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~* ( fBBlEN e . THE NORTHERN STAR , THE CONVENTION , AND O'CONNOR ON THE ELECTION QUESTION . York Castle , June 19 , 1841 . Ht DiA * O'Bbikx , —I have just read fou letters from you , of different dates , in tbe Star of this day , jod I think yon will admit that there is in etch a joni etbnig demanding notice from me . In the discharge of aj duty , it shall be my endeavour to pregecre my eorrespondenoe free from any , even the lig htest , appearance of controversy . I shaft gire to it tbe real stamp of what it is intended to pass for ; an ^ qniry , by two persons possessed of much public « oo £ desce , as to tbe best means of arriving at an
ibj « c t upon which they are perfectly agreed : such lhaU be my coarse ; in the investigation as to the most profitable use to be made of our present position Ibr tbe acquirement of the Charter . Before I come to the consideration of that which y the grand question , I must very briefly dispose of joine extraneous matter with which , here and there , your letters are interlarded . Tie first passage which I shall notice is the following- Yon say : — " Oh ! If the Chartist press would but give up their dirty , jealous , personal jqn&bbles , and for once act an honourable and manly part , how soon we should see -400 good men and fcoe , ready to take the field and be put in nomination , and beat both factions on every hustings , at the
. approaching elections ! ' > ow , unless this is the jhidow of some coming event , of which I am wholly and entirely ignorant , I am unconscious of its meaning , as I am ignorant of the object it is intended to ' achieve . There are four Chutist papers in Great Britain : the Star , the Scottish Patriot , the Dundee Chronicle and the Perth Chronicle , and never during their existence has there & line of eontroTersy appeared in one of them , nor has controversy been allowed to be kept up between third parnes in their columns , lest the very fact should iBTolve the papers in the conflict . From no weekly paper has the Star copied so extensively as from the Scottish Patriot ; and , in truth , I had more than once piqued myself upon the striking difference that
Barks the unanimity of the present Chartist papers as compared with the deadly war which was early -waged , and kept up to the close , by the two first Baoicaj papers produced by the alteration in the Stamp duties , the London Dispatch and the London Mercury . They literally ate each other to the tails ; and did much injury to the cause . Do not suppose , however , that in this contrast which I would hare a perfect right to use in answer to your remark , even without qualification , that I mean it as any rebuke to you . I do not ; as you were one of the persons attacked , and had no alternative but to defend , or surrender character and public
eonnaence to the assailants . 1 use it to prove that there are attta . dons in whieh those who wish for unanimity , and are sensitive about differences ( which do not exist ) may be involuntarily dragged before the public This portion -of the subject 1 dismiss , congratulating myself that Bever , in the history of the newspaper press , did so cordial , so sincere , and unbroken a harmony exist between the journals of any party , as that which now exists between the whole of the Chartist press ; and when we have the satisfaction and advantage of jour addition to our society , I feel convinced that the increase of family will but cement the union .
Tbe Star is the eldest son of Chartism , but claims no exclusive right under the . law of primogeniture . ¦ So much for your letter of the Sib . of June . Your letter of the 12 th commences thus : — " MT dear Arthur , —I haTe jnst seen the Northern Star of to-day , and rejoice to find that the Editor , at last , sees the necessity of acting upon tbe principle of meeting the enemy is practical style at the general election . Had be done , or advised , three months ago , what be is now-doing and advising , we should baye three hundred Chartist candidates now ready te take the field gainst both factions , and qualified to represent the people either in tbe Commona' Honae , or in another and better House , supported by fire-sixths , * £ least , of tbe wliole nation . Sat better late tban never ! Eren now , at tbe elerenth boar , an effectire fclcrw rosy be struck for tbe liberties of tbe people . "
"Without at all ehampionising O'Connor , the Star , -or the Editor , whose political characters must be inseperable , 1 think I can most satisfactorily prove ihai yen wrote the foregoing paragraph in a moment -of thoughtlessness ; while its appearance , however produced , justifies me in recapitulating facts which I would otherwise be deemed egotistical for repeating ; and when one of your powers of memory has se soon forgotten the repeated advice of myself and tiie Editor upon this subject , I feel warranted at the present moment in jogging less retentive me-» on * s by laying a true state of this branch of my policy before tbe readers of the Star . In " 1835 , 1 essayed to marshal the non-elective infinence against the elective power of this country ; and after having detailed my plan of agitation te a large out-door meeting at Huddersfield , one of them asked me how tbe force could be made available > I answered that my intention was , that when the
Bon-electcrs were prepared , they should , at tbe next f eneral election , elect by a show of hands , bees who should represent themselves in a house in London , « alk d the " bee-hive , " if thev pleased ; and I pledged injsdf the good sense of the bees would veryEpeedily brans the folly of the drones into contempt . I said ttuch more , but suffice it -now that this was my phn ; and it seemed to strike even the mogt forwaid of the movement party dumb . This plan was spoken of everywere , and I was called a mad aan . I am sot aware that the plan ever was hinted at before I broached it at that meeting . It never was pricted before to my knowledge ; nor , up to that time , to the knowledge of any HE ^ le man that I cam e in contact with , and they were many . In fac ; , if the thought was born before , it vzs a still birth ; for not one soul had ever heard of it . Indeed , it caused a Bensation in those days , xnd was a freshness upon tbe very lip of novelty . Thai -Basin l&i ? .
lu 1837 , at the last general election , and before tbe S : ur was in existence , I made another tour ; and ags : ^ , as far as one itinerating derragogue opposed by ; hc -n-hole press could accomplish the object , I Strove io accomplish it ; but the public mind was not prepared for the trial . " However , always deterai ; . ~ i to teas ; rny theory by my practice , I went tf > Preston , and created a tremendon 3 public feehng icr many days before tbe election ; all a : e .-y own expence ; and , witbont appearing as a sui' . or for electoral Enpport , I went to tbe huriiu ^ s and accomplished my object , by getting a slew of hands ; thus testing the great and miii : > d : ffereufe between electoral power aid non-trl ^ c ive influence and feeling . That was in Jah . 1837 .
£ arly in 1839 , I went to Glasgow also at my own exp-i . ee , for ihe purpose of working my theory into praciroe , and there also I achieved what the Chartie * -s „; ibe lime considered a 9 their greatest triumph . I go ; : he sbjw of bands , and told themtbat I should hoid iLj ^ tli in readiness to obey their commands , when ihe rest of the country was prepared to cooptra : e with them . 3 .- Aagost of tbe same year , I again visited Glasgow . Perth , Kilmarnock , Dundee , Paisley , Renfrewshire , and mary other places ; and Etili enforced the necessiiv o ' f prosecuting this plan .
I ihen returned to England , and addressed the elfccu-r > and uon-el--ctors of the West Riding of Ycrk-kire , both in the Star and at public meetings . I tt ; a ; Lem that my triumph would end with their eleoiku of me by show of hands . When I had Satured the public mind to a certain , extent , I publishec , on the 21 st of September , a plan for tbe eeBspi- te organisation of the county to carry out the natural object ; slc from that time to the period of my hnprwjiinent , I kept it constantly in public view . This bj . ijgsme to the immediate consideration of the s-eut-enee in your letter running thus : — " Had be done or advised , tcree months aeo , what be is now doii .- ' aud ad-vising , we should , " & . C
TvA" paragraph insinuates against the Editor of the S : ar a cha'ge of very seriou 3 and calpable neglec : of dnry , in ' reference to the matter . Dates ana lie : * are , " in general , tbe only advocates I call to my ajd against charges of omission , or neglect of publ . e duty ; and as 1 consider myself respossible forev ^ rv word of Editorial matter in the Star from wiiicn Too n ?! r . ubnc-T espress By dissect , I now beg it-cvo to submit for your consideration the following p-: M ; ihed correction of your mistake . Tbe following l-iremthe Star , of * he" 27 ih February , seventeen wfcck ! prt-Tiou > iothepre 5 entnninberl aiidfiTepreTiouB to the period ire in which you lament the Editor did no : v . irt : —
" Tiers is much tali of a dissolution of Parliament , and ih-re can be ho fcarm in being prepared for the iron ,: ; bat we bave strong notions that the unpleasant aad i _ crt ££ lng aifferences between Sir Robert Peel and his j ^ rty aiay protract tbe erest Peel i » no longer % leactr ; " he will , ere long , become a wefced tailed ginger , - and we should not be at all surprised to fiad lie Hi s ht HomonrablB eeatkmaa forming an alliance with any party which bad for ita object the release of the ihn ' isay from tb . « faogi ef the Beggaraam . We beg leave to direct attention to the letter from Feargtu OTJoBnor , published so long ago ts September , 1 * S > , and which we repablish to-day , thinking that it contains aii that can be said upon th « subject , aad a feasible Jlan of action for the Chartists . " Now . Purely the Editor need not overdo whit I had rciie to surfeitiEg \ further than to keep it beft .-e ibt pabhe .
By way of following up the recommendation my letter rrferred io in ihe above was reprinted from the &ar of 21 st September , 1889 ; and , as you appear to bare forgotten its contents , you will find it ifrUn printed in some part of tie present number .
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In looking over the Star of the following week , the 6 th March , I find that my letter bearing more immediately apon the subject ef organisation , was published in that number ; and , curious enough , I also find in that number a congratalatory article from tbe Editor upon the progress and anaaimity of the Chartist press . To that article , which you will find in the 5 th page of the Star of the 6 th March , under the head Chartist Press , " I beg to direct your attention . Now , surely , yoa do not expect that the Star of to-day is to be a mere echo of the previous number ? and that , once having laid down a plan it is to be repeated to surfeiting ! And axe you not very forgetful yourself in baviHg allowed all these things to escape your memory ?!
Well , but did I , or did the Editor of the Northern Stpr , rely upon that being enough ! No ; on the loth May , in a letter headed " To be , or not to be , " I again sounded the alarm , and , from my silent cell , tried to rouse the sleeping nation . From that letter I extract the two following passages : — " There is bow bat one way of carrying the Charter speedily . A dissolution is Bt hand . Rely upon it that the Whigs will dissolve ; they will not give the Tories a chance as long as they can help it Indeed , they have arranged all the dissolution scenery for tbe performance . They expect great things from the wtUiet , but they do not know the feeling of the people . However , we shall have a dissolution , that ' s certain . All the odds in favour of a Ministry in office will be tried upon a general ekction ,. before the hungry TV bigs -walk out "
I then enforce the necessity of exclusive dealing , for the pnrpose of carrying out my plan , and proceed thus : — " But you must begin in time . Let the Executive take it up , and send a form of pledge to be printed in tbe Star , and from the Star to be reprinted in slips in every town , and left by the Committee of the Association in each town , at every shop in the town . This could be done in a day . The expence is nothing . The shock would be . electrical . Make no combinations to injure any person , but combine to ser » e your f riends , and stitk io it . "
I think that is pretty well for one man in prison , and now I refer yen to every subsequent number of the Star for a note of the same tune . Could I do more I What individual at large has done as mHch ? And , now I atk is it right , is it fair , is it just , is it prpdent , with all these facts—recent facts ^—staring you in the face , to charge the Star with neglect of duty , while-it has performed the whole duty ! When you speak of Newcastle and Brighton and their state of preparedness , you must certainly have passed over the Leeds and Yorkshire intelligence . No one rejoices more than I do to hear of the state of forwardness of our party in any place ; and when I correct error by adducing facie , illustrative of the position of the immediate neighbourhood of tbe Star , not a man who knows me will tupposeihat I do so for tbe purpose of making invidious comparisons , or with any other view than to render honour to whom honour is due , and to defend myself and tbe Star against the charge of neglect of duty .
Now , whieh in this struggle , was the firrt warriortown armed for the battle ! Leeds I Leeds ! Leeds j ] formerly , rotten Leeds ! Hurrah for Leeds ! aye , the . men of Leeds had their full number of Chartist candidates inthe field , their arrangements perfected , the addresses of their noblecandidates on the wallsand in the Star , before any other town in England . Hull had its Chartist candidate in the field . Bradford had its Chartist candidate , asd Halifax bad its Chartist candidate , in the person of the manly , upright , ana independent Mr . Gully , who will vote for every point of the Charter .
Now , I ask if this proves neglect of duty , or if the tree is not be judged by its fruit ! What was Leeds in 1832 ? The hot-bed of corruption ; the head quarters of pure Whiggery , and the stronghold of faction . What Leeds is in 1841 200 , 000 men will declare upon tbe day of nomination , when Williams and Leech will know whether or not tbe Star , tbe Editor , and myself , have neglected our duty . From the 15 th of May , to the present moment , both tbe Editor and myself have been relieved from
any personal responsibility which we be fore incurred , by the unanimous recommendation of the late Convention ; . and , therefore , although I hold myself individually responsible for every word in the Star and in my own letters , yet might I , if inclined to split bairs , throw the onus of tbe recommendation upon the Convention . While I give them great credit for their resolution , and which , observe , they say they had come to after mature consideration , " I shrink not from tbe avowal that in their address I feel myself perfectly represented .
The next two passages which I select from your letter of the 14 th , for comment run thus : — " I am extremely glad to find that the advice given by , the Northern Star , last week , corresponds exactly with the substance of what 1 hive recommended to my friends all over the country . " In the very next paragraph you say : — " There is but one part of tbe Star ' s advice I regret to see—one from which I dissent in ioto , I mean the Editors' recommendation to support Tories against Whigs , in case the Chartiita should not be able to return their own candidate . "
In defence of the Star , my reply , and that of tbe Editor , to tbe first part of tbe first paragraph might equally be as follows : —I rejoice to find that the recommendation of the representatives of the people , as conveyed in their splendid address , corresponds exactly with tbe substance of what I have recommended to my party all over the conntry . Now , as this question is one of vital importance , not at all io tbe Star , but to the people , let us see what you approve of , and what ycu dissent from in tbe same paper ef the 12 th June . I have carefully examined all the editorial comments bearing upon the subject , of which there are three . Tbe first concludes thus : —
"You are now upon the eve of a great crisis , and what is your exact position ? It is this—Tou axe THE balance of powze ! and as such the Politico 1 Lords who are to farm &ut power upon the approaching leasing day . If you re-let to the former tenants they will pay in future as they have paid hitherto ; in blood , in Uars , in toil , in sweat , in chains , in persecution , and bondage ; and to them 5011 must LET FOR SEVEX YEARS ; while , upon the other hand , if you let to the Tories they become mere TEXANTS AT WILL , AND REMOVABLE AT PLEASURE ; and never , never , never , can the ' Bloodies' be taught reason , except in tbe school of adversity , which is kept at . the sign of the bleak side of tht Treasury Benches .
" Get a house of Whigs , and , for seven long years will they ding to office and multiply abase ! Get a house of Tories , asd then , but not till then , can Whig courtship of the Chartists be relied upon . Then we shall be the amiable , the levely , the heaven-born Chartists > So , " Down with the ' bloodies , ' hurah ! hurrah ! Hurrah ! and down with the * bloodies / hurrah . ' " The next under the head " Duty of the people at the coming elections , " and which , after strong denunciation of the ruling faction , proceeds ibus : — " Chartists ! the man who will -rote for , and do his utmost to . accomplish tbe foregoing list of reforms—he is your Tnim J " Wherever , by splitting with the Whigs , you can return your man , do bo . Wherever , by splitting with the Tsries , you can return your mac , do so .
" Bnt where yon . cannot find a qualified person to start as your candidate , er where , owing to your poverty , you dare not ri&k the expences of a contest , what is then to be . dose ? "Bo what you were told to do seven years ago by Beokiebrb . Do what FEABGtS O'COK . NOB has laboured to impressyou with tbe Eecessity of Cv ' wg . Have your candidates ; elect them by shew of hands , as your veritable representatives ; and leave to God and yoar own resolute hearts the fntare . " ~ Sow , here you must have mistaken a duty , or rather a course recommended to tbe non-eleciive body in tbe event of not having a candidate of their own ; and-you would infer from that that it was at variance with the advice elsewhere given to the elecrors sjfing under the isflnence of Don-elective pressure . In this I hope to snow you consists your entire error .
You speak of Chartist electors in a sensa in which they do not exist . You suppose them to menn electors who , in the event » f being left free and with the ballot , would vote for a Chartist candidate in preference to any other ; while I use the term in a more general sense , applying it to those , many of whom would gladly annihilate Chartism , but whose trust would be likely to be properly executed by a dread of an empty tilL This it a fatal error which has never yet been explained , but which I shall presently fully expose .
The four paragraph * , above o ^ ioled , critically agree with the adviee in my last letter , to hold the nwBerical strength wholly apart from lwth factions ; and the words , " and leave to God and your own resolute hearts the fature" have reference not to the neutrality of ToterB , but to the future course of the non-electors ; and the whole gist of that article , and the following one , "The Reckoning Day , " goes , firstly , to show the absolute necessity of Whig power being destroyed by tbe electors ; and , Becondly , to show the necessity of the noa-elective influence , in the event of its not being able to transfer the balance of power from the exterior to the interior of St . Stephens , beiug marshaled for the most effective outeide resistance to all factions . At least , if the writer bad any other object in view , he must have taken considerable pains to deceive ; he has not however , deceived me in the least . I must , therefore , confess that I see most perfect accordance
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between the Editor and himself , while you fin matter for approval and disapproval in the same number . i : . You close your letter 6 f the 14 th thus : — " I tell yon , Bowman , that the Chartist who votes for a Tory , unless that Tory rotes for him , is either a foal or a traitor . Down with both factions , and no distinction , should be our cry . " I quite agree to join in the hue and cry ; but 1 must bare the means of catching my thief when I see him , otherwise the hue and cry , and h » description , is of little ase . Presently , I shall point out my reasons for my every advice . You perfectly well know that the legal maxim , " qui faeit per alien facit per se" ( who acts by another acts himself ) , holds good , equally as regards legal principles and political teachers ; and therefore the man who recommends the course mast also be a fool or a traitor .
Now , I shall not retort further than by presently proving the converse of yonr proposition . Not one word shall escape me beyond a searching for the trnth . The next paragraph is the first in your postscript to your letter of the 12 th , and which runs thuB : — " P . S . I pray you again , Bowman , to discountenance the policy of voting for Tories , under any circumstances ! unless tthere they coalesce with the Chartists . The recommendation » f that polity to the Chartist electors , by the Star and by the late Petition Convention , has already done us much mischief . It has furnished a handle to our enemies to exasperate the poor deluded Irish againtt us . It has been , in a great measure , the cause of the late deplorabJe events in Manchester . It has greatly neutralised tbe good which Mr . O'Connor ' s letter * to O'Malley had unquestionably effected for us In Ireland .-
1 feel it due to yon , to ibe Star , to myself , to the Convention , to the Irish Chartists , and to the Chartists of Glasgow , to protest in the most unequivocal terja 3 against every sentence , line , and word , in the above ; and , perhaps , the best aud most judicious mode of doing so will be by again calling my advocate , dates and facts , to plead for us alL You must , thtn , have observed that , ever since Mr . O'Connell found the old Convention , and the " English people , and tbe Star supporting a Repeal
of the Union , he and the Irish press , assuned a more hostile tone against the English Chartists . You must be aware that Mr . O'Connell looks upon every sincere Repealer as his greatest enemy ; as his monbter , which was but intended for an agitating clap-trap . becomesdangerousinproportionashegrows in strength . Every man of common sense has discovered that ; and now , allow me to place britfly before you tbe facts which led to a rupture between the English and Irish Chartists , and the blind Irish followers of moonshine .
On Tuesday , the 2 nd of March , now seventeen weeks past , there was a meeting called at the Justiciary Hall in Glasgow , foy the purpose of supporting Lord Morpeths Irish Agitatioh Bill . The meeting was anuouaced for eight , but the committee iftued tickets Io the supporters of the measure to attend at six ; they accordingly did attend , and were admitted by a side door to the amount of come hundreds . Mr . Colquhoun , by chance , got one of those tickets and instantly and properly sounded the alarm , and mustered the Chartist forces , not for tbe purpose of opposing the Irish , but , very judiciously , for the purpose of letting the worid know that the Glasgow Chartists had not joined in the clap-trap . Well , the Chartists were kept outside ,
"hivertng , while the O'Connellites were privately admitted ; and when I use the words Chartists and O'Conuellites , I beg you to understand that among the Chartists were many Irish Catholics , while amoDg tbe O'Connelites were many Scotch merchants and traders . Well , when the doors were opened and tbe Chartists lound tbe meeting packed , they naturally became oifgusted and indignant ; and when Dr . Murdock , the excellent Catholic Bishop , was called to the chair , Mr . Ross ' s appointment to the office was moved as an amendment , which , we are told , waB carried . However , be that as it may , when Bishop Murdoch was in the chair , Mr . Colquhoun held ap his card of invitation as bis title to be heard , when he was
most shamefully and brutally treated , and an indiscriminate attack was made upon the Charting . In proof of tbe Chartists' innocence it ia but fair to state , that man ; of the assailants ( but none being CbartiBts ) were punished by the Whig authorities for their conduct . I regret being compelled to nib this old sore , because the good sense , philosophy , and judgment of tne Bight Rev . Dr . Murdoch and of the Chartists , bad completely healed the wound and now not a particle of tbe sore spot is perceptible . But while those who were to live together as neighbours and friends were thus willing to sacrifice their apparent differences upon the altar of patriotism , and theieby restore peace and good will , the feud was too great
a God-send for the Devil , who preaches peaoe and lives upoa dissention ; and consequently , in one ot those " patriotic" addresses , manufactured for the approbation of tbe Corn ExchaDge hirelings , and addressed to the Chartists of Newry , the attack upon Bishop Murdoch ib made the most prominent feature , a kind of recruiting sergeant for the enlistment of Catholio prejudice againbt tbe English Chartists , being Protestants , and alto against the Irish Catholic Chartists , and ) rom that moaent to tbe present , "Protestant , " "Hanoverian , " "Sassenach , " and "Orangeman " , have been the foolish epithets indiscriminately applied by the Catholics to their Protestant and CathoJio brethren , while struggling for equal liberty for tbd Cathoiics and themselves '
1 ou may , perhaps , say , " O , this ia a mere assertion . " To which I would be warranted in repl ying , " well , it is assertion against assertion . " But I am most providentially in a situation to corroborate my assertion , not by circumstantial , but by written and direct evidence , and which I here subjoin , from James O'Brien , in refutaticn of the assertion of James Bronttrre O'Brien . I received the following letter , which bears date 23 rd April ; bear in mind ihe 23 rd April , long before the Star , or the Convention , had said one word about the course the recommendation of which , you say , led to the ridiculous conduct of ibe Irish in Manchester . Now , bear the date in mind , and here is the let : er , which 1 received upon the 24 ih : — " Manchester , April 23 d , 18 il .
" Sin , —1 would re vny much obliged by your answering me the following questions through the medhun of the Star , whether , as i& reported to us irishmen , that > ou encouraged tLe Chattibts of Glasgow to disturb the meeting that was got up lopttitionagain&tLordStanley ' a DihfranchiBtment Bill , and in favour of Lord Morpeth ' s Bill ? Until that is rightly exp \ a ned to us , yiu may re > t satisfied that we will never join you in your wild agitation as long as we live . We will go heart and hand for the Com Laws , and will oppose every Chartist meetiug that takes place here , for satisfaction for the inBult ofl ' tred to our rtspecttd Roman Catholic Bishop , at the Glasgow niteticg . Yes , Sir , by him who mads us , dead or alive , we will get satisfaction of them , the sons of prostitution , for where is there a virtuous
iran in England . SiT , nont , not one . You are alsoaccused of saying that the women of Ireland are greater vagabonds than of England are ; prove it Oh , that you could be guiity of such a saying ! You are advocating independent jr ' nciples , and Chartism also , aa your followers also are . Why did you not join our poor unfortunate countrymen in Glasgow ? instead of hunt ' iDg them out of the place they met to petition , they ought to juin them heart and hand to get what they are seeking fur thi . mselves , that is , the extension of the Suffrage . Jv ' o , Sir , both ycu and them will not allow us our liberty , if you had it in your power . We will weigh the thing in our breasts j for you had many , yeB , I say many Irishmen here , wbo were your friendsuntil the Glasgow mebting took place ; but now , alas , they are your must despeiate enemies . Mark that , Sir .
" I am sorry that you Bhould be lowered in the eyes of your countrymen . " There was a discussion got up in George-Etreet , Salfoid , on Wednesday last , to discui » 8 the merits of the Corn Laws ; bat the Irishmen assembled with an intention of slaying every Chartist who opposed hb . " 1 would wish ycu hhculvi give us some information on these subjects , to see if it would a llay tbe animosity that is in tbtir breasts , for you may depend on it that they will disturb every Chartitt meeting that takes place here . We expect to have a meeting in the Corn ExcLangi , against the Com Laws ; and if the CLartiats come to nisrurb it there will be four thousand Irishmen killed at least . Never will Chaituiu flourish in poor Ireland sirce the Glasgow fray .
" On Sunday ntxt , -we are to have a meeting to Bee if yon "Bill give any infoimation to ms . I rely on you * noble spirit to see if you can eradicate that black spot out of your brtast . If yon do not answer this letter , thnu $ : h the columns of your paj . er , wt > expect silence gives consent . " I an , " Your most obedient countrym ?_ n , " Jamks ^) 'BRi * n . " Now , what Fay you to that ! I answered that letttr the very moment I received ft . I enclosed my answer to an Irish Catholic , and requested that he and two otters would attend the meeting about to be convened for receiving my ansv , I did not tell one of the three the contents of a y letter , or of the letter I received . I did n » t aU Ow » BiBgle English Cbartist to appear in the affarr . My letter charced
O'Bnea with being the fabr ? oator of the folly about Irish women , antii he should tell his author , whoan I proBued to kick well in hi 8 preseace . As to the Glasgow meeting Itral- j stated that I had never heard a word about it , till I eaw the result , which I deeply deplored , in th / j papers . Well , it inquiry wr ^ th object , why not pnblish my angwer 1 And taa I not a perfect right , not hearing a word to the contrary , to &uppose that my answer was quit * , satisfactory , and that all tbe differences were \ econciled . The faot is , ground of accusation , an d not refutation , wae the thing hoped for . The ler ' ter was handed sealed to the chairman i and was read to the meeting , but nevei publuhed * . ft 0 W ) WQat Eay you \ And where is the / . nan on earth who can say he ever heard fr . om me one word about the mad intention
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of my countymen , as expressed by O'Brien , until now dragged from me in defence of the Star . tbe GroveBtieni and theChartists 1 Had I supposed that my letter was not satisfactory I should certainly hare sent O'Brien ' s to the Executive to put them upon their guard . Let me now ask yon yriat rapport we eonld expect from men who declare that they will support a repeal of the Corn Laws , or any thing , and oppose the Chartists , because the Glasgow parties had a misunderstanding ! Your observation , if believed , would have have done more to injure Chartism , the Star , and the Convention , than if the whole press of England had been using Ub best endeavomrs to effect tbe object . The
only difference is , that to the press I would attribute one motive and to yon another . Your motive , I feel convinced was in order to afford an opportunity for healing the wound by afair exposition of what ceuld be said in reply to the slander which , perhaps , was noised abroad , and brought by a correspondent wider your notice . Of this I feel certain , because no nan can doubt that the charge , if believed , would at once justify the Irish for their hostility to the Chartists , would destroy all confidence in the discretion and judgement of the Convention and the Star , and would effectually undo the very thing which for six years I have zealously laboured to effect , and do the very thing which , for tbe same period , Daniel O'Connell has endeavoured ,
bnt in vain , to prevent—a thorough union of the people of both conn tries . Can I ever sufficiently return thanks to Providence for having preserved O'Brien ' s letter ? for had I no better defence to offer than mere assertion to assertion , public opinion might have been led astray ; but I have now crushed the calumny in its infancy . I have some curious documents , I assure you . I have , without resorting to the same means as Fouchi for acquiring it , just , as minute information about tbe plots of ibe great as he had . I have had many communications from servants of ministers , Noble Lords , M . P ' s ., Right Reverend Fathers in God , and others , and from Chartist soldiers , much of which I turned to good account .
I shall notice one , and only one more passage . In your letter of the 14 tb , you say : — " And as to tbe new hocus pecus policy of promoting Chartism by inundating the next House of Commons with Toryism , I cannot find language capable of expressing ray contempt for it O'Connor is certainly mad , if he imagines it ; for I am . certain he could never swallow inch a gross lump of Cobbettism in a moment of sober reflection . It is contrary to all his former recorded opinions , and utterly at variance with the policy be so ably and manfully followed up against the Liberator and Champiom . *
Here I fully agree in the assertion that O'Connor must be mad , if he imagines such a thing even possible ; but the man who would affect to suppose that I did imagine such a re&ult possible , or who would lead others to suppose that I so imagined , must have read that portion of my letter to very little purpose . I do not repeat " mad" "fool" "traitor , " or " mad man , " for the purpose of retorting ; but I would be a ctosb between all , if I had recommended the entertainment of Buch a proposition . I should be a mad fool of a traitor .
Now , just observe ; in my letter of the 29 th May , in which tbe passage occurs ( and from a reference to which I find that again the negligent Star was scolding the people , for not being ready with all the machinery for the contest , ) I nsod these words , " Six years ago , I said I would prepare you for sale . Two years ago . I published a plan for your local organization ; and THREE MONTHS AGO I BliPUBUSHE » THAT PLAN . I was well aware that only during the excitement of a contested election , would either band of robbers bid for the virtuous people ; that hour has now come ! YET AHK YOU NOT PRtPABED WITH TOUR
COMM 1 TTEKS , SUBCOMMITTEES , TBEASUBEKS , AND SECRETARIES OF ELECTIONEERING CLUBS , Which I reCOmmended , but as I never fight with my own party but always try to make up for their laziness by MY OWN EXTRA DILIGENCE . I TELL YOU NOW TO GET YOUB MACHINERY BEADY . " I merely chopped upon this sentence in looking for the passage to which you refer , in order to construe it by the context ; and 1 ask you now , has the Star been negligent in the arrangements necessary for the struggle ? But to the pascage . You know , full well , that I was describing the calamity which most ever follow the want of opposition to the Government in being . You know that I eaid that such a thing as inundating the House with Tories was " impossible . " That was my very word , and I was hjpothetically describing it as a calamity inferior only to the want of an opposition .
Now , how do I conclude th « paragrah ? Thus : — "If you had 6 S 8 Tory devils ^ they would be frightened at th « sound of their own voice , and would imploringly cry , O ! for an opposition } '" I merely put the thing hypothetically , to show the want of an opposition , and what the country had suffered for nine years of Reform , from that very want . I was proving that unopposed rule ever has degenerated , and ever will degenerate into tyranny and licentiousness . I was stating that the Tories actually sacrificed the Whigs by hot opposing them . All
this 1 put hypothetically to ground an argument upon , showing , at the same time , the " impossibility " of its being carried into practice ; while you speak in your letter with strong presumption of our capability of returning fifty Chartist members . Now , in return , I tell you that it would be more easy , and tbe Whig elictobs would sooner join to return 658 Tories than to return 60 , what I call , Chartist members . The electors would not return them as Chartists , whilea wise disposition of the balance of power would give us 200 Chartist members returned as Whigs .
You appear to have mistaken the ground of controversy between me and the Champion and Liberator . The policy , as snported by them and opposed by me , was , the propriety of supporting To * y principles , in the House of Commons , and ot denouncing VV higgery , for tbe mere purpose of placing Toryism in tbe ascendant , upon the mere speculation ot the repeal of tbe Poor Law Amendment Act . Through life I have endeavoured to get a fair fling at the Tories ; and for nine years the Whigs have stood between them and me ; and now I say to the Whigs , get out of my way , and let mo at them .
Having so tar disencumbered the great question at issue of all extraneous ' matter , I shall here take my leave , for the present , with the intention of addressing another letter to you , to-morrow , upon the subject of the best use to be made of our forces in the approaching battle . In the mean time , wishing yon , from my soul , every success , both at Newcastle and through life , to which your zeal , your talent , your honesty yeur long unbending and unflinching exertions , and your privation and manly suffering entitle you .
I am , Your faithful associate And affectionate friend , Feabgus O'Connor .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —I have read with extreme surprize tbe remarks of Mr . O'Brien , io the last number of the Star , ou tbe above question j for every one will admit to you that not only is the Whig faction the great barrier to the progress of democracy , but it is likewise the most treacherous , prcfl / gate , and persecuting oligarchy which has ever appeared in these nations . Then , supposing the Tory faction to be ready to act as the Whig faction has done , is It not Bound policy to do tbe best we can at tbe present crisis , namely , to trample upon one of those factions , since we cannot do so to both , nnd thereby nave osly one faction to contend with in future , instead of two , as at present ?
But probably I shall beat convince your readers of the soundness of tbe policy recommended by you and Mr . O'Connor , in reference t « tbe Whigs , by giving you a sketch of ¦ ' that which I saw , and part of which I was . " Well , then , I have been an active suppporter of the Whigs , voted for , and otherwise aided them ; and on the subject of the Corn Laws , while they were denouncing the repeal of those laws , as the work of madmen , I was pushing on the question . ¦ But upon that and every other project of Reform , I found that they were determined to persecute me for touching the subject of Reform ; they even employed miscreants to entrap me , insult , and injure me , under the foims of law and authority : and even now , I fcel so convinced of their dishonest and tricky intentions in respect of Coin Law repeal , and every other measure which Reformers contemplate , that if 1 did not oppose thtm at the ntxt elections , I should be acting against every dictate of my conscience .
I would gladly assist in returning a Chartist representative for Dublin at the next election ; but when I cannot gratify my wishes in that respect , surely I am bound to do the Bext best thing in my power , namely , to upset , aa far as I can , that concentration ol rascality , the Whig and O'Connell dynasty . Every man standing in tbe same position ought to do likewise . If he could return a candidate who would represent "tbe nisetable sons of toil , " he OHght to do so , by tbe aid of the Tory faction , the Whit faciien , or the Devil himself , if there was any prospect of gaining that desirable ebject by splitting hii votes with a » y of them ; tmt if no such opportunity presents itself , let him inflict vengeance for Whig
treachery and remove the ; oligarchical breakwater out of the way . Woe betide ! the Chartist party , if the Whigs uain a majority at the coming election , then will they charge the Chartist army , right , left , and centre , valiant with the notion , that the Tory phalanx can be brought , up at any time , and panting "with revenge for the Nottingham and otherCbartist onslaughts , and for the withering blasts which the Northern Star has sent down their golden harvests of jobbery and plunder ; but should the Tory party be thrust Into harness , they will be bo weak , between the national cry of tUe Chartists , and tbe ravenous howl of the Whigs for place , that the Chartist party wust according to all appearances , be called Into the management
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of public affairs . Tbe great object then should be to return Chartist candidates , but wh « re that cannot be done , to clear the decks for action , by sending the Whig assassins under the batches . Iain , Sir , Your most obedient and humble servant , Samuel Gordon . 41 , Aungier-street , Dublin , June 21 st , 1841 .
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—— - ^^^—— - TO THE KDITOE OF IHK NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —The readers of the Star will recollect the disturbances that took place in Colne in the month of August last , in consequence of the previous brutal , cowardly , and unjustifiable conduct of the " Jacks in office , " or the should-be peace preservers , and their tools of all work , the county police . The consequence waa , th « Committal of four ^ onug men to Lancaster Castle , charged with the wilful murder of Mr . Halst « ad , whoeame by his death at that time , from the hand er bands of some person or persons at present unknown .
The aforesaid young men were tried on the capital cbaTge at the late asaises at Lancaster , and three of them were acquitted of the murder , but , at the suggestion of their counsel , pleaded guilty to the charge of miademe&noi . Richaid Bootimian , the other prisoner , was foand guilty by the Jur y of wilfnl murder , en the testimony of two hired and unprincipled policemen . Owing to some strange and unaccountable aitcuvustance at the trial , tbe witnesses for the prisoner Bootbman , wh « w ere ready , and capable of proving an alibi in bit favour , were not brought forward . The consequence was as stated before , and he was sentenced to death ; but by prompt and energetic exertions being made , by memorials being sent to Lord Nornianby and the Queen , bis sentence was commuted to transportation for life . A poor , innocent , unoffending young man transported for life ! It is the general and Hnaniruous conviction in this town that he is perfectly innocent of the crime for which he is suffering .
The Rev . J . Henderson , Incumbent in this town , te worthy of all praise for . using his talent and influence in behalf of the injnred and unfortunate Boothman , in endeavouring to obtain his release ; but hitherto his charitable intentions have not been successful , arising , it is thought , from communications going from another quatter , who lain frequent communication with the Home-office . We understand poor Boothman was removed from Lancaster gaol last week , to the hullrs , preparatory to bis going abroad for life ; ' in all probability , a victim of police perjury and petty spite and malice .
In consequence of tbe public believing the young men were innocent of the charges brought against them , a subscription was entered into to procure them pomething like a fair trial , and the following items were received from the different towns and villages , which , we trust , you will have tbe goodness to insert in your valuable and widely circulating paper : — £ S ; d . Burnley 2 7 0 Keigbley 1 6 91 Ackrington 0 14 0 Hebden Bridge 0 9 0 Sand-bud , near Sbaggatie ... 0 14 7 i
Barnoldswick 0 12 0 Barrowford 0 14 0 A Chatburn 0 4 3 . J Grindleston 0 11 8 Clitheroe 0 12 6 ForabiU » 5 2 . J Gluaburn 5 7 . ^ Button 0 12 6 Cononly ... 0 6 0 If you can find a little space for this communication , you will much oblige your numerous readers in this town and neighbourhood . Respectfully , yours , &c J . Watson . Colne , June 22 d , 1841 .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Fridav , June 18 . The Madhouses ( Scotland ) Bill , and the Election Petitions Trial Bill , went through a Committee . The Militia Pay Bill , the Metropolis Improvement Bill , the County Bridges Bill , and tbe Bribery at Elections B ill , were severally read a third time and passed . In answer to the Earl of WiCKtow , The Marquis of NormaNby said , that in consequence of the sudden termination of the Session , the Bills for the Improvement of Sewers and tbe Drainage ef Towns bad been withdrawn for tbe present .
Tbe debate on the Punishment of Death Bill was resumed , and on the motion of the Earl of Wincihlsea , the capital punishment was again restored to certain offences exempted by the present Bill . The Noble Earl then moved to exempt certain cases of rape from the operation of the Bill , but ou a division , the numbers were—for the clause , 64 ; for the amend * ment , 60 . Tbe Bill then went through a Committee , and in answer to the Earl of WICK LOW , The Marquis of Norman by said it was his intention to extend tbe provisions of the Bill to Scotland and Ireland . Tbe Criminal Justice Bill was read a second time , and in Committee the Earl of Wilton moved to exclude Manchester from its operation ; but on a division , there appeared—for the motion , 31 ; against it , 32 .
After some discussion , the Dog Carts Bill was , on the motion of the Maiquis of NORMA . NBY , withdrawn , and their Lordships adjourned till Monday .
Tuesday , June 22 . PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT . Parliament was Ibis day prorogued by her Majesty in person , preparatory to the Dissolution , with the usual formahtits . At a quarter past two o ' clock , tbe discbarge of cannon and the flourish of trumpets , announced the arrival of her Alnjesty , who shortly afterwards entered the House . The Speaker and the Members of tbe House of Commons having been summoned to the Bar by the Usher of tbe Black Hod , the Right Honourable Gentleman shortly after wants appeared , attended , or rather pushed forward , by a formidable body of Members , who appeared to set all etiquette at defiance in their anxiety to obtain a look at her Majesty .
Tbe Speaker thtn addressed her Majesty as follows : —Most Gracious Sovereign , we , your Majesty ' s faithful Commons ' , approach your Majesty with sentiments of unfeigned devotion and loyalty . It has been our most anxious desire , in granting the supplies for the prestnt yuir , to place at the disposal of your Majesty the in . ans by which the naval and military establishments of the couutry might be placed in a state of complete tfficic-ncy , and we entertain a strong conviction that by thus enabling your Majesty to maintain the honour of the Crown , and protect tVt > just rights and interests of tbe people , we have adopted a course which , under tbe favour of Divine Providence , will ensure both to this country and the rest of Europe a con tinuance ol the blessings of peace .
We now tender to > eur Majesty on Act to apply certain sums of money for the service of the year 1841 , and to appropriate tbe supplies granted in this Session of Parliament , to which , in all humility , we pray your Majesty ' s gracious assent . The Royul Assent was then given , in the usual form , to tht ) following Bills : — Tbe Appropriation Bill , the Militia Pay Bill , the Bills of Exchange Bill , the Punishment of Death Bill , the Bribery at Elections Bill , the Controverted Elections Trial Bill , the Highway Rates Bill , the Loan Societies Bill , and Mad Houses ( Scotland ) Bill , the Blackburn Market Bill , the Bourne Drainage Bill , and seme other private Bills .
The Lord Chancellor , then presented the Speech to her Majesty on his knee , which the Queen read in her usivnl clear and distinct manner , with a very marked and decided emphasis on the passage which rbferredto the exigencies of the public service being provided for in tbe manner least burdensome to the community .
THE SPEECH . " Jit Lords and Gentlemek , "On a full consideration of the present state of public affairs 1 have come to the determination of proroguing this Parliament with a view to its immediate dissolution . "'The paramount importance of tbe trade and industry of the country , and my anxiety that the exigencies of the public service should be provided for in the manner lenst burtbensome to tne community , bave induced me to resort to tbe means which the Constitution has entrusted to me , of ascertaining the sense of my people upon mutters which so deeply concern their welfare .
" I entertain the hope that the progress of public business may be facilitated , and that divisions Injurious to the course of steady policy and useful legislation may be removed by the authority of a new Parliament , which I shall direct to be summoned without delay .
Gentlemen of thk Hottsb er Comhons . " I thank you for tbe readiness with which yon have voted the sums necessary fjr the Civil and Military Establishments . " Mr Lords and Gentlemen , " Ia the exercise of my prerogative I « n ! have no other object tban that of securing the rights , and promoting the interests of my subjects , and I rely on the co-operation of my Parliament , and the loyal zeal of my people , for support inthe adoption of such measures oa-are neceseary to maintain that high station among the nations of the world , which it has pleased Divine Providence to assign this country . " The Lord Chancellor then said : —It is her Majesty ' s Royal will and pleasure that this Parliament be prorogued to Tuesday , tbe 29 th of June instant , to be then here holden , and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued till Tuesday , the 28 tU of June . Her Majesty and her attendants then quitted the House in tbe same order as ; they bad entered It
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fbidat , Juire 18 . Several private Bills were read a third time and passed . ¦ The report of the Committee on the Fine Arts wa # brought up and ordered to be printed . The Bills of Exchange Bill and the Loan Societies Bill went through a Committee . The Court of Chancery Bill , was read a third time and passed . On the order of tbe dsf f » r taking into conaidttratioa the Lords * amendments to the Waddon Chase Enclosure Bill , some discussion took place . Mr . Warbbhton moved that it be read atblrd time that day three months , on the ground that it was an undue interference ' . with the right ? of parties who had a right of commonage over tae chase . Sir T . FRKMAtoiB and Mr . Estcourt defended the Bill . " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' - •'¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . ¦¦ ¦; ¦' ' : : ¦
On a division there appeared—for the amendment , 18 ; against it , 31 . . " , The Lords' amendments were then greed to . In answer to Sir Vraneis Burdett , Lord John Russell said the Government had not abandoned its intention to ask the assent of the House to a vote for a sum of money to raise a monument to Sir Sidney Smith and some other distin guiflhed officers , but circumstances had occurred which had rendered it unadvisable to bring forward any s pplemental vote for such a purposedurlngthe presents esslon . In answer to Lord Robert Grosvenor , who complained of tbe delay experienced by travellers on tbe Grand Junction Railway , ¦ ' : Mr . Sb ie l said he would be prepared to give the Noble Lord some explanation on Monday . The Lords' amendments to the Banks' of Issue Bil were agreed to . .
On tbe motion of Lord Ingestri , k , an addressto * Crows was agreed to for anewau veyof the coasn New Zealand . Adjourned till Monday .
Tuesday , June 22 . The Speaker took Use chair shortly before tw o'clock . Sir J . Hobhouse presented a petition from a place in Wiltshire , in favour of a total repeal of the Com Laws . : ' ¦ - ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ - . ¦'¦ ¦ - ¦'¦ ¦¦ Sir R . Inglis presented a petition from Chelsea , favour of Church Extension . V : : Mr . Hawes presented nineteen petitions from various parts of the metropolis against the present Com Lawa . •¦¦• , ¦ - _ .-... ¦ ¦ .. ¦ .-: ¦ ¦ ¦ -
Mr . Estcourt wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he bad made any provision out of the supplies for the next six months for the payment of the half-year ' s salary due to the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Meansi The Chancellor of the Exchequer could assure the Hon . Member that if no provision bad been made in tbe UBual way for the payment of the salary of the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means , It was not from any feeling at that Gentleman , but from the state of the Session . He would however take care that some measnre was adopted for the payment of the salary forthwith . The subject then dropped . Mr . M . O'Connell presented a petition from Kilkenny against the Medical Reform BilL Mr . Dugdale presented a petition from Birmingham , signed by 10 , 700 persons , praying for Church . Extension .
The Deputy Usher ot the Black Rod theneatered tbe House , and summoned the Commons to attend her Majesty in the House -of Lords . The Speaker , accompanied by all the Members present then left the House , and on hisretKm , read her Majesty's Speech at the tabto . Several Hon . Members then shook hands with the Speaker , and the House separated .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OP SCOTLAND GENERALLY , AND THE SCOTTISH FRIENDS OF
BRONTERRE O'BRIEN IN PARTICULAR . Brother Radicals , —Yon are probably aware that some few months ago a committee was formed in Leeds for the purpose of raising funds to present Mr . Bronterre O'Brien , upon his liberation , with a national testimosial in tbe form of a newspaper printing press and appendages . Consequent upon an address issued by that committee , in the Northern Star , a number of auxiliary committees have been formed in various places throughout England . One was lately formed in this city , under the auspices of the Chartist Association ; and it is that committee who now address yon . ..
From the nature - of tho subject , we have little more to do than to bring it prominently before you . Bionterre ' s great merits , his valuable services as a public writer , and his sufferings in the cause of truth and justice , are too generally known—and we hope appreciated—to require that we should . enlarge upon them . Were it merely to show our sense of , and gratitude for ,, these services , it behoved 4 is to do something in this way . His enemies bave taken care to give him some tangible proofs of their regard ; And so we think should his friends—and this ths more especially that , in doing so ,
we will not only put an instrument into his hands more efficient tban he baa ever yet bad , to do us further service , but will ev * n prevent his powerful aid from being entirely lost to us ; for we need not conceal from you the fact , thai upon the success of this scheme depends whether he is to continue , as he has so long been , the able , dauntless , and successful pioneer of a better order of things in this country , or be forced to exile himself to another . When these are the alternatives , it surely requires no deliberation to determine how we should act . ¦ "
As to the mode of raising funds , it would be out of place for us to dictate . It was suggested to ourselves , we approved of it , and now suggest to you , that a good way might be to form committees in . large towns for collecting subscriptions , getting up soirees , &c ; while small er places in the neighbourhood could remit their collections to these' committees , who would in turn communicate with the general committee , at Leeds . Up , men of Scotland , and be doing I You have nobly contributed your share to the call npon you for tbe victimised Chartists . How much more is it your duty to come forward , and aid a scheme whieh will not only prove an antidote to Whig tyranny , in so far as one Whig victim is concerned , but will do more for my riads of Wbig victims , the oppressed millions and their posterity , than has yet . been done . Viewed as aa individual case , the claim upon you is undeniable ; but viewed as tbe cause of the industrious classes generally , it would be folly , as well as black ingratitude , not to give it your warmest aid .
We have token the liberty to bring the matter before you , being , so far as we know , the only committee formed in Scotland . ; aud such things must emanate from some quarter We have onrselves already succeeded as well as we Could have expected } and we trust that each and all of you will set zealously to work . O'Brien will be out by the 24 th of September , at farthest . Let as have something ready for him that will in some small measure compensate for the sufferings of the last eighteen months , as well as for the incessant labour and tail of the last tea yean . Let no place , however small , or individual , however poor , keep back because they can do but little . It is drops that fill the ocean ; and in a matter of this kind , provided the fund be raised , the more contributors to it the better . . ... .
We shall be happy to receive and acknowledge , through our secretary , any rams that may be forwarded from individuals in the country , or small clubs ; and we bave no doubt that other committees speedily to be formed will do tbe same . In this matter , Scotland expects every ' mas to do his duty . / f ( Signed ) . W . Ali ^ j , Chairman . Edwa « d Sutclifpb . J . Cummins . D , MACLEOD . A . Macgregor , Sec . James Hunter . Peter Andersow . Charles Innes . Henrt Ranken . Thomas Blackib . Edinburgh Committee Room , June 14 , 1841 .
N . B . The Secretary of the Leeds Committee is Mr . John Ogden , 39 , Marlborough-street , Leeds , who will communicate all information . The Secretary of the Edinburgh Committee to be addressed at No . 114 , High-street , Edinburgh .
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Christened , in the Parish Church , Willand , by the Rev . H . Maniey , Feargus , son of John and Charlotte Copp . Williawi and Nancy Godding , of Blakeley-street , Bolton , had their infant eon duly registered James Feargns O'Connor , on the 24 th May « lt . Christened at Blyth Choreh , on the 24 th of May , the son of Mr . George Bird , by the name of Feargus George Bird , in honour of that sterling friend of the people , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., it being the first thathaa taken place in that part of Northumberland . Mrs . Smith , the wife of Mr . Wn . Dndley Ward Smith , has been delivered of twins , a boy and a girl , who have been duly registered Fear | jus O'Connor Thomas Smith , and Maria Frost Smith ;
A few days ago , Mary , the wife of Mr . Jonas Wilkinson , of Clayton Heights , was safely delivered of a son , which was registered on Saturday by the name of Feargus O'Connor Wilkinson . What is most singular in this family is , that it ia the twelfth living child that she has given birth to , and the ^ are all in health , aad are living with theii parents ... ; -, .. . ' ; < ¦ \ . .. ¦;' :. ' : " ' . # ' Born at Edinburgh , on the 2 nd of June , and b ? ., ptised by the Rev . Wm . Brace , of Cowgatc Church , on the 20 th , Charles Feargus , the son ol Mr . and Mrs . Charles Hunter of that otty ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 26, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1115/page/7/
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