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      „ — —"" " MONDAY . The Potatoe Chop . —Many of the l 8 EU rSthJ ) Hc clergymen , wlio have a much more Hoiuan * - ^; jntauce with the people and their iot liuaie ajn ^ jjgj gy of y Oi r nation upou cob * ! . ) wlio are much more efficient judges t ^ ri * subject than all the Government conimis-BP Lore within the last week given it as their goners . " tlie totai loss of what appeared sound of pjjui oni . fast approaei , in ^ j m ust be tie P j ^^ ind Uia t the Roman Catholic cl erg y of hotf 1 * . viL 0 j-ire this opinion , receive their un-^ . ^ j nn iiress » from a source from which no Gojiiti ^ J a « ggf can expect it , and that so far from Ter ^ ld nonsense of the priests leading or misleading ^^ eopte hang t ™ * j * ^ P ^ opte who Jead the ts to sound conclusions , the priests in turn direct-F ^ . gjjecessarj KCtlon , and especially on . » subject w ? . jg dear to every Irishman , and of which he VU v therefore be supposed to have some knowledge 7 cosDinox of urs food ) . It may not be oat of * \ % to state two facts here , which will account for *] ut appears paradoxical to the English mind . The e is the fact that the Irish people hate and dettst , JEL-aivland disrespect , aad think-it an honour to ^ 5 , ic the Saxon laws . The other is , that the Sp-uan Catholic clergy have been their trainers in fhfe thought , and their abettors in resistance . Now , rfeauniiti both facts , and honour the priests and the neoj jD because they are sustainable upon every prince of law and justice . The triumph of England CTer Ireland was marked by the degradation , the coercion , the chastisement , the punishment , and delrtsenicntof the Roman Gatholic priesthood » r law .

      jjrJaws the most penal , the most savage , the most JKilorous that ever disgraced a statute-book . This barbarity , added to the indomitable courage of the Itomau Catholic priesthood , served io make them objects of admiration as well as of reverence , and to esfciWist their doiiMe claim to popnlarsjmpathj and support . ' The shafts of the law were always aimed at the poor priest , while the most tender of the flock in torn became a little shepherd to guard the hunted pastor . This state of things very naturally produced and knit the bonds of aifcetlon between priests aad people , ana tendered them mutually dependent upen each other for counsel and support . The priest was the only man above his own station in life to whom

      the peasant could look for any consolation , and his Complaint being alwaysof thelaw , and the law always being the priest ' s avowed and bitter enemy , the priest taught the people to hate thelaw , while the people Consulted together Jiow they coald break the law made for the prostration of their religion and the humiliation of their pastors , and- until time and the restoration of the Roman Catholic clergy of Ireland to their proper position shall heal this old and deep wound , the priests and the people will hate the Saxon laws as much as ever they did , and we honour them for it . As this is a very interesting subject , aud one npon which the mind of England has been grossly misled aud deceived , we shall further illustrate our

      position by indisputable facts , and we shall show that it is not so much to Protestantism , to Orangeism , 01 , Landlordism , as to the Saxon law , that the Irish people are opposed . For instance , then , we will suppose that the most griping clergyman , the most rack rent laudlord , or the most bloody Orangeman , whose lives have been spent in acts of tyranny and oppression , to come within the fangs of the law ; that is , suppose a judgment , or other legal process , to be executed against eitier landlord , parson , orOraageman , the very parties who have bucn oppressed by both one and the other will watch night and day to take vengeance on the Saxon law through the miserable process server or sheriS ' s officer , whose only

      offence has been so far his connection with the administration of Saxon law . Hence we have solved another riddle , aud one which required solution , because we honour both priests and people lor their hosiilitv , opposition , and courage . We now resume the subject of the potatoe . Itappears that the speculators having laid in their stock , have now succeeded in foraiigaii illegitimate rise in the p rice of the article ; and thus we have to face the double calamity of potatoe famine in Ireland , and low wages famine in England ; while it is a notorious fact that the culpablc ue : ; liscnce of Government , the ignorance of the starchy Irish , commissioners , the foily of tbe Irish landlords , the tricks of the Irish patriots , and t-e speculation of the Irish " food forestallers , " have

      Guiuoiued io cause the consumption , the waste , and loss of a scanty crop to an enormous extent . Tcs , we aver that pauic gave rise to the notion , a correct oue too , that the potatoes would not keep ; this notion created glutted markets , glutted luavkeis created low prices , aud low prices created waste , S 3 that , in point of fact , panic has served its end ; and now the patriots are beginning to get afraid oi thenown monster , and hcucc we fiu « J some oi those patriots , made dumb bv Whig patronage , enforcing upon the Government the necessity of meeting an evil which thev themselves might have prevented . We giTe the following as a specimen of what tlie Irish patriots propose as a nieaus of staving oL their men trial : —

      "Resolved , That the several commissioners which of late rears hare inquired iuio lhe Slate of IrCianU , allCOllccr in demonstrating that the misery , poverty , and des-^ iiuiicn of t he people are extreme . " That this tuitiappy « at ? , mainly caused by want of employment , « ill , we have TKiSOn to < lr <« d , oe frightfully increased in the approaching season by the jirogressiveiy augmenting malady that lias seized ou the potatoe ciop . " That to avoid the CVjls of the impending famine , every exertion should be made to procure employment for the psople , and thnt speeoy legislation on the Irish railway tails , of which so many notices have been given , would greaUy promote such employment . such bills would

      " That the facility for passing railway 1 « "really increased were the inquiries on them to take placeia Dublin , much expense would thereby be saved to the promoters , much inconvenience avoided by the witnesses , ana much money retained to fructify in Ireland thai , under the present system , is spent iu London . That therefore our respected chairman . Sir G . Hoi-SOn , Bart ., be requested in the name of this board to lav these our ur . auimous resolutions before the Lord lieutenant , and to pray h ? s Excellency to use his influence TvrJi her Majesty ' s Government to iaduce them speedily to « aU "Parliament together , aad i <> "UUOpt SUCIl measures , as will caaW * aU iiumirirs on railway bills to sit without delay in Dublin . "Signed on behalf of the meeting , Gsouge Jloi > su >\ Bavt ., Chairman ,

      " IJatlidown Union . " 2 f ow let it be borne in mind , that this Mr . Christopher iitssimoii , the Ck-rkoftheUanaper , a snug berth , Is Mr . 0 'ConnfU ' s son-in-law , and ivas Repeal member for the county oi Dublin , which ke sold for the clerkship of the Ilauapc-r , aad our conclusion is , that there musfe be something very tempting or very threatening in famine when it makes tiiepatriou , who have been so long dumb , speak out . Q—Does Sir Fitz-imon consider his salary as a siuecunst anv jmusike toward Ireland ? flud does itiCQUire him to surrender

      the Repeal of the Union to induce it to tue Saxon Government ? We are now about to state one other fart connected with Irish patootian . It is a feet , which we assertion the authoniy o *_ one of the hi"he = t legal functionaries in Ireland , and li not true , wektaii be haypy to receive a contradiction of it frODl the JMO il OV the Freeman * Journal . Ihe fact , as stated to us , isthis-that Mr . O ' jJwyer , K « - ijeal member fcr Brogheda . was sopped ofi , by the Whi ^ s upon a salary of £ &Jd a-yejir , for which he h > id to do little , not mucl 1 ,-thAtaisoniec lias since bscn abolished , ami paradoxical as it may appear , we receives

      arc informed that Mr . O'Dwver a cuuipeiifiuion OF IHBiE xim-SAxn as ammfl « « h * X \ CTI for doing nothing , In heu of six Imadiwdfl Tear for doin « r Httle ; and the question we now ask i * ^ net her the three tJionsaad and six ty pounJs a year , SStL «» thousand and sixty pounds , was « iven to Mr O'Dwyer for compensation , and in ertuct case , Jm the dumb patriot require the Repeal oi the Son to induce htm to surrender the ^ hd < f -nKxra ? Ohl Irelandhasatemble accounttosettle with her friends as well as her foes . sTtTE op Tkbjbo . — . It appears that a special

      commtanan is to issue for the trial of thepeicous cuaigeu S CW to murder ^ Francis Uopg ^ the county of Wcstnieatb , while we learn that Ml . llovd of Longford House , so doubt the best lani > - xorD ix Tf ^ wow * , a « d tlie poor man ' s magistrate , named Gullmartin has been bred at tlu-ough tie Sow of the house , and severely wounded in the SadI Ld that amu named Molownev also in the JounKSppen ^ hasbeenkilledfor fkmg hndonr the heads of parties that were ejected , ihfc , v >^ frar . is onlv the beginning of the end . _ in cirew

      Evlhd —Tfce ail-absorbing topic , every , audmCTerV newsnaper , is the timely conversion of SrfjJSSSelf to * the principle of free trade , and tt ; e rjspREMEDiTATSD COixciDESCs OForKiox between As nootelord and the ex-Seereiary lor Ireland , Lord SS As far as we can leant from the most le-SSe sources , hhk auEsit ' a subJecis , we are faSrto find that they are perfectly alive to the ivjif-dotlge , and will be prepared to resist to the lath . SoSe of our letters have such significant t !^ vis as this- " Well , Fergus , isn ' t that a ' sew s ^ iJSfflff ^ fiia ^

      the pwpfe , tbe \ VhigS , nor tne Uague , anu » c - fear them io ^ p __ -. NG e -Tlie WoodsuekcK and the Ue Siock >^ ^ Writes for the Times have GnxEVESE f ^ M « thUnder , " and'are nongot airaid of tli ^ " : " tl , ose fears creaied by tlio endeavouring to » ^ f ^ jS ^ ta ^ suftered Oregon clond , as th . ^ . ^ on ofwar . Themaj onty woefully from tlie api ; 3 ° just as soon trade in of Lnghsh capitalists ™™ £ and human misery human blood , human ^ "gj £ one of the greatest as in railway scrip ; and ^ ] ? „ . The alarmed horrors of an unconstitutio . ™ ' ^ . )? to their aid , bring the old trickster , Dan . « J ^ S , and b ecause 33 : f this money " bawd" wa * u " \ Zltthe lincon-Da lid W « teter makes a spec X * W ™* * he uncon

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      ditional assumption of theOre ^ onterritory . themoneymongers have actually succeeded in getting stocks up a bit . We shall now put oup opinion upon record with reference to this Oregon question . We hate war , nor do we look to tr ^ e weakness of England , by which is meant the overtaxation of her industrious people , to bear the expense of war as a popular triumph . We speak not of the legitimate claim of the republic to the whole of the Oregon territory in dispute ; we do not stop to inquire whether . or no the immediate casus UlU is the apprehension least the English Hudson Bay Fur Company should take possession , pending negotiations ot the most important posts of the commanding pesitions of that territory ; we do not stop to inquire whether 900 Englishmen ,

      Ttsder the double protection of the bye-laws of an ¦ association and of Acts of Parliament , shall have committed depredation upon the rights of four thousand Americans ; nor do we stop to ask what the benefit to either country would be of the possession of more land than either of them cau possibly want ; but we do hesitate to inquire of what possible benefit the war can be to the people of the respective countries who will have to bear all the burthens . We fling from our ininds the debasing expectation of any national improvement through the bloody process of murdering , wherever it takes place . The long continuance of an European war created lewdness , presnmptlou , and expense amoiijr our aristocracy ; while the power that war ever confers upon the great , has ,

      above allother enemies , keptdown the rising genius ot political progression . War is a thing that may be jocosely canvassed by those who have not to bear its horrors , to feel its wounds , or suffer its desolation . War may be a joke with those who fatten upon its fruits ; but war is a thing not to be thought lightly of by those who have to bear all its hardships . We hope that the day is not far distant when all national dispntes will be submitted to the wise arbitration oi nations having a mutual interest in the preservation of peace , and , therefore , as Ave look to the inseparable interests of ereiy member of the American Republic to set ns a wise example , in this instance we trust that rather than embroil brothers , fathers , and sons in an unnatural war , which is onl y to add

      anincumbrance of more land to already overstocked states , that we think the matter should be left to arbitration , rather than to the sword and the bullet . War is to trade what the hotbed Is to the plant , it forces it but strengthens it not in its growth ; while peace is as the pure air of heaven , which forces it not , but strengthens it till it arrives at a wholesome maturity . We conclude our comment upon this painful subject with the following extract from the letter of a Genevese traveller to the Timts . The writer says : — " If , however , on this point Imistakc the feelings of the British Ministry , tlien ivar is inevitable , and a war in winch every American , of every faction , will cordially and zealously unite . " . Let the reader compare the above , which appeared in the limes of Monday , December 1 st , with the following passage from the Star of Saturday : —" Thus the

      leading journals of both sides would endeavour to foment strife between the Northern and Southern Stales , and sow open their eyes to the abominations of slavery . We will say merelya word here upon the relative destructive capabilities of the two nations . Our fire-ships may , in passing , pay their compliments to Sandy llcok , and may bury New York in its ashes , it is true ; butif we consign their buildings to ashes , as the oid women , in olden times , cast their tea to the dee .- , may not their successors consign their cotton to the same element ? " "Pooh , pooh , nonsense , " responded the speculators who know not the meaning of patriotism , " the Southern States know their interest too well . " True , so they may ; but a war of pride will absorb all personal < x » uiderations and private interests , and tlie battle cry will'notbs . " cotton and money . " but " liberty and vengeance . "

      "If their subjects were wise , War is » gaine ' tbat princes would not play at . " People of England , avoid war as you ' would avoid plaque , p estilence , and famine . If Napoleon had not been a tyrant looking for his own personal aggrandisement , and if a long war against his aggressorshad not bucn undertaken , you would have had your land and vour Charter long since . Therefore again ive say , ¦

      avoid war .. TUESDAY . InELASD . —Ratlwat Speculatio . v . —We take the following graphic account of railway affaire from the London papers of this morning , and from the Nortliem Whig of Saturday : — - Railw . it Speculations . — The recent failures in Dubliu , aud circumstances connected with one in particular , to which it would not be prudent to allude , hare thrown a giooin over the city , which , if but one-fifth of the current rumours turn out to be well founded , it would l > e difficult to foretell the ultimate eonsecuionees . Money is scarce and difficult to be obtained at any sacrifice .. The prices of provisions are rising -evi-ry flay , and owing to the suspension of business by several lurge cstatiishnK-uts a number of persons will be deprived of

      respectable and profitable ciupioimient . The pauje in railway speculations must by this have nearly reached a crisis . Private salts were , I aui informed , made within the last two days at a loss ^ to tlie sellers which a few months uyiq irould be regarded as wholly incredible ; and these not the scrip of any of the numberless bubble lines which are just now worth so much waste paper , but shares in What were deemed legitimate and solvent projects , and which with a deposit of £ 2 10 s . paid realized a pvuiniuM ranging from £ 7 io £ 8 and upwards . These very shares couWoiiiybe goi rid of no later than yesterday by . the holders submitting to part with them at a discount of £ 3 each . The following melancholy statement bearing upon this subject appears in the Xorthern Whig of yestM ' - dav : —

      "An English friend of ours , who called at our office yesterday on hiuinesB , gave us the following account of the melancholy results of railway speculation . It was contained in a letter to him , from a friend in the north Of England , The parties referred to are all personal Mends of his family ; and it is to be fcareJ that tbt details but too faithfully represent a wide and extendiu ; : field of misery and ruin brought about , by the mania of railway speculation . The following is an extract from the communication : —' Trn < 5 e here is in an awfully stagnant state ; and we are expecting sueh a crash as has seldom or never been known in L—— . You will , before this , have heard of poor H ' s suicide . The family have wisely kept all as secret as possible ; but speculation has left his widow and child dependent on

      their friends for everything . His widow will lie confined vf her second child in the ensuing month . A has stopped payment ; he has lost'in speculation £ 12 , 000 . Hi ! is able to offer 6 s . Si . in the pound , which will be accepted . F poisoned himself this morning , sdlely from the consequences of injudicious share-jobbing . He leaves a largefaniil ? with sorry prospects . Twenty yeai o of unsullied reputation have thus been blasted by six months of folly . P ¦ and Co . have shut up ; aud they have told me themselves that they have not one penny left . Six months ago H- ^—came into the house with " a capital of £ 5 , 000 , and it is all gone . We have many more minor cases of suffering ; and perhaps no family ia this district can say that , individually and relatively , they are unscathed by this devastating mania . '" '

      Is not this horrible ? In our summary-of last week we stated that three shocking suicides had occurred within the week in Liverpool , aud here we have two ot them accounted for . The other case was as follows : — A person with a wifcaud family , who had gone beyond his .- < Jcplh in lailway speculation , hired a boat for the ostensible purpose of a pleasure trip , and as soon as he found himself in a convenient situation , he threw liimself overboard , exclaiming , in agony , "Tlie railways Law done this ;' oh , my poor wife and family 1 " COSSE ^ UEXCES OF F . « UXE , axd Landlord Tr-B 1 X . VT . —The Limcmli Chronisti of Saturday contains the following : — -

      "To snow tliat no rank or station , from the humble cottier to tlie noble peer , is safe from outrage , which now is become a system in the country , We hHVC tO aiUlOUIlCt ' that on Thursday evening last , so early as six o'cloolc , ting-atefceepti- ' s lodge at ilountsharinon , tlie Seat of Lord Clnre , was entered by an armed party , who demanded a gun , and aouscd the inmates -when they could not find the prize they sought . The Eavl of Clare has offered a reward of £ 50 for the discovery of the audacious miscreants . W- < t «»• De the object of such dating aggres-Siona aS this indicates on a nobleman resident in Ireland , who expends a large f jrtune in labour and improvements upon his demesue aud estate , all the year round , in which his tenants beneficially participate , and whose excellent private character is a theme for praise and model of imitation in every circle of society ? AVe cannot believe the magistrates of Castleconnell will remain inert under this " 10 SS affront to the highest and most esteemed inombel ' of their order in that district . In the neighbourhood of

      Newcastle , near this city , notices are posteddemanding an increase of wages and a reduction of rent . At Bridgetown , in the emmt } - of Clare , notices have been posted , signed ' Molly Maguire , ' not to pay rents ; the tenan ts to keep the monev in their pockets , and to have the fear of Molly before them . On Thursday night a notice was sewed ou a farmer ' named Arabill , at Eriua , in the county of Clare , the estate of Sir Hugh Dillon Massty , not topavrent , and warning the other tenants to follow his example . Eight armed men were observed traversing that district a few nights before . " . Such ever has been the result , and such ever must be the result of tyranny , oppression , and bad laws ; and had not Providence now aim then afforded opportunities sueh as tlie present famine presents , lor bring , in ' tlieftul deeds of the best landlords in the world and the poor man ' s justices to justice , we should still continue to hear al ' thc ' ir great sacrtjicci and liberality , and of tlie foul < md hast ingratitude of the barbarous Irish people . * " .

      _ IIOXGER WIH , BuEAK THROUGH SlOXK WilXS . —The following is from the Kilkenny Moderator : — Mctist ix -KllKEJiXT Gaol . — Mr . Duncan , the governor of the citv prison , having lately received private informatiou that an attempt to effect an escape was in contemplation amongst the prisoners , and that the acting liberty-man , a person named Quirk , under sentence for burglary , was concerned in the coiispiracy , active measures were adopted to prevent the success of the project , and the liberty-man was changed . On Thursday morning , between ten and eleven o ' clock , Quirk having been seht into the yard to work with other prisoners , the conspirators at once perceived that their _ plot was discovered and their hopes of success destroyed ; where-

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      upon , acting at the instigation of Quirk , some of'them refused to work . The goTerrior , ; findui ( j them thus engaged , in a mutiny , directed the turnkeys to remove the ringleaders and to place them in solitary confinement . The mutineers , however , resisted , pelted the turnkeys with large Btones , and knocked the governor down . Mr . Dnucan ' s son having given the alarm at theMayor ' s-office , Head . con&table Lynn , with a party of police ; was promptly iu attendance , and after a desperate resistance , succeeded inplacing the mutineers in irons ; The Mayor and the local inspector arrived almost immediately at the prison , and having investigated tlie case , informations were sworn by their directions on Friday against the conspirators . —Kilkenny Moderator , Address op the Tifpeiury Magistrates , to the British Yimuc . —AVe give . the following puling appeal from the above worthies to the British Dublic : —

      From August , 1844 , to February , 1845 , there occurred in this riding of Tipperary sixteen murders , sixteen attempted murders , and fifty-two cases of firing into houses , robberies for arms , grievous assaults , and tlireateBing notices . To each succeeding Government , have representations and recommendations been forwarded from the magistracy of this county , similar to those contained in our late address , and the answer received is in spirit still the same as though the day were gone by when measures of coercion for Ireland could be proposed to Parliament with any chance of success . We hdld a different opinion . Jealousy may exist as to anything like au infringement on political rights . We confine ourselves as magistrates , to the recommendation of extraordinary measures when all else has failed , to prevent the continuance of a system of terror and assassination , aud in tin ' s righteous cause

      we detm ourselves entitled to call on good men of nil parties , without distinction , for their support and assistance ! The measures which we especially recommend are as follow—first , that a modified insurrection . act be placed on the statute : book , to be resorted to by Government only in the case of any particular barony of a county , which shall appear to the ; lord Lieutenant and PriVy Council to require the same ! and secondly , the ' creationof a law imposing a fine on ; any district where a murder , or attempt to murder , shall have occurred , the proceeds to be paid over to the family of the injured party . The insurrection act to which wo refer would empower the authorities to enter all houses by . night . Persons absent from their homes , or strangers discovered in houses not their usual places . of residence , will be obliged to account for themselves , and , failing to do so satisfactorily , might be brought before , a

      military tribunal or a special' commission , and subjected to Severe punishment ; Such a measure would at least afford security during the night to the houses of . the humbler classes ; who might then be induced with less , reluctahce to come''forward as witnesses in > a court of justice . The bad characters ,-most of whom are . well known to the police ; would soon be expelled from . the country , and detection would be more likely to follow the commission of the crime of murder , inasmuch as the perpetrators of such aets are usually strangers who come from a distance ; " In the sanguine hope that we have not ia vain addressed this remonstrance to the British public , and that the majority of our representatives , of all shades of political opinion , may be prepared to advocate in Parliament the . causeof true freedom , and , fearlessly . stand forward in defence of the outraged rights of humanity , We remain fellow countrymen , your faithful servants , ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Dunallev , Chairman .

      Let the English reader reflect upon the above appearing simultaneously with the coercion Whigs attempt to regain nower . Think of their modesty . The measures which' they specially recommend are , firstly , a modified insurrection act to be placed on tie statute book . Ahl you tyrants , your Liberator has placed one there already ! Secondly , the creation : of a . law , imposing a fine on any district where » murder , or attempt to murder , shall have occurred , the proceeds to be paid over to the family of ' the injured party . Aye ,. aye , we'll agree to that ; but , firstly , 'let us have a measure placed on' the statute book to discover who the murderers are ! and we wager our existence that all the money in yourcoffers would not atone foi * one-half of the murders you have committed within the last forty-five years . The worthies co on

      r — '' the insurrection act to which we ' refer . would empower the authorities to enter all houses by night . " Voujburglars , that was the worst part of your Coercion 13 ili , and then they proceed thus— " Persons absent from their homes , or strangers discovered in ; houses not their usual places of residence , wo ' uld . be . obliged to account for themselves ^ and failing to do so satisfactorily , might be brought before a military tribunal , or a special commission , and subjected to severe punishment . " Here we have the ' iniJitary courtsaiiU'tial again In 1845 . IF we were dubious as to thu real condition of the Irish peasantry , and if we wen ; ; it a loss for any justification for their acts of revenge , \ ve find both the one and the other in the -exordium of the address to , the British public , which was too lenjiby to publish ; but from which ,.-however , we

      select the following landlord condemnation . They say , " the Irish peasant occupies a thatched cabin , m most eases with a frail and ill-fastened iloor , and without the probability of escape ( now how you would snaffle them ) , he and his family . are exposed , during the long nights of winter , to the vengeance of the ruffians , against-whose laws he may have offended . " Oh ! horrible , here ' s a state for a people to live in . In mud cabins , with a frail and ill-fastened'door , and without the probability of escape from the laws of the ruffians who hunt them like wild beasts , This document is signed by the noble chairman and ^ fifty of his bkother nobles , and as they ask loi a response ( ram the British public , we give it as . follows : — "Noble Lord aad Gentlemen Tyrants— "We , the British public , having veati and carefully considered your address ,

      beg leave to express our horror at the acts of vengeance'to ¦ which your-unmitigated--acts . of tyranny have driven ' a brave , a generous , and confiding people . Are you aware , my-lord and gentlemen , that your heartlessness has become a by-word-with the British public , and are you aware . that we , . the British public , have entered into a sjlcmn league and corenant with the Irish people to secure for them houses with wellfastened doors , and from which there will be uo necessity for them to fly in the dead hour of the night , and into which there will be no possibility of your entering without being subjected to that penalty wliich the law inflicts upon thieves who break into other people ' s houses at night . — -Wo remain , my lord and gentlemen , your uncompromising friend , * : John Charter ,. Chairman .

      The Potatoe Crop . —An Irish gentleman writes to the Times ' , stating that- its > commissioner knows nothing at all about tlio potatoe disease , but , at tlie same time , stating that his ' own ci'opis all either gone or going . We also learn that provisions of every kind are getting up to an enormous price . Exclasd . — 'L'he Russell Bodge . —Thomas' Wak-! ey , M . l . ibr Finsbuvy , am ) coroner for Middlesex , seems determined-to- lose no time in tendering his . allegiance to the Russell dodge , Now , this is scarcely fair , as Mr . Waldey ' s brother , and same more of Ms family , have tasted the sweets of office under Tory patronage . We should like to know what pickings above £ 1 , 200 a year Mr . Waklejyofficial assignee for the Newcastle district , receives ? And when this is answered , we have a few . more clumsy questions to

      ask . "Last night Mr . WakJer , M . F ., attended at the Goorge Inn G ' oftce House , ilolborn , to meet the overseers of-the several metropolitan parishes , whom he hud invited by advertisement , to discuss the propriety of calling upon the Government to throw open the-ports , « i' wpeal the Corn Laws . " Now , this notice is very significant , but iiiitbrtunntely the number who accepted the . invitation being sa ' few , only I ' ujs '/ t or tc « -, the meeting separated without-coming to any other resolution than to ! Uy another go . ' Out Mends will bear in mind that during the last days of Whiggerv , we designated Tom Wakloy , Joe Hume , Ai'tliuiv Roebuck . William Henry "Ward , William

      Molesworth , John Temple Leader , and some few others , as the rotten statp of Whhrgery , who , although they now and then proposed . v ' uat they considered popul . ii' measures to secure their position with the people , that nevcrthelesss they were ever ready to fly to the rescue when the Whigs were in danger . We have no doubt that those worthies , every one ot whom are yet unfortunately in Pavlumcn , will endeavour to get up some other new move , professing to go beyond Whiggery , and determined to push Whiggebt beyond the mere principle of free trade WHEN TIIET OET IXIO OFFICE . Against tllCSC , 0 U 1 ' old , our implacable , and most wily foes , we niust be prepared to take the field , fur it we let them they '

      SELL US AGA 1 X . , The 0 REG 0 X . —Tlie . 2 i '« KS of this morning has discovered what we announced in our yesterday's summary , that -Mr . Daniel Webster not only is not . Amekica ' , but that he is only the puny' leader of a puny minority . The question of the Oregon , - notwithstanding the desire of the press of . both factions to modify American feeling towards England , is still ( JoJBf its work on 'Change , although the improveinont we noted yesterday has rather increased to-day . Imsn Hatred of Sasox Law . — The Times oHhis morning favours us with an article upon tlie above subject , but is unable to discover the causes from wliich we traced the natural avkbsioxuiour . summary of yesterday . We wish we could spare room for the article from the Times " . " Really tlie London press is daily establishing the character of ' prophet for the Northern Star . " ¦

      The Whig Phess asd the New DoDcr .-rhe managers of the . Morning Chronicle'have been taking r ast pains to have the first pluck at the new pigeon . The breath of the little Lord has fanned into new life special trains ,.-znd . " extraordinary expresses , and all the old appliances of Whitfgci-y . Its columns teem with the most absurd and ill-reasoned calculations upon industrial support , and in order to strengthen our assertion , that the working classes are to look for nothing more than the incited profit of capitalists from the Rus-ell coalition we

      aive the following silly admission from a leader ot tmc Chronicle , which concludes'thus : ' "The great and terrible league itself is a mere transient association , of the most heterogeneous political elements ,, by tlie way , for a specific object , which object being attained , it dies a natural death . That object it will achieve ; but its leaders would , evidently , prefer achieving it with the sliofilest jjossible disturbance of existing social and political arrangements , that they may have their hands free again for those pursuits of quiet and profitable industry in which monopoly X

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      obstructs and injures them ^ 'Thu is , surely , not a temptr which even : a Tory aristocracy ?« eed hesitate about : prcpitiatitiff , -foriear ; of' ulterior objeets , ' the usual Tory bugbear . ' An organisation of the in- ; dustrious classes haying no earthly purpose than to sweep away an obstruction from the path of industry , is really one of the very last things that any just-minded Government need dread . The League neither has , nor can have—so far as we can understand—any other ' ulterior object' than to go about its business , and make up for lost time abstracted from the ceimnerce aud industry which it represents . " Here , then , is a pretty significant hint as to the people ' s share of ' the * ' coalition' triumph . ; We quite agree with our friend that the leaders would

      evidently prefer achieving their victory with the slightest possible disturbance of existing social and poUtical arrangements , that they may have their hands free once more for those pursuits of quiet and profitable pillage in which popular rights would obstruct and injure them . ' Our friend then says , "This is , surely , not a temper which even a Tory aristocracy need hesitate afaoutpropitiating . " ¦ What , then , so the working classes and the Tory aristocracy are to be propitiated by one and the same means ? Ah , Mr . Chronicle , your dodge served for 1832 , but thirteen years of experience has taught the working classes the value of your professions , as well as the fact you admit , that there is no difference between a Whig and a Tory Government . " Tanta , ra , ra , ra , ¦ Rogues all , rogues all . " ; WEDNESDAY . iBELASD . ^ -This morning ' s post . has brought US a full account of the Platonic battle between the Liberator and the Gutter Commissioners , in which the pugilists mill each other to their hearts' content , and the battle finishing , by the Liberator crying enough . He says "he'll never again mention the name of the gucter commissioner , " while the gutter commissioner invites all travellers , in Ireland to visit Cnbirciveen , arid judge for themselves . Mr . _ Fitzgerald , the chairman , amused his audience with an account of his travels , and Mr . Smith . O'Brien told , the meeting , amid cheers , that he had no objectionj to a war ia which English soldiers may be shot hut ; that he had a great objection to a war in which' Irish !

      soldiers were to be shot . .. ,. ¦; , ' { , . ¦ _ ., " .. " , ' TiiE Kew Move . —The Liberator , araid deafening ; cheers , in responding to the appeal of . Lord J . RhsselJ , aaid that the Irish would never unite , with the Whigs , or any other party , except for a Repeal of the Union . Well d one , Dau ; stick to . that j but w , e fear the * young Hannibals have already been well prot vided for under the desolating union ., The Liberator again announced that , on the next day of mee ' tip gj he would be prepared with au act to enable lierMa * jesty to summon'her Irish ; Parliament . . We were promised that three weeks ago . 1843 was to have been the Repeal year ; 1844 the clenching year ; and 1845 , now drawing to an end , was to have been tlie " ' Give me Ml- ' one vear of nerfect tranquillity , and tlw

      Repeal is sure . " It should always be borne in inind that Dan ' s greatest exertions for Ireland are to be found . between the . time of his return from Derrynahe ( after he has gained strength ) an < i the ' tribute day . From the beginning of August 'to the beginning of October Dan trains , and fromi the beginning of October till the tribute day he does his work , and from that till the beginning " of August in the next year fie prepares his puppet and machinery tor the ensuing season-juggle . We cannot dismiss this weekly notice of the Irish tragedy , without ' directing the pointed attention of our readers to the letter * of that real philanthropist , brave .. patriot , and true Christian , Patrick O'Higgins—a name that will ever live in the hearts of the English Chartists , because

      they Know that the greater portion , of his suffering has been a consequence of his steadfast adherence to their principles .. Is it not a melancholy and heartrending reflection- that an Irish Catholic , whose country ' s struggle for centuries has . been for liberty of conscience , should , in Catholic Ireland , be compelled , to celebrate mass for himself ; pn , the top of a « 6 ldi > leak-hilly lest his attendance at a place ! bf worship should subject him to the taunts . and revilings of his misguided countrymen ? Is this the fruit of that religious'libcrty which the Liberator says he has achieved tor his country ? And is the bj'a . ve ; O'Higi . ' ins to be driven from the sanctuary for-no other reason than putting the Libaratov ' s theory and pledge into practice and effect ? Ireland demanded i

      Repealers . She had struggled through ' two contested elections—the elections of 1833 and 1 S 35—upon the single' principle of Repeal That principle , bad grown into the one all-absorbing national affection . In 1837 , O'Higgins said that he fwould go with Ireland ' s young luve , and would vote for no nuiu who did not pleiige himself to support the Liberators national injunction—the injunction to vote for inone but Repealers . The Liberator had a country and a family to-sell , and met the stern obedience j > f his pupil with a tyrant lash of the detested apostate . He , who had pledged Ireland to Repeal , ' . said ,, "; W-hpever asl-s for furihw pled > j& fi'oina candidate ( ' than the support of the base , bloody , brutal , and coercion \ yhigs , is Ireland ' s enemy . " t ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ " Alas , poor country , - , ' -.

      • ¦ . Almost afraid to know itself . " , " . ' | But fear not , brave O'Higgins ; you have manfully maintained your ground amid the pelting elements , and each" day's increased knowledge will lead to increased discovery and give you an increased strength . . ¦ ¦ : . Tj / e Kent for the week was announce : ! to be .-e . 262 Ts . 3 ld . . . ' .. " - . * i Tiie PoiAtoE Chop . —As wo announced in our last , the forestalled of Hie people ' s food are getting afraid of their own monster , and are now beginning

      to assure the country , through their oj'gans , that there is no fear of scarcity , and that there never was a better crop . This is done in order that the ignorant people should abstain tVom glutting the markets , t ' vom an ' apprehension that their potatoes won't keep , and that the speculators may . thereby have the full benefit of scarcity in the certain rise that must take place . Upon the other hand , the patriots who meet at the Mansion-house , publish weekly accounts of the increasing malady . They , aa a matter of course , are guided solely by the effect that excitement ever has upon the Conciliation money-market .

      State of . Ikblasb . —We have , this day received awful accounts of attempts- io rourdei ' , as well asj frightful instances of popular determination not to dig their potatoe crops , unless the landlords consent to give them tree of rent . The poor fellows who found the . seed and labour will have paid moi'G than double rent when they have completed the operation of digging . ¦ -d ; - Shake Market . —This new channel of . industry is now pretty nearly closed , and the pjgeons who havo escaped with some feathers , are seeking a new outlet for the remnant in a . little bit of home consumption , through the patronage of Iris !; railway committees , all sitting in Dublin , and entailing an expenditure , merely upon' the working hands , of no less than one million of money . What fat picking for the vormin !

      England . —The English press ia like the dog that uiopped . the substance to grasp at the shadow . As if by mutual consent , our journalists have this morning- ' abanuoned the Oregon for little John , tlie shadow of Whiggery . Mr . Cayley , one of the , Yorkshire m « inbers , 'has addressed a loug letter to Lord John llussell upon his . sudden conversion ; and the ' - ' -Kines , after belabouring tlie Oorii Law question iiv every shape , except fixed duty ,-which is now thought to be too late , indulges in a running comment upon the respective merits of the manifestoes of the lordly anti-monopolist and the monopolist . The Times , jumping to certain and permanent conclusions' upon the most fantastical presumptions , and all" through dealing with'the present scarcity as if it was to

      continue ,, to everlasting , and world without end—the Times , instead of dealing with Mr . Cayley ' s arguments , would put a fringe to his curtain . We give one instance of out ' friend ' s soplustl'y . TllO Times says— " Compared with gold , - wheat is as scarce now at TOs . a quarter as it- was nt Q 0 $ . during the mir . Compared with the price of clothing , that is , with those commodities which - the Manchester operative hits to offer in exchange for food . " Now , although the comparison between the relative value of gold and wheat is admissible , yet we aver that the price of . clothing and the price of food is an absurdity , inasmuch as the price of clothing never does regulate the price of wages , which is the thing that regulates the labourers' ability to buy food . The Times launches out of its depth by plunging into an amount of . presumptive scqiiiturs . For instance , the 'Times dissolves the view that many pcopJetake of the bft ' cot

      that the importation of foreign corn would have upon domestic cultivation , and also tells us that population is increasing beyond the power of the land ,-under its present management , to furnish subsistence . Well , > ve tidmlt the ihsi ; that aa a matter of course , the land of England would not go out of cultivation after the question had been finally adjusted , but , then ; wo also contend that so tar frbm the change inducing a better system of cultivation , it would ; bring about a more slovenly cultivation ; and hence ' the ; second argument of the Times may be considerably strengthened , as tlie people would thereby be , left depcndcbl upon a still more scanty subsistence Upon the second proposition we aver , that although the present system of cultivation docs deny the necessary amount oil ' subsistence , yet an improved system of cultivation would at once dissolve all the hobgoblins of the Times . ' ¦ ¦'¦ ' . *' -

      Ihe Mornixg Ohkokicle . —This worthy Whig coadjutor has a very funny article this morning , in which an attempt is made to force Sir Robert Peel into the Russell " consistency" trap ; and let the reader just mark the virtue of our public instructors . The Chronicle says " that Lord John Russell has been so inconsistent that Peel need not now be afraid of the charge of inconsistency ; and that if llcmzard is used as an evidence against the little lord , it- ^ may bo quoted with double effect against the right honourable baronet , . ;«« , " 0 Temporal 0 Mom !" " O Murther ! O Chronicle . ' "

      -. The Dodge —As yet the dodge goes bravely on . Like Lord Ross ' s cocks , the combatants are all on one side ; but next week the grey gingers will be ready for the pit iu a " main" ora " shake . "

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      I Tub MABkerf—Fronrall p arta of the country the declining marketsrand stoppage of mills bear uneqjiivocal testimony ' of the " power of the capitalists to -starve the working classes under the present system . We willnow put one question for the philosopher to answeiv : —''^ "w'Vnany years-of ' idleness could the capitalists sustain wthoiit tAc dread of starvation upon their profits during the last three years of prosperity , and hoiv many ' years of idleness could the working classes sustavi / upon their share of the profits ! We pause for a reply . ' « _ i The Money MAnKET . —The jobbers have contrived to give " tlie tiling " ' a momentarily favourable hoist , and stocks and shares are looking up ? a bit ; but still all is gloom arid despondency , as no temporary improvement '' can make amends'for the permanent injury that delusion has sustained .

      Gourt GiRcuLAR .- ^ We have not been well , enough to visit the court , this week , and not wishing to rely upon the reports of our-contemporaries , we abstain from any notice of royal movements , other than we have the satisfaction to know that our deaii friexds are all well , or we should have heavd fejtu them . Tub Government . —A Cabinet Council was held yesterday , when nothing was done ; another will be held to-morrow for the same purpose .

      THURSDAY . Irelakd . — -The Potatok Crop . —Lord Mountcashel , a very extensive Tory proprietor , residing in the county , of Cork , writes to his friend , Lord Bandon , a brother Tory , announcing the fact that he fears that the wholeof ' the potatoe crop is lost to the people .. These are .. parties who are likely rather to suffer thiin to gain from excitement . ' . MoliiT Maguire , in the Capital . —17 g learn that the Castle officials Jiave . been busy in investigating the placard that we * published three weeks since iu the Star , and which has been extensively circulated in Dublin . The officials proceeded in their work with closed doors , and it appears they have discovered the printer . It will be ' remembered that the Ljberator tendered the services of the Repeal Association as a "detective force" to aid the inquiry . Werealiy saw nothing in the placard to warrant all this

      circumspection , and were at ' a loss'for ' an assignable reason for thejLH ) . erator ! 6 alarm , until we read his character asa landlord , pul / lish ' ed by ihe' Gutter Commissioner . ' Esglamd ' . —A Cabinet Council was held yesterday , atwhiehrit was unanimously decided that Parliament should . be called together eariy in January , for the purposeof . repealing the Corn Laws—andthua popr little John has been baulked of his triumph . Peel is . not just the man to- ' stand over nice poiuts when office and ! the distribution ' of the loaves and fishes [ are at stake . What will the little Lord bid next ? Periuips as he has swallowed the landlords at a gulp , he may wash them down with iiee Majesty's subjects , awl bid the OnAHTER . The noble Lord has certainly reseryed an extensive field of consistency in Ms CAUTIOUS AS ^' - PBODBNI ' CONCESSIONS AND EQUITABI / E adjustment . . Will he have the boldness to say that the CiiARTEnwasoneofthem ? A

      Thr Stock ExcjiANOE . —We have heard of over twenty-suicides , ' . recently committed , arising out ol the mad railway speculation . ; The public never hears o £ tkose , things , aa coroners are very credulous , and very easily , deceived . " There is no better plaister for an awkward wound than' gold dust . Upon tlie whole the money ' ,. ahd share market begins to look upwards , and , ' the jobbers look cheeringly upon the prospect of diminishing their losses . The Morning Chronicle : —The Morning Chronicle has iinotherjorig yarn upon free trade , and refers to

      an able . document enforcing the principles that was published twenty-fire years ago by the merchants oi London . Does ' our contemporary forget at that very same period the working classes assembled at Peterloo , in . Manchester , for the very same purpose , and were butchered , anil cut down by the merchants of Manchester , ? . Then the people were justified in looking for a repeal' of . the measure , and now they are equally justified in opposing' it . Then machinery and capital had ' not assumed that ascendancy which would have converted all the benefits of change to the purposes of thwr owners , while now the working classes . undersiantl full well that every extension of trade has lieeri promptly followed by a reduction of wagos .., ; , ; '" , / :,.. * "' " * ' . ¦'¦ ' . ¦ '¦ ¦ '

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      , ,-HAKLEY . AND ' SilELTON . ' The following resolutions were passed at a meeting of of the shareholders , held at thuir meeting room , Miles Bank , Dec . 2 nd : —" That the thanks of the meeting be glveit to the board of . directors for their unswerving conduct in managing ' the . ' -flail's of the sociuty , and ' we think they are perfectly justified in appropriating the profits arising from the sale of cards aud rules to the management of tha society . " " That the board of directors be chosen by the conference , and that the delegate , who represents this district in the forthcoming- conferenc . 0 , be instructed to support the re-election of the present board Of directors / with additions to their number , if necessary . " . " .-Tiiattlic society , be enroiica , providing the name and objects are not altered . " / "That trustees he appointed by the conference . " " The ' occupauts to be elected by , ballot . " .

      OLBHA . M . . On Sunday last , Mr . A . Hurst lectured in the School Room of the 'Working Man ' s Hall— " On the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire , " The lecture gave guneial satisfaction !

      TOIttlOJlKEIf , ¦ At a meeting of the Chartist Land Society , held at the house of'fBi .. Brook , it was resolved : — "That we , the members of the Chartist Lnnd Society , resident in 'J'odmorden , are of opinion ( after reading the resolutions passed at the meeting- Jield at Deiysburv ) that there is a party existing in Yorkshire who are intending to spread discoid . and disunion amongst us ; and that iheii' opposition springs from disappointed ambition , and not from any anxiety for the welfare of the society . That the report drawn up at DoWSbury breathes a very bad spirit . " " That we think it desirable that every member of the Land-Society should be careful to guard against ever ] thing that may have a tendency to detract from , or come in . contact with , the working out of real democracy , in

      connection with the Land Society , and we nreof opinion , that selecting persons to be officers who are opposed to the principles of the Charter will do so , and that the elioicG made at Dewsbury gives us ho little uneasiness as it shows us that they ( the dclegatee ) were not ^ sumciently aware of their own interest in selecting the persons named in their resolutions . " " That we are of opinion that the directors are justified in making use of money arising from the profit of tlie sale of cards and rules ; and we are also of opinion that the success of the society ' may b « mainly attributed to the lectures delivered in dift'iii'imt parts of the kingdom . " " That we are of opinion that the trustees should be elected according toth ^ Stli rule , and that the qualification for the directors should be strictly adhered to according to rule 3 rd . " "That in

      the Opinion of this meeting , tiiose shareholders who have taken out two shares ( provided they have paid up for both shares ) on drawing t ! : cirjotforonesliare , have tlie choice of two , so that they can have their four acres altogether . [ "We have . omitted aportion of the first resolution , passed at Todmorden , because it was a censure upon a speech made at the Dewsbury meeting , which we declined publishing , and for the very same ruasons that our Todmorden friends tho ' ught it worthy of censure . Wu would fee fully justified in making such comment as we thought-proper , because we understand that nearly every locality lias received a printed rvpwt of six columns of the Dcwsbury proceedings .. We abstain , however , from saying a word more than is necessary upon the occasion . We refused to print the Dewsbury report , and every

      locality tliat has received it , as printed b / Mr , Brown , Mr . Hobson ' s partner , at HuMersncld , asserts that we exercised a wise discretion in so doing . Wo have not notic ed , the subject even as far as was necessary to insure due caution , but noiv we shall suy just one word—a w . rd that will prove that it was expected that we would not publish the report . ' "JVe are not in the habit ofrecoivlng such gratuitous favours as six column reports , while , curious to say , hot only was a full report sent to us , but further ; ¦' & vsnjiiTin corr of that long report was carefully preserved for publication in another form . Mr . Win . Griffin , whori swearing against us at Manchester , said , that the only fault that tlie editor of the Star found with him was , that he was " too industrious . " fliay we not urge the same complaint against our industbious kind FiuEXB . of IluddtrSnold . When we find such industry and devotion the rule , instead of . ' the exception , with our friends , we shall think them true lovers

      of the working classes , and honest volunteers in the preservation of their rights , while , really , the same devotion to entrap us so smacks of Mrs . Candour ' s friendship , that we . can't gulp six column doses in '' theonset . The Iluddersfield report states ; that a luvge quantity of the proceedings had been " set up" and countermandedthis . is quite true ; so it appears that there is a spy In the printing office , as we were not applied to upon the subject , ft is equally true that we paid foi' what was " set up , " and' it is equally true that we havo some O ( her specimens of composition which we countermanded when in type . "Upon the whole , we thank our friends of Todmorden , Sheffield ,. Halifax , and especially Dewsbury , for theirclear-sfghtedness .. Thepeople . of Dewsbury themselves , write to Mr . Wheeler to say , that they were not efjily no parties to the dodge , but that they were annoyed titfthe trick . We have fought too many battles of the same kind to be hocus-pocussed even by the sincerity of our " Candid Fiiiend , " 1 . . . .

      STOCKPORT . . The "New Dodoe . "—Gk . vxd Peufohma . nce at Stockp okt . —On Wednesday evening last , the League exhibited hereto a numerous and highly amused auditory . The piece was one of Cohden ' s latest productions , a farce in three acte , entitled , " Open Ports . " Tlio ranyor was stage managor on the occasion . The performance was wretched , the ' whole of the company , with one exception , ( the town devk ) being mere amateursi The principal character was taken by a junior smoke noble , named Fernley . He appeared as " professor of political economy ;" Had beex studying the science for twenty years , and had discerned that our institutions were the beau ideal of perfection , and ouly wanted "free trade" to purify them . Had found from' his deep researches , tliat English land couia not produce enough of food for the sustentation of its inhabitants ; we must therefore get it from America . Was confident that the mere mention of " Open Ports " would have a " magic effect'' in causing " the people" to buckle on the ' armour of agitation in the " rightcu

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      cause . " Dr . Rayner bore testmioi . y . to ***««* £ « % caused ! ., tbe phyhcid system by wan of loooV Knew * from his extensive practice ( vrt-fron * to «> W /* « £ » "J of food himself . J The people believed him , . ™ : B llC " f Whig , which wul appear paradoxical- !* mil ^ reooU lecJd , however , that * t live-in ^ f ^^ S looker Allinson appeared in his old character , as the Renegade ! " Spoke in a-tremulous voice , was giastiy . pal ,, lips quivared , seemed to be troubled iri . fli . the " pie * - sures of memory . " Said little , but would have sung , had . not public opinion rendered the riper harmless . It is said that he is studying for " Iago , " and certainly Dame Nature has been profuse in her gifts , to lit him for such a . character , and he has lost no chance of improvement . Tho first act was about to close when , to the dismay of ' the comedians , Messrs . T . Clavk and Williams appeared ¦

      on the stage , and succeeded in winning a large party to ... the notion that nothing but "the land at home' ! could , render us independent of partial failures of the crops . And no little surprise was manifested when tne announce- , inent was made that the Chartists had several , thousands , of pounds collected for the purpose of purchasing land ,, on which to try tlia practicability of-that theory , which taught the people to look to English land as the only means ' of securing happiness to the English labourer . Messrs . Coppock ( town clerk ) , John Hauian ( who played the clown ) , and EBcregg , and ex-cotton lord , severally performed their parts ; and the performance closed shortly after eleven o ' clock , the " company" having been able to get through only one of three acts , much to the discomfiture of the " respectable" part of the audience ,,

      SUPBUJtY . : The Land . — Impoutant Meeting . —A lecture was dei livcred in tho Globe Inn , North-stvoet , Sudbury , on Wed « nesday , 26 th November , by Ml ' . Doyle , member of the Exi ecutive ; Mr , Thomas Goody , a zealous and staunch sup * porter . of tho cause , was unanimously elected to the chair . An excellent band of musicians were in attendance upon the occasion , who , previous to the opening of business , went through the principal streets of the town playing severalpopular and soul-stirring airs . Theehairmau briefly opened the business by stating they ( the persons present ) were called together for the purpose 6 t ' hearing a lecture from Mr . Doyle upon the laud , its capabilities , and the means of . obtaining it ; and . he trusted , they would give the lecturer a fair and impartial hearing ,

      and if any gentleman present had any question to ask ,, or any objection to offer , when he had concluded , such person would have every possible attention paid to him , and he ( the chairman ) would guarantee that Mr . Doyle would answer him in a friendly spirit . Mr . Doyle on rising said , before entering into the subject of the land lie would make a few observations relative to the cottt--mittee of tho Mechanics' Institution refusing him the liberty of lecturing in their room . The gentlemen , or -a majority forming that committee , stated as the reason . for their refusal , that he ( the lecturer ) . was a Chartist , aud that if they were to allow him the use of the room it might be the means of breaking up their institution ; la : m 9 \ ver , he wished-to state that he was a Chartist , arid gloried in the sacred name ; for the principles contained

      iii the document entitled the "People ' s Charter" wore based upon the immutable laws of nature , which saia that all men being naturally equal , all therefore had equal rights ; that is , all a ejear right to life , liberty , and protection . But he wished to know if « very man upon tHat committee had not some political principle to guide him as to what was right and what was wrong , and would , further wish to know what would be . the feeling of anyone amongst them , if he was not allowed to lecture in . their Institution upon agriculture , or upon any other scientific question , merely because he imbibed political opinions repugnant to theirs ; would he not feel they were : very illiberal , and instead , of tlieir being friends to free . enquiry , and the onward progress of the human mind ,.,., n-ere bitter enemias to both .: Mr . Doyle' again reiterRted 1

      he was a Chaitist . and that , in despite of persecution piprosecutions ha would , while he was' able , to raise his voice , Advocate those principles , because he honestly believed they inculcated pure truth and justice , and if eavried ' into operation irould be a means to au end , and that e-ria ihe social happiness of the entire people . , Mr . Doyle thea commenced his lecture , and drew the attention of his audienco to the vast importance of tho subject ~ they had mot to inquire into . He proved from the autliority of Parliament itself that those who said the land Of the Unitud Kingdom was inadequate to the wants of tlie population were egicgiously mistaken , for there were upwirds of 30 , 000 , 000 acres uncultivated , 15 , 000 , 000 of . which were susceptible of the best possible cultivation ,, and would , if there was a sufficient quantity of labour

      expended upon it , produce food adequate . to . the wants of 21 , 000 , 000 of people , These were not his own opinions , but those of scientific men , well acquainted with the subject , and yet it was a notorious fact that there were four miHions of paupers ( so called ) in England , Wales , Scotland , and , Ireluid . If the Government , aud those -nho aided it , in guiding the helm of the state , were at all desirous of doing uway with pauperism , poverty , and crime , aye , and £ 7 , 000 , 000 a year as poor ' s rate too , they had only to allow each able-bodied pauper as much of this ( now waste and unproductive ) land as would be necessary to supply himself and family with all the real comforts of life , and then it w 6 uid be' done .: Ah ! but they had rather 5 ee the gaols filled with poverty-made felMVS , tllQ

      biistiles with unfortunate beings , whose only fault ( if fault it can be termed ) is , they arc poor and wretched ' ; the cities , towns , and villages with starving creatures , willing \ o labour , but cannot find . it , while the . majority of those who do labour , only receiving what is merely suiticimt to keep them alive . Mr . Do ^ le then went into the second part of the subject , and adduced many facts , which clearly shelved the capability of the fertile soil o £ England , Alter which he ' explained the " Chartist Cooperative Land Plan , " and called upon . those . present , who were favourable , to come forward aud enrol themselves as me - mliers . The ' lecturer , in conclusion , said , having heard , during that day , that Mr . O'Connor had beeu much abused and vilified by a portion of the mfiWJe classes of Sudbury , he was there , iu the absence of that .

      gentleman , and would give any of the party an ; opportu .. nity of stating at Mint meeting what they stated else- , where , viz—that " Mr . O'Cnuor was a dishonest man , and he ( t ( ic lecturer ^ irsuld ' undertake to prove that such statement , or charge , was without foundation .-in truth ; yea , that it was a base falsehood , and tlie . v who mado use ofitknewit . This annouccement elicited tremendous applause from the meeting . Mr . Doyle waited to see , if any person would meet him , but as no one appeared io take up the ganntlet , he sat down loudly cheered . After the lecture it was moved that the chairman do leave tliii chair , It was then propose'd that he retake it , which was carried ; when a petition for the restoration nf tlie Welch exiles , similar to that passed at St . Pancras on . -Monday , November 17 th , was read . Mr . Joseph Goody proposed its adoption , Mr . James Woods seconded it , and

      Mr . Dojle supported if . Tlie clmivman then put it to the meeting , and it was carried unanimously . Another was moved , seconded , supported , and carried without a ulsseutient voice , for the restoration of William Ellis . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer for his services on the occasion , aud also the chairman . Several members were enrolled at tbe close of the meeting- iu thuL .-iml Society ; and eighty-seven names attached to eacli of the petitions , during which time the band played a numbor of exetllent airs , which cheered the hearts of those present . We cannot conclude the report of this , the most important meeting ever held in Sudbmy ,. without tun . dering the best thanks of the shareholders of this locality for the kind services of the musicians , who came a distance of three miles to tho meeting , and did not leave the town till midnight , and yet would not accept a fraction in the way of remuneration .

      The following resolutions were adopted at a meeting , held at the ilootn of the Dlmviist Co . opei-atieo Land Society , Mr . John Wright iu tho chair ! :- " That the board of directors be chosen by the conference , and that tlie delegate , who represents this district in tho fortkeomiiig . conference , be instructed to support the i'Geltetion of the present board of directors , - with an addition , if necessary . " " That the rules of the society be enrolled -under the name of tlie Chartist Co-operative Land Society . " " That no person be allowed to hoia more than four acres . " " That the members go on the laud in rotation according to the time of payiti" tho money . " That two cottuges le built ftdjoiuiug oauli other ; also , the value of the cottages be £ 50 instead of £ 30 —tliat one pound per annum be charged in rout for the improvement . " " That the thanks of this meeting be given to the present board of directors for'their noble exertions in promoting the extension of this society .

      ROUEN ( FRANCE ) , , * A meeting of the shaveholdovs of tiio Co-operative Land Association was held on Friday evening , fluveiuher 28 th . Mr . James Johnson was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Siddaivay read a letter he had received from Mr . T . M . Wheeler ; after which tlio nomination for a person to attend the ensuing conference was proceeded ¦ nth . Messrs . G . If . Wheeler , Oifonl , antl W . Dixon , were the' candidates . The ballot proceeded , ana the cliairmanannounced that Mr . G . W . Wheeler was unanimously elected . Two new shares were taken , and the full amount paid up . The following are the amendments they desire to see made in tho rules : « -. " Ihatthonumbor of directors sha « he twelve ,-and tliat t ! iey be chosen from the several districts , each district possessing the power to nominate one » « The qualification of a director to be members up for six months . " " That the sceietv be empowered to borrow on loan , such loan bearing interest at tour cent to

      per the members lending , payable half yearly . " « The trustees to be Bond / tfe members of the society for at least sis months previous to their election . " lhat no member he entitled to his allotment unless his share he full y paid . " "Members neglecting to pay up tieir calls , or refusing to tranter , or otherwise dispose ' of the same , within twelve months , shall forfeit the same to the society . " " Tliat members be permitted to draw two shares , or four acres , at the one drawing . " " That tho " selection of occupants shall be one half by priority of payment , and the remainder by way of ballot . " " That the present board of directors continue their present offices . " " That tho best thanks of tliis meeting be hereby given to the present board of directors , for their honest and faithful performance of their arduous duties , despite the obstacles thrown in their way , by interested and speculating opponents . " '' Thatthis meeting beg to express their confidence and thanks to Mr . Fckrgug O'Connor for his unwearied exertions in their behalf ° '

      BOULOGNE ( PRANCE ) The shareholders residing in this town held their ( Sift fo , n r ° PC 1 ' SOn t 0 attend «* *»* uing Chartist Land Conference at Manchester ; and tkeir choice unanimously fell on Mr . G . W . " Whee W . of Reading , Berks , ¦ r

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 6, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1344/page/5/