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6 THE NORTHERN STAR. October 24^6
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IRISH FAMINE, REPEAL, AND THE TRIBUTE, T...
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TUBS-OUT OF LABOURBRS . _**** " _•'• - • • ' _t \ , I 'On Saturday all the labourers employed on the new Munpet-road , in Limerick , struck for an advance of wages . The sum paid was 10 d ., but the workmen estimated their services at nearly double value , or Is . Cd . The latter is paid in several districts where men are put at task work . The Cork Constitution says : — " *~** r " - _73-Thursday _morninjj tiie ringleaders of the labourers who had turned out at Youghal for increased wa _^ es , again mustered , aud refused to work for the prescribed wages , lOd . per day . They marched through the town with their spaaes and shovels , oat to the country , and halted near _Gurtroa . Their object was to inducethe labourer * from that parish to accompany tbem into the town for the purpose of intimidation , finding they could not succeed they slunk back into small parties . Oa Friday morning * , Mr . Curtin , the overseer of the Hoard of Works met a large number of them on the North Commons , nud sbowd that it was impossible for him to depart from the orders laid down to him by the Board ; bnt that lie « _ro"iId employ tliem by contract , to which they agreed mast willingly , and immediately got to work , and Horn the rate at which they were _getting' on , 110 doubt they will earn over Is . per day by task work . The _otlur labourers have also consented to work , and the docks will be cleared in a proper manner , as over 108 men will be placed there , with suitable wages and gangways . AU now promises to _be'quiet and orderly , if more work be provided , as several are still unemployed . _Tipperarv- —At a presentment sessions held for the barony of ClanwiHiam , Mr . Hunt , the stipendary magistrate , stated that he had to inform the magistrates that two ofthe _stewards , who had been placed iu the charge of public works in this barony , d lately been attacked . One was fired at openly ; the other where he lodged , at Donehill ; there were four shots tired into the room where he was sleeping . THE VATIOSAL TKinniE . The Cork Constitution asks , "Is it true that Mr . O'Connell will not this year sanction the customary eoUectionl And adds : — This disinterested determination is adopted because of tVe popular inability to pay , _aai as the collection would consequently involve the odium , without the advantage , ofthe extortion , he magnanimously resolves to relinquish it . The division among the Repealers , too , is said to bave had some share in forcing on bim this act of reluctant self-denial ; for , as one party regards itself as sold , it is not likely to contribute with much liberality , and the old gentleman fears that the falling off in the tribute might be appealed to as proof of waning popularity , and next to money , he loves the popularity through which
money is procured . Bnt will there be no collection " We doubt it . In days gone by , when teaching bis followers how laws were to be evaded , he was wont to boast that he was as * cunning as a fox . ' The old characteristic still clings to bim , and perhaps he calculates that this show of self-denial will operate in bis favour—that in communities like Cork , for instance , tbe wealthy will say he shall not _suffer , and they will voluntarily originate a subscription . Once begun , ihe lists will fill ; there Is no option—the' moral power' will force contributions , and _Sir . O'Connell will reap the reward without incurring the indignation . is there any thing uncharitable in this surmise f . Remember the man wc have to deal with , and tell us if it is not likely that this very * speculation' has been passing through his brain .
_PKESESTMEJtr SESS 10 SS " EXTEAORDISARr . " The Cork papers furnish the '' deliberations" ofthe fentlemen assembled in Macroom for the purpose of olding an extraordinary presentment sessions for the barony of West Mcskerry , which , as well as being the latest , are certainly the most amusing that have yet attained fame through the columns of a newspaper . Two-thirds of the day having been consumed in fiercely contested battles about the disposal of such trivial items as £ 3 . 000 , £ 5 , 000 , and £ S , 000 , one of the collective wisdom of West Muskerry , with a laudable view of putting an _endto the wordy warfare that raged without intermission throughout the proceedings , thus interposed : — Mr . J . B . -Warren . —Hear me—hear me for a moment . I shall now bring this scene to a close—there is but one course we can now adopt , aud that I propose ; that tbe presentments be passed en masse . ( Great cheering . } Tbe d—1 a thing else can be doue .
Mr . Coultlmrst . —I second that ; it is the only course left us . ( Great uproar . ) Mr . J . B . "Warren . —Hear me—do hear me for a mo ment —( great yelling . ) See what a scene you have here to-day ; lock around yon , is it not utterly impossible that -we can go through these applications dispassionatelythat we will be permitted to consider them calmly or quietly * For God's sake , then , pass my resolution , granting them all , whatever they may he , and leave them -to our guardian angels , the Board of Works —( great shouting . ) I move tbat tbe applications pass en masse ; does any one second me I—( shouts , < we do . ' ) Mr . _M'C . O'leary . —I second you with all my heart—( tremendous shouting . ) Mr . J . B . 'Warren . —If you carry that , you may go borne to your dinners ; if you reject it , prepare to stop here for a week —( ytlls . ) Chairman . —Who ' s for passing them all ?—( tremendous shouts of' All . *}
Mr . J . B . Warren . —Mr . Secretary , bundle tbem all up , and cut ; away as fast as you can—( great uproar . ) Mr . J . E . _M-Cartby . —I object , I object , I object—( hisses . ) I move that we go to the consideration of the applications in alphabetical order , ( nproai ) ; some of us did not come here for mere humbug—( groaning , hissing , and shouting . ) Mr . J . B . Warren . —Some of us did not come here to make speeches ; my proposition is carried , at all events —{ tremendous shouting ) Mr . J . E . M'Carthy . —I'll not give way —( with cries of ' poll , poll , * and ' no , no . ' ) Chairman . —Shall I poll Mr . Warren ' s motion ? ( Yes , yes , ' and deafening shouts of * no , no . ') Mr . J . E . _il'Cartlij . —I'll never consent to sign myself down a fool . Mr . J , B . Warren . —Tou need never do that . Br . Baldwin . —Such a proceeding would be stultifying _ouisslves- — ( yells )
Father Kearney . —Is it legal to pass them in this way ? Captain Gordon ., —You may do so i _( you please ; ' tis as good as any other way here . Father Kearney . —Then away with them —( vociferous jelling . ) Secretary . —If you pass the presentments in this way , none ofthe drainage presentments can be carried out . Mr . J . E . _M-Carthy . —It is a miserable subterfuge to defeat the objects of the poor ; to avoid feeding the people ¦ —( awful contusion and shouting . ) Mr , J . B . Warren . —I have no application for a presentment for a job , bnt others may . ( Shouting . ) By my plan I will give all a fair chance . It is evilent we are mere puppets here—we . hare no control—the storm is overpowtrful for as . ( Shouting . ) You are much mistataken if you think you can reject any presentment , and it will in any way come to the same end . All we have to do is to place onr dependence on the _controlling power of the Board of Works , who will bave useful works pressed upon them by the relief committees . ( Shouting . )
Mr . J . e . _M'Carthy —We must cbeck jobs—we must upset jobs . Mr . J . B . Warren . —This observation seems to be aimed at me ; now I don ' t care a fig for it—I can afford a laugh tbat , for SO far as jobs are concerned this day , I think I am ithe most inn c ntmaninc urt . ( Shouting . ) C _hairman . —I cannot stand this any longer , I must leave the c _' lair . ( Yells . ) rather Lee . —If you ask for quietness , 1 shall get it for you . ( Here tremendous uproar ensued . Mr . J . B . Warren . —Well have it any way you like . For peace sake I withdraw my motion , but in doing so I must say that I am as anxious for tlie poor as any man , aud perhaps more so than those who make a parade of humanity- ( Cheering . ) Br . Baldwin . —I'm convinced there ' s no more humane man than Mr . John Wan en . ( Shouting . ) Secretary . —What sum will you _assess ? Mr . Cronin . —Let us fix an amount in al / Jbo .
Mr . J . B . XTarren . —You may , or in nubibus _, it will all come to the same . ( Great uproar . ) Mr . J . E . M'Carthy . —1 propose that £ 50 , 000 be granted . Mr . J . B . Warren . —Tou may as well make it £ 500 , 000 ; what signifies a nought * Amidst the most terrific tumult , the applications were taken up seriatim , and all read were passed . Father O'Driscoll applied to build a chapel at Brisbane , £ 500 . Dr . Baldwin . —I object , ( hissing . ) Father 0 'DriscolL—You _ihould be the last to oppose it . Br . Baldwin . —You should not divert the money from the poor . Mr . M . H . Warren . —Poll it . ( Bah ) . I care not for your hissing—I ' m here on my oath . ( Hisses . ) I'm here sworn to do my duty . Kow it is no part of my duty to tax the community to build chapels . ( Great hissing . ) Father O'Driscoll . —Raise no discussion here in the
face of the people . ( Hissing . ) Mr . M . H . Warren . _—BU do my duty , though you hiss me to ray house . ( Great confusion . ) _Chairman . —It's passed . ( Shouting . ) Father Lee applied for £ 1000 to repair Macroom chapel . Chairman . —Well grant it . ( Great shouting . ) Look at the bundle of applications still before me . Dr . Baldwin . —Aud all the magistrates and cesspayers bave deserted you . Chairman . —What am I to do . Secretary . —ReaUy the thing is too ridiculous to be continued any longer . Chairman . Then 111 reject the rest . ( Cries of ' Jf o . ' ) The Chairman , Secretary , County Surveyor , and Captain Gordon , it being half-past four o ' clock , here escaped from the Court amidst much uproar . The valuation of the barony for comity cess is 554 , 297 Ids , lid , The amoun t granted , chargeable on the barony , was £ 59 , 5 SG 15 s . For drainage , £ 4 , 300 .
The government have refused to advance loans to railway companies .
STATE OrIHE PB . OVI 5 CE 3 . The intelligence from the south is decided nnfa-Tourable . Disturbances ofa serious nature have taken place in Clare and Limerick . On Thursday evening , immediately after dinner , a numerous band of . armed ruffians , with blackened faces , burglariously entered Fenloe-house , _Newmarketou-
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Fergus , the _residence of Mr . Hugh Palliscr Hickman , _deputv _lieutenan * , late high sheriff of Clare , and _son-m . law of the Lord Bishop of Meath . Having first placed sentinels on the domestics of tho house , they entered the dining room , and calling for fire-arms , commenced a most furious attack upon Mr . Hickman , who stoutly refused to deliver up his arms , until completely overpowered by several blows on his head , when Mrs . Hickman , fear _, fulof the result , pointed out where the fire-arms w * re , with which therunians decamped , but not before they renewed t eir brutn attack on Mr . Hickman , inflicting two very deep _' _wounds on bis head , and breaking one of his fingers . It . is to be feared that this outrage upon the person of a country gentleman , in the midst of his own family circle , is but the first of a series in the coming winter , and which the general avidity to possess fire-arms will embolden those parties to follow up . _"" _*"'"' The Limerick Chronicle , from which the above is taken , also contains the following : — " A troop ofthe 8 th nussars from this garrison proceeded hence on Thursday morning to attend a large meeting ef the peasantry , which was held at Latoon , a short distance from the residence of Sir Lucius O'Brien , Dromoland . A strong poliee force , under Captain Leyne , S . M ., from Ennis , also attended . About 5 , 000 persons assembled at 3 o ' clock , when Mr . Hugh Palliser Hickman . D . L ., Captain Leyne , and other magistrates , addressed the multitude , exhorting them to peace and
_forbearance , and assuring them that in a very few days they would be all rmployed under the Board of Works . Everthing passed off quietly , but the murmurs of the destitute labourers , as they reluctantly dispersed , evinced much dissatisfaction at the delay of relief measures . Ahorse was shot at Blackwater this morning . Last night two 6 hecp , the property of Mr . _Standisb O'Grady , of Landscape , were killed in the field , and the carcases taken away . The horse of a corn buyer , named _Hogan _, was shot at BallyvaHy , near Killaloe , for having brought corn to market . Saturday , a horse belonging to Mr , Robert Frost was fired at and wounded .
ULSTER . Distress is increasing in the Northern province , which , in ordinary seasmraof scarcity ; had been comparatively free from suffering .
C 0 UNTT OF DUBLIN . _Iuuixet . —* A correspondent writes as follows : — On this ( Fridaj ) morning , a number of men , apparently total strangers in the neighbourhood , appeared at the gate of Mr . Smith , of Killincy , carrying spades on their shoulders , and demanding work or money . Mr . Smitb . thinking it the most prudent course , gave them some money , when they took their departure . A party of labourers carrying spades , appeared before some of the houses in the same neighbourhood ; but the owners , having been apprised of what occurred at Mr . Smith's , had taken the precaution of locking their gates .
_Donux , Oct . 19 . —The _Imsn Poor-Law _Wobkhouses . —It is a remarkable fact , in relation to the unprecedented destitution now prevailing in all parts of the country , that only a fractional proportion of the workhouses have the full complement of inmates which they are capable of accommodating . The total number of unions for Ireland is one hundred and thirty ; but the number of worhhouses open is one hundred and _forty-eight . Only four of those bave their full complement of inmates , and those exceed the number ; hut generally the workhouses fall so far short of the allotted amount , that they are [ capable of _affording accommodation to many thousand persons . Meantime I may mention that the workhouse of Abbeyleix hat twenty-three more than its number ; Scariff and Watcrford each slightly
exceed their number ; and the workhouse of Cork contains 1 , 161 inmates over the stipulated accommo pation . This fact , especially when you consider the repugnance to workhouse relief amongst the Irish poor , is a striking evidence of terrible destitution . But , with tbe exception of the four I have named _, all the rest of the workhouses , one hundred and twenty-four in number , are capable of affording additional accommodation to a considerable extent . The Ballina ( Mayo ) workhouse , which the guardians threaten to shut Hp from want of resources , is capable of accommodating 1 , 200 . The number of its inmates , according to the last return , is 1 _. 0 S 7 . In Castlebar ( Mavo ) , where great distress prevails , there are only 174 inmates , although the workhouse is fitted to accommodate _700 .
State of the Country— -Although the reports exhibit still increased destitution , there are some gratifying features in the accounts . The public works are commencing in almost all quarters , and the system ot _volunta'y relief , so well commenced in Kerry , is now adopted pretty generally . In that county an arrangement has been adopted , by which the local merchants undertake the duty which it has been attempted to force upon the government . The Tralce Chronicle , received on Monday , contains the follow ing : —
SrrPLY of Food in Tbai . ee . —The principal merchants engaged in the corn-trade of this town assembled in the grand jury room , on Thursday , by invitation of the relief committee , to confer upon the best measures to be resorted to at the present crisis . After a lengthened discussion , which was carried on in a most satisfactory manner , the merchants present agreed to sign a paper pledging themselves to make such regulations as should secure to the town a constant supply of grain , and engage to retain a supply of 200 tons each for home consumption .
The FisnERT . —Wc are happy to be able to state that , during the _present week , the herring fishery has been most productive , and that the poor class of men who are engaged in it have met with more success than has hitherto attended their labours during the season . The supply was so abundant , in the early part of the week , that the price rated at only 6 s . per thousand , and we are also glad to observe a large quantity of other fish in the market . This is a most timely relief to the poor people of the town and neighbourhood—Galway Mcrcuru .
couxrr of loxgford . Loxgford , Oct . 17—There are in the town at present upwards of two hundred heads of families in need of employment , numbering nine hundred individuals . The Leinster relief committee has been of the utmost benefit to the poor of this parish and Ballyraacormick , having , within the last three weeks , disposed of _j £ 200 worth of wheat meal , Indian meal , oatmeal , and biscuit , at cost price , and from 6 d . to lOd . per stone under , relieving from four to six hundred weekly . Viscountess Forbes has not been unmindful ofthe wants ofthe poor about Newtown , having remitted £ 25 to the relief committee of Clonguish parish . The public works presented for in the baronies of Rathcline and Longford , in this county , have been set agoing during the past week . In Rathcline three hundred and fifty men are at work , and in Longford upwards ofa hundred , and if the weather continues favourable the number will be increased next week . —Longford Journal .
_COOXIT OF WATERFOan . Food Outrage . —The Waterford Chronicle says : — Asa man , in the employment of Mr . Walsh , Glenstown , in this connt . v , was reluming from the mill with a horse and car , containing a few bags of oatmeal , on Tuesday night last , he was met on the road by a few men who seized on one of the sacks , and after handing the man a one pound note , which they desired him to give his master , they decamped with the sack . One of the reasons assigned for this outrage is on account of the scarcity of meal , in consequence of the difficulty and delay in getting the corn of the country ground .
Etrecourt , Oct , 19 . —The works on the new line , under Mr . Egan , were resumed on Monday last . Thirty men have been employed every day since they were recommenced . The labourers were at first dissatisfied because tbe work could only ba given by task ; and were under the impression that , however hard their labour might be , their allowance of pay would be uniform ; when , however , the principle of task-work was explained to them they cheerfully undertook the labour , and are earning about 13 d . a day . The labouring poor of this locality are in the same wretched condition as in every other quarter of the land . Those persons whose staple sustenance in every other season consisted of the potato , are totally deprived ofthe necessaries of life by the failure of that article of support , and many poor creatures are often days without tasting food of any description . Yet their patience under privation is wondrous aud praiseworthy . —BaUiansloe Star .
1 UAM , Oct . 17 . —The accounts from all parts of the country are somewhat cheering , as far as tranquility is concerned ; yet , the poverty and distress amongst the poor people is great in the extreme . We are gratified to find that peace and order have been restored in districts where heretofore much alarm prevailed . —Tuam Herald . The _Incest at Skibbreen . —After hearing evi " dence in the case ofa poor man named Ilegarty , who died of want at Skibereen , the jury found the following verdict : — " We find that the deceased , Jeremiah Ilegarty , has met his death in consequence of want ef sufficient sustenance for many days previous to his descease , and that the want _. of sustenance was occasioned by his not having been paid his wages on the public works , where he was employed for eight days previous to the time of his death . " The Clare Journal reports as follows , from that county : —
" E . vsis , Oct . 15 . —We understand that a number of labourers refused to work this week at the village of Clare , and in other parts of the country , as they considered the low rate of wages given under the Board of Works insufficient to supply tbeir families at the present high price of provisions .
COUNir OF DONEGAL . The Evening Post contains the following : — _Uabost of Raphoe . —In consequence of " an adjournment sine die of the first presentment sessions for this barony , on the 14 th ult ., for the want of the necessary preparations , this second meeting was held , pursuant to the proclamation of bis Excellency , under the act 10 th Victoria , on Wednesday last , at Lifford , on which occasion the court-bouse was densely thronged with magistrates , the clergy , the cesspayers , and a large number of the agricultural labourers , many of the latter in extreme waut and suffering , which is already strongly marked in their features . It would appear , that having no employment since the cessation of the harvest work , they came there to give living evidence of their destitute con-
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dition , aud to signify the _urgent _iitcesait _* there is for immediate employment ; yet after the sessiors sittings for two days , but little has been done—delay is the orde r of the day , and the people die for want of the means to procure food . 1 twouldbe naturally supposed that there had been _fiufficient time since the first meeting to make all the necessary preparations ; yet another adjournment has been made till Monday , and ' tis feared still farther obs'acles wiU fee thrown in the way of expediting the works .
IMPLOIMEXr OS DRAINAGE . It is stated that the government are endeavouring ; to obtain the valuable assistance of Mr . Smith , of Deanston _, in superintending the vast projects for drainage now in preparation in all parts of the country . MEETING is _TRRHOY . The Cork Examiner says : — " We are happy to announce tbat a most important , and , we feel convinced , valuable meeting will be held in Permoy , on Thursday next , at which Mr . O'Connell will attend ; the object of which will be to consider the best means , ' of advancing public works in that
district , and particularly tbat most desirable and longagitated work , tbe navigation of the Blackwater . This , so far as we can glean from some private letters now before us , is to be the principal object of the meeting , besides appointing a deputation to proceed to Dublin to lay before the authorities the opinions and resolutions of the meeting . While the object of the meeting may be thus defined , it is not to be supposed but tbat tbe subjects entertained during the day will embrace the present deplorable condition of the country , and the nature of the remedies provided to meet it , "
FARM LABOUR—THE POTATO CROP . The same paper states : " As the time of early sewing approaches , the cottier and tenant farmers in this part of the country appear to have aroused from their late inactivity . Within the last few days the process of digging and cleansing out the potato fields , to prepare for the next year , has become general . " Empiotment tor the People . —Tbe circular road round tho park , presented by the magistrates nnd cesspayers at the late _Presentment sessions for the city , has been approved of by the Board of Works , and that £ 1 , 000 have been granted for its completion .
This road will be all spade work , and its execution will afford vast employment to our labouring poor , who are to be daily seen parading the streets , begging for food , but more earnestly for that by which a sufficiency of it could be fairly and honestly procured . The long protracted arrangements in reference to the drainage of the " Park" have been almost cornpleated , and the work will be put in progress as speedily as possible . Both of these works areola remunerative character ; the last especially , as it will be the means of converting a large and now useless extent of slab into a place of recreation for our citizens , and of riving our city another claim to the title "Beautiful . "
Kastdrk U . niox , Oct . 15 . —The board met this day ; number in the house , C 20 ; received this day , 200 . The house was intended for 800 ; there are now 20 over the compliment . This is our _situation here ; hundreds famishing that cannot gain admittance , still , although we had a presentment sessions , the liberty to tax ourselves , no work is appearing . — Cork Examiner . The Clare Journal referring to the meeting a Dromoland , says : — We are glad , however _^ to be able to state that no disturbance took place throughout the day . Indeed we believe tbat the elements were much more efficacious agents than the military , in dispersing the multitude ; for the clouds began to pour forth rain in such torrents ,
that the poor creatures , all drenched with wet , deemed it most advisable to make the best of their way to their respective abodes . Nor did the troops present seem much inclined to relish the imperative invitations which they were daily receiving to visit different parts of the country—invitations to which it was necessary for them to attend , as well in the storm as in the sunshine . They certainly expressed their disapprobation of such journies 111 no very measured terms . And it is . without doubt , most deplorable to find the country in such a state , that a few notices posted up in different places by some lawless and seditious characters , will bare the effect of congregating together such crowds of people , that it is deemed necessary , to tbe great harassing of the troops , thus to drive them by quick and unexpected marches to one locality after another .
The Clare Journal contains the following importtant announcement : — Her Majesty ' s Government intend to place seed rye , and barley or bere , at the disposal of tbe commit : ar _' . at in Ireland , and the different relief committees will be supplied with the seed at first cost .
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IRISH FAMINE , REPEAL , AND THE TRIBUTE , TO THE ESITOB OF THB NOBTHEBN STAB . Sir , —That the Repeal agitation is fast ebbing there remains not a shadow ef doubt , and the utter recklessness ofthe association in squandering away the funds at the present time , deserves the severest condemnation , and is at the same time most infamous . The subscriptions from London to " Domination Hall , in Dublin , has not averaged for the last six months £ 2 per week ; and will it be believed , that the paid committee in Dublin is paying an individual , in London , supposed to be at the head ofthe Repeal movement £ i a week for doing nothing * , and that at a time too when gaunt famine bestrides like a Colossus the soil of Ireland . That Repeal , in London , has dwindled down to a mere nothing , thank
God , is most true . The great Whig Repealer , who is now enjoying himself in the fastnesses of Derrajne , ( where he is quietly shut out from the cries of his famishing countrymen ) , must now be fully aware that tbe Irishmen in London will not be sold to the merciful Whigs , like so many sheep . They are now , much to their credit be it said , holding meetings to relieve the wants of their distressed brethren at home . And they are quite wideawake to Dan's move of an Irish Landlord Parliament , they would rather that Ireland be legislated for after the fashion ofthe last forty-six years ; for God save her from such a Parliament as the Great Whig Repeal Frankenstein would create for her .
Nothing less than a Parliament based upon the prmciples of the Charter , can serve Ireland ; and then , instead of those who hold the land governing the parliament , the parliament of the united Irish people would govern the land . And it is not to be denied , looking at the present position of affairs in Ireland , that Irishmen are , everyday becoming more convinced of the necessity of such a parliament . And now a few words about the RENT . November is a great month in Ireland for commencing the collection ofthe O'Connell Tribute—well , itis not to be collected this year ; and the reason assigned for its non-collection is , " the _great distress tbat exists throughout the country . " Who is there so insane as to believe it ? The old blood-sucker knows well it would be what is vulgarly termed " no go , " to get it . If he thought , for a moment ,
it could be collected , not all the Irish distress would prevent him screwing the last farthing from the starving Irish people . He knows well it is his treachery to the Irish people , and his country , that compels him to countermand it . The person who for a moment thought that he would have the barefaced impudence to have issued his mandate for its collection , after having bound over the Repeal question , hand and foot to the " Bloody and Brutal Whigs , " and having also _stifled the freedom of discussion at" Domination Hall , " would be set down for a madman . The truth is this , the Irish people are thoroughly disgusted with his conduct . The exultation of Little Johnny Russell , at having crushed the Repeal agitation , will know no bounds . Oh that the spirit of Honest Jack Lawless could arise from its cold tomb , and east one look upon heart-broken Ireland—and to find
her SOLD , SOLD , SOLD , TO DAMNABLE WHIGGERY * . Oh rise , spirit of an Emmett , and rescue your unfortunate and bleeding country from the fangs of domestic traitors ! But a spirit is moving upon tbe waters which says , she shall be free ; Ireland but sleepeth awhile ; she will awake like a giant refreshed from his slumbers , when the voice of her people * # be heard demanding the rights and priviliges of freemen—not to be refused , but to be granted . And then , and not till then , will that veil of prejudice which it has been tbe interest of a dominant few to hold up between Ireland and England be removed , and the people of both countries be united in the holy bonds of freedom . Then , to oppress the Irishman will be to oppress the Englishman ; and both shall be united together for each _others'a good , to live upon the land , and to be protected by tho living spirit ef the Charter . 1 am , Sir , Respectfully Your's , AN EX-L 0 KD 0 H 8 EP £ AL WABMN . Bridge Street , Westminster , Oct . 21 st , 1846 .
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Irish Famine versus Repeal . —The good sense of the Irish people in this metropolis ( London ) is at last beginning to show itself . What money they have to spare they will subscribe to a good purpose ; they are no longer to be cajoled by O'Connell ' s trickery and delusion . As the following will show . The meetings of the Irish and their English friends , to relieve the famine , are daily increasing , On Sunday evening last a meeting was convened by the following circular— "Irishmen ! Famine is digging a premature grave for your friends and relatives in Ireland—meet at the Guy Earl of Warwick , Gray ' s-inn
Lane ; Mr . D . Murphy , chairman . Now or never—save them or they _parish—four millions want food—a penny may save a life . " The meeting was full y attended , in fact tbe entire house was crowded ; the money collected amounted to a considerable sum . Mr . Denis Lane , an old advocate of Irish Freedom , suggested to the meeting that means should be adopted , by the Central Committee to obtain a day's wages from every Irishman , in support of the Relief Fund . The propsition was loudly cheered , and will be acted upon ; many were tho remarks made during the evening , some of which were anything but complimentary to the Irish TliracianRobber .
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TnE Baths and WAsnnousER at _Mascuestes are increasing in popularity amongst the poor in that town On the loth instant there was the largest number of women washing than has been known since the establishment opened .
The Turn-Out At Keighley. To The Trades ...
THE TURN-OUT AT KEIGHLEY . TO THE TRADES OF BRITAIN . Fellow-Workmen , —As many of you may be still unacquainted with the cause of our present struggle with our employers , we , the woolcombers of Keighley , most respectfully beg to call your attention to the following brief statement of our _grievances Our business , which employs many thousands of men in this part of -Yorkshire in the manufacture of worsted goods , has been gradually growing worse for this number of years ; partly owing to the unprotected nature of the business , but more especially to the method of late adopted by the manufacturers of mixing wool , requiring additional skill and labour without giving proportionate wages . These causes combined have injured our trade so far as to reduce our earnings to about one-half of what they were twenty years ago , and it now takes a good workman to earn ten shillings per week by working extremely long hours .
Our employers tlumselves hare frequently admitted that they knew of no body of workmen under the canopy of heaven so badly paid as the woolcombers , but have always told us that nothing could be done for our relief till the passing of the Corn Law and Free Trade measures . On the settlement of these mighty and all-important questions , we waited upon our employers , reminding them of their promise , and most _respectfully requesting tbem to advance our miserable wages to a halfpenny per pound upon some kinds of wool , and to three farthings upon others . They all , as usual , pitied our condition , but lamented that we were rather too soon , the Free Trade measure not having got into full operation . We again waited upon them in a few weeks after , when three of them very readily complied , partially , with our request , by grant
ing a farthing instead of a halfpenny , and _promising , that if the others would fallow their example they would give us the remainder . The other manufacturers refusing to imitate the example so honourably set by three of the most respectable of their own body , compelled us reluctantly to adopt the only course left ;; namely , tbat of withholding our labour till they complied with our request . Our usual method of doing this kind of business is to take one firm by ballot ; and the lot having fallen upon that of Mr . Robert Olough , of Groves Mill , his combers were withdrawn , and placed under our protection . So determined , however , were the manufacturers to prevent us from improving our wretched condition , that they entered into a combination against us , and turned us every man from our employment , throwing twelve or fifteen hundred of us without the means of supporting ourselves , or those we had taken under our
protection . - „ „ You will see from this brief statement , fellowworkmen _. _^ Ri at under ordinary circumstances in matters of wages , we have always supported ourselves , and have been driven to tbe necessity of appealing to you on tbe present occasion through beitig turned from our employment . It is now seven weeks since our Free Trade employers deprived us of work , since which time we have suffered almost everything which poverty could inflict . Not satisfied wii h refusing to employ us themselves , they have used every dispicable means they could invent to induce others to do the _? _sa * ie . Instead of meeting us like men , to argue the question in dispute , they treat us with the insolent contempt of Northern autocrats or Eastern desposts , and breathe nothing but their
determination to either break up our union or starve us out of existence . This mean attempt to crush men already at the point of starvation has roused us to a spirit of resistance which nothing but the most desperate privation can overcome . You behold in our case , fellow workmen , a body of overwrought and half-starved Englishmen , with families depending upon them , struggling with a number of Yorkshire Jews , who declare before high heaven and what is called an enlightened age , that their workmen shall not enjoy the privilege of the animal creation , namely , that of uniting together for self-preservation . To you , then , fellow workmen , we appeal as to our natural allies in the hour of danger . If after this appeal , we are allowed to fall the victims of
averice , we shall submit to our fate by consoling ourselves with the reflection that we have performed our duty , We , however , believe that an appeal to the intelligent workmen of England in a case like ours cannot be made in vain , and that you will assist us in teaching the few presumptuous mortals who have dared to insult the character of Englishmen , that they are only exposing their ignorance and folly in trying to carry out their scheme . Several ot the towns in Lancashire have kindly promised to assist us , and trusting that the trades and towns throughout the kingdom will lend us a hand in checking ignorance , presumption and avarice , believe us to remain , fellow working men , Yours most truly , On behalf ef tbe woolcombers of Keighley , Thomas Walton , Chairman ,
John _Fahrar Pickles , Secretary . P . S . — -All communications must be addressed to John Pickles , Low Bridge , Keighley , Yorkshire . The Keighley Cattle-Show . *— Heartless Conduct op the Liberal Lord Morpeth . —The Keighley Agricultural Cattle Show was as usual a high day amongst the gentry , manufacturers , and farmers . There were a great many extremely fat and overfed pigs , cows , and horses , but a miserable display of lean and starved combers . We find no fault with the exhibition of fat and fine looking cattle , but we think , if some few of our manufacturers who are very fond of raising pigs and poultry , would turn their attention to prizes , for those who could exhibit the fattest , best clothed , and best educated workmen , they would be coming a great deal nearer the standard of Christianity . Amongst the many
visitors who attended to honour the occasion , was Lord Morpeth , who being member lor West Riding , was looked upon by the woolcombers as the very indiyidual to act as arbitrator between them and their employers . They accordingly waited upon the great man at the Devonshire Arms , and conveyed to him an address , describing their situation , and wishing him to address the working class in the marketplace . Iiis lordship sent a very polite reply , excusing himself by saying that be bad only attended tbe agricultural meeting by special invitation , and could not think of interfering with the combers and their employers . Three of the combers attended the dinner in the evening , and caused much alarm to some of that party , who apprehended that they had come to insult them by exposing their conduct , and
making Chartist speeches . We are sorry that we cannot give a verbatim report of the speech of the Vicechairman , who introduced his lordship , by all accounts it resembled a speech that had been blown into the air by a bomb-shell , and had iallen down in disjointed words , sentences , and syllables . The principal speech of the evening was made by one of the honourable manufacturers now giving the advance who adverted to tbe situation ofthe workmen in veryhuraane terms , and he hoped that _theothermanufactnrcrs would cultivate a better feeling with their workpeople . . "His lordship" took leave of the party at about eight _a'clock , and was escorted to his
carriage by a number of his admirers . Just before driving off , a manufacturer , far from being admired or respected by the combers , __ proposed three cheers for his lordship , which was immediately responded to by the crowd giving three hearty and tremendous groans . The 7 th of November is the general rent for the inhabitants of Keighley , and many of the manufacturers are looking forward to that dreadful period , thinking its near approach must frighten tbe men to their terms . The combers , however , declared that rent , or no rent , as they have ventured bo far they will fight it out , though they should take up their shelter in a workhouse during winter .
Keigiilet , October 20 . —Ten weeks have now nearly elapsed since the manufacturers of Keighley turned off their combers for the attempt to procure the small advance at dough ' s factory , and still no advance has been made towards a settlement . Some ofthe factories are running only daylight , while all the manufacturers are at their wits' end to procure tops to carry on business" with . We understand that two of the three manufacturers who have hitherto given the advance , have given notice to discontinue it , and to fall to the level of the remainder . Should this prove correct , it will also prove that it is impossible to advance the character of the Keighley manufacturers , by inducing them to perform actions of honour and humanity , They always finish off like tbe swine , by returning to their filth and
wallowitg in the mire . The combers , on the other hand , continue , if anything , longer and firmer , and have made up their minds to stand all consequences . They appear to have __ no fear whatever of defeating their employers , providing they can kept their own party from going in , and very few cases of that kind have yet occurred . Last week a comber living at Silsdcn , about four miles from Keighley , ventured _tatake a quantity of wool from dough ' s , but what some people would call a just judgment befel him almost immediately afterwards , for a terrrible hurricane arose , some say accompanied with hailstones and showers of timber , which passed through his house and carried away nearly every pane of glass , The man lived in the neighbourhood of a number of nailmakers , and it is supposed that the fumes of the fires _snd hot iron produced the effect . Another similar character , of the Black Sheep species , had
carried some wool to the same neighbourhood , and on going to wash tbe filthy article next day , discovered to his surprise , that either an earthquake or some other mysterious occurrence had levelled the warshhouse and carried away the rings . To give the public an idea of the conduct and disposition of the lords ofthe long chimneys in this neighbourhood , WC shall just relate one instance which happened Jast week . A very respectable and intelligent wool-comber , who has taken an active part in the struggle , was under the necessity of paying a visit to a manufacturer _, lib lordship not being at home , his son presented himself , and on finding that the obnoxious individual had dared to pay _I'liem a visit on the business ot his employers , he instantly ordered him off the premises , or otherwise he would kick him off . The comber would have reasoned with him upon the rudeness and vulgarity of hi 8 cond uct , but that only exasperated him , and had it not lk _' . en for his own
The Turn-Out At Keighley. To The Trades ...
mother and sister he would have carried his threat into execution . After abusing the man with nearly every term and title to be found in tho Billingsgate vocabulary , he at laBt lamented that their good and trusty old dog , that had bitten and torn so many was not present , or otherwise he swore that he would have worried him to death on the premises . The conduct ot this ruffian proves amongst other _things , that it requires a Keighley manufacturer and a bulldog to worry a weolcomber . A correspondence between the United Trades and the combers has commenced , and it is hoped tbat the whole body will very soon be united with _^ that association .
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Au Irish Repealer's Defence Op Tub Chart...
AU IRISH _REPEALER'S DEFENCE OP TUB CHARTER , [ We have much pleasure ] in giving insertion to the following eicollcnt letter , from an Irishman , which wai refused insertion in that" essentially IrisU" _Janus-faced journal , ths Nation , ]
19 THE _KDITOB OP THE NORTHEBN STAB . Sir , —The following is a copy ofa letter which I sent to Duffey , of the Nation , but that worthy who professes to be a stickler for " free discussion" would not condescend to give it insertion , nor even to acknowledge its receipt , Please to find a place for it in the columns oS the only organ that has strictly advocated tlie pure principles of democracy , since the Northern Star , the Press , and tlie Union Star were put down in Ireland , previous to the insurrection of 1708 , by the infernal government of that day . It is nonsense for the working people to expect justice from either the old or young Ireland party * _, in a word they are " rogues , all , " Yours respectfully , Michael Segeave .
TO THE EDITOIt OF THE NATION , Sir , —I rejoice to learn that you have succeeded so far in bearding the despotism ofthe Loyal Aristocratic Repeal-Association . As you are on tbe side of free discussion , I hope you will give insertion to this letUr , in reply to some editorial remarks that appear in the columns of your journal , and by means thereof grant me the privilege to express my sentiments through the medium ef the . Nation newspaper . Ireland has , for a lengthened period , waded through an ocean of political inconsistencies , unparralelled in the world ' s history , owing to tha spurious teaching of O'Connell and the liberal presses of that country , so much so , that men scarcely maintain an opinion for one week together , continually changing like weather-cocks , and , I am sorry to say , th ; it it is rear to find any genuine patriotism in that land that gave birth to so many of natures noblest heroes . But although my countrymen are so far behind in the march of political knowledge , yet , I hope , the day is not far distant when men will have to be sincere as well as determined .
The following appeared in the Nation of August loth , 1840 : — " We have received a printed address from the Char _, tists of England to the Irish people , with a request that wc should insert It in the Nation , we desire no fraterntsa . tion between the Irish people and the Cliartisti , not on account of the bugbear ' physical force , ' but simply be . cause some eftheirfive points are to us an abomination , and the whole spirit and tone of their proceedings , though well enough for England , are so essentially-English , that their adoption in Ireland would neither be probable nor at all desirable , between us and them there is a gulf fixed , we desire not to bridge it over but to make it wider and deeper . !
' Sir , as you are a professed _advocate of freedom , I should like to know what is your definition of the sacred word , or what kind of liberty yon are prepared to demand for the people of Ireland ? If your views are wound up _inarepsal of a single Act of Parliament , and that you speak the national mind , then I blush for my degenerate country , long has the toiling millions been duped by every species of humbug agitation , each having for its object the elevation ofthe middle classes in the scale of soeiety , but not one solitary measure has heen brought forward , calcalated to ameliorate the condition of the suffering poor . They have the consolation to witness tbe Catholic
oppressor occupy tho place of the Protestant tyrant , and tbat constitutes their share of the " bloodless vistories , " accomplished by their " Liberator" and "Patriarchal Patriot of half a century . " The working classes must be the veriest fools in existence if they lend their _assistant to any agitation for the future that has not for its specific object , the accomplishment of pure unsullied liberty which is a domestic legislature independant of the British Minister and based on the principles contained in the Peoples' Charter . Anything short of this is not qualified to protect labour from the avericious grasp if capital , and consequently is but " a mockery , a delusion ; and a snare . "
I now wish to draw your attention to an article that appeared in the Nation of the 2 Gth of September , headed " United Irishmen . " In commenting on the immortal patriot , Thomas Russell , you say : — It was in the interim of his return and appointment , that we have seen him in Tone ' s box of a house . Tone and he were inseparables , in that summer of 1790 , with the rippling wares of the high tide whispering at their feet , these two great souls looked at each other , then and there were matured the principles of patriotism and nationality for which they died . " What a mighty change has come over your dreams ; those "points" that to you were an " abomination" on the 15 th of August , as if by magic , becomes " the prin ciples of patriotism and nationality " on the 26 th 0 * September . I have before me a history of Ireland written by Alston , in which he states the principles of tin
society of United Irishmen , that Russell was mainly instrumental in forming , to be as follows : — " In the plan which they submitted to the country , they proposed that the Parliament should be annual ; that tbe whole kingdom should be divided into three hundred electorates , all as equal in population as possible ; that neither the elector nor the representative should be disqualified by want of properly , but that every man twenty-one years of age , and possessed of his ] reasoning faculties , should be entitled to rote , provided he had been resident in the place during the last six months previous to the election , and tbat to be qualified for a representative , it was only necessary to be resident within tbe kingdom , to hold no place nor pension under government , and to be of the full age of twenty-five years , and that each representative should be allowed a reasonably salary for his attendance in Parliament . "
These , sir , are the principles of the brave patriots of 179 S , and these are the principles adopted by two hundred and seventy delegates of the Irish Volunteers that met at Dungarvan , in the month of September , 1780 , and those are the glorious " points" of the Charter , which are to you an " abomination . " I can easily understand O'Connell ' s motive for calumniatiug the Chartist , but I am at a loss to guess what reason you hare to find fault with the spirit and tone of their proceedings . It cannot be for ousting the base , brutal and bloody Whigs at the last general election , and thus preventing the Irish traitors continuing the sale of their unfortunate country for government patronage ? Is it for sending a petition to the House of Commons , with three millions and a half of signatures , in favour of a Repeal of the Union , and another numerously signed against the damnable
Coercion Bill ? Is it for meeting the Government threats against Ireland with a complete negative , and telling the iron Duke "trumpet tongued" that if he dare draw the exterminating sword on the Irish repealers , away went the Chartist scabbard ? Is it for breaking through the accursed national and religious prejudices of centuries , destroying the evil effects of Orangeism in England , and creating a friendly feeling between the Saxon native and the Celtic exiles ? Or is it for nobl y sympathising with , the oppressed of every country in the world 1 Those proceedings instead of meriting your _censurs are highly worthy of imitation , and I ean assure you that I , as an individual , look with sovereign contempt on the professing patriot who cannot extend his views beyond the mere
limits of his own country . I will admit that self-preservation is the first law of nature , but yet the real philanthropist will rejoice , and , if practicable , lend his assistance , to tho growing spirit of liberty , no matter what the colour ofthe people , the creed they profess , or the coun . try they belong to . Ah , sir , were the leaders of the Irish people sincere in their profession of patriotism , and had the regeneration of their oppressed country at heart , did they possess the . expansive mind , the noble virtues and genuine patriotism of the heroes of ' 98 , they would bridge over a thousand of your gulfs if necessary , to shake hands with . the democracy of any country that offered their assistance in bursting the accursed fetters that has bound down their native land for so
many centuries . In conclusion , I wish to observe , that I entirely concur in the feeling expressed by thousands of Irishmen on this side of the channel , not to support any agitation that has not for its object the accomplishment of those glorious principles for which Tone , Russell , and thousands of _brava _heroeB shed their hearts' blood , and which is to be found set forth in the document entitled " The People ' s Charter . " I am , Sir , an Irish exile and a Chartist , Barnsley . Michael Skgeave .
^ Messrs. Dixon And Bell. To Tue Editor ...
_^ MESSRS . DIXON AND BELL . TO TUE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I am extremely sorry to have to trouble you with this letter , but the epistle of Mr . Bell of last week leaves me no alternative . Inasmuch as that letter does not tell the truth , which i will now lay before _tnepublic as briefly as possible , which having done , this shall be the last time I will occupy _^ the columns of the . Star with the subject , contenting myself with the honourabl * proposal which I made to Mr . Bell to meet him before the public in the Working Man ' s Hall at Oldham , at any time , to make good my every charge .
Mr . Bell , iR his letter of the 6 th inst ., endeavours to make the public believe that I had been unwilling to meet him . He _fciiotos it is false . I have never refused to meet him on fair aud honorable terms . He snys , . _* ' he has written to me repeatedly . " I certainly received a letter from Mr Bell , which was so replete with the classic language of Billingsgate that I would have considered it a disgrace to have answered it . In that letter he designated me a "public liar , " "denouncer , " _Jkc , & . Ai . d amongst other things , upbraided me with having del « veredtwo lectures for a fund which my friends got up at
^ Messrs. Dixon And Bell. To Tue Editor ...
the time my eyesight was nearly gone to put me in a m _* to get my living . ' Mr . Bell then goes on to relate certain transactions which took place at a meeting for the " Ten Hours Bill , " at Hey wood , and says that my excuse for not meeting him was that I bad thrown the matter Into tbe hands of th _« South Lancashire delegates , and deliberately states that " to this arrangement I have never been asked to be & party , " The following correspondence will show how far this is true , and also show that Mr . Bell was aware of the fact , when ho sent the deputation to me at that time _. In the letter which appeared in the Star ofthe 10 th inst _* Mr . Bell says " I have also prevailed npon the Chartist Council to write to address the same request . " By this it would _appaar that Mr . Bell had put his case into tha hands of the Heywood Council to make the necessary arrangements for the final settlement of this matter . Ia consequence of which they sent the following : — Heywood , August 10 th , 1846 .
Dear Sir , —We are sorry to inform you tbat the assertions that you and others made at the Middleton meetinghave caused much uneasiness amongst the members o £ the Chartist Association of this locality . We are told that what you said as regards the Birmingham Confe * - » nce being paid by the Tories is false . Mr . Bell is much dissatisfied , and is determined either to make you prove your assertions or retract thorn , or he will placard the town of Heywood setting you down as a public liar . Signed on behalf of the Committee , Jambs _Buttebworth , Secretary .. James Milne , Treasurer . P . S , Please to let us know if you will meet Mr , Bell ' in this town and ma ke good your assertions or retract them .
On the receipt of this 1 acted as I have always done in all questions of a public nature , consulted with the Chartist body , who thought that as the statements were made before the assembled Chartists of South Lancashire , and not before any particular locality , that Injustice to both _, parties the South Lancashire delegates should be called together ns soon as possible , I , therefore , wrote to the Hey wood Council to that effect . On the [ 26 th of August the post brought me a letter from Mr . Bell and one from the Council . This is a copy of Mr . Bell ' s : — Mills Latle , Heywood , August 24 th , 1846 V
Sir , — -I am exceedingly ' surprised that you should so long delay returning an answer to the application mtd _« to you by tlie _Chsixtist committee of this town . Tou r _> ade certain charges against me at the Middleton me . ting- , they have requested you to eotne horo and P _rovP thom . Why do you not come , they will pay your expenses ? If you have proof it is your duty to give it . If you have no such proof , you had no right to make the charges . My opinion is , that you told a wilful lie , and that there were parties with you ryho knew that you were telling a lie . If you have the proof , I challenge you to come here and give it . I am , Sir , your ' s truly , Wm . But ; _Ta that letter I replied , I knew of no correspondence with the Heywood Council that I had not answered . This is the letter from the Heywood Council : —¦ Heywood , August 25 th , 1816 .
Sir , —I received and laid your letter before the Hey . wool committee . The following is the resolution : — " That we agree to the South Lancashire Delegate Meeting be called together as soon as possible to settle upon the time and place for the discussion , and would recommend tho said delegate meeting to be held at Oldham , " Your ' s , on behalf of the Heywood Council , James Butter worth , Secretary . I also received from Mr . Bell the following , notwithstanding his statement that he was " no party to tho arrangement . Heywood , August 31 st .
Sir , —It appears from your letter to the Heywood Council that you are desirous that the County Council should have something to do with the difference betwixt us . I am willing to meet you at Oldham on Sunday next and there make arrangements for you to prove the fou » assertions you made at the Middleton meeting . 1 Your's respectfully , Wh , Bell . P . S . —You state to the Heywood Council that you will pay me for delivering the _tsvo lectures for your fund , and request them to send you word what they pay me for two lectures . If they have _aot done so , allow me to say that 1 should have charged five shillings for that business , and one shilling I gave to the subscription makes six , which I hope you will remit me on the first opportunity . —W . B .
This . correspondence I laid before the Observation Committee , who immediately agreed that the delegates should meet at Oldham on Sunday , [ October 11 th , as it was not possible that they could meet before , and gave notice in the Star accordingly . I , therefore , leave the _vuaders of the Star to judge ot the truth ot Mr , Bell ' s letter . When the deputation called upon me in the room , when the meeting was over of whiehhe speaks , I replied , "No , it is not right that I should do so , inasmuch as with the consent of the council , and all parties , the case is now in the hands of the County Council , who are called together _through the Star . At my lodglncs , the deputation said that I had promised to meet Mr . Bell in Heyweod . So Mr , Bell says in his letter of the Star of last Saturday . But he ought to have given the whole of the statement . In reply to this statement of the deputation , I said ,
"Yes . " Mr . Bell challenged me to discuss the merits or demerits of a certain document drawn up by the parties attending the Birmingham Conference , and to prove that it was not in accordance with the principles of the People ' s Charter . In answer , I said "No , Bell , I am not fool enough to take upon me to discuss the merits or demerits of a document , I have never seen But I will tell you What I will do , I will meet you before your own townsmen , and prove to their satisfaction , that the parties who paid you for drawing it up will not pay you for advocating the principles of the People ' s Charter . And if that is what he wants , I will stop until to-morrow night . " I remained in Heywood until the following morning , and if that was what he wanted he could have had it . This fact should not be lost sight of ; the document he wanted me to discuss was not printed until three weeks after the Middleton meeting took place .
Let me ask if Mr . Bell is able to prove that I made false statements at the Middleton meeting . Why did he not do it ? Simply because , as he told one of his friends in Heywood , "that he did not know -where the money came from until the Sunday that Mr . O'Connor opened the New { Hall at Manchester . " When I suppose the paymaster told him that it was not Protectionist money . In fact , we met before the South Lancashire delegates on Sunday last , and were prepared to enter into arrangements for the final settling of this matter upon equal terms , And there , too , he said , " he did not know where the money came from , all he knew was , that he was told
it did not come from the Protectionists . " I , therefore , leave the matter with the intelligent readers of the Star to judge for themselves whether a man would go to a conference , at a distance of near 100 miles , and not know where the money came from ! He , however , would not enter into the question before the delegates , nor allow them to adjudicate upon it ; in fact , nothing would do for him but I must meet him in Heywood . I proffered to meet him in Oldham , which was neither Heywood not- Manchester , and near an equal distance from both towns , were there was a hall that could accommodate the public .
I paid him six shillings in order that I might not be again insulted with his palaver about my obligations to him . And now as there are no financial matters betwixt us , we are on equal terms , and still stand by every assertien I made at the Middleton meeting . This letter has necessaril y run to a great length , hut injustice to myself and the cause , I have been compelled to give a full history of the thing . The truth of this letter is well known in Lancashire , and had it not been that statements apart from truth had been made in the Star , I would not hav _* troubled you on the subject . I am , Sir , your ' s respectfully , Wj i . Dixon . Manchester , Oct . 13 th , 1846 . [* Mr . Dixon ' s letter was received last week , but exclu ded through wautof room . —Ed . N . S . l
Tion Ofa Horse For Sale # As Unr-Akalleled Horse.-—The Following Descrip-
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, by a new auctioneer , named " Jacobs , hi 1 Demerara , almost out-rivals the liveliest sallies of George Robins :-A strong , staunch , steadv v sound , stout , safe , snug , serviceable , strappin _g supple , swift , smart , sightly , sprightly , spirited sturdy , _shining surefooted , sleek , smooth , spunky , _welhskinned , sized , and shaped , leather-colour Horse _, of superlative symmetry , called « Sir Tatton , " with small star and swift , square-bodied , slender-shouldered , sharp sighted , and steps stately , free from strain sprain , spasms , spavin , stringhalt , staggers , strangles , seeling , _sellander , surfeit , seams , strumousswellings , serrances , scratchts , splint , squint , scarf ,
sores , scattering , shuffling , shambling gait _. _otsvmtoms of sickness of any sort . He is neither stiffmouthed , shabby coated , sinew shrunked , spurgahVd , saddle-backed , shell-toothed , slim-gutted , surbatcd , skin scabbed , short-winded , _splav-footed , or shoulderslipped ; and is sound in the sword point and stifle joint . Has neither _aiek-spleen , sleeping evil , setfast , snaggle teeth , sand crack , subcutaneous sores , or shattered hoofs ; nor is sour , sulky , stubborn , surly , or sullen in temper ; neither shy or skittish , slow , sluggish , nor stupid : he never slips , strips , strays , stalks , starts , stops , shakes , snivels , snuffles , snorts , stumbles , and seldom sweats : has a showy , stylish , switchtail , and a safe set of shoes on ; can feed on
stubs , straw , seage , corn , or _Scotch grass ; can carry ten stone , with great speed aud long strokes . Upset price low . Public Records . —DuriDg the last week a very large collection of the Admiralty records have been removed from the stores of Deptford Dockyard , whero they have long been deposited , to the White Tower in the Tower of London , and so numerous are they , that they fill not only the great coiiiitil _cnamoer , but that interesting specimen of antiquity , the Norman or _Char ' s _Oliapel , one ofthe finest remains of railitary ecclesiastical structures in the kingdom . Tiiey extend in nearly an unbroken series from the time of Henry III ., and those relating to the preparations made for repelling the invasiou of the Spanish Ararniada very numerous . The _IIaydon- Fu . vd subscription has now reached _, £ 2 , 200 .
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