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    • THE KORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1843.
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      CASE OF MRS ELLIS . . TO THE CHABTl ^ TS OF YOKKSHJBE . - I had' fic-ped iTiat the appeal made by Mr . S-JCect In lasttreble's Star , in behalf of Mrs . Eliis * would Jhvemet with an immediate and uutven-ji response ; I am bitler y d ' unppoinitd . ' / have not the mean * to give a sum thai wnuld be of ozy use to Mrs E . ; but I makejpu this offer : —I trill attend meetbigs on the Sunday , called Jot the-purpose of raising tv ' : ' scrip &onsjor Mrs . JSitis . aiany - plnecrwirlmi twenty aju-s of Lteds—1 will charge nothing for cjrpences , r . i-d go entirely at my own cost ; y .. ii underJakyig to rnv-e ten shillings ( and as mu : h more asycu can ) by col lections at the meeting , or any other means you think

      fit . The entire proceeds to be given to Mr * . Ellis . / limit the circle io twenty miles , because v > y very limited income u-Ul nOt permit me to take a icider range at my own costt and I tr \ -A to take no-hixg from the collections * The present sjate of my health will not a / 7 ? ir me to speak mare than once on the day of my visit , and it triU be at least a fortnight yet b : \ fort I shall he at liberty to commence my tour , In ihc mean time I shall be happy to receive communi cations from any places inthin the prescribed limits . I Irust that

      my motives may not be misconstrued in making this offer . Forbidden , as 1 em , by medicul advee to allempt spe-ultiny at ail itndfr present circumstances * I had hoped to have been permitted to have remained in privaii /; only to emerge from tchich as a puMic speaker upon rare end extraordinary occasions . Bui this is a case in lifhich I feel bound to do my htlle best to help in saving an unfortunate famuy from starvation , and she democratic party from the indc lible disgrace vuSih would he the consequent result , Geokgx Julias Hab ^ y . Northern Star Office , Dec . 22 , 1 C 4 3 .

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      CARia 5 I » E . —Mel-TSG GF THB'CoOCa OF THE GiKiT- 'LE Chabiist .. Asscciatjon . —Ai a met ' . 'iaH of ibe CenEcil , held at their room , iNo . 6 , Jcbn-Aie-el , Caldew ^ ate , en Sunday last , Mr . Robert G . ' -ihaine in the chair . The address of the Executive was r < ad from the Northern Star of Saturday last ; after ¦ which airangeinenls "were made'for etllee-vsig iLe tribute reqwed on Christmas Day . We buve no donbt that a pretty liberal sum will be coiifcteii . The atleniion of tie Council wers then dis-wn to

      the deplorable case of Mrs . Ellis , by Mr . J ^ mcs Arihni , who said it was the doty of every sincere Chartist to assist those who were Ewfering under e a ch crreumsfcanCf 3 . After some Tcry f e ^ l ' wn * . faser-Tauons from rariou 3 members of the O enri ] , the sum of Eve shillings svas ordered to br immediately remitted to Mrs . Elli ? , aloes with noc shilling subscribed Tqt lie purpose by Mr . Arthur . A "vot « oi ihar&s was ihvn carried to 3 Ir . Baxi- r . for hi * hzsascme presem oi s ccpy of iiis * ' Buok ef me BastiJts . "

      The Rlt . Wjl Hill delivered i-wo leciaroa in cur Theatre-, on ifce e ^ cniDss oi iloi : < lay aad Tuesday last . After Mr . James Arthur had betn appointed Ct ^ intan , the Key . Gentleman proceeded TFith his £ rsi Ifeture , by introducing Limfelf as a thrisuaa minister . He spoke in a-sin ^ ukrly calm iZBpresclTe jaanutr , and * raa listened to througbom ¦ wiih the greatest stiention , Afttr dsl ' venog a discourse rep lete TFith facts and sound s . rgiimentSj exposatory « f the present state of England , he couelndcd by promising to treat of the rsmrdy for tfeis BUte of things on the following erening , and retired amidst applause .

      SSEFTiEi-D—Big TfiKE-LAifE—A goodmeAiin ^ waa held on Sunday evening , which was addressed by Messrs . Green , irJjjgs , a » d E-rinson . GLASGOW . —In order to gire eTery countenaBce the public meeting , held in the Cttj Hall , on Monday ereidng , " to take into consideration the lave interference of the Peel Ministry with-the right of petition in Ireland , " the usual "weekly meeting of the Chartists , hs 2 d in ColTege-street Aeadticy , wa adjDBmed to ilocday erening ntxi , -when bniintss of serious importance to the peoplv ' s cause ¦ will be bad before the met ficz .

      A PrBLic Heetisg vru held in tb = Gity Hall , on Monday evening , for the purpose of taking into conrideWiHon the conduct at the GoverEiEeiii in r » fereijce to Qis Clontarf setting , Mi . J . Tnrner in tke chii * . The meeting wis not so numerous as might have been expected . The eanae -waa , that the Repealer 8 , » anxions to gire japortasce to the meeting , tnrevr . thunselTts : into the arms of the Complete Suffrage ramp faction ,: who' care as much about Ireland as the dtTil does » bont psalm ringing ; feat irbo wc-uld join with Old : Ifick hhnsdf in order to put down Chartism . The , Bepe&lera were to bear the expense , znd the other j party had the management cf the affair , hence the ) failure . Had the Bepealera acted bold ! y , and sought i less after ProTost inmsden . " *"* ¦ Whi ^ tcwn council- i

      Jon , whose syinpsLDy artends do fsnhey than ihe j polling fcootfc , they woold haTe had a T * iy uiBVrtnt ¦ meeting . George Anderson , Esq ., city councillor ,, moTed tfce first resolution , and though Mr . Audi ^ son j is not & great orator , he had the boldness to declare j "What ncce of his colleRiBfcs has ever jet dune , ~* ~ x . ; Ui »* " aie people would continne to t > e trampied npon j CD ruc k time ssITniTenal SuffrS s e wa « the l ^ w of the \ land . " The other Bpeatcrs were Messrs . CuHtn , Card , i Malcolm , Dt . Hay , a Mr . Scott , from Edinburgh , and . Mr . il'Pailane . All the TesolntJons-were carried ntanimonsly : and , without farther < 5 ertmony , a Tote of ; thai-ia tras moTsd to tie cbairrEsu , xnd ibe meeting . dissolred . Ko petition or ciercorial to tit Queen waa j ipqken of ; Botticg tat the nitre passing of three TfcsoluUons , of a general niture , and there the matter ended . :

      31 k . Glasxe " S Tors—On Tuesday evening I lectured at Tmro to a large and erthnsiafitic meeting . Mi . Fast , a tmHsng ^^ an fcorest elector , a 3 ?) y ailed thethair . At the dose , Mr . Jury proposed , and Mr . Tioogmeaci Becondeii a resolution pledging the meeting to stand by the Charter , * nd to , recognSe only the National Chaster Asxoeiation . SaTeral pezsens took out csrds of memberahip , and the meeting separated , grfing three cheera ior lie Charter . On Wednesday I proceeded to KedxuUi , but found on my anml thai owing to un £ * vouraole gircumstanceB , it "was Impossible to liate a meeting there ttat 4 » y ; so 1 left them with a promise to call on tf" » t day week , when a goodly mnsber is anticipated- Ob Thursday 1 went to Hale , here 1 -was obOged to Bpeak in the open air . Mr . Skewes , of Camborne , occupied the chair , and opened HieHieeting in a mort masterly jnaTinCT . 1 jpuiean 6 ou ? . At the close of my lecture , several joined our ranks ,

      irkiist all expressed thenaelves perfectly satisfied that fiothing short of the Charter -would make them independent of thdr heartless tefk-mssters . On Friday , I proceeded to Per-zince , a large to ^ rn situate on tke sea coast . Here I fuund a few of Jhe light * ort of CLartist 3 . In she ersning I Jeciuri-d to a namerous auditory in Vt . O'Srisn ' M ccnucodii'iis Scbool Bioai , capable of holding 500 persona . Mr . OBritn -was unanimously fiiosen "tc preside , who , after adcr-= 2 sisg a few bbejaVle Ttmsjks to the tEeetJng , intrccuced me . I * ptke aeariy iwofconrs . Before I left I bail ftc pleasure of forming tKo i ^ ncliifeB of a 1 r > caJily -wbkrb' Hda fair to gsin Etrer .. ; th and prospej . —On Siiarday Eioming 1 left Pcinnce for Camborne , ¦ wbtre I again lectnrtd to a numerocB out-door meeting . O ; i the "wh- _ ls , from ¦ what I baTe seen of Cornwall , I sm ietl to belibTe tl ^ at contained agiiction , tuch u has bttn carried on in the Morthem counties , "tronld maie it one of Use most ^ onrishirar Ctarfet districts in Englasd .

      TRCWBRIEGS- —At a meeting of the Cr-uscil lield on Sunday jnorning last , a resolution W 23 nmminu / aily passed in Eupport of the National Tribute . Collcetors were hIeo sppo nted , and a Local Treciurtr to hold the mcasita oktsiced by the ccUtctors . To our Cisriist irethien » e say , ( Jo and do likewise . BXLSTOK- —Mr . Ifl'&aifc leetured here cs Sandsy lasx , to an atontive audience , in the large Rgihi , in Siafibrd-stxeet . -The lecturer gave grtci Br . tlsfaction .

      JSiez tha lecture a Eubacripticn was estttfd into fox toe HaUi-nal Tribnte , "wbsn 4 s 6 d ws » tu > Y . ee \^ -fi . CAF , RXK 6 T 0 K ' , > 'EAB KoTTLr-SttASl John

      H ^ st&rd , ThcinaE Giont , axd Diaiel Gregory haTe bees appointed collectors cf tbe Natic-nal Tr-bute . SSA ^; C& £ STBSi—Cabjesxebs' Sa ^ l—On Snn-^ cy last two lectures weie denvtreG in the above Ball , by Mi . J . West , from Sheffield- Tiie Epsdons bniidicg wj 3 crowded in 8 f ery part . SALFORD—^ A lectursi was delivered in tbe Chartist H ^ m , Great Qeorge ' s-street , Chapel-itrtet , S 3 iford , on Sasacy last , oy Mr . C Itoyle , to a large and respectable se . ' . ience , STOCKPDIiT Mi ESd , irom Nest-teEtle , deliverea a ltcture in tbe Association Bocm , on Snnuay fevesong last , to * & large suoience . AS the clcse if the lecture seven shiliinga wsb colle < Aed for Mrs . Ellis .

      B * JRT . —Mr . DIxon delivertd a lecture in the Garden-street lecture Room en Sunday evening last IiCKBON . —A meetii-s of tbe District Council was holatn be Snnfiay laet , Sij . Pickertgill in the chair . After tbe transaction cf a good deal of business prioripslly connected with ihe g- _ -inng ap of Bieetin ^ s on the approaching iiberaiion or air . White the meeting adjonised . POLIUCAi ASP 5 C 1 E 5 TJPJC IXSTITOIIOK . Oa Svn&zy last , 31 * . Wale ceii ^ tiE-d a tiEhly icterestuur Ifietare on " Oratory . " J ^ "WOBilse l&xn % Hall . 1-iLtEn D Bdad . —On gasday uTtning , 2 &r . E- Mtctaleciurfcd to a ctowded audience on Chartism and RrptaL GOrDES XiOM , DEA 3 I-S 1 B 5 ET , SOHa—At th * aeetisg . on Sunfi 8 y tTesli ^ , a mc-Iaiion was paaeed in favcHT cf tbe Ifaiicnal TxiiHtfi .

      AT a JJEETiJ-a of lie Bst 3 msr £ mitb Ckartteta , field on Tuesfisy kTeniag , it was BBanhEcesly rteelved to ccEUBfcilce tbe ccllecticn cf tiie National TgbxiLe next week . -. -.. ¦ Jfe ^ EHKprrs Bsigadx . —A poilie meeting was ttld lit tifi fiticklzyeri Aims , Hcxner-Btteet , NfcW-roid » on ' ¦ - MGBdafpfebt The meeta ^ was addrefised by Mears . Wyime , v 5 Iat ' t 2 , Davoc , andothen . - LCCK % COD . —Oal Sccaay last , at the IMsUict I > £ JegaterMee&sg , ttid in lie Democratic Institution , ' ^ cfewwa ^ Mx . DiiTio QiediiB in the chair , theftllotfiog TK ^ blution irss Bsanimondy pfisted : — "Ibai : each Bskgtte fcEdeavoai toiai * a subscription in bis L _ - > - ^« n kical ^ y , to atsstiin carrying cnt the plan for agil £ itsjticg Vhs © uiitry , ta projected by the Ex « o * iYe .,

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      PR 2 . STCN . —At s nne' -irjj hdd in the ChartUt Ruum it was resolved— " That a Committee be appointed to mafee tbe proper arrangements to ensure the T « T * r «« Tit _ ation o f the dtmocratlo party in the Municipal Council . HYUE . — On Sunday last the Chartists of this town belt > &e first weekly nieetog , s ! n ; e the League Plot The mtnittefB wha rook cords from the " Chaaipion of liberty t ? hen in By < 3 e cime forward in the true spirit « f democracy , and puii up their weekly subscriptions Ail cvmninnic itions intended fcr the Chartists of Hyde to bs atidre £ tbd to J . M . Lc-ach , 52 Charles-street .

      CUSHERO—The members of the Working Men ' s Mental Improvement Seciety met on Sunday night last . The subject was- ^ The best and surest means of accelerating the progress and disffEjinaiion of Chartist principles . " The Bubjeot waselrqaiDtlj sptkin to by various speakers . At the conclusion , it was resolved ibat they should meet every Susduy evening . The subject for next Sunday « rening- ' B discassion will be—*' Whether a Jlonarc&cai or a Demecratic Government is moBt conducive to the prosperity of a nation . "

      ASHTON-TJ ?» pER-Z . TJ rE .- Mr . E P . Mead lectwfcd in the Chartist As&ociation Roam , o n S un d ay and Monday evening .

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      THE DURHAM " DAMNABLE" AGAIN . Last Wftk we ventured to givo our opinion upon this czse , baring only heard the masters' side of it . That opinion was—that the tyrants bad plundered ttu-ir slave ? , and we r e now experimentalising npon the fee ]" mg 3 of tlio men . That Jhiy have selected this Thornley Colliery for the purpose is not wonderful ; firstly , because from the number of hands engaged in it , a strike in that pit will become more expensive to ihe general body than if a smaller one had been selected ; and , secondly , because the Thornley bond presented superior means of exhibiting ibe por . cr of the tyrants , and the weakness of their slaves .

      Since lait "wcok we ire in possession of tbe evidence ! ot ifce defence , wlxlch will be found in another par ; of the pap r , and w ill d o ubtle ss be r e ad with deep anxiety . In ord ^ r , however , to bring the Eubjcc . clean to bank , aud not to allow Heccles cr his devils any opportunity of laying out for black brass , we shall kera make an abstract of the most material portions of tlio evidence , to be seen at a glance , and to be comprehended as a whole . Here , then , follows the ca = e for the defence : — Vriiliam H = udexson—I will swear nothing tkoat "whether 1 was fined a shilling , because my mind is bo distrccted with this oppression that I can swear noihiug about it —( loud laughter and cheers from the pitmen ) . I lave been a pitman thirty years .

      Johi . Siei > hensoo—I have been a coal hewer twenty years , and ecvw knew so hard a bond . Although 1 have a wife and five children , I would rather go to that gaol till April than work under this bond . Joseph Longstaif— J am prepared to say from my own obaerv&uon that it is impossible for a man to live under that bend . Kewtrick Walton—one of the deputation appointed to go to the inspector of weights . We were appointed because they thought the steelyard was unjust . They had previously made complaints of the steelyard . We went for an inspector , and be said he could not come , without an order from the Magistrates . We want to the smgi * trates , trho refused us an order . The men had itvural times complained of the weights before this .

      John James Bird applied to the magistrates for a tummons against the masters for ill-usage , and had been refusal . Wtnt fltst to Mi . Hsys ' a tlfice , and then to Mr . Bsjs ' j bouse , and tben to Mr . Barry , tbe magistrate . Mr- Barry onu : oui and asked what "We Wanted . We said we wanted a fcuinmons fcr non-payment- of wages . Eeasled the sum , and we said three shillings . He said " For the tmail * uin of three shillings ] " I stated that it was not sx application individually but collec tivtrly , and that it amounted to a large : sm collectively . We wanted tome diacussioK , and be tali be was sot there for discu ^ iun , and walked away without granting a summons . Mr . Barry is now on the bench . John Cressvell—Had been ckarged fourpence a quart for splint for three quarts . Jobs . LxuBsccii—Hod been charged threepence , fourpence , &sd a shilling per tub toi splint .

      Samuel Turner—Had worked at other collieries , and the five-quarter seam at Thornley was the dirtitJrt . he had ever worked in . They were erecting a beam and scales cow , and that he btlmed was the result of the present strike . William "Wilkinson—Mr . Btocles bad told him he knew the ¦ wtii ^ ht was unjust Mr . Heccles said be knew that it irade a difference with the weight according to the end at which the tub went on , and t ha t even a one-s'ded corf would m&ke a difference .

      Willizm Anderson—I have ns « d every energy to make a living , a ;; d have of late thrown iff several tnbs a day to get clear of the fines ; and I think if we were to be fined for having a ^ uart of foul coal it is impossiblg for any man to make a living . No man ca » live under the prese t bond . I think the prison is a place to which I would not like to go , but I would rather go there thaD go to the colliery any more . They have charged me fourptr . ee a tub when they should only have charged me threepence .

      William Ord—Went to Mr . Heccles , and he aeked me if I was not content with the half-crown ; and I ssdd , ' No , man ; how can I be content with half-aerown taken eff when I have only addled three shillings ? Hs threatened bo get a warrant against me . They fine us ju * t &b they have & mind . It is anything but just . Mr . Heecles sent for a warrant , bnt we got advice from an attorney , and the warrant was never got The men were stupid : or half mad when they went home last Friday night We did not ask for the quart pot . If Mr . Heccles stated so , he has told a lie , be 4 a gross lie . The refusal of the warrant which was applied for at Dorham irritated tho men ' s minds , because they thought ths masters could gft a -wsgeon lo&d of "warrants and the men could not

      : get one . They thought they could not get justice ei'her from the owntrs or the msgistrates . Just previoo £ to the 24 th , the men came to the resolution that they would stand for ever unless tbey got justice . Every ir&n will go to prison rather than yield . I will rsther go to prison than work at the main coal or any I seam they have . j Wiiliam Kay , weigher for tbe Thomley colliery . The 1 witness after describing the working of the steelyard , . Said he coold n . ake it either jn ? i cr unjust as be chose . I By the sfciftiDg of the weights the men might lose I five pounds . Did . not think fcd coald do justice by this j nisrkinc

      j JvJ > n Ba ? ts—Since tbe bond had been put In force ¦ bsd been fined threepence a quart , and before four-] pence , and one shilling a tub . Tbe men are tirfed of ¦ s ] -plying f&r sumroouts . They applied at Durham i twice . I know they applied twice , for one time they ) did not come . I William Toplis—Mr . Heccles has tffered me a bribe i to swear that the men could get a living . I was at work j about a month ago , and he comes onto me and says I " Who ' s this" ? 1 said Toplis . " He says " I rappose ! you want ths boxes , don 't you ? I -said "Yes , of course . " He asked what we wanted with them , and 1 ; said to see them laid out Ho said " tbe men are going ¦ to get a summons 1 enppose . " 1 said 1 don't kaow , you

      j are the likeliest to know . " He said " do yon think | that you could not work here a week or a fortnight and i have none laid out" ? 1 Baid " No . 1 did not suppose

      1 could . " He says " if yon will swear that you could work here for a week or a fortnight without having any laid cut , yon shall have your bread for nothing "—( lond hootings ) . He Eaid " lshould bsve easy work , 1 should have my bread for d-.-ing nothing . " 1 thought my father would not let roe , and 1 said " 1 durst Dot say . " Nothing more took place about that . I thought him a

      ; nice man . 2 reco-leci 1 am on my oath , and 1 swear 1 that all 1 have stated is true . ] Augustus King— The men were anxlons to obtain ! justice from tbe masters and the magistrates . When j the summons was refused the men gave it up as a bad ! job . They taid it was as mnch use going to Castle i Eden or Durham as going to a mad dog . I believe no I man will tver work-at it I asked tor my clearance , j and he said if he gave it to me he would put something in it which would m&kemo set work nowhere—( yells ) . Sober ! Toplis—If the bond had been enforced the colliery could not have been carried on—it wonld have i been impossible for a man to get a livelihood . j Bobert Wallon—Have been at 2 Sr . Heccles about the j beam and scalta twice . It has been a constant irritatj iBgsore on the men ' s minds . It was the Intention of the sen to try to get justice if they could get It I thiiik the would not have strnck if they had got a iwu

      men - I i-im : * UID XUCXl rrl > uju uvi iuvo ouuia m uj ^ a" * w , summons when it was applied for- The rfcfasal of the ; summons was a rankling sore to the men , and was spoken of by them as a refusal of justice . Since tbess 1 proceedings c «> iiiBi&nced I have heard the men say tbey ! would gki so jostioe . 1 Bsuben Forster- Had been fined 11 s . id . tbe last pay ] for the last" three days : I worked 22 tubs . When I ' "wtnt to the overman to lecktn he said my coals weie ! lllhs . abort in weight The hewing came to 6 s . lid ., " i aid I was fined for 43 quarts , at 3 d ., which came to \ lie . 3 a ., so that I was 4 s . 4 d . In dobtlor three days * { woik . When the pay -came en , he deducted 23 quarto of the fireand lhtn Iihui ooly » dto receiveHe

      , . . cheated me cut cf a ptnay , and I only got 8 i Did not hear the clause about the quart before I signed the j bond . I will sweat it was never read in my presence . f 1 j traa cot generally known among tbe men that the flne Swasaquwt . I sijjis&d the hond in the office . They j would not 1 st me "ffiite my name , but took hold of my i hand TBhilst I made my marS . " J can itriie . Would j beabouttcoTniLBtesintfcB tfi \ ce aitogettibr . No exi planaticn vr&s made to me not tbe other men who were

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      there . There whb a great nunbei In at the time . Mr . Heccles asked if I had come to get bound , and asked my name . I told him , and be wrote my narre , aud took hold of my hand till I made the cross . - Charles Wfllett—I put » y cross to the bond . J can write my name . The bond was not rsad to me . That I'll swear . Joseph Burnett—Had been fined . 6 s . « d . for twentysix quarts , during tbe three last days . Had only put bia mark to the bond , though he could write . The bond had never bsen read to him . He could not wake a living under the bond , and w ould ra t her go to gao l than work under it The boxes were set up at the request of the men , but not the quarts .

      William Park—They coald not send up a tub with less than a quart of black brass . He was is . fid . in debt after working three days . Edward Clark was three miles off when the bond was read over , bub afterwards Bigned it No explanation was gives me of the bond at the time I signed it I did not know that I was liable to a quart fine . ; Jabez Wonders—The bond was read over to me . I could not write , bnt bavs put my mark . When 1 went to reckon with the overman I was fined 12 s . for the three days . I then stood 3 b . indebted to my master . I laid down 5 a . for tbe overman to take pay , aud he refused to take it . The men did not thinfc the masterB would have been so unreasonable as to exact the quart fioe . Did not hear that part of the bond read .

      Joseph Walker—It would bo impossible for any man to make a livelihood in tbo place where I have worked for the last six weeks . It ia a place not fit to put a do g in , let slone a Christian . Tbe bond was not read to me , and no explanation was given of it to me , I will swsar the bond was never read in my presence . The air was so foul , that after working two hours my head got so bad that I cculd work nolonger . Though I have a wife and four children , I would rather go t » prison" than work under that bond .

      Robert Richardson—There Is no man better acquainted with the colliery than I nm , and I am certain that no man can Bend up a tub with less than a quart In weighing the coals , we see nothing but the baulk and the weights . We cannot seo tbe pivots . We eannot see tbe figures . With a beam and scales we could see everything fair . 1 have never been before a magistrate , bnt I would rather go to prison than work under the band . Thomas Clough—I believe that during those days the men did all tbey could to get their coals clear , for when they came to me some cf them shed tears at the imputation of being fined . They have not the policy to

      shed crocodile tears . The year before last I was sent to see about the weighing machine by the men . I wished to see if it was just , and I made application to the colliery for weights to test it , and see if it was just , but I could not get them . A fortnight after I thought there was a deficiency in tbe men ' s surplus weights , and on looking saw there was , tho main pivot defieient I made application for those weights again , and found the steelyard , had a variation of I 21 bs . ^ ainst the men . I am of opinion that men cannot make a living hers under the bond . The men applied to me about this strike , and I persuaded than off , for I am against all strikes among bound tneu . They said they had made an application to the adjuster o ! weights , who

      had refused to come and adjust tha machine , and that he bad refused to come without an order from the magistrates . I advised them to apply to the magics- ; trafces , and tbey said they bad refused to grant an order . . I then advised thorn to apply to Mr . Wood , ' and they Baid that they thought it would be of no use , and that the only way to bring the matter before the magistrates would be to strike , and they went away with that determination . I believe if the men ¦ were treated with a kind fveling , tbey would at OECe go to work . I have heard that twenty colliers are now at work through Mr . Robert ' s ad vice . I never heard it repeated that you endeavoured to . widen the breach between the mastere and men .

      Andrew Hope—I have been fined . They gave me 7 d . to take home for my three days' work . Tbe smonnt of fines was £ l 2 a . Id . ; they , however , deducted some quarts off . I am sure it is impossible whea a man only earns 6 s . 4 < 1 ., when 10 a . 6 d . is taken of when the coala come to bank . I would rather go to keep my father company than find my own candles , powder , and backey , and still be indebted whan 1 come to bank . Now that is the evidence of honest working men . Sworn before those who were cognizant of every fact , with a solicitor to protect them—with a bench of masters to appeal to , and yet that solicitor does

      not appear to have received any instruction to break down , to weaken , or to negative , this portion of the evidence . The reader who has impartially perused tha case , w ill , like ourselves hava come to the conclusion , that a grosser act of tyranny , a more Migrant act of injustice or barbarity was never yet committed , than than of which the Thornley Colliers have one and all to complain . As well those who being robbed are compelled to remain idle , as those who , being plundered , are now suffering the felons

      fate . We ventured last week to assert that the bond had either not been read , or had been falsely r e a d to t h e p itmen who signed it . In this assertion we are fully borne out by a large number of tbe contracting parties , while Jabez Wonbsrs swears that tbe part of tho bond imposing a fine for a quart of " foul" WAS NOT BEA » OVEH TO HIM . It Would be an insult to the pitmen to comment further upon the portions of the evidence that we have selected , and thereforo-weBhall proceed to a general consideration of the case .

      In our general reviews of popular grievances we have endeavoured to convince the working classes , that the hardships imposed upon them by statute law are comparatively insignificant when contrasted with those grievances imposed upon them by local clubs of capitalists . We could not have seleoted a more perfect illustration of our views upon this subject than the case now under consideration furnishes . It is a hard thing that a man should be transported cr imprisoned for shooting a hare , caught in tho act of injuring his poperly ; but the man may abstain . It is a hardship to imprison a man for giving free expression to hid political or

      religious opinions , but then he may abstain . But how much greater the hardship upon a man who after having earned fire shillings by two days' hard labour is compelled to forfeit tho whole amount , and to add six shillings to it , in compliance with the conditions contained in an illegal bond . What act of tyranny equal to this can the law commit a *; aiiisi a working mau ! What act of tbe law is there against which he has not some chance to battle ; while in this case all hope is cut from under his ; feet ? What one act of tbe law will induce thousands of honest working men to prefer a prison and hard labour to compliance with its provisions J

      What act of tho taw can so poignantly strike the working nan as to make him shed tears for the injustice to which it subjects him!—while we find the clubbed power of the tyrant taskmasters forcing tears from their ojes as they are compelled to grope their way penniless to their expectant families , after a night of unremitting toil in a dark , a damp , and a loathsome atmosphere ! What Act of the law can turn their labour upon a blunted pivoi ? What Act of the law justifies the oath-man , Heccles , in endeavouring to suborn a man to perjury , to aid him in his acts ot plunder ? What Act of the law justifies a knot of Tillage Dogsekbies sitting in judgment upon honest

      men , by whose labour , or rather upon whose plunder their wives and daughters are enabled to appear at church with an extra ruffle , a sable muff and boa , or satin dress , while they implore curses upon the beads of thoso who would rob the poor , the widow * aud the orphan ! What law justifies the sneaking sycophant who scribbles ia the Durham Advertiser , in his attempt to convince the world , after the evidence that we have adduced , that tbe men are criminals , and the masters most merciful ? No law justifies these things : and yet are men robbed , sent to prison , and treated as criminals , because they prefer idleness to paying six shillings a day for bei » g allowed : to work .

      How happens it , we would ask , that that portion of the press calling itself Conservative , has not dared to meddle with this case f There are portions of that press loud in . denunciation of acts of oppression committed by individual moblemen and gentlemen . If a Noble Lord dares QDJusily to < ject a peasant from his cottage his politics are no protection against the censure of tho press . If a Noble Lord who has been aocustomed

      to ibe rigid role of the quarter deck , takes the law into his own hands and orders a father to whip his own son , for killing a hare under very mitigated circumstances , his Conservative politics do not screen him from censure . But when the tyranny of tho club is brought into action , and when the rights of labour are to be contested against the usurpation of capitalists , then is the press silent . Then do the treacherous acts of Whig Justices silence the tbuEdtr of its eeusure .

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      In onr comments upon the magistracy we speak generally , referring as well to those Cotton Lord justices who sit in judgment upon their slaves as to the Coal King Justices who sit in judgment upon their victims . In all future cases whan the men are conaplainanta we trust that they will proenre the attendance of the few bigh'iainded magistrates who still remain , and who will interpose their anthorifcy between the rioh oppressor andfthe poor oppressed ; and that in the meantime Mr . Roberts will prepare Buoh a case for Mh Buncombe io move upon in the House of Commons as will insure to the men the

      substitution of an honest tribunal for that in which neither we or they have confidence . Yes : although the appointment bo surrounded with all the horrors of patronage , let ub have stipendiary magistrates appointed by the Government , and wholly unconneoted by marriage , blood , or plunder , with coal property . Let us not see the complaints of honest men , robbed of their labour , submitted for adjudication to Lords of the manor , who own the royalties ; to coal kings who own the labour , and to viewers and overseers , whose very existence depends upon their ir ' eaohery . Let us have enough of those stipendiary magistrates , bath in the factory and

      the colliery districts , and our life upon it , if they do their duty , they will placo a Jarge amount in the Exohequer annually , after paying their salaries , arising from fines inflicted apoa the masters for their violations of the law . . This is one of the changes which the operatives and colliers should insist upon . It is one that the peace of the country , the very existence of society , anjd the stability of the throne , must depend upon ; for in our conscience we believe that a few more such instances of disregard of all law , as those recently evinced iu the counties of Durham and Northumberland , will lead to a system of wild revenge , such as ItiBh feeling now present ? .

      In perusing the ^ evidence will seen that even the three-pence a quart imposed by the bond for u foul" did not satisfy the just viewer ; , but that , on the contrary , in most cases , four-pence per quart was exacted . We would ask if the Durham Justices could bo prevailed upon to believe that theyhad jurisdiction ; and if not in thia case , would they , or the Durham scribe inform us of any description of case in which tho men were complainants that they would havo jurisdiction ? Then we have a word to say to tho Durham shopkeepers , who constitute a portion of that tribunal to which the justice or injustice of tbe

      whole case must be interestedly submitted . We will suppose that 500 men aro thrown out of employment by the strike of the Thor&ley Colliers , and that according to the terms of the bond those 500 earn twenty-six shillings a fortnight each , and all of which would be spent with tbe Durham shopkeepers . That sum would amount to £€ 50 a fortnight ; a sum the abstraction of which from the labour fund would be sensibly felt in their tills 03 Saturday night ; arid will those shopkeepers reflect that the whole of the Bench , together with the proprietors of the Colliery , are , one and all , free-traders

      of the darkest dye ; and will they longer hesitate as to the part that they shall henceforth take ; whether to assist wealthy individuals in reducing wages , or the community of working men to increase and protect wages , the result of which would be a larger traffic , and consequently more profits to their order ! The tiling is now done , the victims Of the cupidity and tyranny of tbe masters are consigned like felons to the dungeon and the treadwheel , and , therefore , it becomes those , upon whose behalf they have volunteered themselves as a willing sacrifice to stand by them in the hour of need , aud to support their destitute families during their absence .

      It IB the duty of every pitman , and of every man connected with the colliery forthwith to join in a union for the support of these men and their families . Committees should be appointed , and all means for collecting the pence of tbe mon to battle against the pounds of their oppressors , should be put into immediate and active operation , so that the tyrant masters may be baulked of the triumph anticipated from , the first blow , Nay more , in every instance where colliers deal largely with shopkeepers , let them ask those shopkeepers respectfully for their subscriptions to aid the " turn-outs" inltheir righteous

      struggle against their oppressors . Upon our part , to shtw that we practice as woll as preach , we have handed one pound to Mr . Roberts , by order of the proprietor , and five shillings from ourself to head the list . We do this because we look upon the struggle of tho Thornley Colliers as one upon which tho fate of labour must materially depend . Tbx-ee men must not , from poverty , be forced back into the jaws of the devourer . They must not be again subjected to the conditions of the hellish and inhuman bond ; and , above all , the masters must not establish their unopposed tyranny upon such a precedent .

      We will eay that 100 , 000 pitmen will feel an interest in this case ; an interest sufficient to induce them to subscribe a penny a week towards the support of those who are unwilling idlers , and which would amount to £ 416 13 j . 4 J . per week . Suppose thoro are 500 men on strike receiving ten shilling a week , that would amount to £ 250 , and which deducted from the weekly subscription would leave a surplus of £ 166 13 s . 4 d . for general purposes . This ia but the social part of the questiontho fteling pars of the question—and we have yet to view it in its moral tendency . We contend for

      it , then , that an honest hard working man should not be allowed to spend . six weeks or six minutes in a felou ' a dungeon , and committed to hard labour , without receiving full compensation from his fellowlabourers , as far as they can render it , at the expiration of his sufferings . Every pitman , aye , and every man who lives by his labour too , should be in Durham upon the day of the liberation of their victimized brethren , should receive them at ( heprison doors ; should take them iu triumph through the town , stopping before the Justice Hall , to allow tbe public voice to be heard within its walls , giving the lie to that judgment which pronounced honest

      English working men to be criminals . We have not done with . -this'Case . We shall not be done with it either , until we see the effect that tho reading of the Thornley bond by Mr . Duncombb in the House of Commons will produce upon those who , hist sessions , were so loud in their sympathies for the oppressed Colliers . Aye , the whole bond , the Thornley damnable , must be read and published to the world . It shall be in every man ' s hand who chooses to possess it . We will publish it iu tho Star next week , and then appeal to every honest man in England , whether " There is not more honour in the breach than in the observance . "

      Again , we have to express a hope that the Conference about to assemble at Manchester will see that this is getting in tho thin end of the wedge , in order to split up tbo Union in its infancy ; and that no available opportunity will be lost in driving it : while the very existence of the body depends upon the result oi tho pending contest . It would be unfair to withhold from Mr . Boberts that large measure of praise whicHi ' s-due to him , a « well for his-warmih as for his ability ! , It ia a novel thing to see the warmth of the gentleman , and the ability of the practitioner equally offending the ears and paralyzing the nerves of the poor man ' s oppressors . In general it is the practice of those gentlemen to be employed by the defendant aud concerned for

      tbe plaintiff ; but in the case of the Colliers we find their advocate entering heart and soul into the sufferings and feeling of his clients , and actually Endangering vd ^^ ii ' . p $ r 8 Qn ^\ JibWi ) y ' ; ' ^;;| be £ r ^ expression of his ';' war n * ... feeling ^ ' Aprppoa ^ f ; this . It appears ¦ tbii . ^ 9--p \ ali »^^ . (^ 0 ^ : ^ 0 j ^ j ^ - to oemmit Mr . ItoBEfira for con ^ nipl . ^ What a joke ! A joke to speak of ; a > ke to Mink ' of ; bat no joke to them , had they dared to put their threat into execution . What ! a bench of village justices to commit an advocate for discharging his , duty ,, with warmth , and for repelling insolent insiuuatibii by indignant denial 1 Commit him , indeed V Had they dared to go this length , they Would have gone beyond the limit of their tether , and from their rashness , they would have learned the wholesome lesson

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      i ¦ that Mr . Roberts , as woll as themselves , was ore of the parties to the proceedings : and , although they had the will , they had not the power to carry it into execution . But the bond and the support of the men on strike are now the all-important considerations . The bond , when read in the House of Commons by Mr . Ppncombe , wili find its way into every paper in the Kingdom . Then the men ' s case , through our humble instrumentality , will be submitted to the general reviow of public opinion—then they will bje justified by that opinion , and by it their masters will be damned .

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      . THE ARMS BILL IN OPERATION . i " NIX » T DOLLY PALS , FAKE AWAT . " There are some subjects so seriously ludicrous that it is impossible to decide upon the most fitting jjjfesouptionjof criticism ; whether to weep at the unaccountable blunders and torn-foolery of the down , or to laugh at the sorrows of the brokenhearted heroine . We confess that the ignorance , the patriotism , the anticipations of danger , and the valiant precautions to prevent it ; the rantings , the ravings , the forebodings , and the heroio , deportment withal of the Cork magistrates , recently assembled at Maoroom , for the purpose of administering the

      Arms Bill . jpkces us in " a pretty considerable fix , ' and rather j puzzles us as to the course which , as journalists , it is our duty to take . Speaking , however , of the ] Arms Bill itself as a measure , we may , with becoming pride , refer our readers to the fact , that while ; the Bill was under consideration , we opposed it , not move because it was a gross violation of the constitution , than from the faot , as we have over and iover again stated , that the village Dogberries , acting as the Executive of the Protestant party io Ireland would convert it into h . *< » ,. ^ ' . I . - //**' . n nsl iin nAti * £ «?/\ ii ! m wq 11 «* tl belli " and under it would rally

      a casus \ , ' all those ! evil sectarian passions - against which the Government and the Irish Executive would struggle in vain . Indeed , to this end the magistracy ! was purified by the Lord Chancellob ; none being allowed to remain in the Commission of the Peace sfve those who could be safely relied upon to aid in th ^ eubjagation of Ireland . Whether or no we were right in our conjectures will be best proved by reference to the proceedings of the first court , held : in the great county of Cork , for tha purpose of administering this unconstitutional ,

      anti-Irieh , anti-Catholio Bill . Since that report was in type , however , we have received the following more graphic description of tho extraordinary proceedings from an eye witness . Upon Mairtopsh M Dom ? ug . an , of Sleiveballykinmaokmuckridgctowncrog&road , applying to register fire arms under the Aot , the following dialogue took place : — Chairman—Is there any objection to tKis man ? First Magistrate—Yes . I have a few questions to

      ax him . Are you a Repale Warden ! No ; I am not . Wore you over ! No ; I wasn't . Did you collect the Repaid rint f No ; I didn ' t . Did you collect the O'Connell rint 1 No ; I didn't . Damnation to your sawl do you mane to tell me that you are not a Repalor ! No : to be sare I ' m a Repaler .

      Magistrate—O wisha , you thundering villan , did'nt I know yon were a Repaler \ reject him . Stipendiary Magistrate—Ia there anything against the man ' s character ! Several Magistrates speaking together . Och tunder and agers , agen his character ; what do you mane , with your speeching , you piebald Protestant 1 iBn ' t he a Repaler , and isn't that enough for you 1 } Stipendiary—No . The law requires something

      more . Bench—The law is it ? what the divil do we care for the lawi ? Ar ' n ' t we the law ? Stipendiary—But then the Act of Parliament . Bench—Wisha , blood and tunder ; Isn't the maning of the Act of Parliament in its issence and spirit , its very body and sleeves , breathing through its very nostrils , the disarming of the Repalers , for the preservation of the peace , and the safety of Her Gracious Majesty ' s crown and dignity ?—( Cheers . ) I . Stipendiary—But wejmust go by the law .

      Bench—By the law is it ! What the divil law was there for striking honourable men out of the Commission 1 and can we allowjtbe sting to remain in the tail [ when the Lord High Chancellor has knocked the vinum out of the head of the serpent ! —( Vociferous cheering , j followed by—reject him , Kjoct him , reject him . ) ' Kit Downing , from Skibbereen , was the next who claimed to register under the Act , when the following dialogue took place between Alexander O ' DrisoolI , 4 . P-, aud the claimant . O'Driscoll—Downing , I ' ve a question to ax you . Arn ' t you a 'Repaler !

      Kit—No , I aal not , Mr . O'Driscoll ; but why bo , Captain ? O'Driscollj-Because you ' re an ungrateful vagabond , [ Kit—Well ^ Mr . O'Driscoll , but you astonishes me ) Had ' nt I often tho honour of dining at your own table , au d didn 't you often dine at mine \ and what have you agin me 1 O'Driscolij-0 I the curse of Cromwell upon you , Kit ! Didn ' t I give you many a good " blow out , " and a skinful of beef and cabbage , and as much Parliament whisky as you could tuck into your carcase , and didn't you prove ungrateful , by attending the Repale Meeting in Skibbereen , contrary to my express proclamation !

      Kit—To be sure I attended that meeting ; but that was before the Clontarf meeting . Several Voices—Och , that makes no difference . The magistrates were dismissed before the Clontarf meeting ; reject him—reject him . Stipendiary- ^ le there anything against the man ' s character ?! O'Driscoll-r-Yce ; he owes me an arrear of tithe of £ 1 17 s . 3 d : isn ' t that enough ! Several Voices—Yea , yos ; rejeoi him . Kit—Och , -j Captain , Captain , didn't yoa distrain a fine two-year ould cuult , and three lambs , for the debt ! i

      O'Dmcoli- ^ -Hear that gentlemen ; by the holy post , and , as I am an honourable gentleman , t h at conlt and lambs were the ruin of me ; and I never charged the j ungrateful rascal a farthing : bat the conlt gave Blue Sam the best hunker that I ever had , the mange , and I lost him for the season ; and but the lambs gave me whole flock tbe scab . All—Shameful ! shameful ! rejeot him . Stipendiary—1 object . All—None ! of your speeching ; pitch him over . Who tho div ^ l oares what you object to . Reject him —reject him . i Mat Ga Haven was the next claimant ,

      Magistrate } -Mat , you ' re a broth of a boy . Damn your soul wasin'tityou that ehot the ould vixen , with a belly : of cubs in her , last March ; and is that the gunj you want to register ! Mat—Wisha your honors , but sure I complained to his honor time * fter time , and all to no purpose after she took away the ould turkey and left the whole brood | to die on me ; and then took three early lambs that I bad to pay the rint , and was destroying me , and the divil a bit « f consideration his honor had , but laughed at me . Several MagUlfates—Aa § yi ^ j 3 ie question , Sir , without equivocation ,, Di ^ oM ^^ t the fox * 1 Matt ( tcratching hk ht& ^ &in l bound to answer that question ! - ^ ^ Isv ?

      Sltpendiaryj—No , no . ' . ^ ^ . ; ^ Magistrates—Yes , yes . ffyottv don't answer , it youil be committed for eontempt of court . Notfr will yon answer 1 Did you shoot the fox I ; . Mat ~ l didn't then . H : : % , , ' .-Magistrates—You thundering liar ; ypu jerjured villin ; you U < e , you lie . Rejeot him . 1 1 " ¦""'

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      Clerk-Take down his words ; we'll commit him | or perjury . WlMal— Wei ! , suppose I did . Magistrates—Why , that Mr . ——— " could trans * port you for it . Mat—0 well , then , you may reject me , and III give my gun to his honour . Tim Mullagan was the next applicant . 3 Magistrate—Arn ' t you a poacher ! Tim—Wisha , what ' s that , your honor 1 Magistrate—Why , don't you shoot game by moonlight ? Tim—Indeed , then , I don't , your honors ; but I wouldn't know how to shoot them .

      Magistrates—Then what do you want pf a gun , if you don't know how to shoot them \ Tim—Of wisha , your honors , sure a man thai couMn't shoot a snipe or a patridge that would be flying , might hit a crow in his corn field , or make him lave that any how . Magistrate—Gentlemen , I contend for it , that & man that could Bhoot a crow , could shoot a Protestant . ( Cheers and shoutg of reject him , reject him . ) Stipendiary— But the act . Several Voices—Damn you and the act . Hasn't he convicted himself as clear as the node on your faco ? Reject him , rejeot him .

      Teady Muldooney was the next claimant . Magistrate—What do you want Maidooneyt Tead ~ Why , your honors , I want t » register under the act . Magistrate— Ar ' n ' t you a Repale Warden ! Tead—No , i am not . Magistrate—Did you ever colleot the rint 1 Tead-l didn't . Magistrate—Weren't you suspected of stealiag Mr . M'Sweeney ' a pig ! Tead—lt never hear I was , indeed . Magistrate—Mightn't you be suspected without hearing it ? Tead —I mig ht , indeed .

      Magistrate— Well then , gentlemen , I eontend-for it that the very guts and the essence , and tbe marrow—( hear , hear )—of the act applies to the disarming of suspicious characters—( Cheers , and reject him ) . Magistrate—What kind of fire-arms have you ! Tead— Wisba , indeed , your honor , then I don't know how they are spicified in the act ; but I was tould by the neighbours that all fire-arms should have the Protestant stamp upen them ; and so I brought mine for the purpose . Mogistrate—Well , where is it ! A detonator , or a flint lock , or a fuzee , or a patent breach ! or does it go ofi by a match ? or is it & rifle ! or what the divil is it ?

      Tead— Indeed , and your honours , it ' s none of them at all , but here it is , says Tead , {( drawing a long poker from under his great coat ) , sure this ia my fire arms ; and but the neighbours tould me that the act meant every thing that could give a wound , and but I thought . that my poker was included among them . Magistrates—You scoundrel , 'twas the priest put you up to this , to insult the Court . Clerk , make out his committal for contempt . Tead—Indeed , God knows , your honor , bnt I did not mane any offence ; bat the neighbours tould me that nothing was safe , that hadn ' t the brand npon it , and that I might be transported if it was found with

      me . Magistrates—We'll adjourn for an hour to take this-case into out serious consideration . At the time our report loft their worships had not resumed their sitting .

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      CONSTITUTIONAL LAW versus COAL KINS LAW . GOOD NEWS FOR THB MINERS . Hurrah ! hurrah !! hurrah I !! Just as we bad closed our remarks upon this damnable case , ws received a hurried note from Mr . Robsbts , announcing the glad and joyous tidings that retribution had followed speedily on the heels of injustice . . Resolved that justice should be had at any price , and instantly , he started for London , where , upon carrying the case before Judge Patxisok , that constitutional lawyer instantly granted a habeas corpus for the immediate appearance of the incarcerated victims of the Coal Kings . Whe ^ Mr . Robsbts wrote he was about to start himsels with the ^ writ , and to bring bis men up .

      So that while oar readers are struck with the horrible picture we have drawn of " Club Law , " they will rejoice to find that in the real Law there is yefc protection for the poor . To get the Law is the thing , and Mr . Roberts appear ? to have discovered the magical process by whioh this desideratum is to be achieved . Truly this man deserves well of his clients . But as the process is very expensive , we trust that he will be manfully backed np in his noble work . is most probable that while our readers are sympathizing with the Coal Kings * victims , they may be on the r « ad home , about to spend their Christmas at home instead of in the dungeon . This is in truth a great move . - ¦ - ¦ -i-i-it i-i .- - - -. -M-. j- < -. ^^ i * ^ f c-if f n r rfifi »« ti-ri

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      STATE OF THE AGRICULTURAL . DISTRICTS . LORD ASHLEY AND THE WHIG PRESS . The readers of the Northern Star , for the last few weeks , have found ample testimony that the Condition of England , " so far from improving , is daily growing worse and worss . The " . Question" whicb the people have often put to their rulers : " howhave you led us , fed as , and taught as while we hava toiled for yoa V and which " hereditary leg islation * and " collective wisdom" have shuffled from

      answering ; ts now being answered by the questioners themselves ! answered too , in language , not to / be misunderstood , not to be mistakenj | £ answered nightly in characters of flame , which / reflected far and wide , form an appeal from earth ^ o heaven against the wrongs committed by man upon his brother ; and demand , at the throne of eternal justice , the annihilation of that accursed system of social and political wrong which has brought England to a state of anarchy , and arrayed class against class , and man against man , threatening tha utter ruifl of each and all , the oppressed and ths oppressor !

      England is in a state of anarchy . True , some of the outward signs of such a state are yet wanting ; hitherto not seen : not because soldiery and police prevent such exhibition ; but because the people , Ot a large portion of them , if tbey have well nigh abandoned hope , are yet unwilling to commit themselves to the crimes of despair . They are no lovers of crime , ' thi s A n g lo-Saxon race I They have betrt famed for their orimeless obedience to the law ; and

      now would thousands of them rather suffer anf extent of misery , than have recourse to the " wili justice of revenge . " But this will not always be ' If justice be not done to the people , the unjust nw ^ expect to have justice , —even though it be of tilt " wild" kind , —done upon ihem . And , God forbi * that it should be otherwise 1 We deplore the exut * ence and the undoubted increase of crime ; bat * e are not ignorant of the causes of that existence W * increase . It is clear as the sun at noon-day whoix *

      the parties that are responsible for this criminality TBS HOLDERS OP PBOFBBTT . * Ti 3 they who b * tf the social arrangemenia of society in theirvhiiwhi they who wieldI ibji ^^ rprpf life and death 0 V (^^ unhappy bondfi ^| f ^ is « Christian , "" # ened / ' Engj ^| p |^ i ^ ejjrho have exclusively ^ tew-m * in ^ 'O 0 i ^^ t ^ t 6 themselves ; they w ? TtO ^ e laW | ^ i ^^^ ea ; criminals , and theo p «* l | | | | | o paEpll ^ p ^ li ^^ Uting crime jT * , tlliibre "the ^^^ K ? &i ?^^ aoconnt fe f ^ sp ^ i ^ Hw ^ «* yi rftttsja ; thrcugh > &j ^ fe ^ afla '^^» rural diatrict 3 , * . once - Merrie JP ^^ E ^ ' ^^^ : ' : ' ... ; „ . Aye , we repeakfiRi ^^ tl ^ p ^ of pr »^ v * Z 1633

      noli do right ; it ibW ^ ' ^ S ^ ^ ^^ m do right ; « ' m $ 0 B ^ W jg man ; if they will rob tlffil ^^^ oPP " **

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      The Korthern Star. Saturday, December 23, 1843.

      THE KORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , DECEMBER 23 , 1843 .

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      4 ^ TE E NORTHERN STAR . ' ..... . |

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 23, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct960/page/4/