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      wrald he seeded , in comparifcn to the number ai present in occupation . Again the great comma nd ie , * 33 ion shalt labour ? and would ^ f ^ rm ihe capltafisi 1 » laaefitted by bodily ererfitoi inowing that it is essential to nealih ? ^ jjj-jjiihoTit pressing ilu 3 snbjeet any farther , ire yro ^ d ag ^ nrrrge upon our srfizans the Importance of ~ e&&& husbandryj as ire ess produce abundant fees , thai wienerer persevering indmdaslrsEd eo . - terprigingcoiaiminitiea liaTe hadafair trial ef ihe -niiDciple , itias been crowned with success . TXcre

      ere individuals *» scscral ofihe Sheffield Trades * toJis ere portly employed on the land , iKD theib . xk&rs OF SUT 25 B 3 -&XE TTETTgft 7 ZBX 5 THOSE "WHOSE SOUS kefespascb 35 ox XBUZiB XABOUH- An instance of Ms Mod presents itself among the razor ^ grmders ; a ^ T tian of the membors of th » trad * ^ jotk ia ibe conntry , ajid ( with some exceptions ) they are partly emplojedinagricultttralpnisuits . The consequence is , they five better—are longer lived—and , an ihe comforts ofjife , aEB ^ soperior to tie Sheffield grinder , ¦ who has nothing else bat his artizsnlabour to depeBQ ' upon for a livelihood .

      "Pellow vyorkzaen- ^ We -weald likewise Enbmit to yoiff attention , ihe propriety of giving assistance to any trade that joins your Tanks . whenever the said trade feels it consistent -srith their interest « r ontytotry io amend their condition . This might be easily done by a small trifle paid by each member , comprising a general union x > f trades . jPor let us suppose there are ten thousand workmen in iheTaricas trades of Sheffield , and these Turkmen members of one general union . A penny from each member Troald amount to ^ 41133-, and if this -jtss continued Trebly , Tot tbe space oTfflX months , would amount -io £ 1 , 083 6 s . 2 ? ow let the same be iadeS to Jhe moral force that snehananien would be capable of yielding , and we will venture to predict with

      nserrjng certainty that a better state of things -would soon be the result . "We "would just point out an example cfBnIonsnd unanimity In the most powerful body af dissenters in ibis country— -w& mean ijae ilethoi 55 ts , wno at their commencement were a despised * nd persecuted body % bat can now assume such an attitude as to command respect from this or any other government : and yet they otobd small share of their Importance to peany-a-week subscriptions . " Fellow Workmen , —la thus dismissing tneaboYe , -jre think we hare stated sufficient to show yon , fioj it wonld be greatly io your interest to come Jsrwardand join n ? . We bare the heartfelt satisiaction in tellLi ^ you that we hare already a great-EiBJority of themost inflaential trades ^ rith 03 , and

      Shire are several others that are nearly ready to declare their adhesion . We trust that in a short Bmaall the trades will form ene compact union , as iheir Interests more or less depend on each other . 3 n eenclEsion , we say we hare performed no more fban obt duty . Onr respective trades naturally ¦ jrish for £ devekvpexoent of oar Tiews , In Tractrng an Kganfzalion of all the trades . If ihey approve of ike sentiments contained in ibis address , it will eertainly impel us to go on as wehave begnn . If Ihey disapprove of them , we shall still enjoy the fSBBsdavs satisfaction of hating served them to the lest of onr ability . We are , bellow Workmen , with the ness wMies for yonr welfare , u ^ Ehb Delegate CoaonrrEE op thb Associaied Tkides . "

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      ffiE COLLIERS , THE STRIKE , AUD THE "LITTiiE-SHrLLmG" MEN . ¥ i find thainjorions effiscts of an ** Extension of Jrade" deTelopingChemselTea more prominently day after 4 sj , as the . straggle between capitalists and frpir sisTes progresses . Hot only was the supply too jreat for the * xisHT > g demand , bnt it rraa fnrther lagmeated bj the facilities -which an artificial Paper Currency afforded the speculators of dabbling in the hlourmarket and as eharroa are balm to the sonl sad -Cspfivafing io iihe mind , we find the old Paper ( krrency adTocates proposing an extension of this hiter efil , as a means of correcting the calamity to ilach , in a more mitigated form , it has led .

      The cry has been raised that "as Ireland has her JPCossELi , aad Wales her Bhbecca , why should not Ingland 2 isve ier ArrwoODr The MSW ^ is , England Tub her Attwood , and is ready io beis-Hiis her Atth-ood in that position from which his cwn timidity hurled Mm ; but the qualification must ie—not Ms advocacy of a return io One Pound Ivotes , iff the a Little ShUling , " bnt bis return * o those jmeiples which he 2 nd bis party most . shamefully abandoned .

      A disordered mnltitnde mQ nerer lack leaders j professing am . entire sympathy with the sufferers ; i Yrhile experieBee innst haTe taught the working ) tSasses , that iho 3 e circumstance-made-generals , have ' isTariablf attempted to use the soldiers for the at- f iunment of their own peculiar objects . The colliers , ] Igpear to us to have gained experience IniheBcaool \ ifaoTersity . ^ Bej are daily learning the state of Eopposable dependency to wMeh they hare been tonight ; and in each Euecessire failure that depen- > < iaey is more widely imprinted on their minds . I Iky hare discorered that they are mere aaehinery f

      EEd cj capitslisis , who are directed in their speen- ; hatHia bj the amonnt of confidence with which fijjeaa inspire the mansgerB of joint-stock paper ; - ssi , in the griBvance they recognize the woiking of I I feijEtem by which they are disinherited from any ] 1 jarncipauon « f ihe maVing of those laws , and in I feframrDg of those rules and Tegnlaiions , by which I 1 6 = r affiairs are governed .: and , therefore , instead o / . I sa ^ i } thssctun from the surface teith a One . Pound 3 is ^ they look for political egHality as « means of 9 ^ BDang the filth from ihe bottom . Nothing could B i ^ we ns wiih greater conSdence , or £ 11 us with

      B sn joj , than the discretion by which their moresate iaTe been nitheno marked . The press , bowg TO , is already beginning to associate Chartism H "tciiiiB " Saakei" and it ieeomes our bonnden flficj io guard on ? clients against the admission j dthflQiarfistscam intoihe " wages ^ -welk In the 1 HxrimgAdverlueT , now lying before us , we findthat fi * iffleeting of colliers was addressed by Mr . Thom-I « a , a Chartist . ' When the Stnrge parry atm ^ e ^ Jied , binder fhe gmdaace of Uje League , to * & the Colliers of Staffordshire in support « f See Siade" principles , we hesitated not to C !! 2 Bn them against the wiles of that party ; and * ianll not now withhold onr advioa when snnilar

      **^ r ihreatens the body . Instead , then , of giving * svim opinion , as reqneHted by BeTeral Corresto&ents , ^ s to ihe Sness of Mr . Shomasom to £ 11 «^ ee oT a Collier Lecturer , we wonld refer the fl * E&aais to those localities where Mr . Thohasos ¦ a host know than he ia to us . Let them apply to ¦ " ^ Cbsrtist AssociatioHat Nottingham , to their own ¦ 1 * 5 at U e-wcastlfi , and to the people of the Tale of : # M * £ a ; ihe localities -where the services of Mr . ffusausos are bestinown 5 and if ie Bucceeds in y » Sag such a-eharacter from thoBe places as will jfeweiim Io be worthy « f their confidence , by all : r ** i let him hare it ; while , should he fail , he - ¥ " £ & not to be trusted with any pariJcipatlon in ihe

      fome nt . Let them also mquire of the Chartists J ^ Bilaon and W © dnesbary , and ask who it is that y ^ ieeDinscrumentelincaaBing the People ' s Hal t ** ^ en ^ r them ! We feel onrselTes called : | r ^ to administer this wh olesome cauti on ; one , Jg ** ihe observance of which Mr . Thojusos can -W ^ n ao iDjnry ; one , from the neglect of wiich : ^ p ^* Bias ana the Charfet body may receive irre' W * *^ dasage .

      JL - ^ ^ * ° ^^ * * dnce as io the 'W ^ kwsrt of lectarers has been acted npon j while : w ^ *** no l pleased to learn' that the mgenerons ^ -t aRmSteffratfEbire to make the Strike a mere i ¥ ? f * t 5 oDj ^^ 1 > een Kpndjated by the sound ^^^^^ gwd Bense of the great body of Colliers , l » m * ** & ® ri ^ Bin ^ on of not limiting their snp-- ^^^ fiKe ° immBdiM ^! y connected with their ^ n ^ * ^ hJ 3 isae trae principle 5 and if gener-4 ^* ctea ^ F « a , inn le ^ to jm csienaon of th » t i ^ - - ^ **» & > tether with Aeir own % J ^^ anrtnajfe-Hwwi . That there is A ! f ?** fl «« n anr- « t &eir own trade of delving ¦ d » TC ^

      2 * « nh is self-eTidens ? « nd iherefbre , ^^ SS ^ 1 ^ ™ ** 1 > 0 irel 8 llke letihem T ^^^ ateention 1 » the-enltrration of itssarfwe ^ l ^ e ?? 0611 * ^ Kbonr * ° ' ^ a Mllier » "Incui - iDf&nC ' ? parficularly fits him for an - ¦^ iDr ir * l 3 iJe ' ^ ** ^ ™ coniparisoi ^ ™ ° re fas'^^^^^^ w ^ Temunerating diaadiettade " ^" k te ETer Wa ^ an ^ ^ BI 3 n ore so * han eTer L ** " tj : ^^ « ek $ howOTQ' aa the imporiance ~ 3 " fiL . ^ ^ sti on isjin onr estimation ; anii « ur-C lZ ^ Dl 3 ia : 3 ^ importance as k that of &e I IE ? ana "; 5 et » f « the present , wonld we " K 7 tW 0 ffWt-.-gBWfimiBto bBBiade of - ^^^ " ^^^^^^^ S J ^ ^ m oTe iimneoiate I - ^ ^ aefc ^ itQ thQj maaers . The % '

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      earth has belched np many uncultivated slaves . Let those upon its surface , whohave had better = opporhuuties of instrncting themselTe 9 , receive their brother ^ and embrace them ; and instead of looking npon them as an additional increase to the system-madesurplus-population , let them k-ok upon them as an augmentation to that force , which , seeing abundance in the Land * will increase the demand for itsappliea ^ tioh to its legitimate purposes . The colliers are to be won tofthe advocacy of the Land and Charterqnestkra j but they mast be wooed and led bj gentle courtship , and not driven by declamation . Onr first

      step should be to saTe them from their seducers byj cantos ; our next to win them to onrselTes by argnment . We desire not to rouse an angry feeling against iheir masters 5 while we would place them in a condition to resist their further powers of oppression . In case a speaker should frequently present himself as their instructor , let their leaders instantly and openly through our columns , or by letter if they prefer it , wmunnnicate vith the Chartist body in those several localities where the character of such speaker is best known : and until this preliminary step is first taken , we would strongly

      recommend them to discountenance and discourage any alliance with strangers to their body , Of all things let them abstain from prirato letter wiling , asd secret associations . Amongst their own order in Staffordshire , Northumberland , Yorkshire , Wales , and Scotland are men of the very highest order of talent , and of unimpeachable integrity . We wonld , therefore , suggest the propriety of their calling a Convention of their own body , to meet in the most convenient place , not Bitting beyond three days ; fthose business it should be to decide upon , and to recommend , some uniform system whereby their operations may be directed .

      So flinch for the colliers especially ; while our advice to colliers and Chartiste is , to beware lest what belongs to other circumstances should be saddled upon the back of Chartism ] If the " free traders , " or sectional leaders , Bhoald succeed in exeiting the angry passions of the starving colliers , let the remonstrance and the language of their Chartist brethren be^—** YOU WEES CAUGHT BEFORE IH THB SiXS . TBAP ; and we were charged iriih all ihe consequences of your indiscretioji .

      There is little doubt bat the old rump of the Birmingham faction will attempt to foist themselves as leaders of the irritated colliers . We caution them against say alliance with any party who WOUld QS 6 them for mere class purposes .

      THB NORTHERN STAR , 5

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      Stbjlsge CaBDPCT- % p a Pabsdh -uro his Tools , the Chuechtvakdexs . —Some few weeks ago we published an account of a vestry meeting wMch had been called at Sutton to lay a Church Rate ; and which , when it was assembled , was suddenly adjourned by the parson-chairman on his individual authority . Since then the adjourned meeting has been holden ; indeed two adjourned meetings , as ihe following account will show : — The church-wardens having given notice that a vestry meeting would be holden on the 13 th of Jane , 1843 , at ten o'clock in the forenoon , fox the purpose of levying a rate of sevenpesce halfpenny in the pound , the ratepayers assembled at the time appointed . The Minister took the chair : and being famished

      -with a book he commenced -writing in it , without any business being brought before the meeting . After some time , be read over the notice calling the meeting , and then -what he had -written , the purport of ¦ B-hieh wm , that the meeting stood adjourned to the 27 th of Jnna On that day tee ratepayers again a » sembled , and in larger number * than before . The Minister did not make Ms appearance ; but one o ! the ehtcrch-wardens took ihe chair , and -withont consulting the meeting wrote another adjonrsmeBt . Se -was lessoned -with upon the impropriety of snch contort , when he declared tkat it -was legal , closed

      the book , and bid the ratepayers to help themselves —h 8 stood responsible . Xbe other churchwardens took the bodka and vent a-sray -with them . According to the last adjournment the ratepayers assembled on Tuesday morning last , at ten o ' clock , in larger numbers still ; but neither Minister nor ctrarehward ens made their appearance . After -waiting some half boor in the church-yard , an individual went down to the Cleri ' s honae to see what -was up . The Clerk said he ¦ was just coming to ths church ; and come he did , but sot to let the ratepapers into the church , bnt to pat the following notice upon the church door : —

      " The legality of the last adjournment having been dispnted , fresh notice -will be given ; when we shall be able to lay before the vestry the business for which it was originally called . poHX K . NOW 1 E 5 DiWBKSEI , Caarcawarttena . < Johx Suiter worth , \ Bexjajus Button , Sntton , August 1 , ISiZ . " ito > s > the trhole of this business is grossly illegal , after the first assembling of the meeting . At a vestry meeting the minister , or parson ^ can legally assume Hie chair- but he has no power to adjourn a meeting of his own individual will , unless in case a poll is demanded , when , after taking a few votes on the spot , he may adjourn to another time and place , for ihe convenience of finishing the poll . Bui sven in that ease , if he put the muation of

      € td } ouT 7 iment to the meeting , ihe power to adjourn oj himself is given up- The conduct of this parson , ihent in ihe very first instance , was grossly contrary io law ; and this is , for him , a very unfortunate circumstance ; for we have no doubt but thai he looks vpon a great portion of his flock as a very lawless rabble , and turns up his nose—fis it tceU-dgedlJ—accordingly ; whereas in this business so far , he , ihe parson ^ is the only "lawless" ragamvjffin in the wltole parish . There is an old saying , " Rke master like man f and . Ihe truth of it was exemplified at the first u adjourned" meeting . ** The churchwarden took ihe chair . " What were the -ratepayers doing to let him ? Be had no -more legal right to do so

      then we should have had , had we chasicedio have been strolling through the place . The law of veslry meetings is , that in the absence of ihe parson from the chair , the ratepayers shall appoint some ene to preside . The ratepayers , therefore , in this instance ought to have elected a chairman , and proceeded to business . If the churchwarden had then interrupted the harmony of the meeting , and tried io cause -confusion , the chairman should have earned him to be removed out of the place , — io a dunghill if ihe parties taking him Weed . The ratepayers having neglected the necessary appointment ef a chairman , the churchwarden assumed it ; and played ihe illegal prenk of the parson over aoain . He , of himself \ again adjourned the

      meeting ! More fools ihe ratepayers to let him 1 They should have laughed at him , and gone to business . - Jf ihe officials would not leave ihe vestrybook with the chairman , for the recording of ihe business transacted , ihe chairman should have taken it from them . Meetings should no ! be mere play things in the hands of officials . Teach them iheir pr&per place , whenever they go beyond it There is no uoander thai the churchwardens felt themselves compelled to give notice that the legality qffhese adjournments was disputed , and that "fresh notice" for a meeting must be given . The conduct , all through , of the parson and his tools was highly illegal . The first adjournment was illegal , and no future steps could cure the

      defect . Had ihe second meeting gone io business , whatever they had done would not have been teorth a straw ; and so with the third meeting . This Mr Parson seems to have found out ; and we have no doubt but that he induced the churchwardens io play the bully at the second meeting io get himself out of the . scrape , ** The legaRly of ihe last adjournment is disputed " * say the churchwardens . The last adjournment was as legal as the first one ; every whit so . But it is convenient sometimes for a law-breaking parson to have a scape-goni do carry off the odium . The ratepayers are , however , to have another meeting . " Fresh notice will be given . " Let them then assemble . Let them then go to business . If the parson comes to " take " If heshould not do

      ihe chair , well and good . - so , or if he should again play the prank of adjonrnment " , arid leave ihe chair , appoint one of the ratepayers io fill it , and go to work . Be not ridden over , either by Ifr . Parson or his lacqueys , John Hickot , Makchisteb , has collected for Mr . Sailton ihe sum of 6 s . lOd . W . Major , Bebmosdsst , is informed that Mr . T . R . Smart , late of Loughborough , is now at Shawlane , near Markfield-PiT-OT . —We are desired to notice , that unless all persons holding money for ihe late concerts , held at ihe City of London Institution , p . y the same into the hands of Mr . Wheeler , vn or before Wednesday . 9 ih of August , they wiU be pubRshed as

      defaulters . Lohehi £ S asd Baitles . —All lottery ^ and raffle announcements are expressly forbidden by statute . The insertion of one in the columns of a newspaper involves a fine of £ 1 QO This is sufficient explanation to our Newcastle friends . Press of Maiteb has caused us io reserve the communications of Mb . Galpix , GBiCCHns , Mb . SioiiHETEB , and several others , till next week . ffi-ritL . Cootsb . desires to acknowledge the receipt \) f £ 2 from Robert ffaines , -& ? -, of Oicndie j £ 1 JnanMr . Wm . Tallow , Manchester ; 10 s . from the female Chartists of Todmorden ; and Vis . from the female Chartists at Sheepshead .

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      SlABS TO lEKLA . KB .-rAe Sheffield Council again press -upon the Sheffield , Chartists the . necessity of sending their Stars to Ireland . A committee « in attendance at the Fig Tree Lane Room every Wednesday evening , to receive and'forward all papers ihey may be favoured ! with . Let our Sheffield friends see to this ; without any trouble to them iheeommittee will forward the papers , and immense good will doubtless be the result . The Council beg io acknowledge ihe receipt , of several copies of the Northern Star from , unknown friends , sent as the Council suppose to be forwarded to Ireland . Our

      Chartist friends in any , part of the country who will favour the SheffieldlCouncil with their Stars , are informed that they will be duly posted io Ireland . Papers may be . addressed to Mr . John Gfreen shoemaker ^ Fine Yard , Hartshead , Sheffield . Ma . Jcxian Haxnet would feel obliged to his friends in different parts of the country , if they would favour him with any local papers they may " take in" and have no further use for when read . Their politics will not matter ; and English , Scotch , Welsh , or Irish ] papers will be equally acceptable . Mr . H . desires them for purposes connected with the furtherance of the democratic cause . Address No . 2 ± . Sheaf Bank , Lead Mill

      Road , Sheffield . W . B ., Shbfmbld . —The lines won ' t do either hUn or us credit , if published . A Poob Slave in thb Coai Minbs , Dvckwviblt ) , sends for insertion an address to the coal miners that has already appeared in our pages . We think one insertion ought io suffice . Leicester Democratic Hall of Science . — We are happy to hear that this project is well received by the working people land their friends . We have advice that the society is going on well : that more than one hundred shares are already taken . This is cheering . Most JieartHy do we wish that every large town had its Working Man ' s Hall devoted io the Workina Man ' s welfare .

      D . Gatck , Londoh . —All is right . It was our mistake . J . Whiddon , Lojtdon , voill see in this day ' s Star where he can send his Stars to for distribution in Ireland . He has only to-make them up in a cover open at the ends , and aduress them to Mr . Green , of Sheffield . Of course they will go post free . Odb Clerkenwell Fbiembs . —We are sorry for their disappointment , but could not help it . We were compelled to act as we did . We had no alternative . The press : of matter upon us last Thursday was so great , that reports jrom a score of places had to be cut doicri , theirs amongst the rest . We tried to avoid it in their case , if it had been possible ; but could not fiiid matter to displace for them .

      iflB . MOIB AND THE GLASGOW Chariists— We have received a long account of a serxre \ contest in Glasgow for the office of Commissioner of Police , just now vacant . The Chartists started that sturdy democrat , James ; MoiB . This stirred the shams ; and THEY have ' . opposed Moir , with . a man -who had promised Aim his vote and support J Trickery ihe most unblushing has been resorted to . When they saw Moir a-head , they actually got a number of persons who had already voted for Moir to go register their voles for his opponent At the close Moir tews in a minority of eleven A protest has oeen handed , in , and a scrutiny ' demanded- The result is expected to be the seating of Moir by a majority of fifteen .

      Tbtjxh sbybr fbasm the Light . —Under this head a correspondent -writes from Bishop Auckland , ; on July 31 st , as follows : — It U painful to see -what men -will sometimes do , ; and to near what they will sometimes say when under the influence of jealousy . We have bad an instance of this lately in the Bishop Auckland - district of the Miner ' s Association . We had been : almost inclined to follow : the advice of Mrs . H . More , and to "let asses kick and puppies bark tmnoticed "; bnt , Jest silent contempt should be construed into conscious inability to refute , and thus a breach be made in the Brotherhood , 1 have thought it best to give a statement of the facts of the case . Some perssns have been very indnstriously engaged in circulating derogatory reports

      respecting the worthy secretary of this district , Mi . Win . Downs , to the effect that be has pocketed a considerable sum of money , the property of the society . Now nothing short of deep-sealed malice could have invented such a calumny ; for on last Sa&osday a delegate meeting rwas holden at Cockton Hill , to investigate the matter , -when not only was the charge found to be false , bnt bis accounts proved to be so admirably kept as to call forth the admiration of the delegates / - and a vote of thanks -was unanimously awarded him . Let this stop the month ol slander , and put the members of the society on their guard against giving credit to every story they hear . : By order of the delegates . Jameb Ballamyne , Dftlegate . "

      Mb . Low Wages Cobdenakd the Aohicultb . ai . ists . —Mr . Cobden has lately been making great fass in some of the agricdttral counties , taking advantage of the distress and dissatisfaction produced amongst tVe farmers . by Sir Robert Pad ' s Tree Trade Tariff-, and persuading the poor innocents that their distress is only to be cured by another and longer dose of the very " medicine" -which has produced the general debility and flatulence from which they now suffer . Amongst other places be has visited Hereford ; and respecting that visit we have receiYed tae following letter , which gives another specimen of the manifest "fairness " oi the "freetrading ' ( in lies and deception ) gentry : — Sir , —Perhaps yon -will allow me to state that I met

      Richard Cobden at Hereford , on the 26 th ult , and proposed an amendment to their resolution , in which I averred that former approaches to free trade bad been followed by an invariable reduction in pricta , prrfite , and frages ; it was declaratory of resistance to Corn Law Repeal for those reasons , and concluded by recommending the allotment system . The meeting was to begin at eleven o ' clock , but as the people took little-intelest in the aflairi the Leaguers di « J not ' begin to speak till one p . m ., thus robbing parties of the two hours in -which they had a right to reply , by occupying them themselves . Cobden and Thompson were there . Cobden opened , bnt in a totally different strain of argument to that in which he addresses a manufacturing audience . For instance , in his reply

      to my argument , that machinery displaced labour , he s&id be employed 600 bands on ten acres of land , to prove bis assertion that it did not . How evasive . I ; told him the ' raising-gig , ' f lewis-machine , " and perpetual , ' had displaced 170 , 000 hands since 1795 This ho could not answer . Over-production , Le said , meant that the people were too indnstrious . Pooh . said I ; orer- production ineaDs that the labour and energies of a portion of the people have been too long vnd too partially employed in manufacturing pursuits . That is what over-production means . When a smith has shod ali the horses of his customers , doeB he keep on hammering red hot iron ? When a butcher has supp'ied the full demand on him for meat , does he ketp killing on at his cows , and Itst the betf spoil ? No ; these parties turn to

      their large garden , or their plot of land ; and precisely so most the manufacturers do , or starve . We most Seep to the land question . Well , I had twenty minute ? good hearing , but when J began to pair their nails too close for their comfort , ; tbe > ' hatched a conspiracy and got the chairman to ask the meeting if 1 was not "wide of the question ; of course the geese responded to the foxes , and I had to conelude . Cobden then reqaesied tbe cbainusn to suspend UlO ItEO ' . utittB , that ha might speak again . This "was to draw my machinery arguments out of them . He and Themp-Ban gpofce fifteen minutes each , -without saying one "wold to the question . Tfeeir resolution was only just carried ; and tbns ended the meeting in which Cobden , in his own -words , used delusion and deception . Faithfully ,

      Jons w . Clarke , Ledbury , 1 st Angost , 1 S 41 . Mb . J . Peppbb , asd tbe Fbiends at Sei-ston . — They surely never could wish us to inssrt ibu resolutions they have sent . The whole affair is paltry . Surely they could have managed to settle the business , "without bringing it before the body . It is trinV . ng to spend the time that Bhonld be devoted to the advancement of the principles of right , to manife&ta . tions of little local qaeralonsness . It is time to have done-with this baby play , not only locally , but generally . Jealousy and envy nave done more to split up out ranks thaa almost any -other cause , the strike-plot excepted ; and envy is hateful , present itself -where it may , -whether' amongst the local leaders -or amongst those of a higher grade . The rectification , however , rests with ) the people themselves . Ab long as they nurture the spirit of uncuaritableness and hard judging in their own

      intercourse one -with another , the ranks will never be free from ihe blight of jealousy . Precaution and ¦ watchfulness are highly necessary : ; bnt these are not suspicion orill-wilL A proper bearing one towards another ; a manifestation towards our brother of that confidence and good-feeling which ; we expect him to entertain for ourselves ; a desire to be just on all occasions , and give every man his due , will soon eventuate in a better aspect of ' . things generally . When the several members of the great body of Chartists act In this spirit , they will instantly detect any attempt to -work upon their igrosser passions ; and the man who endeavours thus to play witb them will be boob convinced that he murt either instantly desist and confine his exertions to a legitimate Bphere of action , or he will be emietiy given the go-by . " This spirit , wo are happy to say , is fast extending . Let it bnt actuate all , and we may bid defiance to the ^ nvions and the jealons ; for they will then be powerless for eviL

      iiBEKA-Tios of a " YiCTIM . *— On Satniday , tbe ISth © f Aug ., one of tae sikiue-plot victims will be at , liberty to breathe the free air of heaven , and receive the congratulations of his friends . We mean j poor but honest DewhusST of P ^ wsbury . Frema notice amongst the "forthcoming meetings " it "will be perceived that the Caartists of nis locality intend to evince their sensa of his moral Hgwoitn . ; and political goodness , by some mark of public approbation on the day of bite release . This iB weJL Snch exhibitions do great yood , and serve more than one purpose ; Icr while they show

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      tbe man who &w fowrea danger , and heroically suffered in the , people'a cause , that his effqrtB and services are not forgotten , they also teach the enemy tbe futility of persecution in " patting down" opinion ; and they also serve to bring the pereecated persons and principles prominently before trie public , and gives the latter aa Impetus tCwards general adoption . The known spirit of the ; " Dewsbury lads"fbrhids alt feat but thai thia demonstration of respect for suffering integrity wiU be all that the most ardent friend of Mr . Dewhurst eojild desire . Ovr Rochdale JFhiends AND the ; Victims . — Most readily do we give insertion to tbe following from our Rochdale brethren , and would strongly urge tbeir example as one worthy of berai ; universally followed : — : :

      Sir , —On reading your remarks in the Sfejr of Satutday last concerning ttije Victim Fund ,, and the election of a committee proi Um . to superintend the management of tbat fund ; and having perused the two letters in tha Star of the previous week , from Hoyle and Williams , atjpresenfe coaflned in Kirkdale gaol , as a Chartist and a man I blush to acknowledge the truth of the charge against the Chartists generally for neglect of victimised brethren ; yet I feel ptottd to be able to record that the associated Chartists of Rochdale have rendered considerable { assistance to victims not immediately connected with their own town , while the family of the only Chartist victim of Rochdale has at regular weekly allowance from the Association funds , which keeps thorn at least from -want . Our locality was" one Of -the thirteen which Williams speaks of as having been applied to to memorialise the Queen on their behalf ; and tbe

      Chartists of Rochdale did not merely ' signify their intention of complying with the request , but set about the work immediately , and t forwarded a memorial to our j excellent member , Mr . Sharmau Crawford . Oof memorial was on behalf of all political prisoners coafceeted with the strike of August last . Our biad-hearted female Chartists sent a special messenger ( with six shillings to Willfaraa , of Oldham , the samejChartiat that found hia family in such a deplorableicondition on bis release ; and we gave him rather more , which the poor man came and thanked us personally for , with manifestations of gratitude that I Ur one shall not soon forget . This ¦ was before the lettero of Hoyle and Williams appeared . I have taken the liberty of saying this much to induce other localities to ' go and do likewise '; and let ns render what assistance we can to our victims , OS I consider they can never be fully recompensed for their sufferings .

      Jordan CHadwick . Rochdale , 31 st July , 1843 . The Victim Fund , and the Victim Fund Comjhttee . — Wears ; happy ia having to record that our Manchester friends have done in this matter , just what the country expected they would do , — their DUTY . They have with alacrity responded to the call made npon them , and appointed a Victim Fund Committee . Tbe following is the account we have received of tbat appointment :- — At a meeting of the Committee of Management for the Carpenter ' s Hall locality , held on Monday evening last , the recommendation which has appeared in the Star for two Saturdays paBt , relative to a General Viotim Fmnd Committee being appointed in

      Manchester , was titen into consideration ; and after a good deal of discussion , it Was agreed— "That we comply with what appears to be the wish of our brethren in the bountry . " A committee was then appointed , and a highly respectable gentleman of the name of Tatlow was chosen Secretary . Ail communications for the COtn ' mUtee to be addressed to Mr . Wm . Tatlow , at Iflr . Redfern ' s , hardware dealer , 18 , Swan-street , Manchester . We can assure onr Chartist brethren that the abovenamed Gentleman possesses the entire confidence of the whole of the General Council and the Members of this locality , and we have not the least doubt but the Committee will do j their duty , strictly and impartially , in the odministtatiun of the funds placed at

      their disposal . The following resolution was also unanimously agreed to : — " That we , the members of tbe Manchester Council , are of opinion that none but recognised members cf the Chartist Association , or their wives and children , are justly entitled to receive any relief from the General Victim Fond , established under the auspices of Cbarlists ; and we call [ upon the different localities to express their approbation of , or dissent from , this resolution as early las possible , in order that the Committee may know bow to act in the appropriation of tbe funds , should application be made from patties who ate not immediately connected -with tbe Chartist agitation , or who were not members prior to their being imprisoned . " Now this is as it should be . The Manchester Chartists

      have goae to work in a business-like manner . They have appointed a good committee , with a gentleman for Secretary possessing their entice confidence ; and possessing , we understand , good business-habits . They have also started a point , which ought to be immediately settled , ! as a gnide in the distribution of the relief to be afforded . The Chartists ! in their different localities will do well therefore to turn their attention to thai point , and comply ; With tad request made . Foe our own part we would say , be discriminating . Many do not join the . Chartist body , for fear of the certainty of starvation through loss of work if they did ; and who yet are good Chartists in their hearts '; and would be likely to be the foremost in such affairs as August last saw , they

      sot having tbe benefit of tbe counsel and judgement of an associated body to guide them through the strong and almost overwhelming excitement . Many a one , also , is too poor to pay contributions to any society , who would gladly do bo , would it not deprive the almost empty platter of the foodless children of the crumbs scantily scattered thereon ; and Bach an one would be likely to be " drawn ! in" into the " Strike mess , " in the vague and desperate hope of mending an awful and unendurable state of things . These are victims ; and we hold them to be as mueb entitled to our succonr and support as tbe best roan . amongst us who has been sol circumstanced as to bo able u > join tbe Association openly . We say , then , that in our opinion , the Committee ought to be left at

      liberty to discriminate ; to judge of the merits of each case presented to their notice ; and to afford relief to all who have been VICTIMISED , as fur as they have the means . Cbattiam is not exclusive . The favours of Chartists ought not to be exclusively conferred . These considerations we press upon tbe Chartists generally ; and ask them to decide the matter . The Committee , then , is now appointed . They are ready for work . Tbe Manchester friends have done so far their duty . A duty now devolves upon the localities . They must find ., the JVJCTIM Fund Committee something to do . They tnn&t seek out the cases . Seek all out ; aacfcrtaiuall the facts : collect all the particulars ; name , occupation , situation in life , when

      convicted , how long imprisoned , number of family , means of living , and actual condition . Send these to the Manchester Committee . They can then judge of each case ; and , according to the means they have , afford the necessary relief . Now tbia is a duty which must not be neglected . If it be , all hitherto done goea almost for nothing . There are many pining in want , who do not even know of the existence of either Victim Fund , or Victim Fund Committee . There are many also who would sooner pine in secret , than make their case known of their own accord . Ail these must be sought out To seek them out is the duty of the Cnartiats in each locality . Let tnem , therefore , eee to it at once . No time ¦ should be lost Too much

      bos been wasted already in forgetfulness . Let the Chartist Council of eacu ; locality from which -, " Victims' * have been dragged , appoint an act ve . Committee , who will engage heartily in the work and go through with it . It will be mainly round and about Manchester where these Eubotdinato Committees 'will be needed . Of course they will be required in all places where Vicrisis have- been made , unless tbe Councils themselves do the necessary worK ; but it ia round and about Manchester where the large majority of the cases will be found . ; The Victims were mainly made at tbe Special Commissions at Chester , Lancaster , and Liverpool York and Stafford contributed no mean quota ; but Chester , Lancaster , and

      Liverpool bore sway the palm S ApiNGEB was ai the latter places 1 In relation to thiB matter , we have received from Mr Cleave the following letter , which we shall first insert and then offer a few words of explanation : — TO THE CHRT 1 STS OF GBEAT BlUTAIN . —MY FaiENDS , —In the Chartist Circular of last week I presented jou with a somewhat lengthy—but yet , I believe , an interesting—statement of the history , so to term it , of tbe Political Victim Fund from its origin with my nomination as Treasurer by the . Birmingham Conference down to the present time . I trust that that statement ; was perfectly satisfactory so far as I am individually concerned , however general and just the dissatisfaction which we must franlrly

      acknowledge ought to be ; induced in tbe minds of every bumane Chartist at the almoat criminal disregard which it evidences to have existed of the bitter sufferings bo long endured by our " Political Victims . " It is now my desire to confer ! with you upon the best means of disbursing , without further delay , the too trifling fund which yon have entrusted to my keeping . It is indeed alike necessary and proper that a correct understanding should exist between you , as the subscribers , and piyself , as the Treasurer of the fund in question-. —in fact , tbat our relative duties to each ether , and to tbe victins , should be so clearly defined as to preclude the possibility of subsequent cavillings I perceive tbat the Editor of ihe Northern Star entreats

      you to establish a " General Victim Fund , " and to entrust the disbursement of that fund to & committee consisting of , and appointed by , our fri 9 nds at Manchester . To the former suggestion I auawer that these is no occsion for " establishing , '' while there is s necessity tot upholding a " General Fund . ' The Birmingham Conference 'Md , establish snch a fond , but ; you have not supported it , \ Your delegates laid the foundation , bnfc you have neglected to rear the fabric . To the second part of the proposition ( the vesting the distribution of tbo funds exclusively in the hands of onr Manthe 8 ter friends ) I do certainly demur . ; Bnt previously to advancing my objections to such a proposal , 1 must aBguro the Manchester 'folk , in all sincerity , that I am cot influenced by the slightest

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      distrust or antipathy to them . I appreciate as highly as any man can , their undaunted and consistent devotion to oar common caust I can dwell with . satisfaction upon their past efforts , andjanticipa » e with confidence their future exett . ons against tyranny . I cannot , there * * e , hesitate in affirming my belief that —if entrusted with the duty ~ they would disburse the Victim Fund with the utmost impartiality . "With this emphatic disclaimer of any distrust in the integrity of our " good friends and trne ; at Mancheater , I will now , very briefly , tell you why I dissent from their appointment as a " General Viotim Funcrepmmittee . " j 1 st Because I am of an opinion that the appointment of a General Committee for the management of a National Fund should emanate from a National Cmference , and not from a local body .

      2 ndly . Because I cannot but feel that the appointment of such Manchester Committee , ! having aa excltisive controul over the fund , would virtually set aside my appointment aa Treasurer by the last Conference , and wonld be a < fe facto vote of " want of confidence" in myself personally . j Ths Editor of tbe Star will probably say that be also approves of the appointment of a General Committee by the forthcoming Conference , ! but that the Immediate wauta of ths Victims demand that we should not defer , even for a few weeks ] the distribution of the fund In hand . And so say I ; but this does not prove the existence of any necessity for there being a Committee at Manchester , and a { Treasurer in London . Cannot , I ask , the Manchester folk , and , in facs , the people of every other district , form their local Committee , seek out the Victims , and then forward to

      me ( as the duly authorised Treasurer ) the names of those Victims , the terms of their imprisonments , the number , ages , and circumstances of each family , and such other information and ] suggestions as may be requisite . This course ought to have been adopted long since , and you—the people—are to blame it has not been so . Let it ; now be done , and I will immediately convince you that my only desire is to have the fund applied to its legitimate purposes . But I do think that I am Caitly entitled to Bome of the pleasure of distributing the [ fund in return for the trouble which it has cost mei 1 must ieally remind you that within the past twelve months upwards of six hundred pounds ' have passed through my hands by way of subscriptions for " Dsfenco and Victim " , and other funds ; but 1 principally for the former . This fact alone must shew these funds to

      have cost me much time , and no inconsiderable amount of labour—not to mention money frequently expended for paper , postage , and so on . I have received not hundreds , but thousands of letterseach letter containing a remittance by way of postoffice order . It was necessary that I should sign each of these orders , and procure payment from the General Post-office . I need scarcely tell you that this alone required hundreds of walks—in the course of the year—from my house to S $ . Martin's-le- Grand , and consequently occupied many ; , many hours that otherwise would have been devoted to my own affairs—and " to a man of business time is money . " But this was not all . There was also tbe labournot a trifling one—of entering each subscription into

      a book kept for that purpose—and then copying out the list every week for publication in the Northern Star , and in the Evening Star , so long as the latter existed . I If you bad had a proper Qrganizition all this would have been the duty of a regularly \ salaried Secretary ; but In the absence of such an officer it has been done by me—or by parties employed : by me—without receiving , or even desiring , one farthing . Is it not natural , then , that I should demur to a proposition which would deprive me of the only rewerd I covet —tbat of having a voice ( such as' I maintain my appointment by the Conference entitles me to have ) in the distribution of a fund which has already required from me the sacrifice of so much labour and time ? it is said , tbat with tbe truly benevolent there ia as

      much pleasure ia giving as in receiving . So I anticipated as much delight in disbursing as in receiving yonr subscriptions . If , [ then , the fund is removed to Mrnchester , yon deprive me at once of this reward , and my pleasure . But , I shall be told , that my personal feelings ought no ' t to inter fere with a public duty . True , very true , 6 wt cannot both be regarded , without doing injnry to either ? Have we not as good , as faithful , and ak zealous friends here , in London , as in tbe provinces ? Have not the people as much confidence in such men as Wheeler and Cuffy , and M'Graib , and O'Connor himself , ss in those of Manchester ? I repeat that 2 eateem highly tbe latter , } but I have equal respect for the former . Aye , bat then tbe Manchester Committee could ascertain what victims there

      are . who doubts this ? Is it not their duty to do so 1 Cannot they so enquire now j and forward the result of their enquiries , and tbeirjrecommeodations , to me ? They need only do this to ensure all thai can be required . If it should be' then found that I beaitate to perform my duty , I can very speedily be seat " to the right about , ' and a more trustworthy treasurer appointed ; but I cannot see why even the appearance of confidence should be withheld from me . I am bold enough to say that not one man can challenge a single instance in my past conduct with reference to this matter as meriting dlsttUBt in the slightest degree . j When tbe Conference assembles , I shall be prepared to render them an account ot my jstewardship , and to abide by whatever decision ithey may come to on

      tbia subject ; but during the brief ! period that will intervene between then and the { present time , I must , in justice to my charge and to myself , desire that all subscriptions—by wbatjever party heldfor tbe Victim Fund be forthwitb transmitted to me as the Treasurer of that Fund ;| and I must also most earnestly impress upon all the necessity—nay , more , the duty—of forwarding ma nil the information that can be collected as regards tbe victims . Let there be no deJay in supplying me with such means , and such information , and there shall not be any delay in supplying such assistance as ( he fund will allow . Let each of you see to the immediate performance of your own duty , and you shall not have any opportunity of charging a non-performance f duty opbii | Your friend , and fellow Chartist ,

      1 , Shoe-lane , Pleet-street , JOHN Cleave . London , August 1 st , 1843 . Now we must beg most distinctly to disclaim all intention of purpose to induce a feeling of ! " want of confidence 'in Mr . Cleave rb Treasurer , | or even of casting any , the least , slight upon him , Jin proposing a Committe at Manchester for the disbursement of the Vjcijm Fund . In making this suggestion , we but suggested what was done in 1839-to . THEN Mr . O'Connor was treasurer to the " VJicnu Fund . " Then was a Victim Fpnd Committee appointed in almost the same manner as now , and under almost similar circumstances , and for similar reasons . To that Committee was accorded tbe confidence of the

      Chartist body , same as now ; and to that Committee JJr . O'Connor , as treasurer , transmitted the monies in his hands just as they needed them . It | was considered no slight then . We could not , in proposing the same machinery over again , intend slight now . What we bad in view was , to get some onelto work Gases of gross and indeed criminal neglect were fairly brought home to the Chartist door . Men bad been allowed to suffsr for eleven months without almost a hand being raised to aid them , or a voice to comfort . Their wives and families have had to endurejall the horrors of actual starvation , both in the bastile and cut , added to the painful pangs of separation , and the regret and sbame tbat their natural protectors were in prison . ' When this fact was brought home , cur ears burned on our head for very shame that we had neglected OUR duty , in not rousingfohQTsto their duty long since . But there was now no time to

      lose . Every hour wasted added to ] the disgrace already heaped upon all . Considerations of personal etiquette , never entered our bead . We proposed that which seemed most likely to accomplish the end wanted , —relief of the Suffering . We j proposed the means we did—because we knew they had worked well and satisfactorily before . j To the objection tbat a General Committee for the di 8 bursm « nt of a National Fund , should proceed from a National body , and not from a local one , we fully accord ; and had it as fully in view as Mr . Cleave when we suggested that tbe Manchester Com- j niittee should be appointed pro . t&ra . \ Pro . ( em . for what ? For constant sitting ? For a constant dis-1 bursement of a National Fund ? No such thing . For the immediate relief of the NEGLECTED victitns , who were starving when money was id band subscribed for their relief ; while , as was ) well put in the resolutions of the Hoddersfleld district delegates ,

      " means for the establishment of a Permanent victim Committee could be devised by tbe National Conference , when it assembled . " J The manner in which our proposal , for the establishment of this Committee , pro . tem , has been received by tbe country at large , makes it , for all purposes , as good as if appointed by the Conference itself . Nearly « Vcry Ctuirtist locality bave VOttd their acquiescence witb it ; not one baa voted against it . The present and last week ' s Northern Star affirds as good an expression of Chartist national opinion on this point as it is possible to obtain under present circumstances . We certainly leok upon tbe appointment of tbat Committee , and the duties assigned to it , to be as national as it can be .

      Wa care not who has the honour of giving the relief , so that it be given . This point may be easily settled between the Manchester committee and Mr . Cleave . We advise them to look more to accommodation ibaD to honour , if it will conduce to tbe furtherance or business to bave the means of relief on the spot where they are most needed ; if it will be better to b&ve them at band , where tbey can at once be givtn over to the parties without expense ; if tfiis will be any benefit , we would adviss that the arrangement be made , irrespective of other minor considerations . It may be the best course to collect all the information , and send it up to London , so that the payment may be made direct in each individual case . Of this we will Dpt judge , leaving it to be determi : ed on by tbo parties named . No doubt tbey | wiil determine on the least expensive course ; for the fund is but small , and-will not afiotd much for postages .

      Wo bave before assigned a reason , a conclusive one wfth us , irliy we suggtsted . VJjinchesttr ns the locale of tbe Commutes ; because from and around JiUncheater

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      the main portion o ! the victims have been draggwV and because there , on the spot , are tbo main o ? the wives and families of tha victims to be found who need , relief . We alluda to this matter again , for fear that it should be for ona moment imagined 'nafc we did not rsamo London from any feeling of v . : nt of confidence , or of " as much confidence" iri-London as Manchester men . No sneh idea crossed or ' ; ntered the mind . In the proposal , we had merely the object to be accomplished . to-view , ami the means bow best to accomplish it . We trust our mind is not so filled witb petty little jealou-. k > s ; with paltry despisablo suspicions , as to cause u ? to look more at one locality than another , except for businsas arrangement and

      accommodation ; or to be " all bristles up" if our own fa-VOurite 8 are not Invested in efflce . The London men are as much worthy of confidence as the Mancbvster men . The London men bave nobJy done their duty in this very matter of the victims , as onr sheet of thia very week testifies . They furnished relief to the " conspirators" while in town , to the amona" ! of about £ 12 . They bave purchased furniture for George White to the amount of about £ 5 ; besides a weekly allowance averaging about 12 s . They hava also given £ l to Mr , Railton towards redeeming his tools , in ' additton to their support of the General Fund . They have in this , perhaps , done their duty as well - or even better , tban any other locality ; and for it triey deserve all commendation , and bave ours most

      heartily . But still it does not follow , that because Manchester' is named aa the locale of a Committee for business accommodation , that therefore " want of conflde&ce in London men" is implied . No such thing ! We Biust get over these suspicions of one another , and theso jealousies as to Who Shall 06 honoured witb particular appointments , or we shall never know peace . There is by far too much sensitiveness on these matters between the " London taaii " and their country brethren . The fact is so ; and ib is to be deplored that it is so . " London men" have their peculiaritea ; and so have tbe " country-mcti" ; and until each learn to know one another , ami to bear and forbear with each other , suspicion and jealousy ' and ill-feeling is sure to be engendered and

      manifested . Let us all try to harmonizA , and not to drive assunder . LeiviDg , then , the question as to who shall send or dve the monies into the hands of the needy to be settled hereafter , let : us again urge upon the country at large to see that means e £ relief are affirded . and that tbey ate instantly applied . Isaac Hoyle has bad no relief yet I Isaac Boyle ' s family have had no relief yet . - He has . been in prison nearly twelve months ! Sj has James Williams . Wilj-iaji Booth , and Thomas Ogden ; and they are all similarly circumstanced . Is it not time Chartists were at work ? Tban there is Cooper and his wife . Th . re ia Kicfeards ; and God knows bow many , to be ferreted " out of their obscurity , and their wants

      attended te . Remember tbe charge of Hoyle and WILLIAMS against you . They charge you with having showered yonr favours upon some few well , known characters , and left others to die , netfected Remove this stain . Provide the means of relief for all . Let ail share your bounty , as far as you con . Treat all aHke ; and if one has to go short , he cannot upbraid jou witb selection and favour in the disbursements of your gifts ,- for in tbat case all wouh ' - be short alike . To our own appeal let us add that of a well-known friend , as follows : — For I teas hungered , and ye gave me meat : I teas thirsty , and ye gave me drink ; I was a stranger , and ye took me in :

      Naked , and ye clothed me : 1 was sick and ye visited me-. I was in PK 1 SON and ye came to me . Brother Chartists , —Permit me to ask , bow ia it we bave been so forgetful as to overlook so important , so imperative , a duty as that of providing for tbe families of our persecuted brethren ? Shall we attempt to palliate our neglect fey any little evasion or excuse , or , like Mr . Harney , honestly and at once plead guilty to tbe charge ? Remember this ia not the time for excuses . Away with them ! there should be bo such word in your vocabulary ! Guilty is the term : and reparation should be the penalty for your apathy and neglect . Are yon really Chartiets ? Are you men who sincerely wish to obtain what you profess to seek ; * o pull

      down the stronghold of oppression and establish upon its ruins the immaculate throne of jnBtice and truth ? Are you philanthropists , or are you Christians ? Then prove yourselves worthy your bigb pretensions . Do not let a Cbartist who has strangled with you , and who is suffering for his advocacy of , and fidelity to your principles , pike neglected in prison ; or the partner ef bis sorrows , the wife of bis bosom , the children of his love , perish whilst yon can ,, nay , ought to protect I It ia a mockery to cry out against oppression if you permit your' -victims to suffer the oppression of their enemies , and at tfee same time oppress them with the weight -of yonr beal or apparent ingratitude . It is folly to say you are lovera of

      humanity unless you take effectual steps to relieve the sufferers . , Let us give the world a convincing proof of practical Christianity by adopting the moral virtue of the " text" with which I have headed this appeal . Let us do this , and still we shall only have done our duty . Our political bretferen in distress cughfc to be aa dear as onr natural relatives ; far , let me ask , why do our friends suffer 1 Is it not for seeking our redemption from tyranny and misrule ? Surely , as men , you will not close your ears against the " dungeons VOICE , " or listen with indiffeaenco to the cries of tyrant-made orpbans for bread ! Will yon , who are fathers , hesitate to join in so holy a work , when you reflect tbat your

      " prisoners" have also children whom thty love , but of whom oppression has bereft them ? Ab , no ! Wben you ar © anxious to supply tbe wants of yonr own children , remember the little " victims , " who , although innocent as angels , are compelled to share the punishment irflictetl on tbeit parents ill' Will Cbartist mothers , and females refuse their aid when they call to mind the M garret '" , and tbe " bbd of SHAVINGS , " and picture to themselves the vast amount of bodily and meatai suffering which must in this case have existed ? No , * no , it cannot be I Forbid it heaven . ' Tbere ie , I am persuaded , little fear tbat appeals of thia kind will be made in vain , or tbat tbe « ' victims" of [ oppression—the martyrs to our

      cause—shall still suffer at oar bands . Stir yourselves then , and give proof of your zeal I Let every locality , both female and male , do their duty . Yon can easily , by your united efforts , though ever so humble your " mites , " place those unfortunates beyond the reach of starvation and premature death * Let every man and woman who is a Chartist immediately ( and I beg leave to request they will not neglect it ) , pay into the Victim Fund of their several localities at least one penny as a first instalment ; and admitting that only twenty thousand , which is only a small number of our strength , wonld do so , there wonld be at the expiration of one abort week the veiy handsome Bum of ^ £ 83 6 ? . sd .

      available for present use ; tbissom , With tbe £ 30 m Mr . Cleave ' s hands , and £ 6 14 s . 2 d . in the Star office , would make £ 120 0 s . 10 d . ! and who amongst you , even the poorest , would feel the loss of a PENNY upon such an occasion ? I implore of you to take tbu question into immediate consideration . It is one which justice , honour , virtue , demands you should look to 1 And , above ail , it is by snch generous support of your suffering friends you will and can okly obtain your darling object , tbe Charter . Chartism is now suffering , and militant ; and why should you not make it triumphant ? W . H . Clifton .

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      Disgraceful Usage of Paupers . —On Wednesday last a poor woman who has been living at Scanley appeared before the Wakefield board of Guardians for relief when the overseer of Stanley said that the woman and her children had been removed to the parish to which she belonged ( Hudder . field ) and tbat on her arrival there the liuddersfield relieving-officer had placed her and her children ia a cabin , in which there was only a straw mattrasB and no furniture , along with a man , and she was told that he must remain there , ot if she waB dissatisfied she must go back to Stanley , whither she returned .

      lue woman was questioned by the board , and she said , weeping , that such had been the ease . Appleyard , the overseer , was directed to take the woman before the Huddersfield guardians . Mr . Craven said , that at the last Pontefract sessions a similar case came before the grand jury , of which he was one , IVwas then stated in evidence that the relieving officer of Huddersfield had actually given a female pauper a ticket for lodgw ^ a in a common brothel ! and also that the relieving officer was in the habit of paying the lodging account at brothels for tho pauteat there

      pers ' Comment on such a oase . as this is out of the question . We could not have believed tnat such a monster was in existence . Will any father support a , law which gives to such inhuman brutes as this man such power ?— Wakefield Journal Accident . —A few days since a dreadful accident happened in the family of . Mr . Durrant , of MayEeld , u «! ir Bristol , from- the incautious use of fire-arms . It appears that a son of Mr . Dnrrant ' s was in the jrmt-gard p , attached to the llOUSO , shooting small Dirds , and h : s sister , » fine young xvownn about eighteen ytars of age , was walking onDerceived in

      the grounds , when her brother levelled the gun to bboot a sparrow , and the unfortunate 5 ouug Iad j ^ ' who was hid by the hedge , received the wh ^*« r V | RP charec in he * face . She waa carried b ^ lingjjjk ^ tho house , when in . addition to other injutjBs ^ was , / 1 discovered that her right eye was nearly / aqjifrajadrV v I . _ * * j ^_ f . . K *** i led the gun to te young ^ djjt ^ tie whfll *^ owti LWtJtel ^ rly / u' ^» j «^^^

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      — - - V The Is . 63 . from London , and noticed as for the Defence Fund ia the Star of July 8 th , was for Mrs . Richards . D . Harrower . —Four shillings and fourpence . VJCIIM FOND . £ b . d-A Friend , Whit" Lee Side 0 2 6 From a Friend , Knaresbro ' , per J . Dooker , 0 0 4 From the Chartists of Morley - - - - 0 6 6 FOTl THE BEFENCE FUND . Dawgreen , near Hudderefield , collected by David GlfcdMU 0 5 0

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 5, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct943/page/5/