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      Letter Iii. To The Irish Residing In Gre...

      terests and your ruin , I wfll have rendered you a er great piece of service . Because , when you once learn clearly that Mr . O'Connell has never done anything for voa , and never intends doing anything for you , so long as he can mate use of yon for his own purposes , you may perhaps think of doing something for vuurselves . Bearthisin mind , that the moment yon begin to form societies , or join societies already formed , for the purpose of promoting your own interests , yon will find men like Mr . O'Connell to

      come forward and pretend to patronize you—to give your movement a ' proper , and , as it were , a strictly le ^ al direction-to keep yon from violating the laws—a thing you have no notion of doing—to tell von that he who commits a crime gives strength to the enemy . But the moment he finds that he cannot mould you to his own purposes , he will then join any enemy , whether Whig or Tory , to crush you ; and at the same time tell you it is all for your good ; that there mast be spies and informers amongst you . And very probably there were , for he and his friends

      would take good care to send them there ; but -what need yon care for them , if you have the common sense to he guided by your own rules ? Is there a man amongst yon that does not know that the condition of the working classes has been worse and worse every year during the last Thirty years ? And why is this the case ? What has brought it to pass ? The fault is not yours ; yon work as hard as you ever did : vou are sober and careful .

      How comes it then that your condition is more wretched than that of any other class in Europe or America ? There must be a cause for this some where . "Where is it ? There cannot he a doubt in the mind of any rational man , that the whole of your misfortunes are entirely and exclusively owing to the policy practised upon you by Mr . O'Connell . It is surprising that you have not seen it long ago . You have felt its effects with a vengeance , hut I fear that you have not yet discovered the immediate cause .

      You Tiave seen in the Star of the 8 th instant how Mr . O'Connell laid the plan for the disfranchisement of the Forty-shilling Freeholders as one of the conditions npon which Catholic Emancipation was to be granted . They were disfranchised . Three hundred thousand families were turned adrift on the wide world , one of the effects of which was that England became crowded with Irish labourers . The wages of the labourer was pulled down in England . Wages fell from 20 d . a-day to 10 d ., and in some places as low as fid . The poor creatures who were driven out of their holdings soon spent all they had .

      and were glad to work for anything that would keep them from starving . Brother Chartists of England , this is the primary cause of the presence of so many ofmypoorconntrymen amongst you . Treat them kindly , forgive their errors ; they are misled hy false , cold , hard-hearted knaves . They have been taught to hate the very people amongst whom they live ; hut the fault is not theirs , but the knaves -who mislead them . The day is not distant when , with the blessing of God , we shall all he united for one common object ; an object in which all shall he equally interested .

      3 Jow then , my countrymen , I am sure that you will admit with me that Mr . O'Connell has been the acknowledged leader of the Irish people for the last forty years , that he has had more popularity and more political power than any man , or even any ten men ever had before ; that he is a most profound lawyer , and that he has often said that there never was a law yet passed by the English Parliament through which he could not "DRIVE A COACH AND SIX HORSES . " I do believe that he could

      drive a coach and sis through any statute that ever was made . But how comes it to pass that with all his unparalleled popularity , with his transcendant eloquence , with all his legal knowledge , that he has not driven a coach and six through the Act of Union ? That is the question for yon to consider . He has always said that it was but a parliament union , brought about by force , fraud , and intimidation , which is all quite true ; but why has he not driven a coach and six through it long ago ? The answer is obvious ; because he has been making about £ 30 , 000 a-year since the year 1830 hy the agitation of it . Have you ever heard of any one destroying a trade by which they have been making £ 30 , 000 a-vear ? If vou have it is more than ever

      I heard of . I see you are beginning to open your eyes a little now ; but yon must open them wider . Row , would it not he indicative of the greatest folly ou the part of 3 Ir . O'Connell to destroy a trade which is the source of such an enormous income Depend upon it that he will take good care that the Union shall not be repealed while he lives . Everybody knows that the tribute , as it is called , would have died a natural death long ago , had it not been kept alive hy the REPEAL AGITATION . And it is curious to observe with what vigour the Repeal is agitated every autumn till Tribute Sunday passes over , and then , as the assembling of parliament approaches , the agitation cools down into a horror of some local grievance .

      Look at the enormous sums collected annually since 1840 , under the pretence of carrying on the Repeal movement , which sums have nothing to do with the tribute . The two sums are distinct . The tribute is given to Mr . O'Connell for his own use , and no one has a right to ask him what he does with it . But the money subscribed for Repeal , the Jkpeal Sent , is quite a different thing : you have a right to know how that money is laid out . The accounts should lie audited half-yearly , and a balance sheet published . The subscribers should know what has been done with their monev . The

      amount of each week ' s rent has been published in he Weekly Freeman ' s Journal , and other papers . However , I shall quote from the Freeman ' s Journal , which is not a bad authority in the present case . In round numbers , omitting shillings and pence , the amount received annually by the Repeal Association is as follows : ^ 1840 .. . JE 2 . G 34 1841 ... 3 . 615 1842 „ . 5 . 179 1843 ... 49 . 691 1844 ... 44 , 272 1845 ... 17 970

      , £ 128 . 3 G 1 . The Secretary and other deputy managers , of this enormous Revenue , say that the cost of carrying on the agitation is nearly £ 4 , 000 a year : that the state Trials cost £ 9 , 000 . But suppose that we say the expenses of the Repeal Association are £ 5 , 000 a year , and that the state trials cost £ 10 , 000 , there , will remain an immense sum not accounted for . Now , as I am a very good accomptant , and as 1 have the amount received for six years , and the manager's account of the annual expences , and the cost of the state trials before me , I shall endeavour to throw a little light upon the subject , by the simple operation of a debtor and credit account ,

      viz . — Dr . The Repeal Treasurer . Amount received by the Repeal Association £ 128 , 301 Ce . Six years'expences at £ 5000 per araram . £ 30 , 000 State Trials 10 . 000 Amount lent to Mr . O'Connell , at £ 4 per cent ., to pay his debt due to tbe National Bank of Ireland 16 , 000 Amount lent to Mr . O'Connell , to pay arrears of rent due to Trinity College , for his holding at Derrynane Abbey 8 , 000

      £ 64 , 000 Balance not accounted for ... £ 64 , 361 Now , my countrymen , there is a pretty little balance not accounted for . It is a long time since told you that Air . Secretary Ray could make any

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      kicked up in every ass ociation , whenever any one asked for an account of the receipts and disbursements . The pretence for withholding the accounts from the public now , is that , indeed , some of the money was employed unlawfully . Just think of that excuse . I am sure you don't believe a word o The Liberator is sole treasurer . Would he employ the funds for any unlawful purpose ? Nonsense . He only wants to conceal them .

      account straight ; and , although it is said ; "that as far as accounts are concerned he knows the use of " Gohaun Leaur's Cam-deeragh , " which made all things straight and right , he caunot balance this account without implicating his patron , the Liberator . You may observe , and no doubt you have observed , that there has always been a regular row

      There was a balance of £ 11 , 000 of the funds of the Catholic association , after the Clare election , which never was accounted for . There was a balance of £ 1 , 500 in hand when the National Political Union was broken up in a row with O'Gorman Mahon . There was a balance of £ 2 , 000 belonging to the Precursor Association , which was screened through the old expedient of a row with the late respected and universally beloved Peter Purcell . And now , a regular row is kicked up with Mr . W . S . O'Brien and Young Ireland for no other purpose

      than that of avoiding the disgrace and exposure which the publication of the accounts would exhibit ; and to give professing Patriots the opportunity of taking places from the sworn enemies of Repeal , which could not be done without the public hearing of it , had not Young Ireland been driven out . It is now plain enough , according to Conciliation Hau . tactics , that a man can be your friend and your enemy at one aud the same time . The Whigs being the sworn enemies of "Repeal , are therefore the best and truest friends of the Repeal Leaders !

      I must now entreat you to return with me to the money matters . The O'Connell Tribute commenced in May , 1829 . I was the first to begin it , and subscribed £ 10 that year—God forgive me . From May , 1829 , to November , 1845 , inclusive , is seventeen years . The lowest average of the tribute for those seventeen years was £ 30 , 000 a year . Now , £ 30 , 000 a year for seventeen years

      is £ 510 . 000 Balance of Catholic Rent . . 11 , 000 Balanceof National Political Union 1 . 500 Balance ot Precursor Association 2 , 000 Balance of Repeal Rent , from 1840 to 1845 64 . 361

      £ 588 , 861 There is a sum for you , every penny of which has gone into the pockets of the Liberator . You bare one consolation for your money at any rate . Yon have all been liberated from the land of your birth , never to return to an Irish home ; an Irish fireside—a happy merry Irish neighbourhood , —all , all are gone . —blotted out for ever . To be sure , you may range the wide world , and for this privilege pou have paid your fair proportion of the £ 588 , 861 to your Liberator . How grateful you should be for this great boon . You got leave to quit your country ! If your eyes are not open now , you may as well close them for ever , and continue the dupes of every knave , and the scorn of every sensible man on earth .

      Having now disposed of this part of my subject , I wish to draw your attention to another , in which you , and any of your friends alive in Ireland , are deeply interested—I mean the Tithe question . I Know , very well , that you are not aware of the part which Mr . O'Connell acted with respect to that question . Several things occur in the House of Commons which never appear in the newspapers , hut which we ought io know .

      The votes and proceedings of the House of Commons are published daily . The price of the publication is lid . per number , or 9 d . a week , when the house sits every day . This paper contains a short abstract of each day ' s proceedings . It is printed by authority of the House . If you get it during the next session you will see some strange voting . The following motion and division are taken from it : —

      House of Commons , 1 st Julv . 1836 . Mr . Crawford ' s motion . —** That it is expedient that Tithes and ' all compositions for Tithes in Ireland should cease and determine , and be for ever extinguished ; compensation being first made for all vested interests , whether lay or ecclesiastical , ana * that it is also expedient that measures should be adapted to render the Revenue of the Church Lands more productive , and more available for the support of the working clergy of the establishment ; and that all persons not in communion with the Established Church of Ireland , should be relieved from all assessment for its suppport . " The House divided . For the motion 18 , against it 61 . Majority 43 .

      LIST OF THE DIVISION . AYES . Blake , Martin Joseph . Grattan , Henry ( Heath ) Bodkin Jofcn James Musgrave , Sir Richard Bo « iim » , Doctor Xagle , Sir Richard Brabazon , Sir William Pease , Joseph . Brady , Denis Caulfield Power , James Bridgeman , Hewett Ruthven , Edward Sutler , Hon . Price Thompson , Colonel Callaghan . Daniel Walker . Charles , A . Finn , W . Francis Westenra , Hon . J . C . Tellers , Mr . Crawford and Mr . Browne .

      KOES . Aglionby , Henry A - Moreton , Hon . Augustus H , Balfour , Thomas Morpeth , lord Tisconnt Barclay , Charles Murray , Ht . Hon . John A . Barnard , Edward George O'JBrien , W . Smyth Bentinck , Lord William O'Connell , Daniel Bernal , Kalph O'Connell , M . J . Bares , Thomas O'Connell , Morgan Blamire , William Parker , John Br .. die , W . Bird Penny , William Brothsrton , Joseph Plumptre , John Pemberton Campbell , Sir John Poulter , John Sayer Crawley . Samuel Prm , sir Robert Dillwin , Lewis Weston Pringle , Alexander Dunbar , George Puses , Philip Entwisle , John Koche , David

      Ferguson , Sir K . A . Bundle , John Ferguson , Hon . R . Cutlar Rushbrook , Colon 1 French , Fitzstephen RusseU , Lord John Hardy , John . Scott , Sir Edward Dolman Heathcoat , John Shaw , Rt . Hon . Frederick Heothcote , Gilbert J . Smith , John Able Hecton , Cornthwaite John Stanley , Lord Howard . Ralph Stewart , Yillicrs Howard , Pnilip Henry Tancred , Henry William Hoy , James Barlow Thornley , Thomas Jephson , Charles , D . O . Vere , Sir Charles Broke Jones , Wilson Wakley , Thomas Jomes , Theobald Walker , Richard Lister . Ellis Cunliffe Warburton , Henry Manglis , James Ward , Henry G eorge Martin , John

      Tellers , Mr . R . Stewart , and Mr . Stanley . Who would imagine that Daniel O'Connell , the Liberator , would be found voting against his country , and in such company 1 Voting with Frederick * Shaw , John Hardy , and Lord Stanley ; against the abolition of Tithes in I reland ; while at the same time , he had a vow registered in Heaven against the payment of one penny of the unholy impost ! I heard this man swear , in the Com Exchange , Dublin , an oath , in the following words : — -I NOW SWEAR , IN THE PRESENCE ! OF TIJIS MEETING , AND BEFORE HIGH HEAVEN , THAT A 5 GOD IS MJ JUDGE I WILL ROT IN JAIL SOONER THAN VAY OMs PENNY OF THE UNHOLY IMPOST .

      No « r would you not think that that oath was binding ? Indeed , you would think so ; and SO did I . But , my countrymen , it was no such thing . It did not bind the patriot who took it , one hour beyond the time he found it convenient to break it . However , it had the effect of rousing the people to resist , by open force , the payment of Tithe . This vorantary oath , which was soon after broken , and the following denunciation hurled by the " Liberator , " on the devoted heads of all who should dare to pay Tithes , roused the people into something approaching to madness . " Let no one walk on the same side of the road , either going to Mass or returning , with any man who

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      paysTitheBjifsuch awietcu asa tithe-payer ever goes , to Mass ; which I very much doubt . Should he ask" to shake hands with ; you , tell hini that' you learned to shake your own hand latterly , ( holding up his hand and shaking it , amidst loud cheers and roars of laughter . ) You are neither to beat him nor abuse him , but the women may spit upon him . " Soon after this solenm'oath , and this advice , there were fourteen persons shot dead at Newtownbarry , including Mary Mullroony and her unborn babe . There were nineteen persons shot at Carr ickshock ,

      six at Moncoin , ten at Wallstow , three at Rathcormac , and a great many more at several other places ; besides the numbers who died in prison , as Tithe martyrs . And now , forsooth , after all this bloodshed for nothing , we are told by this wicked old man , " that his peaceful career was not desecrated by the loss of one drop of human blood . " Do you believe him ? If you do , you are beneath the notice of the poorest man on earth . Y « n , who believe him , are the meanest , the blindest , and most credulous dupes on earth ,

      What did he ever do , or propose to do , for you r He told you to hate the Saxons amongst whom you live , merely on account of a difference in religion ; a difference which could not exist unless it was the will of God . Was that advice of his founded in Christian charity ? Some of you had the misfortune to follow his advice . What good has it done you ? I know it has done you no good , but on the contrary , a great deal of harm . Now , as his advice has done you no good , it might , perhaps , be well to try mine for a year or so , and then you can compare their relative merits ; and adopt that which you have found to be best calculated to promote your own interest , peace of mind , and happiness . Whether you adopt it or not , I shall give it honestly . 1 st . I am a Roman Catholic , and so are most oi

      you . 2 ndly . Attend to the duties of your own religion , and do not interfere with the religion of the Saxon or any other man . You have not been appointed judges in the matter , so leave these things to God who is the only judge . 3 rdly . Be kind and obliging in all the relations of life , towards every sect and denomination of the people amongst whom you live . This line of conduct will soon gain for you the respect and good will of every one .

      4 thly . Do not adopt hastily , or without due consideration , the politics of any party . Deliberate coolly ; weigh every word , and be sure before you join any society , that you clearly understand the plain and obvious meaning of the rules and objects of such society . 5 thly . Join no political society ; subscribe your money to no political society , unless you see clearly ,

      and without any manner of doubt , that the immediate object of such society is the achievement of some direct and unequivocal right for your own order . In such cases you are bound by the laws of nature , by your own common sense , to give your utmost aid ( to throw your whole weight in the scale ; to embark heartily , sincerely , and thoroughly with those who are seeking for rights in the benefits of which you will he participators .

      Stbly . Pray to God , night and morning , to protect you against the machinations of Whigs and Tories and their emissaries , aiders and abettors . Keep as clear of them as you would of a pestilence . Both factions despise and hate you ; and only look upon yon as dogs to he hunted at each other whenever it serves their purpose : the only difference being that they do not treat you half as well as their dogswhen they get the work done .

      This letter has extended far beyond the limits I prescribed for myself . I must , therefore , take my leave for the present , and shall in my next letter lay before you a few extracts from the speeches and writings of Mr . O'Connell , which I hope and trust will have the effect of satisfying every rational man amongst you that you need never expect any arae-Ihration of your condition at his hands so long as he can make use of you for the promotion of tbe interests of his own order . Bear in mind that to get any good of Mr . O'Connell you must withdraw from him altogether , and set up for yourselves . It is high time that you should do so ; you have been long enough the tools of others . Patrick O'Higgins . Dublin , August 16 , 1846 .

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      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The wek has been again characterized 6 y much work and some useful talk . If our " collective wisdom" could only be as sparing of tbe latter , and as rapid with the former , in the month of March as they are in August , it would be a decided improvement in Parliamentary practice . Among the more important of the measures dispatched this week , may be enumerated the Railway Commissioners Bill , and the Small Debts' Bill .

      The manner in which the Railway business of the house has been conducted , has formed a standing topic of animadversion and of censure , ever since that kind of business began to increase so enormously , as it has of late years . Every body admitted its defects , its liability to abuses of the grossest description , whether as regarded the cost to Companies , or the interests of the public , but none were bold enough te propose a decided remedy . Even Peel , who indicated clearly enough at the commencement of this session that he saw

      where the shoe pinched , and was desirous of doing something in the way of amendment , shrunk from the task after he got a committee of his own naming appointed to undertake it , and we venture to say that the proverb of the mountain in labour , was never more aptly typified than by the ridiculous and paltry report of that Committee , heralded as it was by such magniloquent preparation and sounding of trumpets , as if something really important was intended to be done in a really important branch of national economy .

      Dropped by Peel , the matter was taken up by a private member . Mr . Morrison got another Committee appointed , whichjtfter long hatching brought forth their chicken , i . e . report on Hie 1 th of August , just about four months too late to do any good this session at least . While they were deliberating in one part of the house , other committees were busy granting bills to all and sundry , without any clear or systematic views of the requirements , or means of the country , or the slighest idea how these various lines will dove-tail into each other . The expenditure of capital , not much under £ 150 , 000 , 000 , has been authorized in this hap-hazard sort of style , and now the mischief is done for this year at least , the committee bring forth their report ,, sagely shutting the door when the steed is stolen .

      One only of these recommendations has been adopted , and adopted in the Railway Commissioners Bill , by which a new department of the Executive , specially charged with the superintendence of railways , has been created , and invested in the meantime with all the powers formerly lodged in the Board of Trade . It is anticipated that Lord Dalbousie will be at the head of the new commission . Ilia conduct while at the head of the Board of Trade , as a member of the late ministry , showed him to be possessed of rare administrative talents , and his appointment , if it takes place , will be a guarantee of great improvements in this department .

      The Small Debts Bill is , perhaps , of even more importance te the great body of the community than that just noticed . For many years , the want of a cheap , summary and efficient mode ot settling pecaniary claims of a small amount has been much felt , but the attempts made to supply the deficiency have from some cause or other never succeeded . The present government , taking up the ( Bill prepared by their predecessors , and adding some amendments of their own , have at length legislated upon the subject . That a Bill on such an important matter , passed hurrie dly at the very end of ithej session , can

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      be complete in all its details is too much to expect , but so far as we can see , its leading provisions seem to aim fairly and honestly at the stowed object . There is one thing , however , that may have helped the Whigs in their haste to carry this measure ; with a prudent eye to their own interests , they have sought to reconcile the public welfare with a large increase of patronage . The now judgeships to be created under the Act will give no mean accession of power t o their party in any coming struggle .

      While thus busy in creating new commissions and new judgeships , theHouse has tacitly acquiesced in the condemnation of a very notorious commission . The administrators of the New Poor Law are doomed to ignominious dismissal ( report says they have resigned ) ; but base , inhuman and disgraceful as their conduct has been in carrying out an inhuman and abominable law , we must not suffer the infliction f condign punishment on them to divert us from the real question at issue : the law which gave them the power to degrade , oppress , brutalize and murder the poor of England .

      The resolutions proposed by Mr . Hume merely went the length of transferring to the Commission , that blame , which is rightly due to the law itself . From an old and firm supporter of that law , that is perhaps all that can be . expected ; but the question must not be allowed to rest in such hands . If' the present Commissioners' Secretaries , Under Secretaries , and Assistant Commissioners , were swept away to-morrow

      and replaced by a new set , they would , by the very routine of the law they had to administer , be rendered incapable of acting otherwise than their expelled predecessors have done . The root of the evil is to be found in the law itself . It is a monstrous abortion , born ofa shallow selfish philosophy , which for twelve years has cast its shadow over the poor of England , and must be uprooted entirely , and consigned to limbo .

      The deliberations of Lord John , and the promised inquiry into tbe matter , would be materially aided by a smart agitation just now . " Strike while the iron is hot , " is a good old adage , quite applicable in this case , while the disclosures before the Andover Union Committee are yet fresh , while the public mind is yet full of the disgraceful and unprecedented revelations which have been made by these parties as to their own conduct . Now is the time for those who marshalled the hundreds of thousands of

      Yorkshiremen who assembled at Peep Green in 1837 to express their detestation of this law , to come forward again . Let them them rally around them again the strength and determination of the country , and success must attend their efforts . They can now take the high ground that all heir predictions as to the consequences of the "law , have been fulfilled—more than fulfilled—because

      even the most fervid imagination failed in conceiving that it was possible human nature could be sunk so low , finding in the lowest depth a lower still—as it has been by the operation ef this iniquitous measure . For prophecies they can now substitute historyhistory , in fact , composed of their former predictions , and from that high ground they may demand in a voice not to be resisted—at least not by " Little John "—the total and immediate abolition of the

      Poor Law . The expositions of Mr . Wakley , as to the conduct of the Commission in connexion with tbe Uaydock Lodge Lunatic Asylum . horrible as they are , seem almost a gratuitous addition to the mass of evidence which all points to the one and inevitable conclusion . There are other parts of the same organised and philosophical-looking system of selfishness , inhumanity , and mammon-worship , which are now as much lauded as the Poor Law was not long ago ; which will , in their turn , meet with public

      reprobation , and undergo the same fate . " To buy in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market , " will not always be considered as including tbe " whole duty of man "—as embodying , in one short sentence , the whole philosophy of life , of society , and of international intercourse . At present , by dint of reiteration , that creed seems as though it were so firmly rooted , so devoutly and widely believed , as if it could never be overcome . " We bide our time . " It is a short-sighted , and , as applied to tbe infcercomse oi nation with nation , of man with man , an essentially false doctrine ; and our faith is , that no sham or

      delusion can long maintain its place in this world of everyday realities . Anti-Corn-Law humbug will follow in the wake of Poor Law humbug , in due season . The case of Mitchell , dismissed from his situation in ; the Post-Office , for having had the honesty to expose the mal-practices of his superiors , which was brought before the House of Commons by Mr . Duncomle , in one of his telling and masterly speeches , is a melancholy instance of official corruption , tyranny , and hypocrisy . They did not dare to discharge a man who for ten years had performed

      his duties without any complaint , on the ground that he was too honest ; but they vamped up & charge of want of respect and insubordination , upon . which , without one word of warning or sympathy , he ; was at once deprived of his situation , and reduced . * with his family , to beggary . The matter , as Mr . Duncombe Intimated , cannot rest where it is . The general management of this most important Public Department , appears to be undergoing progressive improvement , thanks to Mr . Buncombe ' s watchful vigilance —the only regret is , that public improvements cannot be made without being accompanied by private

      wrongs . There has been a talk about Ireland , in both Houses , in which the fact that the potato crop is totally destroyed was fully admitted ; and the necessity for taking the most effectual and prompt measures to meet the impending calamity , was strongly stated by the Government itself . The nature of the measures they have adopted for this purpose we explained last week ; our views as to their inadequacy remain unaltered .

      At the time we are writing ( Thursday ) it is understood that the Prorogation will take place on Friday . Till we receive the closing Speech , to be delivered by Commission , which liberates the few remaining Members of both Houses , and witness the formal closing of the Session , we are not in a position to write our promised reswmt of the Parliamentary Drama of 1846 . Next week will give us space and time for the task .

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      Agbicola—On Application To The Secretary...

      Agbicola—On application to the secretary of the Land Plan will receive all the information be desires . B . F . T—All applications for schoolmaster and schoolmistress will be submitted to the directors in proper time and through the directors to the occupants , who will have the right of electing by universal suffrage . Newton Abbott . —E . Jones , Esq ., will be at Newton Abbot , early on Monday , the 7 th of September , and it is requested that the committees of the surrounding district , will make the necessary preparations for moiling Mr . Jones' visit as beneficial to tbe cause , and as comfortable to himself , as possible . Samuel Bobrell . —Shall receive the document to which ) ils letter relVrs , and we would recommend him to

      consultMr . Roberisupon the subject , as Mr . O'Connor ' s time is too much occupied to give opinions upon complicated law cases . David Wilmams , Stockport . — Will receive all the information ) he requires upon application to Mr . Woodhouse , secretary to the Land Society , held in Stockport . T , It , Smart , —May rest assured that Mr . O'Connor has not forgotten him , and that he will take the verj earliest opportunity of complying with the wish of his Leicester friends , when lie will be very happy to renew his acquaintance with the veteran . However , Mr .

      O ' Connor is determined not to start upon any tour , however pressed , until he has first discharged his obligation to the Land Society , by the purchase of another estate , and which he is in hourly expectation of being able to accomplish ¦ The directors must now derote their whole energy to having as many houses as possible built during the autumn , so that the joiners ' work can be proceeded with in the winter . Mr . O'Connor trusts that this will be received as a fair apology for temporary disappointments , as upon integrity and good faith the release of labour from bondage now depends . A . B . H .. Abei » bkh . —Thanks for tke Free Kirk

      dooument . Martin Jcde — . The letter fram the . NiuieMfl * Guardian will appear In our wit number ,

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      J . S ,, Somers Town . —Next . week .. , , ^__ . ^ William Ro wkn . — -Oh Monday nex t the Bret ofa series ' of metropolitan meetings will take place , for the purl pose of carrying out the resolutions of tho Coarentten , The Executive intend that these metropolitan meetings shall be followed by similar demonstrations throughout Great Britain . You may rest satisfied that the heads of the Chartist organization will do their part towards ensuring tbe return of Chartist candidates at the nexi election . When you say , "I would willingly pawn my shirt and go naked to assist in furnishing funds to secure the election of Chartist

      members , " you give evidence of a sincerity and zeal which , if generally felt , cannot fail to secure the vie tory . Much dependb—almost all—upon the people themselves . BBADroBD . —To both parties we say , the JVortflern Star can be much better employed than in giving currency to your criminations and recriminations . If you cannot agree , and must call in a third party , the Executive is your legitimate Court of Appeal . A Corbbspondent wishes to know the address of George Thompson , the Free Trade and Anti-Slavery orator . William Berwick , Belfast . —The pamphlets shall have our early attention .

      O'Connorville.

      O'CONNORVILLE .

      Many Persons Having Expressed A Wish To ...

      Many persons having expressed a wish to be possessed of an engraving of O'Connorville , which may be framed and kept , we have now the pleasure to inform our readers that we have engaged the first artist of the day to furnish us with a correct sketch of the People ' s first Estate , in which every house and every important object , with a view of the surrounding district , will be faithfully represented . The engraving will be ofa lavge size , and will be executed with great care and in the best style , so as to make it wortfi the keeping and framing : to be given to subscribers

      only , from Saturday , the 12 th of September till the plate is » eady for presentation . It should be borne in mind that , in order to give a sketch of the farm in the Star containing an account of the Demonstration , it was necessary to commence the work long before it was in a finished state , and , therefore , the s * me exactness could not be expected as can be now secured . However , we pledge ourselves that full justice shall be done to the engraving about to be given , and that it shall be superior to any thing ever presented with a newspaper . It must be distinctly understood that none but subscribers from the date we have stated , will be entitled to the plate at any price , as we shall only print the number ordered .

      Receipts Of The Chartist Co-Operative Land Society.

      RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY .

      Per Mr. O'Connor. Section No. 1. Sb-Abes...

      PER MR . O'CONNOR . SECTION No . 1 . SB-ABES . £ S . d . Burrowash , perR . Bosworth ,, „ .. 2 7 6 Birmingham , per W . Thorn .. .. .. 0 15 0 Norwich , per J . Hurry , .. .. .. 200 Nottingham ; per J . Sweet ,. .. .. 1 15 6 Halifax , per C . W . Smith 10 0 Exeter , per F . Clark .. .. 2 18 4 Tavistock , per R . HoU « .. . ? .. 0 10 6 Salford , per J . Millington .. ., .. 8 17 0 Ashton-uuder-Lyue , per E . Hobson „ .. 0 10 6 Manchester , per J . Murray .. ., .. 3 17 6

      SECTION No . 2 . SBAKM , Burrowash , per R . Bosworth .. ., .. 0 7 0 Birmingham , per W . Thom " .. .. 15 0 Norwich , per A . Bagshaw .. .. .. 520 Stockton-upon-Tees , per T . Potter ., - 2 9 8 Barnsley , perJ . Ward .. .. .. .. 500 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. .. .. 326 Halifax , per C . W . Smith .. .. .. 3 8 G Kilmarnock , per J . Dick .. .. .. 1 8 ( i Exeter , per F . Clark .. .. ., .. 378 Tavistock , per R . Holl 0 8 0 Salford , per J . Millington .. .. .. 11 3 0 ashton-under-Lyne , per E . Hobson .. .. 10 15 6 Chepstow , per C . Walters .. .. .. 3 0 0 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. 2 i 6 1 < 1

      Mr . Murray ' s letter , accompaning the Manchester remittance , contains the following postscript : — " The Society of silk and cotton small ware weavers , sent for me on Saturday , and announced that they had dissolved their society for the purpose of joining the Char , tist Co-operative Land Society , when twenty-two became memhers of our body ; eleven enrolling in the Manchester district , and paying the sum of £ 19 12 s , id ., and eleven in the Salford district . " PER GENERAL SECRETARY . ' SECTION No . 1 . SHARES , £ a . d . "~~ WSS b . d . J . Smith - - 0 0 « Hanley - - - 1 17 6 Westminster- . 052 Barnoldswick , R . Ipswich- - - 5 1 i Wright - . 10 0 Kidderminster - 2 0 0 B . D . . - . 0 10 0

      £ 10 1-t 6 SECTION No . 2 . Perth - - - 0 10 8 W . Cain- - -030 Charles Barrett -200 JohnMullett- - 0 1 4 Samuel Dowling - 0 10 0 Burnley . - - 4 13 s W . Lister . . 024 Retford , Notts - 2 5 8 S . Lee - - - 0 5 4 Washpound - - 1 2 6 Whittington and Hanley - - . 1 1 C 0 Cat - - - 0 1 6 Mr . Topp . -10 0 F . Capern - - 0 1 6 R . Moore - -010 F . York- - - 0 1 0 3 . Stephenson , J . Bradford - - 0 10 0 Cullcn - - 0 1 6 Westminster- - 0 12 6 Rouen . . . 546 Henry Bailey . - 0 1 4 Shiney Row - - 4 10 0 Ipswich- - - 3 5 2 MarketLavington- 0 5 6 J . G . Holland - 0 3 0 St . Germains de James Hall - -10 0 Navarre - - 17 3 0 John Vfallie - - O 5 6 Monckton Deverill 1 16 6 James Mather - 2 4 o Hull - - - 2 6 0 CfeorgoCraft- - 0 1 4

      £ 54 4 II TOTAt LAND FDSB . Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... 24 11 10 Mr . Wheeler „ „ ... 10 14 6

      £ 35 0 4 Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 2 ... 74 3 6 Mr . Wheeler , ,, „ ... 54 4 11

      £ 128 _ 8 __ 5 RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION PER . OENEBAL SECRETU . ET . FOR EXECOTIVE . Newport , Isle of Leicester , No . l -010 Wight . _ . . -034 FOR CONVENTION . Hull . - -020 VETERAN , ORPHAN , AND VICTIM FUND . Newport , Isle of Martes , France - 0 18 6 Wight .-032 FOR IIS . FROST . Two Chartists , Hull - - - 0 6 9 Gainsborough - 0 1 0

      £ 0 7 9 Tuomas MaetinWheeleh , Secretary . TO THE WINNERS OF THE ALLOTMENTS AT

      O'CONNORVILLE . Friends—In consequence of one of the holders on the above estate , during the last week , coining to take possession ofliifi flllotmCHt , and the disappointment resulting from its non-prcparution for his reception , you are hereby positively informed , that on no pretence whatever can any of the parties be permitted to occupy the said holdings until February 1 st , 1847 , when the whole of the families will take possession , during the interim the ground will be cultivated , a suitable system of cropping punned , and every preparation made to ensure a prosperous result to the experiment . Thos . M . Whkeleb , Secretary . To sub-Secretaries of the Land Society . Tuesday , September 1 st , beingthe day appointed for the quarterly remittance ofthe Directors and Conference Levy , you are requested to see to its punctual transmission as great negligence has hitherto prevailed ; all monies for Levies must be sent to me , either in postage stamps or money orders , if in money orders they must be payable to F , O'Connor , at the General Post-office , London . Thomas Mabtin Wheelee , Secretary .

      The Bank Robbery At Berwick Discovery Of The Money.

      THE BANK ROBBERY AT BERWICK DISCOVERY OF THE MONEY .

      The Excitement Created In The Town Of Be...

      The excitement created in the town of Berwicknpon-Tweetl , by the robbery of tbe North of England Joint Stock Bank , has been sustained by the discovery at intervals , during the course of the rigid investigation which has been pursued , of circumstances which seemed to indicate very clearly that the plot was circumscribed by the scene of its execution , and did not extend beyond the Bank premises . It has been already stated that a ladder was found placed against the yard wall , as if for the purpose of getting ever the wall , but as no impress from the ladder was discovered in the soil upon which it was rested , and it having been ascertained by experiment that the weight of an ordinary person on it caused it to sink to a considerable depth , it was at once concluded that no one had passed into or from the yard in that direction or by means of it . Even then suspicion was not at once directed towards the inmates of tbe

      housp . In the course of Friday , however , Mr . Cameron , the police officer at Tweedmouth , who in conjunction with Mr . Proudfoot , of Berwick , was aiding in tho investigation , happened to look into a water butt in the yard , and observing the water had been disturbed , he put his stick in , and found something soft and bulky at the bottom . He drained the water off , and then he discovered two packages in strong brown paper with a coarse towel round them . These turned put to be parcels of silver which had been made up in the bank on the afternoon of Thursday . Mrs . f liompson came into the yard with others when it was known these parcels had been found , arid ,. amoug other remarks , said , " she hoped the whole of the money would be found . " After deliberating on these

      The Excitement Created In The Town Of Be...

      circumstances , U was determined to search the house , " which was done by Mr . Cameron i but nothing was found to throw further light on this mysterious affair . "' ' - - Mr . Thompson having only returned home on Friday night , could of course throw no light on the transaction . Mr . Short , the bank clerk / said he balanced the books as usual at four o'clock , and left tho bank at that time . Mr . Watson , the bookkeeper , being engaged some time after that in making up the books . He closed the safe , and attached the bolt , so that everything was safe . He returned to the house about eleven o clock and went to bed immediately , and knew nothing of the robbery till he was awoke next morning by the servant girl , who told him the bank had been robbed . Mr . Watson saw the safe bolt secure when he left the bank , and after closing all up he gave the keys to Mrs . Thompson .

      Isabella Lamb , the nursemaid , gave a very ansa , tislactory account of the matter , so far as she was concerned . She slept in the same room with Mrs . Thompson , it being on the same floor as the dining room , into which the safe bolt passed . She said she was awoke by her mistress about half-past one o ' clock , when her mistress said she heard a terrible noise . Her mistress got up , and said she saw two men in the next yard to the bank with a lantern . She went to sleep again and slept till morning . Mrs . Thompson went to bed about ten o ' clock , and heard Mr . Short come in at eleven . Between twelve and one she said she heard a noise , and got up and looked out of the window into the yard , when she saw two men ia the next yard . She said she awoke the housemaid , and asked her if she was to ring the

      bell ; but . the girl said , " No , no , if there is any one in the place we shall be murdered . " She accordingly did not ring , but lay still , as she said , till tho perspiration poured off her . This part of Mrs . Thompson's story was contradicted by the girl , and indeed the whole story seemed quite improbable . At this stage of the proceedings it was deemed necessary to institute a more strict examination of the house and premises than had been made in tbe first instance , and the result was the discovery of nearly all the property . A quantity of gold and silver was found hid under the cellar stairs . The bank notes were found in Mrs . Thompson's bed and pillows , and in the pillow of a small cot bed , which had been opened out to conceal tho property and sewn up short

      again . In one discovery succeeded another , till the entire property missing was found with the exception of two shillings . Mrs . Thompson , on learning the discovery of the property , fell into hysterical fits , in which she continued for some time ; and from her dangerous situation , she being at the time enceinte , it was not thought proper at the moment to take her into custody , but she was placed under the surveillance ot the matron of the gaol . What future steps may be taken will depend upon the decision of the bank directors . The greatest credit is due to Mr . Stephens for the manner in which he has investigated the affair , and succeeded in recovering the whole property .

      Musical Entertainment

      MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT

      Crossby Hall. We Had The Pleasure Of Wit...

      CROSSBY HALL . We had the pleasure of witnessing on Wednesday evening the successful debut ef a new candidate for popular favour in the person of Mr . Thomas Denham a Scotch minstrel , who bids fair to rival , if not txcel his countrymen Wilson , Templeton , and others who for some years past have delighted our English public with the sweet and immortal strains of their father-land . The entertainment took place at Crossby Hall , Bishopsgate-street . The seats were pretty fully occupied by a highly respectable audience , including several literary characters , amongst whom we noticed William Thorn the poet ot Inveruty . Mr . Denham is , we understand , an author , having published a little volume of poems which have been kindly spoken of by the great critic , '' Christopher North . " Mr . Denham's first appearance was undertaken , as he himself said , " with fear and trembling" as an experiment , we are happy to record that the experiment was perfectly

      successful . He sung alternately Scotch and Irish songs , and was equally happy in giving expression to the pathos of the former and the humour of the latter . E / ery song was most heartily applauded but " The Mitherless Bairn" ( from the pen of the Inverury bard ) and that sweet ballad , " The bonnie house o' Airlie" elicited rapturous applause . Mr . Denham has- a voice of much sweetness and considerable power , and accompanies his songs hy a natural dramatic expression which adds greatly to their effect . '" Comparisons are odious" and we will not , therefore , enter into them excepting to say that in personal appearance , address , language , vocal power , and dramatic ability , Mr . Denham may compete with any of his predecessors . Weshall watch his progress , and shall most likely have something further to say on the subject in our next number . Mr . Denham repeats his entertainments at the same place on the evenings of Monday , Wednesday , and Friday next ; we trust that * ' crowded houses" will reward hia exertions .

      Mr . Denham is , we believe , an Aberdonian ; Aberdeen has produced many able and talented men , to the list of which we shall be glad to see added the name of Mr . Denham . Uur numerous readers in " the northern city cauld'' will be glad to hear of the success of their townsman .

      Crates' Motomtnts

      Crates' Motomtnts

      Cordwainers' Association. To The Editor ...

      CORDWAINERS' ASSOCIATION . TO THE EDITOR OT THB SOUTHERN STAR . Sir , —In answer to a paragraph which appeared in your paper of August loth , under the head of " Trades Movements , " purporting to come from the "Society of the City of London Boot and Shoe M .-ikers , " and stating that 1 , 100 members had left the " General Mutual Assistance Association , " we , the undersigned , desire on behalf of the two sections of the associations in the City , to inform you and your readers , that the said statement is untrte . The number of men in London at the time of the meeting of the conference was as tollows : — West-end Men's Men ... 45 City Do . m West-t nd Womens' Men ... 318 Strong Trade ... 1 G 4

      1 , 426 The number at the present time is— West-end Mens' Men ... 347 City Do . ... 250 West-end Womens' Men ... 348 Strong Trade ... 040 9 & 5 Decrease ... 441 By what kind of calculation they have found 1 , 100 as having left the association , is not easy to discover . As a set-off against this acknowledged decrease in London , we have an increase in Liverpool of 121 members ; Dublin , 40 ; Bristol , GO ; Wihche ter , 30 Watford , 13 ; Bilston , 24 ; Asbfuid , number mn

      known , possibly 20 . Next , Sir , the ' scceuera deeply deplore the great injury their secession has inflicted upon their unfortunate tramps , seeing tbey cannot reasonably expect to be relieved by the association , after their desertion , yet their sympathy for their am / ortuiKMes is insufficient to stimulate them to pay their just shares oi the debt ( contracted when belonging to the Association ) to the "Tramps Relief Fund , " they having left unpaid the following sums , all of which money is owing to poor working men like ourselves : — West-end Mens'Men ... 30 1 G \ City Do . ... 31 7 10 Strong Trade % ... 15 0 6 } Borough suspend arior te the

      meeting ... o O £ 84 17 Oi Our shopmatea in the country may satisfy themselves of the correctness of our statement , by a reference to the balance sheet . Further , sir , it is a query whether one section has really left the association or not , namely , the 5 th of the City Mens' Men ; for not one-half the members of that section know , at the present time , their own position . A general meeting was called to know whether they would leave the association or not : in that meeting 31 voted for remaining in the association , and 4 for leaving . This

      was the vote of a warned general meeting , On tlie following ordinary meeting night , it was moved by two of tho four dissentients , that this section go with the majority of the trade , which was carried . Now , through the City trade , there were 220 votes for the association , and 200 against it ; consequently , aud in accordance with their own votes on both occasions , they should pay up their levies , and continue in the association . J . Walmhdine . C M'Carthy , P . Riklt , D . S .

      BARNSLEY . The turnout of the Power Loom Weavers of Messrs . Pigotand Newton has terminated , the men have successfully combatted the grinding avarice of their employers and for the present hare succeeded in maintaining tbeir miserablc pittance , ana" return their best thanks te tbe shopkeepers , butchers , publicans , & c , for tbe support rendered during the struggle , but above all the brave men of the Sheffield trades m « rit their lasting gratitude , and which they sincerely tender , to the following gentlemen of Sheffield our thanks ar « preeminently due , riz .- — Messrs . Stork , Cutledge , Drury , Booth , and Blackhnrst , although the trade of tho town was never known to be la a more depressed state , yet with the Very adwrse CIT . cumstauces the men had to contend with , none could be found to take tha work with the exception of a few crawling reptiles , whom every body shuns as common pests . . VAfcBUD , Mr . C . Bolwell , eldest SOU of Mr . T . Bolwell , Galloway-building' . Bath , to Mia fumy Ball of the same city .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 29, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29081846/page/5/