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      Loyal Getclehec , —Had not the organ of ycur body challenged me to reply . I should hare allowed Se answer of my Chartist friends cf Brogheda to ctad as » complete refutation of your seYerai flesiijoas . However aware that my Bilence would fcjTe iriven a short-lired triumph to Blander , I should Cm have arailed myself of the opportunity which «« ar address affords of exposing the supreme ignorance of any body of Irishmen professing Repeal yrSciples , had I not been forced to it by the Drog-\ tda Argus . jjosal Gentlemen , how can you be so foolish , bo yen foolish , as thus to enable me to swell the catalogue of triumphs orei my enemies ! Did you write feffenorance ! Or did yon vainly hope that falsehood ironld pass for truth ? or did you flatter yourselves gjsi those who raw the indictment would not also Be the defence ! #

      Lots ! Gentlemen , in your several allegations there is not a single sentence of truth from the beginning eren unto the end—not one ; and , what iB still worse , roa know it ! I imagine that your address , "which professes to be the address of the working classes , is tfee concoction of some one to whom falsehood is oftentimes more servicible than truth . But , Merefal Providence ! how proud should I be in my wjson-honse , after years of unceasing agitation , and { lithe sixteenth month of solitary confinement , to receive a copy of snch an indictment , accompanied with such a list of charges .

      Ala 3 ! Loyal Gentlemen , and is this the most that -treachery can do ! and have all my treasons , crime ? » d offences merged into this narrow compass 1 Snppose I pleaded guilty to the principal count in jonr indictment , vrliat then ? What would be your sentence ' But , firstly , let us see what that count is . It charges me with giving yon a Tory House of Commons , and with the publication of an address , in ifcck was the following passage : — u The Charter cannot be obtained without the people

      rf Ireland ; bat as long as they are under the influence of crConnell and the Corn Exchange , we cannot expect ftrfr eo-opexstfrm : then "what is to be done ? Why O'Connell and ths Irian Liberal * are supporting the Hoody Whigs ; and so long as they continue in office . ¦ %% nsver ean expect to have the people of Ireland 51 ^ out with the bloody Whigs , and give Ireland soother Tory squeeze ; let loose the National bloodfcoBBds , the Orange faction , and the shooting churchauctioned by a Tory government , and then yon will hire the Irish running into your arms . "

      Jsw , Gentlemen , will you condemn me for that ? If \ ou say , " panse and read the first sentence of tout idirsss ^ in which yon declare your sole object io be "tie adv-iEcement of that # reat national question , % ae Rawa ] of the Legislative Union P Well , f on have read it ; now thea , read the followir . gV wrment , published no later than last week ; and . " above a'J , read the magic name thereunto iSxed , ana then condemn me , if jou dare , and tcqait Daniel O'Connell . Loyal Gentlemen , abovf » B read the { bird paragraph from the bottom , and then say whether or not my forebodings of Tory persecaiioB could have exceeded those therein prettied by the " Liberator V And yet does he , as 1 do . anticipate the most beneficial resnirs from the B Torr sqcetze . "

      " Th = Reormers of Esglaad and Scotland can have si ens * to complain of oar conducl ; they are scattered . EBe 0 ffibi 2 e-. i l isolated—no common bond of union—eo { OEamnitT < -f exertion subsists amongst them . TheLeeas Assoesi : c : 2 is but a same . The Birmingham Council is psri d past history . The Chartists have alarmed and ^ scsited so many that they nave proved the best patroas ad protect jrs of Toryism . ' B ; : if Reform * h » u igain raise its head in England —if lie Reformers shall again congregate in peaceful aid caniStutional strength , they can recion upon the ppttyrw and . support of the independeni Repealers dlnJujd .

      " Tae advent o ! Toryism to pewer murt of necessity fend to augment and strengthen the cause of Repeal , jrsd the number of Repealers . The insolent oppression d ihe Orange Tories in Ireland -will serve to animate fee timid , whilst it will disgust tha indifferent as mid as tte torpid , though honert Irishmen . The s pecies ' of magistrates trhem they will appoint—tie party Sheriffs whom they ¦ will same—the Orange Janes irhom they will pack—the violent partisans with ¦ whom they will crowd the bench of justice—all these , jrd more , ¦ ee have to apprehend from the Tories , should &sj wine into power . But all thess re-act in favour of

      Repeal" Again , if the Tories come into power , the virulent iatred of Lord Stanley to the people of Ireland mil hsTe full room to display itself . The number of voters in Ireland is mis £ ra . b ' y Email—ii U > taliy , inadeqtLatuly E ^ a'i . In most of our counties thtxe is scarcely one Titsr for every three hundred of the population . ISe popular sentiment is checked and controlled ; tei that sentiment "will be wholly extinguished , and She franchises worse than annihilated , by Stanley ' s Scorpion BilL The iasuitieg inadequacy of the Coipee&te Reform Biil will become eTery day mare and more JlAJjr f fiyt " All these causes will operate to augment the nun :: bes and increase the strength of the Repealers . Then , cc the other hand , the certainty that all the grievances d Ireland will be redressed by her own Parliament Ti 3 operate as an additional siiEclant to the repeal fffilFf ^

      ' 1 ETery man -who feels -sriih us list no iniquity can be greyer t ^* -n the appropriation of the ecc . eslasticsl sats revennes of the cation to the clergy of a small ted—every raeh man mart admit that it is only from S £ Tri <> , Parliament "we can obtain tie extinction cf the She-rent charge , and the application of the ether KTeates , now enjoyed by the state chtrrcl , to purposes cf ed-aeaticm and charity , for the nse of all persuasions " There cannot be a more important or more valulbls , or , at the same time , more certain result of the istontion of the Irish Parliament , than that one of 5 ta fat acts must be to extinguish the remaining tithe-rent charge , and to direct the appropriation of the other sate church revenues to purposes of general ntility and

      ¦ 'Every human being in Ireland must b « qxuU iisre that no extension of the Irish franchise , licrwcver obTioEsly jnst and necessary , can be obtained from the British Parliament ; on the contrary , we are abcut to ea&Bre from Lord Sliiuey the virrual annihilation cf the eketiTe franchise altogether . " 3 . Every Lnmaa bfeicf in Ireland mast see that the Carpcaste B = form Bill we fca-e ofctaiiifed is a Texatious Boekfiry—3 mociery the EC-re veiationa becanse of its CSLttut wi'i ttie English and Saatch Corporats Reform Acts . Ie fact , it does net cesLrve the name of reform si sH Yet there is not the least prospect of redress from the British Parliament .

      " Per these , E ^ id rcciurudiuous other reasons , it is 9 uiie dear that nothing cin tend so mnch to aegment tbe EEttber of RepsalsTs zz \ the force of tie Repeal dOTemeai is the advent to potrer of Peel and Stanley . Their ministry severs far ever that link of deceptiTe ttepeof jostisefrom aa Eng : kh Parliament , which prevented some , and served as an excuse for others , for » ot Booast taVing part in the Repeal agitation . " Your committee conclude frith one caution : It is dear that the Tories will institute as many prosecutions u they possibly can—they will prosecute every ebullitkss of popular feeling that can afford an excuse , howcrer faile , for a prosecution . XL 3 reign of ' justice ' iU Sauna used to czll his reign of terror ; will be Testor « L xte Tories will feel themselves secure of fear sheriffs , thfcii juries , and the partizan judges thorn th ; y will

      select" ShoBid these threatened evils terrify the Rej r . ds Km tbar ccarsa ? Csbtj . i > lt > ot . 1 * : teat coarse R m 2 a but firm—moderate but resolute— tne frwm cs langr ^ ge of irritation or pasiion , but dignifitd by t-e Usz £ tsd ttmper that becomes men who deserve to Kfree . "So despair—no despondency . Ireland has alrtady fcaiered one great and bloodless victory—she vriil *«« Te mother and a great-sr . Ireland had a P ^ rlia-^ ct cf her own ; with ths blessing of Gad she will « Te ha ParUament again . " Signed by order , " DANIEL O'COS ^ EIL , Ch&innan of the Committee . 6 ?* Te you read it . and what have you to say in the uberaiorY deftcce , who wrote it ? W ' ill you * " * * bill asainst V ^ im I

      -oyil Gentlemen , yon profess to read the Northern ° ter , sad you appear to be familiar with its ccn-*^ 5 ; wiy then , in justice , did you not mclnde the Wuowing passage , which you might have found ttn ™« over ia that paper : — " Let tyranny not rjp-^ e tnai i ; his gained a triumph in my persecutim . « tttha persecution of my friends ; ' no , Char : i = Hi «^? ed srra a stab to rouse it from its Icihar ^ ry ; •^ o U XT SCFFZRlSG HAS COXDrCED I > ' A > T VTAT TO ¦ ic& HEXT tar moxsxeb ' s stke > gth . welcxjmi : vt . v .-S ^ w » a > t shapz , THOUGH IT WLilE "EiTH ITSELF !" * ojt LojaJ Gentlementhis is not single inof

      , , a ^™» my bdief in the necessity of persecution ; je , me absolute necessity , for the advancement of a P ^ canse . }\ " o ; for I glory in every pang I feel as the j /™ Pwhetic response to some tyrant's torture . MayrrPjcm hare had so manv peaceful and bloodless ? £ apli 3 in Ireland of law ; , that you expected a 5 * £ orer for the national stakes . " Foolish men : I ^ JW no : a ware thai the ogre ( class legislation ) « out fattir ^ yon , till yonr turn for the sacrifice V ^ w : And , afrer all , where are your triumphs T " r , Jtm may poini to yonr ulls , for yoa are sil j ^ " * pers , although you call yourselves the v . -

      ork-Suj where gjg tis p ^ p ^^ g tnmnpis \ where , 1 S * * On the Bench ; in tbe police ; in the Four g ?«« ; m the Red Book ; in the Civil List ; in on& « atenancies ° ^ - loanrie 3 5 i Q *^ appointment - oosn ^ ; in fae stipendiary corps of poliee .-pies ™ "ttsistttias ; in Colonial jobber ? ; in Poor Law gi ° J « r commissioEa ! Y « s , Gentlemen , such have St * ^ >» Phs of Irelaad ; but , alas , they are CTP ^ of the " Lice , " while the exhausted thednrv " Beetle" may point to the transport , "r ictarTif ' em P 7 house , or the law which tf the Bpon 3 t i ~ 1 l * iei ^ t 0 fly > M to foor £ hare

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      Loyal Gentlemen , for uniformity ' s sake , I will now take year several counts , seriatim , in the order in which they appear in the indictment . The first is a mere clumsy thing of nothing , containing the old etory about " the Chartists' Jeagne with the Tories ; " and having affirmed it , you go on io the old catalogue of Tory oppression , which ( shame to ten years of Whig rale , and your unopposed power for the latter six of that period ) is now discerned to be in full force ;—and having leagued the Chartists and the Tories , you allow your readers to infer that

      Chartism wonld be as great an eaemy to civil and religions liberty as ToryiBm has been ; while , in your souS , you are aware that the equality and even reign of justice which Chartism would ensure , is the one thing dreaded by every speculator in unhappy Ireland ' s sorrowB , sufferings , and woes . In the second count you say , and say truly , " that division among the people was always tbe main stay of tyranny and oppression . " Loyal Gentlemen , allow me to ask you to point me out a man in existence who has done so much to increase and foster that division as Mr .

      O'Connell ? and who has made it so much the study of his life , even . » t the expenoe of self , as I hare , to destroy ihat dirision , and cement the -whole body of the people in one compact union , looking for one and only one object . Loyal Gentlemen , the third count is a mere repetition of Tory insolence to the Catholic people of Ireland , which Feargus O'Connor , the Northern Star , and tho English Chartists , have resented in more manly terms than the Irish or the Irish press ever have done upon their own account . When the sacriligioas wretch , the R « v . Mr . Stowell , went to Batb . to preach his anti Catholic doctrine , who hooted him , and his blood-stained associates eut of the meeting-house 1 The Catholics ? No such thing ! emboldened by his many triumphs Over the

      Uathouc 3 oi Manchester , m their very strong-hold , it remained for the English working " Tory-Proteslant-Orange-Chartists" of Bath to teach him that , however the . Irish Catholics may submit to his lasults at home , that they , the Chartists of Bath , •¦ vould nos be parties co such a Protestant triumph over their Irish Catholic brethren ; and , curious : o say , none of your Liberal Irish papers published ihe defeat of the " snrpliced ruffian , " while the Slur Lad a full report , and an article of thanks to the Bath Chartists for their mauly and spirited conduct . Yon know , and Mr . LrConceil knows , that 99 in every 100 of the Euglith working people love iheir Irish Catholic bmhren as themselves , and the more for the persecution they have suffered from

      wily friends afiti foes ; while they hate the very aame of " Orangeman , " as the worst eaemy of tb . 2 human race " . You have no right to libel the English people ; your press his no right io libel the English people ; your " Liberator"' has no right to libel the English people ; but the English people esteem it as a tribute to their judgement , which has taught them how to afix the proper stamp of value to every public man ' s acts aud professions . They havefound Mr . O'ConEellout , and hence their crime . Loyal Gentlemen , in the fourth count you charge me with insincerity , because , I refuse all instalment * of reform . Will you have the goodness to point out any instalment that / have refused ? You make a slight mistake . You should have said , " because

      ho refuses to agitate for instalments of reform . " Iu faith , I do ! and will to the day of my death . J know of no such thing as an instalment of principle or ¦ & morsel of justice , while I have never been put to the pain during tbetenyearsof Whig sway of refusing a farthing in the pound . As you read tbe Star , yoa will find it therein written , that the whoie popular force could no : command the dismissal of one obnoxious policeman , or of ose palacd menial ; and should you require recorded proof of popular inability to ge ; a fraction of justice , or an " instalment " of even mercy , from the representatives of the present electoral body , you will find ample proof in the fact that the vote of the only man who should stand TiEDier in the Honse of Commons overbalanced

      • 2 , 000 , 000 of signatures of people , who pointed attention to the fact , that for fifteen months , amid the most galling privations , not a single outrage had taken place ; and yet was their prayer for the liberation of political offenders reject ^ , while your great leader and champion of civil liberty walked out of the House , and hia name appears nowhere in the division . What , now , do you think of " instalments" of Reform , and Chart st power to enforce them ? You ask why the Chartists interrupt rneeting 3 for the Corn Laws 2 I will tell you ; because , in the commencement of the agitation upon that subject , the people were invited to attend and take part , and when they did take part , they were not oaly insulr * d . but they vraa in many instances assaulted , dragged out of the meeting , rolled in the kennel and covtTed with in ^ d , culled by rnffran , police , and

      grcaned at by idle shop boy 3 { for wnich see Morning Chronicle ) ; and when they moved their amendments , the class-legislation Chairman invariably dec ' ared ihoss amendments i * be loss , although in almo :-t eTery instance the majority in their favour was fifty to one . This practice was pre-eminently calculated to make the Chartists appear a poor mincrity of the working classes , and their principles but the wild theories of a discontented faction ; and seeing the result likely tcbe produced , and the injury likely to be inflicted upon the real causa of freedom , I did recommend the people to move their own Chairman—to stand by their own " order" and their cuse—Io hear if they < rere heard , and to STRIKE if they trere STKUCK ; and from the moment tbe peou-i- acted rr > cn that advice every paper teemed w : ; h Chsrtist trimn ? c ~ , a id ar ^ ry tougue was obliged io aenht the Ciiaui ? ts' strength .

      You say , in use same couat , that I eppose every Liberal and Kvfonner , 211 J give the Terr Monopolists sufh a m .-jority s . s wiil enable them not only to crush tbe Cnzrh--. * , hai to put down all attempts of the people iu « t . liii 3 >! a i&uress of grievances . ' To tr . at I ai . iTrer , I lock up ^ u what you call " Liberals and Reformers" as the greaicrt Monopolists aud the greatest curs-e that ever the country endured ; while i leii you , in the language of Emmett , that " it shall only be over-my lifel-.-ss bodj "' the Tories shall impede the progress of Chartiam , and suppress the just complaints oi" ihs people .

      In the same count you say— It was for the same conduct he was hissed from the stage of Irish politics . " Poor silly creatures ! When was he hissed from the stage of Irish politics ? Was it in 1821 , when he alone cf his order , backed by eleven Roman Catholic Clergymen ^ ^ bis friends to this day ) stood up against special commissions , martial-law , shootiags , burnings , and cruelties of all sorts , and defended the poor White Boys driven to madness by despair , against the united force of Whig and Tory marshalled in military array against the Catholic people \ Was it in 1831 , when he paralized U : t Grea ; Reform Meeting in Cork , by the assurance that a ' . i Reforms , except a Repeal of the Union would be mere moonshine for Ireland ? Was it in

      18 S-, wLen he refused to plead guilty and receive m-: rcy for taking the lead and the post of danger in & ! . ii-t ! the meetings ? Or was it in the sama year , when , without any help , but that of some good priests and the whole people , he broke down tbe moat powerful aristocracy ever known to exist in any county or country , and in which he dragged your ? hcp-keep : ag order after him much against their iuciination , and gained a victory which for 150 years all combinations strove in fain to achieve ? Was it in 1833 . when he took the mask from humbug and forced Mr . O'Connell to pledge himself to bring the Repeal question forwgrd , and when the liberal press was vrith him ! Was it in 1834 , when in spite of ihe opposition of Mr . O'Connell ' s friends and

      relarves he again triumphed over the Protestant aristocracy of the county of Cork ? Was it in 1835 , when the Catholic people subscribed six hundred pouuds , to defend h s seat which was lost by the treachery of some of the Irish liberal member ? , who , by Mr . O'Connell ' s recommendation , absented themselves from the Ballot for his committee ? Was it at the close of that year when , after he was unseated , tbe Liberator offered him a hundred guineas , " sat a hujtdbed , " to go to Carlow as cornsel for Jew KaphasJ , and which he declin' dg offering at the Bame time to go at his ovn -ezpanse for a good man I Or , was it in 1839 , when he met a large number of priests , with whom he had acted since 1821 , and the two liberal

      members for the county of Cork * fr a pnblic meeting , cr rather in a town where a public meeting was announced to be held , and to which he went alone , amid shouting , cheering , and welcomes , none asking for the members , and none daring to oppose him , and upon which occasion Mr . E . Roche , the present Tery excellent M . P . for tbe county of Cork , said to the Rev ; Mr . Dohacey , P . P . of Dunmanway , " Well , let them say what they like , Feargusis tbe man of the people . " " He is , and ever has been , and ever will hz , ' ' was the rev . gentleman ' s reply . Upon that occasion , the Roman Catholic clergyman of bis own parish , to whom he was known " and with whom he has been intimately acquainted since tho year 1816 , a period of twenty-three years , stood by him upon ; se platform , and responded to his every sentiment .

      2 vow , jast judges , when was he hissed off the Irish stage ? . Answer that if you can ! You say " were we so disposed we could ocenpy ro ' umns of newspapers , with extracts from his own Northern Star , in support of our assertions , but we deem it sufficient to refer to his address to the Char-

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      tists , published in the Star of 15 th June , 1841 , or of Jan . 8 th , 1841 , or in his address to the Chartists of Newry , published June 8 ; h , 1841 . In those will be found the reasons he gives for speaking one way and acting another . " Yes , I believe yoa I Thank you , very mucb , for this count . Loyal Gentlemen , you say " were you so disposed , " you could do so aud so . In truth , you have shown the disposition , but the proof you lack . You say , " in these will be found the reasons he gives for speaking one way and acting another . " Yes , I believe you , " ix these , " and these alone , that is in yonr airy imagination alone will these be found , for the records to which you refer , have no existence anywhere else . There is no snch thing as a Northern

      Star , bearing date , either the 3 ih of June , 15 th June or 8 th of January , 1841 . There is no such thing extant , or in existence , as an address from me to the Chartists of Newry . I never wrote a line of an address to the Chartists of Nswry . I den't know to this day , who wrote thefamous and powerul reply to the address of the Corn Exchange patriots to the people of Newry . I know it was the act of some Irish Catholic Chartist of Manchester , but I never heard of it till I saw it in print . Now , whut do you Eay 1 Even yet , you shall not slide off upon a quibble , because 1 give you the whole filei of Stars , and I defy you , under any date , to find a justification for myself , or any one , " speaking one way and acting another . " It is the very thing which 1 have ever decried and avoided .

      As to your old folly about tho torch and the dagger , in the ssme count , my reply is the same . I give you tho whole file of Stars , and I defy you to show that I overused the word '' dagger" iu my life , or that I ever used the word " torch" in any other sense than as a substitute for that light which tyranta had denied their men the use of , by refusing them permission to meet in open day , for the purpose of discussing their grievances ' . No : v , whasdo you say I and what will the 1 , 000 , 000 moral force-pike-Repealers say ? Your sixth count runs thus : —

      " T \ hiie the English Chartists were going on in a constitutional ¦ w . ay , they vere becoming a formidable body in tbe eyes of tbeir despotic task-masters , who could not bear the sacred name of liberty ; and then it seemed to them the moat effective way to crush the honest Chartists , to send amonj ; them some cf those subtle agents to dr . iw them isito the fangs of the law by the commission of crimd ; and here "we find Feargns as the principal actor , with liberty and the Charter on his lips , while in 1 ub actions is to be seen the most diabolical hypocrisy . "

      Loyal Trade ' s Association , I admit your position here , and I will make tbe allegation perfect and sustainable by jV . st substituting the name of Daniel 1 ) 'Conuell , for Fcargus O'Connor . We , the Chartists , that is , the Radicals , looking for the six points of tho Charter , were all-powerful , until Jlr . Daniel O'Connell , and a set of monster 3 at Birmingham , seeing that nothing but treachery could impede o \ it progress , re ? olved upon entering our ranks for the purpose cf dividing 11 s . The Whigs in 1836 " required a diversion of the public mind from the operations of the Poor Law Amendment Act , and Mr .

      O'Connell stood in need of some counter irritant to attract attention from his sale of self and Ireland to Lord Duncannoii , ami the Whigs . He therefore , in conjunction with five other Members of Parliament , invited a bouy of working n : en then known by the name oi" the London Workin g Men '* A-sociation , " to mould all their principles into a condensed form , which they did , incorporating our Radical points ; aud to that document , pledging the subscribers to its support , Mr . Daniel O'Connell and fivo oilier M . P . 's attached their name ? , Mr . O'Connell observing upon the completion of the thing , " there , tnhe that , it is your JUST RIGHT , ACCEPT NOTHING SHORT OF IT . "

      Gentlemen . I have had that document in my hand ; we had it at Monmouth : and a person who witnessed Mr . O'Connell si ^ n it , was in attemlanco to prove his signature , if required . Now , Loyal Gentlemen , who requires an excise for speak : ng one way aud acting another 1 I told Mr . Lovett , at the True Sun office , when ho showed me the document , that O'Connell would sell them ! and from tha : moment to the present , his every hour has been devoted to the fabrication of means of every sort tor the propagation , of dissention among the people .

      When Mr . Lowery went . to Dublin , he did not preach torch and digger Chartism : no—he went to advance Mr . O'Connell ' s own principlesthe people ' s " j ust bights ; " and how did the "Liberator" trea ; him I And mark , and mark well , that it was before any outbreak . Why , he is-ued a general ihauskgiving to the Irish who had nearly strangled pour Lowery while expounding those principles to which the " " Liberator" had attached his sacred name ! While upoa this subject , allow me to ask whether even the outbreak at . Monmouth would have furnished Mr . O'Connell with an excuse for abandoning

      Chartism , if Chartism had been to him a paying thing 1 and , again , let it be understood that tins lover of justice had been for many months previous to the Moamouth outbreak denouncing every Chartist by name , a : > d selecting the fabrications of a hired press as matter worthy the notice of the Attorney-General ; and that every leader u-ho teas prosecuted by the Attorney-General teas first declared to be guilty of high treason by Mr . Daniel O'Connell , who now ludicrously enough assures his hearers that the Whigs were mild seourgors of Chartism , as compared with what the Tories required at their hands !

      Yonr seventh count is all nonsenre . lour eighth I pleaded to fir ^ t . Your ninth is a fa brication . IS ' o such thiuu ; ever occurred at ABhton . It was a labourer ' s strike . The first dissention between the English and the Irish iu England was caused by Mr . O'Counell iu person , when he marshalled tiie haired of the Irish Catholics against their Protestant Chartist neighbours , and then , coward-like , fled tho field . Then for the first time did we hear o : " Orange-Charust-Proteftant , " and ciieh like stuff : but , thanks be to Gcd , justice aud principle arc now too strong for buffoonery , clap-trap , and expediency ; and the Irish themseWcs are beginning to

      opeu their eyes to the folly of their ways . Thera never was a cry of " no popery" rftised by the English People ; uever ! never ! never ! not even in olden times . It was raised by the enemies oi tbe English people , the bigoted oligarchy . The only sectarian cry raised duriug the recent election , win the cry of " Orange-Protestant-English Char tihts . " by Mr . O'Connell . But it has had the short-lived existence which , I trust in God , all the offspriii ^ s of ignorance and tyranny are doomed to have in an atmosphere no longer suited to their growth or favourable to their propagation . In the ninth count vou also say : —

      " But above all , and before all , who was it that laid the plot to insult and injure O'Connell , and upset the Reform Meeting at Leeds V To a portion of the above I plead guilty , if there be guilt in defeating humbug . It was 1 who concocted the plot of upsetting the "Reform Meeting , ' as you call it , at Lfcds ; and it was I who recommended ihe people to watch and restrain every man who attempted to riot , as our entmies would be sure to create one if possible . But allow me to ask who it was that said , " The Irish boys would treat Feargus to a swim in the Lifly if he went to DubJis . " and who told one of his braggart cowards that " he would have done well to havo kicked Feargus soundly 2 " Why , Daniel O'Connell . Loyal Trades of Dregheda , —Having now replied to your several allegations , allow me to put Mr . O'Connell' s principles , loyalty , and sincerity , to the

      test . That he is an avowed Chartist , we have his sign manual as evidence—so much for h ) 3 principle ; but then his loyalty takes alarm at the revolutionary means by which the Chartists , as he says , profess to work out their object ; aud therefore he denounces the torch and dagger Chartists : so much for his loyalty . But now , pray observe how we lose ourselves in all attempts to patch up his sincerity . All these reasons may hold good in a weak mind , a- ? regards English Chartism : but in the name of common sense how do you account for his denunciation of Irish Chartists in general , and of the Rev . Mr . Ryan , P . P .. in particular , the more especially as that body have published their means of advancing Mr . O'Connell ' s principle and the people ' s " just rights , " which means are strictly constitutional , peaceful , and moral ; and when they have further declared their determination not to send delegates to other bodieB , or to admit of delegates being sent from other bodies to them ?

      Now pray , for the sake of common justice and consistency , answer that , and tell me why the Rev . Mr . Rjan was held up to public reprobation \ O ! perhaps it might have been unbecoming in a Christiau minister to be a member of an aBsociationwho . se objects are Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , and Annual Parliaments , but quite seemly in the same Rev . Gentleman to be a paying member of an association whose objects are Household Suffrage , Triennial Parliaments , aud Vote by Ballot ! Yet the sacred calling of tho " annointed priest" did not save him from tho " Liberator ' s" sarcasm . How very droll all this ! Now , is it not , Royal Loyal Trades of Drogheda ! Ah ! most Loyal Tradsmen , we have bad more than enough of this prick in the loop ' patriotism . It shall cease . For never again shall the mariners in freedom ' s bark be deceived by the dazzling flicker of the sham lights of the smuggler bhining from

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      froedoma light-house . No , no ; call me what you will , bat do me the justice to admit that through all vissicitudes I have adhered to the one grtat principle which alone can insure man ' s equality under the law ; and I thank God that my exertions in his benalT , have insured for me a resting place from persecution in tho heart of every poor and oppressed man woman and child 1 Yoa mast slay the nation before you can erase my namefrom its records . I sought no strife with Mr . O'Connell . He attacked ma most unceremoniously , and refused a reply to my too mild application for even an explanation . What tneD , was I to see fn this autocrat to make me bend before his prescriptive right to denounce all who differed fittm him f Was I to fall down and worship at tho snrine of this

      Protean politician ? No ; consistency , honour , self-respect , and love of justice and of truth forbade it ! for mayhap such blind subserviency wonld have obliged mo to worship as many principles fn one short month , and all as various as the several colours in the varied rainbow . What J is there to be no mind in this Empire but that of which his pliantconception iB the mam spring ! Not satisfied with having denounced me while at large , he , coward-like , took the opportunity of my incarceration to heap slanders upon me . Waq r . his patriotism 1 was this principle % was this Irish honour ? I hurl defiance at him ai « d you ! I do not suffer imprisonment By deputy ! fight my battles by proxy ! or vote by pair ! where the liberty of iny fellow man ia at stake .

      He and his well-paid patriots have charged me with being a trafficking politician . What is the fact \ Ho has ma . de a fortune , eked out of Ireland ' s sorrows and her tears , while I havo spent one in an attempt to redress her wrongs ! You charge me with being an enemy to Ireland . I join issue with you : I dare you to the proof . I demand a trial . We have a precedent . John Lawless was tried : I vf& 3 owe of his counsel . Hear my terms . I require no more than tho common law usage of traitors . Serve mo with a copy of an indictment , and a list of witnesses to be produced , ten clear days before the day of trial : aud upon the nioraunt of my liberatior . —aye , I will meet you at the dungeou ' d gate . You shall have iheNorihcrn Star , whici , by tho time of niy liberation , will contain moro than 10 , 000 columns ; you shall use it in evidence . You shall have its free columns

      till that time to advertise for every line evar written by me , ar-d for hashing up every word spoken by me in public or in private . I will allow Mr . O'Connell to name his tribunal of any number . 1 will give you the whole bar and all the patriots of Ireland ; aud , single-handed , I will meet you in Dublin to stand my trial . All that I stipulate for is , that it shall tek « placo in a room capable of holdiug 1 . 000 persons—that admission shall bo free —that some Dublin paper rhall be agreed upon as tho medium of publication of matter which shall be submitted , before being printed , to both parties for their approval . These are my terms ; uud if onoof a tribunal of tlat number , shall say guilty of a line written , an net done , or a word spoken against the best interests of my country , I will agree to abandon that country and tho British Empire , for the remainder of my natural life .

      if justice be indeed your object , there is a court open tor you . If intimidation be your design , I hurl defiance at you ! I will not bo a ilo' diivg bladder of wind , buoyed upon the changeable current of your " Liberator ' s" odoriferous breath , with " Hurrah for this , " and " that , " aud " the other ;" Aud ' for this , " and > l that , " and " tho other , hurrah !" No , I am a professor of simple politics which all can understand . I will neither bo a scholar in the r . ew school of pisgic politics , nor will 1 teach its doctrines . The natural ri ^ nt of man requires not diplomacy cr art to convince the veriest dolt of his title to that right ; and the more wo mistify it , tho more difficult do we make it of attainment . My creed is simple : Tbe vote for all : A Parliament for Ivmnd ; ami the grt-en fields at their full usurped value as man ' s labour wart—his own labour being his staff a : id his savings' baiik .

      If that is not plain enough , I cannot mako it piainer ; while you say that tho only means of ir . suriuR the advancement of the great national question of Repeal , ia through the instrumentality and agency of your representatives in Parliament . . - 1 Loyal Tradesmen , without entering upon the question of Ireland ' s advance generally in that respect , let me just test the advancement by your ov .-. i position in Drogheda . M Tho tree shall be known by its fruit : " and if " the tveo whioh bri .-.-geth forth bad fruit should be hewn down and 1

      cast into the fire , ' I fear your town would gat a scorch—for verily you havo advanced like tho rear raijk of the Kerry militia ! But let us just run yoa through your facings , and s ? o how you stand inspection . In 1833 , Drogheda returned Carew O'Dwyer , a Repealer , Tithe Abolitionist , and Chartist . In ' 834 , you returned the Hon . Randall Phiuket , Orangeman and Anti-iiepcai-. r ; and m 1837 and 1841 , Sir Marcus Summerville , mere keep-out-the-Torios , Whig and Anti-Repealer ; and this is what the Loyal Trades oi Drogheda call " advancing iheir great national tiueilion through their representatives !"

      A sergeunt of tho Kerry militia , in drilling the awkward squad of his company , ordered she rear raiik to advance three paces backwards . Gentlemen , I fear you have been under drill of a Kerry sergeant since the Reform Biil ! for in good truth you havo advanced very much liko the rear rank . You should call yourselves the Royal Loyal Crabs of Drogheda . Suppose the English people , taking Drogheda as a test , were to say , " Aye . the Irish people lave always been the enemies of England ; just sue , liicy returned a Tory Orangeman at Drogheda last election , and now they havo returned a Poor Law , ana-Charter , anti-Repeal Whig . " What could you answer to that ? or how dare you talk of advancing your great national question through your representatives , when you yourselves—aye , youcompose the Committee of au anti-Repeal Member ? How very consistent and patriotic !

      Thero is something disgusting to the plain understanding of men to read of tho newjugglcs presented weekly to the bravo Irish people in return for their pence . O , how despicable , to see a # reat two h ' .-teii Irishman , fifteen or sixteen stone weight , traversing the country in . the nineteenth century , like a common mounteoank , with his tongue ia one side of his cheek , a quid of loyalty in the othev , and cheap government upon his lips ; while we find his recorded declaration that his pauper constituents instructed him to vote tho highest figure for tho Queen ' s pauper husband ' s allowance— £ 50 , 000 a year , the amount proposed by the Whigs not being sufficient !

      Havo you the vanity , or the folly , to supposs that " Our religion is in danger , " and 'Keep the Ihries out , " and " Cumberland is coming , " will much longer prevent the starving Irish from seoing these things in their trno light \ Read the " Liberator's " opinion of tho Whigs , now that they are out and that the fat has gone , and eay have I ever given thera a worse character ? Read his new creed , which he never broached till ho had no power to enforce it ; ajid then tell me that bo is sincere in his advocacy of the cause of liberty . You array your whole

      associated strength against a single prisoner , but although I have not stood upright for ten whole days , and although I am at this moment experiencing the most excruciating torture , not being able to bend my knees , and although tho doctor has but just left me , with a hint that I have got a rheumatic fever , yet on my back , if you set your bull-dog at me , I will fight to the last ! Don ' t imagine that he shall filch away my character by deputy , or fight me by Loyal Associations , while he hallooa them on and would take advantage of any turn in their favour .

      While you talk of my inconsistency , pray what do you think of a teetotal brewer , and an advocate for metallic currency paper banker , and now a director of the new land investment company , which he tells us he accepts not because the office is a lucrative one . Bah ! I tell you whoever is " in waiting" the « Liberator" will be " Gold stick . " Even now , in his new birth unto righteousness , " what is his announcement ? Why , that no government shall again command his support who will refuse place or pension to Repealers , and who will not leav

      e Repeal an open question ; not an open question in the cabinet ; no , no ; he dos'ent either want , wiBh for , or ask for that , but an open question with the people . Did you ever hear such , humbug I has it not already been made so open that a blind man can see through it ? Now , what is the " political trafficker ' s" opinion i Why , that I would not to-morrow accept of the Governor-Generalship of India , or of the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland , because my doing so would weaken my cause and injure my party .

      Loyal Tradesmen , now to conclude . You say that your principal object is to advance the cause of Repeal through petitions : well then I pledge myself on behalf of the English , Scotch , and Welsh people to have , for presentation during the very next session of Parliament , that is , in 1842 , a petition signed by 4 , 000 , 000 , ( without ihe two shillings a man though ) and all at my own expence : and then ( n . tak my words !) the "Liberator" will tell you tha-u be wont bave Repeal now , as the English people t the enemies of Ireland , bave assisted !

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      What I was ia 1832 , when I gave my pledges upon the hustings , that same I am now ; and I boldly assert that there is not in this wide world one man—no , not one , who would make equal personal sacrifices to carry a Repeal of the Legislative Union , or one who go mortally hates Tories and their principles . Neither tho fate of Lawless , O'Gorman Mahon , Purcell O'Gormau , Lambert , or young Ruthven , shall drive me from my course . I am neither to be bought , seduced , or iutimidatfd ; and as to your power to root me from the hearts of- the British and Irish slave-class , I defy you ! I stand like a rock in the midst of ocean , against which the angry surf of your wrath may dauh . but must

      part in foam . The value of my politics consists in their plainness : my sincerity has yet to be proved , although my consistency , in the eyes of expediencymongers , is considered my greatest crime . Loyal Gentlemen , when you are engaged in the advancement of those principles which tho people of Ireland agree upon , your " enemies , " the English people , wiil not volunteer to the number of 500 , 000 , nor yet a single or : e , to put you down ! and if they do , I will be found fighting in your ranks against them . Never shall England , or Scotland , if I can help it , have thoir freedom ten minute 3 before Ireland has hers ; tho same act which iusure 3 liberty to tho one , shall give freedom to all .

      I have the honour to remain , Loyal Tradesmen , An Irishman , A Repealer , A Chartist , And a Prisoner , FuA&Gtfs O'Connor 18 th of 16 th-Month of Solitary Confinement in York Castle .

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      Fellow-countrymen , — 1 . As a body , constituted chitfiy of the working classes , for the advancement of ttiat great national question , tbe liepeal of the Legislative Union , and although we look upon ( hat as the only balm calculated to hea \ the gaftiug wounds that have been inflicted on this country by that unnatural and unholy act , yet , we deem it our duty , on all occasions , to co-operate with any body of British subjects who may be seeking for any sptcies of lieform calculated to be of any real or lasting benefit to the great buik of the people , provided they go in a legal and constitutional manner to look for it ; but on no other terms will we ever join any class of men , no matter how plausible their pretensions may be ; knowing , as we do , that evil should not be done that

      good might come out of it : therefore , as a body of liefonners who are enemies to every species of monopoly and class legislation , not caring whether that system be carried on by Whig or Tory , we here call on every mau in this kingdom who is a lover of civil liberty , justice , and ( airplay , aud above all , who values the peace and good order of society , not to let themselves be led astray by those wolves in sheep ' s clothing , who aro provfling about under the name of Chartists , but who in reality are in league with the Tories , who have ever been the avowed enemies of all Reform of Ireland and Irishmen . The TorieB , it was , that to accomplish the ruin and destruction of your country set man against his fellow-man , on the score of religion , and thereby banished from men ' s minds every fewling of Christianity , and replaced it with that rancorous hate and ieli «; ious bigotry so calculated to destroy that divine maxim of " love your neighbour as yourself . "

      2 . Fellow-Countryineii , we ask you whether this was done for the pure lovo of religion , or to weaken tbo cmnUned strength of the people in order to facilitate the wicked designs of your merciless oppressors ? for , mark , that division among the people was always the mainstay of t > ranny and oppression . 3 . Tbe Tories it was who havo called you " Aliens iu religion , in country , and in blood ; " they it was that -assailed your venerated clergy as a " demon priesthood" aud " surpliced ruffians , " and after wasting all

      the calumny that their inveterate bigotry could suggest , they then sent into parliament a bill virtually to repeal the Catholic Emancipation Act , and to leave the reform bill a dead letter . And on what grounds was that bill brought forward ? Why , that tbe Irish were villainous perjur&rs , that the spirit of perjury was instilled iuto them by the Catholic religion , and encouraged by the Catholic priesthood . Merciful Heavens '! are these the legislators with whom the English Tory Chartists would Mess the Irish nation , and then look for out' co-operation and support .

      4 . We look upoa their leader , O'Connor , as insincere in his boasted desire for liberty , inasmuch as he refuses all instalments of reform , and condemns all those who do not go with him , no matter how extravagant his projects may be ; he effects his design by upsetting meetings for any purposes of reform , or retrenchment of taxation , ( no matter how necessary or practicable , ) unless they be for the entire Charter . The people are long and louiily cnlliiig for cheap bread , and why do the Chart ; st 9 interrupt meetings for the repeal of the Corn Laws ? The greatest curse of tho country , while they staud neutral wheu the Tory monopolists hold their meetings , as was the case in Lincoln , where

      tbey carried their resolutions without any opposition , and in the teeth of all justice and common sense . F . O'Connor opposes every Liberal and Reformer , and gives to tbete Tory monopolists such a sweeping majority as will not only en-able them to crush the Cbartists who have befriended them , but , they will be able also , to put down all attempts of the people ( almost ) in seeking for a repress of grievances . Can we , then , believe the man sincere who thus acts in perfect barmony vtlth the enemies of the people ? It was for similar comhict , he was hissed from the stage of Irish politics , and he has ever since been unceasing in his efforts to injure , if not to destroy , the influence of tka Liberator of Ireland , ond the other leaders of the

      Repeal Association . Were we so disposed , we could occupy columns of newspapers with extracts from his own Northern Star in support of our assertions , but we deem it sufficient to refar to his address to the Chartists , published in the Star of the loth of June , 1841 , or of January the 8 th , 1841 , or in hia address to the Chartists of Newry , published June 8 th , 1841 , in these will be found the reasons he gives for speaking one way and acting another . But , let not wily Feargus think that the Irish people are to be caught by his Tory hypocritical canting , for we are now too well trained in the school of legal agitation to give our enemies a cbance by his torch and daeeer doctrine .

      5 . The . 'well-meaning Reformers of England who were writhing under the galling yoke of despotic tyranny , and thirsting for liberty , conceived that the People ' s Charier wan the only meaua by which they could shake off completely their serf-like manacles , and stand before the world as freemen . In this they had the sympathy of every lover of liberty in Europe , particularly tho Irish , who look upon themselves as the most degraded , oppressed , and insulted people on the face of tbe earth . It was but natural t ' jut the Irish would sympathise with their brother slaves in England and Scotland when looking for their rights , so long as they kept within the bounds of the law ; for , bad as these laws are , we know there is nothing to be had outside of them .

      6 . "While tho English Chartists were going on in a constitutional way , they were becoming a formidable body in the eyes of their despotic task-masters , who could not bear the sacred , name of liberty , aud then it seemed to them the moat effective way to crush the honest Chartists , to send among them some of those subtle agents to draw them into the fangs of the Uw by the commissien of crime , and here we find Peargus as the principal actor with liberty and the Charter on his lips , while in his actions is to be seen the most diabolical hypocrisy . We look for a redress of grievances through our representatives and by the sacred right of petition as the only means by wliich such redress should be sought , while the Fergusites throw those rights overboard and seek it by revolution . We know of no other means by which they can obtain what they pretend to look for . They get aside the influence of their representatives and the right cf petition .

      7 . Let us be clearly understood . We do not put all Chartists under the head of " Tory Chartists , " on the contrary , we finnly believe there are honest men who look upon the Charter as the only fulcrum by which they can be raised to the level of freemen ; and let it be also understood , that we do notplaca implicit confidence In the Whigs , or that we look upon them as our particular friends , we only look upon them as the lesser eva of two bad factions ; we would not support them one hour if we thought we could get a better government . Yet , we must confess , we have received more evenhanded justice from them for the last four years , than during the previous half century from any other

      government . They have at least shewn a disposition for progressive reform . Did the Tories ever show any inclination otthat 8 ort?—on the contrary , we believe it to be their intention to undo all the good the Whigs have done . Let us tell the Chartists , that experience has taught us sufficiently neither to be led nor driven by tbam again . We know how they served us when we fought shoulder by shoulder with them for parliamentary and municipal reform , which they would liot now enjoy were it not fov irUh majorities , and how did they serve us when they got tbeir own ends y . ccoinj ) listen ? Why , they left us to tho mercy ef the church aristocracy , and instead of getting reforms , we got insult ; for tbe measures we got , were nothing short of it . . 8 . The English never yet asked the sympathy of the Irish , unless when they bad some great end to accom-

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      ^ ^ " * plfsh , and that done , they flung ub from them as to many contemptible tteatTsie- " , only fit tax eoerekm : aa a proof , we request your particular attention to the following extract from an address of Feargus O'ConDort to tie Chartists of England , June 15 th , 18 « : " The Charter cannot be ebtaiued without the people of Ireland , but as long as they are under the influence of O'Connell and the Corn Exchange , we cannot expect their co-operation , and what is to be done t Why O'Connell and the Irish Liberals are supporting tbe bloody Whigs , and so long as they continue in office , we never can expect to have the people of Ireland . Then out with tbe bloody 'Whigs , and Rive Ireland another Tory squeeze ; let loose the National bloodbounds , the Orange faction , and the shooting churchsanctioned by a Tory government , and then yoa will have the Irish running into your arms . "

      0 . This language -will , in part , account for the feeling manifested in England towards Ireland . Let asy thinking man look to the conduct of the Chartists a few days ago ia Ashton , -when they were parading the streets In thousands , armed with guns , pistols , pitea , daggers &C ., &c , and offering from £ 5 to £ 2 » for the head ef an Irishman . Look to the no popery cry that has been raised of late in England to facilitate the return of tBe Tory candidates ; but , above all , and before all , who wa 3 it that laid the plot to insult and injure O'Connell , and upsst the Reform meeting at Leeds t—Who , bat the Tory Chartists , goaded on by Feargus ! And this is the man that would call upon the people of Ireland

      to join him , and commit self-murder , by putting down O'ConnelL Such , fellow-countrymen , are the doctrine * of the Tory Chartists , who call on you to join them , to put down , to abandon , or to assassinate , if you will—O'Connell , and the liberal leaders of Ireland , while they are giving their utmost ( support to your inveterate enemies . Men of Ireland , mark vrell Ihe design of those hypocrites who call on you to throw off the influence of O'Connell , the Liberator of bis country—the Moses of Ireland—the man who has spent a long life in seeking , obtaining , and defending any scanty liberties you now enjoy . He who has stojd like a wall of brass between you and your blood-stained oppressors , the enemies of your country and your creed .

      10 . Such , fellow-countrymen , are the acts , and snch the doctnmrB 0 ! the Tory Chartists . And where then , we ask , is tba man carrying an Irish heart within bi « bosom , who will be found weak or base enough , with those facts before his eyes , not to look with abhorrence and disgust on the man who would breathe to him the principles of a Tory Chartist . Signed on behalf of the Society , , John M'Alinden , Secretary . July 27 th , 1841 .

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      STOCKPOBT . —A Sunday school has been comniGnml iu the- Association-room at this pkce . All who wisu to havo their children " trained up in the way they should go , " so that " when they are old , they will nut depart from it , " will do well to send thein to the Chartist Sunday school . OMJHAJH . —The Chartists of Oldham at their we * jKly meetiug on Monday lost , unanimously agreed to tbw following resolution : — " That ten shillings be voted and seat to the Northern Star Office , to be appropriated to the carrying out a petition to the Commons' House of Parliament respecting the contested seats ; and we further agree to enter into a subscription which will be lurtbcom ' . ag if the object is curried out : and we earnestly request and recommend to tho associations ye : ; erally to take the subject up with spirit . "

      POX . ^ OK 3 ; lAWS . —A meeting of the inhabitants of Pnllok ^ tiaws was held in the Town Hall , which was crowded to excess . Mr . Adam Smith ws . s in tlie chair , who introduced Mr . Cullen , of Glasgow , amid rapturous cheering . Mr . Cullen then came forward , and delivered with his usual ability a long and explicit address on the present condition and future prospects of the country . Mr . Charles M'Gregor followed with a two-edged broad Scotch sword , which struck after the fashion of the bold Macgregor , two ways , cutting down with the one stroke the Whigs , aud the next the Tories , amid laughter and cheering . Jlr . Smith followed in a speech , pourtraying great erudition and sentimentality They thtn agreed to hold meetings weekly , and that Mr . Currie , who had passed the Chartist College , should ba requested to deliver his Bplendid lecture on Democracy to them at the -next meeting . A" Tote of thanks was given tj the Chairman , when the meeting dissolved .

      Mil . O'COSSOB . ASD THE 1 * EV . BAPTIST N 0 EI- — At a meeting of the South Lancashire lecturers , held tbis week , the following resolution was unanimously carried : —Resolved , ' - ' That it is the opiuion of this meeting that the thanks of tho people are due ¦ to Feargua O Connor , for his able defence of the toiling millions , as contained in his irrefutable exposure ef the flimsy and impious sophisms of the Hon . and Rev . Baptist Noel ; and the thanks of this meeting are given to him for the above valuable service . " WAN& 3 WOBTH .-Tho meeting on Sunday last , at Wands worth , was well attended , when the report from the Chartist Tract Conimitte was read and received . A very animated discussion took place upon the great principle of the Charter , and the best means to carry the same , aud it was reaoWed to Buppoxt the Executive in every possible way . —The Council meet next Sunday , at the School Room occupied by the members , in Deptford , near Creek Bridge , chair taken at four a ' clock .

      TROWBRIDGE . —A public meeting was held here on Monday evening , in the Democratic Chapel , at which au address -was adopted to be presented to the Mail * Chester conference . T 03 WIOBUEW . —The weekly meeting of the Chartist Association took place as usual on Monday , when the propriety of opening another Raoni , in Millweod , was taken into consideration , but eventually postponed until the , public dinner to Dr . M'Douall was over . — Mr . Charles Connor visited Todmorden on Saturday , and gave a very effective address to the lads . At the close of his address there was a collection made .

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      Ashton . —Mr . Storor ,- of Ashton , will lechure in the Charter Association Room , Cathariue-aWcet , on Sunday , to-tnorro . v , atjsix o ' clock in the OVeiling . Hujnslet . —Mr . Hick wiil preach on the Stockhill , Huaslet , on Sunday evening , weather permitting ; if not , ia the . Room , Fleece-yard . Service to commence at half-past six . Keighlct . —On Sundav next , Augu 3 t 22 nd , the Rev . W . V . Javkson , 0 J Manchester , will preach two sermons iu the Working Men's Hall , SuUstrcet , Keighley , tovvar < J 3 raising a fund lor the erection of his new pieailiing place . Services will be in the forenoon and afternoon . The announcement made in the Star of last week was a mistakenext Sundsv the ' 22 nd , being the day intended .

      Lf . icf . ster . —Mr . Harrison , of Nottingham , will preach here , in the Market-place , next Sunday evening ( Mr . Cooper haVinc to be present at the cwnpmeeting on Nottingham Forest ) . Smart follows the next evening ( Monday ) , with his second lecture on the principles of the People ' s Charter . Newcastle . —There will be a public meeting at St . Peter ' s Quay on . Monday evening next , at seven o'clock , when Mr . Masoa and other friends will deliver addresses . Gloucester . —There , will be a pnblic meeting and tea party in the Assetubiy Rooms , Worcester-street , on Monday evening next , at which Mr . Henry Viaeent will be present ;

      Derbyshire . —Mr . Dean Taylor will lecture at the following place ? , during the fo ) lowin <>; week : —Aft Derby on Monday , August 24-h ; H .-anor , Tuesday , ' 25 th ; Breaston , Wedue ^ ouy , 26 Lh ; Cas'lo ! < onuingt ; m , Thursday , 27 th ; " Melbourne , Fridn . y , 28 . h ; and u- ; ll preach at Dsrby on Sunday , 30 : h , at mx o ' clock m the evening . MaCclksfield . — Mr . ChanUley will bcture in the Chartism Room on Sunday evening , on " ihe various t-vils which afflict society . " Nottingham . —On Sunday next , A '> i . yus < 22 nd there will be a Chartist camp-meeting on Nottingham Forest , c > Rjm ? ncink at nii : e o clork . uud . con-; inuing 'ill evening . Mr . C ¦• oper , editor of the MUland Counties Illuminator , will a . tenrt the mtetiug . Mr . W . D . Taylor , county missionary , Mr . Viokers , of Bel per , Messrs . Shi . mons and Mee , of Sutton-in-Ashfitild , a ^ d several other friends from ft distance , are expected .

      On Monday , August ' 23 rd , Mr . Bairstow will lecture in the Democratic Chapel , Rice-place , Nottingham ; Tuesday , at Arnoici ; Wednesday , at Sufcton-in-Ashfiold ; and Thursday , at . Mansfieid : each evening at seven o ' clock ; Chartist Deiegate Meeting . —A delega t e meeting will be held in Stockport on Sunday , the 5 th of September , at ten o ' cioek in the forenoon , to which the Chartists in the' following places are requested to send delegates : Maccle . * field , Congleton , Sandwich . Nautwich , Middlewioh , Northwioh , Mottram , Tiuuvistle , Winulow , Cheadle , Haslegrove , Bradbury , and Chester . By order of the Council , ' Joseph Carter , sub-Secretary . Wandsworth . —The Council meet on Sunday next , at tho School Room , near Creek Bridge , in Deptford ; the chair to be taken at four o ' clock .

      Lambeth . —Mr . Watkine will lecture at the newroom of the National Charter Association , Lancashire Coffee-house , 1 , China Walk , Lambeth Walk , on Tuesday eveaiug next , on the present condition of the Chaniat movement . Mr . Leach will be in Todmoiden , on Monday night ; in , Hebden Bridge on Tuesday ; Halifax oa Wednesday ; and KeiKhley on Thursday . A Chartist Festival will be held at the Ball Court , Biiston , on Tuesday , August 31 st . Tickets 0 ha had of Mr . Storer , grocer , Green-court ; Mr . Ri ^ -r ? , Waisall-street ; end Mr . Davis , Ball-court , Stafford-street .

      Erratum . —In tha notice which appeared in our last , iu reference to the public meeting at Barnsley the name of Mr . Webster was printed for that Of Mr . T . B . Smith .

      Address Of The Loyal Dkoghjida Trades' Association To The Working Classes Of Ireland.

      ADDRESS OF THE LOYAL DKOGHJiDA TRADES ' ASSOCIATION TO THE WORKING CLASSES OF IRELAND .

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      To The Loyal Drogheda Trades Association.

      TO THE LOYAL DROGHEDA TRADES ASSOCIATION .

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      AND LEEDS GENERAL ADTEBTISER .

      VOL . IT . NO . 197 . SATURDAY , AUGUST 21 , 1841 . " % ™™™ fpe ^"«" - < r

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 21, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1123/page/1/