EQUALITY As the hun'td beaver is fabled to bite vff his tail to s : ive his Life aristocracy will give up MONOl'OI . IL ' S IN TRADE AND

      FOOD TO SAVE ITS MOM-POLK IN POLITICAL POWER . " Tb&nks to the Indi-pendent tor thtse admissions . To what conclusion do they Itad us ? Either , that the Sturgites are besotted dupes , or designing- knaves ; dupes , if they imagine that the " honest Reformers " will work with them for any other end than that of obtaining the restoration of Whiegery , and knaves , if they have allied themselves to these " progressive" pests with the understanding that tbe popular strength is to be wielded for tho obtainmrnt of those " other political ot-jscta" Hree Irade , tbe Ballot , &c . ) which the Independent has before told us may , by " a union of all the honest Reformers , " be obtained , while waiting for . tne ilnish ' -of Mr . Sturge ' s "five ysara" of agitation , the triumph of Complete Suffrage . Don't forget tbat " tUo aristocracy , if hard pressed would much ratlier couc-ede fre < i trade than , political equality ! " and don't forget that the free traders

      ( and the 'Complete BunragistB are all frc . ' traders , —so say Messrs . Allen , Beale , and Co . ) would not take much " hard pressing" to accept the former at the expunca of the latter ! ! and then ask yourselves , working men , whether the object of the new agitation be not the destruction of the " monopolies in trado aud food , " the conservation of the " monopoly of political power ?" Tnis view of the Complete SufiVagu question -will , no doubt , be denounced as being part aud parcel of the " intolerance of Chariisru , " against which Mr . Vincent so boldly and eloquently protested . Be 1 c bo . We would infinitely rather . be the denounced than the pet of the Independent , while conscious , as we are , that in pursuing our present course we are best serving the interests of the oppressed aud too-oft deluded people , in raising the voice of warning against these wolves in sheep ' s clothing , who have ever been the most boss and hypocritical betrayers of the suffering poor—tbe most deadly aud ferocious enemies of the tights of

      man . MID-LOTHIAN . —Colliers' Str . ike . — He that . fights and runs away , — iviay lire toii ^ ht another day . " No one can doubt but there is a considerable degree of truth in the lori'poiiig couplet . At least the colliers of Mid-Lothian will acknowledge their belief in it . Last Saturday after proving irne to their friends , and true blue to the crawling sycophantic blooodsuckerd of the people ' s constitution , they held a council of peace , at whioh a resolution , was como to that they should retreat , ere the bloodhounds shouki have time to get scent of their tract ;

      which they did , in beautiful order , to tbeir fastness of friendship . This done , aud all safe , the bugle sounded " to areas , " and , ia double quick time , the brave protectors of our country sallied forthwith swords gaping for blood and their teeth gnashing for a g ( l ) orioua setto , just in time to be too late ! What a woeful affair for those who were anxious for promotion , although it should be over the heads of their brethren J Ualaurelled , however , part of them bad to find their way back to their own quarters , as best they could , the same night ; while those Mt had tho hazardous duty of defending peace against the assaults of women and children .

      Mid and Easx Lothians Collier ' s Strike . —The colliers of Mid Lothian , aro still out , but a many of the Fast Lothian Colliers have resumed work at the advanced pricesr and are paying each one shilling per week towards tbe support of their brethren still out . This is as it should be . It is said tbat must of the coal masters would give the advance , but for fear of the Duke of Buccleugh , the Marquis of Lothian , and Sir John Hope , who aro the greatest enemies the men have to contend with . The men are in good Epirits , and if at all supported , must win . The coliiers held a meeting ia the Free Mason ' s Hall , Dalkeith , on Friday , 3 < hh September , to couBider their present position , and to devise means to obtain better support . This was too much for the Noble (!) Duke . What ! the rascally colliers

      meet in his town of Dalkeith , to consider their dirty grievances ! close to his palace ! where her most gracious Majesty had so lateiy eat , and drank , and slept . ' What J meet under his Noble nose ! . Impossible ! This must be stopped . So away he sends off post haste , for his pads . Lord Talbot , { brother of the Countess of Lothian , and wellknown in Staffordshire , ) and Sir John Hope , also for List , the superintendent of the vermin known by the name of County police , who , with his men , marched down to the Hall , ( having warrants for five mtn concerned in the potatoe row , mentioned in my lstt ) , and ordered the meeting to dispeise ; but the colliers told him another story . They were , they said , met peacefully , in order to regulate their wages , and would not be interrupted by him ; but

      if he had warrants for any men there , he was at liberty to take them , but not to disturb their meeting . He would not be satisfied with this , so they put him outside the door , and went on with their business . This would not do : so his Dukeship came down to the Hall himself , and ordered them to disperse , They told him the Eame tale . What was to be done 1 The soldiers were under arms , lining the street , apd the police in line down the entrance from the street to the Hall , so that when the colliers came out , they could only pass one at a time ; so by these means they succeeded in apprehending three men , aud lodging them in prison , ; and , so eager -wa > a the Duke to see that the prisoners were safe , that he went into the prison himself ! 'Tis a pity he was not kept there a few days , in order to taste the sweets he was so anxious to prepare for others !! The poor colliers had paid for the Hall , and yet could not

      be allowed to meet in peace . It has caused a great Bensation in the district : people say if this is to be allowed , the right of public meeting is at an end . So frightened were the proprietor of the Hall at the Duke ^ mandate , that they ran and locked up the door , and told-the poor colliers that they should never meet there again ; " the Duke said so" ! Truly , your modern Dukes are fine fellows , and as just aa they are fine ! land what British spirits these same proprietors must have bad to be thus commanded They could not do what they liked with their own j the Dake could , not only with his own , but , it would appear , with other people / a also . Thus are the working classes used in this mis-called land of freedom ! Bat , thank God ! there iB at least one free p res s th a t will a d voc a t e th e r igh ts of workin g m e n , and fearlessly state their wrongs : the Stan never say No" when they are appealed to .

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      ¦ —~~ ^"""^ ~ Put an end to Was . —We Lave received a communication from Birmingham , which states that tha Recruiting parties in that town have not been abla to prevail npon a single person to join their standard , notwithstanding it has befen fair-time . It also informs us that eighteen thousand tracts have been distributed daring the fair , by the Peace Society , deprecating wab , and pleading for peace aad good-will amongst men .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 8, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct908/page/3/