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    • THE TIMES MUCK AT [MR. O'CONNOR.
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      Sobeet Gnx , Bkehw-sibeei , York , < ksir « . afl jhosc persons who had copies of the hymns . printed for ihe benefit * f Bdbennfs widow , omuls , to « s ' count for than with 7 am , as he wants to close the $ udness , * md * eUZe wiih ihe Sheffield Chartists . gzixXJSM XT SiEOKD is repprted , by & Correspondent , iobe father gweieeni , which he , attributes partly to the scant of a Lecturer , and partly io the increased . poverlyofJhe people . The fewiherg who remain stillbanded ' togethermeet regularly , and taS be happy to rixxtoelhe aid of att who desire to suikar country regenerated and their ownctmdi Soniettered . _ Hecry HiBBBi Stafford . —II ts true that Mr . Morris sen ! a teller here , bearing the dalehe

      menferns , ceniamlng a posl-office orderfor 4 & ^ teith i » - slrucfans to app ly ** to the reRef of Mrs . Ei&s The reason vky&e is . has not been acknowledged is this ; Mr- ffarrirmadejhe order payable io 3 fr . 0 'Connor , at the Leeds Tiki-office . Now notice has heengiven . Hoes lri&out «« ura 5 er , 3 hat in , money vwiett for this iffice-mttst be made payable either to jUr . JoshvaMobson or Mr . -John ArtKB ; and nos tp JIr . O'GonnoR It is a nde vnih the Tost-cffice » b £ io pay orders io second parties , unless they bear 4 hs signature of those in whose favour they are araum . In this case the order has lain in our desk awaiting Mr . O'Connor ' s visit io Leeds io get his signature : Jbr that ^ signature is needed before tee ^ eaneeenpreseat it io ascertainthat it is properly advised . Far the delay , therefore * in the noticing

      t > $ the amount , Mr * Hams has himself to blame Had he not departed frem our rules , so often laid down , and had he not , in spite pfMr . ' &Connot ' s repeated rrquest ^ inade his -order -payable to that gentleman , the amount "would have been acknovh ledpeAihe week pie letter came io hand ; for the srder would have been presented in due course , and if cashed , the amount duty entered . With respect to the other- mailer , tee are very glad that Mr . O'Connor has acted ia the manner Mr . Harris states . Thetletterin question vie saw ; for we for warded it id Mr . O'Connor . Mr . Harris must know ihal it contained matter deeplg affecting Mr . I * eplow a and which he might io have been made acquaintedwith b $ 'Mr . Harris himself . In sending Mr . JPep ? 6 w ~* i- copy - < f 1 he letter therefore , zee think Mr . O'Connor dieted as became a man i and

      if every one-who receives a letter containing statements to the prejudice or -disparagement of another were io act as Mr O'Connor has done , —make the accused parly acquainted icith what is said against him , xsn TTHCTSiTS » , tee should Jurce much less cahaiaAaivm . and ** denuneiatiori" in the ranks ihan tee have had . Letter uniting has been one main mode adopted , by-means of which to destroy ihe characters of those -mho have become obnoxious or vnfiiUd for theipurposes'ofthe designing : and many aman has been made an unsuspecting vicia » to the stealthily treacherous . The Xtnly cure for itisj ** lohaveno secrets " ' . Act as Mr . G'Honnor has done : furnish the accused party with a copy of the letter icriilenr and more care will be taken as

      io izhalisxaid in letters . These observations are general , and -Ttrrespectipe of . the letter sent to Mr . O ' Connor by Mr . Harris . Into the merits * f thai epistle ice do not enterafurtherthanJosaythatMr O'Connor acted TJghthf in sending Mr . Peplcw a topyofU . ' l ^* Since the above was in type we have received a letter from Mr . PeplotB himself , in relation io ' this busmess . in which he returns thanks for the copy of ihe letter sp sent . He-, also wishes us to state distinctly that he must decline receixnng M compensa&on ^ Jbr his services duringthe Stafford Special CoTiaaisswn . He does this , not because , he thinks he is not entitled to its but from other wao&oes tchach teul he tcsU -understood and

      appreciated . SAMUEL HtXDSOX , UaXHSBTTRY , "WILTSHIRE . —We can < aeU concave vf his disappointment and chagrin at not receiving his Paper in due course . We know that it is ^ as natural for a reader of the Horthem Star to look for Ms Paper on Saturday or Sunday saorxSngs as it is for him to book ' for his breakfast : nay . in thousands &f instances , the breakfast would much sooner be dispensed with than the Paper . A miss , therefore * is pregnan t with disappointment 3 fisseswUl however , sometimes OCCUr , Spite ofaH TPecan do io -prevent zhffm . Sometimes they occur Jrom nur utter inaUElt / to ** get off" in time ; as broken -machinery puts-a "stop to our gallop most effectually . Oftentimes

      the disappointments are caused by the agents themselves . At the end of every month ^ snd quarter mag be seen in the Star Notices to Agents , respecting the balances duez for we cannot afford to send Papers to places where payments are not made-Many-o-onehashad to have their Paper late from this cause . The remedy is in their own hands . They can at any time have the Paper du ! y for toarded to their oven address by sending payment in advance * either for a week , fortsag ht ^ month , ouarier ^ or gear . "Woekibg Me ^ s litsnTunoss . —On several occa signs we have given expression to a strong desire to zee in every large town a commodious , suitable , eleganify-fttrnished public btdlding devoted to the

      espeetsl service of the wsrking class for all praise-¦ aorihg and commendable means of mental , moral , and sodal-elsvalion , _ Were such the case , it xcou' d tf itself betoken an earnest desire on ike part of the producing many to better their condition , and sag toths preachers-Tip of ** ignorance' * thai their dags of delusion and craft -were numbered . Many places hone already gotten such Institutions . The mind that has been developed by means of the several Mechanics' Institutions , Lyceums , and t ^ her % Uerary Sode&ef that have been established in some instances to instruct the working men . and in many to SJanse him , has broken from the leading-strings placed around it , and refuses to jog on in the precise to ack-chalked out by those who think

      that a trorkirtg man ' s Jcnotcledge ought io extend v so far , and no farther " . The swaddling clothes vf babyhgod have been in many instances cast aside , and THOr-GHT has determined to begin busi ness on its mm account and on Us men bottom Hence the Jar mare liberal character x >] the Lyceums how formed from the Mechanics' Institutions of iteeaty years ago . Hence the Political and Sden&fic Institutions by working men themselves ; ihemany Halls of Science ; and the numerous other means for iKental improvement and moral tuition amongst the labouring many . To the shrewd observer of ** man ' s progress 0 ^ , these " signs of the times" are but so -many indications of the growing inleUzgence amongst the masses , and omens of that

      better day tehen the seals of learning shall be ttnloBsened , and knowledge made io cover the earth as the waters cover the sea . These Institutions are excellent preparatory schools io teach the people how to "use the power they are so earnestly seeking They constitute the partners in them'pbopertyxsx , at once ? give them " a stake tn the country * ; snd ^ sojar asii goes , fits them for the elective franchise , even on its present basis . The manauenjeat of tiie Institutions will tax and try their elective and governmental powers ; for they will have to elect and select those best quahfiedfor the office of managers . "The successs therefore , thai attends these incipient and small attempts at government mil be -no mean test if their general fi'ness for a

      Mare in . general government : and therefore it behoves the members of such societies io look teell to what they have to do , and do itteelll JVo ! a single Institution ef this kind ought to flag for want of support . There are sot too man ; of them ; but far too " fete . Cherish then , those tee have Everyonesvffered tefallinlo decay is a monument of disgrace to &B working people in its locahtg : for their duly teas to havemade it subserve their inierests ^ -and advance the cause of general amcRoration . These observations , thus generall y made , are but introductory to a particular appeal ; ' and irhile ire commend the spirit and purport of them io sH Tchereoer - there is an Institution of the character indicated , we beg to caUthe serious

      attention of the Chartists and their friend * in London to the case we-now lay before them . They know that in Tarn-again-lane there is a large Hall in the hands ' of the Chartists , used as a JUtU&cdJ and Scientific place of meeting . That Institution needs aid and support . -The debts that have had to be incurred in filling up and opening the building press heavil y an the managers- The poverty ^ increased and increasing , of the working classes , have caused many who would gladly have taken shares to refrain Jrom so doing . Many of those who have subscribed for shares have not yet paid them tip and though the proceeds are enough io sadke it elear-iis icoy , -paying for reni , gas , ^ "C-, yet Unless a strong effbrl be made by Jhose trho have

      Ihe means to enable the Directors io discharge the debu < ontracled , ihey will be obliged to let it pass from fhkir hands . Will the London Chartists petaitinht Letms hope thai this , bare mentioning pf & * necessities of the case will be sufficient io shew eaekmat . hu duty , and arm him with determination enough to ful fil iL ^ HKPaoiCE 3 I EKIisa _ CoTtaponaerA from Prome ^" * o » J thstihB l&te-rails cf SSz . © "Connor to ipit tp ^ n iaTe flonea " power of good' "; that manj woo -was greatly prejudiced against tbe man and ^ jP ^ wa plM declare , after hearing him , tbey are eansbamed *>* ay Waiioa -ne ? niaaH » sonnSest «* me desiBsl they ever beaid expounded . Ha «*>» ji ttat : "tha scales are fallim fean ihs eyes © f «» ^ - -Z ~ w * m * HMVbw 4 UB IT ftl ¦ ¦ irM ¦ t ^ -ii-- i * m **^ % « w w *

      »» mifldle eTasseir , £ &ex Sib late meeting , and "W-lne jpBqpte faff BtBrteS Mi . O'Connor and Mr . * fk *^ ^ thfdr I ? **** «* ai ?* ?» good Amber of "em x ^ alrcaio theSnn Jm , mbetetbs ereniBg *» ^ pent in the mOst fczimoinoHs TmTmnpr .. The haalih « j ^ o ^ PoimOT-sjtf thBieaai of iflt- Bo ^ ertt-srere _«« a toaaed . amid * fce tjbrt enanttiSBtio applause . ~ . ° * , itisgp . J 2 j > winj > Dkicqi / isi > J . Cr ^ H ^ JBS ; 2 > eeb ^—•! Ebalisa 8 $ 3 hej 'write aboat m cenfeay a > E > 7 hearVrandiDe one , ana one which J « toala iaot ^ iBpopr-iFpm » n > 3 HBnds . Sai ifc £ ^ ° s odb T ? hiea -trs can , -mih all ims dease ^ to heip * er * eonnaaid to fee noHce of the CfcarfiK iodj , bb Cj ? aeare . Ko do ??* the -woman is in jreat dis-*~ Sx aaa so fioabt iot that itTronldiiea great r 123511 ? toTiEr « mr < l TifcB S *» ol ^^ n Winin -Yinr

      ™™ -i » the United States : M ^ 1 itat distress » na iteeuce fean thfe sxarfj of fca iroEbsad isss not oecn < n » £ ^ ceeh-3 bj B-ivotscy oKSiSilisjii : aa ] it tauy « = po ^ Huxd grounds that we ca = « v-uanetid

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      the relief of eases of individual suffering to the attention of the Chartists generally . All others , especially the one onr Derby friends detail , ste fit anl > Jeet » for private besxcolauz ; and eTery one ia justified in bring to Icfinenca it on behalf of the distressed . Appeals to public bodies , bowerer , are a different matter . In this case , the going to America was a voluntary acton the part of the husband . Misfortunes may have befallen him there , and rendered him incapable of sending for his fcmfly " ont" ; j but still that dees not entitle them to call hipon the Chartists , as Chartists , for aid , There are the ordinary means of relief open in this case as in every other ; and the extraordinary means of Chartist aid can only be invoksd for Chartist purposes sndrChartiBt ends .

      "Were ereiy one connected -with the Chartist moTement , Who may happen to be in bad circumstances , to throw themselves upon the Chartists for aid land relief , there woald be no end to it . As it is ] the draw upon the pockets is heavy enough—more than can be -well borne . But in the case we have supposed it would be dreadfnt There are many VICTIMS to Chartist advocacy ; and these call for every exertion on the part of the Chartist body . These .. have a legitimate claim upon their attention . These they are bound to support . When ihej have done justice to each one ef these , and have funds to spare , the relief of individual cases might perbaps be izrged upon them ; bat certainly not before .. ; CHE APPB 0 ACHI 5 G SIXTEENTH OF ADQDST . —The

      anniversary of the ever-to-be-execrated and still-nnatoned-for Manchester 3 Iassacre , rapidly approaches . It is to be commemorated on this occasion by a tea meeting in the Carpenters' Hall . We need not expieu & wish that that meeting should be a full one . Ever ; Chartist in Manchester will feel that it is his dnty to be present , The xurdebs committed on the 16 th of August , 1819 , yet cry aloud for atonement ; and we srast take care to let the factions see that the deeds of that day are not forsotten by the people , however convenient it may be for the / perpetrators to be silent respecting them . The time will yet came when the " cut-throaU" will be placed at the bar ef justice ; and until that day doss arrive , it is needful that the remembrance of the horrible

      hacking , in cold-Wood , of s peaceable andjun-Exmea mnlfcituae sncnld not be allowed to pass away . To observe the anniversary of the sixteenth of August 'is a religions duty incumbent oaths Manchester Chartists ; and one which tbey have hitherto religiously and faithfully performed . There is no reason to believe that they will be less active cow than on former occasions . Ths meeting Will be attended by Mr . O'Connor ; [ and the proceeds will go in aid of the completion of the Monument erected in the burial gioun&a of that faithful servant of < Jod and friend to man , the Rev . Jakes Sholefield , to the memory of one of the best and most unflinching advocates the people ever had , —the indomitable sad . unswerving Hjeskt BtJST . To complete that memorial of working-class gratitude

      lor services disinterestedly rendered , ought to be an object with every one connected with the Ufcinocratic Movement . The committee for managing this business om been again organized , and are ready to receive aid from those able and disposed to render it Subscriptions toz the above ohject will be thankfully received by Mr . Schoiefjeld , for the committee . On the anniversary of the " Peterloo Massacre " there will be ready for delivery & memenfo off the bloody transaction , in the shape at a handsome sheet , containing a spirited and faithful picture . of thB hratal attack of the dmatea yeomanry , with

      newly sharpened sabres , upon the defenceless crowd , men , women , and CH 1 LDB . ES ! and the names of the "heroes of the fighV' of tiiat day . It will { also contain a faithful representation of the Monument to the memory of the poor man's friend , Hcxi , -w ^ th a memoir of bis life and actions . It will be published for the Monument Committee ; and the proceed . 8 will go in aid of the completion of the erection . WlLLtAM Coopke , Weldos , writes to say : — ; Several weeks since a short letter of mine appeared in yonr paper respecting my arrest for & charge of sedition . 2 had a summons served on me , but did net attend to It- The sext time I went to Oundle was the

      day that the magistrates were sitting to do their work . I went in and out of the Court Boom repeatedly , expecting to be served with a warrant About three o ' clock I left the room , as most of the esses iad been disposed of , sb < 1 wm standing at a distance from the Town-hall , when a policeman came dtnrn stairs and beckoned me to him . I refused to go at his call , and told him I should wait until be showed ma his authority . Another fellow in [ blue then came down , and without a warrant , took bold of my collar , but I resisted Mm i then another rcon-Etable laid hold on me , and dragged me np ataira before their employer . 1 complained to the magistrates of their conduct , hot it availed nothing . Will you please to say if I can nave any redress by law in this instance ?

      Yts , ha can have " redress , " if h& can pay for tt Be r »^ bring szi action for false imprisonment ; and get what damages a jury will give him ; which will be prrclova innaT ^ if he tells them that he is a Chartist . . Set still , this state ot the law , or rather the lsx and non-administration of it , ought not to purchase impnnhj fur the constable who so fsr forgets himself as to uppr&hend a person on a charge ot misdemeanour only , without warrant . Policemen rfio-nld rtfi ^ ci some little on the risks the ; run , in daring to deprive a man of his personal liberty , even for a single instant , without sufficient justification or authority . An arrest , without warrant , may be made either by constable or private ptraon , whtn ; any felony is committed in tbe actual presence . A

      privata person may also arrest , upon proba » la suspicion of fsloBy ; but cannot justify breakin g open doors for that purposs . A constable may arrest on probable suspicion of felony ; and for that purpose ia jasdfied in breaking open doors , and even in killing lie felon , if he cannot otherwise be taken . Hb can also arrest for any breach of the peace committed in isia view ; and also every person ttha may reasonably bs suspected of having , or carrying , or by any ways conveying , at any tim 9 bBtweon sun-sstting and : ? unrising , goods suspectsd to ba stolen . He can also epprrbsajd all evil-disposed , suspected persons , and reputed thieves . All this he can do . without Transit . He ecu do it viritde ofidi . Bot he msst have reasonable cause for the

      exercise of his antbority in ereij instance . Against " suspected persons" be must have good reasons to suspect them of felony . He ia no % justified 12 drest en hare suspicion . He must be able to show that a feleny has been committed ; and jthat be bad grounds for suspecting the party apprehended guilty of it , or he is amenable to the law . For all other ofilncea a magistrates * warrant is ntceisary , to justify arrest by a constable . The case mentioned by : our correspjndent wes a charge of miEdemea-. our . jTbe constables seized him without warrant . For so doing HE MIGHT HATE KILLED THEM J and tbeilaW wonwJ have shielded him from the charge of murder ! Every man has , by law , a right to resist an nnlawfnl capture . The capture in this instance was unlawful

      It was without warrant Had he shot them dead on fee * pet , " justifiable homicide '' Hsust have been the ? er « iie ! - This is rnled over and over again . Nay , had the effiesrs had a warrant , and it had been tmattriillj defective , or they h& 4 exceeded their authority in esecaJing it , and been killed in tbe attempt , it would only have been manslaughter in the party resisting it Arrests , therefore , even with warrants , ought to be C 3 utionsly made ; witheui them never attempted in caies of misdemeanour only . When a coastable has a warrantf or tbe apprehension of any party , he is bound to produce it , and ; read it to ^ the jKtry accused ; and rartil he haa produced it , | the party and all others are jastafled ia resisting- tie arrest , even to the death , if it he necessary . The

      larely telling a man that yon have a warrant foij his apprehensionisnot sufficient . You must prodncsand exhibit it If xesiiitanee be offered to the reading of it , that may then be dispensed with ; but not otherwise . It behoves the police therefore , to b » some little on tbeir guara in ttiese matters ; or they may semejday " reckon -without their host . " "they may cb&npe to me-t with a customer not at all disposed to part with Ms personal liberty at tbe whim , and caprice of a policeman , without authority or warrant , and be may resist attempts to deprive him of it , even if that resistance involve the sending of a bullet throngh tke fceart ef his aaBaHant . It almost seems aa if aoxne lessen of this sort was needed toteach policemen their proper bounds . They seem to think , now-a-days , that s felne-coat and a constable ' s staff gives them a license to do as they list They may £ n& out their mistake . Most assuredly it is better

      to resist unlawful capture in the first instance , than submit to aggression open personal liberty , and then prosecute for i 3 snragE » afterwards : for e / en should yon succeed in getting a verdict in ; jour favour , policemen are nobody ; have nothing ; arepnly | tbe officouringj of * he kennels of bad society j and therefore you have no chance of redress . It didjaot tohj to be so , when rau > ESMEN were required to fce constables . If such an one exceeded his authority he bad wbere-with to answer for fcia offence . Not eo j » w Miserable dependants on eighteen abillings a week are entrusted with the lives and properties of the people . Tne only safe course therefore ; if , for the people to protect themselves against wilful ajKresaiiKJs upon their personal liberties . Had Mr . Cooper resisted the arrest in the first Instance , ! he TronldJK . t ^ ow BavB had to ask , - can I fcave any redress , by law , foribe cntrage committed npon

      me \ Mobb Pabsos doibgs . —The devil must surely have eastiiis club over some of the Parsons . It ia alrnort impossible to acconnt for their acing * on any other supposition . They seem devoted to destrnotion ; and doomsd tobrW li » at desbrocdon on tbemsslves : by ibex own conduct Instead ^) I actog . aa aootiJen of OiB general fliBContent , and as allayen of the irritated feelings against Cftmthism , in general , _ , tbey seem asif disposed to provoke ill-natured observaaon earJh

      and justify complaint and dislike . What oncould have induced the Parson oT Bipppuden to have acted 5 n the manner hereafter tol « s described , had-be at all vslnea Ihe good opinion of those for whose special benefit and edification he is * llpw « d Ssueh a good living tor eo HtUe work ? Wonld he have set thsr umgneBa-waggiBg and tbtir thonghts a-broodi » g _ o « r the use of Mb calling , and the ncC 3 Esityj of EstablisttntEts , had heonly possessed coBissen iriend-» ir . p te bis owb order , and had respect for the system that " finds him in cake" ? It ifi imposEihle . Tub

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      devil has marked the' main of the Parsons for his own : and causes tbeuYto . act so as to put the world out of love with them and their teachings , Bui to particularise . On Thuraday , August 3 rd , & corpse was taken from Dyson Lane to Ripponden Church , to be interred ; a distance of a mile-and-a-half . Notice bad been twice given ' ftb the Parson of the funeral ; and in addition the Registrar ' s certificate was also served upon him . Notwithstanding this , when tbe cortege arrived at the Cuuich , ( to which they had wended their way through torrents of rain , and were as thoroughly wetted ' as If they hadheen " trailed " through a river ) , there was no Parson to receive them , or to do duty for his pay . This was the more inexcusable , for the- hour , six o ' clock , had been

      appointed by "ms Reverence" himself as the most convenient time for funerals . The " mourners " waited , and waited , until all hope of his appearance that evening , in a state fit for " uty * was at an end . They , therefore , left'the corpse in the church nninterred . On reaching home , the brother of the deceased , reflecting on the circumstances , and stung to the quick at the slight put upon the Mends of the dead man by the Parson , —for he well knew that had it been a factory loidi or a factory lord ' s daughter , that had required interring , the parson would not have been absent :- reflecting on all this , he determined to have the corpse interred that night . For that end ho went again to Ripponden , procured a preacher belonging toithe Methodist body , and , with a solicitor , went to the church and demanded that

      the doors should be opened . This was done ; and tire burial service was read by the Methodist preacher , and the corpse committed to the ground at ten o ' clock at night . We doubt not bat that it will rest as contentedly as it would have done had the regular Parson been at bis post , and regularly performed bis own duty . It is not the effect that these things have npon the dead that the Persons should look to , but their effecta npon the living . They may depend upon it that so soon as folks generally get an idea that Parsons are ef no use , they will apply the property now appertaining toiParsonships to a far different purpose . And such i treatment and conduct as the parsons are greatly too much in the habit of exhibit * ing tends to spread : tbe idea of useleaenesa most rapidly . Nay , some felks talk of parsons as a positive eviL f

      A Xovbr of Libebtt , in a letter bearing the Deptford post mark , asks : " Can I make over all my property to my wife ? ' Yes , if it he yours : Le . if you be solvent . You : can in that case " settle' * all you possess upon her in her own right . " How am I to proceed ? " Go to a solicitor , and execute the deed . "If we were parted , can the creditors come on her premises for . the debts contracted by me ?" Yes ; if tbe debts were owing at the time the " settlement" were made , and you had not other means to satisfy them . This tbe creditors could do , and justly , too ; for it would not be right , as long as we have a law of debtor and creditor at all , that a man sbonld be at liberty to dispose of his estate by settlement either npen his wife or any one else , and cheat

      his creditors out of what belongs to them and not to him . If I am in lodgings near my wife , will the law permit her to annoy me , providing I allow her a maintenance , and give up my home to her , with a little business . " Certainly not . If she does annoy under such circumstances , he has only to take her before a magistrate , who will hold her to bail to keep the peace ; and in default of her finding bail , commit her to prison . Id conclusion out querist furnishes the information : "If I live with her my life is at stake ; for the green-eyed monster has paid her a visit" Poor fellow ; and poor wife J Both'are to be pitied , if this visitation be without cause . Our " advice" ia , to do that -which is beat calculated to ensure the greatest comfort , tinder the circumstances , to both parties .

      Momstbous Inconsistency J i—A Number of the OLDHAM AUTI-MOKPOLISTg WEIGHED IN THE Balance , and Fqond Wanting . —Under the above heading , we have received a communication from Oldham , detailing conduct on the part of some loud-professing "liberals , " which will tinge the cheek of every honest man in that town , —let his opinions in politics be whai they may ; whether he he Tory , Whig . Radical , i r Chartiat , —with shame that public offices should be filled with spirits so grovellingly mean and dastardly as to let petty malignant individual spite interfere to thwart and pervert public duty . And . or Oldham , tool Oldham , that returned ; William Cobbeti !! Oldham that claims to have' the most ultra constituency in

      the Kingdom ! Oidham ; Oldham of all places In the world , dosing tbe doors of her public Hall against a known and enthusiastic advocate and enforcer of the principles that distinguished WILLIAM Cobbett , and commended him to tbe attention and snppoit of the ; Oldham electors ; and closing those doors , too , because of a difference of opinion on one point ; the present Repeal of the Coat Laws ; a point on which the Excluded holds opinions precisely in common with those of Mr . COBBETT ! I Well may onr correspondent exclaim " monstrous inconsistency 1 " They " place one man in Parliament ( and for so doing they axe entitled to receive the warmest gratitude of tbe working classes ) to advocate equitable adjustment not only of tbe debt ,

      bnt of ail private contracts , before the Com-Laws ' were Repealed ; and they closo the doors of their public Hall against a man who is now the only ¦ ' active public as-ertor of the same principle , when i his friends apply for It , to enable him , without fea or ' pay or reward , to stand on Oldham ground and testify to tbe worth of the man and the eonndness of the principles which "WILLIAM GBBBETT so long , so arduously , so zealously , and amid such almost over-1 whelming difficulties asserted and maintained . O ! ' the blighting curse or envy and jealousy 1 How it | can blind men ' s eyes and steel men ' s hearts 1 The poor victims to prejudice in this instance did not see that the blow they aimed at another , could only reach themselves l and a blow to them it is ! They

      will never recover from it ! They may make all tbe pretences in the world to admiration of William CobBETT and his principles ; but all the asseveration in the world cannot . induce any man to think that they know what CObeett ' 8 principles were ; or , knowing , care one single pin about thorn . Here is tbe damning record of their " monBtrous inconsistency . " It will meet their eyeB oftener than they ¦ will like . Every honest man , as we said at first , will take shame to himself for their i ll iberal EXCLUSIVE conduct ; and they shall be made to feel shame themselves before they have done with the matter : — Having invited that indefatigable and most disinterested patriot , and . dauntless and xnosfc powerful advocate of the rights of the oppreBBeil

      millions , Mr . FearguB O'Connor , to deliver a lecture , in this town , on the 16 th instant , application waa made lor tbe large roam of the Town Hall , it being tbB most convenient place this town affords ; bat trill it be believed that the committee consisting of a majority of professing " -Liberals , " twice decided that the people of Oldham , whom the " Liaerals " have so heavily faxed to build tho hall , should not have it let to them on any acconnt whatever , if Mr , O'Connor was to be present This derision was appealed against , ar . d the case was brought lrtf vre " a Obmmittee of the whole house . " Tbe most iTorehipfnl . ; one of the chief constables , a notorious Com Law Repealer , and quondam Radical Beformer , was in tbelcbair . There was present also a majority of profesdug Liberals . Motion made , —

      •¦ That the large room of the Town Hall , upon proper security , ha let to ; Mr . Feargua O'Connor , for ihe purpose cf delivering a lecture therein , on tbe 15 th instant Subject , "The best means of Governing this Country . " Question pat by the chairman ; ayes 13 , noes 13 . Chairman appealed to for casting vote ; question put " aye" or " uo ; " answer , by the Liberal , Cum Law Repealing , and quondam Radical Reforming chairman : *« No ; I should most decidedly "decline , gentlemen , to let the Hall for any such pnrpose . ^ . When ontof tbe chair , be said ¦ '• because of Feargns O'Connor ¦ that is my reason" !! There is another court of appeal from " the committee of tie whole House ;"' the court of PUBLIC OPINION . To tb . tt court appeal is now made . To it tbe condnct of the " committee" is referred . Let decision

      be pronounced 1 O'CONNBtt AND THE >• CHARTIST KIBBOSJIEN" . — Some time ago , O'Connell , hi pursuance of bis usual vocation of vilifying and calumniating the Chartists , told his open-mouth'd bearers at the Corn Exchange a cock-and-bull story , that " two Scotch Chartists were in the North , forming Ribbon Societies '; bat that their designs had been happily frustrated by the Repealers of Belfast . " 5 It will be remembered that in the Star of July 15 th , Mr . Julian Hnrney , on the part of the English and Scotch Chartists , repelled tbe fonl accusation , designating it as " a vile he " . Tfee Chartists of Belfast determined , however , not to let tbe matter rest there , j They felt that they were , in a peculiar manner , implicated in the atrocious charge .

      If the "Repealers of ( Belfast" had "frustrated the designs * of these " Scotch jRibbon Chartists" , the world could only infer from the bald and vakeel story , that it was ol Belfast that the attempt to form Ribbon Societies had been made : and if such attempt bad been made tfterai by Chartists at all , it was a natural conclusion that the Chartists of Belfast were at all events privy to the "designs" of the " Scotch Chartists " , so happily frustrated . They therefore wisely determined to probe the matter to the bottom . With a readiness that bespeaks anything but guilty knowledge or intention , they determined to afford those making , the accusation a full opportunity to prove it , were they at all able to do so . Thinking it possible that Mr . OConnel ] b ad been imposed upon by some one or other practising on his

      credulity- ; and knowing that the " Repealers pf Belfast" had been set ! forth as the-4 ' fTustratora * of the * 'deaigB 8 " of the » ' ^ tch Ribbon Chaitists % they naturally concluded that if there were a word of truth in the story at all , the - ' Rapealera of Belfast " maslknowsomethingo fi l ; and they wisely determined to apply to the "Repealers of Belfs . st " i asking for the names , of the men ) whose " designs" had been " £ rnstrak-d » j thetims ' tcften ; tie where , and all particulars ; offering their services to aid in bringing the offending parties to justice , if there were any such . The "BslfaBt Repealers" refused to ewtertain THE SKBJSCT . Resolved not to be tans foiled , they wrote to 0 * Conuell h ; m . ° elf . Tbey brought the charge under bis roiice , as it had appe a red in the pnblio press ; they told him of tbeir having ap-

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      ffiSL * f' jkpealera of Belfast" as his probable informantBj and ttey set forta the succew oi that appKcatton : concluding With an appeal to his own censeof Justice to « iV 8 them hte Authority for the Btatementj and to aid them inprobing it to the bot-, ^ B ? 111 ? ** » a 8 written onfthe lttb of July last . O COS ^ ELt HAS KOT DAKED TO ANSWER IT I nor notice it in any way . The inference—the ?!? £ !? * ' v' from * ^ conduct fai that he knows T TP oSVli *^ l f ° ^ BBIOATION-A VILE LIE OF HIS OWN , whichM dare not attempt to faceout ! OJ how "the Chartists ; " haunt the mind of this consistent politician ! He j dreads their influence . Heiknowa that they W making both him and his policy' w $ th UNDERSTOOD by both the

      English and the Irian people ? and ; he has no means of destroying the held they are obtaining upon the public mind ; so in hia desperation he tries what WILFUL SLANDER and ATttOCIOUS LYING will B 8-complishJ The evil wUl recoil op his own head ! Who is there that will pay the leist credence to hia stones for the future , however - " -patfe" they may be ? It would be much better for bis own reputation if he would l et lying about the Ghartista alone , and answer the queries put to him byl Mr . O Higgins . It would be ! much better fer himito cease hatching liesabont "Scotch Ribbon Chartists" being " fiustrated / in their " design ? , " and jexplain wAy he sold the county Dublin to a non-Repealer for a place for hta son-in-law , Christopher Fitzsimon ; why he

      sold the county Meath to a non-Repealer for a place for his son , jMr . Mdfgau O'Connell why he sold the connty Kerry to a non-Repealer for a place for his son-in-law , Mr . Charles O'Contfell ; why he sold the county of ] Carlow to a non-Repeater , ^ on e Raphael , a Jew , and subsequently to another non . Rspeaier why he cauaed Mr . W . S . Crawford to be turned out of Dundalk . iand got a non-Repealer in his place ; or why he sold Dangar » oa for a place for his son-inlaw , French . ] It would be better tip him toejcplain these mitterB , and let the Chaitiste » a-W . If he don't , they will teaz 9 him . Mb , Cleats , Xntj the Victim Fund Committee . — - This is a moat perplexina and annovins business .

      We fear thatjit wiU eventuate in ' < bad blood . " Mr . Cleave has taken the position that he will distribute the fund of { which he is Treasurer . We wish he had mooted the objection he now raises when the Victim Fund Committee was firstproposed . Then perhaps , the ) present difficulty might have been avowed . He did not do so . In his first letter sent here , andprinted'ia the Chartist [ Circular , there is not & breath of a hint even against the proposal , though it was made in the very first Instance . The suggestion waa thrown out ; the cpuntry approved of it ; and the Manchester Chattists , in obedience ; to a general call , elected a Committee . Then , and for the first time , did we hear of Mr . Ctoave ' s objection . The Committee was appointed in Manchester on the evening of

      July 31 st , after the proposal bad been before the country some ten days , arid approved of ; and Mr . Cleavo's letter of objection was written on the 1 st of August . ( We are truly sorry this point has arisen . It ia calculated to place us in a very sorry position ! before the public It looks as if we were at baby-play . There is the fact before our eyes that wives . of Victims are being pined to death , for want of tho commonest necessaries of life ; that- one baa been starved out of existence already : there is the other fact before ua , too , that a sum of money has been subscribed for their relief ; and we are likely to have a pretty quarrel as to who shall administer it I Is not this trifling ? Does it

      mean who conveys ' the meana to save tbe starving from the jaws of death , so that , they be but conveyed ? There ia an ( old adage that "between two stools you may com ^ to tbe ground . " Mind it ia not verified in this instance ! It will be of infinitely more consequence , ] both to the Victims ! and the Chartist body generally , should the relief be not administered at all , than if it * be administered either by the Committee or Mr . Cleave . The Manchester Committee , in accordance With the proposal made before their appointment , and very generally approved of by the Country , made application to Mr . Cleave for the monies he had in hand undiabursod . j In relation to that application we have received the following correspondence : —

      Manchester Fictim Fund Committee . Sir , —Pleaae to insert Mr . Cleave ' s reply and the following , in text week's Star . ; Bf order of the Committee , Wh , Tai " low , Seoretury . London , Aug . 3 , 1843 . Sir , —In answer to your letter , as Secretary of the Carpenter ' s Hall Locality , requesting me to give up the funds now in my hands aa the Treasurer of the " Victim Fund , " I beg to decline doing bo , and to refer you toj the Chartist Circular and to the Northern Star ol this day , for my xe&aona in ; full . ; Yours respectfully , JokN Cleave .

      This settles the matter with us respecting the funds Mr . Cleave has in hand . We hope our Chartist brethren will take it into their serious consideration . Applications have been made for relief , and each case la being investigated . By order of the Committee , Wm . Taiiow . Now what is to bo done ? Are each party to stand staring at each other , and there the matter end ? Surely not 1 - There was at this office , as before announced , some £ 6 148 2 d , money : subscribed for the victims . That sum the Manchester Committee applied for ;; and that sum was sent to them . All other monies sent here on the Victim Fund account shall be transmitted to the Committee .

      THE VICTIMS ; AND the victim fund—Again must we remind atl Chartists of the pressing and argent claims of the Victims to their immediate attention . The turning of the eye of investigation into this quarter has revealed an amount of suffering and destitution horrible to contemplate ! Relief is immediately needed ! Let it be immediately applied J } We have before had to tax the whole Chartist body with gross , neglect ; ourselves amongst tbe number . That neglect has been attended with most melancholy consequences ! Death has followed ! What a disgrace upon us all ! And what an eternal disgrace if we do not now " every mau to work" to

      re 8 cuethe scores of others now pining away , and who will shortly ; unless the hand of succour and com-. passion bo raised , have to join the Du KEN FIELD MARTVR in the grave 1 Let every Chartist take shame to himself , as he roads the following : —i - DZZ 2 D on the 22 nd of July , Marian , the wife of James Heague , of Diikenfleld , who for bis sterling adherence to the people ; and their rights , during the strike ic August last , Jwas tried at the Special Commission at Chester , last ( October ; and sentenced ia twelve months impri&onmenti in Knuls / ord House of Correction . He had then a wife , and five children : the oldest cfcild being thirteen years of age , and ' the younger two years . The Ionly support Marian Heague had

      FOR THELAST TEN MONTHS WAS FOUR SHILLINGS PER WEEK 1 FR 0 M THE PARISH I AT LENGTH TROUBLE . ( TOIL . AND WANT OF THE NECESSARIES ! OP LIFE , TERMINATED HER M 1 SERABLE EXISTENGE ! 1 There are now fire little children left , fatherless and motherless Victims to tbe absurd : system under which we have to live . Four shillings clweek for six human beings to live upon ! Are we in hell , or are we in England ? ! Four shillings a-w « ek : tot Six ! and from ; the parish , too ! That woman was murdered 11 Thai woman ' s life has been sacrificed to the infernal jobbing system , which screw ; the wealth out of the hands of the producer , and places it in tbe power of the tnx-eator and manufacturing monopolist ! Four shillings a-weefe :

      no wonder V Diath terminated her miserable existence . " O What a horrible state of things ! Come weal , come woe , they must be mended , or ended I Is there a heart that doea not melt at the recital of the cttrocity narrated above ? Chartists I look at tbe picture ? A mother , and the five fatherless children made fatherless by the cruelties of that system which has driven aZ / ito the veTge of aui ^ . lingering out a living death on four shillings a-week ( How many more such are the at the present moment ? Is not help seeded f Ought there to be a hand unstirred ? Coiae , every shoulder to the wheel ! The whole features of this horrible picture have not yet beenseenJ , Read what follows : — It was considered proper by the few Chartists at

      Dufcenfleid , who exerted themselves to have the poor victim tooppreesion decently interred , to inform the imprisoned husband and father of the death of his wife . A messenger was dispatched to Knutsford with tbe melancholy tidings . When the Bad news reached the ears of the incarcerated victim , REASON FLED 0 Hb went mad ; and is not yet recovered from the effecta of the severe and afflicting blow I } Need another word be said ?! Is there not enough to move every soul to instant action ? Are not the tears of the homeless orphans to be dried with Chartist aid ? Was , It-not time Hotle and Williams cried out ? Were they not justified in taxing us with partiality in giving aid to some , and leaving others to die of want ? 5 1

      There are are many more in the condition of this bap * iesB family , lu the very town , Dukenfleld , where this itA » TYit has died , there is another family in a most destitute ! condition I There \ is the wife of Willfam WLtf ' i , with five children also ! They have not hitherto Been cored for ! Relief has not been ' offered . She I ia following Marian ! Hague to the tomb ! Chartists I step in , apd arrest the march of rieathr ; j . " ¦) ' : THE POOR Law ; at WARHiN 6 T 0 K .-T ^ After we bad gone to press last week , wa received from the clerk of the Warrlngton Union a communication . as to certain proceedings before the Board of Guardians , relative to ill-treatment in the Warrlngton wpri :-house , madeiby diflwreut conespondents in our paper . ' That communication we now give : — Sib— -I beg to annex copy , minute , and resolution of the Guardians ; of the Worrington Union at their meeting yesterday . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , W . WH . WAGSTAtF . Warrington , 3 rd August , 1843 .

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      The numbers of tha iVor /^ trn 5 "tor published on the 8 th , I 5 ih , and 22 nd July , containing paragraphs reflecting upon the administration of ! the Poor Law in Warrington , were read and considered . The Clerk produced a copy of a Ittter addressed by him to the Editor of the Northern Star \ on the 27 th of July , and a copy of the Paper published on the 29 th of July , referring to the letter received from tbe Clerk . Several witnesses resident in : the Warrington Workhouse were called before the Board and examined , from which it appeared that all the charges were unfounded .

      Resolved unanimously—That this Board refuses to notice any anonymous accueation , but is ready and willing to enter into a full and complete investigation of the matter , provided any person will come forward prepared to substantiate the charges contained is the number of the Northern Star published on tbe 15 th and 22 nd July last j That a copy ef the above resolution be sent by the Clerk to the Editor of the Northern Star . Now , then , reader , what think you of the conclusion ? There have been certain ] charges made ; those charges have attracted the notice of the clerk to the Union ; he wrote , on his ovjpn authority , to say that they are wholly without foundation , and promised to lay the matter before the 4 Board . " At the Board

      meeting he fulflled his promise . The Northern Stars containing tbe paragraphs j in question were read ; several witnesses were ^ called before the Board , and EXAMINED ; a DECISION was given that " all ' the charges were un / qundedl ; " and yet the "Board * refused unanimously to NOTICE any anonymous accusation I ! I If this be not a wise " resolve " pray say what would be f ' Tbe accusations which the Board " refused to NOTICE , " but respecting [ which they called and examined witnesses , and pronounced the decision that all were «¦ unfounded" were as follows : —That the Guardians farmed a portion of the poor to the master of the workhouse , to be by him kept fo * one-and-threcpence per head per week . ' - This ia declared by the

      Board to be ?• unfounded , " although they "refuse to NOTICE it" It waB alleged that the food the poor inmates were kept on was feo thin , that natare was unable to perform her functions , and retain the Water in the system ; and that consequently tha poor creatures wetted tbeiir beds . This is decided to be " nnfounded , ' though the Board " refuse to notice it" It was also alleged that for this bed-wetting FEMALES WERE FLOGGED . This is " unfounded ; " pronounced j bo by a Board that also proclaims its " refusal to notice if It was also nlledged that on the very day the master of "the house" died , he had FLOGGED FEMALES with his own hands . This , too . ia ' unfounded ; ' decided to be ' so , after investigation , tho' the parties

      instituting aud conducting that investigation say that they refuse to notice the charge . Another allegation was that an old man , named ] Hill , drowned himself in the Sankey Canal , becaasa ha was refused admittance into the workhouse . But this , too , is " unfounded ; *' according to the judgment , after examination , of those who " refuge to notice ib" I Well ; they may be " unfounded ! " We do not say that they are not . God forbid that we should contradict a Board of Guardians ! Of course the ^ speak truth ; though we should have liked the matter better had there not been Buch a glaring contradiction on the face of their own report . i The fact is , the Board have not only " noticed" the accusations , but they have ! examined witnessesand

      , pronounced a decision . Tkey decide that the charges are " unfounded . " And yet they are the parties accused ! ! What should we thins : of a Jack Sheppard , when aecased ofl burglary , taking it into his head to call before him several witnesses , and , after examining them , declare the result to be that the " charge ia unfounded ' ? Would we « - ' let him off " on auch a depftion ? If we did , we should have very few convictions t The thief always proclaims his own innocence ; and hia protestations are generally the loudest when his guilt is the greatest . The Board are , however , " wi lling to enter into a full and complete investigation into the matter , provided any perton will come forward prepared to substantiate the charges made " . W suppose It ¦ will do if •¦

      they come prepared to liy to sabsiauMate " . That would satisfy most folks . J But before whom is the investigation to be had ? Who are to be the judges ? The Board of Guardians ? ' Why they are tbe accused I Is Dick Turpin to be placed on the Bench to try his own case ? There will be little chance of tho witnesses being believed , whatever may be the nature of their testimony , ! if such a procedure be adopted . j An " investigation" ought to ] be had : but it ought to be an investigation in which the public can have some confidence . Will the Guardians agree to name ene gentleman , unconnected with the administration of the New Poor Law , and "Washington" and the Chartist Council to appoint another ; by whom the " investigation" can be made ? Will they afford these two gentlemen , bo appointed , free access to the inmates of tha workhouse ! to be by them examined

      in the absence of the workhouse officials ; and will they enter into an undertaking to do their utmost to prooure the discharge of an ' y eiBciai who should visit the sin of telling the truth ! with punishment in any way upon the poor ? Wilf they agree to an " investigation" of this sort , so j conducted ; and agree to publish the evidence 1 If they will , we sballtay that it is the duty of those who have made the accusations to try to prove them ; But if the "investigation" ia to be before , and by , tae " Board "; if t&e accusera , and not the accused , are to be put on their trial ; if the witnesses are to be in the power of the judges , where they may be tampered with , coerced , and intimidated ; if the parties whose conduct is impugned are to have the whip of short meals and solitary confinement hung ( over the heads of the witnesses while they are giving " evidence "; if the ' investigation" is to be one of this sort , the less we have of it the better .

      FATE OF ZEPHANIAH WILLIAMS -A paragraph is at the present " going tb ! e round" of the English press , to the effect that poqr Williams , the victim along with Frost and Jones , to spyism and trea * ehery , has been bo maddened by the horrible treatment to which be has been subjected in the " Hell" to which he had been consigned , aa to commit murder to prooure a release from his own wrongs and jinflictions . Of the truth of this statement we have no means of judging , other than afforded by tbe paragraph itself . His disconsolate Wife haa written to us , to ask for onr "opinion and advice . " We hardly know what to eay : but would recommend an application to the Colonial Secretary of State , ( to ascertain whether the

      report be correct or not . He ia able to famish that information , and would surety do so , to an application from Mrs . Williams , under such circumstance- The following ic the paragraph in question : — Murder at Port Arthur !— We alluded last week to auspicious attached to jthe man Williams . The Jury on the inquest returned a verdict of " Murdered by some person or persons unknown ; " but Williams has since made a voluntary confession to the chief constable , Mr . Newman . ] Hq stated that he was quite tired of his life , aud had determined , on the morning that he absconded , to murder the first man he met . He came upon Harkneas , and

      wished him to let him kill a kid . The old man refused ; and shortly afterwards Williams struck him over the left eye with ( the handle of a pickaxe ; he fell from the effect of ! the blow , which Williama repeated until he | considered him dead , Williams conducted Mr . Newman to the spot where he had concealed the pickaxe handle , which was found accordingly . He will ! no doubt be fully committed for trial , and sent to this place . —Launceston Courier . [ A letter received ! In Swansea , from Port Philip , dated in March last ; says , " Zapfaanfah Williams , tbe Newport Cbartiatv for killing an old man , has been hauged . ]—Cambrian .

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      Notice—By a typographical ! error in our Notices to Correspondents of last week , tbe sum of Is . 6 d . was stated as having been received from London for Mrs . Richards , and inserted on the 8 th of July as for the Defence 3 ? tmd -. it o-Qsht to have been 11 s . 6 d . DERBY Chartists . —We are } requested to atate that all communications for the Chartists of Derby must in future be addressed Mr . John Mosa , boot and shoamafeer , Park-street , Castle Fields , Dsrhy .

      The Times Muck At [Mr. O'Connor.

      THE TIMES MUCK AT [ MR . O'CONNOR .

      In the Morning Vnrontcle ; of Wednesday , the following appeared as an advertisement : — " The partiea cosneeted mth ihe If : times' * newspapcj havipg ttost indastrionsly ejjjaeavoUrad to mix my name up in several ehapea bad ; forms wii-h the * Rebeccaite distutbaaces In WaleB , and knowing the deadly hatred of the said patties towardarae in consequence of my opposition to Walter , the printer of that journal , as well as to his f ~ n , in their attem . pt to achieve the represftUa'iou o ) i . N ' ottinsham—aware Of its profligacy , aud of tbe knftthB to which tfcr

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      said parties would go to gratify their personal feelings of animo 3 ity—I take the present opportunity not only of disclaiming any connection with the Rebecoaitos , but of repeating my previooslypablisbM cantion to the working-classes of Wales to abstain from , any connexion whatever with the Rebeccait ^ s j and further , to Btate that I have received two letters from Merthyr Tydvil , assuring me that it is the uuanimoaa determination of the working-classes of that district not to take any part in the- Rebecca proceedings ; not to attend private meetings , or in any way to countenance secret associations ; and farthermore ^ that during my stay at Bath a deputation frost tho hi art of the disturbed districts waited npon tae .

      aad assured me that the working people of that locality had come to a similar resolution . I bid promised to visit Wales during the present snmmc-r ; and nofcvrithg ' andin ^ that I publicly announced the existence of tha Rebecca riots as my reason for cot fb . lfi . Uing thatprom ' se , and althou gh I addressed tho peopla of the Tower Hamlets on Tuesday , Aogi 1 st , and although I spoke at the Rotunds , on tae following night , yet have the maaagers of the Times the insolence to announce , in a leading article of that p ^ per on Friday last , the wilful falsehood that I was then hovering about the distuibed districts , in the hops of taking advantage of tbe present disturbances ; and I further find the following p . S . to the letter of the Times correspondent in Wales , in this morning ' s

      paper : — " P . S . With reference to the Rebecca meeting last night , I should have mentioned that one of Feargua O'Connor ' s representatives , from the Northern Star t attended . He appeared Badly frightened , for the farmers would have nothiDg to do with him . They , however , ' allowed him to be present . " There can be no doubt that those timely iibsfa are published for the purpose of having their due weight with the special jury of Surrey gentlemen who are to try an action for libel brought by mo against the printer of the " Times" and for which trial Thursday next has been appointed . However , lest any person may have presumed to represent himself as having authority from me , in the capacity of reporter or correspondent , spy , or informer , to attend such

      meetings , I beg leave to announce , in the most unequivocal language , that no parson has received any such authority from ma ; that I have neither reporter , correspondent , or spy in the Rebecca camp ; nor have I any , the slightest , intention of taking any further part in the present disturbances , than that of using all my power and all my influence to prevent the labouring classes from having any hand , act , or part in the Rebeccaita proceedings . As it is too expensive to advertise my refutation of tho Tiffin slander ia all the daily newspapers , I have to request , as sn a ^ t of common juatice , tha' other journals will allow this advertisement a place in their columns . FfiAEous O'Connor . Hammersmith , Aug . 8 , 1843 .

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      SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAVE . FOR VICTIMS . Trowbndge 0 10 0 g . f ... 0 1 6 St . Pancras ... ... 0 10 0 E- B . ... 0 0 6 FOR DEFENCE FOND . Trowbridgg 0 iO 0 Oldham ... ... ... n 12 0

      FOR M ' DOUALL , Oldham ... ... ... 0 4 0 Proceeds ( in part ) of Conceit , &c , at City Political Institute ... „ .. , ... 3 0 0 - Marylebone ... : ... 0 13 4 . porwm . j oura . Proceeds of harmomomeeting , : Feathers , Warren-street , St . ' Panoraa ... ... 0 16 0 , FOR -WILIIE (< m KOTTRAM . ) Proo ^ eds of harmonic meeting , Feaiihers , St . Pancras ... 0 10 0

      FOB MRS . ELMS . Proceeds of raffle at Working Men ' s Hall , Mile-end-road 0 10 0 Mr . W . Kerby ... ... 0 2 6 ¦ Mr . T . Andrews , Dudley ... 0 2 6 Africa ... ... - 0 0 6 Collecte . l by Mr . Duffell , Teuton ... 2 10 0

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      FOR THE GENERAL DEFENCE FUND . £ 8 . d . From John Freheby , of Scregg 0 0 6 „ the Swan , New Joto-Btrcet , Birmingham ... I 0 6 0 FOR THE GENERAL VICTIM FUND . From a few female Chartists , atjSelby „ 0 0 6 „ Malmsbury , per S . Hudson , per Simeon 0 4 0 „ T . Rodgera , BriBtol ... 1 010 „ W . Ransfoid ... ... j ... .... 0 0 2 „ the Chartists of Newport , Ide of Wight ~ ... ... ... ft 10 o ^ Lock wood , collected by D CHed&ill ... 0 5 0 „ James O'Kean , Cuckold ' s i plough , near Hudderafiold ... ... ... 0 2 0 „ John Kafftsrty , ditto , ditto ... ... 0 1 0 „ John Kelson , ditto , ditto ... ... 0 1 0 „ Chepstow Friends , per Wl P . W . ... 0 3 0 „ Bristol United Chartists , West-fttreet 0 10 o ^ Ditto Young Men ' s Chattbt Association ... | ... ... 0 5 0

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      Mb . Kidd , Ddndee . —Received . The 53 . noticed in last for I > efence Fund , from Daw Green , per D . GledhUl , should have been for Victim Fund . j GOodfellow , LiVEBPOOi .. —Certainly not .

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      MORE OF " B&BSCOa . " Our most excellent friend has sent us another communication , for which we return him oar sincere acknowledgements . We trust we shall continue to hear from him , in his own good quiet style , of any thing of import that may turn-up . Will he communicate to us his address , that a letter may reach his hands .

      ( Further Particulars from South Wales . ) The copper-workers on strike held meetings on Monday and Tuesday . when they unanimously agreed to stand firm . The meeting on Monday was attended by the understrapper who figured so conspicuously at the conference with the masters on Saturday last . He was speedily desired " to make himself scarce ;" when he cut off like a colley with a tin kettle to his tail . . The men are quite firm in resisting the proposed reduction , and when the injury which a sto ppage does to the works is taken into consideration , even although it is only of a short duration , those best informed on the subject are of opinion that the masters must give in . A few workmen who had not finfshed the metal on band turned out on Tuesday

      and the whole of the colliers in the locality have also joined the strike . An address in Welsh has been issued to the copper-workers by & Mr . John Jenkins , who delights in adding the initials M . A . to his cognomen . Whether this addition to be to denote that the said John Jenkins is a maffister arlium or a mama ' s ass , this deponent saith not . One thing , however , is certain he belongs to " the cloth f is secretary pro tern , to the worshipful the League ; is lecturer extraordinary to the same worthy fraternity ; and * one of those who boldly aver that working men , who of course cannot justly tack M . A . to their names , cannot possibly have a knowledge of the mysteries of politics . Consequently in the present address he is at much pains

      to instruct them ; for after expressing hi 3 sorrow at the progress of the strike , he gives them advice gratis to , return to their work ; telling them " that if is better to bend than to break j" that "bail a loafis better than none , " and that the masters ?—kind considerate souls—bave been keeping opea their works at a ruinous loss . Ho assures them ibat when "free trade" causes a demand for cdpperi tUe maisters fed so acutely for their sufferings , that they will again doubtless raise their wages . How triumphantly he calls on them " to strike the nail on the head J" to shew the Government where the shoe pinches" ! and to uH-ierstand as they ought to do like intelligent men , that the law which , prohibits freedom of exchange

      between country and country is the reason , why tho present reduction has taken piaoe . But the men will not so understand it . They have studied in the so ' oool of politics under abler tutors than John Jenkins , M . A . ; and although be blows his own trumpet pretty loudly , assuring them " that he has always done his best for the working classes "; yet unfortunately , they will not believe him . Ho te'ls them he is going to write no more letters ? but ho will be always happy ( like any other quack ) ts give them plentiful doses of gratuitous advice , yes they are such thankless souls as neither to feel for this the slightest portion of gratitude , nor to express the least sense oi' obligation .

      Rebbecca . —The statements which I have already communicated to you with regard to the movements of this-amiable lady , are substantially correct . I have learned in addition that the field of wheat which was cut last week , is the property of a blaoksmith , wbo was considered a little too officious . He had reported to the magistrates that on the day the Llanelly gates were destroyed , a farmer in the neighbourhood had actually been guilty of the high crime of sharpening an axe . But the misdemeanour not being prohibited by any statute " in that case made and provided , " the magistrates were compelled to dismiss the charge . But Rebecca got notice of the kind intentions of tbe blaoksmith , and having made enquiry into his personal transactions , ascertained

      that that this field had by htm been onclosed from a neighbouring common , without any due authority . She consequently assembled her daughters and issued her mandate to cut down , the grain—resoled that as he had deprived the peopla of their property , he should reap none of its fruits . She has a mortal antipathy to acts of enclosure , for another field near Llandilo had been recently inclosed , by which the people were deprived of their right of pasturage , but Rebecca restored it by quietly levelling the wall . As a specimen of the imposition practised by the toll keepers , I may mention , an occurrence which took place last week before a bench of Magistrates . Tha Lessee of the Greenhill Gate was summoned before them to answer the chargeof exacting a greater amount of toll than the law allowed ; when it came out in evidence that the poor farmers and coal-drivers were charged

      threepence per oarc , while tae carts of the magistrates were permitted to pass at ihree-halfVpehpe each . The man was fined in the penalty of £ 5 , and ordered to refund all the extras which he had previously charged . v Is is really amusing to witness the parade and pomp of the various " patrols " ofrurals , horse and foot , who nightly eaour the country ia every direction ; iry ing ia vain to get a sight of ** the ladies /* when the probability is , that were they to meet witli the parties in question they would speedily wish themstlF 33 any where else . Although the gate and posts in the immediate neighbourhood of Swansea were cut down and burnt in an adjoining limekiln , yet one of those worthies armed to the teeth , is nightly on the spot to watch the hallowed ground , lest Kibeeca should return to carry away the stamps .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 12, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1225/page/5/