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TEE KBWCABTLB ELECTION . TO THE EDIWB 0 ? THE H 0 KTHER 5 STAB . S : s , —From tn expression made nse of in a leading irtiele ' heided " The Contested Seats , " in this day ' s Star , u "well as from the case and opinion regarding tbe ye-wcsstle election therein pnplisbed , I f nfl-r that it is proposed to petition agairat both the Individual * jetarned by the Sheriff It is with much diffidence that I ironld venture to impugn the propriety of a Kdiise sanctioned by soch high legal authority &s I have no doubt was consulted in this case ; but since it appears to me that petitioning against both Ord and Bicdfi is directly calculated to prevent the return of Mr O'Brien , I wn induced to write you on the jabject-There being two members returnable for Newcastle ,
O'Brien aloae could not ( U stated in the case , and relented in the opinion ) hare the show of hands ; either 0 jd or Hinde must have been associated with him ; « id m there were more bands held up for Hinde than gir Ord , it follows that Hinde ' s position is equally jjTourabk ¦ with O'Brien ' s , and that if the petitioners gjcceed in annulling Hinde ' s election , the asme decision yiil prevent 0 "Brien from taking his seat O'Brien glaims his seat on the ground that he bad the show of fljuds in his faTour , and that no poll -was taken to jererse that decision . Hirsde is similarly circumstanced , jnd Ord alone , of th * three candidates , stands in the anomalous position of being nominally a M . P . -without either show of hands or poll , but simplj by the dictum of the Sheriff , whose representative he is , and not that ol the men of Newcastle .
I would suggest then that Ord alone should be petitioned against . In the article I nave alluded to , it is said " as to jTrvesstle , we bare nothing to expect from a party committee , as each faction has a seat to defend . " gjicttld . both be petitioned against , this will , no doubt , prove tree ; bnt if the return of Ord alone be impugned , guy Tories who may form part of the committee will likely be more disposed to do justice than if tha decision affected Use seat ef one of their own party . Should ron publish ibese bints , they may be of use to the parties concerned . Tour ' s , && , A . SL Edinburgh , August 7 ; h , IS 41 .
P . S . —At the election for Fiftshir « the Sheriff declared g » : join Poacaa , £ sq-, ( Chartist candidate ) had the usijcrity at the ahow of hands . ?< * o poll was taien , tux Capt Wemyss ia Whig . , is ictumfci You may tbrrefore add tiiis seat to the list .
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JjOTTlN GHATa . —The Chartists h « ld UltiT uyoal ve- _ ily meeting in the Democratic Chapel , a goodly raal'er Live jJraadv paid Ijt the new car ^ is of meiiit ^ r-ijp , which vill be issued on Monday nest for the £ rs : tl ' ae by the Executive . NEWCASTLE PUBLIC MEETI . NG l . "V THE g-: TT « L . —Last TTerresday evening , a meeting tras btl " . here , Mr . Sinclair in the ctair . Mr . Morgat ; z ^ : i-.- \ the following resolution -which "was seconded by jlr . Msson , and ca'ried unanimously . " Thst this Er = 'ir ? piedies itself to agitate for nottire short of the Prclic ' s Canter , being conscious that n ^ rhiiig less than s -til&El free representation in the star- ? can remove tx i . r . Tt ; B of tie itfierag muiions . " The Chartists t = M -Jseir vrti& ' -T meeting in tr . e Chartists' room , CiiTMi ' jr ' s Bead yard , ' on Monday evening , . Mr jl . f ^ t in the chair . The Secretary rsad the mincies of 1 st . iceetiae , likewise a circular -which he had received fr _ x lie Eiecndve . The trfcasurtr re ported the cratrit- - " .- - ^ -ot ' the ¦ week "which are greatly on the inctezs * - Cc-iVi £ Q is prozressmg rabidly .
OLDBAM . —On Scndsy last , Mr . R . K , PHlp , of Si " , 03 e of the Executive of the >' arioBal Charter Assoiialion , delivered ; wo argumentauve and animating fersres in the Chart !*; Boom , Greaves-stTett , He cz ^ -meneed br staling he f ^ as greaitj - picked Triiti the x ' -in of e-. ndneting the meetings , and siid , thai -when \~ £ ¦ : •; tick to fcis cwa locality iit w ^ ald recommend is Coptics . Tee Chartists of Oldham . at their weekly ra&etxlz cn 'Monday last , unanimously agreed to the folliTing riSultlica : — " That -we disapproTe of the plin Kcc'Emended to fce brcagbt before the delegate meeting at Hetdtn-brldge . on Sanday , the 15 vh instant , rhieiiappeared in the Siar of last Sa : urday , respecting a c-rarty denjonstraticii , for this reason , that , in con-Ra-riice cf haTir . £ to go ten ur 2 .: tr € n miles , the loss
cf time , and the cres- * - esptne-s thit "would b * incurred ij slUJiClng such a demonstration , oar opinion is that i : wculd be a failure , particularly at a time -when the labourer is so renca bounA do"wn witb low wagts sid ihon cf ei'iployiaent . That , -srith respect tv a yv . iona ! Petition , the Esecntiire haying taken up fce craerticn , we deem it imprudent to interfere so as to c ' . lsb with their proceedic 23 ; we consider we ihocld ns : be doing them justice , after hafi-g pkced thesi in tbe rtfpC ' nsible situition we ha ^ e don- ?; and ire are f = rJ 2 rr of opinion that al ] national guLilionj to be seated oi petitioned for , ou ^ ht to proceed from the body , so thai we may hare one central point to look e : o , that all localities isay ruoTe and ac : 2 . t one and fce sa » e time , and for one and the sune o > jec- We SS faTocrable to a National Petition , but thaS all teiiriis sbouid tiTe only one ot ject , "
B 1 ACKBITRW . —31 r CtrnpteU lectured here on MiiiUay . Ti-e Musical Hall , -which is sapible of hoi-ikg bi > i ! persons , wss deiLScjy crowdtd . Mr . C . addiessoJthem aboa ; an ho ^ r , after -which Mr . TVil . iiin Beesly , from Acringten , addressed them in a speech Rjucte with good series , in an excelltEt stxain of eloqzEzcc The EScting was highly gratiried with the proteecings . —Mr . C . left luO cards for those already eEroll&d . There are upwerds of 100 members joined ilre&dy ; and e-rery likelihood of baring more . Blacibcni will soon take its stand as one cf the most promi-Bts : t « Trcs icr the Charver in J ^ nczshxrs . The friends
here consider a delegate meeting of > orih Tan rash ire ocihi to be held in Blackbcm , on Snncay , the 5 th of September , * o better arrange the Northern diTiiioc let , then , HaslicgGec , Cc ' re , Bum-ey , Padiham , Actnsguyn , Lincasur , Preston . Chorley , Ciiiheroe , Darwen , » ad all the inUrmcdiate towns and villages send deiegst ££ i-9 tie honsa of 11 t . -vlicJde , feooiselitr , KiBg-stret £ , K ; d ake steps immediattiy to carry out the plan of orgKiixiticE , by employing a lecturei to spread our holy pnidples , and let ihrin , if abie , employ Mr . Kici . ara iLiades , trbo serrtd them so well and so faithfully in Iks first coETention .
BARNSLEY . —The Cl artists held their weekly me =: iDg at Mr . Hoe ; , " e nccse , on Monday night . An iriircitfcd d-setission to « .-k place en tfce necessity of Kecirg a ctlegite to the forthcon ; ir . g Eierting a : Hcbden Bridge ; 2-Zt . Julian Hamc-y-was unanisr . us ' v felseted to npresent the men of Barnsky at that meetxng- A Tot- of tharjks -=-as ursaniniously given to the £ « t . Jlr . Hill , for his able advocacy of the poor man ' s Egira upon all occasions ; but more particularly for tuEf ible Exposure of the infernal miscreants wbo are contixxiHj perptrratiEg the most diabolical crimes in the
Else of justice , in that bloated Whig hell-bole at Wslt&ld . A vote of thinks was also given to the Her . 3 ir . Ryan , P . P ., of Donnabate , in the diocese of Dublin , for so nobiy coming forward to join the ranks cf the men who are seeking real justice fsr all maxkiai After the general business had been gone tfeoagh , the Irish members of the association resolved ^ sasilve * into a committee upon Irish affairs , when * b address front the Working Men ' s Association ol I > ro £ heda , which appeared in the Dr&fncda Ar $ us , cf £ >* SOih of July , was rea-. i , and commented upon .
T 0 DKOR . DEN . The -weekly meeting of the Artists took plaw as usual , on Monday night , when teTeral names were enrolled . The fallowing resolutions *« re imanimonsly passed : — " That five shillings be * K to the KationalEiecuuve Council , with a promise •^ = &rs a : some future time . " " That thera be a ^ sgaie seat to Hefodeii Stv ^ ge % o \ lie toTtbCO-miTig ^ gaia oeeting , and tha * Robert Brook t » e the kk sste . " Tbat the delegate rapport tha tnggestior . j ^ the Editor of the Xonhern Star , L e . that a petition *« presented to the House of Commons , in 1 S 42 , P ^ Jicj for the Charter to ^ ecoms the law of the land , " 4 t " TlzX -Win- iJarsbap -wait upon James Tajlor , Of RotMale , to see irii ^ b CV" at ! er . d the public Gfra » intended to be riven to Dr . M'DoualL "
ABERDEEN . —The National Association of Aberfisea fa " elevating the moral and intellectual standard tf ihe people , " precursory to the Charter , has recent ^ ^ ds a desperate tSort to declare exist , cce in tbe place < S cirh , but the Inckltsj effort was a death struggle . ^ wWfrilo-w ; thssiicEceof the grave seems Le :. crfortb his UEk ^ sntea lot—M r . John Lv gge , one cf the ch ^ ir-^ it is ruaiDnjrd , hid actnally withdrawn at the J ^ T P £ ri » d his asme was placarded and advertised til > J 2 ^> 2 the whale of the locality , in official statioa-• rbere - » raj also another came EOt "very ertdi » b ) j held ^ '•» liicricry in the same document , thronghont the ^ Pbe , as the mover of a bigotted resolution , which ~ ? read at the meeting ariova rrferred to . that
indi-Tiunil was heard to declare the statement whb false , and ^ P ^^ itted he wonld provs the assartioa by raiding ~ O 7 tenu of the real resoJution , from the very " **¦ lead MS . drawn up on the platform , submitted to ^ Passed by the Charter Union of Aberdeen , on May ~ 5 " . ^ y request he moved towards the Chairman and ^• iined , thst a resolution previously passed by that * = 7 » Md published in the Xorlhem Siar of 3 Iay Sth , 7 *? t ^ s truly fatal statute , -which being disputed as to ^ ™ port , by amendmett upon amended motion he * Wl and succeeded in a resolution amply declaratory ¦*« former one , viz ., " That these gentlemen of the 2 ^? T recommended the adoption of the Lovett * aCoLiiii scheme by this I ' nion , bs required to give f ttai recantarinn r , r ho-rtf . ir'h >> p f--rclnd « l fr ^ m
* . Se stated that the recoiiiinendation was written ° R fDed , and handed in due form , the recantation r ~ ed » offensive , merely mithdrawal of or from the jZJ ^ t ; as was evident by the question being subfa to , acij concurrence declined by the subscribing jp ^ f * ° * ' -ha eotncil , and none else- He therefore Tce 0 E" ^ ° ^ i'i c ^ mnion faircess , as an act of justice to sli Jj T * ^ . that the correction sh ould be circulated as fai j ^ Z ^ ^^ Presentaticn , by thosa wUo had given carj ^ « t he letter , and inquired would they do it ? *** J laTe not done it—Corrennuiezi .
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SALISBURT—The usual weekly meeting was held at Mr . "Wilkinson ' s , Market-place , on Monday evening , 9 th instant , when Mr . 'WilkiDBon , agent for the Star , and general-news agent , delivered an address , which was duly applauded . STOCKPORT . —According to announcement , Mr . Philp addressed the Chartists of Stockport , on Monday evening , in his usual calm and instructive style . THORKTON .-One of tie victims of Whigsery , " Thomas Drake , who has lately been released from Beverley hell , after sufierin § nineteen months of torture in that accursed inquisition , having returned to his home and family , bis fellow-townsmen of Thornton determined to celebrate his release from tyranny ' s fangs by holding a meeting , dinner , &c A requisition
having been presented to tha Constable of Thornton , requesting him to call the meeting , and that gentleman having assented , placards were posted through the district It was one o ' clock when the chair was taken . At that hour an excellent gathering was assembled . There were present Mr . Bell , of Manchester , Messrs . Smith and Alderson , of Bradford , and others . Mr . John Illingworth was called to the chair . Mr . Joseph House moved the first resolution— "That , in the opinion of this meeting , the enly remedy for the existing distress and difficulties of the country is in making the People ' s Charter the law of the land . " Mr . James Leech seconded tba resolution , which -was supported by Mr . Bill , of Manchester , and adopted unauimeusly . Mr . Thomas Rouse moved the second
resolution—• ' That the more speedily to carry out the foregoing resolution , it Li absolutely necessary that the working and the middle class do unite together in one firm bond of union . " Mr . Alderson , of Bradford , seconded the resolution , which was supported by that sturdy veteran in the good cause , Mr . Benjamin Rusbton , of Halfax , and carried unanimously , ilr . Samnel Steak moved tbe third resolution— " That this meeting pledge themselves to become members of aud support the National Charter Association , as the only way to obtain a redress of grievances and the restoration of their rights . " Mr . George Grey seconded the resolution , which was ably supported by Mr . Smith , of Bradford , and unanimously agreed to . Mr . Harney then addressed the mating in a lengthy aud spiritstirring appeal—illnstntina the People ' s Charter , and
sflowiDj the necessity of union . A vote »! thanks was civen to the Constable , for his kindness in having ca !! ed the meetin *; and three cheers having been given for Feargus O'Connor ; three for O'Brien and all the victims ; time for Frost , Williams , and Junes ; and three for the Charter ; the meeting formed in pr > _ > - cescion , and , with banntrs Hying and nmaie playing , proceeded through the town to the Waggoner ' s Inn , where was prepared tLe dinr . tr in hon-jur of Mr . Drake . The room was tastefully adorned Trith laurel , . tec . ia ,. yid the arrangements were such as to rtlieet ETeat credit on all concerned in the labours of the day . The guests having done full justice to the vtry excellent dinner provided fey " mine host , " s-veral excelien , and appropriate toasts were given , which were responded to by various gentlemen , and the hilarity of the meeting was prolonged to a late hour .
SALKEXTH . —A social meeting was held in the Free Mason ' s Hall here , on Monday evening , the 9 ih : current-, the proceeds fur tbe beaeiit of the Lecturer Fund , Mr . William Taylor in the chair . There was a fall ahu most resptctatl * - ' company , the ball being nearly i full ; the meeting was delighted with some comic and ' sentimental singing , recitations , and addresses upon political suhjecJs , thus blending insirnction with amusement . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . 1 Potter , Cockbnm , and Porteous , -A Dalkeitb , acd Mr . William Dinielis , of L ^ S 3 wade- TLse meeting was 1 kept in the best of spirits by the imitative powers of ' Mr . Milne , of Edinbnr ^ h . Af : er three cheers for the j Chairman and speakers , three cheers for the Charter , 1 and three cheers for Feargns O'Connor and the i : nj prisoned Chartists , tbe meeting broke up in the best I 1 mm
onr-NSWAEK . —On Saturday last Mr . Skevington delivered an able and talented lecture in a large room at this tows , on the principles of tha People ' s Charter , , but in consequence of it being an awkward night for tbe working men to attend , several friends prevailed ; upon him to stay and give another on Monday evening , which he did to a very numerous and attentive audience . The rooai -which is capable of holding several huudreds , w&s crowded . The ieetarer frfqoeEtiy elicited great ' applaud , and at the conclusion three hearty cheers ' were given to tbe lecturer . About twenty enrolled ' their names as members of thd National Charter Asso-. ciation .
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ASCEXDAXCY OF THE PEOPLE . Foe a moment we leave the people out of our present consideration , which is the relative value of the respective social , political , and politico-social parties in the State ; and befcre we introduce our hero , " The . People , " to our readers' notice , vre shall attempt fa : ily to class each party according to their influence . The four great political estates we estimate lhu « : —Firstly , the Press ; secondly , the CommoLs ; thirdly , the Lords ; and fourthly , the j Joa ^ rch .
Of the social todies , the dealers in fictitious motey , and vfho thereby command cur monetary system to a certain extent , be they Whigs or be they Tories , deserve the first notice . They also command the labonr market , and have , both directly and indirectly , a powerful influence orer the actions of the millions in times of adversity - as well as in times of prosperity . Thsy may be denominated the movement pressure of Whiggery from without ; while tho priest 3 cf nearly ail denominations , with the most wealthy of their flocks , who Bee perfection in things as they are , may
be fairly admitted to constitute the oat-movement staff of tbs Tories . The electoral body , in itself , cat ' no : be very influential , as it is compelled to blow hot and cold ; mayhap , a majority of the Commons being the representatives of & minority of the electoral body ; and thus doe 3 the msjority lose all preeminence in the House of Commons . As long as a struggle was carried on inside for popular rights , " onr hero ' - ' lost all distinctive character , and became a very docile force , moved hy the press at will , for the support of some undefined principle , aid never could " the People" have appeared as a
diiiinct political party , so long as they placed a blind r .-liance upon others to do fcr them what they must do for themselves . The great force given to the non-electors during ' . he two first years of Reform , when three hours of each day were set apart for debating their petitions , was ilie foundation-stone of that powerful temple which the people have been since engaged in erectzv . z . And however the wily Whigs succeeded , as hosts , in ill-treating the guests whom they had invited to their House , yet do we fearlessly assert that the seed of democracy was for the first time well sown , and in proper ground , during the years 1 S 33 and 1834 . Those petitions , which flocked in by
thousands , taught the Government and representatives that there was another and a more powerful party than their lessors of power . The Reform Bill taught them DOthing : they were ignorant enough to supposa that the whole excitement in favour of Whiggery was created hy those -who hoped to be enfranchised by the sweeping pr inciple that taxation and representation should be co-extensive , while the fact was that Peterloo , the sii acts , persecution of the unstamped press , and the long reign of Tory misrule , added to to the great promised change , had wrought tbe whole puhiic mind up to a pitch of insanity against the old offender , Toryism .
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article in a sevenpenny newspaper . Yes , they had an electrical effect ; and the fire of patriotism was sure to communicate the sparks of its burning eloquence to stacks , farm buildings , and machinery , the supplanter of man ; and all of which the poor were taught , by the mild Reformers of the day , to look upon as their natural enemies . About this time , we say , the character of our " hero" was
unformed ; but long service in the Whig camp , and a close observance of the duties performed by the press-gang , added to a succession of sore and vexatious disappointments , taught him wisdom from experience ; and , passing over the last ten years of of his probation , we now introduce him as the Commander-in-chief of all those sections , parties , and powers , to each and all of which he bent himself in Bnccession in the days of yore .
\ Ve have witnessed , and are daily witnessing fresh instances of" the People ' s" strength . Firstly , we find an appeal from the throne , under the captivating title of relief , not only not thanklessly but ungraciously received , and answered in the language » f total indifference . Secondly , we find all appeals to the passions of the People formerly commanding easy access to their hearts , their heads , and their most violent actions , and now , redoubled by an increased and cheaper pres 3 , falling harmless at the feet of democracy . If the wisest man had b « en told some teu years since that the monarch ,
backed by three hundred of the old favourites of xho People , a large majority of the press , the influenco of masters holding command over life itself , the terrors of the law , the thundering eloquence of the dissent church and a portion of the law church , the horrors of the cold bastile as a last resource , and tho delightful anticipations of " PLENTY TO DO , HIGH PliOFITS , GOOD wages and cheap bread ; " —the invitation to erect " barricades , " the requisition to ask for " bre . yd or
blood ; ' —the galiant recommendation to decapitate obnoxious ladies , and trail their lifeless heads through the gutter , ' if , we say , cha wisest man had been told that all such inducements would fail to produce any other effect upon the people than a strong resolution and firm resolve to resist the impious temptation , and to p ' sco idiance upon their own powers , put forth at their own proper time and in their oryn way , —the wisest man would have laughed and said , " 0 , the press is all-powerful , it will do it !"
Has not the press , then—heretofore the politica l firebrand of the nation—lost all power for evil ] Has not the Monarch lost all power of peisuasion ? Have not the Commoas lost all popular respect ? Have not the Lords been passed over in public consideration as a party not worth a thought I Has no : the Church lost i : s hold upou prejudice ? Have not the masters lost all controul over those whose very lives are at their mercy ? Have not the money mongers in their assault upon labour , and the rights of the people fallen victims to their own infernal machinations ? And are not the Toriesi
through their leading organ aud their most popular popularity-hunter 3 , comp ? lled to speak respectfully of the people , and seriously of alterations in the two great measures to which they , in common with the Whigs , gave their undivided support ? The Poor Law Amendment Act , the Times tells us , must bs all bat repealed , and its provisions and workings t&Keu away from the Commissioners aud placed entirely in the hands of local boards , and outdoor relief extended to the pauper . Upon the other
hand , Lord Asbley revives the factory agitation which has lain nearly dormant for some time , and rather significantly on thj approximation of Downing-street by his political friends , seeks prominency for a course of action which its advocates—ourselves especially—have hitherto sedulously regarded as sacred to benevolence , and disallied from party . However , we take them as " signs " from tbe Tories—a kind of bidding against the Whigs ; for this , however , there is no occasion , for tho people are now anti-Whig to a man , as they ever have been anti-Tory .
Upon the other hand , we find the Whig press making daily discoveries that the very things for which the Ckartists have beeu prosecuted are the very things for which they themselves now declare . For ten years they have had the means of doing these very things which they not only refused to do , but which they persecuted ' others for asking them submissively to do ; and , alas ! one Bhort month of reflection ou their tour to the other side of Downing-street , has taught them the jnstice and propriety of adopting a completely new course . Ah ! these are the things which disgust the people , and teach them that pelf , not justice , is their object , and " expediency , " not " principle , " their means . How could it be otherwise ? Was auy , the most stupid , ignorant enough
to suppose that men would see all the comforts of the few daily increased , and their comparatively insignificant di&cuiiies remored , while the grievances and wants of those who caused the improvement and remored the difficulties , increased in the 3 ame ratio ? If the rich man can now make more of his time , and save his money by travelling as far in one hour as he was wont to travel in four , will not the poor man also begin to look for a , corresponding improvement for himself in the change ? If a man cau now , by attending machinery , earn £ 200 a-year , instead of £ 20 by the old process , will he consent to work harder , and a greater number of hours , for a lesa remuneration \ and will he receive as a boon that law which tells
him that his child shall only devote the whole livelong day to eating , walking to and from slavery and slaving , while the master , by machinery , makes all the proSt , and holds dominion over his very life ? Because he was fool enough to believe that a " free trade" in postage would have the effect of lightening his burdens by some millions of pounds a-year , do his tyrants suppose that he will much longer consent to make good a million of a deficiency , although productive of an increase of aristocratic correspondence , aud a reduction upon the postage of bankers , traders , and merchants \ Are any fools enough to imagine that & people so educated as our people have been in the school of adversity .
cau be again duped or led from the high road of Reform down the bye-ways of expediency No , no ; and any scheme now tried to insure a kind of sectional outside-support for the old foe , will fail to produce other sensation than that of scorn and contempt for a faction who would give just what they cannot withhold , while they would much prefer the free exercise of their olden sway . The days of bit-by-bit Reform are gone , and tho new light of Mr . O'CoNNELL , who now declares himself for Triennial Parliaments , Household Suffrage , and the Ballot , and the glimmer of the Times and the Tories' will shine with equal dulness through the chinks of Chartism .
We ever have asked , and ever shall ask , for an equal share in every improvement for the working classes ; and if a man can earn plenty for bis wants in twenty minutes by machinery , instead of working , as of old , twelve hours for the same amount , reason , justice , and prudence declare that be should not work more than twenty minutes , and also that every minute of after-work is an unjust competition against himself in his own labour market . Such ever has been , and such ever shall be , oar demand for the people j an equal advantage from all improvements , to that which other classes derive from those improvements , and wkieh the people are certain to achieve if they only , by uoiea , preserve their ascendancy .
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UVBtlt f . — The Irish Universal Suffrage Association of this place held their usual weekly meeting on Sunday last , Mr . Charles Freebairn in the chair , who opened the business of the meeting by stating its objects ; after which , a man , -who was admitted by courtesy , and who saiJ his name was Luke Kulty , " a Repeal Warden , " zoao and insisted on his right to addresa the meeting ; and although he was told , by the Chairman that none but members had a right to spe 3 k , yet he persevered in a most outrageous manntr , using language which would disgrace a blackguard . He said the meeting vras composed of Orangemen , and that he would put it down , to effect which he called for a cheer for O'Connell . Jlr . Patrick O'Connull rose , and said he
was a Homan Catholic , a mamber ot" the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , and also a Kspealer . Ho saw nothing in tha principles of the People ' s Charter to which any Koman Catholic could oljjct . Sir . O'Conaell ithe " Liberator , ' as he was called ) wrote the Charter ; and all Dan or any other person could say against his ( Mr . P . O'Connell ' s ) opinions would not alter them . If ( said he ) we ute wrong , " we ate the willing sacrifices of our own folly , and are willing to be sacrificed at the shrine of our country , to which aione wo are answerable for our conduct . The speaker concluded n . powerful speech , which would have done credit to the Libtrator himself , amidst great cheering . Here the meeting was again disturbed by tho " personal friunds of Sir . O'Connell , " aa they called themselves , a Mr .
Reynolds , a nailer , and one Tom Ainger , another naik-r Order being again restored , Mr . O Higgins read a speech of his , published in Freeman ' s Journal of the l sth of Janua-ry , 1837 , which was a complete answer to the accusations of Aiugtr , and the others who joined him . Luke Kelly and his party now became furious . Kelly jumped upon the form , and said they would put down the meeting ; that he ( Kelly ) was the friend of O'Connell , tbe Liberator , and that thoso who assembled in that room were his enemies ; that they were a Socitty paid and supported by the Tories . It was apparent tbat Lulre Kolly and those who were with him thought to create a r : ot , in which they were
foiled by the cool , steady , and good temper of the members , and by Mr . O'Higgins telling them tbat the house was his , and if they would not conduct themselves in a peaceable and orderly manner , he would takts means to compel them to do so . Kelly and his friends Iheu declared that Mr . O'Connell ami every member of his family bad pronounced a sentence upon Mr . O'Higgius eight years ago , declaring him a slanderer , and setting forth , as his and their reason , that he ( Mr . O'Higgins ) had brought certain charges against a Mr . John Reynolds which be did not prove , and read a paper , which he got from the Corn Exchange , to tbat efftct . The ruffiaua were then ordered to leave the
room , and were shewn out to the street-door : in passing between tbe room in which the meeting was held and the dwelling-house , one of " Mr . O'Connell ' a friends '' took a stone from bis pocket , and broke a large square of glass in a window . Soon after this , a party ef police arrived , the Serjeant of whom naked for the owner of the houje , declaring , at the door , t&at he bad no right to enter without permission . Mr . 0 Higgins invited tbe Serjeant aud bis party in , and , on being admitted , they said that four or five men bad stated , at the Police-office , that there was a riotous and illegal meeting in . tbat house ; and , in consequence of this informatiuu , lie and his party felt it their duty
to come there to preserve the peace , but tbat he bad never seen a more orderly or peaceable meeting in his life . Mr . O'Higging explained the objects and rules of the Association , and banded the Serjeant and bis party each a copy of the objects and rules . Tbe police retired , declaring tbat the rioters were all outside and not in , and that they would prevent them from doing any mischief . Mr . Henry Clarke , Mr . John Dwyer , and Mr . James Howard were admitted members . Several notices for tbe admission of new members were given , and thanks having been given to the Chairman , the meeting separated , highly delighted witb the triumph they had gained over the " personal friends of Mr . O'Connell . "
LEICESTER . —The audience attendant on Mr . Cooper ' s political preaching in the Market-place , last Sunday night , was more nnmerous than ever . A resolution is now avowed t& raise a commodious building wherein rational worship and instruction can be bad twice a-day , on tbe Sunday , and sufficient accommodation cm be provided for all other meetings of working men throughout the week . Mr . Smart gave the first of a series of lectures on the People ' s Charter , on Monday night , in tho room , at All-Saints' Open ; and Mr . Cooper follows , next Monday night , with a familiar lecture on " Geology , and the advantages of a knowledge of science to working men . " Messrs . Smart and Cooper purpose lecturing on politics and science alternately . Previous to the commencement of the lecture , a poetical address , written by Mr . Smart , by way of invitation to our " caged lion , " was read and agreed to
by the meeting . A resolution was also passed to the effect , that a petition , for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and for passing tbe People's Charter into a law , should be , forthwith , put in course of signature , for Leicester ; and , tbat drafts of similar petitions should be forwarded to tha care of our friends in Melton-Mowbray , Hinckley , Shilton , Countesthorpe , Wigston , Kibwortb , Thurmaston , and in short , all towns and villages in the county where it is possible to obtain names . It ib intended tbat all these petitions shall be committed to tbe brave and patriotic Fergus , by deputation , when he honours " the eye of the Midlaud" with a visit , after the expiry of the term of his incarceration . The next business of the committee will be to determine on the manner in which the people can be 3 t demonstrate their regard for their honoured champion , when he cornea amongst them .
SAtFORD . —On Sunday last , Mr . Linney delivered a powerful and eloquent lecture in the Chartists ' -room . Mr . Liuuey exposed the factory system and showed up the blessings of 1 the New Poor Law in the r true colours . On Monday evening , a members meeting was held for . the purpose of forming an Election Committee , as it is intended to try what the middle classes are made of . This body intend to beoome agents for the Northern Star , the week after the portraits are given . Mr . Campbell has handed over his subscribers , as he thinks the Association should have the benefit of the Star . The subscribers will be furnished with tbe papers , the week after the portraits are given , on Saturday moruiag 3 , as visual . Mr . Sumner , East Matketstreet , near the Town-hall , Salford , will be appointed general agent : the subscribers will receive their papers there instead of at Mr . Cam pell's .
HALIFAX . —On Tuesday evening , Mr . Charles Connor delivered an excellent lecture in the Odd Fellows' Hall , Halifax , on the subject of the Corn Laws . Mr . Connor invited discussion ; but although there were two Whig toolstpresent , neither of them had anything to say . The people listened patiently to Mr . Connor ' s long and able address , which be concluded by exhorting them to agitate for nothing less than the whole Charter . At tbe termination , cheers were given for the Charter , for Frost , Williams , and Jones , and for O'Connor , and thanks having been voted to the lecturer and the chairman , the meeting separated .
PBESTOW . —Mr . Campbell lectured here on Tuesday night to a good audience . The Preston Chartists are re-organizing themselves , and are going on well . Our correspondent , in referring to Mr . Maraden , of Preston , says , " Although I was glad to meet a man of Mr . Marsden ' s sterling worth and integrity , yet was I sorry to meet him in his present position . Is it just or right that a man whose honesty has been tested like his should be doomed to go into a factory , to be driven like a slave , as hundreds of thousands of our countrymen are ? " He suggests that the delegate meeting , which will take place in Blackburn , on Sanday the 7 th of September , should take steps to secure his valuable services as a lecturer for North Lancashire . FOLESHILIk—Mr . George Waite lectured here to a numerous audiaac * , on SiUtday evening .
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GAINSBOROUGH . —On Friday , the 6 th Inst , Mr . Skevington visited the town of Gainsborough , where be lectured on the principles of tbe People's Charter , and the state of tbe country , to an attentive audience , in the Lamb Inn Room . A vote of thanks was given to the Lecturer and Chairman . There is now an Association of about twenty friends , with every prospect of success . The County of Lincoln is much in need of a lecturer , which , if they bad , great good would be effected . LINDLEY . — On Friday evening Mr . V ' evers and Mr . Chas . Conner visited tbe village of Lindley , where , up to the present time , the principles of the Chatter were bnt indifferently and lukewarmly spoken of . Mr . Vevers occupied the chair , and in a few brief remarks , introduced Mr . C . Connor , who , in his usual strain , explained tbe principles of the Charter . His lecture occupied more than an hour , and a favourable impression was made for the Charter .
MELTHAM . —On Sunday , Mr . Connor visited Meltham , where also he bad a glorious meeting , COVENTRY . —Mr . George White lectured here in his usual excellent style on Friday evening last . The meeting was immeroua ; several members were enrolled ; and at the closo the sum of teu shillings was celleoted to defray expences . The cause prospers gloriously . I . EEDS . —O'CONNOR AND O'Brien ' s Demonstration . —The men of Loeda have come to tbe determination of doing honour to tbe brave patriots , O'Connor and O'Brien , when liberated from prison ; they are acting with Zdal and energy in preparing for the event . The committee met in the room , Cheapside , on
Tuesday night , when what monies had been coll ected were paid over to the treasurer . If every week follows up what was done on Tuesday , there ia every promise that the demonstration in Leeds will outshine every other place . Let the men of Leeds and the out-townships see to this , they can do it if they like . The committee came to the determination of holding a meeting weekly in the out-townships , taking them , ia rotation , an » l make a collection for the demonstration fund . The first meeting will be held at the Swan with Two Necks , Woodhouse , on Wednesday night , to commence at eight o ' clock . Tbe friends in Woodhouse are respectfully requested to make necessary arrangements ; as niauy of tlie committee as can make it convenient will at ' end . Mr . T . B . Smith is expected to be present .
The Association held its weekly meeting on Monday night , when many respectable persons were proposed as members , after this was done , two frien : Js addressed the meeting , and then a new council was elected for the ensuing three months . The thanks of the mooting were tendered to the late president for his active and efficient exertions during the time he has held office After he had acknowledged the compliment , the meeting broke up highly pleased with the growing success of the Society . The men of Leedsbavoit now int ' leir power to nuke the society a strong and iiiUvienUaV body . Let every member prove by bis condust that ha has tho cause at heart , by endeavouring upon all and every occasion , to spread the seeds of Chartism everywhere . Let them act as Town Missionaries .
O'Brien ' s Pjjess Fund . -- J . Ogden has received of Timothy Thatcher , contributed by tho King George on Horseback Charier Association , 5 s . From the Charter Association meeting in Bethel Chapel , Burker ' s-gate , Nottingham , 5 s . Duffy , the Sick Chartist . —Received since our last for Mr . Dali ' y by Mr . Hick : — s . d . James Walker , Leeds 0 6 A Chartist , ditto 0 6 Diuo ditto 0 3 A few friends from Horsforth ... 6 7 Mr . Vevsrs , Dog Inn , Huddersfield 5 2 D . Weatherhead , Keighley ... 5 0
18 0 Duffy was out this morning for the first time , and , calling at our office , we were happy to see he appears to be recovering , although still very weak . His medical adviser writes as follows : — I certify that James Duffy is in a very delicate state of health , and I beg leave to recommend him to the waters of Harrogate . Chahles H . Ronayne , M . D . August 12 th , 1841 . It is quite necessary that Duffy should attend to this advice , which wo art ) sure the people will enable him to do by forwarding their assistance as usual .
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Coventry . —A public meeting will be held at the Chartist meeting room , Pavk-street , on Friday evening , the 20 th instant . Ail lovers of freedom aro invited . Edinburgh . —The delegate meeting about to be held in Ediuburgh , is fixed for the 23 rd of August . The subjects to be brought before the meeting arethe better organization of the county ; to issue an address to tho comity , iu order to remove the prejudice that at present exists ; to bring out a monthly tract ; and to appoint a lecturer for the county . Lambsbhead Orekn , near Wigan . —Mr . William Dixon will lcctnre here on Sunday , August 15 th , at two o ' clock , and in the Chartist Association R ) om , Mill-gate , Wigan , at eight o'clook in tho evening .
Tvdislky Bank . —Mr . Dixon will deliver a teetotal lecture at half past two o ' clock , and a political lecture at half past six , on Sunday , August 22 nd . Keighley . —The Rev . W . V . Jackson , of Mancheater , will preach two sermons on Sunday next , towards a fund for defraying the expence 3 of building him a new preaching place . Services will be in the afternoon and evening , and collections made after each . New Leeds . —An adjourned meeting of the Chartists of this district wilt take place on Sunday next . The good men and true are particularly requested to attend .
Nottingham . —On Sunday , August 15 th , Mr . W D . Taylor will proach at Nottingham Forest , at two o ' clock , and again at six in the evening . —On Monday , ho will lecture atBedston ; Tuesday , at New Lenton ; Wednesday , at Radford ; and on Thursday , at Lamley . West Rainton—On Sunday morning , August 15 th , at half-past ten , Mr . Williams will speak at West Rainton . Bishop Auckland . —On Sunday evening , August 15 th , Mr . Williams will speak on tho Bait , at halfpast six ; and on Monday evening , at seven o ' clock , 5 ie will speak at West Auckland Green . Sunderland . —On Sunday afternoon , at half-past two o ' clock , Mr . BinnB will lecture at the Lit ' e-ooat House .
Hebden Bridge . —Mr . Brook will attend as the Leeds delegate at H ' ebden Bridge , to-morrow ( Sunday ) , as announced in last week ' s Star . Derbtshirk . —Mr . Bairetow will lecture at the following p laces at seven o ' clock each evening : — At Loughborough , on Monday , August 16 ; Holbrook , on Tuesday , the 17 th ; Duffield . on Wednesday , the 18 th ; Ripley , on Thursday , the 19 th ; Alfreton . on Friday , the 20 th ; South Winfleld , on Saturday , the 21 ; and mil preach in Belper Market Place , on Friday evening at half-past five o'clock . A collection will be made at the close of each lecture , to afford the friends « f ChartiBm an opportunity of aiding the funds .
Cheshire Delegate Meeting . —A delegate meeting is fixed to be held in Stockport , om Sunday , the 5 th of September , at ten in the forenoon , when delegates are requested from MacclesSeld , Congleton , Sandwich , Nantwich , Hyde , Mottram , Entwistle , Bradbury , Haslegrave , and Chester . Prestow . —Mr . Marsden will lecture in the above place on Sunday evening next , to commence at eight o ' clock precisely . Admission free . The adjourned meeting that should have taken place on Tuesday last , will beholden in Chad wick Orchard , on Tuesday evening , the 17 th inst ., if the weather will admit . If tho evening ia unfavourable , tbe meeting will be holden in the Association-room .
YOIUCSHIBE AND LANCASHIRE DELEGATE MEETING . —This meeting will take place at ten o clock tomorrow ( Sunday ) morning , the 15 th . Delegates are requested to bring their credentials . . On reachint ? Hebden Bridge the delegates will inquire for Mr . Abraham Marshal ) , boot and shoemaker , bt . George ' s Square . West Riding . —Mr . George Julian Harney will visit the following places in the course of next week —Monday , the 16 th , at Selby ; Tuesday , the 17 th , at Doncaster : Wednesday , the 18 th , at Sheffield ; and instead of
on Thursday , the 19 ; h , at Dewsbury , Friday , as last week advertised . N . B . Upon thus occasion , a public meeting will be held at half-past seven o ' clock , in the Market-place , to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament for an inquiry into tho treatment of political prisoners , and the immediate abolition of tbe atrocious silent system . Mr . T . B . Smith , of Loeds , is expected to be present with Mr . Harney . dg- Mr . G . J . Harney has postponed his visit to Barnaley to Monda * ,, the 23 rd , at whiah olaee , a public meeting for tbje like purpose will be held on hat day . Mr . WbitUy is also expected to be there .
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THE CONTESTED SEATS . We publish the following directions for the mode of procedure respecting the •' Contested Seats ;" by it will be s ^ en that a petition must be lodged within fourteen daysafter the meeting of Parliament , and that it must be accompanied by securities entered into by not more than four persons for the Bum of £ i , 000 to cover expences . This the Committee must look to , and no doubt the required securities of four persons worth £ 250 each , may beeasily found . However , it is our duty to announce the fact , while it is the duty of the people to provide the means . MODE OF PROCEDURE OK AJf ELECTION PETITION . The petition must be subscribed by some person or persons claiming thereinto have had a right to vote—or to have had a right to be returned—or alleging himself to have been a candidate .
The Petition must stato with certainty the facts intended to be relied on iu evidence—and the title of peiitior-er to petition—the charge must be stated in the form Of complaint , and not of mere recital ; the prayer must be specific . The petition must be presented within fourteen days of the sittiug of the House . Recognizances must be entered into before the petition be presented , —the petitioners in £ 1000 , with not more than four sureties in a second £ 1000 ; there may be one , two , three , or four sureties , but not more . The conditions of the : recognizances are for payment of costs which shall be adjudged payable by the petitioners , either to witnesses or the opponents of the Petition . No Petition will be received unless
at the time it is presented , it shall be endorsed by tho Examiner of Recognizances , that the recognizances have been entered into and delivered to him with the necessary' affidavits thereto annexed—the recognizances may be eutered into before the Examiner or a Justice of the Peace , before whom each of the sureties must maks an affidavit that he is possessed of property of the clear value for which lie shall bo bound by his recognizance , above what will pay his debts , aud such affidavits must be annexed thereto—the Member petitioned against , or tha electors admitted to defend tho return , may objent to
the sureties for insufficiency , improper description , & . S . ; thote objections must be delivered in writing within ten days after the petition is presented if the sureties reside in England , or fourteen if in Sootlaud or Ireland ; these objections are to ba heard before tho Examiner of Recognizances within five days ai ' ter they are delivered , who may examine witnesses on both sides , and whose determination is final ; audhe is then to reportto tho Speaker whether or no ciie sureties a-c objectionable . If a paticioner prefers it ho may pay any part of the sum of £ 1 , 000 , ( not less than £ 250 , ) mto the Bank of England instead of having sureties
After the time for objecting to the sureties bas elapsed , the Examiner of Recognizances id to make out a list of all Petitions on which he has reported that the sureties are unobjectionable , in the order in which he shall have reported them ; the committee for tryiug the Petitiou is tlieu formed .
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" Tile Chahtists have proved themselves more ACCL'iiiTS CaLCCI-ATO . IHA . V THE MIDDLE CLASSES . Vt Hi-THES THi-lR M ) -TRUM WOVLD HAVE MENDED matters i ? not . vow the qvEsnox ; but the result has shewn that they were corrsct is theib opinion—that in the pke 5 e 5 t state of the representation , it was vain to think . of a repeal of the coxn monopoly . ****** * Political powed in this cotjntbt , though it xes 1 des : >>¦ a comparatively small class , cas only be exercised by the sufferance op the masses . "Morning Chronicle ( cnaan of the Whig Minister ! J , Friday , Juy 16 th . 184 f .
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MR . O'CONNOR'S REPLY TO THE HON . AND REV . BAPTIST NOEL . We beg to claim the very best attention of every working man for the abJo the searching and conclusive reply of Mr . O'Connor to Mr . Noel ' s ' ?¦ Plea for the Poor , " which will be found in our fifth and sixth pages . We regret tbat tha people have not more organs for the circulation of sound doctrines , inasmuch as we feel convinced that nothing could long withstand the demands made on behalf of the working classes , if the same facilities were afforded for the publication of sound views as are presented to those who argue tbe ' people ' s cause for their own benfit , or according to the prevailing political fashion of party or of the day . This is a document which all must retain as a book of reference . We
need make n » apology for a scarcity of leading articles this week , as the space could not be batter occupied , or more pertinently to the times and all engrossing topics of tho day , than it has been by Mr . O'Consor ' s letter .
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• ' j / / f , ** & ^ - y ^ /? JrfL . >* 4 ^ TO T&B BDIfOB OF THB NORTOEnN STAR , Sir , —In reply to a resolution in the Star of Saturday * last , faying , that Mr . Spurr ought to have been called to the sittings of tfce Executive in preference to Mr . Philp , alJovrine to state , that Mr . TLicJdll , one of the sub-Secretaries , wrote to me informing rue , tbat Mr . Spurr , at a meeting in Clerkenwell . gave in his card of membership , and moreover , Mr . Spurr 1 b not one of tbe General Council , eo that we acted perfectly correct in sending for Mr .. Pililp .
My letters to Messrs . Tbic&UJ , Watts , and Sporr , with their answers , are ready for publication any moment tbe public require them . John Campbell , Secretary .
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At a late meeting of the Dublin Repeal Association , Mr . O'Connell observed— " Conquest—conquest is the cry I But let the Tories JtoKV&li pr ! 3 They shall walkover the dead bodies wfiai ^ A f . ^ . ? ere they shall subjugate the people , or 4 * Sfl 3 M ^ ftlTFj' 7 $ \ ^ liberties ! " ¦¦ ' . / J 885 DiMgC $ V All the Lawyers on the-Wel ^ £ fiiiirar ^? C ' \^\ starving . There has been MtUe . wRMMlfl ^ Xy there in the way either of civil or onWjftSafeHfe ^^ 'k ; , and at the Danbighsbirb Assizes the £ du (^^^ a ^ # />/ small case of rape , but " what is tW&BB ^ feM /^ many "—lawyers . x ^ a s ^ feTy ' ~\ pfcfr / a v aj > VHKHJLUUM
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THE DROGHEDA ARGUS AND THE LOYAL VHOGHEDA TRADES' ASSOCIATION , Versus
FE ARGUS O'CONNOR AND THE CHARTISTS . TO THE EDITOB OF -THE DKOG 1 IEDA ARGtJS . Si a , —An Irish Chartist has just sent me & copy of tho Argus of July 31 st , containing " an addrets of the Loyal Drogheda Trades' Association to the u-orking classes of Ireland , " and to which address you havo prefixed the following editorial frontispiece : — "Chartism . —TnE Loyal Dkogjieda TllADES ' Association . —The Loyal Drogbecia Trades' Association , have put forth an address to the -working classes iu Ireland , cautioning them against having anything to do with Chartism . The address shows up Chartism and its leaders in proper style . We wonder what will Feargus say for himself . How will be defend himself and bis party from the allegations here set forth ?"
Sir , this is an invitation , cay , a challenge to reply , and an implied promise oi course , that my reply shall have publication through tho same channel that contained the indictment . I accept the chalieu ^ e , and rely upon your sense of justice for publication of my answer . You shall see my reply ; m the JYorlheT 2 j ., Sltn :. jii-SaJbirr day the 2 Isc . I could not let . you have is this wceki in consequence of the great length to which my answer to the Hon . aud Rev . Baptist Noel ' s pamphlet has run . In the meantime , fcir , the allegations , as you properly cali the grounds of appeal , being very old and musty , will suffer no great damage fay a further week ' s keepiug . Sir , I care not however venomous , vicious , or fabricated tha allegations contained iu any indictment against myself and my party may be ; 1 will answer , and I undertake to say , manfully and
satisfactorily refute them every one . However difficult it may be to defend £ n outlawed , beauso a surplus , population , ( made such by man ' s artilice ) against the exuberance of Irish loyalty , which at present swells the hearts and quickens ihe pulsation of the hyper-loyal Irish , yet do I fearlessly join issue with tho Loyal Drogheda Trades Association ; and I venture to say they will soonreceive aain junction from head quarters to discontinue the controversy . Meantime , Sir , I assert for the present , as I undertaka to prove next flfcek , that there is not a single sustainable count in the whole long column of accusation : not one : it is an awkward toss up from' tho cold and heartless and ignorant sayings of others , mado up in a hurry for au immediate feed for the poor Irish who are beginning to ask for their shara of agitation , and among whom tho Star has sown the clean seeds of righteousness .
Sir , i ask for discussion ; I will neither blink , balk , or evade anything ; and , therefore , I thank you ior you implied promise of opening to mo your columns for all honourable and gentlemanly controversy . Sir , you shall have no hara names or scurriiJous epithets from me ; my cause is sufficiently strong to rest upon its own merits . In conclusion , Sir , 1 shall thank you to insert this letter as an advertisement in your paper of the 21 at : it will serve as my apology for not having sooner replied to the Lo > al Tradesmen of Drogheda . You will please transmit your charge for advertising to Mr . John Ardill , Northern Star Office , Leeds , and the amount shall be sent by return . Sir , as I am now about to engage myself in addressing six
letters to Mr . O'Malley , upon the question oi a Repeal of the Union , and as of course the Loyal trades of Drogheda are all Repealers , I take the liberty of asking you if you will publish my letters as advertisements , at £ 2 10 s . each , that is , £ 15 for the series . The Argus is taken , at my office ; and , perhaps , you wiil have the goodness to give your answer , with names at full length , in your notice to correspondents . The Star of the 21 st shall contain the address of the Loyal Drogheda Trades' Association * at full length , lam , Sir , Your obedient Servant , Feargus O'Connor . York Castle , 11 th of 16 th month of Solitary Confinement .
[ Since the above came to band we have also received a loug reply to the address of the Loyal Drogheda Trades Association , from the Chartist body of that town . It is an able and spirited document ; and it will be for Mr . O'Connor to decide whether or not it shall stand as a substitute in our next for his promised rejoinder . One thing is quite certain , however , that no man belonging to the Chartist ranks has rendered more essential service to the cause than the Whig invalided Peter Hoey , whose presence at Drogheda , however Mr . O'Connor may be made the object of attack , is the real casus belli of thje Loyal Association of Trades ; and it must be flattering indeed to the recent inmate of Wakefield , to think that his humble exertions in the cause for which he has
so nobly suffered , requires the personal attendance of the " Liberator " - himself to obviate their effects . Yes , in truth , Monday will be a proud day for poor Peter Hoey , when he sees Mr . O'Conneli dragged m triumph by an association of Shopocrats to neutralize by blarney the stinging truths propagated by an humble Irish sufferer in the cause of genuine liberty . While upon this subject , we cannot avoid expressing our regret that Mr . O'Connor has not , as yet , received much more than £ 2 tor the relief of the Whig-made invalid . Surely , eurely , Bojjie little stir will now be made to support onr Irish friend struggling for ours and his own country ' s liberty , and bearding opposition iu the Tery stronghold of faction . ]
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 14, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1122/page/1/
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