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Agg uSTjW848 ^ THE NORTHERN ST A R. ____...
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™ I 3~ Allmonie8forthe Defence Of Dr_M>O...
« . *____ , Busby . —The letter and its enclosure has not , reached thi * office . Ifyoa gave the address you men-1 tion * •**• SiS 11 Holborn Street , it would be almost imposiible to cet into our hand ? , H . iayr .-Declined . TjT . a .- —5 C ° room . The Victiks . —To the Editor of the lfo _ T ___ N Stab . — gjf A statement is inserted in your paper of last week respecting the public meetinji in MiltOHstreet , on July the SGth , for the benefit of the wives of the victims , th _ t the sum cleared was six pounds . I beg to say that the money taken was , £ 6 Os UJd ; the expense . attending the meeting lowered that sum to _ J 3 13 s 4 J-j which now remains for the families I remain , Sir , with respect , T . Beowk , secretary , 61 , John-street , Saithfield . J . EL R ., suggests to the Executive ' the propriety of ap
pointing collectors in each district , for the purpose of receiriag weeklv coatributions to any fund thatcircum . stances may rehire : and as a stimulant , he proposes that each collector shall receive one quarter per cent or the money eoilecled-the books to bear the signature of P- O'Connor , Esq ., or some official person . ' He also agrees with the Liverpool Land members , and would be * lad to pay up another share on his three shares alt ^^ Embss of the Central Defence Committee , Windsor Castle , Holborn , will be inserted Belt week . 1 L J A Hogg Hawick—The letter of Hr Jones may be obtained at this office , if any London publisher applies for it . Mr Bray's Book on « Labour s Vi rongs and Labour'sRifhts / is p _ fc ! is _ e _ by David Green , 62 , Briggate Leeds . We believe it maybe had of Hr Watson . 3 , Queen's-head-passage , Paternoster-row . W . S . Sunderland . —We cannot give the information yon
reouire . The Libirt- Fran . —We understand that tse ballot approved of by the Executive , for the Four Freehold Cot" tages at Holt , in West Norfolk , will take place on the 21 st inst . Karnes and addresses are to be Riven to any ot the bran . h secretaries , who will forward the amount of shares , " payable to Mr Charles Doddridge , Battlebridge Post Office . Further particulars ( if by letter prepaid , with stamp enclosed ) , may be obtained of these-retarj . John Arnott , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , Somers Town . London . A CoM . - » suggests to the Executive the advantages to be derived by ~ bavi _ g lectures given at the collieries of Lecbill , Cramlington , Seaton Delavel , and places adj _ cent , ' and think- that open . air meetings on Sundayi Would be the most pr _ F « r _ ble .
Agg Ustjw848 ^ The Northern St A R. ____...
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Receipts Oe* Ves N__.Vxoh.6- _ ____W© Co...
RECEIPTS OE * VES N __ . VXOH . 6- _ ____ W © COMPANY . FOS THE WEEK BNDIKG THURSDAY , AUGUST 3 . 1318 . BE * MB O'OOITKOB . » ba _ es , £ 6 , d Davrlej Green u 3 Q <> Rotherham H 5 7 0 Kewfield « 3 4 6 Birmingham , Cleator r . 5 0 0 Goodwin ., 1 5 0 Coventry « 2 0 h Xewpert , Kon . Bennoudsey „ 2 22 0 month „ I J 2 6 Westminster m 0 11 0 Sboreditch ., OHO Accrington _ . 4 9 6 James Cute-ess - 0 5 6 Sew Radford r . 0 5 0 Margaret Lore . 9 10 0 Nottingham , Thos Th _ mb _ ry 0 lo « Sweet ~ 1 13 0 E Clarke - 0 3 0 Manchester - 315 o Wm Sayers _ 3 18 6 Sleaford _ 11 1 " 0 Jo __ . Co _ i _ EO _ .. 0 6 6 HuddersSeld .. 2 0 0 Stephen Knight 0 3 0 £ 50 10 6 BXPB-TSB FUND . Dawley Gceen m o 10 0 MtnAester „ 0 2 0 Westminster N 0 2 0 Sle _ S _ rd m 0 5 6 Accrington - 0 « 0 Rotherham „ 0 * 0 Kew Radford « . 0 2 0 Sboreditch .. o 4 S Notti-ghcn , William Sayers .. 0 2 0 Swesi .. 6 5 10 Tfeos Arnold „ 0 10 £ 3 17 Land Fend ... .-. ... 51 10 6 ExpeeseFund ... . „ ... 2 17 53 12 1 Bant . „ . m m ... 62 13 6 £ 116 5 ? Wh . Drrow . Cbki » tops __ Dot--, Thos . Cues , ( Carres . Sec . ) Fniiir _ l'G __ . TH , ( Fin . See . ) RECEIVED AT BANK . Kirceicy Assistant Bant .. > 3 lH Worcester , per James Apps M .. 13 15 < J NOT-CE . AU -receipts at the Bank , after Wednesday in each weak , are advertised in the _ t _ s of the / oKoiKK £ week . T . Psice , Manager . RECEIPTS OF XJBERTY FD 5 D . Kentish . Town Emmett Brigade , Branch , per per W C _ fiay _ fl 10 0 PrancisFisher 9 S 4 Ipswich , jer W Sooth Londoa , Garrod .. 0 J 8 0 per Mr C-llias 1 0 C Walsall _ 0 8 0 Heywood , per J . Bridgewater . per Dewhurst 0 10 € Mr Clark .. 0 28 0 Padiham , pe ) J . Stepney Canse-Thompsen « . 0 IS e way , per J il . 6 10 Erg ' s Cross Lo- Cilasgow , A - » Kir , perilr Dairyman _ 010 0 Ho-Ihier « . 0 5 € Oldham , per Wm Hamer _ 2 0 0 £ 7 7 8 Joss M'Cbae , Secretary . FOR MRS KITCHEL . K-CEIVZD CT -S 7 . EXOES . HsU ;§ er G Barcett - „ 012 9 XES EOSSOK Prem Wm Flowers , Brighton _ . _ . 0 14 0 FO- S _ HDOCAIi ' s DIFEKCE , Tferee Book- Ventnor , per Mr bindei ., per S Norman M 0 S 6 Kjdd M 0 2 6 Westminiter Meet . inff , Dean-street I -0 0 FCE THE VITtnCS OF THE SOBKSHIBE PSIEOKIBS . Baeap _ 2 0 0 Enddersfie ' . d ^ 0 B 0 Honle ^ .. 0 It 0 w _ t Lact , W __ . € - TO EXEHPT P _ IE 0 S- _ S FES _ C OASCX PICEIKO . D M E , 2 < ondon » - ~ 0 2 -S foe _« id v _ xee _« svso . Brighto-. ^ er TTilliam Flower « H 8 5 * KOTICE . The Secretaries of all Branches that have made remittances during the Quarter ending Jane 2 tth , 1818 , are hereby negaired immediately to make the regular quarterly retern to the ofiSee , setting forth the sum-total paid by each member , both to ; "Land and Expense Funds . Some Branches that have been nsqaently called upon for retains _ r _ m the com £ _ e _ cei ___ t to March 25 th 1818 , and which have not erea answered ike letters of the Directors , are hereby assured that if the returns are not made by Thursday next , or a satisfactory reason alleged for their delay , Chat they will be published as defaulters j in the St as of Saturday next . I
The Victims. I Have Received Fi Om Tbe W...
THE VICTIMS . I have received fi om tbe West End boot and shoe maker ? , by the h _ nds of John Stewart , the earn of ten pounds , iccladiog one shilling from £ S „ Wartfour-Etreef , to be equally divided amoDgtbe wives of Messrs Joce ? , Vernon , FaEsell , Sharp , and Williams . The monej shall be immediately applied as d .-rected by the patriotic and ' eenerons donors . G . J-LLLS IIaevet . Northern Star Office , Aug . 2 nd , 1 S 48 . P . S . —1 understand that the West End boot and Ebce makers have , in addition to tbe above , sent £ 2 to Mrs Loonej ; and are about to send £ 3 to Mrs Mitchel . Honour to the brave aana of Crispin .
The Irish League. The Greatest Anxiety P...
THE IRISH LEAGUE . The greatest anxiety prerails amoBg the Leaguers in tbia meiropolii 1 , as regards the pregeat state of Ireland , _ s no reliance whatever can he placed in the contradictory reports which appear in the corrupt
press . A large meeting to estahlu ? - a club was held on Sunday evening last , at the Farm House , Hooper street , Waterloo-road . So great was the crowd -uiiide , tbat tbe meeting * as adjcUfD . d for the purpose of obtaining more suitable premiees . Large meetings were ako held at Cartwright ' s Coffie-honse , Greenwich , « fcc . A crowded meeting of the D _ vxs Club , Daaastreet , was held on Monday evening ; Mr Barry in the chair . Mr O'Brien ( of Dublin ) spoke at great le _ £ t _ on the present position of Ireland . Mr Crowe acd others addressed the meeting , which then adjourned . Thi Joh . v MrrcHEt Club —A large meeting was held on Monday evening , at the Falcon , Falcon * court . Union-street , Borongh , and several ahle speeches were delivered . The meeting then adjourned .
On Mondav and Tuesday large meetings of the R'bert Emh-zt Clvb were held at the Washington Temperance-ball , Cab . ' e-street , Wapping , and snbsciiptions entered into for the support of the widow s . ' d erpfcan children of Francis Lwney . On Monday and Wednesday evenings a large meeting of the R _ x > Hugh CDonstix Clcb was held at tfie Temperance-bell , near Iglingtoa turnpike , when the metropolitan press wag seterely censnred for the bate manner the state of Ireland had bten represented . Several taembers were enrolled . Meetings for ( he ensuing week : — Sunday . — Cartwright ' s Coffee-houEe , Rederoesstreet ; Fountain and Still , Go . 'den-lane ; Druids ' Ann * , Greenwich ; Denny ' s Coffeehouse , Great St , Andrew-street . Mondav , Tueiday , and Thursday . —Washington Temperaiice-hall , Cable street . Wapping . Monday acd Thursday . — Falcon , Faloon-COtirt , Cro & s-streetUnionstreer Borongh .
, , Monday , Wednesday , and Friday —Temperancetall , near IsliBg & s Tnrnpike ; and Assembly-rooms , Deaa-Btreet .
Defence Fund. . Received By Wa. Ridjb, £...
DEFENCE FUND . . Received by Wa . Ridjb , £ s . d . Amount already published ... ... _ 85 _ 4 Blackburn , per J Newblgging ... ... o 14 G J . Lewis , Lantwlt Verder ... ... 0 10 L « s , per J . Hilton 0 5 4 HMUepool Iron "VTor _ s , p « 3 ;_ lalthouse ... 6 5 2 MoVram . per R . Wild ... ... ... 0 6 0 Two friends , Hayfield ... ... ... 0 8 6 Kilmarnock , per R . Gilmonr 0 15 C _* n 3 ck , perM . M Kay 0 10 10 J . ^ K ? _ dwick , R . WhltUe , and friends , London , Sad subscription ... ... ... 0 8 0 A . few frknds , MarMnch ... ... 0 8 0 LoBgton Chartists ... ... ... 1 0 0 Openshaw , per S . Taylor ... ... 0 7 6 Peterboroagb , ( 2 nd subscription ) per C .
Theobald ., 0 7 0 S . Robbeck , Calppeoham ... ... 0 0 6 W » odside ( Aberdeen ) Causeway stone dressers , per J . Shirron .. ... ... 0 7 2 Barrowford- per J . © ray ... ... 0 5 1 Newton Heath , per E . Travis ... ... 10 8 K » ttiDgham , perJ . Sireet ... ... 0 2 8 Leicester , No . 1 branch , per W . Richmond 10 0 Barsstnple , per T . Flood ,,, ,,, 0 10 0 Swindou , per W . Burton ... ... 1 10 0 Nor-. anion , per J . Skevington ... ... 0 10 Nottingham , meeting at Ship Inn , per J . Newhome ... ... ... ... 1 o 0
Ditto A Tory , per ditto ... ... 0 10 Ditto T . Bobbin ' s Beck , per ditto 0 6 3 London , p : r Hr Orertcn ... ... 0 6 0 Greenwich , per Mr Deer ... ... 0 15 0 Baresley . perE . Dilby ... ... .. 6 14 5 W . Crow , Londoa ... ... ... 0 19 Thornton , near Leicester , per W . Reads ... 0 16 Old 8-lldori , per J . Far _« ... ... 0 3 8 Newton Abbott , per J . Elms ... ... 0 8 0 Oxford , per R . Warner ... ... 0 10 0 J . D . Collett , London ... ... ... 0 5 0 T . Broo . s .. ... ... ... 0 10 J . W . ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 Member of Charter Union ... ... 0 5 6
Globe and Friends , per J . H Snowies ... 0 9 0 Gtvgow , per a Balrjman ... . * 0 10 8 W . and J . Hyde , and R . Edmunds , Yeovil 0 7 6 Borrowasb , prr M . T , Wells ... ... 0 10 J . M ., Stepocy Causeway ... ... 0 10 Ca-iberwell , per J . Simpson ... ... 0 10 Nottingham , per J . Sweet ... ... 0 17 0 Hull , per 6 . Barnett ... ... ... 0 17 3 M . Nu « , Hull _ 0 0 C Coventry , per V ! . Hosier ... ... 0 3 6 W . Ooltmaa , Pianoforte Tuner , Leicester 110 J . Hunter , Easingtou-lane .,, ... 0 0 6 A Laos Member , Smsworth ,,. ... 0 1 C Knaresborongb , per J . Dooker .., ... 0 12 Brietol Onanists . p ? r W . Hyatt .,. ... 0 5 7 HUfield , near Dewebury , ptr B . Peaison 0 10 D Newport , Monmouthshire , per J . Williams 12 0 Hindlev , per W . Hotchkiss ... ... 0 U 0 Kirkcaldy Chartist Association ... ... 0 5 7 Newfield .. ... ... ... 0 2 6
£ S 0 « IS 1 r _ c total amount of subscriptions received by me was announced in last week ' s Star as being £ 288 Is 4 j Since then I have ceceived-a letter fiom Mr W . Wood he __ , Holmfirth , in which he states that he remitted th . sum £ 2 l ? s . to thswrongplace . it not being intended for the Defence Fund , but for tbe Land Fosd , and requesting me to hand that sum -over to the Directors . This will account for the discrepancy in the amount at tbe hsad of this colutnn-William Hsder . J . Sweet begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following -acre fist the Defence
Fond?—Mr John Bradford __ 0 1 ft Mr John Bradford , _ , .. „ 0 1 o Mr Samuel Bradford ... .. _ ,. 0 16 Hr James Good » ll „ , .. ,.. 0 0 6 Kr Jostph Bowlty . „ ,. ,,. 0 0 6 Mr John Hills ... ... ... 0 0 4 Mr William Bartram ... ... „ . 0 6 3 Mr Thomas Shepherd .. ... ,.. 0 0 2 Ifrom Lsmbley ... ... .. 0 3 6 Bjroa Locality ... .. _ . 0 0 9 Mr C & ippeiniale ... ... .. 0 10 From the Kewton ' s Head .. -.. 0 5 0 From the Colenel Hutchinson ... „ . 0 16 From Ditiofor M'Djuall ' e defence ,.. 0 1 8 i
MrT . S : ott 0 10 Mr Gaunt ... ... ... . „ 0 0 6 MrR . Tudec ... ... ... . „ 0 0 6 Byron Locality ... ... „ . ' 0 0 8 Nottingham , per J , Sweet , „ , „ 0 3-Nottrcgbam , per J , Sweet . „ M 017 0 Land Office—Chatham , A Few Friends ... ... 0 6 " 5 Wm . Dobson ... ... ... 0 1-0 Mr Homey ... ... ... 0 10 Ja _ a Bray ... ... . „ . „ ' 0 ' 1 O Joseph Pattiion _ . ... ... 0 2 < 6 Cfcart-r Gtffee House-Joseph -Clark ^ ... . „ 0 18 Mr Buchssan „ . ... ... 0 10 Shepherd aad other Friends , at the Whlttington and -Cit ... ... ... 0 2 20 HoxtoniLocality , 3 rd subseription ... 0 - ' 5 0
Defence Fund. . Received By Wa. Ridjb, £...
FOR FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . EECEIVED B _ W . B _ B 33 : A few friends , Hammersmith , par G ^ E . Cooke -0 ' 9 4 Dudley sflbartiats , per W . Tronll ... .. 0-5 6 J . Butler , Wtataor , Tgle of Wight .. 0 1 « Winchester , per G Sturgese .., ... ' 0 > 8 0 St Helen ' s , per J . Cooper . „ ... 0 13 3 C-rllsle , per J . Gilbertson . _ ... 0 IS 0 Wisbeacb , f > er __ r Clarke . „ .. 0 9 0 £ 2 M 7 Hr Side ' s boo _ ... ... ... 0 5-8 J Reeelred from -Hartlepool , a poat-eiSoe order 0 5 4 Beceb-ea from _ fr O'Connor ^ . .. 5 0 6 Angnst 1 st , per « T . Knowle » , Qlobe acd friends 0 12 0 G . J H . ( w-Kfclj ) 0 2 < 6 EdwinGlll „ .. .. .. 0 6 . 0 William Dixon , Chelseft 0 2 -6 D . M . B ., London .. ... ... 0 2 . 6 Walter Shawl , Worcester ... ... 0 10 Fuubttry locality ... ... ... 0 IS 0
National Vsteran, Orphan, And Victim Fun...
NATIONAL VSTERAN , ORPHAN , AND VICTIM FUND COMMITTEE . Balance sheet of a separate fund , attempted to be raised for patting Mrs Jones into business , the wife of William Jones , tie compatriot ef John Frost in exile , commencing January 6 ih , and closing May 18 th , 1848- Receipts J 6 . s . d . E . Barley , Manchester ... ... ... 5 0 Hr George Wright ... ... ... 1 0 Messrs Robson and Marshall ... . _ . 10 Richard Wbeatley , Bilptr ... ... 3 0 WilliuB Flowers , Brighton ... ... 3 0 J . 8 . Heath ... . „ ... ... 1 0
William Ellis , Bridport 15 0 William Tanner , Totness ... ... 5 0 Darlington ( Land Branch ) ... ... 6 0 Rochdale Chartists ... ... ... 8 0 P , W . B . ... ... O 6 Hr Stroud , Portsea , Hants ... ... 20 0 Kr Newmaa , Camberwell ... ... ... 5 6 J . B C . ewiandJ . Elms ... ... 1 ° B . CoomBs . E . and W . W ; C & ombi ... ... 1 0 Ashton-under . Ljne ... ... 10 O Hr Haroer , Oldham ... ... ... e * Mr Perkim , Walsall ... ... ... * « Mr White , Birmingham ... ... ... ° e ] Mr Wilson , Northallerton ... ... 3 5
Mr Robertson ... ... « 6 Hr 0 'ffea , Manchester ,.. ... ... 2 6 Mr Thoroley , Middleton .,. ... ... 5 o Mr Spurway , Bridgwater ... ... ... * 0 Mr Taylor , Stoke ... ... 2 ° JeseeNeil ... ... ••• 1 ° L-WriB ¦•« * 6 He * . ry Smith , Burnley ... ... ... 7 0 Mr M'Lean , Chester ... ... ... * ° Mr SqalreB , Llmehonsa ... ... — * ° Camberwell » .. ... ••• ••• * £ 6 8 11 « 5 _ _______> Audited and found correct , James Ga __ fBr , Jobs Godwiit , Johh SiHr-Osr , Secretary . The Committee beg to state that the above sum barely cleared Mrs Jones , from her pecuniary embarrassment * , and that bar husband having expressed a desire that abe should join him in the land of hie exile , an appeal has since been made for that purpose , a balance sheet of whieh , the account being closed , will shortly appear . On behalf of the Committee . Joh 5 Suspbos , Secretary .
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Mrs Joses ' sConvetancs Fusd . Tfce eecretary , Mr John Simpson acknowledges . £ ¦ s . <*• From Mr Flower * , Brlghtoa ... ... 16 6 No . 2 Char . ist Locality ... ... 0 6 2 Nottingham , Mr Swset ... 0 13 Camberwell , J . Parker 0 10 Paisley Chartists , T . Watson ... .. 0 10 9 Leicester , T . Timson ... ... ... 0 13 0 Bobart P _ llns ... ... .. 0 10 Cheltenham , 0 . Hyett 0 10 0 BtrroiHibam , James Brewster ... ... 0 5 0
Maac-ester , perMrLscy .. ... 0 5 6 Radford 0 4 0 Newcastle , James Conhon ... ... 0 0 6 Ditto . James Murilbus ... ... 0 0 6 Riicliff Bridge , JamesBow _ Ih » ... ... 0 3 6 Brighton , Wm . Flowers ... ... 114 Nawcutle , Martin Juda 0 5 0 Lambeth locality , per O . Hunt ... ... 10 0 Northampton , J . Johnson ... ... 0 0
Executive Address. Fellow Countrymen,—Th...
EXECUTIVE ADDRESS . Fellow Countrymen , —The reign of terror progresses , and grows searching and dreadful . Justicethat hallowed word—which we have been long taught to revere as the ideal of God himself , and which ever should be the pillar on which a nation ' s faith should rest , has , we fear , but a small share of the heart-affections of the rulers of this land . Lioertyi justice , an right—the trinity and unity of all that is good in man , and humanising in the progress of nations , exist in name , blinding thecredulous , deceiving and betraying the confiding and heroic of our land ; but the practical embodiment of these great principles is not manifested in the frame-work of our legislation ; nor are their fruits found in the character of our national morality ; as a dream they are fancied , as a system they are dead and inert .
So close has our political atmosphere become , that men are almost suffocated . So crowded are rumours , following in quick uncertainty ; so fearful the thrilling doubts and stifled fears of every man we meet , that it requires courage even to think steadily , and boldness and nerve to direct order from this motley chaos . But duty and interest—these inseparable twinswhich when followed from love , and obeyed from instinct , seldom err in the guidance of mankind , come
to us with their aid . Our duty then is to raise the standard of principle—pure unsullied principle . Our interest—the destinies of a nation , that knows no faction , owns no sect , but points in the true spirit of universality , and says , ' Go . plant the tree of liberty , ' and if it be watered with tears , and nurtured with blood , yet it will grow green and flourish , and tbe sons of men will reap a thousand fold the fruits of your labours . ; and as the sun bursts the cloud and dispels the darkness that shadows the face of the earth , so
shall prosperity banish in its day the very memory of adversity . Let your hearts then fail not—have faith—have hope—have ceurage , and be MEN . We had almost hoped that the State Persecutions of 1839 and of 1842 had paralysed the arm of despotism , and taught even tbe ignorant and antiquated men , who looked on power as the appanage of rank , and persecution as the rampart of its defence , that a principle was indestructible—we at least thought that cruelty would never again be added to slavery . And , in this land of free discussion , in which the printing press , with a giant arm , scattered thought abroad , we had conceived that men of all schools of politics and p hilosophy , might safeH trust tbe justice of their claims , and the success of their wishes , to the fair field of intellectual warfare . We have been
mistaken—the error is of tbe heart , and generous Englishmen will not despise so forgiving a confidence . The serpent has slept , but it has yet the power and the will to sting , and its bite is rapacious , venomous , and cruel . Men of active intelligence ami noble enthusiasm spend their sleepless nights and melancholy days within the walls of prisons , whilst gaunt hunger and maddened frenzy stare ns in the face as we travel in city or village , in street or highway , yet are we bold enough to say to you , be patient , and let caution and discretion control the hurricane and calm the storm . The earthquake tremor now felt , will shake the quiet content of fat ignorance , and make musty and moth-eaten satisfaction pause to consider the relations existing among men . Society has duties as well as rights , and yon—the
unenfranchised—who are demea all participation in practical legislation , have for years prophecied that evils , huge and uncontrollable , would follow in the wake of a policy that preferred a deputed power from a section of the people , rather than a full enfranchisement of the male adult population . You have worked , but do not possess ; you have produced , but cannot control property . You have obeyed laws , b-tyourwisdombasnotenact-d them . You have seen enacted extensive measures of fiscal and commercial cbange . and your experience tells you , but too sadl y , tbat your ^ condition is not im proved ; neither have your claims on ^ society lessened ; you have a right to be fed , clad , and housed , in a country professing to be civilised . $ o party cry or assumed power usurped by the possessor , or granted 'by others , can alienate or destroy tbe right of man to a sustenance in tbe fend of his birth .
The House of Commons , as now . onetitutea , either has or hes not a power « ver this state of things . If it has a power , demand of it that that power shall be > nsed remedially , for your benefit ^ if it has noipower , demand that it y ield np its trust , and return once more -to society that which a section of the nation unrighteously gave to it . Do you answer—we have ao power over the House of Commons , it sits in London , whilst we reside in Manchester or Yorkshire , in Leicester or Scotland : ? Remember , we beg of you , that the House of'Commons is not self-existent—its debating and enacting power is an an old house in Westminster—but the source < of its power is among the electors scattered over the face -of the empire , and
its administrative action exists hi « very city , borough , and village . Let , then , the aon-electors demand ot the electors , of every towa andcouatry , that theyibefed , clad , and housed ' . ; these are debts that the electors owe to the non-eleotors . There is not to be foand a horse able or willing to work , that is not well'fed , housed , and moves about sleek and fat ; and it ? is not to be borne tbat man , a being of refined sensibilities , has tewer claims than the meaner races of the earth . Do the electors assure you that they can exercise no power for your benefit ? then let them either resign their right to the Suffrage , as an . eaclusive and sectional fraction , or fulfil the responsibilities co-existt _ g with , and inseparable from the power they possess . But how can you accomplish these objects ?
First . —By ¦ extending your sphere of local action ; where necessary , add to the . ambers of your committee , and locally disseminate , by every available means , a knowledge ef your principles—do not teach the doctrines of Chartism as the doctrines of a sect , and only Sited for a section of men , teach them as the universal protection of all men , fitted alike for the security of all classes . The struggle of representation is sot a war of those who have not against those who have , it is simply a struggle for a recognition of a great principle—to wit , the ri ght of the majority of tlte nation to control the government of the country in which they live .
Ezercise every available power in the election of the local . authorities witbia the boroughs in which you live ? -use your influence to secure the return of Chartist representatives to fill offices in the church , highway boards , and ia the council chamber ; local goversment is the mainspring of national government , and to controul it is to regulate administration , and to directly control the functions aud functionaries of law . Second , —By having a watchful vigilance over the acts of th « representatives of the cities or boroughs in which ycu reside , acd let every vote given by them be carefully scrutinised , and when necessary the opinions of Ihe whole people expressed thereon , and
remitted to the deputy representing the electors in Ihe Imperial Legislature . And in all cases , where there is no vote recorded—on important question . — a public meeting be called forthwith , and from that meeting a committee be appointed to write to the representatives of the electors , asking the reasons of absence , and the electors In all cases to be looted on as responsible to the non-electors for the votes and speeches of tbeir representatives ; and in the event of a general election of members to serve in parliament , that you adopt every means , legitimately at your command , to return to parliament men of sane mind , untainted by crime , and pledged to vote for . and to propagate a Knowledge of , the principles of the People's Charter in or out of
parliament . We also would remind you that the numbers of onr agricultural population are immense , and at present form the reserve army , tbat are called out on all necessary occasions to fight the battle of faction . The ignorance of our agricultural population is hardly concievable by those of you who are not practically familiar with the rural districts of England . But every one who has been present at an election in a small country town will bear testimony to the influence exercised by the ignorant labourers , shouting and rejoicing at the success of some candidate for parliamentary favours , and who is elected to support interests diametrically opposed to the weal of the majority of the nation , and to all
vote for measures , and enact laws , binding upon the intelligent aad radically progressive portions of the community . The agricultural labourers have isnumerable grievances , and suffer from a direct social despotism , as tyrannical and burthensome as the ancient usages of feudal vassalage . It is absolutely Indispensable that immediate steps be taken to remove this frightful and hideous state of lgno . ranc ? by means of lectures , addresses , tracts , newspapers , & c , so as to force the two great wings of the army of political emancipation to move as one solid mass , and to ruin , now and for ever , the unjust influence exercised by an ignorant squirearchy , and in many cases , an irresponsible mag istracy , supported by country bankers , land stewards , auctioneers , and attorneys , over a limited , and relatively
Executive Address. Fellow Countrymen,—Th...
an uninformed number of the electors and non-electors of the empire . The importance of the agricultural population to a really national movement canuot be over rated . With its aid and support we are safe in all we may find useful and necessary to do for the advancement of the popular causewithout its support , our success may be protracted , and , in some cases , doubtful . Ws cannot , in this address , point out all we think necessary for the accomplishment of ° ur object but the first great requisite on your part is action ! action ! action 1 Your present plan of organisation , for political purposes , must be made efficient , by being generally adopted , and by keeping up a constant and direct correspondence with the Executive or chief directing bod y , g iving to us on all occasions a hearty co-operation and support , and thereby en . ablingus to act promptly and with character .
In our first address to you , after our election to office , we pledged ourselves to be plain and honest in stating to you , at all times and without reserve , our circumstances and prospects ; up to this hour we have been faithful to our promise , and will contime to be so . We anticipate the query that may be asked by many of you-What do you propose to do m this emergency ? We answer the supposed question simply and plainly—Our objects are
defined in the People ' s Charter , and the means of accomplishing the same in the plan of organisationto these we will adhere , and will use every means , honourably available , to make our agitation successful ; and all circumstances that may arise or already exist , as may in our judgment and in conformity to your will , render the same subservient to the great object of our existence as a body , viz .: the enactment of the People ' s Charter as the basis ot the representative system of Great Britain and Ireland .
^ We are not idle observers of the signs of the times , and though our power is weakened by tbe incarceration of some of our best and bravest men , we do not despair of doing much for progressive reform . We have before said , and now repeat , that we can , if supported by the people , build up a movement—the most powerful and practical that ever existed in this or any other country—not a movement great only in numbers and sublime in words , but also a movement as practical and utilitarian as the character of the age in which we live .
Our work is a great one , and for its accomplishment we ask your sympathy and support . We struggle earnestly , resting our claims on the people . A change in the civil government of this empire is inevitable ; from the present excess of despotic power and terrorism will come a reaction , such as no living politician in Europe has yet witnessed . Your share of the benefit will rest and depend exclusively on your own exertion , and on your promptitude and intelligence in commanding the people ' s full part of all improvements . Come , then , to the work ; now and for ever resolve to destroy this monstrous old system of iniquitous oppression and injustice . A system opposed to nature , to reason , and to ri ght ; and from its ruins create laws and institutions that will make liberty and justice as corporate and real as a system as they are now indestructible and durable
as a sentiment . Signed on behalf of the Executive Council , Samuel Kydd
Ireland And The English Press Gang.
IRELAND AND THE ENGLISH PRESS GANG .
TO THE WORKING CLASSES . Brother Proletarian ? , —Time was when Ioonld scarcely find words to express my disgust at what I conceived to ba the ignorance or wickedness ef Irish speakers and writers in representing England as the national oppressor of Ireland , and the English race the enemy of the Irish people . I had no difficulty in acknowledging the English government the unchangeable scourge of Ireland , but I maintained that the English people , oppressed and misrepresented by that government , were not responsible for the wrongs and sufferings of their Irish brethren .
But recent events have considerably modified that view of the Irish quef tk >_ . The evidences are abundant tbat hatred , contempt , or indifference , towards the Irish people abound in English eooiety-For my part , I can no longer condemn the furious hatred towards everything English , which has , of late yoara , inspired the tongues and pens of eo many able Irishmen . * The blood will follow where the knife is driven , The flash will quiver where the pincers tear . ' And it is only natural that English persecution should excite in Irish breasts a thirst for vengeance ; tbat English calumny should excite Irish hatred-English scorn Irish defiance—and English oppression Irish retaliation . Were I an Irish father . I should be tempted , like Hamilcar , to swear my children to lead a life of unceasing combat against everything English . My justification would be , tbe tyrannous and hostile deeds and words of
Englishmen . Do I overrate English injustice ? ' Look around !' Behold amongst aU classes and parties , with one ex ceptisn , the danininj ? evidences , ' notorious as the sun at noon-day . ' of English hatred or indifference towards Irelead . Ia there any man lunatie enough to imagine that the English government or legislature really care for the welfare , or sympathise with tbe Irish people ? If so , a moment's consideration—if he be capable of sack an effort of the mind—will at once disabuse him of his error . A string of Coercion Bills , and a series of' Suspensions of the Constitution / varied by occasional measures of sham Reform , thrown ae sops to the traders in the sufferings of the masses , constitute the sum total of English legislation for Ireland . In proposing to the House of Lords the
bill for the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act , the Marquia of Lansdowne said , * He was glad to find tbat there were many precedents' for the course he proposed—that oi passing the bill for ' the Suspension of the Constitution' in the course of one sitting ! In the discussion in the llouee of Commons , on the same measure , it was stated that the Arms Bill , passed in November last , was the sixty-fifth Coercion Act inflicted upon Ireland . Lastly , when the indecent baste with which the Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill was hurried through Parliament , ia contrasted with the refusal oi the Ministry and House of Commons to entertain Mr Searuan Crawford ' s motion , declaratory of the necessity of remedial measures for Ireland , it must ba evident to every one , that for the Irish people to look for anything like justice from the Imperial Parliament , as at pre sent constituted , would be downright insanity .
As is the sample , so is the sack . The government and legislature represent the aristocracy of land and money , and the representatives , in their acts and words , rather fall short of , than exceed , the vindiotiveness entertained towards Ireland by those they represent . The bourgeoisie , naturally selfish , Ignorant , and cowardly , and , consequently , the friends of' order , ' under any circumstances—who , if Ermesx or Nicholas ruled this land , would down on their knees to the said Ernbst or Nicholas—this class , throughout its several sections , rich and poor , are animated by one feeling of hatred of Ireland . Address them on the subject , and yon will find the shapooracy , from tbe dealer in ingots to the vendor of an ounce of
snuff— 'on 'Change' and in the counting-house , at the counter and in the omnibus—breathing but one sentiment , that of vengeance towards Ireland . Their idsa of ' remedial measures' is expressed in Captain Maxwell ' s 'few tons of gunpowder and coils of rope , ' with which to mow down and hang up the unfortunate people of Ireland and their leaders . There are , certainly , a few individual exceptions , who give expression to more just and humane sentiments , but these whitecrowu are , indeed , 'few and far between . ' And you , my coustrymen of the working classes , are you altogether blameless ? Do you redeem the name of England by your general and heartv
sympathy for your oppressed Irish brethren ? I fear not . I admit the sympathy of the Chartist party to a man . I know the earnest desire of my brotherD-moorats to see justice done to long-suffering Ireland . I know that not a few Englishmen would even lay down their lives for Ireland ' s redemption ; still I fear that masses of the English working classea are blindly ignorant of tho wrongs of Irishmen , and deplorably indifferent to their sufferings . I have no doubt that in Manchester , and some other manufacturing towns , a great majority of the English proletarians earnestly desire the freedom and happiness of their Irish brethren ; but can the same be said of tbe working men of Other places—London , for instance 1 I fear not .
The great proof of the hatred or indifference of the middle-classes and a large portion of the working classea of England towards Ireland , is to be found in theoharaoterof the public journals supported or tolerated by those c ' asses . The favourite journals of the bourgeoisie , are the Times , Chronicle , H _ BAL _ , a _ d Dailt News—one and all the bitter slanderers and relentless enemies of the Irish people . The sham- Radical Mo _ . Nira Advertsbb and Sow are equally a _ h-Irish . These papers are the oracles of pot-house and coffee-room politicians chiefly belonging to the working classes . Of the weekly papers , the Sf _ ct _ tor , ExiMiNJsn , Atlas , Jobs Bull , Britannia < feo ., are read principally by the ' upper' and middle classes . The readers of the Dispatch , Suhdat Times , B _ ll a Life , Douglas Jeehold , Au .. (_; .. belong to the middle and working classes . Below these are the cheap Greenacre-jeurnals , read almost exclusively by working men . All these ! weekly newspapers , whethe
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calling themselves Whig . Tory , or Radical , vie with the Times , Herald and Chronicle in their abuse and misrepresentation of the Irish people . It is with me no matter for vaunt , that of all the newspapers published in England , this journal is , as far as I o _ n learn , the only one that , in and out of seamIS ^ t T ' ^ steadily advocates the rights ot the Irish people . 1 do not basst this of the Northern Star . It is a matter rather for grief than exultation . Would that every journal-espeoially every journal read by the working clasaesshared the sentiments of this paper in relation to Ire and . Were that the case , the cruel oppression of Ireland by her own and by the English aristocracy , would ba speedily brought to a oloae . The atrocious conduct of the Press-gang at this crisia , demands from me a few words of comment . From tbe list of traffickers in class prejudice and popular ignorance , I shall select two or three , and commence with the Times .
The Puddledock Thunderer asserts , tbat ' the Engliih are generally aware' that ' every hard-working man in this country carries a whole Irish family on hia shoulders . ' This h advanced by the Times as a reason why the English working men should feel no sympathy for the Irish millions . Without nowdisouaaing tbo assertion of the Tiub ? , but taking tho truth thereof for granted , I shall venture to tell the Thunderer , that every sensible hard working Englishman is aware of two other things : —1 st—That Irish pauperism is caused by English misgovermnent and class usurpation ; and 2 nd—That English poverty is mainly the consequence ef labour having to carry on its shoulders the brawny carcase of idle , luxurious , plundering Privilege .
Here are three hideous lies of the Times : —1 st ' That the eight M . P . 's who voted against the Suspension of the Habeas Corpus represent nothing but turbulence and discontent . ' A pretty compliment to pay to the constituencies of Rochdale and Nottingham ! v hat does Master Walter' represent ? 2 nd . — 'The Irish Rebels , ' says the Times , insinuate that the prospect Of pillage for two hours or two days is amongst their chief incentives to action . ' In support of this assertion , the Times imputesto the Irish leaders the idea ot' acompreheneive agrarian law . ' Such a law supposes not pillage , but the restoration ( to the people ) of stolen property ( on the part of the landlords ) . The third lie is particularly rich : — 'The subjects of this realm . ' says the Times , feel that they are thoroughly their own masters , and are under no occasion te tremble at a nod , to humour a caprice , or fear a revenge . Their houses are tkeir castles , their minds , to them
, are kingdoms , and their language as free as the air whieh conveys it . ' Bravo ! This bangs Bannagher ! Scarcely a day passes that houses are not broken into ( in England and Scotland , to say nothing of Ireland ) , and the lord of the ' oastle' dragged to prison for the crime of speaking ' his mind' in ' language' not quite so ' free' as ' the air ; ' and it is notorious that no honest man can now walk the streets of our towns , without being dodged by a' detective , ' or having his words noted down by a spy , Happy subjects ! ' Merry England ! ' A suppressed rebellioa , ' says the Times of this day , justifies and compels a somewhat stronger and sterner policy than that which befitted the mere brooding of the storm . ' On this basis the Times argues lor trying tbe prisoners by martial law , and continuing Ireland in a state of seiee . These sanguinary promptings attest the truculent sentiments of the commercial classes .
The Morning Herald takes credit to itself for having six months ago , laboured to induce the go . vernment to rule Ireland by martial law , which , ascording to the Herald , is the very best law in the world to govern the mob . The Herald argues , that had its advice been taken , when it recommended the shooting of ' half-a-dozsn agrarian plunderers and murderers by drum-head court martial , in the month of November last , ' there would have been no rebellion at this time : now , however , that rebellion bas come , the Herald demands , the ' bayonet charge , ' and the ' raking , well directed fire of
musketry or artillery , ' to dispel the errors of the disaffected . The Herald likens the Irish peasantry to mad dogs , or mad bulls , whom it is necessary to strike down , or shoot at once . 'Oh ! ' cries the Herald , ' for one hour of our straightforward and illustrious Duke te set this empire to rights . ' ' France , ' argues the Herald , ' is ruled by a soldier —Cavaignao . Spain is ru ' ed by a soldier—Narvatz : aod shall not Great Britain and Ireland owe their safety to the greatest of great soldiers—Wellington ? ' Up , then , ' says the Herald , * for our Queon . for a united empire , and a strong government , to put down traitors aad rebels at home and abroad !'
I hope , my friends , that you will feel grateful to the Herald for the ' strong government' p rovided for you by tbat generous journal , when I tell you that its list includes in addition to tbe Duke , such wise , honest , aud liberal statesmen , as Lord Stanley , Lird Lyndhurst , Lord EUenborough , Lord George Bentinck , the Duke of Richmond , Sir Robert Inglis , Lord Chief Justice Blaokburn ( Ireland ) , Major Beresford , Messrs Miles , Newdeeate , Spooner , and last , not least , your old favourite , the consistent and tender-hearted Lord Brougham !
It is enough to say that the Daily News , Globb , Advertiser , and Sun , fulminate against the Irish in the spirit of the Times . The Sun and Advertises have long made political capital out of Irish grivances , yet they are now amongst the foremost in calling for a war of extermination against the Irish people , and tbe utter abrogation of the last remains of Irish freedom . The total extinction ef the right of public association , and tbe complete disarmament of the masses , are amongst tho remedies for Irish disaffection demanded by these journals .
The Standard , after imparting the ori ^ na / intelligeneethat ' Chartism was strangled at once and for ever , by the noble demonstration of the 10 th of April , ' insists tbat—' all money collecting leagnes and political clubsooght to be prohibited in all parts of tho United Kingdom . ' The Standard then argues that this is the time for a thorough revisal oi the whole system of Irish policy , by the restoration ot Protbbtabt AecENDAKCT—that is , the restoration of the system under which to be a Roman Catholic was to be the plundered , persecuted , hnnted victim of Orange bloodhounds , with no voice in the legislature , and no rights , social or political . The revival of the bloody times of the Penal Laws , will alone satisfy the picas longings of the pardon-petted Standard !
The forcible suppression ot the Nation and Irish Felob , and the wanton destruotioa of the property of both journals , together with the contemptible but cruel persecution of the press men and printers of those papers , a _ d the poor creatures who sold them in the streets , has not called ferth one word of remonstrance or condemnation on the part of any one of the daily journals . Imagine tho outburst of virtuous indignation with which the Times , Chronicle , Sun , & c , would have greeted such an act , if performed by order of Nicholas , instead of Lord Clarendon , and iu Warsaw instead of the
capital of tho Poland of the West . ' No one could be surprised at these journals hounding on the government to pursue Smith O'Brien and his followers with fire and sword , but they might have abstained from the lies and calumnies , with which they have laboared to destroy their victim ' s character , and heap odium and contempt upoa his name . Brave men are generous , even when combating personally against their enemies ; but these hireling wretches of the press gang , wbo lie because they are paid for lying , are utterly destitute of every sentiment of manly generosity , and regard for truth and fair play .
The ferocious denunciations of Ireland and Irishmen , every week gracing the columns of the Dispatch and SuflDA . Times , are too well known to require further notice . Bell ' s Lifb , the Weekly Chbosiclk , John Bull , the Atlas , and Spbctatob , are celebrated for similar anti-Irish sentiments . The atrocious writings of the placemen of the Whig Examiner have several times been brought under the notice of the readers of this journal . The last number ot the Britannia was most ferociously
anti-Irish . The sentimental sham-radical writers of Douglas Jerrold ' s Newspapeb , so celebrated for ' heartstringe' of most delicate texture , avow , in their paper of Saturday last , their admiration ot the ' wise and just policy' pursued by the government and Parliament , in suspending the Habeas Corpus Act , for the purpese of crushing the 'rebels . ' Tory , Whig , and Liberal , Sham-Radical , PhilosophicsJ-Ridical , and Sentimental-Radical—the gentry of the Press-gang are all alike , all tarred with the same stick . Oh ! for a scourge
' To lash the rascals naked through the world !'
G . JULIAN HARNEY August 3 rd , 1818 .
More Reported Arrests Of London Chartist...
MORE REPORTED ARRESTS OF LONDON CHARTISTS . ( From the Morning Post of Friday , August 4 th . ) Information has reached us from nn antbentlc source that the Lord Mayor yesterday issued his warrants for tbe apprehension of three Chartists , named Shatr , , and Wilson , rVr seditious language used by them ia addressing a meeting at the theatre in Mlllon . street . We were farther informed that two of the men were ar . rested a few houra afterwards by the police , [ We hove no confirmation of tha truth of this report . Wo know that Mr Shaw was at liberty up to Thursday evening , nine o ' clock . —En . N , S . l
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Sir Walter Scott Locality . —The meeting p lace of this locality is removed to the Digby Arms , Digby-street , GlobHane . Lectures and discussions every Sunday evening , at eight o ' clock . Shorrdmch . —A gendral meeting will be held at tbe Green Gate , Hackney-road , onWednesday evening next , at eight o ' clock . Members are requested to pay their general and local levies . A lecture will be delivered at the Loyal United Friends , Tabernacle-square , on Monday evening , at eight o clock , by Mr Barber . Subject : The People ' s Charter .
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Dublin , Jolt 2 G ' . b . —Four ooropanif . a of the sat _ t Rogiment landed this morning from England , aad marched direct to Kilkenty . This day the Lord-Lieutenant was put iu p . t ;? es . aion of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act . Four pieces of artillery were deposited yem / day at Aldborough barracks on the north strand . This position commands theentrances to the city froa hhe northern suburbs , and is in close contiguity to ihe Drogheda Railway ; THE PBI 30 NEB 8 .
A special meeting of the Board of Supenr , : >; _ £ . ence was held thia day in Newgate , at two o os-ck , to take into consideration a letter from Mr Kjumgton , calling the attention of the Board to the las discipline of the prison , as evinced by the publico' -ioa of certain articles in the Nation and Felon newspapers , and laying down regulations fer . the adoption of the board , so as effectually to prevent a continuance of the practice complained ot . This regulation has been unanimously adopted by the board , a '_ ¦ < i
instruction ! , given to the inspector and govern ' . ' !? of the prison for their strict observance . Hencefor' ird , the wives and children of tho prisoners and their ^ gal advisers only will be permitted to visit them : and tbey only npon a previous pledge being given by each of them , upon the occasion of each visit , tbr / . no papers or other communication will be take * : by them from the prison for publication , or for any ? urposo except for the purpose of defence of . the prisoners when being tried for the offences for which they : < sand charged .
A letter from Carrick-on-Suir states , that among other extensive preparations on the part of the people of that town , twelve anvils ring night and day with the sound of the pike , in defiance of all ' legal consequences' and presence of police and military . ( From the correspondent of the Morning Chronicle . ) A most daring attempt to assassinate a police con « stable was made in this oity at two o ' clock thia
morning . Three men named John Joseph Moran , Michael Moran , and John M'Cormaok , were brought Wore the sitting magistrates , Mewre Porter and M ; s ; ee ,. charged with having cot ; tnitted a felonious a ? ault on police-constable John Byrne , No . 132 A , by stabbing him in the abdomen with a deadly weapon two o ' clock tbia morning . The constable , niter receiving the injury , was conveyed to Mercer's Hospital , William-street , where , according to the cer > tificato of Dr Ireland , he lies in a most dangerous state . The prisoners wero remanded . ( From the correspondent of the Morning Eerdld .
COSSPIRAOr 10 ASSASSINATE THE POLICE . Dobun . Jcly 27 th . —Further and unquestionable evidence was adduced to-day , of the general design of the Confederates to aeeasinate the police an < i military , while acting as sentinels , or in small pa : ties . Eight young men named James M'Clusky , aged 18 years , James Brown , 22 , Simon Eiffe , 24 , Jehn Eiffe , 19 , Richard Ryan , 19 , Chrisiopher Ryan , 17 , Thomas Murphy , 19 , and William Murphy , aged 22 year ., have just been committed to Newgate , charged with conspiring together on Monday night last to murder two inspectors and a constable of police . An announcement of the following appeared in oar third edition last week , AEEEST OF MR F . O ' HIOGINS AND SEIZURE 07
GUNSTOCKS . This day Mr Patrick O'Higgins , of North Annestreet , linen-merchant , long known as one of the leaders ot the Dublin Chartists , was arrested on a charge of ' felony , ' and sent to Kilmainham gaol . A search was made in his house , when 1 , 300 gun and blunderbuss stocks , in the rough state , were discovered . He argued that these stocks did not come under the terms of the aot , inasmuch as they could not , in their rou g h state , be considered as portions of firearms . He also alleged that he purchased them upwards of too years ago as a ' mercantile speculation . ' ( From the Evening Post , )
This day , Mr Patrick 0 Higgma , a Confederate and agent of the English Chartists , was arrested . On the promises occupied by him were found a large quantity of arms , and other munitions of war ; amongst which were 360 gun stocks , a double-barrelled gun ( loaded with ball ) , a single-barrelled gun , a sword , and & pike—the latter was a most formidable weapon , the shaft being nine feet six inches long , mounted with a steel blade , exceeding two feet in length , furnished with an axe and hook . ( From the correspondent of the Times )
Dublin , July 27 . —LordClarendon has lost no time in availing himself of the stringent means now at bis disposal for the repression of treason and insurrection . Before break of dawn this morning the whole force of metropolitan police was in motion , and a general search was csmmenced " m an suspected , quarters for arms and ammunition . The olub-roonut were the first objects of this surveillance , but as far as I can learn the police were not very successful in their f ffarta to detect either arms or documents of a dangerous tendency .
Mr Patrick O'Higgins , the leader of the Dublin Chartists , was arrested this morning under the nesv act , while proceeding to his office in North Annestreet . His house was subsequently searched by the police , and a va ? t quantity of gun-stocks were found upon the premises , together with a splendidly finished pike . They wore lodged in the Castle . In justice to Mr O'Higgins , it should be stated that the gunstocks were purchased in England , nearly three yeans ago , on a purely mercantile speculation , and with ft view of supplying the constabulary ; since that time
they nave lam on his nanus a dead weight . The possession of the pike , however , is not so satisfactorily accounted for . Mr O'Higgins was lodged in Kilmainham Gaol on a charge of treason . A person named Flanagan , a noted pike-mabw , has also been arrested . In his house were found swords and cutlasses . In the houses of other suspected parties were found various weapons ef warfare , as well as bullet moulds , wadding , and ammunition , and also documents showing the connexion of the parties with the clubs .
_ Several blacksmiths have been arrested ( or making pikes , and other parties for having them in their dwellings , together with ammunition . One of the Cork papers states that it is understood that 6 000 pike heads had been introduced into that city from Sheffield . ( From the Morning Chronicle . ) Clonmel , July 2 . . —The cannon which are placed on the top of Caher Castle were fired yesterday several times for practice , under the direction of the authorities . Within the last two days Cionmelhas been filled with the most alarming rumours . Ye _ ter « day it was reported that the clubs were to assemble at tho Mile Tree , near the town , and to make a sudden irruption into it when darkness favoured them . At noon to-day an express constable arrived
from Cashel , it was said with information of an outbreak there ; we doubt , however , its correctness . The most painful anxiety is awakened for to-night , as the general feeling ia that an insmrcotion , with all its horrors , is at hand , and may commence before we see the light of another day . The police have removed from the barracks in the Irishtown , and taken possessien of the West Gate . Military are to occupy tbe Main Guard , and no doubt every precaution will be made for the protection of the town , and the security of its peaceable inhabitants . It is further said , that one of the leaders spent last night at Thorneybridge , iu the neighbourhood of Slievenamoa , and that tbe Carrick-on-Suir corps are in readinesz to join in the onslaught .
( From the Waterford Chronicle ) Watehfobd , July 26 . —Soldiers are marching , countermarching , bugles are sounding , rumours are flying through town of the most exciting nature , despatches are arriving every hour or two . No less than twenty-five families from this neighbourhood left yesterday in tbe Rose steamer for Bristol . Families are leaving Carrick—and the other towns in thia neighbourhood—very quickly . It baa been reported about town to-day that some of the most extensive establishments in this city are about stopping work , and that all the hands will be discharged . If so , it will entail ruin on the poor families of tbe artisani . In Carrick tbe people are terribly excited , there if nothing spoken of but war , the armament is progressing very rapidly . There can no longer be a
doubt about it , the people will fight , and no mistake . But the awful danger lies in tbe desertion of the people by their leaders . If so , the consequences will be fearful , but , on the other hand , should the men who now assnme the leadership continue faithful to the people , and lead them with proper judgment through the campaign now opening , we would be very little surprised to see a Republican government sit ting in Dublin before many weeke . We have just heard that Mr O'Brien informed the people in Carrick , on Monday night , 'If the government attempted to arrest him , they would have his lifeless corpse to take . ' Mr Meagher is reported to have said— ' The assistance of tbe people might be called into requisition in a couple of hours , provided the authorities attempted to arrest him . '
Yesterday another party of the Buffa were sent from on board the Rhadamanthus , and were at enoa despatched for Carrick-on-Suir . We understand the whole force concentrated ia and about Carrick now numbers over 1 . 500 men . There are over 15 , 000 pikemen fully accoutred in the same neighbourhood . Yesterday we noticed a great number of idle men walking about the oity , and on inquiry we found that they were persons belonging to the Dublin detective force . Tho Dragon steamer has just arrived with a regi * ment of Highlanders for thia city . To-day the walls of the city are placarded with proclamations , calling on the people to deliver np their arms into the nearest police barrack . The people are laughing at them in all directions , at the fool ' ishness of such a
request-STORBNDBB OF ONE OF IHE LEADERS . Dobmn , Jtnv 28—Mr Eugene O'Reilly , a rather prominent leader of the Confederates , and against whom a warrant had been issued , surrendered bimscH
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 5, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05081848/page/5/
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