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TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE WATKIXS ' TESTIMONIAL FUND . 11 The cause of Chartism is too pure and too holy to be be trifled with—its escutcheon muit be kept free from blots ; no rust mast be permitted to eat into its substance ; and if mire be cast upon it * surface it most be instantly cleansed . " Editor of the Northern Star . It U due to you , my London friends , and to the few good London Chartists , that I should lay before yon a memorial of my Chartist experience daring 5 year ' s trial in the metropolis .
My visit to London -was occasioned by the death of a talented friend , ¦ whose affairs I had been requested-to arrange for the benefit of his widow and orphans . In the mean time time , I took eTery opportunity of becoming acquainted with town Chartism , which truth obliges m # to * ay I found to be a hot-bed plant , more like a weed than a flower , and as perfectly in contrast with the healthy , hardy Chartism of the country as a British oak is to the ivy that clasps round it , to suck its heart out . At first I had been led by showy appearances to think that the men were far behind the leaders ; but further insight enabled me to form a teusr estimate .
The unadulterated Chartism of the country was illrelisbed by the sophist cated palates of specious and spurious Cockney Chartism : they manifested a dislike or dread of it , and a jealousy of its advocates . This Titiated taste of theirs was the mainspring of the New More , which indeed was nothing more than a recoil bock to the old more of Whig-Radicalism . The political Jews of the Globe in Shoe-lane were to be reinstated as the leaden of the people , in order that they Btglt hang like drawbacks upon the cause—the star of Chartism was to make a retrogade motion . But never will sound principle rtea to the ascendant in London ; never will it truly progress until these old things are done away , and all things become new .
Compelled to be my own publisher and my own bookseller ( for my drama of "John Frost ' was not only rejected by those who call themselves Chartist booksellers but was also denounced by them ) , I was called upon by certain men of London to oppose the usurping , monopolizing , and tyrannical trade-league , -whose members , though known to be mere traffickers in politics , had been ungrudgingly supported until they shewed themselves to be traitors also . fl > i Almighty never intended me te be a bookseller , and God knows I never intended it myself . Feargus O Conner told me truly that I was sot fit for a shopkeeper ; tut I was ready to sacrifice my feelings and to make a large pecuniary sacrifice . I was willing to humble myself and to suffer whatever might serve the cause for the cause sake .
There was no ether method than the one I took to exterminate the " London ruffians / ' as O'Brien truly termed them , and I have every reason to believe that it would have proved successful had I been backed by the press ; but the light of its countenance was unexpectedly withheld from me ; it unexpectedly shone on the League , and I was left to the mercy of the iude toea whose wrath was of tfeat cruel kind which springB from fear . The only resource available to me , whether for attack or defence , w ^ s to lecture at the localities . Accordingly I preached to the City of London Chartists and to the men of Marylebone , the sermon from the text , " In perils among false brethren , " which ma received with rotes of tfeanka and a request for its publication . I was by several challenged to discussion , and although every attempt had been
made to prejudge the question , and to prejudice the minds of the people , a very large majority declared that all the charges in the sermons were truihs—that all had been proved . Thus does an appeal to the people in public ever decide a case in favour cf honesty Against private intrigue and corruption . Bifflsd in every subsequent repeated public effort to discredit the sermon , or its author , the detected and exasperat « d league next resorted to private means ( and in these they were more successful ) to destroy the little business I had , to ruin my reputation if possible , to blast my character , and to drive me back to the country . ' Every vile artifice was employed to accomplish this , and here my assailants had a decided advantage ottt me , because their mode of warfare was of a nature too disgusting for me to retaliate . In reference to this part of my subject , I may say with
Byron—M From mighty wrongs to paltry perfidy , Have I not seen what human things could do ? From the loud roar of foaming calumny , To the small whisper of the paltry few , And subtler venom of the reptile crew , The Janus glance of whose trignififsmt eye , Learning to lie with silence would seem trne , And without utterance save the shrug or sigh , Deal round to happy fools its speechless obloquy . Mealy-mouthed spies were sent into my shop to entap me , and multifaced emissaries into the localities
favourable to me to warp them . The most insidious enemy of the working-men was induced to dispatch me In two successive numbers of his weekly paper ; but checked by some remains of conscience , or of compnECtion , he could not do it without paying me the greatest compliment ever yet paid to man , if we consider that , at the very time he was paying me this compliment , he bad been employed to abu&e me . My name was placarded on the walls of London as the " dagger and halter Chartist "—and in Scotland an ill-brewed wi&d blew it about tfcat I was a " second Robespierre . "
Confining strictly within honourable bennds my opposition to the rogues and fools who environed mewho vilified me for virtue and hated me for honestyunsupported save by my own Donvictions » f righthaving 00 weapon but truth—no armour but justiceso shield bat patience—no aily but hope—fighting tor the cause , not for myself—misunderstood and misrepresented , it eouid not be that I could hold out longyet I retired , rather than retreated and may boast with
Coriolanus" If you have "writ your »^ n « ia true , 'tis there That like an eagle in a dovecot , Flutter ed your cockneys in their capital : Alone I did it . " Bat a hard wintti was approaching ( 1811 ) , ard my day and night labours in the cause had greatly impaired my health . Tie same cause which had led to my exile from Aisleby Hall—•* Where I had known the svreeta of luscious plenty Had slept with sweet content about my head , And never waked but to a joyful morning , " that same cause , namely my strict adherence to principle , now doomed me to the destitution of the poet Savage in London , such as few , "having bees otherwise , " ever endured : — " I to bear this , "Who never knew but better was some burthen , "
Yet it wiU sot be eaid that my tongue or my pen , my voice or my band was ever wanting to the cause which I still cherished as the bird ii my bosom—to that Chartism which is dearer than his heart ' s blood to every true Briton . A generous foe will not puisne vengeance further than ruin if so far ; but the unglutted and gloating malice of my sleek and fat defamers and destroyers pursued me like s sleuth-hound , and not content with my ruin—not satiated with the wretchedness that followed it , they vindictively strove to prevent me from finding a hovel to house my head in , a place to rest my foot on . Yea , their remorseless spite pursued me ia sickness to the very verge of the grave , and had I died a martyr ' s death my tosib would not have been sacred from their slanderous bite . But thank God i not the Bufferings of myself , nor of those deaxex to me than Eelf and entirely dependant upon me—and here I would ask , what had they done ?—nay , what had I done ?—what horrible crime had I committed ? Thank God , I say ,
Hot disapointment , nor difficulty , nor distress , nor disgrace ; ( which is to me the worst distress ) nor death itself—though I , my wife , and little child were severally threatened by it Not all , not anything has been , or ever shall be able to stifle my voluntary love for the eanse— for the Charter , wfeich is my amulet , ray crucifix . True it is that fax less persecution than I have endured ' - > nd mark ! this persecution came not from Whigs or Tories , but from professing Chartists ) far less provocation ha » sv&ced to turn the heart * of many Chartist *—has made many renounce even Chartism itself ; for can we consistently foster , in our own body those wrongs and grievances whicn we wiih to eradicate from the community at large 1 But I know that this lamentable state of things is owing to the influence of the cursed system which has crept even into our cause , and which nothing but the practical operation of our cause can cure ; therefore , I cling ail the closer to Charton resolved like the true patriarch to wrestle with the angel till it bless me .
Why am I a Chartist ? Not merely because I am a slave struggling for freedom , but because the prestnt system makes knaves and fools of rich , the arbiters « f the honest and talented if poor—because those who have no strength and skill of their own can make a profit of the strength and skill of others—because booksellers have still the power , as formerly , to starve an Otway , a Cbatterton , or a Goldsmith , while all the while they are making a fortune by the sale of tkeir pilfered and pirated works—and if a man ot genius be too independent to cringe to them , or too honest to become the servile tool of their venality , these worthless wretches can combine and crush him—they can abut out every chance of obtaining a livelihood from him , and then speak of hit sordid woes with sneering pity , or with scornful exaltation . Alas ! what spurns must " patient merit of the unworthy take . " " How long , Oh Lord ! bow long" 1
I have spoken of my sufferings in the cause , but what have I suffered in comparison with a Hoiberry , who had no friends but felons—no one to doaebis dying eyes but inhuman turnkeys— who pined like a woodland dove in his cell , loathing the food which he could not eat in freedom whs went delirious before he ditd!—and what i » Frost now suffering ?—torments that should not so much as be known are his portion ! —what iif not Peddie Buffering ?—alas ! the most sincere , the most in earnest an made to suffer most , while the grubs that canker the blossoms , the caterpillars that eat the green leaves of Freedom ' s tree as fut as they put fortB , these are praised , supported , enwraraged—these are fat by the very Tillany that starves the honest There is too much of the vile ystem In all this—too much of worldly-minded Chartism—he who has any philosophy in him , who knows anything about causes and effect ! must know that all « U awist be alu » d , mn » t te toneceied , tefcre any good can be done ,
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1 cordially respond to those sentiments of Mr . Hill , which I have placed as a motto &t the head of this paper , and I wonld call upon all Chartists to make them the substance of a resolution to be passed in every locality of our associatien . Let not impartial posterity when reviewing the history of our cause , have to say of us that we were made the dupes of the designing—that hoary-headed knaves , grown grey with Iniquity—the mean , the mercenary—dirty traffickers in politics , filthy lovers of lacrs—men who would at any time desert the cause , betray it and join our enemies for 5 penny more advantage—let it not be said that we counten&ne&u such scoundrels as these and suffered them to prejudice us against the upright who were pining in neglect and
ooscunty , gnevuuj not so much for themselves as for the cause in tbe hands of such harpies—alas ! how ui > ¦ discriminating we have been—how unjust to the noble minds who are Buffering for us in exile and in prison , and at a time too when thousands of our fellow-countrymen were impelled bydespair to present their naked breasts to the bayonets of infantry—their defenceless heads to the swords of cavalry—without arms and without shields , and with no sounds to inspire them but the shrieks of their wives and children to rush on well-armed and well-trained bands frantic ! Is this a time to suffer buyers and sel ers , and money-changers to set up their treffiskinif tables in the very temple of our most holy cause ? Shall we not make a whip of small cords , a whip of words , and scounre them all out
I envy not the prosperity of the wicked , who flourish like green bay trees . No ; welcome , thrics welcome ! poverty to the very lips , privatiun to the yery skin , oniy let me keep what no misery can take
away" the grace of life , Its comeliness of look that virtue gives , Its port erect with consciousness of truth , ¦ Its rich attire of honourable deeds , Its fair respect that's rife on good men ' s tongues . " Yes , keep far from me that prosperity which is the rewwd of double-dealing lies and deceit , aud let me , whatever I lose , whatever I Buffer , " hold fast my integrity , " and my mind shall repose like a lake in a calm summer ' s eve rtflectieg the heavens , and unniffl d for a moment by the midges that flit athwart its gentle su-face . " Truth hath a quiet breast . " John Waxkins . ( To be concluded in our next . )
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ONTINUATION' OF AX ESSAY ON THE PRESEXT SYSTEM BEING INTENDED AS A COMPANION TO DR . CHANNING'S ESSAY , ENTITLED " THE PRESENT AGE . " We need not enter far in the question of our selfacting and counteracting legislature , which , like Cerberus the dog of hell , has three heads , all turned against the people—an hereditary house of Lords supporting an hereditary monarchy , and a House of Commons , the members of which expecting to become lords , supporting both . All look up to the Crown with hope—down on the people with contempt . Sufficient it ia for the people- to know that there is no legislature for themthat in fact there is no legislature at all , for our legislature is a mere confederacy against all good government An able French writer says , —where a despotic governarch xeigns there is but one criminal—the tyrant on the throne . '—yet do we not lift voice or hand against the Queen—no , we forgive her for she knows net what
she dots—but the oligarchy that tyrannize in her name , that will not allow us a will , a word of our own , that force us to obey i n spite of reason and humanity—tlifcy know what they are doing , on them should our indignation be poured ; nay not even them—it is the si sieji—we must alter the system—we cannot expect an evil tree to bring forth good fruit , nor a corrupt carcase to breed ought bat maggots . It ia tbe abominable , the accursed system—a system that has gone on oppressing the people till now it owns it can oppress them no further—yes , it has reached its height , its enp is fuli , it is rotten ripe—it owns that nothing more can be wrung from the working classas but tears or bloodand the oppressors are now compelled to confine their addifoD&l taxation to the middle classes , and
when they have drained them as dry as they have drained' the working classes , they will ntxt tax themselves , and do it to the uttermost farthing ; yea , to the half-farthing ifor now we are a half-farthing people by reyal proclamation : we were before s farthing people ) , they will sappoit the system to the last , for it supports them . Yes , they know that for every shilling whick they pay in taxes , they receive pounds back in salaries and sinecures ; for , is there a lucrative office in church or state , in the army , the navy , or the law , that is not held by the aristocracy or their minions ?—nay , are not many cffiBes created purposely , as a -pretence for extortions , exactions , and pompous privileges . They say what matters it , so long as the money is spent in the country ? But it is not spent in
the country ; a great portion of it is spent in other countries , in France , Italy , and elsewhere ; and if it wera all spent in the country , stilfe . it matters , and matters yerj greatly , by whom it is spent ; who Las a better right to spend it than the labourer who earns it ? and if he spend it , he would spend it not in the pomps and vanities of this wicked world , not in prisons and police , not in naval armaments ; but in promoting our borne trade and manufactures , in buying the necessar ies of life , and in furnishing his home with comfort and respectability , so that the working man might keep his dearest wish at kome with him—the welfare asd happiness of his family ! but the aristocracy spend it to the dishonour of the country , to the disgrace of themselves , and to the destruction ef all virtue ,
public and private , most frivolously , most flagitiously they spend it . Who prefer foreigners to their own countrymen—who are the patrous ef singers , boxers , cockfigbters , gamblers , horse jockeys , and all other pests of society—who but tbe aristocracy , who are themselves the greatest pests of society , and yet they arrogate an exclusive circle aa if they alone were the excellent of the earth—they will feast on nothing that is common or unclean—nothing that the people can obtain—if any high-priced luxury becomes cheap , they immediately lose all relish for itit btcomEB vulgar in their eyes , Their chief , pride is to draw the line of demarcation as widely as possible between themselves and the piebiana—they delight in strong contrasts in those outward distinctions which
fortune and adventitious circumstances give them—not in inward -worth or real nobility , the nobles of natoreare far their superiors in that—ba £ the system sets hollowhearted kns very above honest worth . Ob , it is a glorious system!—it works well for them !—an admirable system I What wonder that the aristocracy should extol it . '—that like pawnbrokers they should say the very distresses of the people are an evidence of their prosperity fof their own they mean ) ; that the more the national debt increases the more the country is enriched—( themselves they mean . ) What wonder that in accordance with these opinions they should plunge the broken-hearted people into deeper distre&s , and lay heavier loads on the broken-backed country—what wonder that they should charge all those who murmur
at this state of things , who are discontented with , or disaffected to , the present system , that they should brand all patriots and philanthropists , all true noblemtn as seditious , rebellious , and treasonable , as men instigated by the devil—what wonder that they should take pains , that they should go to some expence—that they should subscribe to have these doctrines taught at schools , in churches , in theatres— that magistrates , that judges , that peers in Parliament should enforce them , and that the weekly and daily preas should be bribed to reprint and impress them on our minds , till duped , deluded , enslaved , we become the ready tools , the unwitting victims of the avarice and ambition of
our mlers , who , when they have stripped us of all that is nectssary foi the well-being of bouI and body—when they have maddened us by miasry—send their police men to butcher us , while all the while they themselves are parading the wealth which they have wrung from us , displaying their spoil , are most insolently , most Impudently , making an exhibition of their pride , and hardbeartedntss , their very exultation , like Nero , who could find no time so appropriate for fiddling as when tbe people of Rome were perishing in the flames , which he had kindled , thongti he charged it on them , just as our aristocracy say tfcat the famine in the land is caused by the discontent of the people , and as a judgment from Heaven upon them . But let us enter further into the system .
( To le continued j TALES WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE
" NORTHERN STAR " BY CHAETIUS . NO . IV . —A TALE OF SEDUCTION . " Trnst not a man ; we are by nature false , dissembling , subtle , cruel , and inconstant Whtn a man talks of 107 * with caution , trust him ; but if he swears , he'll certainly deceive thee . " OIWAY . There is a sequestered hamlet romantically situated in a hollow formed by several surrounding bills . A breok winds ronnd the bases of those hills . The place attracts visitors from ft neighbouring town . Some take up their abode there during the summer months to rejoice alorg with rejoicing nature , or to angle for trout Shooting parties , holiday parties , wedding partie ? , have all sojourned here , free from the cares and vices of the world , like those who entered the gardens of Florence to escape the plague . But , alas , what part of ~ the country , however remote , 1 b unspotted by the manners of the town !
The cynosure of this lovely spot was a labourer ' s daughter , named RacheL She seemed to feave sprung np like 5 garden toae on a common . But we will not attempt a description of her beauty , the theme ia s » hackneyed ; and besides she will gain more praise from the fancy of the reader , if a youth , than we can bestow upon her . Pass we over , then , her childhood , when she played with innocence among the flowers ; pass we over her girlhood when she innocently comforted her parents in their cottage of content ; and come we to her womanhood when she lost that innocence . It is painful to think that such things are . But we must proceed .
A neighbouring youth , the son of ft farmer , had observed that Rachel was prettier than the other girls in the village—nay he thought her the prettiest girl he had ever seen . Ceremonious refinememte are seldom practiced in tbe country ; all we acquaiated with each
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other , all are familiar , all are free . It was no d . fficult matter for Richard to get to speak to Rachel , nor wu it more difficult for him to make her believe that be loved her . How re tdy the young heart is to deceive itself ! No wonder it should so easily be deceived by another I Innocence credit * all that love says—it is far too credulous . All the time that Richard could spare he spent with Rachel , for his time passed most pleasantly when passed with her ; he enjoyed himself most when in her company . He walked with her the woodland walks ; he dauced with her in the booths at the fair ,- and he sat up with her at home , according to that moat dangerous custom of the country . She seemed the dearest thiDg on earth to him , and he was really so to her . One would have thought that he would have laid down his life to save a hair of her head and yet—he did not murder her , but he did something worse .
aha had her father ' s sanction to walk openly with him but not to see him in secret . Richard said to her , you cannot love me as I love you , unless you break this bard command . She did break it , and with it her father ' s heart Her mother had often warned her to take care ; but when did prudence and love go together ? In sb « rt , Richard was too kind to Rachel , as the phrase goesthat is , he mined her . Richard ' s crime soon became visible in Rachel ' s misfortune . The sight terrified him ; so much so that ; whereas formerly nothing could keep him from her , now nothiDg could induce him to go near her . She could not tfeus fl v from herself—ia lonely woe she must bear the burthen of their mutual guilt . It was strong —he had made her such promises , such
protestationsif he could prove false , then never man was true Ihe longed bo much to marry her , and now , when no excuse Bhould have served to put it off , any little excuse sufficed—it would not Buit his circumstances , his father would be angry—be wished he could , but it was Impossible . ' She blamed herself more than him . She thought if she had kept her innocence she might have kept him , for it was after she had lost that , that she lust him . Iu losing that , she had lost ail her wealth , all her marriage-dowry—she had lost all her charms too , for now he was no longer attracted by her . She bad lost all , but had lost it to him , and therefore he ought to have forgiven her . But he did not , and she could
not forgive herself . If he thought so ill of her what mast others think ? what nmst she herself think ? and above all , for that now pressed most painfully upon her 111 Lad , what would her poor parents think ? What she htrself thought was this—she thought of hiding her disgrace , ot ending her misery in the brook . But could she hide it from God ? No , and she durst not thus piunse into his presence . She let the consequences which &he eould not arrest , take place . We will not dwell upon the domestic affliction caused to her pareuts by the child of their joy , now taking her baby iu her arms , and wandering over the wide world in qutst cf charity . Her father threatened , and the poor broken-spirited creature swore the oaths .
The oversears laid a weokly rate of Is . 6 d . upon Kichar . 1 for the support of his unfortunate offspring . No more was thought of the matter—Richard had but done what many others do , and by his boasting of it , it shewed that what be had done was a recommendation of him to the world . But he was not altogether satiaflod—I do not mean to soy that he was dissatisfied with tbe part which he had pUyed , but he did not like being made to pay for it He shewed the order of payment to a friend of his , an attorney , a very rich man , indeed quite a jgentleman . Now it so happened that this attorney entertained a violent pique against the overseers , besanse they had done him the very sensible injury of preferring the profti&iional services of another attorney whose superior
success in their causes bad warranted this preference . He , therefore , not caring though the poor girl should be deprived of her small allowance bo be could plague the parish , opposed the order which the overseers bad served upsn Richard—opposed it at the next quarter session—opposed it on the ground that it was informal —not upoii the ground that Richard was not the father , for Richard had never denied that—but upon more legal grounds—he had found ground whereon to found a quibble , and a quibble is a great point in law . The parishioners , as usual , employed their own lawyer whe as usual , was successful in their behalf . Their preference was thus again fairly justified ; but it was not likely that Richatd ' s lawyer would ba p ' leased at this . Dofeat rendered the law-gambler desperate ; he resolved to move the cause to a higher and more expensive
tribunal , for the deeper his revenge the sweeter it would be . That revenge he was not destined to tante . Once more worsted by his able antagonist , he must pay hi £ own eosts , for his client was too poor to pay him , and console himself with the idea that he had at least given tb . 3 parish a good deal of trouble and put them to a good deal of expence . In the meantime what became of Rachel ? She thought that Richard ' s love for her had no pity in it ; that there was no justice in the law ; that a lawyer must be an awful man ; and sick of a world in which she saw nothing for her but injury and injustice —sick of her own deserted , miserable self , she sought heaven aud she found it She died and left her persecutors to live to their own condemnation . She had been their victim , but they were worse victims of their own evil nature . Here ends the story of Richard and Rachel .
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TO THE PEOPLE OF MANCHESTER . 180 , Holborn , Nov . 1 . Inhabitants ot Manchester , —I should not now address you , but Max I consider the subject which I lay before you to b"i of the most vital importance-That subject is the efforts that are now being made by tbe Anti-Corn Law League to get up an acitation in favour of their fbee-tbade schemes . Mark i they intend te raise £ 5 * 000 by the beginning of January , 1843 , having , according to their own acknowledgment , already expended £ 100 . 000 on tbe agitation . I tell the Anti-Corn-Law Leaaue , that if they will collect £ 5 , 000 , 000 instead ef £ 50 . 000 , it will not avail them ia dragging the masses after them . 'Tis true they may compel w « rkina ; men in their employ to take
tickets &f the Anti-Corn-Law Association , but even these men will attend public meeting , and vote against their detestable tyrants . Men of Manchester . ' if the Corn Law repealers dare attempt to convene a public meeting in your town in Janury next , when they intend having scores of M . P's and hundreds of parsons attend in your overwhelming might , and let them know you are more powerful than ever . Yon have two gentlemen amongst you v > ho know well bow to lay bare the doctrine of the free-traders . These two are Messrs . Leach and Doyle , either of them capable of denuding the Anti-Corn Law party of their cloak of hypocrisy . Insist upon fair play for your speakers , and if violence shall be resorted to by the repealers , then ia your time for resistance . Do not suffer your Leads to be
broken quietly , let your answer be te their cant and mock charity , Where is M'Cormack ?* Where ia Knowles ?* Where are the Hatdmans ?* Where ia Bell ?? Wbere is Ashley ? Where are the hundreds who have been transported and imprisoned ? Ask them do they intend prosecuting O Connor , Hill , Leach , Doyle , il'Cartney " , Brookes , Alluison , Harney , Otley , Rijlton , and others , who have taken an active part in opposing their fallacies ? Let your answers be niinilar to what th « Birmingham men told the Corn-Law Repealers at the Town-hall the other day ; fight them inch by inch ; use fair argument ; do not allow them to gain any footing amsngBt you ; they have immense wealth in their hands ; the town-balls at , their disposal ; local authorities to lend their assistance , and first-rate
talent to prea . cn up their nostrums . What have we on our side ? We have honest poverty ; naked , undisguised truth ; and , I can proudly boast , first-rate talent too , — certain !; not so well paid . There is no man amongst us receives £ 10 per week and all travelling expenses paid into tbe bargain . Who ever heard of Leach , or Doyle , or West , or Betsley , or Clarke , keeping horses and gigs ? Tet , with all their wealth , they cannot draw the people into their meshes . If they are honett , why do not they allow fair and free discussion at their meetings ? I am sure that Leach , or West , or Doyle will be most happy in meeting their picked men , and discussing the question with them . Now , mark , I am a Corn-law Repealer , In the strictest sense of the word , but I wish to have a voice in its repeal . I will not lend myself to assist one gang of spoliators , merely to transfer the power of plundering
the people from another gang to themselves , I now tell the council of the Anti-Corn-Law League , if they are Bincere in their efforts to obtain redress for the people , they will employ their £ 50 , 000 to propogate Chartism . They can find eloquent und talented advocates at £ 3 per week each ; they could thus employ 300 talented propagators of the truths ot democracy , and in twelve mouths such a powerful public opinion would be raised against Toryism and Wbiggi&m , and in favour of Chartism , that our principles should become law ; and I would venture to lay my head on the block that a Parliament , elected by the whole people , would soon completely carry ont bona tide free trade principles The League will stretch every sinew to extend theii views , and to thwart their designs . I would wish the Chartist body—and particularly our young speakersto make themselves acquainted with the Corn Law question , and furnish themselves with sound
arguments on that head . I remain , You brother Democrat , John Campbell
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• M'Cormick was a abopmate of mine , and received seven yeara' transportation . Knowles i » Mr . West ' s brother-in-law ; he received seven years' transportation . Bell received six months * imprisonment ; he has a wife and three children , in Hey wood , in great distress . The two Hardmana were ahopmates of mine .
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The kecektlt discovered process of making oil from lard , appears to be not only successful , but to promise a new field for enterprise and profit , lne establishment of Messrs . Le © and Co ., of Cincinnati , is said to manufacture sixteen barrels every day , which , as it takes five hogs to a barrel , requires eighty hogs . This will use up 58 , 400 a-year . Death of thk Rev . Solomon Hbbschbll . —Died on Monday morning , in tbe 82 nd year of his age , the Rev . Solomon Herschell , forty years chief rabbi , and daring that long period beloved and respected by all classes of persons , Tfithout referenco to religions opinion .
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TO TH E ED 11 OB OB THB NOR 1 UEH . N STAB . The committee of Mr . Cooper ' s Defence Fund , beg to acknowledge tbe following sums received by them np to the sis * of Oct ., and to lay before the public their expenditure up to the same day . The committee F ^ f ? "" Jr «>•«*• to those persons who have eontri-»^ T " "k * above fumi , and trust that all lovers of ! ~ ^ ' ""/ "rt themselves by subscribing their mite towardB defraying the debt which has already been incurred ; to meet other heavy chanjea which ere long will be brought against them for traversing , and other law expences : —
BECBIVKD BY SCBSCBIPTIONS , Collected in the ' "' Mr . Simeon > £ ' "' * *" ta - » OH Si ' - ' - Bristol ... 0 10 0 Ditto ditto 2 10 Mw . Rolestone 0 3 0 Ditto ditto 0 14 3 A Young Chart-D ' ^ ln ist , Derbv ... 0 1 0 Shakspereaa Gainsbro' per M 2 ?? ,,- "' ° 6 Mr . Partridge 3 0 * M' -P- Hall ... 0 2 6 Mr . Winters ... 0 3 0 AnOldRadical 0 10 Mr . W . Smith 0 10 Cu % SX *^ 6 p > Mr - Anderson 0 6 0 OldRadford 0 3 6 Mr . Hol . ick ... 0 6 0 Mr . J . Grant , r . Sketchley ,
Counteathorp 0 15 Lj Hinckley ... 0 4 5 Mr . R , Smith ... 0 6 0 Mr . H . Jeffs ... 0 2 6 Mr . PUck ... 0 2 0 A few friends 0 111 Two friends ... 0 2 6 Mr . J . Nixon 0 0 6 Mr . W . Tyrrel 0 l 6 Mr . Vemey ... 0 0 6 f li . ' ••* ¦ ° ° 6 M ' - G * rp . » 0 0 6 Ann Wigfleld 0 0 3 FHOM SHEFFIELD . Mr . W . Cook ... 0 0 6 Mr . J . Moulds 0 0 6 Mr . P . Chapman 0 0 6 Mr . J . Summet-Mr . J . Shtffleld 0 10 field .. 0 0 6 Mr-T . Phillips 0 0 6 Mr . Cook ... 0 10 Mr . Morris ... 0 0 6 Mrs . Clarke ... 0 0 3 Mr . R . Holyoak 0 0 6
MONIES RECEIVED BY CARDS . Mr . J . Smith 0 19 7 Mrs . Trickey ... 0 5 10 Mr . T . Toone ... 0 9 2 Mr . Sparks ... 0 5 9 Mr . M . Taylor 0 12 3 $ Mr . W . Steven-Mr . CBurbidge 0 12 8 son ... ... 0 5 7 Mr . W . Johnson 0 12 0 Mrs . Worthy 0 5 4 Per Mr . Buard- Mrs . Jobnstone 0 5 2 more from Mr . W . Garner 0 5 1 Chapman ' s Mr . R . Jackson 0 5 2 shop . oil 9 J Mr . Chamber- Mr . Adams ... 0 9 i lain , Kib-Mr . J . H . Bram- worth ... 0 5 0 which ... 0 8 4 Mr . W . Stanley 0 9 6 Mr J . Pollard , Mr . Cooper ,
Ansty ... 0 9 2 Wigston ... 0 4 6 Mr . T . Roberts 0 8 10 Mr . — Reed , Mr . R . Rooms 0 7 9 ^ Thuraiaston 0 4 7 Mr . Stan ton ... 0 7 1 Mr . B . Hayes 0 2 4 Mr . W , Cockayne 0 2 10 Mr . D . Toone 0 4 6 i Mr . O . ( Jay ... 0 2 2 Mr . J . Jenkinson 0 6 5 Mr . W . Barrell 0 2 10 Mr . T . Holyoake 0 10 9 Mr . — Satchwell 0 2 6 Mr . T . Phillips 0 6 0 ^ Mr . N . Cavener 0 1 10 Messrs Elliot and Mr . J . Carter 0 3 10 Sansome ... 0 1 6 Mr . N . Edwards 0 1 10 $ Mr . Cdn ... 0 1 0 Mr . S . White 0 1 fl " Mr . Lucas ; Nar-Mr . C F . SiddonsO 2 2 borough ... 0 1 0 Mr . W . Pratt 0 110 Mrs . Bailey ... 0 1 6 Mr . U . Wooley 0 12 Mr . W . Stafford 0 10
Mr . R . Allen 0 16 Mrs . Biagley 0 10 Mr . J . Holmes 0 12 Mr . D . Moulden 0 2 0 Mr . T . Hall ... 0 1 4 Mr . J . Pettifor 0 10 Mrs . —Lartad 0 19 Mr . S . Taylor 0 10 Mr . W . Koight Mr . S . Pepperdy 0 1 O Littlethorpe 0 12 Mrs . Coles ... 0 1 0 Mr . Boulter ... 0 1 6 Mr . W . C * rr ... 0 1 0 Mr . White ... 0 0 8 Mr . J . Pegg ... 6 0 6 Mr . W . Howitt 0 2 8 Mr . H . Samuel 1 0 Mr . R . Blow 0 2 4 Mr . W . UnderwoedO 1 0 Mr . T . Cox ... 0 2 1 Mr . J . Watts 0 0 6 Mr . Agar ' s shop 0 2 2 Mr . J . Clews 0 2 0 Mr . W . White 0 0 8 Mr . R . HardimanO 0 6
Mr . H . Hunt 0 5 3 Mr . Chamberlain 0 1 2 Mr . G . Grey ... 0 5 3 Mr W Brand we ) 10 2 9 Mr . W . Grut I' 0 5 9 Mr . J . Cox ... 0 14 Mr . J . Why ... 0 10 0 Mr . Beardmore 0 18 Mr . W . Watts 0 3 0 Mr . Sonter ... 0 0 9 Mr . W . Norri * 0 3 1 Mr . Perkins ... 0 9 6 Mr . W . Bills . 0 3 6 Mr . J . Sharnian 0 0 6 Mr . Wilman « . 0 3 0 Mr . J . Frier ... 0 0 6 Mr R WilliamsonO 3 2 Mr . Cepe ... 0 0 6 Mr . C . Benley 0 4 2 Mr . Wileman 0 0 6 Mr . W . James 0 3 9 Mr . W . Frier 0 0 6 Mr . W . Langham Mr . T . Allen ... 0 0 6
Wigston ... 0 5 0 Mr . Martin ... 0 0 6 Mr . W .. Facer 6 3 0 Mr . J . Anderson Mr . J . Deacon 0 3 10 North ... 0 0 6 Mr . J . Neal ... 0 2 2 Mr . W . Anderson Mr . J . Markbam 0 2 5 North ... 0 0 6 Mr . Kirk ... 0 5 3 Mw . Cooper , per Mr . Pilly ... 0 4 4 ^ box ... 2 3 7 j Mr . J . Stanion 0 2 11 Name not legibltO 1 0 Mr . Wbite ... 0 2 4 A friend ... 0 0 6 DISBUBSEMENTS . £ S . d . 500 bills , and delivery ... ... 0 7 6 Mr . Winters ... ... ... 0 18 0 Deputation to Potteries ... ... 3 18 Oj Post Office Orders , Papers , Stamps , < fcc . ... ... ... 0 8 2 \ For Subpoming , Law , and Council
Expenses ... ... ... 8 13 0 Carriage of Witnesses ... ... 4 17 0 Board and Lodging ... ... 14 14 0 Mr . Winters ... ... ... 1 10 9 j Total of Expenditure ... ... £ 35 6 3 i Income ... ... ... ... 33 8 3 ^ DeBcient ... ... ,.. ... 1 18 0 Total £ 35 6 3 . J W . JOHNSTONE , Sec
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TO THK EDITOR OF THK NOETHEBN STAB . Hull , Nov . 1 st . 1842 . 8 m . —Knowing the interest which you take in all our proceedings , I forward you a copy of the correspondence which baa passed between us and the " Corresponding Secretary of the Hull Anti-Monopoly Association , " to shew you , and If you think proper , to shew to the public , through the columns of the people's organ , the Star , that the councillors here do not slumber on their post , but manfully throw down the gauntlet t « every assailant ef our hallowed principles . You will observe a report of the meeting which led to the correspondence in the Evening Star , of Thursday , the 26 th November . I am , sir , v Yours faithfully . W . J . H .
Copy 0 / Correspondence between the Hull Chartist Council . and Mr . Robt . Firth . Corresponding Secretary : ( 0 Vie Hull Anti-Monopoly Association : — "October 27 fcfa , 1842 . English-street , Hull . GENTLEMEN—As the acceptance of tbe challenge , given by Mr . Beensty , was in my individual capacity , I have on consideration , deemed it prudent to let the responslblly rest exclusively on myself ; I have , therefore , without consulting the committee of the Anti-Mouopoly Association in this town , taken the liberty to submit to yon the following conditions of debate , in accordance with the limitation I fixed in the Lodge en Monday evening , Oct . 24 th . I trust you will find these conditions just and impartial . Waiting your answer in writing , I am , gentlemen , Yours respectfully , Robert Firth . To the Chartist council , Hull .
"Conditions 0 / debate between Mr . Beensey , Chartist lecturer , and Mr . Firlh . corresponding Secretary of the Hull Anti-Monopoly Association . " 1 . That each party lodge £ 5 in the hands of a person mutually agreed on , to meet any deficiency of expences incurred in making the neceaa try preparations , and that , in case either party shrinks from the debate , after the conditions have been fixed aud signed , the said party forfeit the money so advanced . •¦ 2 . That each party appoint its own chairman , and the umpive be mutually agreed on .
" 3 . That the question for discussion be , " Weuld a repeal of the Corn Laws be beneficial to the operative castes ? " that Mr . Beensey maintain the negative and Mr . Firth the affinuative , under the following restrictions , namely , that neither the Charter nor any ether scheme be introduced , but that the discussion be rigidly confined to the subject of enquiry—the chairmen to be judges ; and , in case they cannot agree , the decision of tbe umpire to be binding on the disputant * . " 4 . That each disputant be allowed half an hour in his opening address , and a quartet of an hour afterwards . " 5 . That as Mr . Beensey gave the challenge , he open , and Mr . Firth close the debate , the debate to commence at half-past seven , and close at half-past ten o'clock .
" 6 . That at the close of the debate each chairman shall obtain for his side of the question at issue , the sense of the meeting , by asking for a show of both bands , the umpire to decide on the majority . " 7 . That there be oue penny for admittance to tbe debate , to defray the expeoces ; and should any surplus remain , that it be equally divided between the Chartist Council and Mr . Firth , to be appropriated to an ; benevolent object they may respectively deem proper . " 8 . That these conditions be printed on the bill convening the meeting . " Other little matters will have to be attended to , but which involve no difference of opinion . " Bach was the precious document forwarded to the Hull Council for acceptance , and to which Mr . Firth expected an answer in writing . He bas got it J Here it ia : —
•• Hull , October 31 st , 1842 . " Sir , —I am instructed by my brother Chartist Councillors to acknowledge the receipt of yours , of the 27 til instant on the 39 tb , relative to your acceptance of Mr .
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Mr . BeesJey'a ( not Betsey ) challenge to a < liscusa 5 on za tbe Corn Lows ; and to state to you in reply , that wlian Mr . BeeBley'a challenge was accepted by you , their hope waa , that it had been done In good faith , and that ymt purpose , like oars , was to try fairly the merits of the question by a discussion upon fair and equal terms . They did not anticipate , from your tone and bearing , that covert shrinking from the contest which they regret to find manifested in your letter . "Sir , the purpose of the Hull Chartists Is fair and honourable . Their doctrine upon the subject of a repeal of tbe Com L * wa has been bo often and so fully stated , that they cannot suppose a person whose conversance with thesa and other matters of public debate ¦
and notoriety may have qualified for tbe post of Corresponding Secretary of the Hull Anti-Monopoly Absostation , ' to be unacquainted with it And as you undertook to controvert that doctrine , they were not prepared to find yon attempting to substitute for it , as in this letter , an altogether different matter of dispute . They do not think tbe propositions , which yea hare been pleased to call the « Conditions of Debate , ' to be either 'just' or ' impartial ; ' and they cannot withhold the expression of their surprise , that you shonld have thought so meanly of their judgment as to suppose them incapable of perceiving the evident attempt to ' get away'from the question , which is contained in these 1 Conditions of Debate . '
• ' Sir , the Hull Chartists are not children , nor are they to be treated as such . They , at least , know their own position ; and however much th « y might be disposed to oblige the ' Corresponding Secretary of the Hull Anti-Monopoly Association , ' yet they cannot consent , at his bidding , ta abandon that position and take up such an one as he may be pleased to provide for them . "I have already stated that they consider your « . Conditions of Debate' neither * just nor ¦« impartial , ' and I proceed now to assign their reasons for this opinion ; and in doing so shall refer to your Conditions of Debate , ' not perhaps seriatim , but in such order as they
seem to be connected with each other . I stop not to comment upon the apparent inconsistency of a gentleman ' s claiming that the whole responsibility of this matter should rest exclusively upon himself , while ha yet writes in his official character of Corresponding Secretary' of a public body , This may be considered a matter of taste ; and I trust that I aud my brother Chartists shall always have higher objects of attention . 'To your 'Conditions of Debate , 'therefore , I address myself ; minding little whether they be simply those of Mr . Robert Firth , or of the Corresponding Secretary of tbe Hull Anti-Monopoly Association ; " merely observing that I reply not individually , but for myself and my brother councillors by whom I am instructed .
" To the 4 th . 5 th , fltb , and 8 th , of your 'Conditions of Debate' we offer no < iemur . The 2 nd wo consider so worded as to admit of much altercation . This we are anxiouB to avoid . Our desire is that the preliminaries should be Bhort , clear , and simple , that we may coma to the work at once . While , therefore , we agree with you that each party should have its own chairman , yet seeing that the mutual agreement upon an umpire might be difficult , it not impossible , we thinfc it would be more just' and more ' impartial' to leave the election of umpire to the meeting—letting him be chosen at tbe meeting , from tbe meeting , and by the meeting , without any interference from either of the disputants , their chairmen , or their committees .
" To your 7 th 'Condition of Debate' we have a strong objection . The matter is one of great public interest and concernment . We are to presume that your object ia seeking this debate is , like our own , simply benevolent —seeking to elicit Truth that it may be useful , and aid the uninformed in the formation of opinion ; so that when Truth shall be discovered and established its votaries may be so numerous and ardent as to ensure its speedy triumph . And inasmuch as we think it probable that those who may most ; need enlightenment are the least able to pay for it , we entertain a stroDg objection to the money charged for admission , by which some might be excluded . We are anxinus that the public should be RIGHTLY informed—that they should be misled neither by us nor others , and , therefore , we desire that all , who may feel Interested should have full opportunity of hearing the discussion and judging of its merits .
" We at once obviate your objection about expenses by undertaking to defray the whole . The discussion shall not cost you one farthing ! and , this pjint settled , we can see no earthly reason for the £ 5 deposit talked of in your first ' condition of debate . ' In negotiating with yourself , whether wo regard yon personally or officially , we are desirous to suppose that we are dealing with a gentleman—a man of principle and probity —who will hold himself bound suffiuiently by his engagements . While , therefore , we give all due credit to tbe delicacy of tbe feeling which might prompt it , we cannot permit you to place yourself in a position which must imply that we thought your engagement not to be a sufficient guarantee . If the discussion should be ultimately determined on , we feel quite satisfied that your own sense of honour will impel you to so through it ; and whilst we thus treat you with all fair and gentlemanly courtesy , we axe in nowise disposed to be treated otherwise .
" Ibus far we have proceeded on the supposition tbat discussion was your purpose ; but a peruBal of your third ' condition of debate' engenders serious doubt on our minds that you have any purpose of discussions or that your letter to us was written for any other purpose than that of ' getting out of the concern' with as little tcath as might be . You propose that tbe question for discussion shall be—' Would a Repeal of the Corn Laws be beneficial to the operative classes ? ' and that Mr . Beesley shall , oneurparfc , maintain tbe negative of this bold naked question , without any reference to collateral subjects .
* ' Sir , we will not insult you by affecting to suppose you ignorant of tbe fact , that tbe question , thus put . is one about which the Chartists , as a body , never made any question . That the repeal of every law tending to restrict trade , or fetter commerce , would , under a proper system of national government , be beneficial to the operative classes , few Chartists deny , or even dispute ; nor do we flod many persons in connection with the Anti-Corn Law League , or the various anti-monopoly societies , so hardy in their f-xhibition of ignorance , or dishonesty , as thus to take for granted their denial of it " Sir , we are not to be thus choused . ' if you have any stomach for the fight , come to it faiily t Let the question at issue be correctly designated , and the preliminaries such as to secure to us what we promise you , ' a fair field , but no favour . '
We be ? that , If you entertain seriously the purpose of discussion , you will peruse tbe following propositions , or , in your own phrase ,
" Conditions of Debate . " " 1 . That Mr . Beesley , or bis party , do defraytthe whole expenses of this discussion . " 2 . That each party appoint its own chairman—the umpire to be elected by the meeting . " 3 . That the question for discussion be— " Is there a probability that the repeal of the Corn Laws would be beneficial to the whole community , whilst any portion of the community is unrepresented in Parliament" Mr . Firth to maintain the affirmative , and Mr . Bsesley the negative- The discussion to be restricted to this subject—the chairmen to be judges , and in case these cannot agree , the deoislon of the umpire to be binding on the disputants .
5 . > Same as previous similar numbers . 6 . ) 7 . Tbat free admission be given to all wishing to be present at the discussion , in order that none maybe prevented from bearing the arguments of tbe disputants on this important subject . ' 8 . Same as the other 8 . ' You will perceive , Sir , the 4 th , 6 tb , 6 th , and 8 tb of theso are your own ; and if tho others suit you not , we request from you only the justice we have dene to you—the reasons upon which your objections to them may be founded . Yonr objections , thus supported . shall nave our deliberate attention . No needless bat shall by us be offered to tho " coming off" of the discussion . I have the honour to bo .
On behalf of the Hull Chartist Council , Your ' s , respectfully , W . J . Holliday , Secretary To Mr . Robert Firth , &c
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Beetheen in Democracy , —You are aware tbafc I biive been f or the last ionr months alternately demanding a little Star-light , and requesting that those who would respond to my demand would send me their addresses , which is absolutely necessary , because I cannot know whether you send or sot . without you acquaint me with it , as there are as many retained or mislaid as come to hand . In the Star ot the 8 th instant , I requested what I request to day , and what do you think was tbe ultimatum ? why , that I received three letters ; one from a Londoner , saying tbat that wag tbe first time he bad
seen my name , and that he would send me the Evening Star alternately ; another from a friend in Sunderland , Btating that ' cent me the Northern Star now and again for some time back ; and another from an old friend that was missing this good time . Now tbe Chartist public can estimate their inexorable pertinacity , such pertinacity as I have never witnessed . I hope it will not be long thus ; that at least I will have balf-a-dozen of permanent frienda who will not lag after a week or so , and then desert me , as baa been tbe case since the commencement . I expect the person In Abergavenny who did send me the Star in tbe beginning will write to me , aa also the Hudderefleld gentleman .
I would be obliged to any Londoner , ot any person who would send the Evening Star in good time , aa those soul-stirring leaders which appear therein aie universally appreciated . Youre , A sterling Democrat , , J . C . Gbadt . . Near Frenchpark , County Rcracommon , Ireland , Oct . Slst .
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¦ ¦; . ¦' . THE VICTIM fcLLIS . TO THE KDITOB OF THB t OBTHEBN STAB . Dear Sib—Allow me , through the medium of your justly widely circulated journal , to maktj a few observations on behalf of that persecuted , much injured , though innocent man , Mr . Wm . Eilis . ¦ Englishmen , I eall npon you by all the endearing ties that bind man to man ; yon , whose fathers have fought , bled , aud died for liberty ; and you , sons of Cambria , whose tnneful barp was always strung in favour of the oppressed ; and you sons of Scotia , descendants of too heroes of Bannock burn ; and you , sons of the
" First flower of tbe earth and first gem of tbe sea , inhabitants of the lovely , though degraded and insulted Emerald Isle , to rally ronnd this innocent man , for by your united voices alone can be be saved . IJ call upon yon to petition for his pardon , tor by heaven , I again say he is innocent ; bis friends are in possession of facts that will shortly be published , which will clearly prove even to the must sceptical , that he is innocent , but let us look upon wbat evidence he bas been convicted , out of tke whole host at witnesses against him , only one man swears to him being at the fires , and that man Bays " he had only a side view of bis face , and could not swear whether he had a hat en or not " There , fellow slaves I upon that evidence alene ia Ellis convicted .
I will make no comment npon the above fact ; bat simply ask you , if you think it right a man should ba transported for twenty-one yeara upon such evidence . I now , for the present , leave tbe case with you , for you to make your own reflections upon it ; but , in the mean time , I must tell you , that tbe case will be argued btfore the fifteen Judges in a short Uaw , and that the " sinews of war" are wanting , therefore send in your mites" immediately to O'Connor , who will properly apply them . Do not , for God ' s sake , fur the tuko of your children , but , above all , for the sake of Kili 3 's wife and children , do not let him be sacrificed for the want of funds . From ycurs ,
Truly in the cause of Democracy , J . B . Mart Boothen Villa , Stoke-upon-Trent , October , 30 , 1842 .
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THE EXECUTIVE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . London , Nov . 1 st , 1842 . Sib , —By an oversight of the Star of the 22 nd fast , I was not aware of my nomination tor the Executive by tbe Chartists of Brighton , until my attention was called thereto by the Executive pro tern . intheStor of the 29 ih , else you should have heaH from me before this time . I am not eligible to act in that capacity , not being on the General Council , and it I were , I would not fuel myself justified , under present circumstances , in doing so , nry opinion being tbat th « election of a new Executive is \ s very unnecessary , and to say tbe least of it , unbecoming proceeding , and tbat . it does not reflect
credit on either the judgment or foresight of its originators ; indeed , I am sure the country generally is not in favour of the scheme , as I perceive thare is no nomination for Lancashire , or many other places . I believe it altogether to be a trisk of some entmy . Would in not be much more prudent to wait t ' ao elwtion till March , its proper time ? It is really too bad tbat our whole body must be put in motion to please the whim of any one who choose to send a line or Wo to the Star . Thi 3 is-tbft point the enemy set-ras to attack , and Iheretorti we shouid be on the alert of him , and not allow ourselves to become his tools to ca ^ ry out his objects . I would object to anew Executive on the following grounds : —;
Because the powera which webad given the Executive in 1841 , have not been taken from th « m , nnd are we now going to be tools / in tho enemy's hands to disarm them I Campbell , Leach , and Williams are still at their post ; M'Douall and Bairstow are yet at largo ; and I see no good reason for tbe step that in about to be taken . However , if we have gone too far to recede , I have sent my vote to Brighton , to be recorded for me . I am , Sir . Your obedient Servant , L T . Clancy .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF SCOTLAND . Fellow-countrymen . —By the time this reaches you every locality in Scotland where there is a Chartist as * sociation will have received the address recommended by the late delegate meeting at Edinburgh , to be issued to the country " . No time is to be lost wherever there is an association , a committee , or but a score of Chartists in any village—they should meet aud decide instantly whether they will support the plan or aot . If decided in favour of the plan a provision for carrying it ont must be made by every place . First For the salary of the secretary , und subscribers for the publication afterwards , for lectures and whatever means of general acitation may be adopted . It was suggested by
the delegates that if there were sixty associated localities an average of sixpence each , weekly , would furnish the salary of the secretary—if some could not give that others would give twice as much with ease ; it only requires every place where there is . any number of Chartists , to decide wbat they can do , and estimate rather below than above , and take steps to send one quarter of a-. year ' s contribution , whatever it be—3 a 6 s . 12 s . or 24 s . —and to commence instantly taking names of subscribers for the Scottish Chartist Pioneer , and send tbe list into the committee , remembering that if the monthly publication is supported , tbe profits of it will pay the Secretary , who has to be Editor of it , and help the general cause .
These points settled , it will be the duty of each place to send in their opinion as to the general card of membership ; if there are but six Chartists in a village , they cau still have cards sent them , and thu £ give assistance to the cause . It is , therefore , respectfully requested that every place will send in an account how they have decided oji those subjects ; and , if they have not decided , in-&tantly proceed to do so , in fairness to : he rest of their brethren , who are anxiously waiting the result All communications to be addressed Robert Lowery , 46 , Nicuolson-atreat , Edinburgh .
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Lamentable Occurrence at Plymouth . —At half-past two o'clock on Saturday , the following lamentable accident occurred at a place called Mill Bay , near Plymouth . It appears a roan by the name of John Spiney , about thirty years cf age , a lime burner , in the employ of Mr . T . Gill , M . P ., in whose employ he has been for the last seven years , went into a beer shop , called the Prospect Inn , and kept by a person of the name of Grace Sargent . He called for a pint of beer , upon which she told him to pay her what he owed her , a ad she never wanted to see him again . ' Words ensueti : from words they
came to blows , she offering to strike him with a meat-hock , she held in her hand ; ke gave herapush from him , and , shocking to tell , she came , down with her head in contact with a wooden bench or Btool , and never spoke again , being lauched into eternity without a moment ' s thought of such a consummation . The man was placed in custody , offering no resistance . A 11 Inquest has been he'd npori the body , and a verdict of Manslaughter returned . Tho unfortunate woman was upwards of fifty , aud the much-to * be-pitied prisoner leaves to soirow , no doubt for a long period , a wife and child to mourn over this unlooked-for ereut .
Something like an Invention . —The Steam-Engine Superseded . —A Germau is now in Liverpool , endeavouring to induce the merchants and shipowners of that enterprising town to patronise an invention which , if successful , will be likely to supersede the steam-engine . It is thus described iu an extract of a letter with which a friend haa favoured m : — " This machine can be employed instead of the steam-engine , without fuel of any kind , and without a boiler ; it needs very little repair : ? , and can be worked without danger ; any powt ; . can be employed .
from one to one thousand horses or more , it may be made of brass or iron , and the power of the machine exists within itself , and doe ? not diminish , but remains always the same . It may be employed on railroads , iu ships , aud manufactories , with the same eii ' eofc as the steam-engine , and does not create any noise , and does not require more attendance than the bteam-fciigine , and the first cost not more than half , and may be made with or without wheels . It may aho be remarked ihat , afi no kind of fuel need be employed , it would be well adapted ( or vessels ma-king leiiiT voyages . —Mining Journal .
Egypt . —There have been some very severe losses in the Delta , caused by the breaku g uf dikes which had been raised to keep in the waters ; in one place , upwards of fifty villages were entirely inundated , and the inhabitants reduced in consequence to hopeless misery . The mortality amongst oxen does not seem to subside in the least ; in many places , where no animals whatever can be obtained , women and boys are made to turn the water-wheels in their stead . Owing to the repeated applications of Messrs . Briggs and Co ., the Government has finally promised to begin at once to clear and level the road ia the desert between Suez and Cairo . By this the journey will be rendered much less fatiguing , and the distance also will be shortened . Some people say that a coal mine bas been discovered ia the
vicinity of Suez ; shonld this be true , and the vein be of good qa&iity , it will prove a most fortunate and valuable acquisition for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company . The nature of the Arabian soil , however , precludes all hope of the mine being either a good or exiensive one . The plague seems' to have determined opoa giving us a little respite this year , and up to to-day no cases have been mentioned for the last two months . The Pasha has begnn to erect a line of telegraphs on the desert road between Suez and Cairo , so that in two or three months time the arrival ot the Bombay steamer at Suez will be known at Alexandria a few hours after it takes place . The Pasha continues to sell his produce by publio auction . Wheat ia still at 153 . 6 d . per imperial quarter , and Beans at 10 a . 3 d . free ou buard here . —Correspondent qf the Times ,
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