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      IHE LATE STRIKE , ITS CAUSES AND EFFECTS . BBISG THB SUBSTASCB OF X LECTORS DELIVERED IH L 6 ND 0 K BX JOHS WAXKINS . f Conceded . , / Wio is there that bears of the livet of bia fellowcre atures bang taken by the command of thoBe who bad before deprived them of the means of living—who t hat hears that working-men , with large families dependent upon them , have been shot , and their brethren prevented from meeting to express pitj for their fate—who that hears of theae things , but most abhor yje fyBtetn under which they take place—but must gweax that he will not be stopped from crying aloudthat be win spare not until one general Toiee of indigna tion ring throughout the land , and sound the deathtoellof faction ?

      London has don » nobly—though not the scene of tkees outrages—though not suffering from the distress which provoked them , y 6 t have the men of London thew& their sympathy—shewn that they would make common cause with the oppressed against the oppressor jhe eutward determination of their feelings has been checked , but their hearts will barn all the warmer within , and determination become more determined . The men of London heard the cry of the turn-outs , whosa reeking blood cried to them from the groundi ; knocked at their hearts—their hearts opened , and

      the pewer of tbeir minds , will unite to form a mighty torrtci of public opinion that shall arise and sweep from the land all loyalty to a Queen who knew of the dirtressecl condition of her subjects , and yet offered j £ 50 , not for their relief , but for their blood per man — all obedience t » a Government that could express sympa thy frr the sufferings of the people , and then send solaisrs to shoot them—all respect to a Parliament that , pretending to represent the peeple , refuses to listen to their prayers , or replies with mockery and insult . A sullen calm has succeeded the stona—the silence , not of submission , but of fixed passion holding its

      breath , — " Until the hour which shall atone for years . " Oh , when will that hour come—when will liberty be here ? I say to myself , Kunnymede ! and the word is like the sound of a trumpet to waken my heart—it t ests with renewed ardour in the cause ; but when will oar Bucn / mede come—the day of our Great Charjer ? It cometh—it easts its shadow before—the late strike ii the pr = cursor of a greater strike—the deeds of tbe tyrants are hastening their own downfall—but let us be ynrj—le * oot our enemies succeed in throwing on us t 2 ie oaium of their deeds—in shifting on us the indignation dne osly to themselves—in charging us with their crim es—nor let us expose our lives needlessly , use * less : y .

      I deeply deplore the blood that has been shed—I should much deplore the shedding of more blood , and therefore in ths hope of deterring rash , ineonsiderate , or superficial thinkers from attempts which common foresight would show must , in the present unprepared rtate of the people , and in fatal failures , I will briefly Biate what is necessary to physical-force success . In the first place each man must not only be wellarmed , well-trained in ths use of those arms , and a great number well-mounted ; bat , in the second place , they must know how to act in masses , as well as individually , in a body , at once : all thiB done , they will require artillery and store of ammunition , uniforms , ice They would not be in want of a leader—ihey ¦ Lould not be in want of one . An army of the people

      that h ad beaten the first force which Government had wet against them , would have nothing to do but march up to London , receiving fresh numbers as they came along , and welcomed into the metropolis by hundreds of thousands . The Charter would be granted st once : bat what then ? If the people dispersed , it would be as soon reveked ; and if they kept up th eir force , they would find it necessary to establish a military despotism of their own , and freedom would still be a stranger to the country . All the middle classes—all that portion of the working men that could be coerced or bought—all the aristocracy ted such numbers of foreign troops as tha continental king" would gl adly send to their aid , —all these would he arrayed against the pesple , and when would civil war cease ?

      Bat what do I talk of ? are not the people unarmed , undrilled . untrained , undisciplined J Will they be allowed by those who have unarmed them , and who hare armed , trained , drilled , and disciplined both red-costs and blue-coats on their side ? will the people be suffered to fit themselves individually , * numerically for the encounter ? Are there aot spies in the land employed to entrap all tree men , who betray them for a word , —for tbe tyrants wait not for deeds ? Let our

      physicalforce boasters bear in mind what time it takes to drill a iqsii , and how Email a force of disciplined men can put to the rout a large body of concertless rioters . I grint that not a working man but would be a ma ' xh for & soldier in boxing or wrestling ; but could he with fists fight the other with a sword , or equal armed , if sot equal skilled ? The pike , to be Bare , may do much , —the musket more . Strength is not all that is needed , nor still neither—calculation is required , bat this is the leader ' s pan—judgment in the choice of ground and in the conduct of a battle or a retreat .

      We often hear it said that nothing but physical force or the fear of it will ever get the Charter . I leave the people to judge of the probability that the Charter will be gained by force , or that the Government Will fear it , while they have the army at their devotion , and what chance there is that the army will wheel round to tbe side of tbe people . If the people see no inch probability , no such chance , would it not , be better fat them to leave physical force to those who are so fond of using it—to those who are prepared with itto these who make it the business of their lives to leant

      it—who study it as a science—who glory id iis exercise —leave it to them , and let us stick to moral forcethey cannot beat us there—we have beat them in every moral encounter—at every public meeting , or discussion . They cannot defeat us morally until they can refute our arguments , and they have not been able to answer them yet . Let us despise and detest physical force ; we have nobler ground to stand on . Their csuse requires the gun and sword ; ours tut the tongas of truth . Morally we sre strong . Be nos overeoms of physical force , but overcome physical force by moral force . We shall yet disarm them ; we shall tarn their swords to sickles , and their spears to pruning hooks . I deny sot the justice of physical fore : —it is a tight of nature to repel force by force , and surely it is more just to employ force in a good cause than in a bad

      oae . All things are just , as Si . Paul snys , but all things are not expedient Physical force is net expedient : it ii not just until moral means have been tried : and exclusive dealing , if fully carried cnt , would carry the Charier . Physical force never did succeed on the part of the people more than temporarily ; it always fell again , because power , gained by force , must be maintained by force , -whereas a moral revolution , by turning the whole system on its axis roand with it , keeps it bo —bat constraint will ever back recoil . Therefore , it is not dtilrable that the Charter should be won by physical force , if it can be won without ; because of the bli > od that must be shed and of the uncertainty of such a foundation . The force required is a force that would compel the middle classes to return isen to Parliament pie- -ged to the Charter as they were formerly to the Reform BilL

      If physical force never succeeded in England ' s former days , when the people weie armed and there was go staiidiafr army—when every citizm was a soldier—how can it luoceed in sujh an aiter < jd state of soeiety ? "Waste no time , therefore ; injure not the cause by physical tiutbrtsksj but , from their failure , from the mpossiti'ity cf their success , Jeam & lesson for the future ; let us turn all our thoughts to moral means . Physical force succeeds better in the hands of tyrants , than « f he people it is better adapted to bad than geod € i . « - -5 . Whenever did liberty succeed by physical force in this country ? You will instance the time when iiagna dana was gained , which ought to be a precedent for t " . But the barons in those days had all the power of tfct f .: i ; dcm in ibsir hands , when they chose to combi : > L . id yet , having compelled the king to sign it , t-r T .. ted his signature the first opportuaity , levied as :.-ay , and would probably have punished the barons , t- r . o : a grest fl . 9 » d swept away his power as he was pa ^ inj alorg the wash .

      Ti , r barons were te afraid of him that they offered fc-r crown to a sen of the FreDCh Kicg , on condition that ha would deliver them , just as tha Lords » £ ¦; compelled King James II ., to abdicate , crowned acd s : \ ied William III . their deliverer . You may inb' . ~ ew the ; ime of tbe Commsnweaith , but see the difference between our time and that Parliament then took np the cause of the people , led them on , and sai pliet . ihem now it is against us . Cromwell at the beai of a veteran and victorious army like C » sar of old and Bonaparte in modern times , used his power not to few iht : nation , tut to establish his own dominion over

      * t . Yau may instance America—but America is a eooctry far distant from the eountrias of kings , and a ttwsl revolution had first carried the cause there ; physical force was needed but to TT"H " fcdn what moral force had already effected . It was a foreign yoke which ** Amerieana had te cast off—and their better know-** - % e of the statistics of their own country was ft great * QT * ttif e a their favour . There was a time in Engtad when the apprentices of London ccrald turn the fe ^ e * of fic tion ; but those times have gone by ; and it «•» matter comparatively easy to turn tbe scale * of two owies eq ually poised such as Whigs and Tories ; but 101 ccessfully to oppote their united force .

      Let not those who have bnUl their hopes on physical force be disheartened—there are ways and means of ¦ sk iag it greatly- assistant at timea to moral fores , as * as cone in the agitation for the Reform Bill , and . I «* i convinced that the late strike , though it might ffi- '! of immediate effect , will have made an impression ob the country—will have produced an excitement that will ultima tely prove highly beneficial to the cause . It sbo ^ rg tij spirit that U abroad—a spirit tncorquer-* o' «* f that cansot be crushed . That strike was an electric shock , and many will be awakened by it The bloody arts of the tyrants will cauBe a reaction , which tteL- subsequent conduct -will confirm . Universal will ** ' -ha Epirit that -will usher in Universal Suffrage .

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      priced goods in exchange for lower priced corn , if they are to discharge their rent * , debts , tithes , taxes , &c , in the produce of their labonr , lowered , as it infallibly must be , in the same ratio as yon and your party say corn will be , viz , from 60 s . to 40 s . per quarter , or 50 per cent . I am , sir , Your bumble servant , Thomas Smith . Birmingham , Sept . 6 , 1812 . P . S . —It is very singular that during the late disturbances , except on the part of a few corn merchants , and a few manufacturers , who are said to make goods chiefly for foreign marketa , instead of a cry for " free trade , and no corn laws , " we have beard nothing but a cry for " more wages , " that is to say , for more caoney ! Where one mouth was opened to demand no corn laws and free trade , a thousand were opened to demand more wage * . How was this , sir , if low prices are such a w « ndttful benefit to the industrious classss ? I eay nothing afafci t the other classes , knowing full well the benefit low prices of all articles , as we ^ l as of com , is to them . T . S .

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      ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF MR . H . MOTTLE FOR TENDERING BAIL FOR THE NOBLE WHITE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —That the leaders , or any one who boldly steps forward in the cause of humanity , are to be assassinated , is demonstrated in the following instances . The facts are these : —While standing in my garden on Saturday last , an o ' . d rabid Tory came up , and shamefolly abused me . I resented the insult by telling him that which he will Dot soon forget However , next day brought to light tbe hellish conspiracy . While in the back garden alone , this man ' s son pounced upon me with the ferocity of a madman , he being a powerfal ftllow , and I , vies versa , tript my heels , and while

      down kicked me severely . Oae kick in the small of my back gives me great pain . Now not content , { he seized ins by the throat , ami verily life must have been extinct , had not Mrs . Moale and others been brought to the spot through my cries of murder . With the assistance of the above persons , I was released frcm tbe assassin ' s grasp , and orawled , as well as I could into the house , where I had not been more than a momenti when he came to the door , with the intention of following me ; but I was prepared . Another step , and he would have paid dearly for his temerity . Seeing me thus , he quickly retreated . But this was not sufficient 1 life still remained ! Little did I think that another deep-laid " plot" was laid for me . however while sitting in the bar of a respectable inn in

      this village , last night , this same coward , with a posse of Corn Law fellows , commencing with d s my eyes , for offering bail for that b y White , as they termed him . One Bhabby , mean shopkeeper , commonly known as "Tommy Shop Billy , " a kind of bully for tha Cheap Bread men , was the first aggressor ; not content with abuse , raised a glass and would have smashed it in my face had it not been for a gentleman stepping before me . This was the signal , and nsver could bell present such a picture of demons , my former assailant foaming at the mouth like a mad dog , again made a plunge at me and had it not been for tbe kind assistance of the landlord and a respectable working man , my life would not have been worth a moment ' s purchase . With their kind assistance I escaped unhurt

      Working men , what think you of this picture ? what think you of the men -we are called upon to join ? does this not show us middle class sympathy with a vengeance ? away with tbe glimmering thought—perish , I say , for ever , the idea of union . Who are our real friends ? By giving insertion to the above you will much oblige Yours , In the cause of humanity and justice , Mount Pleasant , HENRY MOULE . Eedditch , Friday night

      P . S . I was in Shrewsbury some three weeks since , and accidentally fell into company of Finnigan , of Stevenson ' a-sqnare notoriety , and during our conversation ( this was abont the fourth or fifth day of the insurrection in Manchester , ) ho stated in great glee that they had at length commenced in right earnest ; that stopping the mills at a given time was the only earthly change , they , the League , had of getting a repeal of the Corn Laws ; that the Government must now yield ; that labour should not be resumed till they , the Government , had given them free trade . Ho also told me he left the second day of the outbreak . Now I who are the men who mislead their dupes and run away from that they so richly merit ? Answer this .

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      LINNEYS DEFENCE FUND . TO THK EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir . —There are at this present moment so many appials to the Chartist public on behalf of , not only the General Defence Fund , but of numerous local victims , that I scarcely dare call upon our numerous body for assistance in the case I would allude to , namely , a fund for the defence of Mr . Linney , whose incarceration in Stafford prison baa been duly reported in tbe Star . To Linney ' s able conduct may be attributed the peaceable condition of this district This alone , I am aware , will be enough to cause a Jury to bring him in guilty of any charge that may be brought against him ; his only crime being bis influence with the working class ; hiszxJous advocacy of their legitimate rights ; and his successful exertions in protecting property and preventing ontbreaKs .

      The friends of the cause here have been long out of employment ; consequently , have not the means of themselves to assist him as they would wish to do ; therefore ( though with reluctance ) are obliged to appeal to the friends of the cause , through your invaluable and widely circulating paper . Hoping that you will insert this , witb a remark or two of your own , especially as Mr . Liuney has , by his indefatigable labours , rendered essential Bervice to the Chartist cause . I am , Sir , Yours , most faithfully , In the cause of freedom , John Cadlev , sub-Secretary . Bilston , Sspt 19 , 1842 . P . S . Our distant friends may be assured that we do not relax in our endeavours , and are determined to exert ourselves , U > the utniOBt ,

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      ^ TO THE CHARTISTS OF LONDON . My Friends , —I left the town of Chard in Somcrset , early on Saturday rnoruiug , having to travel about eighty miles , partly a cross-coun ' ry ro . id , to get back to Bradford , in Wilts . Lectured in the democratic chapel on Sunday morning , August 21 st ; in th& tf ^ riioon and evening at the democratic chapel , Trowbrid ^ e . In the evening it was put ts a show of hands if a public meeting should be held in that town on the Monday , and carried . I returned to Bradford that evening to be ready for action the next morning . I and four friends , by the desire of our brother Chartists , took out cardg to enable us to attend the North Wilts Reform Association ; the farce that gentlemen , who { call themselves Reformers , wen : through on that day , will ever rtndLr thum despicable in the eyes of just men . The points of their resolution ran tLua : —

      " That every man have the Saffrage , if a tenant in one spot twelve months—he aud his family not to have received pariah relief during that time . " " Vote by Ballot " 11 Triennial Parliaments . " Mr . Esan moved as an amendment , the aix points of the Charter , and I secor ' . ' . td it ; in so doing I respectfully and firmly iuturuie . i the gents there present , that never again would the working men assist in any movement unless all the right a of citizenship was acknowledged—their just due . I showed them the folly of again attempting an agitation for selfish class benefits . Still the blind lead the blind—they carried their resolutions , and ft . 11 in the slough of uojust selfishness together . I started In ths afternoon to Trowbridge , for tfce out-d » or evening meeting , and a most glorious one it was ; I doubt not you read the account in the Slur of tbe 17 th .

      On Tacsday walked to the village of Melksbara , with the old vtteran Radical John Harden , —again no meeting . All are not patriots who would be thought so . On Wednesday got to Cirencester . Lectured in the market-place in the evening . Ob , it you could have seen the preparations for war made on a grand scale by the magistrates—by the yeomanry , they having their horses bridled and saddled and their accoutrements ready , wardsmen out for action , and to bring up the rear a waggon , load of bluebottles , with cutlasses and bludgeons , —I was informed that these came from Cheltenham , —I say to have seen all these mighty preparations yon would indeed have thought something of moment was pending , big with the tato of liberty and Cirencester . This prodigious mountain in the pangs of labour brought forth its progeny at seven o ' clock , p . m . j and what was it tonooth ? To guard the Chartist lecturer , Baffy Ridley , and by their

      agitation gain him a good audience . Thanks to the worthy gentlemen , yeomanry , wardsmeu , bluebottles , and all their small fry : they did thia to the Tery letter . There i « a noted bullying , blustering , dissipated disciple of tbe meek and lowly Jesus , belonging to th » Established Church , residing near t ' ok place , famed for pulling down Chartis c bills and . laying a bunch of nettles between the bind legs of a poor horse , the dumb beast kicking and plunging witfi pain from this horrible torture , broke the gate it was fastened up to . This disgrace to man—let alone the Church of GJod—waa heard to say , " He did not caro d n about it , only be had to pay 2 a . 6 d . for mending tho gate . Behold tbe wisdom , juslice , and mercy of this clergyman-magistrate ! I know not if his father and brother , who are M . P / 8 , consider hhn a disgrace to their house . It is evident the good people of Ciieuce&ter consider him a a pest to their , borough . On Thursday evenirig I lectured In the beautiful Tillage of CLuitfordj in the open air .

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      On Friday , at Stroud . Tijis lecture waa cried for the Market-place . When I arrived at the said Marketplace , I was Informed that waa private property . I then adjourned tbe meeting to opposite the Chartistroom . I must here state , that in-door lectures , when out-door can be obtained , appear to me valueless . Tie dog&erries and despotic powers of the day care naught for our principles , so long as we keep them hid under a bushel measure . In this place I with sorrow heard that a man of the name of Evans , whese conduct , to say the least of it , Is disgraceful , had palmed himself on our friends . I hope the mention of nls name will be sufficient to put Chartists on their guard . Further information , if any locality requires it , can be had of Richard Workman , at Joel Whiting ' s , shoemaker , Chatford Hill , near Stroud . ^*

      Left Stroud on Saturday morning by day-break , with William Ind , of Stroud Hill ; he accompanied me ten miles on the road , carrying my luggage . I can only return my ¦ heartfelt thanks for his kindness . Crossed Newnbam Ferry ; got to the top of the height to & still property named Pleasant Still . Here , indeed , was labour repaid . The grand view of the noble Sovern with its attendant scenery , for mitea distant , was truiy a 8 lgut worthy some pains . Arrived at the Forest of Dean in the afternoon ; was welcomed by Mr . Morgan , hest of the Green Dragon . ° On Monday afternoon , the 29 th of August , delivered the first Chartist lecture in this place on Cinderford ' s Lump ; was honoured , if honour it may be called , with the presence of six magistrates ; they had their bluecoated gentry , numbering about sixty , hid in the weod . I announced a second lecture for the Friday noxfc .

      On the Wednesday , posters of cautien were out from the said magistrates . By-the-bye , I perceive wisdom and magisterial lore runs In their families I suppose the fathers are endowed with the magic power of getting magistrates on the same fioalo that our crowned heads get kings and queens . > I will give you their names generally , according to tbe scrip : — T . Pyrke , magistrate and father . D . Pyrke , magistrate and son . E . Jones , clergyman , magistrate and father . . E . O . Jones , magistrates and son . There , good people , yon have them according to the scroll .

      When the Inhabitants of the Forest saw the said caution , they took means to make the meeting on Friday legal . They sent a requisition of householders to one of the magistrates , aud not receiving an answer , called it themselves . At this meeting I was elected delegate to the Sturge Canfarence . The magistrates on this occasion did not show front , yet they took the piecaution to double the blue-bottle force of reserve in the wood . After this meeting I was arrested in tht ) most kind and gentlemanly manner by Superintendent William Henry Laader ; passed ths night in durauce vile ; the next morning had before the same identical father and son magistrates , with adddition . The kindness paid me by these gentlemen was astounding and overpowering ; they gave me all tbo accommodation my position would admit of , yet was determined to commit me to tbe Gloucester Assizes for sedition—heaven eave the mark .

      Those most worthy gentlemen obliged mo by accflpting bail ; myself in £ 100 and four securities in £ 25 each . I give you the names of thes ¦• kind-hearted men , Thomas Roberta , Edwcrd Lewis , Pailip Russell , and William Poynton . Thanks to you , my countrymen ! rest assured , whilst I ' ve breath to draw no injury shall result to you from my present position . To concludge , the good done in my late tour is the opening of four new locations ; 100 cards , entrusted to me by the Executive , taken up by new members—the money now in the bands of tbe Executive ; many fresh members added to standing localities . I left the Forest of Dean with fifty-six members , on Tuesday morning . Arrived in London on the Wednesday . Yours , truly , Huffy Ridley . Sept 16 th , 1842 .

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      GREAT FALL IN THE PRICE OF STOCK IN SCOTLAND . S ¦ ( From the Scotsman . ) FALKIRK SEPTEMBER TRYST—GREAT FALL IN PRICES . For many years heavy / alls of rains have been proverbial at our great cattle market ; but this season tbe weather has been more delightful than is in tbe recollection of many of those who have long attended the market , no that tbe immense stock never appeared to better advantage . Tbe first great sheep market commenced upon Monday laat , and it is computed that about 60 , 000 sbtep were upon the Tryst grounds , besides seven thousand or eight thousand that were disposed of on the road to market Tbe first lot which

      left the grounds was Bold by Messrs . Mitchell and M'Farlan 8 , to Mr . Young , flesber , Edinburgh . They consisted of 350 black-ficed three-year-old wedders ; they fetched £ 1 per head . A very fine lot , and by judges considered the top lot in the marktt , which belonged to Mr . Laldlaw , Stratbg \ asa , Inverness-shire , consisting of 600 white-faced three-yeav-old Cheviots , were sold to Mr . Hebdon , Skipton , Yorkshire , for £ 1 4 s 6 ti each . It was remarked by judges , thata greater number of the white-faced Choviota were in the market than was 67 er at any former period . Mr . Patterson , Sanriside , Caithness , bad 1 , 540 three-year-old Cheviot wedders , 500 were sold during the day at £ l 5 s . ; 900 at £ 1 4- ' . ; 140 at £ 143 ; 1 , 200 white-ficed owes , price not fixed , but would range from 12 s . to 12 s . 6 tl . Messrs .

      Mitchell and M'Farlane sold a very fine lot of one thousand white-faced Cheviots for £ l 3 i , so thai the average for this fine stock may be quoted £ 1 4 . ; aud in this kind of stock most business wa 3 done . Ft > r crosses , prices from 12 e . to 14 s a head ; black-faced owes varying from 7 s . to 12 ? . There wero about one hundred and fifty taps for sale . Mr . James Cbwbrougb , Aucben-< 1 een , Stirlingahire , sold twelve of tlso best , winch brought £ 2 3 s . per head ; other lots soM at prices downward to £ l 10 a . Messrs . Siller , Mendel , Gilchrist , Mackintyre , and others , disposed of lar ^ e parts of stock at similar prices .. As above stated , at the close

      ot Monday's sale a considerable qaantity , chi'&jinferior , were unsold . There were forty-three tents fur refniBhments , and five different banks transacted business upon the occasion . Tuesday afternoon sales continued very dull ; as given in former letter . The beat lot I heard of was siiid by Messrs . Morton and Marren , Glasgow , there -were twenty-seven in tbe lot , and brought £ 17 each . About twelve one-year oM bulls of Ayrshire brtert v . ere sold at £ 7 . A number of small Highland qu ° ys sold at £ 2 . It is considered that the Queens visit was the means of preventing the market going on as upon former occasions , lu the horse market I consider but little business was done .

      [ FROM THE EDINBURGH WITNESS . ] Mr . Alexander M'Donald , Moyes , Lochaber , effected a sale i-f G 00 black-faced wethers , at £ 18 per score . Last year the same kind of of stock brought £ 22 . Mr . A . M'DjaMd . of Lochray , Lochaber , sold 400 black-faced wethers at about £ 14 . Last year this stock bronght about £ 22 per score . Mr . Walter M'Failane , AuhindarrocQ , sold about 200 black-faced ewes , at abont £ S 5 * ., which stock last year fetched £ 11 10 s . Mr . Thomas M'Denald sold Strone black-faced wethers at £ 18 10 s , which last year fetched £ 22 10 s . Mr . Mitchell , of Invercaddle , field a lot of black-faced wethers ( the first sale which bad been effected to-day ) at £ 20 per score , < shlch was one of tbe top-priced lots . Mr . Coll M'Donald sold a lot of Glen&nnan black-faced wethers

      at £ 18 , £ 19 , and £ 19 10 s . These were supposed by some to be the best-conditioned black-faced wethers in the market . Mr . Stewart , Glenbnckie , sold 400 black faced ewes at £ 7 . These ewes were bought at last September Tryst for £ 15 per score , from Mr . M'Donald , Belqahidder , but had lambs this season , and bought today by Mr . Richsrd Frttm , of Glasgow . Mr . Hector M'Kenzie , of Dantolm , sold a mixed lot of 900 Crosses and Cheviota , nt £ 10 . Last year his stock bronght £ 16 , and they , were better conditioned this year . Mr . M'Intyre , from Sunderlandshire , sold Cheviot ewes at £ 14 10 s ., last year they brought £ 20 , and they were In a similar condition . It will be seen by the above that prices hare suffered a very great decline from last year ; bat we believe that holders of stock were prepared to put witb it at a considerable reduction in

      price . [ FROM THE G 1 ASGOW CHRONICLE . ] Tuesday . —What sheep remained over from yesterday were parted witb at prices fully as low as on that day , but a number left tbe market unsold . We have a great many saks of cattle to enumerate , but want of time prevents us giving all our quotations noted . We give , however , as many as will sufficiently show the decline in price our Highland breeders have bad to submit to . A lot of ten West Highland stots , from Fintry , Argylshire , wero sold at eight pounds each ; they were purchased at Donne fair lust November , for £ 7 a-heoxl Mr . Lewea M'Farlane g- > 2 'i a lot of a HO thxco

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      year old queys for £ 7 each ; this kind of stock bi-ought £ 8 12 s . 6 d last year . A lot of Kinross-shire breed sold at £ 14 a-head they were good-conditioned . Messrs . J . andD Macdonald , braes of Balquldder , sold the toppriced Highland heifers , 149 in number , at £ 8 10 s . a-head . Thoy were four year olds . Mr . Cameron , of Corrychoilie , sold eig hty West Highland heifers at £ 7 7 a . They fetched £ 8 10 a . last yi-ar , were good beasts , and were bought by Mr . Conll , Middles ton , Northumberland . Horsas a very poor show to-day .

      BRAVERY OF BRITISH TROOPS . It has been fashionable of late to make the grievance of a standing army a principal feature in tbe harangues of '' Chartist demagogues , " and the sufferings of our brave soldiers , who have nobly risked their lives in Central Asia for the preservation of our authority against the intrusions of the northern tyrant have been made subject of merriment , if not of rejoicing . The acknowledged character of the British troops for valour and chivalry , however , can well sustain itself against the taunts of the " coward and the traitor . " It is the fate of men to suffer defeat as well as to achieve victory . And who will venture to say that our English army , when fairly matched or even over-matched , has failed to uphold the national character ? We adroit

      the triumphs of fate , or circumstances . We can well acconnt for the bravest falling before climate , sicfcneS 3 , or hunger ; but all casualties removed , wna ' . force can stand OUR cbr . rge ? what skill resist our science ? When interested demagogues thus sneer at OUR reverses , and mock the suffering * of our guardians , we are well pleased to direct public attention to acts of valour which none can dispnta or . undervalue . Let , then , the reader turn to our copious repoit of tha victory gained by our troops over the women of Manchester when the shrieks of tbe enemy only tended to inspire OUR heroes with loyalty to that crown , in whose service they had enliBted , aud in the defence of which thoy were alike regardless of tattered petticoats , dishevelled hair , naked feet , and tender entreaties ,

      presented in such force as wight well have scared tho stoutest heart , aud even made the " victor in a hundred batlle 3 " to heBitate . It is not matter of surprise , that the machinations of our free traders should have deprived the female character of all those fences which its mmy virtues had thrown around it . When we read of women in breeches , chained to carts , and living underground , treated worse than tho Sqalre ' s horse , to furnish fuel far the Squire ' s comfort;—when we read of English mothers taking off their harness to giva birth to English Freemen ; when we hear of chains beir . g passed between their legs , and waggons of coal btin ^ their burden , while they creep underground;—vhon we

      hear these things , and find their masters contending that they are necessary for the purposes of " freo trade ; " and for the preservation of British ascendancy ; — -when we see our " hell boles" full of mothers driven from their homes , to make profit for Englishmen ;—when we hear of their training in infancy , and treatment in maturer life;—whan we know that tie overseer ' s knout is the soft language of remonstrance;—when we 1 < now that they are thrown into situations with the male aex which are calculated to destroy that veneration , with which Englishmen of old were taught to look upon the fair sex;—when we know these thiDgs , and that our rulers have sanctioned the abomination . —

      it is ssarcely to ba wondered at . that the female character should have lost muck of that respect which it has commanded in all times , save the present " free trade" age of chivalry . When the law declares that it is no crime to separate those whom God has joined together , how can those who execute the law , be censured or held responsible for dealing with the weakest and least protected in snch a summary manner , as shall carry the principles of " free trade" into full and immediate ttfect ? The triumph oyer the Chartist females of Manchester leaves Waterloo in tbe shade ; and let those veterans who wou their laurels upon the plain , and whose fame is to be perpetuated and banded down to future generations in the bequest of "the Waterloo medal . "—let them , we

      say , tear ths bauble from their breasts , and in its stead wear locks cut from the heads ' of the vanquished , which will no doubt be furnished by order of the gallant Mayor to his gaolers . O how our " brave Queen " must rejoice at this more tbau compensation for our disasters abroad . ' our defeat at Afghanistan and the Cape will now be forgotten ! The laurels of Manchester float triumphant over the cypress , and the heroic Lady Sale will look with calm contemplation on the sufferings of cur prisoners in possession of the Savage , whom we would have plundered according to law , and murdered in accordance with the established rnles of

      civilized society , when the news sball have arrived that our character Is retrieved , and our position rendered more equal , by a capturu of female prisoners at home , who may , perhaps , serve as an exchange for those in the hands of tha Barbarian abroad , wro brutally defends himself and bis territory by atrategeni and courage , against our repeated invitations to be scientifically butchered , or HONOURABLY BETRAYED . The British arms bavo triumphed over British women : and upon their ruin , i : o doubt , the principles of free trade will be -established , a fitting foundation for such a superstructure , built by suob . architects—Evening Star .

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      IRELAND . The Holy Sisters . —The rapid progress which Temperance has made in Ireland , once tbe land of poteen , has been observed by tvery well-wisher of our race , and , more especially , of our country , with unmingled satisfaction . The name of Father Mathev / will be revered as long as tha Emerald Is ' . e lifts her green breaai above the waves of the Atlantic ; the ohligatiora he has conferred on her children will bo evidenced in their improvement in health , in comfort , and in happiness ; and the ruins of a whiskey distillery will stand a monument to his honour . The only sound reason which we can perceive for doubting the stability of the Temperance Reform , lies in the circumstance that no general popular amusement has been hitherto provided as a substitute for that which is taken away . The

      demand for pleasure , in one shape ® r another , v ? hich is inherent in tbe human mind , must have a corresponding supply . This supply was , till lately , found in ardout spirits ; very often because no resource of a batter description was attainable . Tho introduction of a simple method of imparting a practical knowledge of one of the most refined and captivating of tbe arts , affixes tha stamp of permanency upon tho reformation of the Irish people . Music and Temperance have met upon the shores of Cork , and from tbente we hope thosa holy Bisters will proceed hand in hand , upon thtir peaceful march throughout the lovely land of thsir adoption . With reference to this holyalHai . ee , v ? e might quote ( but changing the names of the interlocutors , which in the original are Death and Consumption ) Eirke White ' s lines : — " I will pave tbe way for thee , Thou shalt furnish food for me !' — Mainzer ' s Husical Times .

      NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL covy . cih . LEEDS . : Mr . Elijah Lord , mechanic , 3 , Donton-st . Mr . James Cook , ditto ., 3 , Thackr ; vyso . Mr . Francis Jackson , ditto , Brou ^ htoa-at . Mr . John Chattertou , ditto , 5 , New-road-cnd . Mr . John Firth , cloth dresser , 20 , Marlborou ^ hst , Mr . James Hague , ditto , School-street . Mr . Alatthew Garbutt , weavsv , 23 ,. Windsor-st . Mr . Thomas Fraser , carver , Cumberland-build inga . Mr . Edward Carter , mechanic , Leathlcy-lane . Mr . James Ambior , ditto , Cross Johu-st . Mr . William Crai / r . butcher , IVrnplar-rt . Mr . Joseph Jones , shoemaker . Wneat-st . Mr . Nicholas Dunn , Coffee House keeper , Kirk gate . Mr . William Baron , tailor and draper , George ' s St ., sub Treasurer .

      Mi * . William Brook , tobacconist and tea-deajer , 21 , Kukgate , Vicar-lane , sub-Secretary .

      STAFFORD . Mr . Henry Harris , Ea . ss >> ate-streefc . Mr . John Boyle , Broad-eye . Mr . James Capper , Friar-Btrest . Mr . Humphrey Spanton , Sash-street . Mr . Wm . Leo , East ^ at-street . Mr . Wm > Ambrose , Saowhill . Mr . George Brian , Red Lion-street . Mr , Samuel VVard , Friar-street , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Alfred Hunnibell , Foregate-street , sub-Secre tary .

      BARNSLEY . Mr . Robert Garbutt , weaver , Indle's-fold . Mr . James Noble , basket-maker , New-street . Mr . Benj . Bailey , weaver , Kingston-place . Mr . Wm . Hilton , ditto , Old Town . Mr . Geo . Haigh , ditto , Burton . Mr . Tlios . Linga ? d , news-agent , New-streeS . Mr . John Petteti , weaver , Theatre-yard . Mr . John Araitage , ditto , Pall-mall , sub Treasurer . Mr . Patrick Bradley , ditto , Wilson-paee 9 « sub Secretary .

      NEW LENTON . Mr . William Horn , l&ceniaker , New Lenton . Mr . James Coxon , ditto , ditto . Mr . Thomas Browning , ditto , ditto , Mr . John Brown , ditto , ditto . Mr . Richard Mellows , ditto , ditto . Mr . Jacob Brown , ditto , Bloomsgrove . Mr . J . Bostock , framework-knitter , New Lenton . Mr . Win . Roe , laoemaker , ditto , sab-Treasurer . Mr . Thomas Smith , tailor , ditto , sub-Secretary . ALBION COFFEE HOUSE * CHURCH-STBJBKT , SHOBKDITCH . Mr . George Goddatt , coppersmith , 11 , Club-road ,

      Shoreditch . _ ' Mr . Thomas Parrott , chair-maker , 32 , Grey Eaglestreet . Mr . John Sheen , silk weaver . Mr . Henry Watson , bricklayer , 5 , Barton-coutfc , Kiu ^ siaud-road . Mr . James Davis , dyer , 1 G , John-street , Mr . John Staff , shoemaker , 4 , Lower Qittoa-strcet . Mr . J . tVI . Jones , weaver . ¦¦¦¦¦ * . Mr . George Martin , clookmakor , 3 , Chatch-strei-t , sub-Treasurer . Mr . T . J . Crowiher , dyer , 10 , Nelson-sireeS , sub-Secretary .

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      SHOifOKD . —A numerous and spirited nieetinc ; of the inhabitants of tbia village was bald on Sapt . 15 th , when , after a most able and excellent address had baan delivered by R . K PnHp . Ibe follow Ing resolnttoa was unanimously passed : — " That this meeting hereby recarda its abhorrence « f the despotic acta of the Tory Government , - in endeavouring by military force , unconstitutionally , to suppress the expressioa of pnnlio opinioa , and to arrest by despotic means the progress of reform ; and thia meeting pledges Itself to persevere in all leijal and peaceful means , until the P «; opZe '« Charter is enacted by tbe legislature . " Afteravwte of thanks was given t » Mr . PJiilp for his instructive lecture , and to the Chairman , for his impartial conduct in the chair , the meeting separated .

      WJEDNESBURY . —Mr . Wm . Thomason lectured in the Ctiartiat Assouiacion room here on Sunday laat ; he preached two sermons in the afternoon anil evening , to two very respectable audiences . On Monday n'ght , Mr . Tnomason lec . ured to a very attentive audiei > cu in the room , on the evils of class legislation , end the enormous txpences entailed upoa the j .. eop ' . o to t > upport it . HAK-ILTON . —Mr . Lowery , from Edinbu' « h . lectured here Ust Monday eveninjr , in the Btv . John M'Farlane ' s Cfcapt ! , Saffron Hill . Subject— - Tiio present state of the c-nutry . KiaKHSAXOtf . —On Thursday week . Mr . "David Ross delivered r . n eloquent lecture aere , when twenty new member * were ' enrolled ; and on Sunday , the Ciiartists beM their usual weckiy meetings , when some business w . 18 traubucttii .

      BUADVOilD . —On Sundoy Mr . Hammond preached a sermon ' to the chartists of Brat ford in tha large Koom , Buttetwortb-buildings . The meeting was well attended . Tub Ciiaktists of Bowling have commenced collect-Ing for the Defence and Victim Fund ; . they meet oa Sunday at six o ' clock in the evening . A Meetingof Uh . \ KTJSts vfza he ; d in George ' satreet , when several vtKons were appointed to coiitct for tbe Victim and Dafi « ice Fund . All are determined to pjrsevera uml redouble their exertions to cause the Charter to be made law . The Chartists of Thonipson ' 8-bu ; Mi : ig meet every Sund . iy morning ac tea o ' clock :, when subscriptions will be received fur the Defence and Victim Fund .

      The Chartists of isew Leeils met on Sunday m their R juai , wheu resolutions were uoanitnoualy pAjwil never to CtasB their exe . tior . 8 until tho Charter be made tha lave of tho land . The meetJEg aujturned to Sunday next , at two o clock . The Chartjsts of Manningbam met on Sunday ar . d resolved to-renew their agitation for the Caorter . They meet every Sunday , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . '¦ - . " . On Satuhdat eveniDg the Chartists ot Mason ' s Anns held their usual nisetini ? , when a interesting discussion arose on the best means of t > btaiuing the Charter . - The discussion was udjournnd to Saturday next , at . eieht o ' clock in the evening .

      On Monday "Evening the council h 2 lrt th ? : r mreting , when it was agreed that taca council ni . in should exert himsaif in collecting , and pressing on others to collect in their locality , subscriptions for the Defence and Victim Fund . O . ie shilling ' ami iiiiicpence from Crossley hall .-was paid to the Treasurer . ' Tne msetiug adjourned to Monday next at uevou o ' civch in tho evening , when business of iniportiuco will bs brought before the council . Every couneil man in required to attend . ' ' ' . . COLCHESTER . —At the usual weekly meeting of Chartists in this town , an exuract having been read upon the extreme misery and sufierinic which attends transportation , a resolution was put ar . ri carried unanimously , " That thia meeting sympathise with t ! : e Welch patriots who are banished from their native country , and we pledge ourselves not to cease agitation for their return , and for tbe Charter to become tho lasv of the land . "

      DERBY . —Mr . West delivered a lecture to a crowded audience , at the Association R . > om , Willow-row ,, on Monday n / git , on tbe present crisis . Ho was listened to with breathless attention for upwards << f an hour and a half , and rtelivert'rt a very ab 5 e ond argiiBien > ive addrets . At the close , Mr . Fraeer , of Leeds ,, addressed a few words to th « nueting . A vote of thanks wa 3 given to Messrs . West and Fraser . Ssveral new members were enrolled , and a small sum coliecled for the Defence Fund . STAPPOHD . —The Chartist shoemakers held their quarterly meeting oa Sunday eveniig last , at . Mr . Harris ' s , Eastgate-street , Mr . Henry Harris in ths chair ; on thy minutes cf the last quarter being read and confirmed , anil officers appointed for the ensuing

      quarter , the following resolutions were . brought forward and carried with the greatest unanimity . Proposed by Mr . Samuel Waxd , ami seconded by . Mr . William Ambrose ; " Taat we do view with horror and disgust the dreadful bavoc committed upon an unarmed , innocent , and' unoffjndiag people by thq self-coiK-tUuted authorities of this country in tho emylojln .: of an armed force cf murderous ruffians , in the sbape of police , and a ' wett-diEcipiined soldiery to forco tbs people into a base eubniiis&ion at the point of the yayoi . et , and stifl 9 the cries of hunger by the cutlass and tho fcludgu > n » and that we do enter into a solemn protest against the bass , cowaraly , and contemptible spy system , which is carried en for the purpose of entrapp ng : ; nd swearing away the lives and liberties of thosg brave and virtuous

      patriots who have stood so firm upon tLe rock of principle , and braved tho threatening tlorzn if persecution , &nd in the very tetth of tyranta , Livto proclaimed the rights of man . " Proposed by Sir . John B-. > yie , and secon-. led by Mr . William Leo , " Ttut this meeting views with indignation and disgust the b : utal and inhuman prosecutions commenced upon our honest and uncompromising leaders , for tha purpose of breaking , up our present agitation , but that we do pledge , ourselves to render them every assistance in our power , and seeing that they are the victims of class legislation , v . - o are determined to redouble our ex-jvtions in the destruction of that cruel and hideous monster , and tho e . ^ t . - . blfahnient of a temple of rsal liberty upon its jutns by the enactment of tha People's Charter . " Proposed by Mr . Alfred Hunriible , seconded by Mr . John G ^ or ^ s , " That the thanks of this meeting are due and 2 : erehy given to that bold , brave , and indomitable enmnpion ef the

      people ' s rights , Feargua O'Connor , Esq .. for the part ha has taken in the lato movehisnt , and for the wealth , time , and talent that he has expended in the cause of suffering humanity ; likewise for his able management of that powerful luminary , the Evening Star , which is sailing above tha horizon of corruption , Wotting . out th& minor satellites of faction , diffusing light and hope into tbe hearts of British Blavea , and preparing the way for their political salvation ; and that we do place implicit coV . ficleiice in Feargus O'Connor as a leader , and the Stars as tho acknowledged ortans of the people : and to long as he continues ia that noble , straightTorwaid , and homst course that he has hitherto dorio , we are determined to stand by him , and heed not Jila vile , sneaking , ambitious , and cosrard ^ y calumniators ; who are oniy fit . i / ojscts for the ssorn and contempt of every honEst ' ifian , and who , wo biiixtve , ere long will kick themselves out of existence , and te known no more . " Twelvj sfcillincs wera voted to the Defaces Jb'aatl , and

      tha mating broke up . NEWCASTLE . —Mr . Gammage , of Northampton , delivered a lecture on the six points of the People ' s Chartus at West Muir , Coiiiery , un Friday p . fterso ' on ; > . fter $ hich . niany of the Pitmen expressed a determination , of forming an association in exjunction with the Chartfetsof Nevcaatte . Mr . G . delivered another leet'ire oh Uie same subject in tiia 'Chartist ' a KM , Goat Inn , Cloth-market , on Sunday evuniv ^ , with uo ^ 'l : ifsct . Mr . Vincent delivered a itctui ' e on tae six points of the Charter , for the Complete Suffrage Ui-iua , in tha Lvctm ' e Boom , Nelson street . Afttr which , a vote of thanka was proposed to the Mayor , for nutaocsaing to the rtq-aesj of tha magistrates to sanction with his came the suppression of the last rights of tho pooplo to meet in

      public to discuss thsir grievances an ;! petition for redre 83 , < drawing a contrast between him aud that renegade ttiB hero of the Spital fl ^ ki in 15 o 9 , w ^ o , for a beggafry knighthood betrayed his foxier companions and t ^ efced by a cavalcade of hii ^ d assassins came out against them with musheis , with swords , and with staves . Tho resolution v .-as agreed to by a great majority . It was j . roposel by Mr . Sinclair and seconded by Mr . ' Matthew iljbaon Mr . Vihcenl delivered another leeturo in tha same pla < w-on Wednesday evening , in wrJ . ch he uVly answerai the various objections ra ^ d by tn-3 eDenies of libtriy to . the doctrine of Chtet i&m . aud riio cwiuct of ita advocates , after which Mr . Gnumage prouo 3 ad the

      following resolution , which being sscondtd , was carrittdwiththreodissentieats , \ iz ;— "Taat tiiis meeting being convinced of the utter hocolut-ij . ss cf ever obtaining justice from tbe miscalled Hvu ~ -e of Commons , inasmuch as that Hoase only represents a section , instead ot tho great miss of the people , do pledge itself never to relax in our txertiens until the Peoples Charter , as it now stands befora the world , shall be placed upon th 9 statute book , as tho law of these realms . " The Chartists ox Newcastle held their weekly business . meelfcjg on Monday 07 ening as usual , Mr . Smith in the chair ; after confirming the minutes of the previous meeting , and transacting some local business , resolutions , denunciatory tf the tyrannous and mischievous coatiuot of the polica were agreed to .

      CARtlSIsH—A meeting of the Chartist Council took place on Sunday evening last , at the Council Room , No . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate , Mr . John Armstrong In the chair . The following resolutions were passed : — Moved by Mr . William Blythe , and seconded by Mr . Thomas Roney , " That the quarterly meeting of the Chartist Association be held next weak . " Amendment nuwed by Mr . J . B . Hanson , and seconded by Mr . Jas . Arthur , "That tae quarterly meeting--ba-held a fortnight hence , whiuh is tbe proper time . " Cirried by a mulatto of aix to two . ¦ Moved by Mr . J . B . Hanson , That tills Council

      and seconded by Mr . James Arthur , " form itself into a Committee of ways and means , to meet the necessary expsnees which may ba incurred up to the end of the quarter . " Carried unanimously . Moved by Sir . Janus Arthur , anrl ' socoade . ' . by Mr Jimes Hurst , "That the coikcting-booi s be obtained irc . a tto eld -collectors . " Carried . Is ' was ihjn rirolved , < l That thu quarterly mee ' . ins ba huld i ; i the Xi " . sa , tre , and the Secretary give notice of tho same in the Northern Star , and wiito a full rcpoitqf H& 9 proe ? 3 ding » of the Council during the quar ^ r , "

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      WATKINS' LEGACT TO THE CHARTISTS ' I « BODUCT 0 RT LECTDBE . PART III . The Queen Is most imperatively called upon to be a Chartist , beciuse , u the nurring mother of England , it is her bountien duty to succour her subjects as her own children—to save and protect them . She ought to reign not for a faction , hxA tat tbe people—to rule righteously , not selfishly and vain-gloriou * ly . She ought to issue her royal proclamation , not to offer £ 50 for the blood of any of the distressed operatives , but to declare that their rights shall be restored—that the Charter shall be made law . The Peers ought to be Chartists , for they CiU themselves the " pillars of : he State ; " and they ought to uphold the Constitution by justice aDd truth . The Commons ought to be Chartists , because they say they are the representatives of the people ; but the people are not represented , nor can be umil they are

      allowed to vote . Tbe Bishops ought to be Chartists because they profess and call themselves Christians ;" and Christianity aud Chartism are convertible terms . The Judges ouijht to be Chartists , because it is their duty , above all men to be just , else do their robes and furred gowns bide inSquity—their ermine is spotted , and they are without wisdom , if not without virtue . Naval and military men ought to be Chartists , b « cause arms are for the recovery or defence of liberty . All men ol rank should be Chartists , because there can be no real honour where there is no honesty . All men of property ought t » be Chartisto , because "property has its duties as well as rights . " Ladies and gentltmen are not ladies and gentlemen unless they are Chartists , — the irord lady is of Saxon origin , and means a " server of bread : " gentleman is a word that speaks its own meaning ; and what gentle is there—what manly in opposing the oppressed ? what ladylike in beirg uncharitable ?

      Tradesmen ought to be Chartists , because they confess that they cannol live honestly under the present system , and do they prefer to live dishonestly rather than chan « e it ? But of all men , all workii . g men , ought to be Chartiits , because they suffer most , and , in Bpite of Trades' Unions , find themselves sinking lower in the scale of humanity . In the first place , not having the franchise , they are slaves , victims of misrule . Honest men are forced to become the Bervilo snpporters of the tyrants that prevent their honest endeavours—thst ruin industry—or are driven into the Btreets to beg , blushing at their own degradationwith wife and children , exposed to the uncertain chanee of charity—lying at the doors of the rich like Lazirus , till sent to prison , or hospitals , or bastiles , that they may pine , or sicken , or die out of sight . Working men can assign no reason why they should not ba Chartists—none but what indeed are reasons to the contrary—and there are many excellent reasons

      why they should join . A man ' s self—all that pertains to his being , his well-being are reasons—his wife is a reason , his children are reasons . Without liberty , he has no security for any of the blessings of life—without liberty he may dread all its curses . And can be see his fellow working men struggling for justice , and not help them—struggling for him as well as for themselves—struggling , and perhaps opposed by him as well as by the common oppressors of all ? Can he see his fellow . working men taken to prison for taking hia part—and know that it is owing to his criminal indifference , or know thatbehadjoinedhiminfchestruggle , they would together have been too strong for the oppressor , and all would have been safe , successful ? Surely ho will turn indignant against the oppressor , and join his own order—join to make the labour lighter—the success all the more speedy—a labour which will enuobia him—a success which will enrich him . All men ought to be Chartists , for it is tbe duty and interest of ail to stand up for justice all the world

      over . But many of theworking-men are diverted from their true aim by other projects , and I will shew that even as Socialists , as Teetotallers , as Corn Law Repealers , they ought to be Chartists . Socialists must know that while they float their little ark to iwim on the agitated waters of the present social system—it will be affected by all the adverse influence of the deluge of Bin and miatry without and around it ; and probably will be swamped by them—that it is not on sand , but en a reck that they should choose to build—and that universal suffrage alone can clear them out a good foundation : else their land will be a Utopia ; their hall a castle in the air < and government can at any time suppress them , even aa the Jesuits were suppressed . Teetotallers complain that government licences gin-palaces ; that it

      patro 2 Si 3 drunkenness and debauchery ; and so will it be " until the Chartists reform the Government . Corn Law Repealers likewise ccmplsin that Government upholds a monopoly which prevents free trade in corn , and taxes bread . Wbst will enable tbe people to press Parliament into a repeal of the Corn Lavrs but Universal Suffrage ? Socialists , therefore , with Teetotallers aad Corn Law Repealers , if they wish success to their several schemes , will ail be Chartists—will first get the Charter . Archemides said that with a lever and a fulcrum he could move the globe . Tae weight of class-kgUUtion that obstructs the efforts of all good Reformers can be removed only by the lever of Universal Suffrage , with the fulcrum of No Property Qualification ; in othsr words , the Charter ia the great engine of Reform .

      Sow , I would ask the working man who ia cot a Chartifct , why he keeps aloof ? Possibly , lie does not understand the Charter ; that is a reproach to him . Let him know it , and he will love it But possibly he is in fear of bis master . Why does he live in fear ? If he had the Charter , he would sit under his own vine and his own fig-tree \ for mark ; God says they are hia own ? he would sit tinder ihesi , none daring to make him afraid . Those whom he now fears would then fear him—would resp-.-ct him . But possibly he has good wages , and cares for none of these things ; that i 3 a greater reproach to him than ignorance or fear—for that is selfishness . He is no man if he do not vindicate the right t of humanity ; if he do not feel for his brother if net for himself . But possibly he may say , the Chartists have damaged their own

      cause , and may tell us to look sX Newport . Well , look at Newport , and look at the provocationlook atbeth sides . When men are awakened by their wrongs and become alive to their rightswhen they are seeking only justice , and are opposed in the moat brutal manner by their very oppressors , will not patience bolt sometimes—will it not break out ? It is hard to keep eool and Bee our best friends , men of the first station in society , of first-rate abilities , who could have earned for themselves all that tbe system has to give , but who preferred justice and the people's cause to all;—to see such advocates m these , who had sacrificed home , health , personal liberty , taken to prison only fot f peaking in our behalf . But look it Newport ; it is a rock , to Bhun—avoid it , and we arrive safe into the harbour .

      The people should resolve to . hunger no more—to thirst no more—to bs slaves no longer , but to have and hold all the blessings they were created to enjoy . Not alone tbe living , but the very dead might rise to join this cause , and revenge themselves for the wrongs that brought them to an untimely grave , for life to the poor is not life—it is a living death ; and if we have any &ffoctioD 8 in us—if we have feelings , senses—if we have hearts , arms , hanos—minds and souls—if we are human , we shall aid this divine cause—a cause which God himself might descend on « arth to command—for it is His cause ; but let him not come in great humility as aforetim 9 ; for he would again be scorned aad rejected of men , - but let him come as he has promised , in freat power and glory , and gain us our Chartercur pledge of happiness here , and of joy hereafter . Battersea . _ J- W .

      THE ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE AND FREE TRADE . TO JOSEPH STUBGB , ESQ . Sis ., —Ton have said a great deal lately about the great' advantages which the industrious classes will derive from the low prices of corn , to say nothing about low prices of other kinds of food . I will assume that ths price of wheat for tbe last three years has been 60 s . per quarter , which , I think , is somewhere about the mark . I will then admit what you seem to believe would be the ease , that free trade would reduce the price of wheat to 403 . a quarter on an average .

      Now , the taxation of this country amounts , in round numbers , to aboat fifty millions sterling per annum , all virtnlly and uitimately paid by the labour of the industrious classes , for without their labonr , neither taxes , nor rent , nor any other income could be obtainedcapital without labour producing nothing . Well , then , these fifty millions of taxes haTe been drawn from labour , tit 60 s . pet quarter , about seventeen millions of quarters of wheat per annum , for the last three years , to discharge them , or an equivalent thereto in some other productions of labonr . At 40 s . per quarter , they will draw about twentr-five millions of quarters per

      annum . What advantage , then , will the induitnous classes derive from this , supposing even that new wheat is all grown in America and other foreign countries , instead cf in Eagland ? Besides this , there are the increased burdens which labour will have to sustain , by paving tbe difference in the increased number of quarters of wheat at 40 s . per quarter , instead of 60 s . per quarter , in the sbaDe of tithes , rents , tolls , and the endless list of fixed charges which labour caunot shake eff in tbe present state of society , and which increase in burden exactly in the aame proportion that the prices of the productions of labour fa \ L _^^_ __ htw the

      I wish , then , you would explain furnishing of twenty-five millions of quarters of wbeat , to discharge the taxation of the oountry , or an equivalent in other commodities , e * n be a lea burden on the industrious classes , than tbe furnishing of seventeen millions only for the same purpose , is . I will admit that the Russia&s , Prussian * , Americans , and other foreigners , will take goods , and net gold , in exchange for their corn , though it is as notorious as the enn at noon day , that the Americans , in particular , are in as much west of our money a * we are of their corn , and that the Russians and Prussians , and mos « other nations , -will not take our manufactures at all , except to a very limited extent , upon any terms or conditions whatever , and that they will not give us their corn for oni goodB , thongh , like BoDaparte , all through the war , they will glid-y give it for our gold . For my part , I cannot sae what advantage tbe industrious classes of this country are to gain by g iying lower

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF HELTON , THORNLEY , WINGATE , AND NEIGHBOURING COLLIERIES IN THE COUNTY OF DURHAM . Respected Friends , —As there seems now to be a healthy spirit of revival growing up amongst you , no means ought to be neglected of cultivating and directing ii . Lecturing Is of all other means the most efficient in diffusing political knowledge and exciting the dormant feelings of the people . I have therefore great pleasure in being able to submit to you an arrangement , by which withsut any burden upon , or injury to yourselves , you may be able to avail yourself of the aid of a

      talented and honest lectuver . Mr . James Taj lor , clock and watch maker of tim town , an old and esteemed member of onr body purposes to visit the nbove colliery districts fortnightly , on business , and at tbe same time will be ready to lecture according to the appointment of the friends He will not receive any remuneration , relying on his business for support , I trust that the friends of the cause in this district will remember that ; and those who may require his professional services will find him well worthy of their support 1 beg that this may not . be regarded as a substitute far the services of other lecturers , but rather as a regular and valuable addition to their occasional services . I am , friends , Yonra , faithfully , J . . Williams .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR , / ;• " .. . . .. - ¦ : -v ¦ ; ¦ -. •¦ " . . . . ¦• 7 . :

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 24, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1180/page/7/