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      yLLR-yrOZ ' SBIP—Past IT . ¦ jfe first embark in * good essse on principle—ire hsT 8 leaden , tbat i » , rcenwbobyia . ' eni or honesty are « yg to lake a proml ' jent part—irho understanding the -rnwiple -wfllipeak of it trellj and make their arguments to Yaistovz -weijh'iown all opposing arguments—WE ]^ giawEieD J ^ re c&tnraUy confided In—are BafcnraHy ^ Ttfld on to etan '^ ai for the esase—the management of jjta moTemenV " i 3 entrusted to them ; their advice , their juSncnce is s'jaght on aU occasions . This is all feir , ^ if tbe nj £ n be sincere , they ¦ will keep the eye * of the people constantly fixed cm £ be eanse and make

      ? kemselves . as nothing in comparison j bat if they be sot oncer&—11 they seek to attain a position independent of file cause ; if they seek popularity for the sake cf povarar efpetf ; they will encourage tbe disposition rf jhe people to god ihemj they- « rffliBtoxic&te us with £ stte / y , infatuate us -with blind confidence , . and frenzy u T / itb fsnitirism , till ire let them think for us , act fat in , and do everything for bs , that is , for themselves . » Pjgy ^ ill make themselves as Moloch , to -whom the tsal friends of the caaee -wQI be sacrificed , and at last they \ rill torn on ft" ™ dnperlike Mokanna , and destroy Ka they can no longer deceive . This it is to deify

      $ nt this is not the -worst of it ; where there is one jMB-goa there twD assuredly be more , others -will arise * o SBpntethe palm -with him , and unless , like Aaron's erpent , the great man-god of all can . airallow up Wres ^ the cause wlli be torn piecemeal among them . ^ gtiet the despotism of one , than the jarring factions of xbsbv . 32 b tmB friends of the people , despairing -of success , -5 H either seek to compensate themselves lor the saerigja flisy may hare made , or -will keep aloof , - will _« itaH tiis people become sober , become sensible usb - for should they interfere on behalf of the cause , a ^ BTbe impnted to eavy in them : theyirill be eacricged to appease the jealousy 01 to please the pride of

      tha nas- ^ od ; for a people in tfeat besotted condition , 31 w * Hiten except to the Charmer— -will not look j i jaj ' msn unless , Eke themselves , he be -willing to -v ^^ bs-inee to their manrgodtar their horse-god ; for Tjbiia sman-ged bat a Centaur , half-beast , half-man ? ¦ ffjat « v 2 * ba . ve : aA keen done * y man-worship ? tj Yu msn-vonship that first set np kings . Mao-¦ jnofcip -was the author and cor . tinna . tor of all those grill flat have resulted from kingcraft and priestcraftjrilstiat have defied omnipotence itself , and rendered gad "! trroTidence Tain to man . Man-worship ia the acjtnoa of all * e raffer ; it has tamed the sun to blood _} i ias mafte the " earth a tomb— " that tomb a hell , and hell itself * minkier gloom' "

      Oh , l ^ M > t tK » infernal plague creep into Chartism _ jg t ' uot this all-damning blot infect our holy cause . 21 it ihoBld , Cbartisn -will become a system more aecaned than the accursed system itself ; its -promises inD fade like the bsautifnl colours of ibe rainbow , dissolved in tears , and there iriD be no " hope far nations . I do not say that man-Trceahip has crept into onr canse . I would Iain hope feat tto need raiiear it ^ -1 iarre much faith in the stern self-respect of the Chartists—in that selflersrence -arnica prevents us from reverencing another Improperly . Bui -trhen we consider the magnitude of ihe tvnyTfre cannot be too-watchful . All history Trams bs— philosophy cries » ut beware—nature itself bidi ni ,

      < pk » heed . England once had a Comaioirwealih—was i republic once . The goddess of freedom and Britannia TEte one—she -wore not a crown , but the cap of liberty —pKsdise -was regained . What devil -was it that eaened her at hoodmas'S blind and made her lose It ? Hsavorehip » Cromwell , by the sost subtle arts of Enmls&a and dissimnlaticm—by gagging all mouths fiat spoke the troth—leaving open those only that jiBered him—CremweH got himself godded , ' and the jejjcbEt that had cost so much blood and tears -was meted . Look at France I—how many thousands BSifised their lives for freedom , and -when gained it « i lost again by mszKWDMbip . Jfapoleon - "was tbe iM . Hestraek down freedom -with a dart feathered

      tas ita own wing , as the eagle is shot look at iaenav—liberty -was gained there , and would have lea tot again but for the singular virtue of Washington -vbDxbueQ to be crenmed , and saved his country from ilj ^ f—from the infatoafion tit ids own countrymen . Its , lbs pesple are ^ generally as prsne to worship as &ct god is to worshipped , but how few refuse that * miip . Hosesxefnaed it—directed it to God , but the people Trorthipped a calf . Ko wonder that such a people , a people that could not do without a king , lost fie promised land—lost Canaan , and west into cspti-7 £ t—became a people without a cation , or a nation

      vijhoot a country . The . Apostles Peter and Panlrefjaedit , aEd ^ irectfid it to where alone it is due . These vsrerincerej bntCze 3 ar , when he refused the sown , vu sot sincere ; he saw that the Bomana were not yet degaierste enough to confirm the ^ ift And Crcwn well , too , -who likewise refused the offered crown , fainted 2-wsy with tie effort , orercome by the revulsion of his own feelings . JKspoleon was a worshipper of himself he disdained ibewarsinp cf the people—no meaner fcxnd than his own was Buffered to place tbe crown upon Mi head ; he cro'sned himself emperor , and died an ExDa

      Xhereal man-god is a devil . Alexander the Great was deified sai wiat did he ?—he dew his best friend , cSd Clitns , who had-saved his life—pierced him through -frith a xpesi because he was too honest to flatter him , too true to worship iim as -& < Jod . f ^ rg Cannte was a * to be fooled by fatteren ; but how many kings isnlxien flattered into fierceness ? how m&oy have istaar crowns by it , and the flatterers their lives ? Sssjirae men have ieen sacrificed "by the false , by SaMBonl bravoes who watch the nods , who wait but fjJtinl fxom their god to set off and assainnate 2 sae * hoa tmHi and honesty have Tendered them ob-BSDciis . In Chartism such a species of conduct would

      ttssrSetOarlyimpolMc and cruel—impolitic because it WsMiDJnrethecaase , and cruel because it would injure Smeadrocstes of the cause who deserve eneourage Bestaod need help . The "working man who has worked fig sad night for the « ause—who has travelled winter ana anmer—who has faced persecution , who has frcetei tea—whose poverty alone puts him in tbe POTETflftfce rich oppressors , it is hard for such an one to 1 » broken-hearted or banished by the force of over-^ Mmiait calumny or despotism—driven h&ik into pnTsielife—or out of the country by cabals or intrigues —* jmg even by those whom he had served at great peaanal sacrifices .

      Oa , fljen , if we find any ^ ispoafion in ourselves to BSD-worship , let us check it . If we see any one amongst fc ^ Sf 11 * ° ? * eIf m a god to be worshipped , let him ^ ffite Lucifer , never to rise again . tThtae who bow at fcBJtane win persecute those who do not ; freedom of awghtand independence of action wBl be gone ; the » a win be raised np to put down the good j a lyranny WI hi established , a despotism ; many out of fear or tope witf worship , Irat the people of England are made 5 fmer Bttdf , they xesent every appearance of dict » - « a . come from what quarter it may j theytei # think iB ttmselves , and among them -vaulting ambition ¦*™

      PRdeap itself and fall on the ether side . Daniel ° wna £ n hiniBdf—though he have the prestige of birth SM vam . in his favour , &ough he possesses great Bieae * na" senatorial fame , though he commaad thB g ^ . » aQ be of great bodDy and mental power , though « te the god of poor deluded Ireland—yet were he to *« aa < rtat to England and assume the head of the }« rtist * ause , would find himself regarded iy as bnt a * irotha , not as a master—but as an advocate , not ^^"" s—batas one of ourselves , not as a more pri" ^ w man i he would be as an actor on tlie Charfist * ^—ebief , but not sole . ( To he cemdttded is our nezLJ

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      « WHO IS JTOT Wilit ITS IS A 6 AINST TJS . " j ^ SewHovers had been praised for their superior 7 r " § ' they had become prend of their superior inow-^ f ^ - ^ y iad turned their heads , and they said to ¦ ¦ > Ve are moreintenectual than you I I > an O'Con-^ « ane , Soebuck , and others , all great men , have s& « , * 7 on mnst become learned like us—yon must ^ r ??**' before you wffl be fit for the franchise—J ^^^ iard * and dunces . " These are thePhari-^ Hae warking-clasaes , who having risen into the Tg ^ frftl * = * P ° n their humbler but more fc ^ V ^ threa with scorn and contempt . 2 hey now : ^^ e wah aB reEpectables , ami they regard the g ^ xams , ihs blistered hands , and the fustian

      k B »^ w ! f *~ pilt to ^ blistered hands should ^ « ttt « vlthpahn oil , and that baths should be Tjp ^?* ^ nnwashed in . Se "S , ^^ * & class ^ istincecmB , and these men , &s . ^ 0 ca < 7 <* labour / " for forming a new « 5 e « aI » ^^^ ** & U ^ y tt » w tte apple of ^• K aT ^ ° ^ a &on eof contention t » Betna wrang-^ . j ^*?™^*^ T » ben we ought to be Sghfing the l 6 t »« eaM ^ Se v * *"• made * 8 »* s a breac : b fct ^^ ' * | * iw ie to heal it ? It is jeeorded in ^ atd ^^ f ***** once upon a time the earth St pai ^^ f »» Wegap , whereat the people were i 8 * . ajiBrS ? laeot " ^ ^ saay « " » ken a voice came ^^ anwT ^ *** ^ P *<« Ml close againif one man j ^ , •^ wmmBaf headiHsgiato it . TWiowas tobe tke ^ onsV " ^ ""Sim * te take the fatal leap—at « Ma »^« Curtiuj ofesed himself , leaued in . 056

      ** ooaao ^^* ^^^ *™> X ° *> **** 1 ™* ° liad 5 ke ^ to ^ Bbrea * h ' ?^ he « M ^ Tlmng , for the «» i * j £ | n ^ 4 f w' «» ni&ym € n to make * a aacrilceof ^ flcoeUl ^^ ^ fisdie occasioned th . ^ breach , had ^ aldfce aa ^ l * » iSen it , instead of , \ oheal it np , - ^ ie ^!^ i ?? erTed tiw : &te "» liMi > . innocent as ? t ^»?^^^ Iy « coanterBdto e 35 > iat © the gsdlt s ^ J ** weatr * &st u mw move" paved * b » " » ay ^^ eimf ^ * ioretasm was tbe prec * ' « w « of tv * ' * n * K « i »! J v : ^* Oeeurirrru »* *> .. t . t i _ T __« l i uie nstcu in

      , w - ** COBlrl *^~~ " ~ " « u OUT *«*««» ^ i ^ ^ to heal it np . He S ^ ' ^^ U ^^ i' ^ iat W £ * tt have been ie-« ** m&H I 2 rcrald : haTe de «« atedfroia tte W **^!^ , ^ *? mystery—and would la je ^^ iffi " 2 f onP 2 atOT and head of a seen '¦* ^^ S snSf ^ 116311 ?' 313311 - Se ^ i fe ^ T * P aCo »^^ eamB ^ to our meetings StDtoa ^ S ^ ' ^ d to disunite usTtedi ^ ^^ to l * y b £ ?? m ^ appeared amongstus ^ ^^^ SSbS ? ^ ^ *** ^^^ pttWie a ** open , not like Uieir - *—

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      secret sad concealed . Bnt we could have made them known—we can brand them ; and until tola is doneuntil their guilt is rendered so apparent , is written so clearly on their brows , that aU may mark them , may shun them , and despise them—they win continue to bow dissension amongst us , and draw away our members under some false pretence or other . Why don't those men aasnme their proper colonra ? Why do they appear in ours ? Yillains , always put on the disguise of honesty te betray honest men . Once upon a time , when Scarborough Castle was takes , a band of soldiers put on

      countrymen ' s frocks , and got Admission under that simple guise ; and we all know that policemen put on plain clothes when they act as spies . I long since saw the necessity of separating the sheep from the goats , the com , from the chaff , the true from the false ; and fdr this purpose it was that I brought the subject forward in a sermon on false brethren . I used strong language in that sermon ; for it would not have answered the purpose to use mild and gentle terms . When w « have rats to smoke out -of their holes and corners , or wasps out ot aieir nests , we do not burn perf umea—n « , we burn brimstone . '

      I scarcely knew who were new-movers ; bnt I made them discover themselves , I said they were traitors , aad op started the very men to say , we are not ! I had not named them , bat they appeared . No true Chartist was hurt or offended by my remarks , though the false ones were sore . Conscience pricked themthe galled jades winced ; I was to prove those charges ; no ^ rocfe were necessary ; the new move i tself proved alL We felt the effect and knew the cause . We knew the men—they made themselves known . I wished not to name them—they were unworthy of being named . I should never have taken notice of them but for the sake of the cause . Let no one think for a moment that I have any personal prejudice against these men . Who gave honour where honour was duewho preferred hia brethren in honour more than I had done ?

      Dt Johnson once Bald— " I love a good hater "meaning that such a one is honest We loved these men -while they were true , and hated them as well when they turned false—when they deserted the cause and strove to ruin it . The arch-movers of new movism sit secretly at- home , like spiders at the back of their webs , feeling the strings when a poor fly is caught ; but none save mere buzzards remain—blue bottles—they cannot boast of one honest working-bee taken in their toils . We know all their secret movements from their first publication , which they styled " Chartism . " bnt which ought more properly to have been called "Whigism "—because it echoed the Whig cry that tbe people are

      unfit for tbe franchise . It did not say so broadly—no ; it was too cunning , it was less honest than the Whigs for that ; but the whole tone and tendency of that pamphlet was in accordance with Whig principles—it was an echo , and an echo is fainter than the first voice . What better proof can we desire of this than that the Whig organs praised it , and called on Government to advance public money to further its objects ? Would a Whig Government do thiBf or genuine Chartism?—would it farther our national organization?—no ; but it would further any scheme set on foot to retard or destroy that organization , fTo be continued , )

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      10 THE EDIIOB . O ? THE SORTBEBS STAB . Deab SIB , —Mr . O'Connor is earnestly entreated not to give pain to the Chutists by calling them " hia party . " I am , dear Sir , your * 8 j respectfully , Bafcteraea . Jobs Watkins .

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      TO THE CHABTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Bboxhbes ik thb Cause , —Having been nominated as one of five te examine tbe Executive accounts , &c , I beg most deferentially to decline , as I do not see that the country can come to any further decision on the subject , and any farther time spent on it would be wsstefnl and ridiculous excess . Besides the Executive steward has flatly declared his determination not to deliver up the books until some £ 16 aad odd be paid him as arrears , which he Bays are due from the Chartists to him . Best let this disgraceful matter pass if possible into oblivion , and let us take heed whom we trust is future . 2 remain , Brothers , Tour grieved Friend , J . Watkius .

      P . S . Having been requested to state my opinion on Cooper ' s plan of a new organization , I must beg leave to decline doing so , as I think if the old plan cannot be amended , it would be better to appoint a committee to draw up a new one , sad thus let it be the plan » f the whole body , and sot of an individual—then it would have more weight with it J . W . B&ttersea .

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      MBS . ELLIS TO HER FBIENDS . TO THB KDITOJt 0 ? IBS SOBTHBBH STAB . Sxb , —Having arrived safe back to the place from where my poor husband is by heartless faction banished , will yon . allow toe a place in the columns of the vexl Star , v > publicly thank all those friends who sustained and so generously assisted me during iny journey to take my last farewell of poor Ellis ; particularly to Mr . and Mrs , Lowe , of Wednesbury , tbe benefactors of my dear little girl , and whose kindness tome was unbounded . By doing which , Sir , you will serve and greatly oblige , Tours , truly , Exxa Ellis . Burslem , Jan . 23 , 1843 .

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      THE UNION" CRY . Chartists . * do not unite with the middle classes ; they mean you so good , as may be proved by their actions . Was sot the Member for Edinburgh their mouthpiece , in condemning the Charter as a thing that would not only destroy the upper and middle classes , bat would bring the greatest evils on the head of its advocates . Now , if this be the opinion of these classes —whitfh they have never disowned—what sort of an " nnion"doyon seek ? Are yon gei : g to retrogade ? Are yon going to acknowledge that the principle of

      equality before the law is false ? Are you prepared to join hands with those who have ground down your wages to the starvation point—with the monopolists of capital , and the monopolists of land , who effectually say to theii fellows , by nature— "Thou shalt not work—thou shalt not till the land—thou shalt not get a Jiving , unless thou first acknowledge the land to be mine , by giving me a premium for the privilege of producing thyself a living from that which God bath said was for all ? They , the monopolists , have said * ' No ; and thou- zhalt not have so much as thy foot will cover"l

      Th « n look at the capitalists and the shopocrats . What M" been thfcir conduct towards the producers of all real wealth ? - How did they come by their wealth ? Did they produce it ? I answer for them . They did not produce it ; Etither -could they have gotten it but by fraud and cunning ; by giving a man less than what he earned on one hand , and cheating their customers on the other . Is not the horse-leech a fair specimen of their character , which cries , "Give , give , and has never enough I" O I but , say the advocates of union , "Jhe principle . " That ia the question ! Well , and what principle have they acknowledged ? So they say that yon ought to be equally represented with

      them ? Look to Glasgow and to Leicester , and to their organs , especially to tbe 2 Hofuxm . form . iA , the acknowledged organ of the Sturge party , who pretend to cry out for C 5 J 0 H . Have they not sat in the jury boxes , and imprisoned and transported your brethren ? and by shutting some of -your advocates in damp cells , have they not caused their death ? and by demanding excessive bail , have they not done all they could to shut the months of yeur lecturers ? Have you forgot the Reform Bill , and its " finality V These are a few of the acts of the arrogant and deceitful middle and upper classes . And these are the men whom seme of yoni pretended friends would have you join and give your strength to .

      What J would you shake hands with the murderers of Holberry and Clayton ? Oh , how their spirits would upbraid you with cowardice , for giving np principle for expediency . . It is a by-way that will eventually lead you into gins and snares which are set for you . O no ; let us die like men who have nailed their colours to the mast and will not forsake them I Let us never shake hands with such ' abase unmanly set of vile misrepresentativea 2 To join them is to suppose yourselves to have more cunning than they have . Bo not think to make tools of them , and not expect at the same time they will not do the same to you The proposition is preposterous—it is false , and the devil is tbe propagator of it . Do not suppose , my fellow sufferers , by the monopolising system under which we exist , that it is a

      struggle between man and man . Ton may take higher ground—it is a stnxggle "between Christ and the devilbetwixt Christianity and \ hat anti-Christianity—that man of sin which must be destroyed before tbe millennium can take place . Hasten then the time by union amengyourselves ; by a fixed determination never to forsake the principles of equality ; taking care that those that would lead you must be the servant of all Te are the city that is set on a Mil that cannot be hid . Then follow your master and his apostles ; and how did they beat their adversaries , but by giving no quarter to prejudice sor expediency , and by a straight

      forward and -upright conduct , which floundered their opponents on * every encounter ? Then let us stick to principle , spuming from -as all the baits of the enemyconvincing them of the hopelessness of either diverting or turning oat of its way the voice of public opinion , which shall sweep away tbe rubbish of prejudice , monopoly , avarice , and also the foolishness of legislating forself and not for our neighbours ; and then shall be bronght to pass that delightful period when swords shall be beat into ploughshares and spears into prosing books ; when every man shall sit nnder his vine and fig tree , none making them afraid . " Onward then , and we conquer , backward and we fall ''

      ^ ! i « \ Shall we give np oar leaden ? T * o ; sever ! Remember ^ aBsop and his fable of the wolves and the . ibeep ; when they have got our dogs safely out of the i Tsy , their whelps would soon begin to yelp and howl , ai . xl thta they would torn upon and devour us like siL . V * beep aa we were , tor BUppoang their notes were cbai ^ ed , because tbe balking of oar dogs threatened their detraction . M . Mt'DD .

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      WHO ARE THE ABETTORS OF PHTSICAL FORCE ? TO TH £ £ DII 0 H 07 THB KOBTHSRN STAB . " I have seen , in all histories , the defenders of liberty borne down by calumny , and destroyed by faction . "—Roiespiebbb . Sir , —There is something so extremely absurd in the " higher and middle classes" professing such a righteous indignation against physical force , and so evidently unjust in the calumnies which they have heaped upon the working classes , and the body of CUarUsts , that the necessity for any reply is of itself a severe censure upon those who originated and entertain these slanders , for their statements not only display gross ignorance , but wilful falsehood and malignity ; they have not only attained their present position by , the means for which they profess such a virtuous abhorrence , and have always resorted to them for the purpose of attaining their ends , but by the power which they have thus seized , and the circumstances in which they have placed the people , they are themselves responsible for whatever violence the indnstricms classes have resorted to .

      To account for accusations bo incnslttent , and contrary to juatice , having proved so powerful in destroying those who have identified themselves with the people , and advocated their interests , it will be necessary to examine the circumstances under which they have operated ; and the first feature to be observed Is , that they-are made by those in possession of exclusive political pw * er , that wealth and influence is always associated . ^ Hb such power , which has been used to its utmost eaSSct to keep the people in a state of ignorance , diffusing only such statements and dogmas as are serviceable to themselves ; to effect this they have not only the means of calling into existence stamp duties ; of suppression by positive enactments , and of placing the people in such a situation that it is scarcely

      possible for them to diffuse information , or receive any , except through men and their organs ; but by the wealth which they have amassed through this exclusive power , they have been able to carry out their Inlaence by appealing to the cupidity of men , and holding out the inducements of place and power , to those who would advocate their purposes ; and by deterring others from opposing them with terror , every invention and circumstance , which , if applied to its legitimate purpose , would have been beneficial to mankind , has been thus seized upon ; and Ihe more extensive the oligarry , and especially where it is a property qualification government , the greater are the facilities for seizing upon them a * instruments against the people . We had a melancholy example of this fact in England by the use which has been made of the press , of the monied and legislative classes—it has pandered to their prejudices , falsehood , and injustice ; to ensure profit for themselves , " their paper is their bread , "» nd

      their hope of sharing in some of the wealth which is wrung from the impoverished working classes ; the object of these " guides of the public mind" is not to uproot prejudice , bnt to please ; not to diffuse information , but to make statements according to the wishes of their supporters ; not to oppose injustice , bat to gratify some faction of the oppressors ; not truth , but profit ; and this has been one of the most powerful engines for the propagation of these slanders , and those who have been professedly the most liberal , have effected the greatest injury ; for , by playing a double part , they have been the better able to disguise the poison , and by profesiing to admire and advocate popular liberty , they had gained upon some of those who really wished to see such principles established , and then used the hold which they had thus gained , to destroy every practical effort which has been made to establish these principles , the men v ? bo have devuted their energies to them , and to calumniate the people for whose benefit thes are .

      Having glanced at the means by which toes * slanders have been propagated , we will next enquire into the conduct of those who originate them , and who are at all times so ready to call the working classes and Chartists , ' advocates of " physical force , ' "incendiaries , " "horrid miscreants , " " torch and dagger men , " and then tell ub that "there is so much disgrace attached to the name that It would damn those who are connected with it , '' and that it is " so odious , indeed , that the very name of Chartist was identical with that of murderer /* To discover the character of these men it will not be necessary to go far back into history and show the deeds of blood and violence which they have committed when they had any object to serve , but we will take their recent conduct

      as citizens , and look at their recommendation and practices-whilst agitating for that middle-class "finality " measure , the Reform Bill . These moral force men could then display banners with death ' s head and cross bones , with a drawn dagger , and underneath the motto " Will ye foice us to this ] " They could then issue recommendations to the people to " be ready , for they might be called npon before morning . " They conld speak abont " stopping the supplies , " and make very free use cf the fate of Charles . They could then establish Political Unions , and talk of their hundred and fifty thousands of armed men , and allude to the danger of resisting them ; and their organs exulted over and spread these " moral demonstrations , " which resulted in riotings , burnings , and

      bloodshed at Nottingham and Bristol , general confusion throughout the country , and political poweb fob themselves , which they have used to rivet the fetters more firmly upon the producers of wealth . And -what has been the conduct of these " peaceful , legal , constitutional reformers ? ever since they were in possession of political power ? What course have they pursued in the monopoly-upholding-anti-monopoly agitation ? Recommendations to make the battle cry " bread or blood , " * to " answer with a barricade , " " to appoint a committee of public safety , " " to compel" them by " stopping all their mills upon a given day , " and thus force tbe people to outrage , for , said tbey , " even if it veer e certain 1 hai it ( the Corn Law J could not be yepealed without bloodshed , it by no means / allows that it should be suffered io exist England has some noble Romans who would willingly lay down their livea in such a holy cause . " * And these recommendations were

      supported by some very significant extracts from histories of various revolutions , in which " ladies' heads had been carried aboot tbe streets upon poles , " which would " serve both for a warning and an example , " in which " excisemen were tarred and feathered , " and " calls to send six hundred men who knew how to die were quickly responded to . " This is the conduct of these men who are so shocked with the " physical force Chartists , " who entertain such an horror for anything but " moral means "—who have calumniated the most peaceable , forbearing , and industrious people in the world )—and who have resorted to such means even afler they were possessed of political power , and by their upholding the present system of legislation , were bound by every principle to obey its laws , and deprived of every plea and excuse for sacb conduct . —Who will sot say that these men are entitled to dub themselves " peaceful , legal , and constitutional Reformers . ''

      We have seen what ia the character of tbe accusers , which is more than usually necessary in this ease , as it will ultimately be seen that through their example and influence-as citizens , and conduct as legislators , they ax » themselves responsible for whatever violence the people have committed—which win form the subject of my next letter ; and it is consolatory to find that in proportion as "these leaders" i lose their inftueace , the paopla become more firm and temperate and , opposed as I and those who are sincerely attached to onr principles are to such violence and outrage , and deploring the calamities which attend them ; a knowledge of this cheers us on in our exertions to diffuse intelligence , by which alone we shall carry out our principles by means as praiseworthy as our object ifl glorious . I remain . Sir , Tour's , truly ,

      R . T . MOBBISOA ' . Nottingham , Jan . 23 , 1842 . * Further puticulars of this and other sayings and doings of these " moral force" men may be seen by referring to tile fcading article of toe northern Star , August 28 th , 1642 .

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      THE EXECUTIVE . "Hear all and then let justice hold the scale . "—Otw at . Nothing will have mow grieved every good Chartist , for nothing can have won injured the cause ) , than the proven , the admitted , but the unrepentod and unatoned dereliction of duty and defalcation in the accounts ef the present Execntiva of the National Charter Association . The principal on us rests upon the Secretary and the self-constitnted Treasurer—he being the most responsible officer—but his brethren participate the blame and apparently do not wish to be exempt from it Each will have enough to do to answer for himself wlthont endeavouring to exculpate the other .

      All well-wishers to . the cause must have wished that this burning blot on the fair forehead of Chartism oonld have been privately erased , either by a secret examination and silent discharge of the guilty parties , orby a public , annoancetnent of their innocence ; but this wise course , though attempted to be pursued by the sound Chartists , has been frustrated by the arrogant imbecility , and shameless pertinaoityiof the culprits who ought to have known that to "persist in doing wrong , extenuates not wrong , bat makes it much more heavy . " We have a rule in scripture which says , "if thy brother shall trespass against thee , go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone : if be shall hear

      thee , thou hast gained thy brother . But if he will not hear thee , then take with thee one or two more , that in tbe mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established . And if he shall neglect to bear them tell it unto the church , but if he neglect to bear the church , let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican . '' This rule appliesmoreto private injuries—such tenderness ia not due to public defaulters , and yet this forbearing , thiB Christian cow » a was pursued to the letter in respect of your Executive ; but with what effect ? I am aotty to Bay that instead of producing the desired effect , this leniencey did but encourage their hopes of Impunity , did bat increase their hardened presumption .

      The charges against the Exeoutive were not only charges of omission bub of commission ; of omitting to see that the plan of organisation was carried out or even acted upon by themselves , and of committing peculation or embezzling the funds of the association . None more grievoua or more grave charges could be brought against men in their high and important office , trusted as they were with most serious duties , most solemn responsibilities ; and how have they answered these charges ?—by flippanoy , prevarication , and abuse . " ne ' er beard yet That any of these bolder vices wanted Less impudence to gainsay what they did Than to perform it first . "

      Empty volubility has been opposed to circumstantial charge . They have met crimination by recrimination . No lawyer , no fc&cer could have displayed more ingenuity in shifting the venue . They have not been able to repel a fact , to refute an argument ; but they say their accusation grows by plot ; it proceeds from personal ill-will If they had thought so , surely they would have been more careful and not have given their enemies ( if they have any ) a handle against them—an opportunity to arraign them , an occasion to triumph over them .

      Mr . Hill , as & member of the National Charter Asso ciation , but more especially as a Chartist Councillor , and most especially as a public sensor , to which office be was voted by Universal Suffrage . —Mr , William Hill , the Editor of the Northern Star , the organ of tbe movement—did but hia boundeu duty when he brought those charges before the Chartist public—be did no more than his duty when he sustained them with all his might—had he done lesa he would have deserved expulsion from the press . The only thing to regret is that he did not go more roundly to work . But he waited till every private means bad failed—all requests , all remonstrances , had been answered but with aggravation , with insult added to injury , just as the members of Parliament answer our petitions—then

      and nat till then , did the indignant Ssal of the Censor rise to denounce them—thus proving bis sincere love of the cause—proving himself no lukewarm Chartist . Tbe honour of Chartism was involved ia this affairthe well-being of the causa was invaded by those who indeed were the appointed guardians and conservators of it . Hard it is to have to reproach those whom we have honoured . Hard It is that those whom we honoured should bring disgrace on the cause . But they havt > cast off their former selves and compelled us to cast them . off . What s misfortune it is to be guilty . We may pity them but we most be just Desertion , even

      treason , were as nothing . Deserters and traitors have sometimes this excuse—that they were driven away in despair or in disgust ; but the Exeoutive are men who have been invested with the highest honours ,: who were the best paid—in whom unbounded confidence was placed—they could have no complaint of neglect ox ingratitude—they bad no temptation but their own cupidity—no incitement but overweening self-love—no motive bnt self-Interest . And shall they rely upon impunity ? Shall they be honoured for their breach of duty , their breach of'trust ? Then is Chartism gone —there are no Chartists—no more faith can be put in us .

      The zeal of the Executive previous to their obtaining office had won for them tbe confidence of the peoplethey had been useful members of the Association—each in his proper sphere had done much good—it was thought they were well qualified fot tbe post assigned them . Why should their zeal have slackened since ? Why should they have relaxed the strings of Chartism , which ought always to be kept up to the utmost pitch of principle ? Did they wish to enervate the agitation and prepare the people to connive at their corraption ? Why should all their disinterestedness have fled ? It

      makes one think that they sought office f * r the sake of its sweets . They have acted like lawyers , parsons , and system-mongers . The honour of Chartism conld not be touched in a more tender point than in its financial department . How scrupulous they should have been to have avoided even the suspicion of exaction , extortion , sinister design , or any foul or unfair dealing —so that there should be found no mote in their eyes , no trifling , no temporizing , no tergiversation . Their accounts should always have been ready at every call for publio inspection .

      I was in hopes that this scandalous affair would have been settled long ere this—that the Executive would have acknowledged their transgressions—had they done so , a generous ¦ people would have pardoned them and probably { though not politically ) bave reinstated them in office ; but they rely upon the credulity of their supporters , or upon tbe factious or party spirit of their personal friends , and most impudently , most indecently , reply with abuse to argument , attack others instead of defending themselves , and insolently . attempt to ] turn tbe tables upon their

      accusers . Oh / too much they Bteel men ' s hearts against them J Our moral discipline should be as strict as martial law , and instant renunciation with the deepest denunciation should be awarded to those who not only do wrong , bnt seek to establish wrong as a precedent to be followed . Theirs is no common guilt , —the sins of Whigs and Tories , though red as scarlet , become white as snow in comparison . The peculation ef government is open and avowed—but the peculation of oar Executive adds the crime of hypocrisy to it—their theft is tinged with ingratitude .

      The mal-administration and malconduct of the Executive—their blunders and their crimes—is not the worst—is the least part of the charge against them , They might plead ignorance , incapacity , distresses , or difficulties in their way . But their subsequent defence or de&cieace—the factions advantage which they take of the prejudices they bave raised—of the pity with which they would soften justice and silence principle—these aie the acts which condemn tliem , and for which they deserve punishment more than ever for their previous incompetency and delinquency . They have encouraged a laxity of discipline—bave set an example of it—and now they would shelter themselves under it—now , like the UDJast steward , they find tbe use of those friends which they made while in office by the mammon of

      unrighteousness . For what purpose were these men made an Executive ?—was it not that they , more than all other Chartists , should further the canse by acting honestly , faithfully , and zealously I It we honour them for negligence , covetousness , and dishonesty , will it not look as if we chose them for their unfltness , rather than for their fitness ; or at least that we are batter satisfied with an unfaithful discbarge of their duties , than we should have been with the contrary . We chose them , and do not like to have it proved to us that we have made a bad choice ; but surely it would be more foolish in us obstinately to continue them in office , than to acknowledge that we were deceived in them . Why , upon this principle we should continue our representatives in parliament , after they had misrepresented us , and the Charter would do us no good . Alas ! how

      many Chartists are there who know not , who feel not what real Chartism is . For , can it be believed , we hear of some Chartists a >> far forgetful of themselves and the cause as to attempt feeds ; in " honour" ot the Executive . " Why should honour outlive honesty ?" What encouragement has the / ' trusty sentinel" ( whom we have chosen ) to do bis duty , if be" is to be insulted for doing it—if the criminals are to be rewarded and the officer who brings them to justice to be punished in their stead . Should thto course of conduct be persisted in , it will behove not only every Chartist , bat every raan who takes an interest in truth and justice to rise to put an end to it It will make oar association an association of rogues and vagabonds , and aU who value their own characters , all who value the cause , will leave it , will not join us—will denounce us as the friends of vice and the foes of virtue .

      Nothing now can redeem the cause—can restore Chartism to the respect of the world , unless an example be made of these men . What I in a . canad -which , like ours , has so much prejudice to contend against—has so many watching to find flaws in us—fox oar chief officers to give Bach just occasion of scorn and opprobrium ! a cause the strength of which depends entirely upon its moral power , to be weakened by the immoral and ontrustworthy conduct of its own executive ! If these men are continued in office or re-elected , shall we not show to the country that we bave no sagacious discernment between true and false , or that we prefer the wrong to tbe right ! Who will contribute to theirsnpport ? who will subscribe to the misapplied and misappropriated fusda of the association ? Some may .

      How difficult it is to serve the people in spite of themselves—how painful to incur odium where most praise due—to be made a mark of hatred instead of honour when he who stands tine stands as a mark from

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      which to measure the deviation of the false . Do those who honour the dishonest think that the " poor abuses of the time want countenances . " \ Are they aware of the excuse offered by Belarius who says , " beaten for loyalty , excited me to treason . " Say , tsey bave given their confidence to thimbUj-riggere and been cheateddo they obtain their revenge wheA they renew their confidence and are again cheated—should they not withdraw it and be instructed by the error of their choice ? We might forgive the injury to ourselves ; but not the injury to the cause . jBe not deceived by the apparent sincerity of men . ] Sbakespere gays , speaking of a blunt knave— " This is some fellow , who having been praised for bluntness , doth effect a saucy roughness—he cannot flatter , bet an honest miad and plain , he mast speak truth avid they will take it , bo , if not , he ' s plain . These kind of knaves I know , whieh in this plainness harbour more craft and more corrupter ends than twenty silly ducking observants that stretch their duties nicely . "

      No time , no place , no exigency ? can sanction dishonesty , and the dishonesty of our fuglemen is worst ofall . 1 I bave long been of opinion that the Executive were useless except as lecturers , that as an Executive they have done little but damage the cause . leouldcite many proofs of this ; but the reader Will recollect them . We have many who work for us voluntarily and gratuitously ; but the Executive were not content with tbeir wages and expences and additional gifts ; taxes wrung from necessity to supply superfluities , although many poor men were pinching themselves more cruelly than poverty had pinched them in order to spare something towards the support of the Executive , fondly deeming that in supporting them they were supporting

      the cause . Bat instead of opening new ground , two of them were opening shops , a third required 10 a . a-week extra , in order to bring out the trades ^ Haa he brought them out ? Will he tell us that there was any possibility of his being able to do it ? that this money was not swindled under false pretences ? ; I have visited from three to four trade lodges in a night , where the principles of Chartism had never before been heard , but I did not meet that individual { there . I bave supplied appointments which he bad disappointed with no reward but calumnies , opposed only by a selfapproving conscience . It should be oar endeavour to save tbe people ' s expense , and not to get as much money as possible for doing as little work as possible .

      Bat then the time when these men were denounced —all of them in trouble and one in exile !! Did they not by their injudicious conduct bring the discreet into trouble along with themselves ? Is not embeurtement a crime moat easily , and consequently most frequently committed ; and , therefore , like forgery , moat deserving of punishment ? Did not the flight of one " of them ripen the doubt of their guilt to certainty and cjiuse the rest to be prosecuted ? Can any one be said to be absent who can put in his plea fot himself in the papers ?—can any one be more present than that ? Few ] can appear so well ! Is he bo much to be commlsserated who has escaped tbe bandB of Government by running away , as

      those who are in its clutch by manfully standing their gro » ttd and resolving to suffer martyrdom , if necessary , in defence of their principles , and in defiance of persecution ? Whether is the runagate , or he who flinches not from his post when tbe hand of oppression is stretched forth for victims , » ost deserving of sympathy and support ? 1 b that gentleman to be considered a brave man who wantonly insults another , and , when challenged to fight , declines on the score that he is under bonds to keeps the peace ? Ought he not to have considered this before ? Should not leaders be as tender of the people's blood as of their own , and nob disperse in all directions when the hawks are abroad , leaving the people to Bhift for ( themselves or be shot 1 i

      Let us bave no more of this ; but proceed to an election of new men , and turn over a new leaf . Battersea . John ! Watkins .

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      Lord Cophtemat , tbe eldest son of { the Earl of Devon , will , it is reported , more the address in , the House of Commons . j Thb Poor ' s bates in Sunderland are now seventeen shillings in the pound on the rental ! This act was communicated in a letter , the other day , by a commercial traveller , to a manufacturing firm in this town — 'Leicester Chronicle . A PBAmcAi . Jest . —A . man aamed Moore , who

      deals in young trees , shrubs , Beedlings , and other juvenile vegetables , near Garlow , wa * knocked up lately , at an unseasonable hoar , by a pereon travelling on a jaunting car , who demanded iff he did not keep " a nursery ! " "Yes , " said be . •* Well , then , here's something in your link " Before he could open the door , b > j customer had gone off at a slinging trot , and left a nice little child at the threshold . It , of course , has been set among the olive < plants . j

      An Ereob in Practice . —The physician in attendance upon the sick poor , in the Limerick workhouse , lately prescribed for an old man , that he should be blooded , and his head shaved . The apothecary , mistaking the person , operated upon another old man , aad both the parties died !

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      Weich Collieries . —We much regret that the cessation from colliery labour still continues in this coaaty , and that turn-outs have set all law at defiance by forcibly turning out industrious men m some of the works in Glamorganshire . Strong measures are on foot to prevent a repetition of such outrages . — Monmouthshire Merlin-Joshua Jacob , the leader of the extraordinary sect denominated White Quakers , has been arxestedand is now in custody in Dublin . He is charged with having fraudulently obtained the sum oi £ 9 , 000 from one of his female converts .

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      HUDDEBSFIELD CLOTH MaRKET , TuKSDAT , JaN . 24 . —The business transactions of this day were very light ; an improvemen upon the last cannot be quoted in any one department . Most of the frequenters of the market appear amazed at the inaotive stato m whioh trade remains at present , with every probability of its Continuance . London Corn Exchange , Monday , Januart 23 —The arrivals of the past week have b ^ g rather liberal of English Wheat , but somewhafc scanty of other kinds of grain , especially of Irish Oats . In to-day ' s market the stands , arising from the increased fresh receipts from Essex , Kent , and Suffolk , were tolerably well , but not to say heavily , tilled with samples of wheat of home growth . Notwithstanding the attendance of both London and country buyers was fair , we have again to report a

      very heavy inquiry for that article , and the prices suffered no abatement , from those noted on Monday last , of from U . to 2 s . per quarter , while several parcels wore left over for Wednesday . No Foreign Wheat has come to hand since our last , yet , scarcely any transactions took place in it . However , the prices may be called quite Is . per quarter iower . The show of Barley was comparatively small . Good malting parcels maintained their previous value , bnt grinding and distilling sorts were Is . per quarter lower . We had very little doing in any kind of Malt , yet the quotations remained about stationary . Although the supply of Oats was limited , the iuquiry for them was inactive , at late rates . Beans moved off slowly , while Peas were the turn lower . The Flour trade was again dull , and ship marks were cheaper .

      London Smithfield Market , MofnoAr , Jan . 21 . —Notwithstanding the supply of beasts on offer here this morning was comparatively , limited , we have to report-a very sluggish inquiry for Beef , owing chiefly to the immense quantity of countryslaughtered meat in the dead markets . However , the primost Scots , Devon ? , runts , Herefords , &c , sold at prices about equal to those obtained on this day se ' unight , or from 4 s to ia 4 d per 8 ! bs , but the value of the middling and inferior descriptions , which formed tbe bulk of the receipts , was with difficulty supported . As to Sheep , these were in fair average arrivals , and somewhat better ia quality , though numbers of them were extremely lame , than for some time past . Prime old Downs being rather scarce maintained previous currencies .

      but those of the long wools and half-ends had a downward tendency , and a clearance of such was not effected . We had very few Calves on the market , and they sold freely at Friday ' s advanced rates . Prime small Porkers west off steadily ; other kinds of pigs slowly at our quotations . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambridgeshire , we received about 800 Scots and homebreds ; from our northern grazing districts , 450 short horns , runts , and Devone ; from the western and midland counties , 350 of various breeds ; from other parts of England 150 Scots , runts , cows , Devons , &o . ; and from Scotland , by sea , 70 horned and polled Scots . The imports of foreign stocks siuoe our last have been very scanty , and we had only four Spanish beasts here to-day , in miserable condition .

      Borough Hop Market . —We have had a very steady demand for moat kinds of Hops since this day ee ' nnight , and ia some instance , a further advance of from Is to 2 s per cwt . has been obtained for the best parcels . The ' supplies on offer are far from ex * tensive . East Kent , in pockets , £ 5 10 s to £ 6 15 s ; ditto in bags , £ 5 to j £ 6 ; Mid Kents , in pockets , £ 5 8 s to £ . 6 12 s ; ditto , in bags , £ 5 10 s to £ 5 15 s ; Sussex , £ 4 10 s to £ 5 18 s ; Farahams , £ 9 to £ 11 ; Old Hops , £ 3 5 s to £ 4 Us .

      Potato Markets . —For the best samples of Potatoes we have a better demand , but without any advance in price . Inferior and out-of-condition sorts are mending . The arrivals have been fair for the season , and the following are the present rates : — York reds , 553 to 60 s per ton ; Scotch ditto , 453 to 50 s ; Devona , 46 s to 50 s ; Kentaud Eases whites 40 a to —s ; Wisbeaohy 40 s to 453 ; -Jersey and Guernsey blues , 40 a to 44 s ; Yorkshire Prince Regents , 40 s to —9 . Wool Markets . —The beat qualities of Colonial and Foreign Wools , are selling somewhat freely ; bat , in other kinds , as well as all descriptions of British , very little is doing . Tbe imports during the past week have been about 1 , 000 packages ; 770 being from Odessa- ; 18 from Mogadore ; 429 from Kertoh , and 10 from Naples . Our stocks are not large .

      Tallow . —There is little new information to give our friends relative to this market . The deliveries are good when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year , but the price is heavy , because the holders are generally anxious to realise The price at Si . Petersbtirgh for new Tallow is firmer , and but few sellers , yet Tallow has been sold at 45 * . 6 d . for the last three months . Town Tallow 47 s . ( id . net cash .

      Liverpool Cotton Market , Monday , Jan . 23 . — The sales to day are about 3 , 500 bags . The market is very dull and flat , but there is no further change to notice in prices since the closa of the week . Exporters have taken 500 bags American . On Saturday the sales were 3 , 000 bag ? . Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Jan . 23 . — We have had about the same supply of cattle at market to-day as last week , with no variation in prices . Beef 5 £ d . to 6 d . Mutton 5 d . to 6 d . Number of Cattle at market : —Beasts 1 , 006 , Sheep 3 , 458 .

      Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , Jan . 23 . — The imports of British Grain , Flour and Oatmeal , for the past week , are of Small amount , and the only arrival from abroad is that of 265 barrels of Fiour from the United States . During the eame period we have experienced very little country demand ; tbe town ' s millers and dealers also have have bought sparingly ; holders , however , have not pressed , and the sales effected in any article of the trade have been at the prices quoted in our last report . A little fine Irish new red Wheat has sold at 7 a . per 701 bs . Choice mealing Oats have brought 2 s . id ., and one or two small parcels of good Welsh 1 \ . 2 ^ d . per 45 ibs , 25 s . 6 d . to 28 s . per barrel are the rates for United States and Canadian Flour ; 21 s . 6 d . to 21 s . 9 d . per 2401 bs . those for Oatmeal . English malting Barley , under scarcity , bears a full value ; 34 s . per quarter has been paid for Chevalier . No change as regards Beans or Peas .

      Rochdale Flannel Market , Monday , Jan . 23 . —To-day we had an unusually dull market ; very few buyers were present , and the business transacted was very limited . - The merchants off , red less money for flannels , but the manufacturers very generally refused to sell at reluced prices . The Wool Market has been still worse ; few sales have been effected at any price . Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Jan . 21 . — The trade has assumed a very languid character , and the transactions daring the week have been on the most limited scale in all articles , contrary to the expectations which might be formed from the

      narrow compass to which the stocks are reduced in first hands , as also in these of the dealers . The imports at Liverpool and Runcorn are light , 8 , 439 loads of Oatmeal from Ireland forming the chief article ; whilst our supplies of British prodnce elsewhere are such as to cause no accumulation of stock even with a demand by no means active . There was a slender attendance of buyers at our market this morning ; and , although the advance noticed on this day ee ' nnight was not supported , we do not reduce our quotations , but repeat them nominally , as the amount of business clone was only to a vexy moderate extent .

      Richmond Corn Market , Saturday , Jah . 21 . — We had a fair supply of Grain in one market , to-day , which only had a dull sale . Wheat sold from 5 s 3 d to 6 s 6 d . Oats 2 g to 2 s 8 s . Barley 3 s 6 d to 3 s 9 d . Beans 4 s to 4 s 4 d per bushel . State of Trade in Babhsley . —This town presents the most om . nous forebodings of a return of the horrid suffering of last year . The fanoy Drill season draws to a close and as the workmen finish their work are m most instances turned off . And what makes tho general appearance worse , is , that the other br inches of weaving are in a complete state of ruin having never recovered from the depression of last year . .

      Yokk Corn Market , Saturday , Jan . 21 . —We have'hot much Wheat offering to-day , but are well supplied ! with Oats and Barley . Wheat is out of condition , and 1 b to 2 a perojr , lower . Barley is in very great demand ; and having a fresh buyer or two in the market , high prices are paid . Oats ara dull , and tbe turn , lower . Newcastle Corn Market , Saturday , Jan . 2 LWe had only a moderate supply of Wheat at market this morning from theTconntry 5 and the arrivals from the coast are very trifling , nevertheleiiB the . 4 r » ite ruled dull , and all descriptions must be notej ^ ItdWy Is . per qr . lower . Foreign Wheat is heWwi&i firmness , but the business transacted wa ^ ' y& ^ M iugly limited . In Bye there is little dowi : H < Tfle . arrivals Of Barlev this WEek ar « rwv lififcti&httMir

      maltsters being mostly hare of stock , tb « radejs ffrai at an advance of Is . per qr . on all desewfptipns . For Beans and Peas there is no inqair ^ fi ^ iijsalfc is the turn dearer . The show of Oats to- ^ y ^? as large , , and they met a heavy sale at rattier nrfdeV the rattia'f of last week . Flour , although in liaiiteaUppply 13 jj ^ dull sale at Is . per sack decline . x ^ • . . !_ . > ** " ^ ML-

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      TO TBE EDITOR 07 TEE NORTHERS STAR . Sib , —Will yon be bad enough to give publicity to the following feet : — A few mornings since , a * I was proceeding to my employ , I saw » poor unfortunate girl carrying on her back the implements used for cleansing chimneys . I h&ve not the least donbt that the child had been made to ascend a chimney , aa aha had a scraper and brash ; likewiBe a man was with her , carrying the Boot bag , alone . Evidently do machine had been used , and thus a human being is made the tool for a mercenary wretch to evade the law , providing the act especially refers to boys , which I believe it does . What a sight to behold ; one of that Bex whom men are more particularly taught to Donrish and protect , on a cold winter ' s morning , employed is tbe most degrading of all callings that

      exist in this country , hounded on by an unfeeling JDouster , ( for she did not walk fast eaoogh . ) with tears trickling down her sooty and begrimed face , and her appearance altogether denoting the most intense bodily suffering . Such a sight as this , Sir , would have made any man blank , who was possessed of the least remnant ot humanity , and in a town too , where is located a splendid castle , with its royal drones , aa jumateB , where all the mummeries of a court are being daily enacted , and in a land that granted twenty millions of poundB for the emancipation of slaves abroad , and that has for its chief magistrate one of the same sex aa the unfortunate being oa behalf of whom I write . I would tbe child could approach the throne and articulate to tbe Queen—sister release me from my sufferine .

      If , Sir , the attention of the legislature is called , through the means of the Star , to the subject , it will be gratifying to me to know that that invaluable organ of the people has been once more the means of render * ing a service to my suffering fallow creatures . Hoping speedily to see all true friends of tbe people united for the purpose of obtaining a full measure of juatice , I remain ,

      An uncompromising advocate of the Six Points of the People - s ebe&ter , William Matthews , 42 , Peaseod-street , Windsor , Jan . 22 , 1843 .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . BROTHER Chartists , — You have read in the Star of the 14 th of January an artiele on the land , which is much deserving your attention . " The laud we live in" is often given as a toast , but like many other toasts , very improperly ; it should be the land we starve In , or the land we ought to live in ; but , in fact , the land we most live on . . Many political events have taken place , which , if properly noticed , and well understood , would give you a good idea of the great necessity of some immediate alteration in the landed system of Great Britain , without which It will soon cease to be a respected nation . I will point out to you an example , one which I am well

      acquainted with , one that will show you that the land is tbe only solid foundation for tbe happiness and strength of a country ; net the land as it is at present occupied ; not in usefal cultivation , guarded by keepers , v ? ho are nightly coming In contact with unfortunate men , who consider that they have us much right to take a wild animal as any one else ; and perhaps they consider tbat no nan has a right , either by divine or human I&wb , to hold bo much land , to the great injury and starvation of thousands . I speafe now of those most obnoxious and inhuman laws , the Game Laws , which with other abominable aad { worse than fiendish laws , are daily and even bonrly brutalizing the once noble people of England . We will now suppose that a revolution should take place in this

      country ( which God forbid !) supplies would be immediately withheld from the markets . No man , except the farmers , has any stock to fail back upon . The farmers in England are very few : where there is one farmer now , there were fifty in former times . I am writing this npon a farm of six hundred acres ; there is only one family on it , and not twenty workmen ; it cannot be well cultivated . I can , I am sure , prove tbat it would support fifty or sixty families , and the produce of the said families would be able to sell at the end of the year would be much more ] than tbe present farmer produces . I merely mention these things to show the great necessity of a better system , and to give you a subject for discussion ; and T a < ivise you to discuss it , and inquire well into the matter .

      Now , suppose a revolution to take place—all trade Would cease—tbe farmers would be plundered , they being the only people that would have anything to eat in their possession—the millions of starving people dying wonlrt cause a pestilence , which always follows war and famine—the great and rich landlord would , with all bis wealth , starve , die , and rot perhaps on his own dunghill . This is a true picture of what England would be in the event of a civil war . God forbid it should take place . Now , suppose fonr fifths of the people were in possession of land , from half an acre to one hundred , and suppose a revolution took place , tbe four-fifths would have more to spare than tbe 1 one-fifth would require for a long time , and supposing the war to laat gome time , the land would still be in

      cultivation , except in the immediate seat of the war , and as the seat of war is continually shifting , there would be little fear of starving , Now for the example . You all know , or ought to know , tbat there has been , with short intervals , a civil or foreign war in Spain for the last thirty-five or six years . The war called the Peninsular war lasted upwards of seven yearn , and ended in 1814 ; since which there has been almost a continued civil war , —witness the late affair in Barcelona , which has been crushed for the moment by despete ; but is not dead , it is only ! the beginning of an end . You will find that after all these

      wars , and they have been dreadful and desperate , Spain is in a healthy , happy state . The country ia full of everything that is good . There are no poor laws , no people dying of starvation . The land is in the bands of at least three-fourths of the { people . Just consider snch a war taking place in England as tbat between Don Carlos and his niece , what ! would become of the people of England , the millions who have neither house nor land ? When would they be again in a position to demand their rights ? Not in one hundred years . Look at the Spaniards ; they with all their civil wars are still as able and as determined , or more ao , than ever to bave their rights .

      The despotic Times speaks 10 tbe most insolent and brutal manner , respecting the monnment to the Scottish martyrs , bat not so when speaking of the great martyrmaker , the Duke of Wellington , and tbe monument to be erected to his memory , for bis great feats in the Peninsula , Waterloo , Sea ., io . Perhaps the Times are not aware , or they will not own it , that the Sake of ] Wellington would never have driven the French from Spain without the aid of the Spanish people . It was the brave Guerillas tbat drove the French from Spain ; they would have driven Wellington and his army in the same way , had they wished to do so ; but they < were ' told they would have a liberal Government , but ; were grossly deceived . The continued civil wars will show how they felt that deception . The people can do every thing if united . 1 The readers of the War may gain some knowledge by reading tbe proceedings and operations of the Guerillas in Spain during the Peninsular wars .

      In my next I will tell them what the Spanish people did for the hero of Waterloo , and bow they did it . ] A Political Marttjr .

      Market Intelligence.

      MARKET INTELLIGENCE .

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      ______ THE NORTHERN STAR . \ 7

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 28, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct635/page/7/