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THE POOR MAN'S COmP&KlOXi A POLITICAL ALMANACK FOB 1842 , SETTING forth , at one view , the enormoua amount of Taxes wrung from the iedustry of a starving people , and their extravagant and shameful expenditure . Also containing tables of useful reference on almost all subject * connected with general policy . OPINIONS OF THE PRESS . " Essentially a' Poor Man ' s Companion' and fully deserving the highest eulogium as fulfilling the promise of its title . Ia addition to the usual subjeotmatter of an Almanack , we are presented with tables of the utmost importance , as affording the very in . ' formation Hie working classes are ranch in need ofthe gross misappropriation of their property in pensions and high official salaries given for bad government . A chapter is also annexed on * the condition of the people , ' calling for universal perusal . We would particularly commend the work to the attention of Chartist Lecturers , —they will find it an invaluable text book . "—English Chartist Circular . " This little compendium of useful information is entitled to our warm commendation . The statistical details bear ample evidence of having been prepared with much care , and the tables relative to taxation , and the appropriation of the monies thereby derived , are not more curious than useful , while the commentary appended to each division of tbe subject cannot fail by its tone to make the * Poor Man ' s Companion , ' highly popular . "— Weekly Dispatch . lk We are accustomed to speak of unequal lawa and of the enormous burdens that are laid upon the poor for the benefit of the rich , and we are accustomed to speak thus so often that the very iteration of the remark causes it to loose its force , and to pass harmless . Hence the necessity for details ; and destails , come from whatever quarter they may , if well substantiated , always come to us as acceptable visitors , and are welcomed as an effective force which we can wield against tho strongholds of corruption . Tho details ia this Almanack ara cleavly set forth , and really thyy tell a dark and fearful tale . Unhappily wo hava too good grounds to believe them correct . Sir . Habson refers to dat . s and state documeats—for it is a- mercy ihat wo have a precedent wXich forces the public plunderers to trumpst forth their robberies . In a word we may sta : o tliat the national taxation—who pay it—who devour it—are set forth in a lucid manner in this ' Poor Man ' s Companion . ' - "—Leeds Times . " This , is verily a Poor Man ' s vadetnecum : the cheapest and best book of general reference for aimest all subjects in which tho peopk'e interests are immediately involved that we have ever seen , in addition to all the usual information of an Almanack , it contains a mass of statistical information crammed into the smallest possible space npoa most ituportant subjects . We feel persuaded that there is not a working man in the kingdom , who will bs without his * Companion / if he can possibly procure one . "—Northern Star . * , * Parties residing at a distance from any of the Liberal Booksellers , and finnin R it difficult to procure the Poor Man ' s Almanack , have only to send Five Poitige Stamps and their address to the Publisher , and a copy will be sent taesi by tho returning post . - LEEDS : Printed fey J . Hobson , ' Northern Star Office ; Published , in London by J . Cleave , Shoe-lane , Fiefet-atreet ; ia Manchester by A . Hey wood , Oldham-street ; in Newcastle , by D . France and Co ., Side ; an * in Glasgow , by Patou and Love , Nelaon-street .
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MEDALS AND PORTRAITS . 33 j $ M edals will be distributed with next weed ' s Star to oar Yorkshire , Scotch , sad Newcastle subscribers . 51 e plates of Monmouth Court House will be distributed to oar London , Midland Comities , and Lancashire subscribers on the same day . Those agents who hare not yet received their parcels wUIdo bo in the early part of next week . They are on their road . The M edals and Portraits will be included in the present quarter ' s account . £$ those Agent * tr *« ftatse received ( lie Plates and Medals vUl delirer one of Hum Otis day , and { tic other onfkeSlh of January , 1841 .
THE SMALL PORTRAITS . meet "the -wishes of many who desire to bare the Small Portrait * formerly lamed witt » the Stur , and ¦ who say that 4 ^ d . U an awkward prioe to retail , -we have determined to offer them at id . each . The list comprises Portraits of—F . O'Connor , H . Hont , B- OssUer , Andrew Marrel , J . R . Stephens , Arthur O'Connor , - Sir W . Moleeworth The * . Attwood , and Wm . Cobbttt , Bronterre O'Britn .
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BE-ISSUE OF THE LARGE PORTRAITS , ¦ y ^ e are constantly recfeiving application from new subscribers , or from friends , wishing to know upon what terms they can be supplied with the Labgk Portraits that hare teen , at different times , issued to the subscribers to the Star ; to these applications oar invariable answer has hitherto been , "voted tmy priotT The calls npoa ns , howeve ? , hare now become so numerous and so urgent , that we ha Ye determined to issua them again on the following terms : — A person wishing to subscribe for any one of the lar * e Plates , nut enter his bum with his Ifews-agent , and Bubstribe regularly for the paper for six weeks , specifying at the time he enters his name the Plate he wants .
At the end of his six weeks' anbseripticn he will receive the Plate along with his Paper for that week , for both of which be will be charged Is . by the Agent , and so more . The Agent will be charged for Paper and Plate for that week 9 d .,- to that be will hare 25 per cent , profit for his trouble . The Papers wQl cost him nothing for carriage , cb they go by post ; and we will eontriTe to get the Plate * to him for as little cott as possible . Any subscriber who receires his paper direct from the office , can hare the plates on the same terms as from an agent Bee , then , is an easy manner by which all who desire can have any of the under-mentioned plates : — The Convention . John Collins . John Frost . Dr . M'DoualL J . R . Stephens . B . Emmet * , and Richard Oa * tler . F . O'Connor .
lie agents had better open their subscription lists immediately , and apprise us of the number they will require of each . 9 * 9 la asswer to several applications respecting the tzm « to commence the Six Weeks' Subscriptions we bare to say as soon as the next plate , " Monjnottb Court -Hotue , " shall bare been distributed . When one Portrait , or Plate has been obtained in accordance with this plan , the Subscriber may enter his name for another ; and so on till he reeeive all he may desire to haTe . Every person eaa haTe just those which he pleases to subscribe lor ; and is not expected or desired to Sake others be may sot need .
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Tkb Katiosal Frrrnos . —Our publisher , Mr . Hobson , hos printed the National Petition for 1 & 42 , on a ruat sheet , for the purpose of being extensively distributed amongst those from whom signatur e * are asked , that they may know for what they are signing . He is ready to supply them to the Associations and to individuals at the following charges . —100 copies for' 2 s ; \ fiOO for 15 s . Petition sheets , of good strong paper , ruled in four colvsnns * , and holding two hundred names tchen filled , mag also be had , price 2 d . each . Tht Petition and sheets may also be had from Mr . Cleave , London ; Messrs . Paion and Love , Glasgow ; and Mr . Heywood , Manchester . But in all cases the money must be sent in advanes—the price being so lent as to preclude credit .
The unusually early lime of going to press this week has crushed out many communications that ice Kovld gladly have inserted ; amongst the rest , a report of an important meeting at Carlisle , on the present state of distress , which reached us just before going to press . Joss Exiso , addresses the calico printers in deprt ~ caiion oflfteir purpose to petition Parliament for a tax on mactiinery . He considers it a waste of time and funds . He reminds them of the fate oj their former petitions for a restriction of apprentices , and teams thsm not to trust the promises of such masters as may have promised to assist them . Co-ope&atoe sends tis a long address , for which tee have not room , recommending joint operation and co-operation of Chartists and Socialists in every
J axis Csxwfoxd , New Cumnock . —The mailer really is not worth space . CaiaiES Draciis . —His letter was received in due course , and appears in our present number . We can only insert original disquisitions , such as those of his letters , when pressure of present nevs arid matters of immediate moment will admit . If he understands the "pledge" of Mr O'Cmnor in any other light than this he has mistaken its terms . R . T . Morrison . —The principle of Universal Suffrage if as lecoffnLed in this country up to the reign of Henry VI ., in the eighth year of whose reign was passed the famous Disfranchisement BUIconfining the exercise of the elective
fran-, chise to freeholders of forty shiUings valve . Much information on this and all other political subjects of importance to the people may be got from Major Cariicrighis ' s works . But the Statute Book is the safat guide if he has access to it and time to study it . A TUtepaysb , WAKtriELD . —The insertion of his Utter wovJA subject us to ansther prosecution for libel . This he cannot expect from us , and especially on anonymous authority . Why not send his letter at once to the magistrates ? Thaddecs Cafjehkt , Ballaghadcrnine , County of Mayo , Ireland , thanks his friends , particularly of Northampton , for the Sidelight he has
received . He will be thankful for more of it , upeci&Ily the old Siaxs . He complains of not having fair-play at the post-office . OJUTBi * Walton . —Farmers are exempt from taxes for Ikeir sheep curs , but pay for every oilier dog they may keep . A Co . \ sTaxt Reader asks . — " Is it legal for a person u > be taken up and confined for ihe space of iwenty dajs , not being committed for trial , and only examined osce during that time , on suspicion of being in an affray with the officers of the law ? " It depends entirely upon the circumstances of the case , which our correspondent has not communicated : we can . therefore , give him
no answer . Chxrhsis > cis } iingfor the services of Mr . Dvffy may communicate their intentions through the Star , m he i $ not certain where his residence may be , ° * the period of his engagement in Oidham has _ expired . fcAaTEi Nosios writes to express his astonishment tltat Binder's Cha . rtitt blacking should not have e much greater sale than it seems to have from ir * weekly account published . He thinks that u if the council of each association icouid undertake to setl this blacking to the members , it would outshine Day and Martin ' s , and would much advance our cause by supporting the Executive . ' Baesslet CHiiTitTS . —Their list of General Council u omiited , because ihsy have neglected to supply the residences . — The NottikghaM list is omitUd
on ihs tame account . Geg £ q 2 Wasuikgtos Waixis . —His papers are receircd ; and ve think the Duke of Wellington vat very uncivil not to send for him to dinner . TUy coii us sixpence , in addition to the postage paid on them , of which he has psid part , Oy eridoiing three pottage stamps . Will he send us three mere to cover the lets ? If he will have ititn returned , he must send ninepence , to cover that , and postage back to him . p M . Beopzit , 14 , North Ann street , Dublin , has Teceind from Mr . T . Cooper , of Leicester , 400 S : ars . 300 Illuminatore , 250 Chartist Circulars ,
and iome other papers , Jor distribution in Ireland . ^ o- ICO , Tib rrsEZT , > . C . A ., says he has heard that ire * refused to insert a notice fromilr . O'Brita , saying he would reply to the Sooalisi s „ challenge . " —He has heard a lie . ^ TOctPOEt Youths . — We are desired to contradict &e statement that Mr . Challenor it their secretary . The mistake was sent from Eccle * , end did no ' , originate with us . -. . r . / . \ de £ sox , Edixbcege . —The letter from Col . Thompson shall certainly appear , and with greai plemure . It u in type now , but forced out for tie present by the ptessure of important mailer arriving at the la ^ t moment . In our next tt shad
appear . A >~ x LxciffiEB coming a tour to Yorkshire , if they can make it convenient to visit Skiplon , are requeued to write a week before htuid to John MtdUm . juu , MiJJields , ^ kipion ~ "in the secretaey , Libkahias , or any of the B . en < Urs of i / te Nottingham Operative Library , had at the R ^ ncnffe Arms be bokind as fu rnish Mr . Edward Clu ^ 'on , Wat-Parade , Hudders-* ula \ icish a copy of their rules .
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John Chakcx—Sec ike notice about Portraits in the St \ r of Saturday last Bubkley CHABTiffls . — We received the report of their delegate meeting too late for this week : U shall appear in our next . John Ward , Jvs . —Sayfrtm whom he is supplied . If salt from the office it ought to be delivered on Saturday . T . SMITH . —The Medals and Plates ought to have been in vrttparcA . William Wim . iau . son vffi , rtctive a Plate by tubscribiao as directed in the Star . FOB THS EXECCIITE . £ . a . < L From a Chartist , Bristol 0 5 0 -. J . Virier , per J . W 0 0 6 _ a Repealer , Chepttow ... 0 13 FOB MR . JAXKS VERS 05 , SOUTHMOLTO * . _ J . W . 9 0 6
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MTDDLESBRO . —A public meeting was held here , oq behalf of the aasons now on strike at the new Houses » f Parliament , Mr . J . Sutherland was called to the chair . Mr . J . Holenshead proposed the first resolution , which was as follows : — That naTing seen through the press the noble struggle of the stooe masonB now en strike at the new houses of Parliament , to resist the tyranical and despotic infringments made upon them by that fiend in human form named Allen , we are of opinion that they are justified in resisting tyranny in whatever form n may come , but more especially such a ? they are at present engaged in , and that they hare our approbation , and ouk , ht to bare the support of all the working « lasse 8 in the empire . " Mr . H . spoke at great length ; and showed that if the stone masons were
allowed to be beat for want of supplies , they might rest satisfied that m a -very short time , a law would be passed for the purpose of suppressing all trades unions . The resolution was seconded by Mr . J . Andrew , and supported by several stone masons . Mr . Patrick Byrne elicited considerable mirth and ianghter , by relating some anecdotes relative to the character of Allen , about locking up the pnmp to cause tbe teetotal masons to drink beer instead of water . The resolution was then put to the . meeting and carried unanimously . The second resolution was proposed by Mr . Andersen , which was as follows : " That this meeting pledges itself individually and collectively , to render tbem all the assistance in its power both by contributions and otherwise . " Mr . T .
Bradley seconded the resoiawon in a nest and sensible speech , contending that bo long as they had God and Justice on tbeir Bide , that if even beaten they had the approbation of tbe Bilent monitor , conscience , to approve of ibsir transactions . The resolution was- carried unanimously . A resolution for the appointment of a committee was then proposed by Mr . Gindle , who gave a complete history of the transactions of Messrs . Peto and Grissell since their commencement in business . The resolution was seconded by Mr . J . Boardman and carried unanimously . The following is an account of the
transactions of the committee : —jAt a meeting of the committee held at the working men ' s reading room , on Friday list , Mr . Gindle in the chair . It was agreed ihal-tbe committee wait upon all the different trades , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions for the stone masons . That & deputation be appointed to wait upon all the publicans and licensed victuallers ; their subscriptions to be kept separate . That the committee meet every night during the week , for the purpose of receiving Eubscriptioua iu their behalf . Thai a hand bill be printed and posted , calling upon tbe inhabitants to come forward and assist them by subscriptions .
ASHTOW-TJWDES-I . VITE . —Mr . OASTLEBS Scbsckiptios Fund . —On Monday , tbe 13 : h December , % public meeting was called to form a committee to raise money for the liberation of the * Patriot King , " of the factory slave , Mr . Wilcox was called to the chair . A resolution having been moved and seconded , that a committee be formed . Mr . Stephens rose to address the meeting , and was listened to very attentively , whilst enumerating the many claims Mr . Oastler had to tbeir support . The committee was formed .
BBJaSS * OSI > . —Wednesday night , or early on Thursday morning , the 15 th inst . Mr . Henry dough farmer and shoemaker , Little-Horton , waa robbed of five or six bides of sole leather , v .-lue about £ 20 . The thieves effected an entrance into the cellar , where the leather was kept , through an put door of the cow-house . The parties who committed the robbery , qjus have been well acquainted with the premises . Ko clue whatever has been obtained that will lead to their detection . Wibset Slack . Dskadfgx Mortality . —A family named Smith , residing on Wib&ey Sla > k . consisting of tbe husband , his wife , and ten children , has been dreadfully afflicted with the typus fever , which , in tbe short space of seven weeks has hurried out of time into eternity , seven out of the twelve—the man , his wife , and five children .
Hard Case .. —On Friday week , three bailiffs made their appearance at the house of Jame Peel , hand-loom weaver , Southfield-lane , Horion , and made a distress upon his goods and chattels , for a half-year ' s rent , and half-crown arrears , amounting to £ 1 10 s ., and took away overy vestige of property that the house contained , and all his clothes and tbe clothes of his wife , which were not many . He applied to the master whom he wove for , to lend him some money . He lent him 30 g . which just paid his
rent , and the bailiffs told him they could make it up for him , until they got hold of the money , when tbdj seat a cart for the goods , and sold them in Bradford market for the purpose cf paying expences . They charged him 15 s . for having robbed him of all he had . Tha goods only sold for £ 1 4 ? . Id . ; the 30 s . paid them ' , £ . r . d £ 1 4 s . Id . which the goods sold for , were 5 s . short of paying the wages and expences of selling , rent , and expences amounting altogether to £ 2 19 * . Id . Such shameful conduct deserves the execration of every honest man .
FENS 7 V , Cornwall , —Mason ' s Stbike . —At a meeting of the stone-masons of this place , on Wednesday eTening week , which was both numerously and respectably attended by all the trades and a great many masters , at the Britannia Inn , resolutions were passed , commendatory of those on strike , aDd pledging them to snpport them so far as lay in tbeir power .
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LONDON . —At a meeting of the Working Men's Association , held ai the Mignet Coffee Rooms , Drury-lane , the N ationale tition waa uaanimously adopted . Walworth . —A public meeting was held at the splendid rooms of the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening , to consider the distress of the country , and to adopt the Kational Petition . Mr . Brown was called to the chair . Mr . Balls moved the first resolution— " That it is the opinion of thi 3 meeting that the distress and misery which now prevails throughout the whole leDgth and breadth of the 3 and , areeoJely owing to class legislation ; and it "is therefore the opinion of tins meeting that nothing Ehort of the People ' s Charter can permanently leceBt the people . " Mr . R&ffy Ridley seconded the adoption of the resolution . The
resolution waa then put and carried , amid great cbeeriDg . Mr . Wheeler read the National Petition , and moved its adoption . Mr Ratcliffe briefly seconded the motion . Messrs . Maynard , Sewell , Price , and Waddington ably supported the Petition , which was put by the Chairman , and Hnanimously adopted . Mr . Rainsley moved the adoption of a memorial in behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones . Mr , Ross , in an excellent speech , seconded the adoption of the memorial . The old veteran , Mr . Georgo , supported the prayer of the memorial , and detailed instances of the spy system in his younger days . The memorial was then put to the meeting , and carried by acclamation . Mr . Pedley moved , and Mr . Simpson seconded , that it be presented to her Majesty by Fcargas O'Connor , E ? q ., and the two Members for the Borough . A vote of thanks was then given to tbe Chairman , and the meeting separated .
Tailobs . Red Lion , King Street . Mr . M'Graih lectured here on Sunday to a good audience . St . Pancras . —Mr . Farrer lectured here on Sunday eveniDg last . ThHJEE CKOWNS , RlCHM 05 I > -STREET , SOHO-SQUAHK . —The tailors of the above society held their weekly meeting on Saturday night , when Mr . Wheeler delivered his lecture on the standing army , to a good audience . Mabtlebone . —The members of this locality met at the Working Man ' s Hall , on Sanday last , at ten o ' clock in the morning , to devise means for the better organisation of members in the various classes , and to keep the clas 3 leaders punctual in their visus , and on other business . In thb svejono , Br , Leadskie lectured on the comparative merits of the press , in which Messrs Jor < i&n asd Scott took part
Middlesex Couhcil , Snnday , Dec . 19 th , Mr . Cuflay in * he chair . After the transaction of the usual business , the Liquidation Debt Committee were authorised to engage the Social HalWohnstreefr , Tot ^ nham Court Road ^ for a ball and festival , oa Thursday evening , January . 6 th , being twelfth night ; tickets as usual . It is hoped .. that all frietida will attend . } Mr . Ftargua O'Connor will preside . FiNSBcar . —Mr . Stallwood lectured on Monday eToning , at Luni'a Cofiee House , Clerkeuwell Grcea . & ££ > B 7 . —Mr . Jones delivered an eloquent lecture to a krte audience , which gave great satisfaction . \ memorial ' for the rsiurn of the patriots , Frost , W'iiiams , and Jones , was unanimously adop ^ d .
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LEEDS . —On Saturday evening last , Mr . Jones , of Liverpool , the East and North Riding lecturer , delivered a soul-stirring and animating address , in the Chartist Association Room , Fish-market , Shambles , to a crowded audience . On Sunday afternoon a ^ d evening , Mr . Jones delivered two more spirit-stirring lectures in the Association Room , clearly proving the Charter to be tbe only remedy for the present state of things . He showed , satisfactorily , the superiority . of Chartism over any other bit-by-bii-reform . It was well received . A fresh accession of members having been admitted , the meeting separated highly gratified .
MOTTINGHASS . —Mr . Charles Connor delivered as eloquent and soul-stirring lecture in the Deraocratio Chapel , Rice-place , to a crowded audience . A few friends , at the King George on Horseback , have forwarded to the widow Taylor , 3 a . 6 i , the amount of a subscription . UPPER WORTLET . —On Sunday last , two excellent Rermora were preached in the Chartist room , by Mr . Isaae Clissit , of Mill Bridge , to atteative congregations . Collections towards defraying the expenses connected with the place were made after each service . The National Petition here , is being numerously signed by persons of all classes and conditions .
New Wortley . —The prospects of fcuecess iu this place are truly cheering . On Monday evening , there was a goodly attendance both of members and the public . The leading article from the Star haying been read , Mr . T . S . Smith gave a powerful and heart-stirring lecture on the evilB which afflict the working classes and the best means of removing thom . Mr . Smith ' s sdvococy of the principles contained in the People ' s Charter is plain but forcible , and was listened to with the greatest attention . The society has taken a large room near Holbeck Bridge , which they hope will afford them the means of extensive usefulness ,
SUFFOLK—Coukty . Meeting . —A county meeting was holden at S . owmarket . oa Friday , in last week , to congratulate the Queen and her husband upon the happy event . " The High Sheriff was in the chair , and a moderate sprinkling of Whig and Tory respectability . The attendance , however , being larger than was thought desirable , the county meeting was adjourned to a room in the Com Exchange , the police being ordered out , and an officer stationed at the door with orders to admit none but respectable people . Bv this manoeuvre the people were kept out until the addresses to her Majesty and Prince Albert had been passed , before Mr . M'Pherson and a fevr working men could make their way into the room for the purpose of giving vent to their loyalty ,
while the great body of the meeting were outside , and utterly excluded . Mr . M'PhersoH very properly addressed to the High Sheriff a manly and spirited protest against the whole of their proceedings . Ho then proceeded to move an addition to the address , imploring her Majesty while she accepted the congratulations of her people , to sympathise with their unparalleled sufferings arising out of the manifold evils of class legislation , and to recommend to Parliament the enaction of the People's Charter as the be * t meanB for remedying it . At the commencement of Mr . M'Pherson ' s speech , the High Sheriff in the most insulting manner dissolved the meeting , the respectables marched off , the room was cleared , and
Mr . M'Pherson continued bis harangue outside . The addition to the address was seconded by Mr . Brown , and carried unanimously , amidst applause . It will , of course , not reach her Majesty , who will doubtless be imposed on by tbe lyin ^ representations of the respectable factions of Suffolk county . ROCHESTER . —On Monday and Tuesday evenings , the 13 th and 14 th inst ., Mr . Ruffy Ridley , from London , delivered two lectures in the Assciblyrooms ; the first , on Monday evening , on the evils of olasa-legislation ; and the second , on Tuesday evening , on the People ' s Charter , as the only remedy for the present pressing evib . A memorial on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones was adopted .
BURY . —A public meeting was held on Monday evening last , in the Garden-street lecture room , which was numerously attended , Thomas Kay , of Bolton-street . in the chair , when resolutions were adopted to the effect that no measure short of the People ' s Charter can benefit the working classed , and pledging the people to agitate for nothing less . Mr . James Leach and Dr . M'Douall were nominated to serve on the Convention , and the National Petition was adopted . fcTOCKPORT . —Juvenile Chabtism . —A number of young men , the oldest not more than seventeen or eighteen years of age . a few months ago commenced an association for youths ; their
arrangements were to hold meetings every Saturday e ^ euing for amusement and mutual instruction . They devoted the admission money , for many weeks , towards purchasing scenery ; and employed a painter to paint , on a laTge scale , a representation of tho card of the National Charter Association ; also various other things by way of ornament , and a full length portrait of Hunt and Emmett . Their evenings are spent by reading short pieces from the flo » , and allowing adults to deliver short addresses . On Saturday evening Mr . Griffin addressed them about half an hour . Mr . O'Brien attended here on Sunday evening , and lectured to a numerous audience .
WOLVESHAMPTOW .-Pitiful Fanaticism . —At the Quarterly Meeting of the Charity Tent of the Independent Order of Rechabites , held at Mr . Mogg ' a Coffee House , Snow-hill , Wolverhampton , on Moi ' day , December the 20 th , the following resolution was proposed by Mr . John Clark , and seconded by Mr . Solomoa Hall , " That application be made to the district for the removal of the Tei > t from this house , because the Chartists meet in the same room . " MISDLETON . —The people here are in great distress . On Monday evening a meeting was held in the Reformer ' s Chapel . Mr . Waud , a working man , was called to the chair , who after a few preliminary observations , introduced Mr . Griffin , of Manchester , who addressed the audience .
HUCKNALL TOBKARD . —Mr . Murray , of the * Plague , " lecmred here on the 14 ; h inst . A Chartist Chairman was cnosen , and when the lecturer concluded , he was followed by Mr . D . Taylor , after which a resolution iu favour of the Charter was carried by a tremendous majority . NEWARK . —On Sunday last two sermons were preached by Mr . G , Harrison , in our large Association Room , in tbe afternoon and in the evening , to very attentive and listening audiences ; and on Monday evening he delivered an excellent lecture en the avarice of th « priesthood . At the close five new members were enrolled .
LEICESTER . —Our number is now 732 . Mr . Bairstow preacaed list Sunday night , and Mr . Cooper lectured on Saxon history , the following night in the Guildhall . Mr . G . Juhan Harney is to address us on Christmas day . Mr . Bairslow preaches the following night , and on Monday afternoon and evening we are to have a friendly tea party , with singing , recitations , and a dance , in the Guildhall , which the Major has courteously granted us for the occasion . DUNDEE . —Destitution in Paisley . —It would be weli lor many of our professing Christian friends if they would take an example f '• ¦ om the liberality of the Christian C-. artist Church in this place . Last Sunday , collections were made at their place of worship in behalf of the destitute operatives and their
families of Paisley and neighbourhood . Mr . Abram Duncan officiated forenoon , afternoon , and evening , and the adciresses he delivered were really eloquent and told powerfully on the audience . On all the occasions the house was crowded to suffocation , and many who coald not gain admittance left their mite , aad tought other places of worship . Notwithstanding the well-known destitution prc-Taiiing in unfortunate Paisley , no public subscription or collection at the doors of the state churches , not even of the would-be-thou ^ ht liberal dissenters has been attempted here . The Christian feeling of the Chartist body b ? come 3 therefore more apparent ; the more so when the distress at present prevailing here is taken into account , they having more need to receive than give . The collection amounted to £ 5 . 10 s . 6 d .
Cruelty to a Dog . —A few days ago , two brothers , of Birmingham , named Reuben and Durrant Cope , were each fined , at the Public Office , 40 s . and 10 ? . costs , lor having , on the 11 th instant , sefc fire to a dog , after first rubbing him with turpentine . The dog had strayed into their premise s , and this was the puni&hment they inflicted . The information was laid by the officers of the Animals' Friend Society .
THE " WIDOW" FROST . To my generous and benevolent Brother Chartists throughout the length and breadth of the land s for their noble response to my former humble Appeal on behalf of the Whig-made Widow and most amiable family of the expatriated Frost . When it was understood from undefined expressions that in addition to the sum in the treasurer ' s hands that £ 60 would satisfy them , and that on the payment thereof the deeds would be given up , and Mrs . Frost placed in full possession and consequent iudepender . ee , my appeal was speedily answered by
above £ 70 being placed , for the release of the property , at the Northern Star office , to-which place I requested that it should be transmitted , and sometime after I , with the aid of some of my friends , colleoted from a few M . P . ' s and other sf&urnt friends in London , a very considerable sum in addition , all of which was offered to the banker * , but refused with seeming contempt , and with asking whether it was expected that they ( tbe bai . ker *) were expected to become subscribers to the Frost fund , and declaring that they would accept of nothing less thau their full demand , which they had sweiltd to £ 360 . Mr . Kosers , the treasurer ot thslund , offered them £ 2 C 0
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for a final settlement , although he had only £ 196 in hand , and after an application to government for power to sell , and finding that they oould not do better , after great delay , great trouble , and incalculable sufferiBg on the part of- that ornament of . her sex , Mrs . Frost , they have agreed to accept , in foil ofall demands , the sum of £ 250 . And now yon must see that my object in again claiming your attention is to procure the additional sum of £ 54 , and I must explain the true position of the case aa it » t present staads . Several friends have kindly come forward to advance various Bums on loan , for the purpose of having an immediate Battlement , and this they do on condition that the same may be returned to them so
soon as subscribed , when no doubt they will display their liberality . Meanwhile , it must be borne in mind that the said friends have subscribed handsomely on a former occasion . " Equal burthens break no backs . " Therefore . after consulting a few friends , it has been considered requisite ( as by no other means could the matter be so generally and eo speedily brought uader your notice ) that I should lay the case before yon , through the oolumas of our own invaluable organ , the Northsrn Star ; and as the loans may be insufficient , and as it is essential that an immediate settlement should be made , I feel confident that every Chartist will participate in my own feeling , and that they will , to a man , strain every nerve , and use every possible
exertion , to place the sam at the Star-office within a fortnight , when a final settlement of this painful affair shall forthwith be made , and the surplus returned to the mbscribflrfl , or disposed of as the subscribers may direct . My kind friends , I consider that any appeal to your reason , after the foregoing explanation , and with the general knowledge you possess of the case , would be little less than an insult . I may , however , be permitted to state that consequent upon the confusion in the business affairs and property of Mr . Frost ( whom we one and all hold most dear ) , the logs has been immense ; and from circumstances which delicacy forbids should be stated here , Mrs . Frost and family have been for a very considerable time subjected to very great hardships , which had they been known would have speedily been alleviated . Mr . Frost's only Bon has ,
from ill health , been compelled to relinquish a respectable trade to which he had been apprenticed in the city of Glasgow , in May last , and to return to his afflicted mother ; great expense has been incurred in procuring the best medical advice for him , and otherwise , and now very faint hopes are giren of his recovery . My kind friends , I might go on to an indefinite length in particularising the dreadful and heartrending sufferings to which Mrs . F . has been subjected , and what she is now enduring , and would still be able to give but a faint outline ; suffice it to say , that when tho money is paid , the wife and family of our martyred brother will be placed in independent circumstances ; then , as yon will with one voice say it ought , so with one effort let it at once be , accomplished . ' I remain , Your devoted friend , L . PlTKETHLY .
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TO HAMER STANSFELD , ESQ . " All classes will prey upon all other classes just aa much as they can and dare . " Hameb Stansfeld . Sir , —after the letters which I bate before addressed to yon , preface to tbia would be superfluous ; I shall , therefore , proceed at once to the aubject of my letter , after I put on record a declaration , which may be understood to apply to all I have written , and to all I may write upon this subject That declaration is , that I am a * much opposed to monopolies of all kinds aa you can be , provided that the competing patties be put upon an equal footing in all things .
Well , then , Sir , after the illustration I gave in my last letter , tell me candidly , do you think it possible to carry a repeal of the Corn Laws , with our present fixed monetary payment *? or , in other words , with our present amount of taxes : especially if such a reduction in the price of fanning produce were to follow aa seems to be commonly calculated upon f I have shown that though the farmer ' s rent might be reduced one half to meet tbe now circumstances , yet , as taxes' remain the same in nominal amount ( though doable in reality ) , he would only have one-fourth of the aura he now has to expend on American cotton ; and , consequently , If taxes were to be reduced one half , along with the repeal of the Cora Laws , to enable him to meet the reduced prices of his produce , he would then only be in the same relative situation in which he to at present
But let us endeavour farther to divest this matter of the my * tery in which it seems to be enveloped . Let us gee If we eannot make It so plain that a wayfaring man , though a fool , may fully comprehend it And in order to do this , let ns suppose that all indirect taxation la done away with ; and that the farmer , instead of having to pay a tax upon hi * sugar , tea , coffoe , aoap , and npon everything he puts into his mouth , or lays upon his back ; Instead of payments in this way let us suppose that he hasadirecttir to pay upon taking his corn to market : and , to make the supposition the more
inipressire and complete , let as suppose that HAHSR Stansfel d himself is the farmer , and that he is taking his corn to Leeds market for sale . Let ua alao farther snppese , that when he gets to the market-place there is a tollgate erected , and in tbe house attached to it there are assembled the fandholder , the clergyman , the representatives of the dead weight , the pensioners , the army , the navy , and nil the numerous brood who fatten upon tbe taxes . Our newly-made farmer marches boldly up to the place , aud calls out " gate , " when out issue the whole brood , aud something like the following colloquy takes place : —
Taoceaters—Well , Sir , who are you r Farmer— Hamer St&nsfold , gentleman-farmer . Tazealers—Wbat are you going to sell ? Farmer—Nine load of wheat , tho produce of an acre of my farm , after my rent is paid . Taxeaters—What countryman are you ? Farmer—An Englishmen ( stretching himself up to his full height ) . Taxeaters—Then yon must give us £ 3 , or 6 s . sd . per load , before you can be allowed to pass . Farmer— Three pounds I and what is it for ? Tatccaters—Fot the payment of the interest of the Debt , to maintain tbe clergy , the army , navy , pension * ers , ( kc ., dec . Farmer—Interest of Debt ! what debt ?
Taxeaters—Why , what an ignorant bull-frog yon must be ! Why , sir , the debt that was contracted to prevent the rebel Americana from gaining their independence , and also that which was contracted to put down ' Boney , " and to preserve the COMFORTS and blessings of our holy religion " as by law established , " and also for the protection of all our properties aud perKons . Farmer—But our properties and persons are in no daDger now ; aad we are not the nation which then existed ; and ought not the nation which then existed to have paid for Us own protection , and not leave it to be paid for by tbeir BucceaEors ? They had no right to spend the produce of my labour . Taxeaiera—Bat , you oaf , are not our properties safe ? and 1 b not our Church safe ? and should we have had either properties or Church , if the debt had not been contracted ?
Farmer—Yes , gentlemen ; and if your properties are safe , ought not those who enjoy those properties to pay the interest of the debt contracted for their protection ? And , if our Church be safe , ought not those who enjoy that safety to pay for it , ar . d not throw the burden upon those who have no bene&ts resulting from either ? Here the whole tribe rush out at once and load our Farmer with every kind of genteel epithet ! The fundholder calls him " rogaa and leveller " The parson calls him " infidel J" The pretty Misses faint at his
vulgarity , in daring to call in question the prerogative of oar " munificent Qaesn ! " And the " gallant son of mars , " ( all stays and whiskers ) threatens to blow his brains ojit , for " a rascally chartist I" So that , amidafe the uproar , and for fear of worse consequences , oar Farmer deems it prudent to pay down their demand , andis then arlowed to take hi 3 stand in the market . Immediately on bis withdrawing from the Toll-gate , up comes another careless looking I-dtfy-you-kind-offellowj and calla out ' ¦ Gate . " Taxeaters—Who are you , sir .
Strwiger—What ! dout you know me ? I ' m " brother Jonathan , tbe American ; " come here on the principles of free trade , with my corn to sell . Taxeaters—Very glad to see you , brother . Fine country yours . No taxes with you , Jonathan— [ asidecursa the fellow f « r his example ]; and you shall find ns as liberal as yourselves . You can sttp in and take your stand by tho side of that "leveller , " Stansfeld . Hero then we have got you , Sir , side by sido with brother Jonathan , in our " Free Trade" market , waiting
for customers : aud the very first that present themselves are the taxeaters ! Out of courtesy they walk up to brother Jonathan first , and ask him the price of his load of wheat JomUhan—Ten shillings , Sir . Taxeaters— And what are you asking , Mr . Stansfeld ? Stansfeld—T wenty shillings , Sir . Taxeatert—Twenty shillings ! Why there is brother Jonathan here , only asking ten shillings for quite as good wheat as yours . How can you for shame ask such an unreasonable price as that ?
SUuufeid— Yes , bat you forget that in this country , in constquence of the poverty caused by the taxes ef every description , the poor rates are ten times as much here aa with brother Jonathan ; that the county rates are in t ' . esomBpropoit ' . snj ami that in consequence of the vast quantity of paper money necessary to float all these things , and the consequent extra profit and monopoly , food and clothing are caused to be much dearer , or higher priced here than in America . Besides , you have takeq . six shillings and ei ;;); tpenco per load of me before I couid come into market ! Therefore if I take ten fchiilinga for my wheat , I shall oiily have three shillings and fourpenco to take bomu for profit , wages and every thing !
Taxeaters—O ! that has nothing whatever to do with the master , Mr . Stansfeld . What , you pairi us was , as Lord Mori > t ) th IA ( L y . u , netetwry for the eaftty of the
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state . " And a very " Wiseman , " a particular acquaintance of yours , one Mr . Punt , yon know him , has told you—nay , he says he has . proved it , "that taxes have nothing whatever to do with the price of articles . " Therefore all that yoa have said arises from your Ignorance of the principles of free trade . We eannot divine what can be in the head of Sir R . Peel to oppose such glorious principles j but be yon assured , Mr . Staasfeld , that we , the tax-eaters , go the " whole hog " with the "Free Trade * ' m 9 n . Come , cheer op , man f yoa will understand the matter better by and bye ! All that you want Ib "a market" 1 and , as the lowering of the price of corn one-half will enable us to purchase jutt doublethe quantity we did before , this will give a " ready market" and " plenty of labour ; " and . cause as to " have prosperity for ages" !
Stansfeld—Just bo ; plenty of prosperity for the taxeaters 1 Bat what is it for the farmer and his labourer ? What is he to do with the thirty shillings , all he baa tojtake home after he has paid his taxes , instead of the six ponnds which he used to have ? just so I Mr . Stansfeld 1 A very pertinent question ! And is it not a flight to gladden the heart of a political economist to ae « the tax-eaters take the money from the English farmer , and immediately bay their wheat of Brother Jonathan , because Brother Jonathan can afford it lower , having had no toll to pay on his 'way to market , while the English farmer had paid six-and-eightp « nee upon each load ? Now , Mr . Stansfield / don't yon feel ashamed ? Don't you blush up to the very eyes at the bare contemplation of such monstrous folly and injustice as this ?
Bat , Sir , as there ore many men who can never see the bearing * ef a cue except it come fairly home to them , I will put the same ease into a shape likely to be felt in my own immediate neighbourhood . Let us , then , take the Heckmondwike blanket manufacturer ; and let as suppose him to take his blankets to the Blanket Hall for sale , and that when he geta there , tbe Taxeater is standing at the gate and demands of him their price . Let us suppose the blanket maker to tell him , that to make a living , he mutt have thirteen shillings and fourpence . Then , says the Taxeater , you ntuet pay me six BhiUings and eightpence ; which , of csursa , he pays , and naturally adds it to the price of his blankets , making their price to be one pound .
Now , then , let us suppose that " brother Jonathan " comes with his blankets for sale to the same place , tells the Taxeater who he is , and is told In answer , that as he his not an Englishman , he may go into the market without paying any toll or tax , because we have Free Trade . And let as also snppose . that In consequence of the absence of all those things previously enumerated , that the Ameriean can afford to sell his blankets at ten shillings per pair . Now can the Englishman , who has our enormous weight of taxation to bear , successfully comptte , in the Blanket-market , -with brother Jonathan ? Is it not preposterous to talk about it ? The thing is » o absurd in itself that It caoses an « to stand in utter amazement , that there can be found men with a sufficient quantity of folly to seriously propose such a thing .
Thus you see Sir , that it is the taxes , the everlasting taxes , and their consequences , which have a great deal to do with our diftlctUties . Remove them , and their consequences ; and then yoa , Sir , as a Farmer , can meet brother Jonathan ia the corn market . Remove them , and their oonscqaeaces , and the Heckmondwike blanket maker can bang brother Jonathan , or any one else ; but suffer them to remain , and yoa continue involved in difficulties . Yoa cannot meet the foreigner successfully , either in the manufactures or grain market . It is the taxes which have mainly helped to bring the merchant and manufacturer to the gulf of bankruptcy , and have caused the labourer to eat his bed . "
Bnt how are these things to be met , and dealt with ? By a Parliament chosen by UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ! By nothing else can the Hydra be destoyed . I am , Sir ,, Youra truly , James Pbnkt . Millbridge , December 20 th , 184 L
THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL TO THE CHARTISTS OF SHEFFIELD . " The drying np one tear has more Of honest fame , than shedding seas of gore . " Brother Democrats , —In ear last address , we urged yoa to rally round the banner of tbe National Charter Association , and to support with z ? al and energy the Executive Council , whom yon have selected to guide the movement , and lead yoa onward to the attainment of your rights . It is now our duty to call npon yoa to act justly towards those , who , torn from your ranks by tho ruthless band of persecution , share " the felon ' s fate , the felon ' s fare , " for no other crime , but that they sought the destruction of olasa privileges , and the enfranchisement of the toiling mafiees ; for the annihilation of whose wrongs they struggled , for the vindication of Whose rights they now suffer .
Three of year townsmen , Samuel Holberry , John Marshall , and Peter Foden , yet linger in the dungeons to which the Iatd Whig Government consigned them . The limits of this address will not allow as to repeat the eft-told tale of their sufferings : it is on behalf of the wives and families of these our unfortunate brothers we now appeal to you . Without entering into an account of their privations , you , working men , can form but too correct an idea of the situation of thesa widowed wives and tyrant-made orphans . The wives and children of the working classes have but too often to feel the dire corses of poverty and want , even when blessed with tho presence of a husband ' s love—a father ' s care ; how lamentable , then , must be the lot of such as ore robbed of tbeir natural protectors and guardians . We urgo you to make the case your own : think what would ba the unhappy situation of your own wives and children was their fate the fate of those whose cause we plead .
It has been too much the fashion of late among many , to talk of " the foolish and violent conduct" of certain of the imprisoned patriots , and it would appear that this has been with too many an excuse for totally neglecting the support of the bereaved families ; let this be said for the men named in this address , that whatever may have been their mistakes or errors—and who is perfect ?—no doubt can exist but that they were honest and sincere in their dosire to see the freedom of their country established ; and let this be remembered , that if they were at all Indiscreet , hundreds cheered than ; onwards in their indiscretion ; and he who would cheer a man into prison , and then fail to savo from the horrors of want the helpless family of the fallen patriot , is himself unworthy of the form and name he inherits from hie creator .
Men of Sheffield ! hitherto justice has not been done to those in whose behalf we address you . We bcli > ve this has been more owing to the want of a systematic plan for the collection ef monies , than to any ap ~ tUy , or lack of humanity , on the part of the Chartist bony . We have resolved this shall be no longer , and ¦ we now earnestly invite your kindly aid to efface the disgrace of failing to support and protect , bo £ ir as in eur power lies , the families of those suffering in defence of our holy cause . We have solicited the co-operation of the under , mentioned vendors of the people's paper , the Northern Star , and have met with a ready response on their paif ; they hold boxes for the receiving of the Toluctiry offerings of all who wish the " good cause" well . We doubt not that many readers of the Star will give their weekly mite ; others who cannot afford this may occasionally contribute . Let all do according to their ability ; more we require not .
The following are the news-agenta above spoken of : — G . J . Harney , 33 , Campo Lane ; Mr . Ludlam , Watson Walk ; Mr . Paahley , Silver-street Head ; Mr . Karrov ; - clough , Far-gate ; Mr . Frost , Bridge-street ; and Mr . Buxton , Sbemeld Moor . Mr . Otley , tobacconist , Sheffield Moor , is also authorised to receive subicri f tiona . The members of the association are requested t > notice that a collection will be made iu tbe room the first Monday in every month , for the Victim Fund , the members of the Council will make a subscription among themselves at their weekly meeting , and \ r : th the assistance we expect through another channel , we farventiy trust the means ¦ will be afforded us of giving a w&kly payment to the families of our persecuted friends .
It Is necessary we should mention the case of Themas Penthorpe , one of the victims lately incarcerated in Noi-thallerton Hellhole . In that pa / ideiaonium of torture and sorrow ; he was sttackei by abscess iu the throat , suffering under that cruel disease be was liberated in August last ; he has now betn at liberty nineteen weeks , daring which time be has been unable to earn a penny for the support of himself and family . We have resolved ( with the sanction of the association ) to give t « Penthorpe an tqual portion ( with the other recipients ) of the monies collected , so long as he shaii be prevented by disease , as at present , from earning bis bread .
" There is oppression against the social body whenever any one of its members is oppressed . There is oppression against every member of it whf n the social body ia oppressed" ;—waa one ot the sublime truths proclaimed by an assassinated legislator , whose memory ( despite the lies of literary prostitutes ) mankind will ytt revere . Let us act upon thiB great truth , let it fee acknowledged and proclaimed as the democratic law . O for the hoar when this shall be ] The sacied band of Theban Epaminondas , or the phalai . x of Macedonian Philip were not moro invincible than Britons whl
then be ! Chartists of Sheffield , act you upon the above noble Bentiment in the case submitted to you in this address ; make the oppression of each su&ring patriot the oppression of yoareelvts , and act accordingly . At this season of the year , when , if poverty is not too heavy with its grip , most of ns contriving to give an hour to mirth and the forgetfulness of our cries ; let us not forgtt those , who , csnflntd to the prison cell , are unblessed with even the sight of wife or child ; and letus dojustiee to the unprotected and the helpless ; by so doing we shall best cheer the patriot ' s heart and lessen his Bufferings .
Brothers , we need say uo more . Confiding in . your patriotism and love of justice , we doubt not you will act upon the golden rule of the Founder of Christianity , " Do unto othtrs as ye would others should do unto you . " George Julian Harnet , Sub-SBCietttry . Sheffield , D : e . 19 tb , 1 S 41 .
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THE ¦ " LEEDS TIMES ' " CHARGE OF DRfJiVKENNESS AGAINST MR . J . B . O'BBIEN . We did not expect to have to allude to this diagusting affair again , b » t self defence compels : t . The readflrs of the Star will jeoacmber that Mr . O'Brien lectured in tbeHudder&fieldHa ! of Science , on Sunday , November § ih . Tke Hall of S c ience , we believe , belongs to the Huddefsffeld Socialists , who gave up their own regular meetings on that occasion to accommodate Mr . O'Brien and his friends . In reference to that day ' s proceedings , the « hres- ' pendent of the Leeds Times cent a paragraph to that paper , in which , among * t other derogatory statements , he asserted tkat Mr . O'Brien was "drunk , and no mistake . " Oar readers will alao
remember , that in our paper of November 13 th , this charge was indignantly denied , b : t * i by ourceJves , and by Mr . James Penny , of Millbridge ; on whoso authority Mr . O'Connor had also triumphantly 6 hewn up the cowardly means UBed to iijure Mr . O'Brien , at a very numerous meeting holdeu ia Leeds , en Tuesday , the 9 t ! i of November , of which circumstance mention is aise made iu the report of the meeting inserted ia the Star of November 13 tb . Oo Nov . 16 th , we received a letter in referejice to this subject , from Mr . Edward Clayton of Huddersneld . As there was no new point mooted in it , and as it was but a repetition of the statements mad : ; by Mr . Penny in his communication of the Saturday previous , we did not publish it . During the course
of the succeeding week , we received a notetrom Huddersfield , from Mr . Clayton , asking why the letter had not been inserted , and still pressing fur its publication . To this we replied , privately , assigning our reason for at first declining it ; and mentioning , as an additional reason wh y we should still deoliueits publication , that the Editor of the Leeds Times had himself , jn his paper of Nov . 20 ih , withdrawn the accusation , and explained to the public that ihe paragraph had originally appeared in his columns without his knowledge or sanction ; that the moment he had discovered it . he had it removed from the paper ; and that it had gone through but a very small purt of the week ' s impression . Ho had also administered a very snubbing reproof to the correspondent who had imposed upon him . Ono would have thought that this would have been sufficient to set the matter at rest . But no I Mr . Edward Clayton is a very vain and a verv
indiscreet young man . He had written a letter , and it had not appeared in print ! This was not to bo borne . As he could not be allowed to cut a caper in our columns , he thought , after the dance was over , he would try to make a figure somewhere else . He has succeeded ! how we now proceed to tell . In the Scottish Patriot of Saturday last , Deo . 18 th , we find a letter from Mr . Edward Clayton purporting to be a copy of the ono he had sent to as for insertion ; accompanied by a note to the Editor of the Patriot , in which the writer has tho meanness , the insolence , the audacity , the dishonestt to represent tho Northern Star as haviug , along with the Leeds Times , originated and circulated the infamous lie with an intent to do Mr . O'Brien injury ! and that we h % d refused to insert his letter in contradiction , or in vindication of Mr . O'Brien ' s character j leaving the inference to be drawn that we had never contradicted the statement at all !
Is not this a most perfeot specimen of impotent malice , arising from mortified vanity and overweening self-conceit 1 ! We mentioned that the letter in the Patriot purports to be » copy of the one sent to us . We have cftmpared the two j and tell Mr . Edward Clayton that it is dishonest in him to palm suoh a fraud upon the public . It is not a copy , nor anything like s copy . To ahew this , and to shew also whatvalua there is to be placed on Mr . E . Clayton ' s word , and what a discreet and zaalous vindicator and friend Mr . O'Brien has , we give an extract from Mr . E . Clayton ' s letter published in the Patriot , and follow it by one from the letter sent to us , written and signed by Mr . £ . Clayton himself .
" I do most solemnly assert , without fear of contradiction , that Mr . O'Brien never tasted any intoxicating liquor whatsoever on the Sunday of which he is charged , with being intoxicated . "—Edwabd Clayton , in the Scottish Patriot " After the afternoon lecture , Mr . O'BH « n was taken ilL On the recommendation of a medical gentleman , and unknown to Mr . O'Brien , Z seat for foarpennywortb . of brandy , which he drank upon the platform . " ¦— Edward Clayton , In a letter to the Editor of the Northern Star , dated Nov . 15 th , 1841 .
To this we need not add another word ; save that the reader will keep in mind the fact than the latter paragraph is from the letter sent to us for publication , of which Mr . Edward Clayton says that bis letter in the Scottish Patriot is a copy .
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Rural Policb . —On Saturday , at a meeting of the ratepayers of the parish of Chipping Sodbury , in the county of Gloucester , to consider the propriety O petitioi ing for the discontinuance of the presentf rural police , it was resolved , " That the continuance of the rural police force ia that parish is useless , and entails not only heavy expences upon the ratepayers , but subjects them to continual oppression and tyranny , and that a petition be forthwith prepared to be presented at the next Christmas Quarter Sessions , praying the Magistrates to discontinue-the Baid ^ force . " At a vo 6 try meeting , held at Framptonon-Severn ,-on the 95 b . mst ., it was unanimously resolved , that the police for this parish ia wholly uanessary . —Gloucestershire Chronicle .
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TO CHAETISTS . JOHN fiAIGH , of Littlb Horton , eomo time ago noticed in your papers , is s&ill withoat employment and in great distress , has a -number of valuable RECIPES for various disorders , whi p h ' he has got printed , and we understand it is his inten- , tion of going to the different Towus inJ ^ jHttt ^ a , ' and Lancashire , to sell them . He has fH ^ HHfit ^< bcr of Chartist papers , &c . J ^^^ B ^ Hft / t > N John Hai « h has a wile aud four ch : ld ^^ H ^ HE ^ > l . >* -. . only cue of them working for tbeir « H ^ HBP ^ ' ' : ¦ . $ !/•' , she has only -59 . 6 d . per week ; to ^ PfiJNl ^ H ^ HJi&S ' . v " v >\ i IIe is a sincere Chartist , and has £ U « HhHW 5 ^** ' ' ^^ . ^' ' *? secuuon on account of tis prinoj ||^ BHH » jd »» - ..- ^ ' ^ y >/? O evevy Chartist with , whom he i Wg ^ aPB jfcffi * ^^^ ' ¦ ^ lv , m all tho support tlioy can ^*« IBwPSK ^ 9 ^ , r > * $ * _ Jt S *^ . . ' ^ .- ^ \/ w ¦ w \ ib \ y * J « tf jf ¦ j » g ^ y j * ** ^^ F
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 24, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1141/page/5/
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