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The Cork Constitution asks , 'Is it true that Mr . O'Connell mil not this year sanction the custcniarj collection ? And adds : — This disinterested determination is adopted because Of i ^ e popular inability to pay , aa < i as the collection would consequently involve the odium , without the advantage , of the extortion , he magnanimously resolves to relinquish it . TJse division anon ; tbe Itepealers , too , is said to have bad some share in forcing on him this act of reluctant self-denial ; for , as one party regards itself as sold , it is not likely to contribute with much liberality , and the old gentleman fears that the falling off in the tribute mightbe appealed to as proof of waning popularity , and nest to money , he loves the popularity through which
money is procured . But will tliere be no collection ? "We doubt it . In days gone by , when teaching his followers ton" laws were to be evaded , lie was wont to boast that he was as canning as a fox . ' The old characteristic sfill clings to him , and . perhaps he calculates that this show of self-denial trill operate in his favour—that in communities like Cork , for instance , the wealthy will say he sha' . l not suffer , ana they will voluntarily originate a subscription . Once begun , the lists will fill ; there is no option—the ' moral power' will force contributions , and JUr . O'Gonnell willreap tiie reward withoutincurring the indignation : is there any thing uncharitable in this surmise ! Remember the man we hava to deal with , and tell us if it is not likely that this very ' speculation' has been passing through his brain .
rEESESTMEST SESS 1 O 5 S ' iXTRAOKDraABT . The Cork papersfurnisb the " deliberations " of the gentlemen assembled in Macrooin for the purpose of holding an extraordinary presentment sessions for the barony of West . Mcskerry , w&icb , as well as being the latest , arc certainly tlie most amusing that have yet attained fame through the columns of a newspaper . Two-thirds of the day having beea ceniumed in fiercely contested battles about the disposal of sncli trivial items as £ 3 . 000 , . £ 5 , 000 , and £ 8 , 000 , one of the collective wisdom of West Muskerry , with a laudable Tiew of putting an end to the wordy wariare that raged without intermission throughout the proceedings , thus interposed : — Mr , J , B . Warren , —Ilcar me—bear me for a momant . I shall now bring this scene to a close—tliere is but one course we can now adopt , and that I propose ; that the presentments ba passed en masse . ( Great cheering . ) The d—1 a thing else can be done .
Jlr . Conl ^ iurst . —I second that ; it is the only course Jeftus . ( Great uproar . ) Sir . J . B . Warren . —Hear me—flohear me for a mo jnent—( great yelling . ) See what a scene yon have here to-day ; lm-fc around yon , is it not utterly impossible that -we can go through these applications dispassionately—¦ that we will be permitted to consider them calmly or quietly i For God ' s sake , then , pass my resolution , granting them all , whatever they may be , and leave them to our guardian angels , the Board of Works—( great shouting . ) I move that the applications pass en masse ; does any one seeond me !—( shouts , ' we do . ' ) Jlr . Ji'C . Olearv . —I second von with all my heart—( tremendous shouting . ) Mr . J . B . Warren . —If yon carry that , you may go home to your dinners ; if you reject it , prepare to stop here for a week—( ytlls . ) Chairman . —Who's for passing them all?—( tremendous shouts of' AH /)
Mr . J . B . Warren . —air . Secretary , bundle them all up , and cut away as fast as you can—( great uproar . ) 3 Ir- J-E . M'Carthj . —I object , I ofcject , I object—( hissES . ) 1 move that we go to the consideration of the applications in alphabetical order , ( uproar ); some of us did not come herefor mere humbug—( groaning , hissing , and shouting . ) Mr . J . B . Warren . —Some of us did . not come here to make speeches ; my proposition is carried , at all events —( tremendous shoming } Mr . 3 . E . M'Carihy . — I'll not give way—( with cries of ' poll , poll , ' and ' no , no , *) Chairman . —Shall I poll 3 Tr . Warren ' s motion ? ( Yes , yes , and deafening shouts of' no , no . ") Mr . J . E . il'Carthy . —I'll never consent to sign myself down a fool . Mr . J . U . Warren . — -Yon need never do that Dr . Baldwin . —Such a proceeding would be stultifying oaisslves —( sells )
Father Kearney . —Is it legal to pass taem in this ¦ na y ? Captain Gordon ., —You may do so if you please ; ' tis as good as any other war here . Father Kearney . —Then away with them —( vociferous yelling . ) Secretary . —If you pasi the presentments in this way , sons of the drainage presentments can be carried out . Mr . 3 . E . JrCartiiy . —It is a miserable subterfuge to defeat the objects of the poor ; to avoid feeding the people —( awful confusion and shouting . ) Mr . J . B . Warren . —I have no application for a presentment for a job , but others may . ( Shouting . ) By my plan I will give all a fair chance . It is eviJent we are mere puppets here—we . have no control—the storm is overpowcrful for as . ( Shouting . ) You are much mistataken if you think you can reject any presentment , and it will in any way come to the same end . All we hare to do is to place our dependence on the controlling power of the Board of Works , who will cave useful works pressed vpoa them by the relief committees . ( Shouting . )
-Mr . J . E . M'Cartliy . —We must check jobs—we must nps-t jobs . Mr J . B . "Warren . —This observation seems to be aimed at me ; now I don't care a fig for it—I can afford a laugh that , for so far as jobs arc concerned this day , I tuink I amituenustinn c ntmaninc urt (/ Shouting . ) C hairinan . — ! cannot stand this anv longer , I must Jeave tie c iair , ( Tells . ) father i « e . —if jou asK for qaietnes ; , I shall get it for yon . ( Here tremenduus uproar ensiled . itr . J . B . Warreu . —Well have it any way you like . For peace sake I withdraw my motion , but in doing so I must say that I am us anxious for the poor as any man , : md perhaps morc so than those who make a parade of humanity ( Cheering . ) Dr . Baldwin . —I'm convinced tlwre ' s no more humane maD than Jlr . Joim Wanen . ( Shouting . ) Secretary . —What ium will you assess ? Sir . Crouin . —Let us fix an amount in gVM .
Sir . 3 . 3 . Warren . —Y < m may , or in mATbus , it will all corny to the same . ( Great uproar . ) 3 Ir . 3 . B . H'Cartfjy . —I propose that £ 50 , 000 be grafted . j Mr . J . B . Warren . —Tou may as well make it £ 300 , 00 u ivbat signifies a nought ? Amidst the most terrific tumult , the applications were taken uji seriatim , anil all read were passed . Fath .-r O'Driscoll ajiplita to build a chapel at Drishane , £ 030 . Br . Baldwin . —I object , ( hissing . ) Father O'Driscoll . —You should be the last to oppose it . Dr , Baldwin , —You should not divert the money from the poor .
Hr . : M . H . "Warren . —Poll it . ( Bah ) . I care not for your hissing—I ' m here on my oath . ( Hisses . ) I ' m here sworn to do my ^ outy . Ifotr it is no pirt of my duty to tax the community to build chapels . ( Great hissing . ) Failicr O'Driscoll . —Raise no discussion here in the face of the people . ( Hissing . ) Mr . II , H- Warren . —Til do my duty , though you hiss me to my house . ( Great confusion . ) Chairman . —It ' s passed . ( 3 houting . ) Pather Lee applied for £ 1000 to repair Macroom chapel .
Chairman . —Well grant it . ( Great shouting . ) Look at the bundle of applications still before me . Dr . Baldwin . —And all the magistrates and cesspayers hare deserted you . Chairman . —What am I to do . Secretary . —Really the thing is too ridiculous to be continued any longer . Chainaan . —Then HI reject the rest . ( Cries of'No . ' ) The Chairman , Secretary , County Surveyor , and Captain Gordon , it being half-past four o ' clock , here escaped from the Court amidst much uproar .
The valuation of the barony for county cess is £ 54 207 " 13 s . lid . The amount granted , chargeable on the barony , was d £ 39 , 5 SC 15 s . For drainage , £ 4 , 300 . The government have refused to advance loans to railway companies . STATE OF THE PBOYIXCES . The intelligence from the south is decided unfavourable . Disturbances of a serious nature have taken place in Glare and Limerick . On Thursday evening , immediately after dinner , a numerous band of armed ruffians , with blackened faces , burglariously entered Fenloe-house , 2 fewmarket . on-
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"Fcrgus , the r- sidence of Mr . Hugh Painter HicUman , deputy lieutenan * , late high sheriff of Clare , and son-in-law of the Lord Bishop of Meath . Having first placed sentinels on the domestics of the house , they entered the dining room , and calling for fire-arms , commenced a mostfurious attack upon Mr . -Hickman , who •^ jj " - fused to deliveruphUmunta complete ^ powered by several blows on his head , when Mrs . n . ckman , fearful of the result , pointed out «^ f" * ££ ^ £ ™^ S £ S 2 ^ ££ ^ £ newed theirbruteia ^ breaking one o { hig rLr ItTs ^ ^ feared that this outrage upon the per . fofo " a country gentleman , in the midst of his own J ?" -, " d rde . is but the first of a series m the coming winter nnd which the general avidity to possess fire-arms will embolden those parties to follow up . The limerick Chronicle , from which the above is taken , also wntain 9 the following : —
"A tro » pof the 8 th Hussars from this garrison proc « e < fed hence on Thursday morning to attend a large meeting *? * c peasantry , which vsas Mil at Latoon , a short distance from the residence of Sir Lucius O'Brien , Dromoland . A strong police force , under Captain Leyne , S . M ., from Ennis , also attended . About 5 , 000 persons assembled at 3 o ' clock , -nrben Mr . Hugh Palliser Hickman , D . L .. Captain Leyne , and other magistrates , addressed the multitude , exhorting them to peace and for hoarar . ee , and assuring them that in a very few days they
would be all « -raployed under the Board of Works . Everthin ^ passed off quietly , b"t the murmurs of the destitute labourers , as they reluctantly dispersed , evinced much dissatisfaction at the delay of relief measures . Ahorse was shot at Blackwater this morning . Last night two sheep , the property of Mr . Standish O'Grady , of Landscape , were killed in the field , and the carcases taken away . The horse of a corn buyer , named Ilogan , was shot at Ballyvally , near Killaloe , for having brought corn to murket . Saturday , a horse belonging to Mr . Robert Frost was fired at and wounded .
ULSTER . Distress is increasing in the Northern province , which , in nrdinarv seasons of scarcity , had been comparatively free from suffering . COUNTY OP DUntlS . Killiney . —A correspondent writes as follows : — On this ( Fridaj ) morning , a number of men , apparently total strangers in the neighbourhood , appeared at the gate of Mr . Smith , of Killiney , carrying spades on their shoulders , and demanding work or money . Mr . Smith , thinking it the most prudent course , gave them some money , when they took their departure . A party of labourers carrying Bpades , appeared before some of the houses in the same neighbourhood ; but the owners , having been apprised of what occurred at Mr . Smith ' s , had taken the precaution of locking their gates .
Dcbus , Oct . 19 . —The Irish Poor-Law Workhouses . —It is a remarkable fact , in relation to the unprecedented destitution now-prevailing in all parts of the country , that only a fractional proportion of the workbonses have the full complement of inmates which they are capable of accommodating . The , total number of unions for Ireland is one hundred and thirtv ; but the number of worhhouses open is one hundred and forty-eight . Only four of those have their full complement of inmates , and those exceed the number ; but generally the workhouses fall so far short of the allotted amount , that they arejcapable of affording accommodation to many thousand persons . Meantime I may mention that the workhouse of Abbeyleix ha * twenty-three more than its number : Scariff and Watcrford each slightly
exceed their number ; and the workhouse of Cork contains 1 , 161 inmates over the stipulated accommo pation . This fact , especially when you consider the repugnance to workhouse relief amongst the Irish poor , is a striking evidence of terrible destitution . But , with the exception of the four I have named , all the rest of tho workhouses , one hundred and twenty-four in number , are capable of affording additional accommodation to a considerable extent . The Ballina ( Mayo ) workhouse , which the guardians threaten to shut up from want of resources , is capable of accommodating 1 , 200 . The number of its inmatei ? , according to the last return , is 1 , 087- In Castlebar ( Mmo ) , where great distress prevails , there are only l'li inmates , although the workhouse is fitted to accommodate 700 .
State of the Coustrt — Although the reports exhibit still increased destitution , there are some gratifying features in the accounts . The public works are commencing in almost all quarters , and the system ot voluntary relief , so well commenced in Kerry , is now adopted pretty generally . In that county an arrangement has been adopted , bv which the local merchants undertake the duty which it has heen attempted to force upon the government . The Tralee Chronicle , received on Monday , contains the following : — ¦
SvrrLT or Food in Tbaxee . —The principal merchants engaged in the corn-trade of this town assembled in the grand jury room , on Thursday , by invitation of the relief committee , to confer upon the best measures to be resorted to at the present crisis . After a lengthened discussion , which was carried on in a most satisfactory manner , the ^ merchants present agreed to sign a paper pledging themselves to make such regulations as should secure to the town a constant supply of grain , and engage to retain a supply of 200 tons each for home con-Eumption .
The Fishery . —We are happy to be able to state that , during the present week , the herring fishery has beea most productive , and that the poor class of men who are engaged in it have met with more success than has hitherto attended their labours during the season . The supply was se abundant , in the early part of the -week , that the price rated at only 6 s . per thousand , and we are also glad to observe a large quantity of other fish in the market . This is a most timely relief to the * poor people of the town and neighbourhood—Galway Ikrcury .
COUNTY OF LONGFORD . Lo . vofobd . Oct . 17—There are in the town at present upwards of two hundred heads of families in need of employment , numbering nine hundred individuals . The Leinster relief committee has been of the utmost benefit to the poor of this parish and Bailymacormick , having , within the last three weeks , disposed of ^ 200 worth of wheat meal , Indian meal , oatmeal , and biscuit , at cost price , and from Gd . to 10 d . per stone under , relievine from four to six hundred weekly . Viscountess Forbes lias not been unmindful of the wants of the poor about New town , having remitted £ 2-5 to the relief committee of Clont ; msb . parish . The public works presented for in the baronies of Rathcline and Longford , in this county , have been set agoing during the past week . In Rathcline three hundred and fifty men are at work , and in Longford upwards of a hundred , and if the weather continues favourable the number will be increased next week . —Longford Journal .
couxrr of watebfokd . Food Outrage . —The Waterford Chronicle says : — Asa man , in the employment of Mr . Walsh , Glenstown , in this county , was returning from the mill with a horse and car , containing a few bags of oatmeal , on Tuesday night last , he was met on the road by a few men who seized on one of the sacks , and after handing the man a one pound note , which they desired him to give his master , they decamped with the sack . One of the reasons assigned for this outrage is on account of the earcitj of meal , in consequence of the difficulty and delay in getting Ihfe cotn of the eovrotry ground .
Etbecocbt , Oct . 10 . —The works on the new line , under Mr . Bgan , were resumed oi Monday last . Thirty men have been employed every day since they were recommenced . The labourers were at first dissatisfied because the work could only ba given by task ; and were under the impression that , however hard their labour might be , their allowance of pay would bs uniform ; when , however , the principle of taslc-work was explained to them they cheerfully undertook the labour , and are earning about 13 d . a day . The labourinsrpoor of this locality are in the same wretched condition as in every other quarter of the land . Those persons whose staple sustenance in every other season consisted of the potato , are totally deprived of the necessaries of life by the failure of that article of support , and many poor creatures are often days without tasting food of any description . Yet their patience under privation is wondrous and praiseworthy . —Ballimuloa , Slav .
TuAsr , Oct . 17 . —The accounts from all parts of the country are somewhat cheering , as far as tranquility is concerned ; yet , the poverty and distress amongst the poor people is great in the extreme . We are gratified to find that peace and order have been restored in districts where heretofore much alarm prevailed . —r «< n « Herald . TnE Ixquest at Skibeheex . —After hearing evi * dence in the case of a poor man named Hegarty , who died of want at Skibereen , the jury found the follow imj verdict : — " We find that the deceased , Jeremiah Hegarty , has met his death in consequence of want ef sufficient sustenance for many days previous to his descease , and that the want . of sustenance was occasioned by his not having been paid his wages on tiic public works , where he ' was employed for eight days previous to the time of his death . " The Clare Journal reports aa follows , from that
county;" Exsis , Oct . 15 . —We understand that a number of labourers refused to work this week at the village of Clare , and in other parts of the country , as they considered the low rate of wages given under the Board of Works insufficient to supply their families at the present high price of provisions .
COCKir OF DONEGAL . The £ veniaff Post contains the following : — Baeost of Rapuoe . —In consequence of an adjournment sine die of the first presentment sessions for this barony , on the Utb ult ., for the want of the necessary preparations , this second meeting was held , pursuant to the proclamation of his Excellency , under the act lOtb Victoria , on Wednesday last , at Lifford , on which occasion the court-house was densely thronged with magistrates , the clergy , the cessjiaycrs , and a large number of the agricultural labourers , many of the latter in extreme want and suffering , which is already strongly marked in tLeir features . It would appear , that having no employment since the cessation of the harvest work , they came there to give living evidence of their destitute con .
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dition , and to signify the urgent necessity there is for immediate employment ; yet after the sessiors sittings for two days , but little has been done—delay is the order of the das , and the people die for want of tho means to procure food . It wouldbe naturally supposed that there had been sufficient'time since the first meeting to make all the necessary preparations ; yet another adjournment has been made till Monday , and ' tis feared still further obs ' aeles will be thrown in the way of expediting the works .
IMPLOTSIEST OS BBATSAOE . It is stated that the government are endeavouring to obtain the valuable assistance of Mr . Smith , of Deanston , in superintending the vast projects for drainage now in preparation in all parts of the country .
MEETING IN FEKM 0 I . The Cork Examiner says : — " We are happ y to announce that a most important , and , we feel convinced , valuable meeting will be held in Fermoy , on Thursday next , at which Mr , O'Connell will attend ; the object of which will be to consider the best means [ of advancing public works in that district , and particularly that most desirable and longagitated work , the navigation of the Blackwater . This , ro far as we can glean from some private letters now before ns , is to be the principal object of the meeting , besides appointing a deputation to proceed to Dublin to lay before the authorities the opinions and resolutions of the meeting . While tho object of the meeting may be thus defined , it is not to be supposed but that the subjects entertained during the day will embrace the present deplorable condition of the country , and the nature of tko remedies provided to meet it , "
FABM LABOUR—THE POTATO CROP . The same paper states : " As the time of early sewing approaches , the cottier and tenant farmers in this part of tho country appear to have aroused from their late inactivity . Within the last few days the process of digging and cleansing out the potato fields , to prepare for the next year , has become general . " Empmtment fob tiie PEOPLE . —The circular road round the park , presented by the magistrates and cesspayers at the late Prespntment . sessions for the city , has been approved of by the Board of "Works , and that £ 1 , 000 have been granted for its completion .
This road will be all spade work , and its execution will afford vast employment to our labouring poor , who are to be daily seen parading the streets , begging for food , but more earnestly for that by which a sufficiency of it could be fairly and honestly procured . The long protracted arrangements in reference to the drainage of the " Park" have been almost compleated , and the work will be put in progress as speedily as possible . Both of these works are of a remunerative character ; the last especially , as it will be the means of converting a large and now useless extent of slab into a place of recreation for our citizens , and of giving our city another claim to the title " Beautiful . "
Kantdrk Union , Oct . 15 . —The board met this day ; number in the house , 620 ; received this day , 200 . The house was intended for 800 ; there are now 20 over the compliment . Ihis is our situation here ; hundreds famishing that cannot gain admittance , still , although we had a presentment sessions , the liberty to tax ourselves , no workis appearing . — Cork Examiner . The Clare Journal referring to the meeting a Dromoland , says : — We are glad , however ^ to be able to state that no disturbance took place throughout the day . Indeed we believe that the elements were much more efficacious
agents than the military , in dispersing the multitude ; for the clouds began to pour forth rain in sutth torrents , that the poor creatures , all drenched with wet , deemed it most advisable to make the best of their way to their respective abodea . Nor did the troops present seem much inclined to relish the imperative invitations which they were daily receiving to visit different parts of the country—invitations to which it was necessary for them to attend , as well in the storm as in the sunshine . They certainly expressed their disapprobation of such journies in no very measured terms . And it is . without doubt , most deplorable to find the country in such a state , that a few notices posted up in different places by some lawless and seditious characters , will have the effect of congregating together such crowds of people , that it is deemed necessary , to the great harassing of the troops , thus to drive them by quick and unexpected marches to one locality after another .
The Clare Journal contains the following importtant announcement : — Her Majesty ' s Government intend to place seed rye , and bnrley or bere , at the disposal of the commissariat in Ireland , and the different relief committees will be supplied with the seed at first cost .
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IRISH FAMINE , REPEAL , AND THE TRIBUTE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOETHERH STAR . Sir , —That the Repeal agitation is fast ebbing there remains not a shadow ef doubt , and the utter recklessness of the association in squandering away the funds at the present time , deserves the severest condemnation , and is at tbs same time most infamous . The subscriptions from London to " Domination Hall , in Dublin , has not averaged for the last six months £ 2 per week ; and will it be believed , that the paid committee in Dublin ii paying an individual , in London , supposed to be at the head of the Repeal movement £ 4 a week for doing nothing ; and that at a time too when gaunt famine bestrides like a Colossus the soil of Ireland . That Repeal , in London , has dwindled down to a mere nothing , thank
God , is most true . The great Whig Repealer , who is now enjoying himself iu the fastnesses of Derr . iyno , ( where he is quietly shut out from the cries of his famishing countrymen ) , must now be fully aware that the Irishman in London will not he sold to the merciful Whigs , like so many sheep . They are now , much to their credit be it said , holding meetings to relieve the wants of their distressed brethren at home . And they are quite wideawake to Dan ' s move of an Irish Landlord Parliament , they would rather that Ireland be legislated for after the fashion of the last forty-sis years ; for God save her from such a Parliament as the Great Whig Repeal Franken . stein would create for her .
Nothing less than a Parliament based upon the principles of the Charter , can serve Ireland ; and then , instead of those who hold the land governing the parliament , the parliament of the united Irish people would govern the land . And it is not to be denied , looking at the present position of affairs in Ireland , that Irishmen are , everyday becoming more convinced of the necessity of such a parliament . And now a few words about the RENT . November is a great month in Ireland for commencing the collection ofthe O'Connell Tribute—well , it is not to be collected this year ; and the reason assigned for its non-collection is , "the great distress that exists throughout tho country . " Who is there so insane as to believe it ! The old bloodsucker knows well it would be what is vulgarly termed " no go , " to get it . If he thought , for a moment ,
it could be collected , not all the Irish distress would prevent him screwing the last farthing from the starving Irish people .. He knows well it is his treachery to the Irish people , and bis country , that compels him to countermand it . The person who for a moment thought that he would have the barefaced impudence to have issued hU mandate for its collection , after having bound over the Repeal question , hand and foot to tlie " Bloody and Brutal Whigs , " and having also stifled the freedom of discussion at" Domination Hall , " would be set down for a madman . The truth is this , the Irish people are thoroughly disgusted with his conduct . The exultation of Little Johnny Russell , at having crushed the Repeal agitation , will know no bounds . Oh that the spirit of Honest Jack Lawless could arise from its cold tomb , and cast one look upon heart-broken Ireland—and to find
her SOLD , SOLD , SOLD , TO DAMNABLE ^ YIIICT GERYi Oh rise , spirit of an Emmett , and rescue your unfortunate and bleeding country from the fangs of domestic traitors 1 But a spirit is moving upon the waters which says , she shall be free ; Ireland but sleepeth awhile ; she will awake like a giant refreshed from his slumbers , when tbe voice of her people * * be heard demanding the rights and priviliges of freemen—not to be refused , but to be granted . And then , and not till then , will that veil of prejudice which it has been the interest of a dominant few to hold up between Ireland and England be removed , and the people of both countries be united in the holy bonds of freedom . Then , to oppress the Irishman , will be to oppress the Englishman ; and both shall be united together for each others ' s good , to live upon the land , and to be protected by tho living spirit ofthe Charter . 1 am , Sir , Respectfully Your ' s , AM EX-LOSDOM EEPEAL WARDEN . Bridge Street , Westminster , Oct . 21 st , 1840 .
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Imsn Famine versus Ubvzal . —The good sense of the Irish people in this metropolis ( London ) is at last beginning to sIjow itself . What raouey they have to spare they will subscribe to a good purpose ; they are no longer to be cajoled by O'Coiiiiell ' s trickery and delusion . As the following will show . The meetings of the Irish and their English friends , to relieve the famine , aro daily increasing . On Sunday evening last a meeting- was convened by the following circular— " Irishmen ! Famine is di gging a premature grave for your friends and relatives iu Ireland—meet at the Guy Earl of Warwick , Gray ' s-inil
Lane ; Mr . 1 ) . Murphy , chairman . Now or never—save them or they perish—four millions want food—a penny may save a life . " The meeting was fully attended , in fact the entire house was crowded ; the money collected amounted to a considerable sum . Mr . Denis Lane , an old advocate of Irish Freedom , suggested to the meeting that means should be adopted , \ iy the Central Committee to obtain a day ' s wages from every Irishman , in support of the Relief Fund . The propsition was loudly cheered , and will be acted upon ; many were the remarks made during the evening , some of which were anything but complimentary to the Irish Thraci « nl \< M > cr .
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Tiijj Baths axd Wasjiiiouser at Masciiestks are increase's ? in popularity : muongstthc poor in that town . On the 1 / Vh instant thore was the largest number of women wai hing than has been known since the establishment opened .
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TIIE TURN-OUT AT KEIGIILET . TO I'HE TRADES OF BRITAIN . Fellow- WoBKMEif . -ATinany of you may be still unacquainted with the cause of our present struggle with our employers , we , the w oolcomberci ot fteij > hley moat respectfully beg to call your attention to the following brief statement of our grievances . Our business , which employs many thousands of men in this part of Yorkshire in the manufacture of worsted goods , has been gradually growing worse for this number of years ; partly owing to the unprotected nature of the business , but more especially to the method of late adopted by the manufacturers of mixing wool , requiring additional skill and labour without giving proportionate wages . These causes combined have injured our trade so far as to " -educe our earnings to about one-half of what they were twenty years ago , and it now takes a good workman to earn ten shillings per week by working extremely long hours .
. . ... , Our employers themselves have frequently admitted that they knew of no body of workmen under the canopy of heaven so badly paid as the woo ! - corobers , but have always told us that nothing could be done for our relief till the passing of the Corn Law and Free Trade measures . On the settlement of these mighty and all-important questions , we waited upon our employers , reminding them of their promise , and moat respectfully requesting them to advance our miserable wages to a halfpenny per pound upon some kinds of wool , and to three farthings upon others . They all , as usual , pitied our condition , but lamented that we were rather too soon , tho Free Trade measure not bavin" got into full operation . We again waited upon them m a few weeks after , when three of them very readilvcomplied , partially , with our request , by grant d
in" a farthing instead of a halfpenny , anpromising that if the others would fellow their example they would give nstheremainder . The othermanufacturers reftisine to imitate the example so honourably set by three of the most respectable of their own body , compelled us reluctantly to adopt the only couras left ;; namely , that of withholding our labour till they complied with our request . Our usual method of doing this kind of business is to take one firm by ballot ; and the lot havine fallen upon that of Mr . Robert dough , of Groves Mill , his combers were withdrawn , and placed under our protection . So determined , however , -were the manufacturers to prevent us from improving our wretched condition , that they entered into ic combination against us , and turned us every man from our employment , throwing twelve or fitteen hundred of us without the means of supporting ourselves , or those we had taken under our
pro-You will see from this brief statement , fellowworkmen , that under ordinary circumstances in matters of wages , we have always supported ourselves , and have been driven to the necessity of appealing to you on the present occasion through being turned from our employment . It is now seven weeks since our Free Trade employers deprived us ot work , since which time we have suffered almost everythins which poverty couW inflict . Not satisfied wu h refusing to employ us themselves , they have used every dispicable means they could invent , to induce others to do the ' same . Instead of meeting us like men , to argue the question in dispute , they treat ub with the insolent contempt of Northern autocrats ^ Eastern desposts , and breathe nothing but their uestarve
termination to either break up our union or us out of existence . This mean attempt to crush men already at the point of starvation has roused us to a spirit of resistance which nothine but tlie most desperate privation can overcome . You behold in our case , fellow workmen , a body of overwrought and half-starved Englishmen , with families depending upon them , struggling with a number of Yorkshire Jews , who declare before high heaven and what is called an enlightened age , that their workmen shall not enjoy the privilege of the animal creation , namely , that of uniting together for self . preserva . tion . To you , then , fellow workmen , we appeal as to our natural allies in the hour of danger . If after this appeal , we are allowed to fall the victims ^ of averieo . we shall submit to our fate by consoling have
ourselves with the reflection that we performed ourduty . We , however , believe that an appeal to the intelligent workmen of England in a case like ours cannot be made in vain , and that you will assist us in teaching the few presumptuous mortals who have dared to insult the character of Englishmen , that they are only exposing their ignorance and folly in trying to carry out thnr scheme . Several ot the towns in Lancashire have kindly promised to assist us , and trusting that the trades and towns throughout the kingdom will lend us a hand in checking ignorance , presumption and avarice , believe us to remain , fellow working men , Yours most truly , On behalf of the woolcombers of Keighley , Thomas Walton , Chairman , JonN Farrar Pickles , Secretary .
P . S . —All communications must be addressed to John Pickles , Low Bridge , Keighley , Yorkshire . The Keighley Cattle-Show . — Heartless Conduct op the LiheraIi Lord Morpbth . —The Keighley Agricultural Cattle Show was as usual a hiijh day amongst the gentry , manufacturers , and farmers . There were a great many extremely fat and overfed pigs , cows , and horses , but a miserable display of lean and starved combers . We find no fault with the exhibition of fat and fine looking cattle , but we think , if some few of our manufacturers who are very fond of raising pigs and poultry , would turn their attention to prizes , for tnose who could exhibit the fattest , best clothed , and best educated workmen , they would be coming a ereat deal nearer the standard of Christianity . Amongst the many
visitors who attended to honour the oceasion was Lord Morpeth , who being member lor West Riding , was looked upon by the woolcombers as the very individual to act as arbitrator between them and their employers . They accordingly waited upon the great man at the Pevo ' nshire Arms , and conveyed to him an address , describing their situation , and wishing him to address the working class in the marketplace . His lordship sent a very polite reply , excusr ing himself by saying that he had onty attended the agricultural meetins by special invitation , and could not think of interfering with the combers and their employers . Three of the combers attended the dinner in the evening , and caused much alarm to some of that party , who apprehended that they had come to insult them by exposing their conduct , and
making Chartist speeches . We are sorry that we cannot give a verbatim report of the speech of the Vicechairman , who introduced his lordship , by all accounts it resembled a speech that had been blown into the air by a bomb-shell , and had fallen down in disjointed words , sentences , and syllables . The principal speech of the evening was made by one of the honourable manufacturers now giving the advance who adverted to the situation ofthe workmen in very humane terms , and he hoped that theother manufacturers would cultivate a better feeling with their workpeople . "His lordship" took leave of the party at ahont eight a ' clock , and was escorted to his
carriage by a number of his admirers . Just before driving oir ^ a manufacturer , far from being admired or respected by the combers , proposed three cheers for bis lordship , which was immediately responded to by the . crowd giving three hearty and tretnendons croans . The fall of November is tlie general rent for tho inhabitants of Keighley , and many of the manufacturers are looking forward to that dreadful period , thinking its near approach must frighten the men to their terms . The combers , however , declared that rent , or no ront , as they have ventured so far they will fight it out , though they should take up their shelter in a workhouse during winter .
Keighley , October 20 . —Ten weeks hnye now nearly elapsed since the manufacturers of Keighley turned nil' their combers fo * tlie attempt to procure tlie small advance afc Clnugh ' s factory , and still no advance has been made towards a settlement . Some ofthe factories aro running onty daylight , while all the manufacturers are at their wits' end to procure lops to carry on business with . We understand that two of the three manufacturers who have hitherto given the advance , have given notice to discontinue it , and to fall to the level of the remainder . Should this prove correct , it will also prove that it is impossible to advance the character of the Kcighiey manufacturers , by inducing them to perform actions of honour and humanity , They always finish off like the swine , by returning to their filth and
wallowing in the mire . The combers , on the other hand , continue , if anything , longer and firmer , and have made up their minds to stnnd all consequences . They appear to have no fear whatever of defeating their employers , providing they can kept their own party from going in , and very few cases of that kind have yet occurred . Last week a comber living at Silsden , about four miles from Keighley , ventured te take a quantity of wool from dough ' s , but what some people would call a just judgment hefel him almost immediately afterwards , for aterrriblc hurricane arose , 9 ome say accompanied with hailstones and showers of timber , wbieh passed through his house and carried away nearly every pane of ijliiss . Tlie man lived in the neighbourhood of a * number of nailmakevs , and it is supposed that the fumes of the fires and hot iron produced the effect . Another similar character , of the Black Sheep species , liad
carried some wool to the same neighbourhood , find on going to wash the filthy article neKt day , discovered to his surprise , that cither an earthquake ov some other mysterious occurrence had levelled the w . irshhousoand carried aw . iy tho rings . To give the public an idea of the conduct and disposition of the lords of the long chimneys in this neighbourhood , we shall just relate one instance whieh happened last week . A very respectable and intelligent wool-comber , who has taken an active part in the struggle , was under the necessity of paying a visit to a manufacturer . Jlis lordship not being at home , his son presented himself , and on finding that the obnoxious individual had dared to pay them a visit on tho business of his employers , he instantly ordered him off the premises , or otherwise lie would kick him oft ' . The comber would have reasoned with him upon the rudeness and vulgarity of lua conduct , but that only exasperated him , and had it not been for his own
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mother and sister he would hare carried his threat into execution , After abusing the man with nearly every term and title to be found in the Billingsgate vocabulary , he at last lamented that their good and trusty old dog , that had bitten and torn so many was not present , or otherwise he swore that he would have worried him to death on the premises . The conduct ot this ruffian proves amongst other things , that it requires a Keighley manufacturer and a bulldog to worry a woolcomber . A correspondence between the United Trades and the combers has commenced , and it is hoped that the whole body will very soon be united with'that association .
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MESSRS . DIX 0 N AND EELL . TO TUB £ DIT 0 tt OF THE NOBTnERN 6 TAB . Sir , —I nni extremely sorry to have to trouble you with this letter , hut the epistle of Mr . Bell of liiat week leaves me no alternative . Inasmuch as that letter docs not tell the truth , which I will now lay before tho public as brieflj as possible , which having done , this shall be the last time I will occupy" the columns of the Star with the subject , oiitentin £ mvself with the honourable propoanl which I made to Mr . Bell to meet Mm before the public in tli « Working Man ' s Ilnll at OWhani , at any time , to make good my every charge .
Mr . Bell , in his Utter of the Cth inst ., endeavours to inako the public believe that I had been unwilling to meet him . Jfe knows it is false . I have nover refused to meet him on fair and honorable terms . He says , "he has written to me repeatedly . " I certainl y received ( I letter from Jfr . Dell , which was so replete with the classic lunguage of Mill Jiiusgnto that I would have considered it a disgraei ) to have answered it . Iu that letter he designated ma a " public liav , " " denouncer , " &e ., is . Ar . d unionist other things , upbraided mo with having del » vcrcd tiro lecture * for a fund which my friends got up at
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the time my eyesight was nearly gone to put me in a way to get my living ! Mr . Bell then goes on to relate certain transactions which took place at a meeting for the " Ten Hours Bill , " at Hey wood , and says that my excuse for not meeting him was that I had thrown the matter into the hands of the South Lancashire delegates , and deliberately states that " to this arrangement I hava never been asked to be & party . " The following correspondence will show howfar this is true , and also show that Mr . Bell was aware of the fact , when he sent the deputation to me at that time ,. In the letter which appeared in the Star ofthe 10 th inst , Mr . Bell says "I have also prevailed upon the Chartist Council to write to address the same request . " By this it would appear that Mr . Bell had put his case into tho hands of the Heywood Council to make the necessary arrangements for the final settlement of this matter , Itt consequence of which they sent the following : — Heywood , August lOtb , 1846 .
Dear Sir , —We are sorry to inform you that the assertions that you and others made at the Middleton meeting have caused much uneasiness amongst the members o £ the Chartist Association of this locality . TV * e are told that what you said as regards the Birmingham Conference being paid by the Tories is false . Mr . Bell is much dissatisfied , and is determined either to make you prove your assertions or retract thrm , or be will placard the town of Hejwood setting you down as a public liar . Signed on behalf of the Committee , James Butterwohth , Secretary . James Milne , Treasurer . F . S . —Please to let us know if you will meet Jfr . Bell in this town and make gsod your assertions or retract them .
On the receipt of this 1 acted as I have ' always done in all questions of a public nature , consulted with the Chartist body , who thought that as the statements were wade before the assembled Chartists of South Lancashire , and not before any particular locality , that in justice to both parties the South . Lancashire delegates should be called together as soon as possible , I , therefore , wrote to the Heywood Council to that effect . On the " 26 th of August the post brought me a letter from Mr . Bell and one from the Council . This is a copy of ifr . Bell ' s : — Mills Lane , Heywooa , August 24 th , 1846 .
Sir , —I am exceedingly surprised that you should so long delay returning an answer to the application made to you by the Chartist committee of this town . You made certain charges against me at the Middleton meeting , they have requested you to come here and prove them . Why do you not come , they will pay your expenses ! If you have proof it is your duty to give it . If you have no such proof , you had no right to make the charges . My opinion is , that you told a wilfuX lie , and that there were parties with you who knew that you were telling a lie . If you have the proof , I challenge you to come here and give it . I am , Sir , your ' s truly , Wm , BsiLi Te tbat letter I replied , I knew of no correspondence with the Heywood Council that I had not answered . This is the letter from the Heywood Council : Heywood , August 25 th , 1840 .
. Sir , —I received and laid your letter before the Hey . wooi committee . The following is the resolution : — " That we agree to the South Lancashire Delegate Meeting be called together as soon as possible to settle upon the time and place for the discussion , and would recommend the said delegate meeting to be held at Oldham . " Your's , on behalf of the Heywood Council , James Bottebwobth , Secretary . I also received from Mr . Bell the following , notwithstanding hie statement that he was " no party to the arrangement . " Heywood , August 31 st . Sir , —It appears from your letter to the Heyrrood Council that you are desirous that the County CoudciI should have something to do with the difference betwixt us . I am willing to meet you at Oldham on Sunday next and there make arrangements for you to prove the fou ' assertions you made at the IHddleton meeting . 1 Your ' g respectfully ,
Wh , Bell . * P . S . —You state to the Heywood Council that you will pay me for delivering the two lectures for your fund , and request them to send yon word what they pay me for two lectures . If they have not done so , allow me to say that I should have charged five shillings for that business , and one shilling I gave to the subscription makes sir , which I hope you will remit me on the first opportunity . —W . B . This ^ correspondence I laid before the Observation Committee , who immediately agreed that the delegates should meet at Oldham on Sunday , [ October 11 th , as it was not possible that they could meet before , and gave notice in the Star accordingly . I , therefore , leave the readers of the Star to judge of the truth of Mr . Bell ' s letter .
When the deputation called upon me in the room » when the meeting was over of whichhe speaks , I replied , "No , it is not right tbat I should do so , inasmuch as with the consent of the council , and all parties , the case is notv in the hands of the County Council , who are called together through the Star . At my lodginpc , the deputation said that I had promised to meet Mr . Bell in Hevwaod . So Mr . Bell says in his letter of the Star of last Saturday . But he ought to have given the whele of the statement . In reply to this Statement of the deputation , 1 saia , "Tes . " Mr . Bell challenged me to discuss the merits or demerits of a certain document drawn up by the parties attending the Birmingham Conference , and to prove that
it was not in accordance with the principles of the Peopie's Charter . In answer , I said "No , Bell , I am not fool enough co take upon me to discuss the merits or demerits of a document , I have never seen But I will tell you what I will do , I will meet you before your own townsmen , and prove to their satisfaction , that the parties who paid you for drawing it up will not pay you for advocating the principles of the People's Charter . And if that is what he wants , I will stop until to . morrow night . " I remained in Heywood until the following morning , and if that was what he wanted he could have had it . This fact should not be lost sight of ; the document he wanted me to discuss was not printed Until three weeks after the Middleton meeting took place .
Let me ask if Mr . Bell is able to prove that I made false statements at the Middleton meeting . Why did he not do it ? Simply because , as he told one of bis friends in Heywood , "that lie did not know where the money came from until the Sunday that Mr , O'Conner opened the New ( Hall at Manchester . " When I suppose the paymaster told him that it was not Protectionist money . In fact , we met before the South Lancashire delegates on . Sunday last , and were prepared to enter into arrange , ments for the final settling of this matter upon equal terms . And there , too , he said , " he did not know whero the money came from , all he knew was , that he was told
it did not come from the Protectionists . " I , therefore , leave the matter with the intelligent readers of the Star to judge for themselvas whether a man would go to a conference , at a distance of near 100 iBiles , and not know where the money came from ! He , however , would not enter into the question before the delegates , nor allow them to adjudicate upon it ; in fact , nothing would do for him but I must meet him ia Heywood . I proffered to meet him in Oldham , which was neither Heywood nor Manchester , and near an equal distance from both towns , were there was a ball that could accommodate the public .
I paid him sis shillings in order that I might not be again insulted with his palaver about my obligations to him . And now as there are no financial matters betwixt us , we are on equal terms , and still stand by every assertion I made at the Middleton meeting . This letter has necessarily run to a great length , but in justice to myself and the cause , I have been compelled to give a full bistory of the thing . The truth of this letter is well known in Lancashire , and had it not been that statements apart from truth had been made hi the Star , I would not have troubled you on the subject , I am , Sir , your ' s respectfully , y \ ' u . Dixotf . Manchester , Oct . I 3 th , 1646 . [* Mv . D . xou's letter was received last week , but exc ! u « ded through want of room . —Ed . N . S . I
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tion of a horse for sale , by a new auctioneer , named Jacobs , in Demerara , almost out-rivals the liveliest sallies of George Robins : —A strong , staunch , steady , sound , stout , safe , snug , serviceable , strapping , supple , swift , smart , sightly , sprightly , spirited , sturdy , shilling , surefooted , sleek , smooth , spunky , well-skinned , sized , and shaped , leather-colour Horse , of superlative symmetry , called " Sir Tatton , " with small atar and swift , square-bodied , slender-shouldered , sharp sighted , and steps stately , free from strain , sprain , spasms , spavin , stringhalt , staggers , strangles , seeling , sellander , surfeit , seams , StnimOllS swellings , scrrances , soratchts , splint , squint , scarf , sores , scattering , shuffling , shambling gait , or symtoms of sickness of sort
any . He is neither stiffmouthed , shabby coated , sinew shrunked , spumOU-d saddle-backed , shell-toothed , slim-gutted , surbated skin scabbed , short-winded , splay-footed , or shoulder slipped ; and is sound in the sword point and stiflejoint , lias neither sick-spleen , sleeping evil , setfast , snaj ^ Ie teeth , sand crack , subcutaneous sores , or shattered hoofs ; nor is sour , sulky , stubborn , snriv . or sullen in temper ; neither shy or skittish , slow , slucsish , nor stupid : he never slips , strips , strays , stalks , starts , stops , shakes , snivels , snuffles , snorts , Stumbles , and seldom sweats : has a showy , stylish , switchtair , and a safe set of shoes on ; can feed on stubs , straw , 6 eage , corn , or Scotch grass ; can carry ten stone , with great speed and long strokes . Upset price low .
Public Records . —During the last week a very large collection of the Admiralty records have been removed from the stores of Deptford Dockyard , whero they have long been deposited , to the White Tower in the Tower of London , and so numerous are they , that Hiey fill not only the great countil chanioer , but that interesting speef ' men of antiquity , the Norman or Cscsar ' s Chapel , one ofthe finest remains of military ecclesiastical structures in the kingdom . They extend in nearly an unbroken series from the time of Henry III ., and those relating to the preparations made for repelling the invasion ofthe Spanish Aravmada very numerous . The Haydos Fiwd subscription has now reached £ 2 , 200 .
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AN IRISH REPEALER'S DEFENCE OF THE CHARTER . [ We have much pleasure ) in giving insertion to the folio wing excellent letter , from an Irishman , which was refused insertion in that " essentially IrisU" Janus-faced journal , the Nation . ]
¦ T » THE EDITOE OP THE NORTHERN BXAB . Sir ) The following is a copy of a letter which I sent toDuffey , of the Nation , but that worthy who professes to be a stickler for " free discussion" would not condescend to give it insertion , nor even to acknowledge its receipt . Please to find a place for it in the columns of the only organ tbat bas strictly advocated tne pure principles of democracy , since the Northern Star , the Press , and the Union Star were put down in Ireland , previous to the insurrection of 1798 . by ths infernal government of that day . It is nonsense for the working people to expect justice from either the old or young Ireland party ; In a word they are " rogues , all . " Yours respectfully , MIOIIAEL SEGRAVE .
TO THE EDITOE OF THE NATION . Sir , I rejoice to learn that you have succeeded bo far in bearding the despotism ofthe Loyal Aristocratic Repeal Association . As you are on the side of free discussion , I hope you will give insertion to this letter , in repl } to some editorial remarks that appear in the columns of your journal , and by means thereof grant me the privilege to express my sentiments through the medium ef the Nation newspaper . Ireland has , for a lengthened period , waded through , aa ocean of political
inconsistencies , unparralellcd in the world's history , owing to the spurious teaching of O'Connell and the liberal presses ot that country , so much so , that men scarcely maintain an opinion for one week together , co » - tinually changing like weather-cocks , and , I am sorry to say , thnt it is rear to find any genuine patriotism in that land that gave birth to so many of natures noblest heroes . But although my countrymen are so far behind in the march of political knowledge , yet , I hope , the day is not far distant when men will have to be sincere as well as determined .
The following appeared in tbeNafionof August 35 th , 1816 : — " We have received a printed addreSB from the Chartists of Eugland to the Irish people , with a request that ne sheuld insert it in the Nation , we desire no fraternisa . tion between the Irish people and the Chartists , not on account of tho bugbear ' physical force , ' but simply because some of theirfive points are to us an abomination , and the whole spirit and tone of their proceedings , though well enough for England , are so essentially English , that their adoption in Ireland would neither be probable nor at all desirable , between tts and them thtre is a gulf fixed , we desire not to bridge it over but to make it wider and deeper . ' !
Sir , as you . are a professed advocate of freedom , I should like to know what is your definition of the sacred word , or what kind of liberty yon are prepared to demand for the people of Ireland ? If your views are wound up in a repeal of a single Act of Parliament , and that you speak the national mind , then I blush for my degenerate country , loDg has the toiling millions been duped by every species of humbug auitation , each having for its object the elevation of the middle classes in the scale of society , but not one solitary measure bas been brought forward , calculated to ameliorate the condition of the suffering poor . They have the consolation to witness the Catholic
oppressor occupy the place ofthe Protestant tyrant , and that constitutes their share of the "bloodless vistories , " accomplished by their " Liberator" and "Patriarchal Patriot of half a century . " Tha working classes must be the veriest fools in existence if they lend their assistance to any agitation for the future that has not for its specific object , the accomplishment of pure unsullied liberty which is a domestic legislature Independant of the British Minister and based on the principles contained in the Peoples' Charter . Anything short of this is not qualified to protect labour from the avericlous grasp cf capital , and consequently is but " a mockery , a delusion , and a snare . "
I now wish to draw your attention to an article that appeared in the Aatton of the 26 th of September , headed " United Irishmen . " In commenting on the immortal patriot , Thomas Russell , you ssy : — It was in the interim of his return and appointment , that we have seen him in Tone's box of a house . Tone and he were inseparables , in tbat summer of 1790 , with the rippling waves of the high tide whispering at their feet , these two great souls looked at each other , then , and there were matured the principles of patriotism and nationality for which they died . "
What a mighty change has come over your dreams ; thoat ? " points" that to you were an " abomination" the 15 th of August , as . if by magic , become 3 " the i > rin _ cipIeB of patriotism and nationality " on the 26 th o * September . I have before me a history of Ireland written by Alston , in which , he states tlie principles of tho society of United Irishmen , that Russell wag mainly instrumental in forming , to be as follows : —• " In the plan which they submitted to the country , they proposed tbat the Parliament should be annual ; that the whole king , dom should be divided into three hundred electorates .
all as equal in population as possible ; that neither the elector nor the representative should be disqualified by want of property , but that every man twenty-one years of age , and possessed of hirreasoning faculties , should be entitled to vote , provided he had been resident in the place during the last six months previous to tbe election , and that to be qualified for a representative , it was only necessary to be resident within the kingdom , to hold no place nor pension under government , and to be of the full ago of twenty-nve years , and that each representative should be allowed a reasonably salary for his attendance in Parliament . "
These , sir , are the principles of the brave patriots of 1708 , and these are the principles adopted by two hundred and seventy delegates of the Irish Volunteers that met at Dungarvan , in the month of September , 1780 , and those are the glorious " points" ofthe Charter , which are to you an " abomination . " I can easily understand O'Connell ' s motive for calumniating the Chartist , but I am at a loss to guess what reason you have to find fault wilU the spirit and tone of their proceedings . It ttannot be for ousting the base , brutal and bloody "Whigs at the lllSt general election , nnd thus preventing the Irish trnitors continuing the sale of their unfortunate country for government patronage ? In it for sending a petition to the House of Commons , with three millions and a half of signatures , in favour of a Repeal of the Union , and
another numerously signed against tbe damnable Coercion Bill ? Is it for meeting the Government threats against Ireland with a complete negative , and telling the iron Duke " trumpet tongued" that if he dare draw tho exterminating swoi'd on the Irish repealers , away went the Chartist scabbard ? Is it for breaking through the accursed national and religious prejudices of centuries , destroying the evil effects of Orangeism in England , and creating a friendly feeling between the Sason native and the Celtic eiiles ? Or is it for nobly sympathising with the oppressed of every country in the world ? Those proceedings instead of meriting your censure are highly woi'tby of imitation , and I can assure you that I , as on individual , look with sovereign contempt on the
professing patriot who cannot extend hie views beyond the nuTC limits of liis own country . I will admit that self-preservation is the first law of nature , but yet the real philanthropist will rejoice , and , if practicable , lend his assistance , to the growing spirit of liberty , no matter what the colour ofthe people , the creed they professor the coun . try they belong to . Ah , sir , were the leaders of the Irish people sincere in their profession of patriotism , and had the regeneration of their oppressed country at heart , dill they possess thn expansive mind , the noWu virtues and genuine patriotism of the heroes of 'S 8 , they would bridge over a thousand of your gulfs if necessary , to shake hands with the democracy of any country that offered their assistance in bursting ; tho accursed fetters that has bound doivn their native land for so
innny centuries , In conclusion , I wish to observe , that I entirely concur in the feeling cxprussed by thousands of Irishmen on this side ofthe channtl , not to support any agitation that lias not for its object tbe accomplishment of those glorious principles for which Tone , Russell , and thousands of brnva heroes shed their hearts' blood , and which is to be found set forth in the document entitled " The People ' s Charter . " I am , Sir , an Irish exile and a Chartist , Bavnsley . Hichael Segkave . ?
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^ ¦ ¦ — .: Z ! — Tonx-our of iabourers . On SaturJay all the labourers employed on the new Munpct-road , in Limerick , struck for an ad-• vance of wages . The sum paid was lOu * ., but the workmen estimated their services at nearly double ¦ value , or Is . 6 d . The latter k paid in several districts where incn are put at task work . The Cork Constitution says : — Thursday morning the ringleaders of tlie labourers who had turned out at Yonghal for increased wages , again musttre J , and refused to work for tlie prescribed wages , 1 OJ . per flay- They marched through the town with their spades and shovels , out to the country , and halted near Gartroe . Their object was to inducethi : labourers , from tbat parish to accompany them iato th « town for
the purpose of intimidation , fimiins thev could n .-t rucceed tluy slunk back into small parties . Oh Friday xnorninsr , Mr . Curtin , the overseer of the Board of Works met a large number of them on the Korih Commons , and sho * v « l ti « atit was impossible for him to depart from Ae orders laid down to him by the Board ; bat that lie - < cW . il rmplaj them ty contract , to which they asteed meKt willingly , and immeaiately pot to work , and irom the rate at which they were getting on , no doubt they -will earn over Is . per fiav by task fo > k . Tlie other labourers have = dso consented to work , mm the docks trill \ K cleared ia a proptr manner , as over 103 meu win be placed there , with suitable wages an J sangwaj * . All bow promises to beqaiet and orderly , if more wor ^ be provided , as several are still unemployed .
TrrrEiUKT .-Ata presentment sessions held for the barony of Clanwilliam . Air . Hunt , tiie stipendary magistrate , stated tbat he had to inform the magistrates that two ofthe stewards , whe had heen plaosd in the charge of public works in this barony , Ii i d lately been attacked . One was tired at openly ; x . ne oiher where he lodged , at Donehiil ; there were foar shots fired into the room where he was sleeping . THE XATIOSAL TRIBUTE .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 24, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1389/page/6/
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