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ji w ! aiB Btt ., H » . -4 . y ? ' » . . .... ^ JJh ASD IRISH REPEALERS . A CHALLENGE . THB FBI " 0 F TKB KoaTHSBX STAR . 10 \ s the A o /« a newspaper refused to pub-S ^ "T ' tter whicb I herewith enclose , and as I $ Jm * ° la ? h befae tbe ^ P * of En S l < md , I ^ o bliged bj yonr giving Jt a place i > the js ^ " Respectfully yours , Patrick : O'Higqiss . , . " - ^^ D IRISH REPEAL ^
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< E 0 W TO MPEAL THE UNION ?' 'Ay , / fere ' s ihe rub * TO THE EDITOR OF THB NATION . Cfl __ When I saw the letter from Blessiagton , I ' Ternist' r ' nh the above admirable query C ' winning of it ; I began to hope that I US see that for which I hare been long and ^ Llv looting for , namely , some feasible plan to eStf * Ualon / iffe q ° i te trae ttat sP ^ hing at Conciliation \ . co llecting money ; and getting Repealers , red-^ Concilia tion Hall Repealers , into snug cozer L nndcra government hostile to Repeal-will not Ijgal the Union . ^ or correspondeat , « Tendst * appears , to my ^ B ndastanding . tobeasfar from l aving down Cpl » n to Repeal the Union , as the most brawling
gbon , either lay or clerical , belonging to the Cond on Hall delusion . There is an excuse for a jjjan who has no other mode of making out a ^ anous subsistence thaa by deluding his conntry . 5 fl through the medium of fulsome disgusting hajjjjna , sponted hebdomadall y at Conciliation Hall ; jjf there is no excuse whatever for a clergyman ijtoif intha delusion , every one of whom know j $ t well that tha sole object of the leaders of j ^ , fromitscommeicementin 1830 tip to the jggjt hour , was to get money from the people and ^ from the Whigs . Such , of the Catholic ^ jroflreland as have joined the Repeal Associ-^ o can be looted upon in bo other light than in $ of having countenanced and assisted to propajjtlss political delusion upon their poor confiding
Sow I am neither a Young Irelander , nor elce an p Oiairelander . bnt I am a Repealer . And , alm do not intend joining the . Confederates or IS 35 Irelanders , yet 1 . do believe that they are jjiously aad honestly desirous to effect a-Repeal ^ the Act of Union , and to see a parliament in Colg Green , which , bear in mind , are two very dis-^ things . The Union statute may be repealed , jibout having a domestic parliament , as a neces
# constqnence of the mere act of Repeal A new I t of Union might be passed . There is a popular pss upon this great question . A Repeal of the g of Union does not involve domestic legislation £ l shall not pursue this lme of argument further ' jlpreent , as it would lead me away from the ohjjjj of this letter , which is to show that Ternist , ' A scgb a good writer , hag propounded no plan to tua the people' How to Repeal the Union f He jjects to the plan proposed by 'fliberaicus . ' viz .
• Register , purchase land , create voters , secure 155 Repeal membera . ' This , he says , is very good jjiti way , but it requires time and money , much cae and much money . He also says , « that we can sj&er afford the one nor the other . ' It appears , or should appear , fr-m the very nature , j ti 2 objection , that * Tentist' lias some plan of jg&L which will require neither time nor money & schicve the end in view . And what is this p : Bad as the old delusion was , that proposed jj' Ternist' is fifty-fold worse . fiere it is : — 'Repeal the UnionwithEngland ' s -Q , tfpossible ; i f not , mthmt it .
Saw , good sir , is this the sapient plan -which repes neither time nor money ? If so , why not any it into immediate effect ? liter having proposed this profound plan , ae bs—1 st . ' Are there any rational means of winning the eat cf England to the repeal of the Union Act ?' Sad . ' Have any means yet been put in operation , bathe first utteraace of the word Rep 8 al , to the sent day . tendingin the slightest degree to lesson a objections of an Englishman to the Repeal ?' &uns latter question he boldl y answers , ' none , licever , I am fully convinced ?'
fray , now sir , permit me to ask yon , by what m = s of reasoning , or through what medium , have ja arrived at this conclusion ? Upon what autfceej do you presume to make this unfounded asserfei ? Is it because that you arc fully concced that you have made no effort to ra- 'England , ' as you say , to'the Repeal of the fcion Act , ' that therefore bo one else has ? Verily ^ premises are worthy of the conclusion . Watts ii Whateley may hide their . duninished heads after ix specimen of Blessington logic Ihat do you mean by winning the assent of Engfe 3 , and lessoning the objection of an Englishman to tepcel ? What , Englishman ? Have yon ever seen Abdel-Kader ? If yon have not , it follows , therefore , wording to yonrlogtc , that nobody eliehas .
Where have you been during the last ten years ? Ssrely , a public writer , even usder a fictitious name , aajht to know something about the proceedings of tea whose assent he professes a desire to win to Ss Repeal of the Act of Union . But as it appears jsiknow nothing of the matter , just let me take Jim by the arm and enlighten yon a bit , in a friendly , lift , way . It will do yon good , and perhaps have fe salnlaiy efiect of inducing you before you write sen , to learn something of the subject on which Msrite .
Be it known to yon , then , and to all others whom a say concern , that in August 1839 , two milli 9 ii 8 ci fiaSshmen deputed a missionary to this city with Stinuiiens to tender their assistance to the people tf Ireland , to obtain a Repeal of the Legislative foion ; that the name of this missionary was Robert liwey : that a meeting . of the . citizens of Dublin * a duly convened by public placard , to bear ibis festleiuan tender the co-operation of two millions , of Englishmen to effect a Repeal of ( he Union state ; that instead of hearing this gentleman , as the t&tns were bound to do by the well-known laws tt'driased society , they assembled in vast numbers ,
Sikiur before the time appointed for holding the Easing , beat and abused the missionary , tore his ¦ jttnfces , and otherwise maltreated him ; that the i Repeal dupes were instigated to commit this base * sd Lrutal outrage , by T . M . Ray , the Repeal secre-! 'ay . Tom Arkins who led the assault . on the occasion , ;| fcd our present redoubtable City Marshal ; that Lord j Jlirington then Lord lieutenant of Ireland , pute l ^ ftkanked these worthies , for their manly and l ^ iri oiic achievement ; that when a hearin g was f i - ^ tuentfy sought for at a Repeal meeting in the ^ C « a Exchange , the patriotic City Marshal , Mr - ; Iboxag Reynolds , who has since had his reward ,
^ Q ; 'Jhat no missionary should tpeak at that meet-Mvnkuieifnaviifirtt thaw hit ertdeaiials , and ] fat then he tcould le taken into custody end lodged . U Xiwgale , where he might rot before any good : Iritfmim tcould visit Ami' that after all this dis-? : ceful conduct on the part of the soi-disant Bef ^^ i the generous , forgiving , and liberty-loving Fopl e of England , petitioned parliament to the * obsr of 3 , 500 , 000 , which is more than the whole j ? ak population of Ireland , for a Repeal of the tffion .
I am sure , sir , that yon have the candour , and the Storage to admit that you are more enlightened now , " 8 tt when 1 took your arm a while ago . But lest there should be any mistake or doubt jSpeclhag the hearty good will of the people of j&lhsd towards the people of Ireland , and their j-jkrent iOve of justice and fair play . I hereby chal-^ s e TOn , or any one else , to a discussion of a Reftfl of the Act of Union , in any part of England !« & you or they may choose—Exeter Hall , if you ** &' The meeting to be an open one , and one forty ' s notice of it to be duly advertised and pfe-*? fcd ; and I undertake to pay the whole expense « &e meeting , and your expenses there and back Y Dublin , ihoold the meeting sot affirm the follow-* 5 resom tion ; provided always that you pay all * ° * i apenses , andehar »« inHbe event of the
reso-^ oabeing affirmed . Resolved : — . Jttt in the opinion IthUaeeang , the Act cfTJmon I J- 'feen Great Bri «» lnand Irdand « u . Wonght about ! * y «> e meet tjge , bloody and ttrntal meun ; that it ia »! i r * * ^ grienrai iojary on the p * opl « of Ireland j and [ , " con ferred no richt or benefit onthep « ople ofEng : *«*; that the W * people are juiUy and rijhteously ; ^ elto » a ^ pwl 6 f the Act of Unson ; and that "oaa but the E « g , lords , and Commons of Ireland f *« M oak * fcwifer Ireland . That the Irish have ^ ro ^^ pitaiaefl gna ejpatruted from their n * . ^ lsnd b jr thebereditaryopprMSors of the people of « SUna that saineere hearty , and cordial union be "• VfrcKu hencMrforta aadfor ever , e 3 Ubluhed between ^• PM pfcof Engl an d « nd Irelacd , for the purpose of ^ throning tjiaony » nd oppresijon In both countries , j i-ewarhigdomeitlclegljlaUoB based upon tbe com-I **" Powtp of the people over their representatin s . v Patrick O'Hisgiss . - ^ o . l ^ Xortti Amiwtreet
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A TO 1 CE FROM TIPPERAkY . iBianwnL stm cf ihk coo 5 irt .-- ha * ke » * a ™ - »« . nru ^ t -wiSRij : For some wirS wffi ^ fe ^ ^' , ¦ HM iiS ^ V FS ar ^ 'Stts forms the sum total oi their intentions towards Ira A TOIGE TI ^ al ^ -
M 2 liJ » **? & * w often ask ourjelves , Are her Majesty ' s advisers mad ? or if thgy be wise , da they lookuponnslruhmen « foals ? ' Thebeatproof , at aU of their being governed by one feeling or other « evinced m their determination to introduce a Coercion Bill for our future comfort . A Coercion Bill , forsooth J Well , ' tis singular how Ministers can reconcile it with the duty they owe the constitution and their sovereign , to attempt the violationof we privileges which the former guarantees to , and the latter swears to maintain for her people , and on the suppression of which it is only natural that they should forswear allegiance . True ! This country is in a very disturbed 9 tate , murders are perpetrated openly and fearlessly , livery good member of society must deplore sueh barbarity , but will they * before caUiBg for a Coercion Bill , trace the effect to its cause ? Let them sav
Murders , doubtless , are committed ; but surely there must be some cause for it , as human nature is not so depraved as to revel in crise for pleasure ; and then let them , if they find grievances unredressed , first removethem , and see what « ffect it may produce in tranquillising Ireland . But let them not attempt to coerce ns until , at least , they remove our manifold wrongs and persecutions . We are the descendants of a disinherited , proscribed race ; oar fathers were deprived of all their rights and privileges ; \ re inherit their sense of wrong , we feel what tHey have been made to suffer , and they have left ns a legacy of evils to ba atoned for .. Let us not be famished with pretexts for taking vengeance , let ns net be supplied with causes to avenge our fathers ' murders , spoliations , and robberies , perpetrated on them by ruthless tyrants—the generators of the begjpred servile crew , who would now setk to goad us into madness .
- -Let it be recollected that so long ^ as the . causes which produce murder ba not removed , so long have government no right to coerce ua . They ' starved two millions of our brave and hard / Milesian race , and twe millions more ef as true and brave ' men would have met the same doom ,, had . it . not been for the generosity of the Exglish . people . I . ' . They robbfi ns of enr means to live , in refusing , . meaas to reclaim onr waste lands , and bring into play the available resources of our country . . They insulted us , and called ns idle , thriftier sots . All this , and more we bore in patience , but let them attempt to coerce with ns , and to will see , can they calculate on our dastard submission to tyrants' will . No ! wo will not . bear coercion , it smelb too much of 'Russian
serfdom ' it ' s tinctured too much with penal times . Better die a freeman thaa live a slave . But no ! right will triumph , and before we hand ourselves ever to the { executioner many , a noble fellow will pour ont the last drop of his heart ' s blood , —many a sword will 03 dyed with the crimson gere of a ruth ! es 3 tyrant , aad many an executioner will call heaven ' s vengeance down on onr task masters who drove us , maddened by despair , to destruction . True ! Many will preach obedience to the law . Yes , by all means , let the constitution law of the realm be obeyed , but not the law which would raarr , cur manhood , and hold us up 33 earned caitif& . to the gaz 3 of scoffing Europe . Too long have we been slaves , —too long have we forgotten what be might , be— too long
have we lain dormant under the thraldom of a cursed race of hndlords , who tore out par very vitals , to furnish a gratification to their prifligate appetites , but wa will do so no longer . Progressive reform is the order of . the day , and no coercion . Let the Ministers of England remove the causes which pro-, duce crimes ; and then , if-after the peasant ' s wrongs are redressed—the farmer ' s persecutions removed , — the tenant's rights guaranteed , and our social and political evils done aw » y with , if , after these things ba done , rime continues , then , by all mear . B , let a CsercioiBillba introduced , and , I am gatiafied . it will receive the support of every man who would now risk * outlawry , ' before he would submit to it But sush an event is iapo 3 sib ! e . Give us remedial measures , and trims eeages ! -
Anotbtr topio king disotaaed among U 3 ' Wild Irish' is , the conduct « f the Parliamentary misrepreseatstiTeaofIreland . lt has beenrudely remarked that little can be expected from men who either refuse or neglect to m » ot the great question of Tenant Right , to which they were pledged at tha hustings , but on whieh they are silent , both in parliament , and in the programme of tke ' r resolution ' , —that no confidence need be placed in aten who left it to an English member—an Irishman whom thair vituperative
spirits exiled—to start a motion on Repeal—in men who , before a Whig Setntery of State , cowed and withdrew a just amendment to the Whig aainisttra ' ill-boding speech . : No wonder that the man who styles himself leader of the Irish . people , should ba rebak « d and jeeredjiy an English baronet , on the tame spirit of his dreams . Oh ! for Ireland , that she hai not a few suenjmen as O'Connor , AnsUy .-Gnittan , Jiahoa , and O'Brien , representing her—nen who fiehther battles manfully , whftvtenldassume » toaeef . manly independence in advocating ^ nation ' s rishts ....
. Intelligence ^ jnst arrived recounting the interview of the Irish Coanoil with Lord John Russell . and also John O'Connell ' s letter to the Fbeehui ' s Joubxal . It has produced a dreadful sensation . A few more facts lisa that , and Lord John will sea how far easier it would be to give people means to live , than to meet the exoensea attendant on the suppression of an outbreak . It ia really alarming ' to hear the ministcr& ' ileelsion rejirdinglreland .. Heiandhia colleagues ought to be made aware of the id-boding aspect of things in this country . Therejis a deadly hatred of the English government being implanted in every Irishmaa ' s bosom . Society ia in a ferment—it is like a volcano heaving its destructive lava , previous to its being spread out on the plains . A short time hence , and no man—not even the best disposed—will find it his interest to be quiet . Their motto will be , ' That they have nothing to gain , but everything to lose , by their quietness . ' .
Never was there such a hostile feeling being nourished against English legislature as at present , Not since the days of the first invasion , trhen Henry the Sscor . d sent his cursed satelites to rob and pluader our forefathers , at the instance of a traitor king , M'Murrongh of Meath , —aot since the days of bloody persecution , when tbe pitch ., cap , the rack , and tht gibbet , met an Irishman _ at every turn , —not since tho 3 s d > J 3 were Irishmen so completely opposed t « tha EnglUh government aa at present Thayare determined not to victimise themselves for any go * vernment . Let Lord John and his cabinet digest that piece of information .
We blame not tbe English people . No ; let that fact go further . The Saioa may be called a scoundrel , but the Irish , will not beliere it . They stretch forth their . hands in friendship , to the honest iten of England ; they aslt for their co-operation . and thank ti . em for last year ' s assistance . Let the English hear our grievances , and they will not blame ns for our opposition to their government . When facts like tuo following are of daily recurrence , will the English say ire bare no canse of complaint ? Satnrday last , 27 th Nov ., tha snb-sheriff of this county , Mr Going , proceeded to the lands occupied by farmers of the name of Qninliks to eject them . These unfortunate men owed but one year ' s rent : they offered the rent in full—they effcred the costs of the
ejectment—bnt out they should go—the sheriff'a deputj was net authorised to take it . Further , hear These unhappy men had arms in their house . They said , 'We wish to give no opposition to the sheriff , bat let the bailiffs not enter , we will remove our own cattle and furaiturt . ' For this they were arrested , are now ia goal at Nenagh , and informations are sworn against them for resisting the sheriff deputy in the execution of his dnty- I will let this fact speak withthelrishpeopleforitgelf . anditisonlymelancholj it is not a solitary fact . Dear what theTwmM Vindicator of the 1 st inst ., says , commenting on the sfoovc •— ' It is nndeniable that the present lamentable state
of this country is mainly owing to the unfortunate relation * subsisting between landlord and tenant . It is certain also that in some cases it is ft struggle for existence with the tenant ; and we do not know that the appliances ef the most stringent eode . of laws that can be imagined , will avail in checking the spread of crime , as long as ejectment processes are enforced with inflexible vigour , where honesty and fair dealing have net abandoned the tenant . It is tearcely neo * s gary to add , that all the Coercion Acts that can possibly be framed must fail utterly and disgracefully in their object , while prevailing pauperism is augmented by easting people Gut from the homes of their fathers . '
Tha above observations , I am sure , will meet with the concurrence of every unprejudiced reasoner . There ' s another fact , thatwillgjve some ideaof the state of the country ; andrecollectitis toldof one of tha richest counties of the South of Ireland . Let it speak for itself , facto are stubborn things . For the NenaRh division , including only the North Riding of Tipperary , there are at least one hundred and seveutjfive insolvent debtors . Let the English government bear such statements as tha above , and ask themselves can the Poor Law work well in this country ? He ^ r another faot- ^ tbe R * v . Mr Qo aidi P . P ., told theEnnis guardians on Wednesday , that if the poor of Clonliaare not quickly relieved , they must plunder or starve . ¦
_ _ . . . . I feel pleasure in informing ; yoa that R . U . Btyly , Esq the chairman of the Nenagh board of guardians , who wu shot at eight or tea days since , is expected
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SfS v s » jws-s » Se ' dyf Mur h Edn »« d D « yer , and Michael atSS ^ night > th . e 23 & a'MhreemeB brotally attacked their companion , as they were going home wTimS ^ V 8893111118 h i _ with 8 t 0 ^ « ntil ha was insensible . He was saved from murder by a patrol of police who were on duty , and whoaweated the inhuman brutes an the spot . The unfortunate man was conveyed to the Borrigokane hospital , and a scaro
pomiea stone , two and a half inches long , was extracted from his skull . His death is expected . « ^ "tonoM Hoganandhis party were captured on the 24 th ult ., after leaving the house of a man named Hackett , of DenanTille . neat Bortisokane which they robbed of some clothes , being disappewted in finding £ 60 , a sum which they expected was in the house ; but which was lodged in the bank that day . This is the fellow who was charged with murdering Mr Waller , of Finnoe . Fame attributes to him the perpetration of some terrible deeds . The abore state of things should make government cautious of aciting the people further by lesialatisn
caicpiatea to dove anyone mad . They should be terrible facts and strong weapons in the hands of the Irish M . P' » , who are bound to oppose the government and if necessary try to oust it from power , before it works ruin for the country which they represent . Z . T . 0 .
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Tones Hotel , Rochester , September 27 , 1847 . Mt Deab Sib , —Tour paper of the Uth , which met me here to-day , contains an extract from the Nation , referring to FearjfHJ O'Connor In a rather disparaging manner , which gives me pain , and induces me to trouble jounith the following remarks . Repeal has been retarded bj the bickerings , dWhtaw , ana jealousies of Irishmen , among themselves . If we have not enough of good sense among us all to frown down this addiction , we have not yet acquired the political stamina to beget or sustain our national independence .
IWgasf'Connoris a distinguished Irishman , ofgreat influente in England , who has worked , and is working , for the Repeal of the Unlan . Charles Gavaa Duff ; is a distinguished Irishman , ofgratt influence in Ireland , who is working for the same object , Mr O'Connor lias established a newspaper in England , ( the Noithebn Stis ) , which ha « , with one exception , the largest circulation of any newspaper hi England . Mr Doffy has scouted all the overtures for a junction of the Char * tiats and Repealers , which Feargus O'Coaaor made to him . Afewweeksagol iaw evidences of this in the Nation ; and to-lay I read an attract which treats Feargus O'Connor ' s recent triumph , over a Cabinet Minisser in Nottingham , with something like a sneer , and Instead of hoping m > ch for Repeal from that event , merely bints that' Feargus O'Connor will be a thorn iu the sides of the Whigs . '
How long , may I ask , are those flinselesg asperities to be Buffered iu our ranks ! What has Feargns O'Connor dona against his natire land , that he should thus bs treated something like a political swindler ! I have heard a great deal in my time said against the' violence * of the Chartists . It was a favourite theme of the lamented Lib « rator—a theme , however , in which I naver joined , hut against which I frequently remonstrated in private—evidences of which . In the handwriting of O'Connell himself in 1 W » , wera in my possession which re . strained me from going over to England to agitate for theRepsal , ant try to conciliate . anof indoctrinate the fhartlsts .
seven years' experience have not altered mj pinion in this respect . Seven jesrg of bitter and painful experience have proved to me that the Chartists ought to have been conciliated long ago , and ought to have been leagued with the Irish Repealers in a powerful confederation for the freedom of the two nations—tha English aid the Irish . I have snjgesteS the same ideas in my Irish History , pages 1897-8 , which was published In the lifetime of O'Connell , ani presented to him ; so that no one can mj that my present express *! opinions grow from a hasty impulse , or from personal feelings . And it will appear , by this letter , that I am now somewhat at issue with the successors of O'Connell on the one hand , and the leaders of the Young Inland party oa the other . This ii a very unpleasant predicament indeed . I should like to stand well in the estimation of both ; and I hope aothing may be construedfrom this letter to disentitle me to their esteem .
' I think , sir , the day hasarrivedjwhlch calls upon ever ; Irishman to make some sacrifice for the Bake of the looked-for freedem of bi g country . From the mass of th » people a sacrifice of a few pence or shilling ? , and a little time occasionally , are required . From the wealth y a sacrifice oftheir vanity in favour of their own manufactures—from the leaders , a sacrifice of their offended feelings , their woanded pride , their excited enmities , - The people are willing enough to perform their part , but the leaders ' don ' t seam tquaJly willing to sacrifice ; bow this retards our progress , and will continue to retard it Just so long as it will last , and no longer .
I t is best to be plain then with oar leaders and tell them that we require of them a cessation of personal hostilities , and a ' gradual approximation ta unity ; to tell them that we rejoice much when one of them praiaes the other , and that nothing p »! ns ns more than { to read the expression of the slightest aoklndnesi from any one of them towards another . We wish Mr John O'Con . nell to know that Mr Gavan Duffy is highly respected by the American Repealers—we wish Mr Gavan Dufiy to know that John O'Connell is acknowledged by the great bod ; of . the American Sepealera as the successor of his father—and , though he may not be , gifted with his father ' s varied abilities , he hat , wo think , that national integrity which it is admitted the father possessed ! We wish Mr t'Connell , Mr O'Brien , and Mr Duffy to know that we consider Feetrgns O'Conner , a very deserving , a very patriatlc . and a very great Irishman . .
Feargns O'Connor . entered into the Repeal straggle so long ago as 1831 , with the fervour of an . impsssioned Celt . lie then , by bis energy , his eloquence , and ^ iis exertions , broke down the Whig and Tor ; alliance that held in captivity the opinion and representation of the county of Cork . By his exertioHi were the county won to Repeal—and it has , continued a'Repeal county ever since . In Parliament he was the seconder ofO'Conaell's celebrated motion for Repeal , in 18 S * . In 1 S 35 he was unseated for the county of Cork , on the petition of his opponent . In 185 * O'Connell separated from and dtnounced him . 'The quarrsl was long and painful , bnt Feargug did not abandon Repeal .
Denounced by O'Connell , excluded . from Parliament , and abandoned by the Irish , Faargui O'Connor , if destitutoef ability and stamina , would have , perished u » public man . But he volunteered his services to another battalion of itrugjUng nerfi—namely , the Chartists of England . Here , eagle-like , he soon soared to his wented natural altitude . He soon became the recognised and followed leader of the discontented English . For this ho was admirably oalculated , being well v »« ed in history , law , politics , and literature—possessing on imaginative mind , a good voice , and an eloquent tongue and pen . His physical powers of endurance were astonishiuB , In truth , he had no superior in these respecti , but O'Conntll alone , . Mr Mooney next notices the Charter , which he truly says , was at the outset , approved of by Uamel O'ConneU Mr M . however , falls into the common error of talking of the ' fire points' of the Charter .
FeaTgus O'Conner , as I have gaW , after hU quarrel with O'Connell , iu 1836 , threw himself into theraBSsoi the men who demanded this farther reform of tne EnglUh ConstUatton . He soon obtained f reat influenoe among them ; and he next established the Nownm 8 mb , to advocate thtlr demand for far greater reform than bad yet bean jroposea by any of the Whig cham . pioni of improTamenl . The quarrel which unfortunatfly ' ipmng up between O ' ConneU and O'Connor now extended itself to ft quarrel between O'GraneU and the Chartists , of which body O ' Connor had become the recognised leader . Mr Mooney Best notiw the jrogress ° ^ ^ ^*"
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tiatmoyement , and the i emecutions to which the English working men were subjected . — A » Birmingham and ona i « * wo other places there were loma aollislons between «> e police and tha Char-S ! L * " tbere we " at ]! rB ¦ te «>» w « 7 , flmbp (> lted , Bklbbereon aud some othar plao « batwe . n the antl-Ulha Charnsts of Ireland , and the pol Ice and army . A ? ? . ; tUlli > P «*« «« i ! oii' ( of « ourSe they did ) at their public meetings , and they 4 < v « re proswnted by tha Whig goverament for thi , . tH , that vw , Tf hJg party whose leaders m 1832 proposed to the men of Blrmin / . S > mnT * -f l 0 nd ° n Wltb « " ' b 8 yOnet 8 CT 8 W 8 d 0 H tb « rn > U 8 kets , if their reform bill 1 . era not « c » pt . d by w , ^ v gUte ? nor tw" > tyoftl > e Chartis * leader ., including Ftargus O'Connor , wer . tomi gnjjty of ¦ edituu by carefull y pacltea jwh 8- ^ reca . t ' nW , Lin , L f f ^ ' ^ ng from t « . > lva to- . i bt « n ¦ onths , just as O-Connell and hisfell . w-toartjM ^ r . foand guilt , of ' sedition' and cast int 0 prison tea over memorable 30 th of May 18 U
M ; Stnn P n nT H On of 1843 48 ia nesi ' : dweribed by Mr Mooney . H next says — ¦ ' Then came the rtmedlal fiHaiicialmeaani-esfroffl Pbah ^ ^ i / 0 Ur i ? iIli 0 n 9 per 9 nnum wre r emovea- frbm tha shouUW the worki « g cla » e 8 , ^ a ^ aead fo ihe shop of a ' property tax ' on the wealth ,. This was a cZX ^ Sx ¦ , " Bltatiun Ond t 0 w *^ .. ^ - The !? , ?„' » w the ' ^" . extorud thisWach as m intataDent from the aristocracy , i qus . tion whether the Bepwl agitation of 1848 4 , with 1 M te'S monster mee ings audits 'seditieu . ' re . ol . tion . on Ti £ H . H { and Mullasbmast , 6 Jttortca ch f ffl » verument Th 8 repealers , wUb all theira corum ' inff legal camion and « tra loyalty , aid not « c . p . iffi cuhon for sed . t . on nor the dungeon-and did not extort any thing ft . -the government , save a few plac 8 £ some of thtir ehufs . • * .:
The account thus appearing of Chartlsi na Roneal agitation , honestly totted and balanced , ^ ould Wo a far gieater product to the credit t , f CUariiim than Re . peal . , Now , during the progress of thesa two movements O'Connell , tbe leader of Repeal ; rejected all the ^ off . rj of tbe Charthts to join with him or serve with Mm . Theso offers of coopsration » nd friendshi p wore frequently made . On the contrary , he attackad them in every moae of condemnation of which he was mn » tw ; eauseathdrsnbscri ptiona te the Rcpealwhenvor paid
in London or thewhtre , to be roturm d , and all asio ' cla . tion between them and the R * poal 8 r » tobe for eycir forbid . This was don 9 , an it was alUged , to k « ep the Repealers safe from the meshes and nets of tbe law . But alas ! the Repealers did not escape thosemeshes ! nn ' d were it not that by an acciierit there happened lobe throe Whig landlords in . tbe Home of Lords ngataat two landlords , who refused to giva a tiiutaphto their enemy P « el , O'Connell , would have served his , twelv * months in the dungeon , -jue t as Feargua O'Connor , the violent'Ohairtist ' dld : : " , ,
Between the treatment of ; . ' th e cftntibiiB , ' loyal ; - ani legal leader of repeal , , and , ' , the jnore " ' violent' and direct agitation of the Chartist chief , " there W 88 no literal dif fernca . The loyal cantion of the obd , and the violent sedition of the other , were both rewarded with on s | ubI quantum of proseedtion and ' imprhonment . . . . Notwithstanding the hostiUty of the Irish loader to all their movements , the Chartists did good for evil . In their celebrated monster petition , ; presented to parliement in 1843 , by three . and-a . half millions of these Chartiats , they prayed the Imperial Parliament amongst their other demands , ' . to ' restore to Ireland its suppreBtad Parliaroent . ' They did , these violent eut-throats t and Feargus O'Connor was the man who drew up that petition .
Mr Mooney next notices the meetujes in favour of Repeal and tlie Charter , held in London , Manchester , Sheffield , and other placo 3 , and adds—I would ask the humblest of yotr readers , ss ihe most exalted , to put the question to his heart , ' ought theBemen and their distinguished leader saregardadby us Repealers as enemies V Mr Mooney then reviews the past and present po . sition of Mr O'Connor , and says ;—When I view this Irishman—tkis Reptaler , thus aurmounting tbe petty and th « great obstacles that impeded his progress—and placing himself at the bead of publio opinion in the enemj ' s country , I cannot but rejoiceand prononnee him a great Irishman .
Is it wise in us Repeaters to hold aloof from sock a man ? I hope we shall bear no more denunciations of English Chartists , or of French Infidels , or American Slaveholder * , among Repealers . We Repealers pretend to the world tbat we seek the freedom of eight millions of Irishmen who reside in Ireland . L « t ns , than , do this duty with charity and fidelity , Leave the American Slaveholders to the American Freemen ; leav « the French Infidels to tte Ffench Priesthood ; and ienve tneflnglieh Chartists to work out their salvation as well as they can . And if any of these denounced classes volunteer their services to onr cauBe—we , poor serfs , ought to receive them , and with thanks . We ought , it is thought by many , to . conciliate Intel , nally as well » b externall y . These opinions I vtnture to express , not as mine own , but , reall y , of many Repealers whom I have mst in tbe thousand publio meet , ings I have organised in America and Canada In behalf of Ireland , for the last seven yearn .
And now , Bir , as to the fuestion of 'How Repeal Is to be won ! ' I answer without hesitation , that tha mode ie to me as plain as that of any other great undertaking such as the constructing of a canal or railroad—but the engineering , and the labour , and the time , and the p « . tience must be expended , else we shall have nothing but RepeaJ on paper . . Might I eug <* st from this distance , to either Yonng or Old Ireland , to send a couple of their ablest spankers to England , who would make tbe question plain to the com . men capacities of the common people of England and
Scotland , and nho would conciliate everybody—to e « id a couple more , who can speak French , tV rough France and Belgium , and make friends and converts thtrr—to send a cenple more to go through Canada and the United States , who wsuld be well received and well ahterta ! nfd by the friends of freedom at this side . L « t all ihese missionaries preach tbe one political creed—tbe independence of Ireland iu connexion with tho British Crown . This is the . doctrine of all Repealeri ; beyond this they do not aspira ; but ill-treatment may , in the course of time , drive them to Imitate Franklin , Charles Thompson , and Patrick Henry . . . . '
I would most respectfull ) urge on your Repeal brethren throughout this new world , to consider the prospects of forming a great American association with an American cash fund In reserve , to bo kept an * accumulated here , and held la terrorem over the falling aristocracy of Britain . A hundred thousand , dollars could sosn be collected from a hundred thousand Irishmen on this side ; and once such a capital were put together , its Interest alone would pay all the eipoaaes of agitating the question vigorously and effectively through the new world . Such a fund and organisation would call around the came the advocacr of the entire American press , and soon after the sympathy , and armed assistance , if necetjarj / . of the whole American people .
In conclusion , let me implore my countrymen at home and abread to be kind and charitable to each other , and to remember that a bigotted , ignorant world is in arms against us , and that , for self-protection , we Bhouid consider ourselves ss one great family , whose individual characters affected one and all . I am , sir , your obedient servant , . Tnoius MooitnT .
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Edinburgh . —An interesting game case ia now before tbe first division of the Court of Session ., ] Capt . Weraysi , the late liberal M . P . for Fife , came into court craving that his tenant a . Mr Gulland ^ at Newton , might be prevented from hunting , pursuing ; or scaring game on the farm of Newton , by meana or muzzled dogs , or by discharging fire-ir . mBjpaded with blank cartridges , and . likewise from . entrapping game , killing er injuring game on the said farm ; by means of Bnares , set under the preter . ee of killing rabbits . It appeared from the defender ' s answers , that . the farm of Newton adjoins the grounds of "Wemyss Castle ; when , he entered on hit lease in 1839 , tbe game was not by any means plentiful ; and that game had s nce accumulated to such an extent ,
that he ' employed persons viith guns loaded with powder only , and accompanied with muzzled dog ? , to rid his . fields of the destructive pestilence that had hitherto rendered ( hem , barren . ' This measure was successful , ' and not one precious head of game fell a sacrifice to the experiment . * . . The respondent also admitted that he employed a professed rabbit-killer torid hi 3 faim of rabbits by means of snares . In pleading for the defendant the Lord-Advocate ad . mitted that a tenant , without a qualification , had no right to hurt or to kill game ; but he stated thathe knew no authority in the laws of Scotland which bound a tenant to feed orlto preserve game on his farm for the benefit uf his landlord , to \ tbom bejoaged the right to hunt or Bhoot . Game were / cm
naturce—they belonged to nobody . If a tenant planted a field of potato , or of wheat , he was entitled to put scare-crows up in different parts of the field ; and tbe landlord was not entitled to say that it was illegal to do so because tbe ; scared not crows but pheasants . Upon the same principle ,, ft landlord conld not object to boys with rattles being plaoed on different parts of a field to frighten away either hares or pheasants . He went a step further than this . If the hares or tbe pheasants had Ben ? e enough to eat in spite of this noise , he bold that the tenant , as in this case , was perfectly entitled to take dogs , and , having muzz ' ed them eo that they : could not touoh either the feathers of a bird or the wo ( 1 of a rabbit , to send these up and down the farm , to bark and to
scare away pheasants and hares from destroying the crop 3 . His lordship said he had great compassion for hares in the ' family way , ' but if the barking of the docs , or the firing of the blank cartridgtB , had the effect of causing them to miscarry , he could not help it . Tbe court signified that iuterdiot would b » granted , but formal decision was deferred till TuesdflV ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ It is said that Lola Montes , the ehere amie of Louis of Bavaria , has been obliged to visit the BOuth of Italy , being inclined to consumption .-Query—of brandy and water ? , . . . A fine vfoodoock , quite dead , was pIcKed np a fen days ago on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway . It had flown against the wires of the electno tele ; graph with eo much lorca as to shatter i £ s bill about a quarter of an inch below the point where it joins t he skull ; and tbe concussion seems to haye filled tUo bird \? WVU had ttQ QtUwYfouuu ,
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THE CRAYFORD BLOCK PRINTERS 10 THB SD 1 T 0 B OP THE NOBTHEBK S 7 AB . — - Committee Room , Bell Inn , Cray ford , K < nfc , and Bell Inn , Old Bailey London . ^_ , Novembor 23 rd , 1847 . < SIR , —Tho London Block Printers'Society in looking over the statements of the Central Committee of the National Association , in the Star of thel 3 th ult . prepared by them for tlie 'million , ' find they have so artfully contrived to mix up a little truth , with a large qnantity . of error , as to make it appear , to those who are nnacquainted with the case , or who arc biassed by a desire in thefutsre to fill the plaqoe of the prsssnt ; Central Committee , and are determined to support them in their present practices , that they are compelled in justice to their cause , to
offer a few words in explanation upon their various paragraphs . Jd their first , they state wehavebeen misrepresenting them . 'Isis in false , or why have they ( the Central Committee , ) not been able to conifute pur delegates they have met before various trades in London ? Bow is it . we ask , if we have misrepresented tbsnr , that after hearing both sides of the case , several : have stopped their payments ? Tra true that by tBo- truth being told , the National Association does wear a gloomy aaptct in London ; aniif by their 'facts'" they are rwt ' able to vindicate themselves in fair disaussion , wbitiii bag been tried id i I . 6 hdon > we know not what they may avail thera in : lhe country . ' Their eecon ' d J 3 faisa—tiey know 93 itrell as enraelvts , we nevfir were nwmbew of the
association prior to this year . 'Tib true , that at on ? own expease . we sent a = delegate to Conference ? merely to « watch the proceedings , wbietowas openly storied at . the time . 'Tis- true , at h » retarn , that many of onr then meinbey 3 agreed nmons ; themselves tO'pviyaweo&Iylevy to assiiitthe CentraliCofflmittee m . carrying ont tbe plan , to bs forwarded Mr-te n a voIunta ^ . ° ntributioDj . and that MrJ ' etorifoay was appoijJted from CTnnn ? themselves to reesive and forward the same . Third . — \^ wJd ^] I ??" . theaelrVmadelevy . Kwft .-oSS-Ti ? " ' ^ i ^ asinjrtiye b ^ ain , or else _ he i » ad ^ ted to a erata n pvopensrfcv-tfeat he for by the Crsf ? ftrd block Brinters" hit i * «^»? the
„ 80 W ^^ I'On to National Assooiatfon , and NOk 2 shop was sent for toattend , when twlve of them attended , and he there made many pr » ir . iB « s , not one of which ha 3 ever beeH-verified . A&toioar being so very desirous of being dated back , ws- can assure you bar ; iaen were very much avers 9 to it , when , it was . . proposed , to- them by tlie Central Cominiitee ,. who argued ; that if a disturbance were to happeain our trade rsuch as a ' reriuetion , ( a thing they- could never suffer , )! how awkward it nould be if they ; should want the whole trade ont Uiat , ; one part should be eligible to support ,, and another . pairt not , ' . when by paying back from the > &t of February , , $ 6 .. 2 . would be . eliphle at the same time as No . 1 ; such was tben tho'truo reason why
we wore booked back .. Mr Winters- is under a mistake ( lite were ( havinggiven up nil hopes of their attendance ) , upon his : arriyal , arawin-g out a list , sbo » - intr at a glance , the . immense reduction in tha price vffered , and tho pries formerly paid—the hit-heat reduction being fa . 6 d . in . tbe pound s and the lowest as much atiSs , 4 d tin the pound upon the ¦ various style ! 5 showing , upon an ^ ympe , the amonnt ol os . Si . in the , pound reduction , so that a delegate might bo dispatched to the . Central Committee the next morning . And it was not till after mueh conversation that the medium list was named , and then by himseltV which caused one of our men who came in at that moment , to make uso of an expression , which we find they reako uso of in their
resolutions . Their first resolution we never saw , till we saw it in print—whether they ever pnsssd such a one or not , we can't pretend to say . Fifth—It is truothe gates were shut for a number of weeks , bst they were sa for tho purpose assigned in our address , which appeared in the Swn of Novc-m . t ) crl 3 'h . How is it they have chosen tbe 1 st of August as the day on which , then , and riot till then , t ' aey say the reduction was offered to us ? why surely their heads must bo muddled with business / or scmethiBg worse , for by referring to the almanac you will per ceive ' tis tho Sabbath day—rather an awkward day ( wo think . ) for the master of a firm , toeffer ' a reduction to his men . 'Twas an unfortunate thing for us , that our trade wob so depressed , and our
having so little was tbe greatest leason why we should be firm in our price and union . Sixth . —If it was an out-of-work question , we ask , what did be want with non-society men ! But we know it was not so , neither did the non-sodety men do us so much Ivavm , & 9 some of our own men going in , and we firmly believe , that they would : not have gone in , if the Central Commit tee had acted with justice and promptitude in our case . Tboir second resolution we never saw , till we saw it in print , but even supposing we had , are we to be made believe that thel . GOO men of Lancashire , were a set of scamping vagabnndg , so lost to all sense of right and wrong , as to leave their homes ibr the the purpose of bringing down to so great an extent the price of our trade . Why 'tis a gross libel upon our
honest fellow labourers . Now the fa < is , the first time the masters went to the north , they only sue ; , ceeded in obtaining four men from Middleton , and these were men who considered the Central Com raittee had wronged them : ' three cut of the foiir after trying the work & few days found they could not live by the price , and solicited money from the trade to take them back to their families ; tho second time theysucceded in obtaining eleven men from Cobden's works at Chorley , who were induced to sign a document for six months , which men are weekly receiving more than they can earn . Seventh . —This is ' a mere artful dodge for the pni pose of substantiatine their own shuffling positions , and to vilify our charac " ters , for it is a fact well known and understood bv
all honest tradesmen , that the parties in any trade , who are in dispute , have not even a voice whether they Bball strike or not , and that , therefore , 'twas tho whole trade , and not the No . 2 . society , who proclaimed it ( after everything had been tried ) , a strike ! : and 'tis ' not likely , if anything could have been done to prevent it , and having no funds kit , thry would have'heavily taxed themselves to support the sixty men , beside the number that No . 1 shop were paying to Hupporti Wo do believe thai' every trade fares the same with them , ' ( the . Central Committee , ) by what we can judge by private letters and tho public prints . Now as to Hie intimidation , surely those who live in glass houses should not throw stones . When our deputation ( Messrs Gardr . e-
nnd t > ixon ) waited upon them at the time stated , Mr Williamson himself began to bluster and bully in an artful manlier , till Mr G . asked him if be knew to whom he was talking , and gave him to understand he waB not to be frightened by man or men out of the truth of his position ; and Mr \ V ., then , finding it of no use , cooled down ,. and calmly heard the case , which the Central Committee said was so very different to what had been before represented to them ; knowing this , however , to be false , we wished them to refer to ' their minute book for the depositions giveri by "Mrssrii ! Fairman , M'Vicker , and Gardner , but not one word spoken by either was on record . But the Central Committee then said , they thought , tbat by reconsidering the caso , wo might
be inade friends ; " We SRid , we hoped so too ; of tbla thing we were ' certain , it ' . would , by a fair understanding , make . u « ' better friends ; and , if this could not be como toi it would inevitably make us greater enemies ; The Central Committee then said , if such wn ^ the case , they must publish a justification of their vieu-i > , which would be .-bad for both parties . Mr G . said ho was duly authorised and fully prepared for ¦ peace . upon an hbhourablo adjustment , but , if such couldnot begot , he was also , knowing he bad truth upon bis side , prepared fora paper war ; such , then ; was'tneinatiiTo of the intimidation . Mr Peo did go to Crfiyford on the Friday , and remained tbere all night and part of the next day , and , before parting with tlie men , -expressed himself satisfied , tbat
we had , in the fir . < t instance , been misrepresented to them , but that , from all bo could learn , our present delegates-were truly representing the case ; judge ; then , 'our surprise upon receiving , on tho 26 tb , their . third . reBplution . ; Their eighth is a continuanoe ot tlieir Beyehtb , and before the resolution . Thoir ninth is the only 1 tenablo . ground upon which they can Btand , and would have been the mostbonourable , butwas not takeu up by tt em till November M 1 ; if taken in the first instance it would have prevented the present unpleasant feeling , and have left the case open : for argument at the next Conference ; but , instead of which , their obstinacy is cutting the Association to ribbons , and they are endea . touring to vilify the characters of an honourable body
of men ; yes , men who have over proved themselves such , and who nre still esteemed as such , which our balance sheet will prove , for , although we have bad to contend against the unprecedented pressure of the times and the endeavours of tbe Central Committee to injuro us , yet have we been enabled to raise among our friends , in the short space of ten week ? , the sum of £ 144 . Ida . 9 J . —yes , in ten weeksjfor tho firstplace weappliodto for assistance was at Dai tford ( the oordwainers , ) en the 16 th oi August , for ontheHth , and not till then , did out trade determine we should resist ihe offered reduction by taking us on strike , although they ¦ agreed to pay us back from the 3 rd of August . Their tenth , we leave the publio , after seeing even this much of the case , to judge for themselves . Their eleventh , by what we can glean from private letters , and other
information , we think , if they do not now regret , they will very soon deeply ragret , their position . ; -and , a ? ain , we know that in the north , Messrs Williamson and Robson have , branded us witli tbe name of impostors , andendeavoured to make us out everything that is odious , and say , that they have been at Borne little t'ouble to confute our misrepresentation in London . Will these gents say : where , and tefore whom , they have confuted us ? - Now . if they haveconfuted us , it will appear very strange when it comes to be known that par lies , after hearing , both sides of the case , have stopp » d thair payment . Now , if the part of tho Central Committee who remain in London have na been able-to confutoour so-called raisrepresentauons , will : tuesflgentB .. un ( lertakoto do so ,, before . any ' trade , or at any house in London ? if so , by givingualbmely notice wo will attend to them . On the . 1 st of Nov . i wemadeappUoaUoft to Va committee cf the . tu
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cfse wm tiif w « v ? our L CB * ^ 8 aid ' « p ^ SBS ? s they isightjudge for themselves , ; foVS they were rawnljers of the As ? ociation , they could not think S helping us ifthe Central Commftfi"SiVi aA would be , nullifying their proc ^ di ^ ^^ J 4 th was tht nappointed forthe meeting , at t ! -t «• t&l house . Accordingly ai eight o ' clock , the disc u ^ ion commenoed between Messrs - reon and Petl , of tha Central CommiHee , and Messrs Wxonaud Gardner our deputies , before the Committee ai . d many ot ' their mee , whioh discussion continued till past twelve at night , the Central Committee shifting from po 3 v > tion to position till they assumed the one contained in 1 their ninth paragraph , and when told of it tkev
admitted we had so driven them tiil we had trot them in a corner . This they admitted openly in the room , and Mr Green told one of the men , if we had not ? ent such b- —y muffs' to represent our case in the first place thincs would have been very different . Ilere ' 3 justice ! with a vengeance !! Oh ! what a thins is obstinacy . Alter the debate the tin plate workers said they wou d , after looking over their notes , cosfider if ttey eonld aasnt us or not . The next week they sent for us , to receive eome money . That was out last meeting . It does not show that thev confuted U 8 % W ! nw leave it in the hnnds of the puWic . by hS 'ft Bohcittiieirbenevolent aid , eitber
Signed © n behalf of the Commitiee , P * » n the twetity-sistfr tZ ' A ^ T m \ itm > in tfee ««»««> column , w £ » r ™ d W TV 8 d < . ° m tho « arpentSr » a ;> , l joiner * ™ t ' » -n ght t S- ¥ *>** £ i - f « M th » carpenters , Dun Her « o , High-street , Borough .
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" «; ae' 53 rd sr&-rKir , & ; rS pursue trartfais , that last season they were Bfcessi tated to increase tha- wages through the high pr j ce of provision !" , . and now ihat provisraug tad U ! -d they meant to-make a corespondent reduction , ' Ihe workmen hnl ^ anieetiBg on tha oTOBins of Tuesday mek to ccesider the subject , whon they flgreed to fene following document , and appomtcd a deputation to wait on Mr Scott te > reason theaatter with nim . ' ¦ ¦ .
TO-HSSSBS'SOOOTi SINCtAIBj i » D 00 From tho Operative Mechanics in the Greenoiik Jounr dry , East Stewart-street . GEt . TLEHEsfj-. lt is with feelings of wrprise and rfgrot that we have learned that } 0 B . contemplata maklngar . ductiottof 2 * . per weak Sri the w » Kes of the mechanics in your employ .. after tho 3 rd of Dumber . Tho documiwtannounciBg your intentions- states that you were necessitated last stason ,. through the high pike ot provision ! , to inoreaie yuur wertm « n ' a wages , and now that provisions are low youantand making acorres . poDdinj , ' reduction . Gentlemen , we have yet to learn that any Increase was mads to ourwagta-throBKh the cause awisned bek * well aware that it has- bten tho invariable , uie in the tratiii to regulato wages by the supply and demand In the Labour market .
i Gentlemen , we arejurprised thafe the firm of Soott , . Swolnir , ond Co ., should be tho first to propose a reduc . tion o / wages , knowing thuttgh standing that you hol 4 in the trade as engineers , and . the wonj facilities you ;* r « possessed of owr many oth » r firms , and the fact ; that you are at present pVjing low « r wages than is paii by Athtrginthe towu ^ ..., . Gentlemen , we would earnestly s ntreat you to recon . ; sider the oass bef « re coming t » a final decision . Wo ar » aot ignorant of the present deranged state of the mone-. tary affairs of tlifc cbuntny , and ot-the twnpornrj' eusptnsious that hava taVen iilace in many branches of feusiness through aueh . derangements .. : Vf . e are , thertfore , « illing to a-jree to a rcduotion in tho hoursof labour , until ? ucl » time as the present temporary depression is relieved . YuuT > r » p ( cifulW ,
w . j" - ¦ T ? S . ' ^> KK « 2 » IN I 0 UB " EKPiOT . ^ Iho deputation . waited . on Mr Scott and handed him the above , whmthe following answer was returned : — ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ >¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' : ¦ ¦ : -. ¦ ¦ :.... ; :
. ESICK ' IIST . . DesoriptlbnofGMds . Mny , •« . Nov . ' 47 , OBtmsal , ' persacit' 6 f ' 28 | i ' lbs . ' 6 W ' t oiB 5 s — 35 < to Flour , American , per baVr . cl- 49 s to 51 s - _ 31 s 6 d to 82 » Sugar , crushed ordinary , per - cwt . ... ; .. : •' . ; . ¦ ' 5 ls to S 3 * —44 s to 40 s Treacle , per cwt . ... - - ¦• „ . 24 ? 0 J to 25 * - IS * 6 d Chem , American , per cnt . - 48 . » to 5 * 5 —41 s lo 469 Bacon foreign ... ... 50 s to 67 » € d- SSi to Sis Barley , per 112 lbs . ... 2 i » s . ' —15 s to 15 s 6 d B » st Split Peas , perowt .... v 20 s ..: ~ 15 j Rice , per 112 lbs ; ... 29 s —18 » :
Best Pea « BraBimDol , pir .-.. ¦ - ¦ ¦ . ¦' . ., 299 lbs . ... .. ' ' § 48 ' —363 ' It i » a well known fact tnat'the ' wages have never been regulated . by . . tbe . price . of , provisions neither did the Messrs Scott offer any advance to their workmen whenpr « . visions rosetoa famine p » ice . It is true thay had to raise their woikmcn ' s wages , but it wa 3 because they Were all leaving ; there was a "reat demand for hands , and nearly rae-hiilf of the 600 in tueir employ , had to work from ' . quarter to half-day overtime every day during Inst y * ar , niid overtime was only given up two or three days before the propassed reduotion ; - " ¦"¦• ....- . ..
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TO TnE WOOD TURNERS OF GKEAT ' BRlTAliN , : ¦> :... . :
BnoTHEB Opehativhs . ~ The Operative Wood Turners' Association of BirminaKam hav-ng long been convinced of the injurious effects rcsulti- g to onr trade through men on tramp applying to our employers for a joo previous to consulting the men ng to the probability of obtaining work , we earnestly solicit a correspondence with those of pur trade who are in-union * with the view to tho adoption of A simple , yet costless and tffectual mode ot regulating the means of support , and the conduct of tramp ? . The plan wo haye adopted in Birmingham is as follows : It any tramp comes'from > ' town where we knowthere is a society of the trade ; and bri'i gs riot his clearap . ee card from such Eiciciy , we give him no support , but , if otherwise , boshowsa clearance card , cei . tify i"g-that he has acted as a brother to those he
feas left , we give him what pecuniary asti ' taiice we ten afford , as well as endeavour to procure him a job . We wish you , brether operatives , to t ' olW our etample . Arid , in order that the plan should work well , it is essentially necessary that each trade society should know , the names ef those who are unienists . \ Ve . are prepared , to . send you tho names of the fow in Birmingham who have hitherto kept aloof from us . Let such men , wherever , they may be ,. understand that unless they will , act in unison with their shopmates , for the purpose of obtaining for labour its rights , we , the * unionists , will not as * sist them , neither will we work with them in society shops . We hear much of tbe tyranny of env . plnyerj ) , but , bear in mind , that without a slavish disposition on the part of the men , employers would not tyrannise . All we seek is a fair day ' s wage for fair
a day ' s work ; and I rejoice to inform you , brothers , that nearly every employer with whom we are acquainted coincides with our object , and is wil » ling to assist us in attaining what wo seek . In Birmingham we had a strike prier to our connection with the National Trades' Association ! in which we were successful , and it is mainly owing to the honest intentions of those on strike , and the firm dctermi * nation to accomplish what we sought , that we hold the position we do . In conclusion , brothers in labour , with the Northern Stah as tho organ of tho trades' ! uniou 8 , thbre is no rational object can be sought that we cannot 'achieve , if only true to ourselyes , " : To enable us ( irj dyou to discriminate between the . goodi thehonc » t ,. and . perseveringfriend of mankind , —the Unionist , —and the cringing timeserver , —the NonYUnionist , —we request that you will correspond with , . Yours faithfully , in the cause of L ^ bnur , ..:. " . ' . ¦ . Thos . Fsart , . ¦ .. ' . .: " . ' No . 5 , Court , Great Ru 3 = ell-street . . . .. ¦ . ; : StGeorge ' s , Birmingham .
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• The housewives of Newcastle-on-Tyne coraplaia bitterly of the inadeciuato supply of coals to the town for domestic purposes . , In tho , v ? hple parish of Aston . commonly colled Pipe Aston ,, in tbe county ofilereford , riot one sinule baptisro , marriage , or burial , took place tbiou-houtthe year-1840 . ; - ,. . ° Fatal Acoidbst on ' thb "Rivbr—Fivb Lives Lost . —Before Mr"Baker , j > t ; the Five Bells . Limebouse , on the body ; of David Sporle , aged 36 years , who was drowned in the river . « iff Iimehouae , on Saturday morning , by the upsetting of a boat , whea four other men perished . II appeared that on Satur « day morning , at one o ' clock , the deceased and four other men obtained a boat for the purpose of somg ou board a ballast-lighter moored in the middle uf the riv « r > n rPfiMiiiiP the lighten one of tbe partyrose
from his Beat , and attended . tostep on the gunwale , when ho slipped and was ia the net of railing between the boat ' and tho lighter * -wheni three of htacompaniena rose ' > t the same ti » e for the purpose of catchine him The boat gave a sudden lurch , and the five men were nil thrown iatotbeiiver . The poor fellows Uught hold of each other , and three of them almost immediately disappeared . Tno others were observed olinging to each other a short distance from the lighter , and they also sunk befora assistance could relich them . I ' ne body of decsasod , Sporle , was discovered on Saturday mornin ; , and the corpse of one of his companions , Hamcd Lewis Warner , was taken ontof the river off Poplar , on Monday morning last . Owing to tbe absence of tbe only witness , the wife of one of the unfortunate men , the , inquest \ m ad « journed ,
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REPEAL AND THE CHARTER . A TOICEFEOM AMERICA ! There appeared in tbe Boston ( U . S . ) Pilot of Oetober 9 th , 184 * 7 , a very lengthy letter from an Irishman , whose name is honourably distinguished in his country ' s Btruggles—Thomas Mooney ; in which letter the writer sets forth his views as to the causes which had hitherto prevented the triumph of Repeal , and the means by which Repeal might be gained : One of the principal causes of failure haibeiii , according to Mr Mooney , the disunion of the people of England and Ireland . Mr Mooney specially deplores the denunciation heaped upon Mr Feargua O'Connor by the late Mr O'Connell , as tbe prime cause of the disunion he laments . The entire letter , which occupies nearly five columns of the Boston Pilot , is too lengthy to be transferred to our columns ; we mnst content ourselves with the following extracts ;—
HOW REPEAL IIAS BEE N RETA RD ED , AND HOW REPEAL IS TO BE WON .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 11, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1448/page/3/
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