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    • GLASGOW.—At a meeting held in tbe Young Men's Academy, College-street, on Friday evening.
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      woul ube seeded , in comparison to the number « i present 5 n oeenpafion . Again the great Tt- ^ nfl 5 s , 'Thou shalt labors f and would a ^ l re * . fl » }» jatalisi be benefitted by bodily ^ rfi on , knowing thai it is essential to health * jjat -Bitboat preEsihjj liis subject any further , we jroiH ^ fi *™ nrge upon onr artisans the importance i £ spade husbandry , as we can produce abundant ^ cfcs , thai whenever persevering Indrridoals and « njerpnsng oommimitieB hare had a fair trial © f the * nneip lp . i *; ias-been crowned whb success . There 4 re individuals pi severed oftheShrffield Trades , tehe jsre j > ort& employed-on ihe land . xnx > thus hklks

      OF SUPP 5 BI AXE BETTER TBXH XHOSB "WHOSE SQLB UEPEtDJtscos is ps jlbuzas iabohr . An instance < jf flus kind presents itself ^ mong the razor grinders ; a porlion of the ^ meinl > eT 3 ofthas trade work in the eomitry , and { with some exceptions ) they are partly employed inasricul&nral jr arsai ts . The consequence is , &ey live Defter—are longer lived—and , in the comfor ts of fife , « re superior to lie Sheffield grinder , whobas nothing else but his artizan labour io depend upon for a livelihood . "Eellow Workmen— "W e wonld KkewisB Bubmit to your attention , the propriety of giving assistance

      to any trade that joins your Tanks , whenever the said trade feels it consistent with their interest orj duty io try to amend their condition . Tins might be I easily donB by a small i » fb paid by each member s eomprMnga general union of trades . JBor lei ns suppose there are ten thousand workmen in the various trades ef Sheffield , and these workmen membets of one general union , A penny from each member ¦ jronld amount to £ 4113 a ., and If this was continued * weekly , for the space of six months , wonld amount to 31 , 083 6 s . 2 iow let the same be added to the = moral force that such an unien wonld be capable of

      wielding , and we will Tentnre to predict with nBerr-5 ng certainty that a better state of things wonld seon be the ~ result . We i ^ onld just point out an example ! of union sad ¦ unanimity in the jnost powerful body of dissenters in this country—we mean the Methodists , who at their commencement were a despised sad persecuted body ; bnt can now assume such an attitude as to command respect from this or any other government : and jet they owe no small share of their importance to penny-a-week subscriptions . ; " Fellow Workmen , — -In ihuB dismissing the above , j we think we hare stated sufficient to show yon , * that ft wonld be greatly to your interest to come j forward and join ns . We have the heartfelt satis- j

      faction in telling you that we have already a great , majority of ihe most influential trades with ns , and" ! there are sereral others that are nearly ready to deehcEB their adhesion . " We trnst that in a Short time all the trades -will form one compact union , as their interests more or less depend on each other . In conclusion , we say we hare performed no more j ihan our dnty . Onr respective trades naturally ! wish for a developement of oar views , in wanting an j organization of all the trades . If they approve of ! the sentiments contained in this address , it will certainly impel us to go on as we hare begun . If , thsy -disapprove of them , we shall still enjoy the j conscious satisfaction of having served them to the i best of curability . We are , Tellow Workmen , with ! the best wishes for yonr welfare , j b Delegate OoaaoriEE or thb ASSOCIATED TRADES . "

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      earth has belohed up many uncultivated ) slaves Let those upon its surface , who had better opportunities of instructing themselves , receive their brothers and embrace them ; and instead of looking open them as an additional increase to the system-made * surplus-population , let them look upon them as an -augmentation lo that force , which , seeing abundance in the Land , will increase the demand for itB application to itB legitimate purposes . The colliers are to be won tolthe advocacy of the Land and Charter question * ; but they must be wooedand led by gentle courtship , and not driven by declamation . Our first

      step should be to save them from their seducers by eantioB j our next to win them to ourselves by argument . We desire not to rouse an . angry ] feeling against their masters ; while we would place them in a condition to resist their farther powers of oppression . In case a speaker should frequently present himself as their instructor , let their 'leaders instantly and openly through our columns , or bj letter if they prefer it , communicate with the Chartist body in those several localities where the character of such speaker is best known : and until this preliminary step is first taken , we wonld strongly

      recommend them to discountenance and discourage any alliance with mere strangers to their body . Of all things let them abstain from private letter writing , and secret associations . Amongst their own order in Staffordshire , Northumberland , Yorkshire , Wales , and Scotland are men of the very highest order of talent / and of unimpeachable integrity . We would , therefore , suggest the propriety of their calling » Convention of their own body , to meet in the most convenient place , not sitting beyond three days ; and whose business it should be to decide upon * and to recommend , some uniform sjEtem whereby their operations may be directed .

      So much for the colliers especially , while our advice to colliers and Char tists is , to beware lest what belongs to other circumstances should be saddled upon the back of Chartism ! If the " free traders , '' or sectional leaders , shoHid succeed in exciting the angry passions of the starving colliers , let the remonstrance and the language of their Chartist brethren ba— " You were cadght before ih thb samb tbap ; arid we were charged with all the consequences of you f indiscnZitmP

      There is little doubt but the old rump of the Birmingham faction -will attempt to foist themselves as leaders of ihe irritated colliers . We caution them against any alliance with any party who would use them for mere class purposes .

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      Strasgb Cokdtjct op x Pabsom and his ' . Tools , thb Chubchwabdens . —Some Jew tceeks ago we published an account of a vestry meeting which had been called at Sutlon to lay a Church Rate ; and which , when it zoos assembled , teas suddenly adjourned by the parson-chairman on his \ individual authority . Sinee then the adjourned meeting Aos been holden ; indeed two adjourned meetings , as ( he following account will clearly show .- — The church-wardens having given notice that a vestry meeting -wonld be holden on the 13 th ol June , 1843 , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , lot the purpose of levying a rate of sevenpence halfpenny In Ihe pound , the ratepayers assembled at the time appointed . The Minister took the chair ; and being famished

      • with a book he commenced -writing in it , Without any business being brought before the meeting . After some time , he read over the notice calling the meeting , and then what he had written , the purport of which -v& 8 , that the meeting stand adjourned to the 27 th of June , On that day the ratepayers again as sembled , and in larger non&erb than before . The Minister did not make bis appearancs ; bat one of the churchwardens took the chair and -without consulting the meeting wrote another adjournment . He was reasoned with upon toe impropriety of such ctmfinct , -when he declared that it was legal , closed

      the book , and bid the ratepayers to help themselves —he stood responsible . The other churchwardens took the bodka and went away with them . According to the last adjournment the ratepayers assembled oq 'Tuesday morning last , at ten o ' clock , in larger numbers still ; but neither Ministernor ehnrshwardeua made their appearance . After waiting some half an hour in the church-yard , an individual went down to the Clerir * hon » e to see-what -was np . The Glerfc said he was just -coming to the church ; and come he did , but not to let the ratepapera into the church , bnt to put tie following notice upon the church door : —

      *• The legality of the last adjournment having been disput 3 d , fresh notice will be given ; when we shall be able to lay before the vestry the business for which it was originallj called . ( John K ^ owles Dawbeset , Churchwardens . < Jobs Bcitebwokth , ( besjamik Btjbtos , Sutton , August 1 , 1842 . " Now ihe whole of this business is grossly illegal , after the first assembling of the meeting . At a vsstrp meeting the minister * or parson , can legally assume the chair ; but he has no power to adjonra a meeting of his own individual will , unless in case a poll is demanded , when , after taking a few voles on the spot , he may adjourn to another lime and

      place , for the convenience of finishing the poll-But even in that case , if he put ihe question cf adjournment to the meeting , the power to adjourn of himself is given up . The conduct of this parson , then , »» the very first instance , waslgrossly contrary to law ; and this is , for him , a very unfortunate circumstance ; for we have no doubt but that he looks upon a great portion of his flock as a very lawless rabble , and turns up his nose—fis it well-dyed ? J—accordingly : whereas in this business so far , he , the parson , is tfie only "lawless" ragamuffin in the whole parish . There is an old saying . fi Tike master like mvn ;" and the truth of it was exemplified at the first " adjourned" meeting . " The churchwarden took

      the chair . " What were the ratepayers doing to let htm 7 Be had no more legal right to do so then -we should have had , had we chanced to hove been strolling through ihe place . The law of vestry -meetings is , that -in the absence of the parson from the chair , the ratepayers shall appoint some -one to preside . The ratepayers ^ therefore , in this instance ought to have elected a chairman , and proceeded to business . If the churchwarden had then interrupted the harmony of the meeting , and tried lo cause confusion , the chairman-should have canted him to be removed out of ihe place , — to a dunghill if the parties taking him , liked . The ratepayers having neglected ihe necessary appointmenl of a chairman , the churchwarden assumed

      it ; and ployed the illegal prank of the parson over again . He , of himself , again adjourned the meeting } More fools the ratepayers to let him ! They should have laughed at him , and gone to business . If the officials would not leave the vestry-book with the chairman , for ihe recording of the business transacted , the chairman I should have taken it from them . Meetings should not be mere play things in the hands of officials , j Teach ihem iheir proper place , whenever they go beyond it There is no wonder that ihe churchwardens felt themselves compelled to give notice that the legality of these adjournments was disputed , and ih at fresh notice" for a meeting must be \ given . The conduct , all through , of the parson attd his

      tools was highly illegal . The first adjournment was illegal * and no future steps could cure the defect- Had ihe second meeting gone to business , v > halever ihey had done would not have been worth a straw ; and so with ihe third meeting . This Mr . Parson seems to have found out ? and we have no doubt but that he induced the churchwardens to play ihe bully at ihe second meeting to get himself out ef the scrape . w The legally of the list ad journment is disputed ?' , say ihe churchwardens . The last adjournment was as legal as the first one ; every whit so . Bui it is convenient sometimes for a law-breaking parson to have a scape-goat to carry off the odium . The ratepayers are , however , to have another meeting . w Fresh notice will be 3

      given , ' Let them then assemble . Let / Am then go to business . If ihe parson comes to "take " the chair , well and good . If he should siot do so , or if he should again play ths frank of ** adjournmenf \ and leave ihe chair , appoint one I of the ratepayers loJUl it , and go to work . Be not ridden over , either by Mr . Parson or his lacqueys . John Hick \ kt , Mapchbsieb , has collected for Mr . Railton the sum of 6 s . lOd . If . JIuob , Bkbmohdset , is i nformed that Mr . T . - JL Smart , late of Loughborough , is now al ^ Shawlane , near Markfield . ' Pat-up . —We are desired to notice , that unless all persons holding money for the late concerts , beld at the City of London Institution , p y the same into before Wednes

      ihe . handsofMr . Wheeler , on or - . day , 9 lh of August , they will be pu&Bshed as defaulters . > ^ Lotxebi * 5 akt > Raffles . —All lottery end raffle announcements are expressly forbidden by statute The insertion of one i » the columns of a newspaper involves a fine o / sglOO This is sufficient explanation to our Newcastle friends . 1 J * bess op Ma-mew has caused us to reserve the communications of Mb . Galpin , Sbacchcs , Mb . Stollmktsb , and several others , till next wdek . Mas- Coopeb desires to acknowledge the reasipl of £ 2 from Rohcrt Haines , E ? g-, of Omidle ; . £ 1 Jrom Mr . Wm . Teilow , Manchester ; 10 s . from the female Chartists of Todmorden ; and 10 s . Jrom ihe female Chartists at Sheepshead .

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      Stabs to iBKUtSD . —The Sheffield Council again press upon ihe Sheffield Chartists the necessity qf sending their Stars to Ireland . A committee is in attendance al ihk Fig Tree Lane Room every Wednesday evening , to receive and forward all papers they may be favoured with . Let our Sheffield friends see to this ; without any trouble to them ihe committee will forward the papers , and immense good will doubtless be the result . The Council beg to acknowledge the receipt of several copies of the Northern Star / rom unknown friends , sent as the Council suppose \ to be forwarded to Ireland . Our Chartist friends in any part of the country who will favour the Sheffield Council with their Stars ,

      are informed that they will be duly posted to Ireland . Papers may be addressed to Mr . John Green , shoemaker . Vine Yard , Hartshead , Shef field . : Mk . Jtjlian Habney would feel obliged to his friends in different parts of the country , if they would favour him with any local papers they may 11 take in" and have no further use for when read . Their politics will not matter ; and English , Scotch , Welsh , or Irish papers will be equally acceptable . Mr- H desires them for purposes connected with the furtherance of the democratic cause . Address JVb . 24 , Sheaf Bank , Lead Mill Road , Sheffield . W . B ., Sheffield . —The lines won't do either him or

      us credit , if published-A Poob Slave iif the Coal Mines , Duckinfield , sends US for insertion an address to the coal miners that has already appeared in our pages . We think one insertion ought to suffice . Leicester Democratic Hali op Science . — We are happy to hear that this project is well received by ihe working' people and their friends . We have advice that the society is going on well : that more than one hundred shares are already taken . This is cheering . _ Most heartily do toe toish that every large town had its Working Man's Hall devoted to the Working Man ' s welfare . D . Gates , London . —All is right . It was our

      mistake . J . Whiddon , London , will see in this day ' s Star where he can send his Stars to for distribution in Ireland . He ha $ only to make them up in a cover , open at the ends , and aduress them to Mr , Green , of Shrffield . Of course they will go post free . Our Clebkenwell Friends — We are sorry for their disappointment , but could not help it . We were compelled to act as we did . We had no alternative . The press of matter upon us last Thursday was so great , that reports Jrom a score of places had to be cut down , theirs amongst the rest . We tried to avoid it in their case , if it had been possible ; but could not find matter to displace for them .

      Mr . Moib and the Glasgow Chabtists— We have received a Umg account of a severe \ contest in Glasgow for Vie ofiics of Commisskmer of Polite just now vacant . The Chartists started that sturdy democrat , JAMES MOIR . This stirred ihe shams ; and they have opposed lloir , with a man who had pwmiscd Moir his vote and support ! Trickery the most unblushing has been resorted to . When they saw Moir a-head , they actually got a number of persons who had already voted for Mojb to go register their votes for his opponent . At the dose MoiB * xa in a minority of eleven . A protest , has been handed in , and a scrutiny demanded The . result is expected to be the seating of MOIB . by a majority of fifteen .

      Tbuth keveb feabs the Light . —TTndet this head a correspondent writes from Bishop Auckland , on July 31 st , as follows : — It is painful to see what men will sometimes do , and to hear what they will sometimes say when under the influence of jealousy . We have had an instance of this ' lately in the Bishop . Auckland district of the Miner ' s Association . We hid been almost inclined to follow the advice of Mrs . H . More , and to "let asses kick and puppiea bark unnoticed "; but ; lest silent contempt should be construed into conscious inability to refute , and thus a breach be made in the Brotherhood , I have thought it bsat to give a statement of the facts o ' the case . Some ! persans have been very industri ously encased in circulating derogatory reports

      respecting the worthy secretary of this district , Mr . Wm . Downs , to the effect that be ha * pocketed a considerable sum of money , the property of the society . Now nothiDg short ot deep-seated malice could have invented such a calumny ; for on hut Saturday a delegats meeting was holden at Cockton Hill , to investigate the matter , when not only was the charge found to be false , but his accounts proved to be so admirably kept as to call forth the admiration of the delegates , and a vote of thanks was unanimously awarded him . Let this stop the mouth of slander , and put the members of the society on their guard against giving credit to every story they hear . By order of the delegates , " James Baixantyjne , Delegate . "

      Mb . Low Wages Cobden and the Agriculturalists . —Mr . Gobden has lately been making great fnss in some of ; the agricultral counties , taking advantage of the distress and dissatisfaction pro * duced amongst tbe farmers by Sir Robert Peel ' s Free Trade Tariff ; and persuading ( be poor innocents that their distress is only to be cured by another and longer dose of the ; very " medicine" which has prodncttd the general debility and flatulence from which they bow suffer . Amongst other places be baa visited Hereford f and respecting that visit we have received the frilliiwlDg letter , which gives another specimen of the manifest "fairness " of the " freetrading" ( in lies and deception ) gentry : — Sir , —Perhaps you will allow me to state that 1 met

      Richard Cobden at Hereford , on the 2 Gth ult , and proposed an amendment to their resolution , in which I averred that former approaches to free trade had been followed by an invariable reduction in prices , profits , and wages ; it w& 3 declaratory of resistance to Corn Law Repeal for those reasons , and concluded by recommending the allotment system . The meeting was to begin at eleven o'clock , but as the people took little interest in the affair , the Leaguers did not begin to speak till one p . m ., thus . robbing parties of the two hours in which they had a right to reply , by occupying them themselves , Gobden and Thompson were there . Cobden opened , but in a totally different strain of argument to that in which he addresses a manufacturing audience . For instance , in his reply

      to my argument , that machinery displaced labour , he said he employed 600 hands on ten acres of land , to prove bis assertion that it did not . How evasive . I told him the * raising-gig , ' * lewis-machine , " and ' perpetual , ' had displaced 170 , 000 hands aiuce 1795 This he could not answer . Over-production , he Bald , meant that the people were too industrious . Pooh ! said I ; oviar- production means that the labour and energies of ap portion of the people have been too long end too partiall y employed in manufacturing pursuits . That is what over-production means . When a smith has shod all the horses of his customers , does he keep on hammering red hot iron ? When a butcher has supplied the full demand on him for meat , does he keep killing on at his cows , and let the beef spoil ? No ; the ^ e pa rties' turn to their large garden , or their plot of land ; and

      precisely so must the manufacturers do , or starve . We must keep to the land question . Well , I had twenty minute ? good hearing , but when I began to pair their nails too close for their comfort , they hatched a conspiracy and got toe chairman to oak the meeting if I was not wide of the question ; of course the geese responded to tho toxea , and I concluded . Cobden then requested the chairman to suspend the resolution , that he might speak again . This was to draw my machinery arguments out of them . He and Thtrupsen spoke nftwjn minutes each , without saying one woid to the question . The resolution was only just carried ; and thus ended the meeting in which Cobden , in his own wordB , used delusion and deception . Faithfully , ¦ John W . Clarke .

      Ledhury , 1 st Augn&t , 1841 . MB . J . P £ PPEB , AMD THE FBIENBS AT SELSTON . — They surely never could wish us to insert ths resolutions they have sent The whole affair is paltry . Surely they could have managed to settle the business , without bringing it before the body . It is trifling to spend the time that Bhould be devoted to the advancement of the principles of right , to manifestations of little local qnanelonsnesa . It is time to have done with this baby play , not only locally , but generally . Jealousy and envy has done more to split up our ranks than almost any other cause , the stbike plot excepted ; and it is hateful , present itself -where it may , whether amongst the local leaders or amongst those of a'higher grade . The

      rectification , however , rests with the people them-Belves . Ab long as they nurture the spirit of uncharitableness and hard-judging in their own intercourse oua with another , the ranks will never be free from the blight of jealousy . Precaution and watchfulness are highly necessary ; but these are not suspicion or ill-will . A proper bearing one towards another ; a manifestation towards our brother of that confidence and £ oob-feettng which we expect him to entertain for ourselves ; a desire to be just on all occasions , and give every man his due , will soon eventuate in a better aspect of things generally . When the several members of the great body of ChartisU act hi this spirit , they will instantly detect any attempt to work upon their grosser passions ; and the man who endeavours thus to play wiib them Mill be soon convinced ttat he muut either instantly

      desist and confine his exertions to a legitimate sphere of action , or he will ba quietly given the " go-by . " This spirit , we are happy to say , is fast extending . Let it but actuatei all , and we may bid defiance to the envious and the jealous ; for they wiJl then be powerless for eviL Iiberatios of a ; Victim . "—Od Saturday , the 12 th of Aug ., one : ; of tae saBiB . E-Fl . OT victims will be at liberty to biealhe the free nir of heaven , and receive the congratulations of his friends . We mean poor but honest Dewhubst of Dewsbury . From a notice amongst the "forthcoming meetings " it will be perceived that the Chartists of bis locality intend to ] evince their sense of 1-is moral ¦ worth and political goodness , by some mark of public approbation on the day of his release . This is well . Such exhibitions do immense good , and serve more than one purpose ; foi while they show

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      Sf eSt'L ^ I ? " ' !** ^ ngOT ' & « ° ically suffered in the peo ple ' s cause ; that his efforts and * h . VSZ ! riF ? otfor ? ° tten . they also teach the enemy the ^ rutility ^ of persecution in V putting down" opinionj and th » y also serve to Ibrfng the persecuted persons ana principles prominently before the public , Sa J > P £ ? totter an Im P « tn » towards general fife ? , ^ P ^<> f the " Dawsbury lad . forbids all fear but that this demonstration of respect rpi : suffering integrity i will be all that the mosturdent friend of Mr . Dawhurst could desire . x ? r ? DALE Friends and the Victims . — Most readily do we give insertion to the following from our iRochdale brethren , and would 'strongly urge f H e j ^ mple ** worthy / . of being universally

      Sir ,-On reading your remarks in the Star of Saturday last concerning the Victim Fand , and the election of a committee pro . tern , to superintend the management of j that fund ; and having Derused the two ^ rmith 8 Siar ot tta-pwvious week , from Hoy le and Williams , a , t present confined in Kirkdale gaol , as a Chartist and a man I blush to acknowledge the truth of the charge against fcbie Chartist * generally for neglect of victimised brethren ; yet I feel proud to be able to record that the associated chattiatB of Rochdale ; have rendered considerable assistance to victims not immediately connected with their own town , while the family of the only Chartist victim of Rochdale ; has a regular weekly allowance from the Association funds , which keeps them at least fc ^ iTn ^ - lo < salit y was one of the thirteen WDtch Williams speaks of as having been applied to to memorialise the Qaeen on thei ? behalf ; and the

      Chartists jof Rochdale did not merely Bignify thuir intentioni of complying with the request , ' but set about the work immediately , and forwarded a memorial ! to our excellent member , Mr . Sharman Crawford '; Our memorial was on behalf of all political prisoners connected with the Btrike of August last Ou | r kind-beartert female Chartists sent a special messenger with six shillings to Williams , of Oldham , the same Chartist that found his family in such a deplorable condition on bis release ; and we gave him rather more , which the poor man came and thanked ins personally for , wjtoh manifeBtatiorjB of gratitadejthat I for one shall not Boon forget . This was before the letters of Hoyle and Williams appeared . I have taken the ltbetby of saying this much to induce other localities to 'go and do likewise '; and let us render what assistance we can to other victims , as I consider they can never be fully recompensed for their sufferings .

      JOBDAN CHADWICK , Rochdale , 31 st July , 1843 . The Victim Fund , and the Victim Fund Committee—We are happy in having to record that our Manchester friends have done in this matter , just what the country expected they would do , — their dIutf . They have with alacrity responded to the call made upon them , am | appointed a Victim fund committee . The following is the aecount we have received of that appointment : — At a meeting of the Committee of Management for

      the Caroenter " s Hall locality , held on Monday eventhe Carpenter ' s Hall locality , held on Monday evening last , { the recommendation ; which h ; n appeared in the Star for two Saturday ' s past , relative to a General Viotim Fund Committee being appointed in Manchester , was taken , into consideration ; and after a good deal of discussion , it ' was agreed— " That we comply with what appears to be the wish of our brethren } in the country . " A committee was then appointed , and a highly respectable gentleman of the name of Tatlow was chosen Secretary . All communications for the committee to " . be addressed to Mr . Win . Tatlow , at Mr . Rydfern ' s , hardware dealer , 18 , Swan-street , Manchester .

      We can assure our Chottist brethren that the abovenamed Gentleman possesses the entire confidence of the whole of the General Council , and Members of tills locality , and we have hot the least doubt but the Committee will do their duty , strictly and impartially , in ] the administration of the funds placed at their disposal The following resolution wm also unanimously agreed to : — " That we , the members of the Manchester Council , are of opinion that none but ] recognised members of the Chartist Asso ciation , or their wives and children , are justly entitled to receive any relief from the General Victlm Fund , established under the auspiees of ChartisU ; and we call upon the different localities to express their approbation of , or dissent from , this reaolutioa ; as early as possible , in order that the

      Committee may know how to act in the appropriation of the funds , should application be made from parties who are not immediately connected with the Chartist agitation , or who were not members prior to their being imprisoned . " Now this isjas it should be . The Manchester Chartists have gOM to work in a business-like manner . They nave appointed a good committee , with a gentleman for Secretary possessing their entire confidence ; and possessing , we understand , good business-habits . They have i also started a point , which ought to be immediately settled , as a guide in the distribution of the relief to be afforded . The Chartists in their different localities will do well therefore to turn their attention to that point , and comply with the

      request made . For our own part we would Bay , be discriminating . Many do not join the Chartist body , for j fear of the certainty of starvation through loss of work if they did ; oud who yet are good Chartists [ in their hearts ; and . would be likely to be the foremost in such affairs r < i August last saw , they not baviwgtnebenefitoftnecounselaiid judgement o / an associated body to guide through the strong and almost overwhelming excitement . Many a oue , too , is too poor to pay contributions to auy society , who would gladly do ; so , would it not deprive the almost empty platter of the foodleaa children of the crumbs scantily scattered thereon ; and such on one would be likely to be " drawn in" into the " strike mess , " in the vague and desperate hbpu of mending an

      awful and unendurable stite of things . These are victims j and we hold them to be as raueh entitled to our auccour and support rs tlio best man amongst us who has been so circumstanced as to be able to join the Association openly . We say , then , that in our opinion , the Committee ought to be left at liberty ' to \ discriminate ; to judge of the merits of each case ! presented to their notice ; and to afford relief to ' oU who have been VICTIMISED , as far as they have the means . Chartism is not exclu . sive . The ; favours of Chartish also ought not to be exclusively ] conferred . These considerations we press upon the Chartists generally ; and ask them to decide the matter . Toe Committee , then , is how appointed . They are ready

      for work . ; The Manchester friends have done so far thuir dnty . A duty now devolves upon the localities . Tuey muit find the Victim ; Fund Committee something to do . Tuey must seek out the cases . Seek all out ; ascertain all the facts ; collect all the particulars ; name , occupation , situation in life , when convicted , how long imprisoned , number of family , means of living , and actual condition . Send these to the vianchester Committee . They can judge will judge of each case ; and , according to the means they have , afford the necessary relief . Now this is a duty which must not be neglected . If it be , all ! hitherto done goes almost for nothing . There are many pining in want , who do not even know of the existence of either Victim Fund , or Victim Fund Committee ; There are many also who would sooner , pine in secret , than make their case known of their own accord . All these must be sought out . To seek them out is the duty of the

      Cuattiats In each locality . Let them , therefore , see to it at once . No time should be lest Too much has been { wasted already in forgetfulness . Let the Chartist Council of each locality from which " Victims" have been dragged , appoint an active Committee , who will engage heartily in the work and go through with it . ; Itjwill be mainly round and about M anchester where these subordinate Committees will be needed . Of course they will be required hi all places Where Victims have been made , unless the Councils themselves do the necessary work ; but it is round and about ! Manchester where the large majority of the cases will be found . The Victims were mainly made at the Speoial Conimiaskms at Cheater , Lancaster , and Liverpool ^ York and Stafford contributed no mean quota j but Chester , Lancaster , and Liverpool , bore ] away the palm I Abinger was at the latter places 1 In relation to tola matter , we have received from Mr

      Cleave thejfoilowlng letter , which we shall first insert and then offer a few words of explanation : — TO THE CHRTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . ——MY FRlENDSyj—In the Chartist Circular of laat week I presented you with a somewhat lengthy—but yet , I beueve , an interesting—statement of the history , so to term it , of the Political Victim Fund from its origin with my nomination as Treasurer by the Birmingham Conference down to the present time . I trust tbatUbat statement was perfectly satisfactory so far as I am individually concerned , however general and just the dissatisfaction which we mast frantrly acknowledge ought to be induced io the minds of every bamane Chartist at the almost ; criminal disregard which it . evidences to have existed of the bitter

      Bufferingsio long endured by our > ' Political Victimr . " It is now ntyjdesire to confer With lyou upon the best means ot disbursing , without further delay , the too trifling fund which you have entrusted to my keeping . It is indeed alike necessary and proper that a correct understanding should exist between you , as the onbeeribers , and myself , as toe Treasurer of the fund in question :-fin * act » that our relative duties to each ether , andjto tbe vietina , thould be bo clearly defined as to preclude the possibility of subsequent cavillings I perceive that the Editor of the Northern Siar entreats you to establish a " General Victim Fund , '' and to entrUBt the disbursement of that fund to a committee

      consisting of , and appointed by , our frisnds at Manchester , iio the former suggestion I anBwer that thesei 8 noioccsipn for " establishing , " while there is & necessity ; for upholding a " General Fund . ' ; The Birmingham Conference uiu establish such a , fond , bub you have not supported it Tout delegates laid the foundation ) but you have neglectejj to rear the fabric . To the seciind part of the proposition ( thevesting Ihe distribution of the' funds exclusively in tbe hands of oar Manchester friends ) I do certainly demur . But previously to advancing my objtctions to such a proposal , I ' niust assure the Manchester 'folk , ' in al sincerity , that I am sot influenctd iby tbe slightea

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      distrust or antipathy top « m . 1 appreciate as highly » any man can , their undaunted and consistent devotion to our common caust I can dwell with satisfaction upon their past efforts , and anticipate with confidence tbeit future exeu . ons against tyranny . I cannot , theruf- re . hesitate In affirming my balief that —if entrusted with the ] duty—they would disburse the Victim Fund with the utmost impartiality . With this emphatic disclaimer of any distrust in the integrity of our " good friends and true" at Mancheater , I will now , vjery briefly , tell you why I dissent from their appointment aa a General Victim Fund Committee . ' * j Isr Because I am of an opinion that the appointment of a General Committee for the management of a

      National Fond should emanate from a National Conference , and not from a local body . 2 ndly . Becanse I cannot but feal that the appointment of such Manchester Committee , having an exclusive controul over the fund , } would virtually set aside my appointment as Treasurer by the last Conference , and would be a de facto vote of " want of confidence" in myself personally . ( The Editor of the Siar will probably say that he also approves of the appointment of a General Committee by tbe forthcoming Conference , but that the immediate wants of th 9 Victims demand that we should not defer , even for a few weeks , tbe distribution of the fund In hand . And so say I ; but this does not prove the existence of any necessity for there being a and in

      Committee at Manchester ^ a Treasurer London . Cannot , I ask , the Manchester folk , and , in fast , the people of every other district , form their local Committee , seek out tbe Victims , and then forward to me ( as the duly authorised Treasurer ) the names of those Victims , the terms of their imprisonments , the number , ages , and civcttmstancea of each family , and such other information and suggestions as may be requisite . This course ougbt to have been adopted long since , and you—the people—are to blame it has not been so . Let it now be done , and I will immediately convince you that my only desire is to have the fund applied to its legitimate purposes . But I do think that I Jam fairly entitled to some of the pleasure ot distributing the fund id return for

      the trouble which it has cost me- I must really remind you that within the past twelve months upwards of six hundred pounds have passed through my hands by way of subscriptions for " Defence and Victim " , and other funds ; but principally for the former . This fact alone must shew these funds to have cost me much iimo , and no inconsiderable amount of labour—not to mention money frequently expended for paper , postage , and so on . I have received not hundreds , ! but thousands of letterseach letter containing a ] remittance by way of postoffice order . It was necessary that I should sign each

      of these orders , and procure payment from the General Post-office . I jneed scarcely tell you that this alone required hundreds of walks—in the course of the year—from my bouse to St . Martin ' a-le-Grand , and consequently occupied many , many hours that otherwise would have { been devoted to my own affairs—and " to a man of business time is money . " But this was not all . There was also the labournot a trifling one—of entering each subscription into a book kept for that purpose—and then copying out the list every week for j publication in theNorthern Star , and in the Evening Star , so long e 3 the latter existed . !

      If you bad bad a proper Organ ' zvtion all this would have been the duty of a ] regularly salaried Secretary ; but in the absence of such an officer it has been done by me—or by parties j employed by me—without receiving , or even desiring , one farthing . Is it not natural , then , that I should demur to & proposition which would deprive me of the only reword I eovet —that of having a voice ( such as I maintain my appointment by the Conference entitles me to have ) in the distribution of a fund which has already required from me the sacrifice of ] so much labour and time ? It is Baid , that with the truly benevolent there is as much pleasure in giving t >* in receiving . So I anticipated as much delight in disbursing as In

      receiving your subscriptions . If , then , the fand is removed to Manchester , ] you deprive me at once of this reward , and my pleasure ; But , I shall be told , that my personal feelings ought not to interfere with a public duty . True , very true , b » fc cannot both be regarded , without doing ) injury to either ? Have we not as good , as faithful , and as zealous friends here ,, in London , as in the provinces ? Have not the people as much ( confidence in sucb men as Wheeler and Cuffy , and M'Grath , and O'Connor himself , as in those jof Manchester ? I repeat thac I esteem highly the latter , but I h&ve equal respect for the former . } Aye , but then the Manchester Committee could ascertain what victims there

      are . Who doubts this | Is it not their duly to do so ? Cannot they so enquire now , and forward the result of their enquiries ! and their recommendations , tome ? They need only do this to ensure ail that can be reqnired . If it J should be then found that I hesitate to perform my duly , I can very speedily be sent "to the right about , ' * and a more trustworthy treasurer appointed ; but I cannot see \? by even tbe appearance of confidence should be withheld from me . I am bold enough to say that not one man can challenge ja single instance in my past conduct | with reference to this matter as meriting distrust in the slightest ] degree . When ithe Conference assembles , I shall be prepared to render them an account of my stewardship , and to abide by whatever decision ; tbey may come to on this subject ; but [ daring tbe brief period that will intervene fc : tween then and the present time , I

      must ,, m justice to my charge and to myself , desire that all subscriptions—by whatever party heldfor the Victim Fund be forthwith transmitted to me as ; the Treasurer of jthat Fund ; and I tunat also most earnestly impress upon all the necessity—nay , more , the duty—of forwarding me all the information that . cm be collected as regards the victims . Let tUere be no dehyi in supplying me with such means , and such information , and there shall not be any drlay in supplying such assistance as the fund will allow . Let tach qf you see to the immediate performance of your own duty , and you shall not have any opportunity of changing a non-performance of duty up « , n Your friend , j and fellow Chartist , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street . John Cleave . London , August 1 st , 1 S 43 .

      Now we must beg most distinctly to disclaim all intention of . purpose to induce- a feeling of " want of confidence" in Mr . Cleave as Treasurer , or even of casting any , the least , slight upon him , in proposing a Committe at Manchester for the disbursement of the Victim Fund . In mating this suggestion , we but suggested what was dhne in 1839-40 . Then Mr : O'Connor waa treasurer to the " ' VICTIM Fund . " Then was a Victim F ^ und Committee appointed in almost the same manner as sow , and under almost similar circumstances , and for similar reasons . That Committee was accorded the confidence of the Chartist body , same as now ;{ and to that Committee Mr . O'Connor , as treasurer , transmitted the monies in his hands just as they needed them . It waa considered

      no slight then . We could not , in proposing the samt machinery over again , intjend slight now . What we bad in view was , to get some one to work . Cases of gross and indeed criminal neglect was fairly brought home to the Chirtist door . Men bad been allowed to Buffar for eleven months without almost a hand being raised to aid them , or a voice to comfort . Their wives and families have had to endure all tne horrors of actual starvation , both in the bastile and out , added to the painful pangs of separation , and the regret and shame that their natural protectors were in prison I When this fact was brought home , eur ears burmd on our head for very shame , that we bad neglected our duty . jin not rousing others to their duty long since . But there was then no time to

      lose . Every hour wasted £ a < lde < 3 to tbe disgrace already heaped upon all . ! Considerations of personal etiquette- never entered oar head . We proposed that which seemed most likely to accomplish the end wanted , —relief of the suffering . We proposed the means we did , —because 1 we knew they worked well and satisfactorily before . | To tbe objection that a GiENEBal Committee for the disbursutant of a National Fuud , should proceed from a National body , and not from a local one , we fully accord ; and had it as fully in view as Mr . Cleave when we suggested that the Manchester Committee should be appointed pro . tern . Pro . ion . tot what ? For constant sitting ? For a constant disbursement of a National Fand ? No BUch thing . For

      the immedi'ite relief of the NEGLECTED victims , who were starving when money was fa hand subscribed for their relief ; while , as was well put in the resolutions of the Hudderflfleld district delegates , 11 means for the establishment of a PERMANENT victim Committee could ba devhed by the National Conference , when it assembled . " The mauner in which our proposal , fox the establishment of this Committee , 'pro . tern , has been received by tbe country at large , makes it , for all purposes , as good as if appointed jby the Conference itself . Nearly every Chartist locality have vottd their acquiescence with it ; not ope baa voted against it The present and laBt week's Northern Star affords as good an expression of Chartiat national opinion on this

      point as it is possible to obtain under present circumstances . We certainly look upon the appointment of that Committee , and the-duties assigned to it , to be as national as it can be . j We care not who has the honour of giving the relief . 80 that it be given . Tbisjpoint may be easily settled between the Manchester committee and Mr . Cleave . We advise them to look more to accommodation than to honour . If it will conduce to the furtherance oi business to have the means of relief on the spot where they are mast needed ,- if it will be better to have them at hand , where they can at once be given

      over to the parties without expense ; if this will be any benefit , wo would advise that the arrangement be made , irrespective of other minor considerations . Itmay be the beat course jto collect all the information , and s « nd it up to London , bo that the payment may fcs made direct in each individual case . Of this we will not judge , leaving it to be determined on by tbe parties named , jNo doubt they will determine on the / east expensive course ; for the fund is but small , and will not afford much for pottages . We have before assigned a reason , a conclusive oae with us , why we suggested Manchester as the locale of the Committee : because from and around Manchester

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      the main portion of the victims have baen dragged ; aud berause there , on the spot , are the main of the wives and families of the victims to be found who need relief . We allude to this matter again , for fear that it should be for one moment imagined tbat we did not name London from any feeling of wan of confidence , or of " ri much confidence" in as Manchester men No sueh idea crossed or entered the mind . In the proposal , we had nnrely the object to be BTCOmpHshed in view , and the means feaw best to accomplish it . We trust our mind is not so filled with petty little jealousies ; with paltry , despicable suspicions , as to cause us to look more < it one locality than another , except for business arrangement and

      accommodation ; or to be " all bristles up" if our own favourites are not Invested in efBce . The London men are as much worthy of confldeneo as the Manchester men . The London men have nobly done their duty in this very matter of the victims , as our sheet of thin very week testifies . They furnished relief to the " conspirators" while in town , to the amount of about £ 12 . They have purchased furniture for Gforge White to the amsunt of about £ 5 ; besides a weekly alfowance averaging abotlt 12 s . They have also given £ l to Mr . SaiUon towards redeeming bis toola , in ad dition to their support of the General Fund . They have in this , perhaps , done their dnty as well , or even better , than any other locality ; and for it they deserve all commendation , and have ours most

      heartily . But still it does not follow , that because Manchester is namaa as the locale of a Committee for business accommodation , that therefore " want of confidence in London men" is implied . No sucb thing ! We must get over these suspicions of one another , and these jealousies as to who shall be honoured with particular appointments , or we shall never know peace . There is by far too much sensitiveness on these matters between the " London men " and their country brethren . The fact is so ; and ifc is to be deplored that It is so . " London men" have their peculiarites ; and so have tho " country-men" ; and until each leara to know one another , and to bear and forbear with each other , suspicion and jealousy and ill-feeling is sure to be engendered &nd

      manifested . Let us all try to harmonize , and not to drive assunder . Leaving , then , the question as to who shall send or give tbe monies into the hands of the needy to be settled hereafter , let us again urge upon the country at large to see thai means ef relief are afforded , and that they are instantly applied . Isaac Hoi'LE has had no relief yetj ! Isaa c Hoy le s family bave had no relief yet . He has bees in prison nearly twelve months ! So has James Williams , William Booth , and Thomas Ogden ; and they are all similarly circumstanced . Is it not time Chartists were at work ? Then there is Cooper and his wife . There is Richards ; and God knows how many , to Is ferreted out of their obscurity , and their wants

      attended te . Remember tbe charge of Hoyle and Williams a 3 &inat you . They charge you with having showered your favours upon some few wellknown characters , and left others to die , neglected . Kemove this stain . Provide the means of relief for all . Let all share your bounty , as far as you can . Treat all alike ; and if one has to go short , be cannot -upbraid yon with selection and favour in the disbursements of your gifts ; for in that case all would she re alike . To our own appeal let us add that of a well-known friend , as follows : — For I was hungered , and ye gave me meat : I was ' thirsty , and ye gave me drink : I was a stranger , and ye took me in :

      Naked , and ye c / o / fted me : J was sick and ye visited me I was in PRISON and ye came io tne . Brother Chabtists . —Permit me to ask , how is it we have been so forgetful ai to overlook so Important , so imperative , a duty as that of providing for the families of our persecuted brethren ? Shall we attempt to palliate our neglect by any little evasion or excuse , or , like Mr . Hamey , honestly and at once plead guilty to tbe charge ? Remember thia ia not the time for excuses . Away with them 1 there should be no such word in your vocabulary 1 Guilty is the term : and reparation should be the penalty for your apathy and neglect . Are you BEALLr Chartists ? Are you men who sincerely wish to obtain what you profess to seek ; * o pull

      down the stronghold of oppression and establish upon its ruins the immaculate throne of justice and truth l Are you philanthropists , or aie you Christiana ? Then prove yourselves worthy your high pretensions . Do not let a Chartist who bos struggled with you , and who Is suffering for bis advocacy of , and fidelity to your principles , pjme neglected in prison ; or the partner of his sorrows , the wife of his bosom , the children of his love , periph Xvhila » you can , nay , ought to protsot l It ia a mockery to cry out Rg&inst oppression if yon permit your VICTIMS to suffer the oppression of their enemies , and at the same time oppress them with tbe weight of your real or apparent ingratitude . It is folly to say yon are lovers of

      humanity unless you take effectual steps to relieve the sufferers . Let us give tbe world a convincing proof of practical Christianity by adopting the moral virtue of the " text " with which t have headed this appeal . Let us do this , and still we shall only have done our duty . Our political brethren in distress ought to bo as dear as oar natural relatives ; for , let me ask , why do our friends suffer ? Is it not for seefeirjg our redemption from tyranny aud misrule ? Surely , as men , you will not close your ears against the " dungeon ' s voice , " or listen with indiffeaence to tbe cries of tyrant-made orphans for bread ! Will you , who are fathers , hesitate tojein in so holy a work , when you reflect that your

      " prisoners" have also children whom they love , but of whom oppression has bereft them ? Ah , no ! When yon are anxious to supply tbe wants of your own children , remember the little " victims . " who , although innocent as augela , are compelled to share the punishment inflicted on their parents . ' !! Will Chartist mothers , and . females refuse their aid when they call to mind the " garret" and the " bhd op shavings , " and picture to themselves the vast amount of bodily and mental suffering which must in this case have existed 1 No , no , it cannot be I Forbid it heaven ! There is , I am persuaded , little fear that appeals of this kind will be made in vain , or that the ' * victims" of . oppression—the martyrs to our

      cause—shall still suffer at our bands . Stir yourstives then , and give proof of your zeal I Let every locality , both female and male , do their dutv . You can easily , " by your unitsd efforts , though ever so humble your " mites , " place those unfortunates beyond the reach of starvation and premature death . Let every man and woman who is a Chartist immediately ( and I beg leave to request they will not neglect it ) , pay into the Victim Fund of their several localities at least one penny as a first instalment ; and admitting that only twenty thousand , which ia only a email number of out strength , would do so , there would be at tbe expiration of one short week the vety handsome sum of £ 83 6 * . 8 d .

      available for present use ; this sum , with the £ 30 in Mr . Cleave's hands , and £ 6 14 s . 2 d . in the Star office , would make £ 120 Oa . 10 d . ! and who amongst you , even the poorest , would feel the losa of a ' penny upon sttch an occasion ? I implore of you to take thia question into immediate consideration . It is one which justice , honour , virtue , demands you should look to ! And , above all , it is by such generous support of your suffering friends you will and can only obtain your darling object , the Charter . Chartism is now suffering , and militant ; and why should you not make it triumphant ? W . H . Clifton .

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      The la . 6 d . from London , and noticed as for the Defence Fund ia the Siar of July 8 th , was for Mrs . Richards . D . Harrowbk . —Four shillings and fourpence . VICTIM FUND . £ B . d « A Friend , White Lee Side ..... 026 From a Friend , Knareabro ' , per J . Dooker , 0 0 4 From tho Chartists of Morley --- ? 066 FOR THE DEFENCE FUND . D&wgreen , near HuddersEeld , collected by David Gledhill 050

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      Mr . Burns in the ehair , the rules of the Association , as amended , were unanimously adopted ; after which almost every one present enrolled their names , and notwithstanding the tickets being now issued at a uniform charge of one penny a-year » many paid sixpence and some a shilling . Mr . Colqahoua appealed to their more fortunate friends , not to take advantage of the pennv charge , but to come forward in a spirife worthy of the cause in which they Were engaged . He . intended paying as much for his ticket as he did laat year ; the penny system had been recommended to eoit the altered circumstance of many of their

      best friends ; he paid half-a-crown for his ticket last year , and he would pay the same sum this year . The ordinary business being disposed of , Mr . James Adams introduced the subject of Mr . Hill ' s visit to Glasgow , and after paying a high compliment to that gentleman for bis unswerving ^ advocacy Of the people ' s cause ; he moved that a soiree , in honour of Mr . Hill and the principles contained in the People ' s Charter be held on . the evening of Wednesday , J 6 th-.. August }; , seconded by Mr . Mitchell . This wa 3 warmly supported by Mr . Dennis , Mr . Millar and others , and carried by acclamation . A committee was then appointed to carry out the resolution . A

      vote of thanks to the chairman , and the meeting quietly broke up . The unprincipled and treacherous Whigs are at their work onoa more , bat I am happy to bd able to eay , that these sneaking poltroons are aUast taught that their career is coming to a elope — yes , the day is approaching when the mask will be torn from their accursed forms . Manchester .--Chartist Youths . —Mr , Dixpa delivered Kis promised lecture on the 14 prjnj 6 iple . 3 o £ "total abstinence"for lie benefit of mftGrammar and Elocution clasp , in ^ coHj ^ Uofplgtt ihe Young Man ' s Charter A 9 ^] mo 9 , ^^^^ E ( rpwn-street room-, on Tuesday ^«» in £ 3 tstOffie aifflience was respectable . / -Z ^"/ - i 7 ^ * Q

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      TfiE COLLIERS , THE STRIKE , AM ) THE ' - LITTLE-SHILLING ' 1 MAN . . j ~ Ws find -the injurious effects of an " Extension of < Trade" developing themselves more prominently day ] afier day , as iha straggle between capitalists and I their slaves progresses . Not only ins the supply too j great for the existing demand , but it was farther < augmented by the facilities "which an artificial paper . [ currency afforded the speculators of dabbling in the , labour market ; and as charms are balm to the sonl ^ and captivating to ihe mind , tre find the old Paper Currency advocates proposing *» extension of this latter « vil , as a means of conecting the calamity to "which , in a more mitigated form , it has led .

      The cry has "been raised that- "as Ireland has her tPCoHSEEL , and Wales her Rebecca , why should not England have her Attwood ! " The answer is , England has her AttwooDj and is ready to beissxate her Amrooi ) in that position from which his own -timidity hurled him ; but the qualification must be—not his advocacy qf return io One Pound Notes , or fire tt IfltQe ShiHing , " but his return iojthose principles which he and his party most shamefully abandoned .

      A disordered multitude win never lack leaders professing an entire sympathy with the sufferers ; while experience must have taught the working classes , thai those « ircnmEtancE-made-general = , have invariaidy attempted -to use ihe soldiers for tbe attainment of their own peculiar objects . Tbe colliers , appear to ns to have gained experience in the school of adversity . They are daily learning the i State ef xmopposable dependency io which they have been brought ; and in each suceesave failure th&t dependency is more "Widely Imprinted on iheir minds . They have discovered that they are mere machinery

      nsed by capit » IiBts , who are directed in their speculations by ihe amount of confidence with which they can inspire the managers of joint-stock paper ; and , in the grievance they recognize the working of the system by which they are disinherited from any participation of the staking of those laws , and in the framing of those rules and regulations , by which Iheir affairs are governed : and , therefore , instead of skimming th $ scumfromihe surface zciih a One Pound Note , they lookfor political egnality ss a means of elesnsing ihe £ lth from the bottom . JJotbing could inspire us with greater confidence , or fill us with more joy , than the discretion . l > y which their movemenls have been hitherto marked . The press , howerer , is already beginning to associate Chartism

      with the " Striief and It becomes onr honnden -duty to guard onr clients against the admission of she Chartist ecum into the " wages " -wen . . In ihe Morning Advertiser , now lying before ub , we find that B a meeting of coBierB was addressed by Mr . Thomaso 5 , a Chartist . " When the Stnrge party attempted under the guidance of the League , to enlist the Colliers of Staffordshire in support ef * Pxee Trade" i > rlneiples 3 we hesitated not to Caution them against the wiles of that party ; and we shall sot now withhold our advice when similar danger threatens the body . Instead , then , of giving our own opinion , as requested by several Corres pondents , as to the fitness of Mr . Thokasos , to fill the office of a Collier iLectarer , we would refer the applicants to those localities where Mr . Thokason

      h better know than he is to H 3 . Let them apply to the Chartist Aseodatioa at Nottingham , to their own party at Newcastle , and to the people of the Tale of Leven ; the localities where the services' of Mr . Tsomasos axe best known ; and if he succeeds in getting such a character Irom those places as will jToreMm to be -worthy of their confidence , by all means let him have it ; while , should he fail , he ought not to be trusted with any participation is the movement . Let ; them also inquire of the Chartists of IJilstonsnd Wednesbury , and ask who it is that has been instrumental in causing the People ' s Hall io he taken from them 2 We feel ourselves called

      upon to administer this wholesome caution ; one , from the observance of which Mr . Thomasos can leeerreBolDJnry ; one , from the neglect of which the Colliers and the Chartist body may receive irreparable damage . We rejoice to find that our advice as to fee appointment onecturere has been acted upon i while "we are so less pleased to learn tbat the ungenerous attempt in Staffordshire to make the Strike a mere Iscsl question , has been repudiated by the sound deling and good sense of the great body of Colliers ermced in their resolution of not limiting their

      sup-Port to those immediately connected with their ^ ality . This is the true principle ; and if jgener-^ Sj ictedTiponj will lead to an extension of that ^ ysjpaflry upon ^ rhieh , together with their own aerfions , they must rely lor ' suceess . That there is aohope for them now at their own trade of delving miner the -earth Is self-evident ; and therefore , ^^^ ead ^ f caving in its iowela like slaves * let them ***** fitelr attstflon to ihe cultivation of its surface ^ e free men . The labour to which a eeSier is iaa redfrom infancy particularly fits them for an

      * &W ] ltarallife ; it is easy , uaoomparison , more fas-* Bg , and far more ^ emnnerafing than the trade ° * a eolHer ever was , and far- more so than ever 3 " ""^ sgain . Great however as the importance of the landed question is , in onr estimation ; and sur-Psssng aft <» £ hers in importance as is that of the ¦ Peopled Charter ; jet , for ihe present , wonld we lecoaniemi thoSetwo great questions to be made of Kconajry consideration until that of more immediate < 5 On £ e ? n « ieej the labour-dependency guesHon , is seta £ a by ffee Colliers with their masters . The

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      ha wd THE NORTHERN STAR , 5

      Glasgow.—At A Meeting Held In Tbe Young Men's Academy, College-Street, On Friday Evening.

      GLASGOW . —At a meeting held in tbe Young Men ' s Academy , College-street , on Friday evening .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 5, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct493/page/5/