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      TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . jit Behoved Fmskds , — If l was in tbe habit of exacting tribute from rto , yon might presume tbtt my anticipations would L as the tnnnil renUtf approached ; but as Upheld the payment of P ** " *"* £ -JO * S ^ ^ StS ™ c orrea mote odium fcom the POUR ^ STcver feU to thebt of the inost degraded public servant . _ . __ ,-.. . \

      In truth , if I had . auctioned * " *»* P £ Bent of an over-grown sUff of idlers , our cause Lid now bein precisely the same predicament that Mr O'Con » eIl and his unchecked drone . have broneht ibe cause of Ireland to . The proof I would offer of the patriotism of those whom jour poverty starved into opposition is this : that one and all who have abandoned ourranksbave taken refuge on some neutral ground , or in some humbug paying speculatiori . ' -without the most re . mote reference to their professed principles , or , in-•

      deed , to any principles at alL , I address yon now after a long , and not an unnecessary , nor yet infdicitoDS , political lull . I have frequently told you that ihett is a PHILOSOPHY IN IDLENESS , which none b ut those who have seen the effect of excitement kept up too long , and to an unnatural temperature , can understand . I have seen many battles lost by injudicious and ill-timed excitement . I have teen many elections lost from the same cause . Upon the i ther hand , I have seen a well-timed agitation

      do wanders . We hate now arrived at the third stage of our p olitical movement—the direction of public opinion ; and upon our onion and prudence in this stage depends our hope of success . ,. : . V For now more than fifteen months unbroken harmony has prevailed in our ranks . I date this cessation of internal hostilities from the meeting of that vise Chartist Conference held at Manchester in

      December , 1845 , and by which we paralysed the nenre of the FREE TRADE party , and cut off all hope of dissension from under O'Connell ' s feet . \ Jfheu the enemy fails to weaken , our fortress , it unfortunately happens that we not unfrequently do it for ourselves ; and I was pained to leant , from a long report of a meeting convened to receive the Report of the London delegates to the land Conference , that a childish and very unmanly course of crimination and recrimination was pursued , about Mrs . A . telling Mrs . B . that Mrs . C . was not what she ought

      to be , and Mrs . G . gave Mrs . L . s address to Mr . D ., and Mrs . J . told Mrs . L . that Mrs . M . the wife of Mr . M ., was a strumpet , and that the Directors had a spar at Birmingham about a report that appeared in a paper of the enemy ' s , and then Mrs . T . insists upon hearing from the various localities visited by Mr . M . and Mr . C , whether jn their speeches they did equa justice to the Charter and the Land , and then , why the wages of the Directors was raised . I fee ' assured that the FUSTIAN JACKETS . THE

      BLISTERED HANDS AND UNSHORN CHINS , who look for " a fair day ' s wage for a day ' s work , " through the union of their order , will look with loathing and contempt upon such old women ' s rubbish . As for my own part , I caudidly confess that Hook upon the Land movement , as compared with the Charter movement , as a mere drop of water in the ocean ; but then I have sense and discrimination enough to see and understand , that , but for the Land , the Chartist movement would be confined to a few faithful , sanguine souls , who ever rely upon the realization of right , sooner or later .

      I now see my way more clearly than ever I have done before ; I now see that all classes will henceforth dread any popular movement in this country , from the conviction that then the demand for the Land would not be confined to those only who have shown their pride , their spirit , and self-respect , by contributing to it ; but would , become an irresistible epidemic , in which the middle classes would be compelled to join ; hence , I itars the coaaoktim of knowing that I have put a ruffle to the shirt , as O'Connell used to say . I have the consolation of

      knowing , that by my own dogged perseverance in an undeviating course , upon a novel subject , that I have led to the inevitable break up of LAND MONOPOLY—the worst of all monopolies . I have the consolaiion of believing that the tyrants in power , who did not dread the promulgation of our political principles in Courts of Law , would not relish a five days ' speech from me upon the value of small farms and free labour , as compared with large farms and slave toil . Now , believe me , that this is no small check upon tyranny , and the tyrant ' s laws .

      The principal object , however , which I have in now addressing you is this , to rouse you IN TIME , IN THE NICK OF TLME , to a DETERMINED and UNALLOWED Chartist movement , with which no other QUESTION WHATEVER ; neither Land , Ten Hours' Bill , Poor Law , or famine shall be mixed up , otherwise than as collaterals of the ONE GREAT QUESTION-THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER-and the mode by which the bands of OUR OWN , OUR HONOURED , OUR GLORIOUS CHIEF may be strengthened in the next struggle . I already discover the glimmer of a fribbling com . promising policy , which is sure to be proposed , but , as far as I am concerned , I shall abide by my

      foncerrule—HE WHO IS NOT FOR US , IS AGAINST US . And politicians are very like religionists—the more meagre the difference between sects , the greater the feud , and in good truth I have always found that the nearer political professors come to our creed , the mor e hostile the ; are to our faith .

      THE CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER musvbe our watchword still , and we must not allow ourselves to be trapped here b y a bit of local preference , and there by a bit of personal recommendation . A letter was sent to me last week , nibbling for a bit of support for Mr . Cochrane in Westminster , with the intimation that , if published , ONE HUNDRED copies of the Star would be taken .

      Did you ever hear of matchless insolence equal to that ? My answer was , that if its publication insured 1000 , 000 , 000 , 000 weekly for the next fifty years it should not be published in YOUR PAPER . Just think of a nincompoop expecting to bribe me with 8 s . 4 d . ? and yet I assure you that is the very principle upon which the pre 6 S is conducted , from the "Times" to the "Kelso Chronicle ; " while it » s my glory and my boast to say , that not & line kas ever appeared in the " STAR" upon those terms . t ell you 4 circumstance that you . ought to know

      , as you should know everything connected * ith the liber ty-professing press . Shortly after the "STAR" was started , two highly respectable perloni , in appearance , came into my private room ; they appeared much afflicted , and asked me if I had received a report of an inquest upon the body of their sister ? I enquired and found that we had , they then offered me a large sum to suppress it , at this I felt rather indignant and put the report into fteSre , saying , "Doyou suppose I keep a newspaptrto traffick in your wounded feelings ? " The

      gent lemen looked gratefully surprized and told me tfc price they had paid AT OTHER SHOPS for Oppressing the report . On leaving my room they Squired where they could pay up thek subscription . or a year ' s papers . I asked them what politic ! Jey were of , they replied , " Tories V I asked them tbe T would have thought of subscribing for so ** tome a paper but for the circumstance that ^ ght them ? They said "No . " " Then , " said I , J ^ a AaU no t subscribe . I am not to be bribed JJfcJy , nor indirectly . ' They shook hands , " ? aked me , and have since beea mv FRIENDS .

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      , , you probably Kked yourselves , what ' s coming ? I'll tell you . — Now is the NICK OP TIME FOR AGITATION . Parliament , nay , all the Parliaments of the world , are about to meet . They are all , one and all , hampered by GOD'S DISPENSATION . Their weakness is our opportunity . I MUST TAKE THE FIELD AGAIN . All the work to be done for my youngest child shall be done by contract , and is already contracted for . I will put your houses in order , I will then put the Bank on its first leg ; , and prepare for the jubilee of my eldest child attaining his majority , and by the 1 st of February I shall start on my holy mission , hut will not visit any place that does not promise me the TROUBLESOME PLEASURE of

      coming back with a fair proportion of Chartist wares —Petition Sheets , well filled . You see the WHIG CHIEF-JUSTICE O ? THE COMMON-PLEAS has not yet RUINED ME WITH EXPENSES , nor cowed my spirit . I hope to be at the opening of our own parliament , at White Conduit House , on Monday , to receive the commands of MY LEADER and YOUR FRIEND ; tad no subaltern ever more cheerfully , or scruputea ^ Tft ^ ed the commands of \ m superior officer , thaa I TOalV obey his . This , my friends , is m small portion of pur strength , that all HONOUR , none ENVY , Dun .

      combe . He has withheld no balance sheet ; he has silenced no discussion ; he has relied upon no hired staff ; he has exacted no tribute ; he has trimmed to no trimming policy for pelf and patronage ; he has not been all things to all men ; he has not " run with the hare and held with the hound ; " he did not use our strength for his own lucre and our undoing ; he joined us when we were weak , denounced , persecuted , despised , and contemned . His reception on Monday , therefore , will be such as will convince him of our confidence and love , and our enemies of our devotion to our principles—which are his principles . We will be BID FOR ACCORDING TO OUR VALUE ; let us not UNDERRATE

      OURSELVES ; let the purchasers understand that we go IN ONE LOT ; and that FREEDOM IS OUR PRICE ; and THE CHARTER THE COIN in which it must be paid . Every throne in Europe , thank God , is tottering from rottenness , while the President of America is fast riveting the people ' s chains with a National Debt , which Pitt looked upon as the bond of peace between the RICH OPPRESSOR and the POOR OPPRESSED . Ireland , from which I had some latent hope , has been paralysed by . intermitting fin of treachery and famine , the magic of the old showman standing in the way of any new movement . We must have our PETITION with OUR FOUR

      MILLION of signatures , and our Chartist Convention to escort it to the DOOR OF THE SENATE HOUSE , as a reward to our chief , who will meet us and cheerfully receive the national tribute of a people ' s confidence . Chartists ! we are the only moving , acting , active party ; we will not be beaten or put down by friend or foe , nor yet by a union of all the adverse elements . To your TENTS then , oh

      Chartists ! drawn from the INK BOTTLE . Away with your old women ' s rubbish about female virtue and strained morality . If indeed you hate vice , make it a crime by good example , and give to all an opportunity of developing their virtues , by rewarding them according to their merits . Your rulers live upon whoredom , drunkenness , lewdness , dissipation , gambling , and crime . MAKE THEM VnCfUOUS : SlFORM ^ HEIR SINS AND

      YOUR NEIGHBOURS CRIMES WILL VANISHBut , for God and the People ' s sake , let us have no more of your mock sentimentality . I dont promis that this will be the CLINCHING YEAR ; nor that I will put MY HEAD ON THE BLOCK IF THE CHARTER DOES'NT COME , but , I say , let the next three months be the SIGNING QUARTER , and the NEXT YEAR WILL BRING FORTH FRUIT ACCORDING TO YOUR SCATTERING IN THIS OUR SEED TIME . I remain , Brother Chartists , Your faithful and uncomprising Friend and Fellow-Labourer , Feabgus O'Conno * ONWARD AND WE CONQUER . BACKWARD AND WE FALL . THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER I

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      TO THE WORKING CLASSES . My Fribnds , —The only object I had in producing " The Labourer" was to serve your cause . I fully agree with every word of reproach heaped upon its appearance , by the reviewer , while I am pleased at receiving the highest encomiums of its contents . Indeed , I will boastingly assert , that the first number of " The Labourer" contains more matter , serviceable to the cause it professes to serve , than all the magazines put together that have as

      yet made their appearance . I know that 6 d . a month is a large tax upon the badly-paid operative ; and 1 also know , that when he pays such a sum for literature , it should be b a form of which he might be vain , i was the first to denounce the slovenly appe&rance of the first number , and , however the REVIEWER may praise the printer ' s share of the work , I tell you that the unsightly appearance was his , and only his fault , as to him was left the sole management . However , it is fortunate that the fault ' . can be remedied , which 1

      propose to do thus . I am aware that a book is not like a newspaper , and that the poor man who pur . chases a book in numbers , will take a pride in having them preserved and bound in volumes . To afford all such an opportunity , then , this is my intention : I will give to all those who purchased the first UGLY number , a handsome first number instead . All future numbers shall defy reproof ' " The Labourer" is worthy of a good appearance * and shall have it . I suppose that about six number

      will be bound up together , and therefore all who have purchased the first will receive a uniform copy of that number , with number ilx , GRATIS , and u . » I also intend that portraits of Labour ' s friends should adorn each volume , I shall give a splendid portrait of T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., with the first ; that wil be given with the sixth number , and with each subsequent six numbers I will give a por trait , to be bound with the volume . Thus I rectify the first blunder . Your faithful friend , Fzargus O'Connor .

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      ^ A . WOMAN KlllXD « T A . TttlASKtKa UiCBlRB . —As tbs thrashing machins of Mr . Tadman , of Highara , near the line of the Gnuesend and Kocbestar Railway , wag in full woik on Friday last , a poor woman , named Phillips , while employed in feeding it , was caught by the « pron by the lower spindle , and before it could be Hopped , her body revolted with the spindle three or four times , break , ing both her legs , one « . m , « Yeralribe , and fracturing her skull . The poor woman lingered until Sunday morn , iaj , when death teaminated her sufferings .

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      IRELAND . j KAURATITB OT MALCOLM M'GREGOR . NO . X . Under ordinary circumstances an Irish funeral is , I am informed , anything rather than a mournful or even a solemn ceremony ; while that" of" waking the deceased , " as it is termed , partakes of the character of a festival . These remarks apply only to cases where death comes in the ordinary course of nature , and where the departed has "been prepared " by receiving " extreme unction , " according to the rites of the Catholic Church prescribed in such cases ;

      and those rites once administered , it is considered rather unlucky if the afflicted should recover . When I life departs , the corpse is washed all over , and , if a man , is shaved , the limbs are then stretched , the nose pinched , the eyes closed , and the body laid out , dressed in white and hung round with white sheets-This ceremony performed , the family and friends of deceased relieve their heart ' s sorrows by a good cryf and what is termed a " hullagone ; " after which tea is provided for the old women , and pipes , tobacco , and whisky for the men ; and in the evening , and during

      everyevemng , and all night , till the funeral takes place , the house is filled with men and women ; the old en- i joying themselves with pipe and a glass and tea , and the young joining in the merriest games and amusements . The deceased is looked upon with envy rather than compassion or sorrow in such cases ; as the spirit once fled , it is , if prepared for departure , presumed to be in another and a better world . The funeral also lacks that appearance of sorrow manifested by mourners less confiding in Heaven ' s mercy , not so , however , when the deceased has been sent

      to his last account , " unhouseled , unappointed , unannealed , '" as was the case with poor Phelimeen . Under such circumstances , the soul of the departed stands in jeopardy , and the surviving friends feel proportionate grief , that worst of all pangs , the gnawing of perpetual doubt and suspense . Hence the funeral of Phelimeen like the wake-house , was as melancholy a sight as can well be imagined . i arrived at the house of mourning in co mpany with Mr . O'Farrell , just as the melanchol y ceremony o nailing down the coffin was about to be performed j the bereaved and broken-hearted father was with difficulty torn from his child ; his grief had been till

      now partially suppressed and partially allaye d by the hope of revenge , which appeared the only palliative for his sorrow ; but when the ghastly sight was hid from his longing eye , it was as if the world of hope was shut out by the darkness of despair . He tore his long white locks , threw himself prostrate on the coffin , and recounted his son ' s virtues and perfections , as if pleading to the Throne of Grace in his behalf , and it was only by the mild persuasion of his priest that he could be induced to abandon his gripe of the coffin , when , turning round to the weeping relatives he exclamined , "Before you take him from me , will you promise me satisfaction for his blood . "

      An aged man whispered something in his ear which the O'Donnell appeared to quaff as words of joy , he smiled wildly , and , in reply , exclaimed , — " Take him so , and may the Merciful Father forgive him his sins . " The coffin was borne on the shoulders of the nearest relatives of deceased to the high-road , where it was met by a concourse of persons , of both sexes , on foot and on horseback , reaching more than a sullen

      miJew | ttgth . -The melancholy procession proce ^ p ^^^ tattial-ground in and sulky >|| ra | ajj | Ipait assemblage was simultaneousl y t ^^^^ m ^^ rjk -j ^ prd was uttered , but deep **^ j $£ n 8 $ M ^ lw « K > ding upon every counteniw £ fanr ]^ t&buga the sun shone forth with unusual splendour fer the season of the year , its brilliancy was obscured by the impenetrable cloud of grief—I subsequently learned from Mrs . Mahony , that this was an evil omen , as the Irish have an old adage—4 * UihttABs a a ABL _ - am A > is the

      . " Happy corpse that the rain rains on , Happy is the bride that the sun shines on . " As soon as the venerable pastor had performed the funeral service , and when he and many others , myself amongst the number , had bedewed the green sod that covered the virtuous peasant ' s grave , we returned to the O'Donnell ' s house , where we found the father sitting by the bedside of the delirious Kathleen . He appeared to lose all thonght of his own grief in pity for'her . As we entered the room she said , " Well , if Phelim is . happy , why dont you laugh and smile ; " and the old man smiled a ghastly smile , that seemed to mock the large tears through which it forced its way—then she smiled and

      aaid , "May Kathleen kiss Phelimeen ' s red l i ps again , and sure you wo ' nt let the troopers take him away . " She then fixed her large blue eyes upon us , for the first time , and gave a heart-rending shriek , when a female who stood at the bedside beckoned us away , and assured her that we were notthetroopers , and were not come to take Phelimeen away . We left the house of mourning and wended our way to the home of the Priest , he appeared more composed , and had scarcely entered the house when he was hurried off to numerous " sick calls . " When 1 was alone with my friend Mrs . Maho ^ ey , I asked her what the O'Donnell meant by the term , "justice for his sou ' s blood , " when he had no hope from a Jury of his country ?

      " Why , come here , " says she , shutting the door and placing her finger upon her lips , to enjoin me to secrecy— " There ' 11 be a jury of the O'Donnells t * . night , at my brother ' s house , as he ' s an O ' Donnell , and the next of kin to the poor boy that ' sgone , but for your life don't breathe a word of it to mortal man . My brother is outside now , and them that sent for the Priest is the kinsmen and relations of the O'Donnells , that ' s going to ' make their sowlg , ' that'll make the jury to see who shall shoot the murderer . " "Well , but "I observed , " will Mr . O'Farrell permit them ?"

      " Ogh , " she replied , " God love your heart , they' ll never dare tell him , but it ' s a customary thing to make confession this season of the year . " After a moment ' s thought , I asked anxiously if the dame could procure me admission to her brother ' s house upon the occasion ? She hesitated for a moment , and . then replied , " Well now , stay a bit , and I'll speak to my brother , and as you ' re a friend of the good man of the house , may be he ' de let you go , but then you must be hid . " 41 1 agree to any terms , " I answered . She left the

      room , and in a few minutes returned and informed me , that 1 must go now with her brother and be hid in a little chamber inside where the jury would sit , and she ' de tell the priest that I went to see O'Donnell , and maybe but I might sit up with him all uight . This plan suited admirably , and I started without delay with my guide . Being a friend of the priest ' s , and highly recommended by the flattering commendation of Mrs . Mahoney , my guide showed no reserve whatever . I asked him , " What the cere , mony I was going to witness resembled ?"

      He said "that all the blood relations of the deceased would get word before nightfall to meet at his house , as he was first cousin to O'Doundl , that was all them , that was ' nt married or had ' nt families , and that they'de name ft judge and jury that

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      should hear the whole case , whether deceased came b y his death lawfully or not , and whether he owed the money he ^ was asked for ; or if he foreswore himself by denying it as a means of cheating his ac-. cuser ; and whether those that took his life took it in defence of their own , or killed him without just cause . " " Well , " I observed , " supposing that he may be more reasonable than the outraged father ; wouldn ' t it be more prudent to try the law first . "

      " No , " he replied , " the law would go by the oath of them that a Protestant judge and a Protestant jury would believe again all the Papists and priests in the county , the Lord save us ! and sure you might as well think of carrying the mountain on your back . as to think of getting a jury such as he'd have ( for sure , his attorney , Grub , is undereheriff ) to find him guilty ; and then , if he was ac quiUed ^ -as he would be—we darent meddle with him after . " "Well , " I observed , " and will he be shot or de . stroyed •"

      "To be sure he will , " responded my guide . " My God 1 didn ' t you hear even what the Protestant coroner gala ? and sure we ' re not to be shot like dogs , though we were robbed like savages ; but you'll see , when you hear all , that he won ' t have a hair of his head hurt if you that was no ways related to deceased , won ' t think he desarves it . " " Well , " said I , " who will do the deed ?" " Youll 'hear , " he responded ; " but if they knew I let you in , they'de drive me out of the nation ; so you must lie where I ' ll show you t ill all is over , and then I'll bring you back safe and sound here again . " ( To be continued . )

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      BRADFORD . West Testimonial . —At s meeting of Chartisti held at the large room of the WoolcombW Arras , Hope Street , on Sunday Evening last , Mr . Thomas Cole in the cha r , the article in the Northern Star , headed " John West , " was read to the meeting , and commented on . All present expressed their admiration of Mr . West for his services to the people ' s cause , and it is to be hoped that the working classes will now show that they are not unmindful of the great and valuable services of that ( sterling and talented patriot . On the motion of George White , seconded by Wm . Jackson , the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : —

      Thit this meeting fully appreciating the valuable services which Mr . John West has rendered to the cauiie of Chartism , hereby determined to co-operate with the ' West Testimonial Committee , ' in order to show their respect for bis patriotism and ability . " The following resolutions were also agreed to , moved by George Demain : — That « ach member exert himself to collect subscriptions towards the debt due to Mr . O'Connor , and report in a fortnight . That a deputation from this locality wait on the Chartists who meet at Butterworth Buildings , with a view of forming a central committee for the purpose of diridiig the town and neighbourhood Into districts , and taking such steps as may by them be deemed necessary to obtain signaWrcs to the National Petition .

      PRESTON . Mkssrs . M'Grath and Cjlark . '— The Council of the Preston Chartists beg you will insert the follnwing in reply to ai resolution of the City Locality given in last week ' s Star . Moved by Richard Marsden , seconded by Peter Eddlestone : — That we , the Council of the Preston Chartist Asuociatiou , so far from having any reusenable ground foraccu-« lug ICwsr * . M'Grath ' . and " Clark of negligence or indif . ference to tbe diffusion of Chartist doctrines , bad , on the

      contrary , durtag their visit here , reason to think that their acknowled ged adherence to the Land project , bit bound them more closely , if possible , to our imperishable principles ; and that , if the members of our body within tbe City Locality would but review their speeches as given in the Preiton Guardian and Chronicle of the same week , and copied the week following into the Star , they would be equally qualified with ourselves to jadgo how far we are cerrect in our opinien herein expressed of their fidelity to the People ' s Charter . RlCHABDMABSDEk . Iub-SeC .

      M » . Edito * , —1 cannOt avoid taking this opportunity to state that in my opinion all such reaolutions as the one from the City Locality , reflecting on the character « ndf conduct of our principal officers , and sent for inser . tion in the Star , ought , instead of being Inserted , to be carefully filed up in the offic * . and transmitted to the Annual Conference , when a committee might be ftppointed to examine and report to the members the chargej therein contained . I have not the slightest wish to . suppress any man ' s opinion , but we should always takt

      enre to distinguish between opinions on political , religious , and scientific subjects , and those which tend to asperse the motives and conduct of others . We shouU remember that in both cases it is possible for us to be in error , but thai , in the one case we only attack invulnerable truths which cannot be injured by us , so long as their advocates have equal opportunities to defend them , whilst , in the other , we attack a mortal like ourselves , whose happine » B is , perhaps , at stake , and whose character , if we rob him of it , enrickes not us , but makes him poor indeed .

      Your insertion of this will oblige , Your ' s respectfully , RlCHill U&KSDZV , At a special meeting of the Preston branohofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Company , held on Monday evening last , January 11 th . Mr . R . Walton was appointed scrutineer for the next month , and Mr . William Nolland , and Mr . Joseph Farey , were appointed auditors . All members in arrears for local and general expenses , ate requested to pay the same aa soon as possible .

      VETERANS , 'ORPHANS , AND VICTIMS COMMITTEE . The Committe * met on Wednesday evening last , at the Land Office . 83 , Deau- » treet , Souo . Mr . Knight in the chair . A letter was read from tho veteran , Thomas Preston , which BtateB that through his wife having broken her arm , and the infirmities attendant on old age , he was in very embarrassed circumstances . On the motion of Messrs . Arnott and Wheeler , 10 s . was voted for his present assistance . A letter was also read from Mr . Cleavo , which wai ordered to be taken into consideration at the next meeting , which will be held at tho Land Office , 83 , Dean Street , Soho , on Tuesday evening next , when the whole of the Committee are requested to attend .

      STOCKPORT . I 0 IHB 1 IWI 0 BOF IHI KORIHBBS STAR . Sib , —Having read the resolution of the city locality , respecting the support which the Chartist cause received at tho hands of our respected friends , Messrs . Clark and M'Grath , whilst on their late tour;—the members of the Stockport branch of the National Charter Association , beg to testify , that as far as Stockport is concerned , those two individuals attended a large public meeting , which was held in the Court Room , for the purpose pf adopting the National Petition , and on that occasion , they advocated the claims of the working classes in their usual able and eloquent manner , for which the members ol the Sto « kport branch tender their sincere thanks . On behalf of the members , Thomas Davies , Secretary .

      BIRMINGHAM . At our usual weekly meeting , held at the Ship Inn , on Sunday evening last , Mr . Chapman in the wiair . atter reading the correspondence in the Star of last week , in reference to the propossd plan oi r aising a national tribute to Mr . John West , the following resolution was passed : — " Re 8 olved-That having heard the letter read applying for a testimonial to Mr . West , published in tne btar of Saturday , January 9 , wo can at all timei fally appreciate the Ulent and honest sacrifices ol

      any individual connected with the cause of liberty , but with all respest to that man , by his connection with the Protectionist party , aftsr the resolution of the Manchester Conference , we consider he has committed himself with the National Charter Assoeiahon , by violating tho rules , in not abiding by the division of the above Conference . " Resolved- " That Mr . Potta act as Scrutineer , ? ndM £ Fu 8 se 11 and Cartland , as auditors to the Land Company . " Messrs . M'Gbitb and Cubk . A Tote of thanks was then passed to Messrs ,

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      ( Mr . D . ) did not know tlie object of that resolute , nor what tho mover of it was driving at , but to 5 ay ^ e least of it . it mferredthat tho Chartists of the North , either did not know when their officers did i heir duty or that when they saw them neglect it they had not moral courage to apeak about it . He , however , in accordance with that demand had a resoliition which he would move for their consideration , tie then wad tho following :-w 'That we , the Char-Uats of tbe Manchester tonality , in public meeting assemoiea

      , consider the demand made by the city ^ -i locality to be uncalled for , inasmuch , as if tho con- M duct of Messrs Clark and M'Grath , whilst amongst \ A us , had not been such as we had a rifiht to expect nV fr m them as Executive Councilors of tbe National ! *^ sw Charter Association . We ourselves would have beea X T ^ " the first to call them to an account ; und further , we ?« hereby publicly declare that they did , whilst here , v ^ . attend to the business of the Association , and the > y y spreading of its princi ples to our entire Batisfactios , \> and , that , by their uniform gcod conduct they have ^ . Hccured for themselves our confidence and esteem . *

      The reflolulion was seconded by Mr . Jam ° ff > Wheeler , and wlieu put from tlie ohair , was carried W without adiss-. ntienfc , although the ball was crowded ^ s ^ Ik in every part . \ > . (^ The Chairman said , it gave him much pleasure to - ¦ " v attach bis signature to that resolution , for he could VV ¦ wtMtantiate its truthfulness , having heard them ^ ^ ev ery time they spoke in that hall ; and move than tl « t , he had followed them into places , and alwajs A ' saw and heard them act as they had done here . k 1 *} e tuan ^ of the meeting was then given to the V speakers and the chairman , and the audience

      scpa-G 0 RG 1 E MILLS , NEAR EDINBURGH . At a . meeting of this branch of tha Chartist Co- ^ operative Laud Company held on Monday , the 4 th > , inst ., it was resolved— J x That we strongly approve of the suggestion of our \ Glagow Brethren to the Directors , to , elect another i , \ \ Director to agitation the question in Scotland , to far- * V ther the progress of the company . " ^ Mr . James Chalmers mi . ved , and Mr . W . Smnraervi llu seconded" That we , the membors of this branch of tho company , entirely disapprove o . t that part of the proceedings in Conference . making the directors patrons lor placin ^ school masters ami school mistress . We hul d ihat this right belongs to the allottees and jniardiiins rfchildren on the Company ' s cstafcfcwhefe thescbiiul is situated , and that they are the children '/ , natu . ul protectors , and inust be the best judges for selecting there teachers . "

      MACCLESFIELD . Thb West Tesiimosiai ,. —The adjourned meeting on the West Testimonial question was held in the Ohartist-room , Stanley street , on Tuesday evening last , and after a long discussion upon the suhjcot of what the testimonial shall consist of , it was again adjourned to Sunday evening next , at 6 o ' clock . The committee are of opinion they will ba able to mature their plan for insertion in next Saturday ' s Stab . The Motoai , Improvement Class in connection with the National Charter Association of this tovn held their usual weekly meeting in their room ,

      Stanley-street , on Monday evening last , to hear road aa I * Essay on Self-Cullure , " by Mr . Thomas Leecb .-The rules of the clars aprcitying that eacli member oa each monthly night deliver a lecture or read a written eBsay on some subject of an elevating nature , in conformity to rule tho first essay on the above named subject was brounht forward , which , elicited a high eulogium from our political teacher , Mr . J . West , and tlie members present , the greater part of whom expressed a desire to hare it published , so that each can possess himseli' of a copy . The debate for Monday oveuing next will be DiucuBskm . on the Essay .

      TODMORDEN . Messrs . M'Gbaih and Curk .-A full meeting uf the council of thu National Charter Association of tins town met , at the . house of Mr . R . Brootb Brook-street , on Tuesday the 12 th instant ; after theusual business of the meeting hfcd been got through the attention of the council was called to a para ^ graph m theater of tho 9 tli instant , emanating irom the Chartuts of the City locality , calling upon the democrats in the several districts where Messrs . M'Grath and Clark had lectured in their recant tour to send them word if these gentlemen tended to the interests of the people ' s cause-that is , the Onarter . lne following resolution was passed uiiamously : —

      That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the Chi . rtists of the city locality should have been positive that Mr Thomas Clark and Mr . P , M'Grath had not dou * . their duty to the People ' s causo before they made th < r complaint . And it is also the opinion of tins meeting , that the request of the City locality is too much for any one place to require or demand . Tho Chartistw of tho large town in the manufacturing districts are as capabU of discerning and appreciating tho merits and demerit * of men advocating the cruso of the toiling millions at the Chartists of the City locality , and will feel it their duty to make the public nequainted , when the advocates of their cause omits doiux their duty , and therefore the Chartists of thia town express tbeir best confideaee la Messrs . ll'Grath and Clark , in their future exertions on behalf of the people , and also tender them their bast thanks for their pant conduct in their untiring i « al in the cause of freedom , Jas , Moonet , Sub-Secretary .

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      Clark and M'Gratb , for their exoi 4 ; u u ir r the National Charter AalSalS ' dZn ^ i - * f tourthrough Birmingham and s ^ un i ^ Silt Tho meeting adjourned till Sunday evening To 11 , at six o ' clock , when it uearmtly requScUhat the member * of the Petition Committee !^ will attend

      ACCR 1 NGT 0 N On Monday evening , January 11 , the inbaMtanU of Accrington met in the large room belonging to the Lion Inn , to hear a lecture from the talented and accomplished leoturer , Peter Murray M'Douall . Mr . W . Bbkblet was unanimously called upon to occupy theehair ; he stated the objects of the Land Company , pointed out the advantage of buying in the wholesale , instead of tbe retail ma rket , and the blessings that will be produced by working men univeroally becoming shareholders in the Land Coinpany , After a few more observations , Mr . Bcesley introduced to tbe meeting

      Dr . M'Douail , who was received in a manner that must have been highly gratifying to him . A more respectable and attentive meeting was never held in ^"" Ston , and the room was extremely well filka . l he Doctor said he was weU-pleased to see such an audience before him , and he trusted that he should be able to give satisfaction . He would treat the subject in a common-aense manner , and would not adopt the course some did , by making assertions and expecting the people to believe them as fact , without examining for tuemselvee ; he would be glad to answer any objections , and would be very much ob iged to any person who , if not satisfied nfttrvtbc lecture , would state tho cause of his dissatufc&iow . We were charged with many things that were not t

      rue , and it was necessary that those charges should be refuted . The old solder , who write lies for the I tee wade rump , said we wanted to infringe upon the rights ot others ; but he would ask this mcetin " whether it was an infringement or not , to buy lam ! when that land was in the market to sell . What mend John , the old _ Soldier , and the profitmongei - ing class , were afraid of , was the co-operation of the working men—they knew well that the millions of pence from the many would accomplish as great or greater results than the pounds of the few . -It had already made them quail—the purchase of Herringsgate and of Red Marley had caused the Whistler to change his whistle into a howl , and crv— " We shall all be ruined . " He was bawling that ^ - " The

      Company would be broken up ; it could not stand ; it was not registered—no man could live upon two acres—and that agricultural labour was too hard and laborious for the people in the manufacturing districU-tnat the agricultural labourers were worn out fa the prime of life . " Dr . M'Douall believed that if the people would join the Land Company , and purchase the land , the Whistler , and those who belenged to his tribe , would be ruined ; for then no one would employ them to write down a practical plan that everybody was feeling to be good and receiving the greatest benefit from . The result would be , that the more the people were located upon the soil the cheaper would be tbe food of the people , and the scarcer and better paid would be the labourers

      in the manufacturing districts . Instead of the baatiles being filled with paupers willing to work , supported from the wages of the half . paid worker , they would be producing food at a cheaper rate , supp orting themselves , needing more and better clotlilnsf , making a demand for the labour of those ma- , nufactenug , instead of making a demand upon their pockets . As to the Company being broken up , it was not very likely the Land Company would be w £ - m lt Wa * i aot unlikelT that tQ e company of Whistlers would be changed into a mourning company for their " occupation that was gone . " He quite agreed t' ft ! t > till the land was very laborious , working from diwn to dark , with bonded and almoBt broken backs and nothing to eat in their

      wines ; but ho ( Dr . M'Douall ) thought that nothing could be more delightful to a man than to stand upon his own freehold—to dig it—to till and labour upon it with a full belly , and to know that the pro-. j ? J" 8 toil wouId not k divided between a landlord , a farmer , a speculator , a miller , and n shopktcper ; but that it would be divided between himself , hia wife , and his children , and thus wouW the labour , instead of being irksome , would be sweet and pleasant . But the Whistler was to be exoused , for he was a second Rip Van Winkle , who lived ii > America when the Crown of England ruled the destines of the Americans ; Rip fell asleep , and slept ntty years , and when he awoke the Republic wat established in all its power-so it was with tbe

      Wnistlor , he had once whistled at tho plough , when the sluggish mode of farming was carried out , and , unfortunately for him , he had fallen asleep some sixty years ago , and had only j ust awoke . It was quite true that a man could not mako a living under the o ld system , but he would recommend them to try it—let them take a piece of land , en close it , dig it , trench it . and manure it , and in « very short time it would yield three , four , ot fave times as . much as that from which it wasenc osedI and had been under the cultivation of the plough , —he therefore therefore hoped that the Land Society would be supported , for whatever the Free lraders might say , with all their notions of Political economy , and foreign trade , the people might depend upon it , their wages would never be higher until they made a good home trade , and that could not be done unless they could find fnll employment for the and

      peope the only means by which tbis could be efieoted , was to place the surplus labour upon the land , then wages would , when if manufacturers wanted o ne hundred hands , and could only get fifty , the reduced price of produced bread stuffs , would eause more money to be spent in clothing , hats , shoes , stocking !! , and thus would one trade support and employ another , we should then be in a far happier condition . The Dr . dwelt upon many other subjects , and made one of the best lectures we had ever tbe pleasure of hearing . It is the decided opinion of all who heard him , that it would bfi highly advantageous to society , if Dr . M'Dauall wa « employed as a lecturer for the Land Company . He is decidedly calculated to encrease the members , ? i wif-1 ? todeie&t the machinations ot such tools "Whistler . " Ho is the best lecturer we have heard for many-adayw A meeting will take place at Mr . Beesley ' g , every Sunday evening , at nix o ' clock , to enrol members . WEST RIDING DELEGATE MEETING . This meeting was held according to notice in the Working Man ' s Hall , Halifax , on Sunday last , Mr Clark in the chair . The minutes of last meeting were read over and confirmed after whioh the following resolutions were agreed to : — " That the delegates here at present use their influence in their various localities , to bring forward fit and proper persons who are willing as local lecturers to form a local lecturer ' s plan . " "That it future only one delegate from each locality will be allowed to sit in tbe West Riding delegate meeting , until such time as tho delegates see a necessity to alter it . "

      Mr . Crossland gave notice of his intention of resigning the office of West Riding secretary , having held tbstoffice for three ycais . It was resolved topostpone the election of secretary until the next meeting . The following was adopted : lhat the delegates here assembled , wish to impress upon each locality the necessity of immediately forming electioning committees ( where they are not already formed ) , and commence collecting funds for the purpose of securing the return of . aa many Cbaitist candidates as possible at the coming general election , to assist our noble champion Duncombe in his arduous struggles for the people in tho should be House of Commons . " ^ u P * 4 ilVmeetl ' n S bo ad JO ""« ed to Sunday the 7 th day of February . " J . Crossuhd , secretary .

      MANCHESTER . The usual weekly meeting was held in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday evening last , Mr . Sutton in tho chair , when Mr . J . J . Clark addressed the meeting , aWy ex posing tho " Wuistler , " and his base attempt to dustray the confidence of the people in tho only plan that had ever been brought for the emancipation oi the millions , from the slavery ot such men as those who employed the old soldier to do their dirty work . Mr . Clarke was much applauded . Mr . Dixon followed , and was greeted with the hearty plaudits of his fellow-townsmen . Mr . D . addressed the meeting Oh the necessity of iunasid confidence in eaoh other , inasmuch as the £ ai ! : c that was being played by Bright and Co . was the same

      that their enemies always played when tho workingman combined and co-operated for their own benefit . Their object now was , and always had been todestroy the labourers' confidence in each other and create suspicion of the honesty of the office bearers of their association . The shareholders had confidence m the Directore , for they knew thorn to bo honeBt working men , who had everything to hope for from the sucoess of the plan , and ruin to themselves and their clasB should it fail . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Dixon tken urged upon the audience the necessity of struggling for the Charter , at the snin ? time fliey were trying to secure for themselves tho Land , In looking over tho Star of yesterday he was surprised to find a resolution from tho City locality , demanding to know it Messrs . Clark and M'Gr ^ o have done ihcir duty when on tbeir late tour . He

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      " "n WVWNAA ^ VWVWVVWrf . . ^ CU ^ r ^ T ^ 0 ^ Mills branch ofth . Chartist Co-operative Land Company , inform tCX p 8 £ « ts » ££ H J& ^ t ^ Kftftcasaffl ^ ' s ^ , p ^ Asii £ tut Co-operative Land Company are renuestedto attend a general meeting at thehouse K r Alle ^ Russell-street , near Merridale , on Monday erS J ' f h ' a L 7 ° ' Cl 0 ck ' for the P » 'PWe ! f SS 2 othcers for the ensuiag half year TuVKS meet every Mamlay evening at 7 o ' clock CAnRiNOTON Br . auoh of the Chartist Co-operatmi Land Company . -The members comnn-Y ,,,, ? £ . £ 1 ?

      ?™ " <*«» « f the above branch a e ' requesled to attend a meeting on Sunday next , at « ix o ' clock . A Gbmebal Mebuho of the Chartists of Bilston will be held on Sunday evening , January 17 th foS & ^ w ^ paijr " ** sir n w roS t Brickiayere A'fisft street , flew Road , to commence at 8 o ' clock SHORKDiiCH . ~ Mr . T . Clark of the Executive Com-H « C 6 > ttf f T T At the R » ilway Engine Ci £ House 122 , Brick Lane , near Church street . Sub-20 th rfcJ ^ vL ? WedQesd * y evening , January 20 th . Chair to be t * ken at 8 o ' clock In futur Coiv r ? ° ? v C j ^ Oo-ope / nti ve BJ Company , meet ou Wednesday evenings , irom 8

      u ? , oo t 0 o 6 heldHt Mr - Di '» . Temper , ance Hotel , 93 , Great Ancoats-itreet , on Sunday evening next , January 17 tb , on business of importance . Chair to be taken ht two o ' clock ^ - M aPTi-y % ^ ' lort he Allowing fork . ^ Td ? . ^ " ? 11 ^ ? nd Mu « "lay , January 1 * and 18 ; Bolton , Tuesday , Jan . 19 ; Liverpool Wed . sWW ^ Ttt&teS fcSliSML *** - ' ** nn A fet MH ^ anid am *< - ¦ M ¦ * ¦ . BiBK

      * * u * «« . —air . Thomas D ckenson the M » n arnSasr 9 ix ofe VemDg UeXt > *»« *«* . win h « u » CHJt 8 IEa Un"brsal Dkbatino Socim Sr » R"S « naaj « a S ^ W ^ & 2 kM ? sS h M'T c ock > Ticket 8 » 08 | »» m 1 h 0 MA 8 J ° n * 8 , Secretary . Tat Manchester Umyjhuai , Dbbaiino Socmr will hold a discussion on Sunday evening next at Mr . Dixon ' s , Temperance HoteJ ^ SS ! Sa £ &SA oath r e h J ? V ^"' ar Opinion relaK to Suicides , Chair tube taken at six o ' clock . n ^ r ^ lPi " Sunda * (^ -morrow ) iMr . Daaiei ? nHLnVn !^ in . thtJ 8 , l ! hoolroom <> ' ^ A ' ing Man g Hall , at six o ' clock in the evening . IWx .- On Sunday evening Jan ™ . ' , 9 ikh of

      a aiscusaipn will be held in the Wooing Man ' s l £ Z zssssuzs ^ ^ societies * Hanley and Skelton branch of the Chartist Co-KfMis ^ arsrB ftssJSA- saa**— « ,, tw f ; 7 Sundi > >' ' Januw J " * . «« « Mnw Z £ I . mm ' " *» delivt « d b > * "MA . in whp £ Tm V - T- 'W usitethe Bull > 8 Uead . Mottram , when all meads of Democracy are invited to attend At the close , the case ol Dr . M'Doual will be c-usi . < Ured with a view to assist him in his ii . tuuded uew situation , chair to bu taken at two o ' clock .

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      John Arnott begs to aokuowicugo thercceipt of 3 a . from Mr . William Joh ^ ou aud friends , fur tho O'Connvr Fund . Halifax . —Tbs V ' tsx Tistimohui , . —Paeons desirou * of lubjeribhij tj West ' s Testimonial , c » n send luMr C . Smith , 2 , Kuuudon Court , IUlifax . M » . Crabmb * , Gr . , * t Uorton . —The papers wcr « posted . on FriJay ereiiiuir . " Mb , Joum Gask * m ,, tfjKJe—Stvnp * will do .

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      tfortlKomms Otetmtf .

      Co &Ea&Eis # Comsuwiitotel

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      O Sward And We Conquer, B Ackward And We Fall.

      O SWARD AND WE CONQUER , B ACKWARD AND WE FALL .

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      I ' l \ ¦ ^^^^ % : ' ' ' ' ' ^ fc AND NATIONAL TRADES' JOURNAL .

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      "D Y TZ NowBrother Chartists will have ZgLg- NO . 482- LONON , SATURDAY , JANUAR 16 , 1847 „ , ™™ v ^^ * u ..... ~ * UnWH ^ nua . „„ , , ( ,, „ , „

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 16, 1847, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1401/page/1/