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      A CHIEFTAIN TJXKXOWJf TO THE QUEEN inld Scotland cried , " welcome yer Queen !" jliaglen echoed , " ¦ welcome yer Queen ! ' • a-hile turret an" tower na mountain an' muir , died vranMn an' " welcome yer Qaeen !" Tnen o ac deray -was expresfc , Is Ssotlsnd for lang hadna seen ; ¦ fl-fcaa bodies earn' bickerin" a' clad i' their best T beck to their bonnie yoong Qaeen . jjjea a" kio' o' colonrs cam' south , ia' ssarletfra sly Aberdeen ; jli flnttaria' heart flitted np to the montha > pantin' to peep at our Qaeen .

      5 hrre ¦ were E 3 ris on that glittarin' stracd •^ i" diamonded dame mony a' ane ; £ 2 ' tree ! micht seem that the happiest land—¦ R ' as trod by the happiest Qiesn . < jiea rcany a chieftain ' s heart Best high " nesth its proud tartan Eereenjat cm sullen chief stood afar and apart , >' or recked he the smile of a Queen ! t ft& ' s he winna blink on onr Qaeen ? VTi' hi * hsffcts sae lyart an' lean ; 0 be ! it- is "WAST , wi' his retinne cannt , in - his millions o' mourners unseen . ' Proud Scotland cried hide them , O hide . ' An' Ittna' them licht on htr eea—¦ fVi' their bairnies bare—it wad sorrow her sair ! D zzs a mither ' B heart moTe in our Quten ? W . Thou . Inversrj , Sept 1542 .

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      TEE CUSTOMS' DEPARTMENT , —FRAUDS UPON THE REVENUE . B-fore alluding rr . ore in exlaiso to the means by ¦ which the receipts cf the Customs h * ve bttn so materiai ' y diaini ^ itd by illegal and irregular transactions and cenrjvancis , it is a duty we owe to a great majority of landing-waiters and other officers of the landing department , to say , that for honour , probity , -and integrity , they stand beyond suspicion . Far is it from our intention , ' because ona delicqient be found among a score of onp'oyes of the department alluded to , to sy 3 word mat -would indnce the belief that the general body is deficient in honesty . As the names of thoss discovered to haTe been mixed up with irregular Bed iUesal practices mas ! bi given in the course of the nsmtiTi , innocent parties will be , as they ought of course to be , relieTed from the slightest taint of suspicion ic the public mind .

      The nime of the party a ' resdy dismissed the service is Mr . James Hastiigs , his participation in the frauds btic ? folly established , and his seccrities will , thtrefore , be called npon to make good his deficiency to ihe extent of their liability . The suspensions now in force , are Mr . William Burnby , Mr . R . Homersham , Mr . 3 . E . Fcote , Mr . La ^ g , Mr . Poole , and M . r . Rolls . It may ba nectssiry to reniark , that some of theie parties will , no denbt , be reinstated . As Tszpsz's Mr . Bnrnby , the follo'wing facts and ciremnstances connected with the prt-seat and preTious sffur will fcnd forcibly to illustrate and prove the assertion made in the former article upon this subject , of ths f 3 Touritinn exhibited by the Commissioners , and the readiness th ^ t T" « been shown to let scot-free those ¦ who are in favour "Kith ths heads of ths

      depirtment-In the month of December . 18-40 , the drawback on a large quantity of wins was attempted to be received by % party who had employed an agent of known respectability and integrity to mike the necessary entry ; suspicion being excited bj a trifling irregularity in tbe pipers about to be passed , an investigation was made , when it was discovered that the whole was an attempt at fraud . The name of Mr . Burnby , as the ganger of the inisginsry Trine , appeared in the papers . This cSeer was interrogated by the Surreyer-General , Mr . 3 > owding , and the case was brought before the Commissioners , but the result of this transaction was not permitted to transpire ; and although it was ntver doubted th 3 t Mr . Bornby had some knowledge of ths irregularity complained of , still he was retained in his situation until the present discovery was made . It

      ¦ would appear , from what has since escaped of the secret sittings of the Board , that this Mr . Burnby has at last , te save himsslf ( for there is eTery rsason to btliers that he has a promise ef indemnity from ulterior steps ) , turned approver , and as Eueh has been and is giving evidence against some of his coUe&faes . The first cine of suspicion of those frauds was afforded by the examination that took place in tke Court of Bankruptcy some six months ago , under the fiat issued against the now noted silk manufacturing firm of Messrs . Williams and Mottram , as will' be presently sb > wn . The Government , it is imagined , have frari some facts laid before them tending to raise suspicions that frauds of the character now in course of description were of usual occurence at the water-side , or the appointment of Mr . How to the new office of

      inspector-general , to supervise the acting efneers , would not have been made . In the discovery of frauds , upon drawbacks on wine three distinct instances are acknowledged to by Burnby , Eomersham , and Hastings , discharged servants of the London Dock Company , acting as merchants on their behalf , it being understood that a fair division of the profits of the operation should take place . The amouni confessed to have been received by these parties npon this transaction is between " £ 600 and £ 700 . As it often happens in ca&es of fraud , when the coadjutors fall out or &re discovered , recrimination is the order of the day . Another mode , of defeating the revenue of the country , adopted by the officer whose name and acts we have been commentipgnpon , is

      m the fabrication of what is called * Quakers" or ¦ Dummies , " as a substitute for spices or other valuables abect to be thipped for export A discharged fortmun from ths F warehouse ( spice floor ) of the St . Katharine ' s Djck , named Quadling , was employed to make these " Qaakera , " or " Dummies . " at the suggestion of Burnby , one of the landing waiters . A relative of his , said to ho'd a commission in the royal navy , though professing to be a silk-merchant , carrying on an erUrsive trade , had promised a berth of three pounds per week in the event of his ( the " . Quaker makers being discharged from his situation . Discharged he was , bat whether the promised situation was provided we cannot assort .

      Connected with the silk , lace , and glove trade , it has long been a known fact among those connected with this branch of Cnstom-house business , that the favourable connection which junior partners and other confidential servants of such firms have made with tfco cfikers , have enabled them to supersede ths licensed custom-house agtct by the many maxeeuvres which they in concert could practice ^ either to get the gooes cut st a dnty trifling in the extreme , or withont su ; y duty at all . It is the knowledge oi this connection nhich has led many of thtse agents to o = ase tclititing the business of many of the . houses in the silk trace , being well aware of . their inability to give satisfaction to their principals , or compete with those parties , ¦ who , in their business transactions , 'were intimate With the revenne-efneers .

      its case adrinced in the last notice to the fraud practised by the exchange of packages , which , there can be no doubt , has been txtensively carried on by " the parties , Host have been somewhat startling to those unacqaainttd -aith this particular department of water-side practice . Another , eqnaily simple in its proctss , will , ho-wtvtr , satisfy the most sceptical that the modes by Which the revenue can and has been defrauded to a vatt amount are various , snd are almost alterable at the pleasure cf those concerotd in them , so as not to arouse Uit suspicion of third parties by the oft-repeated practice of one deception .

      A case mart fed and numbered , says B witbin a diaieolg . Xn . 2 . containing silk for drawback , is sent to tbe ] erai qunjj ; is there examined and " made shipped " by 'he st ^ Tcher , afttr which it is put 6 n board a lighter far trac « j : ort to the vessel . In the game lighter is anwhtr c : s * . similarly marked and numbered , containing cotton or free goods , entered in a different exporttr ' s came . Shtrtiy after the exporter kf the last-meet oned packages applies to have his case made " fcbort-thipped " ( that is , to rertturced ) , when by the understood change the cafe cf siiks is relanded and delivered , in the place of tfee case of cottons , which is , in due course , exported , while the drawback is received on the p-ckage of silk . This frsud conid , at sny time , ba prosecuted without the aid cf the ificcr , but by his connivance could be more tas'lv effected .

      It wou "; d be sufficient for present purr oh s to close here till further facts can be stated , veic it not felt to be of j-rv minent importance to carry ihe narrative sonifc ' r ^ t furihtr , in orcer to prove tbe tj :- ? em of fraud to b « one irrm vrhich the revenue has for a lorg time Eufcrtd . The course the investigation has taken , and the Jarge cumber of witnesses called to snpport the chsrtts already broncht against the parties who figure as tbe principals in the violation of their duties already descriced , pr ; clu 4 e for the moment giving the facts in drtail which will subsequently be elicited to establish in the strongest possible light the connection of many firms in this metropolis , as the recipients in due proportion with the revenue officers , of the profits of the fraud now under investigation .

      The public , by occasional paragraphs appearing Within tbe last three weeke in the daily prints , were in some degree prepared for disclosures which would » Sect inieresta identical with the mercantile world , but they were hardly , it is considered , prepared to mett the astounding statement , that by the continued assirtance of these frauds , parties have been enabled to carry on a system of business which , while allowing them to supply the retail dealer at " cattiag" prices , also allowed them to be his superior in the ordinary walks of trade , at even & greater reduction thaa they bad at first submitted to .

      When the whole of the system pursued on the scale of magnitude verily believed to be the case shall have been presented to the general community , not much ¦ wonder win be expressed at the competition and ruin resulting fron the following of certain descriptions of business connected with tbe silk and lace trades , and the very strange things which have appeared , and come to pass , vhea matters of the kind have been investifattd before tke public tdbunals of the country . Htresner stronger and more palpable truths will be fnniishbU , to prove the corruption existing in the

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      management of the revenue , and among some of its dependents ; and there can be no di » ubt that when these snail have be-. n widely disseminated , legislative interference will ba called into action , to prevent in future the possibility of the recur : ence of such abuses . The court of inquiry at present constituted , and under which the investigation is proceeding , consists of the Hon . George Robert D&wcon , and Surveyor-generals Messrs . Dowding and Weston . It is Kenerally believed that , in addition to the examination which these gentlemen may make as the representatives of the Board of Commissioners of Customs , the Government will also direct the Bsvenue Commissioners , who have t ill very lately been engaged in an inquiry with ths view of improving the Liverpool Branch of Customs , to take np the subject as a topic of discussion in the report whicn they may hereafter have to make upon the London department .

      How well the Revenue Commissioners would be able to grappld with the question may be fairly inferred from the consideration which it appears they have given to the connection of the landing- * ffi ^ rs aad the merchants in their Liverposl report , not long issued from the House of Commons . In that document they allude to the conference they had with the merchants on the scale of remuneration paid to the landing waiters , searchers , ic . ; and it is there said , that " they ( meaning the merchants ) do not believe tbat this system would ever produce the former evils of fees paid by the merchants to the officers , nor do they admit that the ¦ work would be slurred over or execnted with undue haste , and that thus facility to commit frauds , and to occasion mistakes injurious to ths revenue , would be the result . Tney reiterate Mr . Huskiison ' s assertion .

      t . ' iat the adoption of this system would be a saving of time in ua oading vessels of three days in ten , and strenuously maintain tha ; either a grsuter number of landing waiters must be employed , or means be adopted for causing greater exertion to be put f-rth by the out-door department of the Customs . On tbe other hand , not only do the Commissioners of Customs repeat the arguments which they have formerly advanced , in deprecation of the part salary and part , fee system of payment of landing-waiters , but their practical officers in London and in Liverpool remonstrate in the strongest manner against a recurrence to it . They say it perils the revenue , and gives rise to neelect and inconvenience of all kinds—that it turns the officer into the head-clerk of the merchant , and induces him to act as such , and to take an improper share in the superintendence of the unloading of vessels . "

      It is understood that as the investigation proceeds , though tardily , fresh facts are bronght to notice , showing the laxity with which this important branch of revenue has been managed .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF . NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM . BSETHB . EX IN Bondage , —My object in addressing you at this important crisis is to mtke you acquainted with the languid Etate in which our cause is at present placed , and to endeavour to impress upon your minds the necessity of a union of the above counties for the purpose of engaging a lecturer and effecting a better organisation . It is a fact which must be well known to you that many of the colliery districts , both on the Tyno and Wear , which were most forward in the movement of 1839 , for the emancipation of our common country , have , as it wore filien prostrate to our glorious principles ; and from what cause ? not from a conviction of their inutility ; no , but solely to the want of a lecturer to organise and direct that opinion which was at that period created in onr favour .

      Again , on the other hand , look to the number of agricultural districts , where our principles have been but little ( if at all ) made known through the instrumentality of a lecturer , among which I need only inen'ion Hexham , Haltwhistle , Morpcth , Alnwick , Beiford , &c , in Northumberland ; and S : dgefield , Middleton-infeesdale , Wolsingham , Stanhope , &c , in Durham ; the population of which comprises a great number of agricultnral labourers who have to toil beneath a summer ' s sun or winter ' s blast , for a miserable pittance scarcely sufficient to enable them to eke out an existence . That there is a necessity for something being done must be apparent to all , and my reasons for recommending a union of the above counties are , that we have not a sufficient number of associations in the county of Durham , to enable us to pay a lecturer his salary , and from what I learn Northumberland is placed in a similar situation , but the difficulty could easily be removed by a union .

      Areuse then from your lethargy , and let every shoulder ba put to the wheel . Let there be a meeting of delegates from the different associations of these two important counties , at the earliest opportunity , to take the subject into consideration , and in the meantime believe me to be Tours , ic ., In the cause of democracy , John Mowbray , Member of the General Council . S 9 , Framewell-gate , Durham , 27 th Sept . 1842 .

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      LONDON . —On Saturday morning great excitement was produced amoDg the Chartist body by the news of the arrest of the Editor of the Northern Star , and the other patriots , whom a vile Government have again laid under the ban of the law . Immediate steps were taken to establish a large and influential committee , and to obtain tha assistance of snch of the middle classes as would , at this crisis , come forward to assist in protectidg the liberty and lives cf their proscribed fellow men . 55 , Old Bailey . —Immediately upon the receipt of the news of the arrest of Mr . O'Csnmir and Mr . Campbell , btepa were taken to convene a meeting at the above place , Mr . Crump was called to the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings . Mr . Ovt-rton , in an able manner , exposed the tyranny of the Government ,

      and the vile crusade they were waging against public opinion . He said that the arrests must be regarded as a blow aimed at the public liberties and the right of the people to meet , according to the old constitutional privilege . , in " public assembly to discuss their grievances . The Council of which he ( Mr . Overton ) was a member , was called upon , in tbe face of such a despotic stretch of uncoEstitutional power , to adopt snch prompt and energetic courre as the exigency demanded . The Government bad at that moment got into their power nearly the whole of the Executive Council of the Chartist body . They had driven Dr . M'Douall tt > take flight for his safety ; they were in pnrsuit of Mr . Bairstow ; they had got Mr . Leach ; and now they had arrested Mr . Feargu 3 O Connor and Mr . Campbell . —( Shame . ) All these gentlemen were tried and stuady

      mends of the people . He ( Mr . O ? arton ) would support Mr . O'Connor , on whom he looked as his " father" in poiiries , having first heard the principles of the Chatter from his lips , and been made a convert to item , at 3 great meeting at Les&s . Mr . O'Connor ' s claims on ths working people were of paramount importance . His successful erettions in bfchalf of tbe Dorchester labouis and of the Glasgow spinners , together wiih his opposition to the inhuman New Poor-law Bill , entitled Lim to the respect and gratitude of every just and humane man—( hear , hear)—and as leng as he continues in a steady and ^ deviating course in support of the people ' s rights , he would donbtless meet with the snpport of the working men of England . ( Hear , hear . ) " The dogs" were beginning to " Ehow their teeth" against the friends of the

      people ; and " the Whigs , " he ( Mr . Overton ) donbted not , were at the bottom cf the present proceeding . ( Hear . ) The crrest and scattering of their friends had lefc the Chartist body without an ' Executive Council ; " and to meet the difficulty thus occasioned , the present meeting shcnld adopt seme prompt measures . The Cbartisi body could not be without an Executive Council , and he ( Mr . Overton ) would recommend that vbe general Council of the Metropolitan localities be at once convened to take the important subject iuto their immediate cons'deration . ( Hear , hear , and applause . ) Mr . Cator moved that a recommendation bu issued from that body for the purpose of convening a meeting of the council to adopt prompt measures in electing an Exuiu tive Committee to set during the incarceration of tteir present members . Mr . Overton seconded the motion , which

      was supported by Messrs . Walker , Hope , and Salmon , and carried unanimously . Mr . Walker said he thought they onght to let it go forth to the wc-rl ;'; that the arrest of their friends could not crush cr canse them to abate their principles ; acd that as fist as the Governmeut should apprehend their " Executive , "' other men would spring tip in their stead , and with equal Z 2 al and fidelity to their cause , £ 11 np their places—ihear , hear . ) He ( Mr . Walker ) in conclusion , did not hesitate to say , that Mr . O'Connor would not have teen arrested at the present moment , but that the object wes to prevent him , as far as possible , from being present at the " Special Commission" on the eve cf beirg held in Staffordshire for the trial of the Chartist pris' . ners— ( bear)—it being known to the Government ai ; d tbe Government lawyers that Mr . O'Connor was determined to attend that Commission , and aid the victims with his powerful support

      ' —( bear . ) i A kumesous meeting of coal whippers was held ' on Friday evening , at the Mariner ' s Church , WeUtlosesquare . Messrs . Frazer , Brown , Applegate , and others delivered eloquent and tiuly democratic addresses , and ! inoculated the principles cf the Charter into the minds I of this numerous and much ill-UBed body . i A meetikg was held on Thursday evening at tbe I Cambrian Tavern , Castle-street , Leicester-square . Dr . j Black and Messrs . Itoncan and Westertoa , of the Par > I li&mentary Reform Association , delivered able addresses , 1 and also Messrs . Campbell , Bairstow , and others of the I N . C . A- Mr . Baintow's address was received with i tremendous applause . A vote of thanks was passed

      { to the Evening Star , and on the motion of Dr . Black , ! the Advertiser received a similar compliment Three | shillings was paid into the hands of Mr . Wheeler for i the victims , and tbe meeting adjourned until Wednes-• day evening . ! Floka Tavern , York Place , Babksbury Park , ISLIJ < GTO>\— On Sunday evening , Mr . Wheeler lectured ! upon the principles of the Charter , to an enthusiastic j audience . The chair nt ably filled by Mr . Wright At the conclusion of the lecture , it was unanimously agreed to form , at tbe above boose , ft locality ef the

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      National Charter Association ; fifteen names were immediately enrolled , and a Secretary , Treasurer , and Com » mittee appointed . Excellent addresses were delivered by Messrs . Humphries , Heuley , Covington , and others , and a most determined and enthusiastic feeling was exhibited . The sum of 4 s . 8 J . waa collected for the victims . Metropolitan Delegate Meeting . —This meeting was held on Sunday afternoon , at 55 , Old Bailey , Mr . Brown in the chair . Credentials were received from Mr . D . Crane , from the youths' locality of Lambeth ; Mr . Lake King , ftom the Star , Golden Lane ; and from Messrs , Messenger and Wright , for tlw morocco leather finishers , Long Lane . The sum of 53 . 6 d . was received for the delegate meeting , from the Siar , Golden Lane ; 4 s . from Lambeth : and Is . 3 d . from the Rock

      locality . Two shillings was received for the Tract Committee . Mr . Dron reported from the Observational Committee , and various lecturers , whose services had been proffered , were accepted , and the Committee were authorised to procure an official seal for the signature of their credentials . The following resolution was received from Camberwell : — " That tbe thanks of this meeting be given to the Metropolitan delegate meeting , for their wonted zeal and indefatigable exertions at this critical period in carrying ont the glorious principles of liberty , truth , aad justice against tyranny and injustice . " A deputation was received from the shareholders , 55 , Old Bailey , stating they intended to hola a public meeting for the benefit of the victims , and desired the cooperation of the delestata meeting . A present of a pair of handsome ladies' clogs waa

      made by Mr . Brown , to ba raffled for , the proceeds to go to the political victims . Mr . Wheeler proposed , and Mr . Lucas seconded , the adoption of an address to the country , which , a / ter a long and very enthusiastic discussion was unanimously agreed to , and signed by all the delegates present . A committee was appointed to superintend the raffling of several presents made to the delegate meeeting . It was also resolved that a meeting of the whole of the Ganeral Council of the Metropolis should ba convened , on Thursday evening , at 55 , Old Bailey . After several most excellent and enthusiastic addresses from Messrs . Knight , Dron , Wheeler , Parker , Ridley , Ferguson , Cuffay , D . vroc , Matthews , and others , Messrs . Wheeler , Cuffay , Dron , and Knight were elected , an Executive Committee ,

      ad interim , to supply the place of those whom a tyrannic Government has pounced upon , or caused to be wanderers in the land of their birth . Mr . Wheeler , who had previously been fulfilling the duties of the office was elected as secretary to ths above body . Mr . Wheeler was authorised to write to all the sub secretaries in the Metropolitan counties , requesting them to send delegates to the monthly Metropolitan delegate meeting , held on the first Sunday in the month . Mr . Maynard was elected a m 9 mber of ths Observation Committee in the room of Mr . Rose resigned . Tfte meeting then adjourned . During the whole of the proceedings , the rooms were excessively crowded , and the greatest enthusiasm waa exbibittd . The following is the address agreed to , as named in the foregoing report : —

      TO THE FRIENDS OF BRITISH FREEDOM . Brother Chartists . —The iron hand of tyranny has grasped many of our best and bravest men , and has compelled many of Briton ' s noblest sons to be exiied from the land of their birth . ( Shame . ) Shall we stand tamely by , and see those men sacrificed ? ( Cries of " No , no . " ) Shall we not rather act with redoubled energy and visonr , and show to oar heartlesB oppressors that we will combat witn tyranny to our last breath ? ( Cheers . ) That in spite of privations , persecution , imprisonmLnt , or death , we wi ll never slacken our exertions , or cease agitating our fellowmen , until the " People ' s Charter" become the law of the land , and until we be in possession of those rights and enjoyments to which , as men and as Britons , we are entitled ? ( Hear , and renewed applause . ) Up , then , and

      be doing . Beatir yourselves in collecting , to secure the families from want , and to defend the liberties of your imprisoned brethren . Let not the foul disgrace attach itself to our character , that we have deserted those men who have sacrificed their all in our cause ( Hear . ) The eyes of the whole country are fixed upon you . ( Hear , hear . ) Europe and America are anxiously looking to your movement . The tyrants of tie earth see in it the germs of that moral revolution , which , if allowed to roll on unimpeded , will speedily destroy them . Hence their insane eflorts to arrest its progress . The enlightened , the liberal , the humane of all countries , are sympathising with you—are ardently longing for your final success . Disappoint not their expectations ; blight not by your apathy the rising hopes your previous conduct has instilled into their hearts . Show to the world that you are men whom no dangers can daunt—no temptations seduce from that allegiance which you have sworn to the principles of

      liberty and the Charter—( hear ) . Cunningly have your oppressors guided this last treacherous attempt ; thinking , doubtless , that in the panic of the moment—the ' Watch-dogs' being ensnared—the flock would fall an easy victim—( cries of "Never . " ) We hurl back defiance upon them . We despise their barbarous and exploded methods of trampling on public opinion—( hear , hear , and applause ) . We are conscious of our own integrity , and of the justice and nobility of our cause—( hear , hear . ) We will sacrifice , if necessary , our lives in its defence ; and we look , confidently , to you for an assurance that wo are only the mouth-piece of the sentiments of the whole Chartist body ; ana that persecution , so far from dismaying you er injuring your organization , has only served to strengthen the ties which bind you together , and to drife away all sectional disputes , calculated to impede tbe speedy progress of our mighty movement . ( Long continued applause . ) Yours in the cause of democracy ,

      The Members of the Metropolitan Delegate Meeting , William Matthews , John Dron , Edward Pickersgill , Wm . Humphries , James Knight , John Mayrard , John Simpson , Thomas Beadon , Edward Langwith , Henry Wilkins , William Caffat , Charles Page , Michael Jones , William Smith , William Davoc , Luke King , James Morgan , John Sims , Abel Cook , Donald C . Crane , Henry Crockford , Joseph Wright , John Brown , Thos . m . Wheeler , Secretary .

      Meetings were held m every district in London , on Sunday evening , and language of the most firm and determined description was made use of . Instead of the riolent and oppressive arrests of the Government depressing the spirits of the people , the exact reverse is the case , for never before did C&artisni assume such a healthy aspect , as it does at the present instant in the metropolis . Great Public Meeting at the Splendid an » Capacious Rooms of the Phoenix Tavern , Ratcliffe Ci » oss . —On Monday evening , a meeting was held in the above place . Mr . Frazer having been cilled to the cbair , commenced by explaining that Mr . O'Connor , whose attendance at the meeting had been announced , was , frem severe illness , unable to be present Tkeir oppressors were hunting him about , anxious

      to destroy him . If they should succeed in their attempt , they must learn to do without him . If by that they thought they should be ; - . ble to crush the spirit of liberty , they were deceived . Tha destruction of fifty O'Connors would never be able to crush them . The present was a time when society w as roused from its very foundation , when political discord had penetrated to the most isolated points of society ; and it was not fit that men , who had the lives , the happiness , and the well-being of their fellow men at heart , should stand supinely by while these mighty events were being transacted around th « m ; when despotism was tottsring on its very throne , and only snpported by its bands of armed myrmidions ; when the germs of liberty were springing up in every direction , and becoming a flourishing tree , stretching from pole to pole , and

      embracing under its shadow tbe people of the whole earth Mr . Fttssell moved the following resolution : " That the meeting viewed with alarm the unholy crusade entered into against the friends of freedom ; and aa they have always believed that the British Constitution guaranteed to the people the right to discuss their grievances in public meetics ; , they cannot sil . ntly submit to this last remnant of liberty being taken away , and do therefore declare their opinion , that it is the duty of all friends to the people to aid in maintaining inviolate the rig ht ef denouncing tyrants and reprobating injostice . " Mr . F ., in a long and able address , supported the resolution . The present numerous meeting satisfied him that the time had arcived when the people would no longer tamely submit to have the last remnant of liberty torn from their hands . Ha hai lately been in Staffordshire

      and different parts of the country , and had seen his fellowmen hunted like dogs , because they would not give np the right of meeting to discuss their grievances ; because they would not be driven into a breach of _ tbe peace . These men , once so ignarant , had now acquired the knowledge , that by moral means alone could their objects be acheived ; and he had seen them shed tears of gratitude to those men who had saved them from the fate of being the victims of an outbreak . The Charter would place men in a condition to get a fair remuneration for their labour . The Government desired to keep them poor and degraded , that they might become the servile tools they desired to see them . While he bad breath he would never cease to agitate for the rigkts ot the people ; he would oppose their oppressors inch by inch , until tbe victory was achieved . He was proud to see that as fast as one set of victims were condemned

      to incarceration others , rose np to supply their places . Mr . Ridley , in a most eloquent and determined address , which was -vociferously applauded , seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Blackmore moved the next resolution— " That an address be presented to her Majesty , praying her not to allow the right ot free discussion of political grievances to be inninged , nor honest patriots prevented from denouncing tyranny and oppression , by those who have an interest in excluding tbe great majority of tbe nation from participating in legislation . " Mr . Dron BecaBded the resolution in a neat and humorous speech , and the resolution having been put by the Chairman , was unanimously carried . Dr . Bowkett moved the third resolution— " That it is tbe opinion of this meeting , that the People ' s Charter becoming the law fef this land is the only remedy for preventing a continual recurrence of appalling mSexingj for the poor . " But vortby

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      Doctor was moch applauded throughout a long and eloquent addrt'sa iii which he strongly insisted npon the evils of discord ' s , and the advantage of a kindly spirit being displayed towards all ranks of refermers . Mr . Brown seconded . the resolution in a very eloquent speech , which was loudly and deservedly applauded . The resolution was unanimously carried . Mr . Lueas moved a resolution of co . ind « nce in the Evening Star , and spoke highly of the tiorthern Star , as being one of the main props of the nu ^ veraent . Mr . Cobbim seconded the motion , which \ was ably spoken to by the Chairman previous to his putting it to the meeting , when it was carried without a dfasentient A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting separated , after giving cheers for ihe Charter , the victims , dec .

      Me . Kuffey Ridley delivered a lecture on Sunday evening , at the Chartist Hall , 29 $ , Mile End Road , In which he lashed the Government authorities and their agents , in a most unmerciful manner , and was greeted with great aopiause . The Hall was crowded to excess , and the sum of 8 a . 4 d . was collected for the victims . THE OPFICER 8 wh * arrested Mr . J . Campbell having seized upon the letters accompanying the money orders which Mr . Campbell was engaged in opening , the parties who on that day , Sept 30 , sent money orders for the Executive will greatly oblige by sending to the Secretary , pro tern . Mr . Wheeler , 243 J , Temple Bar , their names and the places from which they were sent , that cash may ba obtained for the the orders : the sums are 5 s . and 10 s . from places unknown , ani 63 . 6 d . from Raniagite .

      Lambeth—The Lambeth Youths met as usual on Sunday afternoon , when a very eloquent lecture was delivered by Mr . G . Brown , on the benefit which would invariably arise from the adoption of the People ' s Caarter . The meeting was also addressed by Messrs . Crow and Blaekmore . A vote of confidence was also passed in Feargus O Connor . Two membera were enrolled . Star Coffee House , Golden Lane . —( United Boot and Shoemakers ) . —Mr . Ferguson lectured npon passing events , on Saturday evening . It was then agreed that we present Dr . M-Douall with a pair of boots , and his wife with a pair of boots and shoes , as a token of the esteem in which he is held by the sons of Crispin residing in the City of London . £ l was sent to the Victim , and £ 1 to the Defence Fond . Three shillings and twopence was collected for the victims , and Mr . Bolwell agreed to deliver his promised lecture upon the life aad character of Robert Einmett on Sunday , Oct . 9 th .

      Marylebone . —Mr . Mantz lectured at the Working Men ' s Hull , on Sunday last , to a very full audienee , and gave great satisfaction . After the lecture a collection was made in aid of the General Defence Fund , when 18 s . Id . was collected . Mr . Packer , one of our members , likewise gave the profits arising from the sale of tke Chartist Circular for that night , which amounted to 6 ^ d . ; and this , with 18 a . 4 jd . that was in Hand , amounting in all to £ 1 17 s ., has been paid over to Mr . Purdon , af the EvenitigSlar office . NEWCASTLE . —Mr . P . M . Brophy , late of Dublin , that unflinching advocate of liberty , delivered a lecture in tbe Chartist Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth-market , on

      Wednesday evening . Mr . B . was well received and loudly cheered throughout his address .. He traced the strike in Lancashire to its origin , and clearly proved that it was the work of the League . Mr . B . gave aDother lecture equally instructive , and with the same success , in Gateshead , on Thursday evening ; at Byker on Saturday evening ; South Shields on Sunday ; and at Byker Primitive Methodist Chapel agaiu on Monday evening . Mr . B . is a gentleman whose mode of delivery is calculated t » leave a lasting impression on the minds of his audience , and he is not one that will truckle ; he goes for the whole hog , name and all , and will not flinch an inch for any humbug .

      Mr . Spencer , from Lancashire , delivered sonlstiriing lectures , first en the Quay and afterwards in the Chartist's Hall , Goat Inn , on Sunday evening : and although only half an heur ' s notice was given , the hall wi 8 crowded to the door . We have heard few lecturers lately bettor calculated to enlist the attention of his hearers than Mr . S ., and he was most enthusiastically cheered at the end of each sentence . After the lecture , Mr . Sinclair announced that in these trying times public meetings would be held every evening in the Hall , for the purpose of reading the Evening Star aloud , and thereby apprising the people daily of the species of justice , to be dealt out to our entrapped leaders .

      The Chartists of Newcastle held their weekly business meeting on Monday evening as usual , Mr . Binus in the chair . The minutes of tho previous meeting having been read and confirmed , Mr . Sinclair , in the absence of Mr . Phinnie , proposed the resolution which Mr P . gave notice of last meeting night , which was briefly seconded by Mr . Livingstone , and ably supported by Mr . Spencer , and carried unanimously , viz , "That the Chartists of this locality view with the greatest abhorrence and disgust the detestable means which the tyrants in office aro adopting to entrap and consign to a living tomb the best and most honest advocates of the people's cause throughout these realms .

      That wo , the Churtista of Newcastle and Gateshead , do forthwith use our every effort to procure funds for the defence of such of our friends as may be victimised by our enemies ; and that the following peraona be appointed to form a committee to carry out the same , with power to add to their number : —Messrs . Binns , J . Sinclair , W . Smith , Matthew Robson , N . Frankland . J . Young , sen ., Joseph Clavk , J . Young , jun ., Wm . Hall , and John Cassel . Mr . Binns was instructed to transmit £ 1 Is . to the Treasurer of the General Defence Fund immediately , and to say that we will send some more in a few days ; and , after disposing of some local business , the meeting adjourned . ¦

      Any Person desirous of contributing towards the General Defence Fund , by transmitting to any one of the above , it will be thankfully received , duly acknowledged in the Star , and forwarded to the proper quarter . PENSNETT . —Mr . T . Pearson preached an impressive sermon here on Sunday to a numerous audience , which has given a new impetus to the glorious cause of Chartism . A collection was made ; indeed the honest men and true of this locality have stirred themselves nobly in the cause of our suffering fellow patriots , thirteen shillings and three-halfpence having been raised for the defence of the whole of the incarcerated Chartists . Mr . Pearson preached a sermon the same evening , in behalf of poor Linney , at Bilston , and a handsome collection was made here also .

      SHEFFIELD . —ARREST OF GEORGE JULIAN Harney bnd Mr . Samuel Parkes — Mr . George Julian Harney was arrested last Thursday week , Sept . 29 ih , whilst holding a council meeting in his own house , at half-past nine at night , by Rayner , of the Shtffield , and Sawley of the Manchester police . The members' association book , and class-books of four neighbouring villages , were taken possession of at the same time ; but such a loss is of no importance , we having been actively engaged for several weeks past in dividing the association into districts , and having class books fat each , which are safe in the hands of collectors . Mr . S . Parkes , againBt whom a warrant was also issued , was attending the council at the time of the arrest , but owing to the alacrity with which Mr . H . was ready to accompany the officers , Mr . Parkes for that time , escaped .

      On Friday morning when the news of the arrest became known , ' great excitement prevailed ; and a public meeting was announced to take place at eight o ' clock the tame evening . Mr . Harney waa removed from Sheffield to Manchester by the eleven o ' clock train . At the meeting , Mr . W . Wraggs ia the chair , Mr . Edwita Gill was addressing a crowded audience on the tyrannical conduct of the . Tory Government , and the folly and absuraity of attempting to destroy public opinion by persecution , when Mr . Parkes entered the room ascended and the platform amidst the most deafening applause . He made a powerful appeal to the audience , pledged them to stand firm to their principles , and to

      those who advocated their rights , and stated that he was prepared to meet his fate whatever it might be , in defence of the goo . 1 old cau 3 e . "To your care , '' said he , " I leave the wife of my bosom , and the children of my heart ; let them uot want support , when their natural protector is torn from them ; for should I be thrown in the felon ' s cell for the advocacy of our common cause it would be agony to me beyond endurance te kuow that my children were crying for bread , and that their wretched mother had none to give them . " The meeting was deeply affected by his discourse , there being scarce a dry eye in the room . At the conclusion , "We ' ll rally around him" was sung in gallant style Six shillings were collected for his family , and a public meeting announced for the following evening .

      Mr . Parkes , in company witn some friends , then retired to his home , and waited the arrival of his expected , though unwelcome visitors . They , however , it tie police ) did not make their appearanee until after twelve , when he was arrested , and lodged by them in the watch-house for the remainder ef the night On Saturday evenihg , Mr . Pike in the chair , having read the numerous arrests as published in the Northern and Evening Stars , Mr . E . GUI called on the meeting to renew their exertions for the defence of the victims ; and that although the Chartists of Fig-tree-lane , had sent £ 4 to the General Defence Fund , yet that tbe monies in hand would be insufficient to meet the demands likely to be made npon it . £ 1 more was collected in a few hours for that purpose .

      On Sunday , Mr . S . Parkes ieft Sheffield by the five o ' clock train , accompanied by the police for Manchester . Although the police too generally behave with uncalledfor severity to those entrusted to their charge , and thereby gain the hatred of the people , it affords us great pleasure to acknowledge the kindness of those of Sheffield , to Messrs . Harney and Parkes ; and particularly that of Mr . Cooper and Mr . Rayner , who gave air . P . a good bed , and allowed him to aee his wife and family as often as he pleased , and w hatever newspapers he chose to have , even the Norths irn Star . —In the evening , Mr . Evinson delivered aa excellent Lecture , during which he was warmly applau ded .

      ON Mondat evening , at a very full nv .-eting , Mr . Edwin Gill delivered an appropriate lco ' ture on the present cri ate . At the conclusion , 12 s . 6 d . ' waa collected for the wife and family of Mr . Parkes , anr l three cheers were given for him and Mr . Harney . The greatest enthusiasm prevailed .

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      MAI . TON . —On Thursday , September 29 th , a meeting of the inhabitants of Malton , convened by the overseers , in pursuance of the New Act of Parliament , 5 th and 6 th Victoria , chap ., 109 , sec . 3 , was held in the vestry or the Parish Church , to make out a list of the names of individuals qualified to serv <» as constables . The meeting was called for ten o ' clock ? and inconvenient aa the hour was , the working classes assembled in good number . Mr . Wilson , a radical of forty years standing , was called to the chair ; and the Chartists proposed and carried their own list , by a tremendous majority . An attempt was then male to establish a paid police , but the scheme was defeated . In tho evening Mr . Sheridan Nussey , of Leeds , addressed a large meeting in the Market-place , in refutation of the various calumnies and prejudices that stand in the way of the people ' s rights . He shewed clearly the advantages of a moral , physical , and intellectual character that would Sow frem democratic i nstitutions , and depicted faithfully the great evils of aristocracy .

      OUSEBURK . —The Chartists of this locality assembled in their room , East-end of tbe Railway-bridge , en Sunday , October 2 nd , at half-past ten , a M . After the financial business had been gone through , it was announced to the meeting that Messrs . O'Connor , Campbell and Hiil had been arrested , when every one present gave expression to their abhorrence of the base act Can the Government think that by arresting ail the speakers they will put down Chartism ? What delusion ! where we only held one meeting we are determined to hold two . Public meetings will be held in every village and colliery round about this place during this and next week . We have sent seven shillings to the Executive , and eight shillings to the General Defence Fund , being our first subscription . We intend to keep the subscription liat open a little longer to enable them that have not given , an opportuity of doing so .

      RADCLIFFB TiRRACE . —We have had Mr . Rigby from Cnorley since Tuesday last . He has delivered four ' lectures , and assisted us in forming an association . Mr . Rigby has proved himself an able advocate of the cause of liberty . He has completely laid prostrate every opposition to the principles of Universal Suffrage , and proved that free trade , with all the nostrums of quack politicians , can never be a sufficient guarantee for the peace and prosperity of the country ; and tbat if any benefits are to be conferred upon the people the possession of the Charter alone will confer it .

      NOTTINGHAM On Sunday morning an unusual large attendance of the members of the General Council of the various localities assembled in the democratio chapel , to read the Northern ani Everting Stars , and to take into their consideration the beat means to be adopted at the present crisis , which ended in a motion being made and passed , to authorise the secretary to send a notice to the NorOiern and Evening Stars , requesting that the localities in the town and county will Bend representatives from their General Councils , to meet at ten o ' clock , on Sunday the 9 ih , in the Democratic Chapel , to adopt measures for procuring a good defence for their incarcerated brethren . It is hoped that all the friends iu these localities will pay attention to this request . On Sunday evening Mr . G . Harrison preached in the Demecratic Chapel , to a very crowded anditnee .

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      NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL . LEICESTER ( . SHAKSPERIAN . ) Mr . William Smedley , loom hand , Russoll-Equaxe . Mr . Robert Facer , publican , Orchard-street . Mr . John Deacon , grocer , Brunswick-street . Mr . Thomas Hallioh , grocer and baker , Wharfstreet . Mr . Robert Allen , frame-work , knitter , Metcalfstreet . Mr . James Dufiey , butcher , Wharf-street . LIVERPOOL . Mr . Charles Hook , painter , 80 , Fletcher-street . Mr . Samuel Morris , blockmaker , ] 0 , Roscoe- ! anp , Mr . Richard Parry , stonemason , 63 , Northumberland-street . Mr . William Jones , painter , 3 , Critohley-court . Mr . Thomas Hodgson , smith , 3 , Aiiict-court . Mr . George Rige , shoemaker , 2 , Bolton-oourt , Norfolk-street , Bub-Treasurer . Mr . Charles Gwiiliam , bricklayer , 8 , Summerstreet , sub-Secretary .

      BOLTON . Mr . James Vorve , coal-dealer , Lottery-row . Mr . John Sulivan , cordwainer , Great Moore street . Mr . Archibald Prentice , brushmaker , Markland ' s buildings . Mr . William Paritt , moulder , Howell-croft . Mr . John Hamer , joiner , Newport-street . Mr . James Lo « an , sawyer , Grime-street . Mr . William Baird , power-loom weaver , Flash street . Mr . Wm . Howard , furniture-broker , Exchange street , sub-Treasurer . . Mr . John Keir , joiner , Chapel-street , sub-Se cretarv .

      NEWINGTON . Mr . Wm . Emery , glass-cutter , No . 1 , King ' s-arcb court . Mr . James Dobell , carpenter , No . 12 , Salisbury oresent . Mr . Thomas Nodder , shoemaker , 7 , Northampton place . ivir . James Batten , publican , 1 , Cross-street , sub Treasurer . Mr . John Taylor , accountant , ditto , sub-Seeretary

      YORK , Mr . Edward Burley , Paper-Btainer , 10 , Bittoa-st . Layorthorpe . Wr . James Webster , tinner , ditto . Mr . James Scruton . shoemaker , Layorthorpe . Mr . David Halton , joiner , North-stieet . Mr . Geo . Jefferson , smith , Layorthorpe . Mr . Wm . Jefferson , bricklayer , Haver-lane . Mr . Robert King , pencil manufacturer , Nunnerylane . Mr . Robert Gill , joiner , Bilton-street , Layorthorpe , Treasurer . Mr . Thomas Hunter , tailor , at Mr . Milburn's , King ' s-square , sub-Secretary .

      LYNN . Mr . Thomas Johnson , hatter , Norfolk-st . Mr . Edward Scott , shoemaker , Clough-lane . Mr . Joshua Waines . tailor , Paradise-lane . Mr . William Price , bricklayer , Tower-st . Mr . William Proctor , shoemaker , Norfolk-st . Mr . Edward Masson , ditto North-st . Mr . Hatteich , clock maker , Norfolk-st . Mr . Wm . Day , shoemaker , New Conduct-st . Mr Balchambers , tailor , Paradise-lane , sub-Treasurer Mr . James Browne , cabinet maker , No . 5 , Trappits court , Nonolk-st ., sub-Secretary .

      H 0 LB 1-CK . Mr . Joseph Watson , carrier , Shackleton-fold , New Wortley . Mr . Joseph Wilkinson , mechanic , ditto . Mrw Daniel Garside , overlooker , Low-fields , Holbeck . Mr . John Wood , ditto , Canvas-street , Holbeck . Mr . John Broadbent , hackle-setter , Holbeckbridge . Mr . John Clapham , mechanic , Isle-lane , Holbeck . Mr . Thomas Bell , labourer , Law-balm , do . Mr . William Siead , clothier , New Wortley . Mr . William Dawson , labourer , Stook ' g-hill , Holbeck . Mr . John Drake , mechanic , Peacock-road . Beeston . Mr . John Hall , overlooker , Wood-street , Holbeck . Mr John Dayies , Terrace-street , Holbeck , sub-Treasurer . Mr . William Sykes , Horse and Jockey-yard , Holbeck , sub-Secretary .

      NOTTINGHAM . —BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS . Mr . Thomas Wagg , Clare-street . Mr . John Abel , Union-place , Clare-street . Mr . John Herod , Union-place , Clare-street . Mr . John Jackson , Clare-street . Mr . Daniel Dixon , Clare-street . Mr . William Dalling , Union-place , Clare-street , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Job Atterbury , Bloomsgrove , sub-Secretary .

      NOTTINGHAM . —BANCLIFFE ABMS . Mr . John hkerritt , shoe-maker , Currant-street . Mr . John Wall , ditto , ditto . Mr . George Atkinson , lace-maker , Narrow-marsh . Mr . William Potter , framework-knitter , ditto . Mr . John Easom , ditto , Leen-side . Mr . George Pickering , shoe-maker , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Goodson , cabinet-maker , Castle-street , sub-Secretary .

      KOTTINOHAM . —DEMOCRATIC CHAPEL , Mr . Henry Shaw , needle-maker , 17 , Pipe-street . Mr . Joseph Greenemith , butcher , No . 2 , Haughton Place , Lincoln-street . . ¦ ' . . . Mr . Joseph Shardlow , framework-knitter , Milkstreet . ¦ ¦'¦ „ , ,. ¦ Mr . William Cropper , smith , Snenton Element . Mr . William Carrington , framework-knitter , New Snenton . Mr . John Mitchell , schoolmaster , No , 2 , Millstone Lane . Mr . George Bogers , nail-maker , Narrow Marsh . Mr . James Sweet , hair-dresser , Goose Gate , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Thomai Stanford , framework-knitter , 21 , Bcomley-Btreet , sab-Seoretaty .

      MOTTIHSHAM—* AG ' S HEAD , MANSFIELD B 0 AD . Mr . Samuel Etehes , lace-maker . Mr . James Newton , ditto . Mr . Benjamin Grant , ditto . Mr . Thomas Barnett , ditto . Mr . Horatio Nelson , ditto . Mr . William Holmes , ditto . Mr . William Sansom , ditto . Mr . William Rogers , ditto , 6 ub-Treasurer . Mr . William Fletcher , ditto . sub-Secretary .

      LAMBETH YOUTHS . Mr . G . Broome , bookbinder , 53 , Portland-Btreet , W Mr ! F . th Whittaker , printer , 35 , Trafalgar-street , do . sub-Secretary .

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      8 TALYBRIDQE . Mr . Thomas Cooper , porter , Spring-street . Mr . Wr ; , <; hr Swift , weaver , Hich-street . IV r . John M'Glochliu , piecer , Rasisbottom-stroet Mr . Samuel Jackson , weaver , Cocker Hill . Mr . John Wo . odcock , shoemaker , Cross Leechstreet . Mr . John Hunt , grinder , Robison-streot . Mr . John A&pinall , weavrr , Kenwor ' . iiy-strret . Mr . William Hornby , weaver , Mount Pleasant , sub-Treasurer . ^ Mr . William Hail , spinner , Newton-atrceJ , mb-Secretaiy .

      LEWISHaH . Mr . Charles Ab ' qott , Poplar-row . Mr . Wm . Hinoes i Hanover-street . Mr . James Parktr , ditto . Mr . Jospph i | ii ; ues . Mill-place . Mr . Wright Parker , ditto . Mr . Henry Hillman , Hanover-street , sub-Trea surer . Mr . Charles Winch , Cross-street , sub-Secretary .

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      SKEPFisr . n — The " Press Gang . "—Complete Suffrage and Free Trade . —Tub Independent of Saturday hm ! another " loau « r" fce ; v . iwl ' Cjmu . tta Suffrage " Thb wrirer . after U ' . ! nuttin » thai th j « a . lioS and Household Suffrage , two f-xi : eHent piwisurt-s . ara unrtttiiiaitbln through tho obstinacy of tho people in sticking to Universal Suffrage , goes on to tell hi » readers that , " Perpetual efforts are made , with unscrupulous villany , by the Tory press to confound Sttuge , Vincent , and' Lovett , with O'Connor , Cooper , : rad White . " The writer adds . " The darider mu * t , be lived down , and to do so-will require great circunidpt'Ctiun , both in language and policy . Wo must have harmony aad uTiity among men whose fuses are si-t in thn same direction , however varied maybe their face or the proposed lenylh of iheir journey ! " Th « folio viiu is q . i tsd

      from the late address of the Sturgites : — ' To conii fer the propriety of cftllins ; upon the municipal " t 5 eut"r » io adopt immediate measures for securing the election of such men only to repreaant them in thoir local governments aa aro known to ba favourable to the . principles of Complete Suffrage . " On this the writer of « he Independeitt observes— " Now we nrn cuile suit that Wr . Sturgo cannot mean that honest Rifoi mers should have the opposition , active or passive , of hin friends , unless they can -utter the 6 hi ? : ooleth of Coriw ' ete Suffrage . If that were meant , ichat tcou / d become of Mr Vincent ' s bold and eloquent protests wjuii . si the intolerance which has disgracedCiidrlism 1 [ iUar , he .: r !] If the Complete S-iftrago men wero to vote for ' sucti men only as are known to be favourable to the principles of Complete Suffrage . ' then we should have

      nothing but discord and feebleness among Reformers . " After quoting that p-ani ^ raph of the Sturge ndilresa , whero the addressers taik of endeavouring " to ascertain how far ' the friends of unrestricted and absolute freedom of trade" will unite with the Suffr ;;^; ots for ihe obtaiument of the lattcr ' s oVj . ct , tlse E . iitoi- goes on to Bay— ¦¦ They cannot mean to put the question of free trade into abejance until they shail h : ive carried Complete Suffrage ; if so , as even Mr . Sturge speaks of five ytars as the term of tbe agitation , wo fear that ere tils remedy can be applied thu patient ¦ will be past recovery . There can be no doubt that aristocracy if hard pressed , would much ratukrconcf . de fuee TRADE THAN POLITICAL EQUAL-I 1 I ^ 6 ' the huned beaver is fabled to bile t > JF his tail to sure his life akis-TOCRACY WILL GIVE UP MONO ! 'OI 11 S IN TRADE AM >

      FOOD TO SATE ITS MONOPOLY IN POLITICAL POWER . " Tbanfcs to the ' Independent lor thtae adnni-aiuiis . To what conclusion do they kad us ? Either , that the Stu / rgites are besotted dupes , or desi £ n . tif ? knaves ; dupes , if they imagine thai tUn " honrsl Reformers '" will work with t '^ m for a ny other end than tbat of obtaining the restoration of Whi ^ gery , and JniavdS , if they hav < 5 allied themselyts to these " progressive" pests with tho understanding that the popular strength is to be wielded for the obtainiii ' . nt of tlioss ¦ ' other political o % ct 8 " ( free vrade , tiio Ballot , te . ) which the Independent has before told us nuiy , by " a union of all the honest Reformers , " ba obtained , while waiting for t'ie finish of Wr . Sturije ' s ' ¦ live ytars" of -agitation , the triumph of Compltte Suffrage . Don't forget tbat " tli-i eristoerncy , if hard pressed would much rather concede frnu trait ) than political tquality . '" and don't fo ? .. 'tt that t . Lu ( Tee traders

      ( and the Complete Suffragists are all fr «; .- traders , —so say Messrs . Allen . Bcule . and Co . ) would not take much " hard pressing" to accept the former at the exp ^ nco of the latter ! ! and then ask yi-ursalves , working men , whether the obj « ct of the new agitation be not the destruction of the " monopolies in traclo and food , " and the conservation of the " monopoly of political power ?" This view of the Complete Suffrage question will , no doubt , be denounced as bi-ing part uml parcel of the " intolerance of Chartism , " against which Mr , Vincent so boldly and eloquently piuiestea . Ba it so . We would infinitely rather be the denounced t-ian the pet of the Independent , while conscious , as we are , that in pursuing our present course we are best serving the interests of the . oppressed and tuo-oft deluded people , in raising the voice of waruiuy against those wolves in sheep ' s clothing , who have ever be * n the most base and hypocritical ' betrayers of the buff . jring poor—the most deadly and ferocious enemies of the rights of

      man . MID-LOTHIAN . —Colliers' Sthike . — " He that fights and runs away , — May live to fi ^ nt ano ther day . " No one can doubt but thcro is a considerable degree of truth in tho foregoing couplet . At least the colliers of Mid-Lothian will acknowledge their belief in it . Irust Saturday after proving irue to their friends , and true blue to tho crawling sycophantic blooodsuckers of the people ' s constitution , they held a- couucl of peace , at which a resolution wascomo to that they should rotreat , ero the bloodhounds ehouid havo time to t ; et scent of their tract ;

      which they did , in beau'ifnl order , to their fastness of friendship . This dono , n ; id all safe , the bugle sounded " to arms , " and , iti double quick time , the bravo protectors of our country saihed forth with 6 words gaping for blood and their teeth gnashing for a g ( l ) orious setto , just in time to bo too late ! What a woeiul affair for those who were anxioua for promotion , although it should be over the heads of their brethren I Unlaurelled , however , part of them had to find their way back to their own quarters , as best they could , the same night ; while ihose left had the hiizirdou 3 duty of defending peaco against the assaults of women and children .

      Mid and East Lothiaks Collier ' s Strike . —Tho colliers of Mid Lothian are still out , but a many of the Fast Lothian Colliers have resumed work at ihe advanced prices , and are paying each one shilling per week towards the support of their brethren still out . This is as it should be . It is said that most of the coal masters would give the advance , but for fear of the Duke of Buccleugh , the Marquis of Lothian , and Sir John Hope , who aro the greatest enemies the . men havo to contend with . The men are in good fpirits , and if at all supported , must win . The colliers held a meeting iu the Free Mason ' s Hall , Dalkeith , on Friday , 30 : h September , to consider their present position , and to devise means to obtain -better support . This was too much for the Noble (!) Duke . What ! the rascally colliers meet in his town of Dalkeith , to cou-ider their dirty grievances ! close to his palace ! whore her most

      gracious Majesty had so lateiy eat , and drank , and slept ! What- ! meet under his Noble nose ! Impossible ! This must be stopped . So away ho sends off post haste , for his palls , Lord Talbot , ( brother of the Countess of Lothian , and wellknown in Staffordshire , ) and Sir John Hope , also for List , ' the superintendent of the vermin known by the name of County police , who , with his men , marched down to tho Hall , ( having warrants for five nun concerned in tbe potatoe row , mentioned in my last ) , and ordered the meeting to dispeise ; but the colliers told him another story . They were , they said , met peacefully , in order to regulate their wages , and would not bo interrupted by him ; but if he had warrants for any men there , he was at liberty to take them , but not to disturb their meeting . He would not be satisfied with this , so they put him outside the door , and went on with their business . ' 'This would not do : so his DukeBhip came

      down to the Hall himself , and ordered them to disperse . They told him the eame ta ! a . What was to be done ? The soldiers were under arms , lining the street , and the police in line down the entrance from the street ta the Hall , bo that when the colliers came out , they ; could only pass one at a time ; so by these means they succeeded in apprehending three men , and lodging them in prison ; and , so eager waa the Duke to see that the prisoners were safe , that he went into the prison himself ! 'Tis a pity he was not kept there a few days , in order to taste the sweets he was so anxious to prepare for others . ' ! Tlie poor colliers bad paid for the Hall , and yet could not be allowed to meet in peace . It has caused a great sensation in the district : people Bay if this is to ba

      allowed , the right of public meeting is at an end . So frightened were the proprietois of the Hall at the Duke ' s mandate , that ihey ran and locked up the door , and told the poor colliers that they should never meet there again ; " the Duke said to" ! Truly , your modern Dukes are fine fellows , and as just as they are fine ! and what British spirits these same proprietors must have bad to be thus commanded ! They could not do what they liked with their own ; the Duke could , not only with bis own , bat , it would appear , with other people ' s also . Thus are the working classes nsed in this mis-called land of ireedom J But , thank God . ' ttere is at least one fraa press that will advooate the rights of working men , and fearlessly state their wrongs : the Start never say " No" whea they are appealed to .

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      Put an end to Wah . —We have received a communication from Birmingham , which states that the Recruiting parties in that town have not been able to prevail npon a single person to join their standard , notwithstanding it has been fair-time . It also informs us that eighteen thousand tracts have been distributed during the fair , by the Peace Society , deprecating war , and pleading for peaco and cood-wU amongst men .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 8, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1182/page/3/