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      Mt Dbab Fbiesds , —I shall not take up more ftan a moment of your time to teD yon lhat for fire week 3 I have ^ e Wholly unable to -write tayou , and tb » t our impartial laws bate made taj illness j ^ jjicr &n expensive one ; , as I was obliged to Bend jny doctor , By solicitor , and my two bondsmen down to Liverpool , as I oould not go myself , although my appearance for one moment would have keen all that ai present the law requires , as not being twenty days in custody b « fore the S pecial Commission , I , in oommon with my brother consp irators , waaenhtied to put off my trial till the next Assiiw ; and , as doctors and lawyers do not travel for aothins . jou

      will see that Mr . Griffin and the Manchester free-traders" have already subjected me to » reasonable fine . Bat , now , to what ia of mneh more importance ~ thaa » y health or life . One faction , ond « r the name of libersliss , attempted for foar years to put us < iown by the most nnjust and tyrannical means ; and the other factiom most cheerfully jomed in the attempt . Sisoe then , the Whigs hare gone out and the Tories hare come in ; and the Whigs kave not only joined the Tories in their crusade against us , bat hare

      actually laid the train themselves . How often have I cautioned yoa against the " Corn Law League 1 " How many letters have I written to you—kow many speeches have I made to yea—all bearing upon the one snbject—the interest that all have in keeping labour's nose to the grinding-btone 1 Did I notrprophecy the very result that has taken place in a letter pnblished in the Star last Joijr , in which told you that the " free traders" would try to carry their object , even at the hazard of a bioody revolution : and that when ontrage commeaced . " what

      BELONGED TO CIBCCMSUKCES WOPXB SB SADDLES tTPOX C&USIISH . " I have given you many warnings , and I have suffered by your neglect of them ; and jet I am net going to chide you , to scold you , or to find fa alt with you as a body ; no , on the contrary , so exemplary has been the-conduct ef the Chartist body generally ., that I g lory in suffering on their behalf . Many kind but timid friends have recently beset me with solicitations to give up pelitica , and * ecomx eespbctasle ; while political jugglere ha v e besought me to seek favoar in the eyes of the jury-« lass by joining that party from which the majority of those gentry are chosen . Not having heard from

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

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

      mentioned , of gentlemen siding with the poor , with the hope and intention of bettering their condition . And now I will explain to you "wherein lies my weakness and want of protection , and your greatest strength . We cannot be both strong , or at least secure . Your strength , while growing , is my ruin , because the enemy always aim 3 at the body through the head . And now let me point out what con-Etirates the difference between me andpouticslagitators in general .

      The first great objeet of a political agitator , who seeks power through popularity , is to establish a 0 Btatf " ofdaring , impudent , impoverished , freebooting politicians , men who are up to anything , ready for any service , and prepared to do any work for which they are paid . This staff constitutes the recruiting party of the leader ; looking for pelf through popularity , the terms being , you give me popularity and I will back you in your assaults upon the pockets of our dupes . Now these men are the greatest pests in society ; they are traders in politics , political pedlars , traffickers in abuse , and interested upholders of oppression . They axe the first to revile acts ,

      to the commission of which they have urged their pliant followers ; and . whenever they see the time approaching for bringing their strength t&bear npon the grievances of which they complain , they invariably tnrn public attention from the object in view to some " Will-o ' -th ' -wisp , " and thus undo all that they themselves have done . Meantime , they have the command of the press , and the funds stolen from the poor , and by those means they silence complaint , which otherwise would overpower them . I saw the effect which such a course had produced in unhappy Ireland , and my first vow , upon entering the field of general politics , was to make a

      solemn declaration that I would go to bed supperlesi rather than partake of the . pauper ' s meal . I made up my mind to cut eff the peddlirjg staff from onr forces , and to brave the odium of having stopped the supplies , and to this . declaration , and my steady adherence to it , you are to attribute that want of respectable working class co-operation which othtr demagogues have had , and in which they have found their own protection . This is the rock upon which I have willingly split , and the " sisff" which I have cut off are now , one and all , ready to enlist under the barners of those who promise them a perpetuity of office , 1 y continuance of

      abuse made palatable by those changes from Whig io Tory , and Tory to Whig , which amuse the agitated mind of the working classes . It is against those men and their allies that I wish particularly to caution you , because an attempt is now being made , in London , to amalgamate all the rotten branches of liberalism to aid in the winter ' s campaign of the " Free Traders . " The _ way is being paved for introducing Mr . O'Conneil to a London audience once more , while Cobden and the League agi ' . ate Lancashire , and Stnrge and his staff infest Scotland and Ireland , and the other districts of England . Those men are one and all

      hostile to every principle of the Charter , except the Ballot , and that we don ' t want , as we have sot got the vote to cover with it . The otject of i 'fcofe men is to insure the restoration of the Whigs t 0 * fSce under a pledge of carrying a total repeal of the v *!! La-w 3 ; and now hear me—so Eure as God is above . Vi if you sanction a repeal of the Corn Laws , until yon k * Te a T <» ce in making the laws , so sure will you . * 6 d the bloodiest revolution that-ever Bhocked the oojaan e e * ^ - preached the same i docirine for i '" * years , and I hojv repeat ii ; andj bear in mind , that in a revolution the working ! classes are ahva }' 1 made to bear the blow 3 , while j the privileged ordt invariably reap the harvest . '

      And again , a reyolu' ^ m England would bs worse and more fierce than a revolution in any other country in the woi . " ^ > and for this reason ; Because there are so many j '^ sJ ous and contending interests . Privilege has now ^ d i ts feast . Fat jurors have sentenced starving m . " * banishment for takbg bread ; yes ,. the advocated & ^^ P Dread * nd the promoters ef the late revolui ^ ^* con * victed starving men of taking bread , x »* ° aware , tty friends , that no stone will be left uni " *" ^ promote the objects of the League ; I hope , ho ^ < 3 ver , to be well enough shortly to take the field agu * B * t them , and then I shall expose the recent conspiracy * and continue to enforce the principles of the

      I bare now written as much as my health will ***¦> & , but must add a word on behalf of the famines ef those convicted of being Chartists . We canno * be astonished at the persecution of our foes , if we allow the families of our friends to want while their providers are in prison ; and should you- re-IQire any further inducement than duty points out , I beg of yon to read the admirable , the bobIstimug letter of the Rev . Mr . Mantz , and above * U , let the friends of each imprisoned victim look out in their respective localities for bail for those who are held in prison for want of it . Do those

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      things for yourselves , and faction will respect you and cease to persecute yon . I get one man ' s share of all your troubles , and yet will I bear the oppressor ' s frown and the tyrant ' s scorn , and die as I have lived—a pure lover of liberty , rather than abandon my owa child in the day of danger and the hour of trouble . I am , your faithftl friend and servant , Fkaegus O'Connor ,

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      JOHN CAMPBELL TO THE CHARTIST PUBLIC . Kirkdale Gaol , Oct . 18 th , 1842 . Bkothek Dbmocbats , —I am entirely ignorant of bow things are going on outside the walla of this prison . I have written once to the Iforthern Star , and twice to the Evening Star ; whether those letters have appeared or not I cannot tell , inasmuch as I am completely ¦ debarred from the use of aewspapers . Well , I again address yoa , to encourage you to go « n in the good work of a people's liberties . The London Dogberries have refused bail on my behalf , saying that ball east be tendered for me at Kirkdale i but as ifwoald cost , at the very least , £ 12 to convey my two bondsmen from London to Kirkdale and back , I am resolved sot to permit so much money to be wasted .

      Now nisd , I have sever said a « ingle word against the Whigs that I hav « not said against the Tories ; they are a > brace of poHtkal robbers , and as aB parties say we bare killed and buried Whiggery , oar next aim most be to crush the monster—Toryism . 5 Let your every effort be made te 4 o so . The path before you , as Chartists , is clear , and so time must be lost in -adopting a certain line of policy , and a decided line too . What I recommend is this—that in the municipal elections oof whole force should be marshalled , that we win have one . candidate ready for each one the Whig « or Tories may have ; and that if the Whigs

      say " Here is oar candidate—there is yours 4 we will put these two into effice , " then I say , unite frith the Whigs to secure the return of an even number of Chartist municipal officers ; and if the Whigs refuse , then have nothing whatever to do with them 1 if the Tories agree , then anite with the Tories for the same purpose . Bat if you cannot make terms with either faction , go to the poll yourselves , and , if possible , get one or more elected u municipal officers ; and where you cannot return one of your own party , stand neutral ; have nothing whatever to do in supporting either of the factions .

      Such is my advice , and on Buch I intend to act , if I am let out on bail before March . And here let me tender my individual thanks to Messrs . Wheeler and Caffay , of London , who have exerted themselves to procure bail for me ; to Messrs . Shaw , Sewell , Batenan , and Cleave , of London ; to Mr . Fright , of Ramsgate ; to Messrs . Spencer and M'Farlane , of Northampton ; to Mr . Morling , of Brighton ; to Mr . M'Pberson , of Ipswich ; to Mr . Bell , of Norwich ; and the other gentlemen who have offered to go bail for me . I have written to Sir James Graham , and I have told him I am determined to wage war with him and his odioos party when I may be at large . Yes , my friends , my every act shall go to damn the cruel and destructive Tories as soon as I am at liberty . Brethren , look at the conduct of the Tories ; where or when have they ever been anything else except the most cruel , ruthless , and most tyrannical faction that ever lived ?

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

      The agitation must not drop—it must continue—it must go on—it most increase—it must triumph , and the priseipJes offee People ' s Charter become law ia spite of every opposition . And although the apostles of freedom may be imprisoned—may be exiled , or suffer death on the scaffold , — in spite of all , the eternal &cd holy principles of truth and justice must ultimately succeed . Bat if the prison ' s gloom is to be made lightsome to the democrat ' s heart , his name must not be forgotten . This does not at all apply to me , as I have been kindly remembered by my friends ; but the ease I have to mention is one that ought not to take place—it is that of John Massty . of Newton Heath , near Manchester , who is imprisoned ou the same charge S 3 myself ; bat te iUastxste the case mere dearly , I insert here a copy of & > letter from his wife to him whilst in prison : — " Newton Heath , " Friday , 14 th Oct ., 1842 .

      " Sear Husband , —I am wearied with fatigue , for I have all to do for you . I have sent yoa 4 s . 6 d . ; it is all I have . Tour bond is given in to-day . I hope yon will soon be at home again , God bless yon . ' Yours , affectionately , " AI . A . Masset . " Here , then , is a man with a family of five children , fonr of them under nine years of age ; the wife weaves occasionally when she can , to earn a trifle for her family , and out of this she has to scrape 4 ? . 6 d . and send it to him to assist him . She has not received any assistance from the Newton Heath Chartists . I ask , is this Chartism ? Is this justice ? Is this patriotism ? If it be , Gad preserve me from such !

      Brethren , I have every reason to hate the Tones . Me and mine have been persecuted by them . Leach has been nearly destroyed by them . MDonall is hunted like a wolf or tiger , and a price set upon his head . What may have beceme of Bairstow , I cannot telL Brooks of Todmorden , M'Cartney of Liverpool , Jones of < itto , Ellisof the Potteries , Cooperof Leicester , O'Connor , Hill , Otley , Harney , Doyle , Parkes , Smith , and a host of others , are now nsder the tender naercieB of the Tories . Will you , the people , forgive them ? will yon forget them ? No , no , I am £ ure yon will not ; I am sure you will kindly remember them at the hustings , and very honestly inform them that you are sick of their despotism , and you will do your best to send them headlong from power .

      To snch parties as may have had the first number of the Penny Democrat , I now promise that , if I can get out on bail , I will at once bring oat the second number , and continue it weekly , and make it what I have before said it shall be , namely , a complete mirror of trades ' unions ; and I shall endeavour to establish it before March , in order that if I am to be consigned to a dungeon for any length of time , there may be the means of supporting my family irithout being a burden on the Chartist public : and to those gentlemen who forwarded me cash for Evening and Northern Stars , I can assure them that I will forward them the moment I arrive in London . Cards of membership shall again be got ready , and steps taken to give a greater impetus to the movement Hiftn ever .

      Why , if the Government will throw impediments in tie way of my getting out on bail I cannot help it ; bat rbether in prison , or out , the Tories shall find me a born in their sides , and you will find me your brother emocrat . John Campbell . P . S . I also return mj sincere thanks to Mr . iloir .

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      HE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRO TEM . TO THE CHARTISTS OF ENGLAND , BUT MORE ESPECIALLY TO THOSE RESIDING IN YORK Broth kb Democrats , —Seeing by a resolution in 16 northern Star , emanating from the Chartists of r , that they consider the appointment of an Execute Committee pro tern , to have been unnecessary ecanse the original body had not then been convicted ; nat it was unjustifiable , because the sense of the cuntry had sot been taken upon the subject , and that ie books of the Executive should nave been placed in je hands of Mr . Morgan Williams until Mr . Campbell ¦ as fat liberty , or the country should have had time > sppoint another General Secretary , we deem it ecessary to make a few remarks npon the good policy f the line of conduct which has been adopted .

      The arrest of Messrs . Campbell and Leach , and the jnsequent inability of Mr . Bairstow to fulfil the duties [ his station , was b » sudden and unexpected , that it r&s impossible any arrangement could be entered into , lerrespondenee mi daily arriving from all parts of the , -afcry without any official person to give tba desired ax ^ rt or information , and if active 4 ** a bad not * n immediately taken , the a&ira of the association ould b >»» **** "Pe edHy plunged into aiwrfermd ofasion tertead of beingeondoeted with thatordei td preedsk ^ o which is « o ewentiaUj neoeasary io an - tensive con M « d movement , and the great moral feet upon the Opromment of a new head being * pjintedI to the t / wodation . -bwring them in the very &t of their power i ^ od strength , immediately upon the rest or dilperaionof trotter , *«» ^ Jf *» ailB ^ at ; with ^ £ r * to its being notifiable because the jinion of the country had J **> been taken npon it , the revious remarks Trill , we tnr « t , Epffidentty prove our Atifiatton -when coupled -wttft ! & # feet that if our

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      arrangement is earned out , In one month from the date of our taking office a regularly appointed Executive will have been elected . The first official act which we transacted was an earnest application to Morgan Williams to immediately hasten to London , and give us tha benefit of his advice and co-operation . Anxiously wo waited day after day , antil , after the lapse of upward * of a week , we received the following reply \—" Dear Sir , —In answer to yours , I have only to say I shall be most happy to eo-sperate with you and the other members of the Committee , in any w » y which may be of service te the cause ; bat I should not wish , my name appended to any address before first seeing it My drcumstaxMets , from my being somewhat engaged la business just now more fckan during the summer , prevent me from meeting yo * in London . My respects to Campbell ; I presume he is out on b * 4 L I am . afraid < A Leach sad Campbell getting off badly .

      " Yours , respectfully , ' " Morgan Williams . " This letter , and the-circamstanca of Morgan Williams residing at Penyrheol , Merthyr , will be considered a sufficient reason why the books ef the Executive were not placed in the bands of that gentleman , as they ondoabtedly would have been , had we received the benefit of his-active , co-eperstion . In conclusion , we have only to add that W trust you will immediately bestir yourselves in nominating persons for the ensuing Executive . Our eaemies , enuftlly

      with « sr false friends , are oa the alert . We have a dismal prospect of distress and atarvaUoa before ss In the coming winter , and it is absolutely necessary that we Bhoold have the number of our Executive complete : this -can be effected without one shilling expenoe , and with a small amount of trouble . If their services are not wanted at the present jaaotute , they will be an army in reserve , ready at a moment's notice to occupy the honourable position to which you have elected them , without the possibility of an emergency occurring like tie present .

      Tours , WlLHAM CUfrFAY , John George Dron , James Knight , Thomas M . Wheeler , Secretary . P . S . As Beveral Important districts in the country have not yet nominated candidates , the date fer nominating will be extended to Tuesday , Oct 25 th ; the return of persocs nominated to be published on Saturday , 29 th ; an immediate election by ballot must take place . The returns to be made , at latest , by Tuesday , November 8 th , and the result published on Saturday , November 12 th .

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

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

      madeithis distinction between his address to Ellis and the others . Speaking of the latter , he said that they were fonnd guilty to the satisfaction of an intelligent Jury and to my satisfaction . But whea he spoke of the verdict against W . Ellis , his Lordship said that he was found guilty to the satisfaction of an intelligent Jury , omitting to add and to my satisfaction ; so that it is quite clear that Chief Justice Tindal was as equally unprepared for such a verdict as was the very orowded Court . Ellis is most sanguine in his hopes of a pardoD , or at least of a mitigation of his sentence . He speaks of it as an act of justice that cannot be withheld , and most solemnly declares his total innocence of the irime laid to his

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

      recesses , immediately shrunk back ; and , covering his face with his hands , indulged in one of tkose silent bursts which , while they indicate the workings of a broken heart , are calculated to impart to it a momentary relief . Mrs . Ellis , her three orphans—and Ehe will be soon the mother of a fourth , accompanied by her father-in-law , left here on Sunday evening . Samuel Simpkin sentenced to transportation for life , for the riot at Bur = lem , is now proved beyond a donbt to be totally innocent of the charge . So convinced are the Judges of it , that they have already commuted his sentence to eighteen months imprisonment . And it is currently reported that he will receive a free pardon . The poor felljw was tha whole of the day on which the riot took place , engaged at work for his master , nearly two miles distant from where the riot took pi ace .

      Joseph , WhistoHs , another Chartist nnder sentence of transportation for life , must no doubt be pardoned as he is proved to be a maniac . His father died some years ago in a lunatic asylum , and the son who is now in this gaol has always been considered as " heir of his father's infirmity , " and one decidedly deranged . There are several others under rule of transportation , whose sentences will , if there is justice in the land , be reversed , as now that all the excitement of the Special Commission has subsided . It is ascetained that instead of being guilty perpetrators in the outrages , they were mere spectators whom natural curiosity ltd to witness the sad ravages of an infuriated and maddened people . It must be gratifying to learn that the rascals , who under pretence of defending the prisoners , had fleeced their friends of several sums of money will be punished . Mr . Baron Parke faithfully promised

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      Mr . Price , the barrister , that Masser , who took the £ 2 5 s . from the poor man , Tavlor , to defend his daughter , and then abandoned ( her to her fate ,. will be prosecuted by the Crown , as boob as the case against the heartless rascal is made out . Chief Justice Tindal has likewise directed , in the most peremptory manner , that the charge against Whalley should be investigated with a view to ulterior proceedings . One poor woman sold her bed and all her furniture , to fee one ef those harpies . The miscreant took the money , £ 9 , and then told the poorfellow to plead guilty , which he did , and was sentenced to transportation . Had Mr . Roberts been sent down earlier these impositions would not have been practised . As it was , Mr . Roberts ' exertions ia behalf of the prisoners are beyond all praise , and are duly appreciated by the poor creatures themselves , who are loud in their acknowledgments of his kindness and his indefatigable labour in endeavouring to rescue them from the tigers who speculated in their blood .

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

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

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

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

      bar a Chutist , and of course a destructive , and therefore if they wished their property to be secure they must bring the culprit in guilty . Hi . Leach then related to the meeting the language of the Judge to a poor handloom-weaver . The Judge stated that the working men of this country enjoyed more liberty than the working men of any other country , and was it not for their idleness they could be in possession of all the comforts of life . But what ia tha fact ? The weaver could earn about five shillings ptr week , or £ 13 p 6 r year , if he had full work . Now , if we contrast ( said Mr . Leach ) the sum received by this fellow with the weaver , we find that he receives from the people £ 5 , 000 per year ; and it would take four hundred weavers to work the whole year round to pay this boated porpoise his wages I and then he turns round

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

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

      winter , and that they have got a part of their amunition ready . They have got two tons of tracts printed ready for circulation , and that they will raise a fnnd of £ 50 , 000 tOj agitate the country with , and that they will force a repeal of the Corn Laws nex 6 session . Well , let them begin , and be sure that you keep them in the front ranks , don't let them do the mischief , and tfacn slip out of the way , and have you to supper , as them Finnigans , Falneys , and A elands have done , and you will see what the Tories will do for them . But let them call a public meeting and I ( said Mr . Leach ) will bo there . Mr . Leach then entered upon the expences of the Government of this country as compared with other nations ; and by way of illustration showed that the police force of Birmingham cost more than the Govarnmeut ot America , thus shewing that in this country it

      cost more for police to keep 160 , 000 persons in bondage , than it took in America to govern 18 , 000 , 000 of a population . Mr . Leach very ably exposed the robberies that are committed upon the people , and that the case of the working classes was gutting worse every day ; at the present time five-sixths of their labour was not worth a farthing to them . In 1819 , the weaver only produced one peace where he cow produces eight pieces , and those pieces of a superior quality , but in 1819 he received more for the one piece than he now gets for the whole ef the eight . The question then is who takes the seven pieces that the weaver baa produced ? It is the system of class legislation . By the

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

      HUDDERSFIELD . —A meeting of the General Council was held on Saturday last , at the Temperance Hotel , Paddock , when the usual routine of business was gone through , the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to— " That we highly approve of and affirm the step taken by the London ChartUts in choosing another Executive , until such times , as the noble patriots whom a bad and tyrannical Government have taken from ua , and immured in the dungeon * gloom , be again at liberty , to fill their honourable duty In the peopled cause . " Second— " That * e highly approve of , and do recommend to the various agents of the Star , the plan laid down by Mr . Wataon , of Fiiubury , for the purpose of raising a fond for the defence of the Chartist leaders . '' . -

      LEICESTER . —The following receipts on behalf of Mr . Cooper ' s defence fund have been received by Mr . Wm . Crow , treasurer : —Per Mr . Philips , haberdasher and genera dealer , Welford-road , 3 s . Old . ; per ditto , 33 . The above , with £ 1 for the general defenee fund , have been contributed by Borne of the Leicester shopkeepers .

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      SUBSCRIP TIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAVE . potmcAr , victim and defbnce fund . ¦¦ '¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦ ¦ • ; ¦ ; ¦ ; ¦ ¦ £ . . s , d . Previously acknowledged ... ... 60 15 6 J Friends , Ship Tavern , Long-lane , Berniondsey ... ... ... l < 4 0 Lambeth Youths ... ... ... 0 10 J . Welle ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Shoemakers , Hackney ••• ... 0 2 0 Mr . Mogford ... ... ... 0 1 0 Mr . Frost ... ... .. ... 0 10 A few young Republicans , Marylebone 0 9 4 Mr . Bates and shopmates ... ... 0 2 3 Mr . Clare .... ... ... ... 0 10 A few Friends of " Exclusive Dealing , "

      silk weavers locality ... ... 0 10 0 A Friend ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Ladies' Shoematers , City . Trades' Union 0 5 71 Clock House looality ... ... ... 0 9 3 D . G . ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 G . ... ... ... ... ... 0 0 2 An old" unstamped" ... ... 0 10 Wandsworth ... ... ... 0 7 6 A few Type-founders , Fan-street ... 0 8 8 Chartists ; Worcester ... ... ... 0 12 0 Do . Blackburn ... ... ... 2 0 0 L ' amberhead Green , near Wigan ... 0 4 0 A real Chartist , Bruton ... ... 0 2 6 Curriers and Tannere , ( Wilkins ' e )

      Bertnondsey ... .... ... 0 3 0 A . C . A . ... ... ... ... 0 26 Chartists , Irvine ... ... ... 0 10 0 Chartists , Cofentry ... ... ... 1 11 0 Females , do . ... ... ... 0 9 0 TaWEtock ... ... ... ... 1 0 0 Hooley Hill , near Manchester ... 0 10 0 Lambley , Nottinghamshire ... ... ; 0 4 0 A . B ., Nottingham ... ... ... : 0 5 0 Females , Tower Hamluta ... ... 0 10 Mra . ' Dealtry ; .. ' . ... ... 0 10 Mrs . Ogdeu ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Warwick and Lsamjngfcoa ... ... 0 10 6

      •"; . £ 74 16 10 In Mr . Cleave ' s third list the name " Thos . Boud" was inadvertently substituted by that of "Baldry . "

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      GLASGOW . —A general meeting of the eleotors of ihe first Municipal District was held in the Rev , Mr . Duncan ' s ( late Mr . Peden ' s ) Church , Regentstreet , on Monday evening , for the purpose of nominating candidates for the ensuing election of City Councillors , Dr . Smeal in the chair . The six members lor the ward being specially requested to attend , all except one wore in attendance , Mr .

      J . Dnnlop . Mr , David Bell , one of the retiring members , and Mr . Giiorge Anderson , of Hill-= troft , who is brought forward as a Chartist , being proposed , were called on to Btate their viows regarding the Suffrage . Mr . Anderson declared he had taken his stand on thet ' ullest possible extent of thu Suffrage with those measures of detail necessary to enable the people to exercise that Suffrage with effect . Mr . Bell , said ho could say amen to all that fell from Mr . Anderson . Both geniiemen were ultimately carried by acclamation ; we have no doubt they will bu triumphant at the poll . '

      A Public Meeting was held in the Chartist Church , Regent-street , on Monday evening , to hear a report from Mr . George Roes , delegate to the Edinburgh Convention , and to make arrangements for raising funds for the defence of our incarcerated friends . After Mr . Rose had made his report , measures were adopted for the raising of funds for the support of our incarcerated and persecuted friends . The United Suoemakees held a meeting on Monday se ' nuiftht , hi Fra&or ' s Hall , the meeting was addressed for an hour and a half by one of tbeii * own number , Mr . Samuel Kidd . with great effect .

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

      . CAR&IS&Ei—The Trades of Carlisle who have come out for the Charter , have forwarded to the Evening Star office , two donations to the Defenee Fond ; on the first occasion £ 2 waa sent , and on Monday they forwarded £ 1 53 , The £ 2 was acknowledged in the Evening Star and no doubt the latter sum will . . SUNDER&AND . —On Sunday afternoon last , Mr Williams delivered a brief address on the Town Moor , and . read a considerable portion of the Evening Star , to a good audience . STCCKTON-ON-TEES . —Mr . P . M . Brophy delivered an excellent address in the Working Men ' s Beading Boom here , on Sunday evening , and again on-Tueaday evening .

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      STOCKPORT . —Nothin ^ tenda toTCdvance a cause bo much as persecution . Since the recent onslaughts against the liberty of the people , through the arrest of their tried friends and leaders . Numbers have flocked to the standard of Chartism . On Sunday niRht last , we had a splendid meeting ,-at the large Room , Bomber ' s Brow . Our respected townsman , Mr . Carter , waa unanimously called upon to preside ; and , after a speech replete with good sense and sonnd argument , introduced a young friend from Manchester , named Tonrena , who officiated for Mr . Lane , who was unavoidably absent It was bis maiden speech , and truly an efficient one ft was . He exposed In an humourous manner the fallacy ot the arguments ot the Plagueltea , and con-STOCKPORT . —Nothinaf ^ tendV toTCdvance a cause so much as persecution . Since the recent onslaughts

      AND LEEDS GENERAL 1 DTEETISER .

      eluded a brief but excellent address by calling upon all present to join the National Charter Association . Mr . Thomas Clark was then called upon . who , after reading the letter , which appeared in that day ' s Evening Star , of our beloved champion , O'Connor—made a most powerful and affecting appeal on behalf of the incarcerated friends of freedom ; and , in the moat sarcastic manner , ridiculed the Wc-a of a man's being a Chartist who pleaded poverty as an excuse for not paying , and yet afford to go to a beer-rhop , and support a set of idle drones , who had ever been the people ' s worafc enemies , and concluded by advising all to abstain from the use of intoxicating drinks , and also to contribute towards the support of the victims of the heartless Plaguers , which they did to the amount of 9 s . 4 i .

      ROCHDALE . —On Tuesday night , the Rev . W . V . Jackson , from Manchester , lectured in the Theatre . SHEFFIELD . —A public meeting was held in the Fig-tree-lane room , on Wednesday , Oofc . 12 th , to take into consideration the recent arrests , and tha duty of all Chartists at the present crisis . Mr . Dyson was called to the chair . Mr . Edwin Gill moved the first resolution , " That this meeting views with indignation the recent avrests of the friends of freedom by an irresponible government , the attempt to destroy the constitutional right of Englishmen Id meet publicly to discuss their grievances , ani the employment of spies , and packed juries , for the annihilation of the liberties of the people . " Mr . Wragg seconded the resolution , whioh was carried unanimously . Mr .

      Eyinson moved the next resolution , " That this meeting , despite of Whig and Tory despotism , pledges itself to renewed exertion for the advocacy of the' rights of all , as embodied ia tha People ' s Charter ; and , as well , to support the wive 3 and families of ihe incarcerated victims , ' as tha best means of convincing the Government of our abhorence and detestation of tyranny and oppression , " which was , carried unanimously . " Mr . Cartledgo moved , seconded by Mr . Fearne , " That the tbanka of this meeting be given to tho Chartists of Manchester , for the Bjmpathy and kintfness Bhewnby them towards the victims , during their incarceration in that town , " which was unanimously carried ; and a collection being made for Mrs . Parkes aud family , the meeting separated .

      On Sunday evening , Mr . Evinson delivered a lecture on the faotory system . The meeting was also addressed by Mcssr ? . Gill and Clayton , on Lord Abinger ' s charge to the Jury . YORK .- ^ -At a meeting of the Chartists of York , on Tuesday evening , the following resolution was moved by E . Burloy , seconded by R . Gill , " That we , the Chartists of York , do thank the men of London for the v zoal they have evinced to serve the cause , by the election of an Executive , Pro . Tcm ., yet we are of opinion that such election was unnecessary at that time , inasmuch as the Exeoutive ai - e not yet convicted ; and further , we consider the act they have committed unjustifiable , as the sense of tha

      country oug&fc to bave been taken upon the subject ; aud we are further of opinion that the books of the Executive ought to have been placed in the hands of Mr . Morgan Williams , and all communications addressed to'h ' im ,- . until Mr . Campbell is at liberty to act , or the country eleot another General Secretary to supply his place . " Second , moved by E . Burley , seconded by Thomas / Hunter , "That the thanks of this meeting aro due , and hereby given to the brave Chartists of Malton , for their noble conduct in attending the constable ' s meeting , and defeating the factions , by carrying their own list of persons in nomination for parish constables of that aristocratic town . "

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      SIR ROBERT PEEL'S BUDGET . Reprinted ' from the Northern Star of March 19 th

      TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . My Beloved Friends —Is it not a most astonish * ing thing that ' . the task of explaining the all-important part of Sir Robert Peel ' s Budget should be left to me . Yes , the whole preta has been nibbling nt what thoy consider the important portion of the question—the Income Tax . Now , that has little or nothing to do with it . Of that portion , I would merely gay that Peel , finding that be oould not reduce expenditure with a prospect of support from the expectants , has in so far put the bear ' n own paw Into the bear ' s own mouth . He has told them that henceforth they must in part live

      upon their own fat . Peel has not made any attempt to reduce expenditure to the nation ' s capability-of Baying j but , on the contrary , he has undertaken to create a surplus over all requirements of more than half a million j and , believe me , that for this surplus also there will be thousands of gaping months . The presa is very angry about the Income Tax , and smnll blaraa to them ; but I am delighted with it , an * still more ao with other portions of his budget , which I shall presently explain . I am pleased with the Income Tax , because the mode of assessmenT ,-rnot of lavy , as the preea complains , —carries the war into the enemy ' s camp .

      But here is the important part of Sir Robert Peel ' a Budget ? HE . ADMITS LIVESTOCK INTO THTS COUNTBT AT A MERE NOMINAL DUTY . £ 1 for au OX ; 15 a . for * cow ; and 10 s . for a calf , which , in Parliamentary language , means a , young beast There was a prohibition to this description of Btook before , except for breed at an immense high duty . He also admits salt and cured meat at a duty of id . per lb . Now ,-this ia the wedge The fact of this will be that cattlo , both fat and store , will be sent from Holland , Belgium , and parte of France , at one-half of the prbsent price . A Dutobman or a Frenchman can pay the duty and freight , : ind send cattle into the Bngliuh market at a Cheaper rate than Scotchmen and Englishmen living nt a great distance from the market , and Irishmen can ; and America can send us store provisions for much less than half the present price .

      Now , the result will be that much more land in tha adjacent continental countries will bo taken outof cultivation , and turned to pasture for feeding cattle for tha Englioh and . Irish market ; while us corn is the produce most highly favoured in England , immense tracks of grass land in England . Ireland , and Scotland will be broken up for cultivation . This will reduce the price of honiB-grown corn much , very much below what an eight shillings , or even a fourshillings' duty would bave kept it at ; and it-will red vice the price of all kinds ot meat , butter ; and chepae , beyond what any man can at present possibly imagine . This will draw thousands of operatives frem the mill lords , and create a certain competition in the two labour markets—that of land . and hteam . ¦ ' ' '

      But now mark the effect . The landed property will be tremendously reduced in value , as i t ought to be , and the reduced value will be taxed at three per cent ., aa it ought to be ; but this reduction in the price of produce will increase nearly double the value of funded property , and IT to only to be taxed by the same scale according to its present net amount . Tithes will fall to one half , and then be taxed to J per cent , on the reduced amount , and even the reduced arnonnt the landlords will kiqkagainst paying-, while both landlord ! ami the little lords , will very , very shortly , array themselves , first in moral , and then , IF kequired , in physical forco array ugainst the fund lords , and every mao having a Bxc . tl income . All tenants with leases for lives or terms of years , must be ruined , as the ' , landlords cannot afford , jvoor fellows !!!) to make reductic-ns wki « h will be required in c&useqaence of Peel ' s measure .

      In fact , if I was asked to frame a bill for the com * plfcte and entire dissolution of society , as at present constituted , agricultural , manufacturing , commercial , trading , governvitntal , fiatal , moral , and physical , ! should say I jiake not one single' alteration in the Budget , of run Right Hon . Baronet , it will spaag 6 the debt—break the landlords—pay off tha creditors—open manuf . u : turies abroad for the displaced agriculturists , whose places will be better supplied at home . It will make the suioktocracy of England more observant of demand and tupply , because it will take an immense surplus population , by which they now reduce the wages of their hands .

      It will cauee a shindy among the parsons ! and it ¦ " ^ ill throw every injured or disappointed man into tha Chartists ranks . It will do all these things ; while 1 , without the Charter , it will not be worth a pin's point to the working people , and for this simple reason : If general prosperity should be the result , that prosperity would be taxed by class legislation for the support of a rising generation of paupers . But whit has he done more ? 01 glorlous—thrica glorious , — he has had the courage to tax IRISH ABSENTEES ! O ! how the devils will Ecatnper home 11 acvi ho -will I when I get the Charter . Now , believe me , this was the prophesied earthquake that waa to frighten tho Irish .

      Now , my friends , bear in mind that while I was in York I toia you the Whigs would go mad . Wei ) , they are literacy rabid—foaming at the mouth . Again , I told you that Peol would propose a far more sweeping measure than the Whigs proposed , Has he not ? Again , I told you that Russell would become ai Tory And won ' t he 1 I should lika to know what the Irish farmera will bow say to IUniel O'Connell abent Free Trade . Bj > Jove , we shall have " the D < jtH among the ¦ Tailors . " Beasts already fallen above 10 per cent . Meat falling everyday . A forgo quantity thrown into the river * , while the people are starving , and only want tha Chatter to turn it to better account . Cora falling , chops fallings , and the Ciiartista rising .

      Bat now , ' marfe-my words ; such an agitation nevai was seen aa England aud Ireland will present in lea than one month fioui the day of thgjtetojjjywpf , 16 tb March , 1842 . ¦ AJa ^ ATJV Your faithful afrVfefeft ^ A ^

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      VOL . Y . NO . 258 . SATURDAY , OCTOBER 22 , 1843 . *^ SgS" "

      To The Imperial Chartists

      TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS

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

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

      We also request the sub-seeretaries of every locality where Chartist prisoners may have resided , to send immediately to the Secretary pro tern . 243 } , Temple Bar , a correct account of the names of the victims , stating whether single or married , the number of their families , &c that steps may immediately be taken to lessen the immense amount * f misery and destitution with which they are now oppressed . FeeliDg confident that as becomes men , and brother Chartists , you will immediately carry those arrangements into effect , We remain , Your devoted Ssrvanta , William Cuffay . John Ge-rge Beon . James Knight . Thomas M . Wheeler . Secretary .

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      SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY THE GENERAL DEFENCE FUND COMMITTEE , AT MANCHESTER . .

      £ s . d . A few friends , per T . Cousins ... 0 4 3 A friend to Hargreaves ... ... 0 4 0 A few . 'friends , per Z . Rodgers ... 0 11 0 Chartist painters , second c ollection / ... 0 11 6 A few friends at Redfern ' s Temperance Hotel ... ... ... ... 0 2 2 A few friends , per John Whitley , Ri # a-Btreet , Hulme ... ... ... 0 2 3 Mr . Lee ' s book ... ... 0 6 5 Miles Platting , per H . Waters ... 0 6 0 Geo . Haughton ... ... ... ... 0 10 A friend , per Mr . Swiers ... ... 0 10 Wm . Hey wood , per Wm . Grocott ... 0 4 0 Wm . Montgomery , per ditto ... ... 0 2 6 C . M'Allum , per ditto ... ... ... 0 10 Mr . M'Cralin , per ditto ... ... 0 0 10 From a few friends , per Wm . Grocatt 0 12 4 A few spinners , Great Ancoats-street 1 7 6 A few friends at Brown ' s Temperance

      Hotel ... ... ... ... 1 3 0 A few friend ? , per J . Leach ... ... 0 5 0 Mr . Williams | ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 A manager of a factory ... ... 0 10 0 Son to the above ... ... ... 0 10 A few friends , per J . Leach ... ... 0 4 0 A few friends—Failsworth ... ... 0 8 3 Chartist Mechanics 0 13 0 Delph and Saddloworth , per D . Ross ... 0 10 0 Mr . Lonsdale ... ... ... ... 5 0 0 G . C . ... ... ... 0 10 Mr . Atkinson ... ... ... ... 0 1 0 Thomas Heams ... ... ... ... 0 0 3

      Richard Haslem ... ... 0 10 A few friends at Mr . Lees ... ... 0 18 ^ A few friends to freedom of opinion ... 0 2 6 From Newton , per A . Travis ... ... 0 7 10 A friend ... ... ... 0 2 0 A few friends , per Mr . Proud ... .... 0 92 A few friends , per J . Leach ... ... 0 8 SA Mr . Williams ... ... 0 0 6 " Mrs . Lees book ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 Mrs . White ... ... ... ... 0 7 6 A faw friends , per Mr . Grooott ... 0 i 11 Alexander M' Whe , afriend to O'C ... 0 1 0 An engineer ... ... 0 0 6

      THE PROCEEDS OF TWO SERMONS PREACHED BY MR J . BARROW , AT UNSWORTH , ON SUNDAY , OCT . ] 6 tH . : ¦ " ¦ ¦ £ a . d . Collections ... ... ... ... 1 12 6 Deduct expences ... ¦ 0 6 ' 0 Defence Fund ... ... 1 6 6 From the Friends of Rooden Lane ... 0 8 6 A few Friends , per John Webster ' s Book ... ... 0 3 0 Received from Mr . O'Connor to Defend the men at Liverpool ... 50 0 0 Received from Mr . M'Gee , as balance left from Chester ... 5 0 0

      £ 73 4 11 The Committee return their sincere thanks to their Chartist brethren , and more especially to the friends connected with the Temperance Associations for tho support they have already received . And they would respectfully urge upon them the necessity of renewed exertions on behalf of tha victims to despotic Bway . Ther j are upwards of sixty who have to take their trials at the next Liverpool assfzos , exclusive of numbers in other parts of the country ; and they hope that the fund for their defence by next March . will be such as to give the victims that defence which they deserve from the country ; and prove to the Government that the patriots so unjustly persecuted have the sympathy of the people , for whose s&kes they are suffering imprisonment and bonds . We hope this call will not be made in vain .

      On behalf ot the Committee , Wm . Dixon , Secretary . Manchester , Oct . 18 fch , 1842 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 22, 1842, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct776/page/1/