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      O'CONNELL , O'fllGGINS , AND REPEAL . TaEfollowing letter was published in tlie Chamjnon of September 2 nd , 1837 . It is now re-published in the Northern Star , for the especial consideration of all my countrymen resident or sojourning in Great Britain . In this letter they will see tbe groundwork- _ the cause of Mr . O'Coxseix's hatred and persecution of a man who never in his Hfc did one act or < * jeed Inimical to the interests of bis poor hut honest « jouninanen , the working classes . He bow begs of them , in lhe name of God , to reflect—to tue " that knowledge and judgment with which the gre . at Author of their being has so amply and so bountifully endowed ¦ them—to lav their hands upon their ' nearts , and , in

      file spirit of trae Christians , ask i !* emse \ ves if they knew of any one act , or deed ,-ether , tlone or proposed to be dene , fortncirben ^ e , as . aclass , by Mr . O'Goxseh ,. Mdask again , ™ the same solemn and catidld manner , dotliey know , < jt > £ nl they ever hear , of any man , whether clergswaa or layman , who raised his voice in their beM £ that Mrl 0 'Cos . veil did not strive to < ctnsh ? & 'they know -ef any , I do -jiot ;; ifid I sliaU , therefore , feel it as an act of Chris-4 ga « -cJiarity ^ ibuld ftc ^ - 'Or any of ihifflj , give me 35 ffme information upon tiaa importwi « i > ject . Mr . •^ yOsNXEEL ^ nas liot crashed me yet , ^ d w ith the ® c ^ g ' of *«^ heTiieTersliall .

      • -. ¦ - ' . ' - i '¦ . Pattook O'Higgixs . Duoluii' JaWtiaiy ' 1 © : 1 S 46 . -IHU . CKIO ^ X pLL £ SD FKEE 3 K » 3 I' € F ELECTION . . - • ... T < t tieiXUor of the Ctejjton . * Snv-iTpu hare la : S a heavy lash-ai my countrymen ifdr their' continued support of ( PGonnd ) . Will you l « nd your columns to the defence ofainccwho is persecuted iflsrrefasing toscppKthim ? _ lam an electorcf Dublin , aafi'I ' tild those who asked me for my vote far O'Connell iiiatfl could not vote for a ¦ Coercion Bill fcr ^ Ireland , merefy- fctcause it was proposed : by- _ the Whigs ; - that I could iwfcpretend to be the caemy of ' tithes , and vsas for a law * £ dieg to their weight , and fixing the charge more firmly -oc'tte backs of the people ; 'that I could not votefor&e English Poor Law Amendment Act , Tier for withhoUinigG substantial Poor Law ¦ from Ireland 4 that I coutd not vote for turning a deaf

      ear to the cries of 2 , 3 " : 6 , 0 Q 0 stervwR Irishmen , and giving them bayonets for an answer , instead of bread ; and that to vote for ( HConnell now . waste vote for all these thingn . Adhering to these reasons ,-I "refused to vote fcrO'Con-• nell and agaiast the small wevains of Irish liberty ; and I would have refused to vote it mine had been the casting roic » . 3 n England it wfit-ije with difficulty believed , that for-this exercise of rayelective privilege—for refa-¦ sing to vote for a candidate > v : ho represents none of my sendaents .-I have been posted in the City , bjthe placehunting rabble , who insist oefceing known as . Itr . O'Coundl'sfriends , and nowexiilt icthe thought that they have a country to sell ; that by these I have been posted as an enemy to ilr . O'Connell attd-to Ireland ; and this mode -of dealing with the fteeflost of election is practised on

      t > ebalf <« f the "Liberator ^ cader eyes , and , indeed , plainly -with his saucttoc = 7 o understand the meanness of this-charge of enmity to O'Connell , you must know -ibatsome years ago Jtr .- O'Cocinull got up a society under ¦ the na&ie of " Irish Voltaiteers , " of which body I was then dope-enough tobecoaae-a'caembe r . I objected to some Of Mr . O'Conuell ' s conscientious proceedings in tliatbody . on which he got a packed meeting together of twentytwo persons , including « acy members if his own family , who ,-without any triaVor notice of accusation , pronounced a sentence of icalice against me for having called in question the probity of eue of O'ConneH ' s trusty -friends ; and to this -sentence , which had falsehood written on the face of it ,-he prostituted the names of his

      three sons and his somin-law . He then , in the same -summary manner , got sixty-three members of the society together , and solicited-titem to expel me . It is with reference to this matter that I am accused of being Mr . O'CuuuelTs personal enemy . It was hard to forgive . Tlhis sentence au'lexpulsiou did me great injury ; and the injury vras done by-unscrupulous power in contempt of truth and justice . Nevertheless , as is very well known , I have since subscribed to the tribute , and actively assisted to swell its amouut ; and if I wanted revenge , my revenge was this , that Y . r . O'Connell , while he was conscious that he had injured me , was obliged to acknowledge , . before his committee , that I had contributed essentially to secure his return at the election of 1 SS 5 . So much for personal enmity .

      letmetell Mr .-O'CoBoelTs friends , however , that if I then contributed to O'Cuunell ' s return , it was neither to mortify him nor to serve him ; aniif I cannot assist in returning him now , -it-is because ft am reluctantly convinced thai he . has no object , but | i make the wrongs of Ireland serve the purpose of his ( fifconal ambition . Let the "friends of . O'Connell , " if thfc prospect of place has . not hardened them against all regard for public morals , or public decency , look only to the election speeches in Dublin , and the , address to the labourers of Kildare . Let them hear Me O'Connell , after all his speeches , so full -of piety and morality , onilie " soul-destroying guilt of perjury , " actually threaten a portion of the electors with the vengeance pf the hontti government if they did not votefor him . Let him , the pious , the religious , demandins votes for the bribe of-employment , and commanding

      thevoters dependent on -the honest government to come up for this bribe , and -swear faUely that they take no bribe . Let them see him , in the address to the labourer ; ¦ ef Kildare , painting his ouu character in the darkest colour ef profligacy . Thus does Mr . O'Connell stand « elf-conricted of Peking power by the vilest of Toryarti-HecB , bribery , intimidation , and perjury , and of exercising it in the worst of Tory corruption—the sale of seats and -offices . These sales are -to be made to men , not whom the public suspects , but whom he himself denounces for «! lany ; and all this is to be unblushmgly done bjr a man who stiH citts himself a patriot , and who makes a public ostentation ofthis-respect for morality and religion , as if to stamp all he does-with the . character of profane aud impious hypocrisy . Having Mr . O'Conuell ' s real character thus written with his own hand , I look with opened « yee on the past -career , and lean understand as crime , what I felt at a Joss to comprehend nsfoUy .

      When I once see in O'CouneU a man who makes use of Me country-to -serve his -own -ends , I can understand the past . I can nuw understand why he wore the silk gown of the persecuted -Caroline , the wife of George IV ., and then grovelled at the feet < rf theoneauest of kings , offering lira crowns of laurel for his . victory ( over his wife ) . I can now understand why the poor 40 s . freeholders were fest roused into resistance of their landlords , and then their Ikes and rtheJivoe-af their wi « s and children were eoldinabase bargain withttuese landlords . I can now . understand why the landlords of Ireland have been for nine year-s starring these honest freeholders to death , and why Mr , O'Connell , who - " would not shed one drop of human blood . * holds a seat in Parliament , to protest assaBstFooriLawsf 6 ritheirproteotion , Jestit should

      confiscate the prqperty of their savage tyrants . I can now understand-why he procured a charter empowering these Jandtordsioform the North American Colonial Association , for the jurpase of luriqg the ejscted tenantry to Canada , ihere to . perish more helplessly and miserably than at heme . I can now understand why , £ n the universal l »» e « f bribery O'Connell . wished to " see the Catholic « lergy tied by a golden link— -. that is , by . coerapt motives , to the crown . 1 -can now understand why O'Connell , who would have us , at this moment , regard the Duke of Wellington as an incarnate fiend , should hwc , at one tiae , joined to-raisea monumsnt to his honour ; and that -t « e vhenihe Sake was more a ffory and lees a Whig tiaaheuovis . I-can now understand whyXeaderand Wy&e were turned out of Parliament , for being conditional

      Besealtae—ths £ is , for wishing to give the Whigs a trial ; and why , after the -trial had been given , and thfr Whigs had&een proved to be our basestenemies , MffTTlConntll shouklturu roaudand insist oa giving tie Whigs s . trial , no lenger wanted , -and become himself a conditional Kepeiier . I taa . now omderstend why Messrs . 1 ' rench , Titzsinuai . O'CoimeWa wnwnJaw , afecrilirusting tbem-. selves into Parliaxnant as " uneonditiousd llejiealorj , " should firet iteeome ' coHditional Bepealers , and then , before ibe pretended { rial of justice for Irelaad is brought to a close , diouldquiefljresigii tl « k « eatato irtconditiomJ caemies < jf fiepeal , sid quietly take office from them . Seeing , understanding these tilings , 2 nd twenty more of the same kic 4 , the difliealtj' witU me is , how aay man of

      common . sense " and ' af hsoest intantious , can find , I will oot ' say a"r ^« sbn , buta pUu 9 ible « scuse to his conscience jfor voting for ^ CpnoelL At all exeats , these ire my reasorisfor not voting for him ; aud Jfr . OXJosaeirg - " £ riendt" ' wouldhavedou £ a 6 wisely not to have provoked a . statement of them .- The diseuseiou -cau be of no importance to me . Jt may be of great importance to O'Cuunell . Forwiflioat arrogance , I am entitled lossy of hint as v ? as said by General Xapier , " When one honest nan gttes you up ,-other honest men will ask idiy ?" Ihsrejv ;< juld bft ' tio-. place for meia the "liberal" press here . May ' I . hope for an opportunity of defence in the £ hos ) pioiif- I-am , sir , ic , Patwck O'HiGcns . Dublin , Aug . 23 , 1837 ;

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      . O / HIGaiNS PORTRAIT . Ir i reply to numerous applications from our agents , we have to objection to extend the time for subscriptions to the 31 st January , while we must decidedly refuse allowing any but subscribers having the portrait , as we had £ 2000 worth of portrait * over after our last experiment ..

      We have made the most perfect arrangements for furnishing the readers of the Star with the ablest and most copious Parliamentary Summary that will appear in any weekly journal in the kingdom .

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      THE STRUGGLE . It is fortunate for those who haverights to contcad for , that their rulers should sometimes % e sunrmeired to the defence of their own privileges , and awakened to a consideration of the title upon which they liold them , else would property ( howerer acquired' ) , like monarchy , very speedily be based npen the principle of " right divine . " It is only when usnrpera are

      sued upon their own titles that they vouchsafe a passing glance at the respective claims of those who contest the property , and those who are entitled to the property ; and it not unfreqnently happens that a defendant , snpporting his elaim against an illfavoured plaintiff , is compelled to admit the superior title of a third party , whom aeeldent alone has called into court . Ilcnee we find the landlords , in their several pleadings against the elaim of the freetraders , reluctantly coastraised to admit the title of the Labourer to a share of the spoil .

      There is nothing more dangerous to litigants than the unseasonable necessity imposed upon them of now and then producing their title deeds for professional revision . It not unfrequently happens that the disproval of the plaintiff ' s title may lead to proof of the existence of a better title than that set up by the defendant . If we apply this eommoK-place rule to the case of the landlords of England , we must , in justice , conclude that nothing could have been more impolitic than the admission and confession that the labouring classes were in any way interested in the

      struggle between landlords and cotton lords ; because , as a matter of course , the newly-discovered claimants will very naturally ask whether their share consists in oratorical laudation , the honour of their forbearance being toasted and eheered by their gorged tyrants , the credit of bearing but twenty per cent , of the honour conferred upon a breeding sow , and to acquire even that distinction that they must have brought up their families without trouble to their employers , and without having trenched upon the pauper fund .

      They will ask if their title , as copartner with the steward-in-chief , consists in being allowed to work as a charity , while the partner revels in unnatural ' usury , without ever having toiled . They will ask why the idle partner lives in a princely mansion , made prematurely old by habitual lethargy and gormandizing , while the active coadjutor cannot break his fast unless he has toiled from sunrise . Man is born with propensities which may be nourished into virtues or thwarted into vices , according to his training . Mildness , forbearance , and honesty will , we

      believe , correct , or altogether subdue , evil propensities , bad customs , and bad habits , and law is only necessary to curb or restrain the instincts of nature ; those instincts -which are more or less implanted in everything created , from the maggot to man himself . Under the head " ascendancy" may be found the -Teafcsi evils arising from the unchecked exercise of natural instinct . Not only man , but animals , compete for ascendancy , and it requires the most rigorous laws of society to subdue its maligoity , and to avert the dangers consequent upon its capricious

      exercise . The landlords of England , long in possession of territorial dominion , have , as a class , so cherMed the propensities , habits , manners , and customs in which they were born , nursed , reared and educated , that they now find it impossible , by any amalgamation of those evil attributes , to agree upon laws absolutely necessary to keep natural instincts within the limits of social convenience .

      If the Whigs could have succeeded in holding pos . session of political power , without a dmitting tike rightful claim of an unenfra&ehised class as joiat tenants in legislation , they would have gladly done so . If capitalists could hold silent dominion j ever passive and non-resisting labour , they would dole j eut apitiful existenceof wages as theostentatiousofferingsof charity ; and if the landlords could defend their estates against the clamour of the League , without calling a superior title to their aid , they would cheerfully fight the battle without mentioning the

      claim of their serfs . Nay , so thoroughly acquainted are those in whose judgment they confide of those facts , that the savage proposition has been mooted of transferring the claim of the petulant pauper to the consolidated fund . It is not the first time that we have had occasion to comment upon this system of feasting the strong upon the weak . A system which , however , it may serve to prop an administration for a season , is sure , in the long run , to create a war of strife between the despoiler and the despoiled .

      Some men affect a eoriuetinh ignorance ax to the real cause of that strife which has been so longraging between the rich oppressor and the poor oppressed . The fanaticallysatisfied would a « cribe it to the evil senius of artful and designing men . The propounded of a crotchet policy would foi 6 t their own nostrums as its correction , whilst the powerful vainly hope to crush i * by the exercise of tyrannical laws ; but when the wise man reflects upon the awful amount of

      sorrow , vexation , degradation , and plunder to which the poor have been subjected , his astonishment and only wonder will be , that vengeance has not long since had its reveng ; , and that the war has not terminated in the extermination of the wrong-dsers . Plundered of their common land , stripped of tiieir powr rights , their wages measured by the whim « f griping capitalists , and by the capricious exercise ef justiee . made law , their homes made desolate , their wants moeked , their subserviency reviled , their submiss « 6 ii langhed at , their tranquillity ridiculed , and their faees ground by the law ' s oppression , it is no wonder * 5 iat they should amalgamate as outlaws , and fight their battle single-handed against their manifold oppressors , suspicious of all save themselves , and resolved to rely upon that only power which can right them .

      Such is the cause of war ; such are the elements tmthave created it ; and such are the implements w&h which the battle must now be fought . This nesr suggestion of quartering the poor upon their owa taxes is strictly in conformity with the precedent -established by the Whigs with regard to Ireland . The Catholic people of that country complained of the Tithe imposition , and the government , t « whom the afflicted looked for redress , gaid , "We acknowledge your grievances and will redress tfcem ; but it shall be by a mere change of masters . You shall no longer pay a hundred shillings unto Esau , whom you detest , but you shall pay £ 5 to Jacob , whose voice in your behalf will be thereby

      Br aothered , and no longer heard ; and we will give unto Jacob twenty-five of the one hundred shillings that more righteously belonged to Esau , because then Jacob would cease to contend against his brother . " Now , as the Church and the State have recently stoodjiu the same relation as Esau and Jacob—Esau representing the Church , and Jacob the landlords , who are the State ? The poor are to be sacrificed , lest Jacob should make an assault upon the dominion of Esau , who is still strong in the State . We trast , however , that when the voice of Jacob reaches the ear of the blind , that they will recognise it only as the precursor of the hairy hand f Esatj which is to follow .

      In this struggle it is impossible for the most astute to give judgment until the several titles of the respective jclaimauts are clearly , distinctly , and un-

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      equivocally before [ the tribunal of judgment . We have canvassed them all minutely , and we distinctly aver that the ten millions per annum of property usurped by the Church must tevert to the whole people , whose patrimony it is , before their poor pittance can be diminished by the fraction of an atom for the satisfaction-of landlords or cotton lords ; and if that ' s not sufiuaeat , the lands which belong to the poor must be restored to their kindly use , so that in due time they nay enjoy the fruits of their own

      industry , BUT HSR POOR MUST NOT , CANNOT , OTJGIIT kot to starve . Nay , ought not to be satisfied with a mere lingering existence , while those who traffic ra their toil live sumptuously in protected idleness . However ut iheeded our voice and our warnings may have been , yte once more caution the government , the landlords , the parsons , and the League against arepefifienofthis practice of feeding the DISSATISFIED POWERFUL upon the paltry pittance of the nsprotccted powerless .

      IM it not been for the acquiescence of the landlords iiii the plunder « f the poor by the Poor Law Amewtaient Act , and had the spirit of the 43 rd of Elizabeth been practically carried out , they would require neither eloquence nor newspaper support to prefect the joint property of themselves and their labourers from the assaults of free trade . But with wlrat colour of right , and under what feasible pretest , can those who have been foremost in the ranks |

      of plunder , now invite the plundered to join in defence of the stolen property ? Were we not fearful of the interregnum between the first rumble and the final settlement of the question , and were we not apprehensive that during that doubtful interval the most unprotected would be the greatest sufferers , we would cheerfully aid in the overthrow of a proud and pompous faction , whose justice is fear , whoso mercy is caprice , and whose charity but springs frera oste » tation or a dread of the results of famine . 0

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      LA . NT SOLDIERS who arc to fight for monarchical intervention with Republic . institutions . We may speak freely of the mode of eourting brotherhood with , the French soldiery , but we know how rigorous the law is in all cases where an attempt is made to inspire OUR GALLANT DEFENDERS with true courage , patriotism , morality , or Christianity . They ave attributes before whose influence tyrants blush and usurpers tremble . We may , however , speak of ourselves ; and , again commending the American news to all who are likely to be ballotted as militiamen , we say , for ourselves , without inter ? fering with their taste , NO VOTE , NO MUSKET !

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      The Exilb Elms . - » Important CoKHUNickTioK , — We have received the following letter ;—Please « c « se me troubling you with this letter , but having read in your glorious t itar of December 27 th , that a petition was adopted nt a public meeting held in Rochdale , praying for the pardon of "John Frost , Zephaninh AVilliamSjJohii . Tones , ami William EUis / orparlicipatinp tu an outbreak at Newport , " I am induced to remind our Ilocliriale and other friends , that William Ellis " did not participate tn an outbreak at , Newport , " but that William Ellis was convicted , before Lord Chief Justice Tind « H , Mr . Baron l ' arke , and Mr . Baron Holfe , at a special commission , held at Stafford , October 3 rd , 1842 , "for , on the night of the 15 th of August , 1842 , setting fire to , and burning , and demolishing , the house of the Rev . J . E . Aitkins , of Hanley , " in the Staffordshire Potteries , and of which said crime I am as convinced

      that William Ellis is innocent as that I am writing this letter . I will here state two facts , out of many , that ought to satisfy any reasonable man of his innocence . First , the only evidence that in any way connected Ellis with the fire , was that of a man of the name of Goodwin , who sworo that he " saw him at the fire , that his face was blackened ; yet lie would not swear whether Ellis had a cap or a lint on , as he had only a side view of his face . " Secondly ; since the trial , the following circumstances hare come to light , which , if known sooner , would have completely destroyed Goodwin ' s pamnable lie , and caused a triumphant acquittal of EIHs : —A gentlemen of the nnme of Woolrich , a master joiner and carpenter , who resided in Bursloin , near t » Ellis , and was on duty on thenight of the 28 th of August , 1842 , as a specinl-constnblti at Burslem , Bays

      that he saw " W . Ellis . that he was smoking his pipe that he stood talking with him for twenty minutes , " at the time that Goodwin swore he saw him at the fire ! Mr . Woolrich told me the ' above himself , and that he had known Ellis sixteenyears , he took me to the spot , where h « stood talking with him , and which I declare to be two miles from where the lire took place . I hope I have stated sufficient to spur all on in the good work of asking for a pardon for Ellis , but should any friend or friends require more information rcspectinghis case , by writing to me as below I will cheerfully give it . Hoping you will give this an early insertion in the Star , and begging pardon for taking up so much of your valuable space , I am , dear sir , yours truly , 6 . B . Mart . Boothcn Ville , StoUe-upon-Trcnt , rotteries , Staffordshire , Jannary 12 th , 184 ( J .

      Veteran Patriots' and Exiles' Widows' and Children ' s Fcnds . —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums from Dewsbury : —T . S . Brooke , for the Veteran Patriots' Fund , 10 s ; for the Exiles ' Widows' and Children ' s Fund , 10 s . ; James Vox , for the Veteran Patriots' Fund , Is . 3 d . ; for the Exiles ' Widows' and Children ' s Fund , Is . 3 d . Also , of 20 s . from W . Weir , Hamilton , being " the proceeds of a raflle got up by the members of the Xational Charter Association ( of Hamilton ) , for the relief of the veteran patriots and exiles' widows and children . " And I beg , also , to thank the writers of these two letters for the clearness and distinctness of their directions as to the application of the monies . — . Tiiomas CoorEit , Sec , 134 , Blackfriars-road .

      Distressing Case . —We learn , with feelings of deep regret , that a gentleman distinguished in the ranks ef social reform for the untiring earnestness and cool discriminating judgment of his advocacy of all plans for elevating the condition of humanity , is now labour , ing under a sickness as dangerous as distressing , from the debility of body and bittev yaugs of straitened means . Mr . Ryall is now in that condition , where the sympathy of de nocrats , in personal visits and pecuniary * id , becomes a duty which we doubt not will be generously given by many of our readers who are acquainted with the sterling patriotism of Mr , Ryall . A few of the more immediate friends of Mr . Ryall are activel y engaged in endeavouring to minister to the immediate and pressing emergencies of tho case ; and Mr . Hetherington , publisher , 40 , Holywell-strcct , Strand ; Mr . Watson , publisher , 5 , Paul ' s-alley , Paternoster , row ; with Messrs . Lea , Dent , and Ivory , at their re-» pective residences , will gladly receive any expression of Bympathy , or furnish any information required . We wish them all the success so well merited , and hope for a speedy restoration of Mr . Ryall's health .

      Wm . Bell . —The Executive ' s "Address , " and th « notice from Mr . Stallwood , will answer his wishes . J . W ., New Town , Montgomeryshire . —Any person who joins the Chartist Co-operative Land Society previous to the close of ' the 1 st section , will of course be one of that section whether he has paid up his share or not .

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      MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS . We have much pleasure in confirming a rumour which was current on Wednesday , to the effect that tne lion , tr A . Smythe has been appointed Under Secretary ot State for Foreign Affairs , in the room of Lord Canning , who has been for some time anxious to retire horn the onerous duties of an office which he has filled with much ability and most exemplary attention . Mr . Smythe will now have an excellent opportunity of obtaining an insight into public business , and we trust that the applause which his brilliant success in Parliament has excited will not induce him to neglect those legs showy acquisitions without which no Minister can in these days hope to succeed in obtaining the confidence of the public — Times .

      Lord Canning retires from the Foreign-ofHce but instead of succeeding Lord Metcalle , as it was ml mourn he would m unduntand lie will succeed Lori Howard de Wulden as ambassador at Lbbon [ he Standard says-We have every reason to believe that it has been proposed to Lord Oathcart to succeed Lord Metcalfe , and thus unite in the c ame hands the civil aud military government of Canada The report of Lord Granville Somerset ' s retiraS from office is altogether without foundation 1 ho rumour is revived that Lord Lyudhurst is about to ream . the Great Seal , for reasons Son nected with Ministerial poliev

      It has been strongly rumoured in Westminstc r Ihll s Ktrzasss ^ sa ^ w ^ s-i-iS Sir ^ SWf <» « Lord Chancellor ; asssss

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      MONDAY . Free Trade . —The protectionists and anti-monopolists are marshalling their forces for the grand fi » ht which commences on Thursday next , while the ftmes is directing its thunder at the camp of General Uichmond , the Comniandcr-in-Chiefof the Protectionists . The drilling that the squeezable . county members arc receiving at the hands of their respective constituencies is an awful warning to the Whig party , who vainly hoped to purge the House of Commons of aristocratic influence by the Reform Bill . Mr . E . Yorke , brother to the Earl of Havdwicke , and his nominee for Cambridgeshire , has had the least taste in life of agricultural decency ; for , notwithstanding the commanding influence o » the noble lord , he ha « been hooted , groaned , and hissed for his support of 1 eel ' s tariff , and his refusal to pledge himself against be readers

      further agricultural inroads . Now we g our to bear in mind , that in April , 1842 , when Sir Robert Peel proposed his tariff , that we proclaimed the fact that the farmers would not open their eyes to it ' s effect till 1846 , and that they would not feel the effect disastrously until the autumn of that year . \ V e also stated , that , when it was felt , both landlords and tenants would become levellers , and give to Chartism the character of insignificant mildness—m proof of which , we may observe that the Three-and-. i-Halt per Cents , have had a taste of their quality , a feeler lias been thrown out as to how relief from poor-rates would square with their book , and reconcile them to free trade . The county cess is in the margin of sundries , whilst the most vigorous of the Protectionists demand a sweeping tithe reduction , if not , i total abolition , of the impost . Won't the Chartists be angels as soon as the mild landlords have received the last bite of their MAD DOG !

      The Cor . v Tiude . —By St . Paul the sliding scale goes bravely on ; wheat and all are slithering down , notwithstanding the latest statistical revelations of the Times' foreign arithmeticians , that there is no wheat anywhere to be had for love or money , even if tlie parts were opened . It is the funniest thing in the world to read the philanthropic speeches of Protectionists and anti-monopolists , the one hugging the agricultural labourer to death , and the other squeezing the very puddings out of his operative client , to prepare him for an eternal gorge of cheap bread . However , botli are beginning to believe at last that cheap and dear are relative terms , and that the man is as badly off when the loaf is but twopence as when it was a shilling , if he hasn't the twopence to buy it .

      . . Mo . NEr . Market . — Notwithstanding that the Government Commissioner for the reduction of the National Debt OPERATES , as tho , ancy term it , to the amount of £ 150 , 000 a-weei"f depriving the market of so-much of its spoil , yet the Oregon , the four millions extra for the French navy , the demand of a constitution by the people of Prussia , the state of Ireland , the calling out of the Militia , the deposit of the countless millions for railway operations , the impossibility of customers to pay their tradesmen ' s Christmas bills , and the certainty that the lawyers will have their full whack out of the millions when they are paid , all these little circumstances multiplied produce a conviction of the giikat fact , that we are near SOMETHING , if not the END ; and hence we find all the newest devices of the jugglers failing to keep up prices . Consols are going down , shares are a drug , and Exchequer Bills alone denote the folly of individual confidence in the Prime Minister .

      Trade . —Every available penny that can be scraped together by way of loan , discount , or sale of railway shares , is being applied to manufacturing speculation in expectation of the roaring trade to b ' e derived from free trade . DON'T THEY WISH THEY MAY

      GET IT . Court Circular . —The Queen has been busily engaged in rehearsing her speech for the opening of Parliament during the last week , and we learn with pleasure , that Prince Albert , all the royal nurses , and the dear babes in the nursery , who constitute the Royal audience , have expressed their unqualified approbation of the continued assurances of peace from all FRIENDLY powers , anoTespecially with the confidence with which the vote for the necessary SUPPLIES for the year is anticipated .

      Reform . —The Duke of Newcastle , whose right to do what he likes with his political slaves of the aristocratic class , we neither question nor object to , liag given the Right Honourable Mr . Gladstone his walking paper for Newark , no doubt for having re-joined the Peel Administration upon tho principle of free trade—that is , SUCH FREE TRADE as Sir Robert Peel will condescend to soothe the anti-monopolists with . The " Times" and the Prime Minister . —If there were any two horrors that more than any other haunted our great contemporary , they were those oi

      I . Ciiguism and Ministerial reserve . The League were traitors , and Peel was a tyrant for withholding all knowledge of his measures from his party " " Taupora mvtantur "—the times change , says tte Latin proverb , "«< nos mutamur in Win , " and we change with them , says the Times' proverb ; and hence we now find Leaguism to . be philanthropy , benevolence , beneficence , humanity , Christianity , charity , and godliness itself , while tliemostapjilauded feature in the Premier ' s multifarious character is HIS SECRECY ; an Irishman would exclaim . " Ogu ! wisha thunder aud b—y wars ; is ' nt it a quair world we live in . "

      IRELAXD . Effects or Class Legislation ' , —The reader has observed how many changes fi single death , of a church dignitary , an army dignitary , or a navy dignitary may involve , but we doub t that he has ever seen the almost endless changes that the dismissal of a ministerial dignitary mav entail We'll try to give him a list . The Duke of Newcastle , the proprietor of the houses of the Borough of Newark and consequently the owner and disposer of the votes , has dismissed Mr . Gladstone from the representation of his slaves . The convocation of the collective wisdom is at hand , and Mr . Gladstone bem * Minister for the Colonies , his black and white clients will , of course , expect their advocate to be at his post and , therefore , it is necessary to provide arrainsfc stipIi

      a contingency as a general electios which might entail the loss of the Prime Minister ' s right hand . Mrs . Lawrence , proprietor of the slaves of Ripon has died and has left the inheritance in her slaves to Earl de Grey . Mr . Alphabet Smith , the Irish Attorney-General , istheexeeutovtoMrs . Lawrence ' s will as far as the slaves are concerned , that is lie represents Ripon , and Ripon is the surest refuse ' for Gladstone , therefore , Chief Justice Penneftther Bench Mr Blackburn resigns the mastership of thl Ire vster" wr CCeds S ? ' Grewie succeeds Smith biewster Warren , or Ilenn , or some other copk succeeds Greene , Corballas or Martlev or some o » e for S 2 ltt rf ' solue . r , else " succcc " *• tortuuate iellow , and so go on the changes conseouent uuoii aiuuh-8 resi gnation of the BoroVh of Son uS SriTm " ¦ ? , r ' "ttSS upon i ^ ail de Grey tor tho adontinn nr m .,, i ^ n »

      Tins sort of promotion , reminds us rery fcrdUvrf DubliU J t , ° V Y ° P ^ entbefoSsome iiub . im Magistrates . A party o wags resolved udou & f a ( 1 Uui k a f * r the theatre , « Sd repaired ? 5 2 1 ? cll ° P Vuse ' Oapol-streeti thev were not there very long when the fumes from the STvt one '"? ?^ ° ^ P ^ ff pSSJS and that one of Ins companions was the peculiar cause ot it A iw , of conisc , ensued , and a 1 Tin " implicated except the waiter , J-c wascalled ' upon to state the tacts , and havi .. g a horror , as all the Irish have , or rather used to have , of being a ^ ixfor ^ r ftMdwiOiaseiisoofhBiiiast ^ interc » t , and ? kSici senseothisown honour whea ^ uestionedas to thecau « o ot the row , and pushed as to who was theag-ressor he swore that he heard nothing till he saw SadvTtak ing Mills , Donavan kicking Grady , llooke kickinc Dmiavan Moore k eking Rooke , Shaughncm > y kicking Moore , Ih licrty kicking Shaughncsse / and that he , tho waiter kicked I ' lagherty until thev

      were an hnaiiy kicked out into the street , whereupon the magistrate observed " Why , then itappSrlXt youarotheaggressorafterall . " " Why , thinitobesure lam" was the reply . "Then we fine you a pound" s " vs he magistrate . ' Thankyou , you - honour " is on v three sfiiUimw a piece for the gentlemen , and thev' I p ay it * i tkaU the yens in UieirWs , won't you ver "One Good Tom Deserves Axother » w i . > sisassl S , ? ' ! ot the Mo 11 ' eu "' * , 'Mi * Sv ,, ll ? B ™ the nei Sl'b ° m-hood , ) f carridwnu BHHH ^ - " ----^ " - srtfSSW ES ; ^^ rKSfcrasrss ; come to the rescue with n short gwi , aud sworu h , ' ^ d shoot some of the party if the anus were « otr « ~™ zxftr * s s £ SSr WKfcsS nulsted WT hw . «>»« ' «™« it at the time ) . He requested that the captain would not fire « convenient" to l . e house , elpl , iniug the delfcBte state of JJ » "f" ^ am Atkinson instantl y retired to a distant part of the uot . i . mu attor returning home from his day ' s sport , despatched a uicssviigei' to the hut with many comforts that me poor famil y were stivers to , and called a few days att « v to inquire after tlie patient . On hearing of his

      generous kindness to the poor man , the Mollies instantly returned the anus to Cupttin Atkinson , -And cheered him lustily , promising to protect the { fame for him , and that no person would he allowed to shoot there but himself , The . Mollie . Uhen straight betook themselves away , wishi > : g him long life , aud cheering him as they went alung . — IIVif » Ii <«/< Ir ' nill ' ifwil .

      The Flortheen Star. Saturday, Jaxdart 17,1846.

      THE flORTHEEN STAR . SATURDAY , JAXDART 17 , 1846 .

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      PATRICK O'HIGGINS , ESQ . Is order to leave nothing to doubt or surmise , and to establish the fact unequivocally , we think it a duty that we owe to ourselves , to our readers , to our Irish brethren , and to Mr . O'rlicoiss' to keep the whole case clearly and distinctly before the public Nothing can be more manly , independent , and forbearing than the letter of Mr . O'IIicoins to the Champion , and from its perusal the feeling created in the English mind will be that of astonishment that a people so brave , so justice-loring , so patriotic , and shrewd as the Irish , should have been made so long subservient instruments in the hands of a mere

      juggler , to be used for the destruction of every honest , upright , and independent patriot who would not "Jump Jim Crow" at the bidding of the great showman . Mr . O'IIicoins' besetting sin has been consistency ; not that dodged consistency which rejects truth and adheres to old and exploded error , but that consistency which holds fast to principles which gain strength , by repetition , and become powerful by controversy . The appeal which Mr . O'IIiggins makes to the justice of the English people will not fail of a response , while we are sorry to announce that he sternly refuses all pecuniary aid from the English Chartists , who , he says , will require all

      their own funds to maintain their glorious position in the approaching struggle . Let our friends take heart , however , when we announce to them the glad tidings , that O'Hiooi . vs is not deserted even in Ireland , and that a number of patriots of all classes society have boldly come forward as Irishmen to claim the honour of sustaining him in his struggle against THE PRESS , THE INFORMER , A ° ND THEIR SPIES . Is it not refreshing to every Irishman expatriated by treachery from his own country to learn that the nation has not lost its character , and that patriotism has not yet been banished from the land of the brave by the

      treachery of approvers . Elsewhere wo publish a letter to Mr . O'IIiggixs , which will show that from the persecution , of the martyr will spring ten thousand patriots to avenge the martyr ' s suffering . It is ever so . Tyranny ever fails in the exercise of its lewd power , and the torture that it provides for others invariably recoils upon itself . Last night , at a powerful committee meeting—at a respectable committee meeting of the United Trades and Chartists of London—an address , to be presented to Mr . DuNCOMBE on Wednesday next , was highly approved of ^ with th e exception of one passage , in which the name of O'Connell was mentioned , —not even with respect , but merely in connexion with Mr . Duncombe ' s sympathy for all who are oppressed by the

      law . ihere was a universal burst of manly indignation at the bare mention of the INFORMER'S name , immediately followed by a proposal that the health of Patrick O'IIicoins , and thanks to him for his manly resistance to tyranny , should be placed upon the list of toasts . We wish the Liberator could have been present to have heard the judgment of the English people . But enough . When the time comes we will publish every sentence aud every word of O'IIigcins' trial , if it take three Stars ; and we wilHvy . as far as our poor a ilities serve , to make amends for the treachery of the Irish press ; while the Liberator may rest assured that during his sojourn in England he will be made more familiar than ever with the honoured name of Patrick

      O'Higgiks . Here follows the memorandum of the Liberator ' s spleen . Let it be preserved as a record of his trcacherv : —

      [ Prom the Freeman ' s Journal , Nov . 18 . ] The Liberator . —I next wish to call ttie attention of the meeting to a document transmitted to me by post this morning . It is headed , " Tyrants turning tenants out . " It is a document exceedingly well printud . In it , the strongest possible argument is used to induce the tenants to murdur their landlords ( hear , hear ) . This hideous paper has been some time in Ireland . Some persons have seen it distributed in tlie northern parts of this country at Baddoyle , especially to the labourers employed or the railway . A copy of it came into the hands of Mr . Arkins , who was able to trace it to the person that

      circulated it , that person being a stranger . The moment I saw it , I got Mr . Arkins to go to the ca 3 tle with it to the commissioner of police , and he left it with them accordingly ; and , accordingly , they took not a single step with respect to it tVoai that day to this ( eries of shame . ) Nothing can be worse . I will deposit Hub with Mr . Ray , aud move , "TuAtrr he referred to the standino COMMITTEE , TO SEE If WE CAN TRACE THE AUTHOH OUT , AS TUB POLICE AVD THE GOVERNMENT fEEM TO HE bather idle on THEttJiuECT . " I will not give it to the papers , as I don't like to girc it further circulation . " The resolution was put and carried .

      Again , on the 35 th of Nov ., the Liiieratoe , that is to say , Daniel of Darrynane Beg , " wished to call tte attention of the meeting to tlie fact , that , on that day fortnight , he had felt it to be his duty to denounce a . curtain iufcuious document , a handbill , headed tyrants toning tenants out . ' If proper inquiries had been institutticlihere could not be the slightest difficulty in finding out the guilty authors of this atrocious paper . He hoped that some true-hearted and intelligent man would lay holdW the miscreants , and so become an honest and uruicm DETECTIVE , WHICH WOULD BE A GREAT DESIDEBA ^ M . Last week , he handed a copy of it to the government reporter ; aud the copy which ^ remained , any one connected with the police might have . " College-street Office , Monday , Nov . 24 .

      Mr . Quigly , one of the clerks of the Repeal Association , came before the magistrates , and said , " The document which 1 hold was taken down from the door of Conciliation Hall this morning , by Mr . Thomas Hanlon , who is with me . Mr . Ray , chief secretary , took it to Mr . O'Connell , and he commanded me to bring it to this office to see what course the magistrates would take . " Mr . Tyndall read tlie document . It was headed , " Landlords and Tenants . Tyrants turnine tenants out . " Mr . Tyndall ; " I wish we could discover the author of it . Ifyouhaveawisfttofivid out the author , it is the best way to send it to the superintendent of police . Take it to him to the Castle-yard , and say Mr . O'Connell sent it to him . "

      Mr . Quigly said , "Mr . O'Connell had a great wish to find out the author , " and then withdrew . J ' teemM'i Journal , Nor . 25 . After having read the foregoing , ia it not evident that Daniel O'Connell is the informer ? And this is the hypocrite who affects great sympathy for his poor suffering countrymen , while , at the same time , he hounds on the bloodhounds of the law against any one who attempts to render the poor fellows assistance . How long , O Lord ! will poor Ireland be doomed to plunder and delusion ?

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      TO AGENTS . The papers of several of our agents have been stopped tins week , in eonsequemc of their accounts not being paid . The readers will know to whom blame is to attach . Others write that they give large credit for the Star , and ask for indulgence . We don ' t beliere Hum , and we cannot and will not extend further indulgence , unless our paper makers will receire their I O V ' s as cash , then we'll take as many as they please .

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      PATRICK O'HIGGINS . If we were to insert the several letters that have come to us relative to the treatment of Mr . O'Hi ggins , we should morethanfill the Star . Suffice it to say all brin ' consolation and expressions of confidence ; some bring money , which will be returned ; andnot one that doe * ?? fSSh T \ ° fl'iKhtful h 06 «« ty against the 2 , 2 « £ , ° " , ' lslinlaa writes Una from Mancheiter : « Good God ! Feargus , how I U 8 ed to hateyou , for denouncing O'Connell ; but I love you now Oh ! murder , that ever my hard earned pence should have gone to support an APPROVER !"

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      All repliesi to Mr . O'Connor ' s correspondents have been displaced to make room for the American news of Friday morning , l > fiTmoNs . _ The House of Commons will not receive printed petitions , nor will Ministers nceive printed -memorials ; all must he written ,

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      SPLIT IN THE CABINET . The old soldier again!—Welukgton appears to be the "RED CAT" of the Peei , Cabinet , and having no doubt received significant hints of the withdrawal of the many proxies that he holds in his pocket in case of his acquiescence in any measure calculated to damage the agricultural interest , declared his intention of opposing and resisting an attempt to repeal

      the Corn Laws . Our poor friend the Times , whose activity increases as the time for the fulfilment of its prophecy approaches , must hear of those ministerial dissensions with befitting sorrow . Alas ! what a day Thursday r . ext will be for the Thunderer , and how dates will be jumbled , and how circumstances will coincide , and how WE , —that is , the Times , —will have been right after all , whatever Apollo should send from Delphos .

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      AMERICA . XO VOTE , XO MUSKET ' . Thb news from America—to make room for which we omit our summary of this day's news , as well as much important matter—will be read with nervous anxiety . We are not of the war party , because war is the trade of tyrants , the ruin of democracy , the blight of trade , and the changer of honest industry into lewd and licentious idleness . While such are , however , our own feelings , Tie cannot fail to cherish

      a preference for one of the belligerent parties ; and inasmuch as American Institutions represent our principles , and English Institutions do not , and because our maxim is " measures , not men , " vie give the balance of preference to Republican America . Moreover , the territory which is likely to constitute the cause of war , more naturally , if not more legally , belongs to America ; but beyond this title we should be sorry to see the pimple of a desolating " pox" generated upon a limb , or the smallest member belonging to the great Republican body .

      Wherever class legislation has planted its unhallowed hoof , class distinction has been the invariable result—a distinction marked by idle superiority and industrious inferiority ; and if a cutting from this unhallowed Upas tree should be planted upon a portion of the Republican territory , four times as large as the kingdom of France , with the power and tlie will of British blood-traffickers to nourish it to its extremest desolating growth , it might , and most probably would , carry the monarchical contagion into

      the republican bosom . In our further observations upon this subject , we shall rather deal with the question , as M . Guizot has placed it before the public , and upon which we have already briefly commented ; and taking the speeches , tke resolutions and votes of Congress—the comments of the American press , and the feelings expressed at public meetings , as unequivocal answers to M . Gcizoc ' s threat , we venture a hunt to the Republic , the adoption of which may have the -double effect of sparing bloodshed , and adding largely to the scanty population of that Republic : —

      Let us suppose , then , that France should land a hundred thousand , or any number , of soldiers in Ameriee , those soldiers will not consist of the weak ; or unhealthy ; and the French people being for the ; most part fond of the land , and inured to agriculture , would become excellent farmers . We have always looked to the press as a m « eh more powerful . engine &an the bombshell or the cannon , and very much prefer its use . The moment those Frenchmen land as enemies and usurpers , let them be converted into friends and settlers . Instead of being met by za antagonist force , let them be assailed with a welcome of the following description : —SOLDIERS OF FRANCE ! DO YOU COME TO SHOOT YOUR BROTHERS , YOUR

      FATHERS , OR YOUR FRIENDS , AT THE BIDDING OF A TYRANT ? WE HAVE NO CAUSE OF QUARREL WITH YOU-OUR QUARREL IS WITH YOUR OPPRESSORS . BIDE . THEREFORE , AMONGST US ; FORTY ACRES OF GOOD ARABLE LAND , WITH A LOAN OF 100 DOLLARS , TO BE REPAID IN EASY INSTALMENTS , AS A TAX TO UPHOLD A GOVERNMENT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU , TOGETHER WITH YOUR NATURALIZATION AS SUBJECTS OF A FREE STATE , IN WHICH EJ'ERY MAN ; iS REPRESENTED BY HIS OWjSVOTE , SHALL BE YOUR LOT .

      The Jformno- Chronicle , the property of Sir John Easibope , a huge and unprincipled money jobber , sings a peaceful note through its ,, cockloft American correspondent , lest the anticipation of war should have anieijuiious effect upon the speculations of the proprietor .. Every one of these private letters from America ware written by some hired scribe in a garret in the office of the Chronicle at the bidding of the jobber , and teerefore must be received as such

      Upon ihe other hand , every newspaper coming from America breathes a warlike spirit ; while , as coming events east their shadows before , General Cass , the leader of the war party , and the aspirant for prcsidental honours , it supposed to be actuated in his belligerent spirit by the notion that such course will best insure popular favour . We would , therefore , much prefer drawing our conditions from this concentrated force of public opinion , t . Han from the pliant hand of a pliant money scribbler .

      No doubt some of the merchants On 'Change were forewarned of American feeling , and . hence , we find a downward tendency in all money spi ' . dilations . The propositions to build block-houses , augi uent the navy , and call out the militia of America , tal len in connection with the signs to which he have beft we adverted , can leave but little doubt that a rumpus is at hand , whether Texas , Oregon , Cuba , or Americj ui hostility towards England should be the immediate propelling

      cause . Our readers will recollect that many' months ago , when the money press of England attei . apted to convince us that the American people thei ^ selves would be divided upon a question of war th at wc then stated that whatever the cause of quarrel uiav be , Americans would rally to the cry of " Revengi' •" America speaks of raising a militia of 200 , 000 fre « - men , with homes to protect , institutions to defend , and a country to fight for . England proposes to , raise a militia of 10 , 000 , as substitutes for the GAL-

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      RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERA . TIVE LASD SOCIETY . SHAKES . PER MR . O ' CONNOR . £ 6 . fl Warwick , pev J . A . Donaldson .. .. .. a 14 ( ' ; John tiuilt , Birmingham .. .. .. .. •> i' > < i Wigton , ] iur T . Bell loo Mountain , Queen ' s Head , near Halifax , per John Bates .. .. .. .. „ ., 7 jg q Georgie Mills , per R . l ! ur !; ett .. .. ., r , •• g Halifax , per C . W . Smith „ .. „ i J 5 Carrington . per —Lee io 3 ¦> Oldhain , per \ V . Hamer o u JJ Withain , per C . Fish .. .. „ .. 54 s . lohn Smart , Bromham .. .. „ „ 0 10 0 Upton-upon-Sevcrii , tier IV . Brown .. . oii ' m Bristol , per R . If . Williams .. .. ,, 43 •{ . Alexandria , per J . JMntire .. „ „ 4 jg 4 Kidderminster , per G . Holloway .. .. '> 0 0 Septon , per L . Lot ^ e 2 lo 0 Ciimpsie , per W . Walker .. ., .. 180 Carlisle , per J . Giluertson .. ., ' / , 5 0 0 Leicester , per G . Xoon .. „ „ .. 200 Glasgow , per J . Smith ., „ „ jq j ^ .- > Per Mr . Tordiff , Waterloo , Pudsjy , near Bradl ^ l ¦• ¦• « . ., 13 in i ) Bradford , per J . Alderson .. .. " g jy Hamilton , pev W . Weir .. „ „ " j jg ( l liovhdale , per E . Mitchell .. .. \\ \ q y ( 1 Aslitun-umler-Lvne ., „ " « e 1 , Sal ford .. * ! ' ' 0 0 Bacup " g „ 0 Manchester , per J . Murray .. „ „ oq y Xote . —The snm acknowledged from Boulogne on the < Jrd of should have 01

      January been £ t 17 s ., not £ 3 17 s . 1 ovaJanuary snoiuu nave been £ t 17 s ., not £ 3 17 s . 4 shares . / 3 W 4 - PER GESEKAl 8 ECRET 1 &T . f „ . , , , £ s . d . £ s . d . Birkenhead .. .. 200 Rachel Rowall .. 0 0 0 John Pomeroy .. 014 , s « iOy <> l ( „ Independent Cord- Burnley .. . 9 » « waiuers .. .. 0 IS 8 Todmorden .. .. 010 Camuenvcll .. .. 200 J . Cleave .. .. 0 3 8 Westminster .. 3 15 0 S . Aokernian .. ( 114 Mr . kemla 1 .. 004 Boulogne ' .. „ ' > 4 s George Fox .. .. 2 12 2 Truro .. \ . .. 080 Wnmiigtun .. .. 2 18 0 Mr . Griffiths , New M * 0 10 Town .. .. 4 4 fi CARDS AND RUIE 6 . 3 > tb 2 Norwich „ .. 0 0 (! LEVY FOR TI 1 E LAND CONFERENCE . PER MR . O ' COSNOR . Bristol , per K . H . Williams .. .. .. 003

      TER GENERAL SECRETARY . l ' er Secretary .. 013 Camhernell .. .. 0 1 o Sundcrland .. .. 010 X . B . In those eases where , from the number of the shareholders liemjr limited , it would be expensive to send the Directory Fund of ouu half penny per month per share m a . separate order , it is recommended that it should be sent direct to me in postage stamps . Individuals bolou " - niif to my class , will remit their amount in a similar mauner .

      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE . PER MB . O ' CONNOR . Mountain , Queen ' s Head , near Halifax , per J . Bates o 0 Oldham , per W . Hamer .. .. ., . 0 14 li Rochdale , per C . Shaw .. .. " 1 q < i Campsie , \\ w W . WalUev .. " " J 1 () ,, Birkenhead , per T . Cupin .. .. . ' . 0 lo 0 Boulogne , per 1 ) . Reid .. ., „ . 1 o ( I Hey wood , per 3 . Miller .. ,, ., " n In n Mr . T . Brook , Dmburjr " „ Jo J * ER GENERAL SECRETARY . Mr . Icarcey , Ro- Marylebone ( cards ) 0 1 8 therhithe .. .. 010 Trowbrid ge .. .. 0 fi 0 J estnunster 0 1 a ToW « llnmtet * . Oldham , r . kershawu 0 ( i Mr . Godwin . Oil ) Bit o , J . Tweedale o 1 o VICTIM ECND . Mr . Wells , Tower Hamlets .. .. n 0 c Bkrata . —In last week ' s Star tlie sum of « s . « d was acknowledged from Mr . Geuvge . of Windsor , for t c Lxrles bund mstead of 8 Jd ., and the words ' veeran patriots" m the liwuliiis shouM also have been omitted Thomas Martin Wheeler , Secretary '

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      A . THE NORTHERN STAR . January 171846 .

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      3 , Antrim-place , Belfast , January 4 , 1846 . 6 » , ~ Seeing , by ike Dublin papers , that you are under prosecution for libelling the landlords , I take the liberty of enclesing you a pamphlet , stating the manner in which I was treated by my landlord , the late Marquis of Downshire . I addressed it to O'Connell , in hopes he would have noticed it in public , but in this I was grievously disappointed I If it should be useful to you to make my case public , I shall feel happy ; the statements I have made I can verify by affidavit , if necessary , but my having distributed upwards of two thousand , copies of the pamphlet in Belfast and the county of Down , without any notice having been taken by any of the persons alluded to , is a convincing proof that they could not be controverted or denied . I have still a few copies on band . Hoping that you vail overcome all your enemies , and that the cause of Chartism will be benefited in Ireland through you , I remain , sir , your well-wisher and obedient servant ,

      , Willuh Berwick j ilr . Patrick O'fligginB .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 17, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1350/page/4/