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T CJLl S48 THE N° RTHERN star. 5
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Another specimen of the real hostility o...
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Co Seaotrs & ©omsponutnts
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Us. O'Connor and Mb. Coedek.—In addition...
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RESULTS OF THE BALLOT. The following is ...
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TWO ACRES. 255 Joseph Hill Sheffield C<9...
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Wallace Brigade.—This locality has adapt...
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SECEXPTS OF THB IIATIONAL LAND coirapaws...
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Land Fund ... ... ... 207 i i Expense Fu...
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RECEIPTS OF LIBERTY FUND . Side, Lambeth...
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LOCAL LEVIES. Several complaints having ...
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THE LONDON REPEALERS. Tho nnholy and unj...
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Sheffield —A general meeting of the memb...
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TRIAL OF THE PATRIOT, JOHNN MITCHEL Dubl...
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Parliamentary Review. Ministers Have Suf...
' _^ IrT properlv , and are determined to { _cr _« Pj _* n of their own choice into _Parlia-^ hetherhe be Jew or Gentile ; and it is _$ _etf- * cur _ions that certain journals which , _^ weeks ago , _^ cre the very essence of a -na attachment to our old and well _Institutions , are now putting menaces _fr-fv _^ ats to the Peers , and dealing in revo-& rv _insinuations , which had they been Iu wa iu _' by the Chartists * rouId have _^• tfa -rom these journals a paroxysm of the elic ! l e pithets the English language could * --a For ourselves , we believe that the _^ Vare labouring in their old vocation—that
- -T h ' in on bv their attempted obstruction ° _la £ reat reforms demanded by the age . _t _*^ v help to show up in all tbeir nakedness _^ efoiniitv the at _uses of our present _repre-*? _. _^ _jre sy stem ; and , in conjunction with _^ Lr influences now al work , must at no _disftl date render the people ' s cause triumphant , Site over the obstinacy of hereditary legislaf - ; and the more dangerous hostilities of _pro-Tg _^ ei Libe rals .
The appointment of the Select Committee y \ . National Land Company gave occasion f 1 T . the exhibition of spleen and hostility by 4- B- Hall , which was , to say the least of it , _^> t oni v unseemly but very * " ill-timed . AItho _ud * tbe _bu ? ine _* s before it , on the paper , h ? . i occupied the house till nearly one o clock , tie member for Marylebone got up with a _-areftilly prepared speech , jn which he
insinuated every kind of improper motive to Mr O'Connor , and showed that he meant to make _jjj . 5 e 2 t on the Committee the means ofa desperate and determined opposition to the jjand scheme . We have noticed this imitation of a fine gentleman , and would-be great man before- He is ••' nothing , if not critical . ' His only chance of showing off , is to he personal to a party or an individual . He possesses a _wonderful erdowment of the old maid faculty .
of collecting all the scandal about any particular ariair he means to show off upon , and then , retailing it again in the House , after the most approved slip-slop fashion . The name of Sir g . Hall never was , and most probably never Trill he , beard of , in connexion with a measure of public utility , or of an affirmative character . He has not brains enough to devise or construct , and has merely sufficient to find fault with the plans of others . Mr O'Connor ' s reply was admirable , both in argument and temper , and evidently carried the House thoroughly with him . He did not leave a single
point in the deliberate attack untouched or _unreplied to ; and such was the effect upon the House , that even M . J . O'Connell , who rose to deal in similar imputations , and who did so to gome extent , not only modified his own tone , but was compelled to admit that Mr O'Connor s castigation of Sir B . Hall wa 6 a deserved ene . For our own part , it is difficult to say whether the avowed and open hostility of Sir B . Hall , or the bland and elaborate cGurtesies of Sir G . Grey , with reference to this Land Company , are the most dangerous . Each of them are aware that if the people get
possession of the Land , they will thenceforth be liberated from the real serfdom of the present svstem . The starvation preserve maintained by the capitalists , for the purpose of pulling down wages , would be speedily * thinned by an extensive application of Mr O'Connor ' s p lans , and that , of course , would enable the labourer to make more equal terms with bis employer . This is the result which tbe political economists , and the Mammon worshippers , will resist to the utmost of their power , and no means will be left untried to prevent its realisation . Some of
the modes resorted to by them are as base and infamous in themselves , as they are disgraceful to those who have recourse to them . Ihey p retend that their sympathies are painfully eiclted in behalf of tiie poor people who have embarked their few pounds in this illegal Compaiy _, and throw nut the most dastardly insinuations—in manner , if not in _wordscfainst Mr O'Connor ; when the plain fact stares everybody in the face , that if the Com . pany is not legal , and the subscriptions of the shareholders not properly protected and secured , it is not Mr O'Connor ' s fault , but
thst of theiaw , and of these pretended friends of the shareholders who will not allow Mr O'Connor to have the law so amended , as to five that protection aud security . In fact , tie law of this country , with reference to voluntary Joint-Stock Associations _amongUhe Working [ Classes is , purposely , of the most disgraceful description . It is part of that _deeit-rooted and far-stretching policy by which the Upper Classes have surrounded the prod-jeers of wealth with a continuous net-work
of obstructions , to prevent them escaping from the _Javery of competition . They are determined that slavery shall be—as far as they can make it so—perpetual ; and any measures which appear subversive of it , are certain to encounter the most determined hostility . "We trust , however , that there are a sufficient number of practical and honest men on the committee to test the scheme fairlyand thoroughly , siid that tbe Report upon it will be of such a _character as to leave the Legislature no ex ruse for not legalising it .
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Another Specimen Of The Real Hostility O...
Another specimen of the real hostility of our iegisJaf are to Labour , was afforded by the debate on Lord Robert Grosvenor _' s proposition for an inquiry into tbe hardships suffered by the labouring people who manufacture bread for the metropolis . They complain that they are obliged to labour during eighteen or twenty hours a day—that tbey can obtain neither ¦ domestic enjoyment , nor mental nor moral improvement , " and that such long confinement , in a heated and unwholesome atmosphere , renders them old in constitution before they arrive at tht a < : e which is Generally considered the ' prime
of life . Lord R . Grosvenor showed tbat it was _iiOpeless to expect any remedy for this state of things , save by meaus of Parliamentary in-• i'jiry , and the _pacing of an act which would be binding upon all parties . The competition amonj ; tbe masters renders any voluntary effort wholly impracticable . Sir G . Grey replied with the " usual common-place assurances of _s ympathy for tbe wretched condition of the _takers , and then went on to deliver himself of
te stereotyped phrases hy which heartless _political economists justify the wholesale robbery and murder of the producers of wealth _^ ¦ Su ch grievances are not , according to Sir G . _Grey , within the reach of legislative remedy , _^ _o * to grant an inquiry would only be to delude the poor creatures for whom he entertains sr deep a sympathy ! A fig for sucb sympathy , £ nd a fig " for the legislature which cannot _lenied y such grievances . If our present _legis-JMnr _^ i-, a . i-, _l 4 T-. nf if _nnii _nnltr hiture is constructed tbat it onl
£ 0 can y _P e effect to the wishes of the rich , and is utterl y powerless to promote the interests of _fte poor , toiling classes of society , the sooner ti ' _at it , ; _, nd the pernicious dogmas on which _| t act ; , ure swept awav > the better . " Brown _wesd J oseph" delivered his ordinary homily u i'On Uie ignorance of the working classes _reje cting political economy . He , too , out of - ; n < mess to them—poor , deluded , and _be-S ' . _gbted wr etches thafc thev are—cordially sup-¦ - _'"ited the refusal to _srraht inquiry or relief , " - •• _fciijg h he said he should have no objectionto see _, * - _;' -dozen bakers as members in that bouse
' G' -kite their grievances , and to hear tbe _opi'fcjs of those opposed to them . Is not Joseph ? _- cm Y fellow ? Onlv fancy journeymen _^ _^ . _^ the H ouse under the present sy _sji : } _S the raa _? ter required tbem so long in <}) _-bause , thev would have hue a small i j ' ' Vin £ _= of time for legislation , we calculate . _^ _Ktfciiun of tbfe application on the part _xJ' " * _" ? l ' ie worst u * ' _«* bodies of men in the ' _^'"' 'j' - _'l'S—it bodv whose slavery is not [ _:,. '; fven nalliated by any public _uti-^ . ' _^^ . is solely _caused by the hot haste of _td ' i _' C r ' _* * " nsaster ' { o become rich—• Xr _, 0 T : e " -ore to the numerous proofs thnt , v there can be a nv great or permanent < K '~ L' 11 j tiie social _condition of the labouring _ri-vf' _'Ie r - _" _'" = t achieve a _thorough and entire - " » of oUr political _instittiChns .
Another Specimen Of The Real Hostility O...
_Smre Uie preceding remarks were penned , Lord John has given signs of waking up . The pressure from without has , at length , grown so strong that he deems it advisable to abandon his finality position with reference to tbe Reform Act , and has given notice of a Bill to repeal the clauses , which refer to tbe payment of assessed taxes in cities and boroughs . Tne announcement was received with a good deal of surprise , and considerable laughter , as weilit } might be , when his declaration a
fewnights _; go , that tb . 3 pec p ie were perfectly _satisfied , and did not wish for any political changes , was remembered . If such satisfaction prevails , why should Lord John now propose a change in the Reform Act , which he has himself steadfastly resisted year after year , when it has been proposed by others ? Lord John , like others of his class , has , however , woke up "too late ; " that which would have been } a few years ago , considered a great boon by Middle-Class Reformers , is now far below even their notion of what is
necessan . We fear they will not be so grateful to his Lordshi p as he expects they will pbe , and as to the Working Classes , tbey are not to be diverted from the straight-forward course they have marked out for themselves , by any " little goes " whatever . In fact , this giving way on the part of Minister ? , proves that they are on tbe rig ht track . Perseverance and determination must , at no distant day , crown their agitation with success . Lord
John has also resolved on a vigorous policy with respect to the admission of bis Jew Colleague into the Commons , by which the object will be secured and , we presume , a collision prevented with the Lords . Such unwonted activity betokens that the seats on the Trea . sury Benches are growing somewhafprecarious in their tenure , and that the necessity for making a show of work , of some kind , is beginning to be felt among its present occupants .
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Us. O'Connor And Mb. Coedek.—In Addition...
Us . O'Connor and Mb . Coedek . —In addition to resolutions given elsewhere , we haye received several lengthy communication ? , for irbich we have no room . Mr Mitchel . —The full report we have given of Mr Mitchel ' s trial has caused the omission of several communications . J . G . — Mr O'Connor never had anything to do with ilr Owen or his committee . A Poos _Yovse _ItAsovstER . — 'We are sorry we hare no room . ' _Bessvolus , ' expressing his disgust at the conduct of Cobdea in the Honse of Commons , on the occasion of the _postponement of Hume ' s _motion , Bays , HebelieTes Cobden ' s speech was premeditated for the purpose of disgusting the people , preventing any union of the oaiddle and working _classe ? , and bo creating for the
schemers an excuse for backing out , under lhe pretext of inadequate papular support . ' Addressing Mr O'Connor , ' Benevolus' sajs : — ' The dispraise of Cobden , and Co ., is , to jou , a crown of glory . I am not exactly a partisan of yours , but I am an approver of your principles , and an admirer of yourgenerous sentiments . My CiUling keeps me too deeply engnged in things of paramount consideration , to enable me to eater into the arena of active political Ufe ; but what must I think of your detractors ? Verily , they shall have their rtward . Their present chicanery is , doubtless , well recompensed , bat the end i 6 not yet . The time is , however , at . hand—even at the door—when aU deceitful workers will rue their want of moral principle . * — Chatham , May 27 th , 1848 . Vsttzd Teades . —Received too late for publication thy week .
Results Of The Ballot. The Following Is ...
RESULTS OF THE BALLOT . The following is a correct list of the Barnes of all the _persoas . who have been successful in the ballot for location , whick took place at the Cbsrtist Assembly Rooms , Dean-street , Soho , London , on the evenings of Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday last , and which list is authenticated by the signature of the C ' aairaan who presided at the ballot . By order of Directors , Thomas Clark . Corresponding Secretary .
Two Acres. 255 Joseph Hill Sheffield C<9...
TWO ACRES . 255 Joseph Hill Sheffield C _< 9 Samuel Palmer Yeovil 2933 Jamts Dear Halifax 15 S Mrs John Sidaway Southampton 95 Thomas Emett Bermondsey 143 William Smith Winchester 130 Juhn _Whagden Huddersfield ol Samuel White Leicester 31 Charie 3 Hall _Nottingham 533 James Heap Ovenden 591 Joseph Rushforth Leeds 29 i Samuel Wood Liverpool
266 John Lowe Worksop 1012 Levi Hamilton Manchester 36 S 8 Jeffery Taylor ) f 439 Wm Thompson > 1 Blackburn 302 Levi Fairhnrst j ( 203 Wrc . Modntford Birmingham 495 James Robertson Newcastle-on-Tyne 45 _ThomasPrice Manchester 32 Thomas Slater Heywood 16 _Sanmel Worleywood Rochdale 151 Wm . Rhodes Stockport 21 John Mutton Leeds S 9 Henry Stanway Macclesfield
THREE ACRES . 15 James Pierce Littleton Panell 893—83 Edward Younger Brighton 3 William Green > / Family itekefc 4 Thomas _Treror ) \ Dorchester 3092—34 S Mark Bentick New Raaford 4141—471 Thomas Barnes Blackburn 1731—139 J . _Loreday \ ( Family ticket , 484 G . _Loveday ) \ Swindon & ft _^ _rSoper } l _™ _" - _^ _«* _^ t 307 Harriet Barker _Dnkinfield 163—1 « Wm . Baldwin Burnley 325 Thomas _Sutcliffe 1 f Va _„ „ , _ j 334 James _Sutciiffa } _-J _^ w Radford 48 George Erown Birmingham 1350-123 Sieon Watts Dudley _950—37 S John flonghfon Manchester .
FOUR ACRES . 52 John Massey _Clitheroo 934 Charles Higginson Hyde 2431 _George Patterson _Kirkaldy 1347—134 S James Lee _Buckfastleigh 1470—597 George Dariaston \ Whittington and Cat 333 William Cole / Family ticket 363 William Gooch Westminster 3 H _Thoraas Jordan OSce List 2130—2130 John Stephens Wigan 566 George Grisby Maidstone S 9 James Addison Manchester 2363—2369 Thomas Bonick Preston
2 S 2 Thomas Duffet _Wootton-onder-edge 1252 Joseph Woodcock Leeds 2 S 12—3091 Joseph Steele Keighley 3050—3051 James Bocth Ashton 1677 John Dewsbury Newport Pagnell I 4 C 3 Philip Baker ' \ / East Dereham 1464 William Baker / \ Family Ticket , 1892 Richard _Broadhurst Manchester 1748—1749 Wm . D . Williams Office List 2252 Edwin Dawson Wakefield 174 C John Diarden _Rossendale
2470 "William _Cruikshank Office List _I 2 C 9—2209 James Woodward , Westminster 2 _S-: 0 William Triss Torquay 2 / 02 George Knaptoa Sheffield James Wilson Radcliffe 3 Chat les Smith Ashton 1112 Martha Sweet 1 j Fmil TicM 15 S 0 James Kaye Bary 50 James _fhipps _^ f 57 James Ato \ I _StOW-on . the-Wold Avis
o 3 Thomas ( \ 59 _Jabn Robins / V 1715 _Robert Templin Salford 1452 Robert Donaldson Sheffield 9 . 54 Aaron _Ruttiey Teignmouth 2461—24 C 2 Wm . and Ann McNaught , Liverpool 2443 Sarah Fletcher Nottingham 274—3456 Charles Driver , _Farrioijton 503 Samuel Rainbrid Norwich 295—29 G _George Smith St _GerraaiES 1243 James Oafey Oldbury 1416- 1417 Joha Preston _Slesford I 0 II Matthew J . Eiiis Sleaford 2645 James _Shorrocka Bury 2530 _Jaivis Shaw _Sutton-inAshneld William Holmes , Chairman
Wallace Brigade.—This Locality Has Adapt...
Wallace Brigade . —This locality has adapted the New Plan of Organisation , as laid down by the Executive , and will hold a public meeting on behalf of _tnst _co ' jle-miuded patriot , John Mitchel , on Monday , June 5 : h , at the Charter coffee house , Strutton Ground , _WestmiDEter . Chair to ba _tsKen at eight o ' clock . _We _^ tmisstrb . _National Charter _Aesoc-iation . — S 3 , _Dfan-strcet , May 2 Sth . —Moved and seconded that two de ' egaces be appointed , to represent this _meetinz on Tuesday next , at the meeting ef the delegates from thedifferent _| _localitie 3 ; _jVIeBars urassby anil Milne cere unanimously elected . _Fivfuprt . — A lecture will be delivered at the Star _Coffee Roore , Tl , Old-street , St Luke ' s , on Sunday eveniog _oest . At ths _School Ro ? o , _Cross-street , _Hatton-gardcn , on Monday evening ; and at the Star , 71 , Old-street , en Tuesday _evening . E _29 « « _# - ; ture wiil commence at eight o'clock _.
Secexpts Of Thb Iiational Land Coirapaws...
SECEXPTS OF THB _IIATIONAL _LAND _coirapawsr , FOR THE WEEK _ENDING THURSDAY , JUNE 1 , 1818 .
PER MR O'CONNOR . BH 11 EB . £ B , d , Devonport , 5 8 0 _Barn'taple .. 13 6 Birmingham , Ship 6 10 Shrewsbury , AI 1 ° a » t 18 0 Powel M 0 4 6 Newbury „ 3 18 6 Hyde ., 4 0 0 H « 5 0 0 Nottingham , Newport , Isle of Sweet .. 3 10 Wight .. 2 14 6 Clackmannan .. 3 4 0 Isham „ 5 0 0 New Radford .. 1 0 0 Wells , Corp „ 3 8 0 Whittington and Atherstone .. 4 \ 6 « Cat .. 4 13 0 Stratford ,. 3 1 7 0 Northampton , Horninghoia „ 0 16 0 Munday .. 5 0 0 Lambeth ., 2 10 9 Clayton West .. 0 6 0
Westminster ., 0 15 6 Hanley .. 16 17 0 Bermondsey « 5 18 Dewsbury « 10 8 0 Driffield .. 8 0 0 _Inverkeithing _- 0 12 6 Worsbro' Common 2 0 0 Iveston » 2 7 0 Newcastle-upon- Markbincb 1 10 0 Tyne „ 2 0 0 Cleator .. 3 17 0 Llanelly .. 10 0 Birmingham , Monckton Deverell 4 19 4 Goodwin .. 5 0 0 Wind y Nook .. 1 5 6 Geo Maslen .. 10 6 Royston , _Borrow 5 0 0 John Sturgeon 4 17 8 Leicester , Astill 5 9 0 John Taylor .. 0 2 6 Manchester .. 14 4 0 Richard Francis 0 2 6 _Butterly M 1 19 0 Chas Thorogood 0 1 0 Dorking .. fi 0 0 Richard Griffith 0 5 0 Clitheroe .. 10 8 0 Wm Hy Harrison 2 5 6 Blackburn „ 20 4 7 John Wyatt .. 0 2 6 Malton „ 3 0 6 William Daniels 0 6 0 Keighlej .. 9 0 0 John Raspberry 0 1 ° £ 307 4 4 SXPENBE FUND . Devonport .. 0 8 fi Whittington and Birmingham , Ship 0 6 0 Cat .. 0 19 6 Alloa .. 0 2 0 Hanley m 0 19 0 Stratford .. 0 16 Dewsbury .. 0 16 6 Lambeth .. 0 2 0 Iveston .. 0 4 0 Westminster ., 0 3 0 Cleator .. 0 8 0 Bermondsey _„ 0 4 0 Paisley - 0 3 0 Monckton Deverell 0 4 0 Thomas Dawson § 20 Minster Lovel . 0 10 John Sturgeon c 4 B Manchester .. 116 David Davies .. e 2 0 Butterly ' _.. 0 10 Mary Ann Davies 0 3 ° Dorking ., 2 0 0 William Machin 0 2 0 Blackburn .. 106 JL .. .. 020 Malton _u 1 19 6 Chas _Catharino 0 2 0 Keighley .. 012 0 Nottingham , Wm Hy Harrison 0 2 0 Sweet .. 0 5 0 £ 12 19 6
Land Fund ... ... ... 207 I I Expense Fu...
Land Fund ... ... ... 207 i i Expense Fund ... ... ... 12 19 6 210 3 10 Bank ... ... ... ... 110 0 6 _i 320 10 _ 4 * W _* H . ClXOK . _Chbutopheb Doilx , Thob . _Cttas , ( Corres . Sec . ) Phiuf WGaAra , ( Fin . Sec . )
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RECEIVED AT BANK . Kidderminster , per G Holloway .. £ 20 0 0 Ditto , ditto , ditto .. « 7 0 0 T . _Pbicb , Manager .
Receipts Of Liberty Fund . Side, Lambeth...
RECEIPTS OF LIBERTY FUND . Side , Lambeth .. 0 11 10 Robert _Jenes .. 3 0 0 Bowles , Gotham # 20 Manchester , [ per Wat Tyler Lo- Ormisher .. 2 0 0 cality .. 0 3 S Doncaster ,. 0 10 0 Sons of Freedom Lincoln ,. 0 5 0 Locality .. 0 7 0 Young and Friends 0 7 0 Hindlev „ 10 0 Coshoe .. 0 5 S Somers Town , ptr Sheffield .. 0 4 0 Arnott .. 0 11 0 Dover . 0 2 6 _Kehler , per Ver- North Shields .. e 5 0 non 0 16 Wat Tjler Bri-A Fraternal De . gade , Greenwich o 16 10 mocrat , Ea- Side ' s Book .. 0 12 7 sington Lane .. 0 10 George Maslen .. 0 2 0 lUtcliffe Bridge 0 10 0 Ashton-under-Committee , South Lyne « 0 15 0 Lotidoa Hall .. B 10 0 Aehford _» 0 4 11 South Shields .. 1 0 0 Mr Burke M 0 11 Keighley „ 2 0 0 J S Heath .. 0 0 6 * v \ m Brown M 0 0 6 £ 16 10 11 John M'Cbae , Secretary .
Local Levies. Several Complaints Having ...
LOCAL LEVIES . Several complaints having heen made to the Directors of the non-payment of local levies by many of the members of different branches , I am instructed hy the Directors to state , that the proper course for the local committees to pursue , in reference to this matter , is to charge local levies one quarter in advance ; and not to accept any contribution from any _memlier _towards hia shares until he has first paid his local dues . Many branch secretaries have asked the Directors if it would be legal to deduct local levies from the amount paid into the Land fund . The answer of the Directors is , —that it would not be legal or proper to do any such thing . The Land fund must not be interfered with upon
any account . But although such is the case , local committees have ample protection for themselves in refusing to transact business for those members who refuse to pay their levies . There is no rule to enforce the payment of local levies , nor is there any rule to compel local committees to provide meeting-rooms and pay book-keepers for those whe will not contribute their fair proportion of the expense so incurred . In any case , where a member refuses to comply with branch rules , it is quite competent for snch branch to refuse to have further connexion with such member , who would in that case have to become his own treasurer and secretary , aad transmit his own
subscriptions direct to this office himself ; which , in the endi to those who pay their shares in several instalments , would be found not only the most troublesome , but also , the most expensive course . It is hoped , however , by the Directors , that in each case where local levies are due , that the parties in arrears will make good the deficiency with as little delay as possible . The Directors are well aware of the poverty which unfortunately is so prevalent in many districts , but the committees who have forwarded their complaints upon this subject , object not to those who are too poor and cannot pay , but , especially , to those who are well able , but who refuse to
pay . Thomas Cxark , Cor . Sec Land Office , 144 , High Holborn , London .
The London Repealers. Tho Nnholy And Unj...
THE LONDON REPEALERS . Tho nnholy and unjust conviction of John Mitchel by the * baBe , brutal , and bloody Whigs , ' will tend to unite all sections of Repealers , and but one opinion exist ** , that of a determined and vigorous agitation . Demonstrations in Favour op the Mabttbed Mitchel . —On Sunday last , at an early hour , largo numbers of Confederates met in Smithfield , and proceeded in a body to the rooms of the ' Theobald Wolf Tone' Confederate Club , situate in Cock-lane , Snow Hill , where they were addressed by several of ¦
the members of the Davis Confederate Club . ' They then proceeded in a body , four abreast , through Holborn , Oxford-street , to _Calmel-buildings , High-street , Marylebone , where they were met by Eeveral thousand Irishmen . An open air meeting was the result , when Mr F . Looney and several others addressed the meeting at great length , denouncing the tyrannical conduct of the government in packing a jury to convict John Mitchel , and pledging themselves not to desist agitating until he was restored to the _boaom of his family . The meetiDg then separated for their respective clabs , cheering for John Mitchel . There oould not have been legs than from ten to twelve thousand persona present .
_Lnrge meetings were held at the Carran Club , the Bull ' s Head , _Tooleystreet , and the Robert Emmett ClHb , when votes of sympathy were given to Mr Mitchel , and heavy cenBure passed on the Whig go-Yernmen t ; , _MEBTIlTel TOB THE _EnsCIKO WbeKSunday evening—Green Man , Berwick-street ; Temperance Hall , Cock-lane , Smithfiold ; Druid s Arms , Greenwich ; Bull ' s Head , Bull ' s Head-court , Tooleystreet . ,. Monday and Wednesday—Davi 3 Club , Assembly Rooms , Dean Btreet . Sunday , Tuesday , and Thursday-Temperance Hall , Cable-street , Wapping .
Clerkenwell.—A Public Meeting Will Be He...
Clerkenwell . —A public meeting will be held on Wednesday evening next , at Deadman ' s ( IateLunt ' _s ) Coffee-house , _Clerkenwell-green , for the purpose of forming a new locality of the National Charter Association . To commence afc eight o'clock . National Victim Committee , May 30 th . — The fund for conveying Mrs Jones to her husband , in the land of his exile . —The secretary , Mr Simpson , acknowledges , from a friend , 2 s 6 d ; Mr House , Camberwell , Is ; Mr Wells , Bethnal-g reen , Is ; Mr Kolen , Is . Washington Brigade , King and Queen , 1 , Foley » street . —The members are requested to attend at seven o ' elook . A lecture will be delivered by Dr M'Douall at half-past eight . Paterso 3 tzr ' s _Localitt , _Turville-street , Churchstreet , Bethnal-greer .. —John Shaw will lecture here on Sunday evening , June 4 th , at eight o ' clock , when office ! _s for this locality will be chosen .
Visit to the People ' s Farm . —An _excursion , by pleasure vans to O'Connorville , on Whit-Monday , June 12 ib . Vans to start from Mr _Duddridgc ' _s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-Street , New-read , at six o'clock in the _raoraing _, where tickets cau be obtained , aEd of John Arnott , 11 , Middlesex-place , SomerB-frfffn .
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Sheffield —A General Meeting Of The Memb...
Sheffield —A general meeting of the members of the National Charter Association was held in the Democratic Reading Rooms , 33 , Queen-street , on Thursday evening , May 25 th , to consider the new Plan of Organisation , and to nominate candidates for the Executive Council and other officers . Mr GeorgeHolinshaw in the chair . On the motion of Mr Jackson , the following persons were nominated to serve on the Executive : —Feargus O'Connor , John West , Ernest Jones , James Leach , Samuel Kydd , Peter Murray M'Douall , and John M'Crae . Moved by A . Burkinshaw , and seconded by Mr Brooke , ' That the council be re-elected at this meeting , ' when the following were duly elected to serve for the next three months : —William _Cavill .
John Grayson , Aaron Higginbottom , John Brooks , R . Otley , John Seward , William Dyson , John _Willey , Samuel Jackson , James Stephenson , Denis Webster . Henry Taylor , financial secretary ; George Cavill , corresponding secretary ; Councillor Briggs , treasurer ; and Mr J . Naylor , librarian . Thanks being voted to the chair , the meeting dissolved . Sunday , May 28 th . —Meeting of the general council . Mr Jackson in the chair . After the confirmation of the previous minutes , and the disposal of the financial business of the Association , the conduct of the town-regent , Wm . Butcher , Esq ., was taken
into consideration . At our last meeting , a deputation , consisting of Messrs Cavill and Willey , was appointed to engage the Town Hall , which was refused , and a resolution was past condemning such conduct . On Monday evening , the O'Connor Demonstration Committee met , when the following placard was agreed to : — ' Hail , noble O'Connor . —A grand public soiree will be given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., in the Old Theatre , on Whit Tuesday , June 13 th , 1848 . A public entree will be given to the above patriotic gentleman , when the members and friends of the Land
and Charter Association will assemble in the open space , in Barker Pool , at one o ' clock in the afternoon . Order of procession—The procession will leave Barker Pool , headed hy a full and efficient brass band and banners , and will proceed by Margate , High-street , Market-street , Haymarket , Waingate , and Wicker , to the Midland station , where the above gentleman will arrive . The procession will then proceed lip the Wicker , on Blank-street , to the Corn Exchange , where Mr O'Connor will briefly address the assembly . '
Lancashire and Yorkshire . — A delegate meeting was held at _Blackstone Edge , on Sunday , May 28 th , when the following localities were represented-. —Roy ton , Oldham , Middleton , Hehden Bridge , Elland , near Halifax , _Soyland , near Halifax , Bacup , Littleborough , Todmorden , Rochda ' e , Manchester , and Bury . Mr John Robinson , of Todmorden , in the chair , when the following resolutions were carried;— 'That it is the opinion of the delegates present that , on their return to their constituencies , they take
their opinions as to the policy of a cessation of labour . ' That the delegates meet in the Odd Fellows' Hall , Todmorden , at ten o ' clock , on Sunday next , June 4 lh . ' ' That the delegates present recommend the formation ofa National Guard . ' ' That the annual camp meeting take place on Blackstone Edge , on Sunday , June 18 th . ' ' That Thomas Roberts , of Manchester , be the corresponding secretary . ' The delegates will meet at nine o ' clock , A . M ., on Sunday , June 4 th , in the ante-room , Odd Fellows' Hall .
Queenshead ( Yorkshire . )—The following persons have been nominated on the new Executive : — E . Jones , James Leach , John Shaw ( of Leeds ) , Samuel Kydd , and M'Crae ; and the following persons as Commissioners : —Christopher Shackleton ( Queenshead ) , Isaac _Chsset ( Halifax ) , Richard Pilling , and David Lightowler ( Bradford ) . Easington Lane ( Durham ) . —At a meeting of the Chartists of this place , the New Plan of
Organisation was adopted , and classes formed . A rifle club was commenced , and a resolution of confidence in Mr O ' Connor unanimously adopted . —On Sunday , June Gth , a general meeting of members , and those who wish to become members , will be held at Mr J . Hunter ' s public-house , when a full and complete plan of organisation will be presented to each of the ten class leaders who may be elected to that office . The meeting will commence at two o ' clock . —John Hunter , sub . sec .
Burnley . —At a meeting of the Cbartist body held in the Working Men ' s News-room , the following resolutions were passed : — ' That a committee of eight be chosen to get as many subscribers for the Democrat as possible . ' Names of the committee : —Mr Joseph Sutcliffe , treasurer ; John Burrows , John Greenwood , Daniel O'Neal , Robert Holgate , Wm . Smith , John Pickard , Henry Smith , secretary . ' That the committee meet on Sunday afternoons , from two till four ; and , on Tuesday nights from seven till nine . [ The share money may he sent to Mr O'Connor . ]
Halifax . — . Last Monday evening , in consequence of the reports received from Bradford , one of the largest meetings ever held in Halifax took place on Beacon Hill , where there could not be less than ten thousand persons present . The veteran Rushton took the chair . Messrs Whitfield , of Bingley , Taylor , Webber , and Snowden , of Halifax , addressed the multitude , and the following resolution was carried , amidst shouts of applause ;— ' That this meeting hails with delight and satisfaction the
propriety of having a cessation from labour , as soon as the Executive think the time is come to effect such a purpose , as suggested by a delegate meeting of Yorkshire and Lancashire , held last Sunday on Blackstone Edge . The mass of people then formed into a procession , four deep , and marched through the town to North Bridge End , and there dispersed . Mossley . —Mr Samuel Kydd , one of the Executive , delivered a lecture here on Thursday evening , May 25 th , which gave general satisfaction , after which a vote of confidence in Mr O'Connor was unanimously adopted ,
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Leake ( Derbyshire ) . —A Chartist meeting was held here on the 22 nd ult ., which was addressed by Mr Dean , from Loughborough . Resolutions in " support of the Charter were unanimously adopted . Woburn ( Bedfordshire ) . —A public Chartist meeting was held on Monday last , in a field kindly lent by B . Best , Esq ., for the purpose , when upwards of five hundred people attended . Mr Burgess was called upon to preside . Mr Mundy _] _iroposed a resolution in accordance with the principles of the Charter , which was seconded by Mr Bell , of Newport Pagnell , and carried unanimously . The
meeting lasted nearly two hours , and the speakers were listened to with great attention by all present . Female Chartist Mketing at _Leicester—A meeting of the women of Leicester , convened by a bellman , took place in the Pasture , at the bottom of Lower Churchgate , on Thursday evening . The meeting was announced for half-past seven o ' clock , and shortly after eight there were about 4 , 000 persons present , about half of whom were women . After singing a Chartist hymn , Mrs Cully , daughter of the late T . K . Smart , who was one of the earliest Chartist leaders of this county , was called to the chair . After a few introductory remarks from Mrs Cully , two resolutions , to the effect that a female
Chartist Association be formed , and a fund , to be called the ' Defence Fund , ' raised , for the purpose of aiding in procuring justice for the people , and in prosecuting those special constables who were said to have been guilty of brutal and unwarrantable attacks on . innocent persons last week , and recommending that no dealings should be had with persons who acted as special constables , were moved and seconded by women , and carried unanimously . The principal speakers were Mrs White and Mrs Simpson . The former dwelt at some length , and in a pathetic manner , on the sufferings of mothers who were compelled to listen to the cries of their children for bread wben they were not able to supply it , and said they asked not charity , hut wanted their rights—a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work . She condemned the conduct of some of the special
constables who were on duty last week as ' base and brutal , ' and , referring to the soldiers , said , they were brought amongst them to give the poor the sword and the bayonet , but when they got amongst them they were sorry for them , and gave them bread and soup- They ( the soldiers ) were called ' Irish villains ' for it ; but , if they removed them and sent others , they would do the same . If the women would be united , Ihey woul 8 obtain their rights . The soldiers never would attack them . Mrs Sirapson said she had been discharged from a situation because she was in favour of Chartism . She recommended exclusive dealing , and urged the women present ( o enrol their names as members of thc Female Chartist Association . Before the meeting separated arrangements were made for the enrolment of members , & c . —Z « ' _cw . e * ' Mercury .
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King ' s Cross Locality , Mason's Arms , Britannia-street , Gray ' s _Inn-road . —Mr Dixon delivered an address on Sunday evening last , at the close of which several members were enrolled ; a delegate elected to the district council ; a vote of thanks was passed to the lecturer and chairman . Camberwell and Walworth . —At a meeting of the Camberwell and Walwerth locality , the following address was unanimously agreed to : — TO FEARGUS O ' CONNOR , ESQ .., M . F .
Honoured Sir , —In times when reproaches thickly strew your path , and condemnation is more often heard than commendation , we deem it a duty we owe to ourselves , to address jou at this important period . For many long years we have steadily advocated the cause of the suffering millions , and our tenacity in adhering to the Charter , is evidence of our sincerity ; nor are we forgetful of those who , through periods of adversity have steadily advocated and upheld our principle . Your conduct during this great movement bas ever been the theme of our admiration . You have from the first gained our confidence , and we esteem you highly for the work ' s sake . It is our pleasure and our pride to call you our friend , and when designing men bring
groundless charges against you , it then becomes a duty with us to make our views and feelings known . Sympathy is a sovereign balm , We feel a loathing of disgust towards those who can be so base as to traduce your character . Notwithstanding their baseness , our confidence in , and esteem for you , remains the same . We believe you to be actuated by the noblest motives , and we trust that this tribute to your worth will convince you that though bad men conspire , the good and the true-hearted are with you : in conclusion , we would say , ' Go on , honoured sir , in your righteous cause , and you will confound all your enemies . ' Signed by the members of the council , John Simpson , George Newman , William Scott , Edward Marshal , and Frederick F . Francis .
Thb Council of the Somers Town Locality to the Chartist Public—Brethren , —The Provisional Executive have heen elected to a situation of great importance and high responsibility . They are at present -without funds , whereby their hands are tied—their energies paralysed . We ask yeu is this just or honourable , to force good and tried men into such an unenviable position ? We have voted to them £ 2 10 s . from a locality under 100 members , and regret that it is not ten times the amount . We do not say this hoastingly , but in order to create a spirit of emulation , as it is our decided opinion that as this is no ordinary occasion , that unless we are prepared to make au extraordinary effort , we deserve to be slaves . —Signed on behalf of the Council , John Arnott , sub-secretary .
Walworth and Camberwell . —At a meeting of this locality on the 29 th . ult ., the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — 'That this meeting concur in the advice given by Mr O'Connor relative _totheforthcoming meetings ofthe middle classes , and earnestly express a hope that they may be allowed to pass their resolutions without interruption from members of our body , believing that by so doing the cause which we have at heart will be considerably promoted . Suffolk Arms Locality , Boston-street , Hackney-road , Sunday , May 28 , 1848 . —John Shaw attended the opening of this locality , on which occasion there was a good muster of respectable men present ; a very good feeling was manifested . Tvrentyeight members enrolled their names . A vote of thanks was awarded to Mr Shaw , and a strong desire expressed by the spirited men of the district , that there should be a lecture delivered on each succeeding Sunday evening .
Greenwich . —A public meeting was held at tke Three Crowns , East Greenwich , on Wednesday evening ; Mr Bligh in the chair ; which was addressed by Messrs M'Crea and Sharp . After cheers were given for the Star , the Charter , and to the speakers , several new members were enrolled , and a goodly sum collected for the Liberty Fund . Finsbury Locality , May 24 th . —Mr J . Blake in the chair- The new plan of organisation was then adopted , and the wardsman , ten olass leaders , secretary and treasurer were then elected . The following were nominated for the Executive , _yiZ' , Messrs Ernest Jones , Kydd , M'Douall , M'Crae , and Leach . For commissioners : Wm . Tapp , H . Child , Mander May , Richard Piiiing , Clancy , Charles M'Carthy .
The following resolutions were then agreed to : — moved by Mr FonnelJ , seconded by Mr Allnutt , ' That this meeting expresses its heartfelt joy at the defeat of the state prosecutions against Messrs Smith O'Brien and Meagher , in spite of the most disgraceful attempt to obtain a conviction , by packing thejury ; and in the case of Mr Meagher , striking eYery Catholic off the panel . We also consider that suoh proceedings are intended ' openly , advisedly , and disloyally , ' to convert trial by jury into an engine of the basest oppression , and the foulest tyranny ; but that wa expect nothing else from the base , miserable , and contemptible faction who now oppress and misgovern these realms ; and we call upon every one who professes to love freedom , and honour his country , to use every exertion to free her from the vampire yoke of these accursed Whigs , who have proved themselves to be alike traitors to
their Queen , and traitors to their country . ' Moved by Mr Fennell , seconded by Mr Wm . Salmon , _« That thia meeting expresses their warmest sympathy witb that trne Irish patriot—John Mitohel ; and consider the conduct ofthe government in plaoing him before trial in the oompany of thieves , burglars , and ruffians of the vilest description , as a mean , rascall y , _venomoM and eontemptibh ) mode of persecution—as a cowardly and _assasain-like method of dealing with an adversary whom it despairs of being abli to conquer openly , fairly , and honestly : and we pledge ourselves , if Mr Mitchel ba convicted by a packed jury of Castle bloodhounds , that we will use every exertion to obtain justice for him , in our power , in this country . And we again urge upon oar Irish brethren the propriety of sinking all minor differences , and making the union between the Chartists and Repealers one in truth and deed , as well as words . '
Ghebnwioh— Mr Ernest Jones delivered abrilliant leoture on Monday evening last , at the Three Crowns , to a crowded and enthusiastic audience . Numbers enrolled thoir names . _Paddingtgn . — At a general meeting of the Emmett brigade , Paddington , on Wednesday evening , at HI , _Praed-streot , resolutions condemnatory of toe police , for iheir brutal attack on Monday night , and in favour of exolusive dealine , were unanimously adopted . A publio meeting will be held on Sunday afternoon , at half-past three o ' elook . at No . 9 , _Irongatc-wharf , _Praod-streef , Paddington ; the immediate localities are invited to attend . A public lecture will ba given on Monday evening next , at 141 , Praed-stroet , Paddington . The Charter asd no Surrender On Sunday afternoon last a large assembly met in St Pancras Fields ; John Arnott presided . Mr Child moved a resolution for the adoption of the Charter .
SomersTowk—On Sunday evening last a _crowded meeting was held at Mr Duddridge ' s , _Brioklavers ' Arms , _Tonbridpo-street , New-road , Mr Luoas in the chair . Mr TJtting delivered a spirited address , and a vote of sympathy waa passed to Mr Mitchel . West London District Delegate Committee . — On Tuesday evening last the first meeting of tbis onmmittee was held at Mr Blackie ' _a , _Doan-street , Soho ; Mr Jamea Grassby was called to the chair . Mr John Arnott waa unanimously elected secretary , and Mr John Milne , treasurer . On the motion of
Messrs Arnott and Workman , it was agreed thafc tho constitution of this committee be based on equal representation : viz ., that every locality under one hnn » dred members send one _delegate , and one for a com pound part of a hundred above that number . Mr Vernon was elected commissioner , pro tern , Ifc was also agreed that tha committee Tueet every _Tuozday _Evening at 99 , Dean-filreet , Soho . at half . _pait eight o ' olock precisely . The _following localities were represented : ~ _Weatminster , Somers Town and King ' s Cross ; Emmefct , Washington and Wallace Brigades
Metropolitan Dbieoatb Council . —At a meeting of this body on Thursday , June 1 st , Mr Allnutt in the chair , en the motion of Mr Fennell , seconded by Mr Workman , the following resolution was carried : — ' That tho base , cowardly , and assassinlike mode in which Mr Ernest Jones is attacked by the Weekly DisPATCH _' of the 28 th ult ., and the villanous manner in whioh he ia pointed out to the Whig Government to be made a victim of , justify this council in cautioning all keepers of _coffee-shops public houses , & c , against taking in the said paper , and this _meeting further resolve not to deal or use any house , which after being fairly warned , shall continue to take in tbo said Weekly Dispatch , and recommend all localities to adopt the same line of conduct . _—Wallaoe _Brieadp , 2 s . ; Globs and Friends 3 _i . ; Camberwell , 2 * . OR-Total , 7 * . OM . *
_Fihsburt _Localitf , May 31 st . —Mr G . Wyatt in the chair . Report from the Metropolitan Council , received . The following resolution was moved by Mr Fennell , whioh wan carried unanimously ;— ' That the base , cowarly , a « _sassinlike mode in which Mr E ne 9 t „ X "nes , ' is _attacked in the Wjbekly Dispatch ot the 28 th ult ., and the villanous mnnner in which he ia pointed out lo the Whig government , ; justify this meeting in cautioning all keepers of publio houses , _coffee-hoi-sea , < to _., against takiDg in the said _pajier ; and that this meeting further resolve not to deal or use any"touso , wbich after being cautioned , shall continue to take in the sa id Webkly Dispatch ; and recommend all other localities in tho empire to adopt the same line of _condwt . '
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TRIAL OF THE PATRIOT , JOHNN MITCHEL Dublin , May 2 G .-THE Qubbsit . _ John Mitghbm -Before their lordships ( Baron Lefroy and _Justieef Moore ) took their seats on the bench , tho _trownn Council , the Attorney-Genera ) , Mr Whiteside , Q . C .,, Mr Henn , Q . C ., Hon . Mr Fiunkett , and Mr _Bald-L win , entered court and ranged themselves m thec placo always occupied by them immediately p beneath the bench . Mr Holmes , Sir Colraan _O'Lo-thlen _, Mr _Pigot _, Mr t O'llagan , and Mr Dillon , counsel for the prisoner _,, occupied tho seats opposite . The other seats were occupied by members oftho ) bar . The bedy of the Court and the galleries were filled by the public generally . Mr Mitchel having been arraigned and given in i charge as on tho former day ,
The Attorney-General said , —Gentlemen of the » jury , inthi 8 caseMrMitcholstandsbeforeyeuoharged . with the commission of an offence of a very _ssvioua I charaoter ; itis , gentlemen , no less an offence thaa i that of felony . After stating that Mr Mitohel waa i the proprietor of the Unitfd Irishman , and havins ?; recited the Gagging Act , ' the learned gentleman ,, after some farther comments , proceeded to read from . Mr Mitchel ' s speech as delivered at the Limerick :
_sotree : — Can I repudiate the Inst speech of Mr O'Brien ia tbe i British Parliament—ono of tho noblest , clearest state- _> _ments of Ireland ' s case—the very haughtiest , grandest ; defiance flung In the faco of Ireland ' s enemies that ever ' yet fell from the lips of mnn ? Or can I cob- . domn the alternative put by Mr Meagher , who »& ' ¦'" , , when the last constitutional appeal ahull be made , and shall fail— ' Then , up with the barricades , and invobe tho God _ofhattleBl ' That , Gentlemen , Mr Mitohel says , ia the sentiment of Mr Meagher and what is that sentiment ? ' Why this—that when the last constitutional appeal shall have been mado , then , ' up with the barricades _,, and invoke the god of battlea , ' He
says—Can I repudiate tbis—who hold that constitutional ap » peals aro lonu since closed against us , aad that we have even now no resource , except—when we hava the mean * , and tho pluck to do it—' the barricades aud the God o battles . ' May I ask , respectfully , my very able and respected friend who is to follow me , aa counsel of Mr Mitchel —May I ask him to inform yeu , gentlemen , what construction can he put on that paragraph , save the one I take the liberty of suggesting ; and it is that , when the last constitutional appeal shall have been made , they were to erect the barricades and invoke the God of _battles ? Mr Mitchel states his opinion to be , that thc time for all consfcitntional appeals has passed—and that the only resource left was to erect barricades , and invoke the God of battles . You gentlemen , no doubt , recollect that portion of the _hiBtory of the world that thia allusion to barricades waa brought from ¦ it is taken from the revolution whioh has been recently effected in France . He
says—No ; all the seditions and treasons of these gentlemen I adopt and accept , and I ask fer more . { Hear , _haar . ) Whatever haB been done er siid by the most disaffected person in all Ireland , against the existence of the party which calls itself the government—nothing can go too far for me . "Whatever public treasons there ore In this land , 1 have stomach for them all , ( Loud cheering . ) Tho Learned Attorney-General continued to read many more _pasaages from the aamo speech . He then , continued—Now , may I ask , gentlemen , what meaning was intended to be conveyed by thia statement ? For what purpose were arms alluded to to be used f Is ifc possible that they were intended for any other purpose than that which 1 have taken the liberty of suggesting . But if I am wrong—if they were to ba used for any other purpose , I ask my learn sd friend , who is to follow me , to state what purpose that is ? Mr Mitchel then goes on and puts very clearly what his intentions are . Ho
says-May I presume to address the women of Limerick , is the first time I have ever been ia tho _prtsenco of the daughters of these heroines who held the breach _againift King William ; and they will understand mo wben I say , that no Irishwoman eught so much as to s ; _eak of a man who has not provided himself with arms . May I aBk for what purpose were those arms to b @ provided ? Does he not state in a previous part of hia a ddress , tbat those arms were to be used against tho government of the country , the public enemies to tha country ? He goes
on—No lady Is too delicate for the culinary operation of casting bullets . No hand is too white to make up cartridges . And I hope If it be needful to come to the last resort , tbat tho citizens of Limerick , male and female , will not disgrace their paternal and maternal ancestors _. For what purpose were the ladies of Limerick to make up _cartridges and cast bullets , but to bo used as arms against the enemies of this country—namely , the British government ? He adds—Before sitting down now , I wish to contradict ono calumny . It has been said of me—Lord _ClarenO-r has had it _poBted up over Dublin—that I have been _incn-or
tha people to plunder anti massacre ; that my object ia to raise a hasty and immature insurrection j that i want to plunder houses , to rob banks , to break into shops and stores . Need I refute this outrageous calumny ? Who ever heard me stimulate my countrymen to civil war against their _ownflaBh and blood ! My friends , we have no enemies here save tho British governtnont and their abettors _. Who the enemies are who were denounced all through this speech , it will be for your consideration , gentlemen , to determine , Mr Mitchel concluded his address by
saying—A war of assassination and plunder against our coun . try men would be a wound to our own vitals . ( Hear and Cheers . ) I shall say no more of thia ; but again heartUy thanking you for your kindness , I conclude by _urging you once more to stand by aud sustain Smith O'Brien against bis enemies and yours—to sustain bim , not for his Bake , but for your own . If yet vou are not lost to common sense , Assist your patriot in yeur own defence ; Tho foolUh cant , he went too far—despise , And know that to be brave Ib to be wise .
I will not ) trespass on your attention , gentlemen , by going over thia speech , which I have read for you , I shall only very Bhortly remind you that in an early part of this document the prisoner said that he would prefer a provisional government , constituted of the mob that hooted him in the morning—that were hooting him at that moment—rather than endure for another year tho British government , I will merely call your attention to that passage in hiB Bpeecb , in which he says that all the treason that had been spoken should be approved of , and that ho had stomach for it all ; and that he did not repudiate the 9 tatementof Mr Meagher , who said that when all constitutional efforts had failed , they should erect the barricades , and invoke the god of battles . He stated that he did not attend at that meeting in the character of a Republican , though he waa a Republican in principle . I ask you , thereforo , gentlemen , when considering this publication in your jury .
box , to ask yourselves calmly and deliberately , what other objector intention ho could havo had in yiew than this , 'to deprive the Queen of her style and royal namo of the imperial crown of the United Kingdom , and to levy war against her Majesty within the United Kingdom , in order , by force and constraint , to compel her to change her measures and counsels V Mr Mitchel , in the very next succeeding number of his paper , published two other articles , in which the intention of establishing an Irish Republic , the time of its being established , the mode of ita _^ establishment , is in express terms stated , ThiB , gentlemen , is not merely a publication in the newspaper of Mr Mitchel—it is not merely an artide , perhaps written by another—it is a letter purporting to be written by himself , and addressed ' ta the Protestant farmers , labourers , and artisans of the North of Ireland . ' Tho Attorney-General thea read the whole of the letter , and , after some comments , he read the following paragraph : —
I tell you , frankly , that I , for one , am not' loyal , ' I am _aot wedded to tho Queen ef England , nor unalte rably attached to tho Houso of Brunewick , In fact , I love my own barn better than I love that house . The time in' long past when Jehovah anointed kings , The thing has long since grown a monstrous imposture , and has been already in gome civilised countries , detected aB _BUChj and drummed out accordingly , A modern kin _? my friends , is no more l'ko an ancient anointed shepherd of the people , than an _archbiBhop ' B apron is like tho Urim aad Thummim . There is no divine right now bat in the _lovereign poople .
And forthe ' institutions of the country , ' I loathe and despise them ; we are _siokening and dying of _thesa in . _stitutlons fast ; they are consuming us like a plague , degrading ua to paupers in mind , bedy , and estateyes , making our vary souls beggarly and cowardly . They are a failure and a fraud , thtse institutions—from the topmoBt crown jewel to the meanest deteetivo ' _a notebook , tbere is no soundness in tbem . God and man are wiary of them . Their last hour is at hand ; and I thank God that I live in the days whoa I shall witness the utter downfall , aud trample upon the grave of tho moBt portentous , the _grondect , meanest , and cruellest tyranny that ever deformed this world , What meaning , gentlemen , may I ask you , will yoa put upon that paragraph , when you retire from this court to the jury-box ? He _saya _* ho is not loyal , '
that * he is not wedded to the Queon of _itngland , nor unalterably attached to thc House of Brunswick . ' Does that mean , that if he is able he will get rid of the Queen of England and tb . 9 Ilouse of Bruns . wick ? He also says , ¦ that the time iB long _sinca past sinoe Jehovah anointed kinge—the thing has long since grown a monstrous imposture , and has beea already , in Bonie civilised countries , deteoted as 8 UOh _, and drummed out accordingly . ' Even , gentlemen , if this article stopped there , you oould en . tertain no doubt—bearing in mind the timo the article waa published—namely , afc a period when Europe had scarcely time to reflect upon the revo . lution which had been just then effected in Franceas to what the meaning and object of the prisoner wasi But , _geatkmen _, the mattes did not rest _taere
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 3, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03061848/page/5/
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