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IA 1 ES "WRITTEN EXPRESSLY F # R tftf " NORTHERN STAR . " BT CHASTItJS . THE EMIGRANTS . so . in . " Traded unfeeling train "Usurp the land and dispossess the swain . " Goldsmith . No evil i * more to be deplored , whether we regard the individual rnfferers or the nation generally , than emigration . Alas , that thia eTil should ever have established itself in England I but woe to Englishmen , who instead of checking , promote its progress . Emigration is supposed to be the mere efflux of a surplus population , « sd under this erroneous idea it is considered
beneficial But who doe * not know that our country might be made to yield bread enough for ourselves and to spare for others . "Why then should the cultivators of the sofl be driven like Tagrants to seek food in a foreign land ? Are there not numerous extensive tracts pcrposdy kept barren , because the sport of the rich is preferred to ths'living of the poor ? And do boj the f-jwls cf tae sir , the beasts of the field , and the g _ -fces of the sea multiply in exhaustless " profusion aronnd . ' Besides , has not Great Britain power to compel the produce of other countries to its shores , so that the ¦ wivie world may be said to be our harvest field ? S ^ y nct » then , that England contains too many Ecsiishsien .
If there be no natural necessity that any of the inbabitasts of our Isle of Providence should exile themselves , is it not a species of infatuated policy that creates as artificial necessity by which the most useful » f our people are expelled ? The industrious farmer who raises food for otfctrs cannot obtain it for himself . Instead of encouraging his truly beneficial efforts , a parricidal GoTemnient imposes bErthens ¦ which oblige him to throw do ^ n his implements in despair , and he is forced to quit hiB ungrateful country in the uncertain hope of ¦ crocuring that maintenance abroad which is cenied _ « v « : A—I ¦_ L J \ twbA — * iL * - ••___ " The with in
* ** ^ ^ _ bim at horse . patriot departs feelings - verted , for he carries within him the indignant con-BciousEes 3 that his failure is not occasioned by his own ¦ want of industry , er the want of reseurces in the country , whether internal or external ; but from the injustice , monopoly and oppression of its rulers . Paradoxical as it may appear , it is nevertheless true that cur national distress does not proceed from poverty , . but from wealth—from the misappropriation of the rights of labouring men by a usurping aristocracy and tyrannical capitalists . Luxury dlsrliirnp homely produce and seeks its snpDlies from extraneous climes .
Another cause of the depression ¦ which sfflcts the ag riculturists is the -greedy sway of the avaricious manufacturers ; aboriginal agriculture is sacrificed to indigenous trade . To appease the selfish cbm urs of free traders , farmers are doomed to toil in vain ; yet though reduced to extremity by unmerited oppression they never think of turning their sickles into swords , but quietly leave the land where neither landlord nor mill-lord allows them to live , and strive by patient labour in a far foreign clime , to remove the privations they fca 3 become subject to in their own eonntry . May their nnreqaUed services in this world be recompensed in a better !
Eagknd , oBeB the men ? mother at abappj family , has now become a step-dame to her lawful brood . Th « hardy sons of her soil who would identify their lives with their native land , whose feelings are as unsophisticated as the free elements that invigorate their freshened da 2 «; whose patriarchal pursuits nourish in them the kiadliest nature ; these true-born English yeomen are to be neglected that a spurious race , sprung from foreign settlers may be favonred—beings who , spider-like , w * uld spin their own bowels for profit ; whose principles flactuste with their profita , whose allegiance shifts with th ^ ir trade , and who would make England a trades-body dependent upon the custom of other nations , losing which she would become a bankrupt Tha cuckoo from abroad has got into our nest , and not content with her harbourage there , she caste out the cer : nine brood upon the pricks .
It were an easy task to compare the moral as well as political character of the agriculturist and the manufacturer , but as character depends in a great measure upon occupation , I will avoid a comparison that might be deemed invidious , and hi its stead contrast the past and present appearance of rural life . Milton says or singB : " Sometimes with secure delight Tbe upland hamlets will invite , When the merry bells ring round , And the jocund rebeckfl Bound ; To many a youth and many a maid , Dancing in the chequer'd shade , And young and old come forth to play , Upon a sunshine holiday . "
Who can read this without mentally joining in the daaee ? Acd do such scenes now exist m poetical description only ? Alas , the happiness that in those days was ro fiction , is now succeeded by as real misery . Two centuries of "Vrhiggism and Toryism—of factions and class legislation , have sufficed to throw down the maypoles , —to expatriate the merry-makers , to Bend young and old to the bastfle—and now , instead of the youths and maids with their jocund rebecks , making a drcle of celight round the greenwood . tree , we " see tie indigo-dyed police whose demon scowl has seared away ail pleasure acd all innocence .
The callous townsman may be regardless , of the countryman ' s distress ; but ought not the general ruin of his country to make h'Tn look beyond his own particular interests ? Emigrants are bnt escaping frcai the evQ cay that hangs over England . Trade may . bring capital into the country , bnt money is only artificial wealth . Should our intercourse with foreign nations be cut off , where will the manufacturer find a customer , and how will he obtain bread when the farmer has gone and left the land , the true mine- of wealth , impoverished ? England has frequently been successful in her -wars , but then she fought against foreigners . Her best defenders are becamitis the adopted sons of America—of that America which broke from British thraldom , and is now free to revenge herself . Past events should be a lesson and a warning . Oh , then , let us cease to con-Eider emigration as a common sewer that drains our land of its refuse population . They are the beat and most useful of our people that thus depart , leaving the idle and profligate behind .
The following tale founded oa facts may , illustrate Borne of the foregoin ? remarks . In Dx : by Dale , Yorkshire , there is a small but rural aud romantic farm situated at the foot of a precipitous crag . It is worth while climbing that crag to view the varied scene beneath . Sometimes , at break of day , misty vapours roll off the top of the moor down into the dale and fill it completely . Any one might easily imagine that the ocean had overflowed the land , and that he Etooi upon a cliff to mark its progress . ' As the morning advances this seeming sea gradually evaporates , and all the characteristic features of the valley are one by one revealed in the clear sunlight The fertile lands , intersected in every direction with hedjes and dotted with trees , pre « ent a perfect contrast to the sombre and uniform moors above . A brook , edged with trees that
stoop as if to drink its waters , runs playfully in and out of view through tke middle of this narrow vale , and may ba called the living tenant of this landscape . In the back ground , the distant mountains assimilate ¦ with the clouds ; in tbe foreground they rise bold and distinct like threatening giants whose crushing weight , and not tha unwieldy skill , imposes terror . The crag itself is interspersed with large moss-grown stones , Titanian fragments , that have fallen from the rocky clifis above , whose beetling brows scowl destruction on all beneath . Covered with wild herbage , among which grow irregular clumps of dwarf bushes and trees , this spot has more the appearance of a covert
for birds and beasts of prey , than a . range fer domestic cattle . Immediately below stands the cottage , looking upon the cultivated lands that spread , down to the brook ' s brink . Nor is the eye alone gratified in this interesting scene . In spring , a concert led by the loud thrush on the top of the loftiest tree , and fitted vith every v&riety of sound from the shrill treble of the piping Wren to the deep bass of tha mellow dove , makes the crag ring with notes of joy . The lover cf nature in her wildest or softest aspects may sit and view a scene lhat win map itself npon his mind , or listen to woodland minstrelsy that shames even Mair * z ; r * s singing ZfiHiions .
Leaving this charming prospect , let us bend our steps to the cottage , which is as picturesque as the scene around . A stranger would not distinguish it from the cutbuildingB where cattle are lodged . The thatched roof is long and low , and overgrown with dark moss , above \ rhieh the houseleek peers—the windows are very narrow and look more like peep-holes than inlets of light . It is obvious that this hut baa been built without any preconcerted plin—so far from consulting elegance , convenience has scarcely "been attended to . The outhouse * form an irregular group of dilapidated buildings—a little garden lays oddly between , and on the outskirts of t *" » primitive homestead , is an orchard Whose trees are so old as to be nearly barren . The poultry on the dunghill and in the pool render the place lively with confused motions and discordant Sounds .
Richard Robmson was the tenant cf thls . sequestered him . His fattier had lived in the stirring times of war when the nation -weakened its internal strength in the fain pnnuit of foreign power . Hl-directe i ambition is sure to recsil—reaction is a natural consequence of OTerweeain f exertion . The money which Richard ' s lathe saved before the time * suffered their present re-Upse , be bequeathed ¦ with hi * example and certain pradeat maxima to bis acnirbo soeeeeded to a long hereditiry frpnywy tfptfr wm doomed to terminate in him . According to the custom of the country , the funeral cf Mi aged parent was celebrated with a feast as though the survivors -wen resolved by the most natural mean *
to arart the fata cf the dtceased from themselves When the mourning relatives had vented the free expressions of their grief , their sense of the worth of the departed , and had complied with the forms of ceremony , Riehsrd entered oa the management of the farm determined to merit though he might not obtain the success that had rewarded his father's efforts . Our timers family at this time consisted of himielf and his good wif * with their son and daughter—the former a stout lad that served his father instead of a hired Berrant— the latter b comely maiden that assisted her mother in the same capacity . Theii eld grandmother sat the livelong 'S ay in tke warm chimney nook , me-
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I ehanieally knitting or spinning , while the scenes of her past life ( tufted before her mind ' s eye , like a revolving By dint of industry and economy this family of I farmers kept their ground though the times were fast I retrogading . and ff Dot happy they were at least content . The routine of each day ' s labour was planned the evening before—its regular discharge left them to enjoy without interruption their hours of rest , which were always cheered with recreation . Tasks were undertaken
for pastime—pleasure and profit seemed to be bound op j with every sheaf of corn . The father took freqnent occasion from his w » rk to make ingenious exemplifications : of moral virtue—the Bon sung heroic strains to animate j a spirit already too prdneto enterpriz *—the mother enj forced her advice by delivering it in the accent of gentle j reproof—the daughter surjg tender ditties which increased her rather too morbid sensibility—bnt the o ! d j dames ' s voice was Beldom beard except when raised i against some innovation of fashion or when poured ia I expressions of maudlin pity upon some object of love j or distress . Thus oid tbe members of this concerted j family evince their relative stations in it In the winter circle of
long evenings a neighbours would oftentimes gather round the large turf fire that lay heaped up on the open hearth . There , while the wind shook the old dwelling , as if angry at being barred ont—while the bail cla . tter .-d against the windows , and the scream of the owl arose lite tbe cry of one benighted in the storm , the heedless and happy inmates entertained each other with tbe sayings and doings of their forefathers . The adventures of a talker , whose tongue performs feats which the arm had never done —who tells what might have happened , if what did happen be not worth the telling * ; in a word , whose imagination supplies all the defici 6 Bries of reality , this important persousge , as needfal to enliven as tbe fire to warm tbe company , was no more wanting here than in more refined societies . The bustling wife would use the privilege of her sex to speak freely the pertinent joke ; the daughter listened in silence , as she bent over her sewing ; none laughed so heartily as the eon ; but mirth had lost its power on his aged grandmother , who dosed the while iu her soft arm chair .
Cjuld Ambitien have stoope'i to enter this lowly abode , there might he have found health and content lovingly comforting each other . On a summers Sabbath the quiet rays of the sun rested calmly upon the simple furniture , an image of that peace which the world cannot give . The oaken panels , polished by the rubbing of successive generations , shone black as jet ; tlse articles of nse were burnished , and served likewisc for ornaments ; the old cloak constantly clacked in a corner , like a gossip whom age his made garrulous ; tbe pictured emblems of Faith , Hope , and Charity indicated that those virtues had ehosen this obscure cottage for their retreat from a hostile world . Here Piety might have found a refnge , aad dwelt a rural hermit here .
Sometimes the bad state of the markets would lead to a discussion of the hardness of the times . Upon this topic Richard was listened to with much deference ; for besides that his success gave much weight to hiB opinions , his experience and natural good sense had procured for him the honourable post of parish arbitrator . Like his prototype , "PoorRichard , " our Richard used to speak apothegms . He would say— " Tbe times are bad , bnt folks are worse . Their fathers were earners , but the sons are spenders . A shilling- would procure s good dinner , and if we do not need it ourselves there are many that do , and so say we at some future time : we should think of this before we waste a shilling . You
may always spend faster than you can earn . Luxuries are far dearer than necessaries , and indeed are dear at any price . What is sold is low-priced ; what is bought is high . No woncer that extravagant sons sink faster back than their carefal fathers went forward . They walk slowly to work , but gallop to sport I believe those farms are few that will not keep a comfortable house , and this is all that can be expected nowa-dsys . To be sure , misfortunes will foil the best management" Thus spake Richard , whose prospsrity exemplified the value of bis precepts ; but little did he foresee that advereity would prove their ineffijacy when cases are altered by circumstances .
Incited by the love of adventure common to highspirited yonth Richard ' s son went one evening without his father's knowledge and shot a hire . Directed by the report of the gun , the gamekeeper intercepted the young poacher's retreat and d-. manded his booty . The boy with mnch reluctance complied , hoping thus to BppeaEe the insatiate man of authority , but in vain . The gun was next demanded—this had been borrowed and therefore the lad was determined to run all risks , rather than give it up . A Btruggle ensued—the keeper was thrown and the victor ran off with the weapon of contention . This simple quarrel was greatly exaggerated —the lad was summoned , convicted , and Bant to prison . Though much vexed at his son , Richard could not but feel more resentment against his persecutor . After vainly endeavouring to compound matters , his wife and ha repaired to the assizs town to do what could be done for their boy .
The eyes of justice have been bandaged by law—right is weighed in her left hand—the sword is wielded instead of the balance . Richard attended at his son ' s trial and heard the sentence of banishment pronounced against him—his own peace of mind was banished at the sound . The lad , with whose existence the best part ef his own bad been identified , who had been the object of so much care and pains , who had new become capable and was willing to requite his parents—such a son to be ignominiously torn frem them and sent in such a manner to snch a doom ! Richard with his wife retired into a corner of the court and wept bitterlythey could not comfort each other , and the lawyers , thinking probably that they were beyond consolation , never attempted to console them .
When thia sorrowful couple returned home they found their only remaining child in tears—the Bight made their own flow anew for they naturally deemed that her brother ' s bereavement had occasioned her grief , but it sprung from a deeper Bource . A youth , who bad volunteered his services during Richard ' s temporary absence , had improved the opportunity thus unsuspectingly afforded him to accomplish the ruin of his daughter , regardless of the affliction that had already befallen this ill-fated family . Poverty did not restrain him from committing ; a crime , the consequences of which it disabled him from remedying , and double
Villain was he who could thus knowingly take advantage of the simple confidence reposed in him by an artless maiden to betray her to shame and want When informed of the situation of his daughter Richard heaved one sigh , looked up and then went his way without saying a word . Hifl son had been taken from him not by the decree of heaven , but of unjust man , and sent to a barbarous land—his daughter , instead of being a comfort to him when he most needed it , had become a disgraceful burthen that added to the weight of bis griefs , and bowed his spirits lower than the worst times could have sank it His fireside no more attracted his neighbours . All these things were against him .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF SCOTLAND . Brother Chartists—In my last I stated shortly the present state of the bjx districts in Scotland , and it will now be proper to point out the duties which an Executive will have to perform . Recent events have shewn us that the public mind among the working classes is running in three different channel *—a mall portion are looking to the movement for Complete Suffrage—among the middle class they may be consk deted tie timid and the arbtocratie . There to a consi derable portion wfeo are still labouring under tie exploded idea that Trade * VmoM and SMke&are a remedy for tbe evil * of class legbUtioii . Tha patriotism and Intelligence of the iwrking population , bate unequivocally dedtwd for Chartist s « f&age , at tbe only and sufficient security for moderate labour , perma nent employment , cheap goTerament , and tbe establishment of national and individual liberty .
It is the duty , ana will be found to be the only soflid policy for tie Chartist , to pay no attention to either of these movements . Complete Suffrage , if honestly taken up and persevered in , is Chartism . Trades Unions and a Strike for wages is as ism that has lost its charms . In this its last effort , the Chartists , in no sense , ought to identify themselves with it , as such identification would be tantamount to an impeachment of the Chatter being a remedy . It would be highly desirable at the present time that the Scottish Executive be formed and hold a meeting as early as possible ; and the place I presume ought to be Edinburgh , sb the most central .
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being the easiest of access from all the six centres . There are questions of vital importance awaiting their determination . 1 . How ought the Chartists to treat the Complete Suffrage movement in Scotland . 2 . How far is it proper for the Chartists to interfere in Strikes , and in declarations for a particular rate of wages , as Chartists . 3 . Another subject of vital importance demanding their consideration is , to ascertain the number of thos 3 who held Chartist principles in proportion to the adult population of the place each member represents . 4 . Another matter of great importance to the success of onr movement is a declaration from thia executive against all violence and unlawful proceedings . 5 . To take into consideration the despotie doctrine laid down by tho Home Secretary , that a constable was to judge of what constituted a legal meeting . If bo we may consider the Habeas Corpus act suspended in this country .
6 . Thai the names and addresses of all those at present leeturing upon the Charter be collected and officially reported through the Star , as there is great danger likely to result from inattention to this matter . It cannot be disputed but that these are subjects of great importance . An error committed upon any one of these , injures or retards the progress of the cause ; entire and complete uuiformity of action is desirable . A declaration tbr < m , gh a properly elected executive is the only means -whereby it can be secured . It was tae duty of the nominal General Secretary for Scotland , who was appointed on the 3 rd January last , to have corresponded with the six centres , and have
ascertained their viewB upon these important snhjects , as it is reported that he is now instnlled secretary to the Complete Suffrage Association of Glasgow : thus the means to convene theBe six centres is removed , it now belongs to themselves to appoint a time and elect representatives to settle the subjects mentioned , with others that might be added to it . The Weat Midland District has electtd their delegate some time since , their election having fallen upon Mr . A . Duncan . I trust then that they will proceed to their election , so as that the Chartists in Scotland may act with the spirit of unanimity and brotherly confidence , as men who are engaged in a great and ? ond cause , ready to sacrifice every selfish consideration for the general good .
I am , respected friends , Yours , truly , David Thompson . P . S . As I have received communications already wishing me to lay btfore this district the propriety of getting up a delegate meeting , I am quite agreeable to servo those districts intending to elect representatives . If they think of sending their communications tome I will lay them before the Association of Alloa , and thiB District , and make arrangements with tho friends in Edinburgh for their msetiijg . D . T . Alloa , 29 th August , 1812 .
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v TO MR . PATRICK RAFTER , OF THE IRISH UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION . LETTER L Aye , roar in his train let them orators lash Their fanciful spirits to pnciper his pride Not thus did thy Grattan indignantly lash His bouI o ' er the freedom implored and denied . Byron . Mt dear Rafteb , —The reign of Toryism has commenced here in true earneBt , and the base Whigs have succeeded in laying the foundation stone of another bloody and brutal structure ! They are loud in tbeir laudations of wh ^ t a splendid edifice it will be ! But the people of England deserve to be eternal slaves if they ever again lay their bricks and mortar for them . So O'Connell has come out for the Six Points . Have
I not always told you he would de so , when deprived of Whig patronage and power , and that he would endeavour to mate stepping-stones of the sham Radicals to regain it . I know your sentiments too well to believe that you can for a moment join in the supposition that O'Connell is a sincere patriot I also believe that you are not the man to lend yourself to the propagation of any other opinion against your sense and judgment You know what my opinions are on this subject , and you also know , from your close and personal intercourse with me for the last sixteen years , that lam not the man to bow down before the " golden calf " today , that I yesterday proclaimed a cold , bloated , heartless idoL No , no man shall say to me
"Is it madness or meanness that clings to thee now ? Were he Gcd as hs is , but the commonest clay , With scarce fewer wrinkles than sins on his brow , Such servile devotion ought shame thee away . " No one would be more ready than I would to make any sacrifice , if I thought it were for the public good ; but , looking as I do , a little beyond the water ' s edge , I will never embark in a vessel when I know that the old admiral , boatswain , and most of the crew believe her not to be sea worthy ; and that they are only looking out for a shallow to get Bafely on shore , that they may leave her and her unwary passengers ( after taking their passage money ) to perish on the rocks ,
and breakers that surround them . ' You know , and I know that this has been done in Ireland time after time ; but again and again kas a fresh frigate been rigged out ; and again and again have we beard the old captain ' s cry , " Come along , my boys , pay your fare , we're now just going to start for the port of freedom ! " Have we not often started her with 160 , 000 cheers from the bay of Dunleary ; but alas , have we not always seen her return dismantled and tattered , and her hardy crews ( the forties and the tyfche victims ) wrecked and destroyed ! while her Admiral was skulking under the gunwale of tae Kingstown and Hollyhead steamer ! And this is the man , forsooth , who is to make England again
" The envy of surr&unding nations ;" and Ireland " Great , glorious , and free , first flower of the earth , And first gem of the sea !" You will bear in mind the many attempts that Mr . O'Connell baa made to get the English peopl 9 to give up their leaders , and also the many attempts he has made to cause them to abandon Universal Suffrage for General Suffrage ! Household Suffrage ! Complete Suffrage ! Well , all these have failed , and as I have foretold you , he now comes to the last kick ; for like Yorick's skull , " to this favour he must come . " But what a sight is here , my countrymen ; the man who assisted in penning the Charter , then denouncing it , is obliged by the force of events to come buck , tired , without any one pitying him , to the very spet from whence
he started , changing as completely as the compass in a whirlwind , the dolphin , or the camelien . The times really seem to have as much effect en him as a touch of the hand to the sensitive plant You will also bear in mind that Mr . O'Cornell has been a member and a principal adviser of the Anti-Corn Law League ; yeu will also remark that he rather ludicrously apologised for his absence at the late Anti-Corn Law League , held in London just before the present outbreak , and when Mr . Gsorge Thompson , their secretary , made such a violent speech against the Government , and in which some very strong threats were heH out I have ssen this speech printed and posted in many towns , and on even the huts of the fishermen in Hastings , along the coast Now it is a well known fact that the League premeditated stopping the mills for some time before they did so ; but did Mr . O'Connell ( whom we cannot conceive to be ignorant of their intentions ; either expose
or denounce such an infernal scheme ' couple this with his desire to get shut of the Chartist leaders , and you have the why and the wherefore bsund up in a little Whig wrapper . Ah ! the rascalB , if they could only get shut of tbe leaders they think the people could be easily made to follow , and I am sorry to say that toe many of the Chartist leaders have taken the bait that was laid for them , ¦ while they are now . quite crazy because Mr . O'Connor wub too wide awake . for them to be caught by their chaff , and they are now crying coward at him because he did not give the Tory bullets a chance of trying the seftness of bis heart , while had he been fool-hardy enougb to display his useless bravery , the rascals who now call him coward would be the first to exult in the arrest of the " hotbrained Egitator , " or the inglorious death of a man who could allow himself to be made a second Jack Kade , to gratify the thirsty blood-bounds whose burning throats were parching for a second Peteiloo ! like Satan ,
" Armed with hell-limes and fary , all at once O ' er heaven's high towera to force resistless way . " Of one thing I am convinced , that the Leaguers have been much disappointed at the strike . They have been foiled in most of their deep laid plots to break up the present organization , and the foiling of which-has rendered O'ConnelTs long hatched address a rather ^ rotten reed for him to lean upon . There is enough of virtue in theperple of Ingland , though they were deprived of every leader , to scout from their councils the tradnoer of their wives and daughters , and the betrayer of 509 , 000 of his own confiding countrymen . They still remember the cry of the factory babes ; nor do they forget the Glasgow cotton spinners , the Dorchester labourers , nor the shout of exultation at tbe fate of tbe betrayed Frost No , no ; the men of England will not join -with the man who could coldly and callously look on while the blood of the man of Clare is still crying for vengeance They st ill remember , if he shamelessly forget , the mas sacre of Rathcormac ! of Churchtown ! of WaUstown 1
and Carrickahftug hi . ' . I am , dear Rafter , Your ' a in the good cause , L . 1 CUKCT London , August 29 tb , 1912 .
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TO THE EDITOB 6 F THE NORTHIBN STAB . Beato' bravo ! Mr . Hm , fire away at the Complete Sufirageites ! This is the last shift of the Liberala . Bang at them ! I see clearly yon have got tbe right soent All the paltry dregs , the riddbngs and refuse of the " Liberal , " together with a few of our would-be amateur , half-gentleman Chartists , have thought to work wonders , and make an honest penny by the new dodge . I have watched their manoeuvres in Birmingham , and will give you the result in a few words . They mortally hate every man that Is known as a whole hog Chartist , and are wonderfully civil . to those who are
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moderate , and not violent Those Chartisfca who will bow and serape before a middle-class money-grubber , and acknowledge that Feargns O Connor is too violent , and that certain individuals who are full of life , energy , FZSSt ^ canae > mete tools of his , are sure to meet with a \ rarm reception . I have openly and repeatedly declared In the Chartist Room in Birmingham , that if they offered to join us , I , for one , ahauld object to it ; for they would only do se for the purpose of destroying our union . They mav grumble that like about denunciation , but I affirm it to have been the very best policy that could be pursued . Oh , don't denounce a man because he conscientiously differs with you on minor points , " says a smock-faced animal , who likes to rub his skirts against genteel coats . My dear Sir , I have had a good deal of experience amongst politicians , and T n fi vn » frnnw one
of your eenteel . accommodating , squeamish fellows to be worth a blackberry ; therefore , I take pride in the manner m which you are laying on the whip . Keep them up to the collar . If you once allow any of those counterfeits to pass as genuine we are thrown back . Some of our prudent friends may suggest the propnety of conciliation , thinking that by so doing , the middle-clMs jurymen might be favourable to us poor devils in limbo . Never mind that , don't leave the Liberals a leg to stand on ; this is their last shift , and let them know that they must either tike the Chartist orTeryeide of the question . I get to hear how you are getting on , and give yon thanks for year late crf . cles . You can hardly imagine how pleasing it is to those who are buried alive , to know that the Bentinel is at his post
_ 1 . remember well that in March , 1840 , when poor Holberry , Peddle , Brooke , Duffy , Aahton , Martin , myself , and about twenty more , were la York Castle Yard ; af : er receiving sentence , some of them remarked that the cause would ge down during the incarceration of so many of the most active Chartists ; but the immediate reply of about a dozjn was , " the Star will keep it up ; " and bo it proved . My paper is full ; I again thank you for beine always there when wanted . I have been now a month in solitary confinement ; but am in capital health . I am yours , In the good " cause , George White .
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PROOF OF MIDDLE-CLASS SYMPATHY . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —In passiBg through n few colliery districts of Durham , and Northumberland , I have learned a few facts , namely , any one who has the least desire for freedom can not obtain employment upon the most tedious terms , that Is to Ray , they can only be employed from day to day , so that if it is found that any slave thus employed shall look into the Northern Star , or any other liberal paper , such slaves are , without a day ' s uotica , discharged from their employ and turned out of their cettages .
You must understand , sir , that employers here are both coal mine , cottage , and slave proprietors , for if a man desires work and is willing to sacrifice political principle , he map be a slave for tteelve months , and after being thus bound he cannot abatiin from work a single day without a note from tbe ooliiery doctor , witbonfc being subject to imprisonment—neither are the colliere allowed to have a doctor of their own choosing such gentlemen are to be selected by the master miners . If a collier takes in a lodger who does not work on the same establishment , the cellier must pay one shilling and sixpence a-week more rent for such lodger . School masters are of the same appointment , for it happened a few weeks ago that a poor man , although the first scholar in the whole colliery , was roosted out of the neighbourhood , and was not allowed to have either a school or employment because his mind was tinged a little with thinking about politics .
The coal-masters ave supremely good , pious , and religious . The other day , a raving madman cried out in the street , " Thank God ! no man need go into the pit " ( hell ) , when a poor slave cried out , "What a d d lie , for I have to go Into the pit ( coal pit ) every day , and work there from twelve to fourteen hours , or me and my family must starve . " The lazy , canting knave had t © walk about Ws business . If colliers are only found talking about politics over a pot of beer , it becomes hard work for the publican to get his licence renewed . Yen may judge for yourself how things are here , when some of the coal masters are magistrates . They know too well that if the People's Charter was made tbe basis of all future legislation , it would ere long be impossible for any of them to have a supreme control over the labour and lives of a thousand slaves and their families .
By inserting the abo \ 'fiin yonr next Star , as my proof of middle class sympathy , you will very much oblige , A Chartist Labourer in the Colliery Districts for the last month , Peter Rigby . Neweastle-upon-Tyne ,. Sept . 25 , 1842 . ¦ ^
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FURTHER EXAMINATION OF MR . B . M'CARTNEY , AT THE NEW-BAILEY , MANCHESTER .
( From our oum Correspondent . ) On Friday last , at a little before two o ' clock in the afternoon , Mr . D . Maude took his seat npon the bench , and after disposing of the night charges , Mr . M'Cartney was placed at the bar to answer a charge of attending illegal meetings , and using seditious and infliunmatory language at the Bame . Mr . Inspector Wolfenden , of the Pendleton police force , said that it would be in the recollection of the magistrate that be arrested the prisoner at bis residence in Liverpool , on b warrant for attending an illegal meeting at Eccles , on tbe 10 th of August , and that at his ( Wolfenden's ) request , the prisoner was remanded on last Friday until to day , to allow him time to make out another charge against the prisoner at tbe bar , and that he was new able to prove that the prisoner
attended an illegal meeting at Leigh on the 11 th of August , and that at the said meeting be made use of seditious and inflammatory language . Mr . Maude—Have yon any witnesses ? Policeman—Yes . Timothy Taylor was then sworn , when the following questions were ashed by the magistrate : — Mr . Maude—What is your name ? Witness—Timothy Taylor . Mr . Maude—What trade are yon ? Witneaa—A silk weaver , Mr . Maude—Where do you live ? Witness—Near Leigh . Mr . Maude—Were you at a meeting on the 11 th of August Witness—Yes .
Mr . Maude—Did the people at that meeting stop any mills ? Witness—I believe they stopt Mr . Isherwobd ' s mill , but Mr . Jones stopt his when he saw the mob coming , for fear they would do any damage . Mr . Maude . —Did any of them go on to the premises of Mr . Jones ? Witness—No . One man asked the engineer if the plug waa out of the boiler , and he said " No ; but I will go and take it out , " Mr . Maude—Who said he would go and take It out ? Witness—The Engineer . It was the engineer himself that pulled out the plug . Mr . Maude—Did they make much noise ? Witness—Yea .
Mr , Maude—What kind of a noise was it ? Witness—Shouting . Mr . Maude—Wfcat time of the dsy waa this ? Witness—About noon . Mr . Maude—Did you see the prisoner there ? Witness—No . Mr . Maude—At what time of the day waa the meeting held ? Witness—At ' . night Mr , Maude—What did you hear at the meeting ? Witness—When I went to the meeting there was a man speaking , and he advised the people not to return to work again until the Charter was the law of the land , and that the Charter would give them Universal Suffrage , Vyte by Ballot , and Annual Parliaments ; he also mentioned the other points of the Charter . Mr . Maude—Did he tell them how they were to get the Charter ?
Witness—Yes ; he told them they mast get it by moral force ; that they must ask for their rights in a moral and peaceable manner from their fellow men ; and if they refused them , then they must trust to their own right arms ; aye , and their bodies , too , and their long zig-zag click clack bits of steel ; and that tbe Repealers of Ireland were ready to join them to obtain theiv rights any day . Mr . Maude—Is the prisoner the person that was speaking at that meeting , and made nse of the language that you have stated ? The witness paused for several minutes , aud made no answer . Mr . Maude—Come , now , tell us if the prisoner be the persun that made nse of that language ? The 'Witness still hesitating , the magistrate again asked him for an answer .
vv ltness—I cannot justly say whether it is the same person or not Mr . Maude—You are not positive ? Witness—No . Mr . Maude—Do you swear that the prisoner is the person that spoke et the meeting ? Witness—No , I cannot swear that the prisoner is the same person . Mr . Maude—But you think , to tbe best of your recollection , that it is the same person ? Witness—Yes ; I think that the person is like the person that spoke at the meetieg , bnt I cannot positively swear that it is the same . Mr . Maude—Was it dark ? Witness—No ; it was dusk . Mr . Mau ; ie— How far were you from the person that was addressing the meeting ? Witness—About thirty yards . Mr . Maude—Did the speaker advise the people to stop the mills ?
Witness—No , not that I heard ; he told them that be had attended a great many meetings in other places , and that the people were determined not to commence working until they got the Charter , and he hoped the people of Lsiga would do likewise . Mr . Maude—Did he mention any particular place were he had held meetings ? Witness—No . Mr .. Maudo—How many persons were there present ? Witness—Four or five bnndred . Mr . Maude . —Was there any other meeting that week ? ' .. - •¦ ¦ ¦ Witness—Yes ; there waa one on the Saturday .
Mr . Maude—Was the prisoner at that meeting ? Witness—I did sot seo him ; I never saw him in my life , neither before nor since . Mr . Msude—What countryman did you think the person was that waa speaking to the people ? Witness—An Irishman . Mr . Bent cross-examined the witness—I think you said you were a silk weaver ? ~ Witness—Yes . Mr . Bent—Then you are not a policeman ? Witness—No . Mr . Bant—The : a clothes of yours are of a very neat make—will you be kind enough to tell me where you borrowed them to come here in ? Witness—Not from you .
Mr . Bent—I know that ; but will you tell me where you got them ? Witness—I bought them , and paid for them honestly . Mr . Bent—I think you told the magistrate that Mr . Jones turned out his hands for fear that some damage would be done to the mill . Did Mr . Jones tell you that he was afraid ? Witness—No . Mr . Bent—Then I suppose yon saw it 7 Witness—No , I did not aee it ; but some of the workpeople told ma that that wa 3 the reason that he stopped his mill . Mr . Bent—I think yon said that the , mob bad sticks . Did you see the prisoner there ?
Witness—No . Mr . Bent—Can yon swear that the prisoner is the man that spoke at the meeting on tbe 11 th of August ? Witness—I cannot swear positively to the man , but I think it is the same . Mr . Bent—Then you cannot swear positively ? WitnesB—No . Mr . Bent—Did you take notes of what the speaker said ? Witness—No . Mr . Bant—Will yon be kind enough to tell us what he said about those zigzag click-clack bita of steel you told us about ? Witness—Physical force . ( Loud laughter . )
Mr . Bent—O 1 physical force ; but repeat the words that the speaker used ; that is what I want to hear . Witness—Why be did not say physical force ; but tbe people understood what he meant Mr . Bent— Come , now , will you tell us how you know that the people understood the speaker to mean physical force ? . Witness—Because they laughed and cried , " hear , hear . " Mr . B = nt—How long was it after tbe meeting before you heard anything of having to beawitne& 8 ? Witness—This morning .
Mr . Bent—Then you are snre that it was not mentioned to you before that time ? Witness—Mr . Martin asked me about a fortnight after the meeting if I was si it ; and I told him I was . He asked me what I heard ; and I told him that also . Mr . Bent—What did you tell him ? Witness—The same that I have said here to-day . Mr . Bent—Did he tuke it down in writing at the tirna ? Witness—No ; not that I saw . Mr . Bent—Did yon ever see the prisoner before the night of the meeting ? Witness—No : nor since , until I came here . ;
Mr . Bent—Am I to understand , from what yon say , that you have not seen the prisoner ( allowing that he was the person who spoke » t tbe meeting at Leigh ) until yon came into , this court or that yon saw him downstairs ? Witness—I saw him down stain . Mr . Bent—How many persons wete then present at that time ? * - ¦ ' if Witness—Two or three , three ot four . Mr . Bent—Two or three , three er four I pray bow many is that ? ¦ Witness—There was four . Mr , Bent—What did yon say then ? did yon « ay that he was the person who spoke at the meet-Ing ? ¦¦ "
.. Witness—No ; I said then , as I hare said Binee , that he was like the man th at « poke , bnt I could not swear that it was him . .- ¦ ' Mr . Bent—I have no more qaestions to asK . The decision was that he be bound over to appear at the Kirkdale arsizes , himself in £ 120 , and two sureties in £ 60 each , with forty-eight hours notice . Bail was immediately tendered , and Mr . McCartney was released on Monday afternoon .
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STAG HITN / T ON TOMIES MOUNTAIN AND THE LOWER LAKES . The lovers of this delightful terra-aquatic amusement ( peculiar to KUlarney ) were gratified to their hearts ' content on Thursday . Tbe weather being highly propitious , &U the f sirf flotilla of Lochlane was under weigh ( it an early hour , freighted with the youth , beauty , and fashion if the kingdom of Kerry , and no few contributions from the kingdoms beyond . At high meridian tho hounds were in full cry , and at this critical moment the boats began to rendezvous near O Sullivan ' s Cascade . " The cntler'd monarch of the waste Sprung from his heathery couch iu baslu , "
exactly opposite Vincent Point—dashed towards the cataract—bounded towards tke teeming flood just below the fall , and stretched gallantly away with all his deep-mouthed enemies at his heels . Ke had not gone far ,. however , when anoflisr Red Rover created a diversion in his favour , and a few hounds were seen hanging on the haunches of the latter . ( This doable hunt was only . enjoyed by a few boats in the rear . ) The Muckrush beagles , however , were no fools , and the stragglers soon returned to the attack . The first stag had now reached the boundary of Glena , when , as though scrupulous ( unlike some of his biped followers ) of trespassing on Lord Kenmare's property , alboit in a cose of life and death , the hardpressed animal turned him round , looked at his pursuers , and descending apace to the shore , and panting and exhausted , plnnced into the lake .
Scarce had he laved his siues in the pure and refreshing waters , ere a squadron of boats closing around him , compelled him to swim back to laud . Bub the dogs would not Bv . ffvr him , ' re-invigorated thoagh be ¦ was , te ascend the mount liu again , and , liko polite Irishmen , seemed anxious , and in fret did all in their power to give the ladies and gentlemen a full and satis * factory opportunity of beholding the exhilarating amusement . They now urged him along the water's edge , and it soon became : a contest not merely between the quarry and his pursuers , but betw-. en the hunters on the land and the rowers on tho lake . Oecs more , in the meantime , did the stag plunge into the glassy basin , and once more waa he' driven back . But though he hud thus twice renewed his strength , on again reaching Vincent ' s Point ( the very spot where he was started ) , he for the third time sought refuge in the lake's pure bosom . He was at last captured by Counsellor Leahy ' s boatmen .
Among ths spectators of this unequalled hunt were the following distinguished visitors , then staying at the MuckrosB Hotel : —Rev . Robert Longfleld , Castlemary ; Mrs . Jephson , Mallow ; Wilson Gun , EEq . Rattoo ; Peter Thomson and Blennerhasett Thompson , Eeqrs ., and tbe ladies of their party . —Correspondent of the Kerry Post .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , Sept 23 . BANKSBP 1 S , Julius Ewald Beerbohm and William Edmund Slaughter , " of Fenchurch-street , City , merebnnte , Ook 8 , at twelve , and Nov . 4 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . W . Whitmore , official assignee , Basinghall street ; and Messrs Crowdor and Maynard , solicitors , Jlr . nsion-house-place . John Raid , formerly of St . Alban ' s , Hertfordshire , and lite of Sydney ; but now of 58 , King William-street , Csty , chtimist , Oct . 6 , at one , and Nov . 4 , p . t two , at the C ' jurt of Bankruptcy . Mr . W . Whitmore , official assignee . B . ' singhall-atrtet ; and Mr , P . B . Smith , solicitor . ] 7 , Bastnghnll-fltreet . Juhn James Iselin , of St . Bennett's-place , GracecLurch-street , City , merchant , Oot . 6 , at twelve , and No ? . 4 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . William Pannell , official assignee , 31 , Basinghall-stieet , and Messrs Druco and sons , solicitors , Bilitar-square , London ,
William Chapman and Charles NaBon Wooayer , of Hops-wbarf , Wapping , coal merchants , Bupt , 29 , at one , and Nov . 4 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . George Green , official assignee , 18 , Aldernnnbury ; and Messrs Overton and Hughes , solicitors , 25 Old Jewry . William Broksopp , of 213 , High-street , Southwark , Suvrey , grocer and cheesemonger , Sept . 29 , at twelve , and Nov . 4 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr George Gibson , official assigneo , 72 , Basinijball . street , and fillers Bennett an 4 Bolding , solicitors , !) , Scot ' syar < 3 , Gannon-street , London . Jonathan Thompson , of Oxford-Btreet , Middlesex , and Cheapside , City , dealer in paper hangings , Sept . 29 , aad Nov . 4 , at two , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . George Green , official assignee , 18 , Aldermanbury ; and Messrs . MayhewandCo ., solicitors , Carey-street , Lin « coln's-inn .
West Henry Parkea , of Birmingham , hosier and lace dealer , Oot , 6 , at two , and Nov . 4 , at one at the court of Bankruptcy . Mr . George Gibson , ofBcial assignee , 72 , Basin ^ hall-Btreet ; and Messrs Reid and Shaw , s elicit ore Friday-street . Sanders Chew , of Clipston , Northamptonshire , flour and malt dealer , Oct . S , at ten , and Nov . 4 , at one , at the Ham Hotel , Northampton . Mr . William Andrews , solicitor , Market Harborougb ; and Messrs . Bridges and Mason , solicitors , 23 , Red Lion-aquare , London .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Robert Kaye and John Fisher , Mold Green , Yorkshire , fancy manufacturers . Thomas Makin and Henry Makin , of Sheffield , Yorkshire , file manufacturers . Henry Day and Daniel Slone , of Manchester , teachers of chemiHtry . John Priestly , sen ., John Priestly , jun . j and Jamc-s Priestley , of Lower Clowes , Lancashire , cotton epiners ( so far ss regards John Priestly , Jan ., ) Edward A-ckers and Richard Gregson , of Liverpool , manufacturing chemists .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Sept . 27 . . BANKRUPTS . Richard Hodgson Smith , of 103 . CornhiU , and formerly of Cnshiori-eonrt , Broad-street , City , merchant , Ootober 8 , at one , and November 8 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . T . M . Alsagar , offielal assignee , BIrchin-lane ; and Mr . Wm . Bsvan , solicitor , 21 , Old Jewry . William Henry Ball , of Ker . nington-cross , Surrey , coach master , October 8 , at eleven , and November 8 , af twelve , at the Court ef Bankruptcy . Mr . William Whitmore , official assignee , Ba 6 inghaU > street ; and Messrs . Miller and Can , solicitors , 47 , Eastcheap London .
Hannah Simmonds , of Leamington Pnors , Warwickshire , milliner , October 11 and November 8 , at two , at tbe Lansdowne Hotel , Leamington Priors . Mean . Parkes and Bon , solicitors , 1 , Veralambuildings , Gray ' a-inn ; and Mr . Cope , solicitor , Leamington Priers . . « ., John Badcock , of Shrirenham , Berkshire , grocer , October 12 , at twelve , and November 8 , at eleven , at the Bell Inn , Fanringdon . Mr . James Hainer , solicitor , Farringdon . ¦ ¦ . . ¦ Horton Payn , of Liverpool , matter miner , Oet . 8 , and Nov . 8 , attheClarendon-rooms , Liverpool . Mr . Henry Cross , solicitor , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Vincent and fiberwoofl , solicitors , 9 , King " s-bench-walK , Inner-temple , London .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED " Chftrles Bradsbaw Poole and John Harrison , of Halifax , Yorkshire , brace manufactureis . Thomas Midgley andDvvjd Midgley , of Huddetsfleld . Samuel Thorp and William . Brook , of Manchester , Btuff merchant * . Henry Lunn , John Crowther , and William CroWiner , of Paddock , near Huddersfi&ld , cloth finUUers .
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So plentiful is money at the present moment , that bills are now discounted in Liverpool at 3 per cent ., while in Lsndon good paper may , we ^ elievej be discounted for 2 per cent . —Liverpool Albion .
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NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL . LIVERPOOL—TOXTETII-P . JRK .. Charles Hook , painter . George Rigg , cordwainer . Wm . Jones , painter . Samuel Morris , blockmaker . Thomas Hodgson , brass-turner . Richard Parry , stonemason . George Rigg , cordwainer , sub-Treasurer . Charles Gwilliam , bricklayer , sub-Secretary .
BAHNSLEY . Robert Garbut , weaver , Indle ' s-fold . James Noble , basket-maker , New-street . Benjamin Bailey , weaver , Kingston-place . Wm . Hilton , weaver , Old Town . George Haigh , weaver , Burton . Thomas Lingard , new ' 6-agent , New-street . John Pettett , weaver * Theatre Yard . John Armitage , weaver , Pall Mall , sub-Trea surer . ' ¦' , ¦ - Patrick Bradley , weaver , Wilson Piece , sub Seoretary . BRITANNIA , UPPER CHAPMAN-STREET , ST . GEORGES ' S
IN THE EAST . William Jinkins , shoemaker , 51 , Nelson-street . James Jagot , shoemaker , White-street , Bethnal-Green . George Hall , carpenter , Ely-place , Globe-lane . Nathaniel Cannon , bootmaker , William-street . John Robarts , bootmaker , Star-street , Commercial-road . Richard Thomas , shoemaker , Star-street . William Bain , shoemaker , Flying Horse Court , Moorfields . William Henry Wilkins , shoemaker , Norfolkstreet , sub-Treasurer . James Hammond Enowles , 6 , Windsor-street , Bishopgate , sub-Secretary .
CHESTERFIELD . Thomas' Taylor , bobbin-nett weaver , Beetwell street . ' Francis Barnes , smith , Lord ' s-mill-street . George Perry , smith , do . do . Samuel Hawley , smith , Boythorpes . John Rycroft , twine-spinner , Salter-gate . Robert Bown , labourer , St . Mary ' s Gate . John Savage , engineer , Glueman Gate . John Briddon , cordwainer , Beetwell-street . Thomas Throsby , warper , Hollis-Iane . John Williams , hatter , Brampton , sub-Trea surer . John Wigley , Bobbin-nett weaver , Beetwell street , sub-Secretary .
MILNROW . Mr . James Milnes , weaver . Mr . John Clegg , fuller , Lawfield . Mr . Joseph Lawton , weaver , ditto . Mr . Thomas Lawlon , ditto , ditto . Mr . Henry Clough , ditto , ditto . Mr . Thomas Milligan , ditto , Stonepitfield . Mr . Rebert Clegg , ditto , Milnrow . Mr . Robert Milnes , ditto , Moor-House , sab Treasurer . Mr . John Butterworth , ditto , Sionepitfield , sub Secretary .
DERBY . Mr . J . Jonson , silk weaver , Liddel ' s-Iane . Mr . Bibbey , cordwainer , Bridge gate , Mr . Tatem , gardener , Willow-row . Mr . Symons , smith , Walker-lane . Mr . Peet , framework-kuittsr . Mr . Wbeildon . tailor , St . Peter ' s church-yard . Mr . ThomEs Alexander , tailor , Brook-street .
NOTTINGHAM . Mr . John Bramor , Colleot-streot , Blond-lane . Mr . Berjjamia Humphries , framework-knitter , Lee's-yard Narrow-marsh . Mr . James MiddletOD , smith , Hkeston-road , New Radford . Mr . Joseph Green , warp-hand , Paradise-row . Mr . John Baum , framework-knitter , Abingerstreet . , Mr . William Rayner , bobin and carriage hand , Martm ' s-jard , Narrow-marsh . Mr . Johu Day . * plomber and glazier . Saint Ann'sstreet , york-8 t » rt . < Mr ! CharL Roberts , tailor , Hookl « v . MT . John Morsley , lace-hand , Narrow-marsh , snb-Treasnre ? . Mr . lssjie Barton , framework-knitter , Cherrystreet , sob-SeereUry .
NORWICH . Mr . Edward Davis , cordwaiaer , St . Paul's . Mr . Thomas Hewitt , weaver , do . Mr . William Clarke , do ., Clements . Mr . John Stanley , do ., St . Pauls , sub-Secretary . Mr . John Middleton , do ., Martin ' s-place , sub-Secretary .
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( COPY . ) ADDRESS OF THE WATK 1 NS TESTIMONIAL COilMITTEE TO JOHN WATKINS . On presenting you , Sir , with a token of the love and good-will of the metropolitan Chartists for the benefloecee and kindness -which you have always evinced towards tbe "working classes in your disinterested Jaboura and writings in the people ' s cause , we take the opportunity to express to you the trust and rtliance ¦ which tre place in your fidelity and constancy , and to signify to you our admiration of your abilities and the value -which "we pnt uprn their exercise in tbe field of Chartism . Wo would also acknowledge our estimation of your prudence , foresight , and love of justice , and conclude with assuring you of our respect and oonfidence so long as you pursue your present consistent course . We are , &c
MR . ¦ VTATK . ISS' REPLY . Gentlemen , —If I accept this mark of your approval and esteem , it is for the sake of the cause ; for I well knew that had I not served that canBe faithfully you would not have deemed me worthy of it . I accept it then as a token of your gratitude for past services , and of encouragement for the future , and that others may see you are not forgetful of your friends , but vrish that their example may hold forth as an incentive to others » o deserve similar marks of esteem Tnis , I take it , is the true use of such tokens , to encourage us all in " patient perseverance in well-doing . " I shall for ever cherish the remembrance of your favour , and I trust that my conduct will shew that I merited it . 1 am , Gentlemen , Youb Brother Chartist . N . B . —All persons in the country desirous to add to the London Testimonial will please to forward their mites to the office of the XortJiern Star .
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ANOTHER VICTIM OF CLASS TYRANNY . On Friday evening last , Mr . James Cartledge , tho Secretary to the South Lancashire Delegates , waa arrested by Mr . Inspector Irvine . « n a charge of using seditious language at Mottram Green , on Sunday , the 14 th August Mr . Cartledge ' was conveyed in a coach to the Town Hall , and consigned to the lock-up underneath that building . A great cumber of papers and boeks were seizad , consisting of Chartist Circulars , Northern Stars , and portraits given with that pr . pc-r , together with a quantity of children's school books . " Mr . Cartledge havirjg for soroc years back conducted a seminary for the instruction of youth , in which capacity he is much respected . A box fu . l of books , belonging to Mrs . Cartledge ' s brother , were also taken to tbe Town Hall , where they were subjected to a rigid scrntiny .
Mr . Cartledge having been kept in tho lock-up from Friday until Monday , was removed to Hyde , accompanied by Irvine and Cross , for the purposo , as the Hyde magistrates informed him , to hear the depositions against him read over , at the same time tailing him there were other charges against him of a serious nature in Lancashire . The depositions' were then read and sworn to ; and Mr . Cartledge asked if he bad any questions to put to the witnesses , the Chairman advising him to be cautious , as his questions would be written down and appear against him on his trial Cartledge , however , put a few questions , and elicited from the witnesses that they were officers in the Cheshire constabulary force . Cartledge declined saying anything in defence , and Captain Clark having consulted his brother magistrates , stated that it waa a bailable offence , and ordered Cartledge to find two sureties in three hundred pounds each , and himself in six hundred pounds , to appear at the next Chester Assizes , and to give forty-eight hours' notice
Notwithstanding the exorbitant amount of hail demanded from this , poar man , such was the conduct of the magistrates that they refused to take four sureties at £ 150 each , instead of two at £ 300 . I applied for liberty to see Mr , Cartledge , which was readily granted , and I was locked up with him in his cell for some time , and after consulting -with him concerning his bail , he desired that I would make it known to the public , through the columns of the Star , that he received the btst of treatment at the bands of the Manchester officers .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 1, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct618/page/7/
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