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3 Staffordshire Pottebies CHABTIST INTELLIGENCE. m.a -Mm & & . _ — ._ . _ A
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dea : h , are at & 1 oe 3 to assign the " casus be ' . li" in ! the East , here , at all events , there can be no mistake . - This is the casus belli" in tje Sonth Seas : in twentyfive years of peace , the Bible trade has become overitockei in this country , many being compelled to wear an experimental black coat , who eannot purchase a butcher's license in the army ; and as this is a branch of a surplus population which cannot be Bkfely neglected , we convoy them , with the Gospel in one hind and a sword in the other , to make ravages and commit plunder , in honour of God whererer strength , persuasion , or fraud can gain
them a footing . O ! how we should lore to hear the head of the pious staff which assailed Tonga giving Mb Teraon of the melancholy ignorance of the natives , which led to the untimely death of the truly pious Ckokkb , who had loaded his earronades and guns with sach truly Christian consolation for the insulted natives ! Eat will those already dragged to death by the home-made and eternally-sucking leeches allow another frigate , as conToy to another b * tcn , or to take satisfaction for the chasrisement bo properly and providentially administered to the slugs ! Will John Bull , we
ask , allow such a war to be waged against the Innocent savages , and in favour of the system which has drenched the world for centuries with blood and set man against man , wherever two were to be found } Can the blessings ofreligion , justice , and peace reign , while princely fortunes are avie of infidelity , injustice , and strife ! No , never . Let the truly pious heart reflect for a moment upon this infernal attack . A set of pious rascals require the enforcement of their creed upon some poor natives of Tonga . " No !" gay the natives , " we don't want yon . " " Well , " rejoin the slugs , bnt we want you , and , therefore , we must have you ! " and in this state of things one of our gallant naval officers interferes and sav 3 , "O
yes , you must have our missionaries , or you must j hzrre our bullets , so take yoar choice ! " A confer- j enee is agreed upon . " Well ! " Bay the natives , " we i * ra ready to do anything but confer with mission- 1 aries , of whose pious intentions our people have already had a tiste . " " No , " Bays our Captain , ) B but that ' s the whole carat belli ; we want a j footing for the missionaries . " " In that case , " say I the natives , " we prefer dying , if necessary , in the I ealm faith of our fathers , to sowing in our peaceful > country the seeds of eternal strife and confusion " ; j and then a word and a blow : and a brave English i gunner , who no doubt ha 3 been a martyr at j home to the blessings of the commercial Gosj— —^—» vkVA VUM
^ vv »>* ^^ WW J pel , led on the army of martyrs , shot our prose- 1 lyting captain , wounded our lieutenant , and killed I two , and wounded some fourteen of our men , and j to * k all our soul-inspiring , Gospel-forcing imple- \ ments , of earronades , guns , muskets , and so forth , j Will Fuel Bcxtos and the Lord Bishop of Nob- : wich now ask for another and a larger convoy , to \ prepare the Etupid minds of slaves and savages for a creed tax ; while they have no objection to a white slave tax , to keep up the system upon which they both live 1
It is now high time to give over Gospel-smuggling . God , in his wisdom , will send it in time : we have proved that we have not the knack of winning men ' s minds to our sort of salvation . The entrance for admission of the holy Gospel must be made in man ' s heart wiih the sword of truth , and not in the gates of his citadel with the &bre of de&ih , & 3 contemplated by Captain C& 0 KJ 5 B &cd the commercial apostles .
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Wb hail wuh great pleasure the accession of another helpmate in the good wnrk of political regeneration . The Dundee Chronicle has changed hands , and , under its new auspices , becomes a thorocgh Chartist journal ; taking for its motto the six leading points of the Charter . We cordially agree with the first sentence of its first leading article— " The appearance of this journal under its new proprietors affords a good and practical illuEtration of the growth , strength , and resources , of the Chartist principles . "
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U O'Co . vnos will ~ be in the hands of our several Agents . By the subjoined letter from our Engraver , it ¦ will be seen that no time has been lost upon the plate , it having taken nearly Beven months in executing ; our readers -will also learn that the plate will now be worked night and day till the required number is completed , -when the Portrait will be presented ¦ with the Star . The Portrait is full length , from a Bteel engraving , and is much larger than any hitherto giv ^ n with the Star . All our Lancashire Agents will receive tJieir Specimens from Mr . Hey"rood , at the rate of two to each hundred of their ¦ weekly number .
Th £ following is the order in -which the next Portraits ¦ Will be given : —first , O'Connor ; second , the Monmouth Court-house , containing likenesses of Chief Justice Tindal , Baron Parke , and Mr . Justice Williams , ithe Judges who presided . !; Sir F . Pollock , ILr . Kill j-, and ilr . Thomas , ( Counsel for the priionais ; Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the Jury . The likenesses of the Jaiy cannot be expected to be accurst * -, they are merely given as a finish to the plate ; third , full length Portraits of Robert Emmett , ¦ who -sras strangled in 1503 ; and William Lovett All persons subscribing on the 26 th December and continuing , vrill be entitled to each of those Portraits , and none but Subscribers can get one on any account ; our agent * are , therefore , requested to open boots forthwith , in order to prevent disappointment .
The following Agents will reseive their specimens through Mr . Cleave , our London Agent : each Agent receiving under fifty copies per week , will receive one copy ; above fifty , two copies ; and two additional copies for each hundred above the first . T > arken , Norwich .. 3 English , Bury Si . Edmunds 1 Noble , Trowbridge , Wilts 2 Mitchell , Collumpton 1 If any other Agents can have them conveniently from Mr . Cleave , they bad better send word to the office immediately . Mr . Guest ' s Agents , and ilr . Cooper will receive
specimens from Mr- Guest , of Birmingham . Our friends are requested to notice , that tiiese Portraits are cot from copperplate or stone ; being on steel of an immense suk , together with the large number required to be taken from a plate , makes the engraving a work of considerable time We may just mention , as an instance , that one engrayer would not undertake to complete one of the large Portraits under twelve montks . As soon as the other Portraits are finished , specimens shall be placed in the hands of our Agents . The following ii the letter of our engraverr : — " London , November 26 th .
" DSiS Sib ., —I have the pleasure to tell you that I shall be able to send you proofs of y&ur portrait od Monday , and On Wednesday I shall begin the 600 pedmens , and then -work night and day . I never ontempkted , -when I began the plate , that the in-« eaaed size would be of bo much consequence to mi a man -works the -whole day , ana I can scarcely perceive & difference at night , it ia so large a space to work MfOM . " Your obliged servant , " WlLLlXX REXS . "
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TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS , G . M . BlBTXETL— We have recevied from this recently liberated victim a spirited and energetic address to the men and woi . ien of Bath , catling on them to be alert in their J-uty on New Year s Day , for the great demonstration in aid of the Frost , Williams i and Jones Jiestoraiion Gom miitee . P . M . M'DorAXL— Yes . Ms . David Black , of BaExslzt , tiesires a few lines from Robert Sounders . L . T . Claxcy . —His excellent iucgestion for sending papert to Ireland arrived two Late : si ^ all appear next xoeek . .
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The Lines "To the oppressed labourers of England " will not do . "Thk&K ' S A HUM THROUGH THE LAND , IHBRe's A VOICE THROUGH THE AIU . "— ReceiVtd . Gracchus hat our thanks . We shall alicayt be glad to hear from him . " Libebtt" won ' t do . E . A . —His enigma next week . 1 A Mohsisg Walk" next wee * . * - - Z . —TTe can save Mr . Smiih the trouble of ansieeringhisquery . No such letter was received ni rnt * rtMiii .
Wiluam Boakdma * Edge w desired to write a letter to his friends , directed to the Temperance Hotel , Cheapside , BolLon , for Robert Edge . He % s supposed to be filing in Huddersfield . or somevhere in the West Riding of Yorkshire . W . Jones . —We have no room for hts address . Chaktism and the "Northers Stab" ih Ieeland . —We have received the following addresses of Irishmen vho will receive and turn to good account , as many copies of the Northern Siar as can be sent them by their friends . —
Mr . Bernard M'Donald , Loughr ea , County Galway . — Patrick Haines , do . do . — Michael Phillips , Balinasloe , do . — Hugh Dolan , to . do . — Michael Donelly , do . do . — John Mitchell , Castlerea , Rosccmmon . — MJcb&el Dontlan , do . da — - Martin Davey , Boyle , do . — William Tully , Dunmore , Gdl-way . — Tnoraas Kelly , Tuam , da — Thomas Mahon , Eyrecourt , do . — Thomas Madden , Portoninu , do . Ms . Shoerocks wishes us to say that he has received from Perth , for Mesdames Frost and Vincent , the sum of £ 3 4 j . Id . From three queer fellows
at the Green Dragon , in Jersey-street , for Mrs . Frost , Is . od , Ret W ; Y . Jackso . n , note of Lancaster Castle , and J . Watkxns , j > m ., Esq .. of A ulabv Hall , and Mr . Henry De Courcy , of Mansfield , desire to have thexr names appended to the Address of the Chartist leaders , given- in our last piper , and recommending total abstinence to the people . We are sorry that our space will not allov n / the insertion of Mr . Jackson ' s letter : it is alike creditable to him ils a man , a Chartist , and a minister .
> . W . Gawkrodgkr complains of having been summoned for Is . Id ., Easter Dues ; but on his absolutely refilling to pay , the magistrates ordered hu goods to be distrained . They were sura to do to ; and we know not how we can help him . By his oam statement , he appears to have applied very abusive epithets , before the magistrates , to the Collector : that was not , at all events , the most likely course to be taken for evading the impost . Stroudwateb Chartists have written us to complain that our report of their meeting on the Wh of November was lame ; and have sent a report of the same meeting , which they state to be a correct report , and which they wish us to insert Jfovr
. This we cannot do : it is old and stale . They should have sent the correct report at Jirst , and so have prevented the insertion of the lame one . It is the duty of every Charter Association to send official reports , through its Secretary , of every meeting , and to send those reports immediately after the close of the meeting . The meetings- are generally ho / den on Saturday or Monday ; and the reports ought , therefore , to be in our Office on Tuesday . If associations neolect this duty , which they owe not less to themselves than to the people generally , the only thing we can do , in our anxiety to serve the public , is to give the best information we can get . Charles Winspear writes to say , that the resolution lately proposed at Mr . Richardson ' s Foreign
Policy Meeting , at Stockton , was so much at variance irith the intention of the mover of it , that the lecturer actually seconded it himself . Hb > -bt De Coubct . — We are not quite sure about the matter . The safes way will be to spend half-acrown in getting it re-licensed . MaMHEsteb Delegate Meeting . —Mr . Cartledge , the Secretary , resides at No . 34 , Lomas-street , Chapel-street , London-road , Manchester . "The Soldier ' s Bride" won ' t do . THK " Love Gift" is received , and shall be noticed in due course . The " Sonnett to Lovett axd Collins" shall appear . The " Welsh Patriots" will not suit us . Stkphkt White . — We cannot give him the information he desires . The usage varies in different towns
. Bristol Radicals . —Their letter has been sent to the proprietor of the Northern Star . E . Hughes— The excellent letter of Henry Vincent teas received too late for this week : it shall appear in our next . Johs Philp . —Next week . 3 cnius Rusticcs undertakes to prove , in three letters , that the Clergy of the Established Church are , as such , injideU , blasphemers , and idolators . Scrutator . —Too late . « J . R- —The Communication he has sent us is a libel . L . T . Clancy . — We are not able to find room for his letter this week . We wish he would send us a private note , giving his address exactly , so that we may be able to write to him . ^^
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FOR THE -WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . £ s . d . From Leeds , per J . Jones 1 ] 4 0 „ per Mr . Byrne ... 0 10 0 FOR MRS . FKOST . From a few friends at Cocker-. mouth 0 3 6 Do . do . Cheltenham ' 0 10 0 From Manchester , four Friends 0 0 4 » „ J . Wilde ... 0 0 3 ji „ T . Simmister ... 0 10 n „ a Friend ... 0 1 0 » ji tico Friends , lemple-stree ; 0 2 0 „ Mr . and Mrs . Walker , Wigan 0 10 „ ^[ r . John Wright , Hawick 0 0 6 „ Leeds , per J . Jones 2 7 0
FOR WH . ASHTON . From the Females at KUbarchan 0 10 0 FOR CSABTREE , A 5 IITON , AND HOEY , From Mr . Pulleyn and family ... 1 0 0 I OR MRS . VINCENT . From Mr . Smith , Cheltenham 2 6 „ a j ' eic Teetotal Railicay , Men on [ he Birmingham and do \ icr line , being the produce ofoneiceek ' s abstinence 10 0 0 12 6 7 OB MR . MAHSDEN . From the Association at Preston ... 0 5 0 FOR THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL . From Mr . Byrne 0 10 0 FOR HRS . ROBERTS . By a Friend at Manchester ... 0 0 6 FOR MtSDAMtS FROST , WILLIAMS . AND JONES . From the Chartuls , Bury Si . Edmunds ... 0 6 1 FOR MR . CARRIER . From the G ' o ' ster National Charter Association , per J . Sidaicay 0 10 0 We Cannot accocm for the mistake in the Papers sen ! to Pontyporil last iceek . In consequence of several applications for money said to have been noticed in the Star , and received at this office , we beg to slate , in answer to ail such applications , that no money is received here , except the amounts which appear in notices to correspondents . Samuel Davies , and James Porter , of Birmingliam , have applied , on behalf of Mrs . Roberts , of that place , the one for £ ' 2 , and the other for £ 5 , neither of which sums ever came here . The Address of Mrs . Williams is as follows ;—" Mrs . Zephaniah Williams , Heath Cock Inn , Iren Bridge , Merlhyr , Glamorganshire . " S . Sowden . —The Jlannels teere received , and all foricaided , except two , to Norlhallerton , which will be tent as soon as we have enough for them all ; Uiey are , at present , scarcely f inished , and it would l > e fol ' y ta send two parcels . Miles Clarke , Dam-side , Lancaster , — Say who the Paper is at present directed to . Ma . Crabtree . —They will receive them . J . Marshall . —About eleven months . J . Wilsol , Brompton , received . Bristol . —Continue with Lovell : he receives them from here . The Shareholders at Bradford will reeeive their dividends by ap& . yiiiQ to J . CLarkson ; Rochdale , ly applying lo R . Holi , who will receive the amtunt from A . Heyicood ; Eeighley , by applying lo D . JFheatherheai ; and those at Leeds by tailing at the OJice . These places are all that have yet sent torrected lists , and oil that tan be paid till suth it done .
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LONGTN , . —An able lecture was delivered here hy Mr . Mart , on the right of the labourer to be maintained in the land of his birth . Wolverhampto * . —It having been intimated to the landlord of the Woolpack Inn , that if he allowed the Charter Association to mee : at his house , his license would be taken from him by the Magistrates ; the last-meeting was held at Mr . Jack ' s Temperance Gcffee House , in Bilitcn-street , when the following resolution was carried UBanimeusly : — "That the Wolverhatcpton Charter Association be dissolved , and that the members join the National Charter Association / ' Four classes were afterwards formed . *^ ¦ ^^ ^^
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- ^— — ^^^^ ^ v - *^^~ _ fl ^ w ^^ ^^^^ « 5 TJNDERLANJ > . —Agreeable to praviona an-Tio unvMnent , a meeting was held in the Assembly Kpom , to beat an address from Mr . George White , ot Leeas , who came from Newcastle for the purpose , several respectably-dressed females occupied the front seats , and testified by their repeated cheers ^ eur concurren ce in the sentiments of the speaker . Mr . White addressed the meeting on the present system of representation , taxation , and the state of the working classes ; he also explained the People ' s Charter , and was loudly and repeatedly cheered
Mr . Deegan , Chartist missionary for Durham , also addressed the meeting on the necessity of union and determination amongst the people . At the close of the meeting , % large number of men and women enrolled their names as members of the National Charter Association . The meeting dispersed highly delighted with the proceedings . It ia the intention of the Newcastle Council to put Mr . White in nomination as their candidate for the Executive Council , at a meeting t » be called for that purpose on Thursday evening .
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE . —Mr . W . Byrne held a meeting at Swalwell , on Tuesday , the 17 th ult . An excellent spirit was manifested on the occasion . On Wednesday , the 24 th ult ., Mr . Byrne held a meeting at Bedlington . The old spirit appears to have arisen . The men of Bedlington subscribed 103 . to the wives and families of the imprisoned Chartists , and 10 a . to the Executive Council . On Thursday , the 26 th ult ., Mr . Wm . Byrne held a meeting in Blyth . Mr . B . exposed tho evils of the present plan of Government , exhorted his hearers to union , and showed them that it was this want of unity which has injured the cause of freedom . Mr . B . then recommended his hearers to read the Northern Star , the only journal which deserves to be called the people ' s paper . He said that he could not think that man a Chartist who neglected purchasing a Northern Star every week . Mr . B . left an excellent spirit after him . A few friends in Cowper
Quay presented him with £ 1 23 . 6 d . as a token of respect . On Friday , the 27 th ult ., Mr . Byrne attended at v \ alker ' s Colliery . The pitmen are being once more aroused to the eulB of society . —Meetings to take place this and next week . —On Saturday , the 5 th insr ., Mr . Byrne will hold a meeting in Winlaton . at four o ' clock in the afternoon . Mr . George V % hite will accompany Mr . Byrne to that place . On Monday next , the ' 7 th inst ., Mr . Byrne will hold a meeting at Swalwell , at geven o ' clock in the evening . On Thusday , the 10 th inst ., he will hold a meeting at Cramlington , at five o'clock in the evening . On Friday , the 11 th inst ., in Bedlington , at seven in the evening ; and on Saturday , the 12 tb , in Blyth , at four o ' clock . Bills were posted in Newcastle , on Wednesday last , calling a meeting in the * New Lecture Room , for the purpose of electing a delegate for this district to the National Executive Council . The people generally wished that Mr . George White , of Leeds , would accept that office .
Ceven-coed-cymar , near Merthtr Tydvil— On Sunday , the 29 ; h inst ., Mr . Black , of Nottingham , and the Rev . David Rees , of Merthyr , delivered two sermons m the National Chartist Associationroom . It was unanimously agreed upon that tha sermons be continued every Sunday ; and we are to have a sermon delivered by Mr . Black in English , and by Mr . Wm . James in Welsh , at two o clock next Sunday .
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• " ' - ? — . GBAXiFOBD , NEAR STROUD . Dreadful Accident . —On Monday , the 30 th of November , a shocking acciden : happened to a man of the name of Elijah Chambers , between thirtv and forty years of age , while in the act of extracting a large stone from a quarry , the property of Mr . Cox ; a large portion of hard substance , about 4 cwt , fell on the poor fellow , and killed him on the spot , rle has left a wife , but no children , to deplore his loss .
LOUGHBOROUGH . Justice at Lolghborough . —We have received an account , from this place , of as pretty a piece of evenhanded justice as can well be desired by the most devoted stickler for the greas " unpaid . " Mr John Skevi p gton , of that town , was returning home on the evening of Loughborough fair day , with the decorum and sobriety of a good citizen , when he was grossly insulted by a young Phopocrat , who amused himself by mimicking his lameness , to which he subjoined a considerable share of abuse , in true Billingsgate style . Oue of the well-paid guardians of the night was present , and allowed the minion of faction to continue his pranks with impunity , but told Mr . S . that if he did not ge in he would kick him into the house . In obedienco to this mandate of tne peace-breaking watchman , Mr . S ., without in
any manner resenting the abuse and injustice he had received , retired to his own habitation . His peaceful demeanour seems , however , to have been thfl signal for further insult and persecution , as on the Thursday following he was dragged up before the magistrates by this precious specimen of a watchman , on a charge of being found drunk and disorderly . The only evidence adduced against Mr . S was that of the shopocrat , Cordal , who ought 1 ki £ ^ ood in the dock for hi 8 Pains-Mr , bkevington produced respectable witnesses , not at all connected with him in politics , to prove that he was perfectly sober at tho time , that he conducted himself with the utmost order , and thai Cordal first insulted Mr . S . by makiu g of his lameness
game , and then threatened to kick his posteriors . Yet , in the teeth of this evi-ience , the pardon justice , a Rev . Mr . Dudley , and his brother bhallows , " adjourned the case for a week , and then , after hearing further evidence for the defence , the reverend doer of injustice sentenced the defendant to pay five shilliugs , or to sit six hours m the stocks . Mr . S . is a staunch and unyielaiiig supporter of the People's Charter ; of course it was not likely for him to obtain justice in a contest with a middle-class scamp , and a Whig-Tory watchman . As this is not the only persecution to which his steady adherence to principle has subjected him , we hope all his friends will rally round Dim , and not permit him to be a loser by this steady advocacy of their cause .
OLDHADH , An interesting lecture was delivered on Sunday evening , in the Association Room , Greaves ' s-street , by Mr . Greaves . Lectures will be delivered next Sunday by Mr . G . P . Rowe , and others . On Monday eveniug , Dec . " th , Mr . J . Greaves , of Auster-Iand 3 , and Mr . H . Smethtirst , of Oldham , will deliver lectures on Chartism , in the Primitive Methodist Sunday School , Holliugwood , near Oldham , when collections will be made in aid of the imprisoned Chartists .
Teetotalism . —This subject is exciting much attention here . A very interesting discussion on its merits has boeu holden between Mr . Greaves , of Oldham , and Mr . Micklethwaite , of Shaw ; Mr . Urtaves pleading fur moderation , and Mr . Micklethwaite for total absdiience . The room -wacrowcied to suffocatiou , more than a thousand tickets having been is » used , and many were unable to obtain admission . After deducting the expences of the room , the proceeds were divided between the funds of the Temperance Society and thu families of the imprkoaed Chartists .
Robbers . —On Wednesday , Nov . 25 th , two Voune feirls went into the shop of Mr . James Bardsley , a shopkeeper , MaiicheMer-strefct , and stole thedrawer trom uudcr the counter , containing money , in silver and copper , to the amount of thirty shillings . Tho drawer was found empty at some distance from the shop by a woman o : the name of Mosley . They were taken into custody the ? ame evening by the police , when evidence was adduced against them , and the magistrates commuted them for trial .
HUDDERSFIELD . Licensed Victuallers' Association . —The Licensed Victuallers' Association of this town have commenced a warfare against the Beersellers , with intent to { rain back their old monopoly . Already several informations have been brought before our magistrates , and in some cases they have proved successful is taking away the licenses . Some of the wholesale brewers are pledged to do all they can to assist them ; and a personage who was raised bv
the Radicals after a general election , is said to be the first to commence full operations . Such ia the state of feeling at this time that in ail probability an opposition will be got up ; and many of the old publicans will have to pay the piper . Petitions are in progress to the House of Commons , to Bhow the necessity for giving the same protection to one class of tradesmen as the other ; for in every case the magistrates show a decided disposition to convict , if possible , and to look over the offences of the old monopolists .
Frost , Williams , and Jones . —The committee for arranging the public meeting at Christmas , to advocate the cause of the return to their homes and families of the nobla patriots , Frost , Williams , and Jones , are to meet at Mr . Biuns' News-room , at four o ' clock on Snnday next . It is to bo hoped that a spirit will be shown that will do justice to so aumane and just a cause . The Borough Charter . —The committee for caxrying out the resolution of the meeting to petition for a Charter of Incorporation for this Borough
, have commenced their labours in earnest , and we understand several inflaential gentlemen have joined them . Petition sheets will , in the course of a few days , be ready for the ratepayers to sign at different places in tue town . More inquiry is making as to the advantages -which will De derived from the Borough being chartered , but as yet the public have taken do part . As , however , the opposition party are getting up a counter petition , more interest is likely to be taken , aad the merits and demerits of the plan shown to the ratepayer ? .
liAWSBETH . Loyalty at a Discou . yt . —The loyal rate-payers of Larabiiih having been summoned by some wagr , we ihoulu imagine , to meet at " the Horns" Tavern , to congratulate her Majesty on the appearance of the new piece of squalling royalty , mustered to the enormous number of " seven .
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HS 7 WOOD . Turn-out op Weavers . —The miserable condition of the weavers ia this neighbourhood , who can now earn less by the labour of six days than twelve months ago in four , being attempted to-be made still more miserable , by a further reduction of their ; oo scanty wages , the weavers in the employ of Messrs . Clegg and Son . have struck against the attempted imposition . Tbo reduction now attempted is one halfpenny for every pound of weft , which , we axe assured , would render the best weaver incapable of averaging more in dear wage than 7 s . weekly . LANCASTER . Mr . Leech has been lecturing here on the Corn Law fallacy , and with great effect , exposing the BophiBtry , and refuting the attempted arguments of the Corn Law League gentlemen in a most masterly style .
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THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAU , Respected Sir , —You will receive an order on the Post-office for 12 s . 6 d . ( 2 s . 6 d . from Mr . Smith , of this town ) , and 10 a , from a few teetotal railway men , working on tho Birmingham and Gloucester line , teing tlie produce of one week ' g abstaining from all exciseable articles . They beg to impress on your numerous readers the utility of adopting the principles of total abstinence , and keeping from an avaricious gTasp of a government which takes from us all , in the shape of taxes , ana gives nothing but coercion ia return . It is time for us to net for ourselves , and appropriate the amount for the benefit of Chartist principles . By so doing , it will be fonnd tbat tho will and the way for « ur civil and religions liberties will soon be open to every Englishman . Yon will pieaee forward the amount to our imprisoned friend Vincent , and in a short time you will hear from us again . For fellow-workmen and self , I am your well wisher , Danibl Keating . Cheltenham , Oct . 28 , 1840 .
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^ TO THE CHA RTISTS OF ENGLAND , SCOTLAND , IRELAND , AND WALES . Friends akd companions in tub cau 6 b of justice and HUMAK 1 TY , —After a few months of comparative inaction , so far as the cause of Chartism is concerned , we again call upon you to « onie forward and unite with us in petitioning the Crown for the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones , from their exile , now in captivity as th& victims of tyranny and treachery , and to get them restored to their families , their country , and their home . In requesting your cooperation for thia object , it is not necessary to employ many argument to demonstrate the justice and propriety of coming forward at thia juncture for so praiseworthy and laudable an undertaking . We invoke you in the . name of those eternal
and undying principles of equality and right embodied in the Charter . Wo conjure you in the name , and by the remembrance « f , the many pledges you gave of your devotion to tho cause of justice , and your plighted faith to stand by ita advocates ; we appeal to all the sympathies of your nature arising out of , and connected -with , the relations of domestic life , whether as parents , children , wives , or mothers . Once more we conjure you by your hopes of happiness , in thiaaud another state , to respond to our invitation , and lend us your numbers and influence on that occaaion . Finally , we appeal to your sympathy in behalf of those who are enduring all the agonies of widowhood and orphanage ; and shall we ask you in vain ? Perish the
thought I Your very cheeks bluah indignant at the idea ; all your dormant feelings rise into action at tne preposition ; the principles of eternal right are too indelibly imprinted upon your hearts and consciences not to come onward at the request of your brothers in the cause of good government J On tbat day prove you are worthy of the soil of Britain , and of the rights of fremen ; ahovr , by your combined intelligence and love of order , your fitntss for the privileges you claim ; you will not only effect tho liberation of your co-patriots , but your peace , law , and order movement will silence the scruples , and beat down the prejudices of your enemies , and get you invested with all the immunities of free and unrestricted citizenship .
Suffer us , as co-workers in the same cause , to congratulate you on the position occupied by the artisans of England . The sons of our loved but oppressed isle exhibit tbo sublime spectacle of a nation , without the influence of aristocracy -and wealth , with no weapons but those of immutable truth and righteousness , guided by nothing but the intelligence , virtue , and public spirit of the entire mass , labouring to g&t rid of the wrongs of centuries , and place themselves in that position nature ' s God intended them to occupy . And can the issue of our struggle be doubtful . We simply ask for those rights written upon man's forehead in the morning of his creation ; we ask for nothing but what ia chartered to us by the possession of existence and
reason—our claims are such as have been defended by the life ' s blood of Hampden , Sydney , and the illustrious of all tiiues , and with so much that ia equitable , virtuous , and good on our aide , can we despair of success ? It cannot be . Religion , humanity , patriotism , yea , all that has been illustrious in tho estimation of mortala , must be blotted from the map of human exiatenco before we can relinquish one hope wo have entertained . Let us spread information , disabuse the public mind , as to our real oljects ; and in thia way our cause will advance by perceptible and imperceptible degrees , and that God , in whose name we have hoisted our bannerg , will amile upon the efforts we are making , and crown our labour * with complete success .
Already tha hopes of oppressed milliuna are springing into life at the position you have taken . Injustice and misrule are beginning to conceal their sullen fronts from the lightning of public indignation . The unheeded and unpititd look upon your movement as the lever intended to raise them to their inheritance in the earth . The undying spirit of democracy , as free and unfettered as the light and air of Heaven , as indomitable as the tides of the ocean , ia now advancing as the harbinger of universal emancipation . Peacefully and legally proceed , and the victory ia our own .
We call upon the thousands of our own country to assemble with us on New Year ' s Day , and petitiou for the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; we call upon the aons of that land sanctified by many a Btruggle for freedom , and consecrated by the genius of universal liberty—these are the men of SootUnd . We almoat think it unnecessary to solicit the mountaineers of Wales : its hundreds are panting for the time when they will be culled upon to bxpress their deep attachment to Frost and his companions . We invite our friends in Ireland to aid us in legally petitioning the Crown for their liberation ; and when we are , at one hour , in the face of Jeho-vau ' a own Son , with no windows
but those of heaven above our heada assembled , and phghtiug our faith at the altar of our country ' a libertiea and respectfully soliciting tho discharge of our companions , our petition must be successful , their sentence wni bo cancelled , and we shall have them in our ranks the advocates of thoae principles iu the defence of which they have suffered . We remain yourB in the cause of eternal justice and equal rights , In behalf of the Committee , Wm . Griffin , t , , „ ,, WH . TIIOMASSON . Bank Top , Manchester , Nov . 30 th , i 84 o . '
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? DAN O'CONNELL TURNED CHARTIST . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHEUN STAB . THE CRISIS . Sir , —So , Mr . Editor ! the crisis has arrived . The wreck has come to tne shore , and in poaitive contradiction to all his former assertions , Dank-1 OConnell has proclaimed himself a Chartist . This , Sir , ia only what has long been anticipated by almost every on © in tuis country , who made the grievances of tho operatives a part of their inquiries , aa Daniel O'Connell knew as well twenty years ago as he does at this moment , that justice neither would or could be granted to Ireland until after a thorough and really Kadical reform had taken place in the Commons .
He ( Daniel O'Connell ) now seeing that there is not a shadow of a chance of carrying Kkpeal , and finding himself disappointed in not getting the support of the Earl of Charlemont and many others , whose countenance he had anticipated , and seeing , too , that his employers , the Whigs , are not likely to remain in office in the event of an election , he very kindly cornea forward with his plan for a Convention to carry the Charter . I have no doubt , Sir , but the attempt will be made to get up an agitation under his guidance , and as sure aa the Chartists come down from the high position which tkey now occupy , and place themaelves under the leadership of Daniel O'Oennell , ao aurely will they be betrayed . It ia not many months ago since he was the selected and choice supporter of the anti-Corn Law league , and now he cornea forward to say in bis letter to Mr . Stansfeld , of Leeds
•• That nothing U so absurd , or Irritates him to such a degree , as to see the anti-Corn Law men expect to get the Bread Tax took off until a real and permanent reform takes place in tae House of Commons . " Now , Sir , I do not complain of Mr . O'Connell changing his mind ; I do not complain of him asserting he would bring 500 , 000 of his countrymen to pnt down Chartiam ; nor yet of hia boasting about the Irish boya , witk Sergeant Daly at their head , murdering the poor fellow * in Newport ; but I do complain that Mr . O'Connell should talk about coming to England to form a Convention , and neglect to point out to Irishmen , over whom he has unbounded controul , the of demandin
necessity g the Suffrage for themselves . He saya a statute exiats that prevents any man representing the men of Ireland in a Convention ; hut when or where did he ever point out to Irishmen , until now , the necessity of being represented 1 Had he been sincere in his desire to wres t from the hands of the real persecutor 8 of Ireland the power to paaa Coercion Billa , and erect Poor Law bastiles , with all their hellish machinery , he would have offered bis aervicea loDg ago to assiat in the eatabliahment of a system of real representation , that would have ensured to hia haplesa and much-abused countrymen the fruit » t their labour .
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When that much-lamented patriot , Henry Hunt , was in the field of agitation , he pointed out to the slaves of Britain the fallacy of a qualification being attached either to the voter or his repreaentative , and I have not a doubt but Daniel O'Connell ' s extension of the suffrage would still leave a great portion of the producers in the same position they hold at present , for he saya , " hia plan Bhould be carefully prepared to let in all the sound portion of the working classes , so tbat a Tery substantial portion of the operatives ahould enjoy the franchise , and as few as posaiWe be excluded ; " but why ahould any be excluded , unless on account of crime , age , or incapacity ? If Mr . O'Connell wants a slave-class , surely be has enough of that at home . Mr . O'Connell seems to forget
that he was one who assisted in drawing up that very Charter he has since repudiated with so much virulence , and he ought to know that when the people have once been deceived in the conduct of a publie man , their confidence is lost for ever . He says— " Get aa many as possible of the rational and moral-force Chartists to join us—for the rest we will do without them " Now what does he mean by " the rest ? " Does he allude to those brave and good men who are now languishing in the gaols ? Oh , Sir , if this description of insulting language ia to be tolerated , indeed , the poople of Britain are enslaved beyond the power of redemption . Let immediate steps be taken then , to prevent the possibility of either O'Connell , or any ° ^ lr ***• " inil £ * dictatorship in this country
. , or amongst our CuartUt brethren . By the rules of the Repeal Association , no one is permitted to be a member unless , he can pay £ i . Now , Sir , are we to auopose that O Connell ' s extenaion of the elective franchise ia to be on the eame principle , that only gives one vote to twenty opemivea , because they can only pay one shilling each . Away wi th auch accursed tyranny it would be better to struggle twenty years more , so that at the end of that time , we got . bona Me , emancipa ^ tion , than have such another fruitless victory as we gained at the passing of the Reform Bill . I must here too , reraark . fthat the Liberator , or , I should call him the devastator , has not forgot the HEADY ; he says ' " The Convention should also turn ita attention to ' obtaining funds to defray the expencea of petitioning "
Aye , Dan , look to the tin ; be sure you do not forget that ! But I can assure Mister Dan that the Chartista of Great Britain will never permit him to be their treasurer , as he has been on all occasions in Ireland aud even if he was to be fortunate enough t » succeed in palming himself on the British Chartiata , as one of their officials , there ia auch thinga as balance aheets to which we know Mr . O'C . has a decided antipathy , and , therefore , out of pure modesty , he might havo left that part of his plan to some one else . Are ye prepared , then , ye Chartists of England , to aend your pence to the Tralee Bank , or the strong box of Derrynaue ? If not , pursue the wise and salutary course you are now pursuing ; for if you submit yourselves to the
direction of any admirer or supporter of either Whigs or their measures , you connive at your own destruction and degradation , and your sun ia set for ever . If O'C . has any inclination to support Chartiam , or ita principles , let him go to work in Ireland ; there is ample space for his exertions ; and , with the co-operation of our sister isle , we could moat assuredly accomplish our object , aa -we have no other aim or end in view than justice to all ; bnt if the Chartists permit themselves to be deluded by the promlseB of a vacillating man , that has broke more pledges than any man in Europe they certainly deserve to be left to their fate , and they will become the acorn of every upright and honest patriot in every country .
To your posts , then , ye honest advisers of the oppressed multitude ; sound the tocain of alarm throughout the land ; prevent , if possible any man from listening to the delusive sophistry ofthe man who sold the factory children . You have O'Connor for an adviser ; he will not betray you ; he will not leave yon in the hour of difficulty , or forfeit any of th « privileges of any section of the community , for the sake of an ephemeral popularity , aa was the fate of the forty shilling freeholders of Ireland . Stick to your integrity , then , my brothers ; take aid from all , but trust none who have not been tried in the furnace of adversity ; never permit any one to became your representative but a working man if you hope to proaper . I shall be with you in a few weeks , till then farewell , and be aure you meditate on the earnest advice of A REP 0 PLICAH .
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AN APPEAL TO THE WORKING CLASSES FOR THE PAYMENT OF PEDDIE'S ATTORNEY'S BILI * Fellow-Working Mem and Brother Chartists , —We , the Committee appointed to got up subscriptions for tho payment of Peddie ' s attorney , are compelled again to address yon to bestir yourselves in this case , as the attorney is very pressing for the settlement of the same , and we have only been able to raise the one half of the amount claimed by him . There remains to be got up £ 4 15 s . to enable us to make a settlement with him ; and wo hope that those who have done nothing as yet for Peddie , will now come forward with a trifle to enable the committee to come to a conclusion with this affair , aa we have pledged ourselves to pay tho same on Christmas Day .
# Peddie's case is well known to the public , therefore , it requires us to say no more on that head , trusting that our fellow workera in the canae of political freedom , -will not atand back and see the home of Peddie broken up for the paltry amount claimed by the attorney . This has been among the last appeals to the public generoaity ; and it ought to have had a claim among the first ; but the committee are aware that it has been the most neglected by the generality of the people ; but they trust that this second appeal will not be made in vain . All maney collected , or may be collected for thia purpose will be required to be sent to Mr . Ardill , treasurer , Northern S ( ar office , before the 12 th of December , or be brought or sent to the Weat Riding Delegate Meeting , to be held at Dewsbury , on the 13 th of December , as the mutter will be settled on that day . Signed on behalf ol the Committee .
„ ,.. , John Craig . ^ riiis should have appeared last week , but having been given to mo in the street by the person who requested its insertion , 1 put it in my pocket and forgot it—WM . HILL . ]
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v TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —Tho Whigs and the pseado-Radicals , or disguised " Geese , " attempt to veil their dirty tricks by insinuating tbat tha " Neutrals , " or those honest Char tists who refused to aid in the recent " Dog-flgbt , " were paid by the Tories . This they conclude froin an idea they have , that working men cannot pay for posters . Now , Sir , the fact 5 s , that Mr . Parker has paid about 103 . out of his own purse , and the remainder is still due to the printer . I was present at a meeting of the Chartists , when the subject was mooted , and a plan suggested for discharging the printer ' s bill by subscriptions among themselves . So much for the cowardly attacks and disgusting scurrillity of the " Fox and Goose Club , " and their panders , the soidisant ChartiBts . A Looker-os . A liUUKEK-OK .
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THE TOTAL ABSTINENCE PLEDGE . We have received aeveral coniaiunications , thanking the parties whose names are appended to the " Addri' 83 to the Working Men of Great Britain , " for their recommendation of abstinence fr « ra intoxicating drinks . We cannot find room fur all ; and must , therefore , content ourselves with the following as a siunpte , praying ail to accept our thanks for the interest in the great cause manifested by them : — TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I solicit the favour , through your paper , ol thanking Messrs . Vincent , Hill , Cleave , Neesoin , and Hetherington , for their noble and brotherly aidress to their " counfrymen , " recommending them to abstain from " intoxicating drinks . " I hope it will be
responded to by tho thousands who signed the petition for the People ' s Charter . Let them anew their fortitude and courage against that insidious and destructive enemy . Let them reflect on the many privations those have been obliged to make who are now suffering imprisonment or banishment for advocating their rights , and they will see that it ia not an unreasonable request , in calling upon them to sacrifice on the aacred altar of national liberty those indulgences , the gratifying of which only adds to the revenue of an extravagant , oppreasive , and corrupt system of government Be assured that this total abstinence will produce a real practical freedom , of which no one can deprive them , and no power prevent ; and it will strike a greater terror in the hearts of all tyrants than all tho " demonstrations" tbat the people can make . See what alarm the Tories are in at the effects produced by Father Mathew in Ireland ! Because they are now becoming sober , they , forsooth , must be traitors ! I hope « very true Briton will adopt your recommeidation , and shew to the world that they are worthy of their freedom , and that they know how to obtain it ; that they aro no longer a swinish multitude , but have become sober men . I beg to repeat their conclusionthat "no Government can long withstand THE JVST CLAIMS OF A PEOPLE TVHO HAVE HAD THI COURAGE 10 CONQUER THEIR OWN TICKS . " I em recommend a substitute for beer , which I hope you will be kind enough to print along with tbia note , and remain youra , respectfully , J . SCHOLSFISLD , Efery-rtreet , Manchester . 30 th Nov ., 1819 . An Excellent Receipt for making Gimger Beer . —To five gallons of water , add three or four ounces of Irish mesa , two onneea of ginger ( braisedI , and two ounces and a half of hops ; boil all together half an hour , then strain it through a sieve . Add about four pounds of brown sugar or treacle , and a table-spoonful of salt , and let it boil again about ten minutes ; when nearly cold , add half a pound of good barm . Cover and let it stand till next ; day , then put it into a barrel or drink pot , let it work two days , then close it up tight , and it will be ready for usa . ' it be drawn off into clean , dry , stone bottles , soon after it ia tapped , and well cork d , tlie beer will keep frosher and be pleasanter to drink . N . B . This beer is moat excellent for women giving suck .
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CHARII 3 T AGITATION IN IRELAND . The following letter has been received in Liverpool by Mr . W . J . Magee , from a friend in Ireland : — Antrim , Not . 25 , 1840 . Dear Sir , —I wish to inform my Chartist friends in Liverpool ,, and through them the people of Great Britain , of the position I at present occupy as regards the causa . For the first month , I was allowed to agitate -without experiencing any great amount of opposition ; about that time the shopocrats began to aak one another what was best to be done , as they saw that , in pro * portion as the principles of democracy were progressing their Interest must naturally be on the -wane . In consequence of thig , ft meeting of the " respectables * was convened to adopt the best means to effect the removal of Francia Mellon , the Chartist demagogue , from Antrim . ,
Now , Sir , I ,-will let you know the means adopted . In 1828 , my father , by an accident , lost his life at Antrim Castle ; since that time , my mother has been in receipt of two shillings per woek as a compensation for her loss : now , the high-minded and benevolent shopocrats of Antrim reasoned after this fashion : —If we can cause . Lord Ferrard ( who ia Lord of the Castle ) to discontinue the salary , perhaps her son will not have so much time to spare in going about the town , with the Northern Star under his arm , creating dissatisfaction , and causing peaceable inhabitants of our loyal town to be discontented -with their- condition : they have succeeded ; the small pittance i » taken from my mother , an old woman near seventy years of age ; which is another proof that as long as clHas-legislation exists , no man or woman is secure who diires to advocate the rights of labour ; and all go to show the necessity of the people feeing at occe put in possession of th » Charter . Who would not hazard his all for it »
Dear Sir , I have had many communications from England and Scotland in consequence of the last letter of mine you sent for publication . If you think of publiahing this ,, you will please to thank them , in my name , as I have not time to answer all their communication ? , I am going en in tho good cause ; it is dearer to m « than life itself ; nothing can stop me in performing that duty which my God and my country demand at my hands . The enemies of liberty , the miserable mushrooms of Antrim may succeed in driving me out of the town ; if they should , I will let you know wherfe , and I hope they will still continue sending me th « Star , and I defy every tyrant
Go on , men of Britain ; you stand in a proud position ; the fabric of corruption is tottering—tlie day of retribution is at hand . Youra , in the cause , A Chartist and a Republican , Francis Mellon , Antrim , Masserenck To Mr . W . J . Magee , Secretary to the National Association .
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» CHARTISM IN IRELAND . TO THE EDITOR OF THK NORTHERN STAR . Dublin , November 30 th , 1840 . DEAR Sir , —Having seen in tho Star of Saturday last a notice to correspondents , who have enquired for the address of persons in Ireland to whom they might send your invaluable paper , I hope that you will , through the same medium , inform them that th « Chartists of thia city are now inakiug a determined , but steady advance ; their principles are spreading rapidly by means of circulating the Star : they have opened a reading reom , at No . 8 , Golden-lane , which we think will do much good ; tho Star and other liberal papers would be thankfully received by the following persons , members of the , Charter Association , Dublin : —Mt . John Nor ton , 8 , Golden-lane ; Mr . Patrick Rafter , 12 , Trinity-place ; Mr . James Dillon , 12 , Abbey-street ; and hy Mr . Peter M . Brophy , in the Rear of No . 4 , Warm wood-gate .
We are thankful for your able advocacy of the rights of the people , but more especially for the able manner in which you have exposed the " Big Beggarman , " Dan , and his Corn Exchange colleagues . Our principles are gall to them , and in private we have many turns with them , and I can assure you that we are more than a match for any of them . I will not trespass lo »» ger on your time , but Believe me to be , Yours , respectfully , Peter M . Bropht , In the Rear of No . 4 , Warmwood-gate , Dublin .
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TO THJB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —I perceive in your notice to " correspondent * * there is a suggestion made by Mr . Benjamin Haggett , that " in the event of a death taking place amongst us , let a solemn procession of all who can attend tak « place , and appoint one from our ranks to deliver an appropriate address at the place of interment ; or , if not permitted , at the nearest and most convenient place for that purpose . " Now , Sir , as hints and suggestions are only mad * either for others to improve npon , or to carry them into effect , so far as I am concerned , I shall at any time be willing cheerfully to accommodate the parties If any in this neighbourhood think proper to accept it And I ahould think there will not be wanting an equally generous spirit to meet their wishes in other places . With due respect , I remain yours , &c J . SCHOLEFIELD , Dec 1 , 1840 . Every-atreet , Mancheater .
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« m THE AGRICULTURAL CHARTISTS TO THEIR IMPRISONED BRETHREN . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Will you permit a private in tho ranks , at the requeat of the unflinching phalanx of agricultural Chartists , to occupy a small Brace in the columns of th « people ' s paper , the Northern Star , in order that we may offer to the high-minded and gallant imprisoned patriots the tribute of our admiration and esteem . Believe us , ye nebles of nature , your names are indelibly engraven on the hearts of your countrymen ^ your glorious deeda and uiparallekd Bufferings—unparalleled in the present enlightened age—shall stimulate the unrepresented millions to the achievemen of your freedom and ours .
The apathy which at present seems to exist , and tha apparent want of sympathy evinced for your condition , is , we are satisfied , only apparent , not real , but arises from the want of energetic leaders to combine and arrange the suffering and sympathising millions -who sigh for liberty—universal liberty . Despair not , ye honoured martyrs , the cause for -which you are suffering —unjustly suffering—is the noblest cause that ever engrossed the mind or engaged the pen or tongue of man ; it is , indeed , "" Foe populi , vom Dei . " Oh ! to call your cruel incarceration the upholding the " sacred majesty
of th « law" is , in our opinion , a blasphemy so impious that -we are almost induced to disbelieve in the existence of such lawa—laws we view as conceived in th * spirit of a Draco , and executed with the recklessness and demoniac hatred of a Jeffries . In the great , glorious , and free Protestant England , in the nineteenth century , are we not , dally and hourly , painfully reminded that beings possessing intellect of the highest order , combined with the greatest moral worth and excellence , are suffering hunger , imprisonment , exile , and death .
Hear the prayer , O God , of thy long-suffering and patient people ; redress their manifold wrongs ; deliver the captive from his dungeon ; break the chains of the exiled patriots ; release them from bondage , and restore them in health to the bosom of their country and homes I We believe the day is not far distant when the names of your oppressors shall exist only as a bye-word and reproach , linked to all that is base , cowardly , mean , despicable and grovelling in human nature . Descendants of Dionysius and Nero , we envy ye net ; remember a time will some when" Derision shall strike you forlorn , A mock- ' ry that never shall die ; The curses of hate and the hisses of acorn Shall burden the winds ofthe Bky ; And proud o ' er your ruin for ever bo huri'd The laughter of triumph , the jeers of the world . "
Acaept the ardent hopes , wishes , and prayers fo * your health and speedy liberation from a dungeon ' s floor of tha hitherto unknown , but not less sincerely attached , ASRICULTDRAL CHARTISTS OF THE EaS » RlDINQ OP THB COUNTY OF YORK . Pocklington , Nov . SO , 1849 .
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v MANSFIELD . The following letter has been sent with a Post-offie * Order to Manchester , for the relief of the wives and families of the incarcerated patriots : — Deab . Sir , —With this day ' s mail -we send yon a Post-office Order for the sum of ten shillings , tha contribution of twelve working men , for the relief of tho wives and families of the imprisoned Chartista ; thia shop has been regularly subscribed for neatly eighteen months , during which time we have subscribed upwards of eight pounds towards advancing the cause of Chartism . The plan acted upon by us shows most clearly -what the working classes could effect for themselves , if they would but unite and contribute their mites regularly . A fund could soon be raised by our united exertions that would place all the victim ** families in comfortable circumstances , procure lecturers , disseminate political knowledge throughout the country , and enable us to bid defiance to theblaek ram . Poor , old imbecile , he might as well try to choke Prince Albert ' s dogs -with butter , oi to teach her majesty ' a marmozets to say grace before dinner . We cannot bo ruined , if we will be but true to ourselves ; if but bee million of fustian jackets would subscribe one halfpenny pet week , it would produce £ 2 , 083 6 s . 8 d . ; in a month it would be £ 8 , 333 6 s . 8 d . ; and in twelve months the sum of £ 108 , 333 6 a . 8 d . An Executive Council , backed by smews of war like this , might snap their fingers at Plain John and th « rest of his clique . Hekrt De Coubct . November 28 , 1840 .
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DAN O'CONNELL TURNED CHARTIST . "We request attention to the eicellent letter of our correspondent , A Republican , " elsewhere in-• erted . We commend it especially to the careful reading of Mi . Da 5 iel O'Cosskll .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 5, 1840, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2713/page/5/
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