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TEE KOKTHEBN STAE SATURDAY, APRIL 9. 1842.
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LECTURE I . * 'It is good to be zealously affacted always in a good cauHe . "—GraL lib . Chap ., ISik ver . ¦ Be . ETHE . zk ts the Caxss , —I -will first endeavour to show therein it is good to be z :-ajou 5 ] y affected in a good causa Secondly , —Why or -wherefore we should be zealously affected , and always so- And , lastly , — uhat it is that constitu 5 . es a cause good . Concluding with an exhortation to follow this precept of St . Paul , ¦ Who himself set a confonnaWe exaniple" It is food to be zealously df-cted always in a good ¦ canst "— good both fur tie sske of the cause and of our onrselves . Wiih we not always to do geod ?—wish , -we do : to be sw >—trtah we not to enjoy what is good ? We shall effect all ihese wishes by zsalously affecting
& good causa . And oh ! that there "was more of good * ness on earth—that there -wob less evil in us . God made a good world—he saw and pronounced that all things "fftre good—how conld tbey be otherwise , "when they came fcnt of the hands of goodness ivstif 1 Man himself be made good , but men have swllydegenerated . "Not content with " the general plan of creation , man left it and " found ont many new inventions . " He differed from his Maker and ¦ n-h . it has been the consequence ? He has become the dupe of his errors—the slave of his own passions—the victim of his own freewill . He has gone further out of God ' s way , the further be has gone on bis own . He has , in a man" er , ceased to be 'God ' s creature , and has become the creature of the evil circumstances which h » has created for
Inxnself , ana by which be ia surrounded . He is no longer a simple cbild of nature—he is noir an artificial teing . In short man is turned a monster . Outward creation looks as fresh and fair as at its Mrtb —the Eua shines as brightly—the skies smile as bins , —the air breathes as freely—rivers flow as limpidly into the receiving sea—grass grows a 3 green—birds sing as blithe—and the earth brings forth as abundantly all things , " herb aad tree , and cattle , and creeping thing , " after their several kinds , as at first How happens it that man alone—man of all created beings formed the noblest , fitted the most perfectly for happiness—man , to whom dominion over all tUe , . fish , fowl , and beast was given—who can have the use and enjoyment of all—that man should be more miserable .
more abject—tliat h « should suffer want and woe more than the very worm itself ? Man lives at variance with his fellow man , with all things , with God himself . Hot content with the world that Gad made for him , and ¦ with the way that God appointed him to walk inman . must needs h&Te a world of his own , and walk in Ms own way . Not content with nature ' s law , he has made laws for his own governance in direct opposition to nature . Kot content with a God in Heaven , lie h 3 S set np an earthly god , and the dominion which hia Creator gave him ova : all things on earth , that dominion he has yielded up to kings and priests to be exercised over himself i and thus it is that he has become a more miserable thing than the very worm lie treadi on . Man has dethroned God , and put an usurper in his place— a king whose evil passions are invested' with power , and reads plagues cf—hence corns wars , pestilence , and famine—and , a ^ if it was
not enough that man ' s' body should be thus enslaved by tyranny—his soul has been unchained by supeistition ; and kings and priests are despotic allies , leagued ruffians against the happiness , the f / etdom . the very life of man . What must i "** do ? What can he do ? He seeks the enfranchisement of his body , and is opposed by kingcraft—a power which himself raised over himself , —if he Beaks the enfranchisment of his mind , he is met by priestcraft—a power taken in hand by the other , What cught T ^ nn to do ? Tha t which , man Trill do ; he will arisa and go to his Father—yes , he "will go to God , and ssy to Him , " Thou that madest me , and gavest me life—lo . ' I left thee , and made xmto myself a king aad a priest instead if ihee , and they have bereft 12 . 2 of my living—of all the rights which tfcou didst give me at my birth . I am no longer man , I am a mere slave ; tut do them inspirit ' me afresh , and I will be bom again—I will again be free , as becomes the son of such a " Father I "
" To be good ia to be happy . " Man ' s folly and wickedness have been punished by his consequent misery . If he would again be happy he must be good . B _ i ^* n I we are indisposed to goodness—we have so long bssn evil that habit has become a second nature in us . We are evil and have made evil laws , and our cafldren , though bom comparatively good , soon grow evil on account of the evil laws and institutions of their fathers . ¦ Thej are tamed to slavery- —trained to sin- "Shall we not acnnl these svll liwt— aboHsh them and make "better ones ? Were the people of one mind they could break tba bonds that bind them aa easily as Samson feroke the green ¦ withes . Bat drink , like a DJUah , has
shorn many of ttieii strength—it betrajs them to the foe . Kings tied us—priests blind ns , and we are made but the sport of our oppressors—we are not good —we do not do good—we hinder others from doing it , and goodness which is to the taste cf the naritiated sonl as awett as honey to the tongue , which never loathes but grows sweeter the longer it last ? . We know not this goodness . If we knew it we should feel it—ire should love it and soon grow like it—we ccnld cot endure the eviL Our constant ery would be , " Who ¦ will EhDW -as eej good ? " WLat then ia good ? It is good , we arc told , to ba zealously afiicieU in a good
cause-To be zealcu : ty affected ! Yes , we are not merely to be affected but to be ZBaLusly affected . The fact ia , we cannot do good to a cause unless we engage in it zaa- " lousJy . Jfo Inke-wsrmness—no backwardness—HO paitial measures—so compromise . We inuit be ready to do all and to dare all . We mast look at cothing bef the cause and press onward t j it—turning not , stopping uot , retreating cot . We must fix oax eyes at the prte we aim at , an J ttrain every nerve to reach it Obstacles we must s- _ raeunt—opposition we imut overcome —allurements we must disregard- Where we csnnot climb , we must cut through , like Hannibal in his- passage ever the A : ; 3 . ' We must gs n the cause , though ¦ we lose all Vj gain It . —ve ji nst train it , though we lose osrsdiTe 3 . It ? rLl be a crowa of lif ^ to us , ihough we die that raom-. at A m * -th cf iinmortaliiy , though ~ = peiiij thai ir ^ . ast . We dishon-in ? a good cause , if wedos-bt puri-t ; , t z-alosiJj . and moreover we are
sure to lose it . " . — -a 10 aiijrracs oaioe . Tea . L = t rio mail en' . irthe lists wLj is Eta pi-p ! Ubd to ran z ^ alout ^ y . ' if tea cauie ficj . ^ :. dttd upon Li ^ di alvne , and as if he alose would p ^ its tbe pr ~ zi In 1 got = d ca ^ se all that run cbiii- — :. j-, iLlj iu-ora fchame to them ) whu do ¦ ot run vrli " . -h irs the bc ^ = tt of it , ' 23 which of us stall net ! " i \ a . t ~ in ihty who nu : kr themselves ftnaibliEg blocks in cur ¦ srav , cr who come against us . It is a noble race , £ 1 f . r Lw- ^ es and demi-gods ; sad the spirits cf jast ictnm ^ iv per fect , watching cur struggles , Ere our fpeecators ia hesTcii . ' Us z = aluusiy sfilcitd I What she old we pcrsus witi z ^ al , if net a good cause ? With wi » at zr-ii vru pursue triads , follies , and evil things .
the sime zeal in a jjaod C 2 . us = would ensure it Were we US gOO 3 a 3 "We are evil . W ^ iheaid be gos > d enoog o . A goal causa is no : oa ; y 5 00 a foz one , but for all : and E * -t : l ? the gcodne ? 5 cf lie cazisa , the good wa feel in bein ^ aiSateil to it , eLjuI-I iz-pire us with z ; aL X = t EO fiiat hearts co : ui ^ uic-sg " ^ s ; Itt them be txpelkd ^ tkey to ccme . fLr tbty wiU iiapair our z-r . l . 'The Marqula ^ of Dmats , wLsa ^ U- . plag t ? the charge , shot a VaTenng ycziig nlt ^ Q . b . ^ use ha Wis f ^ rful t ^ t othsr 3 wouid be j . -f .-c :-a v-tb iiis f ^ r . ( X uraee ' . : NO C 0 V 2 T& . ! 2 Ct . r iiouli we be zealously iLff-cted by fits and starts , but ii r . f s . « I- j 5 gOTd t 0 ~ bi Zsaioasiy cSectcd Hi ^ ays in ; i . > jd ciut j . "
Some men sr- r a : ; , li a-iTir . cs with tis till they meet w : th di £ iuulT : es— thtn i :.-.-y full back : ethers wLl aaTance ana orrav . Ls ths nisi cifiiculdes , but do net persevere to tb = <— d ; thty jire cot zealous slways . iet then go t j thr is : and tak- a ieaSjn . That litde insect ^ tboagh Jo : . ta with 3 grain 0 / C ' .-ru , wiil climb ever . cvcry obstruc-I -u in iu vr ^ y ; it toi-ks eo ; an easier or round-about p : Ui , out moun : ii < iiieetiy ortr j ana ii you Liy the ob £ ' . f :: cii-a l ^ fu re it agi- n end ag ain the momc-nt after it iui 5 c ; nitcd it , h ciluils it ag ^ in . We cannot work too r _ u ; h nyr too loag in agoou cause ; ¦ we should be : iIt . ^» js ii Trort in se ^ scn and out q £ season . " " What ihi ^ = hand Sad « . L to do , Uo it with
^ 11 thy might" Hi =, or Jo it It La not oniy good , it is not only the Im tiir ^ we c ^ n c ^ n do , but it is absolutely necessary . that ^ should be zsalcu ^ y uffected in a good cause—n * _ ct&sssj to the succvis of ihecause . For Ss 6 ! what tL-rre is ta oppose us . Firei and foremost , there are ourselves ; aye , Tre have none such foss as ozrsclTes ; lixbin ii our indifferftnee , oui indolence , to overcome ; oar ignorance , onr priceiples , to contend with ; Uii-ra is above all our timidy , our difcad of ridicule or opprobrium or persscutioa . We war . t to gain what is good without the trouble or expence of gaining it—we -vrant il siven to as . Like Macbeth we ard irreialute , uadou ' rmined , diaifisctad , and Bay , —
' ¦ If chance will have me ting , why chines may . crawn me "WitiioQS my stir . Having overcome oarselvs 3 we shall hare less difficulty in overcoming outward opposition . We conquer all things wbea we t nqacr fear . Bnt how are we to conquer fear ? Jxow bnt by the help of love whjehveaateth out lesx ? L-fc us frej zsalonsly afidCtedind jra « hall sot know fear . Let us call on Gad , to inspire ib wicb affection , -with z ^ . al , with enthu-Sbam . - Tbey may calomniata ns , imprison c . 3 , slay ns ; hs& * vb dxali « mfia at the calamny , bear imprisonmeB : |« ith foxtitud * , and die" with delight for if we be ¦• eU-nffected alTflrii Trill torn into good—all things rriH work together far ' ma good—we shall sot be overtoauettril , tut ontooae erU wiik good . We mutt
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be ready to endure evil , but not to inflict it ; a good cause requires good m&anB to a good end . In bondage or in exile we must exclaim , " It is good to be here , for the sake of the cause . " Our enemies say , " Evil , be thon my good ; " bnt we must return good tot their eYiL We must contrast ourselves with them and then the bystanders -will make a comparison in our favour ; and you must know it ia the bystanders that possess the balance of power—they turn the scale . The indifferent portion of mankind comprise the great ? st number ; if we can engage their sympathies in our behaif—if we can make them our allies in the cause victory will surely and Bpeedily be won . The I common interest of mankind requires that the good
cause should -succeed , and be sure they will judge our cause good , if they see us good—the bystanders see moEt of the game—they are the last judges—wo shall have them with us , and that Boon- But let us not wait for them—let us go on without them , just as we would do with them , and our success . iif notMng else , will bring \ htva . to us . Motives of pity , of gratitude , of interest will actuate them , if better motives fail . Let us be just to eur cause and they wiil eventually bo generous to us . Look at the reward ! but what of tkat * a good cause rewards itself , for it is good to be engaged in it ; it is our daty and we wi 3 ! do it well by being z .-alously affected ; and if we shonld ntt gain the cause for eurselves , we gain it for our children—we gain it for our God ! ( To be concluded in our next . )
Tee Kokthebn Stae Saturday, April 9. 1842.
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THE CONFERENCES . Ws have neither room nor time to do more than just refer our readers to the reports of the Sturgkite and Chartist Conferences at Birmingham , which they will find elsewhere . We do most 4 ieartily and most sincerely congratulate the people on the good HeDSO they have almoit universally evinced in a ? oidbg this last , most specious , and most dishonest lure from the plain path of principle . The attempt to substitute for the well-defined and well-understood terms and
principles of the People's Charter , the vague anything , nothing , or whatever-you-please " declaration" as a bond of union , was an evidence only of th 3 utter want of penetration , which the " extension" men still expected to find among the people . They hare now , Wfi apprehend , discovered their mistake , and their vexation and dishonesty is alike apparent in their mode of getting np and managing their ' ¦ Conference . " We refer to their different and unfair medes of admitting delegates with and without examina-ion , a 3 detailed by some of their delega . es at the Chartist meeting on Monday ;
together with the means which we know to have been used to prevent the election or reception of delegates likely to advocate the " details" of the Charter . One of the delegates from Bradford informed us that in that good town several Sturgite Liberals ^ led ^ ed themselves prior to the elec : ion to defray tho whole expences of the delegation ; but that as soon as they saw that Chartists had been elected , they not only refused to contribute one farthing towards the expences , but that letters were immediately Eent off to Birmingham to apprise the " authorities" st the head quarters Of Sturgism of the misfortune which had happened , ia order that some quibble might be invented to prevent their sitting ; and that the parties whose duty it was to sign the
credentials of the delegate ^ made much hesitation about doing so , and , at last , did it only on condition of being wholly exonerated from any share of the expences Incurred , Now considering that this Conference" was called expressly to collect opinions on the proper " details " necessary to be attached to Mr . Sturge ' s " declaration of the principle of Universal Suffrage , " and that the Chartists were invited to sign the declaration that they might be entitled to vote for delegates , can anything speak more plainly than , such conduct , tae rank dishonesiy and trickery of the whole business , and the necessity of tho people ' s doing just what they have done ; letting the hnmbngs see that they know them , and know how to estimate then .
Thus let the people ' ever act ; let them adhere firmly to principle in a visible and tangible form ; let them hold by the advances they have made instead of turning back to meet the laggards ; let them fortify themselves with patience , prudence , and Tifllanoe ; let tbem . write " onward" on their
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colours , and w No Surrender" on their foreheads , and nothing can . or shall resist them . We had written so far before receiving by Thursday afternoon ' s post . the report of the first and second day ' s proceedings at this Conference , to which we now direct attention with much pleasure . The same po 3 t brought us also the following from F . O'Connor : —
TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . My Beloved Fbiekds , —I have only time to say that the Stnrge Conference haa adopted the six points of the Charter whole and entire , and tomorrow comes on the baptism , that is the christening ; but thanks , everlasting tnanks to the good men of Bradford , and some other good fellows , they
will net allow our name to be ohanged . We have twenty-tire choice delegates on the watch . Birmingham is in a most tremendous state of excitement , as well as the surrounding districts ; but , fustian jackets—sons of labour , rely with your lives upon the prudence and courage of your leaders-And now I come to the great question . It is twelve o'clock at night , and the messenger is waiting for the little I can say . MEN OF THE MIDLANDS , Here it is then—your representatives have resolved upon holding a public meeting at Birmingham on Monday next , at eleven o'clock . I will be in Wolverhampton at three o'clock on Sunday , and will briefly address the people ; then I start for Bilston , where I wiil speak shortly at six in . tha evening . At six on Mouday morning , we start from Bilston in procession , after the Wolverhampton mea shall have arrived . On the road , we shall meet ihe men of Walsall , Dudley ,
Bromsgrove and the other Chartist garrisons , and thus arranged and marshalled , ( . no mau carrying even a walking stick , but with band playing and colours flying , ) we go to Birmingham to attend the public meetings . No carriages j we all walk ; and should our principles be acknowledged , and our name not changed , we shall have a jubilee : but should any even the slightest change be attempted we will meet the " new move , " and strangle it in the cradle . I shall givo no opinion upon to-morrow's proceedings , but shall be prepared for the worst .
Working men , then , be at your post . Your Birmingham brethren have a demand upon you ; unaided they have battled faction and beaten tyranny . They invite you to help them ; come , then , in your thousands , your tens of thousands , your hundreds of thousands to the jubilee or the rescue . Faction is trembling , we will paralizs it and destroy it . My beloved Friends , Monday tho 11 th , the eve of the forthcoming Convention , will be such a day as England never saw .
I shall write you along letter to-morrow for tho Second Edition , when I shall be in possession of the whole of tho tactics of the Conference . Till then , adieu ; and may the day be propitious , the assemblage great , and the righteous cause successful . Ever your friend and Servant , Feakgus O'Connor . Birmingham , Wednesday , past twelve , at night .
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SPLENDID AND COSTLY ? PRESENT TO THE READERS OF THE " NORTHERN STAR . " Detebmjned to commemorate every great national event connected with th « present " movement , " Mr . O'CorwoR bas entered into arraugementa for presenting the Subscribars to the Star with a large and splendid Engraving of the Presentation of
THE GREAT NATIONAL PETITION to the House of Commons . This Plate will be as much superior to the Engravings already given -with the Sear , as they were to any ever given with any other newspaper . It will be divided , as it were , into three main compartments . Tho first will represent the Dele-• ATKSin Convention ASSEMBLED . previoustostarting with t'ae Petition to the House of Commons ,
The centre and largest compartment will represent the Procession ccompanying the Petition to the House , the Petition itself , the Bearers of it , and the People , when passing Whitehall , and approaching Palace Yard . The third compartment will represent the Petition IN THE HOUSE , when ' * laid on the table' ? ' being a general view of the Interior of the House of CommonB , the Bar and the Speaker ' s Chair being prominent features .
In addition to these main compartments the upper and lower cdge 3 of the plate will be divided into sixteen other smaller compartments , each one of which will contain an accurate representation of some great Publiu Building passed in the route from the Convention Rooms to the Parliament House . Views will thus be given of Temple Bar , St . Clement Dane's , Church , Somerset House , Exeter Hall , St . Mary-le-Strand , Trafalgar Square , Northumberland House , Whitehall . Richmond Terrace , The Admiralty , The Horse Guards , Westminster Bridge , Tne Treasury , Westminster Abbey , and St . " Margaret ' s Church , Westminster Hall , and the Exterior of the House of Common .
There will thus be given , upon one very large sheet , Nineteb . s Splendid Pictures , all harmoniously combined to make the whole an effective and worthy representation of the most important movement ever made by the English people in favour of liberty . The terms upon which the Plate will be issued are aa follow : — Every Subscriber to the Star for Four Months from the 9 th of April will be emitted to a Plate . Wa do not promise to have it ready at that time , though in all probability it will be ; yet we do not promise ; for the work will bo one of such a character , and will need such careful atteution on the part of the Engraver , as to defy any one to fix an exact time . This , however , we do promise . If the plate is not
then ready , every subscriber is at liberty to cease his subscription , holding his ticket , and receiving his plate and paper from the Agent he has subscribed with , the day is is presented ) just as if he had continued to subscribe . The Price of the Paper the week the Plate is presented will be One Shilling . We will try to make such arrangements as will make this the only charge the Subscribers will hare to pay . Agents , therefore , will please to open subscription lists , and in all cases furnish the' subscriber with a ticket , which ticket will entitle him to the Plate whenever it is given ' for subscribing for the Star for four months . As soon as possible , specimens shall be placed in the hands of the Aaeiits .
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Halifax Notice . —All persons holding Petition sheets for the Great National , in the Halifax district , are particularly requested , to hand them in on or before Monday , April lQlh , to the Association Room , or to the Secretary for the district , 31 , South-street . By attending to the above , they tcill prevent much unnecessary inconvenience , as one of the delegates to the Convention is expected to call there . Received Iff the Treasurer of the Chartists of Redfearn-street , Manchester , the sum of 10 s . from Dr . Hulley in support of the National Convention , C . Lee , Birmingham . — We know nothing of the address to which he alludes . We have again and
again given nct \ ce that it is impossible for vs to insert such addresses ; yet we have them constantly crowded on us , as though , such notices had never been given at all . The " breach of politeness" is certainly on the part ef those vbhoy in defiance of our published inabilities do insert them , still send them to us , Charles House , Hackney Road . —There is nothing in his letter which has not been said in the Star twenty times . Neglect of Lecturers agaik . —^ 1 Stockport Correspondent writes us— "On Sunday night last ^ we had the largest and most respectable audience
ever assembled in our room . ™ He then goes en to complain bitterly , and justly , that this large and respectable audience , after wailing patiently for more than an hour , dispersed without having any one to address them , the'Slockport speakers being all fulfilling engagements elsewhere : Mr . Clarke at Rochdale : Mr . Mitchell at Manchester ; and Mr . Curler at Macclesfield : while Mr . Crowder , of Lower Moor , Oldnam , who ought to hve been at Stockport , neither attended to fulfil his engagement nor assigned any reason . This will not do : persons who either can't or won ' t fulfil their engagements ^ must avoid making engagements .
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National anti-Tobacco and Temperance Society . —Mr . George Flinn , of Bradford , wishes his name enrolling as a member of this society . A Block Printer ; Pendleton . —W e 7 « a » e sent his letter loMr . ffeywood . Charles Vvnpkti—We have really had enough of the discussion between him and Mr , O'Brien . The CHARtiSTS of the East and North Ridings must Amnudiaiily . jGn 0 ardJheir' \ PeUtioh ' Sheets toJhe Secretary , Edward Bur Icy , \ % , Billon-street , Layerthorpe , York : also their quotas of Convene tion Fund . . .:.
J . G . Stratton . —Apply to \ Mr . ' James Leach , Tibstreet , Manchester . . ^ ' ; ' Mb . H . Candy wishes to inform his Wqlverhamptoh friends that he will be with them on Sunday , 2 ith of A pril , when he will deliver two lectures in the open air . And as regards the assertion of Mr . G . Wynn , Editor of the Staffordshire Examiner , Mr , . H .. Candy is guile mlling to meet him , or any one , to give a fair explanation of anything required , face to face . Irish Universal Suffrage Association . —We are requested by the President of this Association to state that E . F . Dempsey is not secretary tq the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , nor tads"he
ever elected tntheroompfMr . P . M . Brophy Mr . W . H . Dyott , printeri bookseller < and sta - tioner , NO . 26 , North Kihg-streeii Dublin , is the Secretary to the Irish Universal Suffrage Assoviation , to whom all papers and commwiicatiotis should be addressed . Bath . —The notice of Mr . O Brien s lectures came after our last week ' s papers for the Bath post were printed . ' :. ' Mr . George Black . requests ' us la state that he has received , in aid of the loss he ei . dureda short time ago , the underneath subscriptions from the following places : — d
£ s . . Newport , Monmcutasllire ... ... 0 16 2 h Merthyr Tydvll ... 0 10 0 " Abergayenny ... ... ... ... 0 10 6 Pontypool ... .... ••• 0 6 6 Coa ! oen t ... ... ... ... ¦* ?^ Sevehoaks ... ... ... ... 6 0 9 Newport , Isle of Wight ... ... 0 0 6 Mr . Mason and another friend ... 0 1 0 Francis Vevers , Daybrook ... ... 0 1 6 Sheffield- . ; ..... ... ... — 0 7 3 John Rogers , jun . .. i O 10 Blake-ball ... ... ... ... 0 4 9 $ Old B : i 8 sfoid . i . ... ... ... t 3 2 Skegby ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 . Nottingham . ; . ; .. 0 17 Kadford 0 0 4
£ 3 11 n The National Petition . —Many persons write to us to know what they are to do with the ; Petition sheets , now in their hands full of signatures . The Executive will doubtless issue general instructions on the matter . Notice . — M - II- Candy finishes Ms engagements in the West Riding on Saturday ; All letters for him , for the present , must be directed to him at Mr . Slater's , cordwainer , Chapel-street , Hanley , Staffordshire Potteries .
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All personal- correspondence , poetry , literary communications , and articles of comment to be . here by Tuesday , or their chance of insertion for that week will be very small indeed ; if not here by Wednesday we don't hold ourselves bound even to notice them . ' . . ¦ ¦ .-7 . Finally , temembet that ire . have only fotty-eight columns Weekly for all England , Scotland , Wales , and Ireland ; that we have no interest in preferring one town or placa to another , because outs is not a local but a national paper ; that we are bound , therefore , in dealing with tho masses of matter which come to us , to hold the scales of Justice evenly—our first object being the promotion and enhancement , according to our own best judgment , of the success of the great and good cause ; and our second , the distribution of our time and space so as to give least cause of complaint ;
that we are alike bound to this course of action fey inclination , interest , , and d ^ ty ; and that , therefore , it 18 useless and senseleaa for individuals to fume and fret , and think themselves ill used because their communications may not always be inserted , or for societieato trouble their heads and waste their time in passing votes of censure upon us for devoting too much space to this , or too little to that , or for inserting this thing whieh they think should have been omitted , or for omitting the other thing which they think should have appeared . All these are matters for our consideration , and for the exercise of pur diBcrotion and judgment , which , we assure all parties , shall be always used , so far as we are able to -perceive , honestly for the puhlic , without fear or favour to any ona , and without being allowed to be turned for one inatant from its course by ill-natured snarls or bickerings .
Notice . —Any Stars , or oifier papers , sent to the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , to be addressed to E . F . Dempsey , No . 14 , N Ann-street , who has been elected in the room of Mr . P . M . Brophy , who has resigned . Money Orders to this Office . —Our cashier is frequently made to endure an amount of inconvenience utterly inconceivable by those who have not multifarious transactTous tike his to attend to , by the negligence of parties not attending to the plain instructions so often given , to make all money orders sent here payable to Mr . John Ardill . Seme orders are made payable to Mr * O'Connor—some to Mr . Hobson—some to Air Hill—some to Star Office '¦ " . all these require the
signatures of the person in whose . favour they are drawn before the money can be got . This causes an attendance at the post-office oj \ some ¦ - times , several hours , when , a fey > . minutes , might suffice if all were rightly given—not io » w » £ io » the most vexatious delays of paypient sometimes caused by it . Several old agents , who certainly ought to knoiv better , have ofl n thus needlessly inconvenienced us ; we , therefore , beg that all parlies having money to seiid to the Star Office for papers , by order , will make their orders payable to Mr . John Ardilx ; if they neglect this , we 1 shall not hold ourselves bound to attend to them ; if , therefore ^ they find their neglfct to prodtcce inconvenience to themselves ) let them not blame tis .
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HUDDERSFIELX ) . —The Weaveu ' s Strike . - —The dispute betwixt Messrs T . Wood and W Norton and the weavers still continues , and out of four hundred , twelve only are weaving at the reduced prices . The masters have found it to be absolutely impossible t » get their pieces wove . »'» SO unreasonable a low price as they offered , and offered too for the purpose of underselling those manufacturers who pay good wages ; and in order to realise their end they have resorted to the following expedient . They have already engaged an old foundry at Boltou-lorMoor , in Lancashire , to which they have transported ucunsiddrablenumber of bobbins , wheels * , looms , jacquards , &c . and are now trying to gull
the operatives ; by telling them they will be enabled to earn eighteen shillings per week upon , their work , whilst the real fact is that their old weavers could not earn more than one half that sum , although they have : received considerably higher wages than Messrs . W . Norton and Co ., are attempting to give in Lancashire . The lowest sum which their old weavers have received being thirteen pence per dozen for two hundred jacquards , and fourteen pence per dozen for four hundred ; while at Bolton they are offering them but ninepence per dozen for the same goods . Potatoes and salt have long been said to be the hand-loom weaver's fare ; bat if the above prices get fully established , it will only be that in wry small quantities .
XiEPTOET—Thejindividual from Lepton , noticed in our last , was taken out of the Canal Basin , on Friday , ' 1 st'April- '; seven shillings and eight-pence was found in hia pocket . A jury fat over him and a verdict of " Found Drowned , " wa 3 gitem MILNROW , ( near Rochdale . )—On Tuesday , the 29 ih Uit ., being Easter Tuesday , the Members of the Alfred the Great Lodge , No . 22 , of the TO . of 0 . F ., of tho Rochdalo District and of the M . IJ . held their twenty-seventh anniversary at the House of Host James Dawsori , Dog Inn , when ugwards of one hundred members sat down to a most excellent dinner got up in the first style , by the worthy host and hostes ? .
LEEDS . ——A ppoistment of Overseers . —On Tuesday forenoon , a special peity sessions was held at the Court House , Leeds * for the purpose of appointing overseers of the poor for that borough for the year ensuing . . Tho following appointments were made : ^ Mill Hill Ward—Mr . Richard Bissirigton , hatter , Brii { gate ; Mr . William lleinhardt , druggist , Br iggai ); - " - Wist Ward—Mr . Luke Marsh , hatter , Woodhouse-iape ; Mr . William AveHS * cloth-dresser , Lisbon-street ; Mr . Peter Law Atkinson , Hanoverplaoe . -. ., - ,- ' . ¦ . ; . . - . "¦ . - . : . .. ¦' -. ; ' " ¦ -. . - ¦ - . . ' . . " ¦¦' North West—Mr . Matthew Johnson , cloth-merohant , Woodhouse-lane ; Mr . John Daniel , joiner , Coburgh-street . ¦ ¦ ¦¦;¦
; 'North—Mr . Joseph Broadhead , brush ^ manufacturer , Barclay-street ; Mr . Robert Horatio Wood , tobacconist ,. Brunswick-street . : North East—Mr . Geo . Morton , paper -stamer , Commercial-street ; Mr . Joseph Lobley , flax-spinner , Burmantoft ; Mr . Thomaa Weddell , paper-stainer , St . Poter ' s-Equare . East—Mr . William B . Aihaworth , corn-miller , East-street ; Mr . Jaincs Craddock , iStuff-merchant , Bank . ¦ . ''•¦' ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' : ; . - ... ;¦ -. . : '¦ . ' 'ki . rkgate-TMr . John Yewdall , grocer , Briggate . bouih- ^ Mr . Jeremiah Scott , . wine < merchant , Waterloo-sireet ; Mr . Richard Gardner ^ draper , Bridge-end . . ¦ HuneWt—Messrs . Charles To ^ d , William Bailey Holdsworth , Samuel Petty , and John Rothery . I lolbeck-r . Messrs . Wm . Naylor , Joseph Isherwood Whalley , George Tatbam , aud JahuOxley . Beestoa—Mossrs . Joseph Walker and Joseph Garnett . ¦ :
Armley—Messrs . Benjamin Roberts and Joseph Swiihenbank . Wprtiey—Messrs . Joseph Lupton Bateaon and WiUiarn Jagger . Farnley—Messrs . John Inghatn and William Shaw . -- .. ; . ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦¦• •¦ ¦ ¦ : ' ' : : - ' - . '" ., : ' v ^ ' . Bramley—Messrs . Joshua Wood and . Robert Wood . ; . ' - - - ¦ ' . ' . - .. ¦ ' , . ¦ - . ¦ - . ; . ' .. . ' . ' . ... .: . ' ; ' . -. . - ' . - .. '¦ ¦ - Headingley—Messra . Henry S . Smith and Robert Backhouse . Chapel Allerton—Messrs . Thomas Prince and Edwin Simpson ; ' ,-., Potternewtou—Messrs . Will iam Prince and Joseph Woodhead . r
The elections having been all inade ; the Mayor impressed upon all present the necessity of beiug as liberal as possible in their scale of relief . £ The last Tliureday inMayj AugiiBt , November and February , were fixed aa days of appeal against the poor s rate , by parties who mighe feel themselves aggrieved . .: " - . ' . -- ¦ : ' : Z " ' -: } . - ¦¦ \ . - - ' ¦ ¦ ¦' .::. ; .-: . - -v ' . - " - ¦ . '¦ - ' The sessions were then adjourned till the 16 thinat . i to be then holden for passing the overseers * accounts tortheout-town 8 hip 8 ; those of the townships of Leeds will be taken oa Monday , the 18 th .
Stealing a Brush . —Two lads , each about fifteen years of ; age , uamed Benjamin Hall and Samuel Pickeregill , were committed by the sittine magistrates , on Saturday Jaat , to Wakefield House of Correction for one month , as rogues and vagabonds , % ^' --h » via /? 'flr * l . en- - * '» or ^ &otb rjisli - 'fh > Bi- ' Uie ' 'irar < I of Scarborough ' s Hotel .
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HEBbENBRXDQE .- —A public meeting was holden here , on Monday , to confirm the election of delegates to the Charter Pet tion Convention . Mr . Richard Wheelwright moved tho following resolution : —^ That it ia tKe opinion of this meeting that Feargus O'Connor , Esq . » Mr . Lawrence Pitkethly and Mr . George Binnsi are fit and proper persons to represent the interest of the peop _ le of Yorkshiro m the forthcoming Petition Convention , and ^ nis meeting pledges itself to give them its undivided support . The resolution having been seconded by Mr . James Attley , was xaTriednnanimously . ; ,-• KElipAti . —At a public meeting here on the 29 th ult . j Mr . Wm . Beesley was elected delegato to tha Gonvention ; Mr . B . delivered an excellent address , and a soiree was held in the evening . _
GAiNSBpRO ;'^—A correspondent writes us that in li > iE 8 of many obstacles , ' . and notwithstanding the diseavery : of a traitor in the camp , the cause prospers well here . NOTTINGHAM . —Last Sunday evening , Mr . Harrison preached to a largo audience in the Democratic Chapel . After the ssrvice , forty-five members were enrolleaV ; > . STOCKPORT . —Eleven soldiersof the 61 stfoot , have been eommitted for trial by the magistrates of this borough , on a charge of riot , arising out of a quarrel between the inilitary and the police .
OtiiOKAWli—On Monday last , Mr . Lpach de-IiTered a most ¦ enei * getic- - » nd ' s 6 ut-stirring- lecture , on the-ba-he ^ ut effects of monopoly ; and on Tuesday , Mr . Wm . Dixon , of Wigan , addressed the people of Oldham for the first time ; on the evil effects of machihery as at present applied , proving to a demonstration , that the only remedy which could be adopted , was by the labourer being possessed of political power , throgh making the Charter tho lavv of the land . A vote of thanks was passed to the . lecturei's , who gave great satisfaction . 005 ? NP . stD . —Mr . John Durham lectured on Sunday evening , in . the room , Hall Green .
SOUTH SHIELDS . —On Tuesday night , Mr . Williams addressed a meeting at South Shields ; A good spirit was manifested . The National Petition has received thousands of signatureSj and their proportion of the Convention money has been aliraised / . : •• ¦' . ' . ' - ¦ ¦' ¦'¦' . ;; . ; " - .: ; ~ \ : ' : ' .. /¦ . - : ' ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ - '; , ; .: " VElTTMrOB ..--IstK of WiGHT . r-The Chartists of this place have joined the National Chatter Association . They had a meeting on Monday , when _ the Sturge declaration was considered , and resolutions were unanimously passed pledging the meeting to agitate for nothing Ies » . than the whole Charter , Btropgly condemning the course lately pursued by ¦ Mr . Philp , of Battle and recommeading his dismiBsal from the National Executive .
BRISTOi .. —Messrs . Roberts and Philp , —Oa Tuesday evening last , a publio meeting was convened here , Wy placard , to be holden on Brandon Hill , for the purpose of electing two members to the Convention . The meeting was called by some individuals , without at all consulting the Chartists of the various districts of the city . Messrs . Philp and Roberts , who were to have been proposed to fill the ofiice , addressed the meeting ; but as there was no light , it was impossible to give an adequate report of their speeches . Suffice it to state , that they attempted to clear themselves of the odium attached to them on account of their joining the Sturgeites , by appealing to their past services , abusing your reporter , Mr . G .
Bartlett , whom Roberta . stated was a . convicted liar , and making large promises of sticking to the Charter * " snout , bristles , and all , " for the future . Mr . O'Connor's name was mentioned respectfully , and he was praised for his good advice to knock up the Corn Law meetings , which had destroyed that party The NorthernStarwas dealt with gently , only being declared misled by false reports . They called on any in the meeting to come forward aud opanly accuse them , if they had aught against them , which , when concluded , Mr > Clifton did , charging them with having compromised their principles as Chartists in assisting the Sturgeites . He eaid Mr .
Vincent was not the representative of the Chartists of Bath , but of the middle class , and was to be paid by middle-class ! money ; that itfr . Vincent had formed another Association aloof from the old Chartist body , and had withdrawn his name from the National Charter Association .. At the olose , a resolution of adjournment to Bear Lane Chapel , on Monday evening next , was carried , proposed by Mr . Simeon , and seconded by Mr . Chiversv to discuss further the subject of these gentlemen ' s conduct . No election took place . —Correspondent . : ; Ah Infant . ScHbOL is opened at Bear Lane , br Miss Wiiliaras . An adult school will be opened . Applications for admission to be made to the sub * Secretary j Mrl F . W . Simeon . " ¦
NoTic& .-e-The members of the Associahan are requested to attend at Bear Lane , for the purpose of nominating a Council on Monday evening next , and parties in possession of petition-sheets will immediately bring or send them in , as they are to be sent off to the Convention . \ ¦ ¦ MYTHOtMROYD . —A publio meeting was held in the Chartist Kocin , at this place , on Monday last , to coairni the election of the Convention delegates for the West Riding of Yptbsbiie . One pound was voted to the Convention .
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COMPLETE SUFFRAGE CONFERENCE . The meeting of this much talked of body commenced on Tuesday , April the 5 th , at the Waterloo Rooms , Waterloo-street ; Mr . Joseph Sturge was unanimously appointed to the chair » Mr . Morgan was .. appointed secretary . After the- preliminary business had been transacted , . Mr . Myall , Editor of the Nonconformist , moved a yery long resolution , condemnatory of classs legislation . : Mr . Henry Vincent seconded it in a clever speech . Mr . Thomas Steel theD addressed the meeting , in Which he abused the Tories , and the wild and mad Chartists who followed Feargus O'Connor , and was assailed by loud cries of " Shame . " and said
Mr . J . B . O'Brien ro = e to order ^ that if such proceedings as those adopted by Mr . Steel wero allowed , it would break up the Conference altogether * The resolution was then carried unanimously . ThiB Rev . Mf . Spencer , of Bath , then moved : — " That the suffrage should bo extended to every man twenty-one years of age , of sane mind , and npt disfranchised by a jury of his country . " He said that he had advocsttod those principlo 3 for more than ten years . He had also advocated the abolition of the Property Qiialifioationv aud the Payment of Members of Parliament for their service ? . He once held the opinion that none should vote but those who could read and writa ; but he had long since given up that opinion , and thought that every man ought to have a vote .
Mr . Richard Warren , of Manchester , seconded the motion . Dr . Wade supported the motion , and said that he had three or four votes , and it was a shame that he should have so many and the working classes be withr out . He said they talked about Poor Laws , Corn Laws , and Starvation Laws , and about emigration , but let those emigrate who had plenty to live on , and leave those behind that would be of some benefit tathe country . Mr . Parry , of London , Mr , Adams , Editor of the Aberdeen Herald , Rev . Henry Lolly , Mr . Wm . Lovett , Dr . Ritchie , Mr . Robert Martin , of Leeds , and many other delegates supported it . The resolution was carried unanimously . This finished tho proceedings of the first day .
WEDNESDAY'S MEETING . The Conference met this morning in the Committee lioam of the Town Hall , aud , after the minutes of the . preceding day had been read and confirmed , letters were read from Tnnbridge Wells , Northwich , Gallashiels , Burtpn-upoa-Treht , Francis Place , Esq ., Mr . Clarke ; also one from Mr . Arthur O'Connor , of Paris , from which the Chairman read several ext racts . approving of their proceedings . :
Mr . A . PaENxicE , of Manchester , moved that Vote by Ballot be adopted by this Conference , in a speech of considerable length . : v Mr . Taunton , of Coventry , seconded the motion . Mr . Jenkins , of Warwick , supported the motion . Tom Steele , of Ireland , Messrs . Parry , Spencer , Mr . Burton , of Newark , Dr . Wade , Dr > Richie , of Edinburgh , Mr . Adams , editor of the Aberdeen Herald , Mr . Vines , of Reading , Messrs . Richardson , Chorlton , and a many other delegates , supported the
motion . - .. - " ¦ Mr . Mitchell , of Aberdeen j moved that the country be divided into equalelectoral districts . Mr . Miles , of Oldham , seconded the motion . Messrs . Prentice and others also supported the motion . Passed unanimously . Mr . Lawrence ^ Taylor moved that th ere . be no property qualification . He did so in an able speech . Mr . O'Brien seconded the motion ^ in which he showed the absurdity of any qualification , and repudiated the idea of property being injured or ¦
destroyed m consequence of its abolition . Messrs . Perry , Vincent , Speuoer , "Dr . Richie , T . B . Potter , of Manchester , supported the motion ; and it was agreed to unanimously . Mr , Parry moved " That the election expencea of members be paid out of the public purse as well as the wages of Members of Parliament . " Mr . WiTTAM , of Coventry , seconded the motion . A vast number of delegates spoke to it , most raising objections against the money being paid from the , state funds , and contending they should be paid out of the coun ty rates . . ';" ¦ '
Tho motion was resisted by some , and at lengta Mr . Wit tan agreed to a proposition declaringj " That members of Parliament ought to be paid by the publie , and all legislation expences defrayed also . ' . ... - : ' ¦ ¦/ . . :--- ¦ " ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' ¦'¦ , '¦ The motion was then unanimously agreed to . The meeting then adjourned to dinner .
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TO MP . O'CONNOIti Dear Sir , —Ab yon have bow distinctly disclaimed any intention of imputing traitorous , or dishonourable conduct to me , or . Mr . Binna , in the letter which appeared frpai you in the Star of February 19 th , I might here have had the pleasure of concluding by thanking you fer your explanation , hod you not laboured a little , ingeniously , though unfairlj , in maSiDj ? my conduct , in asking you the said question , appear to be absurd , unnecessary , and unwar ranted . ¦" ¦ ¦ ' .. : .. \ ¦ : ' ¦ ¦ ' . ' . . ' ¦' ¦' '¦' : ' :. - ' : .-- . ' . ' .- '"' : ¦ -. '¦ Let me here give : you the paragraph from your letter of February I 9 thj which has formed the subject of discussion : — ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' ' :. - - . " V ; . . ' . - \ - ¦ -: ¦'¦ . ' ' ¦ . '¦ - - ; ' .,
" Large soma of money have been devoted , to tha purpose of oedactioa . Sonderlaud , Leicester , Sheffiald , and Birmingham , are to be the four grand points of attack . We xoiU beat ihtm . " ¦ After waiting octil we had had an opportunity of practically proving bur integrity , and poEtponing any notice of your letter until after the expected " attack , " I did at length , when there was no symptoms of any such attack , deem it necessary to address a letter to you in the Star of March 26 th , inwhicb ^ commenting on your . letter , I say— : - ! . ¦'¦ - . ¦ . ¦ ¦¦' . ¦' -. "** It appeared from that letter , that the party had been so far . successful as to have secured four places ¦ which were to be made the grand points of-.. attack ; These were Glasgow , Shefiisld , LBiceBt » , and Sanderland . ; ¦ ¦;¦' -- . ¦ :. ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦"' .- ' " ¦ ¦" ' ¦ . - . ' " ' ¦ :- : " ¦ ¦ . '•¦ ' ¦¦" . ¦ -:
" I will ventnre to assert , thai to none was the intelligence more astounding than to the Chartists of Sunderlami . They knew that such a scheme would net be- attempted unless some of the advocates cf Chartism in Sunderland had become parties to it ; and seeing that Mr . Binns and myaeif had been cbinpletely identified with the rise and progress of Chartism in this town , and had confessedly exercised a very great influence amongst the Chartist body , they Considered the assertion of Mr . O'Connor to be virtually a strong imputation against either the one or tha other , ' or bath of us . Wei ware urged to / notice it . I declined , knowing tuat time would prove who were honest , and wha were not , and that we should speedily have an opportunity in Sunderland of giving the imputation a practical rfefatation . " : : ^
Now , Sir , if you will read this attentively , you will find that not one only , but the Chartists of Sunderland did . generally consider the above paragraph from your letter to contain 4 strong imputation agaihstthe leaders here , ; and not only in Snndeiland ^ but , I-asaute yOHj theooghout the County , of Darham , the impression that " something was wrong in Sunderland" was quite general * . ; ' ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦•' : ' - - ' . v .: " "¦' . - '' . : ¦ . " ' ... ' . - ¦' To prove ts yon that it was neither iny blindness nor over senBitivenesH that caused m 9 to ask you for an explanation , I Iconid , I have no doubt , get the signatures of a thousand ChartUts -who would testify that they considered ; your letter to be an imputation on the leaders at Sundarland . ¦ : . v . - . ¦ ¦ -.
I beg also to remind you that , some weeks before my letter , Mr . Binns adilressed a private ietter to you for an explanation . Your engagements have probably caused it to escape your attention : hence the necessity foriny letter . 1 do think that on leading the above quotation from your letter , you Will candldi ? admit that it will bear the construction that has been put npon it . You Bay that large bums of money have been devoted to the purpose of seduction . " To aednce whom 1 The leaders of courss . ¦ When , then , the people learn that : Sunderland , Leicester , Sheffield , and Birmingham" - are to be the grand points of attack , they naturally infer that these ate places where the werk of seduction • hid been so fat saccesaful as to reader thft attack more easy and safe . " : ;
Now , it so happened that In all tfle otaer places named , there was already divisions and persons more openly accused as being traitors ; ^ therefore the other and nnimpeached leaders of those places , had not tho sanie reason to consider your letter ^ imputation npoa them ; but in Sunderland , we have had no such divisiona ; we have had none HHo were impeached or convicted of being traitors to the cause ; tbere Is scarcely any but Mr . Binns and myself that have been engaged in advocating t&e cause ; therefore suspicion , if it fell on any , most necessarily have fallen npon at Was it not much better then , that we should affold you the opportunity of satiflfyinjj the people , rather than allow their minds to be racked by Kronndleas feari and suspicions ? y
That an attack has been made in other places will prove ; yoar correctness with reference to them j but a » regardsSunderland , I think you have been mifl-informed . No attack-is , I believe contemplated . Indeed , any who have bad an opportunity of witnessing the defeats which the opponents of oar cause have met with here , will deem it . improbable tbat they shonld be so foollsU as to contemplate any further attacks . There are one or two additional subjects in yon * letter , which deserve for my own vindication BonlO explanation ; bat I must briefly pasa them by .
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The 2 s . from Morley , for the Manchester suflferers , inserted in last week ' s paper , ahould have been 2 s . 6 d . ¦ . ' ' ,. ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ' ' ¦ ¦ . ' ' : . - ; . ' Jamks Davidson , Dundeb . —A parcel has been sent to Miss Burns . Thomas Bushby , Grantham ; M'Larn , Leith ; Mrs . White , Gateshead ; BolweJl , Bath ; Bailey , Cockermouth ; and Johnson , Beverley , will please make their poat-office orders payable to John Ardill . Miss burns , di ^ dee . —Tne Plates wer « Bent lost week . FOR THE JIANCHESTEa SUFFERERS . ' -. - ¦¦ '¦' . . ' ¦ : " " ¦¦ ' , .. . ¦ - . £ -b- d .. . From Holbeck Charter Association 0 5 0 ^ a few friends to Chartism at Potovens , near Wakefield ... 0 7 4 „ an enemy to all Tyrants , Mansfield' ... ... ... 0 0 6 „ the ChattiatAssociation , Salisbury ^ . .. ... ... ... 0 19 0 „ Wakefleldj , per Mrs . Lancaster 0 4 3 „ the Female Association , Leeds 2 6 FOR THE EXECUTIVE . From C . F ., Braintree , Esses ... 0 0 6 ¦ „ Crow and Tyrrell , Leicester , . for Chartiat Breakfast Beverage 2 0 0 FOIt THE CONVENTION . From Wm . Johnson , flax-dresser ... 10 „ eight Chartists at Morton , near Bingley .:, ...- ... ... 0 16 « . the Chartist Association , Denholme , per H . Candy 2 6 „ a friend , ditto , ditto ... -. ' . . ¦ --- . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ; . . " f --:- ; - ' / . " . . — 3 e - , - ' . ¦ . ' r the Society of Canterbury , per ' ¦ - . G . 'P . - , - ] ... ¦ ¦ '" . ¦ ..: ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' »• :.. ' ; ... ' , . o . ' . 5-0 ' ¦ ¦; ¦ , ' . FOR MBS . SEOST , MBS , WILLIAMS , AND MBS . JONES . From eight Chartists at Morton , nearBingey ; .. .., ... 1 6 „ Wakefleld ^ ferMrs . LancaBtw 0 3 6 ii ¦¦¦ - . ¦ : ¦ '
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WATKIKS'S LEGACY TO THE CHARTISTS . " While I still live let me not live in" vain . . " CHaUTIST Bbethren , —1 have a f ^ w discouTBes , delivered in London , tqnal in nnaih ir -with i 3 je points of the Coiiler , —these I propose >" j 6 ^ 1 ipires me ) to aenft , -week uIt ; T wee ^ , to tli < L people ' s paper till the Vhole are inserts . They V jsy afterwards be gathered together and printed ia a separate form , inakiEg one litUe boofe , which I shonld wish the Charthta to consder my legE-: y to tfeau . It ia all I have to leave them . Keep tteni , then , for my sake , and let it be saidr" Though dead , he yet speaketh , " Tear faitbinl brother unto death , Joh > - WiXKiys . Battersea , near London , April 8 , ( iuj- biith-day ) , 3 S 42 .
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THE INDIAN NEWS . The great news of the "wcekis the conSxmation oi the whole fearful intelligence we had had previously received from Tndia . Something like 13 , 000 brive bellows have " bit the dust" to gratify the appetites of our " extension of commerce" men . We give the whole details from the London papere , and must refer to them for particulars , while we refer to the letter oi our excellent friend , the Woolwich Cadet , for an exposition of the real state of things in India . We had purposed giving an article on the Indian policy of the " Extension" party this week , but have not space for iJ . "We may return to it hereafter ;
JIR . W . B . FERKAND , M . P . We regard thi 3 gentleman as one of tha most useful men who has sat in the House of Commons during our time . His energetic and philanthropic assaults on the strongholds of tyranny and avarice and selfishnesB in the commercial system have entitled him to the thanks aud approbation of all working men . We are most happy to learn that the working men see this , and Mr . Fsbkajtd receives their encouragement to persevere in his philanthropic course .
A Correspondent writer us that a deputation of working men waited on him at his residence , Harden Grange , on Saturday last , for the purpose of having an interview witH him on the truck syttem , The deputation was very kindly received by the honourable member , when he entered fnlly into the subject , and assured the deputation that it was his intention to persevere ; that he was furnished with evidence on the truck system that would astonish the world ; and that he had a number of letters from clergymen , magistrates , bookkeepers , and others , assuring him that they were ready to substantiate on oaih , before the Honse of Commons , the charges he had brought against the anti-Corn-Law-Repealing
Truek-master-millocrats ; and , that as a proof of the good which had resulted from hi 3 exposure in the House of Commons of th » Tmck System , he had received letters from Lancashire , containing accounts of masters giving up the Truck System ; and that the Government Agent in Birmingham , for procuring fire-arms , had issued orders to the masters of the factories , who make those implements of slaughter , that if the wages of their workmen were not paid In the current coin of the realm , all ordar 3 for the future would be vritUxawn . The deputation left the Honourable Member highly pleased with the manly , straightforward , and uncompromising foe of the Truck System and the accursed New Poor
Law-It will be seen from our Parliamentary report tkat Mr . Feheaitd has given evidence of bis intention to persevere fearlessly and faithfully in his course , by giving notice of his purpose to move a resolution of the House for the full and adequate protection of working men coming to give evidence before Committees of the House appointed to inquire into the treatment , by manufacturers , of people employed by them , and also for the condign punishment of all who should intimidate or persccuts such witnesses ; and also that he should move for a Select Committee
to inquire into the fraud ? , aggressions , and ill-treatment perpetrated by manufacturers in the United Kingdom on the men in their employment ; extending also to the treatment of working men in mines and collieries , and on railways . This is what ought to be . We hope the working men of the whole empire will take care to supply Mr . Feeeand with plenty of facts ; and that they . will take care to send iini Eothing but facts , whereon to found bis useful and necessary series of investigations .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 9, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct425/page/4/
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