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i -jO THE READERS OF THB "NORTHERN STAR."
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I -Jo The Readers Of Thb "Northern Star."
i -jO THE READERS OF THB " NORTHERN STAR . "
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H _ Friehds , Tj _-fothU _veek _^ paper yOUWitt _**^ _^ text , te voted to the charges brought against me by Ihe tie Scotch delegates to the National Assembl y , __ l __ i my answer ; and in them you will find © fflererepetition of those made by Shirron , at Abf Aberdeen . I should have been perfectly jug . _tifif _tified in withholding the publication of such mal aaliciotis nonsense , all tending to nothing , lai lad itnot been for the importance which some
ef af the Glasgow Chartists presumed my silence woi would have given to them . But I beg to assn aire yoa that my time is abundantly occupie piedt if ** - _Scot , _A philosophers can find so nia niany leisure hours to devote to their labour of of love . I wish you to bear in mind , that in thi the year 1839 , when the first Convention sat , Bi Brewster , Frazer , and Abraham Duncan aii aimed a deadly blow at our movement in their C _; Calton Hill resolutions ; and that again , in 181842 , the Scotch delegates to the Sturge
Ctmfe ference , a number of those who were delegates to to the late National Assembly also , sitting in tl that Conference , were the tools of the middled classes and our greatest enemies . And I think , w when yon read the report of the first Frid day ' s sitting in the National Assembly , you w will at once see that the most onerous portion o of the duty of the Scotch delegates , was to c carry out the _yery thing in which they failed a at Birmingham , and by the very means prop posed there , namely , by the destruction of 3 Feargus O'Connor .
These gentlemen have had the audacity—* * _Firstly , to complain of the reports of their j proceedings in ; the ' _( _Norikern Sfd _** j " and—Secondly , to assert that no attack was made i upon me in that Assembly . 1 have taken the trouble to ascertain the _i space devoted to the reports of their proceedings , and I find that , in two weeks , -it _amounts : _tO ; . _« _ffe _^ . JKirty . _;** _iJninns ; and * , aItfaon * - * h _, perfectly aware of the rabid abuse heaped upon me , I never allowed , nor did any one attempt , to withhold a sentence spoken .
I now wish it to be distinctly { understood , that , as I never have , and never will look upon the __** N ( n 1 t \ ern Star" as a source of profit , but as a channel for diSusiog political and social knowledge , yet , upon the other hand , at shall not henceforth become the vehicle for circulating tbe insolence , tho fabrications ; and nonsense of every jackanapes who presumes that its columns are to be open to him . You have never heard me , like other newspaper proprietors , recommend my paper to public meetings , nor have you ever seen broadsides announcing
" GLORIOUS MURDER . " My friends , in all parts of the country when some whipper-snapper belches out a little spleen , write to me , and say , "For God ' s sake , Sir , come ' and answer the charges of John Stiles and Tom Snooks _? hut I think I should have something to do if I was to attend to those various summonses ; and I think in those several charges you will discover the truth of my oft-repeated assertion ,- that while Whigs and Tories magnify the virtues and suppress the vices ef their party , the rule with the Chartist party , is to magnify— -nay , to invent--the vices and suppress the virtues of their advocates .
Now , my friend ** , I am getting older . I do not feel stiff , cowed , enervated , or depressed ; but I will tell you what—I have ran a . good , sweating race . I have never been distanced . It has been the invariable rale , when politics are slack , to make-me the target for the arrows of the malicious- _^ but I wUl change" that system now . I adopt the magnanimous maxim of _Leopeld , the King of Belgium , who : said . _*— - " If you are tired of me , say so ; and I will go back to Claremont . " Now , so say I— "If you are tired of me , say so , and I will go back to my plough—not to my profession , as I hate it ; and then . I shall know what ease is , what peace is , and what comfort . is , as I can draw satisfaction from twenty-six vears of
continuous and unbroken consistency . * ' I am not going to be a toblin the hands of any'party . I never in my life attempted to make a tool of any man , and no man shall ever make a tool of me _~ I have never interfered in the election of a single delegate to any Convention or Conference that has ever takea p lace . I have never written a private letter npon politics . I have never conspired against any man , while I have been the subject of thousands , yea , tens of thousands , of the blackest and most hellish conspiracies ; and if the " Northern Star" does not represent your principles , say so , like men , and let it perish . If I do not represent your principles , say so , like men , and elect some one that does . Let me hear no more of this
groping after moonshine , for the purpose of effecting the ruin of the "Star" or the rejection of Feargus O'Connor . My boast is , that I represent you independently ; that the "Star , " without prostitution or catering for support , represents my own sentiments and opinions . I believe any other man in the world , but myself , would have found ample justification for long since abandoning a cause and a people , for the support of which he receives insult , contumely , and abuse . However , with yon I am determined to go on , leaving it to you to say when I shall stop as your leader , and still I shall persevere in my then irresponsible position , as the
supporter of my own principles , which will not change . There is no calumny that 1 have not met ; there is no description of calumny to which I have not been subjected ; there is none that I have not openly refuted . The solution of these questions now remains with you . Yon are free to act , and you need not be afraid that the withdrawal of your confidence will induce me to desert your cause which is based npon my principles , but I am determined that my time shall he no longer devoted to the notice of such rubbish as you will find in this week ' s paper , and which no other proprietor hut myself would condescend to publish ; and which no other people but you would require from me .
I do not require a year ' s notice , a quarter s notice , a month ' s notice , a week's notice , or a day ' s notice to quit ; you have-made me poor , it is always in my power to make myself rich ; bat I prefer poverty with your confidence to the world's wealth with its loss . Your faithful servant , Feargus O'Connor . [[ Here follows a verbatim report of the afternoon sittings of Friday , the 5 th of May , aud from it the reader will learn whether or no
Mr O'Connor was the subject of Scotch abuse in tbe _XationaJ Assembly ; and / after the unequivocal response made by the nation to the sayings and doings of the bad men who satin that Assembl y , we should have thought that an y further explanation was unnecessary However , it will be acknowledged that the controversy has been forced upon Mr O'Con-B <> i , and we may now say to our Scotch friends , in the words ofthe Yorkshire woman , * Theu ' st been hue lookin for it , now thou ' st got it , and how duVt like _it- _' _-J _*• - RiKKnf withdrew bis _amendmsnt , and
Mr adax * moved tbat national distinction ! were _la ' _untcal to the principle * of « niTenaI faotberhood , and _ftat the _Aj ? eciatlon to be ferm-d thonld be denoainaud * = e _Danocrauc Confederation of Great Britain and Ire-« _od for _obtilsinj the immediate enactment ofthe Peo-PVfc Chan-r , and that H be io eonatructei ai to give * _je utmoat con ' rol over the fundi to the _representative _« tfce locil'tiei _Wa-, _- 8 _* * n twttathe general ceatraliaa * _"Gaoi" management . _M Shub _6- * seconded the amendment . to
Mr _Kren wis allo _^ etber opposed tie * chaining of V _* JU _ l 8 _ It waa ene which had grown hallowed by the _JttJ P _*« ecntloa they had tncured ; and It the / were " _'Cbanreitto-morrow , they _wouidatiU be _known by the _**» eoi Ch « rrtsti . He thought with tha Scotch judge , _""'U aa an named Thompson , alio * _Brewn , alia * 8 mitb , * - trrought before him for trial , that * ths whole family w the aliatts was a bad ene . ' He shoald like to hear eome _ftttager reason for the change than any that had yet ¦ _*» _Educed . Their principles would be the tame , and Ti ** nt"af shculd continue what it was . He had no ° _* 3 _ctlen to their mako J what improvement they could
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_intheoj-raulu'lQB _. _b'ithsdeeldeaiyeDJeeted to ohange ot name . He Hkmy tald , thoagh he wat In favour of the amendment , be did not Intend to change tht name of CbarBtt , which , wu dear to ftem . they had fought under tt for yean , and gloried In it . All that they lu . tended to change was tbe term National , * in order that every man . favourable to the Charter , might fight under oaa banner ; by calling It tha 'Democratio Confederation * they would give every man who held the aame prig _, dnlei ta Opportunity of aiding the movement , _Tia-y were stnt there to take tome _deoided and vigsrout measures . He had left men at home whose hearths were cold—whose pouches were bare ; and they should , there fore , take such steps as would give peace and plenty to i their homes , and make the cottages what ihey thonld
Ur Dohovah expressed hit astonishment at auoh discussions bdng raited , especially when he foand that tbere wat no _objection to the _original name , They w * m tbe-e aa Chartists , nd Chartists let tbem remain , MrOocBura supported the amendment . They proposed do change of principles , but merely to form a new Democratio Confederation , because tbe _ovb-r one had not be-n productive o ! the union they had _sB'leipated . _, Mr Wist said , that if their Seotoh friends thought it right to change their name , he conld _auorethem that the EaglUh _Ghsrtigts would aot _change . their nirae . i j * was _nnier that banner they had fought , and under It thty womld coatiane to fight , they had done much harm by _changtoj- names _alrsady . ' Under Hunt and Cohbett they were Radicals , aad when fn order to _thow that
they had a decided policy , they embodied their views lo ths document called the Charter , _O'Connall nUktamno them Chartist * . ¦ They did not make It themselves , bnt they took ft when applied to tbem , tad Itwas now be . _coalag re-pecttd after struggling throU'h obloquy , and ( he popular designation of a great party . One curious thing wat , _tbatatfast at they changed their name other parties sought to ingratiate themselv-a with the people by assuming them . Wben they wera Radicals the Whlgt wireLUjerals ; when they became Cnsrtis *» the Whigs styled themttlvea Radicals •' thus showing ! wh-n they threw off their old garments the _Whigs '' took them np . For hia OWH part ha meant ts fight under tha old asms , and hi considered It was derogatory to the dignity of tbat Assembly to entertain aneh a _qaaitioa .
. Mr Cann said , he was not aware that the Chartist * had ever disgraced themselves , and therefore he did not see any reason for changing the name . If they _leoked into history they wonld find that many of the most honourable names sow were original ] j nicknames . John Wesl-y was called a If _etkodiat , try the young students at Osford , as a nickname . Those who had thought with htm had taken ft up , and retained it as a d _«** gna , Hdji of honour . ( Cheers ) As the name of the CharteriLad not disgraced them they would show that they * would a * t disgrace it , ° ' : " '* ¦ ' I '
Mr _Sansi _Jowft said ; . they had Issued an address headed 'the Charter and No _. Sarfender , ' and adopted at their motto , ' -feature * trot Ilea . ' Tkat waa _prag-resslre _, but now the j were going to retrograde and fljht net for meMutcsbut mere name ! . He wished to take no steps which would not help ths movement , bnt at' -the' same time be . thought if they adopted the motion that , ' though their Scotch friends might not jnekn' Itj they _frbuld in future ba called Confederates instead of Chartist * . It would be said that jdst at the moment of launobleg their ship tbey had changed the rudder , altered the sails and changed abont . There were some fifty mtn id tbe House of Commons wh _) tald tbat they went for : the principles ofthe People ' s Charier bnt who . said they were not Caartists . He would retain the old name _because is for oieeipected to Bee theCaarter made tbe law of the land within a year . The way to do that was te make a good organisation , te prtaent their memorial to the Qaeen , and then to take auoh other steps as circumstances might suggest .
_DrU'DocAU could not consent to give up the same of Chartist because it would appear like shrinking from the agitation . Ha had gone through all tbe former sgf ¦ t » tlooi and endured persecution and Imprisonment nnder the name , and he koped their Scotch friends would leave the word there , _because It had always been the word inscribed on their banner , and he for oae would rather die than give it up . Hr _Causesra said , he wonld like to koow the d'fforence between the two names , and if tbere wss no differeace _. what was the use of changing it ? They had been before tfae country for ten years under that name and were well-known , by that title . L : t them , therefore , keep to the name of Chartist unless they intended to change tbe whele policy end principle . L ° > t them keep toi ' , and glory In the name of the Charter , as the men had _glori-d in goffering for it . ---. ,...
Mr _AoiJU said , he did not propose to change their whole policy , bnt te change a portion of their policjand as that was tbe case , he did not see wby they shoald not change the name also . JJr M'Douall had said he had suffered for tbe Charter , hat it was not the name of the Charter , bat tho principles of the Charter , f .-r which he bad goffered . By bis resolution , however , they woald keep by both ihe name and the prtncipUs , bnt , i % order to obviate objections , he would consent to make a slight alt-ration in bit resolution . Ur T . _Cuam taid , tbat if they were all unanimous ,
he would give it bis determined apposition . He waa not aware that the name had stopped any one from Joining them , and ne one good reason could be shown for altering it . If they had disgraced _thtmselveB , he might be inclined to change it , but as their course had b ; ea an honourable coarse , a dignified coarse , he hoped some one reason , of a definite charaoter , wonld be given for the proposed alteration . Aa to the proposal for universal brotherhood , he did not see thatthe oame ofthe Charter Association waa Inthe slightest degree opposed to universal brotherhood .
MrM _Gaatb said , that if they had been an uabsptlsed party , he wonld not have had the slightest abjection to the name , bat as they had a name , as they had fought and triumphed under thst name , he entirely objected to ay ' _alteratton . Ur T . Clark proposed tbat it should be called the _Hatioaal Charter Association . Ur Adams nowpropoied that it should be oalled the Cnartitt Con . _federuion . He wished to have some simple single reason In support of that change , as yet he had beard no thing to justify it . Mr Adams said , he would give one strong reason and that was , that as long as they called themselves tbe Chartist Association , it would be called O'Connor ' s As-6 _oei « tion . ( Great sensation . )
Mr _Hsbut said , tbat was an honest statement . They hai heard much of the dignified course of the Association . It mnst be a very dignified Association , surely , tbat had only 6 , 000 members ou its books . ( Cries of 'False , ' 'Ho , no , ' and confusion , amidst wbio * - several members rose to contradict the statement , ) They hod tried in Scotland , in vain to get ap a _nationalmorement , hot had failed , from tbe belief that it was nnder the _control of a certain individual , who ha'l done all the damage he conld to tbe movement . Ur _HsasaciTss protested against these covert at tacks . Ur _Hiaur said , he meant Ur 0 donor in these statement * , Mr _O'Cosnor bad premised tsat he would be there to meet them , and he only hoped that he woald come here to hear said to his face wbat some of the members ofthe Aasemby had to say to him . ( ' Shame , ' ' order . ' and confasfoa . )
Ur _SamsT Jons said , Ur _O'Csnnor _' s character was _nottheqaettion _bsfore the Assembly . The _Cuiit-citt _etatcd _, that if Ur O'Connor wat there , he eonld not speak until he presented bis credentials to tbs _Axssmbly . Mr _HiiiEi replied , tbat Mr M'Grath had promised he would be ti «» , asd be had as good a right to attaok Ur O'Ccnacr as Lord John Russell or Sir George Grey , with respect to his public character . Ur M'GsiTH protested against the calumnious attacks en Ur O'Connor iu hit absence at altogether un . justifiable .
Ur HiM . iT . reported his attack on Ur O'Connor , and upon the Association : for bis own part , he believed that some of the men who had been in the old Association , had disgraced _thtmsel- 'cs , -tad therefore be wanted the name changed , tesbow that they were going on a differeat tack . Be meant the whole line of policy to be changed ; instead of _leciuriog aad public meetings , aad keeping men going abent to make speeches , be wished them to change tte name a little , in order to show that alteration in policy , but at the tame time , he did not wish any alteration in the principle ol themevemenr .
Ur R 4 HKI ** expressed a eimilar opinion ; the Scotch people had no desire to change the came , bat it has " been said by many people , tbat they had not joined the movement _btcaute Mr _O'Connor was Its leader , and a barrier to tbe power of the democratic party throughout the conntry . He was there to speak bis mind about Ur O'Connor as freelv es soy otber man , and if be carat into that AMtmbly , if no other member preferred a charge against bim , be was ready to do it . Ur Kvcd said , he wss astonished to bear people talk about the Chsrter , as if it was to become part of tbe British _eonstitat ' oa next week , and at tbe same time sneer at the nurabtr of m _> mberB in the Chartist As-o elation ; there might be few men _enrolled in Scotland _, bat be knew thst conntry frem AbereetB to the Tweed , aod ho knew Eagland from the Tweed to toadOH , and it was not so Bach tbe nam ber of names in books thai he relied ea mt the _organ ' sation of sympathy , which bound together the mattes who were in favour of the Charter ( Cheers . )
Ur Wist said , he was the representative of one hundred thousand men—of men , not women andchildr _. n . He and they were proud of the name of _Casrtla * _. and tbey tt _ould sever give it op . He was glad , at last , tbat under tbe pretsnre that had baen applied to them , the Scotch dtlegatea hid let the _stcretout of the bag , and
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showed that the _rtaion thty wished for another _AsaootV turn was , because they did not wait to have Mr _O'Cobnor any longer as a leader ., Bat he would tell them tba * he people of this country were not ungrate f ul .. Th »* could not , and wonld not , forges the _msoy services he - had rendered them and the sacrifices he had made ; and although he might sow differ frem some of them ' , even U he waa sorry they conld not forget Us many _swvio ? tv He _ceold afford to say that batter than any _irisn In that _a-sembly , for he had differed ' with l & _XWfcnnor-nor ? tban any man there , snd especially u- _« a the Free . _trade _quettlon . But , beoause he did so . was he _therefore to ' blind himself to his eminent , devotion to the cause , or _-Joovetta . _dlffrtTOCet ) ' ! opinion into _aoauteofperaonal enmity t ' •„ ¦ _"" - ' " .. _™* y ; _# ' Mr _ITGiathsaid , the reason _nowaSdupediwat , that the people would not join what was called the 0 'Cw . uor Association , _ffby _, he never knew tkat the old ' Ats ' ce a _* _MonwatO'Oermor'eAisqeiailoa . Ie would not be did
cult to show thatthe _diffjrenee Ween _A-s < _ioUtton » od _Quftdetaticu wat _atraly the difference _betwetn Tweedledum aud TweedledeeV If _tee _^ _msant to' make a declaration that they _^ pald _nu jonger _haveiMrxO'Ceauor for a leader , lot , th > in _' fedrlytett the question , and ' propote a niolutloa _> : _ttit _^ Mr Wis * , that tfae working men of Scotland and _Enjrftiad _vterenot UBg « _teW ; .. tm _^ d . he believed _tfiat ' _if Ur O'Connor was < o held a mgeHng fi _^ he _' Town Haitbf _Glasgbw they would give suoh a proof . that hit services were -. nil appreciated hy them , as would convince even those who derided bim ta that Assembl y that tbey wtre mistaken in their present course . ( Cheers . ) If thej really meant to convince the people that It _w-a Mr'O'Connor ' s _AstocIaHin let tkem mike a statement of the fact ; but f &' _hl- _^ _a-paft , he had long fought nnder ' tli ' eba ' nne ' r _* of the' Charter , audne would continue to hold . lt up until It waved trlnmphsnt ever the rains of « _M « legislation . ( Immense applause . ) Ur _Liouroww * _brlifly supported Mr _Clari ' _s mo tke .
Ur _Ssuieu _, who rote nnder great exoitement , said , be was _boand to state from hia own . knowledge the fatal conacqaeaces arising fiom that Association , He knew that they had teat men into Scotland who had damned tbe cause by their _iatemperance , and ha conld not endure that snch an _Aatoolatlori should be altewed to state tbat It was conducted with dignity , ( Great _mterruptioh , and cri-s ol' Left have it out . ' l Ur R ¦ Hli !* . —We shall never have a healtby morament , until our grievances are heard out . ( Cheers , and oeafuslon . ) J . . ' ''¦ _' Mr _M'Gsiti , as Kb efBoer of the Association , had groat pleasure in calling upon Mr Shirron to state any grievBBce whatever against any officer of the Au » _- _olatlon _] Mr Emm _Jeaissald , . their motto was , ' Ueesuresnot Men , ' and pretested against these charges .
Mr Ktdd : The real qaestion before ' us Jj the difference between Association and Confederation . If there are charges to be made , let due b ' once' be gtv ' eVef tbem . Ur Bskuk ( _wUfi great . warotn)—We _arecbsllsngru to bring forward cfiargss , ; _asdj' demand tsiat I aball be allowaa to do mo . ' _^ ( Vproar . j _, * ' "* •' _, 'Mr vtis ' T _iftolired that _^^ _* i' _^« _f _^ sKm _^ t ywee not better _cehdubtedi he " sho _^ a tender hfi _reaignattpn and leave tp . morrow _^ ( Her _. e a _gteat number of the _' epeakers we ' re on their : IegV itt . once ; ' - ' and ' _tfiervlaltors - in tbe gallery took an active part , to the ooianibtion , _'Which at length subsided ' " •• - ' ' ' _¦ ' : _V-- _^¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ _¦;• ¦ ¦ - ¦ _- >•• • "
Ur _Suraioti rote jo ex ' plslu ;; He _jiad ho oharge to make against the Erecuttve -Committee of the Chartist _Asaoclatidn . ( Loud cbtersJ , ~ He cVrtafniy had differed with the gentleman at Its , bead , but he baa believed bit errors were those of Jddgmejni- oaly , * an 4 ho . would be h & ppyagita to eo-operatejrtth -him .: ( Appianje , j At the tame time , he was boand'jo _doi everything in bis power te place the _mbvealeuMu athealthy basis . ( Hear , hear . ) ' ' v' 7 _- _;^ * . ' , ' Mr Councillor _Baioes liked , honesty of purpose , and gave all credit to the _S-otMsh _delVga'es , but he would say . _af the _^ _sima ttme _^ ' thatif Mr O'Connor had dene nineteen thlBgB well and the twentieth wrong , they were
not to forget the good [ be . h _^ do ' _aeforthat _onelapae . He could tell them that _^ _SbtMeld ; fie * was tV . e most _popalarmai tha _^ eVercami _^^ _'tSaV . Wwn ; ' _Uq other mon conld get together eo _' maajf _^ i _^ ihe peepie to hear , him , and . moreover he _bellev ' e'dr . he was not ehly the most popular man in SUelSel *! , but in Eagland _alsot ( Renewed spplan _* e . ) - . ' ' _A s Ur _FitUHe considered tbis little bickering among themselves to be Ilka a quarrel among a set of women , wbo wben they fell eut Ut all the street know what ths row was about . If tbe transaction were known at Ashton the people wonld say to us _^ -Iet na save ' our money , for your _sqtabbies are useless . ( Hear , hear . ) After a few observations from Mr _Mathkws , *
Mr Cocas * in : said , that ia fact _Ciartlsmhad been allowed to slumber for the latt two years , unt'l tha recent revolutions abroad awakened the I-ecutire . He believed it absolutely necessary that a new movement _sbould be oommenced under other men than either _O'Coanor , Brewster , or O'Brien , and he supported tbe change in the name , in order to show that the Chartists were prepared to take advantageof the stato of the public mind at the present tnerae & t . _MrLcieu condemned , In strong language , the waste of time which characterised the sitting * of tbe Assembly , _andsft-r Mr Arkell , Mr Adams , Mr M'L an , Mr Mackintosh , and other _delegates had _speken , the motion and _smendmentjwere put , when fourteen voted for the amendment , aod the motion for _retatnleg tbe original name was carried by a majority of three to one amidst vehement applsute .
Mr _Wjit gave notice that he woald bring under consideration the _Rspeal of tbe Union , in order to give Mr Doheny an opportunity of expressing his opinion upon the subject . ( Cheers . ) On tbe _motion of Mr T . Cube , Messrs M'DoaaU , Jones , Wheeler , Churchill , _Inaoll , Donovan andRinkln , were appointed a committee to prepare a plan of organisation , and report to ths _Ateemhly , which adjourned at the usual htur .
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CHARTISM IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIES . IO THB BDIIOB 0 ? IHB KOBIHBBN stab ' , _> f " Mr Editor , — -Perhaps your readers in other parts ofthe country , may be desirous of hearing how . the oiuse h situated ia the Midlands , I , therefore , send you a brief sketch . Daring the last few weeks I have been through Nottingham , Arnold , Loughborough , Leicester , Birmingham , Coventry , _ffednesbury , Bedworth , and Nuneaton . I have found that the Chartist feeling is predominant amongst the intelligent portion oi the working men , but they are sadly disorganised , aud , ia some p laces , split up into patties , partly through the bickerings of local leaders , and partly
through the suioidal cant of moral versus physical force , and also through ' the _doggedneie with whioh a few professing Chartists assert the necessity of a junction with the middle classes . ThiB , added to the late arrests ef some of our most active men , haa thrown a damp upon the people which is taken advantage ot by the Whigs and ' go _betweens , ' and bas brought Chartist meetings to a stand still . Bat the spirit of the people is still good , and they look forward with hope te _resuseitatioa . In Coventry , tbe Chartists have sought in vain for St Mary ' s Hall , the mayor refused to let it for Chartist purposes . At _Leioester _, the mayor , Mr Biggs , author of the ' Midland Counties Charter' and radical par _excellence , not only refused the use of the town hall , but threatened a landlord for offering the use of his large room . At Nottingham , they are in a similar position , the public _halla being closed against themyet those men pretend tbat they have no objection
to the _ditaussiaa of Chartists , ae long as its advocates will preach what they call ' moral foroe / but their acta prove tbat they will gag us by every means in their power . I trust that this petty tyranny will stimulate the Chariista to provide halls for them ¦ elves : I am bow on my way to Liverpool , to answer the first indictment , and have no idea of the evidence , not having , been confronted by _asi-u-le _witness . We ought to bless onr stare for living nnder a libera ! and constitutional government , who send men to gaol , and force tbem io find heavy bail , without producing' a charge against them . We used to call this , a _Suspansioa ot the Habeas Corpus Act , bnt perhaps the Gagging Bill has been brought forward as a substitute . Surely , this state of things onght to arouse the people to a sense of their dutyand , from the under current which I have witnessed , I have no doubt , they will rally again when the fear of illegal arrests has departed .
I have seen the long reply of Mr J . Barker , and consider that he haa admitted the substance of my remarks in a previous camber of the Stab .. My ob ject was to eho « r that he had no sympathy in commoo with the organised Chartists , and he fairly admits it . All the twaddle sboot physical foroe is moonshine , and _-flfll be understood by our members . I percieve an inquiry for my address from Brumhope ; it it— 'No . 7 , Fentons Court , _Saxtoa Bane , " or ' care of Mr Frederick Drake , Tin and Iron Plateworker . East Street , Leeds . As this is possibly my last letter for soma time to eome , I once more desire to urge on our _frlenda , the _neeea-ity of a _r'e ? ' y anion among _themselves . And remain , Mr Editor , Tours in the good old cause , _Gso & _ea Wbiib .
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Mr K _* iM >* 8 _Totjb . _—tta-baoAMSitiOH of _Chab-Tint—I left London on Monday , ' the 20 th nit ., ar * rived by railway at Weedon station ; and was there met _brMr _Mundav , of NorthamptonV and tome other friend * , wbo kindly accompanied me to Daventry . a distance of four inileB . The ' _nijjbt was Stormy , end reminded me of that fine line in Burns' * Cottar ' e Saturday Night : _'—. Nevtmber winds blaw _loud—wraDgrjfSQugb . * , ,. The Daventry friends informed me that it s was impossible to get either a hall , or room , for Chartist purposes . It was therefore arranged _that , I should _letjture en . Labour in one of the . / Trades' . olub , rooms ' . " I lectured accordingly ; the , audience . was notname * rous , butone ef the most attentive that I ever
addressed ,, After the lecture , imadearfangementafor ° tgww ? ngthe _^ _OhartistMevement _inDavantty , and ¦ l * _W- _^ 4 _Eogtend owes the few good , _inen and , trne of paven _^ y thanke / or . the , unflinching mariner ; in which . _they-jtf _' tiggle _.-igainat . sbcial persecution and m » ls 1 « _teJW _^ ii » texferen _<^ .,., The . iold and , barbarous ' prwt | i ) fl of _cock-figbjiog is still common'in this die . tTic _^ at _^ Monday _; _wadset apart for suoh purpose . It being seven o ' _otock _. iu the evening before I arrived , I cannot describe the aotnal _seene _. _Sai'in the evening almost every , pablio- house vraacrqwded with drunken men , —the topics of conversation were cock-fighting , _deg-fighting , and man-fighting ,. and aU , the gross _beastjality 1 ever heard from tbo ' , lipsof triea stands uneaualled . compared with the brutal ooawenees aad
obscenity I _nerelistenwLto . Nor was it confined to young men or lads ,-r-srandfather and . grandson sat together . I could have wished ibftt _Duventry had been no part of England . Such : scenes are a blot upon onr , national charaoter ,-:- ] _$ _}&¦ _, hope that the more enlightened of all olasses . ' , wil ! _disopuntenance them _^ One fact is _woith y bf . npthje _j * --they occur in a town in which magisterial ' terrojri » m is so efficient tbat no innkeeper dare _^ leta _^ obm for Chartist purposes , or safely harbour a known _advosate of Chartist principles . Being detained upwards of an hour next ' day at Weedon statipn , on my way te ! Northampton , 1 walked over the grounds of the Weedon _barraoks , which barracks , I am informed , is one qtf the , most extensive military depots ih England , and _sV _' aituafe'd
tbat treops can with facility be sent by ; _raiLway _, to > U parts of England , and Scotland .. Tfie _^ grounds , *' 1 should say , are upwards of one hundred _acresinarea _, aud totally useless but for military purposeB . I am often told that ho government can _erganise Labour , how ib H then that all governments can . organiae military . If a government ean find men of ti fixed stature , train them after they have reached manhood to military evolutions , uniting activity and _precioion oi physicalexerciw - ' and . also _paa command the most strict discipline , clothe , lodge , and feed such men , is there anything _tooeaooffed _atiri _^ the ' preposition that government Bhould organise an ihduB ' _. rialarmy ? —would it . be more visionary _| or less honourable to march _aninduaVialatmy into ' Iteland _, fully supplied
with _aotoatrementa _, t . o take . poaiession . ee the Irish bogs , than it i _* 6 Sir Harry . Smith . to India to kill the Sikhs , and acquire territory ? Capricious ignorance , and fat indolence , _Effect to laugh at the Organisation of Labour . How _. well it -would be if ; . the , nations oould be equally . _jesular , tjver . the _orgahisatibn of atmie * . ' The _meetog at _^ oithampton was not so numerous as I antioipa ' ted / _uatwaa ' _afterall i _^ ot to be complained of . I _^ Goiured . bn : the , _Chai-ter . ' 'A _yonnz man of muohearnest & essand promise occupied the chair , and all the / _bnsineBs was transacted to my entire satisfaction ; _^ M WellingbbrQUgh I lectured on Labour . Everitbing } went . off , satis . factoriiy ,--orga " nisation established , ' . .. At the close of my address , one of the oldest and most respectable _tradesmen in
the borough , who has for . many years distinguished himself as a thinker and philanthropist , moved a vote of thanks to your humble servant , which waB . carried unanimously . This was my _eecocd visit to Wellingborough , and-1 can trace a rapid and decided improvement . I continued my route onwardB to Wo . burn , in Bedfordshire , and lectured on the evenings of Thursday and Friday . Wobnrn is . a beautiful little town , and , with ' the ' exception cf a few house ? , it is the property _. ot the Duke of .-Bedford , brother of Lord John _Rusatll . ; _His ., Grace ' s infiuenoe is all powerful , and , ef course , Wbbujm ' is the Duke ' s own , —Chartism oannot have a rapid ' growth in siich a soil , but it is well to know that even here there is a grain of seed ,. and , it cautiously nourished , it may was ; . in . strength . I cannot help remarking en the whtiment . _so often quoted , — 'Measures , not men . ' This may be correct when party distinctions are _reigonei npon , bnt in England , where a few
landowners possess the soil , ahd where we see their mansions studded over every parish , and their local influence exercised in every hamlet and t > wn , does it not follow that if these landowners were wise and good men , and used the means they possess for the elevation of society , that the measures oould only be useful when the men were useless . 1 say , ' Measures and mea . ' Lord _Clarendin was tbe guest of the Duke last week , and , of course , resided at Woburo Abbsy _, which is about one mile from the town , the read leading throogh a most spacious and delightful park . His lordship , who travelled withoutany retinue of servants or carriages , must have remarked the contrast between the town of Woburn and an Irish village . Let his lordship reflect that the contrast is not over honourable to himself or the English government . On Saturday I reaohed London , tired and weary , bnt strengthened in faith and hope for 'the good time coming . '—Samuel Ktdd .
Ipswich—At a members' meeting on Monday last a vote of _oenBure was passed upon Mr Franois , late delegate to the Convention , for his-antidemocratic CDiidnct , and hiB name ordered to be struck from the books ofthe Association . Mr Garrard wss elected as a member of the Exeoutive for this district . PRBSTON . —• _RK-OflflAKtSiTIOM 01 ? CHARM" ** . —A few weeks ago some ofthe Old Guards of this town held a meeting ; at whioh they formed a council , and on Sunday evening last a meeting was held , which was crowded to excess . Mr O'Connor ' s letters were read of last Saturday , whioh were greatly applauded , and
the following reeolution was put to the meeting : — ' That we ; the members of the O'Connor Brigade Chartist Association of Preston , place the fullest reliance and _oonfidenoi in Mr O'Connor , for hit iadtfa * _tillable and _nnceasior * labours in the holy cause of Chartism ; and we will support him and the Executive Council by every moral means in our power , in another stand fer national rights . ' Carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was then given to Mr John Btntham , the chairman , three oheers for the Land and Charter , and three for Mr O'Connor , when the mooting broke np , highly delighted with the night ' s proceedings .
Crown ahd Anchcir— A meeting of this looality was held on Sunday , the 26 th of November , when the following _reiolution was past _nnsnimsusly : — Moved by Mr Fetersgill , seconded by Mr Buck . ' That wade send a protest against the four _shillinrs per year contribution , and agree with Mr Harney ' s amendment . ' _SorioN-iN-AsHFiELD . —A concert ; was held in this towa on Monday last , when the old . band aad glee singers attended gratuitously , and the piocBedB ( £ 1 ) , was given to the Defence Fund . The leading Chartiata attended , and several excellent speeohes * ii . were delivered _.
_LuiuiNGTON . —An adjourned meeting of the members of this branoh , was held on Monday , the _37 ch ult . The cases of Mrs Jones and Mrs M'D _juall were again brought before the meeting , when a further subs-riptioi was e & tered into , amounting to 4 s . id ., after whioh a Committee was formed , consisting of Messrs Davis , _Goodhall ; Hole , and White .-We would wish tbat the men of tbe Ernest Jones locality , or the men of Halifax , would appoint a Committee , to receive _sabieriptions . _Sssmnn . —A general meeting 6 f Chartist members was held in the Democratic Roadie ? Room , 83 , Queen Street , on Monday laBt . Mr John Taylor tbe
in chair . A general council consisting of the following persona was nominated : —John Taylor , Jaores Moxam , W . Dyson , William Grant , Frederie Lever , Charles Booker , Joseph _Faresa , Aaron _Hig-Rinbottom ; Ilenry Taylor , financial secretary ; G . Cavill , 83 , Queen Stiaet , corresponding secretary . A deputation from the Land members waited upon the Chartists , for the purpose of learning whether it was their intention to give Mr O'Connor an early _invitation , for both bodies to co-operate together , when Jl t e 80 * ved tbat 8 p _« _° lio invitation be given to the above patriotic and philanthropic gentleman . A y ete of thanks having been given to the chairman , the meeting dissolved .
Stab ak » Gartbb L ? calitt , Kbnthh Town _.-ine members of this locality met en Mondayevening latt . The report of the Executive Committee waa read , and a discussion arose on that part relating to the motion of Messrs Stallwood and Olark , when it _Was proposed by Mr _Lunn , seconded by Mr Moore , and carried unanimously : — That this meeting is ot opinion , that all registered members of tbe National Chatter Association shall subscribe four shillings annually , and that one fourth ol tbe Bame shall be forwarded to the Executive Committee . ' —Moved by Mr Moore , and seconded by Mr Iloare ,- * _- ' That all _niembsw shall be eligible to take part in all the affai . 'B of the Association , by _takingjout a eard ot membership and paying his contribution ; but no person shall be considered a member if three months ia arrear with his payment '—Carried . ¦
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THK _OBiSGB LODGES . _—JHB WHITS 0 ? BnROB . —THE MOaiCIPAI _, SUCTIONS . —8 TATB OF mntUS ASD THE 00 UNTBT . —THB ' NATION' _PODLttH- ' & _JlH A 1 HSBICA , ; _ffrmourown Correspondent . ) Dublin , Nor . 28 th . Barren as we have been in newi for ' several weeks past , there is scarcely anything at all to communicate . Dublin is nearly as silent as Balbeoor Heroulaneum ; The Orangemen hold their nightly orgies in different lodges' in town . They are worhisg Heaven and earth to get up something like an audible ' No Popery'howl , but in vain . No decent , honest Protestant- is joining their . idiot brigade . ; In : the north of Ireland , too ; the dress of the Protestant ahd
Presbyterian peasantry ere ' beltowiing * at the expiring . fires [ of bigotry , and ; hiVe opened scores of OrangeuLfjdge _» , in various : p _^ s ; bf Antrim , Cavan , Tyrote , ; andMotagnan < s _The-Bisw-AbT _Nsws-jtieb —theoldest _andmost Kspeotable _^ _Proteataht . news paper in Ireland—complains loudlyof the _rnffianisra of the ; . Belfast Orangemen , ahd represents tbem as holding , their frantic orgies at _unreasonable hours , of the night ; when ' , noneit , peaceable , andY * loyal * people are taking their rest . These " _thirige , however , oannot and will hot long be permitted . -. < A new era haal dawned on Orangeism ; They dare not ndw attempt the doings of by-gone years . ' ¦ _' ¦ ' ¦ ""•¦' ¦' i . Y The term has finished its sittings . The arguments in tbe different Writs of Error . have been
heard , but there has been no decision except in tbe ca-e of John- Martin , It ig reported that the" jadges will not ; give _judgment until next term , and itis thought that their decision will be adverse to tbe con viols . 16 is eaid , however , that shonld the judges confirm : the former _decisioas at- Clonmel , that government will be lenient , and commute tbe sentenoe to some protracted term of imprisonment in Ireland . I fear this news , is too good to be true . ' : 'Y Our Municipal Elections for the coining ' year came Off ih the diffarent _wurJi last Saturday _^ "The _'Cjnservativea exerted _themeelvee againat the , return of the Lord ; Mayor , and ousted him from St Andrew ' s . wird _. _'byitmajoirity of fourteen .-- His friends , how-: fiiix , _were'nrdvided' for this _contiht-enov . 'and
stealing a march on tbeir _dope ' tientsThad him ' eleoted , at the same _momenN forStPatriok _' _s ward . Thus , the party who wished to insole his lordship , and embarrass the corporate body ,- were foiled withont ¦ being able te _adopt / nrther steps , for the attaiwhent of th _^ _maliciouslobjectgi- ; _^ ¦ ; _" . '* . ' . At Dublin ' tradeand business' grow- 'duller every day _^ . Indeid it mi ght , _belwell . iald , whh . trhtb , there is soarcely anything doing , or anybody employed . " It i * strange how our population can straggle on at all . ' It is a great blessing ; however , that provisions of every _sort—aven _potatbei-rrare as cheap and abundant as in _jears wlien thfl ' re was no cry of distress or scarcity .. ¦ _¦¦ ' _^ _££ kC : _r- '" h ¦ ¦ ' * " _' ¦' _Theawountifrbm the conntry are . heart-rending ; The ; _shSeriniis of . the pMpIe _^ _particnfarly . in Clare , _Limer _^ _ckiiiTipperary , raid Cork _^ eioied all that ; we ever heard or read of . Eviction by landlords—not in families , bnt in hundreds of _familfer , in whole
townlaEds aud districts—are of every-day eoontrence , and one might walk over tbe oountry ( in Clare and Limerick ) , for miles without seeing a eabiu standing , or seeing a man , horse , or donkey employed at agriculture . ' Of _anyiort of occupation . : Hundreds of the farmers in those counties are . flying away , _mogrxito , to America ; and it is now quite usual , where yon satv the peasant farmer ' s family' at night , to find house and farm abandoned in the morning , ; and the late occupants en route to the next seaport to ; America 2 Pauperism U increasing by the hour , and in scores ofPoer Law Unions , in . the south and west , the police and military are harassed from morning till night , in aiding the collectors to gather in the GOOr rates . New poor houses are being esta . Mish . ed in various unions , and before next May , it is thought that fully one half bf tho remaining _popalation will be dependent oh public support . r . SrcH is Irbxamd tjndeb the Wbis * !!!
It appears that Thomas Djroy _M'Gnee has sucoeeded in establishing a successor to Thb Nation , in New . York . Some copies ef his journal have reached Dublin . I did not see one of them , but I am told it is respectably brought out , very like the late Dublin Natio . v in appearance , but far exceeding-it in its tone of hatred and hostility to the Saxon . 1 have seen some verses copied from it , addressed by Mr M'Ghee 1 to _Onarlea Givan Duffy , in prison , ' and signed 'Amergin , ' the signature under . ' which M'Ghee usually appeared in rhyme . . .: _** ' "" -
The State _Tbials . —The arguments on the writs of error in tho cases of the four _p-hom-s convicted of high treason at _Clenmel */ ere brought to a oloae on Friday afternoon . If tbe caee of Mr Saottb O'Brien had been _dtspaeed of _ceptrat « _ly , Jtidgsaeat would have been pronounoed tbis term ; but tbe argument of the three o ' . her caBes has _randerel a different arrangement _neoeatary , _Wcbaelmas Term ends tbis day , and Hilary Term will _commenoe on the llth of January next . Early in that term the Court of Qaeen ' * Benoh will pronounce judgment ia all the oases together , Meantime , the four prisoners will remain at the " ftiohmond _Btlflewell . Mr Buff ; will be tried at tbe county of Dublin commission , whioh opens on _Tutsday _, tbe 12 b of _December next . The bills of indiotment were found at tbe last oommlsslon _.
The Tipperary commission waa adjourned until Tuesday , the 5 _'h of December , for the trial ef the peasants _oharged with tak ' nz part iu the Ballingarry affair . It la now understood , however , that no adjourned commission will be held , and that the _prisouers against whom bills for high treason hid been found wl . l not be tried until tho spring _assizia fer South Tipperary . _IttraEssHTATiow of tbe _CoPSlT OP _IiiafEBlCK . —Mr Samuel Bicfcson has formally _addreFsed the electors In opposition to Mr Thomas _Fiizjerald , in _coneaquence of ' the probability of a vacancy' ia tbe representation ef thia _ceuuty . Tbe _Liheeick Exahinib , the Young Ire . land organ , aays : — ' We ere assured , on authority that oannot be alflta & _tn , tbat Mr O'Brien not only intends to continue his labours for Ireland in Parliament , should the decision of the House of _Lords be favourable , but tbat tbors are tbe strongest grounds for anticipating thst f 4 Voutabla decision . '
_'ASuBiiiTotE r < sa Tebant Right . ' —The gentry of Bandon , seeing tbat reproductive work was not going on , os could be desired , upon their estates ; seeing that farming societies or flax would not avail—that , in faot others would not sow for them to reap , have recently hit upon an ingenious method to effect tbe same , Thty have dissolvedthe looal Savings' Bank . From this happy stroke of policy , it ia calculated that great things will result . The money now there accumulated will reflow over tho land , _fmUielog all in ita _couras , and rise in vi . slons of WAvlog corn ; £ 40 , 000 are thus to ba set at liberty . The Savings'Bank was not very inviting , aa a medium of investment , by itt pre fit , and co * . £ deoco in these _ins-ltuiloDB had been somewhat shaken . Still it
was preferred to agricultural enterprise . For that , it m _' ght be supposed , the ccndiiioaa of tbat enterprise were to blame . But the Bandon _gentleaau thought it was the Savings' Bank , and accordingly they put it down ; and tbey are Infatuated enough to expect that tbe money _thna returned to ita _owutra will seek their properties , instead of _Amerlaa , We challenge Ingenuity for auoh an _extraordinary adaptation of means to an end . It ma ; tend to show what curious ideas some people entertain on the subject of national improvement , —Cork Examiner .
' The Hint . '—The wind-up , by a sale of Its literary content * , ef the affairs of Conciliation Hall , has been signalised by the service of a capias on a member of the family wbioh' fed fat' upon the profits of the _conoaru In its _prosperous dsy . The ' rent' ( ominous item ) would bo still sadly in arrear , snd , accordingly , one of the retired patriot hand bas had the dignity Of his mountain solitude i & vaded by the introduction into its solitary _preoinots of the ' bit of parebmtn . ' in question , —lfafs !« r . Sionb o » the Tikes . —It said that the B _' gbt Hon . Lord BlBjney has disposed of his splendid _nanslon , bis beautiful demesne , and extensive _estates around Castle _, _blanty , to an _Tiugllsh _capltalM . K this be ttue , U nuy havo a great effect upon the polfticB ol this county ,
as Lord _Bloyney , who was always en uncompromising Conservative , held a very preponderating position in the political scale of the county ; and ahoiild his Interest paas Into tbe bands of Wnlg or Radical , it would greatly alter the state of parties here . We would rtgret exceedingly that _tora Blayney » htt \ iVa be induced , under any _cireumstnncrt _, to adopt each a oour-e , bscanee te Is an _kxoelleut landlerd , and encourages his tenantry in every improvement , because his property is one of the best managed aad most prosperous ln the county , and because hia _lorlahlp ia the last scion of one of the most ancient noble Iriab families , tbe representative of a race of gallant soldiers and sapient senators ; The a & soiraorcunt may bo premature , It may be _ut'true ; bnt as the tale ia rife we could not avoid recording it , — Northern Standard .
Tbe _Stioo- " _ocssii , _etntes— ' We _hsppon to kuOW a _clergyman in Leltrim , wbo has been rcceivirg out-don relief ; two other gentlemen , one a captain of militia , tbe otber having had a prspi rty of 4 * 600 or £ 700 per annum , ore now redsced to p & uperlam tnan adjoining county , the latter having been fer years defrauded ty his _t-. nantry . Another sad instance of revirse of fortune tn « t station is that of a lady candidate _asiamate ef tbe workbouae ; tfcia melancholy victim of fortune ' s frowns is sister to a gentleman _oooe _poesested of _property amount _, ing tojE « , 008 ayear ; - Four ships , fall of emigrants , salted fr _Ltatiios lit
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tlie flailed States In the last week , and tare are flf * vessels in port upon the _broker ' s VM , filling fast , with emigrants for the same destination . _~ Arthur P . St George , Bf q ., of _KUooIgan , paid £ Si ) poor rate after bit oattle had been seised and carried away by the military and police foroe . > _Onlng to the _nnpraoedauted gr _* nt numbtr of _fasraete who recently emigra ted from the county -limerick , tha value of horses ia so _dlminlshsd tbat Burchaiers _e-onoi be bad for good animals at fair or market ior ha » their iatrlnslo value , ¦ . > : v ~ , - ¦ _dme
Domih without a Loan _Haiox -Tor _thefin _* , perhaps , sinoe the establishment of _UJuniclpa ) _Institutions in tbis country , there Is now no Lord , MOJ © r 08 * DuWIn ; a fact , however , _mnob more _curlonstbarr ln > » ortant . Tbe then Lord Mayor was rejected , ? : * Satarday , for the ward of 3 t Andrew ; he , waa , however , eleoted for S » Patrick ' s . But the _sleoUon . in thu latter ward was illegal , two town councillors instead of one having been chosen , The return is tbsrefoi e void ; and Mr _JenmAab Dunns tot having a seat in the town council , has aotoally c « _aaed to be _Lord Major . There is _a'cjatue _fn the _Ir _' ah Muuictpat Aot to meet ' this centlBgescy , bf requiring a naw eleotion for Lord Mayor withhi ten _caye after the office-bas become vacant . Mr Donne will be duly elected for St Patrick ' s' Ward in a f # w days , aad then he Will bo re-eleeted aa Lord Major by the oar * _poration .
_ADsititcte _Ibhh _LAHnwan . —A esse camo . oa for hearing on Saturday last ) before Master Murphy , iu tke Court of Obancery , in wbioh an estate of £ 0 , 000 pet annum ( _actordlog to the rental ) is anally passing-frem the holder , to meet the demands' of his creditors . - On this occasion an application wis made on bebalt ' of the unfortunate gehtleman for an _sllowtnoe out of tha funds to the credit of the _oanae , ef £ 40 per annum : t > r hia _aiaintenatrae . _. But / the applUation was opposed , and the Master was constrained , under the circumstance' , to re . _iiit j * . The ith _> _pU 8 sintidlord , now utterly destitute , haf no earthly _roabu ' ree but the poor-house ; and it ii statedl that he has ; determined to seek _kdmlssion to on !) ci !' these asylum * . This _osss is an _lllustrotlou of the . soelnl < revo _> lotion _oaw In progress in this part ofthe empire , extending to all c | a « s « r . ' . There will be terrlblt >; pHvR - . li 5 n * to individuals _amoRgst the landlord _olass ; bm tb _^ _clrcumstabces ofthe country hav «; . rendered those _clisugea Inevitable . - > _k-: _^ — .
ItsDoeno » s _i » _Poeuo _Oitiosi . —The _InajTitrles com " _meBcad ' hy iho _csmmlsslon recently leaned , rfg _^ rdlo _** salaries aod duties in various departments of tbt _puollo service , have already caused soma sensation . K _^ _aro * are how in _. prep ' araUon ' at the OaBto »» _, _Bxolae _, B . _> ar . * of Pablio Works , aad their civil departments , nnd > _uiio itt various officss connected wltb the _lawsadcquttjoo ' d * ts . Itao happens tbat theronre three valuable _o'fficeiriow vaoant—the clerkship ofthe peace for the city of _DuUin , valued at upwards of £ 2 , 000 per aanam ; the clerkship ofthe Crown iu the Court of . Qusob _* s Btncli _,.- _^ i _| h ' ]* , i salary fixed by , aot of Parliapsnt at ¦ £ i < l 9 ' _^ t _\ aiii _^ m ~ * and tho offioa of crierofthe Conrt ' 6 f : _E-ebtsrqerf ' mtu ~ between _f 600 aod , £ fil ) p per annum . _Thefirtt of these offices , tbe _clerkVbip'for the peace of Dublin , is tome-.
thing in the nature of a . munlolpal office , and the , com . _mlsiioners have tahen . no Btep regarding it , but they had Intended to suspend the' _appointment to tbe two others . It appears , bewtver , that tho clerkship of tbe Crown ia the Qaecn _' s Bench cannot be dispensed wltb , as the duties , are imperative and of a responsible _character . The _orlereblp ' of the Btebiquer is in the gift of the Chief Baron . _^ All theie oficss are still , _vaeaut . 'If appears to be the general impression tbat the inquiries of the commissioners _v \\\ lead to considerable modifioations ( in , publio _departmtnta generally , and to savings to a material extent , _including the _re-eaiployment _, iu one branch or other _ofthepuMIc _aervloc , of parsons who had been superannuated on full salary .. ¦¦ _,- ¦ ' _-
• _-Tdb Poob- Law and ins Ibibh Gbniev . — Sir Richard O'Donnell , _abaroott of ancient family in Mayo , has corBmlited _BD ' _offiHoe not easily forgiven In Ireland , the' honourable Buonet , who has . long been distinguished forbis efforts . ta . stimulate industry in tbe western province , having undertaken the duties of collecting tbe poor-rate in three electoral _dlvlslonai of _ffestppn , one of the moat destitute unions in that part - of the country . Before Sir _Blohard became tbe collector , even wben the tax was comparatively moderate , it bad been a work of extreme difficulty to obtain the rates by any means ;
but how " the _ciTae is qWB ~ Qiffc ' rtinti ~ and for . two years they bare been paid to the satisfaction of the vibe guardians . Ia Blotter to the _Bvihino Mail , Sir Richard O ' Donnell sets at defiance all the reflections cast npon the avocation he has Chosen . ' In no instance ( _hesaya ) hai a cow bene , or _animal of any _klndbseneeiasd , nor the services of police , or _toldlers required , I UBder . took this office for no sordid motive * * but I am _filling yet to be more vile la your eyes , if , by thas _placioif my . self in snoh a position as poor-rate colleotor , I . can in . ouloate obedience to the laws , and proteot my-poor neighbours from unnecessary rxpenBe . '
_Dmtitotiok ih CtABE . —The fallowing _harrowing : statement appears in tbe Cube Jodbhal : —* On the townland of Doora , near this town ( Ennis ) , four deaths have occurred In one home from starvation , under t it . cumstances of the most horrifying nature . It _appears that two families , of tbe names of Ltanane and * Quia , were residing inthe same cabin' L _' . nnane , the father ef one of these _fdmilles , is at present undergoing a length _, ened Imprisonment In Ennis gaol for aheep steeling . Ee held two aeres of land , ou which there was a small quantity of potatoes . - Previous to harvest this family , having no means of support , went into the . workhouse , but left it shortly afterwards , 'that the ; might use the _potatoss wbicb tbey had planted . After these were consumed the family did not obtain relief , wbich waa theim . mediate cause ef the tragical events wbich followed .
The National Victim And Defence Oommitte...
THE NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE OOMMITTEE TO THE CHARTISTS , DEMOCRATS , AND OTHER PHILANTHROPISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brethren , —Tfae national meeting of _dolegates , recently held at Birmingham , wisely resolved , that all looal and sectional Viotim and Defenoe Committees shonld concentrate their strength by forming one central body for the aid , defence , relief , ' and' sustenance of all Chartist viotirns of Whig misrule . those local bodies , aotuated by the same righteous desire , complied with the request thus made , and the Metropolitan Victim Committee , who have already furnished forth and distributed upwards of one hundred pounds to the ' victims' under their care , have consented , and now are , conjointly with tbe Execo / tive Committee of the National Charter _Associatioaof Great Britain , your National Viotim and _Defence Committee .
Biethren _, by the months of your delegates , iu national eenclave assembled , your wishes were ex pressed ; those wishes have been complied with ; i now remains for you to supply the meanB—the funds —to cany out your jast , benevolent , and philanthropic intentions . To work , then , at once . Appoint trustworthy collectors in every parish , hamlet , town _,, and city of Great Britain . Let the funds thus collected bo forwarded to ' The National Victim and Defenee Committee . ' Remember that _Fussell , Shaw ,. _Beisr , Williams , Payne , Cuffey , M'Douall , & o ., _4 o ., have been the advocates of the People ' s Charter from the first day of its existence , and were advocates of
' Radicalism , ' before it took the name of' Chartism / R _« member , too , that the voice of yonr young bnt enthusiastic , eloquent , aad ardent friends , Ernest Jones , Vernon , Laoy , Fay , Looney , Dowling , & o . _» & c ,. cries aloud from their dungeons . Scotland , too , furnishes forth her viotirns ; Bhe has her RankenB , Hamiltons , & v _., dec . ; and the following extract of a letter from Manchester , but too plainly and foroibly appeals to yonr sympathies for the means of defence ; — 'We hare paid , within tfae last tbree monthB , between 480 and £ 90 for bail fees , and Mr W- P . Roberts telle ub we shall require £ 300 within the next tbree weeks , to defend the Chartist victims in the northern district . '
Brethren , amongst the men of Lancashire and Yorkshire about to be put on tbeir trials , stand' prominently those sterling Chartists , James Leaoh , Daniel Donovan , Rankin , Jehn Smyth , and John West . Brethren , the moans and tears of Buffering wives and ohildren cry aloud to jou for aid . Tha long services ef old , and the ardent and enthusiastic services of your younger advocates , demand your assisttanco . Remember , for yoa and yonr cause they suffer ; for the sacred cauee of liberty they are now enduring persecution , prosecution , long imprisonment , transportation , and _basiehment from _^ home , family , and friends . Surely , then , you will not _allow their helpless wives and families to perish of hunger ,
Then , by yonr hatred of tyranny and oppression—by your love of justice—by that Charter you have so oft vowed to obtain—we invoke jou to take one look at your own cherished hearths—to oast one glance at the wives of your bosoms , and the children of your _affiotion , and then show by actions , whioh . ' -peak lounder than words , that you bave determined that tbe exchequer of your National Victim and Defence Fund shall be well supplied—that you do appreciate the advocates of _youc rights—that you have determined that wrong , misery , and wretchedness shall cease out of the land , and that speedy political freedom shall be tbe advent of _social _happiness Signed on behalf of tho National Victim . and De-. fence Committee .
Edmund Stailwood . John Arhojt . Johm Muse , Treasurer-John Josiah Mbrriua _** , Secretarv Itt , High Holborn , Nov . 28 th , 1848 . _OB " " ' '
Pwcb Ainsnr A Uiohla\D Laird.—The Aberdb...
PwcB _Ainsnr a Uiohla _\ d Laird . —The _Aberdbbn lisRAinsays : 'Oa Wednesday last the estate of Birkhall , adjoining Balmoral , was exposed for sale in Edinburgh , and taken ont at tbe upset price , £ 14 000 , for Princo Albert . At the samo time the life _, rent of tke entailed eBtate of Abergeldie _, another adjoining property , was put up for sale and taken out fcr the heir of entail . Mr Gordon jun ., of Abergeldie . It is understood that negotiations are in progress where by his royal highness will become lessee of Abergeldie , Balmoral is a portion ofthe * Eirl of Fife ' s entailed _estates , but , we believe , le _^ al authority is to be procured for _selling it tohir Majesty or the prince . —When his royal _nigbnes arrives on Doe side , next season , he must be welcomed ia hb new oharaoter of a Highland laird . '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1848, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_02121848/page/1/
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