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O'CONKELL AND THE IRISH CATHOLIC CLERGY . TO THE BIGHT BET . DOCTOR BLAKE , CATHOLIC BISHOP OF DBOMORE . My Lord , —I believe it is not customary to make any Biology for addressing a letter to any one -who appears before the public upon political questions , thicuah the medium of the press . Agmniing this as a right ^ riicfl I should hope will rot be controverted , I take leave , tins pnblicJyf to make a few observations upon your L-jr-Jship ' s letter , of the 9 th instant , to the Editor of the Seicrv Telegraph .
Sly Laid , I have , with n » little degree of pain , read that letter in the Dail y Freeman and in the Week ]/ Treamai ' s Journal of thia day ; and I regret t * see ihat , in your anxiety to make Mr . O'Connell appear to Hie world as the honest , uncompromising , consistent patriot which you wish him to be , and in your admiraiion of hit tzasscendant eloqaeooe and splendid abilities believe him to be , yon have in some parts of every speech and letter of yours , in his praise , exposed yonrsslf to a flat contradiction from eveiy one who has taken the trouble to examine and read Mr . O Conneli ' s political letters aad meandering career . The facts are one ai-d an against your lordship ' s charitable assumptions , and I am sorry for it ; because it is peat injustice to any man , and to the country , to hold him up to bis countrymen npen false" assumptions either for public sdnlation or public odium . Equity , and equity aloxe , should be the ground upon which every public man shonld be tried . Equity is the shield and protection of the just man ; but the terror of the knave .
Tee following sentence occurs in your Lordship ' s letter t-f the Sth insiant , namely , I believe , indeed , that neither the war with China nor that with Afghan ' istan were favourite undertakings with him , ( Mr . O'Coun&ll , ) and that wxiich has caused unnecessarily such horrible fcffision of blood and such txtensive and wanton destruction of human life , rather nils him with horror than exultation . ' * Now thi 3 is just the kind of feeling which every good man should hsTe Wished Mr . O Conoell to tare entertained , and fca-rrog entertained it , to have maintained it like an honest man ; but hiB condnct npon the occasion was ths Tery reverse . When the question of war with China came "T ? dpr discussion in the House of Commons , cr as the fashionable slang of the day has it , " was being ttacasBei , " Mr- O'Connell made by £ n the most trucnlent speech of all the advocates of that nefarious
measure ; one sentence or which was cheered to ifce echo by the enemit-s of mankind at both sides of th * Hor * e . Ee said , ' That British valour would teach the sancy and Insolent Chinese a salutary lesson at tee cannon ' s mouth even under the very -sralis of P-kln . ? How honest , consistent , sod prudent ia this conduct in the advocate of anti-war and anti-slavery at public meetings ! How sweet it fills from the lips ef him who ostentatiously proclaims that ' He would n * t shed one < Jrep ot human blood to achieve tiie libsaty of the world ! r
You ssy . my Lord , that " you have paid your yeare ' subscription before hand , to the Repeal Tent , and that yon glory in it ; aud that yon feel perfect confldtnee in the Integrity and loyalty as well as in the- ability , prudence . E ^ id energy of the UluBtriona individual who is the head of the Repeal Association . " I believe this aosi thoroughly . I am convinced that yon have ths ntHiost eoiiii-ence in Mi OtJonnelTs wisdom , prudence , ability , and integrity or else you would not do so . Ton must mean his ability , integrity , and prndence as a statesman or senator , as oe one d oubts or questions his ability as a lawyer and an orator ; but I do doubt and question bis ability and integrity as a senator . In what measure or proposition has he shown any proof of eith « one or other , or any of those qualities for which yon rive him credit ! Where are they to be found ? Show
jus the statute or proposition , or sctjor deed of hig in favou ? of public liberty since he weat into yariiament in 182 ^ , and I shall m « st willingly gire him credit for it ? 1 should not find fault with him for bavirjg been unsuccessful in the House of Commons ; bnt I do find fault with him for not having had the moral courage to have trbtie ths effort in his place in Parliament , particularly when his friends tba only British ministry that ever intended doing justice to Ireland , were in powtr , and when that Ministry had a commanding majority in the Honse of Commons . Where , then , is his abilisy ? Where is bis integrity ? What has he done orprtfposed to do ? !* t me not beauswert-d by Catholic Emascipation , which would be no answer , as he had not a seat ia Parliament when that measure was carried . Where then is the proof of his ability and intej ^ ity as a statesman ?
Now , my Lord , I who have for many years taken i sn active part jn politic ? , and carefully and atteskt *«] y read Mr . O ' Connell ' s letters and speeches , iBdTfook peat trouble t »< collect them with a view to their publication , as the history of his life written by his own hasd ; 2 nd who coB&ded , implicitly confided , in bis , ability and integrity , and was captivated by his eloquencs , and lotb to distrust bun m . til ha abandoned the true , pure Radical faith in 1 S 35 , and- openly and ' avowedly joined the deceitful and treacherous Whigs , s do not wish to take you by surprise whose studies and pursuits are of a different and moeh higher order than ' politics . Bnt , en the contrary , in order to -prove te i
your lordship and every other eulogiBt and almirer of the ability and integrity of Mr . OConneU , that I wish i to deal wilh this subject fairly and candidly , do now ! give yen ons month to discover and publish any one proposition for the benefit of his country , or in promotion of the public interest , brought forward by Mr . O'Conntll ia his place in Parliament , during the whole of his * " illustrious" p-jliamentary earner , the Kepeal of the Union always txcepted , because he says himeel f . that tie was reluctantly forced into the discussion of that measure . A-nci mind , that 1 am prepared to prove that be marred , wilfully marred , the introduction cf many a measure which would have been of pv ^ -nti ^ benefi t to Ins country .
As to hia "loyalty , " it appaars to me and "to many Others to have been , at one time , exce-dingly questionable , or if sot questionable , affords a bad test of that ; wisdom , prudence , ability and integrity lor which j your Lordship gives him so much credit My Lord , i be has often plumed himself npon the ability and fore- i eight which he displayed for five long yeara in futile , I and , I may add , fantastic efforts , to conciliate the I Oraiisemen , and that too , in spite ol the remonstrances j of those vsho knew them better than he did , and whose know edge he was afterwards forced , pabbcly forced , i to admit The time Ml . O'Connell chose to conciliate tie Orangrmen always did and always will carry a good ; deal of ^ reli-fonnded enspidon of bis loyalty about it ; the j more so wb £ n we take into eoosider&tisn his wisdom . ,
pm < itnce , ability , and experience . Mark the time and the circumstances well . My Lord , I pray you do not trea ; tais carelessly , tut weigh it welL At the very pcri&d , and ioi > £ before , when Mr . O'Connell was by all the eloquence and all the artifice cf which he iB xaaattr , tailing his credulous , trarm-hearted , and confiding countrymen into the delmive hope that the Orsnj » emen could not oniy be conciliated , bnfc that hundreds cf ihtaa had sacrificed their prejudices on the altar of their country , and joined the racks of the Bepe&lers , the Duke cf Cumberland , -who was Grand Master of the Orangemen of the Empire , and Colonel F ^ irmanj Lord Kenyon , and otfeer great Orange leaders , formed a conspiracy to change tb ^ dynasty oj the death of William the Fourth and place tie Duke of Cumberland on the throne- This
eongpirsi v Tfis happily exploded Jjy the joquixy -which ParHaH ^ nt insiitu- .-d into the origin , nature , and tendency of its Orarge institutions . I shall net now say at whose iuggestion this inquiry was instituted . But ii is clear to any one who reads the report of that inquiry , the letters of Colonel Fairman and ilr . Herrick , smi the disavowal "by the Date of Cumberland , in the House of Lords , of any connection with Orangemen or Orarre institutions , that had this inquiry net taken place ¥ 3 wonid not be bjessed with Q ; eea Tictoria fur our SovcTtUn . It is immaterial wbetb « r Mr . O Co . mell played wiifniiy into the hands of the I > ake of Cumberland or he did set . In either case he is not deaerrtBg Of tfce high characte ? for wisdom and prndencs which Job are piased to give him , because if he did lend bis aid wLfuiiy sad corruptly to the Dnke of Cumberland , fce is not eEtiUed to your encomium npon his pmGence .
integrity , and loyalty . And if he acted in zgaorzuce ol [ the machiiiations of the Dote of Cumberland and the ' Oranctmtn , which is the only excuse that can ¦ be cfertd for Lim , he is tqualiy disentitled to i fiat wisdom , prudence , integrity , and ability for which you give him credit Mr . O'CjescII threw ; ^^ T obstable in his power in the vrzj of that ' jc ^ niiy ; from what motive is beat kno « Ti to himself , j It is to ths talent , energy , perseverance , and integrity \ of Mr . Wm . Fraccis Finn , the brother-in-law of Mr . O'CoLueil , and to the late Mr . E . S . RBthven , that the eouniry u indtbted for that inquiry . To Mr . Buthvtn j for having presented and supported the petition which prayed for it ; and to 7 Hz . Finn f-jr baviDg obtained the : Committee , aad conducted the inquiry , and- brought forward the evidence , foi which he is justly entitled to &e gratitude of his country , and to the marked appro : cation of his sovereign .
In addition to the effect which this cbildkh parade about conciliating the Orangemen was likely to give to the designs of the Dnke ef Cumberland , it had the effect of forcing the Government to re-embody and * nn the Oracge Yeomanry , who had been disarmed and aisbasded by the Duke of Wellington and Sir Bobert Peel in 1829 . It appears , my Lord , that yom admiration cf Mr . "Jponn eH * unrivalled eloquence , and your own irell-* oo » n and universally admitted charitableness and good , nature have led you to forget , or overlook , bis CTweoce before the Committee ol the House of Lords , CD the 11 th day of March , 1825 , and pohtiBhed in the " lords' Report on tie State oi Ireland , " in pagei 152 , «* , i 55 , cj ^ Bepoj ^ touching the character ,
«* & » , and loyalty , of the iTish Catholic Priests . He ™»^ tai said- that that evidence was u pon oafh , and "f ^ fcwaa- And what did be swear ? Oh 3 it is Bcattfe 'J » edS , le . He swore that the Insh Priests were ^ f ?? . in fact Tinmrsafly , the bom of poor , low , * - ^ « , whose first rise in the world or advance in *** « al « of s odety , was that ef getting one of their ?^ ' ? eEersl 5 y th eldest , into the priesttiood- That wey » £ 7 e g « = rally men of valgar habits and mannersana £ . --31 the society in which tfcey moved it was the Merrit cf the g 07 ernment to Secure tieil loyalty by * & : ldeu link from the cro * - ; ' that is by a return omuM ; asd that most of them , i f not ail , wou : d chesr" ^ y accept of it And that the king should have a teto on tfce nomination of the Catholic bishops . Jly
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Iiord , do not take my word for these facts , bnt read t he evidence itself . O n the sa me day , the 11 th of March , 1825 , ( page 163 . ) and before the same Committee , this wise , prudent , and illustrious individual , the Head of the Repeal Association , " strongly nrged the disfranchisement of the Forty Shillings Freeholders , and they were disfrancbi »" ecL Hovr many thousands of those disfranchised freeholders and their wives and children perished of ¦ want in tfce bogB and ditches , victims of this horrid recommendation to ditfranehise them ? Bnt causing death by starvation is not shedding human blood . '
Those two propositions—the disfranchisement of the Forty Shillings Freeholders , and the Payment of the Catholic Clergy by the State , were the terms upon which Mr . O'Connell agreed to accept of Catholic Emancipation , and were by him in bia several letters recommending them " to the People of Ireland' * technically called " Wings . " I cannot even now read these atrocious letters without pam and indignation . - When the g ^ eat I ^ inster mteting was held in Carioir , for the purpose of taking the sense of the province of Leinster npan those " wings , " and which meeting was most shsmerully packed by those who were favourable
tothe " wnsga . " The late lamented Bigbt Bsv . Dr . Doyle said that the greatest difficulty he found in giving his evidence before the Committee of the HonBe of Lords , was to avoid falling into the pit which Mr . O'Connell had dug for the Catholic Hierarchy . And at the meeting held in St . Andrew ' s parish , npon the same subject , the Rev . Mr . PurceH ' s indignation at tbe proposition to pay the Catholic Clergy -was so great that he raised h s hand to heaven , and said , " may this rightjhand fall down withered and powerless by my side tbe day it is corrupted by a regium donum . " This was language becoming a true patriot , and does honour to human
nature . Mr . O'Connell ' s evidence is forthcoming . It cannot ba blotted out , and the British Hio ' iater ever ready to take advantage of every circumstance which will add to the power of the oligarchy , will one day or other , carry that evidence into practical operation . But as this wise , prudent , and illustrious statesman has nut condescended to tell bis country , the use the Minister -will most certainly make of this evidence , I , even I , poor -Paddy O'Biggins , ths Chartist , shall do so . Unless the elective franchise be given to every inhabitant of this empire , of sane xaind and not convicted of any felonious offence , as sure as I am writing upon
this paper , bo sure will the English Parliament pass an Let to pay tbe Catholic cicr , < y out of the taxes ; and although the clergy in existence at the time of passing the act , ruiy , and no doubi will , refuse the bribe , yet the Minister will , as he aver did , persevere , and open an accsuct for every parish in the kingdom , and sooner ttiaa be thwarted in his scheme of corruption , carry to the credit of every parish , the annual amount which was refused byihe parish priest , and use the accumulated sum as a bribe , a tempting bribe to his sucsessor . Keinemfcer my words ; mark them well ; for as sure as God is in Hi-aven , this attempt at corruption will be made , and which notbinc can prevent except a Parliament returned by Universal Suffrage .
In my next letter , I shall state n 3 briefly as possible , the motive which influenced Wi . O'Connell to commence the Repeal A ^ itatiun , the reasons f ^ z putting it in abeyance , the tffects of that agitation , End the agitation for the total abolition of tithe ; its efierts and the reason for entering into a base compromise of that question . In the meantime , I am My Lord , With the greatest respect , Tour Lordih p ' s obedient servant , Patbick OHlGGJ . NS . Dublin , December 17 , 1812 .
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-LECTURE DELITERED IN MAKTLEBOXE IN 1641—STILL PERHAPS APPROPRIATE . PAST II . CSTtrca must i . ee 3 s come , says the Scripture . Yes , but when , in accordance with Si-. riptnre , we denounce woe unto him by whom the offence comet a , we are immediately crivd oui upon aa persons seeking to create divisions , vrhea it is clear that those who give the offence , nothe who complains of it , are those who occasion the division . The offender , fearfal that his offences will be visited upon him , comes , like the conscience-stricken Joram , and asks , "Is it peace p and
we answer with Jthu , " What peace , bo long as the whoredoms of thy mother JtH 3 bel , and her witchcrafts are so many ? " So long as you keep giving sneb just occasions of offence , we want a council of censors to bear and determine all matters of dispute and difference among us . Cato , tbe Roman Censor , was a most severe one , yet , to the eternal hononr of that noble-minded people , they re-elected him annually . I am convinced that until we are prepared to act with Boman austerity , with American firmness , we shall never make ourselves formidable or feared . Shakspraie
Bays—M Thsre is some shew * f goodness in things evil , If mtn obseivingly would find it . out . '' Let us see if we can find any excuse f « r our divisions , or if any " good can . be derived from them . When men have beep engaged in a long and trying struggle , such as ours for the Cbarter—suffering all the evils which they are striving to remove from others , and sacrificing themselves to tbe cause—is it to be wondered at that their tempers , if net their spirits , should break—that they ahonld become apt to attribute their ill success to one another—crimination and recrimination ensues —and friends suspect friends because foes are out of reach . Contention even in a good cause rouses the evil passions of our nature , aggravates them , embitters them . But let us on the heat and tame oi onr distemper " sprinkle cool patience . " Let iu reserve
all our epteen to be rented on our enemies , or the falsa fr iends- of the cause . We are at present baffling one another . But out of this evil good will cdme . The conflicting elements will dear tbe air , settle it , and a calmer , a more healthy state of thing * will ensue . The muddy stream will run itself clear . Our movement at present resemble * a watch—we have factions : within factions , like wheels within wheels , bnt tbe more they come in collision , the more they go contrary to each other , tbe faster they -win strike out all that impedes us—the faster they will ferward the hands of time to ibst great hour when the Chabteb shall be struck 1 -Tie strife ia not bo much amoDg the people aB among the leaders . Let the people keep united , and they need not care far—they may rather rejoice at the divisions among , ihe leaders ; for ware the leaden all to coalesce thsy ffikht c 2 ieat . the people , but , not agreeing , they
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will watch , they will expose one another . We have lately had the Cabinet Ministers of Cbartsm among m ( 1841 ) the Executive—come up to heal the breach ^ in our Israel , but I am sorry to say that the method they took was likely to ir . flame , ra t her th a a to all ay tb e differences that unfortunately exist They declaimed against personalities and yet were personal themselves . The president said , we had Spurrites among us !—-where are they ?—&nrely it vraa forming too low an estimate of the understandings of the Biea of London to suppose them capable of leaving the Charter to foilow an individual like Spur *! Spurrites ? why we want Spurrites in one sense of the word—we want men to spur ua on . They said , too , there was Watkinites ! that was the first time I had heard of
them . I have not Been them yet Why , I am not a Watkinite myself . I am a Chartist or nothing . I should abhor myself if I were capable of worshipping anything , or suffering others to worship me ; if I conld think more of my own personal interests or advantages than of the great , the immortal cause . Ah , bnt we have ites , mites , indeed , as all man worshippers must b « — and they would erect their Dagons in England ; bnt , thank God ! the English are made of " sterner stuff" than . " to bow their knees to any god on earth . They are . a proud , an independent people , and the greatest ameng them is so only becaU 36 he is tbe least , the , servant of all ; for the very Sovere ' gn of England is but tbe servant of Englishmen ; and so far
from being owned as a master , he would more likely be discharged as a servant , if he acted unjustly or tyrannically . No , no , we will have no worshippers to cry dowu all who will not cry op their idols . The Lord said , " yet have I left me Beven thousand in Israel , all the knees which have net bowed to Batil "and thanks be to God , there are Itf t io Great Britain and Ireland thousands of Chartists who will never for-Baka them—who look to the causa alone , and will no longer respect or trust the man , however high , in favour or confidence he may have been , that deviates the least , that diverges a hairh-breadth from it If we are to have partisans ; if persons aie to be regarded more than principles—farewell to free thought , to free discussion , to nil hope of freedem .
Chartist mendB , I speak not to please your prejudices , nor your passions—I apesk to promote our principles . I know that some of us are so . besotted , bo infatuated . no » with love of ourselves , no , if we truly loved ourselves this would not be , but with the love of idols , that we are in danger of neglectiug , of losing sight of the cause . I cannot see any man deceived , deluderi , or delighted with bombast , bravado , or blarney , -without pitying faim and feeling indignant at the selfish and self-loving charlatans -who seek to befool U 3 at a
time when wisdom is most needed . So long as the people are fonii of being gulled—bo long as they listen to quacks and fortune-tellers whether iu law , physic , or divinity , not excepting politics , ) so long will just occasion of grief be given to their friends , -who will have the mortification to be suspected for their honest advice . What can they do but . ippe .-tl from Philip drunk to Philip sober ? for while the people are in this condition they resemble Caliban , who made a god of a druuken steward , and because the honest Trinculo would not worship with him , ha waa beaten for it
G .-e . it men are too apt to forget goodn = s . » , which alone constitutes true greatness ; but we have none among us too great , too high , to be cailed to account . If the greatest among us do an iigury to the cause—by persecution # r peculation—they are as amenable to justice , aa liable to be elicited—as likely to be charged and condemned as the le& ^ t . KiLig Divid was a great man , but ha was not a good oaa , wnea , trusting to Ine impunity of supreme power , he spared to take of his own flocks and herds , and took the sinde ewe lamb belonging to a poor man ; but there was found apiophet , a greater than he , who went to him , convicted him out of his own mouth , and passed sentence upon him in the remarkable words—Thou ait the ma : i ! Kiug George 111 . was more great than good when he persecuted Wilkes ; but tb » people made common cause with Wilkea , and compelled the stupid tyrant and stubborn bigot to give way . TGe people of
' England have ttill that power , and s ! : ould it be found tbat creatures of their own power were exercising their power , not for the purpose for which it was entrusted to them—but for selfish or ambitious ends—should it be proved that the men of their choice were worthy of their choicu — -= vould they not ttll them to their teeth— " TUus did ye J" Yes , foi by no doing they would tlu a service to the cause , to themselves and to the mensince power should alwayB be cutbed by humility ; but it is the curse of men of office to be attended by flatterers instead of honest truth-tellers—to have that vanity inn uned which requires to be mortified . Junius , in those elegant letters which are the perfection of tbe English language , attacked the Duke of Graf ton the Prime Minister of the day for ruining an innocent man and his family ; he had but to prove this to the conviction cf generous-minded Englishmen , and they sympathised with him .
My friends , I boldly assert , I fearlessly avow , tbat there now needs a revolution in Chartism itself—a reform among the reformers—Chartism needs to be brought back to its first principles—it needs rescuing from bad bands . Let the honest men , the sound and sensible portion of the Chartist public , rally together and they will save it Let them unite , &ud the dishonest who now flourish like green bay trees will wither nway—the place that now knows them will know them no more . Ye must make a resolute stand fearlessly to repel all farther encroachments , determined to regain the ground that we have insensibly been sliding from . Toe more desperate our condition , the mi-re determined we should be . " Once more u&to the breach , dear friends , once more ! Or close the wall up with our Chartist dead . ''
Though the fate of an Otway await me , who was starved to death upon Tower-hill , or of a Chatterton , who poisoned himself to prevent such a fate , yet will I try to the last , and should I return to the country—should I live , like the stork , to revisit my parental nest—I will take back a heart uncorrupted , uncontaminated by town politics . I will take with me a token from this deluge of sin and misery—tbat at least in one district in this sink of corruption , Chartism , dove-like , can rest its foot I will tell the conniry that , at Marylehone , o green Iesf from the tree of libtrty may be culled . I shall return as I came , and I came filled with all that love ef liberty which nature , which my native scenes in particular , are so well calculated to inspire . 1 shall again
roam tbe moorland bills , erBt trod by the fearless and free-footed ancient Britons , ere the Romans had conquered them—the Saxons had driven them into Wales , and the Normans had penetrated into that , their last retreat , and subdued them there . I have hunted in tbeir primeval forests—fished in their still-running streams—swnro in an ocean that once was theirs , and breathed the breath of heaven that was wont to wave tba woods and Beas of tbeir unbunhened , unlettered times , and that now mocks their sophisticated , their degenerated posterity . I have knelt on their earthern tombs tbat rise co-part with the green-growing earth itself , monuments of ancient Britons , altars of libertyand I have prayed tbat the same spirit might animate me which animated tbem , and did not leave them bat with
life itself—and the lark has arisen ovtr my head like a spirit from their ashes singing its way to Heaven!—ah , I am n * t a disciple of this man or of that ; I am a disciple o / God and nature , fid solitude was no solitude to me , for there I had tbe ct igenial society of all nature . But the battle of tbe Charter must be fought in towns —must be fought in London . The country is the place to breed Chartists in—to rear them up ; but in London their best exertions are needed ; for it would signify nothing if the country were gained and London ¦ were not , unconverted London would corrupt the country again . Wat Tyler carried eight counties with him into London , bnt lost his life there—lost it by treachery . John Cade was equally uusucceaful In London . "Twas ever thus . ' All great cities are hollow , are rotten . Jesus Christ converted whole villages , but he could make but
little impression on Jerusalem ; witness that weeping exclamation of his over it What must be done with this London ? Like Saakspere'a swat , I have stemmed the stream , swum against the tide , and spent my strength with ovtr-matching waves again and again —and if I must die , I will die singing—if 1 must sink beneath the waves of faction , the whispers of calurauy , yet the Charter shall be saved—the Charter shall live ; I will hold it alof c as Ciwar held the records of Rome , with one arm , while he bore himself up with the other , through a tempestuous surge , and from fuxiou 3 foes , as Rolla bore Cora ' s child over rock and mountain , and though wounded , though dying , stayed not , fa ! - tered not , till he cad lodged it "perfectly safe , secure in its mother ' s arms ; so shall the Charter be preserved—it shall survive , & signal , a memento , a
talisman—«• UDhurtamid the vrar of elements , The wreck of matte * and tbe crush of worlds , " for , like the immortal soul of man , our Charter whatever be its fate here will be found hereafter , wreathed round the cross of Christ , the very presence of the Almighty God of Eternity . J . IV . Battersea-square .
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"ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTT . " PART II . Yes ; and if ever Englis hmen h a d a duty . to p erfo r m it 1 b now—now England expect ! it most , f o r now she needa it moat We do not do our duty when we emigrate no more than the soldier does who flies from his post in the day » f battle , A true-bom Englishman will not le a ve En gland—he will rather stay as Lord Sandwich did on board bis burning vessel and perish with her . Our duty is now to rescue our country from the rapacious gripe . of those who prey npon her—who are Tiering her their spoil—we mustuot think of saving ourselves bat of saving her—it is our duty to stand by her to the last plask—to die for her . No tine English ' man will ever survive her country .
But men in gcBtTal do not do tne « fluty— "we have sufficient proof of this in the present condition of England—We do anything bnt oar duty : but what are ail other things that we do compared to our duty ? When tbe hour of death arrives—the hour we ail live for—all that we have lived for—all that we have beeflfe-all that we have t > one , wiii all be as nothing , for all wUTbe past , all , except tbe pleasing reflection tbat we have doue our
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C fif 1 M ' **** al 6 ne w * " console us at last—nothing will reconcile m , will make us resigned , will make m welcome ou * late , but the thought of that—may ve all be enabled to say at last "Thank God I haw done my Bl how few do their duty , and the IVt . - J ? d 0 ifc "f 8 thwarted by the many Uiat do not If aU did their duty , should we * x 7 ° nng womaa called the Queen giving a masi qued ball for the entertainment ot herself and courtier * when the wrung country was groaning in unprecedented misery and distress ?—should we find lords and ladies putting on all kinds of antic shapes and sporting in a sea of follies , like so many dolphin * , while the cries ef suaermg innocence and starved industry were unheeded , or heeded but to be mocked—to be mademerrlmeHt of ? —should we find bishops riding about in their grand carnages with their purple liveried servants , one before and two behind , and all the pomps and vanities
of this wicked world , while their fiesced flocks , their shorn lambs ( s&orn to the quick ) were compelled to pawn their very bibles and prayer books for food ?—Bhould we find parsons and their congregations making this honest confession— "we have done what we ought nottohavedone '—that is . left tbeirduty undone—should we flna them confessing this truth every Sunday , and u * i Week go } ng tIle 6 ame 'ouud again ao as to make the same confession truo again the next Sunday , as if to make good their own words ?—should we find lawyers , some of whom in tkis mighty city ( London ) would sell the blood of their own brothors for a shilling—those worse than Judases , for he repented and hanged himself , but lawyers do not repent and are not hanged ? Should we find —but I need not lengthen the catalogue—I ' might makoanew Nowgate Calendar if I were to record all the crimes of the great unhanged . I will leave them , as Hamlet says , to
Heaven" And to those thorns that in their bosoms lodge To prick and sting them 'And will now observe , in conclusion , that we , as Charlists , have a duty to tip , not only to our country , but to the Chartist cause in particular , if both be not oneit is our duty not to see that cause in any way Injured or damaged or weakened , either by the enemy without , or by the false friend within—it ia our duty not to Suffer ourdelves to be deceived , or cozened , or cheated , or led away by delusions of any kind—for , be Btire , every wrong step we take we Bhall haveto retrace it again befora we can advance one foot the right way ! We have two stars , the star of the north and the star in the east to guide us , if we are wise men , to the place , or the point , where our Saviour the Charter ia . Let us flx our eyes on tha cause and vow that nothing else shall lent } us . Thon we shall be safe , and what is of infinitely
more importance , we 8 &all save bur country . The pro-K :-ess of u Chartist is Hfcu the Pilgrim ' s Progress—miiny temptations will beset us—many falsa brethren will join ua—many daggers will rise to affrigat us—our trials will ba many—but W 9 have but to go straight on—to persevere in spite of all—and we shall arrive at the heavenly city of im * hopes at last—our new Jerusalem —and receive the Charter as our crown of glory . ' England expects every man to do his duty "—let me impress that pi : ce more upon your minds—let me leavo yeu with that impression . England not only txpects it—she entreats it—she impresses it—she implores it— -we should tlieor do it Aud not only does England expect it but God expects it—what else were we made for bat to do our duty ?—what . were we born for else?—why are are we Englibbuitn ? Lbt our cry then ba— " God and old England , and every man to his duty ! " . . ; ¦¦ , ¦ . ¦ Battersea . j . \ f .
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ABSURDITY OF THE " REPEAL" DOCTRINE . The Anti-Carn-Law League formerly rested their cLtims for a Repeal , on the ground that food and other commodities would be much cheaper—that the Working claaaea would be greatly benefited , and trade would be increased by their having to sp «> n « l less upon food and more upon manufactures . H'iving been ' bafllud from this position , they now take their stand upon another , and say ' tbat the benefit would be derived , not so much from tbe difference in price , as from having a regular and conBtaut demand for our goods , by having it always in our power to ma&o a just and equitable exchange . " '• ; .
Now this position , under present circumstances , is utterly as uttenable aa t'ie other . Why do they want an exchange ? Are all the backs in England covered ? ' ' Baa every man , woman , and child , an extra suit for Sundaysond holidays ? . "' .... Are all their haua . s naatly furnisherl ? Are all their beds sufficiently supplied with sheets , and quilts , and blankets »' Do the surplus goods belong to those who are starving for food ? If they do , then exchange a way ¦ but if they do not , why Band your goods abroad when they are so much wanted at home ? Why Bend them to the foreigner when your own workpeople and your own townspeople are starving for want of them ? \ " Oh ! " say you , « ' they have no money to buy with , or they should gladly have them . "
Why have they no money to buy with , but because they havebeen unjustly deprived of It ? . Wbat . ' tat&r , then , would an exchange be for tbem ? If they have do money to buy the goods , bow could they find money to buy tbe food for which you might exchange them ? The food would be yours—not theirs . " But we would employ them , " say you * " and then they would have money to buy both food anrl . goods . " How long would you employ them ? A , month or a year ? If you employed tfauin , would they notbe producing » t the same time ? And if they were producing ,
would they not be producing more than they could purchase ? "You cannot employ them Without profit , ' you say . And is not a profit appropriating more goods to . ytiurselres than you can' yourselves consume ? Who then is to consume them ? What is to become of the surplus ? You cannot sell them , for those who could buy them would not bo abie to consume them ; aud thtise who could consume them would not be able to buy them . Therefore , as a necessary consequence , they would accumulate . Your stocks would increase , in spite of yourselves , bo long as profit , or your own aggrandizement w . ia the stiniulas .
How long , then , would you continue to employ your workpeople ? Just till the exchange had been made , not longer . Then the merchants , finding they : could not dispose of the food , would cease to send out orders for more , or rather , they would refuse to take it in exchange . Therefore , the foreigner , having nothing else to pay with , could not order any mere goods . Where , then , would be the " permanently increasing demand , " 80 much talkbdof ? How long aftei tbat , would " wages keep up , " or " regular employment" be fouud for the people ?
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE : NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —This freedom , of calling on-you-to give thn following case of direct attack on the liberty of the subject , you will excuse , I am sure , after tho detiila are fully explained . The case Is thus , —on thn 11 th of this Hwmtb , a young van , of the name of William Clement , in tbe employ of Mr . Orrpll , cotton-spinner , Belmont , near Bolton-le-Moors , -was arrested at home , about two o'clock in the morning , and taken to tbe police-office ,
on the chargo of assisting to engrave a plate , or stamp , to counterfeit the Halifax aud Huddersfleld Union Bank , was locked up , and from Bolton was removed to Manchester , and lodged in the King-street lock-up , and was confined there until the 14 th , from thence was removed to Halifax , and confined thero until the 19 thj and on that day w ; i 9 brought up before the " magistrate ' s on the bench , and , on hia appearing , he was simply asked bis name , and was instantly set at liberty , without any cause being shown either . by tbe police or magistracy . . ¦ / . _ . ¦ ,
The above is a plain and true statement of the facts ot the case ; lean fully attest them ; and further , the above William Clement , instead of having the ability to engrave , can barely write hia own name . Now , Mr . E-litor , I am fully aware that there is one law for the rich , and another for the poor , yet notwithstanding this , 1 should like you to give your opinion on the above , for I have never heard or read of a more direct attack on the liberty of the person before .
I had almost forgot to inform you that tbe aforesaid William Clement is a powerloom-weaver , and has been in the employ of Mr . Haslingdon , of Bolton ; for the space of upwards of four years , and was so unt il the said Mr . Haslingdon ' a factory was destroyed by fire the last month ; after that he obtained work at Mr . Orrell's , Beimont ; now , in consequence of the above transaction , he ia utterly without employment . I subscribe myself , Your obedient Servant , Daniel Diggle . Bolton , Dec . 20 th , 1842 .
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MR- DICKENSON , THE MANCHESTER PACKER . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir—I am very sorry to have to trouble you on this occasion , bat wishing always te have truth and justice unon any Btatemjpts that may effect private or public characters fairly laid before the public , I am bound at this time to contradict a statement that appears in your paper on Saturday , the 10 th of December , respecting Mr . T . D ' ckenson , batter known Ss the / Man-, cheater Packer , an d th e S outh L ancashir e Dalegate meeting . \ ; ¦ . " ¦' . . . ' " ¦¦ ' ' . ' :-: ... ; ¦ ' . '¦' : ,
The certificate and resolution aq purporting to have been issaed from tbe above meeting is a tissue of falsehood and a perversion of truth . The certificate and resolution in your paper of the loth instant , was neither passed nor given to him at , or from , that meeting , and moreover , neither John Murrey nor William Grocott , -were delegates at the said maeting . It is true tha charges against him were brought before that meeting , and to the said chargea he , Thomas Dickenaon , pleaded guilty , and said it : was through poverty he was obliged to have recourse to the same . There were other charges to be brought against him , but these wose left for the council of the locality to which he belonged . Tbey were to summons the parties preferring the charges before them and deoide accordingly , but strange to say , these parties were n 6 v « r sum-
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moned , bnt for what reason & best known to the parties themselves constituting the said coufreil , or I am sore the parties preferring the charges would net have lacked either honesty or ' 'Courage in coming forward to substantiate the truth of' their accusations If they had been summoned" to appear- before tte Council . T >* iere was one resolution passed respecting him . at the delegate meeting referred to , and khat was , if Jhe could clear himself beforo ' the council , Mr . Dixon , the Secretary
fc > the delegates , was to give to him creo ' entials upon the receipt of a certificate from the council , -bearing the signature of the Chairman , which he brongi't ; but it was given to him unfairly , as tjhey did not have the pattiea summoned , to hear both sides of the qa , mIIod . — I aui surprised at Mr . Dickenson for being so fa olish afl to state tbat he got them from the delegate meeting , for he might be sure the delegates would : see them , » h d then what confidence could any of the delegates place it' him after publishing such a falsehood and wilfully » fa iting that he received them from tbe delegates .
By giving thia a place in your paper , you will gret'tly oblige , . Yours , in the good cause , . - ; ' TH 09 RaILTON , Gaairman of the ftbovo-numed delegat *' meetlug .
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Knutsford Houoe of Correction , : : : ¦ ¦ - . ; ' . '" ¦ .. ¦ . - . '¦ - Dec . 16 , 1842 ; - ¦' , ' ¦ '¦ ' - . ' : Dear Cousin , —These-fow lines come with my kind love to you and yonr family , hoping they Will find you in good health and spirits , as they . 'leave me moderately bo at present .
I received your kind and welcome favour of the 12 th instant ; and to begin my necessarily shout letter I must inform you , and all our friends in the neighbourhood from which we come , that we can be visited on the 2 nd January , and then not till the firBt Monday in February ; and after that , on the first Monday in April , between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock . I should be glad to see you here if you could make it accord with your other engagements , along with either my father , or brother , or any other friends . The period of my liberation approaches but tardily ,
but I shall reconcile myself to tho lot of happiness which falls to my share , and in order to make the best of my leisure time after work , and to have a little improvement-for the mind mingled witti tho tortures andpuu'ish ' ment of the body , 1 wish yon , when you come , to bring the following hooks , viz , M'Cullocka and Cob , bett'S ' . Grammars ; Hamilton ' s Geogtapbical K » y , aud Walker ' s Pronouncing Dictionary , and I shall feel ' much pleasure in receiving from you any sin *)! work which your library affords , sentinieutil o r scientific , aB nothing Theological or Political will be al ' lowed .
I send aiy very best and moat affectionate love to my dear wife a . nd children , to my father and mother , and my brothers and Bisters : ani I send my sincere and warmest respects to those few friends who have given their . assistance ; . to the widowed wife and fatherless children of tbeunfortunate , unaltered Robert Wild . I wish Mrs Wild to make a bag to put the books in , which wf 1 enable me to keep them clean . Dear Cousin , you hope that I Shall cheerfully submit to the discipline of tho prison . Now , Sir , I ask you , how can a man cheerfully submit to the brief summary of rules here annexed , vde , talkinc , Binging , whistlinc ,
attempting to communicate by signs or any other way , either in the day rooms , work rooms , or cells , any unnecessary looking about iu going . \ to , or returning from , the chapel , or at mea ' a , work , or exercise ? These ate some : of the rules , the feieacU of . "which is considered an offence against the prison regulations , is forbidden , aud will be ' severely punished . I wish there was anything connected with tbe whole place tbat could encourage ¦ cheerfulness . Alas ! there is not , but as you know so little about the treatment , I must give you a short but true statement of tbe diet in this place . -.
We have half a pound of bread and two ounces of oatmeal made into g ; uel , for breakfast ; the aaine for supper every day . We have eight ounces of cooked butcher ' s meat weekly ; one pound and a half of potatoes to ( liuner . We have soup , in which the meat is boiled , on Mondays and Thursdays to dinner . On Friilay we have one pound and a , half of potatoe 8 with salt to dinner ; and on Saturday , salt and potatoes by way of a change . Dear Cousin , you may form aa opinion how easy it is to be content , upon such scanty allowance . The effc-efa are already visible in my body and physical strength , which are so far impaired that I tremble when on my legs after the least exertion . You will erase to be surprised when . I tell . you that mine is nob . the only case of the same kind . :
The tff / cts of conflnement and poof diet have reduced me extremely low , which you will perceive when I tell you that on my arrest I weighed ' eleven and half stones , and now I weigh only ten stone vhree pounds , consequently , I . have lost only one pound per week for the sixteen weeks , and if I go on at this rate for the whole term , I ah all , at the end , be just three stones good . There will be a fine fellow for you—almost fit for a place in the British Museum , or the Muncheater Zjologlcal Gardens . But , to return , I was telling you about the prison discipline . We are compelled when exercising , to walk with our hands behind us , which find very inconvenient these cold days . I bave applied to the Magistrates to be allowed more food , but without
success . My paper is full , and my time expired , and I sbn . ll , therefore , ciose for the present ; hoping you will forward this , or a copy , to my wife . . : By attending to my earnest request , you will greatly oblige , 'Tour affectionate couBln , Bobebt Wild , Of Mottram .
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Rockites in the Gounxt of LotnH . —The Drooheda Conservative ( states , that " on Sunday evening last a body of mon proceeded to the bouse o Mr . MarmionVof Killaley , county pt ; Louth » and threatened his life unless he would give up afaiin he had lately takeu from which ; a person named the * ' Glazier' had been ejeoted . There were upwards of 200 persons present . Three of the party have been coinmitted to Dundalk g&ol , by Mr . John M'Clmtoclsrof Druraoar / V
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MARKET INTELLIGENCF . Leeds Woollen Markets . —The last Tuesday ' s market at both Cloth Hails , was one of the dullest of t he year , and although stocks arc not large , there is a doubt whether even this is significant of a batter demand having arisen , or a proof that iuaiiufactnrer 3 aro tired of keeping atouk .. Uuromunerativ © prices are said to bo'the order of tho day , nor , we beli e ve , fs it possible to sell except at a loss on the cost of production . The wool trade , whioh has been slightly advanced r has a ^ jain relapsed , and except aa impulsel > egiveh , will be as dull as need be . HnDDER 3 PiELD Cloth Market , Tussoat , Dec . 27 th . —As might beexpeoted there was little business done in our Hall this day , it being the close lor the year , whether tho opening one for the new year will make aa improvement upon the old one , we must wait and see . ; for tho sake of the poor we wish it may . ¦ : ¦¦'¦ : . . ' ¦¦ - - .... -. . . - . ¦ ¦¦ ' . .-:
Rochdale Fla ^ vbl Market , Monday , Dec . 25 ^—Though there waa but a thia attendance of buyers in the market , there has been a very fair demand for flannels , considering the time of tho year . For somo months back , pieces have met with a ready sale ; but the naannfacturers have not been able to obtain an advance in price . In general , even When trade is good , there is bat little business transacted b e tween Christmas day and the new market , which n- always held the first Monday after the sixth of January . The Wool market still remains heavy ; the dealers expecting a rise from an increased demand for goods , and the manufacturers being unable to give an advance until th > y are enabled to sell their pieces proporti&mbly higher . Richmond Cok » Market , Mondat , Dec . 26 . — We had a tair supply of Grain in our market to-day . Wheat s-. old from 5 s 3 d , to 6 s Gd . Oats 2 * to 3 b . Barle y 3 s , to 3 s 9 d . Baans 3 i 9 J , to 43 6 d per bushel .
London SMiTHFiaxD , Monday , Dec 26 . —In our market to-day , we had a fair average time of year supply of Beasis , in the quality of which a slight comparative falling off was apparent . Although most of the butchers appear to be tolerably well stocked , their attendance "was , on the whole , numerous . For the primest Barf wa had a steady inquiry at fully , but at nothing quotable beyond the prices noted pn this day se ' nnignt-. or from 4 s 2 J to 4 s 6 < pev atonej while the value of the middiing and inferior kinds was mostly supported t and a fair demand was e ffect e d b y the salesmen . The imports of foreign stock , since our last report , have been , again ^ cry limited , those at Southampton having comprised 80 bullocksifrcm Spa ^ n , 20 of which were on offer from this morning , but they commanded little attention , from their miserable condition .
while at Hull , twenty have been received , per the Le e ds st eamer , from Hatnburghy not a single head having come to hand in the Port of London . Tfiere was a scanty number of sheep on sale . The primesfe old Downs . sold , iu some few instances , at 4 * 6 d per 8 ( bs ., and the quotations of ail other kinds remained unaltered . Scarcely any Calves were on offer—SO little was doint ; in them that our figures are almost nominal . The Pork trade was rather firm at late rates . From our Northern grazing districts we received about 600 short horns ; from Norfoik , Suffolk , and EsSsex 110 horned and polled sorts ; from our Western and Midland counties , 250 Herefords , runts , Devons , and Irish beasts ; from other parts of England , 225 of various breeds ; and from Scotland 70 Scots , " tbe rema nd e r of t he s upp ly b e ing derived from the nsighbourhoed of Londou .
London Cobn Exchange , Mondat , Dech . 26 . — Last weok the receipts of Wheat from oiirbwu coasts were on an average scale , and considering the state of t h o atmos p h e re , of fair average quality . Fresh up this morning scarcely any Wheat came to hand from Essex ; while , from all other quarters the supplies , coastwise and by land carriage and samples , were limited . Although thia was a holiday market , we had a fair attendance of both town and country buyers , who purchased nearly the wholo of the best Wheat of home growth readily , at fully the prices noted on this day fie ' nnigLt , but ia other kinds a limited amount of ' -business-was pas .-iug at late rates . W e had a good supply of foreign Wheat on offer , the
transactions in which were of a retail nature at previous currencies . Tho imports continue scanty . The returns . of Barley have been large , but the acturl quantity on the stands was not to say great . Tho best malting parcels realised full prices ; but diatillerd' eorts were a shade easier . The Malt trade was veryjpactive , yet we can notice no alteration whatever in the quotations . With English and Scotch Qats -we were well supplied : but the arrivals from Ireland were unimportant . TiU 3 article moved off slowly at last week's currencies . In Beans and Peas next to nothing was doing . Tho sale of Flour was dull , and the top price of the best town-made was 45 i per 280 ibs .
Bokough and SpiTALTiELDs .-rThe arrivals of Potatoes , since our last , have not been to say exten-Bjve , yet aa- the supply on hand ib large , and the quantities of green vegetables extensive for the . time of year , the demand is dull , at the rates beueath quoted : —Scotch reds , 55 s to 60 a per ton ; York ditto , 45 s to 60 s ; Dtvons , 45 s to 60 s ; Kent and Essex whites , 40 a to -. 45 i ; Wiabeach , 35 a to 45 s . ; Jersey and Guernsey blues , ' 35 s to 49 s ; Yorkshire Prince Regents , 45 s to 50 . —Tallow . —This market
is very dul l and inactive , both on the spot , and for the spring ; . fine Y . ( J . in small parcels , are to be had at 483 ; and tho Bpeculative price for the spring months is not above 47 s 6 d . The Stock here next M o nday ' will be quite what we anticipated some time since ; namely , 35 , 000 casks . Although this may be considered a fair quantity for the time of year , it must ba remembered that tbe stock of Tallow at tho out ports is very short compared with former years . Town Tallow , 47 s Gd to 483 nett cash , rough iat 2 s 8 dper 8 > b . :
Wooi MAnKET . —The imports of Wool in the port of London , during the past week have amounted to 1 , 352 bales , chiefly from Odessa and our colonies . There has been some speculative inquiry , for the beet parcels of both English , and Foreign ; but for actual use , a very limit e d quantity has changed hands , and prices remain unaltered . : ~~~ x Borough Hop Market . —This being a holiday market , exceedingly little bnsiness was passing in Hops to-day ( Mouday ) , and the following prices are next to nominal : —East Kent iu pockets , £ 5 103 to £ 6 103 ; MidKents , do , £ 5 5 s to £ 6 ; do in bags , £ i 103 to ' - '; £ 5- ' ' 5 >; ' Sussex , £ 4 10 a to £ o 83 ; F a rnh a ms , £ 8 t o £ 10 ; Old Ho ps , £ 3 to £ 4 10 s .
Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , Dec . 26 . ~ Our 'imports of Grain , &c . this week include 2 , 620 quarters of Wheat , 9 , 840 quarters of Oats , 5000 sacks of Flour , 9 , 180 loads 0 ; Oatmeal from Ireland * and 5 , 450 barrels of Flour from Canada . The business Jn Foreign Wheat has beea only of moderate amount , but at the prices of last week j latterly , in d eed , holders generally have shown less disposir tion to sell at th-. se rates . Iriih new Wheat must ) be quoted Id to 2 d per bushel cheaper , 63 4 d to 6 a 6 vl per 701 bs , being taken for the best runs of red . No change in » he value of Flour . The increased supply of Oats haa consisted principally of secondary qualities , which have met but a slow talo at 2 a 2 d to 2 s 3 d ; a few very fine mealing have been disposed of at 2 s 4 d to 2 s 4 ^ d per 45 tbs . Oatmeal has rather declined in value ; 21 s per load may bo considered the top for Irish , at which , however , several parcels of tho finer marks have gone into the
hands of the dealers . No alteration as regards Batley , Be a ns , and Peas . _ Manchester Corn Markei , Satubdat , Dec . 24 , —During the week a steady demand for Flour has been exhibited , and the previous currency was firmly supported } tho amoiiuc of the transactions was , however , on a very limited scale , and altogether to consumers for immediate use . There was very little inquiry for Oatmeal , and late rates were not supported . On reference to the statement of import * , it will be found that Ireland continues 10 furnish large supplies of Wheat , Flour , Oats , and OatmeaL At our market this morning , there was a very slender ' attendance of buyers , and no change , can be noted in the value of either Wheat or Flour . The bnsinesa done in Oatmeal was chiefly in retail , at ,. » reduction of 6 d per load from the currency of this day se 'nuight . Oat 3 and Beans were but little inqu ired for , ' and we reduce our quotations Is to 2 s per quarter for the latter article . :
LiVEBPOOL Cattle Market ,. Monday , Dec . 26 . — The supply of Cattle at market to-day has not beea quite so large as last week , which met witnanil sale . Beef % to 6 d ; Muttoa 5 ^ d to 6 fy $ sixlB . / State op Tbade . — Since Tue sd ay last ; there haa been a gradaal improvement in the demand for manufactured goods of nearly every description rand though the amount of actual business ftas not beea very large , a slight advance of . ^ j price may be noted in all the leading fabrics , with a Tery firm feeliDgoa the part of the manufacturers . In yarn , owin g to t he aeason , very little business has beea done , S >» t the market exhibits a decided increase of firmness as compared with that of last weet ; andsaxsh of the spinners as feerinchned to maKO cSntocts for future delivery have l . ttle < M > doiaa bo at prices ratker above those at present Drawling ; The partial suspension of the York-Bhire A gnouburalBank ereates no sensation here , as Ub buaineB 3 is understood to have beeaYvery limited , and quite oui of the ordinary range Of MM " Chester engigemeuts ^ - 'Mancheiter Guard ian or Wednesday . V -
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Christmas Houdats . —Monday last was observed , as avery seneial holiday in ^ Leeds , the Bhopkeejwita generally ( the iooiety offriends excepted ) havu . 5 respondaJ io the appeal of their assistants , ju » 4 : closed their respective establishmebtson that day . The only exceptions we observed ^ o the ] n ^\ *» S £ u sate were the Bhopsof Mr . Pegler and Mr . Barw ,. ^ clou g b , linen drapers , who ohose to make themfely « . j singular by the exhibition of their goods to the holiday keeperB . We ' trust ihat no ; dminutioa . of-. profits will accrue to those w ^ o took alihtsral cotirse , r and set thoir assistant * at Ubcrty ffa < w oay ift t | xaa vcar , : " : ' ' : ' - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ' ¦"¦ / "¦ ¦ . . ; . ¦ /¦ ¦' ¦ ' ¦ " ¦ . ' '
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TO THE COLLIERS OF ENGLAND , SCOTLAND , IRELAND , AND WALES . \ Fellow-Workmen , —We earnestly address these ! few lines to yon , boping that you trill boldly come for-w&Tds and assert your rights , aud not ailo-w your- selves-to be trampled on any longer by tha grentest ' tjranu on earth ; tbey are doing all that tkey possibly i can to cruab you ; and yet yoa stand quietly by with ' < your hands folded , lamenting your fate . There is no ' power on eartb can prevent you from being paid for your labour , if yoa will only bs trne to yourselvs 3 , your wives , and families , Every dBy we expose our lifes ' for tbe- -welfare of the country , and the country lenves j us to starve . What would England have been but for ! tbe colliers ? Would it have been the manufacturer
for tbe .-world ? ?» o ; yon , our fellow-workmen , you are the funndadon -whereon all the greatness of this nation is built ; and witbeut you this mighty fabric cinnot stand . Then why should x ? e give our labour to ths wbolg world ; and n&t in return demand tint ( from those vre every day warm and n-ake comfor table ) remuneration "which vrill sake our wives and children comfortable ? Tea , -we have . Then let us be up and doing ; for if -we do nothing for ourselves , no one will for ns , for God helps tbem tfcat btlp themselves . Let no one say he can do Eothicg - , for every ons can do something . Let every one work as though the success of tbe cause depended npoa himself entirely . Let us make one simultaneous effurt to throw off our present-yoke of oppression , to attain those great and m-ble objects .
We request tbat tba men of every pit will appoint a r&an to write , or forward to us , addressed to the Colliers , Griffin Inn , Watf field , every accident , and all information concsming tnB miseries that oppreM yon ; those facts , carefully colk'cttd ana printed , ¦ will uhaw to tha -world such a picture as it never saw before . Talk of tho negroes . . ' it is true that they were cad enough , bnt we are ten times worse . . We recollect , some time ago , seeing an account of the colliers of Scotland passing resolutions to establish societies in every town , village , and hamlet where there were any collier . This is a noble objectunited we ftand , divided we falL This , this is the object we are trying to accomplish . We call upon every true-hearted co . her to write to us immediately on
the subject , and we will give them the requisite information in writing or parsonally : for unless we can be united we shall never du any good ; how is it possible we can , when we do not understand each other ? Why should not we unite to protect onr labour as well as the masters ? tbey nnJte to oppress us ; we ]] , then , let us give each other the right baod of friendship . We are perfectly satisfied that if we only understand each other , and had confidence in each other , we sheuld soon gain our rights and l'berties , poliiical and social . We call upon every true-hearted Englishman , bnt more particularly the cclliers cf Ayrshire , Staffordshire , and
readers of the Star ; we request th ^ t the latter will ehow this to the colliers around where they live , and upeak to them en tbe snbject . We beg ail our brethren to send us tbe name of their pits , with their addrees and cuaibcrs of mtn employed , reductions of -vrages , strikes , and all other matters whatsoever connected with these resp-ctive localities ; to send us their bsihc 3 for enr jlmaat . and d . ffjsa nnily and concord ; for without this we shall labour in vain . Yours , - On behalf of the Yorkshire Colliers , THE EXECtTlVE . Wafeefield , Lee 21 . 1842 .
PS . —Tbe colliers atcund here strongly express tbeir abhorrence at the rules acd regulations to be observed at ihe Ajr colliery ; we particularly request their secretary to write to as giving all particularaonerery point , ac 1 Vill do all we pcsiiDly can to put a stop to such like proceedings .
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¦ ' ' . . ¦ ' . ' ~— "V ¦ ; . -.. TO THE EDITOR © F THE NORTHERN STAB . SIR , —The following is a copy of a letter which has been handed to me by a friund to send for insertion to tbe Northern Siar , in order that the country . may see the usuaj ? e that poor Wild and others aro undergoing in the Knutsford House of Correction . If you think it worthy of a place in your columns , its insertion -will greatly oblige . —yours truly , W . D .
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LeNDdN . —National Association Ha . Ll , Holboen . —On Sunday evening , Jun . 1 , Mr . Pany will deliver a lecture on the " Results of the Birmingham Conference , " lecturo to commenco at halt-past eoyen o ' clock precisely . Mr , Martin will locture ^ attbo Star Coffee House , Golden-lane , on Sunday , Jan ^ lst . A delegate raeoting will bo held at Wednesbury , on Sunday , to audit the books and other business . Halifax . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , Mr . A . Hanson , of iSliand , will deliver a lecture in the Large Room , Swan Coppice , at bjx in the evening .
RA . DCLiFf £ BniDOE . —On Sunday next , two lectures will be delivered in the Chartist Association Room , Ra d c l iff e Brid ge , by Mr . Isaac Barrow , of B o lton , service to commence in the af . tarn . oou at two o ' clock , and in the evening at six . On Tuesday , there will be a tea party , at which Mr . Leach , ' of Manchester , and other friends are expected to be percent ,. - . " -. ¦ " . " . ' ; ; . -. ;¦ . . ; ¦ ¦ . ¦ : - .. ' -. ¦¦ . ; . . ' : ' ' ¦ ¦ . Bradford . —On Sunday there will be a public meeting held in the large room , Butterworth ' sbuildings , to hear the report from the delegates of the proceedings at Birmingham Conference . The chair will be taken at two o ' clock in the afternoon . There will be a collection after the meeting to defray the expences of the . - . del e ga t e s .. ' -. Bradford . — 'The members of the Co-operative Stores will meet on Sunday ereniug , at six o ' clock .
A Meeting of the council and Chartists of Bradford will be held in the council room , on Sunday , at t wo o ' clock in the afternoon , to hear the report from the delegates to the BirminRham Conference . The Members or the General Council , who are nominated- 'for the ensuing year , . will meet on Monday next , at 6 even o ' clock in the evening , in their room , Butterworth-buildings . when it is requested every member will attend .: .- .. - .. ¦ SxtFORD . —A . member ' s meeting will be held next Sunday afternoon , at two o'dockj when . business of importance will belaid before the meeting . Mr . Littler will lecture in . the Char ! tist Room , Great Geprge-atrecti Salfdrd on Sunday next .
Oldham . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . Win . Booth , of Ne \ tton Heath , will lecture iu the Chartist Room , Greaves-street , at 6 ix o ' clook in the evening . Carbington . — There i . will be a public meeting here on Sunday evening next , in Mr . Lees large room , Mansfield-road , a t seven o ' clook , when Mr . Harrison will give an account of his mission at the Birmingham Conference . Mn R . G . Gammage of Northampton , will lecture at the following places during next week : —Reading , Tuesda y ; Oxford , Wednesday ; Banbury , Thursday
Shutford , Friday and Sunday . KiEKHiEATON . —The Chartists of this locality will have a tea party on Friday evening ; tea to be on the table at five o ' clock . Ladies' tiokets 6 d M g entlemen ' s 9 d ., may be had of Thomas Stringer , jun ., Sants ; Benjamin Jamieson , Square ; and William Hogson , Town . ¦ . " ' ¦ ' ¦'¦> ' ' ' - ¦ i > ' "'¦ ¦ : ' . ; ;/¦ ' . . ' . ' v- '¦ ¦ ' - ; - ; ' - ¦ - Mr . Thomas iBBOTSONjlocal lecturer , of Bradford j will visit the followiisg places during next vreftki—Hudd e refield , Sunday afternoon and evening ; Monday at Honley ; Tuesday , at Holmfirth ; Wedacs ^ day , at Kirkhea t on , at each placo at eight o ' olwk in the evening .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 31, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct784/page/7/
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