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Birmingham, Feb./, 184i. Sib,—I am quite at a loss to see how any person can (without a factious desire to construe
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MK. PEDDIE, IN THE WHIG HELL HOLE AT BEVERLEY.
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AfORTH °F ENGLAND JOINT STOCK PROIV VISION COMPANY.-The QUARTERLY
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MEKTING of the Shareholders of the above Company will be held on Thuhsday Evening , February 18 th , at the Joiners'Hall , High Fbjab Street . The Chair to be taken at ' Eight o'clock . The Attendance of the Shareholders is particular ! j requested . By Order of the Directors . Stores , Foot of Side , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Feb . 9 th , 1841 . ,
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Just Published , DR . P . M . M'DOUALL'S Plan of Organization , Dedicated to tha Working Men of Dundee . Chartist News Agents , and Associations will be supplied with any number , at 6 a . 3 d . per Hundred , on application to James M'Pherson , No . 8 , Horse Water Wynd , Scouriug-burri , Dundee .
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UJC-TEEATMSKT OF FEARGIJS _ O'COOTOE . MEN OF LONDON I A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at the Social Institution , John Street , Tottenham Giurt Road , on Monday , February the 5 th , 1841 , to receive the Report of Alessrs . Spcrr , Bogois , and Neesom , the Deputation appointed at-the - ' Great Meeting held at the White Conduit House , on Jan . tho 4 th last , to present a Memorial to Lord Normanby on the TREATMENT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , now in York Castle , and to take the necessary measures to bring the Cause of the above Gentleman before the House of Commons , with a view to its mitigation . All enemies to oppression are particularly requested to attend . —Working Men to your duty ! A Working Man will take the Chair at Seven o ' clock . A . D . H ogg , Secretary .
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J . R . STEPHEN'S . ON SUNDAY , Fbbrpast 28 th , THREE SERMONS will be preached by Joseph Kaynek Stephens , in the Working Man ' s Institution , Hyde ; in the Morning , at Half-past Ten o'Clock ; in the Afternoon , at Two ; and at Six in the Evening . . . N . B . Collections will be made after each Sermon , towards the Funds of the Institution .
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TO THS WORKING WEN OF LONDON . A PUBLIC DINNER to congratulate Hewst Vincent , on his Liberation from his long Imprisonment , will take place at the White Conduit House Tavern , on Monday , March 1 . Mr . William Loverr , in the Chair . Tickets , 3 s . « ach ; Lady ' s ditto , 2 s . 6 d . ; to be had at the following " places : —Cleave , No . 1 , Shoe-lane ; Hetherington , No . 126 , Strand ; ;! K | tson , No . 15 , City-road ; Lovett , -No . 183 , Tott < aiim-coart-road ; of the Committee , who meet at tab Globe , Shoelane , Fleet-street , every Monday and Thursday Evening ; and of the Secretary , H . Mitchell , No . 67 » Red Lion-street . V Every Man who desires to see " The Charter " become the Law of the Land , is earnestly requested to co-operate with the Committee in making the Arrangements as effective as possible .
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TtewrEOTis appointed as the Provisional Execn-. J * X * v * rd as far as the r . ominalion of canmcates T STSxk ^ r J * = <* , ^ & * * *™ * ftrent fL- for the election , fwled toissne the balloting &E ? « d nVtnkg fnTther ™ heard of tEem 00 x 8 53 ? eaU for anolier Delegate meeting . I confess , ^ Trf the delegates that sat at Manchester , I M LSli " sorrowed to find this , Tfte plan of rfifflc ^ tad worked admirfblr Trdf as far iffibS ^ rriedont , ^ . "falling off" by l PwUisional Executive , at a tune most im-£ jKS £ dcalculate ?* be very-ftW . I , » xrcieK&w is
• TV Iqm to knOW IOT wn « wus aujeimg weSled although I bare many conjectures ; none " ?« hieh , bowevar , eansnpport , in my xaond , the nJesdtr for » nother Delegate Meeting , and the D 5 Sr itwonld necessarily entail . ^ Kav bTderiwd to bring the - plan" more -itw ^ &t 1 *«> M 8 ome S « T * riety <* opiaion existed Sj ^ &j ** ; thi * «« " fe » - " ^ the £ 2 Timrfc of the new Executive , » nd thus the er-SLrfadelegate meetingavoi&d . I hare thonght , JSTSm xSj be » deficiency of funds , but an W jjy \ o the c ountry would , I sm sure , hare « £ ~! ied this ; out a delegate meeting could only JSSrtiw *** ^ ffi * " ma pecuniary point of
ne iTeosi the people of Wiltshire nearly £ 7 to send B upon the last occasion , the distance being great , Tdervms * heavy . This will serve to shew that in ik « "farWest" thereare great difficulties attending 8 « e things . I do not mean to say that delegate « m £ ii 2 S are of no avail ; the last effected inealculawTiood : bnt too often Teneaied , the interest f ^ bed 10 them fallB off , more particularl y as the -oak had been led to expect , without farther diffiislqr , the fisal completion and operation of the plan ilreadv agreed upon-I wish , to be anderstood as not endeavouring to « A * disDUte . or cast discredit , upon the ProTisional
feecntJTe . From what i saw or tfiem at tie pS » w Meeting , 1 to convinced they are J £ t unqnestionablT " good and true , " and C ronld do all for the best . Torther particulars haTe to premised : these may reveal matters hitherto jutaown and unexpected . I ami snre . if necessary , Wiltshire will respond to to * call , as 11 u powerfnllT strong , * ° d its sense of J * * » of r * P erawtb . ; bat it mast be shown wnat good is to be effected' whit immediate object the delegates are t& hare ia view ; * n . d tbiB in a manner fully to be
com prehended . I Bare only * & * 'words . to address to the FroTis onal £ xeentiYe . If , nponmature consideration , it is foosd this Delegate Meeting must be had , suffi--iaii inBOoncement should be giTen , to ecable the jousatBSici * to make necessary preparations , and ibovaast be no potting , off or adjournments from the d » T fixed , which was the ease once or twice ere the Beefing of July 20 th , 1846 . I should recoanend Monday , the first of March , as the best time , if it is found absolutely necessiry for delegates to isemiie , _ __
"VTbIi best feelings to a ll , and a desire to promote the saccfcai of Chartism , I remain , Yoar ' s , obediently , R . K . Philp . 18 , Grove , Bath , Feb . S , 1841 . We quite agree with Mr . Philp in thinking that pat necessity should be clearly seen , and shown ta exist , before putting the country to the expence jad inconvenience of a general delegate meeting . We do noi see the necessity for such a meeting at jatsea ;; though we are anxious not to trench on the perogaaTe of the Provisional Executive . But we hive an opinion ; and that opinion is , that the organisation works well ; that it has worked well , isdih&i it wQl work well : that it requires some
fitile modification , which may be given to it by the EieenJive , as well without a delegate meeting as TOlione , If , however , the Provisional Executive tjnnfc otherwise , we will gladly aid either them or uj delegate meeting which they may ealL We eacaot leave the subject , without doing the Pro-Tiaocal Executive the justice of saying , that we believe the delay referred to by our correspondent to have originated in circumstances over which they scald not exercise controuL
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TO HEADERS AKD CORRESPONDENTS .
T . Dixok . —His song won' / do . M . R- S . —We have no doubt the " poor married man out of irori , " rpdken of in hit letter , may be imprisoned for his arrears of bastardy , even under tht present bastardy laves , L . T . Claxct . — We have not room far his letter . We knmc of no rrmedy for the Post-office irregularities but thai of application to the Postmaster , tchieh is , generall y speaking , no remedy at all . We continuall y receive accounts of correspon dence thai never reaches us ; and ice hate oarselves posted many letters to various places vhich tee have every reason to believe never reached their destination . These things have increased much since the establishment of the Penny
Postage , and more especially since that of the registration sirindle . EBCBA 5 T . —We hardly know what to say to him . Aiidepends upon the exact drcumstancesin tchich he nay note be . In some states of A merica—in Texas , or in Canada—en agricultural labourer , if industrious , is almost sure to live much better than he can here . But tee are the last to encourage any man to leave Old England . " We viih to see the people "live" at home : and , please God , tee hope yet to see if . A Coxstasi Rsadkr , J . T . —His lines von't do . i . Ashwokth . —Sever mind the catchpenny : let it do itt do . WlELUJI THOXAS A 5 D MOBGAS WlLLlAJtS , of
Merthyr Tydvil , have expended much virtuou * indignaiign on the supposed non-insertion of a paraffraph , sent to us lest ic-eek , about a Paine ' s Mrth-day anniversary . If they had read the Northern Star , they would have seen that the tcWe thing appeared just as tee received it : and in a situation where it could scarefy have escaped their notice if they had opened the paper atalL i . Mtlt . kr . —Thanks . We do not think it advisable t » inseri his letter . Psrsa Bllckstt . — We have received from this person o somewhat lengthy eputle , in ichich , the only remark that can ' fairly claim notice from u * is the foliouring : — I remember you asking me , in the
Music Saloon , ichy we had taken so little notice of Mr . O'Connor ? and n . y answer iras , * The advice of our London friertds ' . ' " Mr . H . seems very sore at the charge of ** ingratitude" being implied , at be stales it to be , against him and the other tottm-sjAnner s , in our remarks on Mr . M'Neil ' s letter , last week . We don ' t wonder at it . Peeple seldom like to be ioid of their faults . Did Mr . Hackett ever hear the old adage , "Less said , &c . " ? Ox ^ EBrax National Chaster Association . —We have received a communication from the Council t > J ihis body having reference to , and denouncing in severe terms , certain parties in Newcastle . We do not think it wise or politic to insert the
communication ; but ice have our eye very steadily upon , tte movements of the whole party , wd of many others connected with them ; and * r « bid them look abroad for mercy if any foul ploy be fairly brought home to them . Meanfane , we have little fear of any mischief : the people are now too wide awake to be tickled and told at the same time . The FfiiE 5 D « e ? the Chakteb" shall appear . » . Baebeh . —The report of the Paine ' s dinner at . Nottingham teas considerably longer than the paragraph we inserted . We are under the necessity of greatly abbreviating most of the reports which we receive . Did tee not do so , ice urf leave more than half of them entirely out .
We endeavour to do as strict and fair justice to oil places , parties , and persons as possible ; but &e cannot give up our right of judgment as to the length at which we find it necessary or convenient to yire any communication sent to us . Nicholas Bhagg . — We cannot insert his letter . The Northern Star is no vehicle Jor personal squab-Ues . •**> 5 Shtth . —Never mind the should-have-bten doctor and would-be parson ' s missive . It is a very harmless bit of heaviness . " Lasg o'w . —Some person has sent us a report of e public meeting held here six weeks ago . It is rather too old lt > pass for news . w . C— We have received a letter bearing this & '
umahtre from Walsall , controverting the statements tn ow last relative to the proceedings rf the Whig party at the late election . We gave our slatei&ent on the testimony of eye witnesses , on whose ., veracity vet place great reliance . > -5 p . iii > Letters . — One or ftro correspondents have ihis week forgotten to pay iheir letters . This is unfair , os it toddles us with double postage . In j dature > ° ^ ** npa * d letters will be refused . a Vr " Ho&nsvood . — We have no room . a- * L , Bambvrgh . -Next tteek . J ^ rc * L Rogkes . —We have no room . j ^ VBarroxs , Rise , " iron' ! do . ^ K&KpUH Class . — "We have received a Utter from
Stoekport with this signature , stating thai , in ttnuoTience of an article ajipearing in this jour nal concerning Mr . Peter Chappel having been « t&ared guilty of defrauding the Victim Fund , « u incapable of serving in any office in the UnarHst Association , the Cornmitlee of the Covpenxtive Store thought it their duty to call a Meeting , and to balance Mr . Peter CliappeVs a owBR ^ trA ^ n , after a very minute investigation , they find their affairs to be in a very flourishing f ° * 8 iti on ; and have given to their agent , Mr . t te pVd , their best thanks . This letter purports to oe s&ydon behtlfoflhe Committee , and insertion v dauwdfoT it in "justice" to Mr . Chappel . We
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have great pleasure in . " 'Uarning ' and making public the fact that the Siockport Co-operative Society y in a flourishing , condition ; and tee [ have also great pleasure in learning that the Stockpcrt Co-operatives find Mr , Peter Chappel more trvstveorthy than the Manchester Chartists found him . LatBzrn Covscii .- —Report next ieeeJc . Joh » Rcsskll . —The non-iruerHon of the Leeds DivxonstraHon in a part of the Scotch impression of the following tceeh teas an oversight , not discovered until too late to be amended . In reply to his complaints of their reports being shortened , tee can only tell him , as toe tell others , that every place must have a lit tk consideration for every other place , or the Star would not be what it ita perfectly national organ . :
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S , Dobsox . —The two parcels for Mansfield were unt to the Pott-office at the same time . We eannot account for their not being both delivered at the tame delivery . Ma . Wkaveb , Maccussfielt > . —The papers were forwarded at the usual time . F . W . Sikeon , Bristol . —We sent them at the usual time . : Jobs Thohfsox . —The papers are posted at the usual time . The cover sent it the tame as sent from the office . JStUBBSMaCTTRKFTKT Tl—WKnA n » i aiiiiMMn iu wAwiiucuui
. . . . * ; v . " > - « , . — n e ihju * nri i * n < r yupera left vehen hit letter came stating the mistake that had occurred . Thomas Bodgebs . —The portraits of P . O'Connor have not been delivered lo the agents . J , Millab , Bokhux , will receive the plates he hat ordered in his next panel . T . Evkleiqh , Loeghborocgh . —FTe knov nothing vhaiever about the £ 1 . 1 J . E . EKDAL , Bradford , Wilts . —We had given him credit for them before his Utter arrived .
FOB THB COMMITTEE FOB SCPgRINTE-VDING DAJT . 8 CBABIIST WXLCOJLB TO LEEDS . £ s . d . From J . Turner , London 0 10 _ * Friend , Manchester .. 026 _ the Dundee Democratic Association 0 10 6
FOB THS WIVES JlSD FAMILIES OF TBS IHCAXCKRA . IBD CHARTISTS . From the Working Men ' a Amocifttion . Trnro ... 1 0 6 „ the Society of Shoemakers , Hull ... 0 10 6 _ the Member * of the National Charter Association , Hull 0 18 6 1 10 0 _ Glasgow—W . Kidd 0 10 .. do . J . Ord 0 0 6 „ a few Chartists at Shrewsbuiy 0 10 0 FOE CLATTO . N ' s FUNERAL .
From tlie Committee of the Belief Fund , Great Horton , near ¦ Bradford 0 6 0 .. Miss Iveson , Mount Pleasant , nearWakeneld 0 5 0 _ C . Ashton , Birmingham ... 0 0 S « a WesleyanChartist , Stroud ... 0 2 6 .. Leeds , by J . Temple , collected from a few Mechanics ... 0 3 6 From' the National Chartist Association , OldiLam 0 10 0 .. Class No . 2 , of National Charter Association , Brldge' houses , Sheffield 0 6 0 „ Ousebum , near Newcastle , being ft collection made at the National Charter Asso-¦ ciation Council Meeting 0 1 0
FOR JACKSOX . From Friends &t Knutsford , but want help ... 0 2 6
FOR THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL . From the Working Men ' s Association , Truro 0 10 t
Birmingham, Feb./, 184i. Sib,—I Am Quite At A Loss To See How Any Person Can (Without A Factious Desire To Construe
Birmingham , Feb . / , 184 i . Sib , —I am quite at a loss to see how any person can ( without a factious desire to construe
wrongly ) understand me ever to have said that I would agitate for anything less than the Charter Suffrage . That Charter requiring a residence of three months effects all th » i caution requires ; as suih I advocate it , and whether it be called household , or any other name be given to it , I care not , so that it includes , as I have said , every man of mature age and sound mind . Yours , &c . Joh * Collins . P . S . Will you be kind enough to point out the difference between " my definition of Household Suffrage , " and the Suffrage of the Charter 1 Jonx Collins .
[ We have ; much pleasure in inserting the foregoing letter . Collins will take our candid assurance that in any observations upon his former letters , we were not only not sway » d by any factious feeling , but that we made our remarks in the most friendly spirit , and with the very best intentions , la reply to his postscript , we have only to observe that , his question though a short one , requires a long answer , too long for our paper of this week , to the exclusion of other
immediately important matter ; but we undertake to reply to it in oar next , not only we trust to his satisfaction , but to the satisfaction of every man of sound mind iu the empire . Had we conceived the least desire to be factious , we might have commented upon the report of Collixs ' s speech as , it appeared in the Leeds Times , before it wa ^ contradicted , nor in fact , is there a syllable in our former comment , which can be fairly construed otherwise than as friendly . —Ed 1
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GLASGOW . —Plunder ! Plunder ! Plunder J Br the Glasgow Shopocract . —An extraordinary and unprecedented exposure of a system of robbery upon the public , by the shop-keepers of Glasgow and ' suburbs , with light -weights , has jast taken place before the authorities here , which has created one general feeling of astonishment and indignation in the public mind , and petrified the magistrates at its nature and extent . Some months ago , a meeting of the inhabitants of Coweaddens , principally Chartists , was held for the purpose of memorialising the magistrates of Glasgow to eause an examination , to be ma . de of the weights of dealers and rei&ilers , which , after considerable del * y , they agreed to , and appointed proper persons ior that
purpose , and who have already visited the shopocracy of the North quarter , Anderston , Partick , Govan , Gorbals , Calton , and Bridgeton . Amongst the places first " visited , scarcely an individual grocer , butcher , or baker , escaped ; in Bridgeton , for instance , only five or six had their weights correct , and from " the appearance of their weights , it is shrewdly suspected they had got timely information , and , of conrse , furnished themselves with new ones . The Ex-Provost , a consequential individual , was heavily fined , his weights being greatly deficient , hi 3 stone . weight wanted one pound and a half , which , under a ^ moderate calculation , would amount to ten or twelve shillings yearly of a robbery by deficient weight upon the article of oatmeal used by
a poor family . This man considered irimself insulted when he was asked to eign the National Petition , and the church which he attends polluted , because it was granted at different periods to the Chartists for meetings . In fact , with a few noble exceptions , the shopocracy were , and still are , the deadly foes of Chartism . They have , however , got a sad humbling at present , and their tongues that used to wag , and utter every calumny they could invent against their Chartist neighbours , have ceased to perform their base and ungenerous offices . The fines which have been imposed upon them by the Justice of Peace Court have varied from seven shillings and sixpence
to fire pounds , the highest penalty allowed by law . The grocers and dealers whe n * ve not yet been visited , are . crowding the office of the adjuster of scales and weights , iu order to have their own adjusted , and thereby save the penalty and disgrace , which would follow detection . How , these are the persons who fill our jury boxes , officiate a 3 elders asd deacons in our churches—subscribe thei pounds for Bible societies and the erection of new rhurches —while the old one * are not half full—elect our Members of Parliament—and , after the manner of the Pharisees of old , thank God in public that they re not like Ihese wicked Chartists . —Correspondent .
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The Educated Middlb Classes . —As Jurymen on Coroners' inquests generally consist of members of the middle raxner than the working class , the following remarks may be supposed to apply to the former class : —At an inquest held last week , Mr . Wakley , the coroner , said that the Middlesex magistrates now * required all Christian names to be written in full on the inquisition paper by the jurymen . There was an old saying , that " the schoolmaster was abroad , " bnt he thought he was Tery much " wanted at home , " for Bom « persons could
not write at ail , and at an inquest he had recently held , only five jurymen out of thirteen could do so . Mr . Wakley , after these observations , signed his own name and handed the paper to the ^ jury . Seeing that one old gentleman detained it longer than he thought necessary , he asked him the reason , when the juryman exclaimed , " Dang it , I ' ye doae it at last ; but I ' ve been so long used to sign my name , which is Benjamin , ' Ben , * that I forgot how to go through with is . " All the jurymen having signed , the Coroner , on looking over the names , discovered that the person who had been so puzzled had , as he said , done it , " at last by writing " Bencarman . "
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Accidbni feom an ( AibGun . —A , few . ' ^ dayB ago , as ^ iUvOastler , of Kirbyw ^ ke , near Thirst ,, a re latiop of " oar good ffiag , ? ^ Mdw ^ n& byptqnpiaft » n air gun , the ball exploded , and Tery pererely injured him abqut the head and face . fractoring the jaw , ftnd carrying away part of one cheek , besides various contusions about the body . We are glad to hear there is some ho p * of his recovery .
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TO THE EDITOR OF TH » 50 BTHERH STAB . Sm , —It wopld confer a favour upon your readers here , if you , or any of your readers , oould inform them whether it was the Repealer * , the Orangemen , or the PTeeunon , who dashed the windows about O'Conuell ' a ears at Belfast , and hunted Dan out of the Green Isle , out of his own dear country . Many are x > f opinion that had he brought the threatened 500 , 000 with him , he would have made an awkward attack upon the Sootch and English Chartists . Yours , &o . A Constant Reader .
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TO THE MIDDLE CLASSES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . GENTLEMEN , —Many years have elapsed since Britain witnessed a scene similar to that which took place at Leeds , on the 21 st ult A scene that has strengthened in u » the hope long cherished , that this year will not be characterised like the past , by the flagrant neglect of that duty bo Important to both the employer and the employed , of meeting together and consulting each other on subjects of mutual interest A deep chasm produced by mutual pride , prejudice , and ignennce , has long separated the tiro jclassfi * . We hope the day has at length dawned , that shall see that breach filled up by mutual necessity , forbearance and intelligence , so as to form a common ground whereon to stand iu united opposition against the common foe . In the public interview at Leeds , the unanimous declaration of the Chartist Delegates was , " That the People ' s Charter was the only fulcrum on which the powerfnl lever of the mosses could rest "
You will ask , what has given rite to toe deep seated and almost universal desire of the millions to establish the principles of the Charter f It is not because they art- ' opposed to any number of individuals as such ; it is not because they desire to take aw&y power from one section of the community , and confer it upon another ; it is because the full perception of the evils necessarily connected with that demon-monster—irresponsible power , ( by whomsoever possessed , ) has penetrated int * the depths and dens of poverty , and , enforced in a
tenfold degree by their increasing necessities , has found a home in eyerj heart , and an echo in every action of the un- enfranchised many . Its wars , taxations , tyrannies , persecutions , and open enmity to the best interests of manufacturer and operative have made them miserable , whether it appeared under the name of Toryism or Whiggery . No wonder , therefore , that in the People ' s Charter they bailed principles which by conferring power on all who are justly entitled to it , shall so controul the legislator as to make bim the virtual representative of the will &nd interests of alt .
From tbeir thorough conviction of the necessity of a change in the system of government , ( without reference to individuals , ) they refused you their assistance in the anti-Corn Law agitation ; they felt persuaded that although by a momentary pressure from without , the lion was forced to give up the prey , they had no security that as soon as the pressure was removed , he would not stretch out his unhallowed paw and take it again , being still possessed of the power . In addition to this , they felt that in their unjust exclusion from the franchise they were slaves : their
desire was not to obtain that which would only have made them well-fed slaves ; they desired liberty for her own sake ; the degrading thought was constantly before them , that they were deprived of a right which a few bricks and mortar conferred upon others , no more industrious , virtuous , or intelligent than themselves . And , however much many may doubt it , there is & deep seated detire . among the millions to obtain , by the development of tbeir minds , that intellectual and moral importance , which alone-ennobles man , and without which , he is but a worm , however gilded or however rich .
Gentlemen , these are the reasons that Lave given rise to that deep determination of the masses never to agitate for any measure short of justice to alL We rejoice that the same effects that have been produced in our minds , are now displacing themselves in yours . We have long , deplored the existence among you of a peculiar spirit of caste tbat has hitherto prevented yon from holding intercourse -with those whom you supposed birth , rank , or riches had placed below you . It has prevented you from examining our principles . We fear you have too often cherithed groundless prejudices ; believing a press that has always pandered to these prejudices , as a means of securing success , and
confounding tbe fortuitous and rub . conduct of a few men , with tbe mighty and sacred principles they professed to advocate . Actuated by these feelings and swayed by these errors , you have neglected your true interests till , although there is still abundant field for commercial enterprise , some of the richest advantages have been lost never to be regained . We rejoice that in your desire to extend to others their rights , you proclaim th&t you are wiser to day than you were yesterday ; toe long have w « all been ignorant of that truth , that to be happy and prosperous , we must be just That to feel all the horrors of bankruptcy and misery , we require only to be selfish and exclusive .
How little real power does tbe present franchise confer upon you ? Witness the reception of your anti-Corn Law Bill by your nominal representatives . In truth there is no representation ; your power only enables you to nominate , once in seven years , an individual , who then becomes independent of your opinions , and too ofcen careless of your interests . If there be one feeling of contempt in our ' minds for any man , it is for him whe , possessing the franchise , looks down with supercilious pride on those who have it not ; his power is but a name ; his pride is that of a maniac , who points to his straw coronet , and wooden sceptre , and thinks himself a king , though chained and miserable .
Every day , and every hour , the commercial prospects become more gloomy ;* universal bankruptcy is inevitable , uniess exclusive prejudices are speedily thrown away . There is no hope but in » union of tbe oppressed classes , to secure for themselves virtual instead of nominal representation . We remain , Your unenfranchised fellow subjects , John Collins , abtiiur . O'Xeill . The news of the New York panic ( come to hand since the above was written ) fearfully verifies it
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THE MIDDLE-CLASS UNION AGAIN . TO THE EDITOE OF THE NORTHERN STAB . February 12 , 1841 . Dear Sib , —I am surprised to see Mr . CoIHdss na : i ; e attached to an address to tbe middle classes , and inserted in the Leeds Times of Saturday last . There is something more in the act than a mere sacrifice of private feeling for the attainment of a public good ; and , therefore , it is altogether unjustifiable . I see you have received a copy of this address , but have withheld its insertion , perhaps , for want of room , perhaps not—no matter .
The first objection I take is , its being published in that paper . - An 4 what result can Mr . Collins txpect from its publication there ? Can he suppose the Times will " Jump Jim Crow , " and come over to the Charter ? I trow not . Does he expect , by this means , to make known the principles of Chartism among the middle classes ? 1 suppose he does . Well , if it so happen ; for I wiiih to put the best construction I can en tbe attempt , what then ? Dots our redemption depend on this , as the silly Editor of that very erudite piece of black and white would have us believe ? I answer , No , no ! no ! !
Now , it is evident Mr . C . thinks so , or he would not have consented to be a party in such an affair . So far , then , Mr . Smiles and he are agreed . Whether such an address be beneficial at all , is unnecessary to discuss , having already been settled by our friend , O'Connor , and others—at least , to my satisfaction . There is , nevertheless , one great error into which Mr . C . has fallen ; it is that of seeking to continue , in existence , an evil , for the purpose of obtnining a good ; and that this evil is the Tines newspaper , will require but little argument to prove .
What is worse than a false friend 7 Has it not employed all its worst energies to malign Chartists and misrepresent Chartism ? Have not ite columns been filled with hodge-podge stories hatched by our enemies for our destruction , and this , for the purpose of making a party of iu own to fall back upon for an existence , in the most unprincipled manner , without which it most have given up the ghost ? But , what is most strange , after giving the principles by which it Is supported , their death-blow at the late noble demonstration .
and , as if purposely to keep Mother Goose on her legs , Mr . C . is induced to send ose of a series of addresses to be published weekly in the Times—to cater for its readers—to supply the place of the editor ' s in * ufiicieut and dry " grey goose quill , " and furnish tbe means of puffing tbe " ware" in flaming placard * through every town and Tillage , by tbe stirring appendage of a respectable name attached to a " Chartist address ; " when , by a well-merited silence , and contempt of snch a slanderer , according to his deserts , it
might" Doubly dying , have gone down , Unwept , unhonoured , and unsung . " It might , I say—aye , more , It would . What was it previous to the existence of the Association 1 Worse than nothing—a losing concern . One of two things , but for this , then , must have happened—either what I nave just mentioned , or a thorough change of politics ; perhaps another out-andout Chartist paper would have been tbe consequence . But thus encouraged , Mother Goose may drag on harassins , & ? usual , tbe front and rear of oar good cause , by her wishywasby , balderdash , instalment nonsense , the Chartists to have the peculiar gratification of reflecting that one of their own body is the cause . I would not like to . be the man .
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. Had Mr . Collins spent ^ hid time in devising meane ; f « r more effectually uniting ; the working e ) aam- among , ibemaelrea , thera would have been something like consistency in the employment This is « U every han «* t Chartist <» gbl to seek , and all be need seek . For , th i * accomplished , we have then all the sinew , Intellect , Independence , and honesty necessary . Supposing thli were tbe « ue in Leeds , which contains 82 , 120 Inhabitants , out of which number there an 61 , 676 , or more than thtee times the nmmber of tbe working class to tbat of any other ; and if the large towns of the country average an equal number , and tbe whole country anything near it , what man of eoraraon sense will continue for a moment longer to prate about the strength of the aristocracy , or middle class , or both , when put In competition with worklnf men . The strength or power of those two classes , la comparison , is only poteerful In
money , low tunning , selfishness , and trfck # rr-whose maglo Influence lies chiefly in bribing and corrupting their devotees ; and surely we have had enough of this . I deny that they possess an equal amount of intellect for . sound political purposes—they have not » tithe of the material—if they haTe , where is it J They have long bad the power , whew are its manifestations > But allowing there ta no particular want ef this on either aide ; we w « nt virtue and honesty more than any thing : and 1 tell them plainly they have had a fair trial—they hare been weighed in the balance and found wanting—they'll be tried no more—and no mistake . I say to working men , stand it out ! you have them on your own terms . Do It yourselves and it will be done to your satisfaction ; let them but touch it and it is corrupted . Do it yourselves and yours will be the honour—seek their aid . In their way , and all the honour und profit will be theirs ; the laltour and disappointment , only , yours .
I would here conclude my letter , but I am wishful , If you can spare room , of offering a few remarks on another subject , so unsparingly maltreated by our friend taeTYntes , whenever opportunity serves ; and that is , what the editor and his friends call the " madness and irrationality" of Chartist denunciation of the middle and upper classes . A man who lives in a glass house should be careful about throwing stones , lest bis own windows be broken in return . Who were the first offenders ! The middle classes or the Chartists ? Who promised all , and then would give nothing ? Or , rather , something a great deal worse than nothing ? The middle classes . Who premised us Reform , and said we should not have it , terming us idle vagabonds—progressive reform , and
then swore finality was fairest—stood and looked on at our crippled trade , and consequent hunger and starvation of tens of thousands of industrious artisans—robbedof the land , rigkts , privileges , laws , protection—punished for poverty aa for crime , immured in damnable skillygolee traps , which are also of their erecting ? Who , in eight years , have added seven millions to tbe national debt , with increase of taxation , and every oppressive and available aggravation , and yet remained deaf to the wail ef the suffering , the petitioning of the mild , submissive , tame , and patient people 1 Who was it , I ask , did all this , and now complain of being roughly handled—in words only ? Who r Why these same middle classes . Good Qod I then they are no wiser yet , with all they have seen and
feltnot convinced that their crimes deserve punishment , tbe immaculate gentlemen ! Had any single individual , on his own account , inflicted a thousandth port of the injury upon society , with one voice of execration , like the yell of so many demons , they would have dragged him to the gallows and hanged him by act of parliament , as being unfit to live . But now , forsooth , because , in a body , with power and acts of parliament , and juries in their hands , they rob on a large scale , and commit slow murder to boot—they are not to be censured—not to be called by their right names , and held up to public scorn and indignation for the purpuse of being shamed ont of their crimes , by the men they have injured and continue to injure—by the relations and friends of the murdered , without being set down as " mod and irrational . " Had not mild remonstrance been tried , there might have been some excuse fer tbis fault-finding of theirs ; but they know full well , nothing short of open rupture could attract
attention , and therefore the necessity justified the course punned—patience and long-suffering could bear no more—no wonder the volcano broke out—no wonder " breathing thoughts and burning words " were applied ; and but for the real and genuine Curlstianity of the oppressed—had they done us they were dons unto , then , they would have given an eye for an eye , and a tooth for a toothmeasure for measure : they would nave " lasu'd the rascals naked round tbe world . " But , no ; they knew better ; they know better ; they forgave , they do forgive ; and yet , I cannot promise to iuipeuitency a continuance of such forbearance ; Itt the amende honourable be made , and all will be yet well . Let the upper and middle classes do it ; as do it they must ; they have much to repent of , and much to be forgiven ; lui them merit this forgiveness by conceding equal rights on equal terms , and our brotherhood is formed . Vntll then , Mr . Editor , I » m their enemy .
I will watch their motions , and give timely worn ing ; bolder and firmer tha more I am oppressed . I am , dear Sir , Without disguise , Yours , affectionately , . 1 William Hick .
To Thb Editor Of Thb Northeen Star
TO THB EDITOR OF THB NORTHEEN STAR
Sir , —In consequence of the quantity of important and interesting matter with which you are constantly supplied , by your very numerous and intelligent correspondents , from every part * of the Kingdom , I have hitherto abstained from obtruding myself on your notice ; but I cannot allow tbe present opportunity to pass without doing you an act of justice , which gratitude prompts me to perform . I return you my sincere thanks and heartfelt acknowledgements for the zeal and ability , but , above all , the honesty with which you have ever supported the claims of the working unenfranchised order to which I belong , but more especially for your recent conduct in challenging the enemy to on open combat with tbe Chartists of London . I thank yoi , as though the struggle was made
for myself alone , and taere was not another to reap the benefit : and I will fight as hard to gain a victory as if there was not another to help me . Each for all , and all for each , is my motto , and the grand secret of an imperishable union ; and when this principle is understood by the toiling millions , rampant tyranny will hide its head , and they obtain their natural rights . It is already known and acted on in London , by a sufficient number to present an impenetrable front to bricks and mortar . You have thrown down the gauntlet for the London Chartists ; and when I say I thank you for that , 1 know every one will say amen . But will the Fox and Goose Club , or him who was invited to play the first fiddle , or any other of the minor performers at tbe great Leeds concert , take it
up ? No , I f » y no . I am sorry to say bo ; but it is my solemn conviction , arising from the fact you have already stated , that we are too well garrisoned to allow them any chance of victory ; and they know it , and are too crafty to risk a defeat . Believe me , a M P . at the end of a man ' s name has lost all the influence it once possessed over the minds of the people ; and nothing but sterling honesty of purpose , and a constant pursuit of principle , can command attention , or gain respect . And hence it is that the great thimblerigjuggler , O'Connell , who bays tbe pea is under the repeal thimbie , the Household Suffrage thimbie , or any othtr thimble , except the right one , would no more show his apostate head at < i public meeting here than
I dare put my hand in the tire . No ; a year ' s rint would not induce him to face the London workies . The bare announcement of auch a thing would be the signal for a general muster of the trades , whose enemy he proved himself to be by his crafty endeavours to destroy the Unions . I , therefore , take it for granted that neither the head nor the tail will venture an attack ; but if they do , we are well piepared Vo meet it Our various places of meeting are like so many martello towers round tbe metropolis ; and , with twelve hours ' notice , we will fill tbe largest ploco they can find With those who may not be " reasonably deemed" qualified to expose the mockery of Household Suffrage , and put to flight the Household troops . I am , Sir ,
One of the Slave Class , Richard Spubb London , 91 , St . Jolin ' s-strtet , tjmitlifleld liars , Feb . 9 th , 1841 .
Mk. Peddie, In The Whig Hell Hole At Beverley.
MK . PEDDIE , IN THE WHIG HELL HOLE AT BEVERLEY .
Edinburgh , 8 th of January , 1841 . 15 , West Richmond-street . The following letter from Mrs . Peddie to Mr . Burnett , of Bradford , has been handed to us for publication . It forbids comment We dare not trust ourselves to speak upon it 1 SIR , —I am favoured with yours of tbe 5 th inst ., and feel much gratified with the sympathy you expressed for my husband ; and shall give you , as britfly as possible , an account of his present situation and sufferings , for the information of yourself and your friend , Mr . Wm . Martin . You would , of course , see his letter in the Northern Star of Septj 5 , 1840 , to Lord Normanby , which gave a particular account of the barbarous treatment of the tread-mill , whereby ho Was often compelled "to seek the perspiration front his shirt , for a momentary relief . " In addition to tbe dreadful details of that letter , which met with no notice nor redress from
bis Lordship , a friend addressed a letter to the Northern Star , extracts ef which appeared , October the 17 th , under the title of ' Horrors of Whig Prison Discipline , " giving an account of on illness which he bad endured for twenty-eight days , in which he contemplated tbe return t * health with some degree of horror , in the expectation of being again put upon the mill , and to the mill . he was sent accordingly . It was imagined by his keepers , that his illness was feigned , in consequence of which ho wasj cost into the dungeon , or black-bole , a place without even a stone seat to sit upon , destitute of furniture , having neither bedstead , form , or stool ; so that a person confined in it , must either walk , or sit upon the floor ,. In this place he was confined all that day without food , water , or light Next morning , ( Sunday ) he was visited by the Governor and the Chaplain ; tbe latter of whom administered to him taunts in place of consolation , and acted
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as one labouring undtr the same Impression as the others . And , indeed , he left my husband with the impression upon his mind , " That the Bur . Gentleman arid others , bad considered bis death as likely to take pl ace , and were , amongst themselves , preparing for It" Such are his ewn words . After being thus confined and barbarously treated , until suffering humanity oould bear up no longer , he was at length removed from tbe damp dungeon , and proper medicines administered to blra , and the Governor was at last forced to confess , " That bad they thonght him so ill as be now in reality was , be would not have been
there at all ; bnt that they bad acted under an impression that he was saying he was worse than he was , which be believed not now to be tbe ease . " Yet , under this impression , was Mr . Peddle condemned to a solitary dungeon , and tbe most inhuman treatment , and was given to nndwstand , on his convalescence , " That to toon as tn « surgeon reported h tm fit for work , should be again refuse , under similar circumstances , be would be taken before tbe magistrates , who wonld order him thirty days confinement , or to be well whipped . " Upon this threatened Infliction of the lash to a political prisoner , I need make no comment
A letter received from him on the 18 th December nit , gives the latest account of his sufferings , which I snail give yon In his own words : — " I have Buffered much since I last wrote , but whether it arises from a confirmed stomach complaint , or is , In fact , the effect of the mill upon nay system , I , indeed , cannot say . But I will furnish you with facts , and yon can judge for youroelf . " This day serein weeks , exactly , I was well in health , with the exception of the pain in my knee , whon I was put upon tbe milt I bad suffered ttomtny leave much . I bad been on it only two or three days , when my appetite and sleep , In a great measure , left mo . I was seised , after some days , with a doll , heavy , oppressive pain in my breast , with occasional sickness . In tbis
state I remained till I left tht mill to write my petition . For some days I thought myself better ; but 1 got again Tery sick , and vomited severely ; so much so , that I required the aid of the sargeon , who ordered the proper remedies ; and what did me more good than any thing , some tea once a day . In a few days , i got better , and yesterday three weeks , I felt better than I had clone for months , and bad that day , for the first time for weeks , eaten a full dinner . On that day I was again , put upon tbe mill . That night I was in a state of exhaustion truly distressing . For three days the pain in my knee was extremely severe ; bat since I have suffered less on It , than for months before . My appetite again left me . Sleep almost banished , I have not been one day entirely free from sickness . I again
applied to the surgeon , have taken medicines constantly , also tea in the afternoon ; bat I am getting no better . It is impossible for me to describe what I have suffered . Were you to see me sometimes at night , tbe state I am in would melt the heart of » savage . ( Not an English one , J . A . I You may form some idea from the fact that , at this cold and inclement season of the year , my body , from morning to night , is literally covered with , and very frequently pouring out the perspiration as rain . I for three weeks past , have not gone to bed with a dry shirt , except the night when I put on a dean oae ; and very frequently my shirt is , In sober reality ,
as wet as from tbe washing-tub , although I work without my jacket , with my neck and breast bare . . In this state am I locked np without fire or light , in a cold cell , where I lie in bed for hours trembling , before I cau fall asleep ; and when I awake , which 1 generally do about twelve o ' clock , my limbs are stiffened , and ray breast and head in a state post my powers of description . I yesterday saw the surgeon , who has ordered me from the mill for a few days . The consequence will likely be , a partial restoration to health ; when I will , by being put upon the mill again , have to chance a renewal of my sufferings , until at last my constitution finally gives way . "
In addition to this , I may state , that by the rules of the house , he is not permitted to receive the visits of a' friend , wife , or child , unless in case of dangerous illness , supposed nnto death , which must be certified by the surgeon . Now , as he is upwards of two hundred miles from his family , it is not likely that he could derive any advantage fr # m that solitary indulgence , were such an event to take place , as he might be dead anil buried , before ibelrurir&l , aadtbem lane the opportunity of ascertaining tbe cause of death . No letter is allowed to pass the portals of his gloomy abode , without being inspected by tbe governor , chaplain , Ac . It follows , therefore , from this inquisitorial power , that should a prisoner be treated with illegal severity , that tbe groans of his dittress wilt not be allowed to reach , the ears of bis friends . In many eases , his letters have
been re-written over and over and over again , before they were allowed to piss from his cell ; and , uven then , those passages obliterated which did not suit tbe ta » te of his gaolers , and where he might state tbe truth plainly , which , in short , renders truth almost a dead letter . In one case , upon the very first letter he sent to Edinburgh for me being stopped , in which , "he had described , " according to his own words , " and truly , tbe severe discipline of Beverley House of Correction , " ho was informed by the Visiting Justices , that no letter written by bim , likely in any way to cause reflection upon the character of the establishment would reach bis friends ; and subsequently he was informed by the chaplain , that "it now formed port of bis doty to read all his letters , and that to reach their destination , they must be very moderately written , and be very proper indeed . "
" Now , so long , " he observes , " as such restrictions are imposed , and the other rules rigidly enforced , as they are to tho very letter , the friends of the prisoner can have no assurance that the Utters they receive contain true accounts of the prisoner ' s health , treatment , && , which can only be the cause of much sorrow and anxiety . There is another practice I speak of , from my own experience , which exposes the prisoner to much danger from cold , that is , even at this season , wheu upon the mill , ray clothes are never dry , and to be then lucked up with every pore of the body open , in a cold cull , without food , must be dangerous , passing over many other grounds of complaint "
He also justly complains of being restricted to write only onco a month . He goes on to say : — " By the rules , I am , only permitted to send to my wire one letter a month , which I feel to be a very great hardship indeed ; and I believe that it is the first time a political prisoner has been so circumstanced . My wife is a woman of an extremely delicate constitution , and bad health ; and the very best medical aid has left her in an extremely delicate and precarious state . The anxiety , therefore , that I feel on her account during the month is painfully intense . " He is also debarred from making any allusions to Government , or using any obnoxious expressions to-¦ w ards them ; consequently , he can give his friends no account of his apprehension , &c without developing the wickud and disgraceful spy system , to which he has become a victim .
As a proof of the frivolous and vexatious nature of these restrictions , a letter was stopped because it cited the following , from the 10 th of Isaiah : — "Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees , and that write grievousness which they have prescribed , to turn away the needy from judgment , and to take away the right from the poor of my people , that widows may be their prey , and that they may rob the fatherless . " _ This was , by the magistrates , construed into a reflection upon the Government Several other letters , on equally trifling grounds , were objected to , and delays of the most vexatious kind took place every month , until on the 18 th of September last , a letter which he bad written me , and
in which , to use his own . words , he had " studiously avoided every subject that the authorities had restricted , " ( which wa 3 afterwards admitted by themselves , ) was not allowed to be forwarded , but was sent to London for the opinion and edification of the Homeofiice ; whence , after a detention of three weeks , it was returned , and allowed to be forwarded as unobjectionable . My letters , on the plea of containing some trifling news , such aa a notice of an expedition to China , &c , and the progress of Collins , White , &c . in Scotland , were also withheld from him . Indeed , at one time , it was within a few days of three months tbat he had been allowed to receive any intelligence from Edinburgh .
It would fill a volume to state all my husband ' s sufferings in bis horrible place of confinement It was his wish to have these printed , in the hope it might stimulate his friends , in their exertions on his behalf , on the meeting of Parliament ; but the great txpence isivders this impracticable . But I hope enough has been said to excite sympathy . I hope , therefore , that in memorializing her Majesty , that you will not only pray for a mitigation of his punishment , —in particular that the felon ' s treatment of the treadmill may be prohibited—but that he may be removed to York , Lancaster , er any other place of confinement , where the prisoners enjoy a milder treatment , aud that he may be placed npon the same footing as other political prisoners , convicted at the same period ; which might prove the Ministers of the Crown are not desirous to inflict a punishment which humanity cannot bear ; nor to administer the rigours of the law at the expence of the life of the prisoner .
You inquire if Mr . Peddie has stated anything concerning poor old Drake . In his last , he mentions a very strange circumstance—the disappearance of his fellow prisoner and companion in misfortune , Old Drake ! on the 13 th of November . He has made repeated inquiries after him , but has been refused information . Once , in passing Drake , having spoken a single word to him inadvertently , he was sent to his bed supperless . I remain , Sir , With much respect , Jamb S . Peddie .
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w — MR . D . O'CONNELL . TO THE EDITOR OF THE HORTHBRN STAB . SIR , —I see from Mr . O ' Connell ' s speech at Leeds , that ha attempted to account for his absence from the Leeds Demonstration , bysaying that he was detained at Belfast by some irregularity in tho sailing of the packet , and by a horse breaking down on the stage between tbis and Annan . What happened at Belfast I'know not , but this I do know , that the break down did not detain bim five minutes !! What vile shifts do rogues and cowards resort to . I am , A Hater of Humdos . Dumfries , 4 th February , 1841 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOE-TIIERM STAY * . Sin , —It in with reluctance that 1 am obliged t j ask you to Insert what merely relates to Individual * , m the colnmns that would be butter employed in ou ^ oying more useful matter to your numerous readers . Bui being convinced that it is due to myself to offer some remarks on the observations of Mr . F . O'Connor , ia his letter in yours of jast week , about the reports thai Mr . A . Duncan and * I sent to the Slur , 1 wonld receivf it as a favour if you would insert this in your journal . In enumerating the sacrifices he has made for the people , Mr . O'Connor complains of having bad to pay £ 10 for thote report * , and say * that be bargained fur news , and tbat we . only sont our own speeches , and observes that It is bat Just to roe to say I thought I
was writing according to contract ThY affair was thus : —Duncan and , I had arranged , before the c ! o » ing of the Convention , to go round Scotland if we could fiad means to do so ,, Mr . OCennor had stated in tha Glasgow Convention , that he would give ten shillings per column for Chartist news from Scotland . Ha also told me he would giro that sum wb « a 1 vrrat U Inland ; we therefore calculated that what Wi ; gol for repotting our meetings in Scotland , added ta what MlsUoee we would get from tbeir pneetdt , would enable na to earry on the aeltatlnn . We s « nt ftbooi two columns per week , mostly containing reports of from four to six meetings We reported tha speeches o £ others * Iway » in prefernioe to our own , and * J *> g » v * the weaver ' s wages , state of trade , and *> f the Cl'nrtis *
cause , when w « could get them . There were ittxtinct reports of the proceedings of the Convention tbnt sal at Newca » tlo , and of meetings of the trades out of work at Dundee ; Ja , fut ; tbe account * of nutters wen as much condensed as any that appeared In the ytvper . After we had sent upwards of tea columns , wo sent in to Mr . O'Connor an account rtquerting £ 5 s we gol no answer , and it proceeded uutil it was twontyfour columns ; by this time we bad written him thret r four letters , and uo answer . When in London , at tbe Convention that sot last Christinas , I met Mr . O'Connor near Covent Garden ; Mr . Dewhirrtand Ma . Hodgson , delegate * from Bolton , were with n >«; before I hod timo to speak in the matter , he wverteu to it himself , and stated he had just received all our If ttors at once , and thanked roe for the manner in which we had done tbeir business , and said be had sent order * to the offl « to settle it . There was £ 6 paid by
the office , when it ceased , saying they had recuived no orders from Mr . O'Connor . Afterwards a le ; tw was sent saying that ho bad allowed £ 5 , and claiming th « balance . There w&s no complaint of the nature of the reports made then , until deeming it our right , I persisted in nrging our claim of £ 10 , when , after much delay , a paragraph from Mr . O'Connor ap [> oared ! in the Star , not one of the most handsome or dtvicate , stating he ordered £ 6 to be given me . Thuu ^ i not liking it ,-I did not say anything , but when tbe mbjeet IS again and again brought before tbe public , I think I should do so . I have no wish to detract fr » n , any favonrs Mr . O'Connor has done to the cause , <> r its advocates individually , bnt most assuredly I never received any from him ; on the contrary , I hnva nol been used ev « n with the courtesy given to others of his agents . Yours , R 0 B 1 RT LOWFRT .
[ We give this letter , because we are determined thai no man shall have a right to complain of ill-usage from tbe Northern Star , though we are really uuable to find in it anything but a confirmation of Mr . O'Connor ' s statement , that ten ponnds wera actually given for 'the speeches of Mr , A . Duncan and Mr . Lowery ; save that , in the last line , Mb . Lowery discovers that he has not been treated with the courtesy given to others of Hi . O Connor ' s agents . Tots obliges us , Who have th « responsibility and management of Mr . O Connor's business , to explain what this '' want of courtesy " is ; and bow it originated . In the early part of 1839 , Mr . Lowery was connected with a jierson natued Kucaatle , in a news-agency at
tfoweastleupon-Tyne . They were supplied with papen from this office , on the guarantee of Mr . Bli&ey , then proprietor of the Northern Liberator , until they bad contracted a debt to the amount of between £ * 0 and £ 50 . The consequence of tW j was , that when Mr . Lowery again began to sell the Star , lie was supplied for cosh ml * . This isthv want of courtesy complained of by Mr . Lovreryj while upon Mr . O'Connor ' s part , he has to compUin that though his clerk has applied ninny times , w ^ tnin these two-years , to Mr . Blakey , upon the subject , yet has he not been treated to the courtesy of tbe slightest notice . We should not havt alluded to this part of tbe subject bnt for Mr . Lowery ' g own observation ; bat surely every
man , caving common notions of right and justice , will admit that Mr . O'Connor acted most honourably In not deducting the £ 10 from a larger debt due . And , in troth , we are at a toss »• guess at Mr . Lowery ' s " cause of complaint M * . O'Connor was not enumerating the sacrifices maij # by him ; h has always » ald that the success of the ciuise has more than repaid him ; he was merely explaining the difficulties in the way of having his speeches K-ported for payment , compared with UM facilities which the Star now affords to others with profit ; and , we ask , could terms more complimentary be used , in the mode of illustration , than
those used by Mr . O'Connor towards Mr . Lowery f Mr . O'Connor never lost an opportunity of praising Mr . Lowery , and be even said that he paid the £ 10 with pleasure , cotiriaced th&t the report * did good . But let it be understood , once for aU , that Mr . O'Connor has to pay ready money for every stamp be uses , before they leave the Stamp Office , while the common usage of the trade is three months ' credit . All agents undertake tbe sale of the Star according to the rules of the office ; nothing is required of them but payment according to those rules ; and nothing beyond the rules of tho office has ever been required from Mr . Lowery . —Eds 1
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Christened at the Darkhouse Chapel , Coseley , Staffordshire , on Wednesday , the 3 rd instant , by tbe Her . D . Wright , Selina Frost Williams Botley , tke daughter of Jamea and Emma BpUey , iron mqnjder . The infant son of Robert Grey , taUor , flWfi || lB *» a . ^ was duly registered on the » th of Jtfaiuj . ' HfVBn name of John Frost Grey . /^ Srj&Jzi : J- -7 iaV 5 Sarah , the wife of Tnlin TnhT \ nnT \ jW \ toj fl ^ V * mr weaver , was safely delivered of » / w / tflPr % 4 jlrf 5 itJ " t January last , and was duly i * &xdKmS $ jlMBl $ . 1 O'Connor Johnson . Tw ^^ N ^^ Pj
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