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MEETING of the Shareholders of the above Company will beheld on Thursday EvENrxa , February 18 th , at the Joiners'Hall , High Friat . Street . The Chair to be tak « u at Eight o'Clcck . The Attendaaceof the Shareholders is particularly requested . By Order of the Directors . Stores , Foot of Side , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Feb . 9 th , 1841 .
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Just Published , DR . P . M . M'DOUALL'S Plan of Organization , Dedicated to the Working Men o ; Dundee . Chartist News Agents , " and Associations will be supplied with any number , at 6 s . 3 d . per Hundred , on application to James H'Pheuson , No . » , Horse Water Wynd , Scouring-burn , Dundee .
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liL-TREATMENT ; OF FEAR&TJS O'CONNORMEN OF LONDON ! A PUBLIC MEETING will bo held at the Social Institution , John Street , Tottenham Court Road , on Monday , February the " 5 m , 1841 . to receive the Report of MegBra . Spubb , Bou « 13 , and Neesoji , the Depu . iaton appointed at the Great Meeting held at tho White Conduit House , on Jan . tho 4 t , h last , to present a Memorial to Lord Nornianby on the TREATMENT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , bow in York Castle , and to take the necessary measures tofering the Cause of tho above Gentleman before the House of Commons , with a view to its mitigation . All enemies to oppression are particularly requested to attend . —Working Men to your duty J A Workvug Man will tafee the Chair at Seven o ' clock . . ¦ A . D . Hogg , Sectary .
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3 . R . STEPHENS . ON SUNDAY ,- February 28 : h , THREE SERMONS will ba Dreachcd by Joseph Rayner STtPimas , iu the Working" ManV Institution , Hydu ; iu the . Morning , at Half-p " 3 t Ten o'clock ; in . the Afternoon , at Two j ami at Six in tho Evening . N . B . Collections will be made after each Sermon , towards the Funds of the Institution .
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TO THE WORKING MEN OF LON 9 ON . A PUBLIC DINNER to congratulate Hknbt Vincent , ou his Liberation from his loaft Imprisonment , will take plaoe at the White Conduit House Tavern , on Mo . nd a Y . March 1 . xVlr . Wiilmm Lotbtt , in tbe Chair . Tickets , 3 s . « ach ; Lady ' s ditto , 2 * . 6 d . ; to bo had at the following plac « is ;—Cleave , No . 1 , Shoe-lane ; HetborinKtdn , No . 126 t Strand ; Watson , No . IS , City-road ; Lovett , No . 183 , Tottenham-court-road ; of the Committee , who meet at the Globe , Shoelane , FJedt-street , every Monday -and - I !>*} f 8 day Evening ; and of tho Secretary , H . Mitchell , No . 67 , Rod Lion-Btroet . % Every Man who desires to see " The Charter' * become the Law of the Land , ia earnestly requested to co-operatu with the Committee iu roakiug tbe Arrangements as effective as possible .
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< n * Dersoas appointed as the Provisional Execun « JC * aded as far as the nomination of candidates £ ? SiS > e «; and , after fixing two different STfor the election , failed tomue the balloting ^^ nothing further was heard of them until S ^ Wl for another Delegate meeting . I confess , « n 7 of the delegates that sat at Manchester , I ¦* ^ L 3 t Borro « d to find this . The plan of J * LStion " had worked admirabl y well a ? far lifflfaeen carried ont , and the " falling off " by t , Provisional Executive , at a tune most im-* % fait . I deemed calculated to be very fatal . I am Pfv ^ S to know for what this Delegate Meeting is » called , although I haTe many conjectures ; none ? which , however , can rappor t , in my mind , the ! i ~ sdtT for another Delegate Meeting , and the £ 5 !/ it would necessarily entail .
ft may be desired to bring tfie - pian" more Am tae l * w > * s son ** Tariety of opinion existed ! 2 mecan 2 its legality ; bat this could have been the SSVork of the new Executive , and thug the exr ^ L of a delegate meeting avoided . I hare thought , Wthere may be a defic iency of funds , bat an \? L-1 » the country would , I am sure , have * JSLi this ; but a delegate meetuig could only "f ^ jji ^ rea ter difficulties in a pecuniary point of * 1 f * eost the people of Wiltshire nearly £ 7 to send _ , nDon the l « t occasion , the distance being great , d irwsnses heavy . Tnis will serve to shew that in 2 t- fiV Wesv" there are great difficulties attending ^ L . wins * . I a ° nM mean to ra y thst delegate ZSdnO are of no avail ; the last effected incalculavVnwi- out too often reoeated , the interest ttJhea to them falls off , more particularly as the Z ^ a had been led to expect , without further d ; ffi-« lrj the final completion and operation of the plan jjje ^ xgreed upon .
y IwUh to be underwood as not endeavouring to rirl a dispute , or cast discredit , upon the Provisional fereentive . From what 1 saw of them at the TwW * ts Meeting , I am convinced they are ^^ q ^ rionably « good and true , " and Wm M do all for the best . Further particulars have wa womised : these may reveal matters hitherto !™ tnown and unexpected , I am sure , if necessary , wyjshire will respond to the call , as it is powerr ^ T ^ Tjg , and its sense of justice is of rapid Zfa ; b « it must be shown wUat good is to be tne
r u . Triit immediate ODjeet aeiegaiet are to hroia view ; &ad this in a manner fully to be "PSl ^ lSy » few words to address to the ProviataalSiecutiTe . I ^ nponm&tcre consideration , ais ftrana to Delegate Meeting must be had , suSriwit unoiiacement should be given , to enable the ^ toacies to make necessary preparations , and ? hen BBS be no putting off or adjournments from the d » j fi ^ i which was the case once or twice ere ft ? meeting of July 20 th , 154 C . I sbould recom-Bffld Monday , the first of March , as the best time , jf it is found absolutely necess * ry for delegates to jseeffible . With best feeling to all , and a desire to promote fte suttttSi of Chartism , I remain .
Tour ' s , obedientl y ^ 18 , Grove , Bath , Feb . 9 , 1841 . We quite agree with Mr . Philp in thinking that pat necessity should be clearly seen , and shown to exist , before putting the country to theexpenee ui inconvenience of a general delegate meeting . We do not see the necessity for such a meeting at present ; though we are anxious not io trench on the prerogative of the Provisional Execuiive , Bat we lave aa opinion ; and that opinion is , that the caanisafcioB works well ; that it has worked well ,
sod that it will work well ; that it requires some && modification , which may be given to it by the Executive , as well without a delegate meeiing as ¦ riih one . If , however , the Provisional Executive think otherwise , we will gladly aid either them or inj delegate meeting which they may call . We eanBot leave the subject , without doing the Proviaonal Executive the justice of saying , that we believe ike delay referred to by our correspondent to have original in circumstances over which they eonld no * , exercise controuL
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T . Drxox—His song won ' t do . "ii .. H . 6 . —Be have no doubt the " poor married man oui of vot ' x" spoken of in his letter , may be impr \ g > rud for his arrears of Lalerdy , even tinder trie present bastardy latcs , L . T . Clasct . —JF * have not room fer his letter . We kiunc of no remedy for the Post-office irregularities but that of application io the Postmaster , vhkh is , generally speaking , no remedy at ail We continually receive accounts of correspondence that never reaches vs ; and ice have ourselves posted ir . any letters io carious places which ve have every reason to believe never reached tlieir destination . These things have increased much since the establishment of the Penny
Postage , and more especially since that of the regiitratvrrt svcindle . Eksbajt . — We hardly know tchat to say to him . All depends upon the exact circumslancesin which he may noir be . In sztne states of America—in Texas , or in Canada—an agricuitura . 1 labourer , if industrious , is almost sure to live much better than he tan here . But tee are the last to encourage any man to leave "OldEngland . " We xrith to tet the people "live" at home : end , pUase God , tee hope yet to see it . A Co 5 sta . vz Reader , J . T . — His lins $ tcon ' i do . i . ASHW 02 . TH . —Never mind the catchpenny : let it do iu do . "Willuh Thomas xsd Mobgxn Williams , of
Merttivr TyivrU ^ h ^ te expended much virtuous indignaxvm on the supposed > u > n insertion of a paragraph , sent to tts last week , about a Paine ' s birih-day anniversary . If they had read the ^ - "isrii Star , they irotild have seen that the ixhole thing appeared just as we received it : and in a situation where , it could scarely have escaped their notice if they had opened the paper atoll . ^ 3- MrLLza .-rrian . fcs . We do not think it advisable ^ to insert his letter . I * tee Hackett . — We have received Jrom this person a svmeichat lengthy tyntle , in which , the only reiJiark thai can fair / y claim notice from us U the fdlovxttg : — li / remember you asking me , in the
Mxwc Saloon , why we had taken * o little notice < " / Mr . O'Connor 1 and v : y answer teas , ' Th < , cdtice of our London friends" ' . ' Mr . H . seems Tery sore at the charge of" ingratitude" being impked , as he states it io be , against him and the oilier cotLori-tpinneTi , in our rtviarks on Mr . M'Xeit ' s letter , last week . We don ' t wonder at it . Peep ' e seldom like io be told of their faults . Did Mr . Hackeit ever tear the old adage , "Less said , ^ &&CK $ NAno > "AL Chaeteb Assoctatiox . — We hate received a c < irr . muriication from i '> e C-iuiidl of : hu body having reference to , and denowicing i ' i severe terms , certain parties in Newcastle We do not ihuJ : it wise or p-Jilic to insert the
coTTiTTiunicailon ; hut we have our eye very steadil y upon the movements of the vcho-e party and of many others connected wish them ; and xt ir-d them look abroad for mercy if any foul 7 > &y be fairly brought home to them . Mean-&" £ , we have little fear of any muchief : the people are n > jw too wide awake to bs tickled and , sold ct the seine time . ¦ fee Fkiesds eF the Chaeteb" shall appear . ¦ BiREEa . —The rep < jrt of the Paine ' s dinner at Nottingham teas consider ably longer thmn the paragraph we inserted . We are under the neeanty of greatly abbreviating most r , f the reporU which we receive . Did we not do so , we »« j / leave more than half rf them entirely out .
We endeavour to do as strict and fair justice io nil places , parties , and persons as possible ; but we cannot give vp our right of judgment as to the * ctio '' h a ! which we find it necessary or convenient _ te . otrf any communication sent to us . ^ KSous Bhagg . — We cannot insert his leller . The Nor-nern Star it no vehicle J or personal tquabbles ^ ** 05 Sxtth . —Never mind the should-hace-bcen doctor and would-be parson ' s missive . It is a < f . * eiy harmless bit of heaviness . fcUs&ow . —Some person has sent us a report of a pabl& meeting held here six weeks ago . It is p J ^ 'k" too old ' to pats for news . « . C— We have received a letter bearing this
tignature from WaUail , controverting the statements tn our last relative to the proceedings rf the Whig party < u the late election . We gave our state-* nent mi the testimony of eye witnesses , on whose veracit y we place great reliance . l IjBttebs . —One or turo correspondents have thu xceek forgotten to vay their letters . This is yfair , as it toddles us with double postage . In 2 W o * ^ "" PuM le lter * v * 11 1 * refused . A \ t ' HoUinsxeod . —We have no room . f-3 ^ Edinhirgh . —Next week . j *« ttn . Ro&kbs . —We have no room . , « KE , BfiJTOXS . B . JSi" tnrm't rfn
s ? ? - CLiIL ? - -fFc J " * writw * a Utter from » wkpmi with this iiffnatwe , stating that , m tw ** equenee of an article appearing m this jour-** concerning Mr . Peter Chappel having been fleetared guilty of defrauding the Victim Fund , * jw » incapable of serving in any office in the « - *»¦/«*/ Association , the Committee of the Cooperaltte Store thought it their duty to call a ™ " £ «?<* «> balance Mr . Peter Chappel's tt * T *!? j l ' aflera very minute investigation , ^ ZHJ ™ their afmrt to be in a very flourishing ^ Fr *"}' ' , and havegivm to their agent , Mr . r ^ PP " , their best thanks . Thu letter purports to <* "SWrfon behalf of the Committee , and insertion « ctaimedfor it in "justice" io Mr . Chappel . We
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have great pleasure in learning and making public the fact that the Stockport Cooperative Society is in a flourishing condition ; and we have also great pleasure in learning thai the Stockport Co-operatives find Mr . Peter Chappel more trustworthy than the Manchester Chartists found him . Lambeth Council . —Report next week . JoHil RuSsklu— The non-insertion of the Leeds Demonstration in a part of the Scotch impression of the following week teat an oversight , not discovered until too late to be amended . In reply to his complaints of their reports being shortened , we can only tell Mm , at toe tell others , that every place must have a little consideration for every other place , or the Star would not be what it ita perfectly national organ .
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S . Dobsos . —The tteo parcels for Mansfield were sent to the Post-office at the tame time . We cannot account far their not being both delivered at tht tame delivery . Mx . Weaver , Macclcspield . —The papert were forwarded at the usual time . F . W . Simjbos , Bristol . — We sent them at the usual time . John Thompson . —The papert are posted at the usual time . The cover sent it the tame as sent from the office .
J . Stubbs , Macclesfield . —We had not any papers left when his letter came stating the mistake that had occurred . Tbomas Bodgsbs . —The portraits of F . O'Connor have not been delivered Io the agents . J . Millae , Bokhill , will receive the plates he hat ordered in his next partel . T . Etkleigh , Locghbobocgh . —We know nothing whatever about Ifie £ 1 . \ J . Kekdal , Bradford , Wilts . —We had given him credit for them before his letter arrived .
TOi THE COKKITTKE FOB SCTERINTEOHSG DAS . S , CHAKTIST WitCOKB TO LEEDS . £ * . rf . Prom J . Turner , London ... ... 0 1 6 _ a Friend , Manchester .. 02 * _ the Dundee Democratic Association 0 10 6 FOB THK WIVES AKD FAMILIES OF TH 8 INCABCEaATKD
CHARTISTS , Prom the Working Men ' s Association , Truro 10 6 .. the Society of Shoemakers , Hull ... 0 10 < « the Members of the National Charter Association , Hull 0 19 6 1 10 0 « Glasgow—W . Kidd 0 10 « do . J . Ord 0 0 6 » a few Chartists at Shrewsbury 0 10 0 FOB CLATTO . v ' s FT 7 . TESAL .
From the Committee of the Belief Fund , Great Horton , near Bradford 0 6 fl « Miss Iveson , Mount Pleasant , - nearWsiefield 0 5 0 .. C- Afihton , Birmingham ... « , a WesleyanChartist , Stroud ... 0 2 6 .. Leeds , by J . Temple , collected from » few Mechanics ... 0 S 6 From the Tfatioual Chartist Aasociation . Oldham 0 10 0 „ Clas 3 JCo . 2 , of National Charter Association , Bridgehouses , Sheffield 8 6 0 .. Ouseborn , near Newcastle , being a collection made at the National Charter Association Council Meeting .... 0 4 0
FOR JACKSON . Prom Friends at Knutsford , but want help ... ... ... 0 2 6 FOE THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL . Prom the Working Men ' s Association , Truro 0 10
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son can ( without a factious desire to construe wrongly ) . understand me ever to have said that I would agitate for anything less than the Charter Suffrage . That Charter requiring a residence ot three months effects all that caution requires ; as such I advocate it , and whether it be cahed household , or any other name be given to it , I care not , so that it includes , x =. I have said , every man of mature age and sound mind . Yours , &c . Joh * Collins . VS . Will yon be kind enough to point out the difference between " my definition of Household Suffrage , " and the Suffrage of the Charter ! Joh . t Collins .
[ We have much pleasure in inserting the foregoing letter . Collins will take our candid assurance that in any observations upon his former letters , we were not only not swajed by any factious feeling , bni thai we made our remarks in the most friendly spirit , and with the very best - intentions . In reply to his postscript , we bave Only to observe tha : ^ his question though a short one , requires a long answer , too long for our paper of this week , to the exclusion of other
immediately important matter ; but we undertake to reply to it in our next , not only we trust to his satisfaction , but to the satisfaction of every man of sound mind in the empire . Had we conceived the least desire to be factious , we might have commenced upon the report of Collins ' s speech as , it appeared iu the Leeds Times , before ii waj contralicteJ , nor in fact , is there a syllable in our former comment , which can be fairly construed otherwise than as friendiv . —Ed 1
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; GJLASGOW . —Plusdbb ! Plunder ! Plln' deb . ! by the Glasgow Shopocract . —An exiraori dinary and unprecedented exposure of a sy . < - fin of \ robbery upon the public , b y the Bhop-kecptrs ot ) Glasgow and guburLa , with light weight * , has jim ; : aken" place before the authorities here , tvhioh Las : created one general feeling of astonishment a ; id : indignation in tne public mind , aud p » -triti-d the i magistrates at iw nature and extent , borne months , ago , a meeting of the inhabitants of Cowoaddeus , principally Chartists , was held for the purpose oi ; mr-inoriaii .-ing the magistrates of Gia . ' gy . v to cause ; an examina : ion to be miie of the we ^ ms of ckaiers and retailer .- ; , which , after considerable dd-v , thev ior
¦ agreed to , and ap ^ ointad proper persons that purpose , and -who have already visited the shop-: ocracy of the 2 s ' orth quarter , Anderston , Parti : k , Govau , Gorfeals , Calton , and Bridgeton . Amongst ! the places first visited , scarcely an incividual gro-; eer , butcher , or baker , escaped ; in Bridgeion , for i instance , only five or six had their wei g hts correct , auci from the appearance of their weisnts , it is shrewdly suspected they hau # ot timely information , ; and , of course , furnished themselves with new oues . i The £ x-Provo .-t , a consequential individual , was heavily fined , his weights being greatly deficient , his stone weight wanted one pound and a half , i which , tinder a moderate caleuJanon , would amount j to ten or twelve shillings vearly of a robbery by
j deficient weight upon the article of oatmeal used by ! a poor family . This man considered bims * elf insulted ; when he was asked to sign the National Petition , ! and the church which he attends polluted , because j it was gTant « d at different periods to the Chartis' . s t for meetiDg ? . In fac :, with a few noble exceptions . j the shopocracy were , and Etill are , the deadly foes of I Chartu-m . Tiiey have , however , trot a sad humbling : at present , and their tongues that used to waj ; , and : niter every calumny they conld invent against their . Cnartist neighbours , have ceased to perform their base and ungenerous offices . Tne fines wbich have been imposed upon them by the Justice of Peace
Conn have varied from seven shillings aud sixpence io five pounds , the highest penalty allowed by law . The - grocers and dealers who have not y _ et been vifitea , are crowding the office of the adjuster of eeaies and weights , in order to have their own adjnsted , and thereby save the penalty and disgrace , which would follow detection . Now , these are the persons who fiii our jury boxes , officiate as eiders aad deacons in our churches—subscribe their pounds for Bible societies and the erection of new ha robes —while the old ones are not half full—elect our Members of Parliament—and , after the manner of the Pharisees of old , thank God in public th&t they re not like these wicked Chartists . —Corres apndent .
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The Educated Middle Classes . —As Jurymen on Coroners' imjnests generally consist of members of the middle rawer than the working class , the following remarks m * y be Bnpposed to apply to the former class : —At an iuqaest held last week , Mr . Wakley , the coroner , said that the Middlesex magistrates now required all Christian names to be written in full on the inquisition paper by the jurymen . There was * n old saying , that " the schoolmaster was abroad , " but he thought he was very mneh * wanted at home , " for some persons could
not write at all , and at an inqnesfc he bad recently held , only five jurymen out of thirteen could do so . Mr . Wakley , after these observations , signed his own name and handed the paper to the jury . Sseing that one old gentleman detained it longer than he thonght necessary , he asked him the reason , when the juryman exclaimed , " Dang it , I ' ve done it at last ; but Pve been so long used to sign my name , which is BeDJamin , ' Ben , ' that I forgot how to go throngh with it , " All the jurymen having signed , the Coroner , ou looking over the names , discovered that the person who had beep so puzzled h * d , as be Baid > done it , " at last by writing Bengarain . "
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Accident fbom an Ate Gxw . —A few days ago , as Mr . Oastler , of Kirbywiske , near Thirst , » relation of " our good King , was charging , by pumping an air gnn , the ball exploded , and very severely injured him abont the heaia andfaoe , fractnnng the jaw , and carrying away part of one cheek , besides various contusions about the body . We ate glad to hear there is some hope of hfe recovery .
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^ ... TO THE EDITOR OF THB HOBTHKBil BTA& . Sia , —It would confer a favour upon your readers here , if you , or any of your readers , could inform them whether it was the Repealers , the Orangemen , or the Precursors , who dashed the windows about O'ConnelTs ears at Belfast , and hunted Dan out of the Green Isle , out of hiB own dear country . Many are of opinion that had he brought the threatened 300 , 000 with him , he would have made an awkward attack upon the Scotch and English Chartists . Yours , &o . A Constant Reader .
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? TO THE MIDDLE CLASSES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . Gentlemen , —Many years bare elapsed since Britain witnessed a scene similar to that which took place at Leeds , on the 21 st ult A scene that has strengthened in us the hope long cherished , tb&t this year will not be characterised like the past , by the flagrant neglect of th&t duty so important to both the employer and the employed , of meeting together and consulting each other on subjects of mutual interest A deep chasm produced by mutual pride , prejudice , and ignorance , has long separated the two classes . We hope the day has at length dawned , that shall see th&t breach filled up by mutual necessity , forbearance and intelligence , so as to form a common ground whereon to stand in united opposition against the common foe . In the public interview at Leeds , the unanimous declaration of the CliartiEt Delegates was , " That the People ' s Charter was the only fulcrum on which the puTrerfal lever of the masses could rest . "
You will ask , what has given rise to the deep seated and almost universal desire of the millions to establish the principles of the Charter ? It is not because they ore opposed to any number of individuals as auch ; it is not because they desire to take away power from one section of the community , and confer it upon another ; it is because the full perception of the evils necessarily connected with that demon-monster—irresponsible power , ( by whomsoever possessed , ) has penetrated int » the depths and dens of poverty , and , enforced in a
tenfold degree by their increasing necessities , has found a home in every heart , and an echo in every action of the un-enfranchised many . Its wars , taxations , tyrannies , persecutions , and open enmity to the best interests of manufacturer and operative have made them miserable , whether it appeared under the name « f Toryism or Whiggery . No wonder , therefore , that in the . People ' s Charter they hailed principles which by conferring power on all who are justly entitled to it , shall so controul the legislator as to make him the Yirtual reytesentitive of the will and interests of all .
From their thorough conviction of the necessity of a change in the system of government , ( -without reference to individuals , ) they refused you their assistance in the anti-Corn Law agitation ; they felt persuaded that although by a momentary pressure from without , the lion was forced to give up the prey , they had no security that as soon as the pressure was romoved , he would not stretch out his unhallowed paw and take it again , being still possessed of the power . Id addition to this , they felt that in their unjust exclusion from the franchise they were slaves ; their
desire was not to obtain that which would only have made them well-fed slaves ; they desired liberty for her own sate ; the degrading thought was constantly before them , that they were deprived of a right which a few bricks and mortar conferred upon others , no more industrious , virtuous , or intelligent than themselves . And , however much many may doubt it , there is a deep seated desire among the millions to obtain , by the development of their minds , that intellectual and moral importance , which alone ennobles man , and without which , he is but a worm , however gilded « however rich .
Gentlemen , these aro thu reasons that have given risj to that deep determination of the masses never to agitate foi any measure short of justice to all . We rejoice that the same effects that have been produced in our minds , are now displacing themselves in yours . We have long jleplortd the ex'stance among you of a peculiar spirit of costu thai has hitherto prevented yon from holding intercourse with tbuse whom you supposed birth , rank , or riches had placed below you . It has prevented you from examining our principles . We fear you have too often cheriihed jroundleas prejudices ; believing a press that has always pandered Io these prejudice * , as a means of securing success , and
confounding the fortuitous and rash conduct ot a few men , with the mighty and sacred principles they professed to advocate . Actuated by these feelings and swayed by these errors , you have neglected your true interests tiiJ , although there is still abundant field for commercial enterprise , some of the richest advantages have been lost never to be regained . We rejoice that in your desire to extend to others their rights , you proclaim th « t you are wiser to day than yuu were yesterday ; toe long have w « all been ignorant of that truth , that to be tappy and prosperous , we must be just That to ftel all the horrors of bankruptcy and misery , we require only to be selfish and exclusive .
How little real power does the present franchise confer upon you ? Witness the reception of your anti-Corn Law tBill by your nominal representatives . In truth th * re is no representation ; yviur power only enables you to nominate , once in seven years , an individual , who then becomes independent of your opinions , and too of : en careless of your interests . If there be one feeling of conlenipt in our ' ^ minds for any man , it is fur him vhe , pof-sessing the franchise , louks down with supercilious pru ' . e on those who have it not ; his power is but a name ; liis pride is that of a maniac , who points to his straw coronet , ana wooden sceptre , and thinks himself a king , though chained and miserable .
Every day , and every hour , the commercial prospects became more gloomy ; ? universal bankruptcy is inevitat > : e , unless exclusive prejudices are tpeediiy thrown away . There is no hope but in a union of the oppressed classes , to secure for themselves virtual instead of nominal n-presentation . \ v " remain , Your unenfranchised fellow subjects , John Collins , arthck O'Neill . The news of the ~ Sevt York psnie ( come to hand since the above was written ) ftarfuliy verities it
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THE MIDDLE-CLASS UNION AGAIN . TO THE EDITOR Of THE NORTHERN STAR . February 12 , 1841 . Dear Sir , —I aw surprised to 8 co Mr . Collins ' s name attached to an uudress to the middle ciasses , and iusertti * l in the Leeds Times of Saturday last 'Inure is something mom in the act than a mere sacrifice of private feeing for the attainment of a public good ; and , therefore , it is alto ?» tber unjustifiable . I see you have received a copy of this address , but have withheld its insertion , perhaps , for want of room , perhaps not—no matter .
The first objection I take is , its beiirs published iu that paper . And what result can Mr . CoUins txpect from its publication there ? Can he suppisa ttie Titties will " Jump Jim Crow , " and come over to the Charter ? I trow not Does he expect , by this means , to make known Use principles of Chartism among the middle classes ? I suppose he d'wa . Well , if it to bapp-. n ; for 1 wish to put the bt * t construction I can on the attempt , what tbtn ? Does our redemption depend on this , as the silly Editor of that very erudi'e piece of biack and white would have us believe ? 1 answer , No , no ! no ! !
Now , it is evident Mr . C . thinks so , or be would not have consented to be a party in such an affair . So far , then , Mr . Sinilts and he are agreed . Whether such un address be beneficial at ail . is unnecessary to discuss , having already been settled by our friend , O'Connor , and others—at least , to my satisfaction . There is , nevertheless , one great error into which Mr . C . his fallen ; it is that of reeking to continue , in existence , an evil , for the purpose of obtaining a good ; and that this evil is the Tiines cewspaper , will require but little argument to prove .
What is worse than a false friend ? Hna it not employed all its worst energies to malign Chartists and misrepresent Chartism » Have Dot it * columns been filled with hodge-podge stories hatched by our enemies for our destruction , and this , for the purpose of making a party of its own to fall back upon for an existence , in the most unprincipled manner , without which it must have given np the ghost ? But , what is most strange , after giving the principles by which it is supported , their death-blow at the late noble demonstration .
and , as if purposely to keep Mother Goose on her legs , Mr . C is induced to send one of a series of addresses to be published weekly in the Times—to eater for it * readers—to supply the plaee of the editor's insufficient and dry " grey goose quill , " and furnish the means of puffing the " ware" in flaming placards through every town and village , by tbe stirring appendage of a respectable name attached to a " Chartist address ; " when , by a well-merited aHence , and contempt of such a slanderer , according to hU dtserts , it
might" Doubly dying , have gone down , Unwept , unhonoured , and unsung . " It might , I * ay—aye , more , it would . What was it previous to the existence of the Association ? Worse than nothing—a losing concern . One of two things , but for this , then , must have happened—either what I have just mentioned , or a tborongh change of politics ; perhaps another out-andout Chartist paper would have been the cons « quence But thus encouraged , Mother Goose may drag on harassing , as nsual , the fmnt and rear of our good cause , by her wishywasby , balderdash , instalment nonsense , the Chartists to have the peculiar gratification of reflecting that one of their own body is tbe causa . I would not like to be the man .
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Had Mr . . Collins spent . his time in devising mean * for more effectually uniting tha working classes among themselves , there would bare been something like consistency in the employment . This is all every honest Chartist ought to seek , and all he need seek . For , this accomplished , we have theu all the Blnew , Intellect , Independence , and honesty neoesaary . Supposing this were the case in Leeds , which contains 82 , 120 inhabitants , out of which number there are 61 , 675 , or more than three times tbe number of the working class to that of any other ; and if the large towns of the country average an equal number , and the whole country anything near it , what man of common sense will continue for a moment longer to prate about the strength of the aristocracy , or middle class , or both , when put in competition with working men . The strength or power of those two dosses , ia comparison , is only powerful in
money , low eunnlujj , selfishness , and trickery— whose magic influence lies chitfly in bribing and corrupting their devotees ; and surely we have had enough of this . I deny that they possess an equal amount of intellect for sound political purposes—they have not a tithe of the material—If they haye , where is it ? They haTe long had the power , where are its manifestations I Bat allowing there ia no particular want of this on either side ; we want virtue and honesty more than any thing : and I tell them plainly they have had a fair trial- ^ they have been weighed in the balance and found wanting—they'll be tried no more—and no mistake . I say to working men , stand it out I you have them on your own terms . Do it yourselYeg and it will be done to your satisfaction ; let them but touch it and It is corrupted . Do it yourselves , and yours will be the honour—seek their aid , in their way , and all the honour and profit will be theirs ; the labour and disappointment , only , yours .
I would here conclude my letter , but I am wishful , if you can spare room , of offering a few remarks on another subject , so unsparingly maltreated by our friend theI 7 «« , whenever opportunity serves ; and that Is , what the editor and his friends call the " madness and irrationality" of Chartist denunciation of the middle and upper classes . A man who lives in a glass house should be careful about throwing stones , lest his own windows be broken in return . Who were tbe first offenders ? The middle classes or the Chartists ? Who promised all , and then would give nothing ? Or , rather , something a great deal worse than nothing ? The middle classes . Who premised us Reform , and said we should not have it , terming us Idle vagabonds—progressive reform , and
then swore finality was fairest—stood and looked on at our crippled trade , and consequent hunger and . starvation of tens of thoosandsof industrious artisans—robbedof the land , rights , privileges , laws , protection—punished for poverty as for crime , immured ia damnable skillygolee traps , which are also of their erecting ? Who , in eight years , have added seven millions to the national debt , with increase of taxation , and every oppressive and available aggravation , and yet remained deaf to tbe wail ef tbe suffering , the petitioning of the mild , submissive , tame , and patient people ? Who was it , I ask , did all this , and now complain of being roughly handled—In words only ? Who ? Why these same middle classes . Good God ! then they are no wiser yet , with all they have Been and
feltnot convinced that their crimes deserve punishment , the immaculate gentlemen ! Had any Bingle individual , on his own account , inflicted a thousandth part of the injury upon society , with one voice of execration , like the yell ot bo many demons , they would have dragged him to the gallows and hanged him by act of parliament , as being unfit to live . But now , forsooth , because , in a body , with power and acts of parliament , and juries in their hands , they rob on a large scale , and commit slow murder to boot—they ore not to be censured—not to be called by their right names , and held up to public scorn and indignation for the purpose of being shamed out of their crimes , by the men they have injured and continue to injure—by the relations and friends of the murdered , without being set down as " mad and irrational . " Had not mild remonstrance been tried , there might have been some excuse fer this fault-finding of theirs ; but they know full well , nothing short of open rupture could attract
attention , and therefore tho necessity justified the course pursued—patience and long-suffering could bear no more—no wonder the volcano broke out—no wonder " breathing thoughts and burning words " were applied ; and but for the real and genuine Christianity of the oppressed—had they done as they were done unto , then , they would have given an eye for an eye , and a tooth for a toothmeasure for measure : they would have lash'd tbe rascals naked round the world . " But , no ; they knew better ; they know better ; they forgave , they do forgive ; and yet , I cannot promise to impenitency a continuance of Buch forbearance ; let the amende honourable be made , and all will be yet well . Let the upper and middle classes do it ; as do it they must ; they lir . ve much to repent of , and much to bo forgiven ; let them merit this forgiveness by conceding equal rights on equal terms , and our brotherhood is formed . Until then , Mr . Editor , I am their enemy .
I will watch tbeir motions , and give timely warn ing ; bolder and firmer the more I am oppressed . 1 am , dear Sir , Without disguise . Yours , affectionately , William Hick ..
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TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —In consequence of the quantity of important nnd interesting matter with which you are constantly supplied , by your very numerous and intelligent correspondents , from every part of tbe Kingdom , I have hitherto abstained from obtruding myself on your notice ; but I cannot allow the present opportunity to pass without doing you an act of justice , which gratitude prompts me to perform . I return you my sincere thanks and heartfelt acknowledgements for the zeal and ability , but , above all , the honesty with which you have ever supported the claims of the working unenfranchised order to which I belong , but more especially for your recent conduct in challenging thu enemy t » an open combat with the Chartists of London . I thank yom , as though tho struggle w : is made
for myself alone , and there was not another to reap the benefit : and I will fight as hard to gain a victory as if there was not another to help me . Each far all , and all for each , is my motto , aud tke grand secret of an imperishable union ,- and when this principle is understood by the toiling millions , rampant tyranny will hide its head , anil tlu-y obtain their natural rights . It is already known and acted on in London , by a sufficient number to prtsent an impenetrable front to bricks and mortar . You have thrown down the gauntlut for tho London Chartists ; aud when I say I tliank yoa i ' ov that , 1 know every oiiu will say amen . But will the Fox and Goose Ciub , or him who wus invited to p ! : iy the first fliMle , or any other of tlie minor performers at the great Leeds concert , take it
up ? No , I * ay no . I am sorry to say so ; but it is my solemn conviction , arising from the fact you h ; we already stated , that wa are too v . ell garrisoned to allow tueni any chance of victory ; and tuey know it , and are too crafty to risk a defcit . Believe me , a M P . at tLe end of iv man ' s name lms lost all the influence it once possessed over the mimUi of the people ; and nothing but sterling honesty of purpose , ami a constant pursuit of principle , can command attention , or gain rusptct . And hence it is that Uie groat thiniWUjrigjuggler , O'Connell , who hays th <; pea , ia \ imlur the repeal thimble , tbe Household Suffrage thimWe , or any other tbimMe , except the right one , wouiil uo more show his ,-ipoi < tate head at a public meeting here than
1 aare put my hand in the fire- No ; a year ' s rint ¦ would nut . induce him to fucu the London workies , The bare announcement of such a thing would be the signal f \> r a genanvl liiuster oi the trades , whoso eneiiiy he proved himself to be by bis crafty endeavours to destroy the Unions . I , therefore , take it for granted that neither the htrul nor the tail will venture itu attack ; but if they do , we are well pn pared to meet it . Out various places of meeting ara like so runny martello towera round the metropolis ; aud , with twelve hours ' notice , we will fill the larg < st ( . liace thi ^ y cuu find with those who may not tw " reasonably deemed" qualified to expose the mocki-ry of Household Suffrage , uad put to flight the Household troops . 1 am . Sir ,
One of tho Slave Class . Richard Spubr London , 01 , St . John ' s-stivet , Siuilhfield Bars , Ftb . 9 th , 1811 .
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T~—_" . ' ¦ —' . — : ~ ^ r * T — : — ' as one labouring under the same impression as the others . And , indeed , he left my husband with the impresBion upon his mind , "That the Rav . Gentleman and others , had considered his death as likely to take place , and were , amongst themselves , preparing for It" Such are his own words . Alter being thus confined and barbarously treated , until suffering humanity coald bear np no longer , he was at length removed from the damp dungeon , and proper medicines administered to him , and the Governor was at last forced to confess , " That had they thought him so ill as he now in reality wa » . he wonld not hare been
there at ail ; but that they had acted under au impression that he was saying he wm worse than he was , which he believed hot now to bte the case . " Yet , undei this impression , was Mr . Peddie condemned to a solitary dungeon , and the most inhnn ^ n treatment , and was given to understand , on his convalescence , " That so soon as the surgeon reported him fit for work , should he again refuse , under similar circum stances , he would be token before the magistrates , who wonld order him thirty days confinement , or to be well whipped . " Upon tbia threatened infliction of the lash to a political prisoner , I need make no comment
A letter received from him on tha 18 th December ult , gives the latest account of his sufferings , which I shall give you in his own words : — " I have suffered much since I last wrote , bat whether it arises from a confirmed stomach complaint , or is , in fact , the effect of the mill upon my system , I , Indeed , cannot say . But I will furnish you with facts , and you can judge for yourself . , "This day seven weeks , exactly , ! was well In health , with the exception of the pain in my knee , when I was put upon the mill . I had suffered from my knee much . I bad been on it only two or three days , when my appetite and sleep , in a great measure , left me . I was seized , after some days , with a dull , heavy , oppressive pain in my breast , with occasions ! sickness . In this
state I remained till I left the mill to write my petition . For some daya I thought myself better ; but I got again Tery sick , and vomited severely ; bo much so , that I required the aid of the surgeon , who ordered the proper remedies ; and what did me more good than any thing , some tea once a day . In a few days I got better , and yesterday three weeks , I felt better than I had done for months , and had that day , for the first time for weeks , eaten a full dinner . On that day I was again put upon the mill . That night I was in a state of exhaustion truly distressing . For three days the pain in my knee was extremely severe ; but since I have suffered less on it , than for months before . My appetite again left me . Sleep almost banished , I have not ; been one day entirely free from sickness . I again
applied to tbe surgeon , have token medicines constantly , also toa in the afternoon ; bnt I am getting no better . It is impossible for me to describe what I have suffered . Were you to see me sometimes at night , the state I am in would melt the heart of a savage . ( Not aa English one , J . A . ) You may form some idea from the fact that , at this cold and inclement season of the year , my body , from morning to night , is literally covered with , and very frequently pouring out the perspiration as rain . I for three weeks post , have not gone to bed ¦ with a dry shirt , except the night when I put on a clean one ; and very frequently my shirt Is , in sober reality ,
as wet as from the washing-tub , although I work without my jacket , with my neck and breast bare . In this Btate am I locked up without fire or light , in a cold cell , where I lie in bed for hours trembling , before I can fall asleep ; and when I awake , which 1 generally do about twelve o ' clock , my limbs are stiffened , and my breast and head in a state past rny powers of description . I yesterday saw the surgeon , who has ordered me from the mill for a tew days . The consequence will likely be , a partial restoration to health ; when I will , by being put upon the mill again , have to chance a renewal of my . sufferings , until at last my constitution finally gives way . "
In addition to this , I may state , that by the rules of the house , he is not permitted to receive the visits of a friend , wif « , or child , unless in case of dangerous illness , supposed unto death , which must be certified by the surgeon . Now , as he ia upwards of two hundred miles from his family , it is not likely that he could derive any advantage fr «> m that solitary indulgence , were such an event to take place , as he might be dead and burled , before their arrival , and them lose the opportunitv ot ascertaining the cause of death . No letter is allowed to pass the portals of his gloomy abode , withoutbeing inspected by the governor , chaplain , &c . It follows ; therefore , from this Inquisitorial power , that should a prisoner be treated with illegal severity , that the groans of his distress will not be allowed to reach tbe ears of his friends . In many cases , his letters havo
been re-written over and over and over again , before they were allowed to pass from his cell ; and , even then , those passages obliterated which did not suit the taste of his gaolers , and where he might Btate the truth plainly , which , in short , renders truth almost a dead lett . T . In one case , upon the very first letter he sent to Edinburgh forme being stopped , In which , "he had described , " according to his own words , " andtruly . the severe discipline of Beverley House of Correction , " he was informed by the Visiting Justices , that no letter written by him , likely- in any way to cause reflection upon the character of the establishment would reach his friends ; and subsequently he was informed by the chaplain , that " it now formed part of his duty to read nil his letters , and that to reach their destination , they must be very moderately written , and be very proper indeed . "
" Now , so long , " he observes , " as such restrictions are imposed , and the other rules rigidly enforced , as they are to the very latter , the friends of the prisoner can have no assurance that the letters they receive contain true accounts of the prisoner's health , treatment , &-i > ., « lii * li can only bo tiio aauaa of much KftrroW and anxiety . There ie another practice I speak of , from my own experience , which exposes the prisoner to much danger from cold , that is , even at this season , when upon the null , my clothes are never dry ; and to bo then locked up ¦ with every pore of the body opsn , in a cold cell , without food , must bo dangerous , passing over many other grounds of complaint . "
He also justly complains of being restricted to write only once a month . He goes on to say : — " By the rules , I am on ' y permitted to send to my wife one letter : i month , -which I feel to be a very great hardship indeed ; and I believe that it is tho first time a political prisoner has been so circumstanced . My wife is a woman of an extremely delicate constitution , and bad health ; and the very best medical aid has left her iu an extremely delicate and precarious state . The anxiety , therefore , that I feel on her account during the month is painfully intense . " He is also do '» arrcd from making any allusions to Government , or using any obnoxious expressions towards tJ ; cm ; consequently , he can give his friends no account of his apprahension , &c without developing the wicked and disgraceful spy system , to which he has become ; a victim .
As a proof of the frivolous and vexatious nature of these n-striciions , a letter was stopped because it cited tho following , from the 10 th of Isaiah : — " Woe unto them that decres unrighteous decrees , and that write grievousuess which they have prescribed , to turn away the needy from judgment , and to take away the right from the paor of my people , that widows may be their prey , » nd that they may rob the fatherless . " This was , by the magistrates , construed into a reflection upon the Government . Several other letters , on equally trifling grounds , were objected to , and delays of the most vexatious kind took place every month , until on the 18 th of September J .-ist , a letter which he had written me , and
in which , to use his own words , he had " studiously avoided every subject that the authorities had restricted , " ( which was afterwards admitted by themselves , ) wjis not allowed to be forwarded , but was sent to London for the opinion and edification of tho Homeoffice ; whence , nfter a detention of three weeks , it was returned , and allowed to be forwarded as unobjectionable . My letters , on the plea of containing some trifling news , such as a notice of an expedition to China , &c , and the progress of Collins , White , &c . in Scotland , were also withheld from him . Intend , at ono time , it was within a few days of three months that he fl : ui been allowed to recaive any intelligence from Edinburgh .
It would fill a volume to state all my husban 1 's sufferings in his horrible placo of confinement . It was his wish to have these printed , in the hope it might stimulate his friends , in their exertions on hia behalf , on the mooting of " Parliament *; but the great txpence renders this impracticable . But I hope enough has been said to excite sympathy . I hope , therefore , that in memorializing her Majesty , that you will not only pray for a mitigation of his punishment , —in particular that the felon ' s treatment of the treadmill may be prohibited—but that he may be romoved to York , Lancaster , or any other plncu of confinement , where the ' . prisoners enjoy a milder treatment , and that he may be placed upon the same footing as other political prisoners , convicted at the same period ; whicfi might prove the Ministers of the Crown are not desirous to inflict a punishment which humanity cannot bear ; nor to administer the rigours of the law at the expence of the life of the prisoner .
You inquire if Mr . Peddle has stated anytlring-concerning poor old Drake . In his last , he . mentions a yery strange circumstance—the disappearance of his fellow prisoner and companion in misfortune , Old Drake ! on the 13 th of November . He has made reprated inquiries after him , bat has been refuted information . Once , in passing Drake , having spoken a single word to him Inadvertently , he was scot to his bed supperless . I remain , Sir , With much respect . Jane S . peddie .
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•_ - J " TO THE EDITOB O * THE NOBTHEItN STAR . Sir , —It is with reluctance that I am obliged to ask you to insert what merely relates to individuals , in the columns that would be bettor employed in conveying more useful matter to your numerous readers Bat being convinced th&t it is due to myself to oiu ; r some remarks on the observations of Mr . P . O'Connor , in his letter ia yours of last week , about the report ' s thai Mr . A . Duncan and I sent to the Star , I wouM receive it as a favour if you would iusart this in y out journal In enumerating " . the sacrifices he has mado for tbe people , Mr . O'Connor complains at hairing had to pay £ 10 for those report * , and says that be bargained for nows , and that we only sent our own speeches , and observes that it is bat jastto me to say i thought I . .. . - . - ,:
was writing according to contract . The affair was thus : —Duncan and I had arranged , before the closing of the Convention , to go round Scotland if we could find means to do so . Mr . O'Connor had stated in the Glasgow Convention , that he would give ten whillings per column for Chartist news from Scotlan . L . Ha also told me he would give that stun when I went to Ireland ; we therefore calculated that wh&t we got for reporting our : meetings in Scotland , added to wh * assistance -we would get from their proceeds , would enable us to carry- oh the agitation . We sent about two columns per week , mostly containing' reports of from four to six meetings . We reported the speeches of others always in preference to our own , and also gaf * the weaver ' s wages / state of trade , and ef thu Obartirt
cause , when we could get them . There were distinct reports of the proceedings of the Convention that sat at Newcastle , and of meetings of the trades out of work at Dundee ; in fact , the accounts of matters wen as much condensed as any th&t appeared in the paper . After we had sent upwards of ten columns , we sent in to Mr . O'Connor an account requesting £ 5 : we got no answer , and it proceeded until it was twentyfour columns ; by this time we had written him three er four letters , and no answer . When in -London , at the Convention , that sat last Christmas , I met Mr . O'Connor near Govent Garden ; Mr . Dewhirst and M * Hodgson , delegates from Bolton , were with ma ; befo r * I had time to speak * in the matter , he reverted to it himself , and stated he bad jnst received all our letters at once , and thanked me for the manner in which we had done their business , and said he had sent orders to . the : office ' -. to settle it There was £ 6 paid bj
the office , when it ceased , saying they had received no orders from Mr . O'Connor . Afterwards a letter was sent saying that ho had allowed £ 5 , and claiming the balance . There was no complaint of the nature of the reports madb then , until deeming it our right , I persisted in urging our claim of £ lo , when , after much delay , a paragraph from Mr . O'Connor appeared in the Star , not one of the moat handsome or delicate , stating he ordered £ 5 to be given me . Though not liking it , I did not say anything , but when the subject is again and again brought before the public , 1 think I should do so . I have so wish to detract from any favours Mr . O'Connor has done to the cause , or its advocates individually , but most assuredly I never received any from him ; on the contrary , I have not been used ev » n with the courtesy given to others of his agents . Yonrs ,
KOBERT LO ^ YEBT . [ We give this letter , because we are . determined that no man shall have a right to complain of ill-usage from the Northern Star , though we ara really unable to find in it anything but acoi . li .-mation of Mr . O'Connor ' s statement , that ten pcui ? s were actually given for the speeches of Mr . A . Duncan and Mr . Lowery ; save that , in the lost line , Mi . Lowery discovers that he has not been treated with the courtesy given to others of Mr . O'Connor ' s agents . This obliges us , who have the responsibility and management of Mr . O O ' annor's business , to explain what this ** want of courtesy * is ; and how it originated . In the early part of 1839 , Mr . Lowery was connected with » person
named Rucastle , in a news-agency at Kcwcastleupon-Tyne . They were supplied with papers from this office , on the guarantee of Mr . BJakey , then proprietor of the Northern Liberator , until they had contracted a debt to the amou'i ; of between £ 40 and £ 50 . The consequence of this was , that when Mr . Lowery again began to sell the Star , he was supplied tor cash only . This is I lie want of courtesy complained of by Mr . Lowery ; while upon Mr . O'Connor ' s part , he has to complain that though his c ? erk has applied many times , within these two years , to Mr . Bl&key , upon the subject , yet has he not been treated to tbe courtesy of the slightest notice . Wo should no * hava alluded to this part of the subject but for Mr . Lowery ' a own observation ; but surely every man , having common notions of right and justice , will admit that Mr . O'Connor actci most honourably in not deducting the £ 10 from a larger debt due . And , in truth , we are at a loss to guess at Mr . Lowery ' s cause of complaint . Mr . O'Connor was not enumerating the sacrifices made by him ; he has always said that the success of tbe cause has more than repaid him . ; he vaa merely explaining the difficulties in the way of L . ivinghls speeches reported for payment , compared with the facilities which the Star now affords to others with profit ; and , we ask , could terms moie
complimentary be used , in tho modo of illustration , than those used by Mr . O'Connor towards Mr . Lowery ? Mr . O'Connor never lost an opportunity of praising Mr . Lowery , and he even said that he paid the £ 10 with pleasure , convinced that the reports did good . But let it be understood , once U > , all , thai Mr . O'Connor has to pay ready money tor every ¦ ramp he uses , before they leave the Stamp Office , While the commonusage of the trade is tbre-j months ' credit . All agents undertake tbe sale o ; ' the Star according to tho rulea of the office ; nothing is required of them but payment according to those rules ; and nothing beyond the rules of the office has ever been required from Mr . Lowery— Eds . ]
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Christened at the D trkhouse Chapel , Coserey , Staffordshire , on Wednesday , the 3 rd instant , by the R « T . D . Wright , Belina Frost Williams Botley , tte daughter otjamcaand Emnm Botley , iron moulder-The infant son of Robert Grey , tailor . Booth Shield * was duly registered on the && ?^ 3 tW'f '* itaA | jp . name of John Frost Oroy . - - y-ir * ' 5 Hj ! S * -EJK Sarah , the wife of Jotm J ° bn ^ wtaMFi 6 Aji | 'fK weaver , was safely deUrenxi / fr *?)» fljj ^ hhl 9 HSi ( A January last , and was ilulj roiwaft ' j ii ^ ltfjEBijwtl I O'Connor Johnson . IffifcSjffifagKs ^ njffi I
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— ^ MR . PEDDIE , IN THE WHTG HELL HOLE , AT BEVEBLEV . Edinburgh , 8 th of January , 1841 . Id , West Kicbnioud-strefet . The following letter from Mrs . Peddie to Mr . Burnett , of Bradford , has been handed to u * for publication . It forbids comment We dare not trust ourselves to speak upon it f SIB , —I am favoured with yours of the 5 th inst ., and feel much gratified with the sympathy you expressed for my husband ; and shall give you , as briefly as possible , an account of his present situation and sufferings , for the information of yourself and your friend , Mr . Wm . Martin . You would , of course , s ;; e his letter in the Northern Star of Sept . 5 , 1 S 40 , to Lord Normanby , which gave a particular account of the barbarous treatment of the tread-mill , wheveby he was often compelled "to suck tho perspiration from his shirt , for a momentary relief . " In addition to the dreadful details
ott iat letter , which met with no notice cor redress from his Lordihip , a friend addressed a letter to the Northern Star , extracts of which appeared . October the 17 th , nnder the title of " Horrors of Whig Prison Discipline , " giving an account of an Illness which he bad endured for twenty-eight days , in which he contemplated the return to health with some degree of horror , in the expectation of being again put upon the milt , and to the mill he was sent accordingly . It was imagined by his keepers , that his illness was feigned , in consequence of which ho was cast into the dungeon , or black-bole , a place without even a stone scat to sit upon , destitute of furniture , having neither bedstead , form , or stool ; bo that a person confined in it , must either walk , or sit upon the floor . In this place he was confined all that day without food , water , or light Next morning , ( Sunday ) be was visited by the Governor and the Chaplains tbe latter of whom administered to him taunts in place of consolation , and acted
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MB . D . O'CONNELL . TO 1 KB EDITOB OF THE NORTHEttJf STAB . Sm , —I see from Mr . O'Connell ' s speech at Leeds , that he attempted to account for his absence from the Leeds Demonstration , by saying that lie was detained at Belfast by some Irregularity in tho sailing of the packet , and by a horse breaking down on the stage between this aud Annan . What happened at Belfast I know not , but thla I do know , that the break down did not detain him five- miDUtcs ! i What tile shifts do togae $ and cowards resort to . I am , A Hater of Hum duo . Dumfries , 4 th February , 1841 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 13, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1096/page/5/
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