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      THE MASONS ON STRIKE . TO THB EDITOR OF THE NOBTHEBN STAB . Sis , —By the last circulsr issned by the Masons ' Cosimictee , 1 perceive they only require the Bum of £ 150 in order to terminate the strike saceessfolly that is , without yielding to tto brutal insolence of Allen , And the imperious decrees ofGrissel and Peto . ^ s a means of raising apart of this sum "will yon allow me to suggest , through your columns , that every Chartist Association throughout the country should devote the profits of one evening * lectors , concert , or 1 x 01 , whichever might be most convenient , or most likely to be productive to the Masons' Funds . I have no means of calculating how much this 'would yield , but -whether much or little , it would be a fitting testimony , on the part of the working classes , to the gallant conduct of one of the most worthy sections of their body . .

      . . ,. I cannot allow myself to believe for a moment that such a testimony wUI be withheld . I am , Sir , Respectfully yours ,

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      WATKINS'S LEGACY TO THE CHARTISTS . LECTURE II . co > 'TI > ted . before I proceed to show who they are that do unto others as they would be done by , and who they are j triio da not . I will relate one instance in which we I commonly do unto others as we would be done by , and j another in which we ought not to do so . And first , yrhen we envy another , we do as we would be done by , j , at we do so involuntarily , and therefore our doing it j j « without merit Sometimes , too ; when we praise j another , " ^ e do as we would be done by , but we do so J interestedly , and therefore there is no merit in our j doing it . Alas ! how seldom is there any merit in ¦ si&twedo . 1 .

      But , 2 adly , there are cases in which we ought not to do as ve would be done by , but to act according to the j circumstances of the case . Punishment is only proper in incorrigible cases , and then not a vindictive punishm ei , t , but a punishment in the spirit of pity . Punish- dent ought never to exceed the offence , and should be Eiade to operate on the mind rather than on the body ; all other punishment partakes of the nature of ven-j geance rather than of correction , and is more likely to ^ fcsrden th" * to seften . If we seek to punish the person ' instead of to , correct the offence , we ourselves become ] offenders ; aye , and commit a greater offence with less excuse tfr »^ did the original offender . I wonld not i maSewbat is called an example of -a criminal ; for ; what good lesson can banging a man teach us ? Let j ' j ! ! | ¦ ! \ ! : j

      the murderer be put not out of life but out of society , and the traitor out of future trust- This would be doingI not , perhaps , as we would be done by , but as we ought . to be dene by . j There are many cases in which , were we to do unto ; others as we would be done by , we should do far ; more for them t *" is done ; as , for instance , some I services are of a nature so laborious or dangerous that ; re either coold not or would not perform them our- \ selves , and yet , what is our consideration for those ; Trio do perform them . Sailors , miners , engineers , masons , carpenters , nor shall we omit the poor sweep , aw all worse pud and worse used than any other class ; of men ; the most useful are generally held the most ; cheap ; tha effeminate are best rewarded . Pimps , ! parasites , prims minM-irs , and others have more

      wages , the more filthy , frivolous , or flagitious is the nature of their employment . JTow , ought not those to be best paid whose labeur is the hardest , most skilful , and most hazardous , —who expose their limbs or their lives * very moment that they axe at work , —who necessarily abridge their lives , and voluntarily encounter privation , danger , and discomfort ? Would they not be best paid if we did unto others as we would be done by ? But owners and masters living in luxury . and eisa combine to rednce the wajes , the means , the strength of working men , so as absolutely to unfit them for work at last ; combine to getTid of men , and employ beys to do men's work , but not at men ' * ws ' gea . Boys are goaded on by fear and pain to work a : asks beyond their strength ; girls at tasks nnsniting their sex , till both mind and body fail , and they become blkhted and blasted even in their early years

      _ A ' gs ! the ordinary evils of life ; the accidents , the diseases , to which we are subject ; the lapse of time , the less of friends ; these are enough , without the additional , the superinduced evils which tyranny inflicts upon us ; aggravating all and making all more unendurable . And now let us see who they are that do not unto otters as they would be dene by—and who they are that do do so . The Queen dees not do unto others as she would be done by , nor as she is done by . There is b& one for whom so mnch is done—no one who does bo little in return . But she , poor thing , is but a pup §> et in the kinds of ministers who tell her that she can do no ¦ wrong , because £ he only does what they Md herthe iafallibles . ' If they spoke the truth , they would say

      to her , so far from going no wrong you caunot do right , for irdeed it is wrong to be a queen , it is wrong to ait clothed in purple and fine linen and faring sumptuously eTery day , while many hundreds , many thousands , nury millions , are without a cot , a coat , or a crustdoomed to work , want and woe , that you may live idly , lnxnrioosly , and happily . The devil-Dake breaks our rale -when up to the ears in blood and treasure , he says to these who are steeped in poverty to the very lips , 11 Go to ! ye are idle ! Ye might earn riches if ye were not ifile l" So th&y might , please year Grace ! if they were not employed in working for such as you . Yes , the reason why a working man cannot get bread for hi 3 family , is because he has the families of six drones to EEDport is splendour . Oar present prime minister

      broke this rule when he proposed the time of redress , a time that he never intended to come ) , hoping that the intervening winter would rid him of the poor complainants , and knowing full well that whatever the people might suffer from col ^ and famine , he had nothing to do but to make a merry Christmas and a happy new year ! Lords who live like ladies and ladies -who live like lords—those things -which flutter about like butterflies , while the working bee , dispossessed of its honey and of its hive , must crawl on the grosad in despair , too , break the rule , and so too do the bishops—the bishops who shew tis plainly how they ¦» on d be done by—they would have palaces and parks , carriages and livery-servants , &z . &c They have all ties * , but do they wish us to have them ? Xo : they do

      su m their power to prevent us from enjoying any of the omforts which they ecjoy—they strive to increase their own splendour , by increasing the sins and miseries of others . Parsons , too , do they comply with this fii-nns precept ? they who profe £ 3 and call themselves Cishii 3 n « salas . ' they are the least Christian amongst us Not Gnly do they themselves not do unto others as they vculd be done by , but they pervert all under their isfcezce who m ' xtt otherwise be so inclined , and ihcs « rnsmr . srs of religious societies who are taught to cozsiisT their pride and vanity as religion , and that gratifying those or ministering to the cupidity of ministers , is servicg God—whose very charity cannot appear except in a boll , cannot contribute except to a bszaar , ani must be booked for what it is worth in a printed

      list of subscribers—whose faith is but the hope of the salvation of themselves and of the damnation of others ; do these keep the rule ? Xo ; Neither the aristocracy eor tiose who vulgarly imitate them , the Ehopocracy , co unto others as they would be done by , neither WBgs ror Tories , nor mere Corn L 3 W Repealers , nor epper nor middle classes . Wfce then are they that do fulfil this divine precept , that ds follow this golden rule / One class and cne alone , only the Chartista , the poor , persecuted and despised Chartists , they and cone ebe do EBto others as tbey would be done by , for tfcty &si for nothing for themselves that they are not willing to accord to others—they want nothing that they are mrsrilling ethers should share—their wish is the greatest happiness of the greatest number ; and ,

      therefore , it is that the powers that be ( but which ought EsTer to have been ) have decreed their opinions seditious—their acts treasonable—therefore it is thai tfcsy have been arrested , imprisoned , banished—therefore it is that those who will not do as they would be done fcy consider it a crime in those who do so , nsd pBEish them accordingly . Who but the Chartists plead the cause of suffering humanity—of the poor oppressed against the rich oppressor—aye , thcugh opposed even by those whose freedom , whose happicess , along with their own , they are strivirg to obtain ? We had a striking instance of this lately in the case cf the poor ejected Spitaladcls weavers . There were none of your humanity-mongers , your knov ? ledge-E-JSgers , your profit-mongers , there—no M . P . 's , though

      ftTrral were invited—and there was but one parson , ^ 3 is esme to frcstrats the objec ' s of the meetingtc eppose its charitable intent Ah , the Chartist 3 are tie only honest friends cf the poor ; and I would call en them not only to do unto others generally as they R-osld be done by , bnt more particularly to do so unto « xh other . Chartists have the first claim on the sympathies of Chartists , and the fact that they have tee antipathy of all other classes—that all others oppose them—points them out as the worthiest and most t' ^ Sv ° f tfce ETmPatliy and support cf each other . J-beJeve that the reasen why Chartists have hitherto been backward in carrying out that system of exclusive dealing in favour of one another ; and to reduce the Buddie classes to our ranks , is that they are jealous of the motiveH of those who seek , or who ask , or who need

      support of this descriptien . Some consult their own convenience—some wonld rather keep a brother down . But surely a finbioas friend , or a friend in part , is better than an avowed or thorcuch enemy—and by befriending such a one , we make " him our friend wholly . * Who ought to be more united than fellowworkmen ? who ought to cling more closely together than fellow-sufferers ? We should net stand by , and see those sacrificed who have Bacrificed interest to pniyupie for ng . Let ^ honest Chartists be honoured ; ana the false , may they be made to appear in their tme colours ; also all those who follow , not for the sake of us , but for the sake of our loaves and fishesvrho , lite earrion-crows , fly in the tract of an army not csring for the cause , not caring which side gains the victory , but cariiig only for the spoil , for the bag . ( To be concluded in out ncxt . J * On the subject of exclusive dealing , I shall shortly i-jrward an essay to the Xorthtm Sin ; : " J . W .

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      We have little doubt but that the Sikhs are enjoying our present dilemma ; the accounts from the various camps state that the Sikh soldiers are terrifying our men with stories of the utter impossibility of getting through the pass without half of them getting killed , with a few other tales , and an order had been issued to prevent Sikh soldiers on entering eur Camp to converse with our men . We may well exclaim , • Save us from our friends ! " When the 16 th Lancers went with Lord Wku Bentinck as an escort to have an interview with Bunjeet Singh , the Sikh horsemen splendidly armed , and caparisoned , and clad in chain armour , showered on our men every abusive epithet their language afforded , and exhausted its vocabulary in terms of contempt and hatred towards the Fezinghees . Two of oar own special comrades were standing near a group of

      Sikh horsemen , when one who appeared to be a leader , exclaimed , " Look at these Soow rs , these Burrawahs of Fernghees , were they in my power I would chop them up , make curry ' s of them , and give them to the Pariah dogs . " The rest seemed to be of the same opinion , as they clenched their hands , gnashed their teeth , and scowled fearfully beneath their helmets . Our comrades , thinking that discretion was the better part of valour , having learnt a great political lesson , rejoined their troop , and warned their comrades of what they might expect from their Sikh friends . One of these was a Waterloo man , and any one at all acquainted with the 16 th will know the person alluded to ; H . H ., of the E . or Radical troop , our own respected comrade , who we trust will survive all disasters , and return to his native land .

      The Sikhs and Afghans may hav « i their quarrels , their jealousies , and border feuds , their disputes about the great Imperial Diamond which had been so rife a subject of warfare between them , but let the Feringhees step in among them as a third party , the common detestation in which they are held by both will have the effect of diminishing their animosities , and of regarding with the utmost complacency and smothered derision every loss and disaster of" the European lords of Hindostan by our own dear friends and allies , the Sikhs of the Punjaub . On no account will the Sikhs allow us to quarrel ; they will not have the warfare transferred from Affghanistan to the PuDjaub ; they will not give vs a pretence to fall back on Lahore , and satisfy the brigand desires and cravings , and wishful longings which for so long a period of years have acted like a charm or talisman on our troops , whether native or European—the plunder of Lahe re .

      In these few words is comprised all of massacre , of brutality , of violation , of robbery , and of every deadly vice of which human nuture is capable , when the hellhounds of war are slipped , aud when paid and hired murdere . s roam abroad free and unshackled . It is easier to be masters of Lahore than to regain Cabool ; and , there is no doubt , our allies , the Sikh , will afford us some little assistance in endeavouring to penetrate the mountainous wilds and paises of Affghanutan , and shake themselves free from such a

      dangerous neighbourhood of marauders , while praying to every saint , deity , or holy * man in tha " Sikh ' calendar , that we may be speedily " check-mated" ! Then will the " Sikhs" have an opportunity to show their love , revenge , or hatred , then will they follow out to the very letter the views and policy of Rur . jeeh Singh , and then will the " broken , flying , exhausted , dispirited , and dying Feringhees" become an easy prey to the proud Sikhs , who would chop them up , make currys of them , aud give them to ba devoured by Pariah dogs !!!

      We do not pretend to the gift of prophecy ; we leave that to the priests ; but we call on all and every one at all acquainted with the circumstances to say , if we do not rather understate than overstate the fearful picture . ' We have served with Bengal troops , Bombay troops , and Madras troops—commonly called in India , ' Qui-hi ' s Ducks , " and " Mulligatawney Boys "we know -what they can do , and what they cannot do ; we are aware © f their galantry , prowess , and physical capabilities for a " spurt , " and their hardy endurance with unshaken nerves , of all the dangers , fatigues , and annoyances of a Hindostanee campaign , attended , as it invariably is , by an immense and even luxurious commissariat , with all agreemens and appurtenances to boot , and when , in less than an hour after the troops

      have arrived on the ground allotted to them , after a , days march—the Bazars are all up in lines , and opon ; the men and officers are in their tents at breakfast , or under the shade of some mango , or tamarind trees , eating , drinking , or Bmokiug their pipes , cigars , : or hookahs , or preparing for a sleep , and the whole encampment looks much more like " Portsi down fair , " than any approximation to what , we , in our ignorance , deem of modem warfare . t A campaign in India is considered but as a tour of pleasure , with a prospect of being amply repaid by ; double batta plunder and prize money ; and although

      we have some hard fighting and some revers . s occasionally , they have been but for a fsw days , and were but as shadows , and the reality of our position was never shaken until now . We bavs neither the physical or moral force topossess ourselves of Afghanistan , or to retain it if we did so . You must depend entirely on your European troops -, the native soldiery is not fit to encounter with the brave and hardy mountaineers of the Afghan hills , nor with the population of their cities , towns , and valleys . Whenever we have taken them on service out of Hindostan , we havo found them nerveless and dispirited , and we must find them with every comfort to make them of ar . y use at all .

      We gained a 'loss' in the result of the Burmese vcar , r . nd had it not been for the gallantry of our European iuen and officers , the Burman Stockades migtt have stood to the present time . We suffered severely there , and three field officers , whom we had previously served under , were shot there—Colonels Pepper and Corny , and Major Walker , all of the Light Infantry . The Bombay troops had worse luck at Ras-el-kyma and Beiii-Boo-Ali , in the Persian Gulf , and the Arabs broke in upon them and surprised them in them their tents , cutting the Bombay European regiment almost to piece ? . Neither Europeans or

      natives could withstand the sharp , naked sabre of the enthusiastic Moslem ; and those who were wounded , but escaped , told us that the ru = h was like the simoon ; nething could withstand the shock ; and flight was the sole chance for life left I We never did much in the Nepaul hills and Ka ' unga ; and the death of General GUleapie tuld us in plain terns that we had better leave the Nspaukse alone . With all these warnings before and examples before us , we are going to rush headlong to ruin , and like babies wha have broken their rattle , or been deprived of some favourite plaything , -without lookiDg behind , we must press forward at whatever cost .

      Let us imagine all the troops , European and native , as full of ardour , enthusiasm , and revenge aa the leaders —let us imagine our women appealing to the passions of the men for retribution on tbo " murderers" of their husbands—let us imagine them fighting knee-deep in Afl ' gtian blood , and taking possession ef Cabool , still Cabonl is not Afghanistan . The longer they stop in Cibool , the Ies 3 powerful will they be : continual attacks and skirmishes 'will diminish our troops ( for depend on it the Affghans will give you no re&t ) , and your munitions for w ^ r 'will be expended , and ycur reinforcements , both of money , materiel , and men , will have to reach you csrhich would be more than doubtful ) through some Lundred miles cf an enemy's country , und to pass previous ' y through that of a very lukewarm friend . You will have to drain Hindostan of tho flower of her

      troops , European and uatiTe ; iinu depend on it , ti : e u ; : quiet spirit of the Hindoos and Mahometans there will burst forth in every direction , the more fiercely by having been so long smothered . The greatest portion of your Afghanistan force will consist of the relatives and friends of those who will raise the various standards of rebellion when you are far away across the Sutledge or Indus , and you will have no power to put them down . Our " Sipahees" are merely clinging to us till they can do better : they do not love us , and at a signal given they would cut the throats of their European officers ¦ without hesitation or remorse , as they did before at Vellore , and think they vroulii be rendering buth Brama and Allah a service .

      The present " advancing" army will haveasnumerous a train of followers as in the days of Darius ; but it is much to be feared there will be found no Alexander to lead them on : neither are we hardy experienced Greeks , flushed with victory , or theAffjjhans luxurious , enervated Persians . We look for no conquest , we wish to get out of this desperate -war witfcflSometbing like honour ; we would rather hail the appearance of a Xenophon , securing the retreat cf ten or twenty thousand , than that of a modem Macedonian conqueror , leading on to victory . We may be singular in our opinions , but Bhould the present atrocious , anti-Christian , and demon-like orders of the Horse Guards , and of the Indian authorities be

      persisted in , pur Indian poorer will shortly be as a thiug that was ; our friends and relatives will be slaughtered like sheep , or will have to fight like tigers , and we expect to see a second Rout as complete as that of Xerxes or Darius !! On their heads be the blame—we have done our duty , and if they will take our advice we will submit a few observations next week for their consideration and adoption . If tbe ministers and aristocracy are case-hardened and wilfully blind to what is passing , around them at homo , let them elevate their vision till it embrace the affairs of the Oriental Empire , and let tliem do something to palliate tbe atrocities of the West ; but we have little hope ; as Feargus O'Connor says , " faction will die hard . " As a well wisher to the human race , and as a devoted friend to my country , the sooner that time arrives the better will it be fer all . A Woolwich Cadet .

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      will not touch with their little fingers and , from the manner of some of them in declaring that any man should be at liberty to do the utmost good he could , and in his own way , I contend that these wotds—ftis own tcay-setteth forth an nnbonnded liberty that wonld be fatal to the best interest of any union of individuals , social , political , er operative . Therefore , in all societies , are all the members bound by roles , which are the will -pt the niajority , and therefore law to every individual member . The Chartist body have also a code of roles , which are the constitution of the society flamed by their Convention , elected for such purpose , in which code is laid down

      ^ the' principle of action ; -wherekjr to obtain the Charter ; for if we are to allow our members , especially on ? leading : ones , to be running in and out of our enemies' camp , without befcg deputed by thejbody auly convened—if they are to join with any party -whd say , " we are of the people , we are for your cause , we are goipg to join this , or that "" help us ; if they are to be at liberty to follow their own whims , and tun after every Lo here , and Lo there , how are we to know the' sheep from the goats ? how dull TO know friend from foe ? where would be our stability ? How could we be recognised as a party , when we were thus dandling and mixing with every party ? . * .- ¦¦ * ¦' : ¦ : ¦ - ¦ ' ** . . •¦"• ¦" . ' ¦ . ¦ . - ¦¦ ¦ ¦

      Seeing that this self-willed , this own way individual and sectional movement , is contrary to the bond of union , to the democratic principle of the social compact which we imitate in our Association , and seeing that there are those in union with us who do not seem to understand the ' principles of union , -i whereby : all are bound to act in unison with the majority , and not only be honest , but appear bo ; by avoiding any cause for suspicion , and therefore of warning and denunciation ; seeing tneBe things , I propose to you , brothers , that at the next delegate meeting that shall be convened to extend , alter , or amend the constitution of our Association , that the following clause be added thereto : —

      " That as there cannot be in any Jnation but one National Association for any similar object , and but one national movement for such object , to be effective , that this Association being the first constituted for these objects ( which are declared just and necessary ) , being open to all persons without distinction who may please to join it , this society cannot but view with distrust tho attempts of any persons to form another society upon the same basis , except they declare themselves part of this national union and act according to the rules thereof ; because their efforts must only tend to prevent or delay the accomplishment of the objects they would profess to seek , ' and therefore ' no member of this society is at liberty to aid in any way ,. the formation or forwarding of such other society , en pain of being excluded our ranks . " Hoping , Mr . Editor , that these remarks and recommendations of mine will be placed to my account , and not set down to the Slat ; I remain , Yours , in bonds , 'J . - ± — - —^ Bristol .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . Brothek Chartists;—Having had the honour in the late Convention , to propose the resolution recommending the registration of all holding Chartist opinions throughout the kingdom , which was seconded by Mr . Feargus O'Connor , and met with the unanimous support of the Convention , I beg to submit the following as a Bafe and practicable means of carrying it into effect There is scarcely at the present time an artisan or mechanic , but pays at least four shillings per week in all large towns or cities , for any inconvenient room , without the accommodation er outlet of any kind , or with out the privilege of exercising their rigkts as a citizen . They have nothing to do except to pay in either parochial or Parliamentary affairs .

      Now , supposing six Chartists united together took a house of £ 60 per annum , they would have all the advantage ? , conveniences , &c . such a house affords , with-© ut extra expence , and they , at the same time would confer on themselves tlie rights of citizenship , thus gainiDg six votes in parochial matters , six votes in Parliamentary matters , and be acting strictly in accordance with law , as Bee the Act , 2 Wm . IV- c 45 , b . 29 , commonly called the Reform Act . Thesjime will also apply to Scotland , as see the 2 d and 3 d Wm . ly ., c . 65 , s . 12 , commonly called tbe Scotch Rtforpi Act ; of course ,

      it will be necessary that each person see that their names be placed on the electoral registry—let this be attended to and wo Bball hot have to bear the insults of a Babiugton M . icaulay , or the injustice and oppression heaped oa ua by the persons calling themselves the representatives of the people , but who appear by the decisions of the late committees to represent their breeches pockets only . Faithfully , yours , BVilVND STALLWOOp , 0 , Little Vale-place , Hammersmith-road .

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      THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Brethren , —The duties which devolved upon us , as members of the National Convention , are terminated . The period is now approaching when it becomes us , in accordance with the principlea of the People ' s Charter , to resign , into your hands that trust which you have reposed in U 3 , and which we have striven to the best of our ability to exercise to the satisfaction of pur constituents and the benetit of tbo common cause . We therefore direct your attention to the proper measures to be adopted for tbe election of a new Executive Committee .

      THE PRINCIPLE ON WHICH WE HAVE RETAINED OFFICE . We have not , as many have very unjustly supposed and taken great pains to circulate to our prejudice ; held office longer than the period specified by the Charter . We assembled for the first time as an Executive in the beginning of July , 1811 , and / therefore caniiot have been in existence as a Committee twelve months until the first of July , 1842 . The rules of the Association specify that the election

      Bhouid have taken puce on the first of March . It is needless to recapitulate the reason why it was impoar sible to observe that date . It " will- surely satisfy every honest mind when we state , that although we have been compelled from necessity , and by the People's permission , to alter dates , we shall be the last to alter or violate principle . The only differenca which can ensue will be to insert June instead of February , and July instead of March , religiously adhering to the principles of aimual elections .

      NOMINATIONS . The nomination of candidates for the Executive Council shall be made in the following manner . Each sub-secretary shall be at liberty to nominate one candidate from this date up to Monday , May the 23 rd , which is ; the latest period at which they can be received . Each sub-secretary will forward his nomination ( according to the form prescribed in the rules and regulations ) directed to the General Secretary , and ahull likewise certify that the person nominated , if duly elected , is prepared to serve on the Executive Committee , and is a member of the General Council . On Tuesday , May the 24 th , the General Secretary will transmit a list of all the nominations to the sub-secretaries , which list shall be printed , or written , on cards , preparatory to being distributed amongst the members of the Association for

      THE BALLOT . Which shall take place throughout the nation in the week beginning with Tuebday , thu 7 ih day of June , aud ending on Tuesday , the 14 th day of June . Let it be particularly observed . that each locality will choose for itself one day only for the ballot , out of the seven ^ so as io convenience all localities .

      MODE OF BALLOTING . . The fifth rule of our Association states , " That any person shall be admitted a member of this Association on taking a card of membership . " '; . Therefore . no' person will be eligible to vote for the officers of the Association unless they can produce a card of membership . The sub-secretary shall grant to each person , producing a card of membership of the loeality to which he belongs , a voting card , on which is written or printed the names of all the candidates . The elector shall then , at his

      own convenience , draw a pen through all the names except the rive for whom he votes , and the five names left standing on the card snail be coniidtrevl as the persons whom he thinks eligible to serve on the Executive . The sub-secretaries shall also be impowerha to grant to absent , aick , or distant members their votiDg cards , and receive their votes in return , seated ; up , through the post office ,- or by other means , which sealed votes are to be opened fey the General Council , and deposited in a box provided for the purpose , and to be called , the ballot-box .

      O ; i the day of ballot each sub-Secretary shall act as registrar , and the General Council as scrutinisers of the votes . -The ; sub-Secretaries , attended by the General Council , shall on the day or evening appointed for the ballot by the majority , stand around the ballot-box , and proceed to call over the roll , each voter advancing when his name is called , and dropping his balibtting card into the ballot-box . On the conclusion of the ballot , the General Council will proceed to tho scrutiny . They shall first count the cards to see that the number corresponds with that on the roll . They shall , secondly , cast up each card in succession , and the sub-Secretary shall put a mark opposite the name of each of the candidates , reparted as having been voted for . Fiually , they Bball declare the result ' . te * the vot 9 rs , and by the first post transmit the result to the General Secretary , reserving a copy for themselves . ' / :

      On Tuesday , the 21 st of June , or earlier if possible , the names of the new Executive will ba announced and on Friday , the 1 st of July , the new Executive will supersede the old . Brethren , we trust these directions willbe strictly adhered to , and that all of you will vie with each other in exhibiting the proper spirit of Ghaitism during such an inportant practical application of our principle . All those places in arrears for cards are particularly requested to discharge theieame , aud thereby enable the present Executive to leave offi . se -without entailing any debts e ?< the , books , of their aacceg&ota .

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      Haying full reliance in you , our constituents , su \ i porting as in the course we have advised , regarding ttt election , . '; " .- . - /' ¦ , . ' -. \' . -. " " '" .: ; ' ¦ ' " :, 'Vv ' eremaui , your faUhful ¦'•" ¦ . Aud devoted representatives , James LEACii , p . m . m'b'ouai . l . Morgan Williams , R . K . PniLP , John Campbell .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF LONDON AND ITS ¦¦ ¦ ; . V- : ; ¦ . ;¦; " ¦ -: ; ' :: ; VICINITY . ¦ , ' ¦' We , your representatives in Council , address you at this important juncture , requesting your earnest attention to the recommendations laid before you by the late Convention . We have now arrived : at a critical period in the history of Chartism . That the most ; alarming distress prevails throughout the country is admitted even by those professing to represent our interest in the British Legislature , yet they hive taken no steps to remedy this evil , and have scornfully refused to listen to the remedy which we , in j usfice to ourselves , have been compelled to propose .: After this degrading treatment ; it Would be madness to expect a redress of our grievances from a Par ' aanient constituted like the present We must now depend upon our own resources . We must now achieve that by union and determination ¦ which a corrupt and oligarchical Government has denied to us .

      We call upon you to brace your energies for the struggle , to unite as one man in following that course which , after mature deliberation , has been adopted by your chosen representatives . . ' . . We now stand in a high and prominent position ; every eye is directed to our movement Apathy or division in our ranke , at this juncture . Would be in the highest degree criminal ; would be a base desertion of our own and our country ' s cause . We have a powerful and a wily enemy to combat , who on the least sign of vacillation in our ranks , will renew the fiery persecutions we have already undergone ; but present a bold and united front to your oppressors , and the united power

      of both Whig and Tory will not dare to molest you . The political horizon is brightening around us ; the whole of the labouring population of the country is with ub . We are rapidly procuring adherents among the middle class of society . The so-called libera ' . press of the country hitherto entirely neglectful of , or bitteriy opposed to us , has now unanimously declared itscif favourable to our principlea . Wo have a respectable minority in the House Qf ^ CommonS ; aiid what is of far more importance , we contain within our own ranks every element calculated to ensure success . This-is a cheering prospect , and will , without doubt , spur you to increased exertions tb " obtain that politicul power under which all , monopoly and misrule shall cease .

      We congratulate you upon the peaceable and citizenlike manner in which the proceedings connected with the pre 68 htatiori of the National Petition were conducted , and which has grently tended to raise us in tbe estimation of the presa and the public ; such displays of our numbers aud bur organisation are calculated to strike more terror into the hearts of our oppiTssors than the most violent proceedings or the most bitter denunciations ; they fear not a disorderly mob , bu $ they dread an organised people . Let a similar display of determination , prudence , and sobriety ever characterise your conduct , and your ultimate success is certain . Set immediately about carrying ; into eflWt the recommendations laid down by the Convention ; call meetings in every district iu the metropolis and its vicinity , and adopt the memorial and the remonstrance . Have an eye to the raising of the necesssary funds f jr cariying these measures into practical effect , and for disharging the loans advanced by the various localities for the late demonhtration . -

      You will shortly have a plan laid before you whereby thi 3 may be easily effected , aud if carried out with spirit a large surplus will be raised to be devoted to the good cause . That the organisation of London is good , was evinced by your lafce excellonfc display ; yot much remains to be dene . The trades cf the metropolis afford a wide field fov yotit exeitions . Every prudent step must be taken to arouse thuin to the importance of obtaining their political freedom ; in the country districts your principles are almost unknown . Steps are now being taken to ensure their co-operation , ami wo confidently call upon you to assist in the efforts which wiil be made to enrol thtru in our association .

      la conclusion , we again impress upon you tbe necessity of casting to the winda every atom of jealousy or division which may have existed in our ranks ; of being firm , yet guarded and sober , in your behaviour ; of looking upon every Chartist as a brother ready and willing to assist in the emancipation of your common country ; and cordially uniting with him fox the attainment of that much-cherised object . Signed on behalf of tbe London Delegate Council , Philip Martin . Thomas Wueelee , Sub-Secretary . On behalf of the Surrey Council ,

      Jqhn Maynard , Sub-Secretary . On behalf of the Provisional Committee of Mary lebune . Edward Standgrooji . < Nagle .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , May 13 . Mr , Roebuck brought forward an amended list of a Committee oil the charges of corrupt compromise ; framed , he said , on Sir Robert Peel's suggestion , bo as to command the confidence of the House and of the country . Lord Francis Egerton bad declined to serve on the Coromittee on the score of ill health . This is the amended list—Mr . Bramston , Mr . William Miles , Mr . Sebrigbfc Laacelles , Sir William Heathcote , Sir ' William Somerville , Mr . Hawes , Mr . Scrutt , Lord Woraley , and Mr .-Roebuck . After some rather random discussion , in ¦ which Mr . Monckton Milnes decla ed that the Hous 9 had permitted the appointment of the Committee through a want of moral courage ; and

      Sir John WALSH objected to -certain names on the Committee , which he did not mention , wishing to see gentlemen of the highest character for professional and legal eminence substituted , —the Committee vras agreed to . Mr . Roeuuck having moved that the Committee have power to send for persons , papers , and records , Mr . T . DUNCQMBE believed it woukl be now proper that he should submit to the House the motion of which he had given notice , and as he had made a slight alteration in the wording , he would read it to the House . He would move" That each Member appointed to serve on the Select Committee on compromises of election petitions , shall subscribo the following declaration , in the presence of Mr . Speaker : —

      "I , — , do solemnly declare that I never , directly or in indirectly , have to my knowledge been guilty , by myself or agents , of any act of bribery , treatiiQg , or other corrujotion in procuring a seat ia ' Pa ' rliament ; that I never paid or promised to pay , intend to pay , or sanctioned the paymeDfe of , any sum or sums of money , beyond the legal charges of procuring niy rotuvii at the last or any previous election ; nor have I , at any time , connived at , been privy to , or assisted in , any bribtry , treating , or other coreupt praetice at any election for a Member qr Members to serve in Pailiament . " ( Signed ) n

      At the close of the last seasien he had taken the liberty of asking a ^ question of the Right Hon . Gaiitkniaa jit the head of her Majesty ' s Government , whether it was his intention to bring in any measure to prevent briberj . He had declared upon that occasion that it vras notorious that more bribery , more cbrrnptionl ; and more treating had taken place at the last'election than had ever been known in the most corrupt age of the most corrupt nation—( loud cheers . ) The Right Hon . Gentleman told : him , in reply , that the pressure of other ineasuree , and tho state of the public bwfnefls , wonld not permit him to introduce any measure of thiB sort ; but he trusted that the Noble Lord , the Member for London , would go on with the measure he had

      introduced in another session of Parliament , and , at the same time , the Right Hon . Gentleman said he was sorry to be obliged to confeta that at the last general election gross bribery , corruption , and intimidatir , n did take place . The Right Hon . Gentleman did no '; say "whether it had extended as far as he ( Mr . Duncombe ) alleged . The Right Honourable Genf eman , perhaps supposed that he was better acquainted -with . it— ( laughter ) . He then said that if there war , any doubt upon th o poinfc , he would undertake to pror 3 at the bar of the House that a considerable majority f , f that House were returned by bribery , corruption , aw ' i intimidation . He was still prepared to prove the fatf s on this great question at the bar of the House . Ho did not intend that

      so vital a question Bhould be s » ugly sent to a private committee-room up stairs , whew y personal feelings and party objects might have full p' ay . He wished for an inquiry at the bar of that How , a in the face of open day and before the -whole publi ' . ;_ ( cheers ) ; and he must say that the opinion of the public with regard to all the recent transactions of ' that House , and especially in reference to their condu ct last week , was that of unmitigated disju ' st ' at the hypocrisy and injustico of the House . The public kne ' ^ that they were about to prosecute five or six indi' ^ duala , when they Were aware that there yrere six hv ndred —( cheers ) . The public also said , and he thanked « od that there was this sense of

      fair play in the British pubiic , that they did not like to see eight or V ^ individuals hu nted down by six hundred equally , guilty —( cheers and laughter ) . Three millions and a half of the people came and told the Housa so ia t ' aoir petition—in that petition which the House did np' j choo > e to hear , and would not allow to be proved . What did three millions and a half of the industriou ' j classes say in their . petrtion ? Taey deolared' — ' '' -ihat the exiating state of the representation is not on ) / txtreraely limited and UDJust , but unequally divided , and gives preponderating influence to the linded and monied int « veat 8 i to the utter ruin of the 8 B > all trading and labouring claases . " They said , and « atd moat truly— " That bribery , intttoidatwn , conup-

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      tion , perjury , and riot , prevail at all parliamentary i elections , to an extent' best understood by the members of your Honourable House "—( hear , hear ) . He asserted that this was exactly the state of feeling as to bribery , and that there was nothing but unmitigated , lisgust when they viewed the party proceedings in that I touse . At all events , if this inquiry ¦ was t ® take place , th ought to take care that those who vrere , to a cer « taU l extent , volunteer inquisitors should mount th « ju «? 4 ' - 'ment seat with dean hands . He agreed with the Righ ' t " 'Honourable Gentleman that public confidenUe ought to follow the appointment of the committee , and » ith the Hon . Boronet ( Sir John Walsh ) , that they oi l 8 hfc be presided over by one of great legal abilities . and that they ought to be presided over

      by a pt 'raon of the greatest calmness of temper and of th » /> utmost moderation of language —( hear , and laughter ) . Such a committee so constituted and so commenced would enjoy the public confidence , and there wo ^ ld " -P * . a chance of their decisions being looked up to with Jr ' a- 'Pecfc He had heard it stated that if this test were appl i ^ d to Hon . Members befere they served on the comihitv ee , the House would in all probability not be able to fL id enough members to constitute a committee ( hear , ht ar , hear . ) He ; trusted that this waa riot true . He tru sted that there were at least nine men in that House whi' .: > were free from such an accusation ( laughter . ) He ba Gorily to say that if he were one of the persons named to serve on that committee ( much

      cheering , ) he could , not take that test ( reuewed cheers . ) He could take it , as . the representative of the borough of Pinsbury ; but , unf- "Ttunately for him , he had once stood as a candidate fa " the very pure and immaculate borough of- Pontefnict (^ eat laughter anrt cheers . ) He had spent £ 4 , 000 in Po . itefract , and he had no hesitation in saying that the mi-wey was spent ia gross bribery treatipg , and conuption ( cheers . ) He waa defeated ; The noble \ lbrd opposite ( Lord Pollington ) - and the-Hon . Gentleman's father [ Z&r . Monckton MilneaK were the persons who assisted in his dsfeai ; and nntil th © Honourable Gsntleman got up and so stated , ia his place in the House , he could aolr believe thafr any one wa 3 returned for Pontefract TOthpat bribery ( cheers . ) ¦ ¦ . . . ' . ' . ' .. ' . ' . ' : . -. . " :

      Mr . Monckton Milnes rose amidst considerableconfusion , to deny it . ; Mr . T .-S . JDuncombe continued : Unfortunately , he had also stood five contested elections for the borough of Hertford ; in three of these he had been successful , twice he haa been defeated ; and he must say to the Hous 8 , as impeaching the character of the Members generally , that he left behind him , in Hertford , considerably above £ 30 , 000 . ( Cheers . ) He had to- contest the place , and to contend against the great aristocratic irifluenceB of the neighbourhood . Those connected with these aristocratic influences would , he believed , admit thst their cost was much more . He had to contend against seven day leases , under which the poor tenants were turned out if they disobeyed their

      landlords . ( Cheers . ) One of the . principal of them was Lord Salisbury ; the tenants were turned out by his Lordship , and when they were turned out he ( Mr . D-. ) had to deal with bricks and mortar , and to build them houses . ( Laughter . ) He had built sixtyitbtee of these houses . ( Cheers . ) A considerable portion of his money here went in treating , and of , course a great portion went jn bribery . ( Laughter ) After what he had confessed , he was clearly not one cf those who could take tnis teat . He only wished to see the "Simon Pures" who could take it ; they would be the admiration of the country— -fcheers );; the people of this town would flock down to see them go into the committee , and to see them return , ready to report ta the Honse against those gentlemen who had be « ri guilty of the practice * of which they . said they were themselves innocent . He thought , after making these confessions , that he need

      not say one word more . He hoped there would be no objection to the test he wished to apply . ' If acy Member now appointed upon the committee could not attend another would be . - 'appointed' -, ari'l <> t course tht-y wonld have to take the test ; and if . the House would not apply this test , he would like to know what the public would think of "it- ^ - ( cheers > . If they did not assent te his motion , he would ; aftsr theWhitsun recess , move an address to the Crown , praying that , inconsequence of the recent exposures , her Majesty -would be phased to dissolve the present Parliament , in order that Members being deterred by the discovery of the system of bribery which prevailed at . the last elettiorj , might not repeat the offence , and so that tho House Trould be restored to that public confidence and esteem Which , as be contended , was essential to tha maintenance of their legislative authority—^^( cheers ) .

      Lord Pollin < 3 ion arid Mr .. Milnes averred that the charge against Pontefract was unfounded—only Liberal candidates had attempted to bribe the borough , and they faika . ¦ Mr . HardV , however , admitted that he occe refused to pay £ 500 for votes which would have gained hinian ekctic-nthere . Mr . Waiid condemned the motion , as an attempt to turn a grave proceeding into ridicule . Mr . Hume and Sir Robert Peel treated it : as a mere obstruction of all inquiry . Sir Robert considered the Committ ' ee now hamed qualified to discharge their duty as honourable mtn .

      Mr . Roebuck pronounced the proposal a roundabout , dishonest . mode of opppsjjjg an honest motipn—men who areanxious for . purity teach by example as well as precept . It was the system , not the . individuals , that he attacked ' : buVhere were five or six cases wh ' ch he could prove , and were they ts turn round and Bay , ' The . whole state of fb e representation is so f . > ul , the whole thing ia so bad , that tvg will not ir . ake any inquiry , we , will ait down contented ' ? Lord JOHN Russell concurred in these arguments . ' ' . v : y . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ¦ v . Mr . Smith O'Brien , Mr . Waklet , Mr . Bkotherton , and Mr . Veknon SantH , supported Mr . Dunccmbe ' s i-uotion . It waB finally rejected by ICO to 17-:

      Mr . CHAJiLEsBULLER presented a petition from Mr Henry Warburton , making a statement respecting the compromise for one of the seats , for Btidport . Mr Warburton represented , that when ho first stood for Bridport , " in 1826 ^ it was the cuEtora for the ; successful candidate to give £ 10 to each voter ; and the sum thus spent amouated to £ 2 000 . He had acted oh that underttanding at each election . After the Reform Bill , it waa resolved ' in the borough to discontinue : the practice , but a reservation of indulgence was made ia favour of th , e « poorer electors ; and the payiijen cs since that time amounted to £ 1 , 500 or £ 1 , 700 , including £ 100 for dinners and £ 490 for processions . At the lasb general election , bribery did : take place under the

      direction , of Mr . Mitchell or his ; agentSj without the cognizmce of . Mr . Warburton ; yet , without any interference of bis own / he became mixed urj-in transactions which compromised his seat , his agent ; having paid a Bum of money toMrvHutchinson , one of Mr .: Mitchell ' s agents . In justice Mr . Mitchell ought to have resigned ; but Mr . Warjburton intimated to Mr . Cochrane , their upsuccfcssful aniagoniot , . that if Mr . Mitchell did not resign ¦ within the fourteen days allowed for the presentation of the petition against their return , he wouM ; and Mr . Mitchell shewing no such disposition , Mr . Warburton actually did accept the Chiltem Hundreds . Mr ; Buller moved that the petition be printed with the votes ; and intimated his intention of drawing aUeutioa to it on the first opportunity after Whitsuntide .

      Mr . CpcHKANE said , that on Friday He w <) Ul ( i make a statemoni which should vindicate himself asd reflect no credit on Mr . Warburton . And Mr . Mitchell , who entered tho House just aa Mr . Buller concluded , denied the ouly allegation which he had heaid—that Mr . Hutcliiuson had . acted as his agent in spending money at the election . The petition wa 3 ordered to be printed , for the use of Members-only . ¦" .. ; ' ;¦ : ¦' . " . -. The order for . going into Committee [ on the Customs Duties Bill baying been read , . . :

      Lord HowiCK moved his resolution against differential duties in favour : of the Cplonio ? . ; Such ; differences , he said , would injure the revenue without benefiting the consumer ; while they would force Coloni . il trades into precarious existence . The principle to ¦ bs applied to the Colonies was that avowed by Sir Robert Peel , that ihey should be allowed to buy cheap and sell dear , with access to bur markets , but with no peculiar advantages . ' . The House ahould 1-e rautiaus . in . creating fresh protections and difficulties of this kind ; . especially in cohflidering the effect which the examplo of Great Britain would have in America aud ' otKery foreign , countries . ' :, . , . - ' . -. . - ¦ . ¦ ¦ : ¦'¦' : ¦ . ' . ' - ¦' .... .. ; .. - Mr . Gladstone thought that Lord Howie !; did not andcrauand the contemplated airangeiaents .:. There , were one hundred and thirfcy-one reniissions in favour of diffeiential duties in the existing tariff , " aud'is each o £ ninety-eight cases the foreign \ du ' ,: y La 3 now been

      lowered : other duties were reseived ior futute negociatiohs , but that was no reasen -why in . the mean time the duty on Colonial produce ahould not be reduced . The Opposition Members had grown niore alive to the evils of differential duties since they had changed sides , for they had extended them to Eu ^ st Indian products . But the reduction of Colonial duties could not . be called the creation of differential duties , since it was . merely extending what they bad done for Ireland half a century ago , when the commercial separation of that country from Great Britain was ; removed—it was in fact removing a restrictvoh , not creating one ; and , a 3 in the case ' of the German Customs Union , it was so far giving freedom to trafto within ceitain bouncaries . While we retain diffijrential duties in favour of out manufactures within the Colonies , and restrictions which compel the ernp oyment of our ahippiog ; the name of differential duties must not frighten us from , doing justice to the Colonies . v : 1

      Lord Howick ' s view was supported by Mr * F . T . Baring , Lord John Russell , and Mr , Charles Villiers : Mr . Gladstone ' s view by Lord Stanley and . Sir Robert Peel ; whe insist&a that colonies could not be treated as foreign countries , else why retain them and go to tha expeuce of defending them , ? . On a division , the motion was rejected , by 281 to Jos . . ' - - - " ; y- ^ ' . - ' , . ¦ . - ¦¦¦ ¦ - ¦ ' ¦ ¦ -. ¦ ¦ ' : ' ,: ' ; - - : /' -y -. " . ¦ , " "¦ The House went into Comroittee ; and the Committee adjourned to Monday week . ¦ ' .. - •' : . ¦ ¦¦ At a quarter to one o ' clock , the House aojourned over Whitsuntide , tillFriday . - . '•' . '

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      We solicit with sore than ordinary seriousness the attention of the trades throughout the country to the purport of the above circular . It is , as therein stated , " our last appeal" for pecuniary aid , and we therefore anxiously hope , will meet with a liberal and warm response . Those on strike si Penryn , I > artmeor , and Plymouth , have been written to , with a view to induce them to accept the terms set forth in the resolution come to by those oa strike in London , &C- ; and although their reply has not yet been received , there is no doubt but they will accept it . Thus we sanguinely anticipate , should you liberally respond to " our last appeal , " that in two weeks from th : 3 data every man will be off the funds , without the slightest evidence of disorganizition —with the great necessity of union more firmly than ever rooted in their minds ; and despite the luring temptations of the enemy's " golden arguments "—the formidable combination of the government and the capitalist , which from , the commencement have been openly arrayed against them—unmoved in that determination ' with which they set out To achieve only this , under such circumstances as those unto which they have been subjected , must be a matter of incalculable importance , and , as we must believe , to the entire of the trades . That "Union ia Strength , " is daily , even hourly , manifested , especially in this metropolis , by tbe appearance and position in society of those united , contrasted with the appearance and position in BOtitty of those not united . The Sovereign , the aristocracy , and the capitalist ,- however much they may appear to differ with one another upon other subjects , are perfectly agreed ard united to maintain in common what they are pleased to term their respective " rights and privileeesl "

      The " rights and privileges" due from employers or foremen to the hoiking man is what we have bo 3 ocg been contending for , and in support cf which you have so generously supported ns ; and seeing that the interests of the trades i ± re at le .. £ t a 3 closely identified as that of the Sovereign , tfee EJistocracy , and the capitalist , and following their cxxmple , you are earnestly solicited now , on the eve of the conclusion of the struggle , ence more to maBlfest , by yonr iuj . port , that you are determined , equally with them , not to allow those who have stood so long and sj true , to be indiscriminately victimized ; but to " maintain in common the rights and privileges" (?; respectively due to your order . With many and heirttelt thmkM for the unparalleled support we have received , and which we hope will have its good results ; as also with a most sincere hope , that il in the zeal of either the trades or their delegates , of the Mason ' s society , their committee , or their other officers , to promote the interest of those concerned , or with a view to facilitate the honourable termication of this momentous strike , auy misunderstanding has arisen , or litUe bickerings tiken place , that they will be obliviated ; and that prior to the dissolution of the existing * dejegat-e meeting , steps will be taken permanently to blend together the talsnt , the energy , and the means of all , in eoni . aion defence of the rights of e&ck , We beg to subscribe ourselves , Gratefully yours , THE Ma 50 > ' 5 OV SliUKE , Thomas Shostt , Sec . 6 , Agne 3 Street , Waterloo-road , Lambeth , ilay 11 th , 1 S 42 .

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      The following is copied from The Charivzri , dated April 30 th , 1 > 42 , a weekly periodical published iu London : — " Xelsox ' s SIo > 'Vment . —This national testimony to oax greatest n :. Tal-hero is formed of a square enclosure , eomposttl of cer . l planks , prefusely emblazoned with posting bills . —The interior contains a stone erection , nearly six feet high , and has been used for some time past as a promenade for two respectable journeymen stonemasons and their labourer . It is confidently expected that the uext generation will be enabled to see it without looking over the failings by which it is surrounded . "

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      CHABTISM , JOHN COMPANY , AND CABOOL 1 The advancing army and the Sikhs !; The . " Qoihi ' s Ducks , " and Mnlligatawney Boys" ! . ' . ' " Xerxes" and 11 DarieW '— " Alexander" and " Xenophon" ! I !! "We have now come to tbe end of our lucubrations on Afghanistan—we have done our best to enlighten the BritUh public on the true state of affairs in our Indian EnrpuM—we have warned the Government of what will be the undoubted result—we will give them our best advice , and suggest such remedies for their consideration as will prevent them from going headlong to destruction and save the lives of our gallant , though mistaken soldiery . We cannot however blame them , and though they suffer themselves to be made the tools by which the wily and ambitions , though cowardly vagabonds who direct their movements work , yet , have thsy but a choice of evils ; and they must either fight like tigers , or submit their gullets to toe butcher and bJ slaughtered like Bheep .

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      TO THE £ D 1 T 9 R OF THE NOHTilERN STAB . Sir , —Allow me , throuah the medium of your invaluable columns , to say a word to my brother Chartists upon the Convention's resolution and debate , against denunciations of public men . With all tiue deference to the opinions of those whom my fellows deputed to represent them on that important occasion , who , of course , are but fallible men , like ourselves—with those impressions , I deem it no liberty to state that I think , in their resolution and debate npon decunciations , they felt more for themselves than for the people—that it hath the appearance of attempting to bind heavy burdens on the people's shoulders , that some of them , the binders ,

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      THE 810 KE MASONS ON STRIKE , THOU THB TTEW BOrSES OF FABLIAMENT , AND BELSOK ' S MONUMENT , LONDON , AND THE WOOL"VV-ICH DOCKYARD , To the Public and the Trades of Great Britain ami Ireland . " It is not for the paltry consideration of a few shillings that reflecting men nndergo such privations and sufferings as strikes generally occasion ; but to prevent that debasement—that moral degradation- —which is the inevitable consequence to which the contemptuous and haughty capitalist would reduce them . 'Do not the rich men oppress you ? ' is an interrogation as strictly and truly applicable to-day as it was eighteen hundred years ago . " Bsethkkn , —The most material alteration in the position- of our strike since we last reported is the reduction of the number upon it .

      From the Houses of Parliament and the Monument together only ivctviy three remain on the funds . At Woolwich , although . we have no official account from them respecting the number , we believe the number of the tumonts do not exceed fourteen . At Plymouth , the turnouts are reduced to four . At Dartmoor there arc fifteen on the funds ; and at Penryn we understand four . The above is briefly an exhibition of tbe number now receiving aliment on account of the strike ,, and which

      it will be perceived are becoming " beautifully less , " being reduced from above four hundred down to sixty . Thirty-seven of these sixty , with a laudable anxiety to relieve their supporters from the burden of paying them , and , if possible , honestly to take themselves from this io some other locality , in quest of other employment ,-have come to a resolution , with your aid , to do so , as will be seen by the following circular , copies of which were sent to the Beveral trades with the last donation sheets : —

      ! ! \ ! ¦ ! ¦ IHPOB . T » T NOTICE TO THE TRADES OF LONDON AND VICINITY . "Ia confidence they calmly atcait the issue . ''—J 3 kaY . Fellow Men , —A resolution , of which the following ! -is a copy , was agreed to at the meeting of your delegates held at the Craven Head ,- Drury-lane , on Wednesday evening , the 27 th instant : — Resolved— " That the secretary of this meeting is hereby instructed to communicate with the various trade societies of London and its vicinity requesting them to send their delegates to an adjourned meeting of delegates , to be holden at the Craven Head , Drurylane , at eight o ' clock , on Wednesday evening , May 11 th , 2842 , when the propriety of dissolving or continuing Euch delegates * meeting is to be considered , as also to determine what steps shall be taken in the present position of the Masons * Strike . "

      In consideration of the foregoing resolution , and at the instance of the Masons' Strike Committee , a general meeting of all those in receipt of strike pay located in Woolwich and London has been held to deliberate upon arid determine what course under existing circumstances , it would bs most expedient for them to adopt . The subject of the strike , its -present position and prospects , were fairly and fully entered into , and , after coolly and dispassionately reasoning upon the sarae , it was unanimous l y

      Resolved— ' That tce } the Masons on strike , from Weolwich Dock Yard , Houses of Parliament , and Nelson's Monument , against the contumelious language , the tyrannical and insulting treatment of George Allen , mason's foreman to Griasell < fc Peto , although immoveaWy determined never to succumb—never to toil" under the cruel domination of Allen—having considered the embarrassed state of our resources , do hereby agree , if means be provided to pay the amount severally due to us on account of such strike , with a small advance to enable us to go in quest © f other employment , at once to relinquish all further claims upon the funds respecting it "

      To carry out at once the object of this resolution , and which , taking all circumstances into consideration , appears to us the most judicious we could have adopted , and which it will be seen has been unanimously come to , it will require no less a sum than one hundred and fifty pounds . For this sum , either in subscriptions or by loans , we most earnestly appeal to the several trades which have so warmly espoused our cause , and so largely contributed to our aid . It is cur last appeal , and one which , if proraptly granted , "will eiiable our ¦ andismajed ,

      uncocqusrabJe , " little army , " although exhibiting evidences " from tbe crown to the toe , top-full , " of bitter persecution , cruelty , and privation , to quit the battlefield , after * struggle ef eight months , without tarnishing the honour of trade societies , or sullying their own character as determined and decided men . Without a single breach of the peace ^—giving the lie direct to those who , in the language of Adam Smith , assert , that " Those who combine have always recourse ta the loudest clamour—to the most shocking violence and outrage . "

      . Depending , from our past experience cf yoar readiness to assist U 3 , that this final appeal wiil not be disregarded . We subscribe ourselves , Yours gratefully , ' The Committee of the Masons on Strike , Thomas Shoett , Sec Pro . Tern . April 29 th , 1 S 42 .

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      A Report on the Dreadful Accident aVPam has been made by two eminent engineers to the ) Academy efSciencea , in which they attribute the fatal event to the fact of four-wheel carriage s being employed , and also condema the regulation by which passengers aie locked inj- and thus , in case of acci * dent , havenO means of escape .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 21, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct890/page/7/