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    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1843.
    • DEATHS.
    • Co tteaon-0 anti ^orresftontientg.
    • THE STRIKE.
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      Losrxtf . —A Concert and ball will take place on Monday evening at the Social Institution , Johnstreet , Totte ^ ham-Court-road ; the proceeds to be devoted to defraying the expenses incurred fey sending delegates to the Birmingham Conference , ChjHCEts Attksd . —Mr . FeargnsO'Gcnnorwill address his London friends , on Tuesday evening iHXt , at the New Hall , Tnraag&in-laae , SkinnerstreeL on the recenttrials at I ^ ncaster . Admission to & 6 body of the Hall , two-penes ¦ aadlo the phuwill ha to

      ftjrB , Eispenee . The proceeds presented tie General Political Tictim Fund . AMBETXSO « f the Shareholders will be held on llonday evening at the Political and Scientific Institution , Turn * gain-lsne , Skinner-street , to elect directors . A Cokceei xsb Bin will take place on Tuesday evening , at the Hall of Science , late Roland * , Blackfriars-ioad , in aid of the Amds , for defraying expenoes iccarred at the Conference .

      Mb . Maj . t 3 will lecture , oh Stmday evening , at the Scientific and Political institution , Tursagainlane , Skinner-street . Mb . Wheeler will lecture , on Monday-evening , at Tiflman ' s Coffee House , 591 , Tot tenhsKa-coortload . Me- J « hs WiiKBS will lecture at the Mechanics ' iB £ &fliiom Orcus-Street , M&rslebone , on Sunday evening next , as half-past seven o ' clock . Gotn Bsatbr ' s . Asms , Old St . Pascius-boad . — Mr . Ra 33 eH irill lecture on Sunday evening . Ths Fauix Chaeksib of the Tower Hamlets are requested to meet on Tuesday evening , at Ko . 12 . White-street , Bethnal Green , on business of importance . Ftoai Tatehk , Basssbcht Pahk .- ^ -A meeting of thiB Locality will be held on Monday evening , ¦ when every member is requested to attend .

      "W-0 BSISG Mew s TTatt ., 29 J , Mile Ekb Road . —The members of the different Chartist Localities in the Tower Hamlets , are requested to meet at the above place , on Tuesday evening , on business of the greatest importance . The My ^ yirai of the Shorediteh Locality are requested to attend at the Gloucester Coffee House . Cbnreb-streei , Shoredifccn , next Tuesday evening , at eight o ' eloek , to appoint class leaders , and to assist in taking a large building , to have a public EBeeting and lecture , from a gentleman of high repute in the Chartist cause .

      A yuwac baix and concert will take place at the Social and Scientific Institution , John-street , Tottenham Court-road , on Monday , March . * 20 , 1843 , towards defraying the expences incurred through sending delegates to the late Birmingham Conference for the Borough of MarjJebone . St . Pxscbas . —Mr , "Wheeler will lecture on Monday next , at Mr . Tollman ' s Coffee House , 39 , Totir oham Court-road . Mr . M'Grae will lecture on Monday 27 th at the same place . Sheffield . —Mr . Harney will deliver an address , en Sunday evening , in the room , Figtree-lane , ai seven o ' clock . Mb . Passes will deliver an address , * on Monday evening , at half-past seven o ' clock .

      "Wxst-Bidikg Delegate Meeting . —On Sunday ( lo-morrow ) a general meeting of the Chartists residing in the West-Riding , will be held in the Large Room , over the Co-operative Stores , Dewsbury , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , « n matters of the greatest importance . Ashtos-uxdeb-Like . Mr , John Crowder , of Lower-moor , Oldham , will lecture here , on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . No person will be allowed to lecture here in future , except those upon the plan for this district , unless he give seven day ' s notice , and receive the sanction of the council , and he must produce his credentials , before he be allowed to lecture .

      Bibxeighah . —The committee elected at the Hall of Science , Lawrenrse-Btreet , for Mr . White ' s tiefence , are requested to attend at the Chartist room , Afihton-street , on Sunday evening next , at four o ' clock , when all parties holding books from that 2 > ody , -trill be expected to produce theou SrDDAH . —On Sunday evening Mr . A Bauson , of Eland , will lecture in the Association Room , Cinder Hilla , at six o ' clock . Halifax . —It is particularly requested that any lecturer , intending to visit Halifax , shall give five day ' s notice thereof , and also his address , otherwise Iris communication will not be attended to .

      Hs . James Clattos , of Midgley and Mr . Joseph , Greenwood , of Warley , will lecture in the large , room , Swan Coppice , on Sunday , at six o ' clock in the evening . Sowbsbt . —Mr . B . Butterley , of Halifax , will lecture , on Ssnday , ( tomorrow . ) at six o ' clock in the

      evening . Lowkb Wablet . —Mr . James Bawden , of Ovenden , will lecture at this place , on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . Os SusdaTj March 26 , Mr . Butterley will lecture . at Luddendenj Mr . Bawden , at Upper Warley ; Mr , ' Greenwood , at Ovenden ; and Mr . Clayton , at ; Mixenden , all to commence at six o ' clock in the , evening . Manchester Chabtist Yoctbs . —On Tuesday evening , the 21 st insU , a > nblic meeting will be held in the Youths' Room , G-mlding-strcet , when the following persons ;—Mr . Morrison , Mr . Christopher , Doyle , Mr . Thomas Railton , Mi . Richard Pilling , and other Chartist H Conspirators" are invited to ¦ attend . . '

      Bkottk-street , Manchester . —Mr , Lane will . address the Chartist mechanics in the above room , ' on Thursday evening next , at eight o ' clock . The pnblie are invited to attend . ) Caspshteb ' s Halx . —The Rev , W . V . Jacksoni -will deliver two lectures in the above hall , on , Sunday , ( tomorrow , ) at half-past two in the after- ' soon , and half-past six o ' clock in tie evening . A dascisg class is held every Monday and Saturday evening , at eight o ' clock , and a debating class every Sunday forenoon . '

      Bbaotgxd . —The members of the Co-operative S ' -ore will meet en Saturday evening , at half-past seven o'tlock . A full attendance is requested , as a fresh committee , salesman , and other officers will have to be elected . The salesman will be requested to reside in the house , Chapel-lane . The shop is well supplied with provisions of the best quality . A 12 CTUBX will be delivered in the large room , Butterworth Buildings , on the Fallacy of the Qneafion— "That the Repeal of the Cora Laws , under present circumstances , would benefit the working man or shopkeeper . " Free admission . -Discussion invited . To commence at six o ' clock in the evening .

      Mb . Hurley will lecture in the Chartist School Hoom , Park-lane , on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock . The members are respectfully requested to be punctual in their attendance , » e lJUBiuaSB of import * aace will be laid before them . Mb . B .-G . Gajquge , of Northampton , will lecture at the following places : —Brighton , Monday , Toesday , and Wednesday next ; Lewes , Thn » day : Tonbridge Wells , Friday and Saturday ; Tonbridge , Monday , 27 tn instant . Oldhah . —Mr . Donovan will lecture in the association room , on Sunday , at six o ' clock in the evening . Ashtos . —A lecture will be delivered in the Chartist Association Boom , on Sunday evening eext , by Mr . John Crowder , at six o ' clock .

      Oldham . —On Snnday ( to-morrow ) , Mr . D . Donovan will lecture tin the Chartist Room , Greavesstreet , at six o ' clock in the evening ' . Rochdaxb . —Mi . Lane , of Manchester , wip address the Chartists of this place in the Association Boom , at half-past two o ' clock in the afternoon , and at ax in the evening of Sunday ( to-morrow ) . Hoixnrtroou . —Mr . Pontefract will lecture here on Sunday ( to-monow ) at six o'clock in the evening , Kewtos Heath . —Mr . Glossop will lecture here on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . Leeds Distwct . —A district Council meeting will be held on Sunday , March 26 th , in the Chartist itoom , Holbeck , to commence at ten o ' clock .

      Lsps . —Mr . Hobs , from Manchester , will deliver * w ° n ! ! 2 ? * -i » " lnM 1 POW afternoon and evening , in the Uiartast Boom , Cheapside , to commence at half-^ l * 3 ro j . ^ * " o' ^ Mk . Admission , one penny « ach , to defray expenees . *•««¦/

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      Stockmbt—On Sonday wearing last , Mr . John Allmson lectured to » large ted ^ respectable audience , lie gave a lengthened acoonnt of the Chartot iramph at Lancaster , At the ^ oncJuaon the thanks and confidence of the meeting was swarded him . VuHBtOB , Isle 6 * Wjght . —Mr . R . G . Gammage leetored on tiie xsause of National Distress udtti People * Charter as the remedy , on Thursday the S& instani , and on Monday the ISshj both lecturei ¦ were numerouBlj attended and the lecturer was listened to with profound attention .

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      ATJCHTERMUCHITT . —On Thursday last after listening to the sound of the drum , we were not a little startled at hearing the oner intimate by the orders of Mr . Arnot , Chief Magistrate , that a meeting of those friendly to the abolition of the Corn Laws would be held in" the Town Hall that same evening , for the purpose of considering the utility of petitioning Parliament against the accursed system of taxing feod . The people , of coarse , congregatedj yet paradoxical to say , the Rev . speakers , through their great zeal , had well nigh forgotten the hour of meeting for at the hour mentioned by the cr ier , not one « f them could either be seen orh « aisd of . TimeroBedon , t > e people became impatieat , and were on the eve of retiring , when at the last a noise was heard on the stairs , when the Rev . Mr . Wise , with his colleague Dr . Taylor , slinkingly made their apppearance . Mr- Paterson was called to the

      chair , whe , after reading the letter Bent to Mr . Arnot , begging the favour of the meeting , called npen Mr . Wise to address the meeting amid anxiouB disquietude— aH expecting something great from his hands . He mounted the platform , saying he could say nothing , having only had since last night to prepare , and so sat down as if ashamed , and blushed for offering bo gross an insult upon the public . Dr . Taylor was then called npon , and after delivering a threadbare harangue , called upon all present to sign a petition which had been carefully prepared for them , Auchtermuchty folks being too wise for him , knew too well that as things stand , their abrogation would rather be a curse than ¦ a blessing , and , therefore , laft the li&ll without one solitary soul appending his name , leaving the petition in the handB of the committee to be hanked through the parish any way they think fit .

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      THE TRIAL—THE PRESS-AND THE LEAGUE . Except the one party whom it was intended to pot down , the result of the late trial has placed all parties in * a queer fix . " They dont know what to make of it or do with it . The Tories are ashamed of it ; the GoYernment wish they had had nothing to do with it ; the Whigs are mad with rags , while " liberalism" compels them to hold their tongue" ; and the" League'' feels themselves somehow—allovebish—as if they anticipated a somewhat different result for their own turn when it comes .

      As every effort was made by the press to create prejudice , and to warp the course of justice previous to trial , so it has with . due consistency carefully smothered the disappointment of its foiled patrons at the escape of the robins" from " under the r iddle . " With few exceptions the press affects to treat the matter as one of small moment ; and this same trial , which in its anticipation was made to ring through the whole country , is passed over almost silently . By some portions of it , the villainous trick has been resorted to of giving the whole Bubst&nce of the case for the prosecution , and suppressing the whole case for the defence . Yet even these are "bothered" with the result . The verdict still stands there . It acquits half of the

      accused entirely ; and convicts half of the remaining half of that which every man knows to be no moral crime , and which the highest authorities have declared to be no crime in late ! This ib a stomach-blow . It ** knocks the wind out . " They look at it on all eides , and the most part of them seem prudently to conclude that " least said may require least mending . " There is one , however , who is especially uneasy . The depth of his chagrin exceeds the power of concealment . It must out . He cannot be quiet . His bile boils over ; and most dirty pnddle is it I Jast read the following morsel from the London Correspondent , who is also , as we believe , the proprietor , of one of the moBt ultra of the ultra M liberal" Irish papers , the Dublin Monitor .-

      —" The general impresrion prevailing with rejpect to the conviction of Fe&rgns O'Connor and hia associates is , that it i » not a * aliafactory one . It isngarded as an attempt to do that on a » m » ll scale , and with poor , paltry , and insignificant individuals , -which , at the close of the last oentmy vu tried and failed , when directed against the great and the clever . The case of Home Tooke was the endeavour to establish the crime ol eonxtruetive-treason , whilst that of Feargus O Connor is to make a precedent tor constroctivcmiademeajDour . Notwithstanding the verdict of the Jury , it is considered that the prosecution bu broken

      down . My impression is , that when it was undertaken there was the expectation entertained that some of the leaders unongsl the Chartist body would have become Crown witnesses ; but the great probability is , that Sir Frederick Pollock , "who is , in private life , a most amiable , exoelltut , and honest man , would not countenance the project of bis subordinates—he would cot congest to * terms * being made with , any of them—he -would allow no price to be offered to any informerhe did not * think it meet to compoand with him by the jear ; ' and hence the defect in the evidence which was looked for when those proceedings began . *'

      rtow , isn t that rich ? J Just see the fellow ' s cadaverous scowl , aa his brows kait , when be reads the verdict , and grumbles inwardly , " Curse on the stupid fools ! What can be done now ! Why this is actually a triumph ! " Look at his pinking eyes as they poke about from one corner to another of the paper , as if seeking for some outlet , through which to thrust the intrusive " triumph . " See them recoil in disappointment from the surface of the paper and bend inward to a rakiDg of the dish of mud which he mistakes for his own brains , until they fix

      npon the lump of dirt out of which this idea has been manufactured . And then Ee ^ how his piggy dayli ghts twinkle as he drags it forth , and pursing up his mouth , says , •* There ! won ' t I do for you , ye spalpeens ! I'll circumvent you this time ; for I'll swear that you could have told upon yourselves and let out your secrets , only the Attorney-General would not hear them ! " Now is not that fine ? with GsirPin and Carilbdge staring at him ! I What fools these fellows must think their readers to be !

      The Anti-Bread Tax Circular congratulates the League upon M this legal acquittal of the charges bronght against the Anti-Corn Law League . " He makes italics dance with the announcement that throughout the whole trial : — ** No tingle tiillt of evidence has been adduced connecting the Anii-Corn Lave League with any portion of the disturbances . '' Gently , Goody ; gently 1 Don ' t halloo till you are out of the wood . We wish you as safe a deliverance and at true an one as that of the Chartists ; but it is a little" too blue" to parade the forbearance oi your victims as a victory over them . Wait till your tarn comes ; will you !

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      THE "SHABBY" BARONET AND THE H CONSPIRATORS" AGAINST THE POOR MAWS RIGHT . Ths starvation mongers are l * hard np . " They find enough of exercise for all their impudence to "keep open house" at all . They can only hang by the damning system by mere " power of face" and Bandit Law—the law of power . This has been strikingly instanced in the House of Commons

      during the past week . Ne 7 er did we notice a more glaring , base , cowardly and yet impudent throwing of the shield of power over their ** comrogueB of lesser note" than was practised by the Tory Government and their Whig supporters in the case of a motion by Mr . Pebbaxd for the prodnotions of certain documents having reference to the doings of a portion of the Poor Law Guardians of Halifax , and one of the tramping-panper scamps of Assistant-Commissioners , named Clements .

      The harpies of starvation rule seem to have fixed on Halifax as a peculiarly congenial sphere of operation ; Mr . Febband was desirous that the country should know something of their proceedi ngs ; and , therefore : — " On the question that the Speaker do leave the chair preparatory to the House resolving itself into committee of ways and means , " Mr . Ferrana rose to move , as an amendment , for a list of the Guardians of the Halifax Union who assembled at the Board on Wednesday , the 1 st of March inBtant , specifying the esofficio Guardians from the elected Guaroians ; also a list of the Guardians who were not present , specifying the ea-officio truardtans from the elected Guardians ; also the name of the Assistant Poor Law Commissioner who

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      attended the Board ; also a copy of their minu'es and proceedings as well as of the resolutions adopted by the Board ; also a copy of all notices given at any proceeding meeting of the Board relating to any preceding or resolution adopted by the Board on the 1 st day of March . " The honourable gentleman proceeded to state his reasons for this motion . Let those reasons be read and coupled with the fact that this simple motion for information as to what the guardians had dono , that he might know , and th * t the country might know , whether the information which had reached the Honourable Member waa correct or not , was strenuously and pertinaciously refused ; and that the refusal was supported alike by the members of the government and their predecessors and opponents : —

      " He understood that there was reason to believe that : that meeting , at which eighteen guardians attended , was not convened by a proper notice issued by the clerk to the whole body of guardians . At that meeting the Board of Guardians resolved that a strong athletic man Should be appointed , at a weekly salary , to act in the capacity of taskmaster , for the purpose of applying a m ore severe test to the out-door labourers . It would be found that the Board of Guardians having , with the sanction of Mr . Clements , decided upon adopting a more severe test in respect of oat-door labour , had also decided upon adopting a more severe test within the

      workhouse . The question was brought before the board how that test could be most advantageously enforced , and different plans having been proposed , that of a treadwheel waB discussed , and how many men it would employ . Thit treadwlieel the Board of Guardians directed to be erected , and a member of the board undertook to see it erected . He had stated this some time ago , when he last addressed the House on this subject . The Right Hon . Baronet ( Sir J . Graham ) stated that it was not * so , and that , instead of a treadwheel to be applied to a rack machine , there was only to be erected a hand-mill for corn . He ( Mr . Ferrand ) next day received

      more information from another person . The Right Hon . Baronet , however again said that the mill was only a corn mill , and that he was told that by the Poor Law Commisioners . The Board of Guardians of the Halifax Union had passed a resolution reflecting on words used by him in the discharge of his duty to bis constituents and to the country—a resolution which had been brought to the board from his own house by one of the ex o f icie guardians and this was passed by the Board of Guardians , Mr . Clements , the Assistant Poor Law Commissioner , assisting at the meeting . The same day an order was passed , with the sanction and

      approbation of Mr . Clements , for excluding the reporters of the public press from the board-room during the meetings of the board . But what sort of a cornmill had been erected , did the House think ? Why , none at all ; but , instead , a rag machine had been erected , for the purpose of grinding rags obtained from the poor of the towns on the continent , and impregnated teith all manner of contagion and filthy and he was told that the stench was so great , and the dust arising from the grinding so oppressing , that they had the greatest difficulty in parts of Yorkshire , where rags of this hind xtere ground for the purpose of defrauding by the cloth manufacturers , to get persons to undertake the work . But , in order to make this more of an infliction on the Door

      pauper , the wheel was to be worked by capstans , which were to be turned by the poor like horses . These capstans were to be worked at not only by the feet , but by the hands and breasts . According to the opinion of a medical gentleman whom be had seen , it was highly injurious to the health to labour in this way , and was likely to end in apoplexy . This was what was about to be erected in the Halifax Union Workhouse for the employment of the poor there , either with or without the knowledge of the Poor Law Commissioners ; if they knew of it , then they had deceived the House in the statement which they had authorised the Right Hon . Baronet , to make in his plaoe ; if they did not know of it , then they had neglected their duty . "

      The Honourable Member abo made Bomo strong allusions to a like case of horrible barbarity at Lambeth Union , where a Corn Mill had been erected for the purpose of more severely testing the labour of the poor . At the corn mill , in the Lambeth Union Workhouse , sixty-four persons were to work at once ; sixteen at in-door labour , and forty-eight at out-door . The mill was worked by one crank , whioh was so large that every time these poor wretches worked they must bend with their hands to the ground . The mill waa under a shed . And the objeot of this contrivance was that whenever a poor person came to the workhouse to astfor a loaf of bread , he waa to be shown thoBe poor wretches working at the crank under a shed 1 ! , He referred also to a leading article in the Times

      newspaper of that day , m which it was stated , that within the last seven years 9 , 3 ) 5 persons had been committed to prison in England and Wales for offences against the rules and regulations of Union Workhousee , and that in the year 1842 , no fewer than 2 , 289 persons had been imprisoned in her Majesty ' s gaols for breaches of those rules and regulations ! In reply to those statements of alleged atrocity and to this most reasonable motion for enquiry into one of them : —

      " Sir J . Graham hoped the House would agree with him that on the present occasion it would not be expedient that he should follow the Hon . Member for Knaresborough ( Mr . Ferrand ) into any of the new matter that he had adduced . The Hon . Member had raised the question for the first time of the Lambeth Union Workhouse . He ( Sir James Graham ) did not intend to follow the Hpn . Member into that subject . He had had no opportunity to enable him to test the accuracy of the Hon . Member ' s information . Much less did he intend to follow the Hon . Member to the leading article of the Times newspaper , or into anything which might ba-ve been stated there that morning . It would be much better , in his opinion , to confine himself to the motion before the house . "

      Doubtless , it is not expedient" at any time to enter upon a defence of that whioh we know to be indefensible ! Hence the ** shabbj" effort of the Right Honourable Baronet to esoape from as much of the investigation as it was possible to shirk . Lambeth and the Times newspaper were easily disposed of . They were " new matter . " But there was the " motion before the Honse . " This must be " dealt with . " And hew did the bold Baronetthe high-minded , honourable Baronet who refused to continue with the Whigs because they were a " shabby" Government—deal with this motion There were only three possible positions in which

      the Government and their supporters could stand in reference to the matter affected by Mr . Fehrand ' s motion . They must have known the allegations to be true ; or they must have known them to be false ; or they must have been in ignorance concerning them . In either of the two latter oases , it is reasonable to conolude that they would have been prompt and forws-rd in acceeding to the motion ; because by the production of those papers the question would have been Bettled , and the truth established . While , on the other hand , if they knew the allegations to be true , and were determined to uphold , but ashamed to defend , the practices

      complained of , they would be sure to throwevery obstacle in the way of coming at the desired information ^ Villany , like falsehood , ever loves the daik . Itifl ; never " expedient" to expose it to the overhauling of common sense and right feeling . And the tray in which the ** shabby" Baronet fences with the motion would ba proof sufficient , if we had no other / that this is preoisely their position . He affects first to misunderstand Mr . Ferband . He makes him talk of a tread-mtY / , instead of a tread-wheel , and is proceeding gallantly to deny that any suoh thing as a treadmill is known or dreamt of as part and , parcel of poor law mercies at Halifax . This eubter-, fuge , however , fails him . Mr . Feeband won't

      "stand it . " He corrects him , and insists that he ' shall quote rightly the word used . He then tries to blander oat of it , by denying that it is a tread wheeL He insists that it is a hand-miti , and he read letters to tost effect from Mr . Clxhentb , and from some man named Coclston . Now , it required bat half an eye to sea that the conflicting testimony of the friends of the poor to Mr . F « hkan » , and of the friends of the " mill" test to the Right Honourable Baronet , was the best argument that could be found for Mr . Fehrand ' s motjoa ; since nothing but the positive documentary evidence of the Guardians' actual proceedings could settle the motion , and show which was right . Mr . Fekband put this matter very forcibly : — " He would not detain the House farther ; he would only say that the Right Hon . Baronet ( Sir 3 . Graham ) had insinuated that he ( Mr . Fkrkand ) had stated in that House what was not true , and the Right Hon . Baronet [ called on the House sot l

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      to place too much confidence in what he aaid . Now , whatever he might think of the Right Honourable Baronet ' s conduct to him , <* , supporter of her Majesty's Government , as he had been , whenever he conscientiously could be , he had to tell the Ri ^ ht Hon . Baronet that the question was between the Right Hon . Baronet and himself whioh of their statements coincided with truth . If the Right Hon . Baronet oould induce the House to agree to refuse these resolutions , still he ( Mr . Ferrand ) , it must be .

      remembered , was courting every inquiry . He desired nothing more than that the matter should be sifted fully , and that the Right Hon . Baronet and himself should be placed fairly before the country . If the Right Hon . Baronet succeeded in refusing the papers , the country would conolude that he was convinced that the production of the papers Would show so much cruelty , and such ill-treatment of the poor that it would not be expedient to produce them . "

      This Ferrand is a tough fellow—not easily " driven ; " and otio might almost have expected this to be a poser . But a " shabby" Bvonet is often lucky in mischances ; and so he discovered a perfect god-send of a sheet cover for his minion in the fact , that Mr . Ferrand had made some reference to a vote of censure which had been passed upon him by the Halifax Poor Law men . This vote of censure was a " breach Of privilege , ¦ " and it waa a very ungracious thing in the Honourable Member for Knaresborough to wish to claim the " privilege" of not having the lie given to him by a tramping Poor Law Commissioner ! : —

      " He could not think that it would be advisable for the House to embark on the question of breach of privilege under the guidance of the Hon . Member for Knaresborough . h would not be prudentit would not be discreet . " Here then was a god-send for getting rid of the whole matter . The degradation , the inhumanity , the murderous effeofc of the " Devil ' s dust" millwhether worked by tread wheel or hand

      wheelwere entirely lost sight of , and this " privilege question " was the only thing to be seen and talked of . The Right Honourable Baronet could not think of vindicating the " privilege" of the Hon . Member for Knaresborough . The cuckoo song was echoed by his satellites , both Whig and Tory , and " privilege , " * ' privilege , " " privilege , " was the only thing they could any of them see ia the whole it atter .

      Determined to leave them no " loop-hole , Mr Febband ' came up" again , and knocked down the privilege prop . He said : — " His only objeot was to let the House and the country know what had taken place . He found that there was a treadwheel ordered for the Halifax Union , which was to hold from four to forty persons . He did not know what had since occurred , and he would take no steps to bring Mr . Clements to the bar of the House if the papers were produced . "

      This was a closer ! among men of ordinary decency it would have decided the question . But tyranny sets decency at defiance when its objects are to be maintained . And after this frank and explicit avowal from Mr . Ferrand , that what he wanted was the papers , and not the " privilege , " Sir Robert Peel , if he be rightly reported , had the ineffable meanness still to insist that the motion was : — " A renewal of the question of privilege , and that it was the intention of the Hon . Gentleman to enforce the charge against Mr . Clements . Into that question the House , in bis opinion , had better not enter—( hear , hear ) . No person had more at heart the privileges of the Hou . se than he , but it was because of hie regard for them that he would not wish to enforce a debate on them in the present instance . "

      Now this is , to our thinking , paltry and despicable bf yond description ! but it was the only weapon that could be used against Mr . Ferrand ' s motion . And Sir Robert and Lord John Russell shared the honour (!) of its handling between them . Mr . Fkrhand ' s motion had , of course , no chance , and he withdrew it . O ! how we long to see the people assert their own "privilege , " that these sickening scenes may pass away J

      In the interim it is refreshing to see even one such member in the House as Bdsfield Ferrand , Tory though he be . Like a true Englishman , he " oamo up to time" again , next day , as fresh as ever ; and the pair of " Shabby" Baronets finding him not to be choked off , but determined to play the part of " the importunate widow " , with a very ill grace , suffered the rehearsal to go on—reading their own part of " unjust steward" somewhat imperfectly . Thny consented to produce all the actual transactions of the board on that day , but denied the " Notices " which would have proved the meeting to be a packed one for the purpose of censuring an M . P ., who had dared to speak in his place of their doings , and the reudlution to exclude the press from their conclaves in future .

      Here then we have an imperium in imperio with a vengeance ! A parcel of hired , tramping , scamping vagabonds called Poor Law Commissioners , commit atrocities against the poor , unheard of in any other Country under heaven—and if a Member of Parliament shall breath a whisper of their doings in his place in Parliament , or venture to express an opinion that they are not the very pink of Christianity and virtue , these tramping , scamping , vagabonds call together a * ' picked party" of their middle class mates and tools , and denounce and censure him ;

      they put this forth under the false pretext of its being the resolution of the " Board of Guardians" ; they exolude the press , lest their lying subterfuges should be exposed ; and they are protected in all this by the Government of England in the active measures of its Premier and Home Secretary , who exert themselves with " shabby" pertinacity to prevent their atrocities from being dragged to light ! Do the people want more argument to show them the impossibility of ever obtaining justice or fair play while the system lasts under whioh these things ean be done !

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      Stockport Chartists tell us that Mr . Doyle is to lecture in the large room , Hillyate ; but they don't say when . An Elector op Marylebone is referred to Mr . O'Cmnor ' s advertisement , John Fbnton . — We do not know enough of law to advise him . We have sent his letter to Mr . O'Connor . George Bateman . —The Home Secretary was sub ' panaed , and he attended on the subpoena ; but representing , through the Attorney General , that his being detained until the witnesses for the

      defence could be called was a serious inconvenience , Mr . O'Connor consented to his discharge , on the undertaking of the Attorney-General to produce for the prosecution a witness named Wilcox , from whom , by cross-examination , he could elicit the same facts to which he intended to have-had the evidence of Sir James . A Radical of Hunt ' s School . —Never mind the prating fool . Thomas Greenroyd . —We know nothing about it : perhaps some of the London Chartists can tell him .

      Several Parties from Leicester write to ask how it is that M"Douall and others of the absent defendants were defended at Leicester by Counsel , and that Mr . O'Connor cross-examined the Crown witnesses on behalf of Leach , while Cooper was entirely overlooked ? To this I must say , that I cun give no answer to any such ques lion ; and that it appears to me to have been suggested by a captious spirit . At all events , it is most improperly addressed to me . I know

      nothing about the matter . I had no concern in the appointment of Counsel for the defence ; and all I know of the appropriation qf the Defence Fund is that not a shilling of it was appropriated to my defence , or to my use in { any way , —W « . Hill . W . Knigbton . — Write on . one side »/ your paper only for the future . We had not room for any reports last week . Dorking Chartists will see that their communication is inserted .

      Tbohas Ibbot 8 ON , of Bradford , would greatly oblige the Ch artists ofTyUes / y if he would publish hit address , as they wish to communicate with him . Will the Secretary qf some cooperative society be so good as to send a copy of their rules to the Secretary of the Earl Shilton co-operative society . Our Manchester Correspondent is informed that his second portion of the meeting for Mr . Roberts was not received here till Thursday aftei noon , — sixteen hours afttr the former part of it had gone to press .

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      D . Ha . rbower Jcn . —Certainly not ; but you must ftot put them on newspapers-The Defence Speeches of Messrs Leach and Bairstow . — " iVxr . Editor , —A creat many of your subscribers to the Northern Star are very desirous that the defences of Leach and Bairstow be published at full lengh in your coming number of ] this week . By so doing , they will feel much obliged . I am , on their behalf , yours most sincerely , W . Homer , sub-Secretary , Oldham . " — We ' are sorry to be unable to comply with this request i simply because we have no reports of the speeches of those gentlemen . In'order to ease the Reporter a little , —whose labours in this trial were really harrassing to an extent far beyond the power of most reporters , —an arrangement

      was made between Mr . Hill and Messrs . Leach , Bairstow , Harney , Beesley , and others , that the speakers should kindly furnish their speeches at the close of their trial , as it was impossible for any one man to lake them all at full length , and we were desirous to give all the defendants ' speeches entiie . The parties all promised , to supply their speeches , and consequently the Reporter , took no note of them ; but Mr . Harney and Mr . Beesley were the only parties who did supply them . We regret this much ; as Bairsiow ' s was an excellent speech : Leach' s we did not hear . We can readily conceive that the turmoil of" congratulations" and bustling from place , after the ( rial , may have prevented the other parlies from having leisure to write them out . We make this statement .

      therefore , not at all in the way of complaint ; but simply as explanation ; that if may not be supposed that ant / undue means have been resorted , to by us for suppressing these speeches . Had it not been that the parties promised to supply them , lue should have had some report of them , less or more ; as it is , we have none- The omission will be , doubtless , supplied in Mr . O'Connor ' s report of the whole proceedings , which will be published shortly .

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      FOR MttS . BLL 1 S . £ s . d . From a friend , Sheffield 0 0 6 _ Mr . Hunsworth 0 0 6 „ Mr . Rodgera 0 o 6 „ Mr . Bernard 0 0 1 „ Mr . Lancaster 0 10 .. London , per Thomas Farcar ... ... 0 10 0

      ) FOR VICTIM FUND . From Weat ! Auckland , per Mycroft 0 4 9 „ a few poor persons at Ormskirk ... 0 10 0 „ Taornley Colliery , per G . Brown ... 0 2 4 j „ a few friends in the cause , per W > C . T 0 10 0 « Wingate Colliery , collected by Weddie and Coffins " 0 12 0 ., Ditto , collected by Embleton and Mtas Gowius 0 5 7 „ Wingate Colliery , raffia for a cradle , presented by George Brown . [ This cradle waa won by Mr . J . Borkouse , who immediately presented it again ; and it is to be raffled for , for the benefit of the Victims . ] ... 3 1 8 . 4

      FOR ROBERT PEDDIE . From London , per Thomas Farrer 0 10 0

      FOR MRS . ROBERTS . From Mr . Hunsworth , Sheffield 0 0 6 .. Mr . Rogers ... 0 0 0

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —If jFeargus O'Connor , yourself , and your coadjutors , ] who have been unjustly hailed before the judgment-seat , have not ( which is proven ) been guilty of creating " riots , tumults , and insurrections , to the great terror of her Majesty ' s liege subjects , " it follows , las a matter of course , that the acts of August last must have been concocted and perpetrated by other parties than the active members of the Chartist body . These being fully exonerated ,

      and , moreover , their conduct having elicited expressions of commendation from , not only the presiding Judge , but from the vicarious plaintiff , the Attorney-General , it would be incompatible with every principle of ratiocination to suppose that the disciples of ] these men—those advocates of " Peace , law , and order "—should engage in a physical crusade against the lives or property of their fellowmen . Tae thing is impossible , and its impossibility is evidenced by the Attorney General ' s tearing up of the black ¦ pages in the " Monstrous In » ict-MENT ! " '

      Sir , I heartily rejoice at the result of the trial , as by it the innocent—but once suspected—are not only exculpated—but the cause has received an increased impetus—its lustre is more visible , and we may now joyfully anticipate a complete and permanent triumph over the hosts of despotism . But , Sir , who planned the outbreaks' Who incited the credulous aud unreflecting to acts of violence ? Who drove the workies from their avocation and locked up their hells 1 The country have a shrewed guesa ; aud ! the thin-skinnedness of Cobden aud Co ., on tbe matter , serves to strengthen the guess , if proof waa required .

      Surely our iricnd Duncombe , and those gentlemen in the House , who have given us a specimen of their love of justice , will not only keep the inquiry in motion , but the country will support their exertions by loudly demanding a full investigation into the affair , to the end that justice may find the delinquents in their proper place—not lurking in the dark , but at her own tribunal . Yours , truly , William Rider . Leeds , March 16 th , 1843 .

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      MANCHESTER . —Money received by Thomas Davies , for the General Defence Fund : — ; £ s . d . An Old General 0 0 6 A few fine spinners , near Great Ancoats-street ... 1 0 0 Piltington 0 10 0 Two friends 0 2 0 Ditto - 0 1 0 D . W 0 0 6 A few friends from Marple Q 10 0 James Allen 0 2 0 George Ekley 0 7 6 John Hilton 0 16 Newsvenders of Manchester ... ... 1 10 3 Winster , [ Derbyshire , per James

      Jacksoni 0 3 0 Brownhilljand friends ... ... ... 0 3 1 ^ Timothy Booth 0 10 Joseph Ogden 0 J 0 Isaac Wilson 0 10 JonnSuiton 0 0 6 Chariea Hprton 0 0 b Fred . Ogdfm 0 1 0 By a tailor .. 0 0 . b John Burgess , Hollins Green ... 0 5 0 Thop . Bankin 0 0 6 AfrienoU 0- 0 6 Richard Greenwood 0 0 6 Frederick Groves 0 0 6 Daniel Flinn 0 0 6 A . Tweedie 0 0 6 New Zealand 0 10 Thomas Kfames 0 0 6

      Martha Brown ... 0 0 6 John Kerwiu 0 0 6 A Foe to Tyranny 0 0 6 W . C . i 0 0 6 William Groeoott 0 10 Carpenter ' s Hall . —Two lectures were delivered in the above Hall , on Sunday last , in the afternoon and evening ! , by Mr . Pecer Rigby , from Chorley . The lectures were well attended . OLDBAiff-Oa Sunday last , Mr . T . Clark delivered a epiriu d address in the Chartist Room of this place . The audience listened with great attention till the conclusion of the lecture , although it was almost suffocating , numbers haying to go away who could not gain admittance . On Tuesday , Mr . Peter Rigby lectured in the same place ; his lecture icave general satisfaction .

      Malton . —iMr . Brown visited this town , on Saturday last , and on Sunday he gave two excellent discourses on practical Christianity ; aod although the notice was short and the weather unfavourable , he had a good attendance and was well received . For the future all lecturers must give five dear days ' notice , or otherwise they will not be supported . XiONDONi—Cartebs ajjd Gilders , Bailey ' s Cop » ee House , New Compton-Strebt , Seven Dials . —Mr . Wheeler lectured here on Monday evening to a respectable audience . The chair was abl y occupied by Mr . Hutchins . After the lecture , a discussion took place on the subject of the Corn

      Laws , in which a veteran Cora Law Repealer , Messrs . Wheeler , Alexander , and other individuals took part . A library has been established in connection with jthia locality , and it bids fair to become a powerful accession to tbe Chartist body . Mb . Rurpr Ridlet lectured on Sunday evening to a numerous auditory , at the Working Man ' s Hall , Mile EaaRoad , and was loudly applauded . Mr . Knight lectured on Monday evening to the Chartists meeting at the Flora Tavern , Barnsbury Park , on •» Th « Slavery practised by the Milloorats and Mine Owners of this country on Men , Women , and Children . " The lecture elioited great approbation , r

      Mr . Bolwell lectured on Ssnday evening , at the Mechanic's Institution , Circus-street , New Road . The audience was numerous and enthusiastic .

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      Chartist Hall , 1 , China Walk , Lambeth . — At a meeting of members in this locality , it W as agreed to adopt the remonstrance , to send 6 s . to the Victim Defence Fund , and meet next Tuesday , to consider the subject of exclusive dealing , as the most speedy , agreeable , and certain means of causing the Charter to become tho law of the land . One new member was enrolled . BIBMINGBABI . —White ' s Defence . —A p ublic meeting , called by placard , was held in the saloon of the Mechanics' Institute , Great Charles-street , on Tuesday evening last , at seven o ' clock . At the time appointed for commencing business , Mr Thomas Reeoe was unanimously called to the chair ] The Chairman opened the business by reading the placard , and the address published by Mr . White ' s Committee , and introduced Mr . Wm . timith Lindon to move the h ' rst resolution . Mr . Lindon , in a neat and effective address , in which he dwelt on the unjust measures adopted by the Government respecting the Chartist trials , alluded to the necessity of procuring means to send the necessary witnesses to Warwick to rebut the evidence brought against Mr White . He then moved tha following resolution :- _ ' 1 . " That as the misery which now exists in this country results from irresponsible Government , and as it is clear tbat there is no hope of amendment until an effectual change isi established , this meeting therefore , resolves to continue the present struggle for liberty , and pledges itBelf to support the advocates

      of justice and equal laws , until the People ' s Charter the only hope of the suffering millions , becomes the law of these realms . " Mr . Walter Thome seconded the resolution . Mr . George White was then called on , and addressed the meeting at great length . He explained his views of the Charter , and stated his determination to end as he bad begun , by standing with his own class , as a whole-hog Chartist . Ift dwelt at some length on the rottenness of the Whig Corporation of f Birmingham , and after referring to his fot $ hcomfn £ trial , retired amidst load cheers . 'The Chairman then put the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mj , £ . P . Mead proposed the second resolution and passed a high eulogium on Mr . White ' s conduct . The resolution was as follows : —** That as the case of Mr . George White is inseparably connected with the town of Birmingham , we deem it to be our duty

      to exert ourselves to the utmost of our ability , jq order to enable him to convey the necessary witnesses to Warwick at the ensuing assizes . " Mr , John Mason arose to support the resolution , &Q ( J was received with loud cheers . He delivered an elegant and spirited address , in his usual fervid style , and laid bare the corrupt system which produces so much misery in society , and called on them to do their duty on that occasion . He was loudly cheered throughout his address . The resolution was then put and unanimously agreed to . Oa the motion of Mr . John Follows , a vote of thanks and three cheers were given to the Chairman for his praiseworthy conduct . Three cheerB were given for Feargus O ' Connor , and three for George White . A number of persons afterwards enrolled their names in the Chartist Association , and the meeting separated .

      Aston-street Meeting . —Mr . E . P . Mead delirered a lecture in Aston-street Room , to an atteu * tive audience , on Sunday evening last , Mr . Thomas Bates in the chair . The lecture gave general satisfaction . LEEDS . —Mr . Robert Peddle , whose past sufferi ng * , during bis three years' confinement In Baverley HeU , are too well known to require enumeration , ia once more restored to liberty . Upon his enlargement he immediately resumed bis labours as an agitator , having delivered lectures on Chartism In Hall , Bradford , and Leeds . In the latter place he on Saturday evening last , gave a detailed account of his past sufferings during th » long confinement in Beveriey prison . In the conrea of the lecture he adverted to tbe nature of the evidence

      brought against him , proving from a number of letten and other documents that every witness employed for tbe purpose of ensuring his conviction was perjured ia the extreme ; he moreover intimated his intention of bringing the guilty parties before a fitting tribunal ea » charge of gross and wilful perjury , and front the positive nature of the evidence which he advanced in support of his allegations , tie must finally triumph over . ~ b . ij cruel and inhuman foes . Of the evidence and other matters , connected witk his conviction , it is not requisite now to speak , as he intends to lav the entire facts of the case before the public , tfarongh the median of a circular , and , as it will contain ( in addition to tha particulars of ths trial ) a faithful description of the treatment of political offenders , such as he himself

      experienced at tbe hands of the a a thorites ; it mart prove a valuable auxiliary to the cause of democracy , in every locality , when Mr . Peddie ' s sufferings hava been enumerated , Tbe statements made by Mr . Peddle relative to the treatment of prisoners , and tbe severity of prison discipline ; are of such a nature , as to merit immediate investigation . In vain do our rulers boast of civil'Zition , and the blessings of Christian charity , if ctueltiea like these are to betelerated in the heart of a Christian land : not even the fabled horrors cf the ancient Inquisition , ' with all Ita appendages of gloomy horror , can outweigh the refined cruelties of tbe present time . Racks and tortures , chains and dungeons , the fire and the faggotthese are said to have been used , when mental darkness

      enveloped society ; but the present system , though diversified in character , is nevertheless as painfal in cruelty . The tread-mill breaks up the physical constitution as effectually as the raek—the silent cell will engender madness—hunger and wretchedness will insure death as effectually as though administered at ths bands of tbe executioner . This Mr . P . clearly demonstrated ; he moreover adverted to the conduct of the magistrates , who , after his conviction , refused to allow him tbe right of petition , although he had ample evidence to prove his innocence of the charge for whioh be stood condemned , and he was thus cruelly denied the means of petitioning , although justly and legally entitled to the same ; but of these things the pnblie

      will hear more anon . There is but one way of crushing the power of persecution , and that ia by avoiding secrecy , as our worst and greatest fue . Spies and informers , intriguers and political assassins , may attempt to impede the onward progress of democracy ; bat unity , watchfulness , and perseverance , will enable us to survive them alL Mr . Peddie informs me that the Chartists ol Bradford are about to get up a petition praying Parliament to institute an inqairy touching the conduct of those parties who witheld from Mr . P . the means of proving his innocence , by refusing him the ' right of petition . D . BOSS—On Monday , Mr . Peddie gave a similar statement at Hull , to a crowded meeting , at the Freemasons' HalL

      Armlet . —On Monday , tha 13 th of March , Mr . Ross , of Manchester , gave an interesting lecture on the fallacies of the Corn Law humbug , and the benefits arising from the People's Chatter , which was listened to with great attention , and gave great satisfaction . SHEFFIELD . —THE CHARTIST TRIUMPH— Such mast be tbe reading of the late " Chartist Trial" for tbe future , for triumph , and a glorious triumph tco , that trial ha » proved . On Monday evening a crowded meating was held in the Fig-tree-lane Room , to hear from Mr . Harney an address on his return from Lancaster . Mr . Briggs was called to the chair . Mr . Harney delivered a lengthy address descriptive of the late trial , in the course of which he highly lauded the condoot of Mr . Baron Rolfe , at the same time paying a jast fcribato

      of admiration to Mr . O'Connor for nia unmatchsble services , and to all the rest of his brother defendants for their unflinching patriotism . Mr . Hatney concluded by moving the adoption of the following resolution : — " That tbi « meeting , while upon a former occasion n strongly condemned Lord Abinger for his partzin and disgraceful conduct at the Liverpool and Chester Special Commissious , deem it their duty to express their admiration of the impartial and just conduct of Bard Rolfe at the late trial at Lancaster , and this meetfng expresses its hope tbat the noble example sut by tbat Judge will be imitated by all who occupy the judicial bench . " Mr . Patkes seconded the resolution , which was unanimously agreed to . Mr . Harney moveJ , seeonded by Mr . Parkes , the feUowing resolution , which was also unanimously earned '• — and

      " That the thanks of this meeting are due , »» hereby given , to Faargus O'Connor , E ?< J ., for his splendid defence of the principles of Cnanism and hie unequalled labours in behalf of his brother defendants during the late trial ; at the same time , tai » meeting expresses its thanks to W . P . Roberta , Esq ., for bisw > wearied exertions in behalf of out persecuted bretiuW . Mr . Roy ton considered that there were other person * Who deserved ths thanks of tho meeting , and nonamora so than Mr . Harney and Mr . Parkes , whobad nowy done their doty and manfully defended the principles of the Charter : he therefore moved , That tbe tto" ** of this meeting be given to Mr . Julian Harney and Mr . Samoel Parkea for their honest , patriotw , 4 * ° ft *??* rageous conduct as defendants in tbe late trial *«> resolution waa unanimously adopted . Thanks wew then votM to the chairman , and the meeting

      dissolfeo-ABERDEEN—On Monday evening week , Mr . John Frazer lectured in the Hall , 38 , tie orge-streeu subject , " Industry the only true source . ot naaow prosperity and happiness ; and on Monday last , "J ; Henery lectured on the " Progress of Democracy , both lecturers acquitted themselves highly to uw satisfaction of the audience , and it is but . barejastice to say , that , each of them , displayed a < kfP ne l of thought and research , very seldom to be me * with . ? —

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      KNAHESSOROUGH .-A public meeting was held on the 15 th instant , to adopt a pe" * ^ to Parliament on machinery , something similw . w the one sent from LeedB . We hope this quesjwa will become general throughout all the . msaiowft taxing dibtricts , where the hand-loom weavers Baye suffered so much from its effects . The petition «« be presented to the House by Mr . Ferrand , « m *»* Duncombe will be requested to support the P- ^ HIF of the same . A vote of thanks was giten to mr . Duncombe for his sterling advocacy in-the Tf 0 ? ^ cause , and likewise for bringing the conduct oi Lord Abinger before the public . Mr . M aisnaJiJ letter on the subj * ct of the allotment system was read , and the subject will be taken up among , "w middle and working classes at no distant penoa , » we intend to have a public meeting , and get ^ P memorial to the heads of tho town and the lana owners in particular .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , MARCH 18 , 1843 .

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      OnSaturdayiOOrningjMr . Joseph Moonej , printer , liongwood Boose , sear Buddersfield , On Monday , the 12 th inst ., aged 65 , at Hart ' s Terrace , in she suburbs of York , George Wood , 'Esq ., of Manchester , * nd vf . the ] Pavilion , Scarborough .

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      James Sinclair . —Yes . Wm . Cuttle . — Sevenpenca each . Siueon — The first parcel was sent before the letter arrived . : Robert Waring . —On the 19 th of April and about every six weeks ; but the time varies a little .

      The Strike.

      THE STRIKE .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 18, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1204/page/4/