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      ryCONKELL AND THE IRISH CATHOLIC CLERGY . r po THE BIGHT REV . DOCTOB BLAKE , C 1 TH 0 UC BISHOP OF DROMORE . JIT LohP , —I believe it is not customary to make any * T » l « y for addressing a letter to any one who appears hWore the pnblicupon poUtual questions , throngb ^ mediinB of the press . Assaming this as a Tight ^ dj j sbtmld hope -win not be con troverted , I tak e jp , ye tbas publicly , to make a few observations upon -gnrX-a- ' ^ P * 8 letter , of the 9 tb instant , to the Editor & the Scsry Telegraph . Hy Lord , I fcaTe » ' tri . th nB 1 Jttle degree of pain , read that letter hi the 2 > atfy Freenas and in the WcZtfy Jrttmax ' s Journal of this day ; and I regret 4 » aee that , in your anxiety to make Mr . O Connell appear to

      gie world as the honest , uncompromising , consistent patriot which you wish Mm to be , and in your admiration of hw transcendant eloquence and splendid sbniries believe him to be , you have in some parts of every speech and letter of yours , in his praise , exposed yourself to a flat contradiction from eveiy one who has Jakes the trouble te examine and read Mr . O Connell ' s political letters and meandering career . The facts are one aid all against your Lordship ' s charitable assump t ions , and I am sorry for it ; because it is great injustice to any man , and to the country , to hold him up to liis countrymen npon false assumptions either for public adulation or pnblic odium . Equity , and equity ilone , should be the ground npon which every public yum should be tried . Equity is the shield and protection of the just man ; but tbe terror of the knave .

      Tiie following sentence occurs in yonr Lordship ' s letter ef the 8 th instant , namely , " I believe , indeed , that ndthar the war with China nor that with Affghan-Jstan were favourite undertakingB with him , ( Mr . O'Gonneli , ) and that which has caused unnecessarily zuch horrible effision of blood and such extensive tad wanton destruction of unman life , rather fills bin inth horror than exultation . " Now this is just the fcjnd of feeling which every good man should have wished Mr . 0 Connell to have entertained , and having entertained it , to have maintained it like an honest jnan ; but bis conduct npon the occasion was the xerj reverse . When the question of war with China came under discussion in the House of Commons , or as

      the fashionable slang of the day has it , " was being discussed , " Mr . O'Cannell made by far the most truculent speech of all tbe advocates of that nefarious measure ; one sentence of which was cheered to tbe echo by the enemies of mankind at both sides of the House . He said , 'That British valour would teach the saucy and insolent Cnicese a salutary les « on at the cannon ' s month even under the Tery Trails of P = k : c . " Ho » honest , consistent , and prndent is tiis conduct is the advocate of anti-ir&r and anti-slavery at public meetings ! How sweet it falls from the lips ef him ¦ vrho ostentatiously proclaims that " He would nst shed one drop of hnman blood to achieve the liberty of the world ! !"

      Ton say , my Lord , that " you have paid your years ' subscription before hand , to the Repeal rent , and that yon glory in it ; and that yon / eel perfect confidence in the integrity and loyalty as well as in the ability , prndence , and energy of the iUufitriou * individual who is the bead of the Bepeal Association . " I believe this saost thoroughly- I am convinced that you have tbe utmost confidence in Mr . O'Gonnell ' s wisdom , prudence , ability , and integrity , or else you would not do so . Ton must mean his ability , integrity , and prudence as a statesman or senator , as ne one doubts or questions his ability as a lawyer and an orator ; but I do doubt and question his ability and integrity as a Benator . In what measure or proposition has he shown any proof of eithf r one or other , or any of those qualities for which yon give him credit ? Where are they to be found ? Show

      jne the statute or pr * pogitic 2 , or-Bettor deed of his in farour of public" liberty since he went into Parliament in l $ 2 j . and I ehall mest -willingly give hia credit for it ? I shonld not find fault with him for having been unsuccessful in the House of Commons ; but I do find fault with Mm . Tot net having had the moral courage to harre made the effort in his place in Parliament , particuiarlj when his friends the only British ministry that ever intended doing justice to Ireland , were in power , and when that Ministry had a commanding majority in the House of Commons . Where , then , is his abilisj ? Where is his integrity ? Whit has h % done or proposed to do ? Let me not be answered by Catholic Emancipation , ¦ which ¦ woula be so answer , as he had not s seat in Parliament -when that measure was carried . Where then is the proof of his ability and integrity as a statesman ?

      ITott , my Lrrd , I who have for many years taken an active part in polities , and earefally and attentive !/ read Mr . O'ConnelTa letters and Epeeches , and took great tronl'Ie t « collect them with a view to their publication , as ths history of his life written by his own hand ; and nio confided , implicitly confided , in his ability and integrity , and was captivated by his eloquence , and loth to distrust tntn nttil he abandoned the true , pure Radical faith in 1835 , and openly and ivowedly joined the deceitful and treacherous Whigs , do not wish to take you by surprise whose studies and pursuits are of a different and much higher order than polities . But , on . tbe contrary , in order to prove U >

      your Lordship and every other eulogist and admirer of tbe abint 7 and integrity of Mr . O Connell , that I wish to deal with this subject fairly » nd candidly , do now give you one month to discover and publish any one proposition for the benefit of his couatry , or in promotion of the pnblic interest , brought forward by Mr . O'Conndl ia his place in P&ili&ment , during the whole of bis u illustrious" parliamentary carc-er , the Kepeal of the Tnion always excepted , because he says himseif , that be was reluctantly forced into the diEcu&sion of that measure . And mind , that I am prepared to prove that be mancd , -wllfaliy marred , the introduction of many a measure nidch would have been of essential benefit to his country .

      As to his loyalty , ' it appears to me and to many othtrs to have been , at one time , exceedingly questionable , or if not questionable , affords a bad test of that Wisdoci , prudence , ability and integrity for "which join Lordship gives him so much credit My Lard , be has oii-n plumed himself upon the ability and foresight ¦ which he displayed for five long years in futile , and , I may add , fantastic effjrts , to conciliate the Orangemen , and that too . in spite of the -remonstrances of tho * e -who knew them better than he did , and whoBe knoWedge he T 553 afterwards forced , publicly forced , to admit . The time Mr . O'CraneH chose to conciliate the Otanrcmen always did and always will carry a good deal of well-founded suspicion of his loyalty about it ; the more so when we take into consideration his wisdom .

      pmctnee , ability , and experience . Mark the time and the circumstances welL Xj Lord , I pray you do not trc&i this caretcssly , but weigh it well . At the very period , and locg before , when Mr . O"Connell was by all the eloquence and all the artifice of which be is master , lulling bis crtdnljns , trarm-hearted , and confiding countrymen into tt-j delusive hope that the Orangemen couid not only be conciliated , but that hundreds of them hid sacrificed their prejudices on the altar of their country , and joined tbe ranks of the Repealers , the Dake of Cumberland , who vras Grand Slasta of th = O-iifsmen of the Empire , and Colonel Fiirman , Lord Kenyon , and other great Orange leaders , formed a conspiracy to change the dynasty on the death of William the Fourth and piaos the Duke of Cumberland on the throne . ThU conspiracy was happily excloddd by the inquiry which

      Parliament institiiied into the origin , nature , and tendency cf tis O .-ai gc institutions . I shall cat jjow say at whose suggestion this inquiry was instituted . But it is dear to any one who reads the report of that inquiry , thfc letters cf Cc-lonel Fab-man and > Ir . Herrick , and Ihfc disiTu-sral by tbe Dake of Comberiacd , in the Hcrase of Lords , of any connection with Orangemen or Oraugc institutions , that had this inquiry not taken place ? t -sonld rot be blessed with Q it * n Victoria for cur SuVrrcLn . It is immaterial wbettifrr Mr . O C-j :: nell played wiifu'jy into the hands of the Dake of Ccinberhsnd 01 fce did ret In either case he is not deserving of the high character for Trisdom and prudence "which you are pWaeed to give him , because if he did lend his aid tri-foliy and connptly to the Daie of CumberiaBd , be is not tntiUtd to jour tr . ccminm npon Lis prudence , integrity , and loyalty . And if he acted in ignt-r ^ nca ol the machinations of the Duke of Cumberland atd the

      Orar-Etmtn , which ifl the only excuse thnt can be offered for him , he is tqualiy aisentitled to that wisdom , prudence , integrity , snd akiiity for irhich you give him credit Mr . OConceii threw every obst&ble in his power in the -wiy of that inquiry ; from wi ^ t motive is best known to himself . It is to the talent , energy , perseverance , and integrity of Mr . Wm . Francis Finn , the toothtr-in-law of Mr . O'CotDtn , acd to the late Mr . E . S . Ruthvcn , that the country iB indebted for that , inquiry . To Mr . Ruthven for having presented and supported the petition which prayed far it ; and to Ttlr . Finn for havirg obtained the Committee , and conducted the inquiry , and bronj > bt lorward the evidence , for which he is justly « ntitied to the gratitude of his country , snd to the marked approbation of his sovexeien .

      In addition to tha efieci wiach this childish parade &boBt eoBtiiiating the Orangemen -was likely to give to the designs of the Duke ef Cumberland , it hid the eS « t of forcing the Government to re-embody and arm the Orange ytamanry , v ? ho had been disarmed and disbanded by ths Duke of Wellington and Sir B <* ertPeelinl 82 S . ft appears , my Lord , that yonr admiration cf Mr . j FCanneirs unrivalled elcquence , and your own wellknown and universally admitted charitableness and food nature have led yon to forget , or overlook , his ^ naence before tbe Committee of the Honsa of Xords , «» the nth day of March , 1825 , and published in the LordV Report on the State of Ireland , " in pages 152 ,

      r *» 155 , of that Report , toucking the character , r atton , and loyalty , cf the Irish Catholic Priests . He ass ef ten said that that eTiience was « pon oaih , and I o ^ iere it was . And what did be swear ? Oh I it is *^^ credible . Be swore that the Irish Priests were Ir *^ * , in fact universally , tha sons of poor , low , g ~ £ <*» ^ bose first rise in the world or advance in B-m * ** Boc'fct y . was that ef getting one of their thTv'S * ^ * ^ eldest , into the priesthood . That tZ / t " giiSas ^ 7 n : ea of vulgar habits and manners ££ .-r-rVi ? Ktfety m ' whicl 1 ^ ffi 0 Ted u WILS the a « ri / 1 5 rV ircment to E-cnre tbei ? loyalty bj doe ^^ ftsai ^^ ' > ' tiiat is by a regium w ?<; ard that most cf them , if cot all , \ fou . d chsa-Vetn &cc ^ t ct it- And t hat the king should have * «» w » the aominkUon of tte Catholic bithopE . My

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      Lord , do not take my word for these facts , but read the evidence itself . On tbe same day , the 11 th of March , 1825 , ( page 163 , ) and before the same Committee , this " wise , prudent , and illustrious individual , the Head of the Repeal Association , " strongly urged the disfranchisement of the Forty Shillings Freeholders , and they were disfranchised . How many thousands of those disfranchised freeholders and their wives and children perished of want in the bogs and ditches , victims of this horrid recommendation to diafranehisa them ? Bat causing death by starvation ia not Eheddimr human blood 3

      ThOBe two propositions—the disfranchiaement of the Forty Shillings Freeholders , and the Payment of the Catholic Clergy by the State , were the terms apon which Mr . OConnell agreed to accept of Catholic Emancipation , and were by him in his several letters recommending them "to the People of Ireland 'technically called " Wings . " I cannot even now read these atrocious letters without pavn and indignation . When the great Leinster meeting was held in Carlow , for the purpose of taking the sense of the province of Leinster upsn thoas " wings , " and -which meeting was most Bhamefully packed by those who were favourable

      to the " wings . " Tbe late lamented Right R-jv . Dr . Doyle said that the greatest difficulty , he found in giviDg his evidence before the Committee of the House of Lords , was to avoid railing into the pit which Mr . O'Connell had dug for the Catholic Hierarchy . And at the meeting held in St . Andrew's parish , npon the same subject , the Rev . Mr . PurcelPa indignation at J , he proposition to pay the Catholic Clergy was so great that he raised his hand to heaven , and said , " may this rightjhand fall down withered and powerless by my side the day it is corrupted by a rtgium donum . " This was language becoming a trne patriot , and does honour to human

      nature . Mr . O'Connell ' s evidenca is forthcoming . It cannot be blotted out , and the British Minister ever ready to take advantage of eyery circumstance which will add to the power of the oligarchy , ¦ will oue da . v or other , carry that evidence into practical optration . Bnt as this wise , prndent , and illustrious stvesman has not condescended to tell his country , the nse the Minister will mest certainly make of this evidence , I , even I , poor Paddy O'Biggins , the Chartist , shall do so . Unless the elective franchise be given to every inhabitant of this empire , of sane mind and not convicted of any felonious effence , as f nre as I am writing upon

      this paper , so sure will the English Parliament pass an set to pay tbe Catholic clergy out of the taxes ; and although the clercy in existence at the time of passing the act , may , and no doubt , will , refuse the bribe , yet the Minister will , as he ever did , persevere , and open in accsnnt for every parish in the kingdom , aud sooner tha . n be thwarted in bis scheme of corruption , carry to the credit of every parish , the annual amount which was refused by the parish priest , and use the accumulated sum as a bribe , a tempting bribe to his successor . Remember mj words ; mark tksm well ; for as sure as God is in Heaven , this attempt at corruption will be made , and ¦ which notbins can prevent except & Parliament returned by Universal SufiVace .

      In my next letter , I shall state ss briefly as possible , the motive which influenced Mr . O'Connell to commence the Repeal Agitation , the reasons for paiting it in abeyance , the ilicis of that agitation , and the agitation for the total abolition of tithe ; Us effects and tbfl reason for entering into a bass compromise cf that question . In the meantime , I am , My Lord , With the greatest respect . Tour Lordslrp " s obedient servant , PATE 1 CK 0 HIGGINS . Dublin , December 17 , 1842 .

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      TO THE COLLIERS OF ENGLiXD , SCOTLAND , IKELAXD , AND WALES . Fellow-Workmen , —We earnestly address these few lipes to you , hoping that you will boldly come forwards and assert your rights , and not allow yonrselves _ to be trampled on any longer by the greatest tyrants on earth ; they are doing all that they possibly can to crush you ; and yet you stand quietly by with your hands folded , lamenting your-fate . There is no power on eaTtb can prevent yon from feeing paid for jour labour , if yoa -will only ba true to yourselves , your wives , and families . Every day vre expose oar lives for the welfare of the country , and the country leases us . to Btarve . Wba * would England have K * en bnt for the colliers ? Would it have been the manufacturer

      for the world ? No ; yon , our fellow-workmen , you are the foundation whereon all the greatness of this nation ia bnilt ; and without yon this mighty fabric cannot stand . Then why should we give our labour to the whole world , and not in return demand tint ( from those we every day warm and irake comfort&blei remuneration which will make eur wives and children comfortable ? Yes , we have . Then let us be np and floiEg ; for if ire do nothing for ourselves , no one will for ns , for God helps thtm that htlp ttem-Beives . " Let no one say he can do nothing , for every one can do something . Let every one work as though the success of the cause depended upon himself entirely-Let ns make one simultaneous effort to throw off our present yoke of oppression , to attain those great and ncble objects .

      We rtquest that tbe men of every pit will appoint a man to write , or forward to us , addressed to the Colliers , Griffin Inn , Wakefield , every accident , and all information concerning the miseries that oppress you ; those facts , carefully collected and printed , -will sntfw to the world such a picture as it never saw before . Talk of ths negroes ! it ia true that they were bad enough , but we are ten times worse . We recollect , some time ai ; o , seeing an account of the colliers of Scotland passing resolutions to establish societies in every town , village , and hamlet where there were any collier . This is a noble objectunited we stand , divided we falL This , this is the object we are trying to cccompJish . We call upon every true-hearted collier to write ta us immediately op

      the subject , and we will give them the requisite information in writing or psrsonally : for unless we can be united we shall never do any good ; how is it possible we can , when we do cot understand tach other ? Why should not we unite to protect our labour as well as the masters ? they units to oppress us ; well , then , let us give each other the right hand of friendship . We are perfectly satisStd that if we only understand each other , and had coc&dence in each other , we sheuld soon gain our rights and liberties , political and social . We call npen e / ery trus-hearted Englishman , but more particularly the colliers of Ayrshire , Staffordshire , and

      readers of the Si * r ; -we request thit tbe latter will Ehow this to the colliers around vthtre they live , and speak to them on ibe subject . We beg all our brethren to send us the name cf their pits , with their address and rubbers of nun employed , reductions g ! wages , striki-s , and all other matters whatsoever connected with thess respective localities ; to send us their names for enrjim ^ a :, and diffuse unity and concord ; for without this vre shall labour in vain . Tours . On behalf of the Yorkshire Collirrs , The Execcttte . Wakefleld . Lee . 21 . 1 S 42 .

      PS . —The c .-lliere around here strongly express their abhorrence at the rules an 4 regulations to be observed at the Ayr coliitry ; we particularly request their secretary to write to us giviag all particulars on every point , ani wiil do all we possibly can to put a stop to such like pri ^ ceediczs .

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      ^—^ " ^^^ LEJTURE DELIVERED IN MARYLEBOXE IN 16-41—STILL PERHAPS APPROPRIATE . PAfiT II . O £ Hc ? a must needs come , says the Scripture . Yes , but wi :-= D , in accordance with S-ripture , we denounce ¦ woe unto him by whom tho offence comctb , we are immediately crieu ous npon as persons Beeking to create divisions , -whev . h is clear that those who give the offence , not he who complains of it , are those who occasion the division . The offender , feasful th » t his offences vrill be -visited -upon him , comes , lite the conscicnce-strjcken Jorani , and asks , "Is it-peace ! '' and we answer with J ? hu , " What peace , so long as the vrhcr ^ oms of tby mother Jt-aabel , and her witchcrafts are fco many ? " So long as you keep giving such just occasions of offence , we want a council of censors to hear and determine all matters of dispute and difference among ns . Cato , tfce Boman Censor , was & most severe onB , yet , to the eternal honour of that noble-minded people , they re-elected him aanually . I am convinced that until we are prepared to act with Roman austerity , with American firmness , vre shall never make onrselTea formidable or feared .

      ¦ Shaksptaie says" There is some shew cf goodness in things evil , If men observingly would find it out . " Let us see if we can find any excuse fer our divisions , or if any good can be derived from them . When men have been engaged in a long and trying struggle , such as ours for the Charter—suffering all the evils which they are striving to remove from others , and sacrificing themselves to the cause—Is it to be wondered at that their tempers , if net their spirits , should break—that they should become apt to attribute their ill success to one another—elimination and recrimination ensues —and friends suspect friends because foes are out of reach . Contention even in a good cause rouses the evil passions of our nature , aggravates them , embitters them . But let ns on the heat and Same of our distemper " sprinkle cool patience . " Let ns reserve

      all our spleen to be vented on our enemies , 01 the false friends of the cause . We are at present baffling one another . But out of this evil good win come . The conflicting elements will cleat the air , settle it , and a calmer , a more healthy state of thingi -win ensue . The muddy stream will ran itwlf dear . Our movement at present resembles a watch— wfi have factions within factions , like wheels within wheels , bat the more they come in collision , the more they c > o contrary to each other , tho faster they will stiifce or . it all that impedes ns—the faster they will ferward tb a hands of time to thai treat hour when THE Chart er shall be Btruck ! Tie strife is not bo much amoD g the people as among the leaders . Let the people kef p united and they need not care for—they may rather rejoice at the divisions among ihe leaders ; for were ' the leaders all to coalesce ttij inigut cieat the peor ^ e , but , not agreeing , tfcey

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      will -watch , they will expose one another . We have lately had the Cabinet Ministers of Cfrv rti » ni among us ( 1841 ) the Executive—come up to heal t ^ breaches in our Israel , but I am sorry to say that the nultn ° d they took was likely to inflame , rather than to ^ 1 Ja 7 the differences that unfortunately exiBt They deci » ed against personalities and yet were personal themselves ; The president said , we bad Spurrites among us !—where are they ?—rarely it was forming too low an estimate of the understandings of the Ken of London to suppose them capable of leaving the Charter to follow an individual like Spur ! Spurrites ? why we want Suurrites in one sense of the word—we want men to spur us on . They said , too , there was Watkinites . ' that was the first time I had heard of

      them . I have not seen them yet Why , I am not a Watkinite myself . I am a Chartist or nothing . I should abhor myself if I were capable of worshipping anything , or sufierr . g ethers to worship me ; if I could think more of my own personal interests or advantages than of the great , the immortal cause . Ah , but we have ites , mites , indeed , as all man worshippers must be—and they would erect their Dagons in England ; bnt . thaDk God . ' the English are made of " sterner stuff" than to bow their knees to any god on earth . They are a proud , an independent people , and tho greatest amsng them is so only because iie is tbe least , the servant of all ; for tbe very Sovereign of England is but the servant of Englishmen ; and so far

      from being owned as a master , be would more likely be discharged as a servant , if he acted unjustly or tyrannically . No , no , we will have no worshippers to cry down all who ¦ will not cry up their idols . The Lord said , " yet have I 5 eft me . seven thousand in Israel , all the knees which have net bowed to Baal "and thanks be to God , there are left in Great Britain and Ireland thousands of Chartists who will nover forsake them—who look to the causa alone , and will no longer respect or trust the man , howevor high in favour or coaS'leooe he may havu been , that deviates the least , that diverges a haiAt-breadth from it If we are to have partisans ; if persons me to be regarded mote than principles—farewcll to free thought , to free discussion , to all hope of freedom .

      Chartist friends , I speak not to please your prejudices , nor your passions—I speak to promote our principles . I know that some of us are so besotted , so infatuated , not with love of ouiaelves , no , if wo truly loved ourselves this would not be , but with the love of idols , that we are in danger of neglectiug , of losing sight of the cause . I cannot see any man deceived , deluded , ordeiighted with bombast , bravado , or blarney , without pit ) in ;; kim and feeling indignant at the selfish and BrlMoviug charlutanB who seek to befool us at a

      time when wisdom is moat needed . So long as the people ore fond of being gulled—&o long as tbtsy listen to quacks and fortune-tellers whether in law , physic , or divinity , not excepting politics , ) so long will jnat occasion of grief be given to thbir friends , who will have the mortification- to be suspected for their honeBt advice . What can they do bu ; appe . il from Philip dTunk to Philip sober ? for while tbe peoplo are in this condition they resemble Caliban , who made a god of a drunken steward , and because tha honest Trinculo would not worship with him , ho was beaten for it .

      G . " « at men are too apt to forget goo : lnes ,- > , which alone constitutes true greatness ; but we have none among us too great , too high , to be called to account . If the greatest among ub do an injury to tbe cause—by persecution sr peculation—they are as amenable to justice , as liable to -be elicited—as likely to be charged und condemned as the lea > t . Kipg David was a trreat man , bnt he was not a good ois , wieH , trusting to the inipu ? iity of supreme power , be spared to take of his own Ijcks and herds , and took the sinnle ewe lamb belonging to a poor man ; but there was found a prophet , a greater than he , who went to him , convicted him out of his own mouth , and passed sentence npon him in the remarkable words—Thou a t the man . ' King George III . was mure great than good when he persecuted Wilkts ; but the people made common cause with Wilkea , an > i compelled tbe stupid tyrant and stubborn bigot to give way . Toe people of

      England have fetill that power , and b : ouul it be found tbat creatures of their own power vere exercising their power , not for the purpuse foi which it was entrusted to them—but for selfish or ambitious ends—should it be proved that the men of their choice were worthy of their choice —• would they not tell them to their teeth— " Tiiua did ye I" Tes , for by so doing they would do a service to tha cause , to themselves and to tbe mensines power should always be curbed by humility ; but ii is the curse of men of office to be attended by flatterers instead of honest truth-tellers—to have that vanity inn " . trued which ttquires to be mortified . Jtmius , in those elegant letters which are the perfection of tbe English language , attacked the Duke of ( Jr . vfton the Prime Minister of the day for ruining an innocent man and his family ; be had but to prove this tu tbe conviction of geueruns-minded Englishmen , and they sympathised with him .

      My friends , I boldly assert , I fearlessly avow , that there now needs a revolution in Cnartiem itself—a reform among tke reformers—Chartism needs to be brought back , to its first principles—it needs rescuing from bad hands . Let tbe honest men , tbe sound and sensible portion of the Chartist public , rally together and they will save it Let them unite , and the dishonest who now flourish like green bay treeB will wither away—the place that now knows them will know them no more . Te must mnku a resolute stand fearlessly to repel all farther encroachments , determined to regain tbe ground that we have insensibly been sliding from . The more desperate our condition , the more determined we should be . " Once more unto the breach , dear friends , once more ! Or close the wall np with our Chartist dead . *'

      Though tho fate of an Otway await me , who was starved to death upon Tower-hiU , or of a Chatterton , who poisoned biin « eif to prevent spch a fate , yet will I try to the last , and should I return to the country—should I live , Like the Btoik , to revisit my parental neat—I will take back a heart nncorrapted , uacontamisated by to 7 , n politics . I will take with me a token from this deluge of sin and miser /—tbat at least in one district in this sink of corruption , Chartism , dove-like , can rest its foot . I will tell the country that , at Marylehone , a green leaf from the tree of liberty may be culled . I shall return as I came , and I came filled with all tbat love ef liberty which nature , which my native scenes in particular , ara so well calculated to inspire . 1 shall again

      roam the moorland hills , erst trod by the fearlesB and free-footed ancient Britons , ere the Romans had conquered them—tha Saxons had driven them into Wales , and the Normans hod penetrated into tbat , their last retreat , and subdued them there . I have hunted in their primeval forests—fished in their still-running streams—swuia in an ocean that once was theirs , and breathed the breath of htaven tbat was wont to wave ths -woods and seas of their unburtbened , unfettered times , and that n -w mocks their sophisticated , their degenerated posterity . I have knelt on their earthern tombs that rise co-part with the green-growing earth itself , monuments of ancient Britons , altars of libertyand I have prayed that the same spirit might animate me wb icb . animated them , and did not leave thtm but with

      life itself—and the lark has arisen over my head like a spirit from their ashes singing its way to Heaven!—ah , I am n « t a disciple of thi « man or of that ; I am a disciple of God and nature , and solitude was no solitude to ma , fur there I had the congenial society of all nature . Bat the battle of tbe Charter must be fought in towns —must be fought in London . "The country is tbe place to breed Chartists in—to rear them up ; but in London their best exertions are , needed ; for it would signify nothing if tbe country were gained and London were not , unconverted London would corrupt tne country again . Wat Tyler carried eight countkB with him into London , bat lost his life there—lost it by treachery . John Cade was equally unsncc&sful in London . 'Twos ever thus . All great cities are hollow , are rotten . Jesus Christ conTtrted whole villages , but be could make but

      little impression on Jerusalem ; witnesa that weeping exclamation of his over it What must be done with this London ? Like Shakspere ' a swai , I have stemmed the stream , swum against the tide , an « l spent my strength with ^ over-matching waves again and again —and if I must die , I will die singing—if 1 muBt sink beneath the waves of faction , the whispers of calumny , yet the Charter Bhall be saved—the Charter shall live ; I will hold it aloft as Cawar held the records of Rome , with one arm , while be bore himself up with the other , through a tempestueus surge , and from furious foes , as RjHa bore Cora ' s child over rock and mountain , and though wounded , though dying , stayed not , faltered not , till he bad lodged it perfectly safe , secure in its mother ' s arms ; so shall the Charter be preserved—it shall survive , a signal , a memento , a

      talisman" Unhurt amid tbe ¦ war of elements , The wreck of matter and the crush of worlds , " for , like the immortal soul of man , our Charter whatever be its fate here will be found hereafter , wreathed round the cross of Christ , the very presence of the Almighty God of Eternity . J . W . Bittersea-sqviare .

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      "ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY . " PABX II . Yes ; and if ever Englishmen had a duty [ to perform it Is now—now England expecr * it most , for now she needs it most . We do not do ottr duty when we emigrate—no more than tbe soldier does who lies from his post in the day sf battle . A tme-born Englishman will not leave England—he wfll rather stay as Lord Sandwich did on board bis burning vessel and perish frith her . Our duty is now to rescue our country from the rapacious gripe of those who prey npon her—who are making her their ipoll—we most not think of saving ourselTes but of saving her—it ia our duty to stand by her to the last plank—to di « for her . No true Englishman wiU ever survive her country .

      But men in general do not do their duty—we have mfiMent proof of this in the present condition of England—we do anything but our duty : but what are all other things that we do compared to cur duty ? When the honr of death arrives—the hour we aU live for—all that we have lived for—aU that we have been—aU that we have done , will all be as nothing , for all will be past , all , except the pleasing reflect ! ov that we hawdone our

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      duty . Yea , that alone -will console us at last—nothing will reconcile ns , will make us resigned , will ' make u welcome our fate , bat tie thought of that—may we all be enabledto say at last "Thank God I have done my duty . . " . . . ¦ - , - . : '¦ ; . - ¦ . . ¦ • : , ¦ ,:- : ' .. ¦ . - ;•¦; ' But how few do their duty , and the few that do it are thwarted by the many that do not If all did their duty , should we find the young woman called the Queen giving a masqued ball / or the entertainment of herself and courtiers when the wi-urig country was groaning in unprecedented misery and distress ?—should we find Lords and ladies putting on all k . 'nds 0 / antic shapes and sporting in a sea of follies , lik « so many dolphins , while tho cries ef suffering innocence and starved industry were unheeded , or heeded but to be . mocked—to be mademerrimeat of ? —should we find bishops riding about in their grand carriages with their purple liveried servants , one before and tw 6 behind , and all the pomps arid vanities

      of this wicked world , while their flesced flocks , their shorn lambs ( shorn to the quick ) were compelled to pawn their very bibles and prayer books for food ?—Bhould we find parsons and their congregations making this honest confession— " we have done what we ought not to have done "—that isleft their duty undone—should we find tham confessing this truth every Sunday , and then all the week going the same round again so as to inake the same confession true again the next -Sunday , as if to make good their own words ?—should we find lawyers , some of whom in this mighty city ( London ) would sell the blood of their own brothers for a shilling—those -worBe than Jadases , tor he repented and hanged himself , but lawyers do not repent and are not hanged ? Should we find —but I need not lengthen the catalogue . —I . might make a new Newgate Calendar if I were to record all the crimes of the great unhanged . I will leave thorn , as Hamlet says , to

      Heaven—And to those thoms that in thoir bosoms lodge To prick and sting them 'And will now observe ; in conclusion , that we , as Chartists , have a duty to do , not only to our country , but to the Chartist cause in particular , if both , be not oneit is our duty not to see that cause in any way injured or damaged or weakened , either by the enemy without , or by the false friend within—it is our duty not to suffer ourselves to be deceived , or coE-sned , or cheated , or led away by delusions of any kind—for , be sure , every wrong step » e take 1 we shall have to retract ) it ngain beforu we can advance one foot the right way . We nave two stars , the star of the north and the star in the east to guide us , if we are wise men ,, to the place , or the point , where our Saviour the Charter is . Letus fix our eyes on th « cause and vow that nothing else Bhnll leud us . Than we shall be safe , and what is of infinitely more importance , we shall savo our country . The

      progress of a Chartist is liko the Pilgrim ' s Progress—in » ny temptations will beset us—many false brethren will join us—mauy dangers will rise to affright us—our trials will be mauy—but w « have but to go , straight on—to persevere m spite Of all—and we BhuH arrive 1 at the heavenly city of pu * hopes at last—pur - new Jerusalem —and receive the Charter as our crown of glory . " England expects every man to do his duty "—let me impress that ouce more Upon yenr minds—let me leave you with that impression . England not only expects it—she entreats it—she impressta it—ahe implords it—we should die or dp it . And not only does England expect it but God expecta it—what else were we made for but to do our duty ?—what were we horn for else ?—why are are ve Englibhmen ? Let our cry then be— " God and old England , and every man to his duty r " ¦ - ¦ ¦ : ¦ . ' ¦ .. ¦¦ . ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ Battewea . j . w .

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      ABSURDITY OF THE" REPEAL" DOCTRINE . The Anti-C- > rn-Law League formerly rested their cUimsfor a lieptal , on the ground that food ami ' other commodities would bo much cheaper—that the working classes would bs greatly benefited ; and trade would be increased by their having to spend less upon food and more upon manufactures . Hiving been buffi ^ d from this position , they now take their sfcami upon another , and say " that the benefit would be derived , not so much from tha difference in price , as from having a regular and constant demand for our goods , by having it always in our power to make a just and equitable exchange . " . ''' . ' -

      Now this position , under present circumstances , is utterly as untenable aa t' -. e other . Wny do they want an exchange ? Are all the backs in England covered ? Has every man , woman , and child , an extra suit for Sundaya and holk'aye ? Are all thoir houses naatly furniahed ? Are all their beds sufficiently supplied with sheets , and quilts , and blankets » Do the surplus goods belong to thoae who are Btatving for food ? If they do , then exchange away ; but if they do not , why send jyour gooda abroad when they are so much wanted at home ? : ; . ' Why send them to the foreigner when your own workpeople and jour own townspeople are starving for wantofthem ? " Oh !¦ " say you , " they have no money to buy with , or they should sladly have them ' . " -. '

      Why nave they no money to buy with , but because they have been unjustly deprived of it ? What better , then , would an exchange be for them ? If they have no money to buy the goods , bow conld they find money to buy the food for 'which you might exchange them ? The food would bv yours—not theirs . " But we would employ thorn , " say you , " and then they would Lava money to bny both food and goods ;) , ' How long would you employ them ? A month or a year ? If you eflployed thotn , would they not be producing at the same time ? And if they were producing .

      would tbey . not be producing more than they could purchase ? " You cannot employ them without profit , " you say . And ia not a profit appropriating more goods to y ? ur 8 e ! yes than you can yourselves consume ? Who then is to consume them 2 What is to become of tbe surplus ? You cannot soil them , for those who could buy them would not bo abie to ' consume them ; and those who could consume them would not be able to buy them . Therefore , as a necessary consequence , they would accumulate . Your stocks would increase , in spite of yourselves , so long aa profit , or your own aggrandizement was the Btimulas .

      How long , then , would you continue to employ your workpeople ? Just till the exchange had been made , not longer . Then the merchants , finding they could not dispose of the food , would cease to send out orders for more , ' or rather , they would refuse to take it in exchange . Therefore , the foreigner , baying nothing else to pay with , could not order nnyinore goods . Where , then , would be the " permanently increasing demand , " so much talked of ? How long aftei that , would- . " wages ketp up , " or *' regu \ ar employment ' be found for ths people ? ¦ - — . < m > — - . . . ; " . ' ¦ \

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      TO THE EPITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —This freedom , of calling on you to give the following case of direct attack on tbe liberty of the subject , you will excuse , I am sure , after the details are fully explained . The case is thus , —on tbo 11 th of this month , a young man , of the name of William Clement , in the employ of Mr . ' Orrell , cotton-spinner , Beliuont , near Bolton-le-Moors , 'was arrested at home , about two o'clock in the morning , and taken to the police-office .

      on the charge of ossi&tlDg to engrave a plate , or stamp , to counterfeit the Halifax and Huddersfleld Union Bank , was locked up , and from Bolton was removed to Manchester , and lodged in the King-street lock-up , and was confined there until the 3 4 tb , from thence was removed to Halifax , and confined there until the ! 9 tb , and on that day was brought up before the magistrates on the bench , and , on his appearing , he was simply asked his naraa , anil was instantly sot at liberty , without , any cause being shown either by the police 01 magistracy .

      The above 1 b a plain and true statement of the facts of the case ; I can fully attost them ; and fuither , the above William Clement , instead of haying the ability to engrave , can barely write his own name . Now , Mr . EHtor , I am fully aware that there is one law for the rich , and another for the poor , yet not * withstanding this , 1 should like you to give your opinion on the above , for I have never heard or read jf a more direct attack on the liberty of the person hfefore . ' ' ' . ..- ¦ . ¦ . - . - ¦ . ' '¦ ¦ . ' ¦ : v . ' : ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦

      I had almost forgot to inform you that the aforesaid William Clement is a powerloom-weaver ; and has been in the employ of Mr . Haslingdon , of Bolton , for the space of upwards of four years , aud was so until tbe said Mr . Haslingdori ' s factory was destroyed by fire the last month ; after that he obtained work at Mr . QrreU ' a > Bulmont ; now , in consequence of the above transaction , he is utterly without employment . I subscribe myself , Your obedient Servant , Daniel Diggle . Bolton . Dec . 20 tb , 1842 .

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      MB- DICKENSOI ? , THE MANCHESTER PACKER . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Dear Sib—I am very sorry to have to trouble you on this occasion , but wishing always te have truth and justice upon any statemants that may affect private or public characters fairly laid before the public , I am bound at thistime to contradict a statement that appears in your paper on Saturday , the 10 th of December , respecting Mr . T , D ' ckenaon , better known as the Mancheater Packer , and the South Lancashire delegate meeting . : _ . .: > . ' ¦; . '¦"

      The certificate and resolution 91 purporting to have been Issued from the above meeting is a tissue ; of falsehood and a perversion of truth . The certificate and res&lutiori : in your paper of the 10 th instant , waa neither passed nor given to Wm at , of from , that meeting , arid ' moreover neither John Murrey nor William Grocott , were delegates at the said meeting . It is true the charges against him were brought before that meeting , and to the said charges be , Thomas Dickenson , pleaded guilty , and said it was through poverty he wiis obliged to have recourse to tb . 6 same . There were other charges to be brought against him , but these were left for the council of the locality to which he belonged . They were toBummona the parties preferring the charges before them and decide accordingly , but strange to e » y , these parties were never Bum-I .. ¦ '" . . . ' . ' ' - ¦ ¦ - . : ¦ :- - . ¦ - . ¦ . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' •' . . . ¦

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      moned , bnt for what reason 1 « best known to th , . P ties themselves constitution the said council , 0 * X atn sure the parties preferring the Charges would n « t ha \ « lacked either honesty or courage in coming forward to substantiate the truth of their accusations if - ¦ they had beetf summoned to appear -before the Council . Thotb was ene resolution : passed respecting him . at the delegate meeting referred to , and that was , if he couid dear himself bfcfore the council , Mr . Dixon , ths Secretary

      to the delegates , was to give to him credentials upon the receipt of a certificate from the counoil , bearing the signature of toe Chairman , which he brought r but it was given to him unfairly , as they did not have the parties summoned , to hear both sides of the question . —¦ I am surprised at Mr . Dickenson for being bo foolish as to stato that he got them from the delegate meeting , for he might be sure the delegates would see them , and then what confidence could any of the delegates place in him after publishing such a falsehood and wilfully stating that he received them from the delegates .

      By giving this a place ia your paper , you will greatly oblige , ' ¦' : ... ' . ; ¦'¦' ' '" ' .. " , .. ; ' .- "¦ ' . ; .- ' - . ; . ¦ - Yours , in the good cause , Thos Rail-ton , Chairman of the above-named delegate meeting .

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      TO THE ^ DITOR THE NORTHERN STAR . . SIR , —The following is a copy of a letter which has been banded to me by a friend to send for insertion to the Northern Star , in order that the ceuatry mr . y see the usuage that poor Wild and others are undergoing in the Knatsford House of Correction . If you think it worthy of a place in your columns , its insertion will greatly oblige . —Yours truly , W . D . Kautsford House of Correction , : ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' - ¦ : ¦ ' ¦/¦ " ¦ ¦•¦ : ¦ ¦¦ ,- " : ;¦ . .. Dea-ie , 1842 . '¦ ¦' . '¦ - Dear Cousin , —These few lines come with my kind love to you and your family , hoping they will find you in good health and spirits , as they leave me moderately so at present . .

      I reoeiyed your kind and welcome favour of the 12 th instant ; and to begin my necessarily short letter I muit inform you , and all Our friends in the neighbourhood from which we come , that we can be visited on'the 2 nd January , and then not till the first Monday in February ; and after tbat , on the first Monday in April , between the bdura of 10 and 4 o ' clock . I should be glad to see you here if you could make it accord with your other engagements , along with either my father , or brother , or any other friends . The period of my liberation approaches but tardily ,

      but I shall reconcile myself to the lot of happiness which falls to my share , and in order to make the best of my leisure time after work , and to have a Jittle improvement for the mind mingled with tho tortures and punishment of the body , I wish you ,- when you come , to bring the following books , viz , M'CuHpcks and Cob , hett ' a Grumuiars , Hamilten ' s Crsographical K ^ y , and Walker ' s Pronouncing Dictionary , and I shall feel much pleasure in ' receiving from you p . ny small work which your library affords , sentimeabil or . "cientific , aa nothing Theological or Political willl ) eal ! ovved .

      J send my very best and most affectionate love to my dear wife and children , to my father und mother , and my brothers and Bisters : and I send my sincere and warmest respects to those few friends who have given their assistance to the widowed wife and fatherless children of the unfortunate , unaltered Robert Wild . I wish Mrs Wild to make a bug to put the books in which wi . l enable me 5 o keep them clean . Dear Cousin , you hope that I Bhall ^ cheerfully submit to the discipline of the prison . Now , Sir , I ask you , how can a man cheerfully submit to the brief summary of rules here annexed , Vde , talking , sinaing , whistling ,

      attempting to communicate by signs or any other way , either in the day rooms / work rooms , or cells , any unnecessary looking about in going to , or returning from , the chapel , or at meals , work , or exercise ? These are some of the rules , the breach of which is considered an offence against tho prison regulations , is forbidden , and will be severely pun'shed . I wish there . .-was anything connected with the whole place that conld eneourage . cheerfulness . Alas ! there is not , but as you know so little about the treatment , I must give you a short but true statement of tho diet in this place . ; .. ¦ ;¦ :

      We l » ave half a pound of bread , and two ounces of oatmeal made into giu&l , for breakfast ; the same for supper every day . We have tight ounces of cooked butcher's meat weekly ; one pound and a half of potatoes to dinner . We have soup , in ¦ which the meat is boiled , on Mondays and Thursdays to dinner . Oil Friday we have one pound and a half of potatoes with salt to dinner ; and on Saturday , salt and potatoes by way of a change . Dear Cousinj you may form an opinion how easy it is to be content upon such scanty allowance . The effects are already visiblein my body and physical strength , which ero so far Impaired that I tremble when ou my legs after the least exertion . You will cease to be surprised when I tell you that mine is not the only case of the same kind .

      The t fivcts of conflnetneht and poor diet have reduced me extremely low , Which you will perceive when I tejl you that on my wreat I weighed eleven and half stones , and now I weigh only ten stone three pounds , consequently , I have lost only one pound per week for the sixteen weeks , and if I go on at this rate for the whole term , jl shall , at the end , be just three stones good . There will be a fine fellow for you—almost fit for a place in the British Museum , or the Manchester % iolbgical Gardens ., But , to return , I waa telling you about the prison discipline . We are cumpelied when exercising , to walk with our hands behind us , which I find very inconvenient these cold daya . I have applied to the Magistrates to be allowed more foo ' d , but without

      success . - ^ -....- ¦¦ -.- - ... . ¦ ¦ . : ¦¦¦ . ¦ My paper is full , and my time expired , and I shall , therefore , close for the present ; hoping you will forward this , or a copy , to my wife . By attending to my earneBt request , you will greatly oblige , -. ¦ -, .. ' , ' ' ¦' ' . Your afiectionate cousin , Robert Wilu , Of Mottram .

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      LeNDON . —National Association Hall , Holborn . On Sunday evening , Jan . 1 , Mr . Parry will deliver a lectuie on the " Results of the Birmingham Conference , " lecture to comuionce at bali-past seven o ' clock precisely . . ' . - " -. ¦ Mr . Martin will lecture at the Star Coffee Hou ? e , Goiden-lano , on Sunday , Jan . 1 st . A BEtEQATE meeting will be held at WednesbuTy , on Sanday , to audit the book ? and other business . . Halifax . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , Mr . A . Hanson , of Eiland , will deliver a lecture in the Large Room , Swan Coppice , at six in-the eyening .

      Radclif * erJ . RiDQE .-r . On Sunday next , two lectures will bo delivered ia the Chartist Association Room , Radcliffe Bridge , by Mr . l ^ aao Barrow , of Bolton , service to commence in . tho afternoon at two o ' clock , and in tho evening at six , On Tuesday , there will be a tea party , at which Mr . Leach , of Manchester , and other friends are expected to be percent . ¦ :. ' ¦ . - . ¦ - ; , ' - ¦ ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ , ' ¦ - . - " . , . ¦ . Bradford . —On Sunday there will be a public meeting held in the large room , Butterworth ' sbuildings , to hear the report from the delegates of the proceedings at Birmingham Conference . The chair will be taken at two o ' olook in the afternoon . There will be a collection after the meeting to defray the expences of the delegates . Bradford . —The members of the Co-operative Stores will meet on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock ,

      A Meeting of the council and Chartists of Bradford will be held in the oounoil room , on Sunday , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , to hear the report from the delegates to the Birmingham Conference . The Members of the General Council , who cro nominated for tho ensuing year , will meet on Monday next , at seven o ' clock in the evening , in their room , Batterworfch-buildings . when it is requested every member will , attend . SAtFOKD . ^ -A member's meeting will 'be held next Sunday afternoon , at two o ' clock , when business of importance will be laid before the meeting .

      Mr < Littler will lecture in the Chartist Room , Great Geprge-dtrectjSalford on Sunday next . Oldham . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . Wm . Booth , oi' Newton Heath , will lecture in the Chartist Room , Greaves-street , at six o ' olook in the evening . Carrington . —There will be ai public meeting here on Sunday evening next , in Mr . Lees large room , Mansfield-road , at seven o ' q lock , when Mr . Harrison will give an acoount of his mission at the Birmingham Conference . ;¦ Mr . R . G . GAMMAGE of Northampton , will lecture at the following places during next week : —Readiug , Tuesday ; Oxford ^ Wednesday ; Banbnry , Thursday ; Shutford , Friday and Sunday . :

      KiRKHEATON .--The Chartists of this locality will have a teaparty on Friday evening ; tea to be da the table at five o ' clock . Ladies' tickets ^ 6 d ., gentlemen ' s 9 d ., may be had of Thomas Stringer , Jan .. Sants ; Benjamin Jamieson , Square ; and William Hogson , Towo . ; V . ¦; . - / ¦; .: . ¦; j ; ' . ; ' / - , ; . . - . . ' .. : ¦•;¦ ¦ ;> .:. - . ; ' -v-:, Mr . Thomas Ibbotson , local lecturer , of Bradford , will visit the following places daring next week : — Huddersfield , Sunday afternoon and eyeninit ; Monday at . Honley ; Tuesday , at Holnlfirth ; Wednesday , at Kirkheaton , at each place at eight 0 olock in thoevening .

      Rockites is thb- Coukit of Looth . — -The Drogheda Conservative states , that . ¦ . /» on Sunday evening last a body of men proceeded to the bouse pt Mr . Marmion , of Killaley , county of Louth , and threatened his life unless ho would give up a taim ^ he had lately taken from which a person named the Glazier' had been ejected . There were upwards of 200 persons present . Three of the party havo been committed to Dandalk gaol , by Mr . John M'Clintocki of Pramcar . " ¦

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      ¦ MARKET INTBLLIGENCF . L ? eds Woollkn MARKETs . ~ The last ' -Tuesdays jnarket at both Cloth Halls , was one of the dullest pt the year , and although stocks are not large , there ig a . doubt whether even this is significant of a better demand having arisen , or a proof that manufacturers ar ^ tired of keeping s ' ook . Ujiremun erative prices are b . 'wd to be the order of th& day ] nor , we 6 elieTe , i 8 it i * ' > ssibIeto seH except at a loss on the cost of prbdnctwn . The wool trade , which has hem slightly advanced , has a ain n > lap 3 ed , und except an impulse be given , will beas dull as need be . HOOBERSFIBLD CLOTH MARKET , TUESDAY , DhC . 27 ^ ,- ^ 9 mi ghfc be expected there was little business dona in our Hall this day , it being the close for the year , whether the opening one for the new year will make aa improvement upon the old one , we must wait and see ; for tho sake of the poor we wish it may .

      Rochdale "Flannel Market , Monday , Dec . 26 V — -Thoughihere wag but a thin attendance of buyers in tho market , there has been a very fair demand for Sannela , considering the time of tho year . For some months back , pieces have met with a ready sale ; but the manufacturers have not been able to obtain an advance in price . In general , even when , trade is , good , there is but little business transacted between Christmas day and the new market , which is always held the first Monday after the sixth of . January . The Wool market still remains heavy ; the dealers expecting a ris ? from an increased demand for goods , and the manufacturers being unable to give an advance until they are enabled to sell their pieces proportionally higher . Richmond Corn Mabket , Monday , Djsc . % . — We had a fair supply of Grain in our market to-day . Wheat , sold from 5 s 3 d , tb 6 s 6 d . Oats 2 * to 3 s . Barley 33 , to Ss 9 d . Beans 3 a 9 J , to 4 $ 6 dpor bushel .

      London Smixhfield , Monday , Dec 26 . —Tn our market 10-day , wo had a fair ' average time of year supply of Beasts , in the quality of which a slight comparative falling off was apparent . Although most of the butchers appear to be tolerably well stocked , their attendance was , on the whole , numerous . For the primest Be « f ws had a steady inquiry at fully , but at nothing quotable beyond the prices noted on this day se'rinight , or fro ' m 4 s 21 to 4 s 6 i per stonej while the valne of the middling and inferior kinds was mostly supported , and a fair demand was effected by tho salesmen . The imports of foreiga stock , siuce our last report , have been again very limited , those at Southampton having comprised 80 bullocks from Spain , 20 of which were on offer from this morning , but they commanded little attention , from their miserable condition .

      while at Hull , twenty have been received , per the Leeds steamer , from Hamburgh , not a single head having come to hand in the Port of London . There was a scanty number of sheep on sale . Tho primest old Downs sold , in . some few instances , at 4 ^ 6 d per 8 ibs ., and the quotations of all other kinds remained unaltered . Scarcely any CalveB were on offer—so little was doing 1 : 1 th ^ m that our figures are almost nominal . The Pork trade was rather firm at late rates . From our Northern grazing districts we receivod about 600 short horns ; from Norfolk , Suffolk , and Essex 110 horned and polled sorts ; from , our Western and Midland counties , 250 Herefords , runts , Devons , and Irish beast 9 ; from other parts of England , 225 of various breeds ; and from Scotland 70 Scots , the rema nder of the supply being derived from the nfighbourhoed of London .

      London COBN Exchange , Monday , Deck . 26 . — Last week the receipts of Wheatfiomour own / coasts were on an average scale , and considering the state of the atmosphere , of fair average quality . Fresh up this morning scarcely any Wheat came to hand from Essex ; while , from all other ; quarters the supplies , coastwise and by land carriage and samples , " were limited . Although this was a holiday market , we had a fair attendance of both : town and country buyers , who . purchased nearly the whole of the best Wheat of homo growth readily , at fully the prices ' noted on this day se ' nmghf , but in other kinds a limited amount of business was passing ; at late rates . We had a ebod supply of foreign Wheat on offer , the

      transactions in which were oi ' a retail nature at previous currencies . The imports continue scanty . The returns of Barley have been large , but the actupl quantity-on . the stands was not to say great . The best maitiug parcels neal . ii . ed full prices ; but distillers' sorts were a shade easier . The Malt trade was very inactive , yet ive can notice no alteration , whatever in the quotations . With . English and ScotchOats we were well supplied : but the arrivals from Ireland were unimportant . Tuis article moved on ? slowly at last week ' s currencies . In Beans and Peas next , to nothing was doing . The sale of Flour waa duU ,. and the top price of the best town-made was ibi per 280 Ib 3 .

      Borougii and Spitalfields . —The arrivals of Potatoes ; siuce our last , have not been to say extensive , yet as the supply on hanS is large , and the quantities of green vegetables extensive for the time of year , the demand is dull , at the rates beneath quoted : —Scotch reds , 5 . 5 s to 683 per ton ; York ditto , 453 to 6 O 5 ; Devon ' s , 45 a to 50 s ; Kent and Essex whites , 40 b to 45 i ; Wisbeach , 35 a to 453 ;' Jersey and Guernsey blues , 3 S = i to 49 s ; Yorkshire Prince Regents , 453 to 50 . — -Tallow . —This markets

      is very dull and inactive , both on the spot , and for the spring ; fine Y . C , in small parcels , are to be had at 48 s ' , and the speculative price for the spring months is not above , 47 s 6 d . The Stock here next Monday will bo quite what we anticipated some time since ; namely , 35 , 000 ca ^ ks . Although this may . be considered a fair quantity for the time of year , it must be remembered that the stock of Taliow at the outports is very short compared with former years . Towa Tailow , 47 s 6 d to 483 nett cash , rougb >' iat 2 s 8 d per 8 ib . :

      Wool Market . —The imports of Wool m the . port of London , during the past week hare amounted to 1 302 bales , chiefly from Odessa and our colonies . There has been some speculative inquiry , for the best parcels of both English and Foreign ; but for actual use , a Ter £ limited quantity has [ changed hands , and prices remain unaltered . BoROubH Hop Market . —This being a holiday market , exceedingly little business was passing in Hops to-day ( Monday ) , and the following prices are nest to nomiual : —East Ennt in pockets , £ 5 10 s to £ 6 IO 3 } MidKents , do , £ 5 5 x to £ 6 ; do in bags , £ 4 10 s to £ 5 5 * I Sussex , £ 4 10 s to £ e 8 s ; Karnhanis , £ 8 to £ 10 ; Old Hops , £ 3 to £ 4 10 s . Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , Dice . 26 . —

      Our imports of Grain , &o . this weeii include 2 , 620 quarters of Wheat , 9 , 840 quarters of Oats , 5000 sacks of Flour , 9 , 180 loadsi . os Oatmeal from Ireland , and 5 , 450 barrels of Flour from Canada . The business in Foreign Wheat has been only of moderate ' amount , but at tho prices of last week ; latterly , indeed , holders genera : ly have shown lass disposition to seilat ih < . se rates . Irish new Wheat must be quoted Id to 2 d per bushel cheaper , 6 s id to 6 s 6 a per 701 bs , being taken for the best runs of red . No change in tho value of Flour . The increased supply of Oata has consisted principally or' sscondary qualities , which have met but a slow sale at 2 a 2 d to 2 s 3 d ; a few very fine mealing have been disposed of at 2 s id to 2 s 4 £ d per 451 bs . Oatmeal has rather declined in yaiue ; 21 s per load may be considered the top for-Irish , at which , however , several parcels of the finer marks have gone into the

      hands of the dealers . No alteration as regards Barley , Beans , and Peas .. _ - Mabchesteb Cobn Market , Satubdat , . Dec . 24 . —During the week a steady demand for Flour ha 3 been exhibited , and ; the previous currency was firmly supported ; the amount ; of the transactions was , however , on a very limited scaled and altogether to cou 3 umers for immediate use . There ; was very little iuquiry for Oatmeal , and late rates were not supported . On reference to the s tatement of imports , it will be found that Ireland continues to furnish large supplies of Wheat , Flour , Oats , and Oatmeal . At our msirket this morning , there was a very slender attendance of buyers , and no change can be noted in the value of either Wheat or Flour * The business , done in Oatmeal was chiefly in retail , at a reduction of 6 d per load from the currency of this day se'nnight . Oats and Beans were but little inquired for , and we reduce our quotations Is to 2 s per quarter for the latter article .

      Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Dec . 26 . — The supply of Cattle at market to-day has not beea quite so large as last week , which met with dull Bale . Beef 5 i < i io 6 d ; Mutton 5 |« 1 to 6 } d per Ib . Statk op TBADE .--Since Tuesday last , there has been a gradual improvement in the demand for manufactured goods of nearly every desoriptioa ; and though the amount of actual bnainess has not beea very large , a slight advance of price may ^ be noted in all the leading fabrics , with a very firm feeling on the part of the manufacturers .. Ia yarn * business has been

      owing to the season , very little done , but the market exhibits a decided increase of firmness as compared with that of last week ; and euoh of the fpinners as feel inclined to make cohtracte for future delivery have little difficulty m doina so at prices rather above those at present prevailing * The partial suspension of the Yorkshire Agricultural ^ Bank creates no sensation here , as its hufliness is nnderstood to hay © oeen T « fJ limited , and quite out of the ordinary range of Manchester engagements . —Manchester Guardian of Wednesday . :

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      Chbisimas Holidats . —Monday last was ob ^ eryftd as a very general holiday in Leeds , the shopkeepers generally ( the society of friends excepted ) navinj | responded to the appeatof their assistants , and closed their respective establishments on , thfttday . The only exceptionsVeobserved to the rule lniJriggate . w ^ re the ehbps of Mr , Pegler and Mr . Barraoloush , lineS drapers , who chose to make theinselvea singalar by the exhibition of their goods to : the holiday keepers . We trust that no diminution . of profits will accrue to those who took a liberal oour «> » and eet their assistantB at liberty for one day in tho year ; r ; ' ¦ ' : \ ¦ •¦" - ¦ ' : ¦ . .,.-: : ' ' ' ¦ ¦ - *' . ' "; "' - . - ¦" ¦• -

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 31, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct917/page/7/