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      1 &LES \ TBITTEN EXPRESSLY F » B THE " NORTHERN STAR , " BT CHABIirS . THE EMIGRANTS . KO . III . ¦¦ Trade ' s unfeeling train Uiarp the land and dispossess the swain . " Goldsmith . yo evii is more to be deplered , ¦ whether we regard ^ indi-ridnal sufferers or the nation generally , than emigration . Alas , that this evil should ever have established itself in England f but woe to Englishmen , -who jjsstead of ebecUng , promote its progress . Emigration is supposed to be the mere efflux of a surplus population , * £ " * under this erroneous idea it is considered beneficial . But who does not know that our country jj ^ -ht be made to yield bread enough for ourselves and to spare * others . Why then should the culti-Tatois of the soil be driTen like vagrants to seek food in a foreign land ? Are there not numerous extensive tmcls purposely kept barren , becanse the sport of the rich is preferred to the'living of the poor ? And do not tie fowls of tfee air , the beasts of the field , and the jkhes of the sea mnltiply in exhaustless profusion around ? BssWes , has not Great Britain power to coicpel the produce of other countries to its shores , bo thai tte wide world may be said to be our harvest field ? Siy net , then , that England contains too many EnglisiHien .

      If there be no natural necessity that any of the inhabitants of our Isle of Providence should exile themaelTes , is it not a species of infatuated policy that creates an artificial necessity by which the mest useful tf onr people are expelled ? The industrious farmer who raises j ^ l fct others cannot obtain it for himself . Instead , of eneenrag i : g his truly beneficial efforts , a parricidal { joTrftiscnt imposes burthens which oblige him to throw dctrn his implements in despair , and he is-forced to quit his ungrateful country in the uncertain hope of procur ing that maintenance abroad which is denied The with in

      him at home . patriot departs feelings - serted , for he carries within him the indignant consciousness that his failure is not occasioned by his own ¦ want of industry , er the want ol reseurces in the country , whether internal 01 external ; but from the injustice , monopoly and oppression of its rulers . Paradoxical as it msy appear , it is nevertheless true that our national distress does not proceed from poverty , but from wealth—from the misappropriation of . the rights of labouring men by a usurping aristocracy and tyrannical capitalists . Luxury disdains homely prodnce and seeks its supplies from extraneous climes .

      Another cause of the depression which afflicts , the agriculturists is the greedy sway of the avaricious manufacturers ; aboriginal agriculture is sacrificed to indigenous trade . To appease the selfish clamcurs of free traders , farmers ore doomed to toil in vain ; yet £ bcu £ n reduced ts extremity by unmerited oppression they never think of turning their sickles into swords , but quietiy leave the land where neither landlord nor mill-lord allows thtm to live , and strive by patient labour is a far foreign clime , to remove the privations they bad become subject to in their own country . May their unrequited services in this world be recompensed in a better !

      England , once the merry mother of a happy family , has now beccBie a step-dame to her lawful brood . Ths hardy sons of her soil who would identify their lives with their native land , whose feelings are as unsophisticated as the free elements that invigorate their freshened dales ; whose patriarchal pursuits nourish in them the kindliest nature ; these true-born Enzlish yeomen are to be neglected that a spurious race , sprung from foreign settlers may be favoured—beings who , spider-like , wsdd spin their own bowels for profit ; whose principles fluctuate with their profits , whose allegiance shifts with thfeir trade , and who would make England a trades-body dependent upon the custom of other nations , losing which she wonld become a bankrupt The cuckoo from abroad has got into our nest , and not content with her harbourage there , she casts ont the genuine brood upon the pricks .

      It were an easy task to compare the moral as well as political character of the agriculturist and the manufacturer , but as character depends in a great measure upon occupation , I will avoid a comparison that might be deemed invidiouB , and in its stead contrast the past and present appearance of rural life . Milton says or sings " Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite , When the merry bells ring ronnd , And the jocundrebetks sound ; To many a youth and many a maid , Dancing in the chequer'd shade . And young and old come forth to play , Upon a sunshine holiday . "

      Who can read this without mentally joining in the dance ? And do such Ecenes now exist in ^ poetical description only ? Alas , the happiness that in those flays was no fiction , is now succeeded by as real misery . Two centuries of Whiggism and Toryism—of factions and class legislation , have sufficed to throw down the maypoles , —to expatriate the merry-makers , to send young and old to the bastile—and now , instead of the youths and maids with their jecund rebecks , making a circle of delight ronnd the greenwood tree , we see the indigo-dyed police whose demon scowl has seared away all pleasure and all innocence .

      The callous townsman may be regardless of the countryman ' s distress ; but ought not the general ruin of his country to make him look beyond his own particular interests ? Emigrants are but escaping froai the evil day that hangs over England . Trade-say bring capital into the country , bnt money is only artificial wealth . Should onr intercourse with foreign nations be cut off , where will the manufacturer find a customer , and how will he obtain bread when the fanner has gone and left the land , the true mine of wealth , impoverished ? Eagland has frequently been successful in her wars , but then she fonght against foreigners . Her- best defenders are becoming the adopted sons of America—of that America which broke from British thraldom , and is now free to revenge herself . Past events should be a lesson and a warning . Oh , then , let us cease to consider emigration as a common sewer that drains our land of its refuse population . They are the best and most useful of oui people that thus depart , leaving the idle and profligate behind .

      The following tale founded oa facts may illustrate some of the foregoing remarks . In Daaby Dale , Yorkshire , there is a small but rural iud romantic farm situated at the foot of a precipitous crag . It is worth while climbing that crag to view the varied scene beneath . Sometimes , at break of day , misty vapours roll off the top of the moor down into the dale and fill it completely . Any one might easily imagine that the ocean had overflowed the land , and that he stood upon a cliff to mark its progress . As the morning advances this seeming ses gradually evaporates , and all the characteristic features of the valley are one by one revealed in the clear sunlight The fertile lands , intersected in every direction with hedges and dotted with trees , present a perfect contrast to the sombre and unilorm moors above . A brook , edged with trees that

      stoop as if to drink its waters , runs playfully in and ont of view through tfee middle of this narrow vale , and may be called the living tenant of this landscape . In the back ground , the distant mountains assimilate With the clouds ; in the foreground they rise bold and distinct like threatening giants whoss crashing weight , and not the unwieldy skill , imposes terror . The crag itself is interspersed with large moss-grown stones , Titanian fragments , that have fallen from the rocky cliffs above , whose beetling brows scowl destruction on all beneath . Covered with wild herbage , among which grow irregular clumps of dwarf bushes and trees , this spot has more the appearance of a covert

      for birds and beasts of prey , than a range fer domestic cattle . Immediately below stands the- cottage , looking cpon the cultivated lands that spread down to the brook ' s brink . Nor is the eye alone gratified in this interesting scene . In spring , a concert led by the loud thrush on the top of the loftiest tree , and fiiled with every variety of sound from the shrill treble of the piping » ren to the deep bass of the mellow dove , makes the crag ring with notes of joy . The lover of nature in her wildest or softest aspects may sit and view a scene that will map itself upon hi 3 mind , or listen to woodland rcicstrelsy that * shames even Mainzer ' s singing rafllions .

      Leaving this chinning prospect , let us bend our steps to the cottage , which is as pictureique as the scene around . A stranger would not distinguish it from the cutbuildirgs where cattle are lodged . The thatched roof is long and low , and overgrown with dark moss , above which the houseleek peers—the window ? are very narrow aad look more like peep-holes than inlets of li £ ht It is ofevious that this hut has been built without any preconcerted plan—so far from consulting elegance , convenience has scarcely been attended to . The outhouses form in irregular group of dilapidated buildings—a little garden lays oddly between , and on ths outskirts of this primitive homestead , is an orchard Whose trees are so old as to be nearly barren . - The poultry on the dunghill and in the pool render the place lively with confused motions and discordant Boandt

      Richard Robinson was the tenant cf this sequestered larm . His father had lived in the stirring times of war when the nation weakened its internal Btrength in the T&in pursuit of foreign power . Ill-directe 1 ambition is sure to recsil—reaction is a natural consequence of overweening exertion . The money which Richard ' s father saved before the times suffered their present relapse , he bequeathed with bis example aod certain prudent maxims to his son who succeeded to a longhere diUry tenancy that was doomed to terminate in him . According to the eastern of the country , the funeral Of his aged parent was celebrated with a feast as though natural

      the survivors were resolved by the most means to avirt the fate of the deceased from themselves When the mooming relatives had vented the free expressions of theii grief , their sense of the worth of the departed , and had complied with the forms of ceremony , Bihsrd entered on the management of the farm determined te merit though he might not obtain the suc cess that had rewarded his father ' s effertsr Our fanner's family at this time consisted of , himself and his good wif « with their son and daughter—the former a stout lad that served bis father instead of a hired Bsrvant—the latter a comely maiden that assisted her mother in the same capacity . Their frld grandmother sat the livelongday in tae warm chimney nook , me-

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      chanically knitting or spinning , while the scenes of her past life shifted before her mind ' s eye , like a revolving diorama . By dint of industry and economy this family of farmers kept their ground though the times were fast retrogading , and if not happy they were at least eontent The routine of each day ' s labour was planned the evening before—its regular discharge left them to enjoy without interruption their hoars of rest , which -were always cheered with recreation . Tasks were undertaken for pastime- ^ -pleasore and profit seemed to be bound Hp

      1 with every eheaf of corn . The father took frequent oc-| caaon from his werk to make ingenious exemplifications of moral virtue—the Bon » ung heroic strains to animate ! a spirit already too prone to enterpriza—the mother enforced her advice by delivering it in the accent of gentle reproof—the daughter sung tender ditties which increased her rather too morbid sensibility—bnt the old dames ' s voice was seldom heard except when raised : against some innovation of fashion or when poured in ' expressions of maudlin pity upon some object of love I or distress . Thus oid the members of this connected I family evince their relative stations in it

      In the long winter evenings a circle of neighbours would oftentimes gather round the large turf fire that lay heaped up on the open hearth- There , while the wind shook the old dwelling , as if angry at being barred out—while the hail clattered against the windows , and the scream of the owl arose like the cry of one benighted in the storm , the heedless and happy inmates entertained each other with the sayings and doings of their forefathers . The adventures of a talker , whose tongue performs feats ¦ which the arm had never done —who tells what might have happened , if what did happen be not worth the telling ; in a word , whose imagination supplies all the deficiencies of reality , this important personage , as needfal to enliven as the fire to warm the company , was no more wanting here than in more refined societies . The bustling wife would use the priviiege of her sex to speak freely the pertinent joke ; the daughter listened in silence , as she bent over her Bewing ; none laughed so heartily as the son ; but mirth had lost its power on his aged grandmother , who dosed the while in her soft arm chair .

      Could Ambitien have stooped to enter this lowly abode , there might he have found health and content lovingly comferting each othsr . On a summer ' s Sabbath the quiet rajs of the sun rested calmly upon the simple furniture , an image of that peace which the world cannot giva The oaken panels , polished by the rubbing of successive generations , shone black as jet ; the articles of use were burnished , and served likewise for ornaments ; the old clock constantly clacked in a corner , like a gossip whom age has made garrulous ; the pictured emblems of Faith , Hope , and Charity indicated that those virtues had ehosen this obscure cottage for their retreat from a hostile world . Here Piety might have found a refuge , and dwelt a rural hermit here .

      Sometimes the bid state of the markets would lead to a discussion of the hardness of the times . Upon this topic Richard was listened to with much deference ; for besides that his snecess gave much weight to his opinions , his experience aad natural good senBe had procured for him the honourable post of parish arbitrator . Like bis prototype , "PoorRichard , " our Richard used to speak apothegms . He would say— " The times are bad , but folks are worse . Their fathers were earners , but the sons are spenders . A shilling would procure a good dinner , and if we do not need it ourselves there are many that do , and so may we at some future tims : we should think of this before we waste a shilling . You

      may always spend faster than you can earn . Luxuries are far dearer than necessaries , and indeed are dear at any price . What i 3 sold is low-priced ; what is bought is high . No wonier that extravagant sons sink faster back than their careful fathers went forward . They walk slowly to work , but gallop to sport I believe those farms are few that will not keep a comfortable house , and this is all that can be expected nowa-days . To be sure , misfortunes will foil the best management" Thus spake Richard , whose prosperity exemplified the value of bis precepts ; bnt little did he foresee that adversity would prove their intffieacy when cases are altered by circumstances .

      Incited by the love of adventure common to highspirited youth Richard's son went one evening without bis father ' s knowledge and shot a hare . Directed by the report of the gun , the gamekeeper intercepted the young poacher ' s retreat and demanded his booty . The boy with much reluctance complied , hoping thus to appease the insatiate man of authority , but in vain . The gun was next demanded—this had been borrowed and therefore " the lad was determined to run all risks , rather than give it up . A struggle ensued—the keeper was thrown and the victor ran off with the weapon of contention . This simple quarrel was greatly exaggerated —the lad was summoned , convicted , and sent to prison . Though much vexed at his son , Richard could not but feel more resentment against his persecutor . After vainly endeavouring to compound matters , his wife and he repaired to the assiz 2 town to do what could be done for their boy .

      The eyes of justice have been bandaged by law—right is weighed in her left hand—the sword is wielded instead of the balance . Richard attended at his son ' s trial and heard the sentence of banishment prononnced acainst him—his own peace of mind was banished at the sound- The lad , with whose existence the best part of his own bad been identified , who had been the object of so much care and pains , who had new become capable and was willing to requite his parents—such a son to bp ignominionsly torn from them and Bent in such a manner to such a doom ! Richard with his wife retired into a corner of the court and wept bitterlythey could not comfort eachT other , and the lawyers , thinking probably that they were beyond consolation , never attempted to console them .

      When this sorrowful couple returned home they found their only remaining child in tears—the sight made their cwn flow anew for they naturally deemed that her brother ' s bereavement had occasioned her grief , but it sprung from a deeper source . A youth , who had volunteered his services during Richard's temporary absence , had improved the opportunity thus unsuspectingly afforded him to accomplish the rein of his daughter , regardless of the affliction that had already befallen this ill-fated family . Poverty did not restrain him from committing a crime , the consequences of which it disabled him from remedying , and double

      villain was he who could thus knowingly take advantage of the simple confidence reposed in him by an artless maiden to betray her to shame and want When informed of the situation of his daughter Richard heaved one sigh , looked tip and then went his way without saying a word . His son had been taken from him not by the decree of heaven , but of unjust man , and sent to a barbarous land—his daughter , instead of being a comfort to him when he most needed it , had become a disgraceful bnrthen that added to the weight of bis griefs , and bowed his spirits lower than the worst times coaJd have sank it Sis fireside do more attracted his neighbours . All these things were against him . ( To be concluded in our next . )

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      being the easiest of access from all the six centres . There are questions of vital importance awaiting their determination . 1 . How enght the Chartists to treat the Complete Suffrage movement in Scotland . 2 . How far is it proper for the Chartists to interfere in Strikes , and in declarations for a particular rate of wages , as Chartists . 3 . Another subject of vital importance demanding their consideration is , to ascertain the number of those who held Chartist principles in proportion to the adult population of the place each member represents . 4 . Another matter of great importance to the success of onr movement is a declaration from this executive against all violence and unlawful proceedings . 5 . To take into consideration the despotie doetrfne laid down by the Home Secretary , that a constable was to judge of what constituted a legal meeting . If so we may consider the Habeas Corpus act suspended in this country .

      6 . That the names and addresses of all those at present lecturing npon the Charter be collected and officially reported throngh the Star , as there is great danger likely to result from inattention to this matter . It cannot be disputed but that these are subjects of great importance . An error committed upon any one of these , injures or retards the progress of the cause ; entire and complete uniformity of action is desirable . A declaration throvgh a properly elected executive is the only means whereby it can be secured . It was the duty of the nominal General Sacretary for Scotland , who was appointed on the 3 rd January last , to have corresponded with the six centres , and have

      ascertained their views npon these important subject ? , as it is reported that he is now installed secretary to the Complete Suffrage Association of Glasgow : thus the means to convene these six centres is removed , it now belongs to themselves to appoint a time and elect representatives to settle the subjects mentioned , with others that might be added to it . The West Midland District has elected their delegate some time since , their election having fallen npon Mr . A . Duncan . I trust then that they will proceed to their election , so as that the Chartists in Scotland may act with the spirit of unanimity and brotherly confidence , as men who are engaged in a great and good cause , ready to sacrifice every selfish consideration for the general good .

      I am , respected friends , Yours , truly , David Thompson . P . S . As I have received communications already wishing me to lay before this district the propriety of getting up a delegate meeting , I am quite agreeable to serve those districts intending to elect representatives If they think of sending their communications to me I will lay them before the Association of Alloa , and this District , and make arrangements with the friends in Edinburgh for their meeting . D . T . Alloa , 29 th August , 1842 .

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      TO JIB . PATRICK RAFTER , OF THE IRISH UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION . LETTER I . Aye , roar in his train let them orators lash Their fanciful spirits to pamper his pride—Not thus did thy Gra ' . tan indignantly lash His soul o'er the freedom implored and denied . IJyron . My dear Rafter , —The reign of Toryism has commenced here in true earnest , and the base Whigs have succeeded in laying the foundation stone of another bloody and brutal structure ! They are loud in tfeeii laudations of what a splendid edifice it will be ! But the people of England deserve to bo eternal slaves if they ever again lay their bricks and mortar fcr them .

      So O'Connell has come out for the Six Points . Have I not always told yon he would d& so , when deprived of Whig patronage and power , and that he would endeavour to make stepping-stones of the sham Radicals to regain it . I know your sentiments too well to believe that you can for a moment join in the supposition that O'Connell is a sincere patriot I also believe that you are not the man to lend yourself to the propagation of any other opinion against yonr sense and judgment You know what my opinions are on this subject , and yon also know , from your close and personal intercourse with me for the last sixteen years , that I am not the man to bow down before the " golden calf " today , that I yesterday proclaimed a cold , bloated , heartless idoL No , no man shall say to me

      " Is it madness or meanness that clings to thee no w ? Were he God as he is , but the commonest clay , With scarce fewer wrinkles than sins on his brow , Such servile devotion ought shame thee away . " No one would be more ready than I would to make any sacrifice , if , I thought it were for the public good ; but , looking as I do , a little beyond the water ' s edge , I will never embark in a vessel when I know that the old admiral , boatswain , and most of the crew believe her not to be sea worthy ; and that they are only looking out for a shallow to get Bafely on shore , that they may leave her and her unwary passengers ( after taking their passage money ) to perish on the rocks .

      and breakers that surround them ! You know , and I know that this has been done in Ireland time after time ; but again and again has a fresh frigate been rigged out ; and again and again have we heard the old captain ' s cry , " Come along , my boys , pay your fare , we ' re now just going to start for the port of freedom ! " Have we not often started her with 160 , 000 cheers from the bay of Dunleary ; but alas , have we not always seen her return dismantled and tattered , and her hardy crews ( the forties and the tythe victims } wrecked and destroyed ! while her Admiral was skulking under the gunwale of the Kingstown and Hollyhead steamer I And this is the man , forsooth , who is to make England again

      " Thu envy of surrounding nations ;" and Ireland " Great , giorioos , and free , first flower of the earth , And first gem of the sea !" You will bear in mind the many attempts that Mr . O'Connell has made to get the English people to give up their leaders , and also the many attempts he has made to cause them to abandon Universal Suffrage for General Suffrage ! Household Suffrage ! Complete Suffrage ! Well , all these have failed , and as I have foretold yon , he now comes to the last kick ; for like Yorick ' s skull , " to this favour he must come . " But what a sight is here , my countrymen ; the man who assisted in penning the Chatter , then denouncing it , is obliged by the force of events to come back , tired , without any one pitying him , to the very spet from whence

      he started , changing as completely as the compass in a whirlwind , the dolphin , or the camelien . The times really seem to have as much effect on him as a touch of the hand to the sensative plant You will also bear in mind that Mr . O'Cornell has been a member and a principal adviser of the Anti-Corn Law League ; you will also remark that he rather ludicrously apologised for his absence at the late Anti-Corn Law League , held in London just before the present outbreak , and when Mr . George Thompson , their secretary , made such a violent speech against the Government , and in which some very strong threats were heW . out I have seen this speech printed and posted in many towns , and on even the huts of the fishermen in Hastings , along the coast Now it is a well known fact that the League premeditated stopping the mills for some time before they did so ; but did Mr . O'Connell ( whom we cannot conceive to be ignorant of their intentions ) either expose

      or denounce suoh an infernal scheme ? conple this with his desire to get shut of the Chartist leaders , and you have th 6 why and the wherefore bound up in a little Whig wrapper . Ah ! the rascals , if they could only get shut of the leaders they think the people could be easily made to follow , and I am sorry to say tbat toa many of the Chartist leaders have taken the bait that was laid for them , while they are now qarte crazy because Mr . O'Connor was too wide awake for them to be caught by their chaff , and they are now crying coward at him becanse he did not give the Tory bullets a chance of trying the softness of his heart , while had he been fool-hardy enough to display his useless bravery , the rascals who now call him coward would be the first to exult in the arrest of the " hotbrained agitator , " or thp inglorious death of a man who could allow himself to be made a second Jack Kade , to gratify the thirsty blood-hounds whose burning throats were parching for a second Petsrloo > like Satan ,

      " Armed with hell-fiimes and fury , all at once O ' er heaven ' s high towers to force resistless way . " Of one thing I am convinced , that the Leaguers have been much disappointed at the Btiike . They have been foiled in most of their deep laid plots to break np the present organization , and the foiling of Which has rendered O'Connells long hatched address a rather rotten reed for him to lean upon . There is enough of virtue in the pecple of 1 ngland , though they were deprived of every leader , to scout from their councils the traducer of their wives and danghters , and the betrayer of 508 , 000 of his own confiding countrymen . They Btill remember the cry of the factory babes ; nor do they forget the Glasgow cotton spinners , the Dorchester labourers , nor the about of exultation at the fate of the betrayed Frost No , do ; the men of England will not join with the man who could coldly and callously look on while the blood of the men of Clare is still crying for vengeance They still remember , if be shamelessly forget , the mas sacre of Rathcormac ! of Chnrchtown ! of Wallstown

      and fiflTrif ^ ' h'Wiffh ! I am , deal Rafter , Tour ' s in the good cause , L . T . Clancy . London , August 29 th , 1842 .

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      TO THE EDITOR 6 F THE NORTHERN STAB . Bbavo ! bravo ! Mr . Hill , fire away at the Complete Suffragettes ! This is the last shift of the Liberals . Bang at them ! I see clearly yon have got the right scent All the paltry dregs , the riddling * and refuse of the " liberal , " together with a few of onr would-be amateur , half-gentleman Chartists , have thought to work wonders , and make an honest penny by the new dodge . I have watched their manoeuvres in Birmingham , and will give you the result in a few words . They mortally hate every man that is known as a whole hog Chartist , and are wonderfully civil . to those who are

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      moderate , and not violent . Those Chartists who will « 7 ^ t ¦ " ?¦? " before a middle-class money-grubber ^ f ? f ^ . thatFear « O'Connor is too violent , and that ; cerfcun individuals who are full of life , energy , ~^ 2 l * 1 D the cause > mero tools of his , are sure to meet with a warm reception . I have openly and repeatedly declared in the Chartist Room in Birmingham , that if they offertd to join us , I , for one , sheuld object to it ; for they would only do so for Oie purpose of destroying onr union . They may grumble that like about denunciationbnt I

      , affirm it to have been the very best policy that could be pursued . "Oh , don't denounce a man because he conscientiousl y differs with yoa on minor points , " says a smock-faced animal , who likes to rub his skirts against genteel coats . My dear Sir , I have had a good deal of experience amongst politicians , and I never knew one of yonr genttd , accommodating , squeamish fellows to be worth a blackberry ; therefore , I take pride in the manner in which you are laying on the whip . Keep them up to the collar . If yoa once allow any of those counterfeits to pass as cenuine we are thrown hack .

      Some of our prudent friends may suggest the pro-P XX , oonclUati <»» . thinking that by so doing , the nuddle-clMa jurymen might be favourable to us poor devils m limbo . Never mind that , don'fc leave the Liberals a leg to stand on ; this is their last shift , and let them know that they must either take the Chartist or Teryside of the ' question , i get to hear how you are getting on , and give yon thanks for yonr late articlea You can hardly imagine how pleasing it is to those who are buried alive , to know that the sentinel is at his post TTni ^ ^! , * , ^ 61 ! 111 ^ ** Maroh ' 1840 , when poor Holberry , Peddie . Brooke , Duffy , Ashton , Martin , myself , and about twenty more , were in York Castle Xara ; after receiving sentence , some of them remarked that the cause would g « down during the incarceration of so many of the most active Chartiafa ; but the immediate reply of about a dozen was , " the Star -will keep it up ; " and eo it proved .

      My paper is full ; I again thank you for being always there when wanted . I have been now a month in solitary confinement ; but am in capital health . I am yours , In the good ' eauae , George White .

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      PROOF OF MIDDLE-CLASS SYMPATHY . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR , SIR , —In passing throni ? h a few colliery districts of Durham , and Northumberland , I have learned a few facts , namely , any one who has the least desire for freedom can not obtain employment upon the most tedious terms , that is to say , they can only be employed from day to day , so that if it is found that any slave thus employed shall look into the Northern Star , or any other liberal paper , such slaves are , without a day ' s notice , discharged from their employ and turned out of their cottages .

      You must understand , sir , that employers here are both coal mine , cottage , and slave proprietors , for if a man desires work and ia willing to sacrifice political principle , he may be a slave for twelve months , and after being thus bound he cannot abstain from work a single day without a note from the colliery doctor , without being Eubject to imprisonment—neither are the colliers allowed to have a doctor of their own choosing such gentlemen are to be selected by the master miners . If a collier takes in a lodger who does not work on the same establishment , the csllier must pay one shilling and sixpence a-week more rent for such lodger . School masters are of the same appointment , for it happened a few weeks ago that a poor man , although the first scholar in the whole colliery , was roosted out ef the neighbourhood , and was not allowed to have either a school or employment because his mind was tinged a little with thinking about politics .

      The coal-maaters are supremely good , pious , and religious . The other day , a raving madman cried out in the street , " Thank God ! no man need go into the pit " ( hell ) , when a poor slave cried out , " What a d— -d lie , for I have to go into the pit ( coal pit ) every day , and work there from twelve to fourteen hours , or me and my family must starve . " The lazy , canting knave had to walk about his business . If colliers are only found talking about politics over a pot of beer , it becomes hard work for the publican to get his licence renewed . Yeu may judge for yourself how things ate here , when some of the coal masters are magistrates . They know too well that if the People ' s Charter was made the basis of all future legislation , it would ere long be impossible £ > r any of them to have a supreme control over the labour and lives of a thousand slaves and their families . By inserting the above in your next Star , as my proof of middle class sympathy , you will very much oblige ,

      A Chartist Labourer in the Colliery Districts : for the iast month , Peter Rigby Neweastle-upon-Tyno , Sept 25 . 1842 .

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      NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL . LIVERPOOL—TOXTETII-P-iRK . Charles Hook , painter . George Rigs , cordwainer . Wm , Jones , painter . Samuel Morris , blookmaker . Thomas Hodgson , brass-tumor . Richard Parry , stonemason . George Rigg . cordwainer , sub-Treasurer . Charles Gtvilliam , bricklayer , sub-Seoretary . BARNSLEY . Robert Garbut , weaver , Indlo s-fold . James Noble , basket-maker , New-street . Benjamin Bailey , weaver , Kingston-place . Wm , Hilton , weaver , Old Town . Gtorge Haigh , weaver , Burton . Thomas Lingacd , nevr ' s-agent , New-street . John Pettett , weaver , Theatre Yard . John Armitage , weavor , Pall Mall , sub-Trea surer . Patrick Bradley , weaver , Wilson Piece , sub Secretary . BRITANNIA , UPPER CHAPMAN-STREET , ST . GEORGES ' S

      IN THE EAST . William Jinkins , shoemaker , 51 , Nelson-street . James Jagot , shoemaker , White-street , Bethnal-Green . George Hall , eaipenter , Ely-place , Globe-lane-Nathaniel Cannon , bootmaker , William-street . John Robarts , bootmaker , Star-street , Commercial-road . Richard Thomas , shoemaker , Star-street . William Bain , shoemaker , Flying Horse Court , Moorfields . William Henry Wilkins , shoemaker , Norfolkstreet , sub-Treasurer . James Hammond Knowles , 6 , Windsor-street , Bishopgate , sub-Secretary .

      CHESTERFIELD . Thomas Taylor , bobbin-nett weaver , Bestwell street . Francis Barnes , smith , Lord ' s-mill-street . George Perry , smith , do . do . Samuel Hawley , smith , Boythorpes . John Kycroft , twine-spinuer , Salter-gate . Robert Bown , labourer , St . Mary's Gate . John Savage , engineer , Gluemaa Gate . John Briddon , cordwainer , Beetwell-street . . Thomas Throsby , warper , Hollis-lane . John Williams , hatter , Brampton , sub-Trea surer . John Wigley , Bobbin-nett weaver , Beetwell street , sub-Secretary .

      M 1 LXB 0 W . Mr . James Milnes , weaver . Mr . John Clcgg , fuller , Lawfield . Mr . Joseph Lawton , weaver , ditto . Mr . Thomas Lawton , ditto , ditto . Mr . Henry Clough , ditto , ditto . Mr . Thomas Million , ditto , Stonepilfield . Mr . Rebert Clegg , ditto , Milnrow . Mr . Robert Milnes , ditto , Moor-House , sub Treasurer . Mr . John Butterworth , ditto , Stonepitfield , sub Secretary .

      DERBY . Mr . J . Jonson , silk weaver , Liddel ' s-lane . Mr . Bibbey , cordwainer , Bridge-gate , Mr . Tat em , gardener , Willow-row . Mr . Symons , smith , Walker-lane . Mr . Peet , framework-knitter . Mr . Wheildon , tailor , St . Peter ' s-church-yard Mr . ThomEs Alexander , tailor , Brook-street

      NOTTINGHAM . Mr . John Bramor , Collect-street , Blond-lane . Mr . Benjamin Humphries , framework-knitter , Lee ' s-yard Narrow-marsh . Mr . James Midaleton , smith , Ilkeston-road , New Radford . " Mr . Joseph Green , warp-hand , Paradise-row . Mr . John Baum , framework-knitter , Abingerstreet . _ , Mr . William Rayner , bobin and carriage hand , Martin ' s-yard , Narrow-marsh . Mr . John Day , plumber and glazier , Saint Ann ' sstreet , York-street . Mr . George Claikestone , lace-hand , Bloomsgrove . Mr . Charles Roberts , tailor , Hockley . Mr . John Morsley , lace-hand , Narrow-marsh , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Isaac Barton , framework-knitter , Cherrystreet , Bub-Seoretarv .

      NORWICH . Mr . Edward Davis , cordwainer , St . Paul ' s . Mr . Thomas Hewitt , weaver , do . Mr . William Clarke , do ., Clements . Mr . John Stanley , do ., St . Pauls , sub-Secretary . Mr . John Midaleton , do ., Martin's-place , sub Secretary .

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      FURTHER EXAMINATION OF MR . B . M'CARTNEI ' , AT THE NEW-BAILEY , MANCHESTER .

      { From our own Correspondent ' . ) On Friday last , at a little before two o ' clock in the afternoon , Mr . D . Maudi ' took his seat npon the bench , and after disposing of the night charges , Mr . M'Cartney was placed at the bar to answer a charge of attending illegal meetings , and using seditious and inflammatory language at the same . Mr . Inspector Wolfenden , of the Pendleton police force , said that it would be . ' n the recollection of the magistrate that he arrested thi' prisoner at his residence in Liverpool , on a warrant for attending on illegal meeting at Eccles , on the 10 th of August , and that at hta ( Wolfenden ' s ) request , the p risoner was remanded on last Friday until to-day , to allow him time to make out another charge against the prisoner at the bar , and that he was new able to prove that the prisoner attended an illegal meeting at Leigh os the 11 th of August , and that at the said meeting he made use of seditious and inflammatory language .

      Mr . Monde—Have yon any witnesses ? Policeman—Yes . Timothy Taylor was then sworn , when the following questions were asked by the magistrate : — Mr . Maude—What is your name ? Witness—Timothy Taylor . Mr . Maude—What trade are yon ? Witness—A silk weaver , Mr . Maude—Where do you live 1 Witness—Near Leigh . Mr . Maude—Were you at a meeting oa the 1 Kb of August Witness—Yea Mr . Maude—Did the people at that meeting stop any mills ? Witness—I believe they stopt Mr . Isherwood's mill , but Mr . Jones stopfe his when he saw the mob coming , for fear they would do any damage . Mr . Maude—Did any of them go on to the premises of Mr . Jones ?

      Witness—No . One man asked the engineer if the plug was out of the boiler , and he said " No ; but I will go and take it out , " Mr . Maude—Who said he would go and take it cut ? Witness—The Engineer . It was the engineer himself that pulled out the plug . Mr . Maude—Did they make much noise ? Witness—Yea Mr , Maude—What kind of a noise was it ? Witness—Shouting . Mr . Maude—What time of the day was this ? Witness—About noon . Mr . Maude—Did you see the prisoner there ? Witness— - No . Mr . Maude—At what time of the day was the meeting held ? Witness—At night Mr . Maude—What did you hear at the meeting ?

      Witness—When I went to the meeting there was a man speaking , and he advised the people not to return to work again until the Charter was the law of tbe land , and that the Charier would give them Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , and Annual Parliaments ; he also mentioned the other poiuts of the Chatter . Mr . Maude—Did he tell them how they were to get the Charter ? Witaess—Yes ; he told them they nin&t get it by moral force ; that they must ask for their rights in a moral and peaceable manner from their fellow men ; and if they refused them , then they muBt trust to their own right arms ; aye , and their bodies , too , and their long zig-zag click clack bits of steel ; and that the Repealers of Ireland were ready to join them to obtain their rights any day .

      Mr . Maude—Is the prisoner the person that waa speaking at that meeting , and made use of the language that you have stated ? The witness paused for several minutes , and made no answer . Mr . Maude—Come , now , tell U 3 if the prisoner be the person tbat made use of that language 1 The witness still hesitating , the magistrate again asked him for an answer . Witness—I cannot juatly say whether it is the same person or not . Mr . Maude— You are not positive ? Witness—No . Mr . Maude—Do you swear that the prisoner is the person that spoke at the meeting ? Witness—No , I cannot swear that the prisoner is the same person . Mr . Maude—But you think , to the best of your recollection , that it is the same person ?

      Witness—Yes ; I think that the person is like the person that spoke at the meeting , but I cannot positively awear that it is the same . Mr . Maude—Was it dark ? Witness—No ; it was dusk . Mr . Maude—How far were you from the person that was addressing the meeting ? Witness—About thirty yards . Mr . Maude—Did the speaker advise the people to stop the mills ? Witness—No , not that I heard ; he told them tbat he had attended a great many meetings in other places , and that the people were determined not to commence working until they got the Charter , and he hoped the people of Leigh would do likewise .

      Mr . Maude—Did he mention any particular place were he had held meetings ? Witness—No . Mr .. Maude—How many persona were there present ? Witness—Four or five hundred . Mr . Maude . —Was there any other meeting that week ? ' ' ¦ - ¦ Witness—Yes ; there was one on the Saturday . Mr . Maude—Was the prisoner at that meeting ? Witness—I did not see him ; I never saw him in my life , neither before nor since . Mr . Msude—What countryman did you think the person was that was speaking to the people ? Witness—An Irishman . Mr . Bent croas-eximined the witness—I think you

      said you were a silk weaver ? Witness—Yes . Mr . Bent—Then you are not a policeman ? Witness—No . Mr . Bent— Them clothes of yours are of a very neat make—will you be kind enough to tell me where you borrowed thum to come here in ? WitnesB—Not from you .. Mr . Bent—I know that ; but will you tell me where you got them ? Witness—I bought them , and paid for them honestly . Mr . Bent—I think you told the magistrate that Mr . Jones turned out his hands for fear that some damage would be done to the mill . Did Mr . Jones tell you that he was afraid 1 Witness—No . ¦ . ¦ ¦ .-. Mr . Bent—Then I suppose you saw it ? Witness—No , I did not see it ; but some of the

      workpeople told me that that was the reason that he stopped his mill . Mr . Bent—I think you said that the mob had sticks . Did you see the prisoner there ? Witness—No . Mr . Bent—Can you swear that the prisoner is the man that spoke at tbe meeting on the 11 th of August ? Witness—I cannot swear positively to the man , but I think it is the same . Mr . Bent—Then you cannot swear positively ? Witness—No . Mr . Bent—Did you take notes of what the speaker said ? Witness—No . Mr . Bent—Will you be kind enough to tell us what be said about those zgzag click-clack bits of steel you told ns about ? Witness—Physical force . ( Load laughter . )

      Mr . Bent—O ! physical force ; but repeat the words that the speaker used ; that is what I want to hear . Witness—Wby he did not say physical force ; but the people understood what he meant Mr . Bent—Come , now , will you tell us how you know that the people understood the speaker to mean physical force ? / . Witness—Because they laughed and cried , " hear , hear . " Mr . Bsnt—How long ¦ was it after the meeting before you heard anything of having to be a witness ? Witness—This morning .

      Mr . Bent—Then you are sure that it was not mentioned to you before that time ? Witness—Mr . Martin asked me about a fortnight after the meeting if I was at it ; and I told him I -was . He asked me what I heard ; and I told him that also . Mr . Bent—What did yon tell him ? Witness—The same that I nave said here to-day . Mr . Bent—Did he take it down in writing at the time ? Witness—No ; not that I saw . Mr . Bent—Did you ever see the prisoner before the night of the meeting ? Witness—No ; nor since , until I came here .

      Mr . Bent—Am I to understand , from what you say , that yoa have not seen the prisoner ( allowing that he was the person who spoke at the meeting at Leigh ) until you came into this court or that you saw him downstairs ? Witness—I saw him down stairs . Mr . Bent—How many persons were there present at that time ? Witness—Two or three , three or four . Mr . Bent—Two or three , three er four ! pray bow many is that ? Witness—There was four . Mr . Bent—What did yoa say then ? did you aay that be was the person who spoke at the meeting ?

      Witness—No ; I said then , as I have said « nee , U » t he was like the man that epoke , but I could not ¦ wear tbat it was him . Mr . Bent I have no more questions to ask . The decision was that he ba bound over to appear at the Klrkdale assizes , himself in £ 120 , and two sureties in £ ( J 0 each , with forty-eight hours notice . Bail was immediately tendered , and Mr . M Cattney was released on Monday afternoon

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      STAG HUNT ON TOMIES MOUNTAIN AND THE

      LOWER LAKES . The lovers of this delightful terra-aquaUc amusement ( peculiar to Killarney ) wire gratified to their hearts " content on Thursday . . The weather being highly propitious , all the fairy flotilla of Loclilane -was under weigh at an eaily hour , freighted with the youth , beauty , and iathiou it the kingdom of Kerry , and no few contributions from the kingdoms beyond . At high meridian the houcda were in full cry , and at this critical moment the boats began to reudtzvous near O'Sullivun ' s Cascade . " The antlcr'd monarch of the waste Sprung'from his heathery couch in haste , "

      exactly opposite Vincent Point—dushed towards the cataract—bounded towards the teeming fiood jubfc below the fall , and stretched gallantly away with all his deep-mouthed enemies at his heHls . He had not gone far , however , when another Red Rover created a diversion in his favour , and a few hounds were seen banging on tbe haunches of the latter . ( This double hunt was only enjojfcd by a few boats in tho rear . ) Tbe Muckrush beitgles , however , were no fools , and the stragglers soon returned to the attack . The first stag had now reached the bouudaty of Glena , when , as though scrupulous ( unlike some of his biped followers ) of trespassing on Lord Koiimare ' s property , albeit in a case of life and death , the hardpressed animal turned- him round , looked at his pursuers , and descending apace to the shore , and panting and exhausted , plunged into Ite . lake .

      Scarce had he laved his sides in tbe pure and refreshing waters , ere a squadron of boats closing around him , compelled him to swim back to land . But the dogs would not suffer him , re-invigorated though he was , to ascend thu mountain again , arid , like polite Irishmen , seemed anxious , and in f . ict did all in their power to give the ladies and gentlemen a full and satisfactory opportunity of beholding the exhilarating amusement : They now urged him along the water ' s edge , and it soon became a contest not merely between the quarry and bis pursuers , but betw , en the hunters oa the- land and the rowers on the lake . Oecb more , in the meantime , did the stag plunge into the glassy basin , and ouce more was he driven back . But though he had thus twice renewed his strength , on again reaching Vincent ' s Point ( the very spot whexe he vjas started ) , he for the third time sought refuge in the lake ' s pure bosom . He was at last captured by Counsellor Leahy's boatmen . . . ¦ .

      Among the spectators of this unequalled hunt were the following distinguished visitors , then staying at the Muckross Hotel : —Kbv . Robert Longfield , Oistlemary ; Mrs . Jephson , Mallow ; Wilson Gun , Esq . Rattoo ; Peter Thomson and Blennerhasett Thompson , Ecqra ., and the ladiea ' of their j > &Tty . — Coriesponde 7 it of ( ha Kerry Post .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , Sept- 23 . \ BANKRUPTS . Julius Ewald Beerbobm and William Edmund Slaughter , of Fenchurch-street , City , merchants , Oot 8 , at twelve , and Nov . 4 , at one , at the Coutt of Bankruptcy . Mr . W . Whitmore , official assignee , ISasinghall street ; and Messrs Crowder and Maynard , solicitors . Mansion-house-place . John Reid ; formerly of St . Alban ' s , Hertfordshire , and late of Sydney ; but now of 58 , King William-street , City , chemist , Oct . 6 , at one , and Nov . 4 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . W . Whitmore , official assignee ,. Businghall-street ; and > lr , P . B . Smith , solicitor , 17 , Basinghall-street .

      John James - Iaehn , of St . Bennett'e-place , Grace church-street , City , merchant , Oct . 6 , at twelve , and Nov . 4 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr William Pennell , official assignee , 31 , Basinghall-street , and Messrs Druce and sons , solicitors , Bilitar-square , L < . cdovt . William Chapman and Charles Nason Woodyer , of Hope-wharf , Wapping , coal merchants , Sept , 29 , at one , and Nov . 4 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Crforge Green , official assignee , 18 , Alderminbury ; and Messrs Orerton and Hughes , solicitors , 25 . Old Jewry . " William Br ' okcopp , of 213 , High-street , Southwarfc , Surrey , grocer and cheesemonger , Sopt . 29 . at twelve , and Nov . 4 , at eleven , at the Court o : Bankruptcy . Mr George Gibson , official assiqnoj , 72 , BxMnghall-street , and Messrs Bennett anJ Bolding , solicitors , 9 , Scofsvard , Cannon-street , London .

      Jonathan Thompson , of Oxford-street , Middlesex , and Cheapside , City , dealer in paper hangings , Si-pt . 29 , and Nov . 4 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . George Green , official assignee , 18 , Altiermanbury ; and Mess , B Mayhew and Co ., solicitors , Carey-street , Llncoln's-inn . ' West Henry Parkes , of Birmingham , ho&ier and lace dealer , Oiit , 6 , at two , and Nov . 4 , at one at the c-urt of Bankruptcy . Mr . Gsorge ( iibscn , official assigme , 72 , B-isinehail-street ; and Messrs Reid and Shaw , solicitors Friday-street . " ¦ . Sanders Cflew , of Clipston , Northamptonshire , flour and malt dealer , Oct . 8 , at ten , and Nov . 4 , at one , at the Ham- Hotel , Northampton . Mr . William . Andrews , solicitor . Market HarborouRh ; and Messrs . Briiiges and Mason , solicitors , 23 , Bed Lion-iqanre , London .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Robert Kayo and John Fisher , Mold Grefin , Yorkshire , fancy manufacturers . Thomas Makin and Henry Mabin , of Sheffield , . Yorkshire , file manufacturers . Henry Day and Daniel Stone , of Manchenter . teachers of chemistry . John Priestly , sen ., John Priestly , jun ., and James Priestley , of Lower Clowes , Lancashire , cotton spiners ( so far as regards John Priestly , jun ., ) Edward Ackers and Richard Gregsou , of Li ? erpool , manufacturing chemists .

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      From ( he Gazette of Tuesday , Sept . 27 . ; BANKRUPTS . Richard Hodgson Smith , of 103 . CornhiU , and formerly of Cushion-court , Broad-street , City , merchant , October 8 , at one , and November 8 , at eleven , at the Coutt of Bankruptcy . Mr . T . M . Alsagar , official assignee , Birchin-lane ; and Mr . Wm . Bovan , solicitor , 21 , Old Jewry . William Henry Ball , of Ksnninfiton-cross , Surrey , coach master , October 8 , at eleveD , and November 8 at twelve , at the Court ef Bankruptcy . Mr . William Whitmore , official assignee , Basinghall-Btreet } and Messrs ., Miller and Cwr , solicitors , 47 , Eastcheap , London .

      Hannah Simmonds . of Leamington Priors , Warwickshire , milliner , October IX and N « vember 8 , at two , at the Lacsdowne Hotel , Leamington Priors . Messrs . Parkes and Son , solicitors , 1 , Verulambuildings , Gray ' s-inn ; and Mr . Cope , solicitor , Leaming ton Priers . John Badcock , of Shrivenham , Berkshire , grocer , October 12 , at twelve , and November 8 . at eleven , afc the Bell Inn , Farringdon . Mr . James Hainer , solicitor Farringdon . _ Horton Payn , of Liverpool , master miner , Oet 8 , and Nov . 8 , at the Clarendon-rooma , Liverpool . Mr . Henry Crosa , solicitor , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Vincent and Sherwood ,. solicitors , 9 , King ' fl-bench-walk , Inner-tempLe , London . pahtjjedshifs dissolved . / ¦¦¦ - ¦ - »

      pr ^ . j ^ ^ i » fy . » » ^* . ^ w » **^ ^» — - . ClierJos Bradahaw Podle and John Harrison , of Hallfas Yorkshire , brace macnlactureis . Thomas Miagley and David Midgley , of Huddtt * fieM . Samuel Thorp and William Brook , of Manchester , stuff merchants . Heury Lunn , John Crowtber , and William CrowtheT , OX Paddock , near Huddersfield , cloth finishers .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF SCOTLAND . Brother . Chartists—In my last I stated shortly the present state of the six districts in Scotland , and it ¦ will now be proper to point ont the duties which an Executive will have to perform . Recent events have shewn us that the public mind among the working classes is running in three different channels—a small portion are looking to the movement for Complete Suffrage—among the middle class they may be consi dered the timid and the aristocratic . There is a consi derable portion who are still labouring under the exploded idea that Trades Unions and Strikes are a remedy for tie evils of class legislation . Tbe patriot ism and intelligence of the working population , have unequivocally declared for Chartist suffrage , as tbe only and suffidect security for moderate labour , permanent employment , cheap government , and the establish ment of national and individual liberty .

      It is the duty , and will be found to be the only sound policy for the Chartist , to pay no attention to either of these movements . Complete Snffirage , if honestly taken np and persevered in , is Chartism . Trades Unions and a Strike for -wages is an ism that has lost its chsrmn . In this its last effort , the Chartist * , in no sense , ought io identify themselves with it , as such identification ¦ would be tantamount to an impeachment of ttie Charter being a remedy . It wonld be highly desirable at the present time that the Scottish Executive be formed and bold a meeting as early as possible ; and the place I presume ought to be Edinburgh , as tbe most central ^

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      ( COPT . ) ADDRESS OF THE WATK 1 NS' TESTIMONIAL COMMITTEE TO JOHN WATKINS . On presenting you , Sir , with a token of the love and good-will of the metropolitan Chartists for the beneficence and kindness which you have always evinced towards the working classes in your disinterested labours and writings in the people ' s cause , we take the opportunity to express to yon the trust and reliance ¦ which we place in your fidelity and constancy , and to signify to you our admiration of yonr abilities and the value -which we put upon their exercise in the field of Chartism . We would also acknowledge our estimation of your prudence , foresight , and love of justice , and conclude with assuring you of onr respect and confidence bo long as you pursue your present consistent course . We are , &c

      MR . -SVAIKISS' REPLY . GEMLEME . S , —If I accept this mark of your approval and esteem , it is for the sake of the cause ; for I well knew that had I not served that cause faithfully yon would not have deemed me worthy of it I accept it then as a token of yow gratitude for past services , and of encouragement for the future , and that others may see you are not forgetful of your friends , but wish that their example may hold forth as an incentive to others to deeerre similar marks of esteem This , I take it , is the true use of such tokens , to encourage us all in " patient perseverance in well-doing . " I shall for ever cherish the remembrance of yonr favour , and I trust that my conduct will Bhew that I merited it 1 am , Gentlemen , Yotje . Brother Chaetist . N . B . —All persona in the conntry desirous to add to the London Testimonial will please to forward their mites to the office of the Northern Star . ^

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      So plentiful is money at the present moment , that bills are now discounted in Liverpool at 3 per cent ., while in London good paper may , we believe , be discounted for 2 per wnt . —Liverpool Albion '

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      ANOTHER VICTIM OF CLASS TYRANNY . On Friday evening last , Mr . James Cartledge , the Secretary to the Sonth Lancashire Delegates , was arrested by Mr . Inspector Irvine , en a charge of using seditious language at Mottram Green , on Sunday , the 14 th August- . Mr . Cartledge was conveyed in a coach te the Town Hall , and consigned to the lock-up underneath that building . A great number of papers and bosks were seizsd , consisting of Chartist Circulars . Northern Stars . and portraits given with that paper , together with a quantity of children ' s school books . Mr . Cartledge having for some years back conducted a seminary for the instvuetion . of youth , in which capacity he is much ' respected . A box fu 1 of books , belonging to Mrs . Cartlerige ' s brother , were also taken to the Town Hall , where they were subjected to a rigid scrutiny .

      Mr . Cartledge having been kept in the lock-up from Friday until Monday , was removed to Hyde , accompanied by Irvine and CroBs , for the purpose , as the Hyde masdsttates informed him , to hear the depositions aeaicst him read over , at the same time telling him there were other charges ogainat him of a serious nature in Lancashire . The depositions were then rsad and sworn to , and Mr . Cartledge asked if he bad ar . y questions to put to the witnesses , the Chairman advising him to be cautious , bs his questions would be written down and appear against him on his triaL Cittledge , however , put a fdw questions , and elicited from tbe witnesses that they were offiscrs in the Cheshire constabulary force . Cartledge declined saying anything in " defence , and Captain . Clark having consulted his brother magistrates , stated that it was a bai . ' able effjnpe , and ordered Cartledge to 2 nd two sureties in three hundred pounds each , and himself in « ix hundred poouds , to apptar at the nfat Chester Assizes , and to give forty-eight hours ' notice .

      Notwithstanding the exorbitant amount of bail demanded from this poer man . such waa the conduct of the mugistr . ites that they refused to take four sureties at £ 150 each , instead of two at £ 300 . I applied for libeity to see Mr , Caititdge , which was readily granted , and I was locked up with him in his cell for some time , and' after consulting with him . concerning his bail , he desired that I would make it known to tha public , through the columns of the Star , that he received the btst of treatment at the hands of the Manchester officers .

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      - THE NORTHERN STAR . 7 '__ ' ' ' - . »

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 1, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct981/page/7/