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    • TO MR. R. RIDLEY.
    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1843.
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      Hobson , A orlhem Star Office ; John Cleave , 1 , Shoe Lane , Fleet Street , London ; Abkl Hetwood , Manchester ; Patos & . Love , Glasgow ; and all Booksellers , — H-STOTNS FOB WORSHIP 5 Without Sectarianism ; adapted to the Present State of the Church : with a Text of Scripture for Each Hymn . No Chartist Association should be without these Books tor the conducting of their Sunday Meetings . They breathe the pure spirit of genuine , practical Christianity—pur « Political Truth , without an atom of theological , sectarian dogmatism .

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      Great Arnucri > n . —Mr . O'Connor will lecture on Tuesday evening , at the City of London Political and Scientific Institution , 1 , Turnagain-lane , Skinner-street . Subject— " The Land . " On the following evening ( Wednesday ) Mr . O'Connor will lecture on the H Repea l of the Legislative Union with Ireland . "

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      EMIGRATION . TO THE BDITOB OF THX KOBTHXXS STAB . DEaTI SIR , —In your last week ' s number appears an aee : ^ i of & poor wearer who left the town of Clayton r- ;? v . t months ago for New York . and succeeded id obULZ-ci employment at three times the amount of wk ,. ^ ' . e received in this country . The articK- finishes J > y " fita : ir . g that Ms wife left Clayton to follow her tmsbaT- who had been » o prosperous . For one mome-v 1 -2 o not donfcfc this statement ; it is possible enoji ' . : o be true ; the man whose name is not mentk > T ^ 1 was more lneky than many hundreds who go to /—wa . But for what purpose the above article ap- ' - i - i i your paper I do not know , except it be to k \ v ~ -hat one man has bettered bis condition in lesT c j ' his unhappy country .

      p .-- f-aring many may fall into the same erroneous flntr ---:-- -n as I ^ d s 0 " 16 otber Chartiste did fifteen xn o- ^ r , s § o , from similar statements that then appeared in y ' -cr paper , I feel bonnd in charity to those who acr ~ : iijow . and who think of emigrating , to crave a en . ti * . portion of your valuable journal for a few jeir ' .: " i- First—It is a fact that a great quantity of 1 . ra . both in New York and Liverpool , derive a gplf- i ¦ " . living through the system of emigration , and are - ^ -. 'rested in the circulation of false reports respec . ^ g emigrant *" prosperity in America . Tet , tuppoein ; a ' .: the flittering accounts to be tme of individuals ' i jing well in America , it does not prove that it is batter to emigrate any more than a few cut ot a many Ani ^ icsM succeeding in this country would prove that EEg ' u-d was in a prospering condition ; for it must be unccr . nrvi , few out of those who d o not succeed hare the mesas of sending word how they are situated , post- ^ r * Seing high in America . I and a Birmingham

      Chw :- ^ friend landed at New Orleans twelve months ajo fru- ; Orleans ; we went by water abonf twenty-five bui h - ¦ £ miles , calling at many towns , and stopping at z .-- - - without any chance of getting employment . To ilcssribe the misery of deck passengers ( for cabin and riilwsy pasB&ngers know nothing of what the ¦ w orfc " ng emigrant suffers ) would occupy too much of yonr sjr-ioe , and recall feelings in my mind which mu&t ever . b- -.-membered with disgust . Let it suffice to ssy , fro : ; . . Le moment the unsuspecting emigrant pays his pas . ^ - r ? oney at Liverpool he is the subject of ridicule , ill trrs-. nient , and robbery . We stopped in Cincinnati one : -: ¦ = ¦ - £ , and from thence got to Pitsburg through the kindness of two English settlers . Pitaburg was Tery il-t , and hundreds of men , sorae with families , laodir ^ , seeking employment j and the expression used l > y an old man , an English settler , was , " Good God . ' is tb&ro ii ^ bodj to stop people from being deluded from Fiteburs » - We walked to New York , a distance

      little under 500 miles ; the quantity of English and Irish unxbaaica going West * to the places we were leavicg . most of them beggiag their way , were almost inconceivable , and would not possibly be believed by thos- in England accustomed to hear flattering reports . At ?> ~ c ^ r York I saw many who had not the means to purchase a meal , some of whom I had known in th ^ country . I retorned by the ship Liberty , having on basru 209 returned passengers stowed in like hogs , and tr *~ : ed worse than dogs ; the ship Patrick Henry , iirictirc 230 , the sam » day ; and at the Eame time many Vr ^ seis fall of passengers , were waiting for a fair wind ; o s 3 ii for New York .

      A . *>¦ = ¦ words abeut the ship brokers , as they call ftemstires , and I have dene . Many of these men posae&sii . g nothing , save a good salt of clothe * , and wellqualified with the lip , hire a room under a warehouse , near the docks , which they stile a " ship-broker ' s office . " Thess are attended by men called lookers out , who aeeoEt the stranger in that character which they think nay snn the principal hirer . A small portion of space Jb the stp between the mid-decks , which they divide into t-e-D places , cafltng one the second cabin , and the ttier vteerages , the only difference in . the price charged , and inroad of putting in goods , st « w in as many living » oalr as they possibly can -, the captain finding fire and watt :, iarject to many tyrannical restrictions . Three Qttar : j . j-. r day of water , is false . They profeaa to give two , bui in the ship I was in , three pints -was our sHo ^ sr-ta . The passenger alwaysgets the worst water , which i £ caused by the casks cot being so clean as they ought .

      To . z-rslude , it is long odds against the success of a meehiu-c . Now the land—the land is the spot for port Lii-pines , which cannot be obtained , at the Jeart , mndrr ^ lC'O . ' : H . > ii ^ I have not trespassed too much on your \ space ; r-t , wishing to prevent the disappointment and xnortif- ^ . ' -ion I endured , I reusain , X cur sincere admirer and fellow Chartist , ; Sab r el Davies , ; 51 , Steelbouae-l&ne , Birmingham , j Mil lith , lB 43 . !

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      * » -o TTest was a by-word coming back ; it being the ^_ . rai instmction given to Emigrants at Xcw Yerk . ss . ^

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      TO P . O'CONNOR , E 5 Q , ! M \ peab . Sib ., —A » treasurer to the Chartist Be- < Iescc x und , permit me to present to yonr notice two i Tery deserving victims , who have traversed from the : spec " .-I commiwrion at Chester , and have taken their i trials r .: the late assizes without any aid from our body , and ir ? row undergoing their sentence of twelve months ' imprl ^ - > : -= ent in Cheater Castle . Jcta '¦ srg&sB , a man of nnixnpeachaele integrity , has a wif ; r . r . j three small children , and the parish refose them sr . j aid unlasa such as a bastile will affurd . His father i ~ ~ eps a beer shop in this tows , and is a vene- j rabk Hi ncal of the Cartwright school ; it has cost him ; Iwtiiity- tse pounds , and he has his daughter-in-law and j tfee tbri- children to keep . . i Ta c . ber maB ' B nains is Thomas Bemaford ; he has ' two -. ¦; / -erless children left in the Hie rtate of desti- ' tntiou .

      I tbir . k the case of these two patriots ought not to bs i lost pIj" : of , and therefore take the liberty of rejtesenfc ^ i : to you , through the medium of the Star , and I oar clhn Chartist friends will thus also become ac- j guain ' . e-I with it by the same mf *^* . , I remain , my dear Sir , ; Most respectfully , I In the love of our common cause , ! E . P . Mbxd , i Your Old Commodore , i Ccni ' -tOD , Cheahire , May lltb , 1843 . ;

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      TO THE MEiiBESS OF TEE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , RESIDING IN srRREY . I rezjet that I am obliged te call your attention once ; more , to the necessity of making some arraugemtnts Whereby the amount of money due to several iBdividuals ' on account of the late demonstration , and also of the late tea party held at the llontpelier Tavern . I have endeavoured to accomplish this for a long time past , I fcfiYe ? pr 2 t ranch time , and yet am blamed by many . I trust this will ba a sufficient hint to those whom it may crac ^ m , and that they will pay the amount -which they e ? r--, or I shall be compelled to send the list of the individuals for publication in the Star . Tbs m ^ aey to be paid at ray residence , C , Pagoda Terr 2 . ee , Bermondsey , New-road ; or at Wa Browne ' s East-line , Walworth . Yours to serve , Johx Matsard . No . 3 , Pagoda Terrace , Beraondsey , New Road .

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      AN APPEAL TO THE WOMEN OF GREAT BRITAIN . The Female Chartists of the City of London being about to draw np a memorial to her Majesty , requesting tts to take into her serious consideration the degraded and deplorable condition of the working classes of this ctmntry , and as this memorial is to be signed by womea only , we estreat those to whom this is addressed to assist us with all tbeir energies in procuring signatures ; and bJbo we should be most grateful for their aid towards raising a food to enable us to carry out this object We have already received letters from ssrcral localities , expressing their approval and promising assistaace : we therefore hope that this ' public appeal will sot be in Tain . Oh , do not be apathetic . ' as long as

      jou are so , both yourselves and sufferings will be : despised . Remember , a number of the most talented i advocates of Chartism are bow lying in prison . Bow long is this persecution to continue ? How long is man to exist the slave of another ? How long to wander with an aching heart and an emaciated frame in the midst of plenty which be mast not share , food he : must not taste , clothing he must not wear ? How long ' , are the oppressed people of this country to toil fifteen j ei sixteen fcours a day to obtain a small quantity ! of the commonest food ? How loDg to hear the cry ef their starving children , to bear the sight as bitter as the cry , of seeing their little ones creeping forth to a factory , there to be worked like machines until they axe Worked oat of existence ? Let women and men

      answer as rt depends upon themselves ; they have be = n too patient , they have endured misery and privation of every kind « o long that our rulers seem to have thought the more they suffered the more silent they became ; bet the voice of liberty , the voice of the advocates of the Charter have aroused thousands from their lethargy —men and women seem beginning to remember vhose image they bear , what privileges they ought to possess , and the power they do possess , when united to obtain them . In conelnatan , we would remind yon that it is written

      that wheso oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker ; and what is every man , 6 very woman who is living in laxary and idleness 02 the money that } is wrnag from the ft ""** of a distressed people , but a disgrace to oai country and a reproach to our God ? Be assursd ttat love of country will net lessen in any woman ' s heart the leva of boms . This appeal having mtt with tht approbation of the members , I subscribe myself , Yonr demoerttie sifter , E . J . illLES , President of the Female Chsrtis t awoektioa . Communications to be addressed to tte eecretary 3 diss Inge , 23 , Great Warner-street , Cler * enwell .

      To Mr. R. Ridley.

      TO MR . R . RIDLEY .

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      TO THE EDIIOB OF THE JfOBTHEBN STAR . Mr . Editob , —Id your last week ' s publication , I find my name was inserted by Mr . Ruffey Ridley , as a defaulter for three dinner tickets te the late Demonstration Ccrmnittae . Mr . Ridley charges me with fomteen tickets . I never received but twelve , for which number I settled with him , excepting one ticket which was had by Mr . Thomasson , late Delegate to the Convention , and which Mr . Ridley engaged to receive the money for and waited upon him for that purpose . Mr , Ridley has also inserted a balance sheet in last week ' s Star , of the money received on behalf of the Conspirators , in which I am made a creditor for Is . 3 d ., when the som I paid him was Ss . 3 d . Trusting that in fairness you will insert the above . I remain , yours , Samuel Ford .

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      REPEAL OF THE UNION .

      The Union , Indeed J Wh&t a fascinating title . ' and by what endearing and mutual oonrtesies it has been preserved . The blood-stained bridegroom ¦ wooed the trembling bride with sword in one hand and faggot in the other , and while both were dyed frith the blood of her children dragged her amid bristling bayonets to the altar ; and calls the rape an union ! Uuion indeed ! ! Union of what ! Of hearts . 0 ! no ; of thought ! no ; of interest f do : of religion ? no : of love ? O I no ; but

      Union of all the elements of hate , of prejudice and revenge upon the one side , and of bitter suffering woe and sorrow upon the other ! And can it still preserve its name , while those who fatten upon the compact , threaten to maintain it holy * pure , and entire , by the force of arms and martial law , should thelbride press for a divorce ! The Irish have learned many useful lessons from their Saxon task-masters . They have received some measure of promised improvement , not as a part of the contract , but as a growling dog

      receives a bone from the hand of &n affrighted child . Measures granted from fear , conceded to sturdy demand . The Irish feel , firstly , that the measures eo conceded are involuntary gifts , and , secondly that without a national representation the nation could not receive any benefits from them . What a reluctant Parliament surrendered to fear , a factious aristocracy rendered useless . However , that portion of society which is now in spite of mother-Church and Dissent-Church , beginning to educate itself , to think for itself , to speak for itself , and to act for

      itself , is also beginning to ask the simple and pertinent question on jits own behalf . ** Where is our share of this Union ? " Yes , the industrious portion of Irish and of English society with a marvellous coincidence of thought , ask these questions ! " Are our rights better preserved ! " "Are our liberties more secure ! " " Are our estates raised in value !" w our capital better protected ! " "Are our , morals improved ? " " la our religion strengthened !" " Are our children eligible to all those

      places , pensions , and offices , to uphold which this Union must be preserved by Physical Fobcje ! Can the shade of an affirmative be given to any of these questions ! On the contrary , is it not obvious to the friends of peace and of real union , that Ireland was conquered by fraud and treachery and never by arms , and that the blood-stained standard of the State Church , has ever been the rallying-point of the invaders , and , the " Church is in danger" the war-cry of the Irish staff !

      From the time of the second Harry to the inauspicious moment when the bloody tyrant Cromwel set bis foot on Irish ground , the plunder of the natives , to inrich the foreign invader , was the " emus belli , and from the moment that the English people ( that is a few livery men of London , a handfail of Lords Spiritual and Temporal ) made a present of Ireland , together with their own country , to the Dutchman , the enrichment of the Protestant

      Church , at the expence of the Irish natien has been the sole object of the English Oligarchy . For more than a century and a half , the leech , in its new character has sneked the very vitals , the heart and marrow , from Irishmen , until at length , vainly hoping that exhaustion had brought about despondency , weakness , and despair , the monster would now fall upon its withering victim and crush it for ever .

      We heed bat little what state politicians and their pre ? 3 may say or threaten . How they may promise the subjugation of Ireland by the powers placed at their disposal , or invent new means of torture should these fail , but when we find the Irish Church organ , the Standard , hallooing Irishmen of the North upon their disarmed countrymen of the South ; when we find that print recommending the Church staff to compel Sir Robbkt Peel to set the men of the North at the rebels , then we say that Ireland ' s greatest enemy , the English Law-Church ( which

      means , simply , the parson-staff ) , has taken its proper ; position at the head of its troops , shouting aloud the j ChHrch-union cry of " tear to the Knife ! " The ; offensive position taken by the Lords , the Com- j mona , and almost the whole press , would , lead the Irish to the belief , that In j these threats the English voice was heard , and ; the English mind pourtrayed ; but it is not bo ; the English people will not allow the fomeniers of popular discord to turn the Bober mind of England from the consideration of a great national question

      to any recollection of individual delinquencies . No ; never had the English people a more glorious opportunity of proving to the world that in a national struggle they can lose sight of all smaller considerations . We will not mince the matter ; we eay that if Mr . O'CoifSELL eviace earnestness oi purpose now , the recollection of his former vacillations will be buried in the glorious struggle and still more

      glorious triumph of a people in their moral might . We say in their moral might , because we well know , with ] the history of former rebellions before us , that all Ireland would be mortgaged to insure the ready appliances of subjugation ; while , if the Irish people , w ? ih their Tntriotic Priesthood , will bat use the moia ] K ? 2 ss ai their di-pe ; sl , they may baulk faction 01 its pi . y , jjain a triuEp'h for -heir ceuntry , and leave upoa record theimp ; ris } . able lessen , That to b ? free a nation need but will ir , "

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      and to be powerful a people need but be united and peaceful . Opinion is sharper than the sword , more powerful than the cannon ball , and a more deadly enemy to tyranny than both . We shall cautiously abstain from mixing up the question of the Charter with that of Repeal , while we would , at the same time , most earnestly implore th « working classes to hold the shield of their protection , which is might , between their struggling Irish brethren and the tyranny with which they are threatened . For however the Duke and Sir Robert may pledge themselves to

      no more than the use of all the constitutiona powers of oppression at their command , yet will the Rodin ' s , the Jooeltn ' s , and the Londonderry ' s ( which is the new title of the Castlebeagh ' s ) as the champions ofOrangeism and the church force them if possible into a war of extermination . Thelrieh love their homes , their families and their hearths ; they approach death with the cheering reflection that their bones will be laid alongside the remains of those who in life were near and dear to them ; to insure these things they seek to relieve themselves from a state of provincial degradation and to place themselves in a position of national

      independence ; and for these just , these holy , these virtuous and patriotic aspirations , shall the blood of another race of Irishmen manure the soil of the spoiler , while it irrigates the fair folds of freedom to mature a harvest of "dragon ' s teeth" for future years . Do those who have carved up the interests of the weak as spoil for the BtroDg stand in need of another partition of "the oft divided" Ireland ! And is young England now powerful in her moral strength to receive a stab through the eide of her sister ? for be assured that every new bolt placed in the chains of Irish slavery rivets tho manacles of Englishmen and makes them harder to shake off .

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      TO THE llKSL'UE . An earnest of the "tender mercies" in reserve for " the 59 " has been given in the persons of Cooper and the venerable old man Richards . It had been hoped that they would be permitted to wear oat the long period of incarceration assigned them in the Queen ' s Bench , where in some degree the rigours of imprisonment would have been modified from the immediate surveillance of Government , as compared with those provincial hell-holes over which the

      reigning spirits are the sympathising local " lords of the ascendant" in the " middle classes . " Memorials to that effect were presented to Government , but y&inly ; they were removed on Saturday without a a moment ' s notice , at five o ' clock in the morning , from the Queen ' s Bench prison to that infernal den , Stafford Gao , there to experience the fate of Clayton and Holberry , unless rescued by the determined expression of the people ' s hone 8 t indignation .

      A letter from an excellent Chartist at Stafford informs us that they are subjected to the gaol diet , " which consists of coarse mixed meal bread with thin skilly , and some few potatoes , half of which are rotten . No animal food—no soup—nor anything else . " Cooper has memorialised the visiting Magistrates for permission to provide his own food , and to have bookB and writing materials . He is denied all . Shut out entirely from all communication with the world , he is not allowed to correspond with any one , —not even with his dying wife—for six months to come .

      Coopsb ' s constitution was undermined in early youth by severe study—two year ' s treatment like that to which he has been consigned , will murder him . Richards is an old man . His silver hair and querulous tones of voice and faltering footsteps shew that , under any circumstances , his home must shortly be " the one appointed . " And these are tho men on whom the hand of savage vengeance is laid thus heavily ! Cap » bb is also subjected to like treatment . What can be done ! They must perish if the people do not stir . Will the people let them perish without effort ! or will they raise , from one end of tho

      empire to another—from city , town , village , household , chapel , church , and workshop , such a shout of indignation as shall make even vengeance pause in its career ? Remember , no time is to be lost . About it , then , at once . We learn that on Monday next , at 12 o ' clock , in Leicester Market Place , a Petition will be submitted to the public of that town . Let every city , town , village and hamlet , and individual in the empire , follow the example , and pour in their petitions to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., 6 " , Albany Court , Piccadilly , Lendon , by whom they will bo presented to the House of Commons .

      There must be no trifling nor dallying in the matter . Every day is a day ' s bitter misery to them . The animus of Government is manifest . The time approaches nearly when the fate of others will be decided by the same arbiters . Much , therefore , ia many ways depends on prompt exertion . Let the effort be made now and at once . We have made referenoe to the animus of Government . If it needed farther confirmation than from these horrid facts , we have it in a letter which now lies before us , from one of the pcKMrfcllows who gave evidence against " the . 59 , " at Lancaster , and who affirms that because he chose not to load his conscience with a

      lie , the paltry meanness has been resorted to of refusing to pay him the poor value of his time occupied in public service . " He says : — " I was the second witness called upon against Feargus O'Connor , and fifty-nine other prisoners . I spoke the truth to the best of my knowledge , and would not take bribe . I was called r > y Gregory Lewin a d—d scamp , and he told me if I wanted my wages , I might go to Feargus O'Connor for them , and if I did not retnhi home , he would bave roe placed among the rest of the prisoners , as he had better Riven me £ 100 to have remained at home , I or a d—d scoundrel as 1 was . "

      Coupling this testimony with the facts of poor Cooper and his mates , there can be no mistaking the purposes of Government ; and the simple question is , whether the people will let their friends be murdered and their cause trampled on beforo their eyes without moving .

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      THE LAND QUESTION . We have been surprised to receive two or three communications from which it would appear that some Chartists look upon Mr . O'Con . nor's proposition for the appropriation of the land to its legitimate purpose of supporting the people in comfort , as calculated to lead away the people from the struggle after political right , to a mere consideration of their social position . We are amazed to think how such an idea can have entered any body's head . If we havo not greatly misunderstood Mr . O'Connor , nothing could have

      been farther from his head at any rate . There is no possibility of severing the political and social condition of the people . They are cause and effect . The one produces the other as naturally and necessarily as fire produces heat . Who thinks that the Charter would be valuable to the people , if its achievement rested in itself ; or if it did operate as a cause to produce social amelioration and individual benefit as its effect ! Can Mr . O'Connob , or can the Peop . ' e be better occupied than in the investigation of the mode through which the

      cause may best operate to produco the effect proposed ! For ourselves , if wo conceived the purpose or the tendency of the land scheme to be ia the least degree detrimental to the progress of the Charter movement , it should instantly have our most determined opposition . We do not eo regard it . On the contrary , we it thir . k if dul y understood and acted on , calculated to be the moat powerful collateral aid to the enfranchisement of the whole people that has yet occupied the people ' s mind . We shall recnr to this subject a&a . in and again . »»/ >»/>» i >» i > * iP ^^^ i ^ fc ^^»» ¦ . 1 1 . m . . 11 fi-in .

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      THE FACTORY BILL . We give elsewhere a long report of a most important meeting of Millowuer 3 and Members of Parliament in consideration of tho labour clauses of the Factory Bill . We invite special attention to the speeches of the panizans of labour and mosey respectively . We siy the speeches ; we cannot say the arguments cf boih ; because the argument w . is all or . oao tide .

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      TO THE PEOPLE . My Deab FBiKitDS , —I hare now lying before me a shoal of letters from all parts of England and Seotland ; filled with the most kindly expressions Of good feeling and regard , and requesting me to preach here , to lecture there , to attend soirees yonder , and to go all over . And all press ] their claims for early visitation . To reply to all by post would occupy muoh of that time for which your service finds me quite sufficient of employment . Some few , where circumstances required special answer or explanations I bave answered thus ; the rest must consider this as a general reply in which all are alike interested .

      Firstly , then ; I can take no tour till after the argument in the Queen ' s Bench . That is quite clear . My tour for health , recreation , and agitation may be out short in its commencement , and may find myself alongside Cooper , Richards , and Capper , in a stone coffin , studying sermons on Chartism and Class legislation , with" skilly" and " rotten potatoes" for my texts . Until after " My Lords the

      Queen's Justices shall have signified their pleasure as to my being allowed to use my powers of locomotion , I can go nowhither save to Bury , and Bolton , and Rochdale , to all of which places I have been long pledged , and where ( D . V . ) I shall preach on Sunday 21 st , at Bury , on Monday 22 nd , at Bolton , and Tuesday 23 rd , at Rochdale . I must then " wait for further orders "—or at all events for permission to make further arrangements .

      Secondly , I go no where , where I am not wanted ; I take no individual invitations ; I go nowhere but at the request of the people themselves ; I never obtrude myself . Thirdly , I am desirous to cause no disappointment , la many of the places to whioh I am invited , I shall be personally a stranger . They have been been used to have lecturers of a . 11 sorts among them ; and it is common to estimate speeches by the yard . I am no long-winded speaker . The state of my health utterly precludes the possibility of my doingit . I have not physical strength to speak two or three hours at

      a stretch * One of my principal inducements to quit for a time my ordinary seclusion is the hope of being able thereby to repair my shattered health . I am broken down—worn out—as nearly as may be , and I cannot stand very severe labour . For this reason as well as because I am one of those who think that religion is the best policy , and that True Christianity is the only true politics , I shall make my several tours , both South and North , preaching tours ; endeavouring to shew that every consistent Christian must be a Chartist , and that all will be the better Chartists for being Christians . I know there are some to whom the word " Christian Chartist" bears an unpleasant sound : I cannot help that ; I must

      not let complaisance lead me into hypocrisy ; ( they would like me no better for it if I did ;) I must be honest I am a Christian Chartist , and I hope also that I am a Chartist Christian ; I believe Christianity to be the soul , of which Chartism is the body ; and I oannot consent to separate them . I am aware that my profession has been so much abused , by many—made so powerful an accessary to all tho evils of class legislation—that many of my good frieada think it , per se , an ovil , and would be glad to see me altother " drop it "; I think not with them : and cannot consent to oblige them at the expence of my conscience . Whenever I come , I appear in my own character . I sustain no doubles .

      Fourthly , I shall not take a farthing from the people beyond the bare expences of the route . It is my doctrine hat no man ought to take pay from the people who can do without it . I cannot travel at my own cost : I am too poor . But I can labour " fur the love of it "; and I shall despise myself when I consent to do otherwise . If there be any thing in these things , in the least degree unpalatable to the people of any of tho towns whioh I havo promised to attend , I beg that they will write at once and say so ; that I may knowj to arrange accordingly . This is my reason for now referring to them .

      These things distinctly understood , if it so please the lieges , and if Providence permit me health enough , , aa soon as June puts in , I shall arrange my toura going first south , to Sheffield , Derby , Loughborough , Nottingham , and all tho other towns in that district from which I have invitations ; then North , to all the towns in Northumberland and Cumberland , to which I am invited ; and then for the very nursery of sober , thoughtful patriotism , "bonnie" Scotland ; towards whose cloud capt hills my soul yearns with an anxious expectation . I shall , ' of course , lay down the routes distinctly , and communicate with each place , so as that every town shall know exactly when to expect me .

      Devoted as I have ever been to your cause ; which is no less my cause , I am , Your faithful friend and servant , Wm . Hill . Northern Slart Leeds , Thursday , May 18 , 1843 . P . S . —For Stockpobt . —Friday morning , 19 th . — After my letter had gone to press , yesterday , I received a letter from Stockport , reminding me of an engagement to that town . 1 have been long promised to my Stockport friends ; and I was to have seen and lectured to them on Easter Monday , but , some how , it happened that my viat was not properly announced ; very few people knew of my being

      there , and consequently very fow attended . I then promised to visit them again in about three or four weeks time , and give them my opinion on Mr . O'Connor ' s land scheme , Mr . Owen ' s community scheme , and on the general question of land , labour , capital , and their combination by the people for their own benefit . However , instead of going to Stockport to lecture to the Chartists I . [ was obliged to go to London and hear lecturesOfrom the lawyers . Since my return , I have waited for the full development of Mr . O'Connor ' s plan in his letters which I must have seen before I can redeem my pledge to the Stockport men . I was intending , therefor e * , to write them as soon as I should bo > ble effectually to serve them when 1 received the following : —

      " Park-street , Stockport , May 17 th , 1843 . " My dear Sib , —Seeing the announcement in the Star of Saturday last , of your intended visit to Bury , th « Council have eonutuded you intend giving ua a , cull on Monday night . We have announced it An early answer or a notice in the forthcoming Star would be deemed a favour . < ' I hope you are in good health . The Queen ' s Bench business looks well . Yours faithfully , "Thomas Clark . "

      Now , I am sorry that the announcement should have been made wi bout first writing to me , particularly as I distinctly said that beforo coming I would write to the Secretary , naming my time exactly . Under the present circumstanoes , it will be utterly impossible for me to be ia Stookport on Monday evening next ; as I am pledged to Bolton and must go there . I will visit Stockport as soon aftor the decision of the argument as I may : I will take care to give timely notice of my comiug , by by writing to the Secretary to prevent misunderstanding ; and I hope that no future announcement will be made without my knowledge and concurrenoe . I hate disappointments . W . H .

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      Ashton Shoemakers . — We cannot interfere . K . T . Osborn , Silston . — We know nothing of Mr . Pepper ' s letters . J . ,, Darlington . — We have no room . Thom-. s Heanes , Manchesteb . — We cannot insert the address . We have seldnm seen a worse specimen of the very spirit which it affects to reprove . It U a virulent and unprovoked attack upon parties ivhom Us authors have not the manliness to name , and u-ho , if they s . ' i . oufd repli ; in their defence , would be immediately licensed if denunciation . Tkk Nottingham Frami . wdkuers' Petition . — This dvcuiitcnt is only in course of signature , and has not been presented , —as stated by us last week .

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      Reading Chartists . —A report of what took place on theZQth of April would be rather stale now . C . B ., Newton Heath . —His communication came too late for insertion . We think it better to send it to Mr . Linton . Those Sub-Secretaries in South Lancashire that have not corresponded with Mr . Wm . Dixm concerning the new lecturers' plan are requested to do so on or before Wednesday next , and send their answers to the following questions : —First , do you intend to be on the plan for the next quarter ; second , the number of plans that will , be required by your locality : third , the opinions of your members as it regards engaging a

      lecturer for this division of the county . All must be addressed to Wm . JDucon , No . 2 , Crossstreet East , Bank Top , Manchester ., The Slalybridge and Hyde localities are particularly requested to correspond . Mb . Habbison , of Nottingham , is requested to communicate his address to T . J . Crowther , Gloneester Coffee-house , Church-street , Shoreditch , London . Bath Chartists . —The report of Mr . Marriotts lecture on the llth instant did not reach us till Thursday , 18 / A , too late for insertion , even had it not been too long for insertion under any circumstances . We cannot , except under peculiar circumstances , give lectures at length .

      Bernard M'Cartney writes as from Charmg-cross Hospital ( Is which we regret to hear that he has been confined ever since his arrival in London J to ask certain questions in reference to a letter which appeared in a recent number of the Star . If he be not captiously disposed , he will see , on again looking at that letter , that his questions are unnecessary : if he be , we have nothing to say to him . Home Truth and Homely . —To the working classes and others . —My friends , there never will be any change in this country for you until you act

      differently to what you have done yet ; and you will say how happens thatl Well , I will tell you : you are keeping a set of idle , drunken publicans . There is not a week m the year but what you are giving hundreds of pounds weekly to this set of idle ruffians ; and , my friends , this money goes to tyrants—yes . tyrants to the very core : and so long as ynu spend your money in this manner , so long will you have tyrants to tyrannize over you . Yours , John Lawfobd , delver . Hightown , May 17 , 1843 .

      To the Colliers of the Wear . ^ Fi // any of the colliers wishing to have the services of William Beesley , of Accrington , send their addresses to Mr . George Charlton , sail-maker , 2 , Fitter s-row , Sunderiand , as soon as convenient .

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      W . S . —The potatoe article is Mr . O' Connor ' s letter of last week was from the Leeds Mercury of April 22 , 1843 .

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      XJ 3 EDS . —A Mare ' s Nest . —On Monday last , information was given to John Blackburn , Esq ., the coroner for this borough , that the arms of a human body had been found in the canal at Knostrop , and a policeman , ( No . 9 , we believe ) , who had got them in his possession , and who waited upon the coroner , told him that a piece of the blade bone was attached to one of them , from which he had no doubt that they were the identical arms belonging the trunk of a female which it will be remembered was taken out of the same cut some months back . The worthy coroner did not evamiue the remains himself , but told

      the policeman , if he was sure they were human arms , to take care of them , and he would send a surgeon to examine them . Great care , of course , was taken of the precious remains , by the policeman ; he borrowed a rug to wrap them in , and set apart a roam for their especial reception . A consultation of the medical profession was summoned , and an examination was made , which ended in the discovery that the remains were no arms at all , but two tags of a large dog . The sapient policeman , of course , gets heartily laughed at for his superior knowledge of comparative anatomy .

      Dejlth by Burning . —On Monday morning , an inquest was held at the Black Dog Ian , East-street , Bank , before John Blackburn , Esq ., on the body of Mary Sharp , seven years of age , whose parents reside at Knostrop . The deceased was sat by the fire on Friday last , when a oioder flew out and set fire to her clothes , by whioh she was so much burnt as to cause her death on Saturday . —Verdict , " Accidental Death . " Fosetlal op a PoLWEUnv . —On Tuesday , the remains of Robert Ellis , who has been upwards of twenty years in the police force , were interred in the burial ground at the parish church . The whole disposable force , amounting to about a hundred men , attended his remains to tn « grave .

      Sudden Death . —On Tuesday morning , an inquest was held at the Barley Corn tnn , Armtey , before John Blackburn , Esq ., on the body of Mary Holdsworth , aged 49 , who died suddenly on Saturday last . The deceased it appears has lived on comfortable terms with her husband , but rumours of some foul play were current , strengthened by the appearance of bruises on various parts of her body ; the coroner , therefore ordered a post mortem examination , from which it was evident that the woman bad died from purely natural causes , and the jury returned a verdict to that effect . There was not the slightest ground for the suspicion that her husband had ill-treated her ; but it appears that from some cause or other , she had laboured under indisposition , and , mistaking the cause , a small dose of laudanum had been administered to her by her friends , which , from a fall , had ensued in conjestion of the brain .

      Anotheb Burning Case . —On Tuesday evening , an inquest was held at the Court House , before John Blackburn , Es > q ., on the body of Helen Ramskill , who expired in the Infirmary on Monday last , from injuries received by being burnt . She was removed to tho Infirmary on the 28 th of April , being" tben very bad from the effects of the burning , which was caused by falling into the fire , at her mother ' s house , in Shannon-street , Black Bank , eighteen weeks ago . The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental Death . '

      Drowning . —On Monday morning , an inquest was held at tho Black Dog Inn , East-street , Bank , before John Blackburn , Esq ., on the body of Wm . Terry . 39 years of age , who resided in Spring-street , Bauk , The deceased left hie house on the morning of Friday week , and , although every inquiry was made for him ho was not again seen or heard of until he was found on Sunday last , floating in the cut , near the coal staiths , at Knostrop . There was no evidence to shew how he got into the water , and a verdict of " Found Drowned" was returned .

      Stealing Trousers . —On Monday last , two men named | Samuel Newlovo and John Callaghan , were committed for trial at the next sessions , for having stolen a pair of trousers from a stall in Vicar '* - Cioft , on Saturday night , the property of Mr . Wm . Talboys , tailor . Joseph Wilson , a companion of the above , was fined £ 4 aud costs , or two months' imprisonment , for assaulting the police in attempting to rescue the prisoners . Daring Street Robbery . —On Monday last , two men , of despcrate ^ charactcr , named Conelius Whaling and Wm . Daker , were charged before Griffith Wright and W . Pawson , Epqs ., at the Court-house with having about two o ' clock on Sunday morning , assaulted John Rowboth&M , in High-street , and

      stolen from his person eight shillings in silver . The prosecutor resides in Lsicon-street ; he is employed af . Mr . Reinhardt ' s , druggist , in Briggate , at whose shop he was until nearly twelve o ' clock , after which he had some calls to make . He was on his way home , when he was first stopped by the prisoner Daker , whom he knew , and who began sparring in front of him . He was then knocked down , when Whaling and another man , named Gavins , came up and , after the struggle , Rowbottom found that he had been robbed . A policeman came up while the parties were struggling , but in consequence of aot knowing that a robbery had taken place , the men w * re set at liberty , but were afterwards recaptured . They were both committed to York Castle for trial .

      Pocket Picking . —On Monday la ^ t , a young man named Thomas Wood , wa 9 committed for trial at the next borough sessions , for having , on Saturday night , picked th « pocket of Mrs . Mary Cowling , of Wortley , at an auction room , in Kirkgate , of a purse aud ei ^ hteenpence . The prisoner was Been by policeman Hartley to enterjAe auction room , and knowing him lie waited until IBrcame out , when he stopped him and searched him , and in his pocket found the puree , which was at oucs identified . Leeds Police—Johnson v . Hepworth and Others . —We -. understand that notice has been given by the plaintiff to tho tk-ieudants in this case of his intention . •(> pro ^ cute a fresh action against thesa at tho n < i \ , ;^; lz : i , ior an assault committed by them upou his \ . I . " j iu January last .

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      Burglary . —Durin ? the night of Snn ^/ iT " house of Mr . John WainSht cWh I Mt ' Armley , was broken into ^ d i largequX S men ' s wearing apparel was stolen loaa . ttj of

      WHAT NEXT ! Whigs , in the Council , are so lazv ' Shew up" so late and thin ; Whig " organa" cry ( don't it amaza ye T ) Whigs want a- " Whi pper- ™ . " * ' ^ T ^ i ^^ r ^^ There ' s none would do it so much grace As Alderman D L . HUDPEBSriELD . -On Thursday last a little boy , four and a half years old , the son of Wm Mills , iron-founder , Aspley , walked into the worb unobserved , whilst the whole of the men were tot In a short time the father went in , and to ht astonishment found the boy crushed to death bv » large peice of iron which was lying across his bodv His death must have been inaiantaneous as th . weight of the iron was considerable . An inbjZ has since been held , and a verdict of " accident death" recorded . w *

      Caution to Waggonkbs . —On Fridav night W . between the hours of nine and ten , a waggon , Jaden with goods , left the warehouse of Messrs . Driver & Co . for Brighouse ; and when about to turn the cor ner of High-street , the driver whipped his horses . which started off . Unfortunately , an old won ^ who was crossing the road at the time , was kno cked down by the horses , and run over by two of the wheels ; by which her legs aud hands were so much injured , that her life is despaired of . She is now lying ia tho Infirmary , where , she receives all the attention necessary for her comfort . We understand the driver of the waggon did not remain many m > . meats after the accident to ascertain the extent of the injuries he had occasioned by so rash an act .

      On Saturday last , a young man , named Jofca North , a shoemaker , of Newsome , near HuddersfieR who had been in rather a low statedfjnind for some time , put a period to his existence by hanging him . self in a neighbouring dye-house . He was quite dead when found . The deceased was not married . An inquest was held the same day , and a verdict « f " temporary insanity" returned . HAWICBL—Truck System . —At the general meeting of the stocking makers , a few weeks ago which was noticed in the Star , a resolution vna passed to use every means in their power to put i stop to the truck system , which was making rapid strides to supersede the pavment of wages in monev

      with some of the manufacturers , to the great iojarv of the workman and the honest manufacturer . The meeting elected a Committee of five , with instructions to prosecute those manufacturers who had glaringly violated the Truck Act . The Committee immediately went to work and selected three of the manufactu . rers , who were considered the worst in that respect for prosecution , two for the penalty , and as for the third , one of his hands spontaneously offered to pro * secute for his wages . The two former , however wrote to the agent employed by the Committee , and pledged themselves to discontinue the practice of paying in goods in future if the prosecution were abandoned , the Committee ' s object being merely the

      putting a stop to the system , was thus attained , The third case came on before the Justice of Peace Court , on Thursday last ; Henry Stones , pursier and Peter Wilson , manufacturer , defender . On the Bench appeared the Earl of Minto , the Honourable John Elliot , — Chesholm , Esq ., of Sturches , and — Grieve , Esq ., of Brauxholm Braes . The action was for the amount of wages which the defender had deducted from the pursuer for a number , of weeks , and which amounted to upwards of £ 15 , but the claim was limited to £ 5 , to bring it within the jurisdiction of tha Court . From the investigation it appeared that Mr . Wilson had a shop which be called Hawick Store , " where his men were furnished with goods daring

      the week ; that each man ' s account was kept in a small book , which was sent to the warehouse on counting days , and the amount deducted from his wages ; that one means of inducing his workmen to take the goods , was the limiting the supply of employment to those who declined dealing in . his store , &c . &c . The defender , who has long , enjoyed the eognomen of " Crafty , " notwithstanding hia pretended ignorance of the law , his regard for the welfare of his men , whom he was so anxious to oblige , and all his doubling and twisting , ia which he displayed a good deal of " craft , " waa deemed to pay to the pursuer the whole sum sued for . Lord Minto , who presided , and his brother , appeared

      uncommonly anxious that the pursuer should not insist on taking the money , which , Baid his Lordship , is not morally yours—the letter of aa Act of Parliament gives you a legal claim , but it is scarcely henest to take advantage of the letter of the law , to take what does not belong to you . Very good , my Lord , after that we expect to hear of your refusing to take advantage of an act of Parliament any longer , and give np your pension of £ 924 per annum , which never morally belonged to you , and which you hate meanly pocketed for a great number of years , although you know it to be wrung from the hard earnings of the working men . While delivering the decision of the Court , he hoped it would be the last case of the kind that would be brought before it .

      as the Court would be more disposed to look upon it as a means of extorting money , rather than respect for the law . But in spito of this threat of his Lordship , the men are determined to bring the very first case they can get hold of before the eame tribunal . What has procured us the honour ot Earl Minto ' s presence on this occasion t is a question often asked since the Court , as he has not appeared here on the bench for at least a quarter of a century ; and we think a solution of the query may be found in the fact that Mr . W . has always been a thick and thin supporter of the Minto intereit , in their contests for the representation of the county . The Court-bouse was crowded , and the audience received many of the remarks of the Elliots mth marked disapprobation .

      MANCHESTER—Exchange no Robbery . —One day last week three respectably-attired females entered the shop of an extensive draper , residing in the Borough Buildings , London-road , Manchester , and , after making a few trifling purchases , left the shop . In a short time aiter taoit departure , the shopman found that a large Paisley shaffl , value 30 s . was missing , and no other persons hariDg been in that part of the establishment but the above-mentioned females , it was suspected that they had stolen it . Information was immediately given to the pohee

      Inspector M'Mullin , from the description g iven ot the three females , succeeded in taking them into custody ; but , after the most minute search , could not find the stolen property ; the females , however , were brought up for examination before Mr . «' ^* f ' the sitting magistrate , at the Borough Court . Lbs shopman that served them and M'Mullin were examined by the magistrate , aa witnesses for the prosecution ; Mr . B ? nt , solicitor , appeared for the defendants ; aud in cross-examining the shopman put the following questions to him : —

      Mr . Bent . —Now Mr . Shopman , I believe yon are fond of kissing a pretty girl I Shopman . —Yes , sir , under the rose . Mr . Bent . —Yes ; and behind the merinos , too . ( This made the poor shopman look unutterable things . ) Now , Mr . Shopman , did not yoa steal kiss from one of the prisoners at the bar in the shop on the day that this shawl was lost ? Shopman . Yes , sir . , Magistrate . —Do you mean to say that the shawl was given in return for that favour ? Mr . Bent . —Certainly not . There is no evidence against my clients . But if it had been the casef exchange is nj robbery . The Magistrate dismissed the case .

      SOUTH CHUKCH .-Tho workmenon the Deanery Colliery return their sincere thanks to tne following places for assistance during their struggle , with the masters for their rights :-Woodhou » Close , £ 1 5 s 10 ^ d ; Greot Hetton , 6 s "A ; T " £ . 4 a 8 d ; St . Helen ' s , 9 > 8 d ; Black Boy , 15 * 84 ; Wingate , 103 did ; K 3 llo , 8 s OM ; Thornley , 9 > 44 o t Qaarrington Hill 4 s lOd ; tfzac , 2 s 2 \ i ; Usti fl Eden , 19 s 8 d ; Etherley and Witten Park , S 3 7 a . CLITHEROE-Mr . David Rnss lectnred in the large room of the Swan Inn , on Saturday evening . Subject : — " Elocution ; its rtoss neg lect , » na abuse in the pulpit , the bar , and the senate . **» was listened to by an , attentive audience . " " * ~ T turer treated his subject with such a degree or pre * oision as to give the greatest satisfaction .

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      —^ Wilful Murder . —A serious i nvestigation hW occupied the attention of Mr . R . Fowke , c ° » r £ and a jury , at Eccleshall , two entire days , wn ^ termiaated on Friday in a verdict of" Wilful W der" against Charles Higginson , labourer . »«*» son , who is a widower , is supposed to bare m »" deredhischild . aboy about five years of » S ' "JJ ^ Bishop ' s-wood , near Eccleshall , and to have bone him there . Higginson , who had been working , £ Shropshire , made some extraordinary ^^ f ^ zZ hia ffillnw-wnrkmon and master respecting nis cn »

      having been taken ill and dying in his arms , »» that he had buried him ia the BUhop ' s-vrood . o proposed to go and point out the spot wfiere m . child was buried on the following day , but insw £ of keeping Ms word he absconded , ano has not , em ^ been heard of . The parties , however , gave inform * tion to the authorities ; the wood was > 6 ea . rcbea , * the body of a child was found buried there , w n « £ has been identified as the body of Higgmson a- com A post mortem examination of the body was « u » by Mr . Greatrex , surgeon , who was of opinion w the child had come to its death by violence . » » turo occasioned by a blow from some blunt insn ment , or a kick , being discovered on theinnortronw bone , and an external bruise corresponding wuu Tne case , altogether , was a very strong one . J * . scrip ) ion of Hi # > inson has beeu gwen at tne * ^ bulary-iffise , at Stafford , and ^ w is bu : iv ^ - | - that h ? will be speedily apUre ] iouded .-& < 'iW '" Ailveriiacrt

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      Sib , —Although I have been remias in the pavment of monej matters , to my sorrow , in a few ins tan ess through having been tyrannically deprived of my work , for having been seen in the Petition procession , of lut May , but , in the instance of being a defaulter , as you have in last weeks' Star been pleased to represent to the amount of 5 s . for dinner tickets , I wilt hens remind you , that I told you that a man named TeetoD , owes yon that sum , and not me . Tou promised me that yen would call on him for it , for he still persists in it , that he will not pay me that sum , but when yon call on him in your official capacity as Secretary , he will pay you . David Catke . 32 , Fleet-lane , City of London , May 16 th , 1813 .

      The Northern Star. Saturday, May 20, 1843.

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      ¥ OR THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . £ a . d . From three friends at Harrogate 0 13 „ Croyden , C Segrave 0 10 0 „ silk mill at Horsforth 0 , 1 11 ^ . Knaresbro" , per J . D ... 0 0 3 A „ an old Radical ' 0 0 6 " _ J . 9 . Cullen 0 0 4 „ J . Farmsworth and J . Twist , Amertca i 0 „ Delph , Saddlewortb , per W . Hirst ... 0 11 0 „ The Cap of Liberty , fifth subscription of one pound each 1 0 0 „ BJHghton , per George Giles ... ... 0 10 0 „ W . T . L ., London 0 5 0 „ The Eancliffe Arms , Nottingham , per J . Sweet 0 5 6 ,. Wear Pottery , for Mr . Campbell Smlthwicfc 0 7 0 i . Clitheroe , per James Heaton 2 0 0

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 20, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct934/page/4/