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    * THE NORTHERN STAR. October 24, 1S46

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    The Repeal Association.. The Weekly Meet...

    ICitN-QUI OF LABOURERS . ~~ [ On Saturday all the labourers employed on the new Munpet-road , in Limerick , struck for an advance of wages . The sum paid was 10 d ., but the workmen estimated their services at nearly double value , or ls Gd . The latter is paid in several districts where men arc put at task work . The Gorl Constitution says : — — " * <"" - "T ¦ Thursday morning the ringleaders of the labourers who had turned out at Youghal for increased wages , again mustered , aud refused to work for the prescribed wages , lOd . per day . They marched through the town with their spades and shovels , out to the country , and halted near Gurtroe . Their object was to induce the labourer * from that parish to accompany them into the town tor Ihe purpose of intimidation , finding they could not succeed they slunk back into small parties . 0 » * rwaJ mornin * Mr . Curtin , the overseer of the Board of Vv orl . s met lanre number of them on the Korth Conrmons ,

    a « Hd showd that it was impossible to *»» to *^*^» theorderslaiddowntohim by the Board ; but that he ™«? d employ them by contract , to which they agreed m « fitwnhnglv . andimmetotelv got to work and from the rate at which thev were ge . ting on no doubt the , will earn over is . per day by task work Tie other labourers have also consented to work , and ihe nocks -will be cleared in a proper manner , as over 108 men wi he placed there , with suitable wages and gangways . All bow promises to be quiet and orderly , if more work be provided , as several are still unemployed .

    TippEHAnv-- —At a presentment sessions held for the baronv of Clanwilliain , Mr . Hunt , the stipendarr magistrate , stated that he had to inform the ma gistrates that two of the stewards , who had been p laced in the charge of public works in this barony , d lately been attacked . One was fired at openly ; the other where he lodged , at Donchill ; there ¦ were four shots fired into the room where he was sleeping . THE KATIOXAL TRiniTTE .

    * The Northern Star. October 24, 1s46

    * THE NORTHERN STAR . October 24 , 1 S 46

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    rue Cork Constitution asks , " Is it true that Mr . O'Connell will not this year sanction the customary collection ? And adds : — This disinterested determination is adopted because of ihe popular inability to pay , and as the collection would consequently involve the odium , without the advantage , of the extortion , he magnanimously resolves to relinquish it . The division among the Repealers , too , is said to have bad some share in forcing on him this act of reluctant self-denial ; for , as one party regards itself as sold , it is not likely to contribute with much liberality , and the old gentleman fears that the falling off in the tribute might be appealed to as proof of waning popularity , and nest to money , he loves the popularity through which

    money is procured . But will there be no collection ! "We doubt it . In days gone by , when teaching his followers how laws were to be evaded , he was wont to boast that he was as' cunning as a fox . The old characteristic still clings to him , and perhaps he calculates that this show of self-denial wiU operate in his favour—that in communities like Cork , for instance , the wealthy will say he shall not suffdr , and they will voluntarily originate a subscription . Once begun , the lists will fill- , there is no option—the ' moral power' will force contributions , and Sir . O'Connell will reap the reward withontincurring the indignation : is there any thing uncharitable in this surmise ? Remember the man we have to deal with , and tell us ifitis not likely that this very 'speculation' has been passing through his brain .

    PKESESTME 5 T SESSIONS " eXTRIOKDIKART . The Cork papersfurnish the " deliberations " of the gentlemen assembled in Macrooni for the purpose of holding an extraordinary presentment sessions for the barony of West Mcskerry , which , as well as being the latest , are certainly the most amusing that have yet attained fame through ihe columns of a newspaper . Two-thirds of the day having been csnsumed in fiercely contested battles about the disposal of such trivial items as £ 3 , 000 , £ 5 , 000 , and £ 8 , 000 , one of the collective wisdom of West Muskerry , with a laudable view of putting an end to the wordy warfare that raged without intermission throughout the proceedings , thus interposed ;—Mr . J . B , Warren . —Hearme—hear me for a moment . I shall now bring this scene to a close—there is but one course we can now adopt , and that I propose ; that the presentments he passed en masse . ( Great cheering . ) The d—1 a thing else can be done .

    Hr . OoulthuKt , —I second that ; it is the only course left us . ( Great uproar . ) Mr . J . B . 'Warren . —Hear me—do hear me for a mo menf —{ great yelling . ) See what a scene you have here to-day ; look around yon , is it not utterly impossible that we can go through these applications dispassionatelythat ne will be permitted to consider them calmly or quietly ? Por God ' s sake , then , pass my resolution , granting them aU , whatever they may be , and leave them to our guardian angels , the Board of Works —( great shouting . ) I move that the applications pass en masse ; does any one seeond me 1 —( shouts , ' we do . ' ) Mr . M'C . O'Leary . —I second you with all my heart—( tremendous shouting . ) Air . J . 11 . Warren . —If you carry that , you may go home to your dinners ; if you reject it , prepare to stop here for a week—( ytlls . ) Chairman . —Who ' s for passing them all ?—( tremendous shouts of' All- ')

    Mr . J . B . Warren . —Mr . Secretary , bundle them all up , and cut away as fast as you can —( great uproar . ) Mr . J . E . k'Carthy . —I object , I object , I object—( hisses . ) I move that we go to the consideration of the amplications in alphabetical order , ( uproar ) ; some of us did not come here for mere humbug —( groaning , hissing , and shouting . ) Hx . J . B . Warren . —Some of us did not come here to make speeches ; my proposition is carried , at all events —( tremendous shouting ) Jir . J . E . M'Cartliy . —l'li not give way —( with cries of ' p-ul , poll , ' aud * no , no . ' ) Chairman . —Shall I poll Mr . Warren ' s motion * ( Yes , yes , ' and deafening shouts of ' no , no . ' ) 3 Ir . J . E . M-Canhy . —I'll never consent to sign myself down a foul . Mr . J . B . Warren . —You need never do that . Br . Baldwin . —Such a proceeding would be stultifying ourselves —( yells )

    Father Kearney . —Is it legal to pass them in this way ? Captain Gordon ., —You may do so if yon please ; ' tis as good as any other war here . Father Kearney . —Then away with them—( vociferous yelling . ) Secretary . —If you pass the presentments in this way , none of the drainage presentments can be carried out . 3 Ir . J , E . McCarthy . —It is a miserable subterfuge to defeat the objects of the poor ; to avoid feeding the people —( awful confusion and shouting . ) Mr . J . B . Warren . —I have no application for a presentment for a job , but others may . ( Shouting . ) B y ray plan I will give all a fair chance . It is evilent we are mere puppets here—we , have no control—the storm is ovCTpowtrviri for as . ( Shouting . ) "You are much mistatalren if youthinKyou con reject any presentment , aud it will in any way come to the same end . All we have to do is to place our dependence on the controlling power of the Board of Works , wl : o will have useful works pressed upon them by the relief committees . ( Shouting . )

    Mr . i . E . JttCirthy —We nmst cheek jobs—we must ' nps > . t jobs . -Mr . J . 1 > . Warren . —This observation seems to be aimed at me ; now I don ' t care a fi g for it—I can afford a laugh that , for so far a * 3 "bs are concerned this day , I think I amithc m ' jstinn c nt man ihe urt . ( Shouting . ) C baimran . —I cannot stand this any longer , I must leave tie e iair _{ "Vcl * Father Lee . —If jou ask for quietness , I shall get it for yon . ( Ilere tremendous uproar ensntd . Mr . J . B . Warren . —Well have it any way you like . For peace sake I withdraw my motion , but in doing so I must say iliat I am as anxious for the poor as any man , and perhaps more so than those who make a parade of humanity ( Cheering ) Dr . Baldwin . —I ' m convinced there ' s no more humane man than Mr . Johu Warren . ( Shouting . ) Secretary . VVliat sum Mill you assess ? Mr . Cronin . —Let us fis an amount mi ql ( l > 0 .

    Mr . J . B . Warren . —You may , or in ] iul > i !>!! £ , it will all come to the same . ( Great uproar . ) -Mr . J . E . M'Cartby . —I propose that £ 50 , 000 be grauxed . Mr . J . B . Warren . —Ton may as well make it £ 500 , 000 ; what signifies a nought ? Amidst the most terrific tsmult , the applications were taken up seriatim , and all read were piisstd ; Fathcr ( fDriseoU applied to build a chapel at Brisbane , £ 500 . Br . Baldwin . —I object , ( hissing . ) Father O'BriscoU . —You should be the last to oppose it . Br . Baldwin . —Yon should not -divert -the money from the poor . Mr . M . H . Warren . —Poflit . ( Bah ) . I eare not for your hissing—I ' m here on my oath . XHissee . J I ' m here sworn to do my duty . Sow it is no part of my duty to tax the community to build chapels . ( Great . kissing- )

    Father O'Dristoll . —Raise no discussion Juwe in the iaee of the people . ( Hissing . ) Mr . M . H . Warren . —I'll do my duty , though j « m hiss me to my house . ( Great confusion . ) Chairman . —It ? s passed . ( Shouting . ) Father lee applied for £ 1000 to repair Maeroom chapel . ' Chairman . —We'll grant it . ( Great shouting . ) Look ' at the bundle of applications still before me . Dr . Baldwin . And aU the magistrates and cesspayers I have deserted you . ! Chairman . —What am I to do . j Secretary . IteaMy the thing is too ridiculous to be i continued any longer . j Chairman . —Then I'll reject the rest . ( Cries of' No . ' ) | The Chairman , Secretary , County Surveyor , and Captain Gordon it being half-past four o ' clock , here escaped

    , from the Court amidst much nproar . from the Court amidst much nproar . The valuation of the barony for county cess is £ 5 i , 297 13 s . lid . The amount granted , chargeable on ; the barony , was JSaS . oSfi las . For drainage , £ 4 , 300 . I The government have refused to advance loans to : railway companies . j STATE OF THE FBOVISCES . j The intelligence from the south is decided unfa- ? vourable . Disturbances of a serious nature have taken ¦ p lace in Clare and Limerick . j On Thursday evening , immediately after dinner , a nu- ] merons band of armed ruffians , with blackened faces , burglariously entered Fenloe-house , NemnarKet-oa-

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    Fergus , the r . sidence of Mr . Hug h Falliscr IlicU . nan , doputyVnten ^^^ ttiTat ^ TX honset they entered the nets on « ie fire-arms , commenced a mrUruT at taeh upon M , Hickman who Stoutly ref i « u to deliver up his arms , until completely overpowered lit sev eral blows on his head , when Mrs . Hickman , fear , f 1 of the result , pointed out where the fire-arms were , w which the ruffians decamped , but not before they renewed their brutal attach on Mr . Hickman , inflicting two very deep wounds on his head , and breaking one of his fingers . It is to be feared that this outrage upon the person of a country gentleman , in the midst of his own family circle , is but the first of a series in the coming winter , and which the general avidity to possess fire-arms will embolden those parties to follow up . The Limerick Chronicle , from which the above is taken , also contains the following : —

    " A troop of the 8 th Hussars from this garrison proceeded hence on Thursday morning to attend a large meeting ef the peasantry , which was held at I . atoon , a short distance from the residence of Sir Lucius O'Brien , Dromoland . A strong police force , under Captain Leyne , S . M ., from Ermis , also attended . About 5 , 000 persons assembled at 3 o'clock , when Mr . Hugh Palliser Hickman . D . L ., Captain Leyne , and other magistrates , addressed the multitude , exhorting them to peace and forboaranci- and assuring them that in a very few days they

    would be all employed under the Board of Works . Everthing passed off quietly , but the murmurs of the destitute labourers , as they reluctantly dispersed , evinced much dissatisfaction at the delay of relief measures . Ahorse was shot at Blackwater this morning . Last night two sheep , the property of Mr . Standish O'Grady , of Landscape , were killed in the field , and the carcases taken away . The horse of a corn buyer , named Hogan was shot at Bally val ' . y , near Killaloe , for having brought corn to market . Saturday , a horse belonging to Sir . Robert Frost was fired at and wounded .

    ULSTER . Distress is increasing in the Northern province , which , in ordinary seasons of scarcity , had been comparatively free from suffering .

    CODNTT OP nUBLIX . Kilusey . —A correspondent writes as follows : — On this ( Fridaj ) morning , a number of men , apparently total strangers in the neighbourhood , appeared at the gate of Mr . Smith , of Killiney , carrying spades on their shoulders , aud demanding work or money . Mr , Smith , thinking it the most prudent course , gave them some money , when they took their departure . A party of labourers carrying spades , appeared before some of the houses in the same neighbourhood ; but the owners , having been apprised of what occurred at Mr . Smith ' s , had taken the precaution of locking their gates .

    Dublin , Oct . 19 . —Thb Irish Pooh-Law Woukhouses . —It is a remarkable fact , in relation to the unprecedented destitution now prevailing in all parts of the country , that only a fractional proportion of the workhouses have the full complement of inmates which they are capable of accommodating . The total number of unions for Ireland is one hundred and thirty ; hut the number of worhhouses open is one hundred and forty-eight . Only four of those have their full complement of inmates , and those

    exceed the number ; but generally tne workhouses fall so far short of the allotted amount , that they are [ capable of affording accommodation to many thousand persons . Meantime I may mention that the workhouse of Abbeyleix has twenty-three more than its number ; Scariff and Waterford each slightly exceed their number ; and the workhouse of Cork contains 1 , 161 inmates over the stipulated accommo patiou . This fact , especially when you consider the repugnance to workhouse relief amongst tho Irish poor , is a striking evidence of terrible destitution .

    But , with the exception of the four I have named . all the rest of the workhouses , one hundred and twenty-four in number , are capable of affording additional accommodation to a considerable extent . The Ballina ( Mayo ) workhouse , which the guardians threaten to shut up from want of resources , is capable of accommodating 1 , 200 . The number of its inmates , according to the last return , is 1 , 087 . In Castlebar ( Maro ) , where great distress prevails , there are only Vt ± inmates , although the workhouse is fitted to accommodate 700 .

    State of thb Country—Although the reports exhibit still increased destitution , there are some gratifying features in the accounts . The public works are commencing in almost aU quarters , and the system ot voluntary relief , so well commenced in Kerry , is now adopted pretty generally . In that county an arrangement has been adopted , by which the local merchants undertake the duty which it has been attempted to force upon the government . The Tralee Chronicle , received on Monday , contains the follow ing : —

    Scpplt of Food in Tbalee . —The principal merchants engaged in the corn-trade of this town assembled in the grand jury room , on Thursday , by invitation of the relief committee , to confer upon the best measures to be resorted to at the present crisis . After a lengthened discussion , which was carried on in a most satisfactory manner , the merchants present agreed to sign a paper pledging themselves to make such regulations as should secure to the town a constant supply of grain , and engage to retain a supply of 200 tons each for home con . sumption .

    Ihe Fishery . —We are happy to be able to statj that , during the present week , the herring fishery has been most productive , and that the poor class of men who are engaged in it have met with * more success than has hitherto attended their labours during the season . The supply was so abundant , in the early part of the week , that the price rated at only Gs . per thousand , and we are also glad to observe a large quantity of other fish in the market . This is a most timely relief to the poor people of the town and neighbourhood- —Galway Mercury .

    COUNTY OF LONGFORD . Longford , Oct . 17 —There are in the town at present upwards of two hundred heads of families in need of employment , numbering nine hundred individuals . The Leinster relief committee has been of the utmost benefit to the poor of this parish and Ballymacormiek , having , within the last three weeks , disposed of . £ 200 worth of wheat meal , Indian meal , oatmeal , and biscuit , at co > t price , and from 6 d . to lOd . per stone under , relieving from four to six hundred weekly . Viscountess Forbes has not been unmindful of the wants of the poor about Newtown , having remitted £ 25 to the relief committee of Clonsnish parish . The public works presented for in the baronies of Rathcline and Longford , in this county , have been set auoing during the past week . In Rathcline three hundred and fifty men are at work , and in Longford upwards of a hundred , and if the weather continues favourable the number will be increased next week . —Ixmgford Journal .

    COUXTY OF WATERFOBD . Food Outrage . —The Waterford Chronicle says : — Asa man , in the employment of Mr . Walsh , Glenstown , in this connty , was returning from the mill with a horse and car , containing a few bags of oatmeal , on Tuesday night last , he was met on the road by a few men ivho seized on one of the sacks , and after handing the man a one pound note , which they desired him to give his master , they decamped with the sack . One of the reasons assigned for this outrage is on account of the scarcity of meal , in consequence of the difficulty and delay in getting the corn of the country ground .

    Etrecouut , Oct . 10 . —The works on the new line , under Mr . Egan , were resumed on Monday last . Thirty men have been employed every day since they were recommenced . The labourers were at first dissatisfied because the work could only b 3 given by task ; and were under the impression that , however hard their labour might be , their allowance of pay would be uniform ; when , however , the principle of task-work was explained to them they cheerfully undertook the labour , and are earning about 13 d . a day . The labouring poor of this locality are in the same wretched condition as in every other quarter of the land . Tliose persons whose staple sustenance in every other season consisted of the potato , are totally deprived of the necessaries of life by the failure of that article of support , and many poor creatures are often days without tasting food of any description . Yet their patience under privation is wondrous and praiseworthy . —Balliansloe Star .

    Tuam , Oct . 17 . —The accounts from al ! parts of the country are somewhat cheering , as far as tranquility is concerned yet , the poverty and distress amongst the poor people is great in the extreme . We are gratified to find that peace and order have been restored in districts where heretofore much alarm prevailed . — Tuam Herald . The Inquest at Skibeueen . —After hearing evi " dence in the case of a poor man named Ilegarty , who died of want at Skibereen , the jury found the following verdict : — " We find that the deceased , Jeremiah Ilegarty , has met his death in consequence of want ef sufficient sustenance for many days previous to his descease , and that the want of sustenance was occasioned by his not having been paid his wages on the public works , where he was employed for eight days previous to the time of his death . " The Cfctre Journal reports as follows , from that county : —

    " Exsis , Oct . 15 . —We understand that a anmber of labourers refused to work this week at the rillago of Clare , and in other parts of the country , as they considered the low rate of wages given under the Board of Works insufficient to supply their families at ihe present high price of provisions .

    COUXTY OF DONEGAL . The Evening Tost contains the following : — BinoNi of Raphoe . —In consequence of an adjourn , ment sine die of the first presentment sessions for this barony , on the 14 th ult ., for the want of the necessary preparations , this second meeting was held , pursuant to the proclamation of his Excellency , under the act 10 th Victoria , on Wednesday last , at Lifford , on which occasion the court-house was densely thronged with magistrates , the clergy , the cesspayers , and a large number of the agricultural labourers , many of the latter in extreme want and suffering , which is alread y strongl y marked in their features . It would appear , that having no employment since the cessation of the harvest work , tliey came there to give living evidence of their destitute ' con .

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    dition , and to signify the urgent necessity there is fo immediate employment ; yet after the sessiors sitting s for two days , hut little has been done—delay is the order of the day , and the people die for want of the means to procure food . It wouldbe naturally supposed that there had been sufficient time since the first meeting to make all the necessary preparations ; yet another adjournment has been made till Monday , and ' tis feared still further obs' aeles will be thrown in the way of expediting the works .

    EMPLOYMENT ON DRAINAGE . It is stated that the government are endeavouring to obtain the valuable assistance of Mr . Smith , of Deanston , in superintending the vast projects for drainage now in preparation in all parts of the country .

    MEETING IN FERMOY . The Cork Examiner says : — " We are happy to announce that a most important , and , we feel convinced , valuable meeting will be held in Fermoy , on Thursday next , at which Mr . O'Connell will attend ; the object of which will be to consider the best means -of advancing public works in that district , and particularly that most desirable and longagitated work , the navigation of the Blackwater . This , so far as we can glean from some private letters now before us , is to be the principal object of the meeting , besides appointing a deputation to proceed to Dublin to lay before the authorities the opinions and resolutions of the meeting . While the object of the meeting may be thus defined , it is not to be supposed but that the subjects entertained during the day will embrace the present deplorable condition of the country , and the nature of the remedies provided to meet it , "

    FARM LABOUR—THE l'OTATO CROP . The same paper states : "As the time of earlv sewing approaches , the cottier and tenant farmers in this part of the country appear to have aroused from their late inactivity . Within the last few days the process of digaing and cleansing out the potato fields , to prepare for the next year , has become general . " Employment for thb People . —The circular road round the park , presented by the magistrates and cesspayers at the late Prespntment sessions for the city , has been approved of by the Board of Works , and that £ 1 , 000 have been granted for its completion .

    This road will be all spade work , and Us execution will afford vast employment to our labouring poor , who are to be daily seen parading the streets , begging for food , but more earnestly for that by which a sufficiency of it could be fairly and honestly procured . The long protracted arrangements in reference to the drainage of the " Park" have been almost compleated , and the work will be put in progress as speedily as possible . Both of these works areola remunerative character ; the last especially , as it will be the means of converting a large and now useless extent of slab into a place of recreation for our citizens , and of civingour citv another claim to the title "Beautiful . "

    Kawtduk U . n'hw , Oct . 15 . —The board met this day ; number in the house , 020 ; received this day , 200 . The house was intended for 800 ; there are now 20 over the compliment . This is our situation here , - hundreds famishing that cannot gain admittance , still , although we had a presentment sessions , the liberty to tax ourselves , no work is appearing . — Cork Examiner . The Clare Journal referring to the meeting a Dromoland , says : — We are glad , however ^ to be able to state that no disturbance took place throughout the day . Indeed we believe that the elements were much more efficacious

    agents than the military , in dispersing the multitude ; for the clouds began to pour forth rain in sueh torrents , that the poor creatures , all drenched with wet , deemed it most advisable to make the best of their way to their respective abodes . Nor did the troops present seem much inclined to relish the imperative invitations which they were daily receiving to visit different parts of the country—invitations to which it was necessary for them to attend , as well in the storm as in the sunshine . They certainly expressed their disapprobation of such journies in no very measured terms . And it is , without doubt , most deplorable to find the country in such a state , that a few notices posted up in different places by some lawless and seditious characters , will have the effect of congregating together such crowds of people , that it is deemed necessary , to the great harassing of the troops , thus to drive them , by quick and unexpected marches to one locality after another .

    The Clare Journal contains the following important announcement : — Her Majesty ' s Government intend to place seed rye , and barley or here , at the disposal of the commissariat in Ireland , and the different relief committees will be supplied with the seed at first cost .

    Irish Famine, Repeal, And Tiie Tribute. ...

    IRISH FAMINE , REPEAL , AND TIIE TRIBUTE . TO THE EDITOB OF THE HOETHEBS * STAB , Sir , —That the Repeal agitation is fast ebbing there remains not a shadow of doubt , and the utter recklessness of the association in squandering away the funds at the present time , deserves the severest condemnation , and is at the same time most infamous . The subscrip . tions from London to " Domination Hall , in Dublin , has not averaged for the last sis months £ 2 per week ; and will it be believed , that the paid committee in Dublin is paying an individual , in London , supposed to be at the head of the Repeal movement £ 4 a week for doing nothing ; and that at a time too when gaunt famine bestrides

    like a Colossus the soil of Ireland . That Repeal , in London , has dwindled down to a mere nothing , thank God , is most true . The great Whig Repealer , tvho is now enjoying himself in the fastnesses of Derrayne , ( where he is quietly shut out from the cries of his famish , ing countrymen ) , must notv be fully aware that the Irishmen in London will not be sold to the merciful Whigs , like so many sheep . Tliey are now , much to their credit be it said , holding meetings to relieve the wants of their distressed brethren at home . And they are quite wideawake to Dan ' s move of an Irish Landlord Parliament , they would rather that Ireland be legislated for after the fashion of the last forty-six years ; for God save her from such a Parliament as the Great Whig Repeal

    Frankenstein would create for her . Nothing less than a Parliament based upon the principles of the Charter , can serve Ireland ; and then , instead of those who hold the land governing the parliament , the parliament of the united Irish people would govern the land . And it is not to be denied , looking at the present position of affairs in Ireland , that Irishmen are , every day becoming more convinced of tho necessity of such a parliament . And now a few words about the RENT . November is a great month in Ireland for commencing the collection of the O'Connell Tribute—well , it is not to be collected this year ; aud the reason assig ned for Us non-coll

    termed " no go , " to get it . If he thought , for a moment , it could be collected , not all the Irish distress would prevent him screwing the last farthing from the starving Irish people . He knows well it is his treachery to the Irish people , and his country , that compels him to countermand it . The person who for a moment thought that he would have the barefaced impudence to have issued his mandate for its collection , after having bound over the Repeal question , hand and foot to the "Bloody and Brutal Whigs , " and having also stifled the freedom of discussion at" Domination Hall , " would be set down for a madman . The truth is this , the Irish people are thoroughly disgusted with his conduct . The exultation of Little Johnny Russell , at having crushed the Repeal agitation , will know no bounds , Oh that the spirit of Honest Jack Lawless could arise from its cold tomb , and cast one look upon heart-broken Ireland—and to find

    her SOLD , SOLD , SOLD , TO DAMNABLE WHIGGERYi Oh rise , spirit of an Emmett , and rescue your unfortunate and bleeding country from the fangs of domestic traitors 1 But a spirit is moving upon the waters which says , she shall be free ; Ireland but sleepeth awhile ; she will awake like a giant refreshed from his slumbers , when the voice of her people * # be heard demanding the rights and priviliges of freemen—not to be refused , but to be granted . And then , and not till then , will that veil of prejudice which it has been the interest of a dominant few to hold up between Ireland and England be removed , and the people of both countries be united in the holy bonds of freedom . Then , to oppress the Irishman will be to oppress the Englishman ; and both shall be united together for each otbers ' s good , to live upon the land , and to be protected by tho living spirit of the Charter . 1 am , Sir , Respectfully Your ' s ,

    AN EX-LONDON BSPEAL WAROEN . Bridge Street , Westminster , Oct . 21 st , 184 « .

    Irish Famine Versus Repeal,—The Good Sen...

    Irish Famine versus Repeal , —The good sense of the Irish people in this metropolis ( London ) is at last beginning to show itself . What money they have to spare they will subscribe to a good purpose ; they are no longer to be cajoled by O'Connell's trickery and delusion . As the following will show . The meetings of the Irish and their English friends , to relieve the famine , are daily increasing , On Sunday evening last a meeting was convened by the following circular—* ' Irishmen ! Famine is digging a premature grave for your friends and relatives in Ireland—meet at the Guy Earl of Warwick , Gray ' s-inn

    Lane ; Mr . D . Murphy , chairman . Now or never—save them or they parish—four millions want food—a penny may save a life . " The meeting was fully attended , in faot the entire house was crowded ; the money collectsd amounted to a considerable sum . Mr . Denis Lane , an old a dvocate of Irish Freedom , suggested to the meeting that nteans should be adopted , by the Central Committee to obta in a day ' s wages from every Irishman in support of the It elief Fund . The propsition was loudly cheered , and will . ^ e acted upon ; many were the remarks made during tile evening , some of wliicli were anything but coruplimcn . ' ar ? te the Irish 2 'Araciun Robber ,

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    THE TURN-OUT AT KEIGIILEY . TO THE TRADES OF BRITAIN . Fellow-Workmen , —As many of you may be still unacquainted with the cause of our present struggle with our employers , we , the woolcombers of Keighley , most respectfully beg to call your attention to the following brief statement of our grievances . Our business , which employs many thousands of men in this part of Yorkshire in the manufacture of worsted goods , has been gradually growing worse fortius number of years ; partly owing to the unprotected nature of the business , but more especially to the method of late adopted by the manufacturers of mixing wool , requiring additional skill and labour without giving proportionate wages . These causes combined have injured our trade so far as to reduce our earnings to about one-half of what they were twenty years ago , and it now takes a good workman to earn ten shillings per week by working extremely long hours .

    Our employers themselves have frequently admitted that they knew of no body of workmen under the canopy of heaven so badly paid as the woolcombers , but have always told us that nothing could be done for our relief till the passing of the Corn Law and Free Trade measures . On the settlement of these mighty ami all-important questions , wewaited upon our employers , reminding them of their promise , and most respectfully requesting them to advance our miserable wages to a halfpenny per pound upon some kinds of wool , and to three farthings upon others . They all , as usual , pitied our condition , but lamented that we were rather too soon , the Free Trade measure not having got into full operation . We again waited upon them in a few weeks after , when three of them very readily complied , partially , with our request , by grant ins a farthing instead of a halfpenny , and promisin ? ,

    that if the others would fallow their example they wouldgive usfheremainder . The other manufacturers refusing to imitate the example so honourably set by three of the most respectable of their own body , compelled us reluctantly to adopt the only course left "; namely , that of withholding our labour till they complied with our request . Our usual method of doing this kind of business is to take one firm by ballot ; and the lot having fallen upon that of Mr . Robert Cloilgh , of Groves Mill , his combers were withdrawn , and placed under our protection . So determined , however , were the manufacturers to prevent us from improving our wretched condition , that they entered into a combination against us , and turned us every man from our employment , throwing twelve or fitteen hundred of us without the means of supporting ourselves , or those we had taken under our protection .

    You will see from this brief statement , fellowworkmen , that under ordinary circumstances in matters of wages , we have always supported ourselves , and have been driven to the necessity of appealing to you on the present occasion through being turned from our employment . It is now seven weeks since our Free Trade employers deprived us of work , since which time we have suffered almost everything which poverty could inflict . Notsatisiied with refusing to employ us themselves , they have used every dispicable means they could invent to induce others to do the same . Instead of meeting us like men , to argue the question in dispute , they treat us with the insolent contempt of Northern autocrats or Eastern desposts , and breathe nothing but their uetermination to either break up our union or starve

    us out of existence . This mean attempt to crush men already at the point ' of starvation has roused us to a spirit Of resistance which nothing but the most desperate privation can overcome . You behold in our case , fellow workmen , a body of overwrought and half-starved Englishmen , with families depending upon them , struggling with a number of Yorkshire Jews , who declare before high heaven and what is called an enlightened age , that their workmen shall not enjoy tho privilege of the animal creation , namely , that of uniting together for self-preservation . To you , then , fellow workmen , we appeal as to our natural allies in the hour of danger . If after this appeal , we are allowed to fall the victims ^ of averice , we shall submit to our fate by consoling ourselves with the reflection that we have performed

    our duty . We , however , believe that an appeal to the intelligent workmen of England in a case like ours cannot be made in vain , and that you will assist us in teaching the few presumptuous mortals who have dared to insult the character of Englishmen , that they are only exposing their ignorance and folly in trving to carry out their scheme . Several ot the towns in Lancashire have kindly promised to assist us , and trusting that the trades and towns throughout the kingdom will lend us a hand in checking ignorance , presumption and avarice , believe us to remain , fellow working men , Yours most truly , On behalf of the woolcombers of Keighley , Thomas Walton , Chairman , Joiw Fabrab Pickles , Secretary .

    P . S . —All communications must be addressed to John Pickles , Low Bridge , Keighley , Yorkshire . The Keigulky Cattlk-Suow . —¦ Heartless Coxduct o p the Libebal Lord Morpeth . —The Keighley Agricultural Cattle Show was as usual a high day amongst the gentry , manufacturers , and farmers . There were a great many extremely fat and overfed pigs , cows , and horses , but a miserable display of lean and starved combers . We find no fault with the exhibition of fat and fine looking cattle , but we think , if some few of our manufacturers who are very fond of raising pigs and poultry , would turn their attention to prizes , for those who could exhibit the fattest , best clothed , and best educated workmen , they would be coming a ereat deal nearer the standard of Christianity . Amongst the many

    visitors who attended to honour the occasion , was Lord Morpeth , who being member for West Riding , was looked upon by the woolcombers as the very individual to act as arbitrator between them and their employers . They accordingly waited upon the great man at the Devonshire Arms , and conveyed to him an address , describing tlieir situation , and wishing him to address the working class in the marketplace . Ilia lordship sent a very polite reply , excusing himself by saying that he had onl y attended the agricultural meeting by special invitation , and could not think of interfering with the combers and their employers . Three of the combers attended the dinner in the evening , and caused much alarm to some of that party , who apprehended that they had come to insult them by exposing their conduct , and

    making Chartist speeches . We are sorry that we cannot give a verbatim report of the speech of the Vicechairman , who introduced his lordship , by all accounts it resembled a speech that had been blown into the air by a bomb-shell , and had fallen down in disjointed words , sentences , and syllables . The principal speech of the evening was made by one of the honourable manufacturers now giving the advance who adverted to the situation of the workmen in veryhumane terms , and he hoped that theother manufacturers would cultivate a better feeling with their workpeople . " His lordship" took leave of the party at about eight a ' clock , and was escorted to his

    carriage by a number of his admirers . Just before driving off , a manufacturer , far from being admired or respected by the combers , proposed three cheers for his lordship , which was immediately responded to by the crowd giving three hearty and tremendous groans . The 7 th of November is the general rent for the inhabitants of Kei ghley , and many of the manufacturers are looking forward to that dreadful period , thinking its near approach must frighten the men to their terms . The combers , however , declared that rent , or no rent , as they have ventured so far they will fight it out , though they should take up thcirshelter in a workhouse during winter .

    Keighley , October 20 . —Ten weeks have now nearly elapsed since the manufacturers of Keighley turned off their combers for the attempt to procure the small advance at Clough ' s factory , and still no advance has been made towards a settlement . Some of the factories are running only daylight , while all the manufacturers are at their wits' end to procure tops to carry on business ' with . We understand that two of the three manufacturers who have hitherto given the advance , have given notice to discontinue it , and to fall lo the level of the remainder . Should this prove correct , it will also prove that it is impossible to advance the character of the Keig hley manufacturers , by inducing them to perform actions of honour and humanity , They always finish off like the swine , by returning to their filth and

    wallowing in the mire . The combers , on the other hand , continue , if anything , longer and firmer , and . have made up their minds to stand all consequences . They appear to have no fear whatever of defeating their employers , providing they can kept their own party from going in , and very few cases of that kind have yet occurred . Last week a comber living at Silsden , about four miles from Keighley , ventured te take a quantity of wool from Clough ' s , but what some people would call a just judgment befel him almost immediately afterwards , for aterrriblc hurricane arose , some say accompanied with hailstones and showers of timber , which passed through his house and carried away nearly every pane of glass . The man lived in the neighbourhood of a number of nailmakcrs , and it is supposed that the fumes of the fires and hot iron produced the effect . Another similar character , of the Black Sheep species , had carried

    some wool to the same neighbourhood , and on going to wash the filthy article next day , discovered to his surprise , that either an earthquake or some other mysterious occurrence had levelled the warshhousc and carried away tho rings . To give the public an idea of the conduct and disposition of the lords of the long chimneys in this neighbourhood , wc shall just relate one instance which happened last week . A very respectable and intelligent wool-comber , who 1 ms taken an active part in the struggle , was under the necessity of paying a visit to a manufacturer . His lordship not being at home , his son presented himself , and on finding that the obnoxious individual had dared to pay them a visit on the business of his employers , he instantly ordered him off the premises , or otherwise he would kick him off . The comber would have reasoned with him upon the rudeness and vulgarity of his conduct , but that only exasperated kk ^& nd had it not been for his own

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    mother and sister he would have carried his threat into execution . After abusing the man with nearly every term and title to be found in the Billingsgate vocabulary , he at last lamented that their good and trusty oid dog , that had bitten and torn so many was not present , or otherwise he swore that he would have , worried him to death on the premises . The conduct ot this ruffian proves amongst other things , that it requires a Keighley manufacturer and a bulldog to worry a weolcomber . A correspondence between the United Trades and the combers has commenced , and it is hoped that the whole body will very soon be united with ^ that association .

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    AH IRISH REPEALER ' S DEFENCE OF TIIE CHARTER . [ We have much pleasure ^ in giving insertion to the following excellent letter , from an Irishman , which was refused insertion in that " essentially Irish" Janus-faced journal , the Naliw <]

    TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN BTAB . Sir , —The following is a copy of a letter which I sent to Duffey , of the Nation , but that worthy who professes to be a stickler for " free discussion" would not condescend to give it insertion , nor even to acknowledge its receipt . Please to And a place for it in the columns of the only organ that has strictly advocated the pure principles of democracy , since the Northern Star , the Press , and the Uiiion Star were put down in Ireland , previous to the insurrection of 1798 . by the infernal government of that day . It is nonsense for the working people to expect justice from either the old or young Ireland party ; in a word they are ** rogues , all . " Yours respectfully , Michael Segrave .

    TO THE EDITOB OF THE NATION . Sir , —I rejoice to learn that you have succeeded so far in bearding the despotism of the Loyal Aristocratic Re . peal Association . As you are on the side of free discussion , I hope you will give insertion to this letter , in repl } to some editorial remarks that appear in the columns of your journal , and by means thereof grant me the privilege to express mj sentiments through the medium e £ the Mit « oit newspaper . Iceland hag , i < yc a lengthened period , waded through an ocean of political

    inconsistencies , unparralelled in the world ' s history , owing to the spurious teaching of O'Connell and the liberal presses of that country , so much so , that men scarcely maintain an opinion for one week together , continually changing like weather-cocks , and , I am sorry to say , tint it is rear to find any genuine patriotism in that land that gave birth to so many of natures noblest heroes . But although my countrymen are so far behind in the march of political knowledge , yet , I hope , the day is not far distant when men will have to be sincere as well as determined .

    The following appeared in the Nation of August 15 th ,

    1816 : — " TVe have received a printed address from the Chartists of England to the Irish people , with a request that we should insert it in the Nation , we desire no fraternisation between tho Irish people and the Chartists , not on account of the bugbear 'physical force , ' but simply because some of their five points are to us an abomination , and the whole spirit and tone of their proceedings , though well enough for England , are so essentially English , that their adoption in Ireland would neither be probable nor at all desirable , between us and them there is a gulf fixed , we desire not to bridge it over but to make it wider and deeper . ' !

    Sir , as you are a professed advocate of freedom , I should like to know what is your definition of the sacred word , or what kind of liberty yon are prepared to demand for the people of Ireland ? If your views are wound up in a repeal of a single Act of Parliament , and that yon speak the national mind , then I blush for my degenerate country , long has the toiling millions been duped by every species of humbug agitation , each having for iU object the elevation of the middle classes in the scale of society , but not one solitary measure has been brought forward , calculated to ameliorate the condition of the suffering poor . They have the consolation to witness the Catholic

    oppressor occupy the place of the Protestant tyrant , and that constitutes their share of ths "bloodless vistories , " accomplished by their " Liberator" and " Patriarchal Patriot of half a century . " Tho working classes mustbe the veriest fools in existence if they lend their assistance to any agitation for the future that has not for its specific object , the accomplishment of pure unsullied liberty which is a domestic legislature independant of the British Minister and based on the principles contained in the Peoples' Charter . Anything short of this is not qualified to protect labour from the avericious grasp tf capital , and consequently is but " a mockery , a delusion , and a snare . "

    I now wish to draw your attention to an article that appeared in the Am otion of the 2 Gth of September , headed " United Irishmen . " In commenting on the immortal patriot , Thomas Russell , you say : — It was in the interim of his return and appointment , that we have seen him in Tone's box of a house . Tone and he were inseparables , in that summer of 1790 , with the rippling waves of the high tide whispering at their feet , these two great souls looked at each othi-r , then and there were matured the principles of patriotism and nationality for which they died , "

    What a mighty change has come over your dreams ; those " points" that to you were an " abomination" on the 15 th of August , as if by magic , becomes "theprin ciples of patriotism and nationality " on the 2 Cth o " September . I have before me a history of Ireland written by Alston , in which he states the principles of ths society of United Irishman , that Russell was mainly in . strumental in forming , to be as follows : — " In the plan which they submitted to the country , they proposed that the Parliament should be annual ; that the whole kingdom should be divided into three hundred electorates ,

    all as equal in population as possible ; that neither the elector nor the representative should be disqualified by want of property , but that every man twenty-one years of age , and possessed of hfcjreasoning faculties , should be entitled to vote , provided he had been resident in the place during the last six months previous to the election , and that to be qualified for a representative , it was only necessary to be resident within the kingdom , to hold no place nor pension under government , and to be of the full age of twenty-five years , and that each representative should be allowed a reasonably salary for his attendance in Parliament . "

    These , sir , are the principles of tho brave patriots of 1798 , and these are the principles adopted by two hundred and seventy delegates of the Irish 7 olunteers that met at Dungarran , in the month of September , 3780 , and those are the glorious "points" of the Charter , which are to you an " abomination , " I can easily understand O'Connell's motive for calumniating the Chartist , but I am at a loss to guess what reason you have to find fault with the spirit and tone of their proceedings . It eannot be for ousting the base , brutal and bloody Whigs at the last general election , and thus preventing the Irish traitors continuing the sale of their unfortunate country for government patronage ? Is it for sending a petition to the House of Commons , with three millions and a half of signatures , in favour of a Repeal of the Union , and

    another numerously signed against the damnable Coercion Bill ? Is it for meeting the Government threats against Ireland with a complete negative , and telling the iron Duke " trumpet tongued" that if he dare draw the exterminating sword on the Irish repealers , away went the Chartist scabbard ? Is it for breaking through the accursed national and religious prejudices of centuries , destroying the evil effects of Orangeism in England , and creating a friendly feeling between the Saxon native and the Celtic exiles ? Or is it for nobly sympathising with the oppressed of every country in the world ? Those proceedings instead of meriting your censure are highly worthy of imitation , and I can assure you that I , as an individual , look with sovereign contempt on the professing patriot who cannot extend his views beyond the mere

    limits of his own country . I will admit that self-preservahon is the first law of nature , but yet the real philanthropist will rejoice , and , if practicable , lend his assistance , to the growing spirit of liberty , no matter what the colour of the people , the creed they profess , or the country they belong to . Ah , sir , were the leaders of the Irish people sincere in their profession of patriotism , and had the regeneration of tlieir oppressed country at heart , did they possess the . expansive mind , the noble virtues and genuine patriotism of the heroes of ' 98 , they would bridge over a thousand of your gulfs if necessary , to shako hands with the democracy of any country that offered their assistance in bursting the accursed fetters that has bound down their native land for so many centuries .

    In conclusion , I wish to observe , that I entirely concur in the feeling expressed by thousands of Irishmen on this side of the channel , not to support any agitation that has not for its object the accomplishment of those glorious principles for which Tone , Russell , and thousands of brave heroes shed their hearts' blood , and which is to be found set forth in the document entitled " The People ' s Charter . " I am Sir , an Irish exile and a Chartist , Barnsley . Michael Segrave .

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    MESSItS . DIXON AND EBLL . TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STiH . Sir , —I am extremel y sorry to have to trouble you with this letter , but the epistle of Mr . Belief lust week leaves me uo alternative . Inasmuch as that letter docs not tell the truth , which I will now lay before the public as briefly as possible , which having done , this shall be the las ' - time I will occupy ^ the columns ok' the Star with the subject , contenting myself with the honourable proposal which I made to Mr . Bell to meet him before the public in the Working Man ' s Hall at Oldham , at any time , to make good my every charge .

    Mr , Bell , in his letter of the Cth inst ,, endeavours to make the public believe that I hud been unwilling to meet htm . He knows it isf . ilse . I have never refused to meet him on fair aud honorable terms . He says , "he has written to me repeatedly . " I certainl y received a letter from Mr . Bell , which was so replete with the classic language of Billingsgate that I would have considered it a disgrace to have answered it . In that letter he designated me a " public liar , " " denouncer , " & v ., & . Ai . d . amongst other things , upbraided me with having del - vered two lectures for a fund which my friends got up at

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    the time my eyesight was nearly gone to put me in a way to get my living 1 Mr . Bell then goes on to relate certain transactions which took place at a meeting for the "Ten Hours Bill , " at Hey wood , and says that my excuse for not meeting him was that I had thrown the matter into the hands of the South Lancashire delegates , and deliberately states that " to this arrangement I have never been asked to bo a party . " The following correspondence will show how far this is true , and also show that Mr . Bell was aware of the fact , when he sent the deputation to me at that time . In the letter which appeared in the Star of the 10 th inst , Mr . Bell says " I have also pravailed upon the Chartist Council to write to address the same request . " By this it would appear that Mr . Bell had put his case into the hands of the Ileywood Council to make the necessaryarrangements for tbo final settlement of this matter . In consequencs of which they sent the following : — Heywood , August 10 th , 1846 .

    Dear Sir , We are sorry to inform you that the asser . tions that you and others made at the Middleton meeting have caused much uneasiness amongst the members of the Chartist Association of this locality . We are told that what you said as regards the Birmingham Confer , ence being paid by the Tories is false . Mr . Bell is much dissatisfied , and is determined cither to make you prove your assertions or retract them , or he will placard the town of Ileywood setting you down as a public liar . Signed on behalf of the Committee , James Botterwobth , Secretary , James Miine , Treasurer . p . g , please to let us know if you will meet Mr . Bell in this town and make good your assertions or retract them .

    On the receipt of this 1 acted as I have always done in all questions of a public nature , consulted with the Chartist body , who thought that as the statements were made before the assembled Chartists of South Lancashire , and not before any particular locality , that injustice to both parties the South Lancashire delegates should be called together as snon as possible , I , therefore , wrote to the Ileywood Council to that effect . On the * 2 Gth of August the post brought me a letter from Mr , Bell and one from the Council . This is a copy of Mr . Bell ' s : — MiUs Lane , Heywood , August 24 th , 1816 .

    Sir , —I am exceedingly surprised that you should so long delay returning an answer to the application made to you by the CtittetUt committee ot this town . VDu made certain charges against me at the Middleton meeting they have requested yeu to come here and prove them Why do you not come , they will pay your expenses « If you have proof it is your duty to give it . If you ] m ' such proof , you had no right to make the charges . My opinion is , that you told a wilful lie , and that there were parties with you ivho knew that you were telling a lie . If you have the proof , I challenge you to come here and give it . I am , Sir , your ' s tru ' y , Wm . Beu , ; To that letter I replied , I knew of no correspondence with the Heywood Council that I had not answered . This is the letter from the Heywood Council : Heywood , August 25 th , 1816 .

    Sir , —I received and laid your letter before the Hey . wool committee . The following is the resolution : — " That we agree to the Sonlh Lancashire Delegate Meeting be called together as soon as possible to settle upon the time and place for the discussion , and would recommend the laid delegate meeting to be held at Oldham . " Your ' s , on behalf of the Heywood Council , James Bptterworth , Secretary . I also received from Mr . Bell the following , notwithstanding his statement that he was " no party to the arrangement . " Heywood , August 31 st . Sir , —It appears from your letter to the Heywood Council that you are desirous that the County Council should have something to do with the difference betwixt us . I am willing to meet you at Oldham on Sunday next and there make arrangements for you to prove the fou » assertions you made at the Middleton meeting . l Tour ' s respectfully , Wm , Bem ,.

    P . S . —You state to the Heywood Council that you will pay me for delivering the two lectures for your fund , and request them to send you word what they pay me for two lectures . If they have not done so , allow me to say that I should have charged five shillings for that business , and one shilling I gave to the subscription makes six , which I hope you will remit me on the first opportunity . W . B . This [ correspondence I laid before the Observation-Committee , who immediately agreed that the delegates should meet at Oldham on Sunday , [ October 11 th . as it was not possible that they could meet before , and gave notice in the Star accordingly . I , therefore , leave the readers of the Star to judge of the truth of Mr . Bell ' s letter .

    When the deputation called upon me in the room , when the meeting was over of which he speaks , I replied , "No , it is not right that I should do so , inasmuch as with the consent of the council , and all parties , the case is now in the hands of the County Council , who are called together through the Star . At my lodging ? , the deputation said that 7 had promised to meet Mr . Bell in Heyivaod , So Mr . Bell says in his letter of the Star of last Saturday . But he ought to have given the whole of the statement . In reply to this statement of the deputation , I said "Tes . " Mr . Bell challenged me to discuss the merits or demerits of a certain document drawn up by the parties attending the Birmingham Conference , and to prove that

    it was not in accordance with the principles of the People ' s Charter . In answer , I said "No , Bell , I am not fool enough to take upon me to discuss the merits or demerits of a document , I have never seen But I will tell you what I will do , I will meet you before your own townsmen , and prove to their satisfaction , that the parties who paid you for drawing it up will not pay you for advocating the principles of the People ' s Charter . And if that is what he wants , I will stop until to-morrow night . " I remained in Heywood until the following morning , and if that was what he wanted he could have bad it . This fact should not be lost sight of ; the document he wanted me to discuss was not printed until three weeks after the Middleton meeting took place .

    Let me ask if Mr , Bell is able to prove that I made false statements at the Middleton meeting . Why did he not do it ? Simply because , as he told one of his friends in Heywood , "that he did not know where the money came from until the Sunday that Mr . O'Connor opened the New JHall at Manchester . " When I suppose the paymaster told him that it was not Protectionist money . In fact , we met before the South Lancashire delegates on Sunday last , and were prepared to enter into arrangements for the final settling of this matter upon equal terms . And there , too , he said , "he did not know whero the money came from , all he knew was that he was told

    it did not come from the Protectionists , " I , therefore , leave the matter with the intelligent readers of the Star to judge for themselves whether a man would go to & conference , nt a distance of near 100 tniles , and not know where the money came from ! He , however , would not , enter into the question before the delegates , nor allow them to adjudicate upon it ; in fact , nothing would do for him hut I must meet him in Heywood , I proffered to meet him in Oldham , which was neither Heywood nor Manchester , and near an equal distance from both towns , were there was a hall that could accommodate the public .

    I paid him six shillings in order that I might not be again insulted with his palaver about my obligations to him . And now as there are no financial matters betwixt us , we are on equal terms , and still stand by every assertion I made at the Middleton meeting . This letter has necessarily run to a great length , but in justice to myself and the cause I have been compelled to give a full history of the thing . The truth of this letter is well known in Lancashire , and had it not been that statements apart from truth had been made In the Star , I would not have troubled you on the subject . I am , Sir , your ' s respectfully , Wm . Dixoif . Manchester , Oct . 13 th , 184 G . [* Mr . Dixon ' s letter was received last week , but excluded through wantof room . —Ed . N , S . ]

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    tion or a norse tor sale , oy a new auctioned ' , named Jacobs , in Demerara , almost out-rivals j ; he liveliest sallies of George Robins : —A strong , staunch , steadv , sound , stout , safe , snug , serviceable , strapping , supple , swift , smart , sightly , spriehtlv , spirited , sturdy , sinning , surefooted , sleek , smooth , spunky , weli-skmned , sized , and shaped , leather-colour Horse , of superlative symmetry , called " Sir Tattoo , " with small star and swift , square-bodied , slender-shouldered , sharp sighted , and steps stately , free from strain sprain , _ spasms , spavin , stringhnlt , staggers , strangles , seeling , sellander , surfeit , seams , strumous swellings , serrances , scratchts , splint , squint , scarf , sores , scattering , shuffling , shambling gait , or

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    Public Recouds . —During the last week a very Iar « -e collection of the Admiralty records have been removed from the stores of Deptford Dockyard , where thev have Ion ? been deposited , tothe White Tower in tho Tower of London , and so numerous sire- they that thev fill not onlv the great counf . il cliaiiioflr . but that interesting speel ' nieii of antiquity , the fcornwn or Caaar s Chapel , one of the finest rcir . ains ot military ecclesiastical structures in the kingdom . Ihcy CXtend 11 ) nearly an unbroken series from the tune of Henry III ., and those relating to the preparations made for repelling the invasion of the Spanish Ararmada very numerous . The IIaydo . n Fcxd subscription has now reached £ 2 , 200 .

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 24, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24101846/page/6/