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PRICE ONE PENNY . CONTENTS of Part Eight , Price sixpence : — O'Connor ' s Letters on the Land—Sketches of the French Revolution by Pro Chartist—Speech of Pat Henry , the Orator of American Independence—Horrors of Transportation—Spy System and Blood Money—Lecture , by W . Jones , ( lately confined in Leicester Gaol)—What is Blasphemy 1—An Address from the Poles—The Movement , by J . C . La Mont —Italy and the Operative Classes—Life of Washington—Letters , By T . B . SmuhT-Several Chartist Addresses , including those of the Executive—Poetry , &c , &c . * We have been watching , yn ' th interest and delight , the progress of ! The English Chartist Circular ; ' a larjje sheet , filled with sound wisdom and no trash , for One Halfpenny . This is of itself , 'enough to break the rest of Tyranny , and destroy the slumbers of the luxurious few with uncomfortable drcania . " Northern Star . "An immense mass of reading , four folio pages , each containing twelve columns , for a halfpenny ; the work being conducted with shrewd vigour . "—Spectator . -. ; ... ¦ . : ¦ :. ¦ .. ¦¦' . ' ' : ' . ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ .. ' . . '¦ ' : ¦ '¦¦ : - " ¦ ¦ > •* - This work is conducted with considerable ability , thousands have hailed it with delight . "—Weekly Dispatch . The Work can be had in Monthly Parts , 6 d . each . EMMETT AND IRELAND j an interesting Memoir from authentic sources , of the lamented Patriot Robert Einmett * incidentally detailing the Origin , Progress , and disastrous Termination of the Irish Insurrection , 1803 , &c . Embellished with a splendid , steol engraved Portrait . This edition includes the Trial , celebrated Speech , &o . &c . " Thisjiittle work is calculated to keep in remembrance the name of one who felt , and folt deeply , his country ' s wrongs ; a man who , in endeavouring to redress them , fell a sacrifice to the schemes of the most blood-thirsty faction that ever governed , or rather misgoverned , Ireland , We hope the book may have an . extended circulation . "— Weekly Dispatch . ' ¦ .. ¦ ¦ . ;• . ';' . ¦ ' ' ' ' .- ¦ . '¦' . '¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦'¦ : . Also now publishing , ' THE LABOURER'S LIBRARY , No . I , price One Penny . The Right of the "Poor to the Suffrage of the Pfcople ' e Charter ; or the Honesty and Justice of the principle of Universal Suffrage , established and maintained by the late William Cobbett , M . P . lor Oldham . Together with Mr . Cobbett ' s Address to the Farmers and Tradesmen of / England ^ on their Treatment of the Poor . Reprinted from Cobbett ' s " Twopenny Trash . " Second edition . Third Edition . THE LABOURERS' LIBRARY , Nos . 2 and 3 price Twopence . ** The Laud" the ouly remedy tor National Poverty and impending National Ruin ; How to get it ; and ; How to use it . By Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Barrister at Law , and prisoner ( for libel ) in York Castle . Addressed to the Landlords of Ireland . " "A true labourer earns that he eats ; gets that he wears ; owes no man hate ; envies no man ' s happiness ; glad of other men ' s good ; content under his own privations ; and his chief pride is in the modest comforts of his condition . ' '—Snakspere . THE LABOURERS' LIBRARY , No . 4 , price One'Penny . Government and Society considered in relation to First Principles . By John Francis Bray . Reprinted , from " Labour ' s Wrong ' s and Labour ' s Remedy . " " ¦ Just published , price 2 s . 12 mo ., bound in oloth . FIFTEEN LESSONS on the ANALOGY and SYNTAX of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE , for the use of Adult Persona who have neglected the study of Grammar . By William Hill . Also , price One Shilling , bound in cloth , PROGRESSIVE EXERCISES , Selected from the Best Englibh Authors , and so arranged as to accord with the Progressive Lessons in the foregoing work . By W . Hill , Also , price Sixpence . TH E GRAM ATI C AL TEXT BOOK , for the ubs of Schools ; in which the bare naked principles of grammar , expressed as concisely as possible , are exhibited for the memory . THE NEW BLACK LIST ; or Comparative Tables of Allowances to Rich and Poor Paupers , containing : —Annual Salaries of the British Government—Payments to the Royal Family , showing each day ' a allowance—Annual Income of the Bishops—The celebrated Cirencoster Dietary Table , 5 oe . of Bacon for Seven Days—Annual Salaries of the American Government—Pensions for Naval , Militray , Civil Judicial , and Secret Services—Annual Salaries of the Judges—Expence of Poor Law Commission in Eng . hud and Wales—An Appeal to the People of England—A String of Out-door Paupers , ( . Pensioners ) with their Allowances Daily and Annually . Illustrated with a large and beautiful Engraving of London : . Cleave , Shoe-Ian ©; Hobson , " Northern Star" omeo . Leeds , and Market-walk , Huddcrsfiold : Heywood , Oldham-Btreet , Manchester ; Quest , Birmingham ; Paton & Love , Glasgow i RoWason , Edinburgh , and may he had , on order , of all the Booksellers in the kingdom .
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THE SPINAL COMPLAINT . . HHHERE is hardly a single complaint amongst the JL Hundreds to which the Human Frame is liable so distressing and so prostrating as Affection of the Spine ; and there is hardly another complaint to difficult of cure . The discoverer of an almost unfailing Remedy may therefore safely be said to confer a boon upon his species ; and this Remedial Boon is proved by extensive experience to have been discovered by the Proprietor of HAIGH'S SPINAL OINTMENT . Some of the Cases of Care effected by it are beyond belief ; and , were not the parties living , and perfectly willing , nay , anxiously ready to be referred to , and to testify to the wonderful benefits they have received , the Proprietor of the Ointment dare not mention them for fear of being charged with an attempt to practise upon the credulity of the public . The parties , however , are living ; they can be referred to ; and their testimony is of the highest importance to all afflicted with Spinal affection . The efficacy of this invaluable Restorative has been again most abundantly demonstrated in the following two cases of cures effected within the last month . The names and addresses of the parties are given ; and to the parties themselves are the sceptical referred . * . . RECENT CASES . 1 . William Moss , son of Thomas Moss , - . Tailor , Northgate , Huddersfield , has been afflicted with the spinal complaint for nearly two years ; and during that time has been under tho medical treatment of several of the Medical Profession in the neighbourhood , but received no relief . His back was quite crooked and'deforined . After using the Spinal Oiritineut a short time , he was completely recovered , and is now Btrong and healthy . % Mary Ann Hutohinson , daughter of Mr . Hutchinson , Clock and Watchmaker , 32 , King-Btreet , Hnddersfiold , was severely ajlicted with the Spinal Complaint for a long period , so much so as to walk with great difficulty . Her Spine was much distorted . She had been under th « treatment of the Faculty for some time , " without experiencing any relief . After applying a few boxes of the Spinal Ointment , she was completely restored , and is now enjoying good health . . In addition to the above , the following ¦ " : . ; V ; - " ; . . 'V CASKS OP CURE .. ;¦; : .. '"¦ . ' \ ¦ ' - ¦ are also given , and reference made to the parties , who , by means of this invaluable boon , have been restored to live a life of health and usefulness . 1 . —Joseph Parkin , slubber , Milnes Bridge , near Huddersfield . This was a case of two Years' standing . The Patient bad had the benefit of the best medical advice that could be procured , but without effect . His finger nails Were putrifying , when he began to apply the Spinal Ointment ; abd in the course of tea Weeks he was perfectly cured . He is now in a state of perfect health . 2 . — 'Mrs . James Nowtoii , of Ashton-under-Lyne . A case of very long gtanding . She had experienced all kind 3 of treatment , visited spas . &c , without relief ; was cured with the Spinal Ointment in about seven months . , 3 . — Senior , son of James : Senior , slubber , Dewsbury , aged five years . Had never walked from his birth . Was cured in about four months ; and enabled to walk as well as any one . / To accommodate the distressed from this terrible affliction , the Ointment is made up in tin boxes , and sold at 2 s . 9 d . each box , stamp included . -Mr ; J . Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leeds , is Solb agent for its sale . .-.. ' The Spinal Oibtment is of two kinds , and numbered 1 and 2 . No . 1 is the strongest kind , and is to be used i n the morning only , for children and for weak adults . Strong adults mast use No . 1 continuously . -: . No . 2 is to be used according to the instructions given with each box , in the middle of the day , and at night . ; . ¦ ¦ - . . ; ., . : ;¦ .- ¦ ¦ . . - ¦ '¦ - . ¦; . •¦ •; : ¦ ¦ ¦;¦ . . ... ; , ¦ ^ , For children and for weak adults it will therefor * be necessary to procure too boxes of No . 2 to one of No . I . - - - .- ¦ . ¦ . ,: vv - ' ; ¦ - : - . . - .. ; ¦¦¦ A letter addressed ( post-paid , and inclosing a POBtwe stamp ) to Mr . Hobaon , or to the Proprietor , Mr . George Haigh , Crossland ' s-buildingw , Paddock , near Huddersfield , will receive ah answer pointing out the readiest mode of conveyance of the Ointment , and the cost . Parties writing hit better communicate all the particulars of their respective oases ; how long afflicted ; from what cause , natural , or hurt j and the coarse of treatment undergone . : ¦ .:-. ¦ .. ; - \ . ¦ -. - . . . - ¦¦ ¦ .. ¦; , ¦ .. ¦¦ ¦ . . ¦ . ¦ - . . The Ointment is in Boxes , at 23 . 9 d . each , stamp inoluded . Sold only by Mr . Joshua HobsontlSfl Northern Star publisher ; and by the Proprietor ,
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TO DOCTOR PETER MURRAY M'DOUALL AKD TO JAMES LEACH . In & letter « ..-Uteri by you Dr . M'DocAiL , and published in the Evening Star of Thon-day , D : e . 1 st 1842 , I find these words : — "The Executive received letters from " varionB partb , informing ua that a conspiracy wai being formed against them , and particularly a letter from Leads , which elated that Mr . Hill and others a-jrt 1 there in a certa i n house , to pursue a certain course of conduct against the Executive , the basis of which wa- —that the character of the Executive teas to be efficiently shaken first in . pi hate , and then by a mnuuaneovsh mbltC assault . * *
" Wnera are the men ! oh ! both men and letters can easily be forthcoming , and my respected colleague * : con have no difficulty in producing them if they are wanted , an event which certain parties will not " demand to be realised . * This letter was written for publication in the Northern Star and was published in the Northern Star , of December 10 , in which paper I demanded the ftullication of those letters . They have not yet been published . At the South Lancashire delegate meeting , on Sunday , Nov . 27 th , yoa , James Leicb , are reported to bare made a similar statement , and also to have Eaid that : —
In the month of July last , the Hull Charri&tB were about to pass the Balance Sheet , when Mr . Hill entered the room and put a stop to it , and a friend that was present at that meetiBg wrote to Mr . CampbeH statiBg that there was a plot hatching jLgavisr the members of the Execntire , ot 'which he wou d receive the first attack in a short time . " In the Northern Star of the 10 th of December , the Hull Councillors , of whom I am one , demanded
the publication of that letter , and the name of the wrutr . It has cos yet been published . I now reiterate the demand that these letters , and all of them , be published , together with the writers ' names—that tha writers may substantiate their statements if they can . I offer you the free use of the Northern Star for their publication . I deny the truth of these statements , so far as I am concerned .
Ard xnmh thosb letters which tod sat contitn- iSB coiTFiBJt these statehests ( and which yon h&Ta been required to publish , but have not done BO ) BE PCBL 1 SHED . T 06 ETHEB WITH THi WBITEBS *
KAME 5 , TO GIVE MB AS OPPORTCNITT OF MKETIS * THE changes paihlt , I BRAKD YOU , Doctor Peter Murray M'Douall , and YOU , James Leach , each A 5 D SEVERALLY , BEFORE ALL THE PEOPLE , AS A LIAR AND A SCOUNDREL !! At the same Delegate Meeting on the 27 th November , yon Jailes T- ^*^^ " are reported to have B& \ d : — ' When I was at Leeds I had Bome conversation with Mr . Hill concerning a man in the movement , whose wife lives noi far from this place , and he is leading a common prostitute about the coon try with him . Mr . BUI Asked me what was to be done 1 1 sa d drive him from the ranks . Mr . Hill thought it
would not be advisable to do so , as in a short time a great number of the advocates would be in prison , and . the movement would want all the assistance that could be got . 1 thought thai wai the verj reason that we should drive such scamps as him from amongst as . When the honest friends of the people were locked np—the greater the nccesssity of the few that remained at large being unimpeachable in their moral character . But Mr . Hill thought if it could be kept quiet it would be better . I said that that was impossible , as six different districts had already exposed him—and yet at the very time that be wa 3 talking to me thus he had an article wrote to damn four of us . "
You , Jakes Leach , know this to be & wicked perversion of that conversation . Yoa know thai it is nothiug like what was said on that occasion . I will not place my assertion against yours ; because there were witaeses to that conversation , who heard what was said , and who can confirm your statement if it be true . I dare yon to call those witnesses and to ask them to publish a correct statement of what really was said . And until yon have done this , I FURTHER BRAND YOU , JAMES LEACH , BEFORE THE WHOLE PEOPLE AS A BASE AND WICKED
CALUMNIATOR . I shall publish this letter in the Northern Star every week , till thece statement * are either proved or retracted , as far as they concern me . Youtb , A true man , and a Lover of Fair Play , WILLIAM HILL . Northern Star , Lcsds , Dec 24 , 1842 .
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It may do good to relate the reasons why Chartism does not progress so fast in London as it does in the country—Why London , : hat should be foremost , is behind hand . When we know the reason we may seek the remedy . The Londoners have this excuse—that they are corrupted by the immediate presence of the Courtdazzled by the constant glitter of the aristocracy . Everything tends to dissipate thought and reflection . There is a whirl of action that makes London a EKlstroom within whose vortex all are drawn and sunk . Strong-minded the man must be that can stem the stream—that does not suffer himself to be carried away with it—yea , oarrkd willingly . In the country virtue can meditate in the green fields with nature , or on the barren mountain-top with liberty .
" To be great , and wise , and good , Are effects of soli to de ;" But in London the world- is concentred . There ia the essence of selfishness . Competition is a matter of life and death . Self-interest id carried to an extreme . Every device to gain patronage , to decoy profit , is resorted to . The very bug-destroyers vaunt themselves " bug destroyers to her Majesty . " You everywhere see emblems of the most servile adulation to the powers th&t be—the pocket powers ; the system
reigns in fuli perfection in London . Every body is striving , to make an appearance above his means . They judge by appearances . It is not so much the irjtniisie quality of goods that recommends them , as the marcer in which thej are exhibited for Balethe show thej make—the grand shop they are inthe noveiry or the puff , Business is regarded as the first ihiDg ; pl ^ ature next . Now Chartism is a disimerested thiag—a self-denying ordinance ; and the wonder is that it should ever hare found footing at a ! in such a deluge of all that is great and good .
How often have I been disgusted , on looking info a print-shop , to se « tbe Duke staring me in the face ! it is almost er . oi ^ b to make one " smash the window in spite . The heads of the nation , too , in loving contact together , smirk and smile at you ; and well they-may ! There is always a crowd of stupid gazers at tuch things . In some shops you will see ranged together the basts of Shakespeare , Milton , and—who do you think I—who bus Princo Albert ! Are not the cockneys a little-minded people ? if this could be doubttd , the fact that they chote Lord John Russell to represent them at the last election would prove it .
_ The working-men in London have more temptations to withstand than their brethren in the eoHntry . True!—there iB the pernicious gin-shop ; and hard working is often made an excuse for hard drinking— " more work , more beer . " They come out of the gin-shop less able to withstand the allurements of harlots who next wajlay them . Then comes disease ; and many die not of the disease but of the doctor . There are others who do not spend their feard-earaingB thus , but who are tempted by follies , shows , and vicioos pleasures on every hand . The majority of the cookneys hoard np their weekly earnings to spend on the Sunday , with the pint and the pipe—up or down the river , or in van-excursions . These are not so much to blame ; for a breath of
fresh air is very desirable , and at any rate such a mode of spending the Sabbath ifl preferable to th « support which numbers of working men even , unthinkingly give to state-churches and chapels , and other such abominations in the land . Bat selfish enjoyment , generally at the expense of anothers ' pains , seems to be the order of the da ; in London . Poor horses bare a hard time of it here . The real cockney lores to drive hard ; and such scenes occur as skken the sight . In the counter , when a horse is overloaded and cannot rise a' hill , men will ran bum each side of the road and give it a lift—help
it op j—bnt ia London they 6 tand staring at snen things as though they felt an interest in the ttruggles of the suffering animal . There is no sorer sign of a eontraeted heart than crnelty . The horses that drop and die in the streets axe more generous than their drivers . Such things would not be Buffered under a better system . But no wonder that there is such indifference to the sufferings of cattle , when men , women , and children , the Tery inf « nt 8 at the breast , deerepid age , crippled ™ tonity , and the most wofnl want arc seen in the Btreett foodless , naked , and homeless without relief wad nopitiedl * -
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in getting—most thoughtless in spending . Xto one loves his joke better than the Londoner . Cockneys get" dialling" one another , as it is called . Ludicroos mishap- ; are what delight them most . They are a great singing pcoplt ^ and Sir Robert Peel calculated very wisely wbe ~ r please them and divert their minds from polities , he patroniLed the " singing millions" to ennnchize the nation , and make us all " fal lrl la" folks . The more nonsensical a song the more popular it become } . There is a succession every sermon . Itw ?~ , ** AU round my bat ! " then "Jump Jim Crow ! " then M Nix my Dolly V and now it is Albert ' s got the fiddle !"
Sing on and be slaves—gaze at shows and have your pockets picked 1 The captive Israelites hung up their harp ? and would not , could not , sing ! ThemistoolcT when asked to sing , said he could not sing but he could raise a small town in a great city . Let us then have no singing except it be of patriotic songt—or hymns of freedom—let us despise the tintel shews of a baby Monarchy , and resolve not to dance till we dance on the grave of oppression , and eing the triumphant song of victorious liberty . J . W .
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feelings of reeson and justice , for then you will feel and see that your intnests ate identified with those of the labourers , and that while you through your repr ; oHtlvcs Impoverish them , in the same ratio do you commit suicide , politically , upon yourselves . ' ¦' Come forward , then ; help us to save our oommon ( -rantry ; join our National Cbvtar Ar-wdation . Be not frigbtancd by the " bnggaboo" that we want an equalization of property , which those few who fatten on those abuses have so prominently kept in the foreground , doing that by appealing to f he pr-jioni which they could not arsomplish by appealing to your reason .
To you , CbrrtUta , I would say , do away with , all bickerings from amongst yourselves ; form yourcolvea into one mighty and irresistible phalanx ; march forward , swerving neither to the right baud or to the left ; and then , and not till then , will you make this count- 7 what she ought to be , by giving to all and to eveiy one an opportunity of enjoying the abundance sent by a benevolent God ; then , and not till tben , -shall we be worthy of eeiog called " The envy of surrounding rations and the admiration of the world . J T . H > Hu . ! , Dec 27 th , 1842 .
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TO THE EDITOE OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —In your report of the Marylebone meeting for the election of delegates to the Conference , you say that the Committee that decided upon recommending at the public meeting , Messrs . Parry , Buchannau , Lucas , and Farrer , used every exertion both fair and foul , te ensure success . This , Sir , is a most unjustifiable falsehood , and one that I cannot in justice M myself and brother committee men , allow to go forth to the public , without giving it the most unqualified denial . And the following brief Btattment of facts , will I think , convince every one of the malignity of the aspersions thus thrown upon them- The Borough Committee ( which was formed for conducting the election and
raising funds for the payment of the delegates elected ) was open to any person who thought proper to join tbtm ; and indeed every portion of the Chartist body residing in the borough were apprised of the intention of forming such a Committee , and solicited to join in their individual capacity , as were every ehade of Reformers in the borough who were desirous of forming a union on prinoiple . The committee-men Bat lor three weeks with open doors , still earnestly soliciting the co-operation of all Reformers . It was well understood , as a great number of candidates seemed likely to b « brought forward , that that the committee to prevent disunion at the public meeting , would take a vote upon who were , in their opinion , the most fit and proper persons to be recommended to the borough , for the important trust o ! supporting our glorious principles in the forthcoming Conference , and any person was eligible to propose a candidate in the committee .
Their decibion was postponed until lateen the Friday night before the meeting * for the purpose of Hiving every opportunity of bringing forward candidates , &whou the following persons were nominated , and a vote of the committee was taken , namely , for Messrs . Parry , Lucas , Buchanan , Spur , Gammage , Hornby , Humphercs , Cook , and Farrer ; and the choice of the Committee fell upon Messrs . Parry , Lucas , Buchanan , and Farrer . I most positively assert , that no farther means were taken by the committee to secure the election . Then , sir , I think if disunion existed among the " whole hog" men , the fault did not rest with the Committee , but with those who neglected their duties in not coming forward and taking a more active part on the Committee . I remain . Sir , With K ^ eat rc- pect , Yours in the cause of Truth and Justice , Thomas Farher . 22 , Grape-street , Rathbone-PJaoe , Dec . 27 , 1842 .
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Martlebone . —Mr . Watkins will lecture at the Workiug Men ' s Hall , Circus-street , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock . A public melting will be held at the Chartist Hall , 26 , Star-street , Commercial Road East , on Sunday , when it is earneotly requested that every member will be in attendance . Halifax . —On Monday there will be a ball in the large room , Swan Coppice , to commence at seven o ' clock , the proceeds to be appropriated towards the furtherance of the Chartist Cause . Keighley . —The next delegate meeting of this dialrict will be holden in the Working Men's Hall , Sun-street , Keighley , on Sunday , January 8 th , at 10 o ' clock in the forenoon . Each Locality is requested to send a delegate .
Mr . Dickinson will lecture on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at Preston ; Blackburn , Monday and Tuesday ; Liverpool , on Wednesday ; Warrington , Thursday ; Colne , on Friday ; Burnley , Sunday , the 8 th Jan . ; and Rochdale , on Tuesday , the 10 th . Hollinwood . —A public tea party will be held in the Ralph Green Chartist Room , Hollinwood , on Monday . Tea on the table at six o ' clock . Tickets , men eightpence ; women , sixpence each , may be had of Messrs . Afhton Ashton , Joseph Brierly , John Bootn , and Edwin Clougb .
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I BUWDERItAND . —On * Menday last , a splendid concert was held in the Philosophical Hall , Attwifium , for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the delegates to the National Conference , at Birmingham . The Cornetta and Quadrille Bands , and the young gentlemen of the glee club generously offered their services on the occasion . The orcbestta consisted of about thirty performers ; the music -wr * of the first-rate description and elicited the highest applause . The room and galleries were crowded in every part W 1 GAN . —Mr . Dickinson lectured on Sunday afternoon and evening , at the Association Room . Four new members were enrolled . BACtrp . —Mr . Dickinson lectured at Baoup on Tuesday evening to a pretty fair audience .
OUSEBURN . —Mr . John Hall , treasurer for the Northumberland and Durham Lecturers' Fund , has received from Sunderland 5 s . COLNE . —The Rev . W . V . Jackson delivered a leciure on Saturday evening last , to a crowded and attentive audience , in the Chartist News-room , Windy Bauk . Colne . —The League had a meeting here on Monday , at which Moore , of Manchester , and Plint , of Lttd * , attended . The " lads" sent for the Rev . W .
V . Jackson ; and at the close of Plint ' s speech , which he concluded by moving a free trade resolution , they proposed an amendment for the Charter . This was too much for the " respectables , " who kicked up a row ; and though the amendment was twice carried by tremendous majorities , the chairman , ( Mr . Wal ^ - ton , ) declared the Plague" had it , and then dissolved the roeptiDg . Mr . Jackson ohallenged them to two night ' s discussion , but this thay declined , and the Chartists , after giving cheers for their principles and leaders , retired .
Holmfibth . —Mr . Peter Rigby , Chartist Lecturer delivered iwo sermons , on Sunday last , in the Wortley-hill School , to respectable audiences . The sermons gave general satisfaction , and at the close three new members were enrolled in the National Charter Associaiicn . Manchester . —The Chartist Meohanios held their weekly meeting in the Charter Association Room , Brown-street , on Thursday evening week , whin Mr . T . M . Brophy delivered an instructive and interesting lecture to a large and respectable audience . At the close of the lecture a collection was made towards defraying the expenses of the Delegates to the Birmingham Conference . Carpentebs' Hall . —Two lectures were delivered in the above Hall on Sunday last . One in the afternoon by Mr . P . M . Brophy , and the other in the evening by Mr . Starkey , from Coventry .
STJTTON-XK-ASBF 1 EX . D . —On Monday a concert was held at Mr . Edward Parks , Eastfield-side , Sutton , and on Tuesday , there was another at Mr . George Marriott ' s . The rooms were crammed to suffocation on both nights . The proceeds were appropriated to tho Political Victim Fund . LONDON . —At the general meeting of the Somers-Town locality , the resignation of the General Secretary was considered , and it wasi-esolved , " that Mr . Cooper , of Leicester , is the most fitting person to take charge of the property of the Association , at
present m the hand 6 of the late General Secretary , from the interest he has taken in the movement , and his knowledge of the organisation , and his business habhB . " He was also nominated to fill the office of Executive Councillor , in the place of Mr . Campbell resigned . HEBDfcN BRIDGE—A tea-party and ball waa held in the Democratic Chapel , at tht above place , on Monday , when upwards of two hundred sat down to tea . The company separated at a late hour , highly delighted with the evening ' s entertainments .
LONDON . —Debadful Mtjbd £ b in Whitecross-btkket . —At half-past ten o ' clock on Wednesday morning , an inquest was held before Mr . Baker and a highly respectable jury , at the Two Brewers , Whitecross-street , on view of the body of Thomas Leary , who was found dead , having been stabbed with a shoemaker ' s knife , on the night of Sunday last . The jury-room was crowded almost to Mjffocation , and the greatest excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood . After the examination of two witnesses the enquiry was adjourned till half-past ten the following morning , when it was resumed , and after several hours investigation a verdict of " wilful murder" was returned against Michael Measan , the dead man ' s master .
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HoLMFinTH . —Wm . Cuttell has become agent for the Northern Star * and hopes , by strict attention to all orders committed to his care , to receive that support which his labours may duly merit . Persons ordering the Star ot him , may receive the same at their own residence . Report ? of Chartist meatings committed to his care will be duly attended to . Ibish Poor Law . —It is stated that the Government have a bill prepared to fix : the payment of the poor-rate altogether on the landlords , in the same manner as the tithe-rent charge . —Dublin Mercantile Advertiser .
jgssiB Phillips , A Talk of the New Poob Law . —The celebrated Mrs . Trollope is bringing out a new work under the above title , to be completed in 12 Monthly Shilling Parts , with illustrations by Leech , the first Part of which appears with the commencement of the New Year . It cannot be doubted , that through the medium of a work of fiction many truths may be made know a to the public , which would never attract the same degree of attention if developed in works of higher pretensions ; Mrs . Trollope is deserving of high commendation for bringing the aid of her powerful pen to the illustration of the Poor Law System . — London Paper . .
Curious Asthonimical Fac t . —There is no new moon in the month of February , 1843 , but there are two new moons in the month of March following . It ia a new moon on the 30 th of January , again on the 1 st of March , and also on the 30 th of March . Christmas Gift . —On Christmas day , upwards of 130 paupers in Spotland workhouse were treated with an excellent dinner of roast beef and plum pudding . They had also half a load of malt brewed into ale . In the morning , mo-st of them attended divine service at Spotland church .
The BwDB Lights in Oldham Chubch . —Oldham Church is one of the first places of worship in the kingdom which has been lighted by means of the bude light . Eight of these powerful and brilliant burners have been fitted np in Oldham Church , and w . re first lighted on Sunday last , at an expence of about £ 180 . The chandeliers are very effective and pleasing jn their appearance . Scarcity of Fuel . —Firewood is said to be co scarce in tome parts of the Middle State ? , that a man with a wooden leg is afraid to venture oat after dark , for fear of being robbed of it . —AW York Paper . ,
An Example fob Tenants . —The tenants of the Earl of Clonmell , on his estate in the county of Monaghan , have convened a meeting * for the purpose , " 08 they state , "of taking into consideration the ; most effectual means of laying before his lordship the distressed condition of his tenantry , and of imploring him to take the statei of their affairs into his serious consideration , by a reduction of rents , ' '&o . ; :: . ' " - /¦ : ¦ ' ' . ¦¦ ' ' : ' ¦ Infanticide . —Shocking Circcmstance—On Wednesday evening , about four o ' clock , as a woman
named Smith , residing on the new line of road outside the Military-walk , near Ballinacurra , was turning pigs out of her field she discovered dogs in the act of eating something , which , on approaching , she was horrified to find , was the body of au infant which they had torn from the earth , and which appeared to have been buried about ten days . There was no coffin ; but a quantity of old rags was placed about the body , and it was scarcely , covered with earth . An inquest was held on Thursday at the Exchange , before the mayor , and a verdict accordingly returned . —Limerick Reporter .
Fatal . Excess . —On Christmas Day a shocking occurrence took place at Mr . Denniaon ' s gfeen * grocer , in Lambeth-walk . A lad named Thomas Powell , not sixteen years of age , wiih others in the employ of Mr . Denuison , were by their master liberally reeled , and , as an adjunct , spirits wore also provided , with which all the party beoame merry , and the deceased among the rest , — the latter , in the evening , taking advantage while the r 8 t of the party were engaged , seized a
jug containing gin , of which he took a hearty draught or two ; he afterwards became mnoh intoxicated and fell down on the shop floor , where he lay for some time ; as he did not recover , surgeons were sent for , and . Mr . Bendall and Mr . VVagstaffe attended , and deceased was conveyed home to his residence in the immediate neighbourhood , where his feet were bathed in warm water , and other remedies were administered , but without effect , as the deceased sank and expired at two o ' clock on Monday morning from the effects of the ardent spirits . - ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ " : ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦; ' . ¦"¦ ¦¦; ¦ ¦ . '¦ ¦ : ' ¦
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Recently , in Bethel Church , by the Rev . William Hill , the infant son of William and Hannah Walker , Was baptised under the name of Thomas Slingeby Duncombe . On Christmas day , was christened at St . Thomas ' * Church , High-3 treet , Dudley , by . the Rev . W . H . Cartwright , the infant son of William and Hannah Wright , by the name of Edward Ellis Masott M'Douall Wright .
IVIARBXA 6 ES . At the Parish Churjsh , Leeds , on Monday last , Ml James Holroyd to Miss Ann Robinson . Ofl Sunday , at tho Pariah Church , Whitkirfr , James , eldest son of Mr . John Croswaite , of ColtoD t near this town , to Hannah , eldest daugter of Mr . William Pawson , hay dealer and innkeeper , of Halton . On Saturday , the 24 th inst ., at the Parish Church , Leeds , Mr . Joseph Backhouse , of Leeds , to Miss Barber , eldest daaghter of the late Mr . Thomas Barber , fatmer , of Crofton . ¦
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Leeds Corn Mabket , Tuesday , Dec . 27 . —The supply of Grain to this day ' s market , is smaller thaa last week . Fine dry Wheat supports last weeks price , but all other descriptions are difficult to quit J the damp qualities were unsaleable . There has been rather a better enquiry for Barley , prices much the same . Oats dull Bale and rather ! lower . Hard new Beans little alteration ; damp and old are dull sale . ¦ . '¦" . . : ¦¦ '¦ . •' . : - . - :- . ¦ - .. ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " , ¦ ¦ ¦ . ; THE AVERAGE PRICES OP WHEAT , FOB THE WEEK ENDING DEC . 27 , 1842 . . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Pe" * Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Q-s . Qrs . Qt * 3197 1383 487 — 324 - £ s . d . £ a . d . £ s . d . £ g . d . £ 9 . d . £ B . «< 2 7 23 16 101 0 18 9 A 0 0 0 1 8 11 0 0 0
Bradford Markets , Thursday , Dec . 29 tb . — Wool ' . —DiiriDg the past week bnt little business hM boen done , and the dullness applies to all lands of Long Wool . In Broke and Noils the demand con * tinnes steady , and late prioes fully maintained . — Tarn . ~^ There is not any marked alteration in » M demand fer Yarns , and the continued short tin * working keeps the stocks low , and prices very firm-—Piece . —This being thelast Thursday , wasfor merlf ; not an acknowledged market for Pieces , but t& « custom was abandoned a few yearsago , and to-oai fully an average business has been done w »» former seasons , and the manufacturers are no * without considerable hope that at the commence * ment of the year an improved demand will be » P * parent and acceptable .
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Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at his W ** ing Oflacea , Noi . 12 mod 13 , Market-street , Brigs *** and PabllBhk by the ¦ aid Joshita Hobso ^ ( for the said Fbaroxis O'Connor , ) at hto »«* Bng-houw , No . 6 , MaAeln * rwt , Brlggatei ^ g ; internal Communication exlatiog between tbe ¦* No . 5 , Market-street , and the said No * . U *» : 13 , MarkeV » treet , Brigr * te » thus constltnflngJW , whole of the said Printing and iPablisning Off * one Prethlaet . v i < l to All Oommunicationa must headiressed , Po ^ P ""* "Mr . HOBStN ' i Nertficrn Star Office , teed * Saturday , December 3 i , I 8 * i
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JONATHAN AND JOHN . TO THE EDITOR OF TB £ KOKTHEB . N STABi SIR , —Having read the Message of tbe President of the United States to the Congress , I was struck with tbe manly and statesman-like tone breathed thougbout !** t important documen * What a contrr-t it exhibits to tbe puerile stuff read from tbe throne of tbi » enligMfcDr . 1 country , which is au olio of pe ; fc ct nonrencu — 3 string of hackneyed phrases twisted together by a set of noodles , &ent down , or up , to her Majesty for rebeaml , and tben dubbed the " Queen ' s Speech . " The Message of the President is , throughout , of the most ehzer ' mg character , " and r- ' cuUted to give an 1 " .-crep <« d impetus to Columbia ' s enterprising sons . Bat what , may we anticipate , 'will bs tbe cbatr : ter of wt ^ it is miscalled " Her Majesty's speech ? " Why one of the old oKmp . NotaMordof c * m ( oit for a statving people , nor any foundation given whereon to build even an expectation of a tetter state of things .
Under the ralutary system -which obtains in America such sentiments as those -with which the President's speech ; s fiau ^ ht may bs expected ; but under the accursed system which prevails in this country we need exj ^ ct nothing from the throne but what smacks ot misrule , oppression and insult . Who , Sir , are to blame tor tbe evils of ow legislation and all the ills emanating therefrom 7 Why ourselves , the people . We are the fooJg who support " the cout * - ' costly splendour , " that feed the vultures who gnaw our vitals , —that purchase bayonets to pierce us to the heart and bludgeons to break our heads . We
clothe and feed the erained Judges , such as Abinger , to insult and pimiah ns , and the sorplicedwolves to'devour the flc ik ; and then "we , idiot-like , sit down and ery " God htlp ub , " instead of shewing that we have ltarned that " God only helps those who help themselves . " We ought to set our shoulders to the wheel , and cease muling and puling about the want of extraneous aid . Some are " np and doing , " but many , too many , sit silently ana Eupinely at home , thinking that good will cme without their help . It is a personal , an individual bftVr , and each and all ought to buckle on their armour and advaoce to the fight against the Hydra of tyranny . Tben the work will be both facilitated and exp ; fited .
We pay ten times more to support general and 'state Government than do the whole of tbe United SUitss Ten times more for bad Government than they do for good . Are we not fools ? For God ' s wke let us learn wisdom . Yor » s truly , Wm . Rider . Leeds , December 2 Stb , 1812 .
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IRELAND . AWFUL CATASTROPHE—LOSS OF UPWARDS OF THIRTY LIVES . The particulars of the following melancholy catastrophe me communicated by correspondents of the DuMin Evening Muil . " Qalwat , Dec . 25 , 1 S 42 . —A melancholy accident occurrtd in this town this morning . At esrlyjnp ' . s , in the polish chapel , there was an immense concourse of people ; tbe gallery , as is usual on Christmas mornings , waa crowded to * -T' ** Km- One of the rails of the staircase , by the prmure of tue multitude , win brokun , and Lome persons in the vicinity having heard the crackling noise , gave the alarm , ai > d cried out that the gallery W £ 3 giving way . An indescribable but tremendous nun was made by the dense mass to escape . The cat * -trophe was awful ; thirty persons , up to the time I am going to post , have been made the victims of the rashness of the assemblage . The gallery did not give way .
( From another Correspondent . ) " I think it but right to tell you , that a most tragical occurrence took place fcere , at six o'clock this morning , at the parish chapel , similar to what occurred in Dublin two years ago . Previous to the celebration of man , the chapel was crowded to suffocation , and some person gave the alarm that the gallery was giving way . The consequence was , that a tremendous rush wo made towards the « taira—numtsrs were thrown down the at * in , and trampled to death by others getting into the street . At this moment ( two o ' clock )
thhty-flve persons are dead , and it is suppoccd that from ten t » fifteen more are also numbered among the dcr 1 . There are a great many , besides , maimed ; they are all of tbe lower class , such as poor tradesmen , labourers , and servant * There wm no danjfer at all of the gallery giving way ; it is very strongly built , and wonld tear four times the weight that was on it at the time . There must have been t : tween 4 , 000 and 5 , 000 people in it at the time . I never witnessed a more heartrending scene . I saw myself twenty-five dead bodiea "
( From anoihtr torrespondeni ) "I have just seen Dr . Gray , who informed me that he b ? s r'f t '" . cd twenty-eight individuals to be dead , bnt he thicks there are » great many more , carritd to different parts of the town by their relatives , they have not yet come under his observation . Tbe town is in a frightfully r ; ir * tad state . Tbe sufferers are all of the working clsssr * . I went through the chapel an hour e $ o , and found the gallery to be very strong , so that if the toolieh people had bat thought for an instant , they might have bean under no apprebsnaion whatever of its giving way , and tbe lives of tbe poor creatures might have been spared . Two of our servants wtre in the chapel at tbe time , but escaped—they do not know how . This has been a sc 3 ne veiy like that which took place at Kirkr ^ ldy , and which I never can forget "
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TO THE KDITOB OF THfc TiOBTHERS STAB . Sir , —If the following observations should meet your approval , your inserting them in the Star , would oblige , Tours , truly in the cause , Jko . T . Holder . It as been my lot within this lr- ? t week or bo , to witness with Borrow a revival in trade , which when I txplain the why and the wherefore , I shall not be surprised if you and the numerous readers of tbe Star do sorrow likewise .
I bave , as I said , within tbe last wesk helped ( in tbe course of my ocenpatioc ) to put the finishing stroke upon forty-five iron bedsteads , namely , five for Caistor , twenty for Sleaford , five for Brigg , and twenty-five for Lincoln unions ? Yes , my friends , acd while I pondered upon tbe system that is fast forcing our once bold English peasantry and artisans into tbese hell boles , I shuddered at the idea ; for I could not help feeling that the system of class legislation , from which all our evils , moral and political , fljw , and with which we are tit present eccumbered is suffered , to remain ; if we still bow down to this modern Jaggexnaught in « fitably tbe same mDst be our common lot
What will you say to this , yon free traders ? What will yon say to this , you who cry out that there is a revival of trade ? What will you , who fatten on the system say to this ? Faugh , the very sentence isa perversion of the truth unless applied to the revival of which I sorrow over , and which no comment sf mine can possibly strengthen . To you , Shopkeepers of tbe Agricultural Districts , to you I would have a word ; to you I would direct especial attention to your own interests , and say that the present system which you uphold is fast robbing you of your customers , for , by indirect taxation , which presses heavily upon the labourer , and the low rate of
wpjes which he receives not being sufficient to satisfy his physical wants , ( and particularly if he has a family , ) obliges him to part with his household goods , until be bn nothing whereon to lay his head . He consequently applies to hia pariah , and , much against his will , is admitted a pauper , and at one and the same time , yon are charged with bis and bis family ' s maintenance , and lose a cvjtomer . This , you know , is a fact . Your t'JJs tell you so of the one , your balance sheet in the item ef poor ' s rates of tbe other . Then why not stretch out a helping hand , for yon can yet save not only yoursfclres , but yonr brother sufferers , from that guiph of ruin which yawns to receive both you and him .
Yon aty giTe us " free trade in corn ; " then the labourers will have " plenty to do and high wages , " for the foreign market * , from which we are shut out by the restrictions upon our imports , would take our goods ia return just n though we exported nothing . And all this in the . face of the official return * , which gives ns for last year j £ 10 S , 000 , 000 worth of manufac tured good ! expected , from which we got only two mflliom more profit than we did fax little more than one tbird the amount exported in 1815 . This fact proves that with regard to " plenty to do , " there can
be no mistake , as tbe returns show that last year the exports were greater than In any previous year , while at the same time you ? own organs tell you that the poor in the mamdactaring districts have eaten their beds , which is a proof that high wages are not a sequence to plenty to do , and why Sa it not so ? Because iron , wood and steam » re employed instead of bones , smews , and flesh . Indeed 1 would point to the increacsd poor ' s rate and the official return ot manufactures exported , as a refutation of all the above aephiama . And earnestly would I recommend yoa shopkeepers to ponder otv tbe above fact * , and be raided by your
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