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      Jfr Dexb Fsie-vds , —I shall not take np more jfcan a moment of yonr time to tell you that for five weeks I have been wholly unable to write to yon , « nd that our impartial laws have made my illness l » ther an expensive one , as I was obliged to send „ doctor , my solicitor , and my two bondsmen down jo Liverpool , as I could not go myself , although my ap pearance for one moment would have been all fch&i at p resent the law requires , as not being twenty cays in cus tody before the Special Commission , I , in common with my brother conspirators , was entitled + o put off niy trial till the next Assizss ; and , as do not for

      ^ oe iors and lawyers travel nothing , yon wiU sea that Mr . Griffin and the Manchester * free-trader 3 " have already subjected me to a reasonable fine . Bat , now , to what is of much more importance than my health or 2 ife . One faction , under the name of liberilisa , attempted for four years to put us down foT the most unjust and tyrannical means ; and the other faction most cheer ully joined in the attempt . Since then , the Whigs have gone out and the Tories hare come in j and the Whigs have not only joined

      the Tories in their crusade against us , but have acmaUy i ^ jd the train themselves . How often have I c antioned you against the Corn Law Leagne 1 " Kow many letters have I written to you—how many s peeches have I made to you—all bearing upon the one subject—the interest that all have in keeping labour ' s nose to the grinding-btone ! Did I not prophecy the very result that has taken place in a letter published in the Star last July , in which I told yon ihat tha " free traders" would try to carry their object , even at the hazard of a bloody revolution and that when outrage commenced , " ythai

      belonged to s ¦ bb saddled ¦ cpox Chaktisx . " I have given yon many warninga ,. and I have suffered by your neglect of them ; and yet I am not going to chide yon , to scold you , or to find fault with yon as a body ; no , on the contrary , so" exemplary has been the conduct of the Chartist body generally , inat I glory in suffering on their behalf . Many kind bnt timid friends have recently beset me wiih solicitations to give up politics , and be-• cosie bespeciable ; while political jugglers have besought me to seek favour in the eyes of the jury-¦ class by joining that parry frc-m which the majority of those gecrry are chosen . Not having heard from

      ins for some time , and although you have no reason to dcubt my sincerity , I embrace this first opportunity to renew my every pledge to the working classes . In * few months I shall have been ten years prominently before the public . For that p = riod no public man ever yet performed the same amount of arduous labour in . the people ' s cause . "While I was making my party the press passed me by in contemptuous silence ; but now that I have accomplished my object , the columns of every newspaper teem with the most brutal appeals to authority to take my life . I look back to my whole political career , and I glory in it , and resolve to pursue the same undeviating course to the last day of jny existence .

      My friends , I have , of course , looked deeply into the motives of public men who have gone before me ; and with the exceptions of Henry Hunt and Major Cartwright , I cannot discover a prominent demagogue , whose object has not been to create grievances , and to magnify those already existing , for the purpose of living upon promises to correct them . 1 have known of no oiher instances than the two I have

      mentioned , of gentlemen siding with tne poor , with the hope and intention of bettering their condition . And now I will explain to you wherein lies nry weakness and want of protection , and your greatest strength- We cannot be both strong , or at least secure . Your strength , while growing , is my rain , because the enemy always aims at the body through the head . And now let me point out what constitutes the difference between me and political agitators in general .

      The first great object of a political agitator , who seeks power throngh popularity , is to establish a tJ Btac" " ofdaring , impudentJ impoverished , freebootin ^ politicians , men who are up to anything , ready foi any service , and prepared to do any work for which they are paid . This staff constitutes the recruiting party of the leader ; lookicg for pelf through popularity , the terms being , you give me " popularity and I will back you in your assaults upon the pockets of our dnpfe . Now these men are the greatest pests in society ; they are traders in politics , political pedlars , traffickers in abuse , and interested npholders of oppression . They are the first to revile acts ,

      to the commission of which they have urged their pliant followers ; and whenever they see the time approaching for bringing their strength : o bear upon the grievances of which they complain , they invariably turn public attention from the object in Tiew to some " Will-o ' -th' -wisp , " and thus undo all that they themselves have done . Meantime , they have the command of the press , and the funds stolen from the poor , and by those means they silence complaint , which otherwise would overpower them . I saw the effect which such a course had produced in unhappy Ireland , and my first vow , upon entering the rkld of general politics , was to make a

      Bolemn declaration that I would go to bed suppeiless ra ' . her than partake of the pauper ' s meal . I made up my mind to cut off the pecidliDg Btaff from our forces , and to brave the odium of having stopped the snppiies , and to this declaration , and my steady adherence to it , you are to attribute that want of respectable tcorking class co-operation which other demagogues have had , aid in which they have found their own protection . This is the rock upon which I have willingly sp ^ n , and the " stiff" which I have cut off are now , one and all , reatly to enlist under the barners of those who promise them a perpetuity of office , ty continuance of

      abase made palatable by those changes from Whig to Tory , and Tory to Whig , which -amuse the &gi : a ed mind of the working classes . It is against those men and their aliie 3 that I w : ? h particularly to caution you , because an attempt is eow being made , iu London , to amalgamate all the roiten branches of liberalism to aid in the winter ' s campaign of the " Free Traders . " The way is being paved for introducing Mr . O'ConneU to a London audience once more , while Cobden and the League agi ? a " . e Lancashire , and Stnrge and Ms staff infeit Scotland and Ireland , and ihe other districts of England . Those men are one and aU

      hostile to every principle of the Charter , except the Ballot , acd that we don ' t wait , as we have Dot got the vote to cover -with it . The object of those men is to insure the restoration of the Whigs to ifice under a pledge of carrying a total repeal of the Corn Laws ; and now hear me—so sure as God is above us , if you sanction a repeal of the Corn Laws , until you hare a voice in making the law ? , so sure will you see the bloodiest revolution that erer shocked the human eye . I have preached the same doctrine for ten years , and I now repeat h ; and bear in mind , that in a revolution the workirjg classes are always made to bear the blows , while the privileged order invariably reap the harvest .

      Aid again , a revolution in England would be worse asd more fitree than a revolution in any other country iu the world , and for this reason ; Because there are so many jealous and contending interests . Privilege has now had its feast . Fat jtrors have sentenced starving men to banishment for taking bread ; yes , the advocates ef -cheap bread and the promoters of the late revolution have convicted starving men of taking bread . I am aware , * y friends , that no stone will bo left unturned to promote the objects of the League ; I hope , however , to be well enough shortly to take , the field against them , and then I ahall expose the recent conspiracy , tod continue to enforce the principles of the Qarter .

      I have now written as much as my health will * iffiit , but must add » word on behalf of the families of those convicted of being Chartists . We cannot be astonished at the persecution of our foes , ii we allow the families of onr friends to want while their providers are in prison ; and should you require any further inducement than duty points out , 1 beg of ; ou to read the admirable , the soalstirring letttr of the Rev . Mr . Mantz , and above * & , let the friends of each imprisoned victim look ont in their respective localities . for bail for those who are held in prison for want of it . Do those

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      thing 3 for yourselves , and faction will respect you and cease to persecute yon . I get one man ' s share of all your troubles , and yet will I bear the oppressor ' s frown and the tyrant's scam , and die a 3 I have lived—a pure lover of liberty , rather than abandon my own child in the day of danger and the hour of trouble . I am , your faithful friend and servant , Feaegus O'Connob .

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      THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRO TEH . TO THE CHARTISTS OF ENGLAND , BUT MORE ESPECIALLY TO THOSE RESIDING IN YORK . Bbothke Democrats , —Seeing by a resolution in the Northern Star , emanating from the Chartists of York , that they consider the appointment of an Executive Committee pro tern , to have been unnecessary , because the original body had Dot then been convicted ; that it was unjustifiable , became the sense of the country had not been taken upon the subject , and that the books of the Executive should have been placed in the hands of Mr . Morgan Williams until Mr . Campbell was at liberty , or the country should have had time to appoint another General Secretary , we deem it necessary to make a few remarks npon the good policy of the line of conduct which has been adopted .

      The arrest of Messrs . Campbell and Leach , and the consequent inability of Jlr . Baintow to fulfil the duties ef his station , was se sndden and unexpected , that it was impossible any arrangement could be entered into . Correspondence tu daily arriving from all parts of the country without any official person to give the desired answers or information , asd if active steps had sot been immediately taken , the affairs of the association would have been speedily plunged into disorder and confusion instead of being conducted with that order and precision which is so esaenSaDy necessary in an extensive combined movement , and the great moral effect upon the Government of a new bead being appoiBted to the association , braving then in the very seat of their power and strength , immediately npon the arrest or dispersion of the other , -would nave been entirely lost ; with regard to its being unjustifiable because the opinion of the country had not been taken upon it , the previous remarks will , we trust , sufficiently prove our justification vrhea coupled with the fact that if our

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      arrangement is carried out , in one month from the date of our taking office a regularly appointed Executive -will nave been elected . The first official act which we transacted was an ear * nest application to Morgan Williams to immediately hasten to London , and give us the benefit of his advice and co-operation . Anxiously we waited day after day , until , after the lapse of upwards of a week , we received the following reply : — " Dear Sib , —In answer to yours , I have only to say I shall be most happy to co-operate with you and the other members of the Committee , in any way which may be of service to the cause ; bnt I should not wiBb . my name appended to any address before first seeing it . My circumstances , from my being somewhat engaged in business just now more than during the summer , prevent me from meeting you in London . My respects to Campbell : I presume he is out on bail . I am afraid of Leach and Campbell getting off badly . 1 ' Yours , respectfully , " MOEGAN WltLIAHS . "

      This letter , and the circumstance of Morgan Williams residing at Penyrheol , Merthsr , will be considered a suffideat reason why the books of the Executive were not placed in the bands of that gentleman , as they undoubtedly would have been , had we received the benefit of his active co-operation . - In conclusion , we have only to add that we trust you will immediately bestir yourselves in nominating persons for the ensuing Executive . Oar enemies , equally with our false friends , are on the alert . We 'have a dismal prospect of distress and starvation before us in the coming winter , and it is absolutely necessary that we should have the number of our Executive complete :

      this can be effected without one shilling expence , and with a small amount of trouble . If their services are not wanted at the present juncture , they will be an army in reserve , ready at a moment ' s notice to occupy the honourable position to which you have elected them , without the possibility of an emergency occurring like the present . Yours , WlLLTAH CUFFAV , Johk George Dron , James Knight , Thomas M . Wheeler , Secretary .

      P . S . As several important districts in the country have not yet nominated candidates , the date fer nominating will be extended to Tuesday , Oct . 25 th ; the return of persons nominated to be published on Saturday , 29 th ; an immediate election by ballot must take place . The returns to be made , at latest , by Tuesday , November 8 th , and the result published on Saturday , November 12 th .

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      THE CHARTIST PRISONERS IN STAFFORD GAOL . ( From our own Correspondent . J Stafford , Wednesday night . The fate of Frost , Williams , and Jones , who were roused from their slumbers at midnight , and who were , at half an hour ' s notice , hurried away from their friends , their families , and all that was dear to them , to suffer in a foreign and distant land all the horrors of a penal settlement , is causing in the minds of the unhappy men at present in the convicts' yard , and also in the minds of their families the greatest alarm , lest they may be also taken away in a similar manner . The reports that are afloat are by no means calculated to allay those alarms . It is therefore the imperative duty of all who intend to assist

      in saving Mr . Ellis and the others from transportation to redouble their exertions , and not lose a moment iu preparing petitions , and getting up the necessary affidavits for that purpose . The immediate relatives of Mr . Ellis are doing all in their power in hi 3 behalf . But those efforts will prove abortive unless aided by others , who aro anxious to rescue an innocent man from twenty-one years transportation . Innocent he is beyond doubt of that crime ( arson ) of which an impartial jury pronounced him guilty . A stronger proof of his innocence oanuot be adduced than the language of Chief Justice Tindal , when alluding to his guilt . His Lordship

      made this distinction between his address to'Ellis and the others . Speaking of the latter , he said that they were found guilty to the satisfaction of an intelligent Jury and to my satisfaction . But wheH he spoke of the verdict against VY . Ellis , his Lordship said that he was found guilty to the satisfaction of an intelligent Jury , omitting to add and to my satisfaction ; so that it is quite clear that Chiet Justice Tindal was as equally unprepared for such a verdict as was the very crowded Court . Ellis is most sanguine in his hopes of a pardon , or at least of a mitigation of his sentence . He speaks of it as an act of justice that cannot be withheld , and most solemnly decides his total innocence of the orime laid to his

      charge . His wife , three infant children , and _ his father-in-law , have been here and had interviews with him . The last time Mrs . Ellis saw her husband he was in the transport yard , and separated from her by two la rge gratings several yards apart , so that she could not even shake bands with him . A turnkey was present all the time . When the heartbroken creature was leaving her husband , the feelings of the wife painfully betrayed themselves by her almost sinking to the ground beneath them . When 8 he rallied a little , she turned a long last look on him she adored , involuntarily exclaiming , "Oh , William , I thought they would have allowed me to kiss yooi before we parted . " The wretched man whose soul was agonised to its deepest re

      cesses , immediately shrunk back ; and , covering his face with his hands , indulged in one of those silent bursts which , while they indicate the workings of a broken heart , are calculated to impart to it a momentary relief . Airs . Ellis , her three orphans—and she will be soon the m other of a fourth , accompamet . by her father-in-law , left here on Sunday evening . Samuel Simpkin sentenced to transportation for life , for ihe riot at Burslem , is now proved beyond a doubt to be totally innocent of the charge , bo convinced are the Judges of it , that they have already commuted his Eentence to eighteen months imprisonment . And it is currently reported that he will receive a free pardon . The poor fellow was the whole of the day on which the riot took place , engaged at work for bis master , nearly two miles distant from where the riot took place .

      Joseph WhistoES , another Chartist under sentence of transportation for life , must no donbt be pardoned as he is proved to be a maniac . His father died some years ago in a lunatic asylum , and the son who is now in tbiB gaol has always been considered as " heir of hifl father ' s infirmity , " and one decidedly deranged . There are Beveial othere under rale of transportation , whose sentences will , if were is justice in the land , be reversed , as now that all tne excitement of the Special Commission has Bubaaea . It is ascetained that instead of being guilty perpetrators in the ontrages , they were mere spectators whom natural- curiosity led to witness the sad ravages ofan infuriated and Maddened people . It most be gratifying to learn that the ra 8 C * 18 , who under pretence of defeading the prisoners , had fleeced their friends of several sums of money mil be puniahed . Mr . Baran Park © faithfuUj promised

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      ™ p rice , the barrister , that Masser , who took the * a 53 . from the poor mm , Taylor , to defend his daughter , and then abandoned ( her to her fate , will be prosecuted by the Crown , as soon as the case against the heartleBS rascal is made out . Chief Justice Tindal has likewise directed , in the most peremptory manner , that the charge against Wnalley should be investigated with a view to ulterior proceedings . One poor woman sold her bed and all her furniture to fee one of those harpies . The miscreant took the money , £ 9 , and then told the poor fellow to plead guilty , which he did , and was sentenced to transportation . Had Mr . Roberts been sent down earlier these impositions would not have been practised . As it was , Mr . Roberts' exertions in behalf of the prisoners are beyond all praise , and are duly appreciated by the poor oreatures themselves , who are loud in their acknowledgments of his kindness and his indefatigable labour in endeavouring to rescue them from the ' tigers who speculated in their blood .

      The people Bhould remember that the present exertions that are making to prevent , if possible , the transportation of Mr . Ellis and his fellow convicts , are attended with great expense , and that unless funds , aye , and ample fundB , are contributed , that it is more than probable that these exertions will be greatly impeded , if not rendered totally abortive . It is therefore the duty of every person anxious to rescue the innocent from the horrors of a felon ' s Ufa , to contribute speedily , their mite to so noble , so Christian , so humane , and so patriotic an object .

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      MANCHESTER . —Carpenters' Hall On Sunday last , in the afternoon , Mr . William Dixon lectured to a large and attentive audience , who were highly gratified by the observations he made upon the nefarious and diabolical plans now in operation te entrap the unwary , by means of hired spies , who attend our meetings for no other purpose but that of carrying garbled and unconnected reports of the lecturer ' s remarks to their more base employers . He then analysed Lord Abinger'a addreaa to the Grand jury at Liverpool , completely overthrowing all the fallacies brought forward by the Neble Lord , and fully exposing the gross misrepresentations adduced by this once flaming Reformer , as to the motives and objects of the Chartist body . He then made a most feeling appeal to his audience on behalf of the victims , and concluded

      a most powerful address amidst the approbation of the meeting . Several new members were enrolled , and the meeting separated in a peaceable and orderly manner . —In the evening of the same day the above Hall was crowded with a highly respectable audience , to hear a lecture from that tried friend of the people , Mr . James Leach , of Manchester . Shortly after six o ' elock Mr . Leach entered the Hall , and such was the crowded state of the room , that it was with considerable difficulty that he got to the platform ; and when he made his appearance he was received with a tremendous burst of applause . Mr . William Dixon was unanimously called to the cnair , when Mr . Eeach came forward . He was received by repeated rounds of applause ; and when order was restored * , he said , 1 natter myself that there are many here who are glad to

      see me upon this platform —( Loud cries of " We are glad to see you , Leach , "from every part of the room . He ( Mr . Leach ) was as glad to see them as they were to see him . He then stated that since they had last met in that Hall , be had had an opportunity of viaiting one of our courU of law , or more properly Bpeaking , one of our judicial slaughter-houses ; and he could assure them that it required nothing more to insure the conviction of a prisoner than to call him a Chartist . In faot , if any person would read the address of Lord Abinger to the jury , that personage said that the object of the Chartists waB to appropriate other men ' s property to their own use , and the destruction of everything valuable in society . Now , what did this amount to ? Why , just this . The Jury were men of property , and the prisoner at the

      bar a Chartist , and of courae a destructive , and therefore if they wished their property to be secure they must bring the culprit in guilty . Mr . Leach then related to the meeting the language of the Judge to a poor handloom-weaver . The Judge stated that the working men of this country enjoyed more liberty than the working men of any other country , and was it not for their idleness they could be in possession of all the comforts of life . But what is the fact 1 The weaver could earn about five shillings per week , or £ 13 per year , if he had full work . Now , if we contrast ( said Mr . Leach ) the sum received by this fellow with the weaver , we find that he receives from the people £ 5 , 000 per year ; and it would take four hundred weavers to work the whole year round to pay this boated porpoise his wages ! and then he turns round

      and tells the man who only receives the four hundredth part of what he is in the receipt of , that were it not for his idleness , that he might have plenty . Mr . Leach then gave a lucid description of the jury and the witnesses present « n the occasion , and related one iastance Mere the witness swore that the prisoner was addressing a meeting on the 27 th of August , at Manchester , when the fact was that the prisoner was apprehended on the 22 nd , and put into the New Bailey . This was rather too glaring , and the Judge told him that he had heard enough , and the prisoner was acquitted . He then showed in a clear and convincing manner the workings of the present system , and proved that unless the system was destroyed that as a people we would sink lower than we are . In fact , said Mr . Leach , Ireland with all her accumulated evils npon her head ,

      weeping as she does over her numerous wrongs , stands in a prouder position than we do ; Ireland ' s greatest blessing consists in her being an agricultural country . In England the case is very different , we find 500 or 1060 persons depending upon one individual for theii daily bread ; and such is the nature of the system under which we live , that in the morning when we rise some unforseen circumstance may have occurred that puts a stop to the firm in which we are employed . This jcannot be the case in a rural district ; and all the powers of man cannot make England again force her commerce upon the world . We find now that the press is clamouring about the free t-xport of machinery , to enable the foreigners to manufacture for themselves . I have been informed ( said Mr . Leach ) that the League is going to commence a crusade this

      winter , and that they have got a part of their amunition ready . They have got two tons of tracts printed ready for circulation , and that they will raise a fnnd of £ 50 , 000 to agitate the country with , and that they will force a repeal of the Corn Laws next session . Well , let them begin , and be sure that you keep them in the front ranks , don't let them do the mischief , and then slip out of the way , and have you to supper , as them Finnigans , Falneys , and Aclands have done , and you will see what the Tories will do for them . But let them call a public meeting * nd I ( said Mr . Leach ) will be there . Mr . Leach then entered upon the expences of the Government of this country as compared with other nations ; ant ? by way of illustration showed that the police force of Birmingham cost more than the Government of America , thus shewing that in this ' country it

      cost mora for police to keep 150 , 000 persons in bondage , than it took in America to govern 18 , 000 , 000 of a population . Mr . Leach very ably exposed the robberies that are committed upon the people , and that the case of the workiog classes was getting worse every day ; at the present time five-sixths of their labour was not worth a farthing to them . In 1819 , the weaver only produced one peace where he now produces eight pieces , and those pieces of a superior quality , but in 1819 he received more for the one piece than he now gets for the whole of the eight . The question then it who takes the seven pieces that the weaver has produced ? It is the system of class legislation . By the

      late improvement in the spinning department the spinner has to travel thirty-two miles per day and put up a pair of wheels containing 2 , 870 spindles , and for this laborious work be receives sixteen or seventeen shillings per week ; bnt if he had the produce of his labour , in two years he would make a sufficiency to keep him in ease and comfort for the remainder of his life . Mr . Leach entered into a variety of subjects , which he bandied in a masterly and convincing manner . Hia powerful address occupied upwards of two hours in the delivery , and he retired amidst the repeated plaudits of the assembled thousands . After the thanks of the meeting had been given to the Lecturer and Chairman , the meeting separated .

      HUDDERSFIELD . —A meeting of the General Council was held on Saturday last , at the Temperance Hotel , Paddock , when the usual routine of business was gone through , the following resolutions were . unanimously agreed to— " That we highly approve of and affirm the step taken by toe London Chartists in choosing another Executive , until such times , ai the noble patriots whom a bod and tyrannical Government nave taken from us , an * immured in the dungeon ' s gloom , be again at liberty , to fill their honourable duty in tne people ' s cause . " Second—" That we highly approve of , and do recommend to the various agents of the' Star , the plan laid down by Mr . Watson , of Finsbury , for the purpose of raising a fund for the defence of tte Chartiflt leaden . "

      LEICESTER . —The following receipts on behalf of Mr . Cooper's defence fnnd have been received by Mr . Win . Crow , treasurer : —Per Mr . Philips , haberdasher and general dealer , Welford-road , Ss . Ojd . ; per ditto , 3 s . The above , - with £ 1 for the general defence fond , have been eontrxhoied by some of the Leicester hopkeepers . '

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      SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY THE GENERAL DEFENCE FUND COMMITTEE , AT MANCHESTER . £ s . d . A few friends , per T . Cousins ... 0 4 3 A friend to Hargreaves ... ... 0 4 0 A few friends , por Z . Rodgers ... 0 11 0 Chartist painters , second collection / ... 0 11 6 A few friends at Redfern ' s Temperance Hotel ... ... ... ... 0 2 2 A few friends , per John Whifcley ,

      Rieastreet , Hulme ... 0 2 3 Mr . Lee's book .. 065 Miles Platting , per H . Waters ... 0 6 * 0 Geo . Haughton ... .... ... ... 0 10 A friend , per Mr . Swiers ... ... 0 10 Win , Hey wood , per Wm . Grocott ... 0 4 . 0 Wm . Montgomery , per ditto 0 2 6 C . M'Allum , per ditto 0 10 Mr . M'Cralin , per ditto ... . » 0 0 10 From a fc , w ' . friends , per Wm . Grocatt 0 12 4 A few spinners , Great Anooats-street 1 7 6 A few friends at Brown ' B Temperance

      Hotel ... ... ... ... 1 3 0 A few friends , per J . Leach 0 5 0 Mr . Williams / ... 0 0 6 A manager of a factory ... ... 0 10 0 Son to the above .. ... 0 10 A few friends , per J . Leach 0 4 0 A few friends—Failsworth ... ... 0 8 3 Chartist Meohanics ... 0 13 0 Delph and Saddlewortb , per D . Ross ... 0 10 0 Mr . Lonsdale ... 500 G . C 0 10 Mr . Atkinson ... ... 0 10 Thomas Heams ... ... 0 0 3 Richard Haslem ... 0 10

      A few friends at Mr . Lees 0 1 8 £ A few friends to freedom of opinion ... 0 2 6 From Newton , per A . Travis ... ... 0 7 10 A friend ... ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 A few friends , per Mr . Proud 0 9 2 A few friends , per J . Leach ... ... 0 8 6 h Mr . Williams 0 0 6 " Mrs . Lees book 0 5 0 Mrs . White ... ... 0 7 6 A few friends , per Mr . Grooott ... 0 4 11 Alexander M'Whe . afriendto O'C ... 0 10 An engineer 0 0 6 THB PROCEEDS OF TWO SERMONS PREACHED BY HB J . BARROW , AT UNSWOBTH , ON SUNDAY , OCT . 16 TH . £ 8 . d . Collections ... ... ... ... 1 12 6 Deduct expences 0 6 0 Defence Fund ... 1 6 C From the Friends of Rooden Lann ... 0 8 6 A few Friends , per John Webster's ¦ ¦ " . ' ¦ Book ... ... ... ... 0 3 0 Received from Mr . O'Connor to Defend the men at Liverpool ... 50 0 0 Received from Mr . M'Gee , as balance left from Chester ... ... ... 5 0 0

      i . 16 4 11 The Committee return their sincere thanks to their Chartist brethren , and more especially to the friends connected with the Temperanpe Associations for the support they have already received . And they would respectfully urge upon them the necessity of renewed exertions on behalf of the victims to despotic 6 way . There are upwards of sixty who have to take their trials at the next Liverpool assizes , exclusive of numbers in other parts of the country ; and they hope that the fund for their defence by next March will be such as to give the victims that defence which they deserve from the country ; and prove to the Government that the patriots so unjustly persecuted have the sympathy of the people , for whose s&kes they are suffering imprisonment and bonds . We hope this call will not be made in vain . On behalf of the Committee , Wbi . Dixon , Secretary . Manchester , Oct . 18 th , 1842 .

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      GLASGOW . —A general meeting . of the electors of the first Municipal District was held in the Rev . Mr . Duncan ' s ( late Mr . Peden ' s ) Church , Regentstreet , on Monday evening , for the purpose of nominating candidates for the ensuing election of City Councillors , Dr . Smeal in the chair . The six members ior the ward being specially requested to attend , all except one were in attendance , Mr . J . Dunlop . Mr , David Bell , one of the retiring members , and Mr . George Anderson , of Hill-street , who is brought forward as a Chartist , being proposed , were called on to state their views regarding the Suffrage . Mr . Anderson declared he had taken his stand on the fullest possible extent of the Suffrage with those measures of detail necessary to enable the people to exercise that Suffrage with effect . Mr . Bell said he could say amen to all that fell from Mr . Anderson . Both gentlemen were ultimately carried by acclamation ; we have no doubt they will be triumphant at the poll .

      A Public Meeting was held in the Chartist Church , Regent-street , on Monday evening , to hear a report from Mr . George Robs , delegate to the Edinburgh Convention , and to make arrangements for raising funds for the defence of oar incarcerated friends . After Mr . Ross had made bis report , measures were adopted for the raising of funds for the support of our incarcerated and persecuted friends . The United Shoemakers held a meeting on Monday se'nnight , in Fraser ' s Hall , the meeting was addressed for an hour and a half by one of their own number , Mr . Samuel Kidd , with great effeot .

      At the close of the lecture forty-three joined the Glasgow Charter Association , and more than twenty since . Now upwards of sixty of that bod y have received their cards . This augers well . Cop Murray addressed the people of Maryhill on Monday evening , on the necessity of forming a Charter Association ; an amendment was moved in favour of Complete Suffrage . After two hours discussion the motion was carried triumphantly . BRISTOL . —Mr . B . G . Gammage , of Northampton , delivered two lectures in Beau-lane Chapel , Temple-street , on Sunday last .

      CARLISLE . —The Trade * of Carlisle who have come out for the Charter , have forwarded to the Etming Star office , two donations to the Defence Fond ; on the fint occasion £ t wai sent , and on Monday they forwarded X I 53 , The £ , 2 was acknowledged in the Evening Star and no doubt the latter sum wilL SDNDERLAND . —On Sunday afternoon last , Mr Williams delivered a brief address on the Town Moor , and read a considerable portion of the Evening Star , to a good audience . 8 TOCKTON . ON-TEES . —Mr . P . M . Brophy dellvered an excellent address In the Working Men ' s Beading Boom here , on Sunday evening , and again on . Tuesday evening .

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      tfi& ZZ / , s ^ t— ' STOCKPOR-k-KothTS gTcnds to alvancn a <*«»» so much as poreacu ion . Siuca the recent j-. aae ti against the liberty of the people , through the 1 ,,-fiot their tnert fnends and leaders . Numbers have a . cfeed to the standard of Chartism . On Sunday nii ? ht last we had a splendid meeting , at the large Koom , B , liter ' s Brow . Our respected townsman , Mr . Carter , was unaniaipusly called npon to preside ; and , after aspeecb . replete with good sense and sound argument , introduced a youug friend from Manchester , named Turrens , who officiated for Mr . Lane , who was unavoidably absent It was his maiden speech , and truly an tfEcient one it was . He ' exposed in an humourous manner the fallacy of the arguments of the Plagueites , and

      concluded a brief but excellent address by calling upon all present to join the National Charter Association . Mr . Thomas Ciarfc was then callerf upon , who , aff < r reading the letter , which appeared in that day's Evening Star , ofour beloved ehamplon , O'Connor—made a most powerful and aflfectiag appeal on behalf of the incarcerated friends of freedom ; and , in the most sarcastic manner , ridiculed the idea of a man ' s being a C&artist Who pleaded poverty as an txcuse far not payim ; , and yet afford to go to a beer-rhop , and support a set of idle drones , who had ere * been the people ' s worst enemies , and concluded by advising all to abstain from the use of intoxicating drinks , and also to contrioute towards the support of the victims of the heartiess Plaguers , which they did to the amonnt of 9 s . id

      ROCJBDALE . —On Tuesday night , the Rav . W . V . Jackson , from Manchester , lectored in the Theatre . SHEFFIELD . —A public meeting was held in the Fig-tree-lane room , on Wednesday , Uct . 12 . h , to take into consideration the reeont arresrs , and ' the duty of all , Chaktiacs at the present crisis . Mr . Dyson was called to the chair . Mr . Edwin Gill moved the first resolution , " That this meeting views with indignation the recent arrests of the friends of freedom by an irresponible government , the attempt to destroy the constitutional right of Englishmen to meet publicly to discuss their grievances , and the employment of spies , and packed juries for the annihilation of the liberties of the people . " Mr . Wragg seconded the resolution , which was oarried unanimously . Mr .

      Evinson moved the next resolution , " That this meeting , despite of Whig and Tory despotiotn , pleaatttiualf tA . ianewad axartion for the advocacy of the rights of all . as embodied in the People ' s Charter ; and , as well , to support the wives and families of the incarcerated victims , as the best means of convincing the Government of our abhorence and detestation of tyranny and oppression , " which " was carried unanimously . Mr . Car Hedge moved , seconded by Mr . Fearne , " That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Chartists of Manchester , for the sympathy and kindness shewn by them towards the victims , during their incarceration in that town , " which was unanimously carried ; and a collection being made for Mrs . Parkea aud family , the meeting separated .

      On Sunday evening , Mr . Evinson delivered a lecture on the factory system . The meeting was also addressed by Messrs . Gill and Claytou , on Lord Abinger ' s charge to the Jury . The Shoemakers of this town have formed themselves into a Chartist Association , and we hope that other trades will follow their example . Manchester . —Brown-street . — On Wednesday evening a public meeting of the Female Chartists was held to hear a lecture from Mr . John J . Alurray . Chesterfield . —At theweekly meeting of the Char tists in this locality , on Monday evening last , the Secretary handed in 18-i . from E . A . and friends , for the defence of the victims ; 2 s . 6 d . was ordered to be sent along with it to the Star , and 2 s . 9 i . was given to one of our own victims who has lost his empbyment for being a Chartist . The next meeting will be held on Monday night next , at eight o ' clock .

      Honley . —On Sunday evening the Chartisms at Honley met as usual in their room , and after the transaction of local business , an unanimous vote of thanks was passed to the men of London for their noble conduct in electing an Executive pro tern . The Victims . —Messrs . Otley , Harney , Pilling , and Storey were liberated from Kirkdale on Wednesday , -having entered into the requisite sureties .

      To The Imperial Chartists.

      TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS .

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      JOHN CAMPBELL TO THE CHARTIST PUBLIC . Kirkdale Gaol , OeL 18 th , 1842 .

      Brother Democrats , —I am entirely ignorant of how things are going on outside the walls of this prison . I have written once to the Northern Star , and twice to the Evening Star ; whether those letters have appeared or not I cannot tell , inasmuch as I am completely debarred from the use of newspapers . Well , I again address you , to encourage you to go on in the good work of a people ' s liberties . The London Dogberries have refused bail on my behalf , saying that bail must be tendered for me at Kirkdale ; bat as it would cost , at the very least , £ 12 to convey my two bondsmen from London to Kirkdale and back , I am resolved not to permit so much money to be wasted .

      Now mind , I have never said a single word against the Whigs that I nave not said against the Tories ; they are a brace of political robbers , and as all parties say we have killed and buried Wbiggery , onr next aim must be to crush the monster—Toryism . Let your every effort be made to do so . The path before you , as Chartists , is clear , and no time must be lost in adopting a certain line of policy , and a decided line too . What I recommend is this—that in the municipal elections onr whole force should be marshalled , that we will have one candidate ready for each one the Whigs or Tories may have : and that if the Whiga

      say " Here is our candidate—there i 8 yours ; we will put these two into efflce , " then I say , unite with the Whigs to secure the return of an even number of Chartist municipal officers ; and if the Whigs refuse , then have nothing whatever to do with them : if the TorieB agree , then unite with the Tories for the same purpose . But if you cannot make terms with either faction , go to the poll yourselves , and , if possible , get one or more elected as municipal officers ; and where you cannot return one of your owu party , Btand neutral ; have nothing whatever to do in supporting either of the faetiuns .

      Such is my advice , and on such I intend to act , if I am let out on bail before March . And here let me tender my individual thanks to Messrs . Wheeler and Cnffay , o London , who have exerted themselves to procure bail for me ; to Messw . Shaw , Sewell , Bateman , and Cleave , of London ; to Mr . Fright , of Ramsgate ; to Messrs . Spencer and M'Farlaiie , of I ^ i rthampton ; to Mr . Morling , of Brighten ; to Mr . WPherson , of Ipswich ; to Mr . Bell , of Norwich ; and the other gentlemen who have offered to go bail for me . I have written to Sir James Graham , and I have told h'm I am determined to wage war with him and his odious party when I may be at large . Yes , my friends , my every act shall go to damn the cruel and destructive Tories as soon as I am at libtrty . Brethren , look at the conduct of the Tories ; where or when have they ever been anything else except the mostauel , ruthless , and most tyrannical faction that ever liTed ?

      Vp , then , Chartista of Great Britain , and unite more firmly than ever to oppose your oppressors . I know nothing of my worthy coadjutor , the patriot Doctor , or Bairstow , but I do know that immediate steps should be now taken to fill np tae places of those members of the Executive who cannot attend to that office , It is necessary that this should be immdiately done—whenever one man is imprisoned another should be ready to fill his place ; and for the sake of our sacred eauae let me implore of you to adopt tbe recommendations of that Executives , to follow out their suggestion , and to obey them , as the only means by which the National Charter Association can really pnd trnly be made powerful , and a terror to the enemies of the peopie .

      The agitation mutt not drop ^ -it continue—it must go on—it must increase—it must triumph , and the principles of the People ' s Charter become law in spite of every opposition . And although the apostles of freedom may be imprisoned—may be exiled , or suffer death on the scaffold , — in spite of all , the eternal and holy principles of truth and justice must ultimately succeed . Bat if the prison ' s gloom is to be made lightsome to the democrat ' s heart , his name must not be forgotten . This does not at all apply to me , as I have been kiDdly remembered by my friendB ; but the case I have to mention is one that ought not to take place—it is that of John Massey . of Newton Heath , near Manchester , who iB imprisoned on the Bame charge as myself ; but te illustrate the case mere clearly , I insert here a copy of a letter from his wife to him whilst in prison : — "Newton Heath , " Friday , 14 th Oct . 1842 .

      " Dear Husband , —I am weaned with fatigue , for I have all to do for you . I have sent you 4 s . 6 d . ; it is all I have . Your bond is given in to-day . I hope you will soon be at home again . God bless you . " Yours , affectionately , " a . A . Massey . " Here , then , is a man with a family of five children , four cf them under nine years of age ; the wife weaves occasionally when she can , to earn a trifle for herfimily , and ont of this she has to scrape 4 ? . 6 d . and send it to him to assist him . She has not received any assistance from the Newton Heath Chartists . 1 ask , is this Chartism ? Is this justice ? Is this patriotism ? If it be , God preserve me from euch !

      Brethren , I have every reason to hate the Tories . Me and mine have been persecuted by them . Leacb has been nearly deitroyed by them . M'Douall is hunted like a wolf or tiger , and a price set upon his head . What may have beceme of Bairstow , I cannot tell . Brooks of Todmorden , M'Caitney cf Liverpool , Jones of i itto , Ellis of tbe Potteries , Cooper of Leicester , 0 Connor , Hill , OUey , Burney , Doyle , Parkes , Smith , and a host of others , are no < f under the tender mercies of the Tories . WilLyon , the people , forgive them ? will you forget them ? No , no , I am sure you will not ; 1 am sore jou will kindly remember them at the hustings , and very honestly inform tkem that you are sick of their despotism , and you will do yoar best to send them headlong from power .

      To such parties as may have bad the first number of the Penny Democrat , I now promise that , if I can get oat on bail , I will at once bring out the second number , and continue it weekly , and make it what I have before said it shall be , namely , a complete mirror of trades ' unions ; and I shall endeavour to establish it before JJarch , in order that if I am to be consigned to a dungeon for aDy length of time , there may be the means of supporting my family without being a burden on the Cbartist public : and to those gentlemen who forwarded me cash for Evening and Northern Stars . I can assure them that I will forward them the moment I arrive in London . Cards of membership shall again be got ready , and steps taken to give a greater impetus to the movement than ever .

      Why , if the Government will throw impedimenta in the way of my getting out on bail I cannot help it ; but whether in prison , or out , the Tories shall find me a thorn in their sides , and you will find me your brother democrat . John Campbell , P . S . I also return my sincere ttmnka to Mr . Moir .

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      THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE , PRO TEH ., TO THE SUB-SECRETARIES OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Fellow Labourers , —The mockery of justice-Etyled trials , being concluded , we earnestly press upon your attention the following method of ensuring suppert to tbe wives and families of those patriotic men who have fallen victims to their desire to procure such a legislative change in the administration of the laws as should ensure equal rights te all classes of the community . Let every city , town , village , and hamlet in tbe kingdom , immediately fotin a cosnmittee to raise

      subscriptions tor the above hnmane object ; let every trades ' union , benefit society , lodge , or any other body of men united to benefit each other , and promote the welfare of society , have a deputation appointed by the above committees to wait upon them , soliciting their aid ; let a general levy of one penny per member be made upon the whole Cbartist body , to be collected on Sunday and Monday , the 30 th and 31 st of October , and as soon as convenient remitted to the General Treasurer , Feargus O'Connor , at the Evening Star office , or to Mr . Cleave , at 1 , Shoe-lane ; and let every other method be adopted which the peculiar circumstances of each locality may dictate .

      We also request the sub-secretaries of every locality where Chartist prisoners may have resided , to send immediately to the Secretary pro Urn . 243 J , Temple Bar , a correct account of the names of tne victims , stating whether single or married , the number of tbeir families , 4 c , thai steps may immediately be taken to lessen the immense amount ef misery and destitution with which they are now oppressed . Feeling confident that as becomes men , and brother Chartists , you will immediately carry those arrangements into effect , We remain , Your devoted Servants , William Cuffay . John Geirge Dron . James Knicht . Thomas M . Wheeler . Secretary .

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      SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MB . CLEAVE . POLITICAL VICTIM AMD DEFENCE FUND . £ . B . A , Previously acknowledged ... ... 60 15 6 j Friends , Ship Tavern , Long-lane , Bermondsey ... ... ... 1 40 Lambeth Youths ... ... ... 0 10 J . Wells ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Shoemakers , Hackuey ... ... 0 2 0 Mr . Mogford ... ... ... 0 1 0 Mr . Frost ... ... .. ... 0 1 0 A few young Republicans , Marylebone 0 9 4 Mr . Bates and shopmates ... ... 0 2 3 Mr . Clare ... ... ... ... 0 10 A few Friends of "Exclusive Dealing , " silk weavers' looality ... ... 0 10 0 A Friend ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Ladies' Shoemakers , City Trades' Union 0 5 lh Clock House locality ... ... ... 0 9 3

      D . G . ... ... 0 0 6 G . ... ... ... ... ... 0 0 2 An old " nnstamped" ... ... 0 1 0 Wandaworth ... ... ... 0 7 6 A few Type-founders , Fan-street ... 0 8 8 Cbartists , Worcester ... ... ... 0 12 0 Do . Blackburn ... ... ... 2 0 0 Lamberhead Green , near Wigan ... 0 4 0 A rood Chartist , Bruton ... ... 0 2 6 Carriers and Tanners , ( Wilkins ' s ) Bermondsey ... ... ... 0 3 0

      A . C . A . ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 Chartists , Iryine ... ... ... 0 10 0 Chartists , Coventry ... ... ... 1 11 0 Females , do . ... ... ... 0 9 0 Tavistock ... ... ... ... 10 0 Hooley Hill , near Manchester ... 0 10 0 Lambley , Nottinghamshire ... ... 0 4 0 A . B ., Nottingham ... ... ... 0 5 0 Females , Tower Hamlbts , ... ... 0 10 Mrs . Dealtry ... ... ... 0 10 Mrs . Ogden ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Warwick and Leamingtoa ... ... 0 10 6

      £ 74 1 C 10 In Mr . Cleave ' s third list the name " Thos . Bond" was inadvertently substituted by that of " Baldry . "

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      SIR ROBERT PEEL'S BUDGET . Reprinted from the Northern Slar of March \ 9 th

      TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . My Beloved Friends , —Is it not a moat astonishing thing that the task of explaining the all-important part of Sir Robert Peel ' s Budget should be lento me . Yes . the whole pre . 's has been nibbling at what they consider the important portion of the question— the Income Tax . Now , that has little or nothing to do with it . Of that portion , I would merely say that Peel , finding that he could not reduce expenditure with a prospect of support from tbe txpectants , has in so far put the bear ' s own paw into the bear ' s own mouth . He has told them that henceforth they must in part live

      upou their own fat . Peel hus not made any attempt to reduce expenditure to the nation ' s capability of paying ; but , on the contrary , he has undertaken to create a surplus over all requirements of more than half a million ; and , believe me , that for this surplus also there will be thousands of gaping mouths . The press is very angry about the Income Tax , and small blame to them ; but I am delighted with it , and still more so with other portions of bis budget , which I shall presently explain . I am pleased with the-Income Tax , because the mode of assessment , —not cf levy , as the press complains , —carrits the war into the enemy's camp . .. . . ;¦

      But here is tbe important part of Sir Robert Peel ' s Budget : he admits livestock into this country AT A MERE NOMINAL DUTY . £ l for » U OX ; 15 s . for a cow ; and 10 s . for a calf , which , in Parliamentary language , means a young beast . There was a prohibition to this description of stock before , except for breed at an immense high duty . He also admits salt and cured meat at a duty of Id . per lb . Now , this ia the wedge The fact of this will be that cattle , both fat and store , will be sent fiora Holland , Belgium , and parts of France , at one-half of the present price . A Dutchman or a Frenchman can pay the duty and freight , and send cattle into the English market at a cheaper rate than Scotchmen and Englishmen living st a great distance from tbe market , and Irishmen can j and America can send us store provisions for much less than half the present price .

      Now , the result will be that much more land in the adjacent continental countries will betaken out of cultivation , and turned to paBture for feeding cattle for the Englieh end Irish market ; while as corn is the produce moat highly favoured in England , immense tracks of grass land in England , Ireland , and Scotland will be broken up for cultivation . This will reduce the price of home-grown corn much , very much below what aa eight-shillings , or even a four shillings' duty would have kept it at ; and it wiil reduce the price of all kinds of meat , butter , and cheese , beyond what any man can at present possibly imagine . This will draw thousands of operatives from the mill lords , and create a certain competition iu the two labour markets—that of land and steam .

      But now mark the effect . The landed property wiil be tremendously reduced in value , as it ought to be , and the reduced value will be taxed at three per cent , as it ought to be ; but this redaction in the price of produce will increase nearly double the value of funded property , and IT is only to be taxed by the same scale according to its present net amount . Tithes will fdll to one half , and then be taxed to 3 per cent , on the reduced amount , and even the reduced amount the landlords will kick against paying , while both landlords and the little lords , will very , very shortly , array themselves , flist in moral , and then , if required , in physical force array against the fund lords , aijd every man having a fixed income . All tenants wicb leases for lives or terras of years , must be ruined , as the landlords cannot afford , poor fellows (! . ' ; to make reductions which will be required in consequence of Peel ' s measure . ¦

      In fact , if I was asked to frame a bill for tbe complete and entire dissolution of society , as at present constituted , agricultural , manufacturing , commercial , trading , governmental , fiscal , moral , and physical , I Should say I MAKE NOT ONE SINGLE ALTERATION IN the Budget of the Right Hon . Baronet . 16 will sponge the debt—break tbe landlords—pay off the creditors—open manufacturies abroad for the displaced agriculturists , whose places will be better supplied at home , It will make the smokeoeracy of EDgland more observant of demand and supply , because it will take an immense surplus population , by which they now reduce the wages of their hands .

      It will cauee a shindy among tbe parsons t and it will throw every injured or disappointed man into the Chartists ranks . It will do all these things ; while , without the Charter , it will not be worth a pin's point to the working people , and for this simple reason : If general prosperity should be tbe result , that prosperity would be taxed by class legislation for the support of a rising generation of panpera . Bnt what has he done more ? O I glorious—thrice glorious , —he baa had the courage to tax IRISH ABSENTEES ( O ! how tbe devils will scamper home 11 and bo willl when I get the Charter . Now , believe me , this was the prophesied earthquake that wa « to frighten the Irish .

      Now , my friends , bear in mind that while I was in York I told you the Whigs would go mad . Well , they are literally rabid—foaming at the mouth . Again , I told you that Peel would propose a fat more sweeping measure than tbe Whigs proposed , Has be not ? Again , I told yon that Butell would become a Tory * And won't he ? . I should like to know what the Irish brmen will now « ay to Daniel O'Connell about Free Trade . By Jove , we shall have "theDevil among the Tailors . " Beasts already fallen above 10 percent Meat filling every day . A large quantity thrown into the riven , while the people are starving , and only want the Charter to turn it to better account Com falling , chops fallings , and the Chartista rising .

      Bat now , mule my words ; such an agitation never was seen as England and Ireland will present in less than one month from tbe day of tbe date hereof , 16 th Mann , 1842 . : | Toor faithful wrvaot , Tbahgus O'Cosnor .

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      YOL . Y . NO . 258 . SATURDAY , OCTOBER 22 \ M 2 * m * - H -- * aammm ^ PEi ^ r ^ 1 ___ ^ £ _ > v ^* ' Five Shillings per Quarter .

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      AND LEEDS GENERAL ADVERTISER .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 22, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct621/page/1/