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      UR 3 . ELLIS AND HEB FAMILY . xp have jeeeived in reference to ibis snffarer under rtJ ^^ jDra ^ TeTTstem the foBowing communications , SL * % « i oubBBh both In justice to the generous parties J ^ tom they emanate , and that if Mm . Ellis be ^ SfLod to accept tie offer , her friends may hare Jjjartenfcy for mating U » axrangemento : — " AlooK House , Ham Common , " 26 th Jan . 18 * 3 . *« Mt Peab Me . Hill—On reading the Northern ^ tie 21 st , the Spirit moved me almost to tears t ins fsieof oar brother Ellis and his forlorn famBy YtaTsoniB time reflecting on-what could be done to

      » the dildren or me expamaiea p&moi rrom me "t ^ eonJequEnces of their present position , I -was moved SfthB Spirit to recommend their case to the attention * » onr Pater , a 1 * sucgest *^ t " » e might take osb of SLduldren Into our Concordram , to receive its main-** n * aee and education as an adopted child . Mr OldrTfcoweTer , suggested that an offer might be made l ^ Hiare than ona of the xMHren . His proposition yon ! Si end jrecorded in the accompanying note . « I wa very mnch pleased to read your remarks in j . -jjjb paper , on the present position of the Batioaal { r ^ sett at Harmony Ha : j as well as your Adviee to ^ Ss safl Socialists Beyer to oppose each other . S flg jjey have ihe same end in view , "namely , the *~ ~ uaoa 8 on of man from the influence of the evil

      rjytical , leligioas i aDd social conditions in wfiicn taey ^ rfso long been enthralled . I have been an advocate ** T . pncSssl Socialist for the last twenty-fire years , all occasions wgiisg the principles and practice SL « of in preference to all other modes of reform . ?~ £ kese principles have induced me always to give a rS jj- hand to any individual or party to the extent jS- ^ irare inclined to move ;—waiting pafiently fill ? her vere convinced to go further . Go on , my Dear * E * to urge * 2 parSes to cry alond Sot the people to be idaobd on the land , that they may thereby -work ont I ^ L jajfiesl independence . » WllblOTB to 3 dr . Hobson ind yourself , ' . ' Tours , »» Alex . Campbell . " " Ham Common , " 2 rth Jan .. 1843 .

      « DEiB SiB , —Oae of onr family having introduced te 3 B 31 a ^ se the appeal to the pnblio in the Northern Stem behalf o ! the widowed Mrs . Ellis , 1 reflected man wb » i « ° tild be done by us for her benefit , and it Zgjjjei to me that by some extra industry oo onr part , adisoiM sBJStonce on the part of onr friends , we ^ a TOaerfcis the board , lodging , washing , dothing , ^ siefoai&i of two out of her four children at about vjjfcar naJe ^ ajge . u yjbaA nine pounds a year for each can be secured jrtjj , jyscj "responsible person or persona , and paid -jjftajyin advance , I will willingly take two , either vpp or prls , or one of each , and place them on the jjjue footing as all the other children in the school This is , provided they are of go * d organization and

      "if the ? choose to remain in the Institution after guy sreaxteen years of age a free provision will be nods for them for life , or if they prefer it , a position cbteiBed for them elsewhere . » I enclose a Prospectus , and am , " Dear Sir , " Toms , respectfully , » ' Wx . Ouffltii . " ^ JSOSPiCTCS 5 a 2 , OP THE FIRST COSCOBDHTM , ox vsvvsnaxL basmoxt college , ham-COlOtOS , SXTEBET . "The Spirit requires Leve conditions , Light eandigsa , v& Life conditions . " The Domestic circle furnishes the Love conditions —those -through which and by which the Spirit can KBHite the deepest sympathies .

      " The School , or social circle , furnishes the Light conditions—those through which the Spirit can genenU intelligence and the delights thereof . "lbs labour drcle furnishes the life conditionsihose through which the Spirit can generate uses and fits plusarei ihereoi " GB . BATXS , " * Eha projector of the Concordium idea having obtoifid the tease , furniture , ic , of the premises formerly

      knowa -u the Aleott House Educational Establishment , 8 S Ttim Common , Surrey , to be nsed solely for the nnlveral good , has , in association with other friends of progress , commenced the practical operations of it ; and in this sod the former Prospectus endeavours to set forth the present state of progress and its future prospects , together with its basis , principles , and ^ objects , sod the manner and ttip ^ w by which it is designed to czrr it into execution .

      " The CoBcordism is in the delightful aeighhoBihood oIBichmand , ten miles from Hyde Park Comer . 2 hs extent d the grounds is about fiiree acres , of most fTfcJipnt sal , fm all lands of horticultural purposes . About £ re hmdred . excellent fruit trees and boshes hare been added to the garden , which in a few years , viZI become a productive orchard , and supply , to a fre&t extent , simple and pore food lor the family , at fis asms time increasing the beauty of the grounds . "Ha number ol associates at present is about twelve . Ih » premises are capable of accommodating abont eighty Tunrm * including (^ TItItstv " BASIS . " . BASIS .

      s Thfi basis of the Concordium is love , as manifested a goodness , wisdom , power . This spirit is that which fsncTn }? ^ that inspires and that sustains the Concordist . H = qk it may jbe termed the Concord-spirit , or uniting bn-kmd , "PBI 5 CIPIJES JSB OBJECTS . "EiasodeJy , recognizing the spirit law , and robmiifaftoit , endeavours to snpply the conditions best ifisjted to its legnirfemfints . "These conditions are the kindest and meet enduring » S ^ ai , the wisest and meat true jndgment , and the vuri indefatigable- industry . "Ihe workinf out of these means , in harmony with & 6 innvErssl laws , will he the constant aim of the flfopetora and members .

      "Eence it ^ is their duty delight to exercise an tmrtral undeviating sympathy with all creatures who : coos vs&st th ° ir notice , without respect to class , ! comtrj , or other contingent circumstances . j "The principles and general plan of the Establish- ; * sait have been stated in the first ^ prospectus ; but we [ * ill repeat , Shat the object of this Institution is to ; t £ et a _ T 6 nt 2 ^ eoTis fnp 3 | T "' for the evolution of Hioral ! ^ rrrilfncf , dear intelligence , and -ragourons bodily hsUtii sad Srenglh , in which the theoBopher , the phi-1

      3080 ^ 61 , 216 juan of science , the poet , the artist , and < Hbe srfian , nay find an agreeable field of action com- ) Dined witk a primitive home , where , free from all care } and anxiety about the future , each may elaborate his * nra 6 sa » ide&m practical social life , nnannoyed by the { fegnsEi obstructioEs "which bo generally prevail in the \ tanpistltiTB world . j "Freedom of feeling , thought , apeecli , and action , j * 31 at all times be encouraged ; while the excesses of j * ifl " » B 1 be prevented , and the utmost endeavour | tod to ^ evdope a taste for the good , tile true , and the ; wantifid in all things . j

      " MEA 5 S . j ""When fairly established , it h presamed that the ; ** enl sources of income which are proposed will be 1 ^ kgisie to its healthy support and extension . They 1 ta four , Tii , the entrance fees ; the receipts of the ; s&ttaSYB department ; the produce of the lab » nr of the { ^^ bera ; tie donati ons of ita patrons . j "Shoald these means ever exceed the expenditure , j Sttiniphu to be devoted for ever to the extension of J 2 * beaeSts here p . opossd to mankind in other disraJ * ca eoaniriBa .

      « ' GOTKESJtEXT . "lbs fjnn of government is patriarchal . It consists * &s rater , and the Executive Council appointed by ta > tiowin , as much as possible , direct all itsEfiairs r ^ H « fl with the whole of the family , as the daily ^^ aaa may demand . " ADMISSION OF JtEMBERS . "The Pata is now prepared to receive propesals Z ^ W ^ aaaidaUs , male or female , for probationary rr *** " . <* fcr chadrea for the schooL The former *™** 6 vad upon . probation for three months , when if ^¦ s By igHsed jtlsev win be taken into full member-*? a 8 Ka who are actual producers , by skill or ff ^ « w » e their expenditure , will not be required to ^^ onte aETQuEg to the fueds beyond their personal

      ^ J&ass s 31 Q { j 0 EOi prince more ^>»> ti the consiimp-I *?"]* 21 1 » J about ten pounds admission fee when re-^ oamEmbera . Evtr after this they will be pro-•^^ na Dfeedfnl food , clothing , lodging , washing , ""* i Eoncatitai . " PHOPEBTT . " intS ^ °° ^ ™ Sture , &c , bronght in by a member » d a ? 5 ^ 11 3 *^ heT Property . ™ & «* possession , jg ^^ y »» token sway if he or she leaves the Institj ^ a , ™^^ whatever will at any time have a lass , - ^ Goacordium property ; it is ever to ^^^ gal , and not individual < K * ia ^ S- IEnnmera ^ " w ^ ateTer k given to any ^ aaEjr T *?® from and for love , without asy cen-^^*« Jsettiiiary Teward .

      ^ Sis . ' ^^^ lES 0 ? KEMBKBS . -fcfc ^* fia CDncordinm-wai be generally divided fea ^^^ N parts : eight hours for active labour JajMij ^ « nefit of the society ; wght hours for " Ajj ^ Zg ^ enient ; and ^ ghthourB for sleep , ^ % towT ? 3 mans f w obtaining the dearest know-Btay ^ S ^ Pio » Should be industriously nsed by tt j ^^^ tm must also be given to every variety is tntssslir * ' ?* ' fw the fun development of the body , k ^ ^^ -wila all that is productive , mefnl , good , nj . " •«> ' » A 5 TAGXS TO KE 31 BEKS . fe eo . ffl& ^ t * J ^? ^™ Uie Concordium are , Bfioj , ^ ^ s wsroairg anxietiss of trade , compt-^ Ue ^^^" ' ^ Ea ^ esMa tn ^ n of ills - « w mpa 2 j ajja ^ eT ^ iadiyia ^ ia ^ jts

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      of ordinary society ; exemption from the fears of poverty , from rent and taxes , from debts and debtors . "Security of fine healthy air and exercise , batfca , books , lectures , and lessons in various subjects in science , Bit , aa 3 philosophy . "Bj a conoentrative talon of affsoiion , judgment , and industry , -will be secured a moral , intellectual , and physical prosperity r and , so far as concord can be actuaiiBed , will adversity he unknown , and all means applied to the one great end—man ' s highest destiny . "Every member is , as far as possible , emancipated from the cares and anxieties of riches and poverty , having all needful supplies of food , lodging , clothing , and education abundantly provided . " Every member has an equal right to all the privileges of the Institution whilBt snfeject to its laws . " Single bedB are provided for all , and every endeavour made to promote domestic comfort "DIFPDS 10 S OF KNOWLEDGE . " Occasional missionary tonrs . will be taken by those best qualified for the work , in order to diffuse the knowledge of the principles and progress of the Society , reports of which will be published , at least annually . Tracts and baoks will also fee circulated . " EDUCATION . " The school consists of children of both sexes , and all ages , who will be under the constant supervision of suitable teachers , according to their age and requirements . " The usual course of instruction will be given to all as they are able to receive it , which will consist of reading , writing , mathematics , grammar , and elocution , geography , geometry , and drawing , and any other useful knowledge which may be found practicable , the object being to develope all the powers of the triune organization , a ud to render them as perfect and com * plete as they are capable of , in the best conditions the directors are able to provide for the purpose . " The terms are from four to six pounds a quarter , paid in advance , which includes tuition , clothes , washing , board , lodging , and use of books . No vacations are given , except at the request of parents .

      " Ea . cn member may be alt ^ aately a pupil and a teacher , according to the nature of the lesson given and their several qualifications . " The great variety of subjects taught , and the variety of te&chera employed in the woik , wil \ give an expansion to the conditions for developement that cannot be had in ordinary schools . " Several handicraft works will be carried on in the Concordium , and , as far as practicable , taught to the pnpfls .

      " APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC . " As a general principle , the Institution is a selfsupporting one . At the cutset , however , fnnds from extraneous sources will be needful ; therefore , the friends of beneficence are respectfully appealed to for their kindly help in this love labour , either in the shape of advice , money , books , implements , fruits , apparatus , of any useful or ornamental kind , that benevolence may suggest " The friends of virtuous liberty have now an opportunity of placing orphan and destitute children in the happiest circumstances , for their progress as universal beings , at a -very moderate expence ; or may here secure constant provision for the honourable and industrious of either sex , and of any age , provided only that they conform to the simple rules of the Society .

      •* Arrangements may be made with parents to enter the Establishment with their children . " Persons of limited independent income , would find great advantages by entering such a house . " Any further particulars that may be required will be cheerfully given , upon applying , either personally oi by letter , to the Pater , at the College . " Wm- Oldham , Patei . " Cencardlum , Jan . 1 , 1843 . "

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      TTEWS OP THE PARISH CHURCH . TO THE ED 1 T 0 B OP THi KOHTHBHJf STAB . Sib ., —It is now about fifteen months since I finished a aeries of drawings of the Parish Church , which were submitted to the inspection of a lady named Sharp ( who seems to be in the employ of the Vicar and Church people ) , who , at the time , expressed her admiration of them and left my house . She came again about six o ' clock the same evening , and requested that my wife would go to the Bank School , as it was her intention to introduce the . drawings to Dr . Hook aod other clergymen ( there being several at the presentation of a piece of plate to one of the Rev . G-enOemea connected with the Parish Chnrch who was retiring from ill health ) at the conclusion of the service , && Hiss Sharpe , agreeable to promise , introduced the drawings

      to the notice of the Vicar and others present . After criticism of abont twenty minutes , Dr . Hoek handed to my wife the portfolio-containing the drawings , with the injunction that she was to send her husband to the Ticarage in the morning with them , and be sure to keep them dean . When morning arrived , I went , as was my custom ., to see if I could find employment at my trade , being then , as I am now , dubbed " a cropper ont of employment "' On my return from my useless mission about nine o ' clock , Miss Sharp had been at my house , and read a note , which she said she brought at the command of the Vicar , and which stated that the drawings were to be taken to Mr . Cbantrell , the architect of the Pariah Church , for his opinion as to their correctness , &c . and also for valuation , as the Vicar intended to give what he ( Mr . C . ) would reasonably value them at , hoping the man might be paid for his labour . I accordingly went to Mr . C , at Oatiand ' s

      Cottage , but did not see him . 1 left the note and drawings , and went again the next morning , when Mr . C was pleased to say that my drawings were by far the best he had seen of the Chnrch , and not like the advertised caricatures of the pretended artists , who were unworthy the name . In fact , so pleased was Mr . C with xsy production , that he put in the gates , that were in course of erection , himself , and said that he would tell , in confidence , the value which he intended to attach to them , and that I might make nse of Mb name wherever the churches were mentioned in my presence . The worth of the pictures , says he , in my opinion , is more than I will set upon them , as yon may get a number to do . I therefore say to you , in cenfidence , that I value them at two pounds each , at which price I hope yon wil ] dispose of many , as they most have fciken you a great length of time , ( about a quarter of a year . )

      After leaving Mr . C " s . 1 took them to the Intelligencer and other newspaper offices , but nnfortunately , I met none of the editors but yourself , after which I delivered them at the Vicarage The same day that I left the drawings at the Ticarage , I was waited upon by Miss Sharp , who stated that Dt , Hook had made a present of one of the pictures ( the Consecration procession , 8 . "W . View ) and that I must see him . I therefore weEt to the Vicarage and waB informed 3 hat the Doctor was at Church , and that I might see him st the close of the service . At the conclusion of the sermoa the Doctor said that he had presented Mr . «—— , with one of the viewB , and that I must furnish another , in order to make good his lot All this took place in the church whilst the Doctor was in bis robes . Iflniahed another according to his order , and left it at the Vicarage .

      In a few days after , I met the Doctor in company with another gentleman in Kirkgate , when the Doctor gave me a sovereigm , saying that there were four views , and that would be at the rate of five shillings each for them , and that he would give me some more when he saw me again , as- that might be useful at present , I being ont of employment The foDowing week , I saw the Doctor at the Vicarage , when he gave me another pound , saying , that that would be at tie sate of ten TfrVningB each , that he had

      not seen Mr . ChantrelL In the course of a few days , I called agaip , and was informed that he had seen Mr . Chantrell and that he had expressed bis approbation of the views , bat no conversation took place , relative to the price ef them . He further stated that he had shewn them to Mr . Headen , the celebrated Historical painter , who , he also stated , was so pleased with my productions , that if they were sent to Londenfor the purpose of Lithographing , that he would superintend the work gratuitously , there being little minutiae that would have to be attended to in case of their being so

      printed . On my next visit to the Vicarage , I received from the Doctor half-a-crown , with orders to wait upon Mr . Chantrell , Mr . Burrows , or others , to know what the expence of lithographing would be , and who was the most proper person to perform the work , as he would head a subscription for the purpose . I waited upon Mr . Chantrell , whostated that he did not exactly know-what the cost of lithographing would be , but he thought -that Mx . Masser would be a likely person to execute the work wonld

      Mr . Burrows was of opinion that the work be best executed in London , but was afraid that it weuld be a bad speculation , as a great many of Mr . Green's and Mr . MasseT's views bad been disposed of , and that I might put my friends to a great expencs without the hopes of any remuneration for myselt All this 1 told the Doctor , when he told me that I might make nse of his name whenever I thongbtit might be advantageous to me relative to the drawings . It was months after ere I saw the . Vicar ithongh I often called at his residence ) bmt being pressed for rent , and very ill at the time , I sent my wife one momingto the vicarage , when the Doctor told her that he had no "tickeUior wrap , " and she must apply to Mr . Hills . My wife said that she did not want any tickets , but wanted a settlement for the drawing * of the Parish Church j when he ssve her a shilling , saying that he had settled for them . She told him that we did not think so , and that it was not a gentleman ^ actien ; whereupon he

      left her immediately . I waited upon him myself the next morning , being then a more fitting person to be waited upon by a surgeon ; the Doctor gave me a shilling , and said he had not seen Mr . ChantreTl , and that he thought he had paid sufficient for my drawings . I then sent a note stating that Mr . C . had valued the drawings to me at two pounds each ; and that being pressed for my rent , and -winter app «> aehing , a speedy settlement would much uhlke . By the advice of a few friends , 1 went to iir . CuaEtreu ' s tffice in order to get a note Irom him to Dr . Hook , ( Hi . C having stated at mj visit to

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      Oatland ' a Cottage bally the valne of the picture , ) in order that there might be no mistake about the price , and as evidence for me afterwards . On inquiring for Mr . C I was told by one of the yeung men , that be was in London , and that Dr . Hook had addressed a letter to him relative to my drawings , and if I would only wait a few days that they wonld be settled for . After waiting abont sixteen days , I called again , when I was informed thatthey had heard nothing ; I was , therefore , under the diRagreeable necessity ofsending his Reverence a Pontefract Court summons . The case came on for hearing on the second of January , when nearly the whole ol the above was adduced in evidence on my part , withont the least contradiction The Vicar was defended by a solicitor , who ) nsed his endeavonrs to make it appear to the Court that there were only three drawinga ; in this he completely broke down . The most singular feature in the cass of Mr . Chantiell , was

      that he stated he could not tax his memory with what took place so loeg ago ; but admitted in his cross-examination by me , that all I stated was correct , and that they were a great deal better than the advertised drawings , in fact they were the only good drawings of the church he had seen , and that they were worth between two and three pounds each , ** as works of art , ** ( a sentence which he never used in my hearing before . ) Three of the drawings were now produced in Court , at the request of Mr . Marshall , when Mr . a renewed his former praise of the pictures , but left tbe place he occupied in C ^ urt , and coining close t « Mr . Marshall he said that they were certainly worth the money , as workBof art , tu > Mr . O'Rouke was not a professional man , but a journeyman cropper tut of employment , and had never received a lesson in drawing in his life , consequently they were not so much worth as if done by a professional man . The case at once assumed a Dew form , as Mr . Marshall said that he thought a sale was not proved .

      Mr . Chantrill was all charity , as waa also Mr . Marshall , together with all professional , and would-beprofessional , gentlemen in court ; I stoutly maintaining that it was not charity I wanted but payment for my labour . The vicar being in Court , and he saying that he had no particular use for them , the verdict was , that I must have the drawings back , pay the expenses , ( fifteen shillings and ten-pence , including summons ) and keep the two pounds four shillings and sixpence received . The Vicar , evidently ashamed of the job , said as Mr . O'Reuke was a poor man and out of employment , he would pay the expences ( and be put his band in his pocket for the purpose , j when Mr . Marshall , with a waive of his hand , ( I suppose a professional one ) sad , " he would not allow it . " John O'Rovke . Wheeler-street , Jan . 11 , 18-13 .

      P . S . —I have sent twice to the Vicarage for the pictures , and the messenger was told to call on Thursday for aa answer ; however , at tbe conclusion of my long letter , a young man from the Vicars attorney called with three of the drawings ' , which are in a sad damaged state , being dirtied and tsrn to such a degree that they were three pounds worse than when delivered . Here is an end of the history of the Parish Cfeurches , as drawn by Your humble servant , J . OR .

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      TO THE CHARTIST PUBLIC . Upon the necessity of the establishment of a national benefit society as part and parcel of our political organization for the purpose of ameliorating tbe present distressed condition of the working class , the assistance of political victims , or marked men , and thereby to help forward , our mighty cause .

      TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Allow me , most respected Sir , through the medium of your Star of liberty , to call the attention of my fellows to the above-named all-important objects . Brother philanthropists and struggling slaves , beholding in the misery and abject wretchedness , that hath overtaken thousands of our fellow mortals , through the closing of their rescources by the legislation of the master class , . the awful gulf into which it appears bat too evident that tbe great mass of the toiling class will be plunged , except we arrest the progress of this golden scourge , this wealthy plague , with its iron Juggernauts , its numerous monopolies , and its monster monopoly—class legislation—to tffcet which it is necessary that our Organization should be most perfect ,

      that all its weight may be brought to bear upon the barriers of tbe dominant faction . To perfect our Organization it is necessary that we should pay as much attention to the physical wants of our members as to their mental cultivation ; in more homely phrase , we must add to our lectures on moral power and onion , a weighty edition of Bacon ; our ranks are poor , and are still becoming poorer ; indeed , many have sacrificed their all in tbe cause ; many have been driven from house and home by prejudiced employers for advocating onr cams to perish in the streets and lanes , with their wives and little ones , and thousands have been engulfed in that ruin which we prophesied would overtake tib , and had united by all out energies to prevent , —had the middle class been Christians , they would have joined us , and together we should have accomplished onr truly Christian object ; but they have stood aloof ,

      and many of them are now suffering for their shocking and evil deeds ; but let us make up for their lack through our own extra exertions . Had we begun the work in the few years of apparent prosperity that preceded this crisis , we should have effected our purpose years since . But remember tbe old adage , " Better late than never . ' Let as endeavour to repair the errors of the past by improving the present time . And seeing that tbe propriety of a Convention or Conference is urged to alter and amend the Plan of Organization , I desire to lay before the people a Plan for a National Benefit Society , which I have , after much pains and study from time to time , drawn np with a view to meet the various circumstances of the working class , that they may be amalgamated into one great Union , for the assistance of each other through the manifold trials of our present system .

      If the Editor of this paper will allow me space therein to lay the plan I have prepared before the country , I would gladly avail myself thereof , as I think it should be laid before the country previous to the meeting of the Conference to amend tbe Rules , that the people may instruct their delegates thereon , in order tb&t both subjects may be considered and a plan adapted to the wishes and wants of the people be set in a fair way for accomplishment Some may object , that this is too mnch to attempt at once . But let me remind them of our industry and energy ; what fortunes thereby we have made for

      others ! Let us therewith make one mighty effort for ourselves , and we shall find all obstacles crumble before us . Forget not that all are sot reduced to wretchedness ; that many have yet a penny to spare for this saving purpose , and will give it , and more , to save them , selves from that wide gaping maw of horrors wbeiein so many of their fellows are enduring a more than bell upon this fruitful earth . Hoping yon will pay Borne attention to this subject , I remain , Yours , in truth , Gracchus .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF TUE NORTHERN SlAR . Sib , —With your permission , I beg to call public attention to an article upon the North Midland Railway in the Leeds Mercury of last week . Your contemporary in the fulness of his joy and happiness at what he terms " tbe present working of the Railway , '' forgets to state " the causes" which led to the " lamentable event" of sending a spirit unbidden into the presence of its Maker . Be that task mine . But first , I must state for the public satit fiction , that I have made a searching inquiry into the slanderous charges which the Mercury has bolstered up ( for what purpose you may readily guess ) against the old and

      really experienced enginemen , and find that there is not tbe slightest shadow of foundation for nnh charges . Had they been troe , the Mercury would not have failed to trumpet to the world the names of the slandered individuals . I now defy him . With " anonymous" and " alarmttiff" writers the public have nothing to do ; it is tbe fads written by them to which the Mercury and the public must turn their attention . Truth is truth , though the writer or speaker of it should be the Arcb-Fiend himself ; and it really would be more respectable and becoming on the part of the Mercury to grapple with facts thaa to have recourse to the meao subterfuge of aspersion and slander .

      To resume , the causes of tbe late lamentable " manslaughter'" of poor Mr . Harvey , and the consequent bsreavement of his broken-hearted widow , left as she is in a delicate state , and which most render her grief , her desolation , and her loss more poignant are—First , the resignation of tbe old Directors , because , as they said in their report , they could not , nor would not consent to the reduction then proposed , and now carried out by the ( then ) Committee ( now Directors ) of this Railway . Second , Because , as the old Directors said , ¦ ' that reduction was about to be carried beyond the point of efficiency and safely . " Third , Because reduction has been carried out , and its first fruits are the loss of from £ 3000 to £ 6000 in the Company's property alone , not to speak of tbe immense loss to the Company arising from the terror-strisken public taking other conveyances rather than risk being manslaughtered , as poor Mr . Harvey has been .

      My last letter of facts was written and copies of it in London a week before the manslaughter took place , and how dreadfully have my predictions been realized , and what an awful responsibility must rest on the shoulders of those directors who planned , and executed those reckless deeds in defiance of the warnings of the press , the experience of tbe old and practical directors , and tbe publicly expressed opinion ef every servant upon the line . Allow me to ask yon , Mr . Hudson , as tbe prime mover of this railway revolution , whether or not I have proved in the columns of the Railway Magazine , that yon are , and have been , participating in an unjust profit of from £ 2 , 000 to £ 6 , 000 yearly , which ought to belong to the shareholders , and which would more than cover yonr proposed reduction of the wages of this deserving body of engiEemen !

      Now , if you was to give up this £ 18 , 000 to tbe shareholders , tbe dreadful txperimt-ntof confiding the lives of hundreds of human beings to the care of urc-xperiencfcd , and intfiicieatmtn , would rjever bavo beeu

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      ?* i » ° u- W < W , Harvey have had to bewail the death of he ? affectionate husband , nor would the railroad have been bestrewed with tbe blood and brains of poor Mr . Harvey , the carriages doubled up like paper , and the company ' s property and reputation finned and made a finger-post of . as the road to ruin , and aa tbe bye-word of scorn , and execration to the world . 1 wonld ask those Directors whether they have not broken their Act of Parliament , granted to them conl ? Tu \ l * pablic accommodation - mi public safely should be the grand desideratum for their consideration ? Knowing , as they must have dene , the inerperience and tauten of Jenkins , fo * his situation , I have no hesitation m saying thatthey are morally guilty of the manslaughter , if tuty are not legally gailty .

      I put the question to any rational being , is it for a moment likely , that the man , Jenkins , would vrilfulty run nis engine into another train , when he well knew that the chances were a thousand to one against his own hfo being saved ? If J ° ^ e"tand Backstone and Cooke aright , death from self-defence or negligence , constitutes manslaughter ; now the evidence does not prove either one ot the other of thos e things ; incompetency was the sole cause of the manslaughter , and if Jenkins be convicted , and the directors pass unscathed , then I say that trial by J ? ry is a farce , and a complete libel on the laws of Eagland . Jenkins never was a "fitter" or " mechanic '

      he was a blacksmith ' s striker at Greenhead , for three years with Matthew- Tindal . ke was jobbing upon the Newcastle and Carlisle railway for four years , bat was a fireman only a few days . Ha had been a fireman upon tbe North Midland about one year . Alas , Messrs . Mercury for your veracity , the " truth" of your articles is seen upon the face of them . According to you , Jtnkins must have been a mechanic in embryo , or have had a very precocious genius for mechanism ; he is now only turned twenty-one years of age , yet you have made him a " mechanic ' s" ot " fitter ' s" apprentice , seven years old when bound an apprentice ; it might be true , but I must say that I , for one , cannot believe it .

      I now quote from my last letter why engine-men should have seven shillings a day : ~ First—Because the safety of the lives and limbs of her Majesty ' s subjects , and , indeed , of her Majesty ' s person , are dependant upon their " skill '' and " experience . ' Secand—Because their constitutions at © eatly wrecked by their employment , and they are prematurely superannuated . Tfaird—Because they are subjected to double expences by being the greater part of their time miles from their borne , which brings their wages to a level with tbe mechanic , or stationary engineer , with this difference , that the last-mentioned enjoy health , Bafety , and comfort , while the locomotive engine-man has hiB health sacrificed , safety endangered , and comfort annihilated .

      I might say much of the doings of the Fox " Cabery , and of tue simplicity of the Groose Marshall , for standing the brunt of bis mishaps , together with the intimidation and coercion used by certain parties to ?* make " incompetent men take upon themselves the part of engine-drivers ; but my letter is already too long , and , I am not " anonymous , " though I am PUBIilCO . P . S . I have learned , since the closlne of my letter , that petitions are at alt the hotels and coffee houses in the town , praying tbe Directors to reinstate tbe experienced engine-men . D ^ es not this sp eak volumes ? Puuuco .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir—You will perhaps allow me to correct a false impression , relative to tbe course I pursued at the late Conference , conveyed by one of the leading articles in your paper of the 21 st iBBtant . In the article alluded to there occurs the following passage : — " And to what conclusion shall we come respecting the honesty and sincerity of tbe party ( the Complete Suffragists ) who having rejected that proposition ( Mr . Lovett's ) yet brought forward , through Mr . Somera , an additional ameidment , embodying that same proposition , in the mere hope of dividing their opponents' rankB by catching up a few " fl&ta" in the " rejected" net . In this passage you unhesitatingly make me the tool of the Complete Suffrage party , bringing forward an amendment at their dictation and for the furtherance of their party endB .

      Now , sir , what predicament would you be placed in were I request you to produce the evidence which justifies you in bringing such a grave cbaTge against me ? Where would be your prouf ? Would it not fritter down to a mere suspicion , founded on no fact , but lurking only in your own mind ? And yet upon the strength of such suspicion you publicly and unceremoniously degrade into a mere party hack one who can say without vanity , that in all his public acts he baa been influenced by no stronger motives than the freedom of bis country and the welfare of bis fellow men . Come , come , Mr . Editor , this won't do . Tbis is not democracy . Allow me , in vindication of myself , to declare , that so far from ; being influenced by any party to bring forward my

      amendment , I did not so mnch as hint my intention of proposing aucb an amendment to a single human being until I propesod it publicly in the Conference ; aud as to the object I wished to serve by the amendment , I also solemnly declare that my sole object was to remove an obstacle which the silly prejudice of the parties had raised to the progress of the business for which the Conference was called . The amendment oecnrred to me while sitting in the Conference during the speeches of Mr . Lovefct , Mr . O'Connor , Dr . Ritchie , and others , who spoke before mi . The speeches on both Bides convinced me that the point of dispute was tbe most paltry and insignificant that could possibly be imagined , but yet one which was calculated to

      provoke the pride and sectarianism of both patties ; and that therefore it was tbe duty of every friend of union to propose aurh a course as would give a triumph to neither party , but conciliate and do justice to both , and so prevent the disruption of the Conference . It was with these views that I felt it to be my duty to propose that both the Charter and the Bill of Rights be taken equally and conjointly as the basis of discussion . Tbe more I consider and examine this proposal , tbe more am I convinced of ita soundness , of its entire freedom from sectarianism , and that bad it been adopted , it would have smoothed tbe proceedings of the Conference , and done much to secure that unity of aim and action which is so essential to tbe success ot

      our common cause . ; You have fallen into another error , Mr . Editor , when yen insinuate that Mr . Lovett proposed to lay both bills on the table before my amendment was moved . Tbe fact 1 b , that my amendment was moved at the commencement of tbe discussion , and Mr . Lovett ' s proposition was not made until the close . This is important ; because what higher eulogium could be passed on my amendment than for Mr . Lovett to rise after a long and protracted discussion , and in ^ he name , and as tbe representative of the whole Chartist party , propose to withdraw hiB own amendment , and adopt mine , providing that tbe Complete Suffragists would make a similar concession .

      Was not tbis an open acknowledgement that my amendment was wise , prudent , conciliatory , and well calculated to settle the point in dispute ? By Mr . Lovetfa proposition the Chartists have stamped the seal of their approbation on my amendment , and I cannot but believe that the great bedy of tbe Complete Suffragists would have done the same had there not bee i an apparent predetermination on the part of some of their leaders to stand or fall by their motion . I regret that any of the Complete Suffrage leaders should have been so dogged " . ' I have ever condemned , and still continue to condemn their conduct in tbis respect . I have condemned it in private , and I condemned it in public , so far as I could , by remaining with the majority of the Conference , after the Complete Suffragists seceded .

      But what to there in all these circumstances to justify your charge that I acted as the puppet of a party ? I bring forward my amendment candidly , without consulting privately the opinions of any man , or any party whatever . Moderate men on both sides approve of it ; one party offers to agree to it , tbe other refuses ; the votes are taken ; I stand by my amendment , I vote for it and for it only ; and yet the organ of the party who offared to agree to my proposal turns round and charges me with being the tool of the pwty wbo rejected it . He niust be blind indeed who doea not see the utter groundlessness of such a charge . And why am I thus anxious to remove tbis charge ? Because I hate to be thought the tool of the Complete Suffrage party , and wish to court the favour of the Chartist ? No I But because I hate to be thought the tool of any party . I went to the Conference as free from party spirit as I

      could possibly diveat myself . I went not as a Chartist or as a Complete Suffragist , but as a lover of my country . I held no inflated opinions of the superiority of either party , but believed that there were good and honest men in both parties . On the one side I saw the active spirits of the working millions , and on the other the noble minds of the middle-class ; the indispensable energy of unenfranchised masses , and the equally valuable power of electoriat privileges . My determination , therefore , was to consider , not what would best promote tbe triumph of either party , bat what would best promote the unien of both and the triumph of tbe common good . And now I have the inward satisfaction of believing that I sustained tbis determination throughout tbe whole proceedings of the Conference , and proved tbat while I could do justice to both parties , I wenld bend to the prejudices of neither .

      It is no doubt agreeable to see the triumph of tbe party to which we belong , and there may be some who would prefer disunion rather than sacrifice party feeling ; but when such selfish gratifications involve the freedom of a country and the interests of oppressed millions , it would be baseness : not to relinquish them . It wonld have been well had parties in the Conference kept this maxim constantly in their remembrance . I fear , however , that they have displayed more anxiety to gratify their parly feelings , than to relieve tbe oppressions of the multitude . Instead of uniting they have divided—instead of giving one bill to the country , they have given two—instead of forming the people into one firm and united phalanx , they have broken them up into sections , agreeing in principles and even in details , and differing only iu name and leadership , yet hostile to each ether , contending witb each otUer , aud tcaxiug and lending the country

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      with strife , as if it were not tarn land rent eson ; b already by the tyranny of the oppressor . It is impossible not to see the effects of such division It will throw back tbe cause of freedom , how long I cannot tell—bat if pressed for an answer I would say until men agreeing on principles have the sense to unite . No doubt such onion will come at lost . In the meantime , however , I most enter my solemn protest against such folly , and hold parties responsible for every hour which their factiousness adds to the term of tbe people ' s slavery . j I am . Sir , \ Yours in the cause of freedom , Newton Stewart , Robert Somers . 27 th Jan ., 1843 . i

      [ We give this letter with much pleasure . The fact tbat Mr . Somers remained with the j Conference after the secession of the Sturgemen was not known to ub , and we wrote under the impression that he had gone with them ; which we think would have justified the inference we drew . That ] fact establishes Mr . Somers ' s exemption from any unfair party bios , and his claim to tbe title ot an honourable independent man . We think Mr . Somers is in error about the proposal of Mr . Lovett ^ Wa believe Mr . Lovett ' a proposal waa made to the ! Council of the Complete Suffragists before the resumption of the debate on the morning of the second day , though the announcement of it to tbe Conference was not ma £ e till the close of the debate . —Ed . MS . ]

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      repeat tbe experiment—and who can deny the solicits " tion ? Tbe " interesting situation" of the Monarch , is a tale for every ear , a theme for every tongue ; two of the consorts of tbe patriots , have the same ordeal to pass more quickly , and will yon suffer to be added to " nature ' s sorrow" tbe grief of solitude and want ? Let a million generous hearts reverberate the consolation , " NO I " The Ganetal Fund is requisite , let it be long and well supplied ; but the claims of the Potteries are immediate and urgent A committee is appointed , find them some work ; stimulate their esertioa < £ nd let the dear wives and children of the captives be cheered and nourished in their absence . Mr . H . Forster , Etruria , Potteries , will receive and duly account far all remittances .

      Scolia , one of your servants , who has laboured extensively among you , asks your sympathy , —justify his confidence , and let your mites mitigate your brother Southern ' s wrongs . Cordially and faithfully , Taos . Daties , Delegate to Conference from Hawick . Macclesfield , Jan . 24 th , 1843 .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir—On behalf of the committee I am appointed to request you , if possible , to kindly spare aa much room in your valuable paper , as would give the enclosed insertion ; by doing so you will greatly oblige Yours , &c , Charles Taylor , Painter . Sub-Secretary to the National Chatter Association . TO THE CHARTISTS OF MANCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS .

      Brother Chartists . —The time approaches when those friends of freedom , who stand foremost ; in the democratic ranks , advocating the rights and liberties of the poverty-stricken and enslaved victims of Class Legislation , will be placed upon their trials ; out duty then , as men and Chartists , being by all means in our power , to aid and assjst in raising funds for their defence , a committee has been formed in Manchester to get up a clothes-Raffia ( the approbation of the General Council of Manchester baving been given to the plan laid before them for such object ) the profits arising from which will realize a sum of five pounda , for the benefit of the General Defence Fund , and which at the same time will furnish the winners with good and substantial wearing apparel . The committee earnestly call upon you in your various localities to render them your support and co-operation in carrying the same into effect .

      PLAN OF THE RAFFLE . £ 8 d 300 Members at one shilling each 15 0 0 15 Prizes , as under r—5 Suits of Ccrd , or Moleskin . 25 s , per Suit 6 5 0 5 Pair do . Trowsers at 9 a . p . pair 2 5 0 3 Waistcoats do . do . at 6 s . each 0 18 0 1 Jacket , do . do . at 11 s ... 0 11 0 1 Waistcoat-piece , a gift . £ 9 19 0 9 19 0

      £ 5 10 The Ruffle will take place on Tuesday February 28 th , 1843 , at eight o ' clock , in the Chartist Room , Brown-street . Tickets are new on sale at Mr . Leach's , Oak street , Mr . Jacques ' , Oldham-road , Mr . Brown ' s Temperance Hotel , New Cross , ' - Mr . Leach's , hair dresser , New Islington , and a » the various meetings of the Association .

      . POLAND . We have received a copy of a Polish newspaper , the While Eagle , in which the address of our Sheffield friends is translated . The following , our Correspondent gives us as the translation of the Editorial comments by which it is introduced to the Polish readers of the White Eagle : — " The following extract from a Sheffield paper , the Northern Star , will be perused with great pleasure by our readers . It ia tbe firtt popular manifestation in England made in favour of the Polish cause without any previous Polish exertions to that effect ; and as its views

      on the subject are incomparably purer and more correct than those of all tbe speeches ever pronounced in the British senate , or at all the meetings of tbe so called ' Literary Association of the Friends of Poland , ' it will prove to every one that even in Eagland it is not through diplomatic duplicity , but through sincere exposition of our principles , in all their extent , that we can gain the sympathy of the people at large , to whom , and to whom only , we have tbe mission of addieasing ourselves in tbe name of our nation as if . is the destiny of the people at large to pronounce ultimately ia all such questions as that of Poland . "

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      BRITISH PATRIOTS IN FRANCE . We have received , along with a contribution te the Victim Fund , tbe following from a few English operatives resident at Bologne-sur-. Mer : — Sir , —Though far from our native land and the men we love , we feel deeply interested in the mighty struggle for the rightful liberty of the industrious classes ; and glory in the sure and steady progress of tbe principles of tbe People's Charter . We feet highly satisfied with tbe decisive stand which our Chartist brethren made in favour of the Charter at the late Conference in Birmingham . We are very much pleased with the bold and uncompromising conduct of our esteemed friend Mr . O'Connor , in defence of bis moral character , ( which some of his enemies of the Corn Law League hare tried to injure , ; and the great principles which he has so worthily , faithfully , and successfully advocated . We heartily sympathise with our Buffeting brethren , and wish tbat those who are

      engaged in the cause of Chartism , which is emphatically the poor man ' s cause , the cause of humanity , justice , and truth , may be strengthened and encouraged by all who love their country and desire tbat corrupt and oppressive systems nuy be swept at once and for ever from the society of men , and lawa and commerce based upon the sacred and inviolable rights of the people . Though circumstances arising from classlegislation and unequal rights have driven us to seek bread for our wives and children in a foreign land , we feel united with our brethren in the good cause , and if we cannot be with them personally in the field of contest , and certain victory , the ; have our hearts , our wishes , our prayers , and as far as we are able , our pecuniary assistance . Oar hearts say success to tbe Charter end to all who are fighting for it May the Charter soon become the law of the land , and every working man be free ; and then the emancipated slaves of Britain will mean what they say , when they sing : — " Britons never shall be slaves . "

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      David Pollock has received the appointment of Commissioner of the Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors , vacant by the decease of the lamented Mr . Bowen . Malta . —On board the Lowther , merchant-vessel now discharging at tbe Victualiing-yard , is a toy for Menemet Ali , in the shape of a cannon weighing noless than eighteen tons and measuring fifteen feet six inches , with shot for the same , each weighing 445 lb . "Non parvis componere magna solebam " but we should think that this exceeds Queen . Elizabeth ' s pocket-pistol .

      The Moubning Bride . — Much compassion was excited at the E-sr . x quarter sessions on Wednesday for a poor woman , who was thrown into an agony of grief and weeping on her husband being sentenced to transportation . " Oh ! " exclaimed the almost frantic creature , " what will become of me and my poor children 1 And there , too , he ' s got his best clothes on , why would not the old ones hare done just as well ? " The consciousness of this additional loss was too mnch for her nerves , and tbe poor woman was taken out of court in a fainting fit . —Ipswich Express .

      A Conscientious Dissenter . —An amusing scene occurred at our late sessions . A witness was called into the box , and took hold of the Testament with , becoming g > avity , aa it was thought , to be sworn . But when told , as usual , to kiss the book , he demurred , on the ground of " conscientious" objections , when the following colloquy occurred- ; -Clerk i Are you a Quaker % —Witness : No : I am a Baptist . — Clerk : You must kiss the book , Sir . —Witness i This book tells me I am to swear not at all . Clerk : You must kiss the book , or you will not be allowed your expenses . These words acted like magic on the " conscientious" Dissenter , his scruples immediately vanished , and Jie hastily raised the book to his lips , amidst roars of laughter from , the whole Court . —Durham Advertiser .

      Fatal Railway . Accident . —On Saturday morning , atabout half-paat i o ' clock , the following dreadful accident occurred on the London and Brighton . Railway . —it appears that a ballast engine ,, called the Venus , Job Smith , engine-drivar , was proceeding towards Brighton , whenonarriviDguear the Red-Hill station , one of the company's sarvants , named Tullett , came out of his cottage by the side of the railway , and held up his lamp to stop the engine , to give instructions to the driver . The steam was shut off aud the break put on , but Tullett , it is supposed ,

      got by mistake oa the samo line as the engine . Smith , the driver , saw the unfortttnateman ' s lantern knocked down the embankment , and immediately exclaimed to the fireman , We have run over Tallett . " Every exertion was made to stop the engine , but the whole train passed over him . Tullettwas picked up and carried to his own cottage . He presented a frightful spectacle ; * he top and back part of h > s head were literally cut eff , leaving his face uninjured . Although the whole traiu had passed over him , none of his Iimb 3 were broken , the deceased being knocked dowab : tv ? etn ^ metalBi

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      THE VICTIMS . AN APPEAL TO PATRIOTISM AND HUMANITY . The exile , Ellis , has deservedly found a . powerful advocate in the indomitable Cooper . John Cleave baa disinterestedly and nobly appealed on behalf of the General Victim Fund—who accepts tbe patriotic offer ? Ten shillings from any locality will secure ito value in

      circulars from him , and yet be devoted to th «> prisoners and their families , while the former may be ; refunded by sale of the latter . What an opportunity to " spread the Charter , " and also to save its victims . ' What Briton's heart waa ever yet caJloas to th « call of destitution , to the cry of distress ? Five families in the neighbourhood of Hanley are deprived of their protectors , the providers of their bread—for crime ? No j but for principle , energy , and kindness . Shall they be consigied to the tender mercies of parochial care , of union hospitality ? Some of them are . Forbid it Chartism , prevent it humanity . Cooper and South Staffordshire have undertaken for the widowed wife and orphans of Ellis , but where is the advocate of his compatriots' claims , where 1 Who has pleaded for the amiable , the energetic , the interesting Ann Tates , her

      competitor , Oldham ? the unfortunate Cohliffe , the needy family of the zealous Neesam ? A sniu not excteding four pounds , of public contribution , divided among the whole , from the time of the special commission till the present Inhabitants of tbe Potteries , wipe away the reproach—Chartists of the united kingdom , discharge tbe , obligatiou—subjects of the British , empire , aid in the work of mercy . Dry up the widow- ' B tears , check tbe orphan ' s sigh , " feed the ] hungry , clothe the naked , visit the prisoners . " " Remember them that are in bonds , and them that suffer adversity . " They struggled zealously , they fell gloriously ; jald them nobly . Let it not be said " the good and thai true" are sacrificed , and they fell unheeded ? If so , who can be expected to follow in their course , bow shall any of them resume their labour wher * released from prison and from bonds ?

      Brother Chartists , let us arouse from our { apathylet us shake off our stafgishiress—let us banish' unmanly diffidence—let os sacrifice a pot and a pipe , a meal , a few hour ' s labour . Jf we cannot give , we eajn beg , or sell , as Mr . Cleavo proposes . Tbe writer , on , his own responsibility , urged t ' je cafe a few evenings ago , upon a small audience , who had a ' reaciy contributed for other putpotc-8 , and the ^ responded to the wU . WLw "Will

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sm , —In your paper of the 24 th of December last , is reported the particulars of an inquest held before Mr . George Dyson , coroDer for Halifax , and a Jury at Waterhead Mill , in Saddleworth , on the body of Lucy Milligan . The Jury , in their verdict , found that she die'd by the visitation of God , accelerated { by the want of earlier medical attendance and proper attention and sufficient nourishment , and that they strongly censured the conduct of the overseers and officers of the township of Spotland , ia not ascertaining the situation of the deceased , after repeated representations . '

      The overseers and vestrymen of Spotland ' are desirous te remove tbe stigma that is cast upon them and to fix the blame , if any , upon those who ought to btarit . The township of Spotland is distant manyjmiles from Saddleworth , aud tbe Jury seem to have been ignorant tbat it is the duty of the parish officers of the township in which paupers ore resident to administer to their wanta , and communicate with the overseers ef the township in which they are settled ; if this were not bo the overseers would be obliged to travel a number of miles and neglect their own poor . ;

      No official communication was made to tbe overseers of Spotland of the real situation of the deceased , as appears by the evidence before tbe Coroner and Jury , uutii the 13 th of December last , when assistance was promptly rendered by them . An illegitimate child of the deceased wasaffiliated by magistrates in petty sessions at Rochdale , on Monday , when the circumstances relating to tbe death of tbe deceased catne before them , and it was their opinion tbat the deceased had been treated by the ovets ' . exa of Spotland with every attention , and no blame attached to them , and that if the deceased was neglected , tbe parish officers where she resided and died , were the culpable parties . . The overseers and vestrymen of Spotland feel deeply the stigma improperly cast upon them , and are wiabf ul that tbe above statement sbouM appear in ¦ your next Saturday's paper , and they are willing to pay any charge you may make for its insertion .

      I am , Sir , Your obedient Servant , Samuel Stott , Assistant-Overseer . Rochdale , 12 th January , 1813 . {[ This letter should have been inserted in accordance with ita date ; but waa accidentally mislaid and forgotten . —Ed . N . S . ]

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OP LANCASHIRE . It has been suggested to me by sunie ef our Manchester friends , to offer a few remarks in tbe Star , calling on the " good men and true" of yeur district to assist the Association at Manchester in the erection of a Hall tbat will be the bona fide property of Chartista , where " they may sit UDder tbeirjown roof , none daring to make ' em afraid . " I shall do so vety briefly , aud I hope effectually . I can juat recollect very faintly the Blanket Men , aa they were called , in 1817 ; and , to the best of my recollection and knowledge , the Radicals used to meet in public bouses , having do place of their own , and

      renting no room . In 1819 , I was only eight yeara of age , but I remember it as a thing of yesterday ; and although tbe Radical Association was pretty strong , I am not aware of them having any places to bold their meetings to transact their local business but publio houses—some met at each other's bouses in small parties —but there was no place rented or possessed by the Radicals , for the express purpose of teaching political knowledge . In 1829 , and all through the agitation for the Reform Bill , in Manchester , I only knew two private rooms , and think there waa at least one hundred places of meeting in public houses . I

      I shall not attempt to show tbat our { principles and tippling bouses ought never to be associated together ; but I will say that bad the Radicals of 1819 , or 1829 , been iu potsBession of a place for meetings of their own , we sfeould have been very much in advance of our present position ; for , soon as persecution came , the magistrates threatened tbe landlords with tbe loss of their licences , aud then tbe rooms were denied tbe use of to the Radicals ; and thus , being without places to meet in , ( three times to my knowledge ) , ! has the cause retrograded , and the sheep been scattered ; but I don't mean to say that all the fault lay in tbe meetings being held at publio houaea , but in the Radicals not being

      the masters of their meeting room . I know many localities who have held their meetings in private rooms , chapels , school-rooms , &c , who ( have been denied the nse of those places since last ( August ; and the effect has been that the Association In those placea have dwindled into a very small compass . Now , my friends , we are stronger and capable of doing more than any part of the Kingdom ; Lancashire , is tb . 6 parent of Chartism ; It has always ranked A 1 in the good cause , bo I beg ; of you to let it keep its place in setting an example to the country , by erecting places of your own , and thus avoid tbe rock on which yon have split before . !

      The Chartists of this Kingdom are not a contemptible body , for by tbe strenuous efforts of somebody that I could name , and the spread of sound political knowledge by tbe Northern Star , and by tUe disinterested and persevering exertions of those who dared to speak truth , the Chartists are now somebody in tbe empire , nay , I think I shall not be saying too much , if I say we are the moat powerful body in the nation . If this be true , let ua give permanance aud stability to our movement , by getting places of our own where we can meet in times of persecution as well as toleration , and be able to bid defiance to prejudice or tyranny . ;

      I ki . ow this is easier said than done . I know tbe difficulties you ate battling with ; I know what you have done , and I know tbat you can do a little more , but most especially for auch a glorious object Our lads at Manchester intend to have a Halt of their own , to be built by shares at ten shillings per share . More than twenty shares were taken up last Sunday , and they / Will be happy to receive tbe assistance of any of our friends who can spare a little . The subscriptions are sixpence per week . I would advise our country friends [ who wish to assist in this glorious worK to bring or send their subscriptions at once , aud not delay , for the ; good work ie going on rapidly in Manchester , aud I think our friende intend to knoek up a wooden chapel , as a temporary rallying point , until the Hall ( which it is suggested , will JfB called the Doncombe Hall , ) is built . Yours truly , T . Dickinson .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 4, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct977/page/7/