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A POLITICAL ALMANACK FOR 1842 , GETTING forth , at one view , the enormous amount of O Taxes wrung from tbe industry of a starving people , and their extravagant and shameful expenditure . Also containing tables of useful reference on almost all sub * jecta connected with general policy .
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TO CHARTISTS . JOHN HAJGH ^ of-- ' Lmijt Horton , somo time o ago noiiced in your papers , is still without employment and in great distress , has a number of valuable RECIPES for various disorders , vbich he has got printed , and we understand it is bis Intention of going to the different Towns in Yorkshire and Lancashire , to sell them . He h ^ s also a number of Chartist papers , &c . John Haigh has a wife and four children , and has only one of them working for their whole wm * rijT \ r ' * ^ she has Only 5 s . 6 d . per week ; to support £ ixjjjBaij » r = ^ -A / y ¦ Ho is a sincere Chartist , and has suffered fKmB 8 jp : ^ & : ? l-, secution on acconnt of nis principles . 'jRiJSwflfe ^ ^^ every Chartist with whom he may mz &dw $ StiSm : fti * h ^' " } him all the support they can by nnJahaSgngayt ¦• t . g ^ J ^ £ T him all tne support tney can by pnaflMiawnM / y-ygawjy , ^
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THE SMALL PORTRAITS . to meet the wiabai of many who desire to have the Small Portraits formerly iasued witiu the Star , ud ¦ wtto «» y that 4 &d . to aa airkwird price to remit , we hare determined to offer then At 4 d . each . The list comprise * Portraits of—F . O'Connor , H . Hunt , B . Outler , Aodrew Marvel , J . B . Stephen * , Arthur O'CaBaor , Sir W . Mdesworth Thoa , Attvood , and Wm . Cobbett , Broatem O'Brien . All these will be allowed to the Agestiaad Booksellers « oM to retail « t -id . each . A » 7 two experiencing difficulty is procuring them ha * bat to Inclose « ax Portage Stamps , either to the office , or to our principal agents , Mr . Cleave , of London , Mr . Goest , of Birmingham , and Mr . Heywood / of Manchester , and he ean haw any one on tbe 111 returned to him by the next post .
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RE-ISSUE OF THE LARGE PORTRAITS . y ? e are constantly receiving applications from new nbacnbo ^ ca from fnsoda , wishing to know upon what tens * they can be supplied with the Labge Pob . tkjl . its that hare been , at different times . im » d to the aubacribers to the Star ; to these application ! oar iavanabie answer has hitherto been , " notat any price . " Thec&ll » nponus , kowever , hare now become ao nnmeroui and ao urgent , tftti ve hare determined to issue them again on the following terms : — X person -wishing to anbaeribe for any one of the large Plates , mart enter his name with bis News-agent , and Subseribe regularly for the paper for six weeks , specifying at the tame he enters hia name the Plate he wants .
At the end of his six -weeks' subscription he will receira the Plata along with hia Paper for that -week , for both of which he will be charged la . by the Agent , and no mare . The Agent will be charged for Paper and Pita for that week 9 d . ; ao that he will hare 25 per cent , profit foi hii trouble . ThePapen will ooathim nothing { or carriage , as they go by post ; and we will eon&iveto get the Plates to him for aa little coat ai possible . jjjtymbecriber irno receive * his paper direct from the office , can bare the plates oa the tame terms as from an agent Hen , then , is as easy manner by which all who desire can have any of the under-mentioned plates : —
The Convention . John Collins . John Frost Dr . M'DoualL J . R . Stephens . R . Emmett , and Richard Outler . F . O'Connor . The agents had better open their subscription lists immediately , and apprise us of the number they will require of each . * * * In answer to several applications respecting the tim « to ct * T >' > fT «> the Six Weeks' Subscriptions we have to say as soon as the next plate , " Monmouth Court House , " shall bare been distributed . When one Portrait , or Plate has been obtained in accordance with this plan , the Subscribes may ester hia name for another ; and ao on till he receire all be may desire to have . Every person ean have just those which he pleases to subscribe lor ,- and is not expected or desired to take others he may not need .
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The Katjonjll Pnmos .-Our publisher , Mr . Hobson , has printed the National Petition for 1 & 42 , on s neat sheet , for the purpose of being extensively distributed amongst those from whom signature * are asked , that they may know for what they are signing . He is reads to supply them to the Associations and to jndividtidlt at the following charge * . —100 copies for 2 *; 1 , 000 for 15 * . Petition theets , of pood strong paper , ruled in four contemn * , and holding two hundred names when filled , may also b * had , price 2 d . each . The Petition and sheets may also be had from Mr . Cleave , London ; Messrs . Paion and Love , Glasgow ; and Mr . Heywood , Mancheste r . But in ail cases the money must be sent in advance—the price being so low as to preclude
The mutually early time of going to press this week has crushed out many communications that tee w&uld gladly have inserted ; amongst the rest , a report if an vatporttaU meeting at Carlisle , on the present state of distress , which reached us just before going to press . Joes Eelso , addresses the calico printers in deprecation of their purpose to petition Parliament for a tax on machinery . He considers it a teatte of &me and funds . He reminds titem of the fate oj their former petition * f&r a restriction of apprentices , and warns Asm not to trust the promises of such masters as may have promised to assist them . Co-OPERatoe sends us a long address , for which toe have not room , recommending joint operation and co-operation of Chartists and Socialists in every
Sixes Crattpobd , Neve Cumnock . —The matter really is not worth space . Ceaxles DusciS . —His letter % oas received in due course , and appears in our present number . We can only insert original disquisitions , such as those of his letters , when pressure of present noes and matters of immediate moment will admit . If he understands the " pledge" of Mr . O'Gmnor in any other light than this he has mistaken its terms . E » T . Moxeiso * . —The principle of Universal Suf ' frage was recognised in this country vp to the reign of Henry VI ., in the eighth year of whose reign was passed the famous DUfranchisemenl
BUI , confining the exercise of the elective franchise to freeholders of forty shillings value . Much information on this and all other political subjects of importance to the people may be got from Major Carttrrights ' s works . But the Statute Book is the safest guide if he has access to it and time to study it . A lUiKPArES , Wakkfield . —The insertion of his letter would subject us to another prosecution for lni > el . This he cannot expect from us , and especially on anonymous authority . Why not send his letter at once to the magistrates ? Thadbets Catfbrky , BaUaghadernine , County of Mayo , Ireland , thanks At * friends , particularly of Northampton , for the Starlight he has
received . He will be thankful for more of it , especially the old Stars . He complains of not having fair-play at the post-office . J 05 ATHA 5 Walton . —Farmers are exempt from taxes for their sheep curs , but pay for every other dog they may keep . A Cossiakt Reader asks : — " Is H legal for a- person to be taken op and confined for the space of twenty days , not being committed for trial , and only examined once during that time , on suspicion of being in an affray with the officers of ihe law ? " It depends entirely upon the circumstances of the case , which our correspondent has not communicated : we can , therefore , give him
no answer . Chaktists 'cishingfor the services of Mr . Dvfyrnay communicate their intentions through ttie Star , as he is not certain where his residence may be , < w the period of his engagement in Oldham has expired . SAXrEL Kobtos writes to express his astonishment thai Finder ' s Chartist Mocking should not have o much greater sale than it seems to have from the weekly account published . He thinks that "if the council of each association would ^ undertake to sell this blacking to the members , it would outshine Day and Martin ' s , and would much advance our cause by supporting the Executive " Bassslet Chaktists . —Their list of General Council
u omitted , because they have neglected to supply the residences . —The Nottingham list is omitted on the same account . « 202 . G 2 Washixgiox Wxuxs . —HU papers are receited ; and we think the Duke of Wellington &as very uncivil not to send for him to dinner . They cost tw sixpence , in addition to the postage paid on them , of which he has paid part , by enclosing three postage stamps . Will he send us three more to cover the loss ? If he will have them returned , he must send ninepence , to cover that , and postage back to him . *> M . B&opht , 14 , North Ann street , Dublin , has received from Mr . T . Cooper , of Leicester , 400 Scars , 300 Illuminators , 250 Chartist Circulars , and some other papers , Jot distribution in
Irtland . *«¦ 100 , Tib-street , N . C . A ., sags he has heard that we "refused to insert a notice from Mr . O'Brien , saying he would reply to the Socialises thallenge . " —He has heard a tie . "SWEJ-oar Youths . — We are desired to contradict ** statement that Mr . ChaiUnor is their secretent . The mistake was sent from Ecctes , end - ** d not originate with us . r AKDKssos , Edisbcbgh . —The letter from Got . Thontpson \ hail certainly appear , arid with great Pleasure . It is in type now , but forced out for «« present by the pressure of important matter arriving at the last moment . In ournext it shall
appear . *** i-xcrcBER coming a tour to Yorkshire , if they «» make it convenient to visit Skipton , are T « juesled to write a week before hand to John * iailem , jun ., Milfie [ ds , Skipton . ^ JJCBSl et Chastises . — We received the report of thetr 'bbgale meeting too late for ihis week : it shall upftear in our next . w "i the Secbetabt , Librarian , or any of the teetnbert of the Nottingham Operative Library , held at the Ranciiffe Arms , be so kind as furnish Mr . Edward Clayton , West-Parade , Hudders-Tetd , with a copy of their rules .
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Johk Chance . —See ihe notice about Portraits in the Star of Saturday last . To AGENTS—AU those Agents whv have received the Plates and Medals will deliver one Of them this day and the other on the 8 ft of January , 1842 . JOHH Wajd , Jvv .-Sayfrom whom he is supplied . If sent from the office it ought to be delivered m Satttrday . T . 8 vlitb . —The Medals and Plates ought to have been fe oneparceL William Williamson will receive a Plate by « J . scribing as directed in the Star . I > OB TRK EXECUTIVE . £ . s . d . From a Chartist , Bristol 0 5 0 -. J . Visier . per J . W .. ... 6 0 6 - a Repealer , Chepstow ... 0 1 s FOR MB . JAMBS YBB . HOS , SOVTHMOLTON . - J . W o o e
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HttBOLESBRO ' . —A pnblic meeting was held here , on behalf of the masons now on strike at the new Houses of Parliament , Mr . J . Sutherland was called to the chair ,. Mr . J . Holeoshead proposed the first resolution , which was as follows : — That hariag seen through the press the noble straggle of the stone masons now on strike at the new houses of Parliament , to resist toe tyranieal and despotic infriDgments made upon them by that fiend in human form named Allen , we are of opinion that they are justified in resisting tyranny in whatever fora it may come , but more especially such as they are at present engaged in , and that they have our approbation , and ought to have the support of all the work * ing classes in the empire . " Mr . H . spoke at great length , aud showed that if the stone masons were
aiiovfea to oe oeat tor want of supplies , they might rest satisfied that in a very short time , a law would be passed for the purpose of suppressing all trades unioss . The resolution was seconded by Mr . J . Andrew , and supported by several stone masons . Mr . Patrick Byrne elicited considerable mirth and iaaghter , by relating some anecdotes relative to the character of Allen , about locking up the pump to cause tbe teetotal masons to drink beer instead of water . The resolution was then put to the meeting and carried unanimously , The second resolution was proposed by Mr . Anderson , which was as follows : ¦ ' That this meeting pledges itself individually and collectively , to reader them all the assistance in its power both by contributions and otherwise , " Mr . T .
Bradley seconded the resolution in a neat and sensible speech , contending that so long as they had God and Justice on their side , that if even beaten they bad the approbation of the silent monitor , conscience , to approve of their transactions . The resolution was carried unanimously . A resolution for the appointment of a committee was then proposed by Mr . Giadle , who gave a complete history of the transactions of Messrs . Peto and Grissell since their commencement in business . The resolution was seconded by Mr . J . Boardman and carried unanimously . The following is an account of the
transactions of the committee : —{ At a meeting of the committee held at the working men ' s reading room , on Friday last , Mr . Gindle in tie chair . It was agreed that the committee wait upon all the different trades , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions for the stone masons . That a deputation b « appointed to wait upon all the publicans and licensed victuallers ; their subscriptions to be kept separate . That the committee meet every night daring the week , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions in their behalf . That a hand bill be printed and posted , calling upon the inhabitants to come forward and assist them by subscriptions .
ASHTOy-T 7 NX > E&-Xi 7 KE . —Mr . OAsn . s& ' s Subscription Fund . —On Monday , the 13 th December , a public meeting was called to form a com * mittee to raise money for tbe liberation of the * Patriot KiDg , " of the factory slave , Mr . Wileox was called to the chair . A resolution having been moved and seconded , that a committee be formed . Mr . Stephens rose to address the meeting , and was listened to very attentively , whilst enumerating the many claims Mr . Oastler had to their support . The committee was formed .
bk APFOSP . —Wednesday night , or early on Thursday morning , the 15 th inst . Mr . Henry Clough fanner and shoemaker , Little-Horton , was robbed of five or six hides of sole leather , YJlue about £ 20 . Tbe thieves effected an entrance into tbe cellar , where the leather w&s kept , through an out door of the eow-iiouse . The parties who committed the robbery , mns have been well acquainted with the premises . No clue whatever has been obtained that will lead to their detection . Wibset Slack . Dreadful Mortality . —A family named Smith , residing on Wibaey Sla ^ k . consisting of the husband , bis wife , and ten children , has been dreadfully afflicted with the typus fever , which , in the short space of seven weeks has hurried out of time into eternity , seven out of the twelve—the man , his wife , and fire children .
Hard Case .. —On Friday week , thre « bailifij made their appearance at the house of Jame Peel , hand-loom weaver , Southfield-lane , Honon , and made a distress upon his goods and chattels , for a half-year ' s rent , and half-crown arrears , amounting to £ 1 10 s ., and took away every vestige of property that the bouse contained , and all his clothes and the clothes of his wife , which were not many . He applied to the master whom he wove for , to lend him some money . He lent him 30 s . which just paid his
rent , and the bailiffs told him they cooid make it up for him , until they got hold of the money , when thay sent a cart for the goods , and sold them in Bradford market for the purpose cf paying expences . They charged him 15 s . for having robbed him of aJJ be bad . Tbe good 3 only sold for £ 1 4 s . Jd . ; the 303 . paid them , and £ 1 4 s . Id . which the goods Bold for , were 5 s . short of paying tbe wages and expences of selling , rent , and expences amounting altogether to £ 2 19 i . Id . Such shameful conduct deserves tbe execration of every honest man .
PENSYN , Cornwall . —Masojt s Strike . —At a meeting of the stone-masons of this place , on Wednesday evening week , which was both numerously and respectably attended by all the trades and a great many masters , at the Britannia Inn , resolutions were passed , commendatory of those on strike , and pledging them to support them so far as lay ia their power .
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XiOKDOW . —At a meeting of the Working Men ' s Association , held at the Magnet Coffee Rooms , Drury-lane , tbe ? i x ; ijji ! etition was unanimously adopted . Walworth . —A public meeting was held at the Eplendid rooms of the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening , to consider tbe distress of the country , and to adopt the National Petition . Mr . Brown was called to tbe chair . Mr . Balls moved the first resolution— That it is the opinion of this meeting that the distress and misery which now prevails throughout the whole length and breadth of th ' e land , are solely owing to class legislation ; and it is therefore the opinion of this meeting that nothing short of the People ' s Charter can permanently benefit the people . " Mr . Ruffy Ridley seconded the adoption of the resolution . The
resol&iion was then put and carried , amid great cbeeriDg . Mr . Wheeler read tbe National Petition , and moved its adoption . Mr . Ratcliffe briefly seconded the motion . Messrs . Maynard . Sewell , Price , and Waddington ably supported the Petition ,-which was put by the Chairman , and unanimously adopted . Mr . Kainsley moved the adoption of a memorial in behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones . Mr , Ross , in an excellent speech , seconded tbe adoption of the memorial . The old veteran , Mr . George , supported the prayer of the memorial , and detailed instances of tbe spy system in bis younger days . Tbe memorial was then put to the meeting , and carried by acclamation . Mr . Pedley moved , and Mr . Simpson seconded , that it be presented to her Majesty by Feargns O'Connor , Esq ., and the two Members for the Borongb . A vote of thanks was then given to th « Chairman , and the meeting separated .
Taylors , Red Lion , King Street . Mr . M'Grath lectured here on Sunday to a good audience . St . Pancras . —Mr . Farrer lectured here on Simday evening last . Three Cbowns , Ricbmond-strekt , Soho-square . —The tailors of tae above society held their weekly meeting on Saturday night , when Mr . Wheeler delivered bis lecture oa the standing army , to a good audience . Martlebone . —The members of this locality met at the Working Man ' s Hall , on Sunday last , at ten o'clock in tbe morning , to devise means for tbe better organisation of members in the various classes , and to keep the class leaders punctual in their visits , and on other business . In the evening , Dr . Leadskie lectured on the comparative merits of the press , in which Messrs . Jordan and Scott took part
Middlesex Codkcil , Sunday , Dec . 19 th , Mr . Cuffay in the chair . After the transaction of the usual business , tbe Liquidation £ > ebl Committee were authorised to engage the Social Hall , Johnstreet , Tottenham Court Road , for a baU and festival , on Thursday evening , January . 6 th , being twelfth night ; tiekets as usual . It is hoped that all friends wiil attend ; Mr . Feargua O'Connor will preside . Finsbury . —Mr . Stallwood lectured on Monday evening , at Lunt ' s Coffee House , Clerkenwell Green .
S 3 EZST . —Mr . Jones delivered an eloquent lecture to a large audience , which gave great satisfaction . A memorial for the return of tbe patriots , Frost , Williams , aad Jones , was unanimously adopted .
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IiEEDS . —On Saturday evening last , Mr . Jones , of Liverpool , tbe East * nd Norta Biding Jectarer , delivered a soul-stirring aad animating address , in the Chartist Association Room , Fjsh-market , Shambles , to » crowded aadienee . On Sundat afternoon aid evening , Mr . Jones delivered two more spirit-stirring lectnrss , in the Association Room , dearly proving the Charter to be the only remedy for the present state of things . He showed , satisfactorily , the superiority of Chartism over any other Wt-by-bit-reform . It was well received . A fresh accession of members having been admitted , the meeting separated highly gratified .
NOTTINGHAM , —Mr . Charles Connor delivered an eloquent and Bool-stirring lecture in the Democratic Chapel , Rice-place , to a crowded audience . A few friends , at the King George on Horseback , have forwarded to the widow Taylor , 3 s . 6 d ,, the amount of a subscription . UPPER WORTLET . —On Sunday last , two excellent aermors were preached in the Chartist room , by Mr . Isaac Clissit , of Mill Bridge , to atteative congregations . Collections towards defraying the expenses connected with the place were made after each service . The National Petition here , is being numerously signed by persons of all classes and conditions .
New Wortlby . —The prospects of success in this place are truly cheering . On Monday evening , there was a goodly attendance both of members and the public . Tbe leading article from tbe Star haying been read , Mr . T . B . Smith gave a powerful and heart-stirring lectsre on the evils which afflict the working classes and the best means of removing them . Mr . Smith ' s advococy of the principles contained in the People ' s Charter is plain but forcible , and was listened to with the greatest attention . The society has taken a large room near Holbeok Bridge , which they hope will afford them the mean * of extensive usefulness ,
. SUFFOLK—Cocntt Meeting . —A . county meeting was holden at S-owmarket on Friday , in last week , tofooDgratulate the Queen and her husband npon the happy event . " The High Sheriff was in the chair , and ¦ a moderate sprinkling of Whig and Tory respectability . The attendance , however , being larger than was thought desirable , the county meeting was adjourned to a room in the Corn Exchange , tbe police being ordered oat , and an « fficer stationed at the door with orders to admit none bat respectable people . Bv this manoeuvre the people were kept out until the addresses to her Majesty and Prince Albert had been passed , before Mr . M'Pherson and a few working men eould make their way into the room for the purpose of giving vent to their loyalty , while the great body of the meeting were outside , and utterly excluded . Mr . M'Pherson very properly
addressed w the High Sheriff a manly and spirited protest against the whole of their proceedings . He then proceeded to move an addition to the address , imploring her Majesty while she accepted the congratulations of her people , to sympathise with their unparalleled Bufferings arising out of the manifold evilg of class legislation , and to recommend to Parliament the enaction of the People ' s Charter as the be « t means for remedying it . At the commencement of Mr . M'Pherson ' s speech , the High Sheriff in tbe most insulting manner dissolved the meeting , the respectables marched off , the room was oleared , and Mr . M'Pherson continued his harangue outside . The addition to the address was Beoonded b y Mr . Brown , and carried unanimously , amidst applause . It will , of course , not reach her Majesty , who will doubtless be imposed on by the lyin < representations of the respectable factions of Suffolk county .
ROCHESTER . —On Monday and Tuesday evenings , the 13 th and 14 th inst ., Mr . Ruffy Ridley , from London , delivered two lectures in the Assmblyrooms ; the first , on Monday evening , on tbe evils of class-legislation ; and the second , on Tuesday even * ing , on the People ' s Charter , as the only remedy for the present pressing evils . A memorial on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones was adopted . BTJRY . —A public meeting was held on Monday evening last , in tbe Garden-street lecture room , which was numerously attended , Thomas Kay , of Bolton-Btreet . in tbe chair , when resolutions were adopted to the effect that no measure short of the People ' s Charter can benefit the working classes , and pledging the people to agitate for nothing less . Mr . James Leach andDr . M'Douall were nominated to serve on the Convention , and the National Petition was adopted .
ftTOCSPORT . —JtrvjOTiLB Chartism . —A nnmber of young men , the oldest not more than seventeen or eighteen years of age , a few months ago commenced an association for youths ; their arrangements were to hold meetings every Saturday evening for amusement and mutual instruction . They devoted tbe admission money , for many weeks , towards purchasing scenery ; aud employed a painter to paint , on a large scale , a representation of the card of the National Charter Association ; also various other things by way of ornament , and a fnll length portrait of Hunt and Emmett . Their evenings are spent by reading short pieces from the Siw , and allowing adults to deliver short addresses . On Saturday evening Mr . Griffia addressed them about half an hour . Mr , O'Brien attended ntre on Sunday evening , and lectured to a numerous audience .
WOXiVEHHAMPTOKT . —Pitiful Fanaticism . —At the Quarterly Meeting of the Charity Tent of tbe Independent Order of Rechabites , held at Mr . Mogg ' s Coffee House , Snow-hill , Wolverhampton , on Mopday , December tbe 20 tb , the following resolution was proposed by Mr . John Clark , and seconded by Mr . Solomon Hall , " That application be made to the district for tbe removal of the Tent from this bouse , because tbe Chartists meet in the same room . " MIDDLETON . —The people here axe in great distress . On Monday evening a meeting was held in the Reformer ' s Chapel . Mr . Waud , a working man , was called to the chair , who after a few preliminary observations , introduced Mr . Griffin , of Manchester , who addressed the audience .
HUCKNALL TOBKABD . —Mr . Murray of the * Plague , " lectnred here on the Uih inet . A Chartist Chairman was cnosen , and when the lee turer concluded , he was followed by Mr . D . Taylor , after which a resolution in favour of the Charter was carried by a tremendous majority . NEW ASK . —On Sunday last two sermons were preached by Mr . G . Harrison , ia our large Association Room , in the afternoon aud in the evening , to very attentive and listening audiences ; and on Monday evening be delivered an excellent lecture en the avarice of the priesthood . At the close five new members were enrolled .
LEICESTER . —Our number is now 732 . Mr . Bairstow preached last Sunday night , and Mr . Cooper lectured on Saxon history , tbe following night in the Guildhall . Mr . G . Julian Harney is to address ub on Christmas day . Mr . Bairstow preaches tbe following night , and on Monday afternoon and evening wo are to have a friendly tea party , with singing , recitations , and a dance , in tbe Guildhall , which the Major has courteously granted us for the occasion . DUNDEE . —Destitution m Paislkt . —It would be well tor many of our professing Christian friends if they would take an example f .-om the liberality of the Christian Ci . artist Church , in this place . Last . Sunday , collections were made at thfcir place of worship in behalf of the destitute operatives and their
famines of Paisley and neighbourhood . Mr . Abram Duncan officiated forenoon , afternoon , and evening , and tbe addresses be delivered were really eloquent and told powerfully on the audience . On all tne occasions the bouse was crowded jto suffocation , and many who coold not gain admittance left their mite , aad Eought other places of worship . Notwithstanding tbe well-known destitution prevailing in unfortunate Paisley , no public subscription or collection at tbe doors of iht > state churches , not even of tbe would-be-thought liberal dissenters has been attempted here . The Christian feeling of the Chartist body becomes therefore more apparent ; the more so when the distress at present prevailing here is taken into account , they haying more need to receive than give . The collection amounted to £ 5 . 10 b . 6 ( 1 .
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Cruelty to a Dog . —A ftw days ago , two brothers , of Birmingham , named Reuben and Durnot Cope , were each fined , at the Public Office , 40 s . and 10 s . costs , for having , on tbe 11 th instant , set fire to a dog , after first rubbing him with turpentine . The dog had strayed into their premises , and this was the punishment they isflicted . The information was laid by the officers of -the Animals' Friend Society , ¦ ii T rn ' r r . i riy ^^ i ii ¦ ¦ n . . i w »
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THE M WIDOW" FROST . To my generous and benevolent Brother Chartists throughout the length and- breadth of the land , for their noble response to my former humble Appeal on behalf of the Whig-made Widow and most amiable family of the expatriated Frost . . When it was understood from undefined expressions that in addition to the sum in the treasurer ' s hands that £ 60 would satisfy them , and that on the payment thereof the deeds would be given up , and Mrs . Frost placed in fnll possession and consequent independence , my appeal was speedily answered by
above £ 70 being placed , for the release of the property , at the Northern Star office , to which place I requested that it should be transmitted , and sometime after i , with the aid of some of my friends , collected from a few M . P . ' s and other affluent friends in London , a very considerable sum in addition , all of which was offered to the bankers , but refused with seeming contempt , and with asking whether it was expected that they ( the bankers ) were expected to become subscribers to tbe Frost fund , and declaring that they would accept of nothing less than their full demand , which they had swelled to £ 360 . Mr . Rogers , the treasurer of tbe fund , offered them £ 200
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for & final settlement , although he had only £ 196 in hand , and after an application to government for power to sell , and finding that they could not do better , after great delay , great trouble , and incalculable Buffer ing on tbe port of that ornament ot her sex , Mrs . Frost , they have agreed to accept , in fall of all demands , the Bum of £ 250 . And now yoa must see that my object in again claiming yoar attention is to procure the additional sum of £ M , and I must explain the true position of the case as it at present stands . Several friends have kindly come forward to advanoe various snma on loan , for the purpose of having an immediate settlement , and this they do on condition that the same may be returned to them so
soon as subscribed , when no doubt they will display their liberality . Meanwhile , it must . be borne in mind that the saidfriends have subscribed handsomely onaformeroocaeion . «» Equal burthens break no backs . " Tberefore , after consulting a . few friends , it has been considered requisite ( as by no other means could the matter be so generally and so speedily brought uader your notice ) that I should lay the ease before you , through the columns of our own invaluable organ , ihe Northern Star ; and as the loans may be insufficient , and as it is essential that an immediate settlement ehoold be made , I feel confident that every Chartist will par . ticipate in my own feeling , and that they will , to a man . strain everv nerve , and use every possible
exertion , to place the sum at the Aarofiioe within a fortnight , when a final settlement of this painful affair shall forthwith be made , and the surplus returned to the oubsoribers , or disposed of as the subscribers mav direct . My kind friends , I consider that any appeal to your reason , after the foregoing explanation , and with the general knowledge you possess of the case , would be little less than an insult . I may , however , be permitted to state that consequent upon the confusion in the business affairs and property of Mr . Frost ( whom we one and all hold most dear ) , the loss has been immense ; and from circumstances which delicacy forbids should be stated here , Mrs . Frost and family have been for a very considerable time subjected to very great hardshi ps , which had they been known , would have
speedily been alleviated . Mr . Frost's only son has , from ill health , been compelled to relinquish a respectable trade to which he had been apprenticed in the city- of Glasgow , in May last , and to return to his afflioted mother ; great expense has been incurred in procuring the best medical advice for him , and otherwise , and now very faint hopes are given of Mb recovery . My kind friends , I might go on to an indefinite length in particularising the dreadful and heartrending sufferings to which Mrs . F . has been subjected , and what she is now enduring , and would still be able to give but a faint outline ; suffice it to say , that when tho money is paid , the wife and family of our martyred brother will be placed in independent circumstances ; then , as you will with one voice say it ought , so with one effort let it at once be , accomplished . I remain , Your devoted friend , L . PlTKETHLY .
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TO HAMER STANSFELD , ESQ . "All classes will prey upon all other classes juat as orach as they ean and dare . " HAMEB STANSFELD . Sib , —After the letters which I have before addressed to you , preface to tbis would be superfluous ; I ahall , therefore , proceed at once to the subject of my letter , after I put on reoord a declaration , which may be understood to apply to all I have written , and to all I may write upon this subject , that declaration is , that I am as much opposed to monopolies of all kinds as you can be , provided that the competing parties be put upon an equal footing in all things .
Well , tben . Sir , after tbe illustration I gave in my last letter , tell me candidly , dp you think it possible to carry a repeal of tbe Com Laws , with our present fixed monetary payments f ot , in other words , with our present amount of taxes : especially if each a redaction in the price of fanning produce were to follow as seems to be commonly calculated upon ? I have shown that though the faraet ' a rent might be reduced one half to meet the new circumstances , yet , as taxes remain the same in nominal amount ( though doable in ruality ) , he would only nave one-fourth of the sum he now haa to expend on American cotton ; and , consequently , if taxes were to be reduced one half , along witb the repeal of the Corn Laws , to enable him to meet the reduced price * of bis produce , be would then only be in the Mine relative situation ia which he is at present i
But let us endeavour further to divest this matter of the tnyttery in which it seems to be enveloped . Let us see if we cannot make it so plain that a wayfaring man , though a fool , may fully comprehend it . And in order to do tail , let us suppose that all indirect taxation Is done away with ; and that tbe farmer , instead of having to pay a tax upon his sugar , tea , coffee , soap , and upon everything tae puts into bis mouth , or lays upon bis back ; instead of payments in this way let us suppose that he naaadireet tax to pay upontnking his corn to market ; and , to make tbe supposition the more
impressive and complete , let us suppose that Hameb Stansfeid himself is the fanner , and that he is taking his corn to Leeds market for sale . Let as Also further suppose , that when he gets to the market-place there Is a tollgate erected , and in tbe bouse attached to it there are assembled the landholder , the clergyman , the representatives of the dead weight , the pensioners , the army , the navy , and all the numerous brood who fatten upon the taxes . Our newly-made farmer matches boldly up to the place , and calls out " gate , " when out issue the whole brood , and something like the following colloquy takes place : —
Taseaters—Well , Sir , who are you ? Farmer—Hoiaer Stansfeid , gentleman-farmer . Taxealers—What are you going to sell ? Farmer—Nine load of wheat , the produce of an acre of my farm , after my rent is paid . Tcuxaters—What countryman » to you ? Farmer—A . n Englishmen ( stretching himself up to his full height ) . Taxealers—Then you must give us £ 3 , or 6 s . 8 d . per load , before yoa can be allowed to pass . Farmer- —Three pounds ! and what is it for ? Taseeaters—For the payment of tbe interest of the Debt , to maintain tbe clergy , tbe army , navy , pensioners , &c &c Farmer—Interest of Debt ! what debt r
Taxealers—Why , what an ignorant bull-frog you must be ! Why , air , the debt that was contracted to prevent the rebel Americans from gaining their independence , and also that which was contracted to put down " Boney , " and to preserve the comforts and blessings of our holy religion " as by law established , " and also for the protection of all our properties and persons , ' Farmer—But our properties and persons are in no danger now ; and we are not the nation which then existed ; and ought not the nation which then existed to have paid for its own protection , and not leave it to be paid for by their successors ? They had no right to spend the produce of my labour . TiureSiern—But , you oaf , are not our properties safe ? and is not our Church safe ? and should ire have had either properties or Church , if tbe debt had not been contracted ?
Farmer—Yea , gentlemen ; and if your properties are safe , ought not those who enjoy those properties to pay the interest of tbe debt contracted tor their protection ? And , if our Church be safe , ought not those who enjoy tbat safety to pay for it , and not throw the burden upon those who have no benefits resulting from either ? Here the whole tribe rush oat at once and load oar Farmer with every kind of genteel epithet ! The fundholder calls him " rogue and leveller ! " The parson calls him " infidel ! " The pretty Misses faint at his
vulgarity , in daring to call in question the prerogative of our " munificent Queen I" And the " gallant son of mars , * ' ( all stays and whiskers ) threatens to blow his brains out , for " a rascally chartist V' . So that , amidst tbe uproar , and for fear of worse consequences , our Farmer deems it prudent to pay down their demand , and is then allowed to take his stand in the market Immediately on his withdrawing from the Toil-gate , up comes another careless looking I-ufcfy-you-kind-offellow , and calls out Gate . " Taxealers—Who ate you , sir .
Stranger—What ! dont you know me ? I ' m " brother Jonathan , the American ; " come here on the principles of free trade , with my corn to sell . Taxeaters—Very glad to see you , brother . Fine country yours . No taxes With you , Jonathan—[ asidecurse the fellow for Mb example ]; and yon shall find us as liberal as yourselves . You can sttp in and take your stand by the side of that " leveller , " Stansfeid , Here then we h&ve got you , Sir , side by Bide with brother Jonathan , in our " Free Trade" market , waiting
for customers ; aud the very first that present them-• elves are the taxeaters ( Out of courtesy they walk up to brother Jonathan first , and ask him the price of bis load of wheat Jonathan—Tan shillings , Sir . Taxeaters—A . ni what are you asking , Mr . Stansfeid ? S ^ ij / efct—twenty ^ shilling s , '¦ Si r . Tazoaiert—Twenty shillings ! Why there is brother Jonathan here , only asking ten shillings for quite as good wheat as yours . How can you fox sname ask gash an unreasonable . price as that ? .
Stansfeid— Yes , but you forget that In this country ,, in consequence . of the . poverty caused by the taxes ef every description , the poor rates . are ten times as much here as with brother Jonathan ; that the pounty rates ate int < esamepropoitlen ; ami that Ihconsequfcuce of the vast quantity of paper money necessary to float all these things , and the consequent extra profit and monopoly , food and clothing are caused to be much dearer , or higher priced nere than in America . Besides , you hare taken six shillings and eightpence per load of me before I could come ¦ into market ! Therefore if I take ten shillings for my wheat , I shall only have three shillings andfonrpence to take home for profit , wages and every thing j
Taxeaters—O ! that has nothing whatever to do with the matter , Mr . Stansfeid . What you paid us was , as Lord Morpeth told you . " necessary for tbe safety of the
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state . " And a very " wise man , " particular acquaintance of youn , one Mr . Plint , yon know him , has told you—nay , he saya be has . proved it , " that taxes nave nothing whatever to do with tbe price of articles . " Therefore all that you have aid arises from your ignorance of the principles of free trade . We cannot divine what can be in tbe head of Sir R . Peel to oppose such glorious principles ; but be you assured , Mr . Stansfeid , that we , the tax-eaters , go the " whole hog " with the "Free Trade" men . Come , cheer up , man ! you will understand tbe matter better by and bye AU that yoa wast is "a market" I and , as the lowering of tbe price of corn one-naif will enable us to purchase juit double the quantity we did before , this will give a " ready market" and V plenty of labour ; " and cause us to " have prosperity for ages" !
Stansfeid— Juat so ; pleUf of prosperity for the taxeaten I Bat what is it for tee farmer and his labourer ? What li he to do with the thir ty shillings , all he has tofkake home after he has paid his taxes , instead of the six pounds which be used to have ? Juat so l Mr . Stansfeid I A very pertinent question ! And is it not a sight to gladden the heart of apolitical economist to see tne tax-eaters take the money from the English farmer , and immediately bay their wheat of Brother Jonathan , because Brother Jonathan can afford it lower , having had no toll to pay on his way to market , while the English farmer had paid six-aud-eightpence upon each load ? Now , Mr . Stansfield , doa't you feel ashamed ? Dont you blush up to the very eyes at the bare contemplation of such monstrous folly and injustice as this ?
But , Sir , as there are many men who can never see the bearings } ef a case except it come fairly home to them , I will put the same case into a shape likely to be felt in my own immediate neighbourhood . Let us , then , take the Heckmondwike blanket manufacturer ; and let as suppose him to take bis blankets to tbe Blanket Hall for sale , and that when he gets there , the Taxeater Is standing at the gate and demands of him their price . Let us suppose the blanket maker to tell him , that to make a living , he must have tliirtwn shillings and fourpence . Then , says the Taxeater , you must pay me six shillings and eightpence ; which , of cause , he pays , and naturally adds it to tbe price of his blankets , making their price to be one pound .
Now , then , let as suppose that " brother Jonathan " comes with bis blankets for Bale to the same place , tells the Taxeater who he is , and is told in answer , that as he his not an Englishman , he may go into tbe market without paying any toll or tax , because we have Free Trade . And let us also suppose , thatis consequence of the absence of all those things previously enumerated , that the American can . afford to sell bis blankets at ten shillings per pair . Now can the Englishman , who has our enormous weight of taxation to bear , successfully compete , In the Blanket-market , with brother Jonathan ? Is it not preposterous to talk about it ? The thing is so absurd in itself that it causes ena to stand in utter amazement , that there can be found men with a sufficient quantity of folly to seriously propose such a thing .
Thus you see , Sir , that it is tUe taxes , the everlasting taxes , aud their consequences , which have a great deal to do with our difficulties . Remove them , and their consequences ; and then you . Sir , as a Farmer , can meet brother Jonathan iu the coin market . Remove them , and their consequences , and the Heckmondwike blanket maker can bang brother Jonathan , or any one else ; but suffer them to remain , and you continue involved in difficulties . You cannot meet the foreigner successfully , either in tbe manufactures or grain market . It is the taxes which have mainly helped to bring the " merchant and manufacturer to tho gulf of bankruptcy , and have caused the labourer to eat bis bed . " But how are these things to be met , and dealt with ? By a Parliament chosen by UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ! By nothiBg else con the Hydra be destoyed . I am , Sir ,, Yours truly , Jahks Penny . Millbridge , December 20 th , 1841 .
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THE ?• LEEDS TIMES ' " CHARGE OF DRUNKENNESS AGAINST MR . J . B . O'BRIEN . We did not expect to have to allude to this diagusting affair again , bat self-defence compels it . The readers of tbe Star will remember that Mr . O'Brien lectured in the Huddersfield Hall of Science , on Sunday , November 6 th . -The Hall of Science , we believe , belongs to the Huddersfield Socialists , who gave up their own regular meetings on that occasion to accommodate Mr . O'Brien and his friends . In reference to that day ' s proceedings , the correspondent of the Leeds Times Bent a paragraph to that paper , in which , amount other derogatory statements , he asserted that Mr . O'Brien was "drunk , and no mistake . " Our readers will also remember , that in onr paper of November 13 th , this
charge was indignantly denied , both by ourselves , and by Mr . James Penny , of Milibridge ; on whose authority Mr , O'Connor had also triumphantly shewn up the cowardly means used to injure Mr . O'Brien , at a very numerous meeting holden in Leeds , en Tuesday , the 9 th of November , of which circumstance mention is also made in the report of the meeting inserted in the Starot November I 3 ta , On Nov . 16 th , we received a letter in reference to this subject , from Mr . Edward Clayton of Huddersfield . As there was nonsw point mooted in it , and as it Was but a repetition of the statement ? made by Mr . Penny iu his communication of the Saturday previous , we did not publish it . During the course of the succeeding week , we received a aote from
• Huddersfield , from Mr . Clayton , asking why the letter hadnoi been inserted , and still pressing for its publication . To this we replied , privately , assigning our reason for at first declining it ; and mentioning , as an additional reason why weshould still decline its publication , that the Editor of the Leeds Times YaA himself , in his paper of Nov . 20 th , withdrawn the accusation , and explained to the public that the paragraph bad originally appeared in his columns without his knowledge or sanction ; that the moment he had discovered it . he had it removed from the paper ; and that it haa gone through but a very small part of the week's impression . He bad also adminis * tered a very snubbing reproof to the correspondent who had imposed upon him .
One would have thought that this would " have been sufficient to set the matter at rest . But no I Mr . Edward Clayton is a very vain and a veryindisoreet young man . He had written a letter , and it had not appeared in print ! This was not to be borne . As he could not be allowed to cut a caper in our columns , he thought , after the dance was oyet he would try to make a figure somewhere else . He haseucoeeded ! Aom we now proceed to tell . In tiie Scottish Patriot of Saturday last , Dec . 18 th , we find a letter from Mr . Edward Clayton purporting to be a copy of the one he had sent to us for insertion ; accompanied by a note to the Editor of the Patriot , in which the writer has the meanness , the insolence , the audacity , the dishonesty , to represent the Northern Star as having , along with the Leeds rimes , originated and circulated the infamous lie with an intent to do Mr . O'Brien injury ! and
that we had refused to insert his letter in contradic tion , or in vindication of Mr . O'Brien ' s character ; leaving the inference to be drawn that we had never contradicted the statement at all ! Is not this a most perfect specimen Of impotent malice , arising from mortified vanity and overweening self-conceit 11 We mentioned that the letter in the Patriot purports to be a copy of the one sent to us . We have compared the two ; and tell Mr . Edward Clayton that it is dishonest in him to palm such a fraud upon the public It is not a copy , nor anything like acopy . To Bhew this , and to shew also what value there is to he placed on Mr . E . Clayton ' s word , and what a discreet : and zealous vindicator and friend Mr . O'Brien has , we give an extract from Mr , E . Clayton ' s letter published in the Patriot , and follow it by one from tbe letter sent to us , written and signed by Mr . E . Clay ton himself .
" I do moat solemnly assert , without fear of centradiction , that Mr . O'Brien never tasted any intoxicating liquor whatsoever on the Sunday of which he ia charged with being intoxicated . "—Eowabd Clayton , in the Scottith Patriot . " After the afternoon lecture , Mr . O Brian was taken ill On the recommendation of a medical gentleman , and unknown to Mr . O'Brien , I sent for fourpennyworth of brandy , which he drank upon the platform . ' * —Edward Clayton , la a letter to the Editor of the Northern Star , dated Nov . 15 th , 18 « .
To this we need not add another word ; save that the reader will keep in mind tho fact that the latter paragraph is from the letter sent to as for publication , of which Mr . Edward Clayton says that his letter in the Scottish Patriot is a copy .
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Rueal Policb . —On Saturday , at a meeting of tho ratepayers of tbe parish of Chipping Sodbury , in tho county of Gloucester , to consider the propriety of petitioning for the discontinuance of the present rural police , it was resolved , " Tbat tbe continuance of the rural police force in tbat parish is useless , and entails not only heavy expences upon the ratepayers , but subjects them to continual oppression and tyranny , and that a petition be forthwith prepared to be presented at the next Christmas Quarter Sessions , praying the Magistrates to discontinue the said force . " At a vestry meeting , held at Framptonon-Severn , on the 9 ; h inst ., it was unanimously resolved , that the police for this parish is wholly unnessary . —Gloucestershire Chronicle .
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THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL TO THE CHARTISTS OF SHEFFIELD . 14 The drying up one tear baa more Of honest fame , than shedding seas of gore . " B&OTHEB . Democrats , —In . « ur last address , we urged yon to rally round the banner of the National Charter Association , and to support with zeal and energy the Executive Council , whom yon have selected to guide the movement , and lead you onward to the attainment of your rights . It Is now oar daty to call upon you to act justly towards those , who , torn from your ranks by tho rutulesa hand of persecution , share " the felon ' s fate , theMelon ' s fare , " for no other crime , but that they sought the destruction of elsss privileges , and the enfranchisement of the toiling massea ; for the annihilation of whose wrongs they straggled , for the vindication of whose rights they now suffer .
Three of your townsmen , Samuel Holberry , John Marshall , and Peter Foden , yet linger in the dungeons to which the late Whig Government consigned them . The Umita of this Address will not allow as to repeat the efvtold tale of their sufferings Y It is on behalf of the wives and families of these our unfortunate brothers we now appeal to you . Without entering into an account of their privations , yon , working men , can form bat too correct an idea of the situation of these widowed wives and tyrant-made orphans . Tbe wives and children of tbe working classes have but too often to feel tbe dire curses of poverty and want , even when blessed with the presence of a husband ' s love—a father's care ; how lamentable , then , must be the lot of such as ore tobbed of their natural protectors and guardians . We urge you to make the case yoor own : think what would be the unhappy situation of your own wives and children was their fate the fate of those whose cause we plead .
It has been too much the fashion ot lato among many , to talk of "the foolish and violent conduct" of ccreaiu of the imprisoned patriots , aad it would appear that tbis has been witb too many an excuse for totally neglecting the support of the bereaved families ; let this be said for the men named in this address , that whatever may have been their mistakes or errors—and who is perfect ?—no doubt can exist but tbat they were honest and sincere in their desire to see the freedom of their country established ; and let this be remembered , that if they were at all indiscreet , hundreds cheered thorn onwards in their indiscretion ; and be who would cheer a man into prL > on , and then fail to save from the horrors of want the helpless family of the fallen patriot , is himself unworthy of the form and name he inherits from his creator .
Men of Sheffield ! hitherto justice has not been done to those in whose behalf we address you . We believe this has been more owing to the want of a systematic plan for the collection of monies , than te any apathy , or lack of humanity , on the part of the Cnartist body . We have resolved this shall b » no longer , and we now earnestly Invite your kindly aid to efface the disgrace of failing to support and protect , so far as in ear power lies , the families of those suffering in defence of our holy cause . We have solicited tbe co-operatloa of tbe under-mentioned vendors of the people ' s paper , the Northern Star , and have met with a ready response on their part ; they hold boxes for tbe receiving of the voluntary offerings of all who wish the " good cause " . welL We doubt not that many readers of the Star will give their weekly mite ; others who cannot afford this may occasionally contribute . Let all do according to their ability ; more we require not
The folio wing are : the news-agents above spoken of : — Q . J . Hainey , ' 33 , Cauipo Lane ; Mr . Ludlam , Watson Walk ; Mr . Pashley , Silver-street Head ; Mr . Barrowolough , Far-gate ; Mr . Frost , Bridge-street ; and Mr . Buxton , Sheffield Moor . Mr . Otley , tobacconist , Sheffield Moor , is also authorised to receive subscriptions . Toe members of the association are requested to notice that a collection will be made in the room the first Monday in every month , for the Victim Fund , the members of the Council will make a subscription among themselves at their weekly meeting , and with the assistance we expeot through another channel , we fnvently trust the means will be afforded as of giving a weekly payment to the families of our persecuted friends .
It is necessary we should mention the case of Thomas Penthorpe , one of the victims lately Incarcerated in Korthallerton Hell-bole . In that pandemonium of torture and sorrow ; he was attacked by abscess in the throat , suffering under that cruel disease he was liberated in August last ; be has now been at liberty nineteen weeks , during which time be has been unable to tern a penny for the support of himBelf and family . We have resolved ( with the sanction of the association ) to give t * Penthorpe an equal portion ( with the other recipients ) of the monies collected , so Iongaa he shall
be prevented by disease , as at present , from earning his bread . ' : . - . ¦ .--. ¦ . j ¦ ¦ - . ' ¦ ¦ " There is oppression against the social body whenever any one of its members ia oppressed . There is oppression against every member of it when the social body ia oppressed "—was one ot the sublime truths proclaimed by an assassinated legislator , whose memory ( despite the liea of literary prostitutes ) mankind will yet wvere . Let ua act upon thur great truth , let it ho acknowledged and proclaimed as the democratic law . O for the hour when this shall be 1 The sacred band of
Theban Epaminondas ,. or the phalanx of Macedonian Philip Were not more Invincible tban Britons will then pel Chartiala of Sheffield , act you . upon the above noble sentiment in the , ease submitted to you in tola address ; make the oppression of each Buffering patriot the oppression of yourselves , and act accordingly . At this season of the year , when , if poverty is not too heavy with its grip , most of us contriving to give an hour to mirth and tbe forgetfntaeas of our cil * s ; let us not forget those , who , confined to tho prison cell , are unblessed with even the sight of wife or child ; and let us do justice to the unprotected and the helpless ; by bo doing we shall best cheer the patriot's heart and lessen bis sufferings . .,. : . , Brothers , we need say no more . Confiding in your patriotism and love of justice , we doubt sot you will act upon the golden rule of the Founder of Christianity , "Do onto others as ye would others should do unto
you . Geobge Juman Habney , Sub-Secretary Sheffield , D . c . Wth , 1 SU .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 24, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct874/page/5/
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