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      FBANCE ASD J 10 EOCCO . ImPOBTANT 2 SEWS- —COXFIMUTIOX OP THX * TtCEATT or Peace . —We take the following from the Times of Thursday : —We have the tumost satisfaction in » nnormciae , according to despatches from Mr . Bultver , her Majesty ' s Minister at Madrid , dated the Ilih inst ., and received in London yesterday , the treaty fox the cessation of hostilities between France and Morocco had been signed , the terms beingthe same in snbstance as those ifisred ia the original ultimatum . Tiiis intelligence was brougBl from Gibraltar fe the Heels steamer by Colonel Barrie , of the British Legation in Madrid .

      Before the Hecla left Gibraltar a Frexrcn steamer had been despatched to Mtfgador to order the immediate evacuation of the felaad of V ? kkh the Trench troops have been in possession Bices tfcs bcaibirdment of the town . The news transmitted by the French 'teJe ^ raph , and with respect to "which some sisgiviug -was fait , is thn 3 entirely confirmed .

      FRAKCE . The "telegraphic-despatch froa Bajonna , announcing the termination of host ^ ites between France and Morocco , monopolized tbo attention of the Paris press and the Ptris public « n Mondsf . . The event ifss deemed of so much importance 'fey Goveraent , that-asalBte "was fired by * he cannon of the Hotel ¦ desiBvalidesin celebration of it on "Monday morning at eight o ' clock . The Indixtfeurde Bcrdeaus of the 13 th instant , states , thai as the period of the vintage approaches zioihisg can b&more favourable then the weather for tha Tine , and for the-caality of iteprodnce .

      The Gkneur of Amiens states , than an attempt to escape from the eii&del of DouBens by the political prisoners coEilned there had been discovered en the 3 ; h insi . They had excavated a spHries of gallery nnder the prison to the extent of several yards . On the discovery of this attempt to escape , some of the prisoners became so incensed that they commenced breaking the furniture of the prison . In a few miantes , however , order was restored whhout the necessity of military intervention .

      SPAJ >\ Accounts from Madrid of the 9 : h inst . state that General Jiarvaez was confined to his apartments by Indisposition . M . Marlines dB la Rosa arrived at iladrid on that day , and would , in all probability , assnme the direction of the department of Foreign Alfsirs . The Modtrado cancidaits at the elections of Madrid had obtained an overwhelming majority over their-Cariist opponents . In the north , the Absolutists have been successful st Pampeluiia ., Peralta Huarte , Iraq-all , Salajnaaca , & . < s . The electors had presented themselves in tht ^ se colleges headed by their parish priest * ! , and returned deputies well known lor their deadly hostility towards the throne of Isabella IL

      The election ? , at Barcelona have passed off qmietly , and the people have shown the utmost indifference S 3 to the result , both in the capital and throughout the -province The Progressists party took no part whatsoever in the matter . General Narvars , who is at the head of the poll for the city , only got 900 Totes . This general avoidance on tho part of the Liberal party throughout Spain to take any share in the present elections , ia by no means a favourable symptom for the future prospects of the country . There must be not only a deep-seated diEContent , but b considerable degree of organization in a party Trhich could induce the whole of its members , in all parts of the kingdom , to refrain from exercising their legitimate rights of election ; and it is but too likely that the first opportunity -will be c&Tigbi atto take ample revenge for all the evila to which they have been subjected under the rule of Gonzales Bravo and Narva ex .

      The Moderado . papers are making a great outcry about the Carlhis and Absolutists carrying the elections in some provinces . As to the Basque provinces , it appears doubtful when they will return deputies at all , as they seem resolved to insist on theirfueros and local legislature . At BiJboa the alcalde was left alone all the first day at the central polling place . Dot a soul coming to vote . In JJavarre the Carlists are carrying eTerythirg , headed by the priests . The Carlists are expected to have at least forty members in the new chambers , and in the north they are stated to be highly elated with the victories they have gained , so much so that fears are felt that some insurrectionary movement may take in Jvavarre and the neighbouriHg provinces .

      ITA 1 Y . : Leitei 3 from Rome dwell still upon the unsettled Siaie of the public mind in the Korcaa = ts . u- £ . That a conspiracy is still on foot , and ma * lead to the destruction of the unhappy tnthusiasts engaged , ¦ would appear unquestionable . It seems equally beyond doubt that the Pontifical Government refuses to listen to the advice of Ausnia , Naples , Tuscany , and other Powers to concede a little lo the popular desire , ia order to escape a calamity ? nre to eccur in a case of a continental war .

      TAHITI . We hare been favoured with the following extract of a letter , dated Talparaso , May Slst , 1844 : — " I ¦ write in haste , as a vessel sails to morrow morning . Mrs . Pritchard and family arrived here thi 3 afternoon , in great distress and trouble , at not finding her hnsband at this place . Tahiti is in a dreadfnl state . The French seized Mrs . Sammorr , - the Qaeen ' s cousin , taking her for Pomare , took her on board the UTarne , when they fonnd out their mistake . They also stole a man ' s wife and took her on board a frigae ; eight of her relations Etoimed a fort and tulfd twenty men . The French say the fort was stormed hy 31 = 0 natives , who killed two men and ' wounded 5 ve , losing fifteen of their own . In another action , the Tahitians killed ninety French- ^ ltsing 10 G themselves , besides 100 mnskets and sixteen old gpns , motrated on cocua-nnt logs—bat taking two pieces cf artillery from the French , whe were

      conducted to a pass by Henry , son of tj > e missionary . The Tahidans were led by two Englishmen , who yrere killed . The French have been awfully handled , having lost altogether upwards of 400 killed and wonnded , amongst the former eix officers , one of whom is tie 1 st Lieutenant of the steamer , which , 31 is said , when goins along shore , killed upwards of 109 of the natives ; however , the French Governor haa had enough of it , and has issued a proclamation , to say he will not attack any more . A Tahitian in ths last agonies of death threw a ' stone at Mons . Bruat , which missed him . It i 3 said they ( the French ) hare taken a Lieutenant of the Hazard , and have been playing all sons of games . It is also reported the troops refused to fight : seventeen deserted one day and six the next , but two of tnem being casern were shot . These deserters , with some Erig * lisb = nd American ? , are of great Eerrice to the natives —Falmoulh Jacket .

      ALGIERS . The accounts from Algiers are of the l ( hh instant . Mar .-hal Bug . aad returned to thi 3 city on the 5 ih , and wa- received by the authorities under a triumphal arch , adorned with the trophies lakea at the battle of Isly . In * the evening the Consuls , of the diSa-eiit nations paid him a visit of congratulation . The Aihbar states , that after the dispersion of the Aleorish forces , Marshal Bageaud had resolved to conduct the main force of his array to Djemaaflhr-9-. nnnt

      FOREIGN MISCELLANY . At £ -4 tbs of Itaet . —We read in a letter from Trieste , of the 5 : h = — Tbe Prince de Metteniich has giTen an audience to all the foreign Consuls . The French asd English Ambassadors to the Court of Austria have arrived , and it is generally reported that a conference willie held on the affairs of Italy . The "Emperor and Eapress of Austria hare just arrived . " Polaxd . —In consequence of the failure of the haiTts ; in Poland , from the inundations of the Vistula , the Emperor Nicholas has interdicted the exportation of corn from that country . Jibe . —A letter from Leipsic of the- 11 th insi ., annonuces that the town of Plan-n had betD on fire for two days , and was still burning . The church the great phauaacy , and 150 houses were already ¦ destroyed ; but the town library was iormaa ' elv eaved . " J

      Mooekh Atiack on ah English Steamer . —We secret to have to announce , from intelligence which ias reached ns from a high quarter , that a serious aggression has b © en committed on her Majesty's steamer Tesityius . This vessel , on neariag Mogadore , was fired upon by the only feattery left them , ¦ which is in jj * ssessioK of the Moors ; and being unable to effect i landi ^ , made far R . * bat , where it experienced a- similar reception . - The cause of such an outrage on the J > art of the Marcquin authorities h&s not traasycred . —Morning Advertiser .

      Attempted Ascests c ? Mdct Bu-sc—MM . Bravai 3 and Martina hare been for some lime engaged In attempts to ascend Mont Blanc , but without Enccess . After spending the intervene tune in making a series of meteorological and geologi cal observations in the Alpine « onntry which fflS ^ l * k ° ™** & , Ae ascent was happily S ^ WiS K ^^^ SM 11 0 tb

      JS * - ^*^ ? ^^ re ^ mpeaUn the ieni . The thermometer stood at 7 4-10 degrees tfowjt'xo w the ahade , at a qaamr-p ^ t tw ^ o ' e ' oek in the day , and the ascent was most t « dnfol , ne" - * T « &EtradiDg the fineness of " the weather . At a BQor * distance from the summit thf y were assailed by a piercing wind , and the cold which it brought was so intense , that they describe their sensations on attaining * he summit , when they had in some measure escaped ii ? severity , as being that of men who had entered a wei' ^ ara ^ saloon .

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      The celebrated painter , Camuccini , Director of the Academy of Pine Arts at Rome , died in that city on the 1 st inst . at a very advanced age .

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      UNITED STATES—THE RHODE ISLAND QUESTION . We think this question lies within & narrow compass . Charles II created a land corporation in his tjoloay of Rhode Island , to which corporation \ rt 'annexed the power of political government over , sad taxation of his other liege subjects within the colony who were non-corporators . The revolutionary war dissolved this corporation . By what authority have these corporators continued to govern and tax these non-corporators , since they hecame citizens of an independent state , absolved by treaty from their former allegiance ; and this without their express consent , and without even asking it , although this very corporation joined in the national declaration that the right bo to govern and tax is derived solely from snch consent 1 If wo are

      answered—by tie tecif and itrplied consent , of theEe corporators , we reply , this answer admits these non-corporators to be a portion of the sovereign people of the state , for otherwise their tacit consent was unnecessary ; and we ask again—when these , non-corporators expressly withdrew their former tacit consent to the charter government by voting for the people ' s constitution , and when a majority of the corporators themselves released them from that consent by voting for the same constitution , by what authority did the remaining corporators still continue to govern and tax them , and to assume the Bole right of putting down their constitution ! Is not the maxim trne— etpressumjadt eessare taciturn —expression takes away every inference from silene * . " We do piay and implore our wv law and order" opponents to attempt some plausible answer to these questions . —Independent .

      Liberation of Dqbr . —A numerous and enthusiastic meeting of the friends of Governor Dorr , was held at the Shakspoare , on Monday evening , July 29 ih . Elijah F . Purdy , Chairman , and D . D . Field , Secretary . Mr . Pannenter , from Rhode Island , first addressed the meeting . He had no doubt that the imprisonment of Governor Dorr would arouse the people to a sense of their duty . In reply to a question , Mr . P . said , that it had been proposed to hold a Mass Convention at Providence on the 4 th of September next , when some means might possibly

      be devised for friends from other Siates to co-operate in the liberation of Mr . Dorr . Mr . Vale addressed the meeting , showing that the movements of the people of Rhode Island had been conducted on true democratic principles . Mr . Field concluded an address by saying that if the Democratic party came into power , there" was not a doubt but a way would be found for the liberation of Mr . Dorr . Mr . Locke also addressed the meeting . Mr . O'Sullivan , from the Committee , then offered the following resolutions , which were adopted by acclamation : —

      Resolved , That the citizens of New York who have not yet forgotten either the men of the prinoiplea of 1776 , have heard with indignant astonishment the recent outrage upon the memory of both , perpetrated by the authorities of Rhode Island , in tha sentence of perpetual solitary incarceration against the patriot and philanthropist Dorr , for the sole crime of having followed in the footsteps of the one , and having worthily asserted and maintained the cause of the other . Resolved , That till we have unlearned all the highest lessons of political right and American

      political law , taught ns alike by the great practical example and by the recorded writings of the Btatesmen , sages , and heroes of our revolutionary era , we can never cease to regard the movement of the suffrage party of Rhode Island , as a rightful , constitutional , and laudable effort in behalf of equal rights , freedom , humanity , and democracy . And that while its triumph would have been hailed with our shouts of applause , its defeat , mainly throuch the military force of the army and navy of the United States , commend it and its noble leader only the more strongly to our best and most sacred sympathies .

      Resolved , That we phall not cease to hold onrselves dishonoured , and shamed in the dishonour and shame as one of the States of our common Union , so long as the dastardly malignity of the petty tyranny now dominant in Rhode Island shall continue to hold Governor Dorr in captivity . Ibat without the language of petition or prayer , we yet call upen thfm in the most indignant tones alone suitable on such an occasion to American freemen , to restore to liberty the iiiastrious prisoner , the honour of whose name alone in its future history will redeem its State from the disgrace brought on it by their persecution of him . In a letter published in the People ' s Rightz , from Mr . Treadwell , the legal agent of the National Reform Association , the writer says : —

      " I have conversed with many persons npon the great question—the liberation of Governor Dorr . They are generally anxious te do something , but know not what to do . I met some fifteen or twenty to-day at the little reading-room of the Ileraldofiice . Most of them ara averse to ; having public meetings for the discussion of tho questions of free suffrage , imprisonment of Governor Dorr , treason , & . c . They say it can do no good—that all who can be induced to attend such meetings , have fully disenssed and made up their minds upon those questions . That the Algerines will not attend , nor suffer aay one in their employ to do so , on pain of immediate discharge , and the most tyrannical and vindictive

      prosscriprion of themselves and their families r that it tcould te impossible to obtain a hall or public room , either in Providence or Rhode Island , for such purposes—that meetings in the streets would at once be attended by the Algerino soldiery , not to listen , nor to suppress disturbances , which thej well know would not be made , but to foment disturbances , and create riots , as pretexts to suppress all inquiry into , and all deliberation upon , their barbarous deeds . " Sir , " said the Russian General , " order prevails in Warsaw . " Order , not less despotic , prevails in Rhode Island . White slavery , roughshod , rides in triumph over the native State of Roger Williams and Nath . Greea ! of Oliver H . Perry , and William £ . Channing !

      The People ' s Rights , of August 3 rd , says : —The Secretary has received another long and highly interestiDg letter from Mr . Treadwell ' s mission , the constitutional liberation of Sir . Dorr , will be attained . We have not , if oar memory serves ns , called the usurpers * ' Algerines , " and we protest against the further application of that term to them ; it is a slander upon the pirates of the Mediterranean to apply that name to the Rhode Island aristocracy Land-Pirates is their proper designation . They will neither permit Governor Dorr ' s father , mother , nor any friend to see him , or to send him a note , a book , or any thing to eat , not even fruit , which his physician , from knowledge of his ill-health and habit of body ( for even he is not permitted to see him ) deems essential !

      The New York Working Man's Advocate gives the following as the list of the Judges , Prosecutors , and" packed Jurymen , " who convicted and Bentenced Governor Dorr to perpetual imprisonment . We copy the list , that the names of these arch-enemies of the rights of man may be gibbetted for the execration of public opinion on this as well as on the American side of the A ; lantic : — TBE IJiFAMOCS TOBV COURT OP RHODE ISLAND . Keep them before the People . Job Durfeb , Chief Justice . Eevi Hale . Associate " Wm . R . Staples " «• Geo . A . Brattou " •« Joseph M , BlakEj Attomey-GaneraL ALFSED BOSWOfiTH , Ais't "

      THE PACKED JUBT . 1 Benjamin Cask , liverton . 2 Asa Devol , 3 Wm . L . Millvjlle , Newport . 4 William Cae . d , •• 5 Jonathan Coggxshali ., Portsmouth . 3 David Sea bury , Tiverton . 7 Benjamin Cory , 8 Chas . W . Howland , Xittle Compton . 9 Borden Chace , Portsmouth . 10 Joseph Paddock , j . r ., Foreman , Newport 11 Richard C Nokmas , «« 12 WM . D . SOUTHWICK , "

      Governor Dorr . —The Rhode Island Herald says ( and we regret to hear it ) , that Governor Dorr is suffering from severe illness , and that his friends applied for such relaxation of the severity of the discipline to which he is subjected , as is necessary for the preservation of his health , which was refused The Providence Daily Advertiser on the other hand , avers that his general health is good , and there is no foundation for the rumour of illness . One of the editors of the Albany Atlas says , a week since he called at the prison in which the Governor is placed , and enquired concerning his health . The keepers refuse to answer such enquiries ; they "knew no person of the name of Dorr ; when a criminal was there

      imprisoned , heiwas only known by thenum-Itl rt i a fK The number of thB a * Wng ascertained , the keeper was asked ifhe would permit a message to be sent to the prisoner . This , too , r ^ Pn . W i ^ the 3 Vi * Ple enquiries wie evidently regarded as insulting and offensive . We cannot perceive the justice or the poliey of tteshareh treatment to Governor Dorr , andHthinkthataSeat reaction is public opinion will be broagfat abeui ; by which those who "feel power and forget right" may lose their control m the State . We want no . stronger proof that he is not considered as a criminal bf those who oppose him , than this single fact - " If Doff" the say , il will ' abjure his political views in

      relati on to the existing tzovernment of the State , and wx ! take the oath of allegiance to the Constitution , anu request to be released he will be released . " This opinion or declaration has been made and expressed , ana is not denied . It is a fatal admission ; for it conclusively proves that they do not consider

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      ? Delegate to the Convention to frame the People ' s Constitution ,

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      Governor Dorr as a criminal , but merely a person sentenced tyrannically to be imprisoned for life for matters of opinion , and if he will renounoe these opinions they will open his prison d oors . Dorr thus incarcerated , cannot surrender his opinion to obtain his liberty . They should at all events treat him as a prisoner of State and with humanity . —New York Sun .

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      O'CONNELL AND REPEAL . 11 Ireland for the Irish . " The new aspect given io frish affairs by tho recent triumph of justice over injustice , of law oyer illegality , and of common sense over bigotry , prejudice , and intolerance , adds to the question of Repeal an interest and importance far , far surpassing all other considerations . There was a lime when Mr . O'Connell's influence could have plaoed tho question iu

      abeyance , lest it 3 agitation should interfere with matters of the mo 3 t insignificant character . " I will abandon the Repeal , " said Mr . O'Connell , " if they will give to Ireland a good jury law . " " I will relinquish the agitation , lest it should damage the contest for municipal reform . " " Let no man damage the liberal interest , by demanding the return of a Repealer in opposition to a supporter of the present Government . " " What I require is , a fair share of patronage for Ireland . " " Do justice to Ireland , and I will consent to your calling her West

      Britain . " Now all these were baits held out , not to the Tories , from whom Ireland has no reason to expect justice or conciliation , but to the Whigs who for ten long years received the undivided support of Irish Members ; and yet do we find , at the close of their disastrous career , Mr . O'Connell still contending against every grievance that afflicted Ireland before the accession of the Whig party to power ! all of which still remain in full force , notwithstanding the ability of the Whiff party to have relaxed or abolished them .

      It would be difficult to point oat more moderate terms of compromise between Ireland and Whiggery than those wo have mentioned ; and therefore we must naturally conclude that no stipulation involving more extensive conditions would now bo accepted by the Whig party . Hence , even as regards Ireland , we much doubt that her people would draw very favourable anticipations from tho restoration of the Whigs to power . But our reasons for dwelling more at largo on this branoh of the question , is iu order that Mr . O'Connell may

      understand that there are other , besides Irish considerations , which operate strongly on the minds of the English people . If the rale of Whiggery was tolerant and forbearing towards Ireland so long as her liberal Members gave their undivided support to the Whig Government , England , during the same period , and under the same sway , writhed nnder Whig injustice ; until eventually maddeaed by long suffering , and goaded by persecution , her people rose as one man , and in their might destroyed

      the oppressor ; and it will require more than all the extensive offers of Mr . O'Connell in return to reconcile the English people to " another trial " of their Whig friends , believing as they do , that the Honourable Mr . Httcchinson has fairly described the benefits that Ireland would receive from the restoration of the Whigs to power . We find the following significant passage in the maiden speech of the Honourable Gentleman delivered in the Conciliation Hall , on Monday last . He said : —

      " In this growing enlightenment there was hope ; but there teas also , in his opinion , much danger at the present moment . Hb alluded to the probability OP THE WHIG 3 OBTAINING POWER , AND EMPLOYING » B 1 BEBY AND TREACHERY TO DEFEAT THE NATIONAL CAUSE . " These are significant words , and , no doubt , were used with reference to the policy adopted by Lord Fortebcue , while Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , whose policy only differed from that of Sir Edward Susden , inasmuch as the latter functionary used

      force for the suppression of Repeal , while the Viceroy had recourse to treachery , bribery , and intimidation . Had the Honourable convert to Repeal been gifted with the tact of his anoestor , he would have paused ere he thus waged deadly war against the present . policy of Mr . O'Connell . During Mr . Pitt ' s Government , antecedent to the Union , Lord Donoughmore played two parts , and played them well . He preserved Mb popularity with the Catholics ,

      by assuring them that he , and he only , could carry Catholic Emancipation ; while he persuaded the Minister that he , and only he , oould reconcile the Catholics to defeat . When Lord Donooqhuobe voted in favour of the Union , he still hoped that he could reconcile the Catholics to his pelioy : and on his first visit to Cork after that fatal measure was carried , lie met his agent , between whom and the Noble Lord the following dialogue took place : — Lord— Well , what do tho people think V '

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      A ent— " O ! my Lord , they are mad ; wild with you . " Lord- " For what !" Agent—' For your vote on the Union , my Lord . " Lord— ' And haven't you convinced them that it was right V Agent- — " No , my Lord ; it would take a deal to do that . " Lord— " Why , what d—d fools they are : and

      what a d—d fool you are ! Don't they see , and can ' t you see , that my vote wouldn't have stopped it ; while by voting for it , I preserved the confidence of the Minister for no other purpose than to dispense the patronage io the Catholics , and they hadn't the brains to see it . By G—d ! the Irish Catholics are the most ungrateful people on the face of the earth . But I'll convince them , if they are net dead to their own interests . "

      The Noble Lord did convince them ; and for a time received their loud shouts and hurrahs for that policy which made slaves of them , while it filled the coffers of the Noble Lord . At that period Lord Donoughmore represented Catholic Emancipation The Irish , however , broke from his trammels . During the reign of Whiggery , Mr . O'Conwell represented Repeal , and could place it in abeyance to serre : Whiggery ; but now it has become a national question ; and as such Mr . O'Connell must deal with it . And if he , as the great schoolmaster of Ireland , attempts to unteach the lessons that he has taught , like Lord Donoughmore he will learn THAT THE XuiSH , ALTHOUGH DUPED FOR A SEASON ,

      WILL AT LAST RETURN TO THEIR SENSES . Mr . O'Connell cannot convince the Irish people that Federalism means Repeal ; or that Federalism would realise " Ireland fqr the Irish . " Mr . O'Connell' cannot convince the Irish that Federalism would adjust the amount of national debt respectively due by the two countries . Mr . O'Connell cannot for a moment imagine that Federalism would release the Irish Catholio from the imposts paid to the Protestant Church . No .. Federalism would merely change the phase of Irish Government , by substituting the policy of fraud for that of force . Federalism would strengthen the Union between the aristocracies of the two countries .

      From 1782 to tho Union , Irish liberalism run to such a height that the Irish people themselves were constrained to wage war against the luxury , the oppression , the audacity , and tyranny of their own aristociaoy ; and the English minister found it necessary to create a civil war , as the only means of meeting the exorbitant demands on the Treasury by the Irish aristocracy . From 1732 to 1800 , the alliance was one of fraud . From 1800 to the

      present moment the Union has been one of force ; and to Repeal that Union , carried by blood , by treason , by treachery , and by force , without returning to the system of fraud by which it was preceded , Mr . O'Connell stands pledged to the Irish people : a people wbo will soon learn that Fedralism not only does not mean Repeal , but implies a substitution of the policy of fraud for that of force . A Federal connexion , between the two

      countries would cause an increased demand on the British minister for the preservation of Protestant Aristocratic Ascendancy in Ireland : and the Irish people would very speedily discover that three hundred Aristocrats , qualified only by the payment of £ 100 each , with the supervision of a more Aristocratia' body , " analogous to , but possessing more power than the House of Lords , " would not be the machinery for conferring " Ireland upon the Irish , " for adjusting the National Debt , or for releasing the Catholics from tho payment ot tithes . Wo quarrel , then , with the means by whioh Mr . O'Connell now proposes to achieve a Repeal of the Union , as well as with the immediate result which

      he anticipates from his proposed agitation . What we see , thousands will soon discover . We Bee that a patent ot toleration has been conferred on Mr . O'Connell . Ho is allowed to talk pure democracy for the people , and to soothe down his most extravagant democratic ebullitions to catch aristocratic support ; thuB reconciling his agitation to both parties . , This policy may suit for a season ; but Mr . O'Connell will learn tho impossibility of carrying out his principle by a fusion of democratic and aristocratic interests . They will not amalgamate . They cannot be mixed ; and we fear that the hunting after the one , and the least influential , will lead to the suspicion of tho other , and that the most powerful .

      In Mr . O'Connell ' s last speech in the Conciliation Hall , he has endeavoured to soothe down that animosity which he has been chitfly instrumental in creating between the English and Irish people . He would treat tho foul epithets used by the Times against the Irish and their priesthood , as declarator ? of national feeling " . ; and tho slander of Lord Lynchurst he seeks to place to the same account . He draws a glowing picture of English resistance to tyranny ; and falsely concludes that the annihilation of the Whig party , and the restoration of the Tories to power , was a oonsequonoe of the " No

      Popery" cry raised in England . He cannot but be coguisant of the ^ act that amongst the people no anti-Catholic prejudice exists . The Whigs were driven from power for having practised numerous acts of the moat cold-blooded injustice towards the working classes , similar to that which the Tories have practised upon Mr . O'Connell . Aye ! it was herb that the ¦ " precedent" for political persecution was established / Jt was HERE , in Ejv « land , that Whig Judges declared large meetings , that affrighted POLICEMEN OR OLD 'WOMEN , ILLEGAL . It was herb that HoeY , AsHTON , and Ckabtrbb , and

      hundreds of others were committed to the treadmill and the silent system for two years , for attending p eaceable meetings , at which they never opened their tips ! It was here that the dungeons sent forth their murdtred victims ! It was here that the Lord Chief Justice ot England consigned Feargus O'Connor for eighteen months' solitary confinement in the felon ' s cell , for the publication of matter taken from other newspapers ! Mr O'Connell asks what England would say if Mr ] Wilson of the anti-Corn Law League , was tried by a Jury of the Duke of Buckingham ' s tenants ; and

      he answers by the assurance that England would rise as one man , and get rid of the oppressor . We thank him for the hint . Such is oub vert case ! Working men were committed by their masters ; tried by a jury of their masters , whose minds were infiimed to the highest pitch by the Whig orations of Lord Camp » ell . They were lumped together in one indictment as Chartists , pickpockets , and thieves . And for this violation of the law and the constitution By Whig Judges , the Whigs were hurled from office !! And now we are invited to clamour for their restoration to the end that we may be favoured with a further accession of Whig Judges !

      Let us see what share of judicial power that party holds at present on the bench . In the Queen's Bench we have Denman , Williams , and Wightman ; « majority oj Whig Judges . In the Common Pleas , we have Erskine , Coltman , and Maule ; a majority of Whig Judges . In the Exchequer , we have Parke , and Rolfe , with Alderson and Gurnet , doubtful . So that in England , eioht of the fifteen , or a mijorUy of the whole , are Whigs . In the House of Lords , ( the Court of Appeal for Irishmen , but not for

      Englishmen mind ) , we have Lords Cottenhah , Campbell , and Denman ; a majority of Whigs . So much for the English bench ; while we beg to remind Mr . O'Ccxnnell that Champion and Perrin , both Justioes of the Queen ' s Benoh in Ireland , are Whig Judges ; and further that Mr- Pigoit , the Whig Irish Attorn&y-General , to whose elevation Mr . O'Connell attaches so much importanee , ever figured in the Whig majority for oppressing , crushing , and perpetuating the sufferings of the Chartists .

      If Mr . O'Conneia' then really proposes the accomplishment of Repeal ,- and really desires and rt quires the co-operation of the English people to effect bis purpose , let him rema ^ u at the head of the democratic banquet . Let him give over paltering with faction , —trimming for party purposes , —and vainly seeking fer the co-operation of those who would spill , nay drink his blood * Instead of seeking to " test" the English people oa ^ policy which would

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      but prove his unpopularity , let him try them upon a principle which would convince Ireland , Europe , and the world , that neither the Times , Lord Ltndhcrst , the Anti-Corn Law League , the Chronicle , the Globe , or the Advertiser , speak the voice , or command the mind , of the English people . Mr . Connell will learn that all his adulation of the Morning Chronicle ia insignificant , as compared with Sir John Easthope ' s interest as a stockjobber . He knowsl that Russell , Melbourne , and their party , would again pledge themselves to resistance of Repeal to \ the death I and that therefore all hope of Whig confederacy apon the Federal pledge is moonshine . He is aware that the Government ,

      whether it bo Whig or Tory , would rather surrender Malta or Gibraltar , or both , than surrender their draw-farm ; their naval and military nursery ; their clerical hotbed , their faction ' s battle field ; and however Young Ireland may preach moderation and submission , and sing " blood and battle , " yet will the Irish nation , rising iu her might , demand " Ireland for the Irish" —relief from a debt they do not owe—release from a church they do not believe in—and emancipation from a faction whose oppressions have made the land a howling wilderness , a sea-bound dungeon , and the battle ground of struggling factions , instead of a paradise intended by God for man to live in .

      Again we say , that we are not for pushing Mr O'Connell beyond that point where prudenoe cries " Pause" / But we do tell him that the abandonment of a general principle , to which his faith , his honeur , and his life is pledged , is what even his own countrymen will not tolerate ! The people do not require him to hold the promised Jmeeting at Conquer Hill although it certainly would have added mightily to his triumph , if , when standing as victor in his triumphal tiar at the prison door , he had waved his hat and shouted— :

      " NOW FOR CLONTARF" I This would have ! been surprising the enemy , and given Ireland a theme for many days' wonder . This would have been { saying— " You have put me into piison for threatening to hold a meeting : / leave the prison , and hold the meeting / " To have marched there , and to have blessed the ground where the Dane fell and the Irish conquered , with one loud shout of joy , would have been enough ! It would indeed have been something worthy of remembrance , and would have saved all the silly " inquiry" as to

      " whether it be Btill requisite to hold the meeting , " with the many significant intimations from the Leader that it is not at all necessary ! It would have been a bold , a decided , a manifest stroke of policy , that would have proclaimed Mr . O'Connell a General , and added materially to his power over the public mind . ! As it is , the Clontabp business has exhibited him in the unenviable position of the valiant Pat , who , ; when he was in danger of a good beating , exclaimed— " Hell to your sowl , Tim ; you that know my timper , why don ' t tou hocld mb ! else you know I'll fight" 1

      We shall show next week the meaning that the Lords of the Stock Exchange , the mortgagees of Irish estates , and the English aristocracy , attach to the question of Repeal ; and the lengths to which they would compel Sir Robert Peel or Lord John Russell to go to assist it . We shall also make apparent the peaceful , the secure , the safe , and the speedy mode for / its accomplishment . In passing , we may test a portion of English hostility to the measure , by a [ single glance at another vaguo proposition , as a substitute , or stopgap : the proposition to hold a Parliament every third

      year in Ireland , j We think we see the London , and Westminster tradesmen paying Parliament-rents and Parliament-taxes , depending on a Parliamentary season ; wo think we see these men , together with the tribe of Parliamentary barriatera , Parliamentary solicitor ^ , Parliamentary lick-spittles , Parliamentary brewers , and Parliamentary landlords receiving Parliamentary rents , singing the national anthem on the departure of the Court ! and fastening their shop window-shutters for the season I Ah ! its all fudge ! all ( blarney I Rlpeal means Repeal , and not Federalism ! Repeal means Repeal , and not an English Parliament sitting every three years in Ireland ! Repeal , which is to give "Ireland to

      the Irish , " is ; not , and cannot be , oarried by three hundred Irish aristocracies , paying £ 30 , 000 as their qualification , and controlled by another more aristocratic body having more power ! That machinery will carry a Repeal of fraud for the rich , for the placeman , the pensioner , the hanger-on , the subservient barrister , and the wily attorney ; but the Repeal that is to- benefit the working classes must » b carried bt the working classes < and the national Parliament that is to result from it , must be elected by the Catholic man , and not by the Protestant land ! Then , but not' till then , will "Ireland be for the Irish , " or will Mr . O'Connell have redeemed his pledge !

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      EFFECTS OF " HESITATION" AND " TRIMMING" ON THE IRISH AGITATION . The Times of Thursday , gives the following from the pen of " its own correspondent . " The effect it describes as resulting from the two last exhibitions ia the Conciliation Ha )] , are so like what might naturally have been expected from the " hesitating" and timid policy pursued , that we give the entire article , notwithstanding there is in it more than one indication of jaundice . The reader however , reflecting that the matter was prepared for the Times , will discriminate between his statement Of fact and expression of individual opinion . The hit he gives at the " deathless dogs" is truly deserved . They have proved themselves to be fawning spaniel * indeed ! Hear what the man of the Times Bays : —

      The performances at the Conoiliation-h&U yesterday , notwithstanding the first appearance of the brother of a Tory lord in the character of chairman , are regarded here as dull and spiritless , and on the whole cannot fail in proving extremely unpalatable to that influential section of Mr . O'Connell ' s followers , wko were certainly prepared for . a more decided course of action than the Hon . and Learned Gentleman seems inclined to adopt on his unexpected release from captivity . Having abandoned the notable idea of impeaching the judges , and oast a wet blanket on the project of holding a monster meeting on Conquer-hill , the last tnb thrown to the whale will scarcely serve to keep

      the giant in tolerably good humour , unless he be even more gullible thau Messrs . O'Connell and Smith O'Brien would fain suppose him to be . Instead of having a Parliament sitting on College-green within six months , on the forfeiture of Mr . O'Connell ' s head—instead of the vigorous resumption of the half-p » ralized agitation—instead of "impeachments , " » nd " national conventions , " the gulls are now prayed and besought to attend to the registries ; and in the course of two years or so they may be in a position , according to Mr . S . O'Brien , to return eighty Repealers to the Saxon Parliament { and then , if even then , will the great question be , for a second time , brought under the notice of the

      Imperial Legislature . A pretty prospect , truly , for the Nation and the " Young Ireland" party . ' Tho Freeman s Journal—ardent" nationalist" though he be , —actually ( swallovvg the bait ; and in this day's number lauds Mr . O'Bribn ' s " tub , " as the very perftotion of Repeal strategy . Without questioni » g the feasibility of the plan , the Freeman ought to recollect that there is now no Mr . Feargus O'Connor in the House of Commons to force on a discussion and ultimate exposure of the delusion , in spite of the alternate coaxings and menaces of the wily leader ; and supposing eighty Repealers to be sitting in Parliament some two years hence , what guarantee can be given that the game played

      in 1832 and 1833 will not be played over again in 124 fi and 1847!—and thus , even a debate on the question might be indefinitely postponed to suit the purposes of Mr . O'Connell , But the pretext of making a struggle to return these eighty Repealers is too flimsy and transparent to cover the real object in perspective . Should Mr . O'Connell enter Parliament after the next general election with his tail elongated by forty additional joints , acting , as formerly , under his immediate direction and control , it is just possible that circumstances might arise when it would be in his power Jto discharge the deep debt of gratitude which he owes to his new friends , tha once " base , bloody , and brutal" Whigs . Be this the

      end or aim of the last move or not , one thing is quite certain—the agitation is not , in money-market phraseology , "looking up" just now . Che rentoontinues at a low figure ; but then it is only fair to explain that this is the period of the year when tho unfortunate peasantry are most pressed for money , and are consequently unable to meet the demands of the Repeal tax-col lee lor s—so that the financiers at Burgh-quay may safely console themselves with the assurance of " the worse luck now , the better another time . " The crops once brought to the

      market , and up shoot the funds at the Corn Exchange Still it is the visible decline of excitement ( it may be but temporary ) , the absence of the " important adhesions" promised both by Mr . O'Connell and the Freeman ' s Journal of yesterday—and the uneasy feeling engendered at the rumour of an alliance with the Whigs , which the Hon . Mr . Hutchinso * evidently sought to dissipate at the close of his speech yesterday—that so far indicate the prospect of a winter comparatively free from any very rentarkable or dangerous agitation .

      The conduct of the Repeal Press , in relation to the many attempts to sacrifice the agitation for individual interest , has been sickening indeed . It has shown itself to be trammelled and spiritless ; bound down to the whim or caprice of a living idol , and forced to retail at second-hand , as gospel truths , all the contradictory propositions and say * ings that flow from its mouth . Amidst this "deatAless" sycophancy , it is refreshing to find one of the Press-party bold enough to speak out as the Belfast Vindicator does in the article from its pages given below . The Oracle hath said that " gratitude " is due to the Whigs ; that they are not to be abused again ; and he hath indicated his pleasure that the

      undivided efforts of the Repeal party should be directed to effect the restoration of the Whigs to office . With these commands the Repeal Press generally , —that Press which so lately was holding up these same Whigs as the most deadly and bitter enemies of Ireland , —has either willingly concurred , like the " ardent nationalist" of tho Freeman ; or by a mute silence , as in the " fearless " Nation , evinced either a trammelled subserviency , or a fear to " beard the lion in his lair . " The Belfast man , however , is made of other stuff . He wili not be tied down to sing as truth to-day , whai be denounced but yesterday as a lfe ; and in spite of the command , which to his brethren is as binding as the Ukase of the Muscovite Bear is to the

      conquered and manacled Poles , he speaks out ,. proclaims undying war to the perfidious faction now sought to be raised to power on the ruins of the people ' s cause . This exhibition of spunk iu our northern contemporary has really charmed us ; has made us forgive many thing 3 we have seen in him deserving of high condemnation ; and has even caused us to pass over & most disgusting specimen of fawning , sickening , slobbering , slavering " loyall */ with which his present pages are besmeared . Even this we can attempt to forget , in the foot that « a Irish Repeal paper dares to speak as follows , in defiance of the imperious mandate from Burgh-Quay : —

      We are anxious to inquire what amount of confidence we are to repose in the Whigs . If the late decision was a partisan decision—which we do not think it was—if the Whig Lords liberated O'Connell because he was incarcerated by the Tories , their political opponents , then we have a right to be grateful to the Whigs . But if they gave their votes conscientiously , which we believe they did , it is evident that we owe them no gratitude for an aot of common justice . A retrospect will show that they deserve no confidence . The very worst enemies of Ireland were at all

      times the Whigs . Cromwell and his bloodhounds were Whigs . The name , it is true , was not yet invented in his time , but his was the party to which it was afterwards applied . They who set a price on a priest ' s head—who shut up the chapels of our people , and sent them to worship in caverns and remote passes and recesses of mountains , were Whigs . William the Third was a Whig—he , the violator of the treaty of Limerick—the man who gave the last stroke te the annihilation of Irish property and name . The Whig is still living who said he would prefer a civil tear io a Repeal of the Union —that is , THAT HE WOCJLD RATHER SEE THE IRISH

      PEOPLE MURDERED THAN DO THEM AN ACT OF POLITICAL justice to which his party is opposed . That Whig was Lord Althorpe , now Lord Spenser . The same Whig Ministry to which he belonged passed an act known in Irish political history by the name of the Atgerine Act—one by which the operation of ti « Constitution was suspended . As tet , the Tobibs have not gone so far as this . We have a Wh ig organ iu this town , too , be it remembered , that hinted , not darkly , to the Orangemen the assassination of Mr . O'Connell , when he was on his way to Belfast , to be present at a public entertainment . — Confidence in the Whigs ! Phew ! Bravo I Vindicator . Famously do you maintain your name , as far as the Repeal Press is concerned ! " Go it , my hearty" !

      01 F.Atal Accident Ofp Gravesend.—On Tuesday Evening Mr. Carttar Held An Inquest At Gravesend

      01 F . atal Accident ofp Gravesend . —On Tuesday evening Mr . Carttar held an inquest at Gravesend

      ou sue Doay uonn watts , a seaman , Deiougiuj * to the brig Rapid , of Weymouth . On Sunday morning the deceased feJl from the ippsail-yara with great force on the deck , and was picke d up wholly insensible . The poor fellow never spoke a word afterwards , the fall having caused a concussion of the brain . Verdict—Accidental death . Vessel Run Down . —A fishing lugger , belonging to Peel , called the Utility , JohaCollister , master f has been missing for some weeks , supposed to na ™> been run down , whilst riding at her nets . Ithassinc ? transpired that this fearful apprehension of her fate has been too fell founded . The Unfortunate vessel was Sunk , in the darkness of the night by a Bteanw * on her passage from Belfast to Liverpool , and we . whole of the crew , seven in number " in the deptB " of the ocean buried . " Four were muried , ana m families . —Manx Liberal ,

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      AMUSEMENTS OF A COAL KING'S "WIFE . Our readers will recollect that the Republic , started in this city as a FundmongerB Free Trade paper , —editor , types , and all being imported , —has recently been converted to a Clay paper , almost ds suddenly and mysteriously as the Courier and Enquirer was converted a few years ago . The imported editor was a Mr . J . J . Ryan , who , for the sake of appearances , went " bock agen , " and ia now meroly a correspondent of the paper , as we presume by the initials to the following paragraph cut from its columns : —

      The Marchioness of Londonderry gave a grand fanoy dress ball on Tuesday evening , at which several of the royal family and upwards of 500 of the noble families of the kingdom were present . Some of the costumes worn at the bail were magnificent . The quadrille , composed of the Queens of France in the appropriate attire of the epochs which they represented , excited universal admiration , and this brilliant affair is likely to afford a subject of conversation to the fashionable circles of London for we # ks to come . J . J . R . "

      This Marchione 8 ? of Londonderry , " of whose " brilliant" achievements the Republic ' s correspondent appears so enamored , is , in plain Yankee phrase , the wife of the murderous villian who talked of " my property , " " Irish estates , " and "MY pitmen , " in our last paper . A worthy pair—are they not ? While the Ae-lord is threatening the descendants of the men who ** worked for successive ages in the mines" of his family with extermination , because they ^ ask for a trifling amelioration of their miseries : while he is threatening his English slaves

      that if they do not submit he will import " foreigners , " as he terms his Irish serfs , by hundreds to supply their places , and turn them and their wives and their children into the lanes to starve ; while this Ae-moneter is threatening to do all this with the help of government bayonets , the s / ts-animal is giving a fancy dress ball to several of the royal family , and upwards of five hundred of the noble families of the kingdom , at an expense , no doubt , greater than five hundred families of those whom he claims as " pitmen" could earn in a whole year !

      The five hundred families present at this fete of blood-suckers , composed about one-sixth of a body who have possession of two-thirds of all the soil of England , on which are seventeen millions of human beings , a large portion of whom are , unquestionably , the greatest slaves in the ( so-called ) civilized world . Such is the land monopoly in England 1 Such is the system which has found a deep foot-hold among us , the effects of which we witness in the gradually decreasing comforts ot the producing classes , and the increasing splendour and luxury of those who live without useful labour ; the strikes and parades of oppressed tradesmen , and the hoarded millions of those who live by rentiug their houses !

      We have no Londonderries here ! O , no ! But we have very respectable imitations . Let an eastern Cotton Lord , sit for his protrait , and place it along Bide of that of the Coal King , and the difference would not be worth fighting about . We have evidence now on our desk , of oppressions in American Factory establishments whioh not only approach , but equal , the grievances complained of by the English Miners and Colliers ; and if this

      paper was sustained as it ought to be by those for whose benefit it waa established , we should have the meant of placing information of this character before the public which our limits and means now will not admit of . There are facts , however , already known and in daily sight of those who will use their eyes , to show that the land-monopoly is our curso ; the bar to individual prosperity and happiness ; and that our plain and simple remedy is the freedom of the publio lands . —New York People ' s Rights .

      The Northern Star. Saturday, September 21, 1844. '

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 21 , 1844 . '

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      BETTER TO CO-OPERATE THAN TO ! STRIKE . So the Sheffield Trades seem to think : and they have accordingly taken steps to make their " cooperation" of some value and effict . They have issued the following prospectus , which has , we hear , been well responded to : for shares are being taken in every quarter . If the project be well worked ; the Direction carefully attended to ; the properly made seoure , and tho liability of all clearly defined , there can be no doubt but a lesson of

      the highest importance will be taught to all the Trades Unions jin the Kingdom . Much however depends on all being made secure and fast at first : and we would recommend that the arrangements should be first submitted to the consideration of " an honest lawyer , " if the Sheffield Trades can find one . No doubt Mr . Roberts will be happy to serve them , and endeavour to make their " writings" and business arrangements so defined and seoure , that blundering incapacity can hardly mistake the latter , nor Capital itself be able to " fudge up" a -flaw in the former . We wish the project every saccess ;—

      THE PEOPLE S COLLIERT . Capital £ 1 , 500 , in 600 Shares , at £ 2 10 s . each . i The Me strike of the Colliers of this distiiot is sufficient of Itself to show the necessity of the Trades of Sheffield providing themselves with & proper supply of coal and coke ^ and not be dependant on the whim and caprice of monopolists like the Coal Companies of Sheffield and the neighbourhood , wbo will at any time sacrifice the interests of the public so that they can bat secure their own . They cac suspend the supply of coal when they think proper , and thereby bring disaster , misery , and every other evil consequent on such a step upon the ] town and neighbourhood . Working

      Men of Sheffield , arouse yourselves , and arrest the progress of monopoly 1 You cau do this only by your united exertions . The capital required is but small , but the profits arising from it will be great One of the thickest coal ! fields , within ten miles of Sheffield , has been agreed for at a very moderate rent . The coal is of the very best quality for making soft and hard cokes , as well as for domestic and household purposes . Also five fields ] of good land have been taken on a lease of twentyjyears , at a very moderate rent ; and more land can be at the service of the shareholders , if required . The Working men of Sheffield know the value ef plots of land too well to require any

      comment' ) Here Is offered to the trades of Sheffield a plan where they can safely invest their small savings , a great deal safer and with more security than in the hands of banking companies , money clubs , &o ., besides ensuring a greater dividend than can be obtained by any other scheme . it ia suggested that no shareholder shall be allowed to hold more than four shares , so that it cannot fall'into the bands of large capitalists , who have already offered to buy up every share .

      It is not like { Railway Companies , who have to expend thousands of pounds to obtain Acts of Parliament , for the ground is already cleared , ready for the workmen commencing sinking the pits at any time the Company think proper . A . committee for the purposa of allotting ehaTes , and giving all necesBary information , will Bit at toe Robin Hood , Duke-street , Park , every evening , from seven to ten . I

      Persona wishing to take shares , are requested to attend some of the above meetings . A deposit of 10 s will be required on each share when the shaiea axe allotted ; the other £ 2 to be paid in two months , Sheffield , 11 th September , 1844 ,

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      4 . THE NORTHERN STAB . 1 September 21 , 1844 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 21, 1844, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1281/page/4/