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NORTHERN STAB PORTRAITS.
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TO READEH5 AND CORRESPONDENTS.
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CHABTIST INTELLIGENCE
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ie& : h , are at & loss to assign the " casus ie ' . li" in the East , here , at all events , there can be no mistake . This is the casus belli" ' w tje Sonih Seas : in twentygre years of peace , the Bible trade has become overtioctei . in this country , many being compelled to wear an experimental black coat , who cannot purchase a butcher ' s license in the army ; and as this is a branch of a surplus population which cannot be nrfelj neglected , we conToy them , with the Gospel in one hand and a sword in the other , to make ravages and commit plunder , in honour of God , wherever strength , persuasion , or fraud can gain ^
them a footing . O 1 how we should love to bear the head of the pious staff which assailed Tonga giving Mb Tersion of the melancholy ignorance of the natives , which led to the untimely death of the truly pious Ckokkb , who had loaded his earronades and guns with such truly Christian consolation for the insulted natives ! Bat will those already dragged to death by the home-made and eternally-sucking leeches allow another frigate , as convoy to another batch , or to take satisfaction for the chastisement so properly and providentially administered to the slugs ! Will John Bull , we
ask , allow such a war to be waged against the innocent savages , and in favour of the syst-em which has drenched the world for centnries with blood and set man against man , wherever two were to be found ] Can the blessings of religion , justice , and peace reign , while princely fortunes are aide of infidelity , injustice , and strife ! 2 so , never . Lei the traly pions heart reflect for a moment upon this infernal attack . A set of pious rascals require the enforcement of their ereed upon some poor natives of Tonga . " No !" gay the natives , " we don '; want yon . " " Well , " rejoin the sings , but we want you , and , therefore ,
we must have you ! and in this state of things one of our gallant naval officers interferes and say 3 , " 0 yes , you must hare our missionaries , or you most hsTe our boDets , so take your choice . '" A conference is agreed upon . " Well 1 " say the natives , " we are ready to do anything but confer with missionaries , of whose pious intentions our people have already had a tiste . " u No , " says our Captain , ** but that ' s the whole earui belli ; we want a footing for the missionaries . " " In that case , " say the natives , " we prefer dying , if necessary , in the ealm faith of our fathers , to sowing in our peaceful country the seeds of eternal strife and confusion "
and then a word and a blow : and a brave English gunner , who no doubt ha 3 been a martyr at home to the blessings of the commercial Gospel , led on the army of martyrs , shot our proselyting captain , wounded our lieutenant , and killed two , and wounded some fourteen of our men , and totk all our sonl-inspiring , Gospel-forcing implements , of earronades , guns , muskets , and so forth . Will Fuel Buxtot and the Lord Bishop of Noa-¦ wich now ask for another and a larger convoy , to prepare the Etupid minds of slaves and savsges for a creed tax ; while they hare no objection to a white slave tax , to keep np the system npon which they both live I
It is now high time to give over Gospel-smuggling . God , in his wisdom , will sand it in time : we have proved that we have not the knack of winning men ' s minds to our sort of salvation . The entrance for admission of the holy Gospel must be made in man's heart with the sword of truth , and not in the gate 3 of his citadel with the ttbre of deaih , as contemplated by Captain CxOEEB and the commercial apos ; les .
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THE PROGRESS OF SOUND OPINION . We hail wuh great pleasure the accession of another helpmate in the good work of political regeneration . The Dundee Chronicle has changed hands , and , under its new auspices , becomes a thorough Chartist journal ; taking for its motto the six leading points of the Charter . We cordially agree with die first sentence of its first leading article— " The appearance of this journal under its new proprietors affords a good and practical illustration of the growth , strength , and resources , of the Chartist principles . "
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DAN O ' CONNELL TURNED CHARTIST . We reqnest attention to the excellent letter of our correspondent , ' A Republican , " elsewhere in-» erted . We commend it especially to the eyeful reading of Mr . Dajiel 0 'Coyxn . u
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05 next Saturday specimens of the Portrait of O'Co . v-SOB will be in the hands of our several Agents . By the subjoined letter from our Engraver , it ¦ will be seen that no time has been lost upon the plate , it having taken nearly seven months in executing ; our readers -will also learn thai the plate will now be worked night and day till the required number is completed , -when the Portrait will be prestnUd with the Star . The Portrait is full length , from a steel engraving , and is ranch larger than any bitherto giv ^ n with the Star . All our Lancashire Agents will receive their Specimens from Mr . Heywood , at the rate of two to each hundred of their weekly number .
The following is the order in -which the next Portraits ¦ Willbe given : —first , O'Connor ; second , the Monmouth Court-house , containing likenesses of Chief Justice Tindal , Baron Parie , and Mr . Justice T fVillianis , ithe Judges who presided ); Sir F . Pollock , Vt _ Kiliy , itnri iJ > . Thomas , i Counsel for tie prisoners ; Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the Jury . The likenesses of the Juiy cannot be expected to be accurate ; they are merely given as a finish to the plate ; third , full length Portraits of Robert Emmett , Triio -sras strangled in 1503 ; and William Lovett All persona subscribing on the 26 th December and continuing , -will be entitled to each of those Portraits , and none but Subscribers can get one on any account ; our agent 3 are , therefore , requested to open boots forthwith , in order to prevent
disappoiEtmeEtThe following Agents will receive their specimens through Mr . Cleave , our London Agent : each Agent receiving under fifty copies per week , 1 * 111 receive one copy ; above fifty , two copies ; and two additional copies for each hundred above the first . Darken , Norwich 3 English , Bury Su Elmur ± 4 s 1 Noble , Irowbridge , Wilts 2 Mitchell , Collumpton 1 If any other Agents can have them conveniently from Mr . Cleave , they had better send word to the office immediately . Mr . Guest ' s Agents , and ilr . Cooper will receive speci
men * from ilr . Guest , of Birmingham . Our friends are requested to notice , that ttese Portraits are not from copperplate or stone ; being on j teel of an immense sizj , together with the large number required to be taken from a plate , makes the engraving a work of considerable time We may just mention , as an instance , that one engraver would not undertake to complete one of the large Portraits under twelve montks . As soon as the other Portraits are finished , specimens shall be placed in the hands of our Agents . The following it the letter of our engraven : — " London , November 26 th ,
" Diab Sib ., —I have the pleasure to tell you that I » b > Y \ be able to send you proofs of y&nr portrait od Monday , and ou Wednesday I shall begin the 600 specimens , and then work night and day . I never contemplated , when I began the plate , that the io-• eased size would be of so much consequence to me : a man works the whole day , and I can scarcely pereeive a difference at night , it is bo large & space to work MfOR . " Your obliged servant , WilliaX Reas . "
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G . M . BiSILETT . — We have recevied from this recently liberated victim a spirited and energetic address to the men and irci . ien of Bath , catling en them to be alert in their tluty on New Year s Day , for the great demonstration in aid of the Frost , Williams , and Jones Jiestoraiion Gom miiiee . P . M . M'DocAii . —Yes . Ha . David Black , of Baexsltt , ^ iesircs a few lines from ftobcrt Sounders . L . T . Clasct . —His excellent suggestion for sending papere to Ireland arrived tiro tale : s ; . W / appear nejrt week . .
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The Lines "To the oppressed labourers of England " will not do . " Thkrb's a huh through the land , there ' s a VOICE THROUGH THE AIR . "—Received . Gracchus has our thanks . We shall alwayt be glad to hear from him . " Libektt" won't da . E . A . —His eniqma next week . " A Morning Walk" next week . X . Y . Z . —We can save Mr . Smith the trouble of answering his query . A o such letter was received at this Ojfice . William Boakdhaj * Edge is desired to write a letter to his friends , directed to the Temperance Hotel . Cheapside , BolLon , for Robert Edge . He
is supposed to be living in Huddersjield , or somewhere in the West Biding of Yorkshire . W . Joaes . — We have no room for his address . CHjLBTISM AJfD THE " NORTHERN STAR" IK IREland . — We have received the following addresses of Irishmen who will receive and turn to good account , as many copies of the Northern Siar as can be sent them by their friends . — Mr . Bernard M'Donald , Loughrea , County Qalvray . — Patrick Haines , do . do . — Michael Phillips , Balinasloc , da — Hugh Dolan , * to . do . — Michael Donelly , do . do . — John Mitchell , Castlerea , Rosccramon . — Michael Dontlan , do . da
—* Martin Davey , Boyle , do . — William Tully , Dunmore , Galway . — Xnomas Kelly , Tuam , da — Thomas Waion , Eyrecourt , do , — Thomas Madden , Portoninu , do . Mr . Shorkocks wishes us to say tfuit he has received from Perth , for Afesdames Frost and Vincent , the sum of £ 3 4 s . Id . From three queer fellows at the Green Dragon , in Jersey-street , for Mrs . Frott , Is . 3 d . Ret . W . V . Jackson , note of Lancaster Castle , and J . Watkins , jun ., Esq ., of Ais ' iabp Hall , and Mr . Henry De Vourcy , of Mansfield , desire to have their names appended to the Address of the Charlist leaders , given in our last piper , and recommending total abstinence to the people . We
are sorry that our space will not allow nf the insertion of Mr . Jackson ' s letter : it is alike erediialle to him &s a man , a Chartist , and a minister . S , W . Gawkrodgjtr complains of having been summoned for Is . Id ., Easter Dues ; but on his absolutely ref rising to pay , the magistrates ordered his goods to be distrained . They were sura to do to ; and we know not how we can help him . By his ottm . statement , he appears to have applied very abusive epithets , before the magistrates , to the Collector : that was not , at all events , the most likely course to be taken for evading the impost . Strocdwatkr Chabtists have written us to complain
that our report of their meeting on the ] ilh of November was lamb ; and have sent a report of the same meeting , which they state to be a correct report , and which they wish us to insert vow . This we cannot do : it is old and stale . Then should have sent the correct report at first , and so have prevented the insertion of the lame one . It is the duty of every Charter Association to send official reports , through its Secretary , of every meeting , and to send those reports immediately after the chse of the meeting . The meetings- are generaUy holden on Saturday or Monday ; and the reports ought , therefore , to be in our Office on Tuesday . If associations neglect this duty , which they owe not less to themselves ihan to the people generally , the only thing we
can do , in our anxiety to se-. ve the public , is to give the best information we can get . ChaJrijss Wi . vspjsaR writes to say , that the resolution lately proposed at Mr . Richardson ' s Foreign Policy Meeting , at Stockton , was so much at variance with the intention of the mover of it , that the lecturer actually seconded it himself . Henbt De Covrcy . — We are not quite sure about the matter . The safes way will be to spend half-acrown in getting it re-licensed . MAFtHESTKR Delegatk Meetisg . —Mr . Cartledge , the Secretary , resides at So- 54 , Lomas-street , Chapel-street , London-road , Manchester , "The Soldier ' s Bride" won ' t do . The " Love Gift'' is received , and shall be noticed in due course . The " Son 5 ett to Lovett and Collins" shall
appear . The ** Welsh PATErors" will not suit us . Stephen White . — We cannot give him the information h « desires . The usage varies in different towns . Bristol Radicals . —Their letter has been sent to the proprietor of the Northern Star . E . Hughes . —The excellent letter of Henry Vincent teas received too late for this week : it shall appear in our next .
Johs Philp . —Next week . 3 cxirs Rusticus undertakes to prove , in three letters , that the Clergy of the Established Church are , as such , injideU , blasphemers , and idolators . Scb-CTatdr . —Too late . J . R . — The Communication he ha $ sent us is o libel . L . T . Cla 5 CT . — We are not able to find room for his letter this week . We wish he would send us a private note , giving his address exactly , so that we may be able to write to him .
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FOR THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISrS . £ s . d . From Leeds , per J . Jones 1 14 0 „ per Mr . Byrne ... 0 10 0
FOB MKS . FXO 3 T . From a few friends at Cocker-. mouth . 0 3 6 Do . do . Cheltenham 0 10 0 From Manchester , four Friends 0 0 4 „ ' „ J . Wilde ... 0 0 3 „ „ T . Simmister ... o 1 0 „ „ a Friend ... 0 10 „ „ tico Friends , Temp ! e-stree : 0 2 0 „ Mr . and Mrs . Walker , Wigan 0 10 „ Mr . John Wright , Haicick 0 0 6 „ Leeds , per J . Jones ... ... 270 FOR WH . ASHTON . From the Females at KUbarchan 0 10 0
FOK CSABTREE , ASHTON , A > D HOEY , From Mr . Pulleyn and family ... I 0 0 I OR MRS . VINCENT . From Mr . Smith , Cheltenham 2 6 „ a jew Teetotal Railway , Men on the Birmingham and Ulo ' iter line , being the produce of one week ' s abstinence 10 0 0 12 6 FOB HR . MAKSDEN . From the Association at Preston ... 0 5 0 FOB . THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL . From Mr . Byrne 0 10 0 FOR MRS . ROBERTS . By a Friend at Manchester ... 0 0 6 FOR MtSDAMtS FROST , WILLIAMS . AND JONES . From the Charttits , Bury St . Edmunds ... ... . i . ... 0 6 1
FOR MR . CARRIER . From the G'o ' ster National Charter Association , per J . Sidaicay 0 10 0 We CA . NNOT ACCOOT for the mistake in the Papers sen ! to Pontyposl last week . In consequence of several applications for money said to have been noticed in the Scar , and received at this office , we beg to state , in answer to ail such applications , that no money is received here , except the amounts which appear in notices to correspondents . Samuel Daviei , and James Porter , of Birmingluim , have applied , on behalf of Mrs . Roberts , of that place , the one for £ 2 ,
and the other for . So , neither of which sums ever came here . The Address of Mrs . Williams is as follows . — " Mrs . Zephaniah Williams , Heath Cock Inn , hen Bridge , Merthyr , Glamorganshire . " S . Sowde >\—The flannels teere received , and all forwaided , except tiro , to Norlhallerton , which will be ient as soon as we have enough for them all ; lliey are , at present , scarcely finished , arid ii would be fol ' -y ts send two parcels . Miles Clarkb , L ) am-side , Lancaster . —Soy who the Paper is at present directed to . Mr . Crabtrze . —They will receive them . J . Marshall . —About eleven months . J . Wilsol , Brompton , received . Bristol . —Continue with Lovell : he receives them
The Shareholders at Bradford xciU receive their dividends by aj > P ? 2 ^> 'P to J- Clari son ; Rochdale , ~ by applying io R . Holi , who veill receive the amtttnt from A . Heywood : KeigMey , by applying to D . Wheaiiierheai ; and those at Leeds by tailing at the Ofice . These places are all thai have yet sent torreded lists , and ail thai * m be paid till su * h is
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XiONGTON , Staffordshire Potteries . —An able lecture was delivered here hy Mr . Mart , on the right of the labourer to be maintained in the land of his birth . Wolverhampton . —It having been intimated to the landlord of the Woolpack Inn , that if he allowed the Charter Association to mee : at his house , his license would be taken from him by the Magistrates ; the last-meeting was held a : Mr . Jack ' s Temperance Coffee House , in Biiitcn-street , when the following resolution was carried unanimously : — "That the WolverhaCpton CLarttr Association be dissolved , and that the memfeer 3 join the Natioral Charter Association / ' Four classes were afterwards formed .
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. STTNDERiiANU . —Agreeable to pravions annouav * ment , a meeting was held in the Assembly Room , to neat an address from Mr . George White , of Leeds , who came from Newcastle for the purpose . Several respectably-dressed females occupied the front Beats , and testified by their repeated cheers their concurrence in the sentiments of the speaker . Mr , White addressed the meeting on the present system of representation , taxation , and the state « f the working classes ; he also explained the People ' s Charter , and was loudly and repeatedly cheered .
Mr . Deegan , Chartist missionary for Durham , also addressed the meeting on the necessity of union and determination amongst the people . At the close of the meeting , a large number of men and women enrolled their names as members of the National Charter Association . The meeting dispersed highly delighted with the proceedings . It > s the intention of the Newcastle Council to put Mr . White in nomination as their candidate for the Executive Council , at a meeting t » be called for that purpose on Thursday evening .
NEWCASTLE-TJPON-TYNE . —Mr . W . Byrne held a meeting at Swalwell , on Tuesday , the 17 th ult . An excellent spirit was manifested on the occasion . On Wednesday , the 24 th ult ., Mr . Byrne held a meeting at Bedlington . The old spirit appears to have arieen . The men of Bedlington subscribed 10 a . to the wives and familifta of the imprisoned Chartists , and 10 a . to the Executive Council . On Thursday , the 26 th ult ., Mr . Wm . Byrne held a meeting in Blyth . Mr . B . exposed tho evils of the present plan of Government , exhorted his hearers to unioD , and showed them that it was this want of unity which has injured the cause of freedom . Mr . B . then recommended his hearers to read the Northern Star , the only journal which deserves to be called the people ' s paper . He said that he could not think that man a Chartist who neglected purchasing a Northern Star every week . Mr . B . left an excellent spirit after him . A few friends in Cowper
Quay pi-eitBteti him with £ 1 23 . Sd . as a token of respect . Oa Friday , the 27 th ult ., Mr . Byrne attended at v \ alker ' s Colliery . The pitmen are being once more aroused to Uie e \ ilB of society . —Meetings to take place this and next week . —On . Saturday , the 5 ih ins :., Mr . Byrne will hold a meeting in Winlaton , at four o ' clock in the afternoon . Mr . George White will accompany Mr . Bvrne to that place . On Monday next , the 7 th inst ., Mr . Byrne will hold a meeting at Swalwell , at seven o ' clock in the eveniDg . On Thusdsy , the 10 th inst ., he will hold a meeting at Cramlington , at five o ' clock in the evening . On Friday , the 11 th inst ., in Bedlington , at seven in the evening ; and on Saturday , the 12 tb , in Blytb , at four o ' clock . Bills were posted in Newcastle , on Wednesday last , calling a meeting in the New Lecture Room , for the purpose of electing a delegate for this district to the National Executive Council . The people generally wished that Mr . George White , of Leeds , would aecept that office .
Ceven-coed-cymar , near Mebthtr Ttdyil . —On Sunday , the 29 ; h inst ., Mr . Black , of Nottingham , and the Rev . David Rees , of Merthyr , delivered two sermons in the National Chartist ABSOciationroom . It was unanimously agreed upon that the sermons be continued every Sunday ; and we are to have a sermon delivered by Mr . Black in English , and by Mr . Wm . James in Welsh , at two o ' clock next Sunday .
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CBAXiFOBD , NEAR STB . OUQ . Dreadful Accident . —On Monday , the 30 th of November , a shocking acciden : happened to a man of the name of Elijah Chambers , between thirty and forty years of age , while in the act of extracting a large stone from a quarry , the property of Mr . Cox ; a large portion of hard substance , about 4 cwt ., fell on the poor fellow , and killed him on the spot . He has left a wife , but no children , to deplore his loss .
S ^ OTTOHBOROUaa . Justice at Loughborough . —We have received an account , from this place , of as pretty a piece of evenhanded justice as can well be desired by the most devoted stickler for the great ; " unpaid . " Mr . John Skevington , of that town , was returning home on the evening of Loughborough iair day , with the decorum and sobriety of a good citizen , when he was grossly insulted by a young ehopocrat , who amused himself by mimicking his lameness , to which he subjoined a considerable share of abuse , in true Billingsgate style . One of the well-paid guardians of the night wae present , and allowed the minton of faction to continue his pranks with impunity , but told Mr . S . that if he did not ge in he would kick him iuto the house . In obedienco to this mandate
of tne peace-breaking watchman , Mr . S ., without in any manner resenting the abuse and injustice he had received , retired to his own habitation . His peaceful demeanour seems , however , to have been thfl signal for further insult and persecution , a 9 on the Thursday following he was dragged up before the magistrates by this precious specimen of a watchman , on a charge of being found drunk aud disorderly . The only evidence adduced against Mr . 5 . was that of the shopocrat , Cordal , who ought to have stood in the dock for his pains , ilr . Skevington produced respectable witnesses , not at all connected with him in politics , to prove that he was perfectly sober at tho time , that he conducted himself with the utmost order , and that Cordal first insulted Mr . S . by makiQ g
game of his lameness , and then threatened to kick his posteriors . _ Yet , in the teeth of this evi-. ience , the pardon justice , a Rev . Mr . Dudley , and his brother " Shallows , " adjourned the case for a week , and tbun , after hearing further evidence for the defence , the reverend doer of injustice sentenced the defendant to pay five shillings , or to sit six hours iu the stocks . Mr . S . is a staunch and unyielding supporter of the People ' s Charter ; of course it was not likely for him to obtain justice in a contest with a middle-class scamp , and a Whig-Tory watchman . As this is not the only persecution to which his steady adherence to principle has subjected him , we hope all his friends will rally round j } im , and not permit him to be a loser by this steady advocacy of their cause .
OIiDHAM . An interesting lecture was delivered on Sunday evening , in the Association Room , Greaves ' s-street , by Mr . Greaves . Lectures will be delivered next Snnday by Mr . G . P . Rowe , and others . On Monday evening , Dec . " th , Mr . J . Greaves , of Austerlands , and Mr . H . Smethnrst , of Oidh&m , will deliver lectures on Chartism , in the Primitive Methodist Sunday School , Hoiliugwood , near Oldham , when collections will be made in aid of the imprisoned Chartists .
Teetotalism . —This subject is exciting much attention here . A very interesting discussion on its merits has boeu holden between Mr . Greaves , of Oldham , and Mr . Micklethwaite , of Shaw ; Mr . Greaves pleading fcr moderation , and Mr . Micklethwaite for total absiiiic-nce . The room wa =-crowded to suffocatiou , more than a thousand tickets having been is&used , and many were tillable to obtain admission . After deducting the expences of tiie room , the proceeds tvere divided between the funds of the Temperance Society and tho families of the imprisoned Chartists .
Robbers . —On Wednesday , Nov . 25 th , two y"oang feirls went iuto the shop of Mr . James Bardsley , a shopkeeper , Mauche .- ier-strefct , and stole thedrawer i ' rom under the counter , containing money , in silver and copper , to the amount of thirty shillings . Tho drawer was . 'bund empty at some distance from the shop by a woman o ; the name of Mosley . They were taken into custody the same evening by the police , when evidence was adduced against them , and the magistrates committed them for trial .
HUDDEKSFIELD . Licensed Victuallers' Association . —The Licensed Victuallers' Association of this town have commeuced a warfare against the Beersellers , with intent to pain back their old monopoly . Already several informations have been brought before our magistrates , and in some cases they have proved successful in taking awuy the licenses . Some of the wholesale brewers are pledged to do all they can to assist them ; and a personage who was raised by
the Radicals after a general election , is said to be the first to commence full operations . Such is the state of feeling at this time that in ail probability an opposition will be got up ; and many of the old pool / cans wi 22 have to pay the piper . Petitions are in progress to the House of Commons , to show the necessity for giving the Bame protection to one class of tradesmen as the other ; for in every case the magistrates show a decided disposition to convict , if possible , and to look over the offences of the old monopolists .
Frost , Williaks , and Jones . —The committee for arranging the public meeting at Christmas , to advocate the cause of the return to their homes and families of the nobla patriots , Frost , Williams , and Jones , are to meet at Mr . Bians' News-room , at four o ' clock on Snnday next . It is to bo hoped that a spirit will be shown that will do justice to so humane and just a cause . The Borough Charter . —The committee for carrying out the resolution of the meeting to petition for & Charter of Incorporation for this Borough
have commenced their labours in earnest , and we understand several influential gentlemen have joined them . Petition sheets will , in the course of a few days , be ready for the ratepayers to sign at different places in the town . More inquiry is making as to the advantages which will oe derived from the Borongh being chartered , but as yet the public have taken no part . As , however , the opposition party are getting up a counter petition , more interest is likely to be taken , and the merits and demerits of the plan shown to the ratepayers .
Xl&BSBETH . LoyALTY at a Discount . —The loyal rate-payers of Lanjbdh baring been summoned by some wag , we ihoulu imagine , to meet at " the Horns" Tavern , to coisgratulate her Majesty on the appearance of the new piece of squalling royalty , mustered to the enormous number of " seven .
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HEYWOOD . Torn-out op Weavers . — The miserable condition of the weavers in this neighbourhood , who can now earn less by the labour of six day ? than twelve months ago in four , being attempted to be made still more miserable , by a further reduction of their too scanty wages , the weavers in the employ of Messrs . Clegg and Son . have struck against the attempted imposition . The reduction now attempted is one halfpenny for every pound of weft , ¦ which , we are assured , would tender the best weaver incapable of averaging more in clear wage than 7 s . weekly . LANCASTER . Mr . Leech haB been lecturing here on the Corn Law fallacy , and with great effect , exposing the sophistry , and refuting the attempted arguments of the Corn Law League gentlemen in a most masterly style .
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THE EDITOR OF TIIK NORTHERN STAR . Respected Sir , —You will receive an order on the Post-omce for 12 s . 6 d . ( 2 b . 6 d , from Mr . Smith , of this town ) , and 103 . from a few teetotal railway men , working on the Birmingham and Gloucester line , being the produce of one week ' s abstaining from all exciseable articles . They beg to impress on your numerous readers the utility , of adopting the principles of total abstinence , and keeping from an avaricious grasp of a government which takes from us all , in the shape ot tuxes , ana gives nothing but coercion in return . It is time for us to net for ourselves , and appropriate the amount for the benefit of Chartist principJes . By so doing , it will be found tbat tho will and the way for « ur civil and religious liberties will soon be open to every Englishman . You will please ferwaicl the amount to our imprisoned friend Vincent , and in a snort time you will heat from us again . For fellow-workmen and self , I am your well wishor , Daniel Keating . Cheltenham , Oct . 28 , 1840 .
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<^ - TO THE CHARTISTS OF ENGLAND , SCOTLAND , IRELAND , AND WALES . Friends Ihd companions in tub cause of justice AND HUM AKITY ,--After a few months of comparative inaction , so far as the cause of Chartism is concerned , we again call upon you to « onie forward and unite with us in petitioning the Crown for the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jenes , from their exile , now in captivity as tha victims of tyranny and treachery , and to get tnem restored to their families , their country , and . their home . In requesting your cooperation for thia object , it is not necessary to employ many arguments to demonstra t e the justice and propriety of coming forward at thia juncture for bo praiseworthy and laudable an undertaking . We invoke you in the . name of those eternal
and undying principles of equality and right embodied in the Charter . Wo ctujure you in the name , and by the remembrance » f , the many pledges you gave of your devotion to tho cause of justice , and your plighted faith to stand by its advocates ; we appeal to all the sympathies of your nature arising out of , and connected with , the relations of domestic life , whether as parents , children , wives , or mothers . Once more we conjure you by your hopes of happiness , in this aud another state , to respond to our invitation , and lend us your numbers and influence on that occasion . Finally , we appeal to your sympathy in behalf of those who iwe enduring all the agonies of widowhood and orphanage ; and bhall we ask you in vain ?
Perish the thought 1 Your very cheeks bluah indignant at the idea ; all your dormant feelings rise into action at tbe proposition ; the principles of eternal right are too indelibly imprinted upon your hearts and consciences not to come onward at the request of your brothers in the cause of good government ! On that day prove you are worthy of the aoil ot Britain , and of the rights of fremen ; show , by your combined intelligence and love of order , your fitness for the privileges you claim ; you will not only effect tho liberation of your co-patriota , but your peace , law , and order movement will silence the scruples , and beat down the prejudices of your enemies , and get you invested with all the immunities of free and unrestricted citizenship .
Suffer as , as co-workers in the same cause , to congratulate you on the position occupied by the artisans of England . The sons of our loved but oppressed isle exhibit the sublime spectacle of a nation , without the influence of aristocracy -and ¦ wealth , -with no weapons but those of immutable truth and righteousness , guided by nothing but the intelligence , virtue , and public spirit of the entire mass , labouring to g&t rid of the wrongs of centuries , and place themselves in that position nature's God intended them to occupy . And can the issue of our struggle be doubtful . We simply ask for those rights written upon man ' s forehead in the morning of bia creation ; we ask for nothing but what is chartered to us by the possession of existence and
reason—our claims are such as have been defended by the life's blood of Hampden , Sydney , and the illustrioua of all times , and with so much tbat is equitable , virtuous , and good on our side , can we despair ef success ? It cannot be . Religion , humanity , patriotism , yea , all that has been illustrious in the estimation of mortals , must be blotted from the map of human existence before we can relinquish one hope vo bnve entertained . Let ua spread information , disabuse the public mind , as to our real oljects ; and in thia way our cause will advance by perceptible and imperceptible degrees , and that God , in whose name we have hoisted our banners , will smile upon the efforts we are making , and crown our lab-jurj with complete success .
Already the hopes of oppressed millions are springing into life at the position you have taken . Injustice and misrule are beginning to conceal their sullen fronts from the lightning of public indignation . The unheeded and unpitied look upon your movement as the lever intended to raise them to their inheritance in the earth . The undying spirit of democracy , as free and unfettered as the light and air of Heaven , as indomitable as the tides of the ocean , ia now advancing as the harbinger of universal emancipation . Peacefully and legally proceed , and the victory is our own .
We call npon the thousands of our own country to assemble with us on New Year ' s Day , and petition for the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; we call upon the sons of that land sanctified by many a struggle for freedom , and consecrated by the genius of universal liberty—these are the man of SeotUnd . We almost think it unnecessary to solicit the mountaineers of Wales : its hundreds are panting for the time when they will be called upon to bxpress their deep attachment to Frost and his companions . We invite our friends in Ireland to aid us in legally petitioning the Crown for tueir liberation ; and when we are , at one hour , in tht face of Jehovau ' a own Son , with no windows
but those of heaven above our heads assembled , and plighting our faith at the altar of our country ' s liberties , and respectfully soliciting tho discharge of our companions , our petition must be successful , their sentence wiil by cancelled , and we shall have them in our ranks the advocates of those principles iu the defencu of which they have suffered . We remain yours in the cause of eternal justice aud equal rights , In behalf of the Committee , Wm . Gkiffnv , Wm . TiiojussoJi . Bank Top , Manchester , Nov . 30 th , 1840 . '
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DAN O'CONNELL TURNED CHARTIST . TO THE BDiTOR OF THE NORTHEttN STAR . THE CRISIS . Sir , —So , Mr . Editor . ' the crisis has arrived . The wreck has come to tae shore , and in positive contradiction to all his former assertions , Dankl O'Connell has proclaimed himself a Chartist . Thia , Sir , is only what has long been anticipated by almost overy one in this country , who made the grievances of thu operatives a part of their inquiries , as Daniel O'ConneU knew as well twenty years ago as he does » t this moment , that justice neither would or could be granted to Ireland until after a thorough and really Radical reform had taken place in the Comiuona .
He ( Daniel O'Connell ) now seeing that there is not a shadow of a chance of carrying Kkpeal , and finding himself disappointed in not getting the support of the Earl of Charlemont and many others , whose countenance he had anticipated , and seeing , too , that bia employers , the Whigs , are not likely to remain in office in the event of an election , he very kindly cornea forward with his plan for a Convention to carry the Charter . I have no doubt , Sir , but the attempt will be made to get up an agitation under his guidance , and as sure aa the Chartists come down from the high position which tkey now occupy , and place themselves under the leadership of Daniel O'Cennell , so surely will they be betrayed . It is not many months ago since he was the selected and choice supporter of the anti-Corn Law league , and now he ceoiea forward to say , in his letter to Mr . Stansfeld , of
Leeds—•• That nothing U so absurd , or irritates him to such a degree , as to see the anti-Corn Law men expect to get the Bread Tax took off uutil a real and permanent reform takes place in the House of Commons . " Now , Sir , I do not complain of Mr . O'Connell changing his mind ; I do not complain of him asserting he would bring 508 , 000 of his countrymen to pat down Chartism ; nor yet of his toasting about the Irish boys , witk Sergeant Daly at their head , murdering the poor fellow » in Newport ; but I do complain that Mr . O'Connell should talk about coming to England to form » Convention , and neglect to point out to Irishmen , ever whom he has unbounded eontroul . the
necessity of demanding the Suffrage for themselves . He says a statute exists that prevents any man representing the men of Ireland in a Convention ; but when or where did he ever point out to Irishmen , until now , the necessity of being represented ? Had he been sincere in bis desire to wrest from the hands of the real persecutors of Ireland the power to pass Coercion Bills , and ereat Poor Law bastiles , with all their hellish machinery , he would have offered his services long ago to assist in the establishment of a system of real representation , that would have ensured to bis hapless and much-abused countrymen the fruit of their labour .
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When that much-lamented patriot , Henry Hunt , was in the field of agitation , he pointed out to the slaves of Britain the fallacy of a qualification being attached either to the voter or his representative , and I have not a doubt but Daniel O'Connell's extension of the suffrage would still leave a great portion of the producers la tha same position they hold at present , for he says , " his plan should be carefully prepared to let in all the sound portion of the working classes , so that a very substantial portion of the operatives should enjoy the franchise , and as few aa possible be excluded ; " but why should any be excluded , unless on account of crime , age , or incapacity ? If Mr . O'Connell wants a slave-class , surely he has enough of that at home . Mr . O'Connell seems to forget
that fie was one who assisted in drawing up that very Charter he ha » since repudiated with so much virulence , and he ought to know that when the people have once been deceived in the conduct of a public man , their confidence is lost for ever . He says— " Get as many as possible of the rational and moral-force Chartists to join as—for the rest we will do without them . " Now what does he mean by " the rest ? " Does he allude to tboie brave and good men who are now languishing in the gaols ? Oh , Sir , i < this description of insulting language is to be tolerated , indeed , the poo - ple of Britain are enslaved beyond the power of redemption . Let immediate steps be taken , then , to prevent the possibility of either O'Conneli , or any other Whig , assuming a dictatorship in this country ,
or amongst our Chartist brethren . By the rules of the Repeal Association , no one is permitted to be a member unless he can pay £ i . Now , Sir , are we to suppose that O'Connell ' s extension of the elective franchise is to be on the eanie principle , tbafc only gives one rote to twenty operatives , because they can only pay one shilling each . Away with such accursed tyranny ; it would be better to struggle twenty years more , so that , at the end of tbat time , we got . bona fide , emancipation , than have such another fruitless victory as we gained at the passing of the Reform Sill , i must here too , reraark , ? that the Liberator , or , I should call him , the devastator , has not forgot the HEADY ; he says , " The Convention should also turn ita attention to obtaining funds to defray the expences of petitioning . "
Aye , Dan , look to the tin ; be sure yon do not forget tbat ! But I can assure Mister D : vn that the Chartists of Great Britain will never permit him to be their treasurer , as be has been on all occasions in Ireland ; &n& even if he was to be fortunate enough t « succeed iu palming himself on the British Chartists , as one of their officials , there is such things as balance sheets , to which we know Mr . O'C has a decided antipathy , and , therefore , out of pure modesty , he might havo left that part of his plan to some one else . Are ye prepared , tben , ye Chartists of England , to send your pence to the Tralee Bank , or the strong box of Derrynaue 1 If not , pursue the wise and salutary course you are now pursuing ; fur if you submit yourselves to the
direction of any admirer or supporter of either Whigs or their measures , you connive at your own destruction and degradation , and your sun is set for ever . If O'C . has any inclination to support Chartism , or its principles , let him go to work in Ireland ; there is ample space for his exertions ; and , with the co-operation of our sister isle , we could most assuredly accomplish our object , as we have no other aim or end in view than justice to all ; but if the Chartists permit themselves to be deluded by the promises of a vacillating man , that has broke more pledges than any man in Europe , they certainly deserve to be left to their fate , and they will become the acorn of every upright and honest patriot in every country .
To your posts , th 9 n , ye honest advisers of the oppressed multitude ; sound the tocsin of alarm throughout the land ; prevent , if possible any man from listening to the delusive sophistry ofthe man who sold the factory children . Yon have O'Connor for an adviser ; he will not betray you ; he will not leave you in the hour of difficulty , or forfeit any of tha privileges of any section of the community tor the sake of an ephemeral popularity , as was the fate of the forty shilling freeholders of Ireland . Stick to your integrity , then , my brothers ; take aid from all , but trust none who have not been tried in the furnace of adversity ; never permit any one to became your representative but a working man if you hope to prosper . I shall be with you in a few weeks , till then farewell , and be sure you meditate on the earnest advice of A Repoplicah .
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AN APPEA . L TO THE WORKING CLASSES FOK THE PAYMENT OF PEDDIE'S ATTORNEY'S BILL . Fellow-Work ma Men and Brother Chartists , —We , the Committee appointed to got up subscriptions for tho payment of Peddie ' s attorney , are compelled again to address yon to bestir yourselves in this case , as the attorney is very pressing for the settlement of the same , and we have only been able to raise the one half of the amount claimed by him . Theie remains to be got up £ 4 15 s . to enable us to make a settlement with him ; and wo hope that those who have done nothing as yet for Peddie , will now come forward with a trifle to enable the committee to come to a conclusion with this affair , as we have pledged ourselves to pay tho same on Christmas Day .
Peddie's case is well known to the public , therefore , it requires us to say no siore on that head , trusting that our fellorv workers in the cauBe of political freedom , will not stand back and see the home of Peddie broken up for the paltry amount claimed by the attorney . This has been among the last appeals to the public generosity ; and it ought to have had a claim among the first ; but the committee arc aware that it has been the most neglected by the generality of the people ; but they trust that this second appeal will not be made in Vilin .
All money collected , or may be collected for this purpose will be required to be sent to Mr . Ardill , treasurer , Northern Star office , before the 12 th of December , or be brought or sent to the West Riding Delegate Meeting , to be held at Dewebury , on the 13 th of December , as the mutter will be settled on tbat day . Signed on behalf ol the Committee , John Craig . [ This should have appeared last week , but having been givuii to mo in the street by the person who requested its insertion , 1 put it in my pocket , and forgot it—WM . Hill . ]
o . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —Tho Whigs and the psesdo-Radicals , or disguised " Geese , " attempt to veil their dirty tricks by insinuating tbat tha " Neutrals , " or those honest Chartists who refused to aid in the recent " Dog-flgbt , " were paid by the Tories . This they conclude from an idea they have , that working men cannot pay for posters . Now , Sir , the fact is , that Mr . Parker has paid about 10 s . out of his own purse , and the remainder is still due to the printer . I was present at a meeting of the Chartists , when the subject was mooted , and a plan suggested for discharging the printer ' s bill by subscriptions among themselves . So much for the cowardly attacks and disgusting scurrillity of the " Fox and Goose Club , " and their panders , the soidisant Chartists . A Looker-oh .
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THE TOTAL ABSTINENCE PLEDGE . We have received several communications , thanking the parties whose names are appended to tb . 9 " Addn-BS to the Working Men of Great Britain , " for their recommendation of abstinence from intoxicating drinks . We cannot find room fur all ; and xauat , tlierefore , content ourselves with the following as a sample , praying all to accept our thanks for the interest in the great cause manifested by them : —
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I solicit the favour , through your paper , of thanking Messrs . Vincent , Hill , Cleave , Neesom , and Hetherington , for their noble and brotherly aidresa to their " countrymen , " recommending them to abstain from " intoxicating drinks . " I hope it will be responded to by the thousands who signed the petition for the People ' s Charter . Let them sbew their fortitude and courage against that insidious and destructive enemy . Let them reflect on the many privations those have been obliged to make who are now surT « ring imprisonment or banishment for advocating their rights , and they will aee that it is not an unreasonable request , in calling upon them to sacrifice on the sacred altar of national liberty those indulgences , the gratifying of which only adds to the revenue of an
extravagant , oppressive , and corrupt system of government Be assured that this total abstinence will produce a real practical freedom , of which no one can deprive them , and no power prevent ; and it will strike a greater terror in the hearts of all tyrants than all tho " demonstrations" tbat the people can make . See what alarm , the Tories axe in at the effects produced by Father Mathew in Ireland I Because they are now becoming sober , they , forsooth , must be traitors ! I hope every true Briton will adopt your recomme » d&-tion , and shew to the world tbat they are worthy of their freedom , and tbat they know how to obtain it ; that they aro no longer a swinish multitude , but have become sober men . I beg to repeat their conclusion- — that "wo Government can long withstand THE JUST CLAIMS OF A PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE COURAGE 10 COSOUKR THEIR OWN T 1 CBS . "
I ein recommend a substitute for beer , whfch I hope yon will be kind enough to print ftloag with this note , and remain yours , respectfully , J . SCHOLBFIBLD , Every-itreeti Manchester . 30 th Nov ., 18 *« . An Excellent Receipt for making Gihger Beer . —To five gallons of water , add three or four ounces of Irish moss , two ounces of ginget ( braised ) , and two ounces and a half of hope ; boil all together
half an hour , then strain it through a sieve . Add about four pounds of brown sugar or treacle , and a table-spoonful ot salt , and let it boil again about ten minutes ; when nearly cold , add half a pound of good barm . Cover and let it stand till next ; day , then put it into a barrel or drink pot , let it work two days , then close it up tight , and it will be ready for usa . If it be drawn off into clean , dry , stone bottles , Boon after it is tapped , and well cork'd , the ht ? er will keep fresher , and be pleasanter to drink . N . B . This beer is most excellent for women giving suck .
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CHARII 3 T AGITATION IN IRELAND . The following letter has been received in Liverpool by Mr . W . J . ilagee , from a friend in Ireland : — Antrim , Nov . 25 , 1840 . Dear Sir , —I wish to inform my Chartist friendfc in Liverpool , and through them the people of Great Britain , of the position I at present occupy as regards the causa . For the first month , I was allowed to agitate without experiencing , any great amount of opposition ; about that time the shopoerats began to ask one another what was best to be done , as they saw that , in pro * portion as the principles of democracy were , progressing , their interest most naturally be on the -wane . In con * sequence of this , a meeting of the " respectables * was convened to adopt the best means to effect the removal of Francis Mellon , the Chartist demagogue , from Antrim . .
Now , Sir , I will let you know the means adopted . In 1828 , my father , by aa accident , lost his life at Antrim Castle ; since that time , my mother has been in receipt of two shillings per week as a compensation for her loss : now , the high-minded and benevolent shopoerats of Antrim reasoned after this fashion . —If we can cause Lord Ferrard ( who is Lord of thu Castle } to discontinue the salary , perhaps her son will not have so much time to spare in going about thu town , with the Northern Star under his arm , creating dissatisfaction , and causing peaceable inhabitants of our loyal town to be discontented with their condition : they naye succeeded ; the small pittance is taken from my mother , an old woman near seventy years of age& which is another proof that as long as class-legislation exists , no man or woman is secure who dares to advocate the rights of labour ; and all go to show the necessity of the people being at occe put in possession of th » Charter . Who would not hazard his ail for it . »
Dear Sir , I have had many communications from England and Scotland in consequence of the last letter of mine you sent for publication . If you think of publishing this , you will please to thank them , in my name , as I have not time to answer all their conimtv ttic&ticn ? , I am going en in the good cause ; it is dearer to me than life itself ; nothing can atop me In performing that duty which my God and my country rttuiand at uiy hands . The enemies of liberty , the miserable mushrooms of Antrim may succeed in driving me out of the town ; if they should , I will let you know where , and I hope they will still continue sending me th « Star , and I defy every tyrant Go on , men of Britain ; you stand in a proud position ; the fabric of corruption is tottering—tie day of retribution is at h&Tid . -
Yours , in the cause , A Chartist and a Republican , Francis Mellon , Antrim , Uasseren To Mr . W . J . Magee , Secretary to the National Association .
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CHARTISM IN IRELAND . TO THK EDITOR OF THB NORTHERN STAR . Dublin , November 30 th , 1840 . DEAR Sir , —Having seen in tho Star ot Saturday last a notice to correspondents , who have enquired for the address of persons in Ireland to whom they might send your invaluable paper , I hope that you will , through the same medium , inform them that th » Chartists of this city are now making a determined , but steady advance ; their principles are spreading rapidly by means of circulating the Star : they have opened a reading reom , at No . 8 , Go'den-lane , which we think will do much good ; the Star and other liberal papers would be thankfully received by the following persons , members of the . Charter Association , Dublin : —Mr . John Norton , 8 , Golden-lane ; Mr . Patrick Rafter , 12 , Trinity-place ; Mr . James Dillon , 12 , Abbey-street ; and by Mr . Peter M . Brophy , in the Rear of No . I , Warm wood-gate .
We are thankful for your able advocacy pf the rights of the people , but more especially for the able manner in which you have exposed the " Big Beggannan , " Dan , and his Corn Exchange colleagues . Our principles are gall to them , and in private we have many turns with them , and I can assure you that we are mor » than a match for any of them . I will not trespass lottger ob your time , but Believe me to be , Yours , respectfully , Peter . M . Bropht , In the Rear of No . 4 , Warmwood-gate , Dublin .
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um TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —I perceive in your notice to " correspondents * there is a suggestion made by Mr . Benjamin Haggett , tbat " in the event of a death taking place amongst us , let a solemn procession of all who can attend take place , and appoint one from our ranks to deliver an appropriate address at the place of interment ; or , if not permitted , at the nearest and most convenient place for that purpose . " Now , Sir , as bints and suggestions are only mad either for others to improve npon , or to carry them into effect , so far as I am concerned , I shall at any time be willing cheerfully to accommodate the parties If any in this neighbourhood think proper to accept it And I should think there will not be wanting an equally generous spirit to meet their wishes in other places . With due respect , I remain yours , < fec J . SCHOLEFIELD , Dec 1 , 1849 . Every-street , Manchester .
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THE AGRICULTURAL CHARTISTS TO THEIR IMPRISONED BRETHREN . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —Will you permit a private in tho ranks , at the request of the unflinching phalanx of agricultural Charti&ts , to occupy a small Bpace in the columns of th * people ' s paper , the Northern Star , in order that we may offer to the high-minded and gallant imprisoned patriot * the tribute of our admiration and esteem . Believe us , ye neblea of catnre , your names are indelibly engraven on the hearts of your countrymen ^ your glorious deeds and unparalleled sufferings—unparalleled in the present enlightened age—shall stimulate the unrepresented millions to the achievemen of your freedom and ours .
The apathy which at present seems to exist , ana the apparent want of sympathy evinced for your condition , is , we are satisfied , only apparent , not real , but arises from the want of energetic leaders to combine and arrange the suffering and sympathising millions who sigh for liberty—universal liberty . Despair not , ye honoured martyrs , the cause for which you are suffering —unjustly suffering—is the noblest cause that ever engrossed the mind or engaged the pen or tongue of man ; it is , irtdeert , " Von populi , vom Dei . " Oh ! to call your cruel incarceration the upholding the " sacred majesty
of th « law" is , in our opinion , a blasphemy so impious that we are almost induced to disbelieve in the existence of such lawa—laws we view as conceived in th » spirit of a Draco , and executed with the recklessness and demoniac hatred of a Jeffries , In the great , glorious , and free Protestant England , in the nineteenth century , are we not , dally and honriy , painfully reminded that beings possessing intellect of the highest order , combined with the greatest moral worth and excellence , are suffering hunger , imprisonment , exile * and death .
Hear the prayer , O God , of thy long-suffering and patient people ; redress their manifold wrongs ; deliver the captive from his dungeon ; break the chains of the exiled patriots ; release them from bondage , and restore them in health to the bosom of their country and homes f We believe the day is not far distant when the names of your oppressors shall exist only as a bye-word and reproach , linked to all that is base , cowardly , mean , despicable and grovelling in human nature . Descendants ot Dionysfug and Nero , we envy ye net ; remember a time will « ome when" Derision shall strike you forlorn , A mock' ry that never shall die ; The curses of bate and the hisses of acorn Shall burden the winds of the sky ; And proud o ' er your ruin for ever bo hurl'd The laughter of triumph , the jeers ef the world . "
Acaept the ardent hopes , wishes , and prayers for your health and speedy liberation from n dungeon ' s floor of the hitherto unknown , but not ltss sincerely at * tachtid , Agricultural chartists of the Easy Riding of the Countt of York . Pocklington , Nov . SO , 1849 .
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MANSFIELD . The following letter has been sent with a Post-offie * Order to Manchester , for the relief of the wives and families of the incarcerated patriots : — Dear Sir , — With this day ' s mail we send y » O » Post-office Order for the sum of ten shillings , tha contribution of twelve working men , for the relief ot the wives and families of the imprisoned Chartists ; this shop has been regularly subscribed for nearly eighteen months , during which time we have subscribed upwards of eight pounds towards advancing the cause ot
Chartism . The plan acted npon by ua shows most clearly what the working classes could effect tor themselves , if they would bat unite and contribute their mites regularly . A fund could soon be raised by our united exertions that would place &U the Tictima * families in comfortable circumstances , procure lecturers , disseminate political knowledge throughout th * country , and enable us to bid defiance to the blaek ram . Poor , old imbecile , he might as well try l » choke Prince Albert ' s dogs with butter , or to teaeh her ma jesty ' smarmozets to say grace before dinna * .
We cannot be ruined , if we will bo but true to ourselves ; jf but one million of fustian jackets would sabscribe one halfpenny per week , it would produce £ 2 , 083 6 s . 8 d . ; in a month it would be £ 8 , 333 6 s . 8 d . ; and in twelvemonths the sum of £ 108 , 333 6 s . 8 d . An Executive Council , backed by sinewa of war lik « this , might snap their flngew at Plain John and / Ua » rest of bjg clique . Henrt Db Coubct . November 28 , 1840 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 5, 1840, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct358/page/5/
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