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      tbs scomss ^ ontektios" and the KATLONAL -PBTmO 5 r ~ T > F THE EXECUTIVE . " FeHow eoonfcrymen , —What sib the real grounds of fte objection r—Dr . p . M . M-DouaB to tbe men of Scotland . TO THX XDIWB OP THB JTOBTHBSJT STAR . SlB , — WJHj these wordi Dr . M'Dooall concludes hia letter in the Star of 15 th January . As one of the Con-TsafcooTrb » e decision the Doctor reviews , and as one ef those who irere immediately concerned is passing the- resolution he impugn * , I irfll "with your permiagjon , answer the query . From the briefness of your report of the discussion , your Rngfoa readers must f » eqoallj ignorant of " th * objection" with , the Doctot , and it is right they should know it Tbe matter in dispute naturally resolves into two points : — 1 st The orijjnal merits of the Petition . 2 nd . The propriety of protesting against it after tiie step * whidtt had been taken in proceeding with it

      As to the fiat of these , I never had any doubts , nor have I yet ; the introduction of certain matter into it delates a prindple , which if it be net alluded to , may proye fatal to our movement Those great principles upon which the Chartists are greed , which formed the substance ef the document from which they took their name , and which constitutes a bond of union between thousands wko differ upon other subjects , refers solely to the constitution of the legislature . Mark that . They leave each and all gaiecabwg to them free to hold what opinions they may , as to the measures which it would be proper to pass , if onoe thateonstitntion was obtained . In t 2 iis , and in the truth of these principles , lies our strength ; our creed excludes no man , be his opinions other what

      ^ . pon every point they may , provided he subscribes to the equality of man , and would " do unto others as he would that others should do unto him . " Xn our ranks we may with cooaistencynumber Bepealers * ad anti-Bepealers , anti-Poor Law men , and Malthujsans , OCoiBorites , O'Brienitea , Owenites , Cobbettites , dmichnifin , Dissenters , or no Church at all men , and others I need not mention , differing in their views of political economy , mnals , and religion , wide as the poles asunder . This being the case , and I defy any one to dispute it , It is manifest that as Chartists we sfconld never mix * p with these our great and fundamental opinions , others which are only entertained by a section of our number ( no matter how large or how small that section ) and which are repudiated by others every ^ whlt as good Chartists as themselves .

      The party doing so , set up an unwarrantable stan * fl&rd of Chartism which -will debar many from going along / with them . As Chartists we hold . a certain fixed opinion upon the constitution of the legislature , but no one particular ijpinion whatever npon any of the laws th * t « nght to be possessed by it The petition framed by the Executive of the National Charter Association violates tkia rule broadly and unquestionably . It expresses a fixed opinion upon certain I&ws , on which as a body the Chartists are not agreed . Does it follow "because a man is an anti-repealer or a Halihnsian that he is not a Chartist ? No . Many may be sincere in both . Why then introduce into a petition , famed for the Chartist body generally , opinions nowise inseparable from Chartist principles , and from which many , who would otherwise be disposed to subscribe to it , may feel called -upon to dissent .

      I hold that , as individuals , every Chartist has a right ie express and propagate his opinions , but be has no right , be his position what it may , to fix these his peculiar opinions to the Charter and exclude all who may not feel disposed to approve of the addition . This the famers of the petition have done , andfor this reason I / or one have felt myself called upon to protest against it -God knows I am do Maltbusian , nor am I an admirer of the inftnman 2 fe w Poor Law , but that signifies nothing ; others , who may conscientiously subscribe to the Charter , may be both ; and if I mix up ray opinions on these points -with the Charter , I put all who differ from me in a false position ; they must either subscribe what they do not agree with , or not at alL

      This is my objection . I have heard that all the delegates express their opinions in public , and ntt a few of them in private ; and I can assure Dr . M'Douall that this , wish very few exceptions , was the opinion of all , « ren of many who voted for the amendment Whether the Doctor ox his colleagues will meet this objection , time will show . As to the propriety of protesting , there is more difficulty in deciding . But let us stand to our principles , aai leave expediency to the Whigs . ' To commit a false step is bad—to persist in it is worse . The Doctor contends that we , the men of Scotland , should not dissent " fromjthe rest" It is with pain we do bo ; bat circumstances may arise which will leave as no alternative , unless we choose to admit a mode of proceeding which will prove fatal to our movement . The Doctor

      says" If our principles are exactly the same , then in practice your leaders , or a majority of them ) have seceded from the spirit of the Charter ; and have -virtually laid it down as a rule that in petitions the . minority have a clear right to rule . " There is a fallacy here— " Our principles are exactly the same , " only in so far as these are comprised in the Charter- On other matters they are not " exactly the same , " but very different ; and it is from the Executive shutting their eyes to this fact that the misunderstanding has arisen . The Doctor is mistaken in saying that the " minority" Beek to rule , and that they have " seceded from the spirit of the Charter . " We save

      the petition framed by the Executive oar best wnsiderabon . We viewed it as the production of men to whem we owed not a little ; but we viewed it as such only—{ for the Doctor must remember that the constituents of the Executive sre confined to the members of the Associations of whieh thsy are ( ffise-bearerej— and we found it wanting . We seek net to dictate to others , kit we claim tbe right of judging what we shall adhibit our own names to , and what not . Had the Executive stuck to tke Charter , and that only , there should not have been another word about the matter , but since they chose to introduce other and different ques Sons , tiey need not be surprised that some of their brother Chartists refuse to sanction the digression .

      I lay no sta-ess upon the fact that we were never consalted . We ought to have been , no doubt ,- and had we been so this discussion might have been spared .- bat were the Petition otherwise unexceptionable , this would never hare been noticed . The Doctor errs when he S 3 yg we objected to introducing grievances because other countries—not ouraeVres—felt than . Who ever said so ? or how has saci an idea entered his head ? We objected to those grievances , not because we do not feel them , but because thty are ( the Repeal of the Union for instance SritiTances -winch manj ChartlEti consider no grievances atalL

      The Dtxloi wishes the men of Scotland to protest against the decision of their "leaders . " He does nut t s ° w , it seems , that the decision -was not that of their " leaders , " but their own . That -with nardly an exception , trvery geicgste had his particular instructions from hit constituents on this yerj point , and that in some insuucca they -were in opposition to the delegates own views . l £ e ExecntiTe , I am aware , are elected because the tttsibers vf the association have a general confidence in kbria . They tare a carte blmriAe given thtm as to their icu end deeds , and consequently they may act in a ffiannei which their constituents may rtfuseafierwards to sanction . But tbe Convention , who . se procee ^ inga tt * 3 > jctor impugns , vr&s dificrently constituted , -wbsu * * bsner or vrorsa , I leave for your readers u > ini&e .

      jc conclusion , I am glad the matter is so calmly and rtt ^ taVij taken up . Jn Scotland it has caused no in » &iion of fetling , | or very little : In England I tinst it may be so too . The Poctor seems not to be aware tfcai npon tbe merits of the Petition the Scottish Convention were almost unanimous in condemning i « : * i& very few exceptions , even those who voted for it . cow that it had been taken cp , expressed them-Seizes fcostfle to h , and would , had they been consulted « iirst , have vt-ted against it . I am , 4 c , Jobs DcycA >\ ^ andee , Jan- 24 , 1 S 42 .

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      ilANCEESIEB AND LEEDS RAILWAY . 70 THE £ DJTeB OF THE SOETBE&N SIAB . Sib ., —If - > C 11 -srill be kir . d enough to rive the followjf * exposure of a piece of flagrant nnfa . irnes 3 , a place in " ^ Keceeding cumber of yuur excellent paper , the Writer will deem himself conipiimented . Sitce the opening of this railway , many advantages tIT * been afforded to persons having to travel beVween tw two above nan . ed important commercial and xoanu" ^ iog towns , and the intermediate places ; and tit * 3 Pri ? % d proprietors are justly entitled to the support oi j « e public for their enterprise and peretTeranee . Cer-*^ Palpable senses , however , sre permitted to exist

      whklj militate very materially against lay own order , and prevent the -working man from obtaining his full *> d legitimate thare of the benefits accruing from thi * e * p « iitious mode of travelling ; as I Bhall , with your ^ tc , endeavour to shew to the satisfaction of your atmerous readers , by the following incidents which t * ve recently come under my own personal observation « od txperience . The like annoyances I have good ^• Bon to believe will continue to be experienced by the ° pautive class , to which I have the honour to btlong , * ntal some powerful effort is made to arouse public opinion upon the subject , and efficient measures be ¦ ten to counteract the spread of such enormities .

      I reside at WakeSeld , but have for several ytars been following ay vacation ari > swEbury , and have been 122 *** haMt of returning home at the close ef each week , » spend tbe Sunday . During the winter I have gene-* % aTiQed myself of the train -which leaves the De-srevtol Station , at ThomhiH Lees , at twenty minutes to * STen o ' clock , p . m . ? £ a Saturday evening week I was detained in the * ° * n a few minutes beyand the usual t me of th « inibas starting , and I accordingly took the shortest J » d to the station * a foot-path on the bank of the Cildtr ; and / by dimfc of exertion , succeeded in arriving ttere nearly at the same time . The bain , had not got its oestaiatien when IreseSed fctiestation-houEetFard ,

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      ( puffing -and blowing like a miniature steam-engine , from the effects of so bard ft run , } built was coming up at a slackened speed at some fifty or sixty yards ' distance . ; Elate with the hope of having conquered , I darted into the office at the precise instant that it stopped , and found , to my momentary gratification , a number of individuals taking tickets . With as little delay as possible , 1 presented myself at the window , and asked the clerk for a third-class ticket for Wake field . The young man reiterated my question , and was

      overheard by a gentleman in the office , whose name I understood to be Mr . Pearson : this personage snappishly exclaimed , ' Ton cant go in the fcbird class by this train V I appealed to him b second time , hoping he would exercise a little clemency , ( as I knew the next would not arrive until ten minutes past nine ) buthe again pertinaciottsly refused to oblige me ; I therefore pocketed my money , along with the insult , and had the mortification to see several secondclass passengers supplied with tickets , who proceeded forthwith to take their places .

      Jfow , Sir , this conduct may be considered railroad legality , but I think it can scarcely be called justice . Had the gentleman alluded to said " Yon shan't go , " I should have believed him , as it was I could not I cannot conclude without adverting to the " waggons' ? provided for the third-class passengers upon this line , which , as I am informed , are the only vehicles of such a disgraceful construction used upon any railway in England ; and if it be true , as I bare seen it stated somewhere , that the third-class fares have raised more money than either the second or first , I think the public is imperatively called upon to demand an alteration . On Chrismas Day I rode down to Wakefleld on the

      seven o ' clock morning train , and tbe third-class passengers were not then even allowed tbe privilege of riding in a " waggon ; " but were actually pent up in a cattle truck , and had to effect their ingress and egress by clambering over a five-barred fence about a yard and a hfi \ f ft i gh- I am , Sir . sincerely yours ,

      Thosa . 8 Brown , A journeyman-printer . Dewrtrary , Jan . 25 , 18 * 2 . [ We readily give insertion to the above letter ; for the conduct of ' the managers of the Railway he names , towards the poor , is grossly insulting and shamefully indecent fhe " management" on this "line" is the most miserable of any in the kingdom ) Mr . Brown has correctly stated that the waggon vehicles ¦ used on this railway for the transit oi the poor , are the only tilings of the kind in England ! and truly disgrwxful tilings they are 1 ! The name " waggon " is insultingly affixed to them by the Directors ; and they are . without seats , and the bottom bored f nil of holes , like a cullendar , for the purpose of producing the

      & " draft" of cold air upwards , ta ^ nake occupierf of them as uncomfortable as possible ! And this is all the " accommodation" which these Manchester Directors can aifbrd to the working classes 2 Then the passengers by them are required to be at the " station" ten minutes before the departure of a " train , " or they " cannot be booked . " No Porter is allowed to aid them in putting any luggage they may have into the carriages ; nor are the " waggon passengers' * allowed to go into the " waiting-reoms , " no matter how long they may have to wait for tht " train , " or for what purpose they may wish to retire . The waggons are without spring-buffers , in despite of the recommendation of Sir Frederick Smith , the Government Inspector ! And indeed , for

      that matter , this " miserable" management could not afford to let their " second-class carriages" have this valuable and necessary precaution against accidents . Their " second class" were at first , every one of them , actually without spring-buffers ; and a good portion of them are so to this day ! A paragragh has lately gone the round of the newspapers to the effect that Mr . Herapath , of the Railway Magazine , had communicated the faet that at the late accident on the " Great Western" not one passenger suffered that was seated at the time . If this be bo , what does it say to the managers of the " Leeds and Manchester , " who provide no seats at all for by far the greater number of their passengers ! Let any one go and look at tbe infamous things they

      insultingly call " waggons ; " and see them crammed , as they n- _ > t nnfrequently are , with fifty | or sixty human beings each ! and ask himself what would be the fait of the passengers in the case of an accident like that at Sonning Hill catting ? . ' The gingerbread things of carriages would be smashed in an instant !! They are the most rassally-made things ever Been ; and would afford no manner of protection against the disastrous effects of only a slight collision 1 " The Leeds and Manchester line does not pay . " W $ art glad of At . It never ought to pay , until the ' management" learn to treat their passengers something like human beings . Contrast the " management" on this railway , in respect to accommodation , with , that on the " North

      Midland . " On the latter you find good , stroDg roomy , easy carriages ; every "class" having spring , buffera ; the " third class" being equal in that respect to the "first class" on the Leeds andManchester line , and moreover provided with good seats . Contrast thifi « third-class carriage" of the " North Midland Company , " with the rascally " waegon" of the ' Leeds and Manchester ; " and see in the two a vivid representationof the workings of the factory system in the cotton and woollen districts . ' It is notorious that in the cotton districts , the comforts and conveniences of the ¦ working population are the least attended to or cared for of any pirtof the kingdom ; and this indifference is also developed in the " management" of the "Leeds and Manchester Railway . " That " management"

      isacotton one , —the managers being cotton-lords ! In the ¦ woollen districts tbe factory-3 ystem , though bad enough God knows , is not as bad as it is in the land of cotton ; aid the difference is exhibited in the accommodation the " North Midland ( woollen ) management " have provided lor the working people carried upon their line . Still the accommodation on the " North Midland pine - is not what- it ought to be ; far from it . We lately saw , with considerable satisfaction , in one of the papers , that the directors , in conjunction with thoi * of othtr railways , intend to greatly enhance the comfort of their " . second class passengers , " by making their carriages something like those on the " Grand Junction ' line , —to close in with glass . This is very

      desiribie , and is no naore than ought to be . Its adoption will be a decided improvement on the "North Midland line ; " for their " second class " carriages are c : / y open , and consequently very uncomfortable in thai respect . But ire don't hear that Hiey intend -to enhance fee comfort of the " thirj class" passengers ; and we think they might soon- and easily do so . We would suggest to them that they place a cover , or awning , over every one of their open passenger carriages , to protect the passengers from the hot scoria from the engines , from rain and snow , and from the drippings of the tunnels . This would cost them very liitle ,

      and would be very serviceable . And if , at the same time , they entirely closed the ends of the carriages , leaving them op « n at the sides only , they -would stil niore enh * £ oa . their comfort ; and not make them too comfortub . e . We should like to Eea the " North Midland" lead the way in this matter—thut of providing well fof their poor passengers . Sure we are they woulti lose nothing by such mi exhibition of trus public spirit . . A - far as the " W 3 ggcns" on the " Leeds and Manchester KaLway" are concerned , the £ oon = r the " Directors" collect ~ them together , ad make a public h ' . idire of them , the more creditable -will it be to them : —ED . l

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      TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND . rELLOW-CoTTSiRTTiES , —Having in my letter of the 22 i » d ult . fcxi Liined the reason -why the Chartists aided the Tories in the late Parliamentary election struggle , it now btcunits my duty to point out the necessity of displacing tLai party , and establishing in their stead a legislative body from amongst the people . Ton must bear in mind ( as you will see by my letter ) " that it was not for love of them , but for the purpose of getting nd of iheir false friends , tbe WbigB , and a love of fair , play , " that the Chartists aided tfat Tories , therefore , I " must not be accused of inconsistency , when I state my oj / iaion on tbe necessity of their removal . ? t is true , that by the power of the Chartiats you hare been placed in a peculiar position ; they have confronted you with tbe enemies of jour country and your creed , and throvm down the barriers vrhich separated you from

      your hufcii . taTj foes . Sj far they have served you ; inasmuch as henceforth you ¦ H ill have a clear stage to act upon ; you -Hill no loj . ger Lave the fawning sychophant cr skulking assassin t j flatter or betray you . No : the Ctiartitts have driven them from the field , and have placed you in thai position in "which you must grapplt -ssitb your oppressors , and £ gbt the bsttle for political equality as Incomes yon . There is now no excuse ; your enemies a 2 e beforc yon ; you have no choice , save victor } - or deitai ; you have the spirit of your fathers in yonr bosoms ; jou Lave your bleeding country sinking benfcf . th tLe pi-e ^ ure of her vrcngs , and calling on yon to ie * cue her from misery ; you have the hand of frllowfchip stretched out by millions of the working classes of Great Britain ; and , above all , you have tbe invincible spirit of liberty cheering you on to the conttsL

      I have said . J " that the Chartists were determined henceforth , to have fair play ; " and I see no reason why you should not set on the same principle , and , by your own exenions obtain that justice for y « ur country which has so long been denied by the aristocracy , and retarded by the tcniporising measures of interested indidividuala aid " knavish politicians . The first question then which you should ask yourselves 1 b , What is the duty we owe to eur eountzy ? and the second shonJd be , Will we be justified in point of "law and religion" in opposing our present rulers ?

      To the firet of these queries the answer will be , You are bound by every principle of honour , virUe , and patriotism , to rescue your couniry from degradation and slavery , and to raise her to an honourable position in the scale of nations ; but to the latter it will be necessary to examine the right i > y -which the aristocracy hold their power of governing and persecuting you . To make this tnqniry as simple as possible , it will be only necessary to state , first , that all men are equal by nature , and , secondly , that laws and governments were ffrstfkxstttaWd frr the mutual benefit and protection , of

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      ^^^^ p ^ B ^ I ^ M ^ tf ^^ V ^ ltfBvtf ^ BVMMiM ^ BV ^ M ^ tfiivBVi ^^ l ^ iC ^^^ BE ^^ M ^^ BtoflB all ; and consequently , th » people were originally the law makers ; and those whom they appointed as officers to watch over and administer those laws , wera responsible to them and subject to watch over their control When men found it necessary to establish forma of government to regulate the affairs of society , and strengthen the bond of mutual interest which was essential to tbe well-being and security of the community , and appointed judges and officers to administer and execute tbe laws which they had agreed to obey , they did not at the same time delegate Uw power to such judges or officers of adding to or taking from those laws , « r intend that such officers should set themselves above the laws which they were appointed to be the

      guardians of , in opposition to the will and the power of tbe law makers . The first judges were men whom the the people elected for their wisdom , honesty , and integrity , and who&e only qualification was their superior abilities and virtue . The people , M a body , bad the power to make , alter , or change those laws whenever the interests of society required , and beyond their tribunal or against their sovereign will , no man could appeal ; the power of life or death , banishment , fines , or imprisonment , rewards , or punishments rested in their hands , and was exercised according as their judgment dictated ; and thus they enjoyed that ennobling prerogative which nature intended , they Bhould be in possession of . ¦

      Here then we have a brief outline of the origin and nature of democratlcal Governments . Here we see the man in a position in which be had the power to serve his country and himself ; here we find him obeying no laws , save those which k « had ft voice in making , and giving support only to such institutions as were necessary for the benefit of the Commonwealth . He had Be tyrants to trample on him , for all were equal ; no overwhelming misery to bow down his spirit , for all were interested in promoting the prosperity of the country ; nor was he the victim of r&pacions bigotry as all were in possession of liberty of conscience .

      Time , however , brought with it a fearful changemen became apathetic , and resting in peaceful security » nd bappy content , neglected to watch over their interests or guard against tbe inroads which were made upon Ibeir liberties by designing , ambitious , and unprincipled individuals , who from time to time watched for opportunities to place themselves above their fellows ; and thus , the people through their own faults allawed their power and their happiness to be wrested from their grasp , and became the tools and the slaves of Iheir numerous and tyrannical usurpers .

      At one time ambition swayed tbe sceptre , at another , bigotry reigned predominant ; and ever as the people became more oppressed , their oppressors became more determined to crush them . Some times the people awoke to a sense off their prostrate condition and would make an effort to shake of the yoke from their necks , and then they too frequently found that they were losers by the contest , and that their blood only tended to cement their bonds more firmly together . At others , they raised their voices , and in their moral might <* fnanded their emancipation from slavery , and might l « ve often conquered , had they acted firmly and been more wise than credulous ; for upon such occasions , when the people were likely to obtain the liberty they

      sought for , and when their oppressors were on the eve of a defeat , a third party would spring up , and taking advantage of the excitement of th « one , and the weakness of the other , succeed in introducing themselves into power , having first silenced the people with promlaes to better their condition , but basely deserting them , and forgetting their vows became even greater tyrants than their predecessors ; the people finding , when too late , that they had been duped , and only exchanged obb set of tyrants for another set worse And this , my fellow-countrymen , has been too long the position in which you and the people of Great Britain have been placed , and which you are now called upon to shake off .

      The liberty of Ireland has been infringed on , and she has been victimised to tbe cupidity , ambition , and reckless tyranny of an aristocratic faction , who by treachery , deceit , and bribery , became your masters , aid deprived you of almost every vestige of liberty , and made a rnin of your country . Tbe Tories and the Whigs became the gamblers in the political market , whilst you were set up as the stake , regardless of your misery so they could but enrich themselves at your expenca . Where , I would ask , is the justice in entering your neighbours house , and robbing it of every thing it possesses—murdering tbe father—violating the bosom of chastity , and gloating over the mangled corpses of a once comfortable home ? Where is tbe justice in plundering yon of your birthright , and denying you a voice in the making of the

      laws which govern you ? or is it justice to have one Bet of laws for the rich and another Bet for the poor ? Was It—is it just , to punish you upon the authority of such laws , they bavin ? been framed without your consent or approval ? Did you make the law which carried fire and desolation throughout the length and breadth of tbe land 7 or was it by your authority that your fathers and your brothers were suspended from gibbets in front of their own doors for the would-be crime of loving the land of their birth , and breathing a prayer for her welfare t Was it justice which forced you to give up all you possessed , and reduced you to the condition of a starving province , and steeped you to the lips in poverty and wretchedness t It was not justice . Heaven does not sanction—earth does not approve ^—nor can Irishmen be ever led to believethere is justice in—such treatment

      The power which would rob and murder , is not justice . Tbe hand which could clutch the assassin's knife and bury it in the bosom of its victim , is not the hand of justice , Tbe power which monopolises the resources of the country , and leaves you to pine , and drag out a miserable existence , is not , cannot be allied to justice . The power which eonld raise a debt on the nation , and compel the people to pay an enormous interest to those who raised it is not justice Nor will you act justly by yourselves or your country , unless you rise up in joqt moral might , and demand political equality . What have you » o hope for ? Will they who have so long persecuted and oppressed you , become more gentle and kind in their dealings with you , or do you suppose that those ¦ who , with your own

      money , purchased muskets , bayonets , baiters , and gibbets , and erected prisons and dungeons to immure you , will now repent of their deeds , or make restitution of their ill-gotten gains ? Will they , can they give you back your fathers or your brothers , your wivts and your children , from their cold , but honourable graves , or eancel the blood-stain which pollutes their guilty brows ? Will tbe aristocracy , which has for hundreds of years fattened on your misery , and who yet deem yen aliens in blood and country , " receive you into their friendship , and treat you with the courts y which you deserve ? Will they voluntarily give you back your birthright , whick they have unjustly and most tyrannically deprived you of , or restore your country to the position in which they found U 1 Will they ( unless they cannot help it ) give you back the U : \ ion which they treacherously obtained , and which they fraudulently retain , in spite of all your complaints and murmurings ? No , my fellow-countrymen , the

      prowling wolf is not more savage in his nature thun the aristocracy of these countries ; he is . in fact , less rapacious , for he only follows the instinct of his Datura Your oppressors never did intend , nor do they now intend to deal justly by you ; it is in vain to hope for justice from them ; therefore , you must obtain it for yourselves . Yon have already * een that their promises are not to be de » pended on , and that they never flattered but to deceive you . I have shewn you the nature of a Government in which the people are the rulers ; and I trust you are convinced that justice with the aristocracy , is but a cloak to cover their villanies . la there one amongst you can dispute my assertions ; or , is there an Irishman who denies that the aristocracy are the enemies of his country and the cause of her misery ? Who amongst you will any longer temporise with either party , or hesitate to work out , and that quickly , ycur political regeneration .

      I have now only treated on the legality of opposing the aristocracy , and will , in » y next , endeavour to convince yeu that religion does not sanction deeds of tyranny and oppression . 1 know it is upon these two pointa your objections rest , and those once removed , yon will not hesitate to set your hand to tbe People ' s Charter , and believe ae I am sincerely of opinion there is no other means in your power by which you can be politically saved . Irishmen , your duty calls you at tbe present—you have now but one enemy to contend witii—you know

      them , they are your avowed enemies—onward and yeu conquer , backward and you fall . Remember what they owe you—remember wuatycu figkt for—remember your beloved Ireland is the stake to be won or lost , and save her as become you from the merciless grasp of her tyrants . Tell them they have lorded it over you long enough—that you are tired of their justice , and that you are dttsrminad to obtain the power to legislate for yourselves . . I have the honour to be , Fellow-countrymen , Your most obedient bumble servant , W . H . CLIFTON .

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      THE MASONS ON STRIKE . TO THE EDITOB OF THE NORTHERN STAK . Sib , —The following letter has been refused insertion in the Times , as also all tbe other daily papers , unless as an advertisement By inserting ft In tbe Star jon will greatly oblige The Masons on Strike .

      TO THB EDITOR OF THB TIMES . Sir , —Oar attention has been arrested by an article from your pen , in reference to our strike at the New Houses of Parliament , and other public works , which appeared in your columns of Wednesday , tbe 26 tb ult . prejudicial to the cause of humanity , in which we are engaged , and not strictly trne ; we , therefore , now ask , wbat in a spirit of fairness we rely on your granting , namaiy , permission , through the same columns in which your article appeared , to lay before the public the other and true side of the Question .

      Whether our efforts to annihilate cruelty the most consummate *• have been simply defeated" in London or not—whether . " open houses axe provided by the union " for the quarrymen who , in various localities , manifest such a humane feeling towards their cruelly ill-treated fellow-men or nob—or -whether our delegates proceed from placate place , In the performance of their " labour of love / *« mounted" or otherwise , are questions upon

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      - — ¦ . " . . which w « stall not waste our time , or seek to occupy your pages in anima ^ Tertingnpon . Suffice 1 to say , that , satisfied with the justness of our cause , we are as determined now as at tfae ' flnt moment , And flhall . persevere , bj Biewlaw / y a ^ ni , to succeed . , To Vdie ' cY : ' « troph 7 t » - thai Mr from ' tIie ' Vraiiit ; of : ' fU ) a >' rishment , i » what we do not fear , the period . of a " oonsHmmatiqnaodeTOutly to be wished for" by our opponents is " v » rp remote ; " and respecting " club law" or » New Police" law , the one we abhor , and the ether we have no intention to ofFeni It la by sober * reflecting , and purely moral means—by " surrounding those "

      who , m ignorance of th « aacred duties of man to inan , passively submit to insult and cruelty , "with a moral and social influence ^ that we intend to pilot ourselves to the desired haven . Contrast this with the following paragraph in your article : — " But for such a movement as the present , founded on misrepresentation , and forming part of a systematic attempt to establish a dangerous and unconstitutional tyranny , ^ we have no amipassion or sympathy ; andrepeat that it must meet with no compromise , but be put down thoroughly and unflinchingly , even though its progress were only to be checked by a general stoppage of trade throughout the country . " ¦ ¦ _ ' . ¦ ¦ .. - . /> ..: '¦ ¦ '¦ .. ¦ - . - / -: .,- ¦

      Oar business now , Sir , is to shew that we have not used " misrepresentation . " We preferred several serious charges against George Allen , foreman to Messrs . GriBsell and Peto , our late employers , and which they refused to redress . We then courted , by every means at our disposal , pnblio inquiry into them , \ nd preferred , through the medium of the Sun . Morning Advertiser , and other of the daily and Weekly pr # s « , to submit the whole case to arbitration ; a deputation waited on Mr . GrisselJ , and informed him that we would concede our request , if , by the evidence of Allen ' s victims and others who bad witnessed his unfeeling conduct , we proved that his conduct towards ub had not been such as we had attributed to hitri . Mr . Grissell refused , asserting that he had lowered his dignity in deigning oven to hold converse with them ; and this , Sir , is not much like " misrepresentation , " or a desire " to establish a dangerous and unconstitutional tyranny . " ' : ¦ ¦ . : ' r . , . ' ; / , ¦• ., ¦ . ; - . •/ . ;¦• ¦

      The following , Mr . Editor , are the charges we allege against George Allen ; we are prepared to submit them to any just arbitration , and to be content with tbe result : — , -, y '¦ .- .. ' .:. ¦ : ¦ . - ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ' . ¦ 1 st Locking up the pump , or rather the door leading to It , to prevent those under his control from getting a drink of Datura ' s beverage , with a view to compel us to buy beer of an inferior quality from a house fee visited , and until we strongly remonstrated , was the only one permitted to bring beer on the works . : 2 nd . One of eur shopmates had the unwelcome intelligence from Manchester of the decease of his mother ; he informed Mr . Allen ( the foreman , ) of his wish to go and see her interred , stating that be would have to be absent for a week or a fortnight ; when Alleii informed him , if that was the case , he might stop away altogether ; with an assertion that he ( Allen ) would not keep a job open for any man that length of time under such circumstances . " ;

      3 rd . It has also been quite customary for Allen to order , in the most domineering ; manner , many a good tradesman to " pick up his tools and be off , " beforelie had been many hours on the job ;\ also for the most trifling mistake , have been discharged at a moment ' s notice , without the least consultation us to whether they were blaraeable or not Again , one of the men bad his leg broken by a fall from a scaffold , and on his return to his woik , expected , of course , as be had been lamed in the service of his employers , that they would continue to give him work . But , no ; Allen immediately discharged him , with an execration that be wanted none such d ^——d hobbling fellows as him there .

      4 th . The same foreman told one of our shopmates , who bad been at home ill for some time , and whose wife was also very ill , on his return to work , to go about his business , as he ( the foreman ) did not want any men there of his description . We immediately made a collection for him , to enable him to procure food for himself and his sick wife . 5 th . Another of the men had been , called from his work to attend the death-bed of his wife , and when he came from that scene to his work , he was told to go back and die with her , and be damned . In fact , his general conduct has been bo bad , as to be quite unbearable ; and , to terrify us , he has made &

      practice of threatening to discbarge two or three doren of us at a time , if we even complained of such conduct , , ' : ¦ ;¦ . .. .. " , ' ,. '¦ ;¦¦ ' .. ; . '¦ .,.. - , ; . ¦; .. ¦ These , Sir , are facts which yre are at any time prepared to prove , and , as there is convened on our behalf & public meeting to be- liolden at the White Conduit House , on the evening of Monday next , the 31 st instant , we solicit the attendance of Messrs . Grisaell and Peto , George Allen , or any of their agents in their behalf , when and where every facility shall be afforded them to Jay their owa statement before the public . : We are , Sir ,

      Yours respectfully , , The Masons' Society . Thomas SuoaiTj Secretary

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      NEW "INVENTIONS" FOR OBTAINING SIG NATURES TO TOTAL REPEAL PETITIONS

      TO THE SDITOB OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —^ Having been informed of the following facts by persons upon whose veracity I can depend , I deem it right that the world should be . made acquainted therewith , if you can spare a corner for the purpose . One of the persons to whom I allude is a hearer at the General BapttstChapel . Queenshead . It seems an Anti-Corn Law petition had 1 been provided tor signature by the congregation meeting at that cbapel . The clerk announced this at the close of the service , and informed his heartrs that all who had signed before had done so as in / iapilantaofQueenshead , and now they -were to sign as " members of the congregation . " . My informant hap-1

      pening to " carry-in' was again met , at the warehouse , with an Anti-Corn Law petition . ' which he was asked if he had signed . As be bad done bo during some former year , and not wishing to fiy in the face of his employer in these difficult times , he replied in the affirmative . Oh ! but you have not sigmid as one of our workmen , and we must have your name here . So it appears the very righteous , honest , and disiiiterestttd repealers have hit upon this very ingenious plan of multiplying signatures : —a man is to sign as an INHABITANT , a hearer , and A 'workman , and thus to give , his signature three times to one petition . / Well , let it be so , -we will beat them hollow when they have done aU . v .. . ' ., ¦ -. ; . ¦ ' v

      I have also heard that a renegade Radical and Republican , of the name of Carlisle , hasoetn hawking arepeal petition during the past week . His method of obtaining signatures is quite unique , and well worthy of imitation ! Carlisle enters a house . Well , is your husband —your father , at home ? ( as the case may be . ) No , he is out , or he is asleep in bed . What Is his name I which having learnt , he begins to write , without ceremony , tol ing persons , whobappen to witness bis praiseworthy readiness to sign for other people , ( who ; poor unfortunates , might otherwise have no opportunity of praying Parliament to grant them cheap bread , ) and who , busy-body like , cannot refrain from making remarks thereon , that he cares for neither them ; nor the Northern Star . ,

      Working » en , remember , when you sign an Anti-Corn Law petition , you send a pr ; iyer to Parliament , to give a full swing to capital against labour , / without-ai the aame time requiring that labour shall be duly protected . * ' J . Abban . Bradford , Jan . 28 , 1842 .

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      TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sin , —I consider little apology Is necessary , to induce you to afford a small space for the following remarks in tke people ' s paper . About two months ago , an address -was got up in this place , to the Queen , showing the great distress that existed in the country , stating that distress to be caused by class legislation , and praying her Majesty to call honed men to her Councils , who would cause the People ' s Charter to become a legislative enactment , as the only efficient remedy for the ; existing distress , also praying for a free pardon for Frost , Willianis , and Jones , and all politicas prisoners . ¦ ¦ - . . ¦ -

      This addreiB was sent to T . S . Buncombe , Esq ., M . P , for Finsbury , to be by him presented to the Queen . It appears from the following letters , which 1 have just received , that he did not think proper to present the address himself , but contented himself , by sending tbe same to the Home Secretary . Had We known such to havb been the intention of the Honourable Gentleman , most certainly the address would never nave been sent to him , because it was sent under the impression , that he would have personally presented it ; for we bail many suspicions that a number of the people ' s petitions ¦¦¦

      have never reached ber Majesty . •' . : ¦ The following are the letters above alluded to : ^ - " The Albany , Jan , 28 th , 1842 . Dear Sir , — I beg to enclose to you the official answer to the petition to her Majesty , from ; the inh » bitanks ( of Lasswade , which you did me the honour to transmit to me for presentation . \ ¦¦"• - ¦ ¦'«• I remain , " Faithfully yours , " T . S . DC / NCOMBB " Mr . W . Danlells . " ^ " Whitehall , 2 « th Jan . 1842 .

      " Sis , —Secretary Sir James Gtahani , having carefully considered your application in behalf of John Frost , Zsphlniah Willianis , and Wm . Jones , I am directed to express hisregret , that there is no sufficient grounds to justify him , consistently with his public duty , in advising her Majesty to comply with the prayer thereof . ' . : : ' ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦• ' " ¦•¦• : " ¦ ' ¦ - <¦ ' * . ¦ ' •¦¦ "' ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : , . ¦ ¦ - ¦ - ¦ ; ... "lam , Sir , ¦ - '• v- . ? . ^ :- - .:. ¦ ' .. ** Tour most obedient humble servant , . ' ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦* ' S . Philijpps . "T . S . Duncombe , ; Esq ., M . P . ' ^ : ,

      In answer to this" I beg to inform Sir James Graham , that Aw opinion was never asked ! We simply wished our address to be laid before the Queen , that she may know the wishes of the people , and we know it -was the bounden duty of the Home Secretary to have laid the same befote her , if it was ptoperly and tespectfvlly worded , which it certainly was ; be had nothing further to do ¦ with it ; we never asked Atni to advise , her Majesty ; we onty wished to lay our sentiments before her , that she may be able to judge of the wishes . o £ b . « r

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      subjects . It thnsplaJnly appears that the petitions of the pe « ple have to pass through the ordeal of the Home Secretary—if they please him they are presented , if not , they are rejected , sad h « r Majesty hears nothing at all about is . I ask , is this to continue 1 Are the people ' s petitions to be rejected at the will of a Secretary of State t If bo , the long boasted privilege of Britons , viz . the right of petitioning , is nothing more than a solemn farce ! - ; ? ' - ' ' ¦ •"¦ -, /;'¦ ¦ . ' " V --: ' ¦ ¦ ¦; - ' - - - . ' It will be perceived that the principal part of tbe petition is not mentioned , that of the country ' s distress , the Charter , fco . Ab I Sir James , was it because we wished her Majesty to call honest men to her conncUb > that our petition was rejected ? For the only reasonable inference to be drawn is , that it was rejected ; because not one word is said , in the official answer , of its being presented . /

      Sir Jam « s says , there is no reasonable grounds for him to recommend the exiled patriots to mercy . Is not the fact of their being illegally tried , and iltefrally transported , reasonable grounds for their being recalled ? Is : not the opinion of five of the judges of the land that their sentence was illegal , reasonable grounds that mercy should be extended to them ? Are not the hundreds of petitions in their favour , reasonable grounds why they should be pardbned ? Answer , Sir James ! Then only think of Sir James Graham talking of bis consistency 1 'Tis too much !

      In conclusion , I would ask , when are the wishes ef the majority of the people to be treated witn respect ? When they set a proper value upon themselves , and act accordingly . When they declare themselves independent of priestcraft , and are no longer nose-led by the clergy . When members of « ne trade drop reviling , insulting , sad thiafciDg themselves better than the members of other trades , and when they form themselves into an holy band of brothers , and a ^ opt f » r their motto , "All for one , one for all . " When they get rid of their local and national prejudices , their jealousy and acrimony , and place confidence in each other ; then , and not till then , will they be respected , and their petitions treated as they ahoulA be , and then would they be able to carry their Charter in Bpite of pretended friends , or opposing foes . Iam . Aft WlilUM DANIBiX * . Lasswade , Jan . 29 th , 1842 .

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      ¦ ¦ .- •¦ . .. — ; , m > MORE TRICKS OF THE LEAGUE . TO THE EDiTOa OF TH ? NORTHERN STAR . Sir , - — The League are manifestly undone ; and , aTe nece 8 sitated to employ trickery and fraud to retain a shadow of their d sfonct notoriety . ; They wish to make a noise in the land by procuring a numerously signed pelrtien in this Borough in favour of a repeal of the Coni Laws . But they have " fictitioufl signature * in order to induce" the Parliament to believe that the people arc really in favour of the Whig panacea . Some sit in public-houtes with their sheet , pint , and directory , and'manufacture four columned sheets at one shilling each ; Others walk round the town ,

      calling at every petition stand , and appendiru ; a " fictitious" name at each turn . One of these useful personages , yclcp-d Greveson , residing in George ' a-Btrcet , has , in bis perambulations , called twice , and , in mistake , signed the Natiorial Petition ; in one case affixing the narne pf the lato Mayor of the BorouRh . Oh discovering the fraud I erased the names attached by this ofHciou 8 membe ? of the Fox and Goose Club , and shall take care , should he repeat biB visits , to show him tbe propriety of attending-to the sale of his fenis . We have no need of " fictious" aignatures to the National Petition , as we have a quantum suffkit of veritable Chartists to accomplish our own work .

      Permit nie . Sir , also to ask If . tbe Corn Law repealers can be Bincere in their desire to abrogate those laws , when they breathe not » word abomt the infernal New Poor Law , wWcb was enacted to pinch the bellies of the poor , and to reduce them to subsist or starve on " a cbaraer spit of food" ? Certainly , their bawlings about the ?< big loaf" quadrates moBt cbarmihgly . rwitli their taciturnity on the abort allowance doled out in their BastileB . ; Again , their consistency is gloriously displayed in their concurrence with the caterers for the atomachs of the workies and those of the do-nothings . One of the Corn Law repealers—yea , one of their oracles—tells us that the following ought to be the foodoftho working wan . Nay , the heterogeneous mess la to suffice for" FIVE MEN" : —

      One red herring ............... id . Four ounces of rice ......... Id . One ounce of bacon ......... |< 1 . , One ipnlon ..................... Jd . Pepper Id . Bread .......... 2 | d . ' ¦' ¦ : ¦ ; " . "¦' . : ' -. ¦ . ¦ .. '¦ . 5 j | d . . ' . ; Now , that fa , the " BI 6 tdAP" for J ? iVBwoTkipg men . That is the recommendation of the god of tbe League . ¦ ., - , ,. ¦ ¦ . "¦ ... - .. ' ; ; . ^¦ ¦ ¦'¦ .. ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ : ¦ . - '' ¦ ' Bui what do they say about the following dish for a state pauper ? Not a word . The chief donotbing is to consume the fat of the land to any extent , without an aliuaion being made to it by the League . However , here it Is , aud let the people look on this picture as well as ^ on the above : — ¦¦'¦ ' ' ¦

      " The Queen ' s Favourite Sopp . —The royal bill of fare constantly includes this excellent potage , the recipe for which I obtained by special favour . iBubjoin tKe necessary proportions for a party of a dozsn persons . —Skin and entirely clean out the iDsides of three fat fowls , » r chickens , according to the season ; let them be well washed in vrarm water ; put them into a atew pan for ah hour . covered with strong veal broth , and add a good-siaed bunch of parsley . Take out tbe fowls , and soak the crumb of two French rolls in the liquor ; cut the meat off ; tafce away the skin , and

      pound the flesh in a mortar , adding tne soaked crumb , and the yolks of four hard-boiled eggsv ; Force this through a coarse sieve , and put it into a quart of creani that has been previously boiled ; re-wwm for table . Observation . —If you desire to have a Braall tureeu of this royal preparation upon an oConemical plan ; parboil a couple oi toyrls , use the wings and breasts for a fricassee , and make your soup of the logs , necks , and backs , taking care that your consomme of veal is ^ sufficiently strong to make amends for the absence of fowl , and following the previous directions in all other respects . ?'—Atlas .

      Will the people submit to suca insult on tbe part of the Leaguers and such extravagance on , the part of state cormorants ? If so , let us fold our arras and pray for the annihilation of the " envy of surrounding nations and fcheadmiratlbn of the world . " Youra truly , William Rider . Leeds , Feb . 1 st , 18 * 2 .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Bbotiier Democrats , —During the last few weeks our progress has been most rapid . I have visited , since I last addressed you , Holnifirth , Honley , Hudderefield , Bradford , and Sheffield . ' :: ¦' . V I-was sent for expressly toHolmflrth , in conBequcnce of the unjust and unfair attacks made upon me , in consequence of publishing my pamphlet on the Cera Laws . Discussion was allowed . The gentleman who stated that mine were garbled extracts failed to make his appearance . I addressed the people of Holmflrth in tbe largeBt room that could be had for about an hour . Mr . Beardsell , a yoiing man about nineteen years of age , next addressed the meeting , on the necessity of the repeal of the Corn Laws . The discusaion was conduct en in the most perfect good teriiper / I need only state that Mr . Cunningham , an Irishnaan , was in the chair . The room ; is . capable of holding 700 persons , and was crowded to excess , and hundreds upon hundreds had to go away , who could not get admission . ; , V ¦

      Ofl the night after I lectured ia the National Charter Association Room , Upper Wortley , I had an excellent . mdience , and enrolled eight members at the conclusion of the discourse . : \ : ; . \ ' . : ¦' , . ¦'¦ Oil Saturday night , I addressed the Honley Chartists ; The room was very fuH . At the close of tbe meeting I again enrolled a considerable number of members . ' ; . ¦ ¦ " -v . v /¦ , ¦• • ' \ . ¦ , ; ¦¦ : ; ' - . ¦• ' , ¦'' ¦ ¦ .- .. ¦ ¦ . ' ;¦¦; - I attended the delegate meeting on Sunday , and gave flome necessary information to the delegates . I attended in Huddersfleld on Sunday night . The audience appeared to beVwellpleasBd . I enfolled a dozin members after my lecture . ;

      I arrived in Bradford , aM met ; an old friend , Mr . Smyth , a CtlaTtiBt of the right sort . I adflreBsed the people in a room capable - ' of . holding 1 , 200 persons , asi although the evening "waB remarkably rough yet there ¦ was an excellent meeting . In the Bradford district , there are 8 O 6 members enrolled , and : they ordered 300 more cards . Bradford has nobly done its duty to the cause generally . ; : On arriving home , on Tuesday , such is the position we occupy , that there were 127 letters beforift me ; I went to business immediately . Forwarded 1 all the plain cards that were required by the Association . The enamelled cards will be forwarded next week ; and those parties ¦ who ; have prapared for ^ the bronzed cards must excuse me for not being able to Bend them fcyet . '"¦ . ¦"¦ ¦ .. - . ¦" ¦ ' ¦¦ ''¦ ¦ ¦' . ' - . - \ . : : ' ) •• • ¦ . ' ¦ : ' - . ¦ ¦ - ; . ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦'' •/ . ; ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ ..

      I return thaaks to those gentlemen who have forwarded me the different newspapers and periodicals . One of those papers , ealled the Kent Heratd , has got the whole of the National Petition inserted in its columns , and the Editor says that all future agitation must be based on that document . S&veral papers now began to say there must be an extension of the . ¦ Siiffrage . ¦; ¦ ¦ ;¦ .. ; - ¦ ; ¦ ¦ -1 ¦ ;; . ¦ :. ¦ ¦ / ' : :- ^ . ' - r ' ¦ ¦ "' , . ¦ >¦ : . ... ¦ - ;¦ . Now , my friends , we must adhere firmly to our principles . No truckling , ne half measures—let us be firm and united , and , depend upon it , the increasing difficulties of the middle classes -will induce a many of them to aBsifit bs in the great and sacred struggle we are engaged in . .. ¦ - ¦ ;;^\ ¦;¦ : . / . ' ¦ ¦ ¦" ¦'¦' . ¦; ' ¦¦ . ^ . - - ' - ; ¦ ¦ V " - ' . I started for Sheffield on Saturday last . I met my old and tried friend . Hamey , who -w « a very glad to fiee me . I addressed the Sheffield Chartists ; in the Political Institute , in the afternoon . There was a very geod attendance . ; ; :

      In the evening I again addressed the Chartists , in Fig-tree-lane . The room -was densely crowded , and hundreds could not gain admittance . At the conclusion , upwards of twenty . tnemberB-were enrolled ; Sheffield will Boon be itself again . Everything bids us advance , and n » t rotrogade .

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      I have had two or three letters rtatlng that the writers request taat they wish to have a scarf each , of the sarno pattern that ia to b « worn by the membeni of the Bxecutire , and « nggestlag that the indiyidoal who manufactured them should publish his addrei * , In order that other persons might have the opportunity to purchase th « seatfs . ' : - : . ';; " : /;; : ''¦¦ - __~ ,.- ± I shall again address you next week , after I wHi !» T 8 visited Nottingbim , Xonghbw »« h , WpeJiw Northampton , London , and Bristol , f " ; !/> ;¦ - ¦ . ¦ ; ¦ ¦'' . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ .- ¦ '¦ : . ^ ' / --: / ' - J : ' ' - '' . i ' am jJypnrs ,. ¦¦ . ¦¦ ' . ' " ; ¦¦ ., ¦/¦ ' John CiUPBth . Beo . Sheffield , ' Slit January , I 8 W .

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      THE FEMALES OF HOLBROOKE TO THB CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND , IN BEHALp 0 F MRS . FROST , MRS . WILLIAMS , AND MRS . JONES . Brethren and Sisters In tbe cause of liberty permit us to call your attention to an appeal in the Star of the 15 th ef January , ia the behalf of the Whig made widows of the , Wel 8 h patriots , who it appears are in a very difitressed state and having nothing to depend on for their support , but what little they can obtain by their own limited exertions . Mrs . Jones considers herself neglectsd by her husbands pretended friends . Have you responded to this call ? If not , hasten to do so ; for remember their husband ' * were banished for their devotion to that good cause for which so many

      have been made martyrs Their only crime consisted in their hatred of tyranny ^ oppressaiori , and injustice ; wjth . ' a determmatfbn to have the comforts of the poor restored , and their rights and liberties protected . Has the call from Mr . wnkinson aroused yen to a sense of your duty ? The claims of the destitute and disconsolate 1 widows , at - this time , ^^ are imperative . We are aware that unsolicited gntitade is the moat valuable , but consider : it better late than never . Come then tfc work In good earnest , and make amends for the past by working double tides for the future . One million of pence amounts to the considerable sum of £ 4166 13 s . 4 d . To raise this sum would only require one penny from every six families in the United Queendom . Surely , if every exertion was made this sum might be raised Which would not only place them beyond want ( or ever , kut we are inclined to think , would restore the patriot * back to their country and friends . Recollect what a few pounds the laat Convention cost the country , who

      by their able exertions obtained a level vote in tbe House of Commons ; and had it not been for the casting vote ; of that marble-hearted wretch , the speaker , in all probability ere this , they would have been restored to their destitute and disconsolate wives and families . Come then , ye good and true , atain not the ChartUt banner with ingratitude , but show your hatred to tyranny , injustice , and cold blooded despotiamby doing all toat liea in ' your power for its victims . We particularly request that the fejbales ... of every place where Chartism baa taken root , will appoint individuals to wait on all whom they conceive might be prevailed upon to give something towards relieving these much injured and heartbroken individuals . We think if this pmh was carried ont effectually , it would be attended with good effects . Though living In a ^^ remote village oa one of the frigid mountains in Derbyshire , we pledge ourselves to tio our duty , and hope all good Chartist * will do thsira .

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      Taking Physic . — "Please , sir , I don't think Mr * Dosera takes his physio reg'lar , " said a doctor's boy to his employer , " . Why bo ? " tl Cause he' « getting yrell so precious fast . ''—American Paper . Death » row Destitution .- —On Saturday night , a poor man named Lu . ugan , died in the Glasgow Police Office , where he ¦ was detained previously to being sent . ' over , to Ireland , his native country , — Reformer ' s Oagette . ; After the Christenino crowds of perBons dipped their handkerchiefs in the font , in order to preserve a sort of imaginary relic of the t » ater of the rivtr Jordan , in which the Prince has beeen baptised . This water was brought over to this country by Mr . Soolea , of ArgyU-nlace , who in the year 1825 trayeiled in the East . [ Superlative fudge !]

      FoRTT " Black Caows . "—On Tuesday se ' nnight , tk « fro 8 t was ap severe in the neighbourHood of Horncastle , that on da the farm of Mr . Betts , of Benniworthi forty crows were taken aliveby the hand , their wings being so frozen as to prevent their flying . —Xiiricolri Mercury . " A saw DAYSsince acase of rather a novel character came before a court at Eye , ; the complainant being a lady of high respectability . She stated that she was riding on the Queeas highway with a gentleman (» schoolmaster by profession ) that he committed a miademeaaor , which at length proved to be only an affectionate salute : with the lips . The defendant having noihing to plead in bis own behalf , was fined gve shillings , and dismissed , with a strict charge iwver to oommit the like again . - :

      On Thci ^ bay morning last , as the workmen employed in a field ; near Wash wood Heathiwere removing a quantity of earth for the embankment of the Birmingham and Derby Railway , they discovered two skeletons ; environed in chaine . "It appears that they are the remains of two soldiers , named John Hammond , an American by birth , and Thomas Pitmore , a native of Cheshire , who were executed on the 2 nd of April , 1781 , for the wilful murder ; of Wilfred Berwick . ; ¦ ¦ A poon man named Roger , 70 years of age , died in Westminster , on Tuesday , ( within the sound of the Bow Bells , which at the time were ringing a merry peal in honour of the christening of the Princ « dfWttfes ) from want of , as the jury who add ah inquest on the body declared , '' thejmere neoe-saiiesV of life . " His bird was in the cage , * dead from want of food . \ ¦ .. ;; . . : ¦ ¦ ¦ , r . /' : ' v . -. ( BBSlflLrdlii '

      WiLtiAH Fairweather , blacksmith , at Gairiow Bank , parish of Kirriemuir , was , on Saturday week , transmitted to the gaol of Fdrfar ^ charged with havirjsconnned-his daughter , Susan Fairweather , a young woman of about nineteen years of age , not altogether compos mentis ^ in a wooden crib , measuring in length about four feet ten inches * and in height about four feet nine inches at the highest part , and two ; feet six inches at the lowest point ( constructed in an out-house there ) , from the 9 ; h ultimo to the 1 st current , amongst a quantity of straw , arid without , sufficient clothing . When she was released by tho officers of justice , it was found that , front want of attention to her , the very straw in the crib had become rotten . She had become so emaciated , and \ vas in such a state of debiiityi that she was unable id walk . We understand the case is at present under investigation . —Monfrose Standird . . ¦ ¦;" . ; ¦ . ; . ¦ ¦¦¦ ' ' . . ' ..

      CoyftT-MARTiAi . Law . —A court-martial has been recently held at Malta on Mr . Eiton , a midshipman of the Cambridge , for att act of mutiny towards Ciptain Vyoociford J . Williams , commauding the SLromboli steam frigate . Mr . Eitpn is eeh * tenced to an liudefined term of imprhonment , iafismuch as his six months' imprisoiinienfc is : to commence on his-. " arrival in England . Suppose then the Admiralty .. "thought proper to order him to be feepfc iu Malta harbour , on board the flag ship for twenty years , he would , in that ca ? e , be Tirtually imprisoHed for life— -this the lawi would not allow . A ^ ain this young gentleman is entitled to his immediate discharge , on the ground lhat Captain Barnard , who was a . material witness , foTtried one of the Court ,

      aud thus appeared in the character ot prosecutor and judge—an anomaly which the law will not admit of . Mr . EUeii , who came to Enyland in the Hastings , was removed to London on Tuesday last , under charge of : ai > Admiralty messenger ; aud we much fear , - 'thaiduring , ' the time he was ia that ship he , f rom impatuosity of teipper , greatly committeo himself . We nicntion this , only to accoant i ' or any want of inercy which the admiralty mi ^ ht have been disposed , under the circumstanoes of the case , to have shown towards him ; still ills friends ,-who ar . e powerful , ( he being a nephew of Sir Abraham Elton , of Clifton , ) have their remedy by ^ application to the Lord Chiefjustice . —Hampshire Telagrdph . ... - . . ; . : "' - " ¦ : /¦ ¦ ' ¦/•' . ' ' . - ¦ V : ' .:-- : ¦ . : \ ' . ''

      Death fbosj a Singular Cause—0 a Weaes ^ ay last , at Ely , aged thirty-six , James Prior , a shoemaker , leaving a wife and four children to lament their loss . This poor fellow's dk ath was accelerated by ep singular a circumstance that we cannot iorbaar giving 'h publicifcyi ' It appears that he some time pjnee made or mended a pair ot ' zhoes for Mr . Wm . Kempion , lay clurk -of-Ely Cataedral , a corpulent inaiij that , thrbugh the-fchoes being too tigbt , or a small nail perforating ' -the sole , Mr . Kemptoti was lamed , mortification ensued , and his life was ia danger . : Haviag been - informed that this was all owing to him , produced such an effect , that he became at first melancholy , then raving mad ; When death at last , put a period to : his Bufleririgs . The extreme ^ seusitiyeneBs of poor Prior was , indeed , T < eta $ irka > bte . - ~ Ciimbridge Independent Press .

      Release of B eRnar » Cavanagh unbeh a whit of Habeas Corpus . —BEmardCavanagh , the faafcing impostor , waa brought up before Lord Denmam and the judges of « the Queen s Bench , on Monday , under the writ of habeas corpus , directed to ' the keeper of the > iaol » t Heading ; and the return of that officer , setting Forth the commitment by th © mayor , was read . The commitment stated a conviction under the : Vagrant Act , and » sentence of three months' impriGonment . Lord Denmah ' inquired if the c ^ se had not been argued arid the commitment declared to be bad , and upon Mr . Jamea ( Cayansgh ' s counsel ) replving in th * ararmative

      said—v inen let him be discharged , " The Sdlicitor-General rose to afgue the question ; but Lord Denmaa observed that the court was not one ofapp «! al from the dtcitiontjf tho learjied Judge ( Williams , in the Bail Court ) , and the case could not be re-Keard . His Lordship added that the judges then present had , in ; fact , been consulted betore the decision on the commitment was pronounced . ThtJ defendant was then discharged , and bowing very low to tho judges , and thanking them vtryauciblyj as withdrew from the court . There cad been ;» great crowd collected in court to see himi the curioujf much profcrring this economical exhibition of the man to that at which money was to be paid fsr tha Bi ght , ' : : ¦ ¦ . ; - . ¦ . . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ... . ;¦ •¦ :. ., , \ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 5, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct585/page/7/