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> ' esi comes Wakall—Smith , Corn-Law leaguer , ( Whig ); Gladsto > 'E : otto brother to Newark ( Tory ) . Question—Corn Laws ; aad seven to fiTe on the Torv . Manchester—Jim Crow Gibso . k , ( Whig , Tory , Radical , and Chartist ;) Sir Geoegb Mcreat , ( Torj ;) 6 to -4 against Gibsok . —Question , Orange or Bine . Rochdale—Shamuh Cbawford , ( honest manj » walk ever ; or Lombard-street to a China orange upon o * Id Ireland agaia&t the field , whoever stands .
The Fife Boroughs—Dr . Bowbikg , ( anything or nothing ;) Col . Fkbgcss 9 s , ( Whig ;) Tory not yet declared , but one will start ; 20 to 1 on the CoLagainfi : be field ; 100 to 1 the Col . against the Dr ., md 70 io 1 the Col . against the Tory . ¦ S oTf , of these fiTe Beats it is possible that the ¦ Rings ' may 1 ° & Canterbury—it is probable they T lose Walsall—it is more than probable that they m&J * ^ Ianchesler » and ** ^ « ertain that which
ih ^ j -will lose Rochdale , , upon any question of m £ Te pas 5 £ » cs policy , will reckon , at least , as tea . ShaWU > Crawford , in " spite of himself , is jnre i 0 hare Sre juinfcs in his tail , as it merely requires the raising of the real standard of Irish principle in the House to insure the influence ol public opinion npon , at least , five members returned by poplar constituencies , and who must rote for the right thing , -without reference to the man , or ther must go abont their business .
The great secret of O'Comnell ' s humbug influence Jus been the jargon that he supported the best thing going . Now , Sharma * -will set a better thing ¦ going , « d his presenoe is the heaviest blow that Daniel could possibly h *^ 9 received ; and hence his ttxe&p ; to choke him wilh fresh butter at starting . Sir ^ aic ?—the Waigs ^ will win , and , in passing , we Btst jast observe ( as some foolish print his called gse poor doctor M Ae Radical candidate" ) thai a siore miserable sfctearion could not luve been m * de , ^ nd o ^ f Scotch Mends may rest assured tha < any tffort rmio on behalf of the skb-a-fimt MaltKusian inU bs received by their English breiiren as tarshing bat » compliment .
In feet , if we were bound to same three political , — jnind , polkksal , —humbugs , of the first water , we ihouid anbesitatingly say Saith , Jim Crow Gibson , » cd i&e S # c » r . As to Jim Crow Gibson , every hocaa ms . a , every consistent man , every decen ; man , &a 4 even every rog « e , for decency ' s sake , is booad woppose him ; « d we do hope that a dowarigfe g » d six-foot higi Jim Crow , with his straw iK ssi white feather , and sri-coloured tail * f « ange , blue , and green , i s ready , jast to let $ he Ijtewkii Jim see his brother from old Kentscty . Ij is Tulgar to say *• Who are you ?"—bu ; tieiojs bur fairly s * y " What are you now , Jim !"
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MOTHER GOOSE . ~ We are irresistibly driven , and , indeed , -ooattrary to our express resolution , * o say one word « f our iriend in her ferJom state . The funeral $ a& which -sbe bo modestly threw over ; fce mangled -o » e * stes of-her flock , on Saturday last , leaves us something to hope from her modesty . Of -course , we asean the sad aod momatng exhibition . even as a "« iBrect fiw of the -inieriof" of the
ilanghter-honse . The sight , the < wy sight , was enough to chill the hottest blood , and freeze the warmest imagination . We never saw a more * dismal figure on : ke blackest tomb-stoae , or-a more fitting sign for-saeh a shop . A fewsaw-b « n « 4 nagsand white feathers woaJd . iare made k look lite what it tnrJy was , the hearse of a departed Tijgin skier ; for , &las 1 it contaiB « d the eo&somptiTe -remains of the maiden Association—the spinster ' s-eerpse .
Bnt " Ntf dstpttoruhitn" k the last and best plank of the shipwrecked politician : . and we shall look anxioasiv , on -Saturday ., for one ef those grand itrokes of xovelty-c-o innoceEtly hinted at in Mother Gooses New Year ' s prospectus , and in which she ascribes ber adraace to her £ regu « ntiights of fancy and change * of opinion ! May we . cot , then , justly look for one . of those
startling bursts of knaginauaa—aa . ekctrie sho * k of fancy—a land flame of lirid light—a -volcanic eruption of bc > iling _ geiiius ; and , by one touch of ier S 4 gic wand , why aot strike the chimney-pot off tee Parliamaatary Jl-o-u-s-e , rsay praUo , and , by a snhihae tfibrt-of hamgain-wandism , convert the eianiniate pile , —the H ^ p-n-s-e , —iato U-n-ti-v-e-r-s-aJ ? We hive seenxhangetand tranaformatioaa far more jocreiible .
May we not -expect / to recei- « e chastkement for ocr tiaidijy , ao ^ xtbaks for out lagging policy , by an acMuncemenS that-oiw Unareieal -Suffio ^ ge means . nothing , ar . d thai the uae and magical . uansform-. atios isuns , the enfranchisement ef man aad beast —aan , JfomaTi , afcd . childj What jre the odds tliai ,-out of th « ecatierad frag-SKnts of . the meas ^ geriej * new , a vigoxons , and reallj . siosl fores Uaisexitw Suffrage p * rty dses not ipring up , juid start into . » giant infant existence , Hiethegooce with the gojcifcn eggs , irhich wusfon « nateij Jtilled before she hid ! Bat , then , : wha * becomes ¦«/ the &drerii&Qmev £ s ? Aye , there ' s tie rub ! Q . u * cks" may do for illkig r . na , but doctors know they doo ' t pay .
We fear the case is hopeless ; and we wauld trongly ie « cm » end our frieoi to study the fiddlefiwidie of iocaj politics ; to be a great man ia ward * ad vestry zneetags ; to keep a jeaiou 3 eye over the Corporation and s 21 its works ; in eiort , to be a great iwnmary in % little sphere , whieh he m&j irradiate ; i » we assure bias Xhat his flash is lost long before ii rises above the horizon of the great political ianiipLere . IS * give this adtiee with the most kindly feeling , * ed sttU , at ali times , be happy to aesist a friend in tfcehDja-ofnecd . NothiDg but a bold , a very bold , a trejoendously bold , aroke will do > ow . We are prepared for it , be it neTer so startling ; and , therefore , let it eoaje .
" Three resoves are ae bad as one fire , " poor Bicbard tiji ; but Mother Goote , scorning to be bound by the ordinary rules of almanac-wandiHB , has assured us tLat , with her tfire , u least , has had the * &ci of raising her circuiaiion . Hid other authority >^ an a doctor node the assertion , we shouid hare faeftioued , if not doubted it .
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THE HUSTINGS' PATRIOTS AND MINISTERIAL HACKS . ^ othixg so much sinks the character of politicians * s the fact , so boastingly and studiously proclaimed , * hat the politician , to be efficient , must throw off file gentleman . Of the truth of this we have had * o excellent specimen just now at Leeds . The hustings' patriots ever have been the greatest ^ hiisterial haek 3 ; in fact , the crutchee of the mutilated body of Whiggery . They go ~ about , in ttft language of Hnis , ( the historian , not the hack , " ) proclaiming that the people are not so
* eQ governed as they should be , " while they them-•^ Tes are the very reserve upon which unjust filers have to fall back , when assailed by the OHBY . The Shim-Radicals , in the dishonest hope of fetching something for themselves , have allowed Sieir patrons to cob mi t wholesale plunder ; and , in > onit of fust , they are , in political honour , boond to wpport them , inasmuch m the bom , nephews , frie&ds , cousins , relative * , kith and kin of these Costings' haeks , hare bees all provided for , either k * workhouse job , a police job , a choreh job , or *« ne other filthy job .
Kow foi onr gpedmen . On the 21 st ., ttb had ft * Seh of those fast-and-loose gentlemen , who wish to ran -with the hare and hold with the bound , * P « i the hustings at the u intellectual feast , - " and aejTied one wiUi the other in strong denunciation f the present Administration ; in fact , named some penally , * ad the most prominent , * e the great ****!« to all Reform , and they were cheered w « & , what did the sneaking crew next do * Why , **» the very ftlkwing d » y , we fosod them UudUg ,
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praising , and applaudiug , and even drinking the healta of the said Miuisiers , with thunders cf applause ! and these very fellows will vote black white , and day night , and even a hole through an iron pot , to keep those "lagging , " "deceitful , " " inefficient " Ministers in office . Oat apon such dirty vermin 1
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THE "SUN , " AND ITS AUTHORITY . We give the following few lrnes from the Sun . — " FBiD . iT MOBSJXG . — ilr . O'Connell did not appear \ i the mettiug yesterday , ana I beliere that it was fortunate he did sot do ao , for some persons were apprehended by the police , hariog daggers in their possession . This is a fact of which I have been iLformed Tipon authority on the correctness of which I h » ve every reason to rely . It was to oppose and shout him down , that the Chartists were organised in such numbers , and it was foi this purpose , too , they had
supplied themselves with whistlea , tb » effect of which they first tried upon the Chairman , upon Mr . Hume , and Mr . Roebuck , the last of -whom so properly rebuked them . The meeting itself -was , as far as numbers went , a very magnificent one , there being present at least eight thousand persons , &&d of these there were not less than fifteen hundred Chartists-, the remainder were Reformers , wbo look f ^ r Vote by Ballot , Household Suffrage , and lie-distribution of Electoral Districts , Triennial Parli&iueiits , aad no Property Qualification tt ) r il embers . "
Of this we siall merely say that the " penny-a-liner " who wroto it , also concocted it : and , whan he wrote it he knew that he told a wilful , barefaced , malicious , but harmless lie—harmless , because it appears M on authority" in the " Sun . " In very truth , we lament and grieve that our coate » porary should allow himself to be made a standing joke for scribblers , the butt of " authority . " No matter where the jest comes from , whether from Bristol or Leods , the poor Sun is sure to be the victim . We need not contradict the assertion , as every one knows that it is false as false can be . In f * ct , some of our domestic " Suns " would have rejoiced too much in the God-send , tohave allowed the metropolitan luminary the first cut at the tit-bit .
In another part of " Mr . Authority ' s" report , he says that " a half-drunkea Chartist , upon the platform , observed to him that there could not be fewer than ^ $ , 000 persons present . " This jb as big a lie * s the « ther fact " upon authority ; " for , unless " Mr . Authority" himself wa 3 drnnk , there was » # t a drunken man at the meeting . In what is called the comment upoo the ppwoeediags ^ be Sun appears to think , and would make others think , that the aaeting was for a compromise of
minor differences , and was reraisited by as alliance among " Reformers . ' Poor luminary I how dark his lamp shiws 3 The compromise was jost this : — The Chartists said , in v « ry plain terms , " Behold our banner * wi our motto , —the Charter , the whole Charter , and « othing less than the Charter ! and those who are willing to enlist are welcome . But no party shall * gitafce for any less » easure—n « t even for a repeal of the Cora Laws , the * honest Billot , * H-o-n-s-e-iold Suffrage , or Short Parliaments ; " *»< t this is what the Sun « aHs «« npromb *!
The meeting was the death-blow o ( faction sd 4 < of Wbiggsry , and ef fictioa , which in better . Sut wiry waste so much time with the butt of " authority " 3 !! Just * word . O'CojfKea , who h * d no more to do withtiie meeting than tke Sun , is -charged tosh all they-choose to alledge . ; while , most anxieus ie the midst of so moch affected accoraof , every out of the "Establishment" stops short at the vote of confideace in O'Gosnob—oot one publishes that partj "¦ u pon authority , " Of the meeting !
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—^^^ THE QUEEN'S RECITATION . JJubskry cares and labours , have , we presume ,. Ofilate enerossgd the time of out chief magistrate sofiiily , that sue has -eund it difficult to affjrd much leisure for ; the conning of tasks about state-natters ; nd hence , the only * nerit of the royal hootily—its -etvertnese . We are -sorry th&t we cannot accord to ifcthe other gaality of a jaeka * s ^ e gallop—sweetness . It is in every way deserving of the -eloquent -phraseology of our gallant neighbour— " me&gre « ad miserable . " Its rejoicing is over th « rapine , bloodshed , treachery , rapacifrj , and bosy-body--villain-y wfcich -characterize all our intercourse with foreign nations ; its congratulations are on
the peacefm aspect of our neighbours , while Praoce is SErroonding her ciiiea with walls , and preparing to bristle them with caanoo ; its prophetic . hints are at more taxes , and mare . etrin ^ ent laws , to keep down the Chartists . TheChartieta , however , have j > retty well learoed how to lake . caw « f themselves . They will laugh at the jtracaatioaary physical fierce arca . igemanta which may ba takes , and qaietly render -them » U uugatory ia their onward progress to the Charter . We c&eaot afford mare « pace iti c-ommeut on the first Waiting , for the jireseutsession , * f theTaa-trap , lestour pasejog note « hould fail , inhotk those essentials , of whieh * re have « j . . ed ibe Queen ' s lesson to be deficient in ¦ o&e .
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THE PBOPOSED " UNiON " MOVEMENT . Wa request attention to a very well written letter on oar > vh page , Bigned Wxuuam Hick . Wink the seniijBents , j ^ enerally , -expressed in that letter , we most eordiaUy concur . We thiak , however , that the writer , kae mistaken both the meaning aad the probable effect « f the addrea frosc flee Beveral Chartist delegates published in our last , tie seems to think that the "beneficiil union of the working clashes with the honesi adrocates of right in every other class , " spoken of by the delegates , » ust necessarily involve the placing of the people ander
middleclass guidance and leadership , and he is naturally therefore fearful that some similar humbug to that _ of the Reform Bill agitation will be practised on them ; indeed be broadly intimates an opinion , thai it is the purpose of the delegates to solicit the middle classes to eome out and " lead" the people . We believe him to be , here , labouring under a great mistake . We believe that none of the delegates mean any such thing . The only " union" contemplated by the delegates , or by the people , is this : —They think the time is near , when all the classes of society , who live
uponthe labourers , will see their own interest to be necessarily and immediately jeopardised by the longer denial of justice to the masses ; and they expect , therefore , to see the middle and higher classes come o ? er in a body to the Universal Suffrage ranks and lead their aid to the accomplishment of that which they have hitherto impeded in its progress , as the best means of securing the continuance and establishment of their own rights , and of our position , altogether , as a nation , among the nations of the earth . In that case they will accept the assistance of those classes ; they will show to them the difference in spirit between a people and a faction ; they will suffer the mantle of returning honesty
to cover the foulness of past delinquencies , and admit them to the privilege of co-operating for the general good . But whoever thinks to place them again at the head of any popular movement will find the people having too vivid a recollection of their former pranks in that position to allow it to be done . No , no ; the people know them too well . No sore middle class leadership ! No more u Reform" mania ! The people have taken their own affairs- into their own hands ; the helm of the Teasel is under their own guidance , and it will require more tact than is possessed by the parties vrb » m oar friend seems to fear , to wheedle it from them ; and more force than they are possessed of to wrett it from them .
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David Johx . —Hit long letter hating no general . interest , but being merely local and personal , ve cannot find room for it . ^ J . Yxkuojc . —When Mr , O'Connor ' s portrait is out he shall have one . At present use have none but specimens for AgenU . Thb Uxexfaaxchisbtj ' s Address has not enough of poetic merit for publication . Ma , Petbb Ch appb ^ Stockpokt . — We have re ' ' ee ' wed a letter /* em Ms person : tee advise him to be quiet . Gbacchcs . —W 4 \ ha * e sent his letter io the Executive ,
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T . R , Smart seems angry about hit communications being neglected . The Lord bless him ! We only tcish we had him at our desk for a week or two . He will see thai his present address is inserted . His song will appear next week . Isaac Unwin depreealts the drinking customs of society ; commends total abstinence ; ascribes the failure of many societies and public bodies to the mischievous habits engendered by their practice of meeting at public Inns ; and recommends , that wherever practicable , Chartists shall eschew all connection with the beer-barrel . We quite agree with him . H . Griffiths , —W > thank him for his numerous and valuable favours ; but we have no room for the
u ialk' of the Tories at Canterbury . Hewny ToMMr . y . — We have received an insolent letter from some man , under this signature , abqut tome communication , sent to us a long time ago , and rejected . He threatens to go to every public meeting , and tell the people that the Northern S ' , ar is a paid Government paper ! His chief cause of anger seems to be that as we have not inserted hit missive , which was to " shake ^ the very foundation of a corrupt Government , ' _ we have not returned it to him . Now we have givc ^ public notice many times , that we do not hold o ' . selves bound to take care of rejected correr .
dence : and that all parlies setting so much value on their lucubrations as to uish r jOr their return , must keep copies for them . v . lves . We see no reason for making this Mr ^ Tommey an exception to this ? iecessary rvje . , even though the infliction of his sore disp , ear are be the penalty . If aur " devil" cliai \ ce io stumble on his papers while rummaging vut the Balaam box for paper to light the offi . ee fire with , and if the said "dtvil" acquaint rvs vcith that circumstance , we will order it io be immediately posted off to Mr , Tommey , that he may therewith light his pipe : but this is ali toe can possibfy do for him .
Stars to Ireland . —' /** Secretary of the Liverpool Committee for th * ( raiismission of Stars nnd Other poitica ! inftrm / 'tion to Ireland appecHs to the people of Ertyland for more Star * . , . The ' Committee have got very few to wha' , they etpecied . A Mkuber of the Liverpool Coun cil , can feat * Arthur O'Connor ' s plate on the same condition as A Finteiy . John Li * esev wishes us to say Ih at he has received froi . * a few of the members of ine Ten : fi * uud Lnan Association , he / dat . fiichard Fieldem , the Hed Bank Brewery , M Michester , nme-stiUling and sixpence .
JoxiS Kmpe , of MANSFi / ii . D , wishes his name to the Teetotal Address . Robert Jonston Page ..- James Chms < re , ' * m > John Hogoax , of DuTjfcrmline , wish their names to the Teetotal Fie Age . R . Hunter writer ' us , that a young woman in the service of a iprie *? , at Alloa , having-applied for permission to attend a Ckttrtis service , wus denied bg her Reverend master , -with much abuse . John iUwiwos .- We have no room . C WoyB , Hons , & * , has sent ws a * ong . We will print one rerts of it with « ut alteration ; and < we thinkihat ought to satisfy htm : —
" We will mot hurt nor bann the wigs , If theywsre all like socking pigs Bat thoytcre as base as any prigs Tottft tapping ali they can . " David -Garter would have the Chartists oj 'Ctiih loe-zlity -of the count y */ Middlesex to signttkeir n « mes to- t : te followingpted ge : — Iy A . ® ., < fo ipledge myself , in the presence of >** & JtUwi members , to -subscribe , -weekly , for tke -period- if one quarter of a year , the following * um , for the suppant Q ? Chartist lecturers , jar 4 he cmr , ity of Middtesex , . Jbr the advance ^ tnent afUhe Peoptea Charter , and in accordance frith * the following Miles : — JPinst—tThat all subscriptions forthe above objecbehcll ¦ be reaived by 4 he total Secretaries , and paid to
the . Treasurer -of the -County 'Council ouee a week . j ifkpond— 'That the iteaiCouneih shall provide suitable lecture rooms , 4 o be defrayed by the public ' s voluntary contributions . \ KBi \ rd—tThat the County Council shall nominate . the : lecturers , and tthal they shall be elected , by ballet , once ar / quarter , tg / the * eho ! e of the-mem bers sf the CviisUy . ' fourth— 'That the County Council shall pay theilec turers-once a-jumek . fifth—That the lecturers shall qausUly proportion their ^ ervices in the localities . Sueth—iTAat the Secretary and Council of eeah localilyjihall attend to conduct every arrangement on the lecture night .
Iurmischjim Restoration Committbb . — We have received from this body a long balance-sheet of accounts , which . would O € cupy more space than \ ce cau spare . It is signed , ' £ . P . Green , secretary , and E . Spinks and John Hardy , auditors , and shows a bal&jicc of £ ti < s ., Id .. in the hands of the treasurer . Tokens . — We have no roam for reports of Whig meetinye . X&x Sosg" to the tune of " Rowers of the forest " wiil noLsuit us . 2 &C . PiTKKBay . — , / n our repoct tf . lbe Mill Meeting , last week , it was stated , thateixhen Ale 1 ' ilketfUg rase to ^ procure m hearing for Mr . Hume he was availed by . till sorts . of noises . . This , Mr . I \ write * us , weu iucorrtct . He saus ,
. he was urgently requested , <> y several of the . Foxes , to interfere . ; and that , when hs did so , Jic " us heard very . attentively ,: the . only inler-Truplion ojmomenLi >»^ ff fro m oas of the reporters , . tc / to ought . io have . known his place better than ordvr , a * he did , any person tout doum . The portion of . the nport ^ omplained of tee fave as tt reached us from the Mci cury . fc £ o . nD& £ SFiKLD . —Jhe tqport of the Oastler Tea ftuJy is in type , and shall appear 4 n our . next . Wjh . . W * xJD , CHo&UiY . — , lfe Aat >« received a letter from him about itwee yonny womeuj but we cannot read it . If he wilt tend the fads so written
as that u-e can read and understand the itttetneij , it shall have . our attention . MAKca > si « R TAjLOfts a \ p £ ordwai . S £ BS . —Their address next week . AlATtHKW . Mum , Is ' ositich . —We cannot now u * - seri the report : tee ought to have had it ( hr , ee weeks ago . D . il . Koijtijus , Secretary io the Committee for sending S-ars to Ireland , should have sent us his address icuh the appeal . Wt keep it over that we i > 'Oy append it . L . I'lTusauL-r . —His letter is m type , and will appear tn our nett .
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The Is . 6 d . for Mrs . Frost , noticed in last week ' s Star , frum Dewsbury , was an error : it had appeared bejore . D . Irela . nd . —Send the amount in post stamps . J . £ > u . nca . v hax never sent his account to the office . When he rioes it wiU be credited , if correct . Wk > Tuoureuff */ ve y much surprised that we have aeled tcith tuch rigid punctuality to our rules . He ought to have been surprised if we had not done so . We do not make rules with the intention of breaking i / iem . To Agems . —H was utterly impossible to supply those orders which only arrived at lhe < iMce on Monday
noon . ila . Richard Blackbukn , Newcastle , Staffordshire , can have the money lie sent here some time ago , by sending a letter stating the amount and his address . Robeut Lu . vdy , 25 , Mytongale , Hull . —The notice of his commencing Ayent for the sale of the Northern Star , O&sUtJi ' s Fleet Papers , and Richardson's B . acK book , is an advertisement . Old Squatt . —Received : and will take advantage of him , if needed . T . G ., AJacclesfikld . — Get tickets from the Agent you leave , showing yau have subscribed to the date of your change . T . BoLWfcXL . —Received . A . Bkowjv , Lbves . —Received . His paper is posted at the usual time .
FOB TUB COMMITTEE FOB SUPSKISTENDHJG DAK . ' fi CHAKT 18 T WJELCOMS TO LEEDS . £ s . d . From O . F ., Aberdeen 0 0 % « , & few enemies to political jugglery , of Conduit-strvet 8 6 _ , Hen » Qd Women of London 1 7 6 „ Tib-street , Manchester 0 15 7 3 6 7 Post-offlce order 0 « 6 2 « 1 M Attleborough , &eat Mtmeaton ,
per W . J . Osborae ... 6 „ Hey wood , near Rochdale ... 0 6 0 „ Rochdale , per James Taylor ... 6 # . Buddersfleld , per D . Clayton t 10 « the Ula of Wight Political Association 1 • „ the members of the Tower ' Hamlets National Charter Association . • • fob . thb wms ajtd families oftbs ikcabcsxatbd CHARTISTS . From & Fustian Jacket on the Greftt Western Railway # 1 - Leeds . - 0 J „ a Bandonisn - » .. 0 0 « „ the- Wwkiuf lien ' s Axoeiation . QsdubAels 0 U „ the Operative * at MiLkinggreen Mills , Lees 0 4 4 _ Wm . Haigh , UlTer » tone ... t ' 3 _ Edinburgh , per John Duncan , being profits of a ball , held on New Year's Day , in Clyde-stnet HaU Iff
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j FOR MR . OASTLfcR . From Q . F ., Aberdeen ... ... 0 0 « FOR JROSt ' S RESTORATION COMMITTEE . From the Working Men ' s A « JCiation , Galushiels 6 10 FOB . MRS . FROST . From H . Stephens , Brighton , per Mr . Morling ... a 1 fl
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BIBlYIINGHAIVr .-Gv . r £ jmingliaia friends will note that we have appointed , as correspondent fot the Nor ( hern Star , Mr . GK <> ROE WniTE , whose whole \; ime will be devoted to the service of the peop ie of the districts in and around BirmiDghair ^ in that capacity . We are not yet able fc ; gjve his address ; hut , for the present , a" communications may be addressed for him at ^ r . Guest ' s , booksfiUer , Steelhouse-lane ; and we request that ail matters of interest , connected with the ijoovement , may be forwarded to him without delay . He will attead all meetings of tijo people , of which due notice is given to him , and report the proceedings .
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HAPjuhiton ( Norfolk )—The Church Rate War —Oml the refusal of Mr . Laidler , dissenting prea jhoe ^ of this town , to pay a church-rate of Is . 4 ^ d ., the usual lo ^ al proceedings were commenced a '/ liuet him ; and a table and seven chairs "were veiled from his house , under a distress wtrran * , , which were brought to the hammer by Mr , Hed /^ etna * , on tho 18 th inst ., aad disposed of at Low prtocs to two individuals . A large ooscouree of petsons collected together , of whom a great iiumbe * were dissenters ; but , however deep their 'juries night be , they -certainly were not very lond , for things passed very quietly . At tho cottcludion ,
however , a few m the warmest dreeoaters appeared < quite chop-fo , li « n , and entirety ioatthoir eqnauimtty . ' tiigh words were bandied between them , and thr > auctioneer .,-t-nd we imagined we beard threats tif " Slappi « g 3 *> ur face , if yeu say mere to me "—"( Be , if you dare , I defy yo * . "— -a « d ** A coroaer ' s inquest will be the next tiling we hear of , " &c . 'But it might = arise from » ar duUnoss of innring ' , ; of course , ' ^ is qui te unnssbonaWe to suppose that such words -oould ever escape the lips of our * morai foroc" WhigB and Tories ! We will yield to none ia < nir'attachment to genuine liberty , inducting thu redress of all " D&Rcmer ' s grievances ; " 'but , from our soul , we iraliove that tho opijonents ¦ ox dhur < &-rates are cot animated by a siieuric of true
paimtism . We will say nothing about their directiufi their opposition agam 6 t the trifling , ' ohnrch-rate , whil « t of tlie fc »*> rmou 8 amount levied in ihe Bhape of iithes , we never hear a word . We will paaa this ovor , aud just analyse their " conscieatious" profeiBion * . All their opposition is ftfi" 'Nsonscience " 8 «^< o—all becausethey wish to be df'ne' « nto , * s : th ^ wx > uld do unto others . Now , we will just ask , ia not the execrable New $ ?>> or Law as adverse to the conscience of every humane man as the church-rate can be to the dissenters I Is not the usurpation of ¦ the natural and Bocial rights of the people of this country , and the forcing of tyrannical laws ,, which are the offspring of unlawful might , down the throats of the people , as adverse to the couscience of every true Chafrtist , aB compulsory asseaBmeata can be to the dissenters ! Wo unhesitatingly declare they are , and of vastly more consequottce to the teraporal
and eternal well-being of the psoplo , than their trumpory , trifling ohurch-rate ! -How these hypocrites havo respected the cotiHcientious scruples of Poor Xaw Repealers and Chartists , let their servile , " . godly" . journal answer . -Have they n « t always'been the foremost to urge on the harpies of the law to prosecute mm who hare ten thousand times moTe to complain of than they havel And who , instead of seeking tho good of a class , or a sect , are wishing and skiving for Uimereat kiberty both body ^ aud mind . £ elf in the " ruling principle "—in this struggle they are totally regardless of the Heaven-Epruu ^ rights of sheir tellow-oreatures . Wore the drcadAil persecutions of ihe-days of the whoremonger , 'Charles the aecond , < rovived , aud the disseutiufi body brought to s knowledge of that Truth which they profess , but , unhappily , know not , they would acknowledge that Heaven was just to them ia th « ae retributive judgments . —JCorrespondeni .
"LONDON . —Jousnf . tmkn ' s Trades' Hall District JsAbbtWG . —( diy our ouiy Conretpondent . }—On Monday evening , tho committee for promoting the erection of a Journeymen ' s Trades' Hall in tho metropolis , oonveued a public meeting in the eohoolro «« , AyleBbnry-street , Clerkenwell , in furtherance of tb « ir object ; a . t half-papt eight Mr . Peat , carpenter , was called to tkc chair , and in a lucid address dwooostrated the Advantages that must acerue to the workingmenofiLondou from Ihe erection of ^ he coaUaiplated institution . —Mr . Hetherington , who was received with , loud and general cheering , movt'd the first resolutio ? u— "That this meeting is ¦ of opioioc that the present condition-of the wockicg class , -whether as individuals , or composing tfae
various trjwles of tLocoon , ih unjust . and dogradio ^; , and tkftt the - comfort , economy , aud influence of their numerous trades' societies would be greatly enhaae # d by the er « ction of a hall in some central locality , where cheaper and better accommodation could . be offered for itheir meetings , with a combination of intellectual and bo-« lal uaprovement secured to the imembers . "—• Mr . iBoggis , in a teiqpsrate and weU . rtceived addres-a , eeoondud tho reaoiution , which km put from the . chair , and carried unanimously . —Mr . Richard Idoore otie forward , amidst general ^^ p lause , to nuvve the& 6 coad resolution ;—** That . this meeting ia of opinion , thai the plan and constitution of . * proposed London Journeymen ' s Trades' Hall , " asjiow
submitted , : and which is enroled under the Acts of Pai&ament , 10 Geo . 4 th , c 56 ' , and 4 and . 3 Will . 4 ch , c . 40 . ; k eminently . designed to prcunate tho convenience and political and . moral elevation * f the labouring class , and earoetsfiLy recommends t « the individual opanativea of thia i ? reat metropolis , the necessity and importance of their respective trades ' societies iinajudiately taking . shaxes from their funds ; that by dieir powerful p&troaage they may siimulale the private qx&ruoub of their numerous members , and uniteuUy secure the speedy-erection and permanent management of so de » ir * bj « an edifices-Mr . Potte , a delegate from the htwjkefc-makers , ia A calm , argumetaau-J . 'f , aud tmpreb » f « £ peech , secouded tie resoJutioa .. —A tfmilem&u ( whose nama we did
, mot catch , ) elated that he had oaljr this evening talben up a share iu the undertaking . He most aniiouply and uTiienVy wished it success ; and , with the permission of thu Chairman , ha had & few questions to ask the Secretary : —1 . Have &uy trades ' societies tak' n up hhurots , aud how many i 2 From what eiass of trades do the Committee find the greatest encouragement i Z . Have they any account at » backer ' s } 4 . What amount of money , belonging to the Hall fund , is any member allowed to hold ! $ . Is it contemplated co erect District Halls , in the event of the Central Hall proving successful ? And 6 . Are any profit ;* expected to bo realised , by
letting the Institution for other purposes than that of the trades I—Air . Farreii , the Secretary , replied , that about sev ~ £ n or ei ^ ht united trades have actually taken shares and paid the money , and as many morn have given the Committee favourable answers . 2 . They had derived most encouragement from those trades that muht necessarily have the greatest hand in the erection of the buiding . 3 . They had an account with Messrs . Prescott , Groto , and Co . iu Threadneedlsetreet ; of whoso liberal conduct to the Committee , Mr . F . spoke in the most eulogistic terms . 4 . The whole amount held by the throe Treasurers on the Committee did not exceed a dozen
pounds . 5 . Tins question would be best answered after the operation of the contemplated Central Hall should have been tested ; and , lastly , there could be no doubt whatever that a considerable profit would accrue to the shareholders , by allowing other olassoa the use of the Hall , at a moderate price , when not required for their own purposes . It should be borne in mind that as much as forty guineas were paid for Exeter Hall , for one evening —that this Committee have economised their funds , bo that not a soul has received a farthing in the way of remuneration for services , neither the Committee nor the Secretary , who have to stop out night after
night , at some ezpence , and at th « sacrifice of domestic comforts at home , receiving or . e farthing from the funds . { Hear , hear . ) Mr . Fatten concluded by announcing that the Committee had decided on holding their n ^ xt district meeting on Mon - day next , at the Temperance Hotel , Adelaidesquare , New North-road , Islington ; in order that every quarter of the xnetropolw should , as far as practicable , be made acquainted with the objects sought to W achieved . —Some other speakers addressed the meeting , particularly an ecoeninc old gentleman , who caused much merriment aud more uproar , after which thanks were voted to the Chairman , and tire meeting broke up .
BRISTOL—Disgraceful Anti-Soculisi Riot at the Hall of Sciencs . —Daniel Sexton vtmb charged , on Moadiy , with breaking open the doors of the Hall of Science , in Broadmead . and destroyiftg the property ^ herein . —George Lovell , being sworn , said , yesterday cVauing there wae a meeting at th » flail after worship , and the doors were closed . Shortly after , those of us who were inside heard a breaking of lamps outside , and » noiso as of many persons attempting to force the doors . I went and
put in some pieces of strong timber against the doers to secure them . The mob outside got a cart which was ia the lane , and rushed with it against the doors Beveral times . At length the doors were forced , and we who were inside , only a few individuals , being timid , ran into an adjoining room and shut the door . After some time I opened the door and saw about 60 or 100 persons in the Hall , and the prisoner was amongst them . I heard the mob breaking np the forms and sittings , and tearing down the gas fittings —Mr . HerapatE : The aagutraUt should know
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that , o ' every Sunday night , > hcTe was a fiot in the ^ '* t * e . Yesterday evening , as I was goiug by the * jush , I saw a crowd of ^ t least five liuudred persons vehemently hooting at , and endeavouring to assail some person who wa ^ in car , and who appeared to be obnoxious to t ' lem , I went immeuiately to the police-station , called out the reserve force , and had the street cleared . The mob , however , again got sight o ? the obnoxious individual , and ran after hiril and 1 was obliged to give him in charge to tho police for his own protection . The entire rK . ap . peared to me to ba owing to some weU . dressed young men , who headed and organised tb . - ^ mob ' . A party then came to me , and claimed P votJction , as the Hall of Science was in the posse ^ ion of the mob .
I went dowft there , and saw aga >' the same young men who before headed the j ^ b . I have nothing to do with the dogmaa of Mr , Owen or Mr . Brmdley , but one thing ir , dearly oar duty , as magistrates , and that is tr , afora protection to the public , and I , for one , w u < fo it . —Lovell : I am satisfied the police encourage the mob . When the Inspector came down to tl \ e Hall , last night , he said it served us ritfbt . —Mr , Superintendent Fisher : I said you first kick up a row , aud tfeen sent for » s to put it down . The :: /« h&TO been more rows since the Hall of Science 4 * 8 been epea than we ever had before . — Mr . NewiAaos . The police have no business to express any ; opinion at ali , one way or the other . They are nier . e . tuaxshiues i * the iianda of the ma ^ istratea
Howo / cr wixmg it may bt > to hold these meetings on a Sai iday , apd 1 thmk it is wrong , etili the police hav ^ nothing to do with that . Suppose any of too mo © h * i heard the remark yon made , why they w oald iaiagine tb « y were doing right , and thus is . is 'Mai raws ensue . —Me . Heraputh : It is th « duty of the podree to aibrd protection to all her Majesty ' a subjects . —M . Hayward was thon sworn : 1 am not a Socialist ; I was aA the Hall of Science last night , and 1 saw -the prisoner iu the act of breaking opeii the tdoor with , a ' large log of wood . He was knocking against the door and kicking tit it . —By Mr . Herapaths I did not see him break any furniture . — Edward l * ooia sworn ; I «« not a Socialist . - I saw thb pribORcr go into the liall of Scieijce ; he went to
the platform aud lighted « -candle , aad made a k ' . na , of-speechi Ue then came 4 owu fron the plMforua ,. uollarod a person , and atfted him if ho was a Socialist . The individual replied * N »; " and then the prisoner iaid , *• Simkin 4 s iu heref we will have him out . ' —The priB © nor BKid ; 1 had been drinking * t the Crout tiil haJf ^ past nine o ' cleck , and on comiag aw * y 1 met tho mob «» d went Vi see what was ^ oing on , but , 1 waited outside the doors and took no , pan to the row . —The witness : He « collared mo * ud tmd , " iDon ' t 1 do « iy dsty like a man ! " The- wituess added , I am uo Socialist , '» iu 1 don ' t like to sue the common wealth deecroyed . * —^ l r . Shaw ^ gentleman ¦ who reports forithe Jownai < Moe , here csdlod -out ** I have heard . privately thlbt the prisoner can
produce witnesseB-to strove hia innocence ef -the charge , if he is allowed " -frwae . "— -Mr . fiurgoss wished to know if Mr . Shaw was a -witness In the case . —Mr . Herapath : > In what character does Mr . Shaw attend here !? la he » o advocate!—The . prisoner then called a y « ung na ju »« a a witness , who « aid hy was drinking witn > u » till half-past nine at tho Trout . Oa their ret irathey hoards row and weut to see what « t was . ^ ie prisoner did not try ot break in . There wb b sparge mob inside , breaking the thinga to piece ? t ~ 4 Toole said >* he last witneaa was himwalf on tho j ^ I «* brm and taki ng , part in the row . —A bcy ^ j f the tame of Beard theu appeared to give evideiioe on bt hall of thepne « ner , svhen Pooie identified him also fca < eae of iherkners , aud said he
saw him < t » be a lai g « - * toue and ¦ break a larap . —A person of tae uam e «( f Filler then stepped forward , and said be-could give evidence . On beingoisked if he was a Sociali it , do gaid he ^ as . ' . Inireply to questions from M r . Here path , he- « aid , " I believe iu a atate -of * e war « is , * aa punisbvents ; I believe I am accountable f « r . my actions ^ I believe in the contents of the ' iwei I hold ia my haudl" The witness was then tmmin , and said— The fisst noise had partly eubsi deds ' n the premkee , and I *? ent to open th « door of tba « inte-room 4 er the females who were there , to e- * r » p © . 1 openedtho door , and saw about tw « nty iu c&tfc ' uals in the room : 1 « aw the
priss tier take up apiece of . quarter-staff and strike something with ; X , said then . go ( to the eide d * or and strike it . That wa&tthe door leadisg to the room in which the tfomal ees had taken , re ^ ige . —The prisotwr was ordered to End sureties ,: himself in £ id . and two others in £ leje&ch , to Jceoprtho peace ,-aud in default was coi . nmioced to gaol . — 'In the cojerse of the morning , ap plieaSion was made for ' su&ituoiif es againt > t other p « tms implicated in the aborerfninaactiou . ii if as : Utfld that the most diegraoetal pr oceedinge had tak in | i !* ce ,- that tbafcenches . aiui-deo ks had been < bvoken up , thd-fittinga , pulled dawn , and the dome ^ kyli ^ ht smashed , and tlkt £ 60 wouli u- ) t > replace the dama ^ ' , e dene .
BBE&S'IEI * » .- ± MUBDEB IN .-S 0 BFFIKLD . —On Sumiay moiiaiDg , < v dreadlul murder-was committed in Sheffield , on th body of a man named Back . The ciroumssancea wew of a rather peculiar nature , as it appears the inuadered man wanted some improper intimacy ¦ whhfihe murderef ? s wife . JPhe husband , nanaea Geirge Raney , on ratarning home late last € atmday liigfet , heard , before ho onter-ed hie house , « jriOB from tis wife , of jNow don ' t ; now give over , for I expect lay master home directly : " On pushing open tho 4 oor , he flajr the house wae in total darkness . Thinking that the parties wen ia orimycal jntercourK ^ he ruahed in the direction whence the sound proceeded , and laying hold , of 4 he intruder , proceeded ifco inflict
upon him -sundtij' heavy blows . They closed , and falling upon a . card-tabie in the room , sseaahed it to pieces . On thcafloor Ranqy was upperuaeat , and 'he seined Beck by the throat with one haad , and struck liim with 'file other . A gurgling aeise in die throat of fieqk Alarmed Rftney ; and he rushed from his own housed his sister ' s , where he expeessed himself very fearful Ahat he bad killed a msia ^ but whom he did not know . On learning that Beck was actuall y dead , he declared he woaid surrender hun-BdH" to justice ; and wa « leaving hw sister for th&t pui ^ pose , when he met the oonstafaje seeking hia . An inquest was held oa Monday , before Mr . Badger , the ocroner , when aaach ^ yidence to tke etihat $ . bovo stated cvas adduced , an < i ibo inquiry eorentually adjournal till Thursday .
Rakei ^ the Sheffield inurderer , passed through Leeds , ttia morning , ou hia way to York Castle . He came by ihe mail-iraia from Sheffield : he was not haud-cuffia-i or otherwise iroued , and is Bfated , by the guard of the mail , to have been very cheerful . tEBDS .-Death of Miss Ann Cxnn— Want of apace prevented our notioinglast week the d » ath of this extraordinary female , who for many years has been a very prominent character in the neighbourhood « f Leeds , as the founder and principal preacher of tho seat of Female Bamalibts ; and which took place at fcer residence ia R « gent-street , on Monday , the 18 th instant , after a protracted illness of nearly three years . She was a woman of extraordinary firmness and decision of character ; possessing talents which
fall to the lot of very few of the more gentle sex , and which pre-eminently fitted her for the peculiar sphere of activity , in which she was the means of accomplishingmuch good . The fervency of her religious enthusiasm was calculated to work powerfully upon uncultivated minds , putting a strong check upon che developeraants of licentiousness in its grosser and more revolting forms , and enlisting the atrong feelings of the animal man in the cause of virtue and religion . This led to m any extravagances both of-doctrine and demeanour , which , while they served equally aa a source of amusement to the thoughtless and profane , and of sorrowful concern to the rationally pious , were yet abundantly counterbalanced by the moral good resulting from her indefatigable labours among the lowest classes of society . She was for 34 years a constant and laborious preacher ; first among the Primitive Methodists , aud
afterwards as the leader of the new Methodistio sect , which , in conjunction with her friend and cttlleatrue , Mis 3 Williams , she founded in Leeds , in 1822 . She bad a chapel in Regent-street , and another in Brewery Field , both of which are now left to the governance of Miss Williams ; and , at her decease , to be vested in trustees . She was a person of most benevolent habits and philanthropic disposition , and we believe devoted a considerable property to the prosecution of her benevolent labours iattie promotion of religion , temperance , and education , of all which she was the ever-active and untiring advocate . The respect entertained for her was evinced by the thousands who followed ber to her last resting-place . She was interred , according to her own request , on the third day after her decease , in the Cemetery , WoodhouBe Lane ;' -aud many , while standing neat her gt ave , felt indeed that they had lost a mother and a friend .
National Chaktbk Associatiok . —The Council of the National Charter Association are reminded that the meeting takes place on Sunday next , at the Gtneral Washington , New Road End , to commence at half-past two o ' clock . Leeds Town Council Mektikg—A tolerably numerous special meeting of thiB body took place on Wednesday last , for the purpose of determining what steps should be taken to meet the rule nisi of the Court of Queen ' s Bench , calling upon the Mayor , Aldermen , and Burgesses , to show cause why they refused to admit Mr . Radford Potts , as a Councillor for the Mill Hill Ward . A motion was made by Mr . Alderman Tottie , and seconded by Mr . Alderman Benyon , that steps should be taken by the Mayor and Town Clerk on behalf of the Mayor ,
Aldermen , and Burgesse ? , to meet the rule . Mr . Atkinson moved an amendment , which was seconded by Mr . Wright , that the M » yor sad Town Clerk take no steps on behalf of the Mayor , Aldermen , aad Burgesses , it being competent for any burgess to proceed as he thought fit . After a long and very angry , discussion , a division took plaee , when there were for the motion , 32 ; against it , 26 . —A second amendment was also proposed by Mr . Atkinson , seconded by Dr . Hunter , of a similar nature ; when there appeared for the amendment , 23 ; against it , 31 . —The discussion was earned on in anything but a gentlemanly manner ; the body would learn a good lesson from attending a few Chartist meetings .
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Dkiutiso Sp ' cikty . —A debatin . E : society commences so-aigbt at Mr . lilhigwonh ' s , to commence at « £ bt o ' clock pr-ciselv .. Tbo . subject w-. ll be , " Who 0 . ier is a Monarchical or aRcpubiican Gc-y ^ ramea ? tho best calculated to promote the bappu > es 3 of 'Joe people ! " Let every Chartist feel thai it i * his < . uty to encjurage and promote such a society as tai 3 by his presence there to-night ; let him endoayour to bring as many as he can , and show that- he has the good cause at he : < rt ; to the young men especially , this is a » oppor ; u i y that ought not to be lost s ght of . Robbing the Dead . —There are eomo strange rumours afloat as to the proceedings ^ of somooflicials , or their deputies , at the psrUh chnrch , in this to ^ n . Those who have access to the vaults can probably explain the matter , which , at present , 18 shrouded in secrecy , though we are givca to understand a searching investigation ( strictly pnvatf ) 1 a now goin ^ on .
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KfEWCASTSJI . —Mr . M * soa will denve . r a lecture at North Shields , on Monday ,, the 1-t or February . As the powers that be will noi , allow it to be iis-doors , it wili Vt > ry probably be oa tae New Quay , North Shidds . Mr . Mason will deliver rha first of a series of lectures ( to be continued w&e ' -. iy ) in the Joiner ' s Hall , ou Sunday , the Slat January , at half-pa . t s : x o ' clock in the creu ' wii . Om peiutj each will bv tnkcu at tii © do ^ r , 10 denay oxpeuces . Mr . Mason wiil likewise visit Kaitou . ou Saturday , tht > 6 ih of February .
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Glasgow , lath January , 1841 . Sis ., —In your last paper , January itftii . a letcer of DAt . O Gonnoi' » i » gWftn , in wtkh tlie following pa » - IAgft occurs : — " Every one knows how I worked for tho cotton spinners . I attemlwl their second trial in January . They came home the other day with an itijundion from Brauyham , Waktvy , and others , to take no notice 0 / /«* . They were -within an hour ' s journey of n > y uuniiton , and they turned their backs upon me . I forgive them . If they are ever progecuted again , I will defend them gain- - " . .. . .... ... _ to the Utter
TliB first part of this p&ragtapH is true , and I need not , aa an humble individual , conficrn what I trust is generally known a >; d appreciated by every working man in the realm , —that Mr . O Connor sp » reg neither exertion Bor expence to forward their ititei- ^ U , and befriend them , when others foi-s » ke them in the hour of periL But it is tba second sentence of the paragraph to which 1 would direct your attention ; wherein it ia stated that the liberated cotton spinnera had « ertain " iujunttlons from Brougham , Wakley , and others , to take no notice of Mr . O Cout . or . " This , Mr . Editor , I deny in the most emphatic manner ; not less in justice to the parties ctarged , thau in vindication or my own cliaricter , as I would Ise for ever sunk in my " own estimation , could ! have condescended to purchase my own liberation or the favour of othew on such degrading terms , at the exj > ence of gratitude to a friend whom 1 revere through principle .
From whatever quarter Mr . O'Counor bos heard this , I can assure him uud you , that it is wholly without foundation . Aa to Laving passed bis " auugcon " without paying a visit , I regret to say it is true ; but not in tho sento stated in the paragraph , the tru h ii , our anxiety to motjt our unhappy wives aud children , made us travel at a railroad pace , in the fuifllmeut of engagements we had made with -vaviuufl towns in Yorkshire ; while , at the same time , we were utterly igooraut of our proximity to York dungeon , when we took ihe iailway from Stslby to Leads . This is the t
true and only reason I can give , for circumsances over which w » had little or no controul . It grieves we U hear Mr . O'Gounor say we turned our backs on him . I will juat in - friendship say , "O thou of little faith . " Hoping , Mr . Editor , that you will give insertion U th « above remarks , that Mr O'Connor ' s minU may be di » - abused of a wrong iBipression , and that the puoii * generally may know that the live peraecuted and deeply-injured cotton spinners of Glasgow , ntver could , have fcaiictioned a contract that woulii have been alike discreditable to all concerned . Youc insertion of ih *
above ia Saturday's Star , will oblige , Sir , youis , &c &c , RlCHJiRD M'NEII * Bauk T » Tern , 33 , Troagate . [ I give this letter insertion , and I have bnt just ' on * word to e * y upon it . The cotton spinucrs were s « Yeral day * ia Hul ) , within three hours of York , before they caajd to Leeds . When tUsy vrere at Leeds , I myself asbxA them if they wou'd not go to York , the auaweding day , to which I received au ev * 3 ive and hesitating reply . Mr . Hackett , one cf the five cotton spinners , iu the bearing of the others , told me in the
! Mujdc Saloon , at Leeds , that the reason why they had , i since Unat return , taken 110 public notice ot O'Connor , not even returning thanks to him , was , because they liad been aerified to that line of conduct by Mr . Wakley aud their Louden friends . In none of the resolutions o £ gdtitude for the exertions of friends , phased » t the muuerow aeetings heW on their behalf , tha * 1 lave ever come aatler my notice , doe * the name of O ^ Connorappear , aave at Leeds ; and then it was weed oa tbesa by the meeting , having been exclucied from th < tir original progamme of prouaedin ^ a entirely , he * the so facts apeak for themselves . William Hill , Editor N . S . l
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FROK OUK LONDON C # UUESPON » ENT . Wednesday Evening , Jan . 27 . Walworth and Camberwell Natio . vav C ^ ART . sa AssociATiON . —On Monday tveaing . ut the weekly meeting-of this Association , it was resolved that any member of the Association , who shall bring np * eren new members in one quarter , shall receive an enamelled card , of the same kind m those got up for ybte benefit of the victims . The practice of smoking during the hours of business-was abolished . A v . ti ot
thank * to the Charti .-td of Leeds , and t > the conduct jr » of the Northern Star , ( the advocate of the people ' s rights J For the grand moral display made on the 21 $ i inatant , to welcome tua arcli-traitor Dan , and far the glorious defeat ot the Fox and Goose Club , was carried unanimously- A vote of approbation was also carried to the Hon . and Itav . Qodolphin O ^ borae , "for hi « Christian conduct in bringing t ) jiut ' ee tho monster , Joseph Howe , for hia inhuman aud hrut . il con-luct towards Eiiaabttli Wise , an inmate of tae Hao Uuion BastU ' e . "
FlNSBUBY WORKING MEN ' S ASSOCIATION . —In accordance with a resolution passed at a previous meeting , this soc ^ ty helii a public meeting last evening , at their Rooms , No . » , Littto White Lion-atree * , Mercer-street Long Acre . The following resolution waa proposed by Mr . Moore , seconded by Mr . Durrani , and adopted : — "That this meeting , fully agreeing with tha objects of the Nationai Charter Association , pledge * itself to assist , by every means ia its power , to carry th <» same into ' effect . " Mr . Maine moved , and Mr . Norman seconded , a yote of thanks , -which was carrifctf , to the Leeds Committee , for their exertions in getting up the recent " Welcome-to-the-great Dan Demonstration ^ ' and also to the People ' s Delegates , for their manly and uncompromising conduct nt the
HivSdlu-cJasa meeting . " Mr . Hoppy moved , and Mr . Hodge seconded , a resolution pledging the meeting , ndividually . m well as collectively , to petition the House of Commons , during the present Session , for the Charter , and tha release of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and all political prisoners . A committee for the ensuing qmrtvr was then formed from among the mem * bera present ; the secretary and the treasurer were appointed ; and notice was given that Mr . Cameron would give & lecture at tlie Society ' s rooms , on Cooperation , ou Tuesday next . A number of new members wero enrolled in tlie National Charter Association . Street Accidents . —The past week has bctn
pregnant with street accidents of a minor description , scarcely a day passing without three or four cases of " dead horses" in omnibuses oi cabs ; and yesterday ( Tuesday ) , in Red Lion-street , HoJborn , at abont are o ' clock , the victim of » ne accident from rapid driving had scarcely been taken into a surgeon ' s in that street , ere another vehicle ( a cab ) came rapidly round the corner , and knocked down a respectably attired age ! woman , but fortunately inflicting no very serious injury , although much fright and some bruises were tfa « result Pedestrians complain loudly of the wood pavements , over which tb&coavbes roll without giving warning of their vicinity . .
Accident . —On Sunday evening , a poor old tnaa , aged 64 , tras about to enter the Weslnyen Methodist Chapel , in the Adelphi , Strand , when , jnst at the threshold , he missed his step , and fell forwardB again a raised grating , which ia so constructed as to form at once a stop in the door-way , and a window for , the are * beneath . A frightful wound was thus occasioned , and the sufferer «» immediately removed to Charing Cross Hospital , where the i&ost prompt attention was paid ; but we loarn that the patient still lies in a raj dangerous state .
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Serious , if mot Fatal Accidknt . —As Mr . SamJ . Fitsld , manufacturer , Pudsey , waa returning from tho sale of machinery » t Mr . Chwnbeta' mill * t Horton Bank Top , on Tuesday night hat , and when descending the hilUd Shear-bridge noar this town , the girths of his saddle suddenly broke , by which he iras thrown from hi » horse with great violenao , »*< l falling upon his head sustained such severe internal Injury that his life is despaired of . Yesterday , b * wua totally insensible , and the blood flowing from his ears proves that his Bituatioa is a veryoritieal one . —Bradford Observer . Mr . Oastlto and th « Flskt Papers . —With gratified feelings we leant fr < w Mr . Oastler himself that his little weekly publication is likely to succeed beyond the most sanguine expectations « f his friends . The second number doubled the eiroa-Iatiou of the first , and the thud ntarly doubled that of the second .
Acdaciovs Robbery . —On Monday night , about eight o ' clock , as a youth named ditrlea Stuart wa « passing alonjj Ck > bourg-street } Lieda , be was »* - Haulted by a man who seemed to be aoiiug in ooneert with tyro women ; and who aaclaaped young Stuart ' s wak , and ran off with it .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 30, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct842/page/5/
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