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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY. NOVEMBER SO, 1S44.
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      PARTIES AXD POLITICS IN SWITEERLA . NT ) . { XHIBD ARTIC 1 X . ) STTISS CONFEDERATION . Geneva , Nov . 1 , lSi 4 _ \ TTiitrvtr snperb disdain the high barons of the I ! -uropea ± i monarchical press may effect for r > ur little Sivitirrlaiid , it is -well inown that their attention is not the less ixtrd upon her , in order to seize upon the defects

      and Ttiaiions consequences that her democratic regime aa ; offer . Thus , let us remark in what manner , on the news of the least conflict between the cantons , so we do tk > : * av ai ihe least commotion , they quickly take up their pen and asrritoe the event to the vices of the republican ] iTssm . They do not consider that struggles more grave take liao-, and frequently enough , in provinces or in tc-ivrrs jdvj-uikn : upon absolutism , and thai if anarchy a-ri isiv bi-rrors 01 rivil war do not stain the soil with

      iiXDian blot-i it is soleiv otring to tie existence ol a penmnvnt 2 n : ' . i . and lo ihe display of considerable force * at tlit- leas : r- . idrnce of commotion , whether provincial or local . Thry forget especially , these detractors of our deiaoeratie inrtiiuaoas , that . Russia , Austria , Italy , Prussia , England , anil eTen Prance herself , would be in a continual state of internal war if the bayonets of the soldiery , composed as it i > of the ignorant and brutal , 3 id not coroe to the aid of the Government * against t Vediscontenied populations . Even the foreign Pemocratic press manifest some tendency to render our federal organization responsible for oirr intestine quarrels .

      It was with the greatest surprise that we read in a journal , Lt C&iS € w de Lyon , for whom otherwise we profess much esteem , these singular words— - Set- what passes la Switzerland , where federalism is in full vigour ; has that country made the least advancement for many long jears ? It uses it ? strength in narrow strifes ; it has no serious influence vrithont—it cannot have any . and , not-^ i-i ^ tandins its republican institutions , Jesuitism agitates it and hc ! ds ~ i : in check . " Assured by it will not be difficult lo -gro ^ e to the Centeur that Switzerland has for the last ifeeen jear ^ made a progress , yet desired and hoped for ia Trake * tliai = he lias not ceased to march onward , ¦ whi lst other countries , at first regenerated as she was ,

      iave done nothing , and snU do nothing but retrogade Iand , as to the little influence that she exercises without , if e invent observe that when a monarchy of S 5 millions of , soxpa is . according to the assertions of the opposition . tietnselves . but a feeble weight in the great European OTirjtions . we need not be astonished that it is thus with a coun ' ry of two millions of inhabitants But let as limit ourselves now , by objecting to the xa-jnque of the Ccnsear rfaat France is- also agitated and held in check by the Jesuits—and to such an extent that eminent writers and oratvrs-do sot disdain to combat them . Y .- ~ ea the Ccnmir ^ himself , in each of his numbers , "breaks a lance against them .

      - Irideed , to vduu end does Jesuiasm aim in France , if it is not the saiae "that it ias attained in Lucerne—the monopoly of instruction I There is then no difference in iiis double strugg le : andilisnot certain , if-we "believe In nnmercius symwoms , ihai in Trance , as a ; Lucerne , the ^ ror .. . a-jisiiot deihiiiivc } v remain ^ with th * nlira-monuiin

      parrr . . Jt iias been oar wi-h , in examining the conduct ot tie foreign press with ricard to our republic ? , to re-establish

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      reasonable to attribute to our govennental forms the grievous events of which our country may sometimes be the theatre . Nevertheless we yet insist but the more strongly on the necessity there is of not representing , as some of our cantonal papers do , Switzerland divided and subdivided into innumerable parties , always ready to devour each other . "We ¦ will particularly continue to repel the error -which is committed by those who do not re-attach themselves to that only greatparty ., which , in our opinion , is composed of democratic-Conservatives—that is to say , of all the citieens attached to the truly radical institutions which we possess , and beyond which there will be but confusion , servitude , and ruin . EiiATUK . —The asterisk , in the previous article , referred to the word Peoixtatrx , not Protcctaire , as misprinted ^— " a man without property . " '

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      SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR FOB FATHEB MATTHEW . £ S . d . Mr . "W . Holbeck , Leeds . . . . 0 0 6 ICXCO 3 IBI TL 6 T 1 MOX 1 AL . Edward Late , Sution-streei . . . 0 5 0 FOB EXECUTIVE . A few Chartists , East Ward , Leeds . . 0 5 0 Holbeck locality 0 4 6 From the Seven Stars locality , Nottingham , per Janies Swert . . . . . 0 7 6 VICTIMS , From the Seven Stars locality , Nottingham , per James Sweet 0 2 b

      The Northern Star Saturday. November So, 1s44.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY . NOVEMBER SO , 1 S 44 .

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      TO OUR FRIENDS . !>¦ a " bran , spanking new dress" we present ourselves to our friends on this our introduction to the Metropolis , after serving a full apprenticeship in the provinces under circumstances that have given us no little insight into the " art and mystery " of newspaper making : and we trust that our uew appearance , whether in loeaU or form , will not be displeasing to those who have long known us in our " other" garb , nor distasteful to those who for the first time may venture to " take a peep , " even if the determination to do so arises from a strong eu-Hositv to see one who has already made " some

      noise" in his day and generation , Though far from deeming any apology neecssiry , either for matter or for appearance , yet we must say that it was utterly impossible for us , in the first week , to make the paper at ! that we desire it to be . Removals of steam-engines , printing-machine * , types and presses ; travelling by day and by night ; coming into new offices , vrith nvvr * hands , ' getting new material into working order ; '" setting" the paper up in one place , and " printing" it

      in another—tour "own" machine being on its way from Leeds to London ); all these things are not the very best in the world to engage the attention , of an'Editor , nor calculated to aid him in his pecu ] iar duties . These things we have to engage in and be engaged ¦ with : and when we are rid of the trouble , and turmoil , and bustle ; and when we become fairly seated in our new saddle ; fairly > ettled-in , and assimilated to , our new position , we shall endeavour to "carry-out" many notions that we have of what a newspaper ought to 1 *\ and which , we trust , soon to see the Star become , even years ago we were engaged in bringing on * the first number of the " Journal for the Working Classes . " Though then full of hope and animated by a sincere wish to do all that the powers within us were capable of , we had no idea of the importance and responsibility that soon attached to the conductors of the first sucrwful Democratic newspaper : an importance arising from the fact that the Sttir soon became the " leading" provincial "Journal of the Empire ; " and a nsi -onstbiliti arising from its becoming the recognised organ ami teacher of the toiling millions . When looking back on those times , and when calling to mind tht manv difficulties that hare had to be contender

      with ; the " envy , hatred , and all uncharitablcness " of those who had not sueeeeded ; the schemes and devices of the enemy to " get rid" of one who was constantly digging in tyranny ' s flank ; the effoils of Government to " put down" what , by such efforts , was proclaimed to be a formidable opponent : when passing all these things in hasty review before the mind's eye our past career becomes matter of wonder and surprise , even to ourselves , and we feel grateful that we have been blessed with an amount of energy and an elasticity of mind that has enabled us to meet every " emergency , surmount every difficulty , and place Labour ' s onran at an advantage in everv encounter .

      » ith the experience thus gained , ' we made our ¦ ' l-uf in a new and more extended sphere . It is not with- : out confidence that we so appear ; a confidence j arising from the eminent success of our former j labours in the democratic cause . It shall be our business to show that that confidence is not without foundation . t is almost needless to say , that though in dress we j are different , and though our locale is changed , yet in heart and head we remain the -same . In Lou- j don , as in Leeds , the yorthmi Sf . tr shall ever be

      ready to do battle in the cause of the oppressed . : At our hands the "" oppressor of the poor , "—whether he be landlord or capitalist : foreman or factory master ; overseer or overlooker ; " guardian " or grinder ; prayerful or prayerless , —sludl receive no quarter . For the traflicking politician , the apostatising renegade , the unjust judge , the partial magistrate , the over-reaching landlord , the " screwing " employer , and the hard-hearted task-master , we have a " whip of scorpions , " which shall be

      unceasingly and vigorously applied . In us , neither straggling humanity nor helpless innocence shall ever want an advocate . Knowing the people ; : being of the people , labouring for the people , we know what the people want : and their claims shall never lack enforcement while the hand that now writes can hold a pen or the tongue can wag . In entering on our new lease of existence as a ouurnausi t

      | , we nrow ourselves xflus entnviy and unreservedly on the people . Tiity have given us power to be of use in our old position : it is thet who can make us be felt and feared now . Labour ' s organ with the labourers at its back can organize Labour against the organization of Capital : Labour ' s organ without the people would be a scoff and a scorn . The people we hate : the organization « v wiU havt ; for out of it only can the " Emancipation or Lvdisibt" come . To that end shall t > ur

      efforts be constantly directed ; to that end shall we as constantly endeavour to direct the efforts of others , "With a heart full of hope—with aspirations as pure and as holy as ever animated the breast of a conductor of the press— -with determination never yet unworthily subdued—and with every confidence in the suetess of the cause of UxivEHb-U . Froi-ressiox , we commence anew our career . May it be

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      POLK—PRESIDENT OF AMERICA . } GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF CHARTISM . VWMH ^ Mi I While out sympathising cotemporaries are busy in denouncing grievances upon which they live and fatten , and would not therefore mitigate or correct , we turn with no ordinary gratification to the consideration of the greatest triumph the popular voice has achieved for the last century . Of course we refer to the ail-but certain election of President Mr . James Polk—a king with Christian and surnainf ; and all will join in his triumph over the

      Tory tool , Mr . Kite Clat . Just at this moment , when the monarchs of Europe had fondly nattered themselves with a prospect that the principle of centralization had been established , and the details for its enforcement ratified and agreed to—after a sufficient amount of Royal visits , fulsome exchange of Royal compliments , and exchange of Royal presents made at the expense of their starving people—the Tory press , ever ready to offer a paying and harmless defence in behalf of the ' rights of Labour , " and as harmless an opposition to the aggressions of Capital , is horrified , and stands aghast , at the news ' o : this , the greatest of Labour's triumphs .

      "We have given a copious report of the proceedings which preceded the struggle , as well as of the tricks re - sorted to by the monopolists to secure the election of their paper-money nominee . It is not wonderful , because it is characteristic of Toryism , that the crest-fallen faction should seek consolation after defeat in the hope that thet recent struggle in America may bring the principle * o democracy into odium , contempt , and distrust . If , l ; ow

      ever , there is not to be one law for the rich and another for the poor—one practice for the enfranchised wealthy and another for the enfranchised pauper—we have but to direct attention , not to cows with long horns afar off but to our own domestic golden-headed calves , whose value at a contested election is estimated b ^ the amount of treachery , bribery , and corruption , —not stopping a perjury , of which they can boast .

      The great value of the American triumph will be found in the fact that the superior wealth of Pole ' s opponents ' was not able to purchase the sweet voices of his pauper supporters : a fact to which » i- opine the Tune ; attach the most significant iniportjMuv . It- « i the day may arrive ¦ vhen thf popular \ ok-e of Hugland will be fmiml virtuous jCihI > tronir t-nt > u ^ h to resist t ; - .. jijire' - ' -oi ' s } . ' ol"l . As it is a truth' : ¦ . ' >; to be d < nit > 1 , ; l . ; it in our jin-M-nt rotnplicatcd i -uiniiirrrial ( eojmnU mir : i :- > filuiii . > ij * Init -land u | " u the

      whim •¦! " !• ¦ sjitimafv ; atul ;» . America . ul « . \ .- ^ 11 th » r > utti .-ils . h :-.- llit S . ast rea-4 . ii : u « ln-.-ui it- tail a- w .-ll a- tinleast iuteiv > : in uphuldilU ' aM-eiidaiirj , wo ha'f tlie greatest reason to ri-jtiiev : ii : he triumph ot" her Chartisf Pn .-sidi .-in . Although the policy ofth . tyrant of Russia , rlie French despot , and that of Sir Roblut Veel , may differ on mitior points , there can be but little doubt that the return of Mr . Clat would have either coi . lined those little differences

      within safe limits , or might perhaps have rendered them still less noxious ; but the return of Polk , and a pursuance of that polirj to which he stands pJedped , iviDg-ofar to increase those diftVreiKt > , and to destroy the " snuggery" of kings . Those who rel y on our want of union , and <> n the amount of money , of physical force , and all the unholy appliances that can br brought to bear against us at the coinniaii < l 'f . lt-gitimary . should boar in mind that England is but a link in the chain of nations . Tho tvrant ( Jr . oRGE

      was coiiipell . il to reieiw , a > Ambassador from the ( ovirt uf Irve Ann-rira . tht- man whose unholy presence he would not tolerate as a dt-lrcate from her struggling people ! , Lot them rt-m' -mb-. 'r that tht- Fr < nl-1 : Revolution of 179-J led to . tin- lri ^ h ln > ur :-1 : io : i of IT ' . ' ** ! Let them bear in n ' . ' mri that th- ihrvr jJt . rious days of InW in Paris , though profitlt-s > io a disunited people , extracted the Reform Hill from a reluctant English Oli-arihy , separated Bel . irium from Holland , re \ olutioiiiz < d the Germanic states and dro ^' e i » etty tyrant princes from their capital by t « rchiijrht : and , above all , let them ponde

      well upon th < - fa ft that faction can no longer balk dunotracy of its fair share in any future change because our people are uniu-d upon a principle , and we shall . have no disastrous intirrcgtmin . a time for the evil passion * to marshal , between the going out of the old light oflcgitim-acy and the substitution of the new light of knowledge We will have uo more shedding of blood to gratify the sanguinary appetite of princes ; no more disunion to gladden tht- hearts of moni-y-mon ? crs ; no more strife to weaken the hands of democracy . We bide our time ; ami with eager eye shall waJth for tin- arrival of the- fir- ; fruits of the triumph of Mr . James Polk , the first magistrate ot

      : he pe »> f . l < -, —«) . ,, made him their chief for his virtu . * , ami can jnmako him should hv . i ' hitc his pledges . Hurrah : : h-: s u . r Ui < - ih . trtist , 1 ' olk , and fur the democrats o ' Aim-riva ; and may rh . \ alu- they attach to their triumph inspire tho »< - for wlium »< write with the laudable desire t-f proving the superiority of democratic institutions omt the follies ot" legitimacy and priestcraft . Thi * is the t . r » t great blow at the centralization of nn >» iarvlm-al power ; and : iia \ i : be < pct-dily : " "l ! owe'i up by the restoration of ou own people to thi-ir natural and legitimate riglits and jiivi ) e > r < - « , ii :: coii : rollt-d by the {• nvcr ot capital or tht will "I " dr » potisn :. . U ' . iili » i F ; : y HUBKAU KoS PoLK ' .

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      made surplus , should sit down idle , or lie down and sleep , and be supported by the 750 who are at work , than they should constitute an idle competitive ^ reserve for the masters to fall back upon ; thereby compelling all to submit to a larger reduction in the wages of each . j Now the Independent , in reasoning the question of bad trade , has fallen into the error of acquiescing in the 1 prescriptive right" of the masters to make all the profits they can in times of prosperous trade , conferring upon them also the right and privilege of holding their own , abstaining from ) loss , and of being satisfied with ordinary profits in times of depression . Now , it is to this

      unjust mode ot book-keeping that we have always objected . It ig against this one-sided manner of bestowing sympathy that we have set our face . The system enables the masters to make enormous profits during the periods of brisk [ trade ; and if Capital as well as Land has its ' ' duties" as well as its ' rights , " what we demand is a fair debtor and creditor account , instead of the masters taking their stand upon the highest piunaclo of profit , and considering that every farthing abstracted from that is so much unjustly plundered from them . There clearly ought to be a fair calculation and a balancing between the masters' profits and the profits of their hands for a given period .

      The Indepe > ident has seized the admissions made by several of the speakers as to the improved course now to be pursued by the Trades in prosecution of their object ; and very naturally asserts that a combination of all those moral elements , now to be enlisted in the Trades' Movement should make it irresistible . We admit it . They thould be irresistible : but then we confidently assert that while violent language and daring atrocities may furnish the masters with a pretext for resisting the demands of the Trades , the most moral—the most irreproachable ,

      inoffensive , and persuasive means , will , under the presen system , as signally fail to rescue Labour's neck from Capital ' s tread . If the Trades are violent , resistance is thought valorous and patriotic . If the Trades are cool , calm , and argumentative , the innsterss ee no more danger in them than Lord Howick did in that antipathy to the Poor Law Amendment Act that was not manifested in the blazing rick or burning mansion . The more we consider this all-important subject , the more -trnuglv are we confirmed in the iiupri'ssioii that Tradi -. to !>• ¦ protected , mus be united ; and tliao their union Miu .-t he nai ion u . ami

      not f < xU < jnnL The letter of Mr , Dcni-omhk i- oiniii ^ . i- ; unl p .. rt . ¦ ntoii--It he-peaks th > ' will of til . ' Mi , ii ~ tei-, \ . \ hi ,-h uil ' li .- aideil hj all the p . iwi-r > a ! tlli' c . inunan . l .. f <' a | iital : autl th <> . « .-powers I'un be inih met b \ the i > niv > -r- - ¦* ' Hi .- j ..-.. jj . ¦ ' . union . What we propo-.- then — and let our ri-inou-tiiinci not pass I , y unheeded— is that each Trade -hall . juiekly . and witli uss ' of time , " put its own limm / in order ;" uiul that a Co . Nii . iu-. NcE ok Tb . ides' Delj . uates , constituting a fair representation of thf u-hoU body , shall be elected and ready , on the introduction of any measure threatening further danger to Labour , to assemble in London to

      aid Mr . Duncombe in that manly resistance which lie pledges himself to offer to any such measure that Sir Janies Oraham shall propose . This plan is safe and inexpensive ; and if required to be put into operation , must be protective . There can be no harm in being prepared with the machinery ; for although we were enabled to rallv a hurried opposition against the Masters and Servants Hill of last session , we will not venture to rely on such scattered elements to resist the will of the " Strong Government , " enforced , as it will be , upon timid landlords and griping capitalists , by the most despotic and callou < Minister that ever held ollice in the British ( . ' abinet . Parliament meets on th « 4 th of February for the "dispatch o ( business ; " no time , therefore , is to be lost . The e \ i !

      passions are summoned to war against unprotected Labour . Let the same herald rouse the sleeping from their slumber , let them unite , marshal , decide , and rally round their own standard . Let them remember that Sid-Moutji was an angel , Castlzxeagr was a foo ) , anil Foc-ijb was [ a sucking dove , compared to the present Secretary of State for the Home Department . Like " Alp the Renegade , " he would justif y apostary by heaping odium upon li is old associates . We must drive him feom orncE because there is no secresy in correspondence ; no security in the prison ; no tenderness in mercy ; no justice in the law ; no comfort in the cottage ; no clemency in the bastile ; no protection for the life , the liberty , or the property of the poor man , so long as all remain under his guardianship and control .

      Of this , the country' has had but too much reason to be convinced ; and if the " concoctions" of the recess are allowed to become the realitita of the session , every Trade in its collective capacity , and every labourer as an individual , wil ) have' bitter cause to regret that the warning vote of Dcncombe was unheeded , and the protective power of Labour ' s Parliament unsought for . Let , th .-rcture , tho Trades of England look to it . Let thexn !••• : ild with attention the doinjr" of their brethren at Sheffield ; and let them rouse to energetic action while the lay is , and while , by proper exertion , the day may remain , tl . vir own . Their fate is in their own hands .

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      If this OTFEETORT . was all the emolument that the Church sought for its support , and if the donations were illustrative pf the estimation in which the flock held their shepherd , v ? e should hare no objection to the' practice ; but when it is presented to us as a fresh pimple upon a body already ulcerated all over , we the more object to it It is fortunate , perhaps , that the disease has gone so far as to render these trifling fresh eruptions insignificant . We have written briefly on the subject , that our readers may attach to it its proper importance , and no more ; hoping that it may stimulate them to demand the overthrow of a System which requires counter-irritants to preserve even the semblance of life in the putrid patient .

      This offertory row is one of the grounds on which the dreadful battles hereafter to be fought between " Old England " iftueifism and " 1 ' ocng England " JPitseyism is to come off . ; As yet the skirmish between t | ie respective outposts teji ! well for Yoc . vg England . If we were allowed to pun upon so serious a subject , we should say the term " Puseyism , " was a compound of PEW and SCHISM ( Pew-schism ) . When will Old Mother Church cease to be a propagatoriof her own dishonour and of the nation ' s folly ? When the fusliion of prejudice shall have passed away ; and when riian , seeing with his own eyes , hearing with his own ears , and reasoning with his own judgment , shall not be afraid to speak his own thoughts with his own tongue .

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      i A CARD . The unwashed present their compliments to the dirty eiub ; and while they highly appreciate the value of cleanliness , their principle is , ; Eveky Man his own Washerwoman . Signed on behalf of the unwashed . Waters Soap Scrub : Secretary .

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      Errata . — -In the Report of the Manchester Aggregate Trades' Meeting , inserted last week , the statement in Mr . M'flhee ' s speech , that ' the painters worked from day-liglit in the morning till seven at night , " should h& \ e been worked from light in the morning till dark at night . " In tho list of subscriptions for . the Oldhani Tailor-, the lo > . from Uolton should have been £ 1 10 s . ; and from Maneh > -ster , for James Hark , £ 5 . Ino , cmrek .- —Tin I'oor . \ f < in ' s ' " 'a « ij . K'iit 9 ii for JH 45 will be published . Tin- major portion of it is in type ; and , but for the demand on Mr . Hobson - time , ' consequent "II the i > ivparjtions tor the reniu \ al of th <> .- ' < ic to Lonilon . would h ;* . ' - been published ere t-hi .-. In a fortni : r ? ir , oi- . »•> , u < - < -- \ p < rt to ! i : ir < - i > ready . It will lie !' . 'Ujj / J ! - > lit- tl > uii " iinp . rtant nunihvr u-t pubJi-h < . 1—¦ ¦ . luUiiuinjr , a . ~ it ¦ aU ., ; i full . .. yttc >> f the l iipe , ¦ -,.,. j ,.-y suti ' in , iilul show it .- tremwi > lotis ettV-vt-., for ceil , on th > - pruoueini ; millions . Josti-u H ;\ ktlev , JinADFoKD . —We eannot afford ruuin for the ; uMiv-s to Mr . Kt / . ler Pretty fair if we s ;\ ve

      ¦ Olort notices of meetings of the Tropical Emigration Society . Those from Hingley shall have attention . Scribe , —| We fear the members ho speaks of have no remedy against the holder of their funds , as the society is not enrolled , and consequently not under the protection of the law . To denounce him as & " swindler '' is all they Will do ; and if tln-j' do this , they must be prepared to take the legal consequences . John Smith , Kennington . —We will try what can be done for liini next week . The "facts" he-narrates , if authentic , will surely make the tailors , as a trade , stir ,

      and place themselves in a position to defeat the " sweaters . " Thohas t , Auu , Dodwobth . —We should apprehend that a minor could attest the signature to a will as well as one who had attained his majority , if he be . of age and know ledge to understand the nature a ' nd obligation Of an oath , so us to be eligible a . s a witness in a eourt ol justice .: Ma . J . Svveet , of Nottingham , begs to acknowledge the receipt ; of is . Od . frum Southwell , per C . Merchant , for the buncombe Testimonial Fund .

      Ann Harbison , Sheffield . —Her communication does more honour to her heart than her head . It would be uo service to her to print it . It would ouly expose her to the scoff and scorn of the jeering and unfeeling . Squire a ' cty ., Hhadfobd . —His cuinmuuication is hardly of general interest enough to justify us iu inserting it . Never jinind Mr . Oxley , nor the Bradford Observer either . ; They cannot , of themselves , procure the " incorporation" of Bradford . Before that is done , the Bradford forks will have to give consent- ; and before such consent isjpven , we fancy they will gt > to Leeds and see the nature , constitution , and working of the disgraceful thing there . If they are wise , they will say , " I'll none on ' t . " Mary Willis , one of the Unstamped Victims . —We

      are desired to announce that a meeting ot the friends of ; this poor woman , who was one who boldly took part in the struggle for " cheap knowledge , " and who is now an inmate of St . Luke ' s Workhouse , in a very precarious state of health , will take place at the Butchers' Arms , Pear-tree-court , Clerkenwell , op Wednesday evening , Dec . -tth , when some articles will be disposed of for her benefit . The poor old creature , who has attained her " 5 th y ; ear , feels a horror of a " \ vovkhouse funeral , " and she earnestly calls on her friends to save her from that degradation . We trust her appeal will be responded to . One of . the Oppressed , Exetee , does not set forth what description of labourers they were who have been treated a-s he describes by the Earl of Fortescue . A Friend to the 1 ' oob Mas . — We have not been able to

      peruke his communication . Mu . Richard Atre , Newcastle , writes . us as follows : — ¦ During the year 1 WJ , I was Treasurer to the Northern Political Union . Various debts were contracted , and monies collected and distributed in accordance with the resolutions of the Council . Ultimately a balance of nearly £ 40 was claimed by the Proprietor of the Xorthern Liberator newspaper , who came to me begging that I , as Treasurer , would give him au acceptance for the amount , promising that before it was due lie would himself meet the bill , leaving me , as before , irresponsibleiof any individual liability . Previously to the bill becoming due , he stated his inability to take it up , and got from me another acceptance in order to obtain cash to meet the first . This course was repeated several times , till ultimately ho left the town , and the bill was left in the hands uf a . London banker , who sued fur the debt and costs , amounting to £ 40 17 s 6 d , which

      I was compelled to pay . My credulity in this transaction arose from my entire confidence in the integrity of the person , Mr . Robert Blakey , who promised to hold ! me harmless ; and as such debt was alleged to be due from the Union , by a person who had received general credit for veracity , I felt less hesitation in affording him this accon-imoda . tion . My object in addressing this statement of faet > s to 'you , , is to prevail upon you to use your influence towards gaining for me the ; aid of the members of the said Northern Political Union , that they , by their contributions , however , small , may liquidate a portion of the sum I was ; compelled to advance , for them . Subscriptions will be received at the following places—Mr . Thomas Horn ' s , Market , and Mr . David Francis , Butcher Bank . " The Members of the Union have now the case before them . They know the facts connected with itlet thorn act as justice dictates .

      Thomas Hackney , Manchester . —We are unaware of the nature and scope of the Act he mentions . It would be best for him to procure a copy from the Queen ' s Printer . This can be done through any bookseller . A Friend to tue Trade . —We cannot im-ert such a communication , as he has sent , on annoymous authority . If the ; facts are true , and their publication desired , they should at least be authenticated by the signatures of theiofticers of the society . Strongbow—Dcndee . —We have seen wor = e " poetry , " but yet our friend ' s effusion not reaching our standard is respectfully declined . TnE iYEOUAMttY CaVAL& ¥ . A sons r ^' . Wring to the doings of these worthies in 1820 is out of date . JENK . JN Morgan . —Mr . Cleave has received 17 s Sd , being the-proceeds ( per Mr . Farrer ) of a concert for the benefit of Jenkin Morgan , held at the Feather * , ' Warren-street .

      HOMAS Batti , Wakefield shall not be forgotten . obert Kidd , Duudee , sends us particulars of a most painful case , which we trust will excite the sympathy anil exertions of those to whom it is addressetithe Chartists of Fife and Forfarshire . Mr . Kidd says , It is well known that at the last strike John Duncan was apprehended and cited to answer for a long list of crimes which he never committed . 1 need not go into details . Suffice it to say , that he was harassed , and his mind kept in a state of suspense concerning his trial for a considerable time . The trial was ultimatel y abandoned ; but the persecutors have accomplished their end , —poor John Duncan's destruction . His mind gave way under his trials , and he is

      now , I am sorry to say , in a condition which leaves little to hope for . Mrs . Duncan , his amiable wife , is , with Roman courage and virtue , struggling to maintain herself and children without a murmur ; but every one may kuow the difficulties she has to contend with , with a shop-rent of £ 12 , besides taxes , aiid all to be made from the needle and the sale of a few pamphlets . I ] here say nothing of the hearttelt misery that must arise from having a beloved husband in a state of living death ; for Duncan does not even know his own wife when she goes to call upon him . I need say no more to awaken your sympathy . Who that knows John Duncan ( the honest John Duncan , as our champion Feargus O'Connor used to call him ) would refuse to contribute a mite to aid bis wife and little-babes , and

      to add one comfort to her desolate and widowed hearth i Of his virtues I need not speak . TTig was a heart in which the . milk of human kindness flowed , he felt for all mankind . Those whu knew him be ^ t can best appreciate his virtues , and bewail his loss . My dear friends , had you seen the look of Mi-s . Duncan whon she told nie that she had not had even au inquiry after his welfaro from a single locality exeept Dundee , you would have blushed for Chartism , to sav nothing of humanity . She did not even ask for any help . I believe Iu-rs is a spirit that could not brook th < U , but it i * pur duty to come forward and " endeavour Ja > give her

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      so well deserves . 1 trust , my friends , I need say no more to arouse yoi / fo a sense of jour duty ; but that you will speedily meet \ in your various localities , more especiall y those whrai ijr . Duncan visited , and where his worth was known , —\ and collect a email sum each , and send it either to M | rs . Duncan ;—{ her address is , "Duncan and Drummond , Catherine-street , Edinburgh , " ) or tome , ^ a am , Brother Democrates , jour ' s truly , Robert Krnto , No . 7 , Wellgate , Dundee . "

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      Mckder at if trxicH . —A ^ letter from Munich , of the 15 th , says : — " A dreadful crime was committed here yesterday . While Captain ! S was attending his duties " at the Ministry of War , his wife only twenty years of age , and the female servant of the house in which she resided , were murdered . A razor , with which the crime was perpetrated , was found near them , and all the closets and drawers had " been plundered of their most valuable contents . The man sen-ant of Captain N- — , who is suspected of being the murderer , has fled . " Ar . niccLTURjLL Distress . —Since Thursday last , not less than seventy-seven pei"sons have been admitted into the workhouse of the iianbury Union ; and we believe we are not mistaken when we state that an equal number are ready to present themselves for a like purpose , Of the seventy-seven , forty-one are from the parish of Bloxham , and they entered together on Friday last , passing through our town in melancholy procession .

      Suddex Death op an Eccentric Character . — Wednesday evening , Mr . Payne held an inquest at the Crown , Westminster-road , on the body of Richard James , aged 52 , a shoemaker , of _ 8 , Duke-street , Westminster-road . The deceased , it appeared , had for many years been afflicted with fits of epilepsy , having as many as three in the day , and was of very eccentric habits , never allowing Ms window to be shut , summer or winter , always sleeping with it open . On Sunday night he was found lying with his headon the floor and his legs on the bed , quite dead . Mr . Newcome , surgeon , said the deceased died from apoplexy . Verdict— " Natural Death , "

      Accident fkom the Ixcvutious Use of Fire-Arms . —Wednesday after a dreadful accident occurred on board a fishing-smack lying off Billingsgate , to a lad named John Carrier , aged 16 , belonging to the vessel . The poor fellow , it appears , had been cleaning a fowling-piece , and had broken a piece of wood which he used for the purpose in the barrel , in order to lneve which he poured some powder into the gun , and tl . i-n foolishly dropped on to it a hot cinder . Tlio explosion which took place shattered his right hand t" pieces , and dreadfully lacerated the arm . Ho was conveyed to ( luy ' -s Ilitepital , and was immediately ,-ittrnficfl by Mr . K'lw . tni Cock , who \ w { unm ; d ani [> ti * . 't ! -i » n « it the wrwt joiiif . The Ltd is in a . fair wav oV ivt ' uvorv .

      Accident to Lord No . ent . —Lom -Nugent mot with u serious accident , whilst riding from Twickenham , on Saturday last . His lordship was cantering along tiio road , and ridiiu : loose at the same time , when his horse fell , and rolled completely over him . His lordship , although much shaken by his fall , remounted liijs horse , and rode on to town , On arriving at Hathway's hotel , Mr . Travers was sent for , and he at once discovered that his lordship had sustained some internal injury , and had fractured three of hu ribs . We arc happy to find that the noble lord is rapidly recovering .

      Extraordinary Sudden Deaths of the Editors of the "Norfolk Chronicle" and "Norwich Mercury . "—In the obituary of the last week ' s papers in Norwich the death of Mr . David irwin was announced . This gentleman had for upwards ' of forty years tilled a confidential situation in the office of tk Conservative newspapei-, the Norfolk Chronicle . Hh death wa . * peculiarly sudden , and , from his high , character , was the theme of general conversation for several days . On Sunday last , only five days after his death , great was the astonishment , and deep was tiu

      regret , at the announcement of the equally sudden death of Jonathan Matchett , Esq ., the senior partner and editor of the same paper , which capacity that gentleman had filled upwards of half a century . On Wednesday morning still greater was the astonishment , and deeper the regret , at another awful vLsita . tion in tiie nearly as sudden death of li . M . Bacon , Esq ., the senior partner and editor of the Liberal paper the Nirrurich Mercury , who had been unwell for the last few weeks , but not to such an extent as to cause any alarm to his family .

      Fatal Railway Accident . —On Thursday night , the 21 st inst ., a tireman , nanied ilaywood , was killed , within four miles of Birmingham , on the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway . The train was passing under Cleeve-bridge , and the unfortunate man not being sufficiently on his guard , his head came in . contact with one of the iron pillars which support the bridge , and he was instantly killed . Dre . vdful and Fatal Railway Accident . —On Thursday afternoon , the 21 st inst ., a collision , attended with fatal and appalling consequences , took place oh the Midland Counties Railway . In consequence of a tender having got off the rails , the Derby train , which should have left Nottingham at three

      o ' clock , was delayed , and was at length compelled to proceed along the down line , instead of the propa line ; a messenger having been despatched to stop _ an expected down train at Beeston , about three niila off , for tear of collision . The messenger either dii not arrive at Beeston in time for the train , or he did not deliviri- his message properly . However , to whafr ever cause it may be ascribed , the train to Nottingham had let ' t the Beeston station before the train to Nottingham had arrived ; and the engineer either not knuwing or not regarding the message that hi been forwarded , drove the train at its usual rapid pace , and a tremendous collision took place . In consequence of the down train being driven at a much morenprf

      pace than the train from Nottingham , and beingnip heavier , and having a powerful and very heavy enjinf . the up-train from Nottingham sustained the principal part of the damage . The un-train consisted of anenpJ and tender , a second-class carnage , containing paff $ but no passengers ; then two second-class carriage with passengers ; followed by a lirst-elass can"j $ with passengers ; and then a third-class carriage , ij great was the force with whic h the . down-train «» the up-train , that the engine of the latter was aettwf driven from its position downwards , and the boikr « j » elevated to the height of many feet above it , the tew !* of the engine was driven through the parcel-earrBS - and the two passenger second-class conveyances ««» emnnletplv smashed to nieces as a nutshell m »

      trodden under foot . The unfortunate passengefi fl the two carriages were dreadfully crushed and ai » lated . Considering the number of passengers , »» the terrific force of the concussion , it < aP P , TJ culoiis that , no more persons were injured , and * only two individuals met with their deaths . i « £ persons are Mr . Dean , commission agent , HoBia gate , Nottingham , who died in a few minutes * , the accident , in a field by the side ofthcraiJmfj ™ Mr . Varnill , Derwent Bank , Derby . Mr . Varn ^»* taken to Lenton in a cart , and implored ^ - . f ; A ' of th , » Wliiro FT . -irt Tnn . to take him into Ins ? T 3

      exclaiming , " For God ' s sake , take me in , or J-, burst . " To the disgrace of Mr . Godfrey , he JfT to admit the dying man . Mr . Lee . the noiet , * mediatelv had the sufferer conveyed into m = house , where Mr . Varnill died in two or thrwHunjP He had a leg completely smashed : Init the lining cause of his death was ' severe internal injuries . .-less than twenty persons are named who were B _ less injured , some of them having If en f ] rhgS crushed ; * ome had their limbs fractured , wnt f * - have escaped with slight bruises . Farther Particulars . — -List of &&& Wof . \ nEi » — Mr . Dean , Hounds-gate , dead . . Mr . John Neep , of middle age , of RetiorvrL j - the General Hospital , but hopes are enttfta *^ i . L . v . ^ ....--., i . f Tlwi Avt-Aiitat'iniurv eunuotMI , ' . ; ,

      be ascertained , as , besides being sadJy briU *"' feared some of his ribs are broken . _ u , George Burley , about thirty years at age . ' ^ seriousfy scalded and burnt , the tin . ' and ^^ r ^ i having fallen upon him from the engine , vm \ npvfimls by the collision . . , jintJ I Mr . . ' ohn Bowlestridee , landlord ol » e ^ Horse > hoes , Derbv-road , and M ^ s Ann or *" I Dove Cliff , Staffordshire , much bruised . . ^ Mr . Gretton , Burton-on-Trent , severelyP Mi-. Bradley , Southwell , former , leg brotfu . ^ ! Mr . Yaraill , formerly butler at Colwick-M ^^ ! Mr . Arnold , medical instrument-niafcer , -

      hurt . nt : veft if " Mr . Garratt , surgeon , of London , exteru . jured . . slight !! Robert Thornhill , lace-manulacturer , - crushed . .,,. ^ ffl art * David Fox , employed at Mr . GDT « ^ ' ^ broken . . „ . . _ ^ rtf " Mifces Ann and Maria Lewis , of S « einton . - ^ ly hurt , owing to the violence of the c . oae ^ L c lif& thrown out of the earrtase , and their { U ***^ - && enta-n-led , they were nearly stripped . J- had actually the sole of her shoe torn oil . - ^ W « rPLTet to say that the conduct < fi lu rf& tants vf the village was ch aracterised by - ^ rather than humanity ; the Misses Lewi ~ N ^ J close to the unfortunate Mr . ^" . "Y ^ La it * * carriage , were permitted to remain in aTj ^ tW of nndhv in a field for upwards ot an hour wr ^ ., were removed . At length they were ** . „* baker , « at to Mr . Hammond ' sto whom _ tj - ^ paving a visit , and were afterwards conveg . ^ homo Mr . Dean was aL-o treated m »

      M RoWnson , traveller-very much bruise * Mr Thistiewood , of Lin coln—ditto . Mr Vixon—ditto , and tooth broken out . Mr . George-Baker—slightly "bruised . Mr John Wildey—bruised . ¦ Mr . Turin , sen . —bruised . ; ,, rv bJ ^ Miss ? nrplice , ofTJceston , escaped mj « r . . . _ out of tho carriage . . i « . « edi ^ llD Mm . l'can , sister-in-law to the d ^ ^ - ** . ™ kdv of the Castle and Falcon , Nottinjj » gg | lU . t !» - r w . is . alsA , spj : «"" ' «•»> - " Jj ^^ H

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      RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY , Bristol , C . C 0 2 6 Bristol , "W . Berry Oil Bristol , "ff . Hill 0 11 Bristol , R . H . -WTUiams . . . . 0 2 6 Bristol , ilr . Bouched 0 0 1 Byron Ward , Nottingham . . . . 0 7 0 Crayford 0 1 ti Marylebone 0 3 0

      Camberwell 0 16 Long Buckby 0 5 0 Lamberhead Green . . . . . 050 Manchester Painter * . . . . . 0 5 0 Manchester , Carpenters' Hall . . . 2 5 0 Salford 0 10 0 Waterhead Mill 0 5 0 3 Josslt-v 0 - ' 6 najle . Vornivall 0 1 * 0 Sunderkind ( Clark ' s passage ) . . . 0 5 0

      ASDS . Eldt-rr-li . - 0 o o . lohnsioii- 0 I H i * irvan .. . . n " - ' ' > Kilmarn'H-k . . . ¦ - < " umr . < .-.-k t > ;• r > Ma \ h .. ! - .. .. I' o ¦ - ' . I ' ainboi-n .- .... ..- " 1 ¦ ' SI >> H 1 MXI 7 r . NP K . .-. li . LlticI-. ;) . . ¦ . ft o • Can « -- ' - ' -r- " Hall , Maui-h < - * :-. T . . . 0 " ¦ 'J Thomas M . VTueelek .

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      TO P . iL M ' DOrAIX . Sis , —Whatever might have been the odium attached to me on the suspicions raised by your first letter , I should have endeavoured to have borne them until an opportunity presented Itself of meeting yon face lo face before the Committee appointed in Manchester , 'where the matters Tvhich have called forth tiese letters can be fuUv investigated : bat in some passages of yonr last letter there is so much of e unning and fraudulent ingratitude , that I cannot , desirous as I am to protect a character at least as lonest as jour own , retrain from replying to them previous to onr meeting .

      Ton say , " Mr . James Leach , -of Manchester , considers the whole of my letter io apply to him . " Sir , that letter applied to every one that had had any money transactions with you ; and as my name and do other was especiaUy mentioned , I think I had a Ti | 2 it to consider myself as one of the individuals alluded to . Men "who engage under covert motiyes io efiectsl bad purpose , should "hare good raemojies . " Do you not know that 1 possess a letter of yours , which clearly proves that 1 was one of the p ersons alluded to . Ton say , "if the mention of facts which ought neTer to have been concealed , can be construed into a base attack : and if ant man -choosps to fit the

      cap on Ms own head , it is his fault , not mine . " Further on you say : " Mr . Leach vlaees my statemi'iit that 3 only received . £ > % against a reifipt for £ 1 ^ , thereby enJeavourine to leave an Impiv > sion on the mind of tho reader that he did actually ]> ay me t'W . Again yon < av : " Some i > er-i » ns may in . iurally t-nquire till-Tva ^ on why 1 cave him a rtivipt for £ 1 > . ¦ when ] onJy m-rived £ S . ] u ' u ) < u aft it repealed ramrsaiions wj ; h ] W ] t \ Clark , and l . earh limi > eli " . 1 did it to save ihe chann-trr f » f the wry man who ¦ woBld now snant * ihe ait of fni-nil-hiji 1 was -wihu of , a -weapon -svhenfTriTh to > hirlil him > ' \ f . ail'l ' - * . ~ l a doubt upon mv -word . "

      Sir , your cap does nor fit me . It i < made » i" >« d materials , trt < ir } . / r > j . filf-hoo-l . anJ iwr-itit <• . } .. 1 will not "svear one made of such > tuif , whether the mannfacturer of it be a professed friend oran open foe . It shall remain snspended in the hands of the committee -until "we meet , when I ha-vr no doubt those gentlemen will award it to those whose conduct best merits the distinction of wearinff it . I did place vour receipt lor ; £ 18 asainst your statement of only having received £ S . You say " that Mr . X « ach does not , lie dare not , declare that he paid me £ 18 . " 3 have no desire , Sir , to " dare" anything but that which is honourable and fair betwixt man and man : but it will yet be proved that you have re ceived considerablyniorethan £ lS . Your memory seenis lo be much more retentive on the interne side of vonr

      account than on that of the outcome ; or you -would iare remembered the letter you sent me whilst in jour voluntary ezil ? , anthorisin £ r me to print a letter of which yon sent the manuscript , -an-i for which J was to pay out of th-c ftuuis that 1 hehl vn v-jitrareounl ; and for which 3 did pay four pounds fifteen shillings . Ton , sir , was to have the whole of the profits arising from , the sale of those letters . The people , from some canse or other , did not think proper to purchase them ; and therefore they were left on hand , and they Trere pointed out to yon in my shop when you were in Manchester . This seems entirely to have slipped your memory : -which it surely oucht not to liavedone , seeingthatyourmemorywassofivsh on the other part of the account . There are several other items ioo of expenditure that I have borne for you , TrMch shall be laid before the committee .

      So , you gave me the " receipt" after repeated conversations With Doyk , Clark , und myself ; and " that to save the character of the very man who -would now make the act of friendship you were aaflty of a weapon "wherewith to shield himself and cast a doubt upon tout word . " How could you , for sheer s-hame , pen such a sentence '—a sentence evidently intended to make the people believe that the conversation we Lad-was a sort of ' begging and praying , that you would screen my delinquencies and defalcations as you are pleased to make them oar . Had vou given that con-Tersation , the people who have read your letter would liave drawn rery different conclusions than those you intended them to draw but that did not suit vout

      purpose . All most come out now , however . The people must know what are the real characters of the men in "whom they place their confidence . 1 mnst confess that I was for some time at a loss to know wkat was your object in proceeding as you lave done ; but from circumstances which have lately come to my knowledge , there ia now no doubt upon my minJ as to your ultimate intentions , and the unscrupulous means by which you intended carrying them out . You have formed a very different opinion it appears of me than you used to hold ; and . in an insolent letter yon have sent me , you speak of '" my bad conduct towards you whilst yon were in France , " Ix reply , I have only to say , that while I desire to have the good opinion of all good men , I care very little whai opinion thebad mayhaveofme . I worked very hard foi you whilst you srere in France ; I defended you everywhere , whenever vou were assailed in nrv presence

      and I was the means , by travelling at considerable expense considering my Terr limited means , , of getting funds for your support . This is known io tnousands , and 3 * am repaid by insolence and ingratitude—the reward , 3 know , but too generally accorded to those who toil to feed and clothe others who are too proud to work and-too poor to live without it . Yon make a bounce about the papers that must be forthcoming ; all I have eonnected with this subject are ready any moment . And now let me demand of you , as a matter of fair , play , that you bring "with you every document you may have from me , tiat xuay assist the Committee in their investigation ; and also to request that you will not let any subterfuge or evasion prevent your attendance on the day appointed by the Committee . - TTntfl then , I am , Sir , Jjates Leach .

      Manchester , > ov . 27 , 1 * 44 .

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      DE . M'DOTJALL A 3 D MR . JAMES LEACH . ^ As a matter of fair-plav , -we give insertion to the subjoined letter , judging it as necessary to follow the one from 33 r . irDouall , in our last number , even pending the inquiry- determined on . Bat here the correspondence must stop . We cannot allow it to go further , or we shall be again accused of encouraging "denunciation . " This ire shall carefully guard aeainst . Indeed , had the parties to this correspondence been any others than they "were , in all probability not a line of it "would have appeared . ]

      TO THESDTTO 3 OT THE XOHTHIRX STAR . Dkyr See , —I am sorry to have again to trouble you on the subject of M'Douall ' s letters , as there is a committee formed in Manchester , who have fixed " npon next Monday week as the day on which the in-Testigation into the matters-alluded to in those letters shall take place . But the false and scandalous nature of M'Douall ' s last letter renders it impossible for me to allow that time to pass over without a reply . You will , by inserting thefollowing , greatly oblige , Yours truly , ' Jjjj xs Leach .

      Ro Readers And Correspondents.

      rO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS .

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      TRADES UNIONS AND THE APOSTATE MINISTER . TliiRE i > no srt-ati-r induct-uii-ut to the public in . strut-tor to jn-r > -e \ cr < - in his course than then-ward that public opinion bestow * upon his exertions . Fn . ni the first apj-t-arance of the Xorthem > 'tar , to the prtMiu day , we have stizi-il i-u-ry prfittjral opportunity of rouMng thi-Trail' . " * of England to a knowledge uf their po \ M-r , a sense of thiir dutv , and a feiling of tlu < ir degradation . The assaults of faction on the unprotected Dorchester

      labouri-rs , on ^ the Glasgow Cotton !> pinm vs , und cm tin- Dublin Trades , through Mr . OVinntU , as well as the sewral s-ide-blows aimed at Trades' 1 ' iiit ns p-nerally , furnish the bod y with a sample of the "ill of the (" apitalists , could they ov . \\ dj .-o-vpr thr wav of ghing it rffwt . Keeeiitlv wo hait obsi-rvi-d ;> provi inj : and a ^ . tiuial dispi >> itiuii in the Trades to re \ i' . c their old institutiutis on refonnt-d principles ; and in i-oiist-qtit ni ' e w e liaM- aided tllrir ende . Tu-virs by f \ uli MipKoTiuiis us wv n > n « idered ueCewivj as well for their proti-ctiuii a * for the atciiinplishnu-m " 1 their object .

      The eommunicaii ' jiis That we continue to reeuve trom almost every district in England ( . 'he us fresh nerve and courage in the assurance that our labour has not been lost ; and , as a proof , » r bt-c | u > ^ direet especial atti-ntiuu to the rvport of the prwrdii . j ; * of UiC Trades' l ) elei . 'iite Meeting r-ei-ntlv lulil in >" n -tfu-ld : the most important ft-ature in th . ;> roOt odiv . gs being the cominunicatiou made bv llr . Duiifijii : btr , in liis leit « -r : o ilr . Drurv , and thf reception of Mr . Prurv ' s asscrtiun . ihal * 'lvcati ^> U "" The

      land should i-onstitute one grand l \ atuie in their iM / vement . " ( The irresistible use made by Mr . Duncombe in the House of Commons of the system of restriction resorted to bv the Trades of Sheffield was one of the strongest arguments that was or could be adduced in favour of a Ten Hours'Bill , and a principle which , from its justice and efficiency , has been partially adopted , and is about to be uivhersally enforced , by the Colliers and other Trades ; and to the objections—to the strained objections—adduced by the Sheffield Independent to the wholesome principle , we would offer a few observations .

      The Sheffield Independent has done all that we could require , and more than we could have expected , to place the questions of controversy between the Trades and thi-ir makers in a fair , impartial , and honorable light before the country ; and , therefore , our comments upon a very able and cxttvnieiv wi'll-wviuen article upon the meeting to which we refer , shall be characterised by a similar amicable spirit . The Independent acknowledges the principle uf restriction , but would fritter it away in degree by making it only applicable to times of prosperous trade . He holds that it is not only inapplicable , but injurious iu times of slackness . Here we differ in to to from

      our contemporary , believing that the principle Ol restriction is merely protective when trade is prosperous , and becomes indispensable when trade is bad . If political truths ripen by repetition , we cannot too often repeat the maxim that has been laid down for the regulation of demand and _ supply in the Labour market . | Take an illustration : if 1000 hands were the required number to perform all the work [ toMje done in Sheffield , —or any other district , it matters not ; and if those thousand hands wire kept in full employment , they would receive full wages : bu * if a depression in the trad- , in which they aro employed should reduce the masters' requirement to

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      THE OFFERTORY . Yor . Mi KNULAND PUSEYISM (' . OU ) K . VC . I . AVD I > IS £ YISM . No one will deny that the Church has > -ver boon the most impudent beggar , and the must daring robber . and , just now , when the public mind is bent upon the belief that Mother Church has become contemptible bv the neglect of her nu .-t important duties , the Old Dame seeks to shelter her ?! -If from well-merited national reproach by the revival >> f one oilier most obnoxious practices . In olden times , when each parish was a kind of common pasturage for its own Hock , and the homely Catholic priest was the single shepherd of the flock , the custom of collecting alms

      from tho = e who could spare to relieve those who were in want , i-. \ i « ted , nnd the responsibility of distribution was cheerfully vested in the shepherd . On the enactment of the 4 > nl of Elizabeth , the necessity for the system of pewbegging ceased ; and since then the practice of begging alms in the church for the relief of the poor has fallen into disuse . Yoi . vo England has hit on the expedient of reviving the . poor man's stake in the hedge , " by means of allotments of land ; and Old England , that is , the State Ciirnrn HlEUARriiv , thinks of reviving his " stake" on the platter ; and a great war consequently rages between the 7 'iim-j . us the represeatative of "Yovsg England

      j ' l ' seyitni , ' and the Bishop of LONDON , as the representative uf "Old England Puseyism . " In this dispute the n ,,,, \< lias out . mastered its opponent at fearful odds ; whib , if anything was wanting to complete the victory o \ er the Right Heverend Father in God , a letter in the Tunes of Wednesday , under the signature of" Silvester , " has clenched the business . " Silvester" very properly , without perplexing himself much about the period al

      which the system of pew-begging existed , or whether it ever existed or not , comes to the rational , conclusion that tlie oth-riii . cr eannot be voluntary , but must be conipulsorv , 11 « - shon « bow all thv feelings of shame , sensibility , ostentation , and eu-n dread , are calculated to extract whal perhaps prudence would otherwise have withheld ; ant the writer further adds , that even if the revival of tin system was necessary , he doubts the fitness of State Church parsons to give it etfect .

      The beggar in Oil Bias solicited alms with a gun in one hand and a plate in the other ; while , with less boldness , j but not less threat to the non-contributor , the Right Rev . Prelate would make his appeal with damnation in ! one band and the platter in the other . If this offektobt j has again become necessary , the best way to destroy the j necessity for its revival is to restore the 43 d of Elizabeth , ! by which the minister of the gospel was spared the humiliation of begging . We very much doubt that the poor in J any one parish would be one iota benefited by the success of- 'Old England ' s " new project . i

      >> lien the Church is in danger " the noble army of Martyrs" are ever ready to appear as warriors in arms , or jugglers with pea and thimble ; either to preserve a pious ascendancy through blood , or to allay rising discontent bv a timely juggle . God knows the rich Church has gone far to exclude naked pauperism from rlie sanctuary , without further endeavouring to thin its audience by manifest poverty or reluctance to contribute to the relief of others when the donors themselves may stand in need of alms , or at least

      be unable to diminish their little store witho ' ut personal inconvenience . Our defence of the working classes against the charge of " infidelity , " and the non-observance of their religious duties in l $ ft , when , as Coni . vgsby would sav , the Tories ''wanted a good cry , " was their nakedn : ¦ ss , and the shame , —some , when religion is in question , may call it false pride , —of placing industry iu rags in contrast with idleness and splendour . Tln > impoverished state of the ¦ working classes at that period K-d to thin congregations ; and now that : hat odious distinction has been in part removed , " Old ESGL 4 SD" would introduce a comparison

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 30, 1844, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct684/page/4/