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      \ U «Ei«Itmy'^Draent Taiow-Fe*«)T, " _Jo Wotw Be Free, Himself Mart Strike Tte Bl«W F*

      \ u « ei « _itMy' _^ draent taiow-fe _*«) t , " _ _Jo wotW be free , himself mart strike tte bl _« w f *

      - *-O Mi Countrymen In England. B Tofsbs...

      - * -o MI COUNTRYMEN IN ENGLAND . b _tofSBS , _CoVttrMBB , AND _ExittS , * 0 ne of * persecuted race now addresses yon _jLcTon to exertion in behalf of your _fathergjxhe Minister who laid claim to office upon W' _jffectiou , has once more dared to propose eo- < _t * _T _, _s a remedy for Irish grievances : and the « Dor of the Exchequer has Tauntingly boasted _5- «* ° ' H onse of Commons , that no more relief is hL sent to Ireland , and this announcement was - _* ° _>* _" 'h a view to _ghre stability and buoyancy to _% i « fis _** , noae _*'** nlultet _* F lftwever , Ireltnd-thehatae-fieldof _theinvader—»« n to behaudedover to the tender _m-rcies of a

      _^ Zfag brigand police , and the resident gentry are -j- allowed , under the _tpase of law , to take Ten-. * _c- npon the stamng people of Ireland . Yon ' Lvf _-fha- _tatxam mcu »;\ _n . t , think . God _. tiioug ' a \ _^ d , neither you nor I have forgotten onr duty to : L _^ _d of our birth . Many of yon have witnessed _^ fro its of fonnercoercion : you have seen your ! * _L- ravished—your daughters deflowered—your Y _, _s strangled or expatriated—your hovels levelled , _^ the _* J * _a-horaid d * itt | -Mncowerted into a desojj wilderness , _nhere naught but weeping , and , _$ K , and gnashing of teeth , and the howl of - _gpijr hss been heard . And all this that a lustful _gm Church may live in splendour and affluence l et the professors of a faith which has been eheby

      " _j _^ _jd yonr ancestors , at the expense of their _jjjjd , and handed dawn to you ts a priceless jewel , _ofae bequeathed to yonr raccesson u tbe _nrtkrosJ j _^ _rfTj eland . . . -- . ; . - y _*^ _mmg 1 appeal , then , U . Bn _^ _'ia _ __ _K- _^ S __^^ Sii _^ op of Milesiaa blood yet flows- \ o ever / man _^ -je Iri sh heart still beats with love ol country ; t _> every woman and child whose longing hope , £ -ri-h exiled , is directed to their oue day return to _& t land ; and I appeal to the English people , for rbose rights I have straggled , and am still _strug-£ -g ; I appeal to . one aad all , to strengthen the lisds of the Irish soldiers inthe House of _Com--5 BS , who , ia my conscience , I believe wfll resist

      _£ _s _linital attack tippa our country to the death ] if _j-ttisiry-1 appeal to all to preparethdr petitions---tbar monster petitions—within theshoit time that is go-red us for defence * and let those in London who _.-eopposedto Irish Coenaon , bringtheir own petition _jjtbedoorof the House of Cammonson _Mondavnext , Kbtlf-past three o ' clock , as an answer to thethreat i the Ministry , which is npon that day tobesab-• jtted to Faruiment ; and let them come as _peaoey ind respectful petitioners , _widiout _evenawalk j- | ( tick ia their bands , or a single shout from their 5 _^ , ts it would be grievous indeed , that any if & _soedon of ours shoald tend to rivet the chains of _tscotrntr-rmen .

      llready a howl has been raised against ytmr j -iesthood . Do not place it in the power of man to damage your appeal for Ireland by folly , _iodis-[ _t-Bon , or intemperance . Come peaceably in _thontoids and tens of thousands , at half-past three , be-{ - the Honse sits , and if yon see a drunken man , { -a riotous man , or one behaving foolishly amongst _^ a , hand him over to the police , as the enemy of _iar country .

      It _voll be nonsense if yon plead the shortness of fee 2 s an excuse ; you have Saturday and Saturday _j-bt , Sunday and Sunday night , and Monday ; nd who will grudge sixty hours' consecutive labonr stare his country from tbe horrors of coercion - s the contrary , every man who does his duty for _iosefew hours will sleep the more soundly on the Hornby night , and rise the more refreshed on _Tueser mcrnin _z .

      Upon the other hand , shonld those for whose _Soties the Irish members are prepared to contend , al in the performance of tlieir duty , the heavy -me of tlieir weeping countrymen and women will fc * l open them . ~ . _BiTEsIey . the right eye of Yorkshire , wfll do its Ely ; and * Manchester , the garrison oi Democracy , cdthe pest house of Irish pestilence and famine , vlnot lac in the race ; they , too , wiil forward their

      _fECt _' ons—respectful , but firm petitions—ashing for sustaniial remedies for their grievances , instead , of { - errion for their perpetuation ; and thus , the Irish _hders in the House of Commons will be able to jure to the Irish people that moral force is more tractive , and more God-like than physical force , skn those leaders are prepared to use their moral ecrgy and moral power to tbe full extent oftheir iK 5 ty , their eueigy , and their courage .

      % then , for Ireland land let Saturday , Snnday , ad Monday next , the 27 th , 28 th , and 29 th , of _Notg-kr _, be chronicled in history , as the three glomus days of a moral revolution . I need not re-Hsd you to sign petitions for the Repeal of the Satin , which I bring forward on Tuesday , the 7 th of _Ikember _, and do not withhold those petitions upon _fetcore that I will be induced , by the power of 2 _rgD"ge , to postpone that measure ; while if you Knot prepared to back the appeal , failure orweak es » ill be chargeable to yoa , and not npon the Mfk

      _mpmlbeis-A ! l petitions ranst be left open st bath ends , aad _ifta-ed to the House of Commons , to the member rkis to present the petition . I remain . Tour faithful friend and countryman . Feargus O'Connor .

      10 Toi. Bryan And Patrick O'Higgins, Esq...

      10 TOI . BRYAN AND PATRICK O'HIGGINS , ESQS . Mr Deab Friekds , Hunted from my country for devotion to my _"ssntmnen _, and an exile for now twelve years , I sit torn " in the garret of an old farm honse to thank _jtffl , * ud to express my joy that still in the land of et tnrth a few of the old Itisb aastocracy—the _aristsmcy of blood , of patriotism , and ot _goodness—Wremember me .

      0 f a truth , when I begin to write upon any __ _snbr _pt connected with my own most extraordinary " aw through life , the dread of _beeomingdiscursi- 'e - _Mstdishe-utensmefrom the undertaking ; how-5 fr , the _cinsimstances nnder which you have _& % testified _youfapproral of my conduct would _is % a little egotism , and therefore I look for your * _5-on . _u-hile I take a hurried review of my political - * " _* _er dating the last quarter of a century .

      Xext month it will be a quarter of a century -as 1 stood alone of my class in contending against _fc grievances which oppressed the Catholics of £ * hEd . Toa remember the revolution of 1822 , when the _& _anv of the law church , and the oppression of _^ landlords of Ireland , who endeavoured toenforce _-tpnment of tithes and rents according to the * standard of prices , drove the _peopleof . the south - _& open rebellion . . „ ..,

      _IhattTM my first introdnction to public Me . I % hd with the _people-I attended their meeting ?* _Jfi-v _, I attended their councils bynight-and if I ( 8 t - _« lave discovered the most distant hope af suc-** _i I would have taken the field with them against - _" _-tovjders . Bnt the leading patriots of the day -sued their backs upon the people , ; and I _was left jj - * aith their natural leaders—the prieste—to _•^ upon the best terms that could be made for ¦ rmy abandoned by its officers ; and with thir-« Sa men , —holy men , ieligious men and biavemen , " "J _as sisted by nig ht and by day in saving our _^^^ _uymen from the gallows and the bullet , and _*» cnnag , under the circumstances , the best terms _*** - _^ conquered conld expect Some of those _Knots with them

      , my neighbours , still live , and I _•^ _etai on the most intimate and friendly terms . I * _-Mea pamphlet in that year , setting forth Insb l _^ _tes , and justifying resistance to them , in _*• _prnphlet I contended against the tithe system , _Jpand jmy system , the police system , the _mid-J _^ a syston , and the * magisterial system ; and , r _^ h I had to fly my conntry for thirteen f _*** - for tbe part I then took in politics , I to ™* _^ _'" _¦ _ttysrstemof whidil comp lained was legis-J * _m _^ and a _eorrective-a poor , pitiful correc _J-aas substituted for eaeh , and whicb , although _gl'iag short of the requirements of justice , yet f- _* ifcd our _comphunt , our resistance , and our _war-* Yes , our warfare , —because however _senti-^ Uts and mock philanthropists , who uphold _r _? J _^ physical force , may contend against ita _mainww

      _"T _^ _t-ive ever held , and ever will .,- •» - » _^' _. that an invaded conntry is justified m _^• _ng off the _wke of the oppressor whenever _Jl _^ ple of that couutiy shaU find themselves 7 to resistance . . . . J _^ _ihe circumstances , then , we made the bm _^; b « wc could ; ihe Jeaders _, as they _atway-C t , being the greatest snfferen , and I « e _befall . 6 ¦ -. ly " that period till 1829 the question of _g-fc Em 8 ncip _2 tion absoibed public attention . J _^ - _dilation I took na part , because from the _^ ftlt convinced that the leaders were not _im-J _^ _- _it that spirit of justice which alone could ** the _regtneiaiioa of my country ; and the

      10 Toi. Bryan And Patrick O'Higgins, Esq...

      conduct of those leaden , when returned to the _tW Comaons > _wnvinced me that I was right . In 1 K 1 , again , my county was foremost in its opposition to the payment of titheg , and again I be-CM « the _ItisiH of that opposition , and so vigorous was onr resolution , that the agitation became _dangsrous to the abuse ; when , in 1832 , the leaders of Catholic Emancipation , and the advocates for the Total Abolition of Tithes , seeing the inevitable success of ear agitation , again deserted us , and handed us over to the tender mercies of the oppressora' law , when I and others were tried for sedition and conspiracy against the Church . IWtn 4 _«* . & __* ** _

      No power oa earth , save the desertion of our leaders , could have resisted the Total Abolition of Tithes ; and again I became convinced tbat my country should remain the- battle field of faction , nntil my countrytn _* _niwereMy , freely , and fairly represented in the Honte of Commons . ;; '• ¦ _' •¦•• . In December , 1831 , 1 again took the ; field as the advocate of Reftirhi , _uong these words , oh December 6 th , 1831 , in the Court Honseof Cork;—I said " I advocate Parliamentary Reform as a measure ofjustice to England , but I tell you thatit will be the very worst measure thit was ever passed for Ireland - if not followed by a Repeal of the Union , because the first act of the Refonn P arliament will be , to pass some gagging biH to suppress the expression of pab-Eo opinion ia Ireland . "

      Snch were my words in 1831 , and which I think fte Coercion BiH folly -rerified . In 18331 wis retnrned for the county of Cork , being opposed by every interest and every class save _the _frieze- _^» _atodelectoTs _. _¦ _, - In 18331 « ameto ParHttmeht ; and there-1 very soon discovered that politics is the madness" of the many for the gain of the few ; and I found that Repeal was intended as a juggle , that it waa the ticket npon the animals for sale , and a mere- _bttggaboo to frighten fteGovernment into the bestowal of patronage . - ' ¦ ¦ ; -. _- ¦ ' - : ;; .

      I was a sincere Repealer , aad had paid my gainea for a musket to the Colonel of the Irish _Volknteers , nndertheiraf ression that in theEnglish Parliament the declaration of Irish feeling was to be made , and that the Irish members , choienby the Irish people , at a frightfol sacrifice , were to set the example of bravery aad patriotism , and die upon the floor of the House tf necessary . But again I was mortified and deceived ; and , resolved not toe be a party to my country ' s sale , I opposed tlie debasing and cowardly policy systematically _pursoed by the Irish leader .

      I was threatened with expulsion by their chief , but I preferred honourable retirement' to servile acquiescence ; and after continuous and persevering opposition to the chief of the Irish party during the yearsl 833 and 1834 , 1 again went before my constituents , the relatives of that chief opposing me to a man , and I was again triumphantly returned . - In 18351 was petitioned against upon the plea of qualification ; and although in the receipt of between _£ 3 , 000 . and _fia _. OOO . a year , and aot owing £ 5 in the world , I was ousted by the most hellish and unscrupulous machination- You shall hear it . Mr O'Connell stoo dat the deor ofthe house during the ballot for my committee , and prevented Mr Bodkin and other members from going in , telling them that I would be better out than in . Mr Maurice O'Connell ,. Mr

      Morgan O'Connell , and Mr John O'Connell , from their knowledge of the House , undertook to strike my committee , and handed tne over' ta the tender mercy of the most rabid Tory Committee that ever tried an election petition . Major Macnamarithe member for Clare , was allowed to remain upon that committee , and that Repealer not only voted for my expulsion , but voted with the Tories upon every the most absurd and ineconcileable proposition .. He voted that a notice found upoa the sub-sheriff * - file in six months after the election was good service ot notice upon th ' e high sheriff ; and this committee not enly _oustedme , but , contrary to all rule and precedent , seated my Tory opponent , from tho conviction , that , if there were a hew election , ! sbould be returned again , and thus was the county of Cork constituency wholly disfranchised ..

      In 1836 , O'Connell made his celebrated tour through England and Scotland , and npon his re . turn to Ireland , he thought himself strong enough to denounce me as unworthy of the confidence of tht Irish people . " ; : _¦ ' ' ' . Well , my dear friends , I replied in a manner that my assailants were little prepared for , and from that hour to the present . no language , no pains , no slander , no falsehood , has been spared to degrade ,

      to dishonour , and to . silence me . But my love of country , my love of freedom , and my love for mankind , has sustained me throughout such a straggle and against such odds as no man living or dead had to contend against ; and no *** I am solaced , comforted , rewarded , aud encouraged by the conviction that ia the midst of all my troubles , I have secured the respect , the approval , and esteem of such men as William Bryan and Patrick _O'Higgins ;

      In 1835 , 1 discovered that whatever good was effected in the House of Common ' s , must be forced upon it from without . I established the present Democratic--movement upon that basis which has enabled it , for now twelve years , to ' " withstand the unequal battle of the combined forces of oppression . Within that period I have suffered more tortures of body and mind than would have killed a thousand men ; and I believe I have only been sustained in this unequal conflict by the Irish blood that flows in my veins boiling for justice for my country , but never excited for vengeance against the oppressors , because I feel convinced that they bave been aided by the perfidy of those who swore fealty and alleeiance to the land of our birth .

      There has notpassed a _year _. from 1832 to the present moment , that did not offer freedom to Ireland ; if her leaders had been true and trustworthy and , therefore , it is to those who sever the bonds of union between the Saxon and the Celt , and not to the Government who , rule both , that I attribute Ireland's woes , Ireland ' s , wrong , and Ireland ' s suf : ferings ; and , with God's blessing , and with the assistance of my countrymen , I will now prove to the world what one fearless and unpurcbasable patriot can accomplish for his country .

      . I shall now turn to my connexion with the Saxon ; and however short or long I may live , my association with that brave , that generous , that warm-hearted people , will be an impulse to patriotic action . I have lived amongst thera , moved amongst them , communed with them , and the result of my intercourse is , that , like the Irish , I haveSdiscovercd that their virtues are characteristic of their natures , and tbeir vices are consequences of oppression and misrule . . _ . .

      I have ever found them as ready to serve Ireland as toscrve England ; and it is my consolation to know ; that by mv own single exertions , I have dispelled every prejudice against the Irish people and their _pcniecnted religion , which has been hugged as a _priceless jewel to the bleeding martyr s heart ; and while the spurious advocates of Repeal could not procure half a million signatures for the " splendid phantom / ' nearly three millians and a half of the abused Sarons have DEMANDED that measure-as an ACT OF JUSTICE to their Irish brethren . and

      Oh ! O'Brien ( for that's your real name ) O'Higgins , it would make your Irish hearts jump with joy , could vou witness the manner m which my declaration bas " been received by the millions of Saxons , that Englishmen shonld never have their freedom a day or an hour before Irishmen had I fear that I grow prolix and tedious , and now I shall tell you the three great maxims by which I have 16 _Kfotif that" Every childborn is as clay in the notter ' shand . " The secondis , thal- ' Everyyouth made K bv bad treatment may he as _easilyreclaimed as the ( arm rendered unproductive by bad manage-Seat' _^ and the third is , that « Example is better than precept" ¦ ¦ ' ' " __

      . _MaM « pi ITeit convinced that the working classes were inured to vSm their birth by the evil teaching _rfflSr _^ Ea , - I felt assured that , as age crept on , the perpetuation ofthis vice became necessary to Sv _rakn ; and 1 felt equally assured that reform S d be ou _^ secured by the example oftheir ie 2 BeUeving siernly and ferveutly in these rules , I have at 5 l times , endeavoured to square my own _cM by tbem . I hate been sober , frugal , and

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      unostentatious , and the people have become bo . I have refused all favours , _sjfts , gratuities , Bnd rewards , lest I might be judged by the same rule by which other leaders have been justly measured , un . tfl ,. at length , I have become' the founder of aplaa which , from its very elements aiid principles , inculcates , fosters , and encourages virtue , honour , sobriety , frugality , and independence . To this _God-like scheme I devote my life , and because I have thus given a practical illustration of what social improvement may lead to , lam singled out as the marked prey of a'faction who have lived upon the dissoluteness , the drunkenness , the depravity , and the HOPELESSNESS of the workit | g classes . And this brings me to the , material consideration of your kind letters j and my reason for accepting their contents . ¦' -.-. ¦¦

      The press of the blood-thirsty capitalists , who _Utc uj * oa ; low-wages _' prodn _^ ence , and _^ _tj'hivis ' ; as _^«|^^^ w _^ wte 1 red into afoul " conspiracy against me ; and the artillery of that press consists of a corps of the most : unscrupulous , unprincipled , and debased wretches upon the face of the earth . I sball not stop to describe these particularly , but before I let go tbat hold which they have given me of their rotten carcasses , I will expose every action of their lives , and relieve the preBs of the country from the criminality that such _coadjutors must bring upon it .

      What would yon think , if the Natton or the . Freeman ' s Jowrnal office was advertised as the . depository of all the correspondence of a former editor of an adversary ? What would you think , if the proprietor of the Nation was to advertise , that all the _correspondence between the proprietor of the Freeman ' * Journal and a dismissed editor , was deposited in his custody for public inspection ? I ask you if Charles Gavin Duffy would accept . tbe wealth of the world to admit such an advertisement into his columns ? and yet the Manchester Examiner , the property of Ballantine and Ireland , ( into whose _^ public and private affairs I shall , ere ' long , make a breach that they little anticipate , ) have made their ' office the depository of my correspondence , both public and private , with the veriest beast _,-that ever . disgraced human nature ; and yet , my friends , mark my

      strength , mark my power , mark my innocence—I challenge them , 1 dare them , I defy them , to publish one single letter , written by me and . bearinginy signature , containing one single sentence , line , or word , derogatory to the character of a gentleman and & man of honour . Np innocent man can be frightened at those threats ; theyare only used as a terror to the guilty ; and now I dare them , I defy them , I challenge them—to publish every single letter written by me , and I will not prosecute them fer the publication , provided the writing is attested by Mr Roberts , solicitor ; Mr Abel Heywood , publisher ; and Mr Edward Birley , paper-hanger ; who all live in Manchester , and all of whom are thoroughly acquainted with my hand writing . This challenge , I think , sets the threat of investigation at defiance , because I dare them to the publication , and will not prosecute them .

      You must understand , my friends , that there are parties to this scandal who dare not avow themselves . One is a London politician , who has invented a new religion , a minister of the Gospel , who lives in adultery with another man ' s wife ; another is a convicted thief . ; another is an irreclaimable beast , perhaps the most horrid of all ; and this is the trinity whose unity is eulogised in the columns ofthe new democratic paper , the Manchester Examiner . I now conclude by thanking you for tbat donation which I do not feel myself justified in refusing , and for this reason , that it is impossible—wholly _. utterly , entirely impossible—for' an outlawed individual to fight the LAW'S CHILD without the Law ' s weapons .

      1 have spent thousands—yea , scores of thousands —in the holy cause of regeneration , and I have never drawn a farthing from the public purse , either in England or Ireland . ' I have stood and withstood persecution in-botfi countries ! : and . 'I have gained an unsullied and irreproachable ' _chijracter in both ., ' I have never eatea a meal , or travelled a mile , _att the expense of the working classes , and I NEVER WILL . And , thanking you for your contributions _, to enable meto take vengeance of my enemies , and assuring yon that my conduct shall never cause your regret , or bring dishonour _lipbnihycountry , disgrace npon myself , or infamy upoh ' my cause . I remain , ¦' : Your attached and ' faithful friehd , ' ' - . Fbargbs O'Coknob .

      * -f _««^^ - _'< _V-i » VV * _- _rf- _^^ v _^« s * S * " _^^«« _V _* V' _^^^^^*» _- _^^^* . FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . M . P . The following document has been placed in our hands for publication , by one who * is , in many respects , mtoppo-M-itof Mr O'Connor ' s , and'it _wwe > forebears with all the more force ' on the subject " bf which it treats . We admit it to our columns with the greatest satisfaction _^ because _assured that in so doiBg we are performing an act tf justice . —Netting ham Review .

      1 ' public conduct and private character of Mr Feargus O'Connor , appear , to agitate the publie mind just now from one end of EngIa . nd . to the other . - - 'I am , unknowh . to Mr O'Connor even byname _. and as amatterof course , socially unacquainted with him I am not a Chartist , nor in any sense his partisan . I am nevertheless proud of him as a countryman , and when I hear his private eharacter unwarrantably _traduced , I feel bound to state , that I have conversed repeatedly with men ofhieh and men of lowstandine

      in society , and of _allshades of opinions , in the county of Csrk and _elseivhere , who knew Mr O'C , and knew him well , and that one and all spoke in the most positive andnnqualified terms of his affability , kindness , generosity , and unflinching integrity . In last November I met the Ute Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork , at the country _residence of a city merchant , four miles from Dublin , and be told me that although he did not agree with Mr O'Connor in polities , he respected him as a most amiable man in private life .

      ' I have lately conversed with a Protestant gentleman , who visits frequently in Nottinghamshire , and is an extensive landowner in Mr O'Connor ' s native county , and' likewise a political opponent , and he stated that the most .. unlimited confidence might bs placed in bis ( Mr _O'C . ' s _) henesty of purpose . , ' _' , A braver fellow , ' said he , ' doesBOt exist ; he is every inch a heTO . ' ' .., - 'And now allow meto add my own impression respecting a ' . man whise history and movemeats I have _' closely watched for the last , 18 years . I think then that he is ' the subject of the deepest and sin

      _cerest convictions—possesses a comprehensive mind , untiring energy , surpassing abilities , and indefatigable perseverance in working those convictions out ; and that whether success or failure attend those laboure , bis name will . be revered by large masses of the people , bo long as disinterested philanthropy is Venerated by mankind . lie i * . infinitely superior to the other great O'C .,. who has just quitted the stage of life , wilhont . leaying a practical lesson of industry behind him to his countrymen , or making the world much better for hiB passage through it . ,. ' 'A Febmahaoh Man . '

      Break-Down Of Mr Bailey. ' He Wbo Sghts ...

      _BREAK-DOWN OF MR BAILEY . ' He wbo _Sghts and runs away , May live to fight another day . ' MsBctmr Office , Nov . llth , 1847 . Sir , —Being folly convinced tbat I Bhould not be able to obtain a fair hearing at a large c . eeting iu this town , whilst engaged in discussion with Mr O'CoDBOr , unless a re £ ulation forthe admission of the audience * sas adopted , _lmuBt decline entering upon the unsatisfactory task of making the attempt . If you concede tbe point of admitting the audience in equal numbers by tickets , the preliminary business may be considered as settled , so for as 1 and yourself are concerned , if not yon may announce the affair as oj , I am , sir , yours obediently , Thomas Bailey . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P .

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      Mk Ktdb _' _s Route fob thb mxt iwo W / _eks . —• Kilbarchan . Monday , 29 th ; Bridge ot Weir , 30 th ; Baribewl _, Wednesday , Dec . 1 st ; _Mearas , Thursday 2 _od ; Busby , Friday , Srd Ardrir _, Monday , 6 th ; _Glasgsw , Tuesday , lib ; Alexandria , _Wednesday _. _Stb ; Dairy . Thursday , 9-. li ; Dervil , Friday , 10 th '; Galston , Monday , 13 th ; Ayr ,, Tuesday , 14 th ; Girvan , Wednesday , ISth . The secretaries of the above place * must take this as the only notice for Mr Kydd visiting tht-m _, and prepare accordingly for his reception . —I ) . _SuBBaiKoioN , Sec .

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      FROM THE " WEEKLY DISPATCH . " _Whas - _jjoes Fkabous do with ths I » TMWTT ~ Thl « is a question which the -ubftcrifem to O'Connor's _famoulana _juggle _^ _ught to put to htm , and insUteh an answer . He has received upwards of £ 80 , 000 of thoir money , ; he protases _tohaveahcedit where hVcan and does get 4 , * - ?• _** _, *| P « r cenfc interest for _thebalahcesuhspent In buying land or in building operations ; but to this day he baa not accounted fer one penny of that iatereat l From tbe balance -heetspnMi-lied by himself , it wonld appear that the suras _thusplaced out tiro very ebn * _lder « bl « . _SlKni ? seP « _mbwlastpretendsdto _. _sho-v that £ 27 , 842 . 7 s . Hid . remained in the , banker ' s , Wahds _, after payment of all demands up to that date ;' and since i

      _-reuwwwng 01 naving invested « 8 , 8 oOin _Exche-T _' _SkI _ f * S 0 f . U P _? Jin 8 _Wm n » e percent , interest ; and £ 15 , _«* 0 of It paying 6 _J percent . Again , . _weask what has become ofthe money I Why is it not accounted for 1 It Ib pretendea that , money , from time to _tlraelms been paid into banks , from _., tbe m _» _ntti of Sep tember . 184 S downwards ; , and . during that time thU _cuHous "* Kahaget" of the _' . people _' s money' has published ul * balance _saeetB , to . _ewry oneof . whfchvbp . prejends _^ _accountfor e * ery farthing placfd in his hands , or ac-ruing ts the society , up tothe partlcalar date ; but ia na one _^ instance does he account for a fraction of interest that . must have accrued , if the money had been placed as these balance sheets set forth 1 Again we repeat the . question ,. what bas become of-the money ? Is Feargu * not a ;; curious "

      Sort of < reaSUrerVto . kc _* _pthe-e large . _« um » out of the _acconhta t By hU . own . _sho-rIng , he , mutt have realised upwards of fife * _Mr . ' ceDt , on ; tlie _iagCTe _*( a _^ e ium placed , eut at _interest _andi & _vested' in _Excasquer ' _^ ills ; and _supposing this _aggregate _' sum _iolhave _-heeh iiut' £ 26 j ' 0 " 00 " out 6 t the . £ 88 _. 000 _j « W « a » ed , _'; fdr _" the _^ last-year _^ _thafflveppf _cenLMuldjieallsfl £ 1 , 090 . Where is the money f Howls itttfat . it his not been given up to the subscribers of _Jho £ S 0 . 006 ! or how . is it tbat no account has , been ; rendered Ofit ? _SurelyFenngusHill beabletoans-rertl > lg , or . ezplain away the ' very " _sutpicious _cireumstnnce ; and let iiii tell bim tbat he will bo far better employed for his owh honour in doing this , than lu inditing blackguardly <* _iatribes _, about the _( _DisFaicn . With such fasts as the above against his precious management he , scribble

      . may away , until his face is as black as his own heart ; ' hut he will not rail away their effect on the minds of tke thinking and reflecting portion' ofthe working class ; and tfees * facts _wiU'find tbeir way into _themlnOi of even the rootit insane of his Infatuated _du-w _* . These dupes may forthe present be captivated and mystified by the arrant buf . _foonerj-and fallacious statements of _thifpriucs of quacks ; but these will in time lose their effect , become stale , unprofitable , and'even _di-gusting ; while the facts will remain , and then tell with woeful effect against tho self . constituted'National Bailiff . ' _Then-vill their eyes be opened ; and loud will bs the outcry . It will then be uni - versally seen what'ducks and drakes'havo beea made with' the' people's money J' and then it will be seen also why the Dispatch has so constantly , raised the warn _' _mo

      voice . 'To expose humbug in every form and degree has been tha peculiar forte ef the D 16 PATCH . During the last twenty years we have been tlie means of driving from be . fore the public ( on whom they were preying ) , into their native nothingness more quacks aad shallow pretenders than all ofthe rest of the press put together . And it Is because we see in this Land'Scheme * ofFeargtU _O'Ctnnor , all the signs ofa monstrous mistake which will inflict ruin upon _huadreds ' of poor but simple men ; it is because wo see these _unmist _. tkeable signs impressed _' on the very front of this cunning scheme , that we caution the public against it . And eur cautions bave not been without tbeir effect . The' blows and sore _discouragements ' we have been the means sf inflicting _« n Feargus and his designs have beea severely felt . Witness the ferocity

      with which the arch schemer turns on his assailant . _WitnesB his writhings— his tortuous contortions . He foams nnd spits venom like a maddened asp ; but all falls shortof the mark . The ' fire and fury'Is all wasted . The Dispatch is on him' and the Dispatch will not leave him , until it has either made him do right' to the subscribers of tha £ 80 , 000 he has already netted , or until it drives hint from the society of honest men . Not all Feargus ' _s bluster and ferocity wUl avail him . He will have to do right . Among other things , he will have to account far'the heavy sums lie has received for the use of other people ' s money entrusted to him . lie * yillhave to'fork out—put those sums down in his balanse sheet , and show where the money is ; the

      _« jtere _* t , aBwella 8 tho principal . A pretty thing indeed , that this man should induce thousands of Englishmen to entrust into his hands thousands upon thousands oftheir hard-earned money ; that he should hare theee heaps of money for years together , out at interest , and thai he should never , from the first moment to the last , give up one stiver of that interest ! Can a faet' more disgraceful to a management bu conceived % Would any properly- ' constituted Joint Stock Company in 'lie . world have tolerated snch a course of conduct ? , Would .. they not speedily have cashiered their''treasurer , ' andif he had notdisgorged , prosecuted him for peculation arid ' fraud 1 Feargus , ' wheeb . is the honex-S' - ¦ '¦• ' ;¦ - " - ''" " ; ¦

      . answer .: .... ;; . ___;; _: ;; : . Mv DEA . R _Eddy _,-----Mj * _duckj I was ,-in > great hopes that your sometime-silence was'indica tive of returning health , but I findj from your last melancholy epistle , that you are still labouring under a monomania . ' Dearest , ' . you must seek repose , ' arid , must not allow yoilr mind and dreams tobe disturbed by the " revelations and the ravings of that nasty 'fellow ( Boyer ) who is your liuiversal correspondent ; ' _iDearest , it is disgraceful in the highest degree , that voii should hold intercourse with ' such- a

      drunken fellow . V It . was ; only Thursday , last that he was discovered by the _policein a low _puhlic house , in a filthy alley , in the' _mostuncivilised part of . the metropolis _^ . He was groggy , and got into a shindy with ' a cabby , who came in for a glass of ,. gin and bitters . Cabby recognising him _^ said angrily ,, " B ' aint you the chap what keepsthe name of ' Publicola , ' that ' s dead this two years ? " Whereupon a row ensued ; Cabby tapped his smeller , threw ins bunch of fives into his fi gnre-head , and ' so . disfigured' liis' frontispiece that his mother wouldn ' t know him . * v :-\* •' Now , dearest , I do not wish you to embark your character in the same boat with this \ . corr respondent , and I will proceedto ' tell y pu yery plainly what Feargus has / done . witli ithe interest , and why no account of it appears in the balance sheet .

      You appear to forget , ow _^ ng doubt to your present state of debility ; that up to the time of settling that Balance Sheet _^ the major part ofthe funds ofthe Company was invested in Land , and Labour , and Stock , as fast as it came into the Treasurer ' s hands ; : and that no banking account wa * settled at that time , the treasurer _showitiff 20 , 000 / . and odd _., in the London Joiat-Stock , Hank ; ind over 6 , 000 / . in the Gloucestershire Bank , and you forget , dearest , that in Feargus ' s letter , accompanying the Balance Sheet , he stated as

      follows—But the Auditors will have to go over every column ; to test every item ; to examine the Banker ' s books ' : ' see to the interest ; ond receive Touchers ; from the Tory commencement to tho day of complete registration , y - ¦ •' , And now , dearest , observe the proper analy . sis of the interest upon the funds . * * Five ' per cent , is paid in rent , five per ' cent , on deposits in banks , and the remainder , invested in Exchequer Bills , brings interest according to the value of those bills . And you have Feargus ' s permission , through me , to wait upon Robert Allsop , Esq , hi 3 broker , whose address is , "Roj'al ' Exchange , London , " and you may learn from him the date of deposits in the bank , and the date of the purchase of Exchequer Pills ; and from him you will learn that it was impossible to carry the interest iibon

      those funds to the credit of the Company , in a balance sheet made up to the 14 th of August . , _- .. : ¦ ' . .. ' ¦ , '; But , my love , as I fear you are not practised in financial questions , allow me to explain to you . I have seen the banker ' s book of the London Joint Stock Bank , and 1 have seen an entry in that book , dated the 15 th of October , 1847 , with an entry of -. _interest 129 _^* 9 s . Od . Now , dearest , that entry of the 15 th of October , could not have appeared in the balance sheet of the 14 th of August previous . . And then , dearest , there is only Ql . is . as interest , AS Y £ T , inserted in the book ofthe Gloucestershire Banking Company , because the Treasurer still banks there , and the account of interest has not been carried forward to . his credit . Then , as to Excheouer Bills , why

      Feargus HAS PAID ALL THE INTEREST UPON THEM ; but as this may appear a conundrum to you , I will explain it to you . Suppose he purchased , as he did , 32 , 000 / . worth of Exchequer Bills , he pays to the seller of those Exchequer Bills all tbe interest upon them that is due to the holder by the Government up to the day of purchase—for the interest upon Exchequer Bills is calculated by the day , and is threepence upon every hundred pounds . Weill then , if Feargus purchases a 1 , 000 / . Exchequer Bill on the 1 st of November at par , for the March account , he pays 1 , 030 / . for it * and if he sells it in three , days after , he gets 1 , 030-. 7 s . 6 d ., or three pence per day interest ; and if he keeps it till March , when it

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      falls due , he _jgets 1 , 04-5 / . 12 s . " 6 d . " for it , or 4 J . lis . 3 d , per cent . But Feargus had an eye to business , and purchased them at 25 s . per cent , discount , which makes six and _three-quartersner cent ., instead of 4 / . 1 is . 3 d ., so that you see that if Feavgus had not been such a \ blab , _;^ nj _^ h ' t ; lia . ve diddled the Company out of two per cint . upon 30 , 000 / , or 600 f . -Now , love , haven't I shown you thnt those items wulil . ' not appear in the balance sheet for ' August , and if anotner balance sheet was struck how , tbe Company would be _debited , instead of . credited , with the interest _. upon all the Exchequer Bills purchased and not sold . Now , my love / let me implore you to take a few of Parr ' s Pills , as _^ Morrison ' s do not agree with your

      con-8 titution---and I _^ fear _; from defective digestion , joii _^ have ! . become' dyspeptic , ahd _^ re _, tending towards delirium _irmensS Dearest , aB ' to the pisp atchhemg * uponFearguB , _' it is a very light incubus— -a very innocent nightmare *—as they tell me from its curtailed margin , lighter paper , _aridieconomical _^ am > earanc ' e | ' It is _becomin- * _^ e _? | _ifip 1 _jes _^ _buM' - _^ e _^ its . _alteredcolour , _wellYcalculated _* tOvgive its _readersthts'BLtJE DEVlL 6 ; YBbyer wmp & _iited tK _^ tHerlBip _^^ i _^^^ _mplli _^ Whi _sl _^^ _luslMU _^ _thftlie _^ beblbwed if lie >; . ' . tj _' , 7 _* i ? iii * _y _. _i _jsui . - ¦ , _' '' _- ____ . ' ¦__ _* _ ¦¦¦ ¦ - ¦ - ¦ ' ¦ - . 'i could scratch , _enough , o _^ the margin , now , to ligjfiit ; his ; pipoiwith . rf _. 'A _« ieu , dearest , and ever confide in one who has left no . means untried tb

      restore _ybU ; tp a ; proper state of mind . _/!; _- ; ' / " _' : _^ _"Ever yo iirs , dearest Eddy , ¦ _t .. 'Onb' _6 f _^ our pin Female Friends . . i _^ P _^^ iyearesl ; ,: . _j _/ you knew the'fuh that your ravings afford Feargus , you , wonld be mortified . •"' , _; v ; _-- ;' vV ! . ' ' - yonrs _«'' - ' _- _- : - _';¦'' _¦¦ ' _¦¦'• ' " _¦ ¦ . '

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      ' ¦ ' -rOTHE « OU ) GUAEDS . ' Let the Chartist banner be now unfurled , and Oh ye Democrata of 183 d , . ' 49 , ' 41 , » 48 , and ' 43 , rally , round it , and defend it entire , from the enemies ' asBaulta .

      ' V - , fN-IMM _... _< .. 5 Brothkbb , — -As an humble co-worker with the ' Old Guards' in the glorious movement , which had , and still has , for its object , the political and social regeneration ofthe masses , I am induced to address you at this particular and eventful period , pregnant with circumstances such as never beforo surrounded the people of the British empire . lam , also , impelled to throw in my little meed of help , to push forward the good work , from reading in last week ' s luminary , a brief , but pithy and _well-digosted address , from the ' Executive Committee , ' calling upon us , at this , the opportune time , to re-organise ourselves , and prove , by our actions , that we are not onl ) Chartists in name , but in reality .

      Brethren , wbat is the state and condition of , at least , five-sixths of our order at the present moment in the United Kingdom . Unhappily , tbe question can only be answered by recording the _overy-day tact—the dreadful and soul-harrowing fact—that a vast portion are enduring all the horrors of famine and pestilence , while the remaining portion are on the verge of destitution . Need I ask you , the old veterans , wko have had imparted to you such a continuous stream of political and social knowledge , the cause of those frightful evils ? No , friends ; foryou are as fully / conversant with the source from whence those evils emanated , as tbe men who instructed jou . Ton know they are the result of _misgovernment ; and you also know that _misgovernment had its origin in class-legislation .

      You are , likewise , aware that to class-legislation may . be traced tho monopoly ofthe land , the monopoly of every thing beneath its , surface , and which includes . all other monopolies ; Consequently , there is _nonnecessity of dilating upon this subject , neither _isit essential that _Ishould here prove , the Charter the means to an end , and that end , too happiness of British society , without any distinction or reservation , f- < r . upon : this < subject , too , jour , i minds' are made . u ' p .., _-: 7 , v .-. -. ' ¦ , _* . - ¦ ¦ . . _v <> _-- > ' < ' " ; 'i ; _.. _Hw . _^ l- ? _-.-'Well * then _,. _as you know what has produced the disease in the body politic , and the'medicine that will heal the disease , the only thing that . remains for oa to . do , is to get the medicine into our possession , and apply , it skilfully . This brings me to what learned . gentlemen , who scorn > to use plain language , wonld , term the * Modus operandi , ' which simply means the mode of operation .

      Brethren—In the first paragraph ofthe Executive address , we are very . forcibly reminded , that as a new Parliament is about to assemble , it is our imperative duty to impress upon its mind what aro eur wants , wishef , and desires ; aod give the men composing tbat honourable house , to understand it is our unalterable resolve to hare tbem complied with ; lor bs assured , unless we constantly urge our just claims upon their . attention , they will say that we are not really , desirous toenforce them .. It may bo said that nineteen twentieths : of the present House of Commons are inveterately opposed to the principles of _democracy , and , consequently , there is not the least use of appealing to them . If the above sort of _reasop . be taken for granted , then

      indeed we might bid adieu to everything m the shape of progress in the right way . The . friends of Catholic Emancipation did not be . lievo in such logic , for if . they did , that measure would not have been carried up to this day ; and though it only conferred political immunities upon comparatively few individuals , while it committed almost incalculable injury upon hundreds of thousands of honest industrious men , their wives and ohildren , yet the fact of a powerfully organised body ot men acting upon a . Tory eovemmcHt , and compelling that government either through fear , or what ia called state policy , ( it matters not whichVto accede to their demand-, is a complete refutation ofthe stand-still doctrine . It must not be forgotten , too , that the members of bis Majesty ' s tben

      administration , together with the greatest majority of both , _Ilouses of Parliament , were _previsusly amongst the most bitter foes the Catholic Association had to contend againstf Those foes were , howerer , vanquished bythe irresistible force ofa well directed public opinion . : : , TKe Free ; Traders put no faith in the keep-quiet argument , otherwise tbey would not have commenced their _agitation-amK carried it to a successful issue . And surely it is well known that Sir Robert Peel , Lord John Russell , and almost every leading mem ber of tho House , and those who were . not leading member-, but merely the silent voters ; were vehement and even vindictive in their opposition to tho principles of Free Trade . Still , it is as well known that the cotton- lords not only conquered those of the Lower House , but also the landlords in the Upper House . - ' •¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ • ¦ ' ¦ _.- ' ¦

      Mr Duneombe , whose severe indisposition every lover of patriotism and integrity must deeply deplore , placed no confidence in the let alone doctrine , when he , with unparalleled vigour aDd indignant eloquence , attacked that hell-begotten monster , tho Master and Servants Bill , and with the-petitions , memorials , and remonstrances of the Trades , and yours ' , my brother Chartists , succeeded in sending it back with ignominy from whence it came , I might instance the Reform Bill , and many other bills , that were passed through organisation , nothing in comparison to what we might put in motion , if we will . only energetically propel the maohinery we hare at Our command . Recollect , friends , that we are surrounded by more favourable circumstances than those who ' acted their part in carrying seme of the measures above referred to .

      The countty n « ver was in such a state as it is now _. Trade depressed to the lowest ebb ; scores of thousands of ourbrother _operatives without employment in the North , aod myriads of navvies , ' a distinct and peculiar class of workmen , who will not tamely submit to starve , now that they are thrown loose upon society . The _bastiles filled to overflowing with system made paupers—the jail crammed with system made folo ' ns — the middle classes . on the verge of ruin—the shopkeepers standing behind their countei s with their arms folded , ruminating and repining that their _shopB are deserted , their tills empty , while the tax gatherers make their accustomed calls , but with an increased demand each time , and which demand it ia utterly impossible they can satisfy . These are circumstances—these are events f ' _ayourable to the

      bringing forth our claims for 1 full measure ofjustice Again , we have got somo new blood in tbe House this session-blood that flows through Democratic veins ; and amongst it will be found our osnindomitable and _inci . rruptib ' e chief ( O'Connor ) , who will perlorm wonders , if well supported by those who have said , and still avow they are , Chartists to the _back-bone Recollect , brethren , and you ought to he proud of it , that Chartism has passed through tbe ordeal ef gibes , sneers , contempt , insult , slander , persecution , and prosecution , unscathed ; and thatit is how a thousand times more fashionable than it was even five years ago , when tho humble individual who pens this hastiiy-writtcB letter , has been hunted out ofa village as if he were a venomous reptile . ; m who would now bo received with the arms of friend *

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      sh / p , by the very persons who bo hunted and rcvite him . But , above all , and U-fore all , do not lergefc that you have forty thrasand bwthers and sisters , with a stake in the hedge ( I mean the members of tne iand Company ) , who will rally round you , and assist you in the holy work , and whoso petitions must , and will be , attended to by the aristocratic portion of _thatHouse . Then , iriends , let us commence operations

      forthwith , and follow out the instructions ofthe « _Exucu-.: tive . ' Let riot a oity , town , village , or hamlet in _thekini-dom , neglect to send a petition numerously signed . Let us . provolo those . _nuscalled our representatives , that we are in earnest—that « a aro resolved to ba represented within the walls of Parliament ! and that , then , and then only , will our labour , the source of all real property , be protected , _iustice secured , plenty of God ' s choicest gifts toman enjoyed by all , peace established , and happiness flow , like a gentle stream , thrjughout _evory ramilH » _- tion of society . lam , yours , ¦ Ah Old Pionbkb . , November 22 ud , 1847 . D _g

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      Thk Wjisr Ribino Dblmatb Mbbt-j _»» was hold ' at Bradford on Sunday last , Nov . 21 st . _Delegates present - . —Bradford , * W . Clark ; Wakefield , Isaao wood ; Halifax , James Bodeu ; Keighley , J , Coupe ; Queensh'ad , John Bates ; Littletown , James Charlesworth ; Dewsbury , George Sykes ; Huddersfield , Encck SykeB . 'By letter , EUaid , Sowerby , and Holmfiath ., Mr . Baden in the chair . It was resolved , ; —" That the minutes of the last meeting be confirmed . ' ' That it is the opinion of the delegates present ; that itis the duty of the Chartists of the West Riding to _send'their ' quota 1 to the Executive , _according to rule , in order that the Executive may employ a lecturer for the organisation of the Riding . , and that the delegates be requested to bring the Y same beforo their , constituent--, and each delegate :. pay in his quota for tho Executive , at the noxc dele- > gate meeting . ' " ¦ ¦¦¦ - ¦ ADDR 8 S 8 : 0 * f ' .. tnB WKST EIDIKO OTLW ? IT ! WEBTI ***} '

      ¦ IO THE _OHABTI _8 TB 0 ** , TnB WKSI _BIWHQ OP TOIH-, BBoiHi _«^ _C'uiOTM _^—Itj"i , wilh _mingW of _tOtwaad _' _pleiismw _^ at Uiis momehtous crisis . With sorrow , at beholding in tradition to tho exorbitant _^ taxation which the people of this country have to pay , such de _^ mon in commerce and manufacturers , tbat the labouring classes are _undergoing unparalleled misery and destitution . Iven in the so-called times of prosperity , what security have the labouring classes , when it is notorious that the capitalists , in their competitive racoto amaso princely fortunes , introduce machinery t » _dis-E lace manual labour , without at the same time _maing provision for the _labourois so superseded .

      Except , indeed , a whig Maltbusian bastile be considered a _sufflciont provision for the willing labourer _,, who is deprived of tho means of an honourable sustenance . But it is with pleasurable anticipations welook to tbe Chartist movement which will confer political enfranchisement on the sons of toil , and will enable them to choose representatives who will make laws to remedy the evils we now deplore-Therefore , we earnestly call upon our brother Chartists in their Beveral localities , to persevere ,, with redoubled energy , for tbe promulgation of their principles . We are also anxious to impress upon the membera ofthe Land Company the paramount necessity of joining tho National Charter Association , as by their united efforts , we are convinced that they will accellerato the attainment of those great principles for

      which we are struggling . We moreover look forward with intense anxiety to the New Parliament , and we are desirous that Feargus O'Connor , Esq . may as soon as possible have an' opportunity of testing its spirit . We trust . that the Cbartists of Ihe United Kingdom will without delay sign ths Nation Petition , which , for ite numerical strength , will far outstrip its predecessors , and ' so convince the Legislature that it muste ' re long yield the inalienable .. right of a Virtuous , y intelligent , ; and united people .. Chartists of the , _^ y eat Riding , arouse yourselves , toa sense of duty , ' and organise yourselves in order to support ' our indomitable champion , Feargus-O'Connor , Esq . V in' bis rieble . struggle against despotism . , ; , / . ' , ' : \ _"¦' .:. _'" 7 : ' ; , ,,- . ' , " .. ' _' ¦ ¦''• Signed , on . behalf of the delegates , ; W . _'Licri . 'lVest Riding Secretary .

      _Cnr of LpwDOM isp _FiNsBUBTi—At a meeting of the membors , h ' cJd _' _' _Sundayei'eDing last , at the Good Intent coffee house , ; _Back .-biU , Ilatton-garUen . MrWilsonirifcheoliairi- ' Mr-Ahtill _^ hdMr ; iiughe 3 were elected' on the . ; c 6 uhtiili .. . ' _-TheReport from delegates . was * received . ';; , A _/^' _sqipe _^ _discussion , the following proppsifa ' p _^ gates . bfeinstrucf ed tosupper _^ forwardattliehextmetropblit ' aiidelegat _^ _^ pay _. the Executive of the _^ ationaL Gharter Association oh ' dJ ' _shiliiDgV ' per . ' _annuni , " _^ _expehBelf Alf } 6 t . nat . we _pledge _^ _Mraeivesto _^ . use evory ; end _^ Mr _^ t _^ tf _^ _aiQ . ' _^ l _^ _ie _-rMp _^ m . _Bib'lipns liai ] f and that , we _^ _s _^ ovir _^^ friends to take _, iip _phartB _forjiso desirable an object . '

      A vote of tha " _nks ,. wa 8 j ' _UnaminonMyipasied to thev . ! Directors ; _fdr _* grariting ; _Xtfi' e ' 11 * 1 _^ , 8 ; . room for the - delegate ' _meeting . _Also _^^^ Star , ' for Bia'kindness in ' _ajlojyingl the columns _' . fthev _Siaa to ' remairi op _^ a . opThu _^ fd aj * evening till , a late ., ' . hour , "fof 1 he i _^ . epoft 8 . ; _ThCiheef ; ing _^ to Su ' ndayrtHe . | 8 th . ' : _^^ _^^ f _^ 'ithe _. _jmeeiing , MrrStall- _^ H _wood''deliveied a '' most '' . ih _^ reatiB !; 4 eetM * : e _^ on ., _i Charter ! th ' e _^ _Esndj _' apd"Lind' ajidi Labo _^ Bahky ' . - , _whicHWas mM _^ ppjauded _^ w _. b _^ was 'uhan _' imoutily _passed | di _^ _Jectu _^ SomersTdwH .-- 'A crowde ( j ' _meefcihg _twas' ; heIdibh ., 1 . _'i Sunday _evening' ; Noy |; , _^^^ _^^ _Brickla ' verfl Arms . _'Tonbridffels ' treflt'New . r « _nd ' Mv . 3

      John Fu 6 ' seiriu' _^' thei ' chair . ';; T _| _ueVproceeding 8 x _^ _menced b > reading _frijin _, ibe _§ w for the _Charterj ' ahd also the _addrers frp _* n' the Execu- -y ; tive Cdm ' mitte _^ _whiqhiwer _^ mpcli ' , applauded .. : _Oa- the motion of Messrs Arnott and , ' _! Child ,: 5 s . was voted to the Metropolitan Delegato Committee , and--a spiritof energetic deterraihatioh' _^ aa _, _manifeated , which fully proved _that ' thiS'locality will with , the , greatest alacrity join' _ ia _^' ahd _suppdrt _. a renewed agi- tation forthe enactment of the _giprious principles of Universal Justice _asembodiedin the People's Char- ' ter . Mr Lindbn then delivered an excellent instructive' ¦ and eloquent lecture ' 'Sp the _'^ Superiority of the laws ' _> of Nature _^ _bver _tholaWs bf inan . ' ' . Mr , L . wa 3 loudly ¦ cheered _^ Messrs' W _^ _elfs , ; Arnott ' Turiieri Lucas , arid . ' Child also _addressod' the . _maeting _^ which after ; the ; 1

      usual ' votes' ; 6 f _thanksisepiirated . _b ? . The'Semei _* sT 6 wn a branch of the _^ _National _^^ Land ; _Coinaany-meet-atthe- '• abovehouse ' every Monday _^ yehiiigi : y . y _< _-- _<^\ w ; l :. _--i ' . _« TR 6 *? oir * fXn _Dwjsgate ; . Cousci ' , 144 , High : Holbora , N 6 vl 26 . 4 MrJ . oba Shaw inthe _chtur . _'f he ' - minutes ' of . ' the previous . meeting weret readand cdn- > _.- _?' firmed . ; ' Messrs Grassby . and Milne . presented ere- ' ¦> ' ¦' dentials , and took their seats for Westminster ' ''The- j ' committee appointed to g ' etup au aggregate meeting : reported _^ 'tbat _, they . had decided on engagin _** the National Hall , _' , in _Holbonir _. fora meeting on Mon- _dayi the 6 th of December ., Report received . ; Pro- : posed . by Mr _'MGrath , . and seconded by Mr Millw « rd _*— "';•'"; ' 'r '" ; ' . ' . ' : ' . " . ; _, '" _:-,., .-1 _.,-ii . y ¦ _ : : " . . _Tbat'tho _law ' toiry write to the treasurer ; of the Tic . iim Committee r * EpoctiDgtbo , ' jei , voted , to this commi » tee , '' ¦ " ¦ " '' ¦ " ''' '" __ ' , ., - ' ,. 1 ,,.. " . , , /' , ( ' ,,,, ; , , ' ... _.., - ¦ ¦ .-- _..-.- Proposed by MrLucasj and seconded by Mr Clark :- " ¦ _'•"' - ¦

      That Mr M'Grath do communicate with Mr O'Connor xeipecting'the X > tino « rdt . _" Proposed by Mr _'' , TappV / and , seconded by Mr Clark ' : — ' , .. . ,.. , _.,.,... _..,...-,...,. ' ¦ That _Mesirs _Donepmbe , O'Connor , and 'WaliHy , ba coiisulted personally _rtspectlng Frost ,-Williams , and Jones . Messrs Shaw and Grassby . were appointed a depu ( ation to wait on the above-named gentlemen . Proposed by Mr ; . Clark ,: and seconded by Mr Lucas ;— ' ,. _-. 1 : !•• • • . " _!• Y' _- That this committe * is deeply imprm-d < -ith the ne . eenityof procuring some . central plaoe of mesttng in which tht Charti _. ts of . the metrepelis may _asatmble in thti » aggregate strength . , . Y Proposetlby Mp Tapp . and seconded by Mr Millward : — . "'''"' ¦

      That _ten-nhllliug _sharet be _immodiately taken up for the purpose of obtaining a hall worthy ot Chartismsuch shares to be paid by instalment * . Mr Cumming handed in 10 s . from the "Whittineton and Cat locality . "Wm . Tapp , Sec . RBC-HPKOP IHB _RhOISIRATIOM AND _EtBCTIO-f _Coumuibe from Fovember 18 th to 25 th . _Newoastle-on-Tyne , por M . Jude , £ 1 13 s 4 d ; the £ 2 8 * nt previously , was on the 2 nd of August : Bath &; Sowerby Helm , , 4 a ; total , £ 2 2 a id ; The Cen ' tral _Committ « e have to request that all _cartiM hRvJn « ,

      tickets or monies for the late Crown and Anchor dinner , will Bettle fer the same by next Tuesday night ; _alse all parties holding books or monies for this Committee , are requested to send the same in immediately , ' ae the Committee have determined to issue a balance sheet as soon as convenient , and all parties who have sent monies that have not been acknowledged , had better write to the parties they sent it to , as there are sums _acknowledged iu the Star tbat have never been handed orer to this Committee . J . _GaASinr , Secretary .

      Latest News From Switzerland. Capltdiaxi...

      LATEST NEWS FROM SWITZERLAND . _CAPlTDIAXION OF ZUG . The _Swira Vorort published on tho 22 nd , an announcement that a convention for the capitulation ef the canton of Zug had been entered into by two deputies of that canton and General _Dufonr , _isubjecfc to the ratification of Ihe authorities of the canton , and that the federal troops wero to eccupy the _ttrritoiyon the 82 nd-The whole of the army of the Swiss Diet sent against Lucerne crossed the frontier of that canton on the 22 _od . On this occasion , tbei Commander-ih . Chief issued a proclamation to his troops , exhorting them to temper tbeir courage wiih disoiplino and humanity , to fight to the last extremity in support of their cause , hut aftervictory to bo moderate aud generous . . '"

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 27, 1847, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_27111847/page/1/