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      Edited by James Napier Bailsy . And Published by the " Society for the encouragement of Socialist and Democratic Literature . " Contents : —Fanaticism—Lelia , a Tale , by George Sand—The Magna Charta of tbe People : an appeal on behalf of Union— Extract from an Unpublished Work of Percy Bysshe Shelley . J . Watson , 5 , Paul ' s Alley , Paternoster Row ; and all Booksellers .

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      CLASS-MADE LAWS HAVE MADE THEIR VICTIMS ; LET US ENDEAVOUR TO RELEASE THEM . Fellow Working Men , —• WHEN I sent the Advertisement to be Published , which has appeared for the last few weeks , and which Btates ihat I am willing to give four shillings to the Executive and one shilling to the Victim Fund out of every one hundred pounds weight of beverage , I say , my friends , at that time it struck me very forcibly that the Victim Fund

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      THB EDIIOB OF TSB " NOBTHEBN STAB" TO HIS READERS . ¦ mt FBTEM 55—Oa the first page of * he present nmi ! - va of the Sto-, yon ba" * e a letter from Mr . O'Connor , 3 matter -which I snnrilliBg to believe must have Sl e snffiaaitly distasteful to you . ^ w O-Conaor vaj properly ** ± s to « t himself " ^ e jsanxious not to be misunderstood ; not to J ^ to ocrapy a ^ position . He is right , lam Z !« Z s ^ ous that , bo far as I can help it , neither hB should false position ^

      ether man occupy a , or a ^ Stm jo -jrhich he is not entitled . I therefore very S °% n , corroborate Sir- O'Connor ' s statement , that fT ^ been ^ party to any syllable that I have I ^ en upon the conduct of tie Executi ve ; on the jjgry he has always , in his private conversations * % i me , held a similar tone to that of his letter . *\ g I chserfnKy do this jnstice to Mt O'Connor , = t also Ttqsire justice for myself ; both from him * frail yon . 1 elaim the right cf an opinion upon all !^ b of public interest b light "which 1 concede to ^ gj ^^ d ^ niyield tono inanr in in supposing that

      T jlBIii 2 ir . O"Connor error , my -ausris npoB 2 > e proposed appointment of a Dew j-jaal secretary irere calculated to place him at all in Sffifto in -which he Bcems to think they might place ^ , f « ertanJy they me not so intended . Jit O Conine : andactei -with Mi . Leach at a public meeting , ^ aacpponent ol the Anti-Corn Law League ; and be * ^ jagnjed him npon his talent and his honesty , I ^ BDi sTsare that either the talent or the honesty of Lsach , as s opponent of the Anti-Corn Law ** Lj _ has ever been disputed . But both the talent , & » hentsty of the Executive , in their capacity

      ffl Executive , have been disputed ; and they been bj a TerT ^ S * P 01 ^ 011 of tteir constituents j ^ sd Bpon to resign : but , though Jhe gross charges fwj ^ than have never been met , twe of them , Ifeffltempt of there charges , and in defiance of fe . oil of their constitnents to resign , still retain p . thh I hold to be utterly incompatible -with mfjSs \ cniseple ; and it t * X 3 in reference to this that 1 ^! fL > ? s > ain 3 n conld be expected to associate himsell ^ , fh 3 » ^ s ExecBtiTe > nBlfl they had first cleared ¦ v ^^ jaifers . I say so Btffl- But Mr . Leach may be . » & _ £ * and very talented aa an opponent of the and dishonest and

      j js&Gotb Ia" * League , yet very - ^ rriBfflmwtent as a member of the people ' s Execufire . Id & * iormst cap ^ ! ' * llaTe ne" * er said a tad fe > Ks disparagement ; in the latter capacity 1 law brought no charge against him , individually ,- I hSTB merely impeached him as a party to the acts of th » ExeoffiTe as a whole body . Mr . Leach has never gsdsaaea any of the nets of the Executive as a body ; j am bound therefore to suppose that he consenjea to item all ; and I hold every man responsible ftff # Tery act to which he consents . I am made to inow , to my cost , that the law holds a man consentbnt

      jgpoaaila for acts ta which be did not : 1 . $ 0 Ml apply that doctrine to Mr . Leach ; I charge npon tin ody tha flongs to which he did consent Of the pabEc » ts sai « ° Ednct <* tbe : ^ xecntiveJ I hBve not a SSgiB word to retract of all that I have uSa . I have said nothing without due thought -ad eensdsration . 1 have said nothing for ¦ smehlbava not given proofs as I have gone along . I have saM nothing which I am not prepared to sub-^ anSsis before a public meeting , though I deny the rgki of any psxty to require me to do so . I have no wisa to Interfere wiih Mi- O'Connor ' s jadgment : he has as nmeh right to his opinion as I have to mine . To his rrjtfwimi on njymode of expressing my opinion of the _ xeratrre , I have no reply toxnais : I am a plain

      hub and call a spsde a spade . Bnt though I respect Mi . OXtomcr as much as any man ought to respect him , I leroect yon and the cause of Chartism still more ; and Inrust "beg that in this matter , which is most essential » a iispartant to your inUresta , you will not permit yoni pescaaliegardforhimto blind you to the merits of the ass ; fiat you will form jo own judgment by the facts and by the evidence and not by the opinion of any man . llaro -nets asked you to taie -my opinion -upon any ssibjed , fiafissr than I supported my opinion by proofs . I do not ask you to £ o ^ o now . I ask yon , as I always lave dece , to farm your own judgment of ths case npon iij cm neriisi mdepen&ent ol any other consideration tiiaieT 3 ; sod I blame you . fsr not having , long since , deBreaJ fialjndgmentso genersHy and soconcliwrelj * to weemds further bickering .

      Ibseis madi in Mr- O'Connor ' s letter to which it TraH be very easy for me to reply ; but I have no de-• CEid keep np fee jax . I have never had a » y sach issre . If the charges against the Executive had been . tei it £ rsi by fc ^ T argument , smplB explanation , or pgiftiri acknowledgment , instead of personal abuse and VT « v > y false counter accusations , there would never hTsbeen any jh aX all ; the whole matter would have bn been settled very speedily and very quietly . Sstl&aae o ? its not having been so , belongs not to me , las to those who found it more convenient to keep up

      fis turmoil bj attacking otbers , than to settle it by fah » xw , themselves . Justice , however , compels ns to say that I fhynfr Mi . O'Connor's strictures on 2 & Join Watkin ' a letter much more unnecessarily « tet 8 than anything &at "Mr Watkin ' i has written * S » nst the Executive . Mi . Wstkins is a man who has dons innea service , and endured mnch suffering in the caaa . 1 know no man in the whole movement who lajrreuinDre ascided evidenee at his thorough de-Tt&edness to Chartism than John WatMns . I know no

      &u in the whole movement more fully entitled to the people ' s good opinion and their ft "" ^ " - 1 know no insn in the whole movement who has preserved fiffengbont hii whole career a more stern honesty , -sad amors strict and honourable adherence to principle » d consistency than John Watkna . I do not say that la opminas are , therefere , entitled to any other weight Saa tfcst which they may have from the reasons « paa which they are founded ; bet 1 do say that & > ese things enght to induce va to examine those rea-- *»» weD before we cenBure him either for the holding « the expressiMi of his opinions .

      1 » m as Ured of seeing the discussion in the Star as Kr . O'Connor or you can be . I had closed the columns of the Star against itt further continnance some weeks * Sa IMs did not suit the Executive . Their friends * fcs » e& iqe for it ; and they themselves procured them to ie reopened for U , by applying t # Mr . O'Connor and ^ Sianghia pledge to that effect , at Bbmingham . I < b not think that 2 dr . O'Connor acted wisely , or rightly , » jiTing that pledge ^ but when informed by himself fist is had done so , I did not choose to give cause for » sng tfcecght obstinate or factions . I am now anxious , ^ islwsyshs-rebeH ^ to have done with it . I kave ^ Ka my duty in it ; and I have doae no more than my < lBt y- The fiuty ~ 9 m a most unpleasant and a painful

      ¦*; bnt U was a duty , ana 1 have done it- I cordially *^» in the opinion of Mr . O'Connor , thatitis timeior * bbs uttely exdnded from the Star , and I therefore to * week repress the publication of several communi-** aotB , —ona ^ gjem a moat important and argumen * £ « letter , which I have had by me some weeks , and ™ tether of which has written to me three times , re"S 081 ^ its publication . 1 will not pnblish anything * " ** Bpom ae matter from any parties whatever . The ^ as of the northern Star may perfectly rely npon ^ promise -Jhat its columns shall be no further occu-| *^ ia this subject ; and my chief reason for this ^ ni 6 lia Sca is that the contlnance of the controversy ^ 5 ° * ° good - AH the good that can be done by it

      to HwT ^ The peopled minds have been tlirected ^_ && *; and they will use their infor-^^^^ fa thur future guidance . Thus , the ^ IIacB of the mischief may be prevented ; and ^ ^ that I wish for . mvb ? atge& bjsomeirita liaTmg been actuated in thu ** aj ^ r fiana" 5 attQD * fey personal motives . I declare i ^ T ^ Sttt I hays nob that thpra rtpvpr has heen a man whom

      ^^^ s Charart movement against 2 ever i ^^ ajclcana oT personal ill feeling ; an 4 that , & ^ IjjJ ^* , there liave been no more ttian three men itetc , 1 ^^* th * movement , whom I have ever " iij ^ j lT ^* 6 tfcan V &tiaLny . One of these three ftj j ^^ y out of the movement , and the other JSTp ^* " ^ y have been ever since 1 knew them , ** Ttefo ! , aaS " Tnfiren ( Ra ' therefore , no possibmiy B ^ S w natea *" P * 01151 fflotiTfis , even if my 5 > & eit ^^ apai > le ^ **> which I hope it is not . ^^ b ^ T ^^ Ot &a Present er the past Execn-* & E » i a «> t regard as a brother , and whom 1 10 Qtt eta " ^ * e ! ZS llpon eTer ? opportunity of serving ** Ja 3 nrf ~ , ^ oant of my iLfiuence ,, nntfl my regard ii

      " ^ bEQj g ,. ^ = " >« s cause cned " Call . " Tins Ihs , CTHrnr CDBBS > 2 Da J trustit CTei ' s ? ai »» . " ^ laiiM a * " anST 7 fMli ; a SJ a&n § i I cannot *»*! Sc 9 4 ^« ?! iron 2 l * ; - ' ^^ o ^ ccEnsc'—• sjuo&n upe 3 j" ^ Tpitaonj an \ consmt

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      on my part ; for I would much rather have been able to think differently . However , as 1 have often saia before , I now say again ; the chief thing the people have to do i « to let the past bea beacon for the future , and to watch better hereafter , those whom they install in office , that ads disagreeable fintymay not again devolve on roe . And now , before taking leave of the subject , a word or two about the " ctnnter accusations . " There has been a great deal said abont " plots and conspiracies " against the Executive ; a great deal about some letter or letters from Leeds , sometime about the time of Cooper's being here , last summer ; about a letter from

      Hnll , affirming that the Hull Chartists were about to pass the Balance Sheet , when I came into the room and put a stop to it ; and about an extract of a letter from Cooper to Mead , written in July last , which was stolen from Mead , the week before Christmas , at Hull , by a man named Praser , and which has been since printed and circulated all over the country as proof of my being concerned in the alleged " conspiracy . " Now , first , as to Cooper ' s letter to Mead . Leach and others are now most industriously affirming thiB to be one of the letters to which be

      he alluded at the South Lancashire delegate meeting . Now , in tbe first place , neither Leach nor any other member of the Executive knew of the existence of that letter , any more than 1 did , until the week before Christmas . It was a private letter from Cooper to Mead ; it was shown by Mead , while at Hull , to Fraser , who seeing a paragraph of which be thonght a villanons use could be made , contrived to steal it ; it was directly after printed , and has made no small stir in a little way ever since . Here is Mead ' s own explanation of the manner in which it waa obtained , —sent to ma for publication : —

      " The paragraph which Mr . Fraser in such a very unhandsome manner extracted from a private , letter without leave or licence , cannot implicate me in any conspiracy ; and being written so long back as Jnly last , could not , I conceive , implicate Mr . Cooper in tbe present affair of defalcation , because at that time a knowledge ol it did not exist . Mr . Fraser came to me as a brother , and as such I received him ; and with my Chartist brethren I am above suspicion of any

      man or sinister designs . 1 did not then know that he belonged to the discontented clique in HnlL j scarcely knew there was any dispute between Mr . Hill and Messrs . Padget and Co . I prized Cooper ' s lettera , and those of Oastler , as so many portraits of the minds of their respective writers , and as such I showed them to Mr . Fraser , and so little 6 id I notice tbe meanly extracted paragraph , even when I received the letter , that 1 never even mentioned it at Nottingham or-elsewhere . "

      Ton see , therefore , that this could not have been one of the letters alluded to by Mr . Leach , at the South Lancashire delegate meeting in November ; because Mr . Leach could not then have known of its existence . But supposing it had eeen one of them , how does it aSect me ? The extracl is as follows : — " Yon will see how we have spoken out about the humbug Executive . Georpe and Julian , with the Editor at Leeds , acd onr Generalissimo , all go with me . I give you the hint . Johnny Campbell is O'Brienizing , he must be stopped , or wa shall all strike on the breakers together ; get your Notts chaps to approve of the resolutions of our delegate meeting . "

      Now the only part of this which can affect me ia that which is printed in italics ; and the question is in what did I " go with" Mr . Cooper ? Now J have before stated that when Mr . Cooper was at Leeds he named to me his scheme of an Annual Convention ; and that I approved tbe idea , though 1 doubted its practicability under existing laws . If Mr . Cooper had meant anything more , or anything other , than simply this , when he spoke of my " going with" him , he wonld have been guilty of gross falsehood in asserting it- As far as

      this goes , I"did " go with" him , bnt in so other way . So fax from plotting with him against the Executive , I earnestly urged Mai to use his influence with the Leicestershire delegates not to make any public attack upon the Executive , bat to write to them privately , as we had done at HulL After the factious publication of this extract , I wrote to Mr . Cooper , informing him of the use that was being made of it , and requesting him , as an act of justice both to himself and me , to write a letter for the Star , stating truly and exactly wha . t it did refer to . For some reason best known to

      himself , Mr . Cooper did not think proper to do this . However , when plainly asked the question by Mr . O'Connor at Birmingham , he did give his testimony to the truth , aa appears by the following paragraph in the report of the meeting called by the Executive : — " Aye , said Mr . O'Connor , that is just the thing . A more dastardly production never appeared . Here stands Mr . Cooper and here am 1 , and now I ask him if my acquiescence or if the acquiescence of " the Editor at Leeds ' or of the other parties , in his suggestion amonnted to more than this : —Mr . Cooper suggested the

      propriety of selecting Sve business men from an annual convention , who should act as an Executive ; he said he did so because not one half of those who voted knew anything abont the business habits of the men put in Domination , whereas , all elected aa delegates , would have the confidence of the country , while the Cnvention would be the best judges of their business habits , and could suggest the names of such men to tbe people—( hear , hear , . and cheers . Now will Mr . Cooper say that my agreement or that of the Editor with him went further than thit ? " Mr . Cooper . —Certainly not "—( cheers . )

      I have a letter from Mr . Cooper now by me confirming the truth of this statement . So much , then , for the proof which this extract affords of tbe " plotting and conspiracy * charges against me ; and of tbe veracity of thosa who make them . ' Now for the letter or letters from Leeds . Of these I know nothing . I do not say that there may not have been letters sent from Leeds 1 do not say that these letters may sot have alluded to some plot or conspiracy against the Executive . I do not deny this , because I know nothing about it It may or may uol have been so . I am no "way concerned in it . But here are the words which concern me .-

      —* ' The Executive received letters from various parts , informing ns that a conspiracy was being formed against them , and particularly a letter from Leeds , which stated that Mr . Hill and others agreed there in a certain house , to pursue a certain course of conduct azainst the Executive , the basis of which was—thai the character of the Executive was to be sufficieTiily shaken in private , arid then oy a simultaneous public assault ! V " * * * Here , then , is the direct charge against Hie ; and this has been repeated and reiterated again , and again , and again . It is , in fact , the constant thema of invective . It is the Executive's defence . Now I do say that if

      the Executive have received any letter containing this statement , the writer of that letter is a liar . I have not ceased to call for tbe publication of this letter , asd of the writer ' s name , ever since the statement was first published . And I have a right to demand that after my solemn denial the people shall refuse to hear this charge repeated in my absence until it shall have been sustained by tbe publication of the letter , with the writer's name . Then with respect to the letter said to have been received from Hull ; 1 must again bring to your recollection the resolutions both of the Council and of tbe body of the Hull Chartists . The resolution of the Councillors contains these words : —

      " That the General Councillors resident in HulL having seen a statement in the Star attributed to Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , that ' in the month of July lastthe Hull Chartists were about to pass the Balance Sheet , when Mr . Hill entered tbe room and put a stop to it ; and a friend that was present at that meeting wrete \ o Campbell , stating that there was a plot hatching against the Executive , ' do most unequivocally and unqualifiedly affirm this statement to be false : that there never was any such thing as far as we know , as any body , of Chartists being at that timB about to pass the Balance Sheet and being stopped by Mr . Hill on biB coming into the room ; that Mr . Hill was not by any

      means the first cf the Hull Councillors to start objections to that Balance Sheet ; teat the first council meeting to consider that Balance Sheet wbs specially convened by " Mr . Robert Jackson , at the suggestion of BfiTcral other councillors , and every councillor was present save one : that , notwithstanding our just dissatisfaction , there was not amongst ng any plot hatching against the Executive , ' and that consequently no person could have truly sent to the Executive any letter to that effest ; that we , the councillors of Hull , are not in the habit of ' hatching plots , * but of speaking our minds freely upon sach subjects as we have & right to take

      cognizance of ; that we are not in the habit of being led by any individual , whether Mr . Hill or Mx . Leach , in the formation of our opinions , but that we endeavour to use our own judgment ; and , further , that we demand from Mi . Leach or' Mi . Campbell the publication of the letter which Mr . Leaeh says was received from a friend , ¦ who was present at the meeting when the Hull Chartists wtxe stopped from passing the Balance Sheet by Mr . Hill , together with the writer ' s name ; and that if this our demand be not complied with , we shall believe this btatemfcnt of ilr . Leach ' s to have been invented either by him or Campbell . *

      This wss published in the Ko- "Jbt *~ x Star of December 10 h , -and the Star of December 2 4 th , contained a Zfsoiu ^ on * f the srholfc body of the Cufii ' -Lsa of Hull , oi which the following is part . —

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      "That we , the Hull Chartists , in general meeting of members assembled , have heard with surprise , a state * meut lead from a late number of the Star , purporting to have emanated from Mr . Leach , at a meeting of South Lancashire delegates , that ' The Hull Chartists were about to pass tbe Balance Sheet , when Mr . Hill entered the room , and put a stop to it ; ' and we hereby declare that that Balance Sheet was never submitted to the Hull Chartists , except individually , through the columns of the Northern Star "

      I suppose it needless for me to add anything in refutation of this charge . At the same meeting at which he made these " plotting and conspiracy '' statements , Mr . Leach gave a grossly false version of a private conversation between him and me , in Mr . Hobson's kitchen ; manifestly for no other purpose than wantonly toinjardme in the estimation of those to whom he spoke , as a means of lessening the force of my charges against hlmseif and colleagues . I have pablicly charged tbiB wickedness upon Mr , Leach many times , and he has not

      ventured even to deny it I am sorry that such practices have been resorted to . They compel me to a course -which I -would willingly have been excused adopting . Bnt however others may affect to despise calumny , 1 cannot afford to do so . I calumniate no man . I never in my whole life made a charge of any kind against any man without adducing my proofs at the same time . And I would despise myself as the veriest wretch alive , if I could bring a serious accusation against any man and refuse to give my authority for it when called for but yet eo on repeating the

      accusation . I refer to these matters now because I know that this is the regular practice wherever the people will tolerate it 1 have a letter fn > m Mr . Lsach , received this week , in which be states his intention to bring np these and other such matters at every public meeting he may hereafter attend . Now this can never hurt me , otherwise than sb it seriously hurts the cause by disgusting and nauseating all decent men . I therefore remind the people—more for their own sakes than for mine , "that fair play is a jewel ' , and that I have as mncb right to it as any other man . I a > k

      themnot to pay me any deference or to give me any advantage—bnt to do justice ; and not to permit me to be wantonly calumniated in my absence . In what I have written upon the conduct of the Executive , I have not used the language of invective , bnt of argument 1 have given proofs for every word . I gave fair and ample Ecope for reply . I permitted them to say what they pleased in reply , however offensive and whether at all connected with the subject or not I answered their call for public discussion by a fair offar to meet them in their own town of Manchester and prove every

      syllable 1 have charged against them . They have not accepted my offer . I challenged them to meet me before the public and prove their charges against me . They have not accepted my challenge . I now repeat that 1 am ready at any time ( as soon as the necessary arrangements can be made , as stated in my former lettera , ) to meet any man in England , and prove my charges . I am ready , at any time , to meet any man in England who has any political charge to prefer against me ; let him but give me fair notice of his purpose , and tell me beforehand what I have to meet

      I have now been before the public nearly fourteen years . During that time I have preserved , unbroken , my consistency , I have never yet found it necessary to eat my own words , to shrink from my own statements , or to fly from the consequences of my own acts . I never yet found it necessary to deny , retract , or explain away , any single word that I ever said , or any single line that I ever wrote . I was never even required to retract an assertion that I had made . I hope always to preserve the same consistency . I ask

      the people to give me fair play . I ask no more , and I ask that—not so much for my own sake as for theirs . 1 am tied here at the deak ; 1 can't run all over the country to meetings . I have no other means of serving the people than through the columns of the Star . I have no other means of defending myself when unjustly attacked . It is not too much , therefore , if when I tell the people that 1 will not hereafter employ these columns , even for my own defence , upon this subject I at the same time require them to see that that circumstance bo not taken an unfair

      advantage of . In order that the people may have the whole merits of the whole question of this Executive business fairly before them at one view , I shall shortly publish the whole discussion in a pamphlet Id that pamphlet I will deal fairly . It shall not be a one-sided tiling ; I will not publish my own comments alone , but I will also give aD the letters , statements , and explanations of the several members of the Executive that have been

      published ; so that the whole thing may be seen fairly . My object and my wish is that tbe men should receive no injustice ; that they should be fairly known and fnlly understood , and fairly dealt with , by the people . I have no anger against any of them ; but I have a full determination , while I have any influence with the people , to use it not only for tbe advancement of onr principles among those who do not recognise them , but for their enforcement among those who do .

      One more word and I have done . Mr . O'Conoor says that if the letters of the Hull Councillors had been written for publication , the Executive should have been warned of it They were not written for publication : had they been so , they would hare been published at the time . Their very style and tone tells that they were intended only as private remonstrances : had they been heeded as such , all this "hubbub" would have been spared . It was tbe subsequent conduct of the Executive which rendered their publication necessary . And now , my friends , I have done with this subject The whole thing is in yonr hands , and you will deal with it as you please . I am , as I have ever been , Youi faithful friend and servant ,

      William Hill "Northern Star" Office , Leeds . February I , 1843 .

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      Metropolitan Victim Committee . — We have received their address , but cannot insert it . Like appeals from every locality having victims would fill up almost the entire Star ; and , it any should be admitted , we could deny none without rendering ourselves liable to be charged with partiality . The Star is a national organ ; and toe think Us columns , therefore , a fair channel for general appeals on behalf of all the victims , but not for ; special and local ones for particular cases ; un ~ less indeed their individual cases have something peculiar about them so as to give them a fair claim to more than common interest . Birmingham . —Mes . Roberts ' s Fdnd . —All com- munications , in future , for Mrs . Roberts' Committee , must be addressed for John Newhouse , j secretary No . 11 . Upper Tower-street , Binning- I ham ; Mr . Charles Thorp having resigned acting \ as secretary . ! Will Mr . Brophy send his address to W . Dove , Not-,

      tingham 1 j Wm . Higginbottom , and others . — We have sent j their letter to Mr . O'Connor . A Stanch Oastlbrite , Bradford . —Never tmnd , the brawlers : we have no room to waste on ; them . i B . S . —Queries— 1 , Yes ; 2 , No ; 3 , false . I Wm . Emerson . —It was neither of them . : T . M . Wheeleb .. —The answer ie the Enigma next week . _ ; Chabtist Addresses . — Ws have received several of these , this week , from different places , and on ., different subjects . We have not room for any of them . i

      R . Knowles . —No room . A Poor Chartist . — "Don ' t you wish you may yet J . Brown . —The case of Mrs . Ellis is sufficiently well known to the Chartist public : it is not eloquence , but money , that is wanted for her . S . J ., Bristol . —His letter on organization was received . One of his recommendations would violate the law ; the other we wish his permission to embody in our next article on the subject . He will see that we have , in war present number , inserted his letter on the Benefit Society . His other letters we shall be glad to receive , and to

      insert as we may have room . Thanks for the paper he sent us , and for similar favours heretofore . Will Mr . Wm . Jones , of Liverpool , send his address to James Atkinson ^ 17 , Plough-court , Fetter-lane , Holborn , as he wishes to communicate with him ? Richard Hawkins , New Inn Yard , Nottingham , makes the same request . John Skerkitt , Nottikguam .. — We never saw the notices he writes so warmly about . As Mr . John West ~ w now residing in Hull , all communications for him must be addressed , care of Mr . Seward , Gorton ' s Entry , Market-place ,

      Hull . Joh . v Robinson would suggest to the Chartists of Manchester the idea of getting up a jiayjvr the Iciit : tit of the Defence Fund , ani offers to give his penona ! assistance in the gcllinq uj it out .

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      Josbph Goodb . —All the fellow wants is to pr , woke us into a controversy to bring his paper into note . We shall not gratify him . Mobe Middle Class Sympathy . —We learn fr \ * ma Correspondent at Martock , in Somersetshire , t hat xt is a general custom among the opulent of IL wt parish to sell coals to the poor , at half price ,. at Chrtstmas . Friday , January 6 th , was the da . ' ' announced for the poor to assemble , at the house of one of the contributors , to receive a ticket each to procure the coalsprovided the

      contri-, butor thought them entitled to the same . The tickets were given to all that made application but two , Samuel Maunder , aged eighty-four years , and Hannah Rayson . The reasons being , that Samuel Maunder allowed his grandson , a Chartist , to live in his house , and to offer for sale , ta his window , such publications as alluded to the * wicked principles' of the Chartists . They felt tt a duly incumbent upon them to refuse Samuel Maunder a ticket so long as he encouraged such wickedness in hit house .

      Our Week ' s Correspondence . — We received on Thursday morning a vast amount of correspondence which we h ve not had even time to read . It is reserved for another opportunity , when such as may be necessary will be inserted . We wish we could ever get our numerous correspondents to send : us their favours a day or two earlier in the week , before the columns of the Star are pre-occupied . We have been obliged to curtail all reports so received that we have made any use of . ' Thomas Clarke , Stockport , —We received his request at too late an hour to be attended to . Bolton Chartists . —Send the resolution to Isaac Barrow , by letter . J . H . —Thanks .

      Edinburgh . —The long report of the proceedings of a meeting held on the \ 9 th of January is of no use to us on the 2 nd of February . Reports , to be of any value , should be sent at the time the meetings are held . P . O'Higgins . — We did not preserve the report he alludes to ; we most probably had good and sufficient reasons for curtailing it . ' We cannot get more into the Star than the columns will contain .

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      MR . SYKES , ALMONDBURy . —The letter received , dated January 31 st , uml posted at Hudderafleld , February 1 st , was not prepaid . Mr . N . Gbeaien . —Both the last remittances have been but Os . each . MR . Kowe , Northwich . —ThePatition Plates are at Mr . Hoy wood ' s . Mr . Fletcher . —The 10 s . from Colchester should have been Brightlingsea , near Colchester . E . Spencer , Melksiiasi . —If the 5 s . has not been noticed , it hus not been received at this office . Thomas Hot brook . —Yes . Dunfermline . —Tbe persons writing from this place can have the Pistes by sending 10 s ., and saying who the the parcel is to be addressed to .

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      FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . £ a . d . From Robert Hatchin , fhxdresser , America 0 10 „ tke female epurativts at the Fabric , Boulogne-sur-Mer , Franco ... 0 14 4 ^ ^ the Chartists of West Kilbride , pro- , ceeds of a raffla fur tbe Petition ! Plate ... 0 i 4 J ! _ T . B Hylton , per J . Williams ... 0 1 c ' „ a few friends at Easington-lane , per J . Hunter ... 0 6 10 J i ^ J . Williams ( donation ) 0 1 7 $ | ^ James Norman , Leeds 0 0 e ' , FOR MRS . ELLIS . From the Chartists of Newport , Iale of Wight .... ^ 9 1 # 0 ^ the Chartists of Leeds 0 11 1 , „ a female friend at Bampton , per Mr . i Spencer ... 0 10 FOR MRS . ROUEUTS . , From tbe Chartists of Newport , Isle of ¦ Wight ... 0 5 0 I „ tbe Chartists of Hnddersfleld , per J , i Chapman ... 0 5 6

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      BRADFORD . { From the Evening Star . ) Bradford having responded to tbe general call to send delegates to tbe Conference lately held at Birmingham , and further having resisted the insidious schemes of some of those Chartists into whose eyes a portion of the League gold-dust had been thrown , by refusing to elect a " whole ho ? , " and two " sucking pig" Chartists , Mr . O'Connor visited tbe town on Friday last , for the purpose of reimbursing tbe fond out of which the expenses of sending those delegates had been taken . The working men having heard of Mr . O'Connor ' s intended visit , issued circulars challenging the League to discussion .

      At eight o ' elock , the time at which business was to commence , tbe Social Institution , an immense Hall , capable of holding from 2 , 000 to 3 , 000 persons , -was not only wedged in every part , but the atavta , ataircases , and every avenue was literally blocked up , so that when Mr . O'Counoi arrived at the entrance , It was with difficulty he could be farced through the dense mass . In fact , we presume that even oar short-sighted friend of the Observe ) - will admit , that so crowded & meeting never b&s been seen in this town . After Mr . O'Connor had concluded an address , under the several heads set forth in the bill calling the meeting , and having laid bis views upon the subject of free trade and the land clearly befere tbe meeting , and when the resolution passed at Manchester , Rochdale , Ash ton , Stalybridge and Bolton waa proposed and seconded , and without any previous notice whatever to Mr . O'Connor or the Chartists , a

      Mr . Smedijurst got up , and after attempting for three quarters of an hoar to grapple with tbe arguments of Mr . O'Connor , he proposed , as an amendment to the resolution , " That a repeal of the Corn Laws would bea positive benefit to th « shopkeeping and working classes . " Preserving tbe latter part , which went to pledge the meeting not to join in any agitation for a repeal of tbe Income Tax . Mr . C . Wilson seconded the amendment . Mr . Hodgso . v , one of the four delegates to the first Birmingham Conference , moved , and Mr . Fletcher seconded , another amendment , " That that meeting Bend no resolutions to Parliament , for or against the repeal of the Corn Laws .

      In the coarse of his speech Mr . Hodgson read an artiele from the Evening Star of the 17 th of Oct ., which be declared was in favour of a repeal of the Cora Laws , and , m Mr . O'Connor was the editor , of course b e was fche writer . Mr . Hodgson and Mr . Fletcher were received by their brother working men with universal and almost continuous disapprobation from the beginning to the end of tbeir appeals . Mr . Hi ! stated , that Mr . O Connor would not dare to suggest a petition to th ¦ meeting founded upon the resolutions , and why stop the resolutions , and contended that the people should go on for the Charter , without reference to the agitation for the Lvague .

      Mr . O'Connor very brltfly replied to all the arguments of both parties . In answer to the charge of having advocated the repeal of the Corn Laws , in the Evening Star , or any other paper , be defied any man to show & lino having that tendency . "Facts were chiels that winna ding , " as Burns said , and bo were dates . With respect to the article in the Evening Star of tbe 17 th of October , and referred to by Mr . Hodgson , the date was a fact that " winna ding . " On the 17 th of October , Mr . O'Connor was in his bed , and his doctor was in Liverpool ready to swear to his incapacity from illness to move ; bat that should not be his only answer , he would pledge himself to place the assurance of the Proprietor - in the hands of their Secretary , that be ( Mr . O'Connor ) neither saw , wrote , nor heard of the article referred to—( long-continued cheering followed this announcement ) Mr . 0 'C . mnor then referred , in no meaanred

      terms , to the part acted by some Chartists who had become freetraders fora job ; and now , said he , let us just inquire into the whys and the wherefores of this said resolution : all would admit that the Chartist cause must be kept alive , and before the public . Ali would admit that it was not practicable to get up a petition this session , declaring our strength and deter ' ruination . In this state Acland and Cobden for the League bad gone through the country , declaring that the Chartists were down , and had joined the League—( hear , hear ) . Tire press te-echoed this , and the cause was likely to br damaged Bhould the Chartists or the House of Commons believe the assertion . Here , then , was the only mode of giving & flat contradiction to the falsehood —( loud cheers ) , —here was the cheapest ¦ w ay of keeping Chartism alive and unsullied , and of defending the people from the charges that would otherwise be unquestionably made in the House by Cob Jen and Co —( renewed cheers ) .

      After the close of Mr . O'Connor ' s address , the several resolutions and amendments were severally put by the Chairman , when about twenty hands were held up for that of Mr . Smedhurat , and a forest against it . The amendment of Mr . Hodgson received precisely a similar fate ; and upon the original resolution being put , the whole meeting , ¦ with tbe exception of about thirty , held up their bands , and it was declared carried , amid thunders of applause ; and thus were the machinations of the repealers undisguised and the repealers disguised frustrated in Bradford .

      The resolution that the foregoing be transmitted to Mr . Duocombe , signed by the Chairman , as the resolution of the meeting , and to be presented by him to the Housb of Coffiinniis , waa then put and carried : and Lhnt pledj : ing tho people to fcupport thf llvninj Star waa carried without a uu ^ b dLst ^ iiUcU .

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      A unanimous vote of coafldecce in , and tbanks to , Feirgus O'Connor , waa then carriel by acclamation ; and after a few words from that gcntlethan , the meeting separated , and at twelve o ' clock Mr . O'Connor started for Leeds .

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      - «^ - BUDDEasFX BZ . S . RECEPTION OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR . On Saturday night last we had a ! visit from Mr . O'Connor , when the Philosophical Hall , the largest building in the town , was procured for the occasion . > . vt eishfc o ' clock , Mr . O'Connor accompanied by bis fs . iends , and preceded by a splendid fcand , left the St \ an Hotel , and preceeded to the place of meeting . Th ' . gentleman , upon ascending the platform , was most voc , / erou 8 ly cheered , and shortly after that uncompromising veteran , Mr . Veverg , was unanimously called to th i > chair ; who after a soul-stirring appeal to his audie uce on behalf of their rights and liberties , introduced Mr . O'Conrjor to tbe meeting .

      Mr . C'CONNOR sj > oke for £ wo boars and forty minutes , replying to the fdUacies ol the Anti-Corn i , aw j ec . turers . He introduced the ^ trestion npw so prominently relied upoB by the League to shelter themselves , namely , tbe immensely increased value given to agricultural and ianded property by tbe spre ;> d of manufactures . This position , said he , f am not ; going to deny , but I am going to combat and to expose the League deductions , namely , that they , the landlords , have received this accession of wealth from profits unjustly withheld from rapitalists-Hhear , hear . ) I am going to admit tae fact , thit landed property has received great augmentation from the increase of manufactures ; but I undertake to prove tkat the increase has come from the pocketa of the people ,

      and not from those of taeir masiers-Mloud cheers . ) Now the great augmentation to landed . property cousista not in the increased value of fanning land —( hear , hear ); the great increase has been derived from groundrunts , where new towns have been built ; and houserent in towns which have bean augmented in the number of inhabitants by the rapid increase of manufactures . Could I select a better spot wherein to illustrate my argument than just wherejl now stand ? This town belongs to Sir John Ramsden . Before you were drafted here , some ground for whieh now a lar ^ e price is paid by the yard , was then let for a mere trifle by the acre —( bear , bear , and loud cheers ) Now , then , who pays the ground-rent , and the housejient , of every warehouse , mill and shop , and residence here ?—( We

      do . ) Of course you do , and for the Igas and oil—( cheers . ) Suppose there are four thousand or five thousand , or any number of operatives' cottages let fer ten pounds a-year , and worth but six pounds , who pays the whole , FtrBtly upon tho six pounds , or official vulue —( laughter . ) Sir Jobn has his profit of ground rent ; and then upon the house-rent the master has his profit of fourteen pounds a-year ; and thus ij am ready to contend ana to prove , that while I admit the fact that Sir John Kamsden ' s property within fifty iyears has had an increase from the operation of manufactures by at least £ 70 , 000 a year , I will also contend , that ou this increase the masters have had an increase on this article alone of three times that amount : ( Cheers , and " To be sure they have . ") This is a ( branch of the

      whole question of tree trade much relied upon by the League , who would blind us to their own active enormities by directing attention to the passive process by which landed property has been increased in value ; tbe fact being , that so long as you could beat the burden of both they never complained , but [ now that one or other must be taken from your shoulders , they say , "Oh , take the land-sharks by all mean *"—i ( cheers . ) Mt . O Connor then went into the question of small masters , and showed the injury don © to society by the ruin of men whose interests were more nearly identified with those of their men , than those of the leviathan machine ownera could possibly b » . Twenty years ago , said he , there were 28 small masters in Paddock , an adjoining village ; they made from five to eight pieces adjoining village ; ioey maue irom nveco eigui pieces

      of coarse kerseys a man , a-week , and they employed from nine to twenty-five hands . Now , where ate they ? — . ' . " aye , indeed , " and cheers . ) I will tell you : thre& out of the twenty-eight are still struggling against smoke ; and the remnwt of the capital of the remaining twenty five , driven from the market , has been , for want of protection to tbem , transferred into joint-stock bank shares to consolidate a fund for tbe very men who broke them to gamble upon—( cheers ) Joissy Crossland baa Bwallowed up the whole twenty-five , and now with less than half the hands makes more in a week than all the others made twenty years ago —( load cheers ) . Why , then , do the shopkeepers of Paddojck wonder at tbeir impoverishment , which must continue till Mr . Crossland ' s mules and jennies and spindlca are seen

      going on Saturday night into tbeir shops for bread and cheese , and bacon , and bonnets , and rnuffd and boas , and tippets and caps , and shoes and beds , and coats , and gloves , and watches —( laughter and enters ) . Now , said Mr . O'Connor , will you hear the plain and simple fact from me ? England is at the present moment like a large hotel in a watering-place or in a race town . It is built for tbe accommodation of the casual visitors only , and is empty daring tbe recess . The sudden and anomalous progress of manufactures produced as sudden and anomalous an increase in all those departments in trade and commerce , and from which the increased luxuries were to be supplied . The new commercial society was an artificial society , and , in fact , like the manufacturing department , become , from sudden

      demand , competitive in ita transactions . The great improvements in machinery , by degrees ' enabled the largest capitalists to drive the smaller ones from the market ; and with every commercial failure , there came a corresponding sectional failure of that class employed is producing or vending luxuries or necessaries—( cheers ) . Tbe failure of a bank or of a large manufacturing concern at firBt bat presents the single misfortune to you , whereas , taken in all ita bearlugs , it should present to you the failure of a corresponding portion of that Bociety established for the production and vending of those luxuries and necessaries —( cheers ) . Thus like the large hotel it is merry for a moment and dull for an hour . When times are said to mend , by the receipt of

      fresh orders from abroad , instead of those orders giving a yearly impetus to trade , er requiring more hands , they are perfected , as if by magic , and the hotel is again closed —( cheers ) . See how this shakes confidence ; at present the sum of 3 d . la demanded in Huddersfield for a Leeds £ 5 note before you get change for it , ( aye , Od . ); well , say 3 d ., and bo of a Hudderafleld note in Leeds —( bear , hear , hear . ) Well , then , why ? simply because gambling has rendered everything precarious and uncertain ; until , far the first time in this great nation , machinery has compelled the monarch to submit to a tax upon her income . ( Cheers . ) Now , do you understand me ? ( "Aye , every word of it , " and cheers . )

      After a vote of thanks to Mr . O Connor , and the veteran Chairman , the meeting broke up -, and at twelve o ' clock Mr . O'Connor departed for Normanton Station , seventeen miles , having spent the remainder of the evening in company with Mr . Pitkethly and his friends .

      SABBATH MEETING . On Monday flight last , a public meeting : was convened by the Rev . F . Baceman , vicar , for the purpose of taking into consideration , the best means of promoting a due observance of the Lord ' s Diy , that ho ( the Vicar ) would take the cbsir at half-past six , and that the meeting would be addressed by Mr . Wilson , Honorary Secretary , and the Rev . Mr . Bailey , Clerical Secretary , a deputation from the Parent Society . ' The people of 'this town had , on seeing the above announcement , a roost vivid recollection of a similar

      meeting when it was the intention of tbe Church party so to arrange matters as to compel , if possible , by any means , however unjust , the concurrence of all to their most sublime , beautiful , meritorious , and pure doctrines , upon which is stamped the impress of the image © f Christ . This recollection excited in many , a desire to attend , as the ot jecta of tbe meeting appeared very similar , and at the appointed time , many were present and others contrived to come until the Philosophical Hall was completely filled , not less than twelve hundr ed being present .

      The Vicar took tbe chair , and on the platform , was Been the Reverends Messrs . Alderson , Manning , Topham , Metcalfe , Hessey , and a few other clergymen ; T . Starkey . Esq ., magistrate , T . C . Laycock , Esq ., attorney ; Mr . J . Hobson , stationer ; Mr . J . 8 niitb , from Manchester , and Mr . B . Clayton , news agent . Tbe meeting was opened with prayer , after which tbe Vicar addressed them at boiuo length , in a very calm and guarded manner , stating tbe object of the society to be of such a nature , as when once understood and appreciated , would prove of incalculable benefit to all , but to chs working classes in particular .

      He had no doubt that the deputation would satisfy them when they spoke . He waa . quite sure : they were not sent down to scold tbem , but to lay befoTe tbem the true objects of the society . He said he must confess that so often as be had paced the streets of Huddersfleld on the Sunday , he had never witnessed ; any shop open for traffic of any kind , neither was be aware of one solitary instance ever occurring , yet he did not know that each and every of his parishioners , conducted themselves with that degree of propriety , i which is necessary far a duo observance of the sabbath . —( A voice " who rides to church in tbeir carriage ?")

      The Vicar then called npon the Rev . Mr . Alderson to open the business of the meeting . Mr . A . rose and said in a vety low tone , that he had come from a neighbouring parish for the purpose of hearing the nature and object of the society ; he would , therefore , not longer detain them , but call j upon Mr . Wilson as one of theW deputation . j Mr . Wilson came forward and stated that the society , of which be was honorary secretary , had for its object tbe increased happiness of the working classes ; this he endeavoured to prove by stating that many were obliged , in direct opposition to tbe dictates of bis own conscience , to labour on the Lord ' s day , by which

      practice they neglected their religious duties ; nay , more , from this baneful practice they were precluded from learning what those duties were , and so were lost to all eternity . Ho instanced tbe men employed ; upon the canals , and those ia the iron mines ; also the breadbakers of London , who , be said , bad requested tbe society to obtain an enactment fur the purpose of suppressing all such immoral and irreligious proceedings—( a voice from tho gallery , " we haven't wark for'fc wark days ) . Mr . W . continued , with now aud then a little interruption from one or two persons in the gallery , a littia louder , and then sat down . ihi' V icar nex : rise and sdi-J , h <* would just advert W a citse that had receflUj hapfeusd . ia this town ,

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      shewing the deadly influence Sabbath-breaking had upon its votaries . One of- bis curates had waited upon a poor man who was about to die , and who lived in a dark and damp cellar ; and what do you think was the first words that struck his ear?—( a voice from the gallery " has he paid his Easter dues ? " The Vicar had rendered himself obnoxious by summonsing all for Easter Dues , who did not desire to pay them . ) " lam lost—my soul is lost for ever . " The Curate itquired the nature of bis fears ; when tbe poor man answered , "I have laboured on the Sabbath for a many years , and there is no hope for me . " The Vicar then called upou Mr . Madden .

      Mr . Madden came forward and . observed , he waa extremely sorry that persons should be found in that vast assembly , met for bo desirable an object , that would by the expressions he had heard endeavour to interrupt the speakera It is quite evident tbe body of the meeting are with as , they take no part in the interruption , and the only surprise I have is , that so vast an assembly will allow two or-three individuals to'annoy them He then said that he bad been ia tbe army for many years , and during some of ins engagements he had fought on the Sunday —( a voice , " The Lord warn't wi you then . " ) —aud as bocq he could bear testimony to tbe deadly influence of Sabbath breaking . He had been engaged in this manner for twenty-six years previous to taking holy orders , —( a toicbj " Which side gave you best pay ?">—and his experience taught him to- know the value of a due observance of the Sabbath . Ha concluded by calling upon Mr . Biyley , tho Clerical Secretary .

      Mr . Bay ley said he had no doubt a misapprehension as to the nature and object of the society existed in the minds of many , yet he deubted not the eo-opwation of all good men when they heard and understood the true nature of that society . It had been ssid that the gentry rode to church in their carriages . ThiEf he declassed wa » not countenanced ; neither did they fear the rich because of their superior station , but that he should declare openly and freely his opinion upon whatever he considered tended to desecrate the Sabbath , regardlessof any man ' s contumely . He then waded through the same track as did his colleague , but in a more dignified and impressive style . The whole was listened to with great attention .

      The VI Ca r next rose to conclude the meeting ; he said that in consequence of thu little disorder bs bad heard : he feared very much whether he could , prudently , infuture call a public meeting , even for a benevolent pnrpose . He , living amongst them , could readily bear it ; but when foreigners came amongst theni they expected to be treated as gentlemen . J have taken this room , I have paid tor the room , with my own money—( a voice , " That ' s a lie ; Easter dues helped thee to do that ">—and he could not , therefore , think of the deputation being sent empty away ; he had arranged for a person to be at -the door to receive whatever they choose to give , and those who choose to ait still would be waited npon for their contribution ? . The Vicar then requested them to join him in singing the Dosology .

      At this moment Mr . J . Hobson stepped forward , and observed he did not think it right the meeting should conclude so abruptly . Alarm immediately took possession of the whole of the clergy . The Vicar inquired of Mr . H ., in a low tone , waa be a friend ? Answer—Yes . What is your name ? Answer—A Friend . T-he vicar showed great trepidation and fear , but allowed Mr . H . to proceed , when he said that to the ofrjeeta of the society all . present must be friendly . Some one here whispered into the vicar ' s ear that the speaker's name was Hobson , the Socialist , This was sufficient . The vicar turned to the audience , declared the meeting dissolved , and requested bis friends to retire ; this they did through the back door . At this moment the gceoe was the most ludicrous we ever saw .

      The confusion of the clergy , the throwing their coats upon their backs , the cocking ef their hats , and the general run from the platform , amidst tbe cries of " Hear both sides , * ' which ended iu one unanimous burst of indignation , and the yells and the hootings were so loud and protracted as to make the stoutest heart quake . Mr . Madden kindly stroked Mr . HobBon on the back , and requested him to desist , as be knew he could not co-operate with them . He answered ha did . Mr . Vevers was next proposed as chairman , and on ascending the platform , and about to take the chair , the Reverend ( t ) Mr Hesley , principal at the Collegiate School , deliberately drew the chair away ? The

      old man did not fall , but he might have done and sustained serious injucy , and Mr . Hobson remonstrated with him for - so low an act , yet he would not replace it . After sile / ice was obtained , Mr . Hobson observed that it waa with extreme regret ha saw the clergy leave the meeting ia that unhandsome , nay insulting manner he thought it was but right that as the Vicar bad called bis parishioners together to hear their opinions , they ought also to allow the lay members to express thsir « piniou . in . order that they might thereby understand each other , and co-operate , as far as possible , for the purpose of obtaining a just and due observance of the Sabbath . He would conclude bj raoviDg the f jliowing resolution : —

      " That this meeting , duly alive to the necessity , policy , and wisdom of the ir s-. ituted Sabbath , or day of rest , pledges itself to promote , by every means in its power , whatever can conduce to ita due observance ; but while it will resist , by all legitimate means , whatever may lead to undermine and uproot that institution , and thus take from the toiling millions the only chance ww MX tnem to rest and lecxuit exhausted nature , it will resist , in no less degree , the setting up of any standard or mode of observance by any peculiar sect to which rill others may be required to bow , inasmuch as the acknowledgement of such a principle might lead to the enthralment of fanaticism and bigotry , should these

      from any cause acquire tbe -wielding ot power . The Protestant Reformation established " the right of private judgment" not less respecting the usa and utility of forma and ceremonies , than of modes of faith and truthfulness of creeds , and the recognizer of that principle will see an equal due observance of the Sabbath by the man who worships the author of all Being in the natural temple of the universe communing with nature and her wondrous works , and looking 'through nature up to nature ' s God , ' as bribe wan who worships in the temple made with hands , amruses all tbe forma and ceremonies he deems most acceptable to the object of his worship . "

      The above was seconded by Mr . J . Smith , of Manchester , and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting separated peaceably .

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      Registered , Thomas Emmetfc Silence , son of George and Mary Silence , Charltoa-street , Someia Town . London , On Sunday last , the infant son of John and Catherine Rawcliff was ekristened by the Rev . J . Connell , at the Catbolio Chapel . St . Wilfreds , Preston , John Frost Rawoliffi

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      Triumphant Meeting Qp The Working Classes, And Defeat Of The United Forces Of The League Undi8gusied, And League Disguised.

      TRIUMPHANT MEETING qP THE WORKING CLASSES , AND DEFEAT OF THE UNITED FORCES OF THE LEAGUE UNDI 8 GUSIED , AND LEAGUE DISGUISED .

      Just Published, Price 2d, No. 2, For February, Of The Model Republic,

      Just Published , Price 2 d , No . 2 , for February , of THE MODEL REPUBLIC ,

      F&Oxt Pouns Patriot.

      f&oxt pouns patriot .

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      On Monday last , after a long and paiD ^ ul illness , aged 67 years , Me . John Butteswick , bookseller , White Cross Yard , Briggate , in ibis town . He waa a Radical of the old school . On Friday , the 27 th ult ., at . Hu'aderBfield , after a short illness , Mr . Edward Manners , painter , lately of Bradford , and formerly ip . any years foreman to the lata Mr . Frederick Wilp ; Ou , painter , Upperhead Row , Leeds . A . t the New Hunjnauuy . * , Loucon . -oa Sunday , the ¦ 2-2 i- . duli ., John Ha . « ay . 6 n Hampton L' wis , E-q ,, of Henley * aud iiodjot , iu the County of Anglesey .

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      ^ ___ THE NORTHERN STAR .

      Deaths.

      DEATHS .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 4, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct921/page/5/