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      MAGAZINE , EDITED BY J . % STEPHENS . rtONTENTS :---L Thoughts on the Word of God . \ J — II . Hints for Afterthought .- ! II . We'll di « as one together . —IV . Some Passages of the Life a London Parish 'Prentice , at Litton and Cressbrook Mill ; written by himself . —V . Tales for Children : 1 . The Rich Man and hiB Poor Neighbour ; or , the Three Wishes . 2 . The Tiudet-box . —VI . Tho > Factory Child . —VII . A Glossary of Terms not generally known . —VIII . The Poet ' s WisheB . —IX . Homely Readings from the Holy Book ; ho . 3 .

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      WHAT IS A GOVERNMENT FOR ? WHAT ARE ITS DUTIES i READ the exposition of the above questions , by Henry Tincent , in No 5 of THE ENGLISH CHARTIST CIRCULAR , Price One Halfpenny , Containing also the commencement of a Series of interesting Memoirs of celebrated Patriots . No . 1 . —Thomas Muir—The Syrian Question—Rotten Nobility—Napoleon ' s Assumption of Supreme Power—Records of the World ' s Justice—Political Aphorisms—A Song of the People—Facts for Enquirers—Temperance Record , < fec , &c . No . 6 , now publishing , will contain the first of a Series of Original Articles , by R . J . Richardson , of Manchester .

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      * th-sc v ^ N 05 , ^ bo add that ** & * tQe oruinaEces jftaffl ordered to be printed , it to fmmd thai ^ « Weh was TH 7 important , had been ovarlooied . ** Tw «« sirT to submit itto the iatr officers of 11 * £ oTOr » d tii « it n . which occasioned the ^ . th » acrimonious di * sn » don here owned between tkSod of EXETEB and Lord MELBOUSSB . ^ ¦^ iT to » question from tbe Bishop of Exeter , J * S l > cscjJf : fO 5 said that , if an addw&a ahmdd \ med to by tbeir Lordabips , praying ha Majwty ^ T ^ Te effect to the ordinance * , it etrtainly conld ^ ta done ; te also intended that , if po-able , ad-SSJnL time should be granted ; upon -which assurance tTwSwp of Exeter postponed his motion respecting £ ISry of St . Sulpice until Thursday , the 4 th of of

      ^ t ^ A LTSDHfEST drew the attention the Gorem-^ to a Bill in the other House of Parliament , for ^ improvement of the administration of justice in IJTof eomty , and expressed a hope that proper '" " ^ nation wonld be awarded to the holdera of offices " ^ * mi £ ht by that Bill be abolished , as he should Tt rj ^ iee bo nseful a Bill lost for want of such a •^ tssoist Melbourne said , he should take earn MHBpeasiti 011 should be giToa to all who should / Jnd ^^ examination , to h * Te a fair right to it ^ Sl «< l » liips then adjourned .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tuesday , Feb . 23 . jTni jio&PKTH presented a petition from Dublin , coed t > 7 225 , £ S 9 peaons , against Lord Stanley ' s Be-^ aSion Bill , and in farour of his own . * fte » djournfid debate on Lord MorpeUVs Qualification and R egistration of Toters Bill was resumed by vT-yoruG , -who was strongly opposed to it , and conned that the lowering of the franchise in the way Zroosed , would tend to a still greater subdiYision of r jJthan that which already prevailed in Ireland , and ( as , enormously increase the distresasd condition of the psa&ntryvjW . S . O'Bbiks thanked the Government for Hie Bill they had introduced , in which they grappled Zijh & the diffitnlties of this great question . He jejTUored that if the country was appealed to , it w » oid pronounce in fxvour of the measure .

      Sir R Bat * * aid ne bA " *" J * looked upon the its . freeholders in farrow times , as ont of the L e ^ test curses under which Ireland laboured , and % &ww by-this Bill they would bare a state of things infinitely -worse . ^ J CAB E w deliYered his " maiden speech" in report of the Bill Lard Hovick said he should support the 3 ill before the Hoose , believing that it held out a fair pros--nectofbrbpBS this important question to a satisfactory settlement it 1 BWI contended that the Bill would abrogate tta pronsons of the Reform Act , and that there were tra dy jsffidently denjocratic element * in the constiisffinrT of Ireland , as was amply proved by the fact gat so lass than seTenty Irish Members sat and voted — f ^ te nine side as the Hon . and Learned Member for

      Hi PiGOt contended that the Bfll of the Noble lord the Member for Nor th Lancashire ought not to ie entertained by the House , if it were only upon the pousi that it was confined to registration alone Be Rtelrt Bonourable Gentleman then entered into a Isag defence of the provisions of the Bill of Lord Korpeth . Sir Wm . FOLLBTT objected to this measure as a ¦ n oteot iBterference with the principle of the Reform gH , artrtfl' «* "Tig « constituency in direct opposition is the principles there laid down . Tnis was indeed t ^ mirpng rniTersal Suffrage in the Irish Counties . Us BiH vas also » TiolatoB of the Roman Catholic £ Hi £ / Aet He eculd -well understand bow this HM Toafcl be supported by a section of the supporters of i » Mijestj " * Government , but he could not underf ± - » A hov it could be supported by those who had itap professed to consider the Reform Bill as a final ¦ eslement of the elective franchise .

      Jit MiCAri _ & . T insinuated that the Bill of Lord ftislfij esnld be considered only as a disfranchisement B 31 is disguise , while the object of the measure of his Koble Friend Lord Morpeth ; was to keep out bad Tsten , and let in good ones . He denied that the irax relating to the franchise was a tack to the Reparation Bill , which was professedly the principal Btassrs . On the contrary , the definition of the franchise was , in hit opinion , the Tery essence of the assure un&ei consideration . At the conclusion of the Right Hon . Gentleman ' s ipeecb , Mr . Bbothketos moyed the adjournment of is debate until Wednesday , which was immediately toceded to , and the House adjourned . Wednesday , Feb . 24 .

      Lord Siaslxt postponed the second reading of his lrisa Registrauou Bill until Friday , not with the intention of then bringing it on , but he should by that feme be prepared io ay when he would bring it forward . The discussion upon Lord Morpet& ' s Bill was then resumed by Mi . BaoiaEaios , who briefly contended that it would giTs general satisfaction to the people o ( England and Ireland , and unite the two countries in a closer and better understanding t ^ * " that which bad heretofore prevailed . Sir . Miusx contended thai the present Bill had been hrrmrht forward , not trixh any hope or intention thai it sbouli become law , but with some ulterior ¦ new , of -which they were all at liberty to judge .

      « r WK . Sokestille , in reply to the argument of Lord Stanley that if this framckise was gvren te Ireknd , it most be extended to England also , observed Sai be had nergr heard it urged as an otjeetton to an English Bill th&t its benefiiu ought not to be given to Eajlaud , because they would , in that case , be obliged to eucnd it to Ireland . Mr . Sergeani Jacxso * very -warmly eulogised the jfs « £ of Sir Wm . Follett , sjsi said that he never was more surprised than at hearing it replied to by the &u £ t Eos . Gentleman opposite ( Mr . Hacaula ;) , in a Beech which he must characterise as a mere piece of cpty and frothy declamation . Mi . Slltet was ef opinion that the £ 5 franchise « i too low , but still they ought to go into committee , u da principle was good , and by mutual conceasien , Skj might be enabled to adopt a proper amount of vtias upon which to found their right of voting .

      so . TntsiGts . ooaerred that , if the present Bill * ae defaced , it did net follow that the evvs of the present system of registration would not be corrected , fcr . iathat eTent , his Noble Friend iL&rd Stanley ; Tudi perseT&re with his measure . Mi C BrtLEEwissatisfied that . however bad might betfcaBUlof the h ' oble Lord ( S ' ^ nley ) , it possessed as redeeming Iea . ruie o ! having forced the Government a briag in a good one . The Hon . Gentleman enattTcmred to show that Lord Stanley , by his Bill , did & £ a * &e Irish feanchise , though by a very roundibaut ai in » very highly oijactionable manner .

      sir Ji * E $ GbaHam said , the proposition of a £ 5 ~* ackise for Ireland was a coneessioB , on the part of ms Government to the Hoa . and Learned Member for DaJsSa , and he confessed he hsd the most evil foreiwEap of the manner in which it -would be applied if Fluted , for the Hun . Member for Dublin had spaken " eroliciUy upon the subject of separation , as they BA beta threatened with it that night by the Hon . 5 ssber for Liskeard . In order to show how far the fi 5 Te aimsrt had , according to their professions , dis"apd toe agitation of the Repeal of the Union , the . % » Han . Barone : referred to the 38 members who ,

      ? l 531 , voted for a Repeal of the Union , and showed tat b * &j of them had received very valuable appoint-^ rU , and toe judicial omce of Chief BaroD had been P * " ! to ilr . o ComnOl , -who had , however , declined £ «« , sa he sad himself , the judicial office should * Rio ted in his person . " He took down the words "J « time , md thought them a very singular compli-¦*» to the Government which had tendered the office f r ™ seeeptanee . He would , for his own part , cling « j * mewure of Lord Grey , resolved to resist the g ° P « " of th&t democracy which , unless checked , *"_ overthrow the institutions of the country , ^» erown itself in the general destruction

      ., ^ . at ^ aEIL duOlenged the Rignt Hon . Baronet who ~ Jttttm down to deny , if he cou . d , tiiat alUioagil ^»« Towing hij adherence to the Reform Bill , he bw , "JJ ?* * at SttOBd , declared that he w *» one of a *?»¦«« rf twelve who had been appointed to c « n-¦**« , and had actually reporttd upon , the propriety jf ^ PSng the Ballot Tue Right Hon . Gentleman *« s sought to fasten a charge of inconsistency upon ^ ' **» iey , in having beenhimaelf the party to estab-S _^ " ben « fi « al inifirest" franchise in the Reform i ~^ wh ich was now sought to be superseded by the JtyZX tenant" francbiae . which he h * d nreriomlv .

      ^^ office , repudiated . Ai the close of the Right Hon . Gentleman ' s speech , ¦• SoBse sAJourned ,

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      cf ^^ - ~ ETer since the breaking up of the National toe * Sr ^ ud lne nnfortunaje correspondence that t ^*^" ' ^ . ^ tcher and Fe ar > fus U'Con-W ^" ^ re nnin ed in a suAe of apathy j jj >«» as « is again reviving ander peculiarauste ^^^ unstances . That independent body of jg ! » e cordwainers of ibis place , have formed ^ Tx mt 0 ciaases of thirteea member * to » bK i ^ f «» cnptions are twopence per week , one in *** * ™ d , which is intended to aasiBt in i »; riT ? £ H" ^ carcerated Whig victims for espoESg ^ peopleg ca use ; and the other towards pur-** MlZ ? { T ihernStar > &-C . « fec . Their meeting * SW » j "H . **^ member ' s honaa ilternitfiW . pvarv oin

      «* 1 « b ' , i 7 *** *™* other ^ n ^ w * ° J tB » m > jj ^ classea oat of their own respective bodies . Wrf m ° u e of ^ » eeting » iru held at the * SenderIC ^ P ^ ne , preedent to the society , * £ Xr » * j « rt of February , when the Northern UeobStw J other " ^^ ? ° * nd d 0 litewis * - QbrkTum" ^ Jt general meeting of the **» Ksw m ^ «^ g Man's H * il , it wm ¦ ^ bP «> ' ^ f 1 Df > oa ' that * faner&l eermon lt , oatn ?^! ln 4 " ? lace . Sunday , March 5 kehS rfw . * ^^ »* ^ e close of the sermon J « iuS tt 7 ^ eMd j and ti » t Mr . " ^ tSS& M ? eadeU i ** wlicited w

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      LEEDS . —Total Abstinence Chakteb Association . —At a meeting o £ the Association held at Mr . Joseph Oldroyd ' s , Quarry Hill , afrer the business of the society was gone through , and the members had congratulated each other on the opening prospect * of future nsefolneBB , it was proposed by Mr . Joseph Parker , and seoonded by Mr . Wm . Hick , that the Bchool room , No . 82 , High-stre * t , be used , at present , on Sabbath days , as a lecturing and preaching room , and that our highly respected friend Mr . T . B . Smith , from . Hall , be solicited to

      deliver a lecture on Teetotal Chartism , in the afternoon of Sunday , the 28 th inst ., to commence ai halfpast two . o ' clock , and also to preach a sermon in the evening , to oonuaenee at six o ' clock . Mr . Skith , beingwaited npon for this purpose , consented , providing a congregation conld be secured : on the assurances of this being civen , he stated that his text in the evening weuTd be from Acts , it . 32 , w And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and one soul : neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own : bat they had all things common . "

      Meetiss o ? Chartists . —At a numerous meeting of Chartists , on Monday evening , the chairman ( Mr . Roberts ) read , from the Northern Star , tho Address to the People of Great Britain in favour of Mr . Bronterre O'Brien , which was warmly received It was resolTed that oat friend , Mr . Hill , should be requested to insert the address again , together -with a list of the names of the Committee , and tbe proper address of the secretary , as some of the names of the committee were entirely omitted , and awroDg address to tbe secretary , owing to some inadvertency of the gentleman appointed to supply the Star office with a report . Mr . Westlake was then introduced , and gave his first of three lectures on the democracy of Christianity , after which an animated discussion ensued .

      LONDON . —Towkb Haklkts National Charteb Association , held at the Bricklayer ' s Arms , Cheshire-street , Waterloo Town , Feb . 16 , Mr . J . Hart in the chair . The minutes of the Uxst meeting were read and confirmed . The council -ordered the secretary to write out the petition from the Northern Star against the New Poor Law Bill . On Sunday , the 21 st , Mr . Parker gave an excellent lecture on " the Principles of the Charter , " to a full meeting , which gave the utmost satisfaction . The lecturer said a box ought to be plaood on the table , to be called " Feargus O'Connor ' s Demonstration Box , " to help the Tower Hamlets * men to go down and welcome our champion on his liberation .

      Petition CoMMirrEE .--The London Chartists seeing the necessity of some system being adopted , whereby the friends of political freedom in ths metropolis , may have an opportunity of presenting petitions for the People ' s Charter , the political victims , < fec , without the Ios 3 of time generally attendant upon the getting up of such petitions , have called into existence a petition committee , whose duty it shall be to prepare petitions for individual and public bodies , and to see that they are duly presented . The said Committee ha riDg met , consider it their duty to call upon their Chartist friends to lend their aid by every means in their

      power to carry out the above important object . Aa the duties of tbe Committee will be somewhat arduous , they trust they shall be provided with funds necessary , as the labours of the Committse cannot possibly be effeciive "without the sinews of war . The Committee meet every Tuesday evening , at the Dispatch Coffee House , Bride-lane , Fleetstreet , at eight o ' clock , to receive petitions from individuals and public bodies , from any part of the kingdom . Thomas Mills , Tower Hamlets ; Samuel Ford , Kensington ; Robert Sontheombe , City of Westminster ; Jehn Murray , Borough of Marylebone . J . W . Parker , City of London , Secretary , pro . iem ; John Rose , Bennondsey , Treasurer .

      NEWTON HEATH . —The cause of Chartism ib prospering gloriously in this village . Mr . William Ssiuarer lectured on Saturday evening last to a goodly assemblage . After tie lecture , a numb « r of the members and fri « nds formed a mutual improvement class : the first subject considered was , What benefit -would Universal Suffrage be to the working classes 1 " Although thiB was tho first question , yet the manner in which they treated it might hare docs credit to legislators . MANCHSSTfR . Chabtist Skbmons . An eloquent and impressive eermon was preached by Mr . Arran , of Bradford , in Carpenter ' s Hall , on Sunday afternoon , to a crowded congregation . In the evening , Mr . Hill preached to an over-flowing and apparently well satisfied congregation .

      A svusmous and enthusiastic meeting was holden at Carpenter ' s Hall , on Satarday evening , Mr . Butterworth in the chair . The meeting , though called without notice , consisted of upwards of 1 , OUU persons , who were addressed by Messrs . Marsden , Wall , Skevington , Connor , and others . A strongly worded resolution was adopted , affirming all th « principles of tbe Charter , and pledging the meeting to their obtainance . UKVWOOD . —On Wednesday evening , the 17 th inst ., Mr . Bairstow lectured at this place . He

      commenced by a few remarks on the wages of the labourers on the Continent , and those of tbe labourers of Great Britain , contending that a repeal of the Corn Lavre would never better the condition of the working men of this country , until they had the power of electing their owa representatives , by which they might protect the value of labour . H « also laid bare tbe clap-trap schemes by which tbe stock jobbers , money mongers , cotton lords , and hireling ruffians had been trying to draw the people from the Charter .

      STOCKPOBT . —Mr . Hill lectured here , by invitation , on Monday evening , recommending temperance , union , perseverance , and sound political information , as the only and surest mt » ns of obtaining the People ' s Charter . Tbe room was densely crowded , which made it like a bath , although capable of holding 1 , 200 persons . The lecturer spoke BLtil he was completely drenched with sweat , and exhausted , and then sat down , while Mr . Bairstow ( who ha 4 jost returned from a meeting of the Corn Law Repealers , to which , being called by circular , he had been refused admittance , though

      presenting his circular at the door , ) addressed the meeting for some time , after which Mr . Hill came forward again and spoke at some length , recommending the erection of convenient meeting rooms by the people ; and especially enforcing it on the Cnartists otStockport . He was listened to with the greatest silence and attention , interrupted only by repeated bursts of applause ; at the conclusion , a rote of thanks was given him amid the acclamations of the assembly . On leaving the room tha people crowded round him to get a wag of his hand , and to express tbeir gratification at this , their first personal introduction to him .

      Chabtist SiBUON . —On Sunday evening , Mr . Bairstow delivered a talented and eloquent sermon , in tbe Chartist Room , Bombar d s Brow , from Paul ' B discourse to the Athenians , on Mara Hill , " God hath made of one blood all na ions , to dwell upon che face of tbe earth . " The Large Room was excessively crowded , and the attention of every one meued ; and the meeting collectively appeared highly interested and pleased with the intellectual treat . The following resolution was carried unanimously : — "That we , the working men of Stockport ,

      knowing the factions that are opposed to our interests , and seeing , as we lately have , the mean and dastardly attempt of a few individuals in the north to bring that noble advocate of the people ' s rights , the Northern Star , inlo disrepute , that we do hereby tender our increasimg confidence in that paper , and the able and talented editor , the Rev . William Hill , and the proprietor , Feargus O'Connor , Esq . " At the conclusion , a considerable sum was collected towards the expences of tbe demonstration , and a great number of members were enrolleu .

      YORK . —At the weekly meeting of the York Chartists , held on Tuesday evening , in the large room of * be Fat Ox Inn , a vote of thanks was proposed , and carried with applause , to Messrs . Burley and Stuart , and the brave men who so nobly supported them at the Whig hole-and-corner meeting of Friday . Resolutions were also proposed and carried unanimously , expressire of the determination of the Association to support no election candidates but sucb » b pledge themselves to support the People ' s Charter ; and of their firm determination to aJ focate Universal Suffrage and No Surrender . Several new members were elected . The meeting broke up at half-past ten . From the spirit evinced at this meeting , it is evident that the cause of liberty is making rapid progress in the City of York .

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      LONDON . —Sunday Meetings of ths Working Classes . —A large meeting was held last Sunday evening , at the Working lien ' s Chapel , Dockhead , Bermondsey , when , after tea , the meeting was addreswed by two of the society , on tbe evils of monopoly , especially the monopoly of the heavenly trea-Bure to be found in the Bible , and which the priests , in the present day , say that they are the only repository and distributors of ; whereas , the great Creator says , Let the word ot the anointed dwell in

      you richly in ail wisdom , teaching and admonishing one another ; ' and if tbe people will be rich in their minds , and free themselves from ignorance and superstition , they must lay in a store of useful information , and be all mutual distributors , instead of supporting the priestly monopolizer , and not be like anw the old proverb , such priest such people , and the people will have it so ? ' As the promoters of these meetings are giving information , free from sect or party ; we hope the Chartists , Teetotallers , and all liberal-minded friends to tho spread of truth , -will give them their support . —Correspondent

      BAB IT ft HP C / aSTXiE . —Attempted Sdicid * . —On Monday last , » poor woman , named Nancy Hall , attempted to cat her throat . Medical examination proved the wound to have been but trifling .

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      SUHDE&LAHB . — Tailors' Steikb in Sun-DEaLAND . —The tailors orfianderiandhav ^ -diirinjf the last week , issued a-Tery excellent and sensible address , explaining the nature and origin of their dispute with their masters . We have not room to insert the address in full ; but , in order to let their brethren and the working classes generally know the merits of the dispute , we have made the following statements-. —The dispute began with an employer named Dawson , who , we understand , is » most evangelical minded person , refusing to pay the wages given by other masters . He , by bis meek and holy acts , induced , other two employers to join him ; and they all proposed a number of petty deductions from the prices paid for the manufacture of certain

      articles of cloth . To shew the petty nature of their conduct , and the meanness of spirit displayed by them , it is sufficient to state the deductions , which are : —4 d . on waistcoats , trowsers , and breeches ; 6 d . on boys' jackets , and 8 d . on Taglioni coats . These deductions , though individually small , would , in the aggregate , reduce the wages of the workmen 3 . s . per week . The workmen , notwithstanding no deduction had been asked by the other masters , rather than incur the riek and unpleasantness of a strike , proposed to submit to one half of those reduced payments ; but Messrs , Dawson , Inaith , and Robson refused . It was then dearly Been that they had another and ulterior objeot , which was , to destroy the onion of the tailors which

      existed in the town ; these despots hated the idea and name of union ; they claimed the liberty of exercising their own will uncontrolled , save by their own consciences and interests . The mea therefore determined io stand by their order , and so well have they done so , that we are happy to add the whole of the masters of Sunderland , except the " miserable minority" alluded to , give the old wages , and are friendly to the union ; as a consequence , they have got the best workmen , and ar « rapidly getting the trade of the small proud faction , whose failing custom will soon teach them the folly of their conduct . The tailors of Sunderland , as a class , are a most intelligent and patriotic body of men ; tbeir union has been the means of promoting a fraternal spirit amongst them , cherishing sentiments of manly independendence , ( free from the insolence of ignoranoe , ) husbanding their resources , enabling them to

      maintain each other in sickness , to secure an equitable distribution of employment , to provide for the infirmities of age , and the calamity of death ; in short , in various ways , to promote physical , moral , aud intellectual improvement . They have be * eii amongBt the first to rally at the call of tbeir oppressed brethren ; they voted and transmitted to Glasgow the sum of £ 10 for the cotton spinners ; and to various strikes they have liberally contributed ; and several times have raised handsome subscriptions on behalf of tbe victims of political oppression . For th « 3 e reasons , we consider them now entitled to aid from their brethren , and the working classes generally . A few weeks more and the small faction must yield to tbe claims of reason and justice . Subscripiious for this purpose will be received by the treasurer of the BOciety , Mr . Pentlands , Q , ueen-Btreet , Sunderland ; or by Mr . Williams , bookseller , Bridgestreet , Suuderland .

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      LOOK ON THIS PICTtRE , THEN ON THIS ! ! Lord Cardigan ac- Cook , of Mitchelderer , quitted upon tbe honour a working man , bung for of all the Peers in England , " striking" at Bingbam Bafor shooting Capt Tuckett , ring , -without injuring with intent to kill him . kirn . Lord Waldegravk Roberts , of Birmingand Captain Duff allowed ham , a working man , senby th « Chief Justice of the tenced to be hanged under Queen ' s Bench , to compro- an obsolete law , and conmiBe and pay compensation , vie ted npon the evidence for a cowardly assault upon of policemen ; while thoua policeman , by which his sands of respectable perlife was endangered , and sons stated that they -were his health has become im- ready to make oath that paired . be -was not within a mile of tbe place .

      The Hon . Mr . Plun- Frost , Williams , and k ett , an officer , sentenced Jones , sentenced to death , to twelve months' iaipri- commuted to banishment Mnment , of which six to a penal colony for tellwere omitted by the Mar- ing the Welsh people to qnis of Normanby , for op- come , unarmed , to Newposing the civil authorities port , for the purpose of of Wigan , in the execu- showing their number to tion of their duty , wih an the Magistrates , and therearmed force under his by to convince them of tbe command . great feeling which existed in favour of tbe better treatment of Vincent , and other working men . Chartist prisoners — the people being mowed down before they made any , the slightest assault

      Daniel O'Connell— Feargus O'Connor , in ¦ whose agitation calls for solitary confinement for the denudation of the Lord eighteen months , for op-Lieutenant of Ireland , who posing his tricks and speaks of aa alliance scheming , between France and Ireland ; who libels Ministers , Administration , and all parties but his own , daily -, and wbo threatens to raise 5 O » , 0 * O fighting men—at large , and possessed of all the Government patronage of Ireland . Master Medhurst , Hoet , CRABTREE . and

      defended by tbe Attorney- Ashton , two years in a General , for the cruel and mad-house , at hard labour , premeditated murder of for attending a public his play-fellow and school- meeting , out of which fellow , by stabbing him -, not the slightest inconwhose case was aggravated venience occurred to the by preving him to be a public—not one act of most vindictive and re- violence—and while they vengeful ruffian ;—three received excellent characyears at large in prison , ters from the prosecuting with apartments , and tbe solicitor , and respectable use of a lathe for turning neighbours . —the young ruffian , as we are told , being partial to this business .

      Lord Waldegrave Williams and Davis , and Capt Drpp held in two working men , kept in bail of some £ 200 , to ap- Chester Gaol , tbeir impear to a charge of brutal prisonment for eighteen assault . months having expired ; because they could not find bail for their good behaviour , in tho enormous amount of £ 2 . 000 . ' The Sheriffs of Los- Clayton , a working don released from ens- man , dies in prison , at the tody for a contempt of tbe age of fifty-five years , Hieh Court of Parliament , being , from the commencelast distressing confinement ment . afflicted withasthma , should endanger their gravel , and rheumatism , health , or injure their lives .

      The Editor of the J . B . O'Brien , senten-Sck , at large , after telling ced to eighteen months the people that the Corn imprisonment , for telling La-ws should be lepealed the people ten thousand by a revolution . times , that they had no fair claim upon the Parliament for redress , until they proved , by the sign manual of a majority of the nation , that a majority was in their favour ; and who has been prevented from pursuing that avocation by which the Editor of the Sun makes a

      livelihood . tOBD JOHN RUSSELL , POOR H 0 I . BERRY , Lord Althorpe , and Lord DUFFY , PEDDIE , HOLDGrey , ruling the country , FORTH , and otbew , senal though they were in cor- tenced to three and four respondence with assoda- years imprisonment in tions who attended their mad-housea , for being enmeetings with all tbe em- trapped by Government blems of royal destruction , spies , and convicted upon with a King having his their evidence , and that of head drooping , and tbe policemen , bloody executioner armed with the axe ; and wbo have robbed the poor of tbeir rightful possession .

      In Carbigans case , In Chartist cases , the telling the highest tri- Attorney-General stretchbnnal in the land that the ing the law for blood , crime « f murder would not have involved any moral guilt , but would have been mere calamity .

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      TO THE WORKING MEN OF ENGLAND : ; - \ AND SCOTLAND . Hawick . Feb . 22 , 1841 . Mi Fkiends , —You have , no doubt , been nabled to trace , through the columns of the Star , my progress In England and Scotland . Six months have now elapsed since I began my recent tour of agitation ; and , in Scotland alone , I have delivered upwards of a hundred lectures . I am not yet tired of talking , because I have a long debt to settle with the Whigs , and a lifetime will be needed to do my duty to you well , and to do justice to myself fully .

      My Friends , you know well that the fcody needs rest , and I know well that the mind needs relaxation . A bow whiofa is use * by the hunter , requires to be unbent at time * , otherwise , if it is always kept on the stretch , It will come io time to be useless for shooting with . I was in hopes that every leader , as he was liberated , would come to my aid , and to your aid , and when many were in the field , that I would be allowed a short furlough . I worked double time , and at all times , because few labourers were In the field , and the grain was beading a sickly head into the furrow . The harvest has been truly abundant , batthe reaping hook of agitation has rusted beside the half-bound sheaf . ThU will not do , nay it must not be . I fondly expected thatafter six months of talk , I might be allowed to change my weapon , and by way of a change , use my pen in the great cause . I most confess I have felt disappointed with the result of my anticipations in some respects , and cheered in others .

      You would have observed that itwaa . my intention to have started a paper in Glaagow , and when you are informed that I have , in a great measure , relinquished that plan , yoa will naturally desire me to moke you acquainted with my reasons for so doing ; and also inform you what may be my future course of proceeding during the agitation for the Charter . In the first place , then , I learned , during one of my visits to Glasgow , that the PatrUt newspaper was involved in considerable difficulties ; and being informed that the copyright waa vested in the hands of fifty purchasers , who were desirous of relieving it from Its pressure , I offered to aid and assist them in so doing , by undertaking tbe conduct of it , or , after a certain interval , by procuring shares , &o ., so as to relieve them of the charge .

      Various plans were proposed and rejected : one proposition made to me was that of becoming editor of the Patriot , the paper remaining ia the possession ef certain parties . I was induoad to attend a meeting of the copyholders , on which occasion I offered to become editor of tbe Patriot in the event of the proprietors not being able to maintain the paper . I pledged myself to them that I would , for the sake of the movement , and th « credit of my country , strive to establish another , and , if possible , a better organ in its place . These remarks and offer of mine were very cordially received . In process of time , circumstances transpired which led me to believe that the Patriot would and must go down . I then hastened to fulfil my promise , by issuing a prospectus for » new paper , sad I am happy to say received the moat liberal and flattering encouragement

      I then left Glargow for the Border , and for Newcastle , Carlisle , fcc . Daring my absence , and after the issue of my address , it appears that the hopes of sustaining the Patriot revived , and very praiseworthy exertions were made to preserve and continue that organ . Amongst other things , a proposition has been mode to raise shares for tbe support of the paper . This last resolution on the part of the Central Committee decided me in relinquishing the idea of establishing the National , lit , a company was formed for printing , and is to be called " The National Printing Company ; " 2 nd , new shares were required for tbe Patriot ; 3 rd , my plan was before the public also . ThU would look something like competition la the market Some one scheme , or all , must be injured—perhaps the cause alse seriously damaged ; what course could I adopt ? Throw overboard my plans , and leave tho field open to the others , still pledging myself to start a new paper if the Patriot should at any time cease to be .

      1 could have started the National easily ; bat I should have bees taken by the hand by one party , aud my legs cut from under me by another . I have , no ambition to meddle with the press , except it be to serve the cause . That I can easily do , by writing lectures on various subjects , instead of speaking them . It is my intention , therefore , to place my lectures in writing , and on all subjects , before the workiDg men , in a very cheap form , and on the earliest opportunity . I will give due notice of my intentions in that respect through the Star . In the meantime , I ahull proceed to Manchester ; and should I find circumstances to favour me , I shall meat likely confine my future labours in the causj to that district , in which I ttrat began the public agitation , where I met with « o many kindred spirits , and where I hope to see the good old banner unfurled and nailed to the mast once more . This time we must not be beaten .

      I trust , my friends , that tbe reasons I have offered regarding the National will have their weight , and that my conduct in that respect will meet with your approbation . Wherever I may speak , or whenever I may write , you may rest assured that I will always be found the same in principle , energy , and faith that 1 was at the beginning , on trial , in prison or out of it I never will mince matters with the enemy—a whole victory or none—the " whole hog , " but not one-half of iv—the whole Charter , but not the ghost of it I have fought hard for the Charter ; I have talked hard for it ; 1 have suffered imprisonment to preserve the entire principles of it ; and I am not the man to swear and forswear—to promise and unpromise—to demand and not have a taste . '

      We must understand each other clearly at this important crisis ; and if there be one rotten egg in the basket , teat all , and out with the swimmer . We must trust each other , or we can have no real union at this eventful mo . nent Up with the Charter , then , at every man's nose ; and wherever you see the- sharpened visage of a middle-class Jew , thrust the whole hog to his snout , and the rascal will run if he is not a priest . la the latter case , the sooner you save your bacon the better . I dislike to encouragu suspicion in the public mind ; but when a Whig is going to bolt , you mutt look after your purse . I should regret sincerely the desertion of the least man from our ranks ; but be the miscreant the least or the greatest , 1 hope that the curse of a disappointed people may fall upon the first one who shall accept or ask us to receive anything short of the Charter : may the curse of God pursue him , and grinning infamy be the statue over his grave .

      I remain , My dear friends , Your sincere and devoted advocate , P . M . M'DOUALt

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      WHO BROKE THE WINDOWS AT BELFAST TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I have your paper of the 13 th instant now before me , in which thete 5 a a letter of inquiry , from ' A Constant reader , " who wishes to be informed , " whether it was the Kepe&lers , the Orangemen , or the Precursors , who da&bt-d the windows about O'Connell ' s ears at Belfast ?" If yoa have not given the information required , I would beg to intonn your correspondent , that it was the honest , industrious , poor classes of Belfast , who committed the deed , as they are determined not to be galled by the Big Bt ^ arman , who derives a large income from a population , the North excepted , who have been well described by Cobbett , as boing " werse fed" and worse kept , in every respect , than English

      As I generally receive the Star , from a friend in Sheffield , ouce a month , I hope you will insert this communication , if you have not already explained . I remain , Sir , Tour obedient servant , A Paddt , Tired of the monopoly and grinding of " the respectable . " Dublin , February 20 , 1841 .

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      FEARGUS O'CONNOR TO THE WORKING CLASSES , ON THE EVE OF A DISSOLUTION . { Reprinted from the Northern Star o / Sept . 28 * , 183 * . ] M * Friends , —I address this letter to you for two reasons—the one of a public , the other of a personal , nature . I address you publicly , because you now stand in the very foreground of agitation—because you have evinced great courage , prudence , and forbearance ; and , consequently , are deserving of public thanks . Sheffield is now the Birmingham of Yorkshire : Sheffield had a long sleep , bat has arisen refreshed from nor slumber . Such are my public reasons for addressing you : those of a personal nature arise from the kindness and affection which yoa have ever manifested toward * myself ; and more especially , upon my recent visit as a candidate for the representation of your groat county .

      My object , upon the present occasion , is to point out oar immediate position and prospects . I have very frequently told the people of this country that the existence of three political parties is incompatible with the existence of order . Lot us , therefore , consider the respective strength of the three parties of the state ; and see which ot them is most likely to be driven from the political field , and how their destruction is to be accomplished . The Whigs , being in power , we will take them first They represent no party—they represent no principlethey cannot hold ji single public meeting—they cannot carry a single measure , without the assistance of the Tories . The House of Commons is supposed to act as a corrective upon monarchical ambition ; and yet

      the present Government , commanding the present House , represents the will of that one person only upon whose ambition it should act as a check . If anything was meant by the Reform Bill , it meant destruction of Toryism , and complete annihilation of that faction ; and let us consider how far it has answered the promised end , and why it has failed in its object . If the House of Commons was a fair representation even of the electoral will , the Whigs could not bold office ; and for this simple xeason—they do not repre - sent two-fifths of the electoral body . When the present registration shall have been perfected , we shall have had eight registrations since the passing of the Reform Bill . A man of sense would naturally say , that if the right of the master should be revised ever ;

      year , the tenure of the servant should be revised also . However , we will contrast things as they stand under the present system . In 1837 William IV . died , audit was in the power of the Government to have continued the then existing House of Commons for six months after the demise of the King . This constitutional step would have matured the electors of 1836 , and would have thereby furnished the most complete representation that existing circumstances admitted of . They felt conscious , however , that perfidy , treachery , and deceit had excited popular disgust against them , and therefore they found it necessary to disfranchise the registered

      electors , from a dread of popular hatred . The present House of Commons , therefore , after the present year ' s registration shall be complete , will be an unconstitutional body , holding power by usurpation , and only representing the will of the Sovereign . The Tost changes of property—the transfer of estates—and the thousands of intellectual houses which are annually built , make it absolutely necessary , as long aa property is the standard of representation , that they should be represented . The change which has tuken place in seven years , ia public opinion , should also be represented . New inventions , innovations , improvements , and changes should likewise be represented ; but they

      are not The Whigs , then , stand thus as regards the constituent body . The electors of 1832 , 1833 , 1834 , and 1835 have voted ; the electors of 1836 , 1837 , 1838 , and 1839 have not voted , while the Irish electors have died a natural death . That great changes would take place upon a general election , no man can doubt ; for we find the fact unblushingly told in tbe newspapers , that the transfer of a large estate in the county of Durham from Whig to Tory bands , will throw the representation of that county also into the hands of the Tory . This is only one of tea thousand instances . Such is the present condition of the Whigs , as regards the electoral body .

      The Tories , accustomed to use the old machinery of abuse for the preservation of dominion , found very little difference between tbe management of anti-Reform and Reform elections . Property being the only thing represented , and that party possessing the greater share , which , added to their greater watchfulness of , and attention to , tbe registrations , has made them much more than a match for the Whigs . We learn this fact from the result of the recent single elections , where the Tories have either triumphed , or made the victory of the Whigs an omen of coming defeat . It ia admitted now , upon all hands , that a general election would give to the Tories a larger , a more venomous , a more church-leving , and life-destroying majority than they have commanded in the House of Commons within

      the memory of man . The Tories , who could not , with the House of Lords well disposed to them , stop the progress of Reform in 1832 , could repeal the Reform Bill in 1839 . In this contest I leave our party out of the question altogether , and merely show , that as regarded the Reform constituencies , the Bill intended for the destruction ef Toryism has but increased its power , and added to its strength . If we want another proof of reaction in the mind of the electors , we have only to look to tho annual corporation returns , and there we find Toryism carrying away the annual honours from the Whig normal scholars . In corporate elections , which are annual , the Tories , without the slightest assistance from the unrepresented classes , are gaining strength at the rate of twenty-five per cent per

      annum ; and all that they require to obtain an uninterrupted possession of these preparatory seminaries of corruption is a majority of the House of Commons . I mention these things to show that the Whigs have been beaten by their own measures , and I write to you , to counsel you and to caution you against a single step which may relieve the Whigs of the odium , and throw the disgrace upon our shoulders . If we were to join the Tories , or give them the slightest countenance , it would not , on the one hand , moderate their enmity against popular liberty , while , on the other hand , it would furnish a pretext to the Whigs , that Radical unrepresented support , rather than the iru perfection of the Whig Reform Bill , had established the ascendancy of their enemies . If the Tories beat

      the Whigs with their own measure , the Whigs in opposition will not be less craving after pelf , and in less than two months' probation upon the bleak aide of tbe Treasury , all tbe violence of the persecuted Chartists would fade into utter insignificance , compared with tbe hungry bowlings of the revolutionary crew . Then once again shall we see the block flag—the monarch ' s drooping head—and the executioner's bloody axe demanding a renewal of the Whig lease of Downing-street , and then shall we take care that every man of twenty-one years of age shall be a party to the bargain . When yon look back , and consider that we have never held our real position in

      society till now , but have always been used to grace the Whig pageant , one moment ' s reflection will tell yoa that standing alone , the only party who dares to meet—the only party who dares to speak—the only party who defies persecution—that we are one of the two parties whose power must be acknowledged . Upon tbe next General Election , the Whigs cease to exist as a party ; and upon the consequent following agitation , the Tories wUl degenerate into a faction , and a very few of the { most wealthy will remain aa a memento upon the opposition benches , whose only business will be to gratify their own ambition , by endeavouring to affright tbe representatives of the people with the bloody ghost of Toryism .

      Men of Sheffield—The game is now in our bands ; the ball is at our foot If we but play and kick them as our enemies deserve , the next General Election should furnish from 400 to 600 Radical members . We most be prepared to stand alone . In Sheffield you will do your duty . You haTft Crabtree , Gill , and others , in whom you can repose confidence . Invite them as candidates—return them as members—and , having done so , chair them through your town , exhibit them in populous places , and proclaim them the representatives of your wilL For one moment imagine what must be the result of this cheap experiment It will cost you bat ; one day ' s attendance at the hustings , instead of days of ceaseless agitation . It places you at once in tbe ascendant It gives yoa a majority in the representative body ; and if England , Ireland , and Scotland , are not prepared for Buch a step , then do England , Ireland , aa < i Scotland deserve the chains of eternal slavery , which their task-masters will impose upon them .

      Men of Sheffield—The prew , which has deluded our opponents by laughing at our weakness—by denying our union and oar strength—the press , which is the index and the born-book of both the factionswill not be able to blindfold the several candidates , who themselves shall be made witness of their own defeat No act would so far tend to give the enemy ocular demonstration of our power , of their weakness , and newspaper deceit Now , my friends , I shall conclude by imploring you to stand alone ; and we then mast triumph . I thank you—from my soul I thank you—for the powerful , the orderly , the splendid demonstrationJof Monday night lost It will long be remembered in

      Sheffield , which I have now made toe key to Yorkshire , and with which I pledge myself to open the locked-up treasure , for the benefit of tha human family . I implore you to watch well the manner in which the Whig and Tory preaa will dispose of that night ' s proceedings ; whilst such an exhibition in favour of either of the factions would have decided the destiny of the nation . Go on , good men ! onward , and we conquer—backward , and we fall ! Give the watchful and perfidious enemy no handle over you ! Break no law ; and in a very littlo time , yoa will make laws which no man will dare to break with impunity ! I shall be amongst you from time to time ; for I have vowed , if I stood alone , to accomplish the great principle of Universal Boffrage .

      I am . Your faithful friend and servant , FBABGUg O'COMMOB Loed * . September , 2 e \ 1099 .

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      Tho wife of William Griffin , of Birmingham , was safely delivered of a fine girl , on the 9 th of February , who was duly registered , in St Mary's district , Helen O'Connor Griffin . Alexander Hurst , of Uby , lately bad a son christened John Frost . Ann M'Douall , daughter of Michael and Ellen Green , was baptised at St John ' s , Roman Catholic Chapel , Wigan , on Thursday , the- 18 th instant , by the Rev . Mr . Moron . January 31 st—At Carlisle , tbe son of Hugh and Ana Smith , of Brown's-court , Damside , waa duly registered in the name of Thomas Feargus O'Connor Smith . On Wednesday , the 27 th of January , Jane the wife of William Barnes , was safely delivered of a son , who was duly registered , at Chowbent , Atherton , Feargus O'Connor Barnes .

      On Sunday , February 7 th last , the daughter of John and Mary Haswell was christened at the Wesleyaa Chapel , Bradford , by the Rev . J . Boyd , Jane Feargos OConnor . The congregation was in a regular twitter at the evident embarassment of the minister . Same day , George Henry Vincent , boh of W . a » d Charlotte t-mith . James Haswell was also christened Henry Vincent Haswell . Joseph Hanney was also christened Frederick Feargu Hanney . Aa infant , the son of Joseph and Grace Phillips , has , this week , been duly registered Joseph Frost Phillips .

      A boy , the son of David and Nancy Brear , of Birkenshaw , was duly registered Henry Vincent O'Connor Brear . The man in office , who is paid for bis . work , asked several questions as to the reason of their giving the above name ? Having been answered , he said he would not have called- him after aa Irishman . We suppose no questions would have been asked if he bad been named " Marcos , " or after the framer of the New Poor Law Bill . Born , on the 6 th of February , and christened at tha Christian Chartist Church , Greenock , on Sunday , the 14 th currentjKgU . Thomson Hillous Harney , son of Neil M'Intoslf / tSTOr itttaker , of this place . Theyoang patriot is named after Mr . Thomson , Chartist preacher . after our worthy townsman and brother Chartist republican Mr . Hillous ; and lastly , after tiat unflinching republican Julian Harney . _ irii < ¦¦ Miii p ^ arfri

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      PEATHS . On the Hth inst ., at Thirsk . Miss J » ne Waine . eldest daughter of Mr . John Waine , comer , age * 20 years . „ ,. . _ ,. ' ' On the 15 th inst ., at Sowerby , Miss Martin , aged OtrWednesdayy the 17 th inat ., Mra . Margaret Oliver , of Barnard Castle . r Same day , Mr . Durham , of the same place , ray suddenly . " _ ¦ - .. On Sunday last , Mr . Robert Hunter , of St * afortb . On Monday last , of a ruptured blood vessel , which cansed death in a few ' seconds , Mrs . Alice Clarkwn , of Barnard Castle . Same day , Mr . Thomas Hendon , of the saint place , very suddenly . On Tuesday last , after a lingering illness , aged 26 years , Mr . Ar thur Woods , of York , printer , the youngest son of Mr . Woods , Nag ' s Head Inn , Micklegate .

      This Day Is Published, Price 6d. The March No. Of The Peoples

      THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED , Price 6 d . THE MARCH No . OF THE PEOPLES

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      COLLINS AND O'NEIL . TO THE EDITOR OP TUB NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —It would be premature , at present , to pronounce a decisive opinion upon the motives by which Collins and O'Weil are actuated , ia issuing their " Addresses to tbe working classes of the United Kingdom . " Ambiguity is evidently one of the ingredients of which their addresses are composed , yet something like tbe cloven foot appears to "the people's eagle eye . " They talk of the Chartist's motto being , " With you if we may , without you if wo most . " Now , Sir , having been in the ranks long before , and ever since , tho names of Collins and O'Neil were known in the political arena , and baring been in as close connection with the fustian jacketed Chartists , I deny that mob ever woi , or now U , the motto of the Chartists .

      " With TfOO IF WE MAY ! " Good God ! talk of tbit being tbe motto of tbe Chartists after being so often victimised by the party alluded to !! We have not forgot the roc in tho days of the Bill mania—we have not forgot the doings of tbe YOU throughout the whole agitation for the Charter . We know the trickery of the rou whl « h originated the " Reform Festival " in beedi ; in abort , we have bad " our eyes open" to all tbe jugglery of the profltocracf ; and , in the name of tbe working men of tbe United Kingdom , I tell Collins an 4 O'Nall that , In spite of their undefined nonsense abov . t Household Suffrage , our motto is Universal Suffrage and no Surrender . And , in reference to tbe middle-class men we have only to say , With US , if jw » will , without you , if you choose . "

      I need make bo remark on tbe alliance desired by the foxes , as the people , the " workies" are wide awake , and certain patriots will labour in vain to \ torm a union between the profit-hunters and the productive classes , at the expence of tbe least scintilla of Chartist principle . We will press onward , but we cannot afford to take one retrogade step . Yours , truly , William Rider . Leeds , Feb . Hit , U < U

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      8 iR , —I presume you have often yourself seen that my countrymen , though fond of talking of liberty , would yet , in the ^ present day , as in Charles ' s time , side with the Crown itself in defence of arbitrary power . I had recently a strong proof this base feeling , thus : —Having , with * ome other friends , immediately « pon Mr . O'Connor ' s imprisonment , got up a requisition to have the Northern Star taken into tbe Dublin Library Society , in D'Olier Street , in tbij City , wefoandtbat the Roman Catholics , to a man , refused to sign the requisition ; and , not atiafied with that , rented their filth against that gentleman .

      Prosably the circulation of the Norihtrn Star through Ireland would effect aome change . Aa tor the Irish press , with , perhaps , the exception of the World , and one or two others , it is the concentration , of every thing mean , bate , and treacherous . I am , Sir , Your most obedient and bumble Servant , Dublin , February SOth , 1841 . I » *'

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      THE NORTHERN STAR 5 _

      The Catholics In Dublin. To The Xditob Of Th« Horthebn 8ta*.

      THE CATHOLICS IN DUBLIN . TO THE XDITOB Of TH « HORTHEBN 8 TA * .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 27, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct538/page/5/