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    C^atti gt £ttUtt%ence. (Continued from our Second page.)

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    THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, JANUARY 9. 1841.

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    "" ~~ pI > ' > 'ER TO THE LIBERATED CHARTISTS . /> - Thursday evening , a public dinner was given by v rhnfeto » t the Hall of Science , Camp Field , to & % ^ j' Richardson , Wm . Butterworth , Samuel ***? & J Smith , and Christopher Doyle , whose S ^ oa from Pri " ' &fter an to * " *^ of nine J ^> , oa charges of sedition , we announced in last ° ' t- Advertiser . The dinner was Berved np in the t ^' ns room called the Grand HaU , where excellent Sosmodsuon was provided for the company . The JfVj-nan-g table was placed under the elegant proscenmm fo « rooai- Five tables were placed lengthwise along ? v » body of the room , and one extended across the end isite W tie proscenium , and at these about three f' ^ dred male and female guests were accommodated . Se rSrn ^ as b rilliantly lighted with gas and decorld with numerous banners , evergreens , &c Behind

    * vp chairman ' s table was displayed a splendid drop retire ^ nting , we understand , the arrangements H ^ ToVicrt * proposed to be effected by Mr . Owen ' s ccm-- rtttem At the end of the room fronting the T > ' Vi suspended a large fnll-lenRth portrait of X ^ L , o-Coimor , Esq ., inscribed " O'Connor . Hunf « ~ neesso *' " Amongst the banners , &c , which were flr « , isvpd " on the occasion , we observed the following : . _ Lar » e b ! ue banner , inscribed " Manchester Political _ . " . j 'bearing a aeure of Justice with the balance ; v ^ ntr inscribed , " " Manchester Female Political r v ^ n " " -which was painied a portrait of Dr . P . M-Duail ; banner inscribed , " Liberty and Equality -, another bUr . ne the inscription , " Fur a nation to be * L , it is sufficient that she wills it ; " forge banner , r ^ j ^ » CciTersal Suffrage , Shert Parliaments , TE ^ ri-able Adjustment-, " portrait of Thos . Paine ; enrraTic ? of the Manchester massacre , 4 c . A band of | Tn , j c -was in ar . end&nce , and played , during the evento a Tsricty of popular airs .

    , The ch&ir was taken by the Rev . Jas . Scholsfield , of ZverY-street , Ancoais . At the President ' s table sat the £ Te liberated prisoners above-named , and several other persons , including , we believe , the -wives of some " / the parties in honour of whom the dinner was CTcn . " After the cloth was withdrawn , the Chairman rose SDd said it was not lusg since they bad the opportunity of meeting in that hail on a similar occasion , to weletisie back from incarceration Messrs . Collins and 31 "Douall , and he would say that they felt equal pleasure in giving as sincere- i welcome upon the present occasion to the guests that were around him . Hesr hear .. The time for such an entertainment was

    somewhat inauspicious , and to that he attributed-the c-cmistance of the attendance no : being so numerous is on the other occasion to which he had a ] n : led . Bvi it beta at any other time he had no doubt that ties ? men would have been welcumed by s , s numerous i company as were Messrs . Collins and M'Dooall . He trasnD ! aware that he should have to preside" at this meeting until late that afternoon , and therefore they ¦ would not expect much from him io the way of speaiine that eTening ; but he must say this , that the cause of the people certainly was progressing , not only here , bat ^ enriaiiy ; and they ought to be grateful for the KsdLtss which their governors had bestow ^ upon Messrs . Richuds-.. n . Collins , il'Djuall , and others , because it was the best thing that could have happened for the cause cf the people . The better a cause was the more enemies it had ; and they fcnew by experience that the more the a-ivocates of any cause were

    prosecuted the better that cause got on . The Whigs had done this , however , not with any real desire to further the people ' s caiise , and therefore they owed ttwm no thsnis . The cause of the people was going on ; there ¦ » as a better understanding amougst them than formerly , and they were more united . He was sorry that they , in Manchester , at the present time , had to cont end ig . dnst another oppressive power which was insinuating itself into the town , he meant the Xew Poor Law . ; Hear , hear . This law , which was especially to gnnd the poor , the "Whig 3 and Tories had coalesced to bring in , and they were equally in favour of it- Under pre-KEt circumstances , understanding that there were a number of persons present who -arched to enjoy tbemselres with a ball after the cither proceedings had tirm-natrd , he would not detain th ; -zn longer , but -propose the frst toast , which was that genuine Radical cue , "Tie People- " Lond cheers-1

    Mr . Bell , in rep : ring to the toast , said it was cne ¦ which bad often "been given in the 'Whig and sham-Riiicai camp of the present day . It had often been renxsa : . e 3 to by men professing liberal principles , and ¦ who , at the time they Were responding to it , had been endeavouring by every means in their power to trample upon tiit people whom they were extolling . Tee working classes , and they alone , in his opinisn , foraied the people . The aristocracy and their minions funned none of the people , in his opinion ; but they who descended into the bowels of the earth , and by their industry , thrir siill , and enterprise , produced that which had mnde England so renowned am-jngst nations , and the envy and admiration of thewor-ci—tht-y w ; : e the pe ^ u-Is , in his opinion . They who hid raised

    England from a barren moor to what she was , -who had nistrd the pa ' isce vf the aristocrat , and by ¦ whose aid he erjoyed ti . e wealth the people procueed—they were the people . The people wert those who had Vuilt our towns , who had nude England what she is , and yet who had to starve in the midst of plenty . The rights cf the people had been trampled upon by the few , the aristocracy and the moneyocracy . The people were the only legitimate source of power , and they were the only legitimate source of wealth . "Why was it then that they were not represented ' : There ; must be a cause for it . There was no other but the disorganized position which the working c ' assts had assumed , and the splits which existed amongst themselves . They found men base enough to openly

    denounce those who had done all in their power to obtain lor ihrHi their rights and privileges . Such men had tTtr been found amo :. jrst the j > e-ple , —such men had ever been found wiliin ; tools to the higher an 4 middle rinks i » f seevtty . wtos * interest it wisto maintain thfet- ^ ople in that state in which tht-y at present existed . There ¦ was a time when tbs comfortable , white-washed cottage of the labourer adorntd the face of England , and when the labourer was Weil paid . Was it impossible that the working elas- ? e 3 could be raised from the r present K » aiti ? n , and be again in possession of something like eomfortab' . e bonies ' : It was possible , and it rested ¦ with themselves whether they and their families received the full reward fur their laWui which they ought to receive , and which their industry and their hVmi entitled them to . There wis wealth enough

    pro-Guce-i in this couatry to teep all h 3 ppy anu com . 'urj-&bie ; plenty for the working man , and plenty for th- _ - idle aristocracy . There was pienty for all ; but how ¦ was it that ^ they who produced all received next to nothing , whilst they -who pranced nothing were wallowing in lnxury ? I ; -was . ss he had said before , because * f the disunion amongst the working classes . Froa tbrir want of c ^ -operati jn , taeyhad aLowed the Esued few to get ail they should have- T ^ e working elissta were the people , and tLev oily . The rest were the drones o ! society . The working classes produced that which all exi > ttd npon ; the working c : ^ s ? e ^ rendered an equiTaient f ^ r what they co nsncij- 'i ; the "Wcilthy drones re :. dt : r = d no iquivi ' -ent for wl . at they consiii :. ed , and consequently w ^ re not th * pe rsons Tho contributed to the wealth vf soc ' . eij . : Appb ,

    use-The CiiAJKMA . \ saia the next toist was one which ¦ wo-sM Tarvt with a cordial rfcspon . » e : r-- ^ i all pr- 's-nt-I : related : u : he nitn ¦ who , on the prt ^ ent oix-iiion , &y ¦* ::: ¦ •? ts .-ecialiy called ni on to Lun-ur—r-n : nt- ' y , ilt- ' -rs . R ' . ch-: r : son , EuttcXWiTth . Dojle , S- . i-itl-. un . J S : tt . C :. eeis- After some l . uriiorons u ' '^ -rv :.-. i ns . til - Kev . C ^ - - rr . i- ^ a s ^ -d the cojiii-r . ry wuu ; -i U ' c ih . C'j-p : rtt : r .: tT of hraricj fr ^ m tho > e who WiJi . i-i lt- ^ p ^ sd i ' j tLr t-. a-t -C-. fctLtr , whilst at co ' eji , tLey hr--i learnt-ij the drst lessjn c-f Ka-iicaiism , which was c v .:.: ; i-n 5 e :. > e He ih- nld c-U nv . on Mr . Rlchir-ison Srat , lvs being dr ^ t 02 the li-t .

    Mr K . J . RiciiaSDSON then came fbrrrar .-l . in- 'l was lc-iiy cheered . H = sa : i , Mr . Chairm-an . la-iitj , and fictlenifca , it ap > ear 3 , from what has fai ' en from cur chairiLaT :, that t ; are \< j und-rgo an exaj : iin ^ ti < n iffer psr stu ' . ies at college . ' Laughter . ; The first qucstio'i is , have -we f ^ rrotour S r ^ t lesson , conimon stn ^ e ? Ti :.. t K 2 ; : 2 ili n ; e Tcrv f .. Td : > jy of an ar . ecdutt iL-t wis vtry Prfcval-. nt during tLe time when Tko : nas Pj . ine w-. s frst prosecuted f ^ r h s Ajt of Reason , his C ' jM-wj . i Sr . s > , a = ? L : s lights of Man . At that tin : e , > 'ir , you ire awirc that ail the holders and readers of Pain-j ' s Works -B-fcre proseeuted . An order came do ' . vn to Boiton " V ) the Hi _ n Cor ^ tab ' e there to str . rch all the hou > fcs iii Great and Litt' . e Soiton , in order to s = e -whether t ; . ert were Env of Pj-Lce ' s vrorhs Ft-rrtud in anv of tile

    fcaictrs , chimn-y holes , benesth the floors , or a : > y' ¦ 'brre else , and to bring the owners of them before Mr . D . 'ib ^ rry . TLe Hi » h Constable cailfd the D . puty Con-Kapi-, Trh . 0 Cjmnioaly Went by the naae of Jem . " Jesi , " < ai 4 the High Constable , " thon man go r .-i . nd & * t'j-w-n and see whtther tbee can foind ocy o' Pi . ii ; t ' s 'Are o * Keasyn , '' K-. ets o' Mon , ' or Common Su . s ^ ' " 'R ' fcU . Jen : set cut and starched all thiotgh Great a ^ d I-: tIe Bolton . He then came b ^ ck to the High Con-K » kle , who said , " Well , Jem , what success ? " " Why , " Byi he , " we've done as you ordered , and we ' ve Eot bten able to foind ony Common Sense , or Reets o' Men wywhera . " ( Laughter . ) And , Sir , I assure you J found * o common sense in gaoL It was all of a very refined Stalky , and our lessons were chiefly in the school of inodern Whig gaol philosophy ; and a very fine school o is , 1 will assure you . They talk of Tory days of

    Persecution . I will give yon an instance . I saw in liceaster Castle & copy of rules made in the year 182 « , and signed by Justice Bayley . At that time U appears to have been i custom of the county ma- " titrates to make the rules and cet them *> gned by the Judge upon the circuit . The county l ^ fistrat £ B a . t that time put in a quart of beer and a # st of wine to all persons before trial , and to all per-**» after trial for misdemeanour . Old Justice Bayley , * b-en he saw it , said , " A pint—put in a quart-, and it remained until I went to Lanc-ister . But the ^" aigs h » d made a new law , and took the power from the Judges on circuit , and gave it to the Secretary of State—ihesT ); and the Secretary of State said a pint **« enough . Therefore , Sir , under the Whig gaol Philosophy , we h » T 8 been reduced from a quart of beer * ad a quart ef wine to a pint of b « er and & pint of wine . fie would now go to other tubjecta ; and first , he

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    -would say that putting the people ' s leaders in gaol had not deprived them of that common sense which they h&d -when they -went there . He did not know a single man , from John Fr * st downwards , who was in the least alienated from his former opinions in politics . They might probably make men more cautious by putting thwm under bail , but they could not change their opinions . He was under bail for three years , Uking date the 23 d December , 1849 , and therefore he must speak very cautiously of the "Whig gaol philosophy in Downing-str&et , in Lancaster , and in Kirkdalc ; but still he might do them justice . And what justice did he do them ? First , the Whigs , who came into power upon the shsulders of the people , were the very first to incarcerate the people in gaols , and were the very first

    to incarcerate him , who worked like a horse to get them back to power . He would take good car © to pay them back with interest , for ali the services they fiact done to him . They had , through their course of oppression and misrule , imprisoned 665 persons for political offences , and all because they dared to denounce the Whig Government " Ths people , the source of all political power , " and " the liberty of the press , " ha-J been favourite toasts with the Whigs . For speaking their minds , he and others had been lodged in gaol . ( Hear , hear , bear . ) Yes , for speaking their minds , they had incurred the displeasure of those who were glad at one time to climb npon their shoulders to power ; and did any one think that they could forget their duty to the Whigs , which was to bring them back

    from that high state they now occupied . ( Hear . ; He thanked God he had a vote or two yet to spare , a ~ i perhaps , before twelve months were over , these W . u olings w-juld come crawling to him for a vote , and he j realised them he would not give it to his friends . He would give it to his more generous enemies , the Tories . If hi could use the Tories for the purpose of bringing back the Whigs from power , he would do it , and every mm was justified in doing it Previous to the year 1 S 3 S , the country was in a very encouraging state so far as regarded RefoTm . But now how did they fir . u it ? Since he had been in gaol , he had had an opportunity of reflecting upon the doings of the Whigs , and he found that during that nine months , the Whigs had done mere to rivet the chains of slavery upon the

    people than ever was done under the despotic ix-ign of Sidnionth and Cast ' . ereagh . They had thrown the protress of Reform backwards twenty years or more . The ' Whigs La 4 been labouring , and with what effect , he need only allude to the , police soldiery , for the purpose of centralizing all the authorities in the hands of the Secretary of State , in order that the Government in ght have the power to put down every attempt to obtain the people ' s rights , whether moral or physical . During the agitation for the Reform Bill many Radical Reformers were induced to yield to the interests of those in power on condition that when they had got the Reform Bili they would assist the Radical Reformers in obtaining Universal Suffrage . How had the Whigs fulfilled their promises ? He need only mention

    to them Archibald Prentice . ( Heart The occasion to which he alluded was a meeting on St Peter ' s field , when Mr . C . J . S . Walker was in the chair , and when Mr . Brooks moved a resolution in favour of Universal Suffrage , which he i Mr . Richardson ) seconded . Archibald Prentice said , "Oh , Mr . Richardson , I am sure you must see the impropriety of asking for Universal Suffrage now ; I am sure we will assist you to get Universal Suffrage after we get ihe Reform Bill . " Where was he ¦ . Mr . Prentice ) now ? Why did he not convert the iluT . ctiotcr Times into another Northern Slur , and why did he not lead them on to Universal Suffrage as he had dune to the Poor Law ? Why , because it did not suit bis interest iHear . i Mr . Prentice had now a peculiar interest , ho might call it , in speaking of the knowledge

    test . He iMr . R . ) should like to see a test of that kind fur members of parliament , for kings , and fur peers , and for all the officers of state ; but he was afraid it was beyond Mr . Prentice ' s skill to devise a plan for String knowledge to statesmen , and fitting them for legislators . ( Applause . ) After alluding to the warpolicy of the Whigs , which he severely animadverted upon , and to some other topics , the speaker said that the time was fast approaching when physical force , as a means of obtaining the people's rights , would become a secondary question . There was a time fast approaching when the whole mass of the British people , middle classes , working classes , and higher classes wouid become one chaotic scene of confusion . The price of labour was becoming lower and lower , and the

    labouring population of England would be reduced t « the last extremity . The higher and middle classes would sti'l wish to keep their power , but wbat could withstan i the people when groaning beneath the weight of tyranny ? What government would have the hardihood , or what goverr-xient would have the power to withstand the shock ? Onght not , then , the people of England to be prepared to save this country from the wreck which took place in France , during the bloody revolution of iast century ? This could only be done by the moral organizition of the people . He Bpoke of moral organization , and he qualined it now , because he bad been what was called a physical force man -, and he was not ashamed to say that , after the attempts that had been made , there was not the slightest chance for this country ever to be modified und regenerated by

    a bloo-. ly revolution . He thought now it should be by a jaoral revolutioa , although he shouJd be tee very list man to shriuk from danger if he saw any necessity for i £ r Applause . I He would . recommend the people to organize themss-lvea in every town , village , anil hamlet in the kingdom . He cared not for grand national orga ' . iiz . tion , as that might be open to the charge of illegality . He thought udtss the peoplo of England iteered as clear of the Jaws as they pofsiWy could , the jolice soldiery would take every opportunity to seduce them into illegal steps . At the present moment there was more necessity for moral agitation than ever . iHear , hear . ' He concluded ty cautioning all present against trusting strangers and orators wtsom they had not known long enough to be satisfied of their honesty , and sat down anii < ist cheers .

    Mr . Wm . BCTTERYTOKTH iit . xt addressed the mteting , and , in the course of his remarks , he alluded to the jury before whom he iud been tried . The jury was composed of men who wer * but one decree removed from the operatives , and yet , without waiting one moment , they pronounced him guilty , thus showing thelirtle fyaipatby tbey&aJ wi : h the people . These men were as sudden in pronouncing him guilty as the Dake of Wellington would have been , and their conduct indnced him to think that they were no better trienda of his than the Duke of Wellington . There was another important fact which he woul <\ mention , and that was , that every man who had been prosecuted by the Crovernment had been prosecuted ais > o by men who ought to have supported him ; he meant by

    a portion of the working n ; en ; for the working men , by their apathy , ha . 1 given the lie , in a great measure , to what Lad been said about Universal Suffrage bting want-ed . So long as that was the case they could never txpect to work out the salvation of tha body to which they belonged . The only way in which they could work out their salvation was by uniting as one man , but , a * , the same time , aa Mr . Richardson had observed , tLey ougkt to take care that t e Attorney . Cfentral did not pounce upon them . The franchise was the right of every man in the community , and with notLiusj sliurt tf that ought they to be satisfied . ( Hear ,

    hear . / They -w < . re told that " knowledge was power , " at : d that the inidcle classes and the arbtocracy were in possessi-jn of ail the knowledge . >" ow tht-y having : hat knu-wifdee which was calculated to protect them , why did they not allow the poor man lo have the right to exercise the franchise' : But this power would ri-Ver be granted until tke people were in a position to <" : ] : sui . d it , and th . it luoment they -vroD );] ijtt it . To p-rtition the legislature for Universal Suffrage was , as a very eminent sUiesuian hau said , like petitioning the r c > s of Gibraltar ; l-ut the uiLrnent iLey s-aw that the > e- 'plt- wtre strong euouzb . to i ; et what they wanted , then tli- y would very coolly give it to them .

    Mr . D > yle then briefly addressed the company . He C-JD'jfciHn : d the Wh'gs an . l Tories alike , aa enemies of the workiDg clashes , i ; nd ixiid if ever he bad the j-rivilege of giving a vote , ij should be given to n Hv'ic-il , or not at a'l . lie shewed the inalienable ri uf the pt-ople to possess the franchise , and c <> ncJmleil by espr&s ^ ing a Lt-pe tha t triey -would nevt-r t .--a * e their exertions until they had ebtained the People ' s Charter . Alter a few wards from Mr . G . H . SMITH , Tie Chairman sail that Mr . Scott , from indi .= po ? i-

    : iun . di'i rot feel himself capable of addressing the u .. ' vdnbly . He then prope ^ ed the nex t toast— " Frost , Wi . liams , and Junes . " Mr . Ei > waul > CurraN next addressed a few words to tii-i company , observing that it was intended to hold a iiietting the next day in favour of the liberation of the :-. un wl . o were named in the last toast , and urging the d-tyof aii Chartists to endeavour to bring thtm back to t . eir c-. mntry and their families . Xlie next toast from the chair was " Feirgus O'Connor , and ail the incarcerated victims . " lAppiau ?" . )

    It w :. s now twelve o ' clock , and as it was understood that mnsic and dancing wtre to utter in thenew year , a ¦ vote of thanks was unanimously passed tu the Chairman for presiding . The tables were then removed from the body of the hall , and dancing commenced—Manchester tiudSu-ford Advcitiser .

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    " COICGIjiTON . —A public meeting was held here on Xcw Year ' s Day , to petition Parliament for the remission of the sentence pa * se 4 upon Frost , Williams , and Jones , Mr . James Gosslisg in the chair . He sail we are collected together this day for a very important tbjtct , one of a praiseworthy and benevolent kind ; we are met to use our etinost endeavours to get our wor thy but irjured countrymen , Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jones , restored to their families , country , and once happy , bnt now distressed , destitute , and miserable homes ; they were not sent out of the country by the laws of the country , if justice had been dose . It was a punishment intended for tneir principles , and for advocating the cause of the poor , the wretched , and starving working classes ; and as they had lost their liberty fur us , it was our duty to use our utmost endeavours to bring them back . Mr . John Burgess proposed the first resolution : —

    " That this meeting deeply sympathise with those three noble-minded patriots , . Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jones , who are banished fr « m their beloved wives and families , and deprived of every comfort which is calculated to make man happy , for advocating the cause of the distressed millions ; and further , that we pledge ourselves to use every legal and constitutional means in our power to get them home , by petitioning

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    the House of Commons and memorialising the Queen , to restore them to their wires , families , and country . " Mr . B . said , we are not met here to ask for the pardon and liberation of convicted felons ; we are met here to ask for the pardon and liberation of three honest patr iots , men who could feel for the suffering and distress of others . The character , in particular , of Mr . John Frost , must convince his enemies from his past life of kindness , benevolence , and affection towards his wife and family , and hie charitable actions towards his fellow-creatures , that he was not a man that could coolly calculate upon shedding blood . Mr . B . had no doubt but he was betrayed by others . The resolution was seconded by Mr . William Swain , and carried unanimously . The address to the Queen was proposed by Mr . Burgess , and seconded by Mr . Wst . Brown , and carried unanimously .

    The petition to the House of Commons was proposed by Mr . Hugh Murphy , seconded by Mr . Robert JONES . Mr . Jones said , I second the petition from my heart ; I do it on the true Christian principle of doing unto others as I would they should do unto me , for I am sure if I was taken from my wife and children , and sent into a foreign land as a slave , I should wish my fellow-countrymen to exert all their powers to get me home again . Mr . Charles Naseby proposed the secend resolution : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that any Government which acts with justice and mercy towards the go Verne , need not employ a vile band of spies and informers for the purpose of encouraging disturbances throughout the country , and afterwards cruelly punish the victims of their artful snares with imprisonment , transportation , and death . "

    Mr . Naseby said this is a day of great importance to England . The object for which we have assembled is of awful importance ; for , if we gain the object which we are seeking for , v ; z ., the liberation and restoration of the three brave patriots to their homes , their families , and their country , it will show that the people ' s voice in petitioning is not entirely usdess and of no effect ; but if , on the other hand , tne tens of thousands , or most likely the hundreds of thousands of our countrymen that are now gathered togt ther for the same purpose as ourselves , should fail , then we shall , from the circum sbinoe of being denied our request , be able to come to a conclusion what sort of men we have to do with , and what their characters are . By their fruits ye shall know them . Where the fountain is corrupt , the streams are corrupt also . Mr . J . Bereskord seconded the resolution . Mr . Thomas Beuesfokd proposed the third resolution : —

    " That every man of mature age , unconvicted of crime or insanity , ought to vote for a representative in Parliament . " Mr . B . said that if we had a Parliament chosen on this principle , the nation would be much better governed than it was at present , for the people had now no power . Mr . Thomas Burgess seconded the third resolu tion . Mr . DiXO . n proposed the fourth resolution : — " That Anuual'Parliamtnts and Universal Suffrage were , formerly , and ought now to be , the law of the land . " He said that Annual Parliaments were a law of the

    charter signed by King John , which bound the sovereign of the country te duties as well as the people , and when tticselaws were broke by power acquired without the consent of the people , he thought that Magua Ctwrta became null and void , and , as it was signed in tha presence of the assembled nation , aud signed by the K-. ng of that day , he considered the people had as much right to demand their lost privileges contained in their charter , as the King or Queen had to wear their crown ; for it was only by a promise on the part of the sovereign , to fulfil his duty , ttat the peop ' . e put it on his head . Mr . GEORGE Hamehsly seconded the resolution . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting broke up .

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    RUGBT —A meeting was held here on Monday evt-mng , January 4 h , for the purpose of memorializing her Majesty Queen Victoria , to grant a free pardou to Frost , Wilna-ms , ami Jones . The room was well fitted up , and the wails were hung with the portraits of Al'Donall , Collins , and Oastler . Mr . Thompson was called to the chair , who briefly opened the meeting , and called on Mr . Curne to move the memorial , which ho did in a speech replete with sound sense . All passed off well . The meeting was well attended , -and the greatest unanimity prevailed . This looks well , considering that it is the first Chartist met ting which has ever been held here . The sum of 8 s . Gil . was collected , and will be forwarded to the Restoration Committee . Alter the business of the meeting was concluded , a committee was appointed , and Mr . Carrie requo 3 ted to communicate with the National Executive Council , with a view to forming themselves into classes , according to the National Organization plan .

    W 1 GAN .-For the first time in the history of this town , the working classes have had the use of the largest toviii in the place , namely , tbe Commercial Ila . ll , aud they , in order t <> cuiumvnce the new year as they cuj ; ht to do , held a meeting to determine upon the best means for bringing about the restoration of our suffering brethren , the Welsh victims , Frost , Williams , and Jum-s . Tuere was a good inu * ter ; indeed , it might be considered as tl ; e commencement of a new era . this place being , fur real Toryism and Whigcism , ot , in other wunls , for bartfaced » bribcry , corruption , tyranny , and oppression , without parallel . Mr . James Hyslop w . ts called to the chair , who ,

    with much good humour , called the people ' s attention to the manner in whicli they bad hitherto been made the dupes of both clergy and laity , reminding them they had met together for the purpose of rescuing , by legal means , their brothers . Frost , Williams , and Jones , from transportation , and ensuring tl' . eir safe return to the land of their birtb . He a-ivist-d the people to do all in their power to secure political freedom , and never to cease agitating till they had d' . ne away with the laws which made might ri-jht , and secured the means of making laws , when every man would know that riyht is real might . This , he showed , could only be done by making the Charter the law of the land . He then B ; it down , cheered by Lis friends , and called upon

    Mr . Res wjck . from Bolton , who was chrered loudly , and , in a mild and pltasingmanner , niuved the following resolution : — " That this meeting views the punishment inflicted on the Welsh victims , Frost , Williams , and Jones , as being unjust and cruel in the extreme ; that it engenders hatred and disaffection to the throne , and excites the worst feelings of anger and reveDge towards a Government extremely unpopular to a jjreat majority of the people ; and , consequently , pledges itself to ailopt every

    legal means to restore them to their families and friends . " He was thoroughly convinced that nothing Jess than the Charter would give the people anything liko the means of ameliorating : their condition ; acknowledged he was proud in coming forward to do his duty in trying to restore Frost , Williams , and Jones , ami called upon the multitude to stand forward and advocate the cause of these victims , as they had formerly boldly and fearlessly stood before tke public to a-ivocite ours , and for which they wore no ' . v exiled from their homes , hut he ho cd

    ; they would s ;» eali ] y bo restored . Mr . K . concluded , ami retired to his seat warmly applauded . i Mr . Cr »> "AKD seconded the resolution in a lone : nriM , ami argumentative speech , which our limits forbid us to iuci-rt . The resolution was carried unanimously . j Mr . G ; : niES r . txt read a memorial to the Queen ; ; after wh ; ch , be advanced some ft-vr pertinent remarks , 1 and moved its adoption . 1 Mr . > IaRSUI :. \ , from Bolton , nnrl late member of the Convention , ft . c . ) n > le < l it . He remaikuci , there was a

    J cTrat noise made about peaee , law , and order ; and this emanating from persona who seemed to cure about : m-ither , tscept fur themselves . Laws , he observed , ; were made by the rich , ia order that they might the i more securely ro ' - and plunder the poor . He was a j weaver—he was not a-shaiue-l of owning it ; that was | the way in which he had U support his family , and at ; the best was but a miserable putting on . He would i speak the truth fi-arlessly ; it was a robbing , plundering ' > y . it ' . m—he had known it , experit-nced it—he-bad felt | it , and was now feeling it , and must , therefore , speak feelingly . He waa certain those who have tasted the bittar cup , and experenced what he had done , ' would a ^ ree with him in what he should advance . ! Mr . Marsden then went on to detail the amount of

    I plunder secured by the common enemy—the salaries j and retiring pensions of statesmen—the immense j sums of mon ^ -y p ^ id toroyalty , and the sinecures , placi-s , i and emolument of parties in office at various periods ; 1 -with their appointments of brothers , brothers-in-law , j cousins , and half-cousins , to situations from which they ¦ get nice pickings , all of which are wrung out of the I pockets of tho labourers . He spuke of my Lord i Brougham ' s feelosophy , and in an admirable manner j illustrated the plundering system by referring to a j benefit society who might appoint a number of persons j as a committee to manage the general business and funds of the whole body ; should the committee in this case , as the representatives of the whole body , appropriate the fuuds Ui gratify their own pride , avarice , and I ambition , the body politic would soon oust them aud

    appoint others more honest and trustworthy . * The Charter , he contended , would place man in a position to appoint none but trustworthy servants to represent their interests in Parliament , and called upon the people to consider this as their only safeguard . This gained , he continued , would do away with competition the Socialists were making bo much noise about . He then dilated upon the Poor Lsw bastiles , and laid before the meeting some appalling facts connected with the starving system ; noticed the exertions of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; called npnn the people to adopt the memorial , and set the victims at liberty . Mr . Maisiien opened the eyes of the people by a many statements , which time and space prevents ns from giving ; he was warmly cheered , and sat down amid the congratulations of his friends .

    The memorial was put and unanimously carried . The next resolution , moved by Mr . Nicholas Cannikg , seconded by Mr . SILVESTER Booth , was the following : —

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    " That three of the old ConTentlon be appointed by the Birmingham Committee to present our address to the Queen , as representatives of our feelings , our wants , our grievances , and our cause ; and that our London brethren fee requested to attend our deputation to the palace gate , and there to congratulate the Queen upon this the commencement of a union of mutual love , respect , and loyalty between the Monarch and her Industrious subjects . " Carried unanimously . A vote of thanks to the speakers and the chairman was then put to the meeting , and carried unanimously . Three cheers for Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the incarcerated Chartiats were then heartily given , and three loud cheers for the Charter and Chartists concluded the meeting , when all retired to their respective homes , well pleased with what had been done , and done too , in tho most peaceable and orderly manner .

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    THE QUESTION OF "LEGALITY . " " It never raina but it pours" eaith tho proverb ; sad so we hare Found it . Since the formation of the Royal Loyal Fox and Goose Club , -we have heard nothing from " Mother Goose" but the exclusive excellence aud preeminent legality of the Menagerie . The purpose of these harangues has evidently beea not more the establishment of . the Goose Plucking Society , than the poking of its harmless sting against the sides of Chartism . Mother Goose has not been alone ia this lutidable employment : much aid has been renderered to her impotent exertions by those from whom better things might have been expected . In fact , during the whole of a long campaign , we have beea engaged in defending the Chartist garrison from

    assault , surprise , betrayal , and desertion . No sooner had we -stifled the cackle of the Goslings , and silenced the barking ot old Reynard and the cubs , than np started the Real Old Goats in Ulster , who threatened ^ l > y a junction with the Fox and Goese Club , to take us by storm . Then came Prince Albert and his humanity-mongers . Then came , but as a glimmer , the emigration-mongers ; next came the education-mongers ; and now come the legality-mongers . The aim , the end , and the object of each and every one of these bodies being , firstly , to remove us from our position—three removes being as bad as one fire , ? ' aa Poor Richard says ;" and thus having accomplished their object , to establish , not a more legal , but a loss offensive body in the place of defunct Chartism .

    Has it , upon reilection , ever struck these gentlemen of delicate nerves , that every Association established for the benefit of tho sweating class has been considered illegal ? whilst the numerous Associations formed against their interest has been held to be legal because not prosecuted , no power being vested in the poor oppressed to prosecute tho rich oppressor . An Act framed for the suppression of mutiny in tho Nore was pressed into the service of the reforming

    Whigs , to strike terror into their old associates , through the thin lean sides of the far-away unprotected Dorchester Labourers . The unanimous Scotch Jury of ONE found , upon their oaths , according to the evidence , that the Glasgow Cotton Spinners were illegally associated ; and that , being so , the individual acts of the members of the Association , in 1812 , remainod in full force against the body as existing in 1837 , though many of them had not bean then born .

    The Corn Exchange has been the theatre of countless Associations since 1835 ; and all legal , orwhat is better , none prosecuted , —because they were for keeping up abuse ; while they have had members all over the kingdom , and paying ones , and associates , we learn , in Manchester and elsewhere . Tho Masters meet and conspire to keep down wages and to prosecute delinquents , and are called " preservers of the public peace" ; but if the Mm meet to keep wages up , they are called " infidels ' , "destructives " , "incendiaries " , and , what is considered to bo worse-Chartists .

    We have had bundles of letters upon an attempt now being made to affright the " unfortunately flourishing , " and therefore "illegal " , body of Chartists ; and as we expected that open assaults from tho enemy would furnish us with fair grounds of defence , we preferred waiting for the alternative which Mother Goose was sure to present . Here , thence # ive the following " tit-bit , " cooked , no doubt , by somo of the lauded body , who , at the time of the Convention " being projected , were proceeding in a quiet , orderly , sensible manner , by means of Working Men ' s Associations . " The following " tit-bit , " we say was doubtless furnished by some of those " quiet orderlies" who ha ^ e been too long out of the kitchen to bear longer absence without a struggle . Here it it is . both legal opinion aud editorial comment : —

    " If the following opinion , furnished by a wellinformed correspondent , be correct , almost all tho public bodies ; which have mot during , the last ttu years' agitation , have been illegal ; and the members of thi-in liable to transportation for a longtr or shorter period . Such a state of the law is most disgraceful , and we trust that the Leeds Association will lose no time in directing their attention to the beat means of reforming and improving it . Our correspondent observes : — "' The Anti-Corn Law League was illegal in consequence of some of its members having been elected by clubs or societies .

    " ' There is no doubt that the law could be strained to include deputies chosen at public meetings to procure alterations in tho lawa , but it would be a most ungracious and outrageous proceeding . Such assemblies have existed for upwards of sixty years , and never have been molested . In Wyvil ' s papers—6 vols . octaVo—are very many accounts of such meetings , under the names of committees , conveiition ' s , and meetings of delegates , in Yorkshire and in London . They were omposed of Peers of Parliament , members of the House of Commons , clergymen , and gentlemen . Similar meetinga have been held with short intervals ever since . T / ie Celebrated Webb Hall was the leader of tho agriculturists for many years , ami deputies from various associations met , as such , every year at the King ' s Arms Tavern , Palace-yard , Lundon .

    " The Convention of 1839 was not O'Connor ' s . It was concocted at Birmingham by tho advocates of Mr . Attwood ' s absurd scheme of currency , and more for the purpose of working out that than for anything else . An opinion was asked respecting the mode of appointing the delegates , by one of these gentlemen ; and the law was pointed out to him . He was told that if the Council of the Birmingham Political Union appointed delegates it ' would make the Convention an illegal assembly , and the consequence was the Council not only refrained from appiuting delegates , but recommended tuein to be chosen by public meetings , and not by societies , giving tho lexal reason for the advice .

    " 'The Convention was not the project of the working people , who at the time of its being projected were proceeding in a quiet , orderly , sensible manner , by means of Working Men ' s Associations . It was forced upon them by the contrivers at Birmingham , who are , or ought to be , held responsible for all the folly and all the mischief of that absurd mware . The new project which is unfortunately flourishing under the name of " the new Chartist organization , " is illegal not only in matter but in words ,, which seem to have been chosen on purpose , and in the very teeth of the two acts 39 and 67 Geo . III . If they do not take care , they are certain to bring down the vengeance of the Government on the men who aro most indiscreetly joining the association . ""

    Now a ready and unanswerable reply to this absurd legal document and Mother Goose's commentary , might be furnished by mere reference to the Manifesto of the Convention . Although that body was stiictly legal ( even O'Connsll admits it ) yet , if the manifesto had been carried in its original form , it would have rendered the members who supported it liable to punishment , while it would not have touched the legality of the body . We can better prove the legality of the Convention by a negative than by a positive . We prove it by the clemency of the Whig Government in only prosecuting Lovett and Collins for their individual , act as Chairman and Secretary , instead of upon such grounds making a general assault upon the illegal Association .

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    This view is analogous to the construction of law as regards meetings . A meeting may be called for a strictly legal purpose , and subsequent illegality , such as seditions speeches , or inducements to conspire for illegal purposes , may turn it into an illegal assembly . The Government , having no law whereon to ground a general indictment against the formation of the body , pounced upon the most influential members in their individual capacity , for acts elsewhere sworn to be committed , or words to have been spoken , which , in many instances , were never uttered .

    But we go farther . Who drew np the manifesto ? William Lovett , the life , the soul , the spring of the quiet , orderly , sensible parent of the few Working Men ' s Associations which existed throughout the country . We say the few ; because antecedently to the Convention there was fifty Radical Associations , which were then the garrisons of liberty , foi every one Working Man ' s Association . Let us now Eee whether or not the same anxious caution existed in the Convention , thought too timid iu 1039 , which is now sought to be infused into the advanced corps in 1841 . In taking this view we

    must revert to what was not dono ; but which , if done , would have been illegal , and which , but for the reckless , careless , incautious , bloody-minded Feabgus O'Connor , would have been done . This manifesto proposed that the whole people should refuse to pay rates , rents , and taxes , and should also refuse to take in or read any save Chartist papers . We learn from the reports of the Convention ' s proceedings that O'Connor opposed this in London ; and further , upon the adjourned debate upon the question at Birmingaam , at a time and in a place when a less sound and cautious

    judgjneni might , from surrounding excitement , have been allowed' great latitude , he said that he opposed it because it wa 3 illegal ; he opposed it because it was impracticable and would make them look contemptible by the recommendation of a course which they could not pursue ; he said he opposed it because the vengeance of the law would first fall on the most poor and the least protected , but most honest and enthusiastic of their ranks ; inasmuch as the weekly renters would be brought into immediate collision with the landlords and the law , while quarterly and half-yearly tenants would have ample time to look on at the battle before they felt its effects ; he said that he opposed the refusal to read

    adverse papers , because it was a shutting of the door against knowledge . Now , if the Convention had been strong enough to assume a bold and a positive position , and had strength to carry out their Manifesto with a fair " appropriation clause " for the distribution of danger , we should have considered O'Connor ' s objections as timid ; while we should have hailed Lovett ' s rejoinder , which was to the following effect , as bold , manly , and decisive . Lovett said : — " I know it isagaiust the law ; but what of that ' , what are we here for but to break law ? and until we do that , we cannot come into collision with the Government , and hope for any amelioration of the present system . "

    Now , let us enquire if the position of the people and the Convention warranted this bold and manly , aye , and"necessary" delaration in 1839 , whit , by the rule of progression , would be language too strong , or daring , too startling , in 1841 , when there are now three Chartists for every oue which could boast of the name at the former period , and when those less noisy and less taxed for agitation are nevertheless " unfortunately flourishing " .

    The hedge lawyer who has favoured us with his " commentaries" through "Mother Goose ; " the volunteer ( and we have not much faith iu legal volunteers ) tells us , " that the law could be strained to include deputies chosen at public meetings , to procure alterations in the laws ; ' but our guarantee , he says , is that it would be " a most ungracious and outrageous proceeding : " in faith , but as a glass window to keep out a broadside from Commodore Napier ' s Thunderer just now ! As well might the ladies of Acre have held up their fans to arrest the hot balls from our fire-ships 1 But he knows nothing of the law . He is wrong . He then tells us , truly enough , that Attwood's intention was to have turned the

    Convention into a one pound note club ; and he concludes with the following piece of most unmeaning folly , which no mortal but ono-as devoid of legal brains as himself would have published . He says : —" The new project , which is ' unfortunately flourishing , ' is illegal , not only in matter but in words , which seem to have been chosen on purpose , and in the very teeth of the two Acts , 39 and 57 George III . If they do not take care , they are certain to bring down the vengeance of the Government on the men who are most indiscreetly joining the Association . " Let us see the value of this le ^ al venture . It will bo found to consist in the two words , " unfortunately flourishing " . Aye , aye , aye ,

    "Hinc We lachrimoe " or , as the Irish have it , " all the butter is out of the stirabout , " or , as we have it , " all the fat is in the fire . " Aye , they are " unfortunately flourishing "; and hence their illegality : they are " unfortunately flourishing "; and hence will no stone be left unturned to sap and undermine the beautiful edifice erected by tho poor blistered hands , by themselves and for themselves , and in the absence of the top sawyers , the great men of their own class who have ever been their greatest oppressors , opponents , and marplots , —too idle to work , and too

    poor to live without it . Chartism , with them , must be a paying principle or they will " none o ' nt . " We have thus translated our share of the text ; but we confess ourincompetency to touch the" words '* — " not only in matter , but in words . " What docs the booby of boobies mean ? " not only in matter , but in words" ! Will Mother Goose have tho goodness , for the safe direction of us poor deluded victims , to inform us of the meaning of the ph » se " iu words" ? Why any association , though ever so legal in its construction , may bo made illegal by words . " But what have " words" to do with the

    construction of an association ? A meeting of the nice , quiet , orderly , sensible working men ' s association might have been made illegal by the utterance of illegal words . But why waste breath with such dunderskulls ? The thing is rank , palpable nonseuse ; and the whole marrow consists in the "unfortunately flourishing " . Will our volunteer tell us which are the exact " words' that dare to fly in the face , or to pick the very teeth , of old George , our King , —words in the teeth of an Act of Parliament . What did the "flourishing" rascals say ? Oaly let us know . There is always a jealousy in little minds associated for the same purpose ; while it so happens , that if any

    cause for jealoasy really existed with respect to the present" unfortunately flourishing" Association , Mr . O'Connor and ourselves should feel sorely aggrieved ; Mr . 0 Connor , because on the 18 < , h July , two days previous to the meeting of delegates , who formed the present" unfortunately flourishing" Association , he addressed a long letter to them for their guidance , but the plans therein recommended were not adopted ; and here let us give the following short extract from that letter . He says— " I want a plan that will work without putting you to danger , trouble , or expence . " We published , upon the same l' 8 tb of July , the following clear rules for the guidance of the delegates . They were aa follows : —

    " We have had letters from all parts , requiring us to produce our plan for the attainment of the Charter . We have ever chosen that the Northern Star should be the reflector of the people , and their state , and sircumstances , and opinions—the organ of their sentimentsthe gazette of their movements . We have never taken the position of a dictator j nor shall we ever do so ; nejr shall the Northern Star while under our controal . We hold that all power centres in the people ; that the power of the people is in their unanimity ; and that unanimity is tho result of deliberation . Hence , therefore , while we offer-a Vehicle for deliberation , we claim only the common right of citizens to give our advice and opinion on the matters of discussion .

    " Nothing can be more plain than that some one plan must be adopted for the concentration of our power . The several plans that have been propounded are all good ; they have each something to recommend it . It ia for the delegates , the representatives of the people ' s wtelom , to asy which of them shall be pat in

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    general operation , or whether , from the whole , somd one may not be formed , uniting the best parts of each , and leaving ^ out what might be most objectionable from them alL " This seems to us to be the first and most important duty of the delegates . Nay , we doubt if we sl-. ^ nW much err , in calling it their great and only business ; since , whenever an efficient mode of centralizing and directing the national movement , laid down and acted on , the same machinery will effect any and every ebjeeft which may be placed before it . Thus , the same organization will present the means of establishing tha Charter , and of supporting the incarcerated -victims and their familes .

    " It is of immense importance , therefore , that to this subject the minds of the as&einbled delegates should bd applied with all carefulness and prudence , since much of their ultimate success depends on the tfficlenty and practicability of the means they adopt . They muat nofc furget the circumstances nmidst which the people havfl to struggle against-. ths united power of wealth , uun « ning , and cruelty . They must not forget that the monopoly of legislation , so loDg usurped by the factions , Has enabled them to fence the people round witu disadvantages , with pains and penalties , and legal

    disabilities , which render a national organization ; t thing to be well and anxiously considered . Most of the i lana which have been put forward for the purpose of organizing the people to procure the Charter , are , in the face of . « ome one or other of the unrighteous decrees th : iv are made by th ! e oppressors , to bear the name and assume the operation of the law ; and hence , were they or any one of them carried out precisely as laid down by their respective authors , Government would nurse them till thtir operation reached a convenient crisis , then prosecute them in vast numbers , and cause them tu be executed with merciless cruelty .

    " To aid the delegates in their deliberations on this matter , it may be useful to put them in possession of the exact provisions of tUe law , vritU respect to tha existence and organization of political societies . " The Acts which apply to associations of th > - people , are , the 39 th George III . c . 79 , and thu "> 7 tl » George . HI . ' c . 19 ; and though malevolence and lawyercraft have been unable to prevent the formation ot political associations , they have succeeded in evcloping thom With considerable difficulties , all of which may , however , bo steered clear of , if the people mind .

    " The Act 39 th George III . prohibited all * aorta of correspondence and iutercourse between soci-. ties whose proceedings were secret ; and it also prohibited the appointment of delegates or other officers iu all Aticb societies ; and it further declared that every such society was an illegal combination and confederacy , and that every member of such society , and every person , not a member , who held intercourse with auch such Society , was amenable to the punishments mentioned in the Act . " It did ( the same in respect to every political society which had any divisions or branches . " It did not prohibit societies which had no secret proceedings , divisions , or branches , from holding correspondence "with other such societies . " It did not prohibit the appointment of delegates , nor meet-ings of such delegates .

    " It was therefore lawful for any society , whicli had no secret" proceedings , to correspond in any way it pleased-with other societies ; and to appoint delegates to meet and transact business with the delegates of other societies . " But during the administration of Lord Castler . 'jgh , the liberties of the people , which had been r . mch abridged during the administration of Mr . Pitt , were thought to be still too treat , and it was concluded that the more the intelligence and consequent good conduct of the people increased , the greater was the necessity to destroy their ' rights and liberties , ' and an Act was therefore passed with this intention , subjecting all political societies to tho penalties of the Act 39 Geo . III .

    " No-political society cap , therefore , hold correspondence or intercourse witli any other such society , noi appoint delegates to confer with one another on anj matter relating to the society . " These- acts , disgraceful as they are to the legislature nnd to the nation , do not , however , prohibit any society from recomijiemiing the establishment of other societies . Thiy do not prohibit any society from sending instructions to any body of persons for the formation of other . societies . " They do not prohibit any society from appointing delegates to meet persons desirous of forming societies , and assisting to conduct their proceedings to tke mo ? incnt the society is formed , but all such interffrenoa must cease before such society is declared to be in existence .

    " They do net prohibit any one from being a member of as many societies as he pleases . " They , do not prohibit any ono from being S member of the councils of as many societies as us pleases : ¦ " They do not prohibit anyone from saying in . my society , or . in the council of any society , anything ha pleases jit a member of the council or society h « ia addressing , provkUsd he is not , and does not take upon himself the character of a delegate from some othel society . " Thus every man may see , what ha may , and what he may not , do under these new-fangled laws , which his father or grandfather would have declared , tha peeple of Great Britain nuver would submit to . " Now , such was our advice then , and such was Afr . O'Cqssor ' s wish . But is it not too ridiculous

    that , in self-defence , we are thus called upon to remind the people of matter which should be imprinted on every working man ' s mind ! We &ay in self-defence , because the legalitymongers are , in the dark , crying out , " 0 , shame ! why did the Star allow this ' unfortunately flourishing' Association to become so powerful I Our answer is , because we rejoice to see it ; and look with unspeakable pleasure at tha rapid growth and virtuous progress of the veritable working man ' s firstborn , the eldest son of liberty . Yes , this is the very first Association ever yet formed by the fustian jackets , blistered hands , and unshora chins : and its illegality consists in its " unfortunately

    flourishing" position ; while us impracticability consists in working man being paid the wages which industry can afford , instead of sinecurists receiving the salaries which trick , ingenuity , treachery , expediency , and deceit could extract from a wellgulled , stand-still , expectant , confiding community . It appears as difficult to forma legal Association of the sweating class as it is to apply details to a popular principle . However , next week we undertake to lay before the National Charter Association a chart for their guidance , which will , in the words of O'Connor , preserve them from " trouble , danger , and expence , " while it will make no organic change in the constitution of the bo < iy ;

    but all attempts to transfer the scat of popular power from the centre of the hive , from Manchester , shall ( ail ; there has Chartism , with the concurrence of the whole nation through its delegates in July last , established its head quarters , and there they should remain , at least so we most cordially hope . Let it be borne in mind , that not one single Lancashire or Yorkshire Chartist has desertei his colours from tho beginning ; while every man above the rank of fustian , witli very few exceptions , has deserted them . Not a single northern fustian had deserted . uet the fogies ,- tha disabled , and the recruits of Chavtism ,, form depots where they please ; but Manchester is the head quarters of the veterans .

    We trttst that our kind friends will now see the folly of their ways , aud the hopelessness of their enterprise . As to the nicety of the law in its appropriation , the poor man ' s share very much reminds us of the poor woodman ' s share of the sheep ' s head between his master aud mistress . A poor woodman , after his day ' s hard work , asked his mistress what wa 3 for supper ; her reply was : — " There is a sleep ' s head in the pot for supper , old man ; There is a sheep's heatlin the pot for Kupper , old man ; There is the meat for he , and tho broth for Hie , and the horns for tbee , old man . "

    The above lines may be thus rendered into legal appropriation : — There ia some old law in the books for money , po > r man ; There is some old law in the bonks for money , poor man ; There is the spirit for he , and the letter for me , and the tread-mill for thee , poor man . If the Whig Reformers of 1832 had stood so nicely upon the verge of legality , where would the Reform Bill have been 1 Legal or illegal , the people will b © martyrs till they are stronger than bad laws , and able to make good laws . Onward , then , and we conquer ; -backward , and we fall ; therefore let as not take a backward step , by becoming more . squeamish

    in 1841 , than we were in 1839 . This , we presume , is the new march of intellect . Sheridan once said , that fl if the law of Parliamentary Committees was striotly enforced , erery Member of Parliament , from the Land ' s End to Johno' Groat ' d House , would be unseated ; " but we say the House was stronger thaa the law . Now , as matters stand , the snare has only to be laid , and when the victim is caught he has only to be oalled Chartit , t t and tho law will soon be found to condemn him . Away , then , with such laws . Let the people , like the House , become stronger than the law ; and then none bat the yidoof will be caught in the law-trap .

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    Bronterre O'Brien and his Family . —The London Committee for collecting funds in aid of Bronterre O'Brien and I his family , have received—per M * T Jame 3 S *? P > from various friends , £ 1 ; per Mr . Ireland , ditto , 7 s . ; and per A . Watson Foulds , < £ ! 10 s .

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 9, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct361/page/3/