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      3 Tt Fbibnds , t-. . Tnthis week ' spaper you willseealarge space ntea to the charges brought : agauut me by ? Scot * delegates to the National Assembly , a mF answer ; and in them you will find ^ ^ petition of those made by Shirron , at Thprdeeh . I shbnld have been perfectly jus-% e ! j in withholding the publication of such Ijicioiis nonsense , all tending to nothing , jja jitnot been for the importance which some jt tBeGlasgow Chartists presumed my silence

      tfonltl have given to inem . uut ; i Beg to as-\ ^ yon that tny time is abundantly occu-Sd if tbe Scotch philosophers can find so L y leisure hours to devote ito their labour Zt \ oxe . I wish you to bear in mind ; that in fteyea : 1839 , when the first Convention sat , gjewster , Frazer , and Abraham Duncan ^ oed a deadly blow at our movement in their ( jaltori Hill resolutions ; and that again , in 18 42 , the Scotch delegates to the Sturge Conference , a number of those who were delegates { 0 tie late National Assembly also , sitting in { j , at Conference , were the tools of the middlecla sses and our greatest enemies . And I think ,

      den . you read the report of the first Friday ' s sitting in the National Assembly , you fid at once see that the most onerous portion pf the" duty of the Scotch delegates , was to carry out the very thing in which they failed at Birmingham , and by the very means proposed there , namely , by the destruction of Jeargus O ' Connor . These gentlemen have had the audacity i Frs ' t . y , to complain of the reports of " their p towedings in ' . the "Northern Star ; " and—Secondly , to assert that no attack was made cpon me in that Assembly . I have taken the trouble to ascertain tha

      jpace devoted to the reports of their proceedings , and I find that , in two weeks , it amounts to over thirty columns ; and , although ^ perfectly , aware of the rabid abuse heaped upon dp , I never allowed , nor did any one attempt , to withhold a sentence spoken . I now wish it to be distinctly lunderstood , ftat , as I never have , and never will look upon the " ' Northern Star" as a source of profit , but

      ssa channel for diffusing political and social inowledge , yet , upon the other hand , it shall not henceforth become the vehicle for circulating the insolence , the fabrications , and nonsense of every jackanapes who presumes that its columns are to be open to him . ' You have never heard me , like other news paper proprietors , recommend my paper to public . meetings , nor have you ever seen broadsides announcing : ' - '

      " GLORIOUS MURDER . " My friends , in all parts of the country when some whipper-snapper belches out a little spleen , write to me , and say ; " For God ' s sake , Sir , Come ' and aoSfrer the charges of John Stiles and Tom Snooks ; " but I think I should tare something to do if I was to attend to those various summonses ; and I think in those several charges you will discover the troth of my oft-Tepeated assertion , that while Whigs and Tories magnify the virtues and suppress tie vices of their party , the rule with the Chartist party , is to magnify—nay , to inventthe vices and suppress the virtues bf their advocates . -

      Now , my friends , I am getting older . I do not feel stiff , cowed , enervated , or depressed but I will tell you what—I have ran a good , sweating race . I have never been distanced . It has been the invariable rule , when politics are slack , to make-me the target for the arrows of the malicious—but I will change that system now . I adopt the magnanimous maiim of Leopeld , the King of Belgium , who said : — "If you are tired of me , say so : and I will

      go back to Claremont . " Xow , so say I— " If you are tired of me , say so , and I will go back to my . plough—not to my profession , as I hate it ; and then I shall know what easels , what peace is , and what comfort is , as I can draw satisfaction from twenty-six years of continueus and unbroken consistency . " I am not going to be a tool m the hands of any party . I sever in my life attempted to make a tool of any man , and no man shall ever make a tool of me . I have never interfered in the election of

      a single delegate to any Convention or Conference that has ever * taken place . I have never written a private letter upon politics . I have never conspired against any man , while 1 lave been the subject of thousands , yea , tens ofthousands , . of the blackest iand most hellish conspiracies ; and if the " Northern Star" does not represent your principles , say so , like men , and let it perish . If I do not represent your principles ,, say so , like men , and elect some one that does . Let me hear no more of this

      gtopixg after moonshine , for the purpose of effecting the rain of the "Sfcr" or Ihft rejection of Feargus O'Connor . My boast is , that I represent you independently ; that the "Star , " without prostitution or catering for support , represents my own sentiments and opinion ? . I believe any other man ia the Korld , but myself , would have -found ample J ustification for long since abandoning a cause and a people , for the support of which he receives insult , contumely , and abuse . However , with yeu I am determined to go on , leaving it to you to say when I shall stop as your leader , and still I shall persevere in ray then irresponsible position , as the

      supporter of my own principles , which will not « bange . There is mo calumny that 1 have aot met ; there is no description of calumny fo which I have not been subjected ; there » none that I have not openly refuted . The solution of these questions now remains * ith you . You are free to act , and you need not be afraid that the withdrawal of your confidence will induce me to desert your cause Which is based upon my principles , but I am determined that my time shall be no longer devoted to the notice of such rubbish as you * ill find in this week ' s paper , and which no other proprietor but myself would condescend * ° publish ; and which jio other people but you would require from me .

      I do not require a year ' s notice , a quarter ' s notice , a month ' s notice , a week ' s notice , or a ¦ fo y ' s notice to quit » you have-made me poor , tf is always in my power to make myself rich ; «» t I prefer poverty with your confidence to tte world ' s wealth with its loss . Your faithful servant , Feargus O'Connor . CHere follows a verbatim report of the after * » oon sittings of Friday , the 5 th of May , and « J « n it the reader will learn whether or no f ir O'Connor was the subject of Scotch abuse

      ** the National Assembly ; and / after the une quivocal response made by the nation to the % i"gs and doings of the bad men who satin «> at Assembl y , we should have thought that *? F further explanation . wa 3 unnecessary however , it will be acknowledged that the controversy has been forced upon Mr O'Conjwr , and we may now say to our Scotch Jjenfls , in the words of the Yorkshire woman , Jwu ' st been bus lookin for it , now thou ' st P * u , and hew duVt like it . " ] r B *«» b withflriw hit amsndaear . anl

      ^ , ; « -Admu mimfl tint national distlnettoni w «» r ™ 1 * 41 to tha prindplM of uirarul brotherhood , and tt n A » " > cUtio 3 to be farmed thoald b » denominated u "' aocmtc Confederate of Qrsat Brliab ani Ira . fl * ? . obt < lm " 8 « h « lmt » a 3 iale enactment of the Peot ! ,, ' " ""«* , udtitt it bs io cotutnuiil ai to give « f as i ° " ccn ' rol 0 Mf * & *»* a »<> *• *« P « Hnt *« Ti » & « !? Mtlittei t « Mit » ittrtirith the general oentralU * - "Jtfniimwwrt . «• *> Hi « e » secant tt , amendment . ,, &TC Btrfi | altnwtticr nnniisJ tn G-. m eliMictnr of

      » J ' * u « ne * h ! eahad" grown hallowed by the tj cs lesmUm thtyhid « n 3 uttd ; an 4 K they were * ? ° f ® to-morrow , fluy woaldiiill b « known bj the ^ -wCUrtUu . Hethmgbt with th « Scotch jnd gr , nip /™ oroed Thomprar . aKoi Brtwn . t f . fai Smiib , 0 ! tt 7 ^ ! llt ter ° re W » ftr ttW , thtt' tht whole famHj !> *** " «* »« a bad cue . ' He ehonld like to hear som « kia f ^** ''" * l > ecB « nfe than any that had jet jj saauefd . Their prinolpleB would be tke a » m « , tai iiccH tbcHld «» ntinc « what it wa § . He had o « tn t 0 their m * kfD | what taprovemwt ttiij could

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      in toeorguUuUon , buthededdedly objected to a ohange of name . . . ' . ^ ° - Mr Htot u ! i , thoHgh he wai in faTour of the amendment , he did not intend to change the name oi ChattUt , which wai dear tothem ; They had fought under it for years , and gloried in 1 » . AU that they 1 b . tended to ohange wai the term 'Kattona ! , ' la order that rorymenfayounbli tottaOkarter , might fight tuidti oae banner ; hj calling it the 'Dsmocratio Confedera . tlon' they would glra erery men who held the 8 P'tadplei an opportnnlty jot aiding the morement . Thfj were «« nt there to take tome decided and vigorous me * ¦ area . He had left men at homo whose hearthi were cold—whow ponehei were hare ; and they should , there . for « , take moh itepi at would gire ptace and plenty to their homei , and make the cottegis what they ihonld *• • . . ¦ '

      Mr Dosotaw expreiied hit aitontihment at raoh db . eniilonibting raited , especially , wben he foand that there wai no objection to the ordinal name . The ; were tbere at Chartbti , aad ChwHiU let then remain . Xr Cocnin supported the amendment . They propoied no change of principle * , hut merely to forma n « w Demooratio Confederation , becanse the other one hid not been prodaotire of the union they hai anticipated . ' . Mr Wist said , that if their Scotok iHende thooght it right to o&ange their name , he oonld « Mare tbeca that th * EnglUh ObarHsts neold npi . o ^ uge taelr ' nine , I was under that burner they had fought , and under it they would ooatlnne to fight . They had done much harm by ehangiog . names already . . HndtrHunt andCobbelt they wera Badieala , aad whet in erder to show tnat

      they had a deddedpolicy , they ambo 41 ed Hxrlt views in tte daoument called the Charter , Q'Connell nlcknamsa them Chartbtf . They did not make it themielTes . bat thej f c « k it when applied to , tbem , and it was now be . oomlagrespeoted after struggling through obloquy , end the popular designation of a -great party . One carioui thing wai , thataifatl ai they changed their same other parties sought to ingratiate themselrea with the people by assuming them . When they w « ra Radicals the Whigs wweLiberals ; when they becamei Chartists the Whigs styled themselres Radicals : thns showing , whtn they threw off their old garments the Whigs took . them np . For hit own part he meant to flght under the old aame , andb < contldered it was derogatory , to the dignity of that Aassmbly to entertain eucb . a queiUon .

      ; Mr Chiid said , he was not aware that the Chartlito had ever dlstraced themselves , and therefore he did not > ee ah ; reaaoa for changing the . name .. If they looked Into hlitary they would find that many of tha most honourable names bow ware original ]) nicknames , John Weihy . wascauada Methodist , by the young students at Oiford , as a nickname . Those whohad thought with him had taken it np , and retained lias a designation ofhononr . ( Obeers ) Asthenaaie of the Charter bad not dbgraced them tbey would show that they would B-tdii > grec » it .

      Mr EauitT Jons said , they had issued an address hoadsd * tha Charter and No Surrender , ' and adopted a » their motlo , ' Ueasuns not Men . ' That was pragreuWo , bat now they were golag to retrograde and fight net for measures bnt mere names . He wished to take no steps which won'd not help the movement , but at the ssmi time he thought if they adopted the motion tbat , though their Scotch friends might not mean it , they would in future b » called Confederates instead of Chartis t * . It would be said that just at tbe moment of launching their ship tbey kad changed , tha rudder , altered the sails aad changed about . There were some fifty men in the House of Commons who said that tbey went for the arinctpleaof theftople ' eCharierbutwho said they were not Cbartists . He weald retain the old name because ka for oae expected to see the Charter made the law of the land within a year . The way to do tbat was to make a good organbation , t * present their memorial to the Qikd , andtheBtotakeinshotflWitepsasdnoBUtanMi might snjnest .

      BrM'DoDAiicoald not content to sire up the same of Chartist because it would appear like shrinking from tha agitation . He had gone through all the former agU tations and endured persecntionans imprisonment under tha name , and he hoped their Saotoh friends would leave the word there , because it had always been tha word insoribed on their banner , and he for one would rather dlethaa give it up . " . .. Mr Chmchiu , said , he would Jlke to know the differ , enca between the two names , and if there waa ao differ . bos what waa the use of changing it % They bad been before tbe country for ten yean under that name and w = ra well-known by that title . Ljt them , therefore , keep to the name of Chartist twins they intended to ohasga the whole policy and principle . Let them . keep toil , and glory in the nine of the Charter , as themes had gloried In suffering for it .

      Mr Aoaks said , he did not propose to change their whole poUey , Vat to change a portion of their polloyted u that was tha eue , ha did not see why they should not change tha name also . Dr M'DonaU had said he bad suffered for the Charter , bnt it was not the name of the Charter , but tha principles of tbe Charter , fjr which he had suffered . By hit resolution , however , they woald keep by both tha name and the principles , bat , ia order to obviate objections , he would consent to make a slight alteration in his resolution . Mr T . Cuusaid , that if they were all unanimous ,

      he would give it his determined apposition . He was not aware that the name had stopped any one from joining them , and no one good reason could bo shown for altering it . If they had disgraced themselves , be mijht be inclined to change it , bat as their coarse had b .-en an honourable comrse , a dignified ooune , he hoped some one isuan . of a definite ehaMate * . wonld haglvtn for the proposed alteration . As to the proposal for uni . venal brotherhood , ha did sot tee that the name of the Charter Aisooiation was in the slightest degree opposed to uaiveisa ! brotherhood .

      MrM'GaAxa said , that if they had been an nabaptlsed party , he would not have had tbe slightest abjection to . th » same , bat as they had a name , ai they had foaghs and triumphed uedsr that name , he entirely objected to . an ' j ' alteratlon . Mr T . Clark proposed that it should be called tha National Charter Association . Mr Adams how proposed that it should be called tbe Chartist Confederation . He wished to hare some simple single rea . sen in support of that change , as yet he had heard no th ng to justify it , Mr Adaxi said , he would give one strong reasen and that was , that as long as they called themselves tke Chardct Auoetatton , it wonll be ealted O'Connor * * Aaloolation . ( Brett icnutlon . ) :

      XrHitiBT said , thtt was an honest statement . They hat heard much of the dignified course of the Assoda . Hon . It must be a very dignified Association , surely , that had flnly 5 , 000 members on its books . ( Cries of ' F « ise / ' ' Ho , no / and oonfurlon , amidst whlo ' s several membera rose to contradlot tbe statement , ) They tad tried in Scotland , in vain to get np a nationalmove . m > nt , bat had failed , from the belief that it was under tht control of a certain Individual , who had done all the damage baconld to the movement , Mr HiiQtuvM protested sgaiast these eorert at tacks . Mr Hasut said , he meant Mr O'Connor in these ststeraents , Mr O'Connor had pr « mlsed that he would be there to meet there , and he only hoped tbat he would ooma here to hear said to his face what some of the nwnVrs of the Atsemby had to say to him . ( ' Shame , ' ordsr , ' and conrosio * . )

      Mr Bantt Jojtts said , Mr O'Csnnor ' a character was not the question btfora tte Assembly . The Chaibsmv stated , that if Mr O'Connor was there , Be catdd &&I speak until he prste&ttd his ctadeatitla ta the Assembly . Mr HiMir replied , tbat Mr M'Grath bad : promised he would be tkere , tod be had ts good a right to attack Mr O Connor as Lord John Bastsll or Sir George Grey , with resjHct to hit puUIe character . Mr M'OtaTH protested against the etlumnlous attacks en Mr O'Connor in his absence aa altogether un . ltttifiiMt ,

      Mr HaaUY rtporUd nil attack on Mr O'Gonior , and upon the Aasooittion : for his own put , ke believed that tome of the mtu who had been in tha old Aisooiation , hid disgraced themselves , and therefore he wanted the nape changed , taehow that they were going on a differ . ent tack . Be meaat the whole line of policy to be changed ; instead of lecturing- aad public meetings , and keeping men going abent to make speeohei . be wished thea to change tbe name a little , in order to show that alteration in policy , bat at the same time , he did not with any alteration in tbe principle of theaevement .

      MrRuxia-expressed a similar opinion ; the Sootoh people had oo desire to change the name , but it hai ben uid by many people , tbat they bad not Joined the movement becanse MrO'Cenaor was its leader , and a barrier to the power of the democrats party throughout the country . He was there to speak his mind about Mr O'Connor as freely as any other man , and if he oame into tbat AiHmbly . tf no otnermemtar preferred , a charge against him ; he was ready to do it . Mr Kn » said , he wai astonished to actr pimple ttlk about the Charter , as if it was to become part of the Br ; t'sh constitution nest week , and at the same time sneer at the number of members in the Chartist Asio elation ; there might be few men enrolled in Bootland . bat be knew that country frem AbereeeB to the Tweed , and he knew England from the Tweed to London , and it was not so naoh the nunber of names in books that he relied oa as the organisation of sympathy , which bound , together the masses who were in . favour of the Charter . ( Cheeri . )

      Mr Win laid , fct wti the representative of one ban . drcd thousand icen—of men , not women and children . Hi and they were proud of tbe name of Chartls \ and they wool * never giva it up . He wai glad , tt last , that under tbe pressure that had been applied to them , the Scotch deltfttss bad let the secret out of the bag , and

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      showed that the reason they wished for another Assoeia . tioa was beoauie theydld not want to have Mr O'Connor any longer as a leader . Bat he would tell them that ne people of this country . era not ungrateful . Th » y could aot , and would not , forges the many strvloss h * nan rendered them , and the sacrifices he had made ; and tthoagh h » might now diflrt frem some of them , even v "" sorry they oouid not forget his many iervlod . He ceuJd afford to SBy tbat better than any man in that awembly , for he bad differed . with Mr O'Connor more > nan any min there , and etpeotaUy npen the Fre * . trai » S" ^* Ba ' " ' ** » w " therefore to Mind hlmielf to his emintnt devotion to the cause , or oonvert »« lff 4 renceof oplnlen into a oanie of perionai enmity f ¦

      . * - f «» ' * *¦ teusn now tJducBdwti . that the people woaia not jolt what was . oaUed the O'Connor Assoolttien . Why , he never knew tbat the old Aiioola-Won was 0 Cennor ! Aweit'ion . It would net be dial oult to show that the difference between Association ana onfederatitn was merely the difference between Twesdlei aum and Tweedledea . If they meant to make a" declaration that they would no longer have " Mr O'Ceanor for t leader ; let them-falriytnt the queition , ' eB « propoie a resolution to that efftot . Bat he agreed with Mr WesX that the wcrking man of Scotland and Eiutlaad were not mgratefBl ; and he brileTed that if Mr O'ConnoV was to hrtd a meeting in the Towu Hall of -Giaigow ' tlbey would gi *« such t proof that his servfoei ^ werMtlU appreciated ty them , as woaldconvihoe even tbosa who d . rfrtiii hi «

      ^^ " ^/^ J . ^ tttey weremistakmin tteir pretent cows . ( Cheers . ) IftheyreallJmeahVtoconvtesetbe ' pi ^ b tiiat itwu Mr O'Connor ' s AwocUtlon let ikem nuVeisUtenentof the faot ; but ' foVh ' fi own parl , he bjariong fought under thebtnnerjef Ike Charter , and he would continue to hold it up until it waved ' triumphant ov « r the rains of class legislation . ' ( tntmen w applause , ) Mr lioHioWwa briefly supported Mr Clerk ' s motion . Mr SaiiaoN , who rose under gMatexeltemsnt , said , he was boaad to Stats from bis own knowledge the fatal consequences arising fiom that AsiocUtien . Ho knew that they had seat men Into Scotland who had damned tbe cause by their intemperance , an ] ha oould not endue that inch an Asto ^ iation should be aVawed to state that It was condnoted with di * nity . ( Great interruption , and cri « e of' LBf s have it out /)

      Mr BaMKn . —We shall nsvtr havs a . healthy mevtment , until our gr | svanoes are heard out . . ( Cheeri , and oeafaiten . ) Mr M'GaiTB , at an offlotr of the Association , had great pleasure in calling open Mr Shirron to state any grievance wha ' ever against any ofloir of thi Aiit . elation . . MrEtNiiT Jens said , their motto was , Measures not Men / and pretested against these aharges . . Mr Ktsd : The real qasstion aefof e > i is the djfferenoi between Aseooiation and Confederation . If there are charges to be msd » , let due notice baglvea ef them . Mr Bakir ( with great warmtb )—We are chsllenged to bring forward oh « rges , aad I demand that I shall b * allowed to do so . ( Uproar . ) ' .: ' . . ' "

      Mr Wjst declared that if fte Assembly was not batter conducted , he should tender , his resignation and leave to-morrow . ( Here a great nambsr of the " speakers , were on their legs at once , and the " vliltors in the gallery took aa aotive parl is the commotian , which at Unsth snoslded . ) . * " Mr Sbiuox roie to eiplsln . He had neohargato aiake againit the Executive Committee of tbe Gbartlil Association . ( Lend cheers . ) He certainly had ' differed wltk the gentiemah at its head , but he had believed hii errors were those of judgment only , and he wonld'b ' e hsppyagaia to co-operate with him . ( Applause , ) At th * same time he was boand to do eysrytblng in nli power to plsoe the movement on a healthy ba « l » . ( Hear hear . ) " .

      MrCounell ! or Bataas Ilksd honesty of purpose , ' afl gave all credit to the Scottish delegates , but he would say at the isms time , that if Mr O'Connor had dene nineteen things well anf the tweatieth wrong , they wwe not to forget the good he had done for that ' ons lapse ; He could tell them that in Sheffield he was tV . e moil pops , larmaa that ever came ta that town . ' Ho other man bould get together so msay of tha people to hear him , and moreover he baliere'd he was net enly the meit popalar man . In Shtffleld , but in England alto . ( Renewsd applause . ) Mr PtLt »» considered this ' Utfle blokering amonr thtmselvas to be like a quarrel oaong a set of womin . wilt when they fell eat let all the street know what lbs row wasabont . If the transaction were known at Aihton the people would say to us—let us save our moaey , for year sqiabblss are unleii . ¦ ( H « ar , hear . ) After a few bbstrvatiens from Mr MiTHBws .

      MrCosBain eaid , that la fact Chartism bad been allowea to slumber for tha last two years , rintu th « recent r » Tolntloni abroad awakened ttie Executive . He bdimdit abiblutsly asoeiiary thai a new movement ihonld be commenced nnder other men than either O'Coanor , Brewiiter , or O'Brlm , and he supported the change in the name , in order to show that the Chartists were prepared to take advantage of the statsof the public mind at the present mement . Mr . Liiea ooademned , initronglBnguago , « be waits oftlme . whioh cheraiUrisei tha sitting * of the Aisembly anda ' fltrMr Arkell , Mr Adams , Mr M'L-an , Mr Hickintotb , and other dtleg ' ates had speken , the motion and amendment > ere pat , when fourteen voted for the amendment , and the motion for retaining the original name was carried by a majority of three to one omlditvthe . sent applause .

      Mr Wist gava notlet that he would bring under con * lldiratlon the Repsai of tie Union , In order to glr » « r Dohenj tu opportunity of eiprcsting bis opinion upoa the subject , ( Obetrs . ) . Oa the motion of Mr T . Gtiix , M « ' stri M'Douall , Jones , Wheeler . Chnronlll . Insoli , Donovan , andBankln ! were appointed a committee to prepare a plan of organl * ¦ ation , and report to the Aiiembly , which adjourned at thsosualhonr . . - ¦

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      CHARTISM IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIESTO THK BDtloa 01 THB KOBTHBBS BTAB . Mb Kdiiob , —Perhaps your readers in other parts of the country , may be deiirous of hearing bow the etuse is situated in the Midlands , I , therefore , tend you a brief sketch . . . : . Daring tne Iait fewiree&B I have been through Nottingham , Arnold , Loughborougb , Leicester , Birmingham , Coventry , ffednesbury , Bedworib , and Nunettoo . I hare found that the Chartist feeling is predominant amongst the intelligent portion of tha working men , bnt they are sadly disorganised , and , in some places , split up into parties , partly through the bickerings of local leaden ; and partly throu&h the luioidal cant of moral vtrtiu physical

      force , and also through the doggedness with whioh « few profeasiog Chartists assert the neosssity of a janotion with the middle olaiieg . This , added to the late arrests ef tome of ovr most aotive msn , has thrown a damp upon the people whioh h taken advantage bt by the Whigs and ' go batweens , ' and has brought Chartist meeting ! to a stand still . But die spirit of the people is still good , and they look forward withhope to resuscitation . In Coventry , tbe Chartists , have sought in vain for St Matj ' a Hall , the mayor refused to let it for Chartist purposes . At Leicester , the mayor / Mr Biggs , author of the 'Midland Counties Charter' and radical par exeelfencs , not only refused the an of the town a&U , but threatened a landlord for offering the Hie of his larjte

      room . At Nottingham , they are in a similar poaitioo , tha pnblio halls being closed against themyet those men pretend that they have no objection to the disousiien of Chartism , as long aa its advocates will preach what they call ' moral force , * but their acU prove that they will gag ns by every means m their power . I trust that this petty tyranny will stimulate tke Chartists to provide halls for them mItm : I am now on my way to Liverpool , to answer the first indictment , and have no idea of the evidence , not hating been confronted by a single witness . We ought to bleu onr atari for living under a liberal and constitutional government , who send men to gaol , and force tbem tofind heavy bail , without producing a charge against them . We used to call this , a Suspension et the Habeas Corpus Act , but perhaps the Gagging ; Bill has been brought forward as a substitute ) . Surely . ' this state of things ought to arouse the people to a sense of their

      dutyand , from the under current whioh I have witnessed , I have no doubt , they will rally again when the fear of illegal arrests has departed . I have seen the long reply of Mr J . Barker , and consider that he baa admitted the substance of my remarki ia a previous number of the Sub . My ob ject was to show that he had no sympathy in common with the organised Chartist * , and be fairly admits it . All the twaddle about physical foroB is moonshine , and wfU be understood by onr membera . I percieva an inquiry for my address from Bramhope ; it is— ' No . 1 , Fentons Court , Saxtoa Lane / or care of Mr Frederiok Drake , Tin and Iron Plateworker , East Street , Leeds . As this wpoBSiblymy last letter for some time to come , I once more de . sire to urge on our friends , the reoesuty of a mendly union amon themselves . And remain * Mr Editor , Tonrs in the good old cause , - Geob&b . WhiiEj

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      A gentleman , who w as robbed by footpads , near Glasgow , in November last , had a pawn ticket for his watch sent to him by the post , the other day , the sum of £ 3 having been advanotdupon it , He has sines released his watch ¦

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      «" : .-i ¦' . '¦ ¦ ; . Sreianii . ' . ¦¦ . ' / " ";¦ ; : IHB OBAHOB : 10 DOES . —IHB WBITS OF' ERROR . —IHB MUHICIP 1 L ¦ BL « CTWNS . ~ STATB OFBCBUK AND tHB OOVNm . ^ TBB ¦•¦ NATIOh' PCBU » HKD W AMEMCA . . t&emourownCorreipmdmti ) : " ' n «»« s' : w ; ' r oDabliny Nov . 23 th . -US ¦ ? £ *• h 8 ye becn in newi for several ¦ JSILK ^' t ??!! ? oaMdy anything at all'tooom-S 3 J ^« « . « nearlyasisilentarBalbeoor f «™ t te ? « M- « Mr nightlyixrgies in dif . ^ « Jk 5 ? ' ? iown ; They nwworkinjf Heaven PnSf ^ ?? ? " 4 Uke an audibte ' No Popery howfi but in vainj- No dioent ^ bonsit Pro

      . Pr « hK » ^ ' ' : t ; imt ° / Pwtestant and S" ° L fi ; b i 80 try » . J >» v « ' « pened scores of fyrone . andMoDBghan ; rThe Bbwasi NBWflwmB -the oldeskand mdst ^ mpwtaWo Prot » tE e ™ psper u »« nd- ^ oomp ! aini loudly of , the * SGBanis » l S ? 4 e JiS ^ B 8 B 6 D ' ' » ni 1 * epresent 4 : ftem as holdmir theWrantio prgi » at unreasonabln houw of the , night ;^ n hones ^ 1 » aoeable ;; » n ^ ' loyar people a . retafangtheiMest ; Thesething »; bowever , oannot . and > wiU not loD £ b&permitted . A new era has . dawned on Orangeism « r-They . dare not now afi tempt the doings of by-gone years .

      ¦ -. The - term hag finished its sittines . The areamenUinJbe : different Writs of Error . have been beMd ^ V ^^ " ty * Bo owisien «« ept , in tk » caw of John Martin . Ihi reportod that the jbdges will not give judgment-until next term , and it is thought that their dechion . willbe advarae to tie convioti . Jt is said ; however , thit should the judges confirm the former decisioasat Clnkmel ,- that go . vernmentwill be lenient , and commute tbe aentenoe to tome protracted term of imprisonment in Ire Iand . Ifeartbisnewois toogoodtobetrne . , Our Manioipal Eleotions for the coming year oame off : in tiie different wards last Saturday ; The Conservatives exerted themselves against the return of the Lord Mayor , ' and ousted him from St Andrew ' s

      ward ; by a majority of fourteen . ; H ' friends , however , were provided for this contingency , and stealing a march on their oopsnentfi , had him elected , at the same moment , for St Patrick ' s ward . Thm . the party who wished to insult his lordship , and embarrass the corporate body , were foiled without being able to adopt farther steps for the attainment of their malioious objecla . At Dublin trade sod bniiness grow , daller eyety day . Indeeditmigbt be . welltald , with truth , there hsoaroelyany thing doing , or anybedy . employed . It u strange how onr population can struggle on at all , Itis a great blessing , however ,, that provisions of every aort—even potatoe «—are as . cheap . and abundant a 8 in years when there was no cry of distress or scarcity .,, .... . ..... ' . '" ,., ; " '"

      The accounts from the conntry are heart-rending , The sufferings of the peopler-particularly in Clare , Limerick , Tipperary . and Cork—exceed all that we ever heard , or read of . Eviction by landlords—not in families , but in hundreds of familien , in whole townlafidsanddiBtricts—areofevery-dayocoarrence . and one might Walk over the country ( in ' Clare and Limerick ) , for miles without seeing a cabin itonding , or seeing amah ; horse , or donkey employed ' . at agriculture , or any sort . of occupation . Hundreds of the farmers in those counties are flying away , incognito , toAmericaranditis now quite usnal . where vou

      saw the peasant Earner ' s family at night , to find house and farm abandoned in the morning , and the lateoooupanlsmrouJ « to the next seaport to America ! Pauperism is iniereuing by tbe hour , and in aooresof Pour Law Unions , in the south and weit , the police and military are harassed , from morning till nightjiin aiding the colleotori to gather in the poor rates . New poor houses ares being " established in various unions , and before next May , it is thought that fully one half of the remaining population will be dependent on . pnblio , support . ' . Such is iRtLisn onder thbWhisj ' , !! .

      It apperathat Thomas Dsrcy ' M'Ghee has succeeded in establishing : a successor to Thb Nation , in New York . Some copies ef hie journal have reached Dublin . Idid not see one of tbem , but I am told it is respeolably brought out , very like the late Dublin Nation in appearance , but far exc < e Jing'it in its tone of . hatred * nd hostility ; to the Saxon . 1 have seen some veri ' esoopied from it , addressed by Mr M'iShee 1 to Charles Gavan Duffy , in prison / and signed AmergiD , ' the signature nnder which M'Ghee usually appeared in rhyme .

      Thi Siaii Tbiali .-- ^ arguments on the wrlU of rror in tbe oases of . thl'tonr .- prisoners convioted of blgh treason at Gleamsl * were brought to a oloieon Friday aiternoes . If Ibe caie of Mr Smith O'Brien bad been dlipoied of separatvly , Judgment . would have seeo pronounced this term ; bat the argument efthe three o ' . her eases has rendnei a different arrangement neoes . iary . Mlohaelmss Ttrm ends this day , and . Hilary Term will , commence on the 11 th of January next . Early In that term the Court of Quean ' s Bench will pro . nonnos judgment in all tbe oases together . Meantime , the four prisoners will remain at the Rlohmond BridewUV . .. ¦ .,. . . . , , Mr Duffy , will be tried at tbe county of Dablln commillion , whlob opens on Tuesday , the 12 th of D . cember asxt ; The bills ol lndlotmeot weve found at the last etmtnliiion , ¦ : .

      The Tipperary commlspion was a ^ joaraed until Ta « i . d » y , tbe 9 tb of December , for the trial of the peaiants charged with takfer part in tbe Ballingarry affair . It is now understood , however , that no adjourned commit Ion will be held , and that the prlsouers against whom bills for , high treason h » d baen found wlUnot be tried until the spring aiilz i fer South Tippersry . : . RlMMSMTATIOB O » TBS CoUMTX OF LlMEIICK . —Mr Samuel Dlokaon hai formally addretsei tbe eleotori in oppoiltion to Mr Thomas Fuse jerald , in coriieqoence of 1 the probability of a vacancy' ia the representation ef this osaaty . TheLmssiexEiAitiHiB , theToDng Ireland organ , says : •»• We are assartd , od au ) b « rly that oannot be mlitahsn ¦ that Mr O'Brien not only intends to oontinne his labours for Ireland in Parliament , should the decision of tha . House , of Lords be favourable , bnt that there ara ihs itrongeit grounds for anticipating that favourable decision / ¦ . . ' .-

      • ASoBTiTors raa Tswabt RjGHr . '—Tbe gentry of Bandon , seeing that reproductive work was not going on , as could be deiired , upon their estates ; leelnglbat farming societleior fl » x would not avail—that , in faot others would not sow . for them to reap ,-have recently hit upon on ingeniout method to effect the same . They kdve diuolvcdtie local Saving * ' Bank , from tali happy stroke of policy , It it ctlculatGd thai a » at things will reinlt . Tbe meney now there Boonmalated will reflow over the land , fertilising all in its coursa , and rite in vi . slons of waving corn ; £ 40 , 080 are thui to be lit at liberty . The Savings' Bank wai not very Inviting , as a

      medium of invesimtnt , by Its profit , and confidence in these institutions had been sotaewhat shaken . Still It was preferred to agricultural enterprise . Porthat , it m ' gbt be supposed , the oonditloas of tbat enterprise wsratobhme . Bnt tbe Bandon gentle » tn thonght it was the Savings' Bank , and accordingly they put It down ; and they are Infatuated enough to expept that the money tbnt ntarcedto Its onnsxs will ttefe ttieir pioperriti , lnitead of Amerloa . ITa ohallenge ingenuity for moh an txtraordiudiy adaptation of means to an end ; It may tend to show what curloui ideas isme people entertain on tke subjeot of national Improvement , —Cork Sxtminer . .:

      Thi Rht . '—The wtad-np , by a sals of iU literary content ! , «( the affairs of Conciliation Hall , has bem slgnalissd by the service of aeopicu on amembtr of the famity wbleh 'fed fat ? - upon the profits of the coBOsrn in Ito prorperous day . The ' rent' ( omiuout it « m ) would be still sadly In arrear ; and , accordingly , one of the retlnd patriot bead has had the dignity of his mountain solitude Invaded by the introdnctlon Into its solitary prwlnoti of the bit of patchannt' in daution . — Warder . . ¦ ,... 8 ioiri or ihi Tims . —It i » ld that thi Right Hon . Lord Blajney has dispoiei of hli iplandldmaniioB , hli beaatUul demtsne , and estenilve estatei around Castle , blaney , to an Englisb capitalist . If this be true , it m r ^* n * * fft ! 0 * np 0 B thi P ° lltlo » <> l this oonnty , Lord

      as Blajney , who was alwiyi an nnoompromlilDg OoDisrvatlve , held a very preponderating position la the polltloal scale of the county ; and should his intireit past Into the bands of Whig or Radical , it would greatly alter the state of parttti here . We would regret ncesd-Ingly that Lord Blayniy sheuld be Induced , under any ciroumitanoM , to adopt inch a course , because he is an rortkntlandUrd , and eaeoarages bis tenantry in every improvemtnt , because his property is one of the best ? i ^ ^ vf ? "I" P 'P » onB to * be county , and beoamo hliilerlsUBb the list lebn of one of the most ancient Boble Irish famlllei , the repieuntettve of a race of 5 allant soldiers and lapUnt lenatow . The announcement may be premature , it may bs uatrue ; but ai tbe lale is rife wecould not avoid recording it-JVorrt « rn Standard ¦' -.

      _ . . Tbe Sliqo JonawAir itatas—• Wo happen to ' kabw a olergyman ia Leltrim , who hai been receiving out-don relief % two other gentlemen , one a osptaln of-militia , the other having had a prspirty or jf 600 or £ 700 per annum , are now reduced to . pauperism in an adjoining oounty , the latter , having been f « yints defrauded by ; his tenantry , Anoiher sad Inatanee of revtraa of forturie ' tno station is that of a lady candidate as inmate ef the work . houBe ; tkls mdanoholy victim of fortune ' s frowns is sister to a gentleman onoa posjesied of property amount . ln | toJE 9 , 90 Bayear ; .. .. ' . Four j Wju , full of emlgroati , sailed from LlmsrlcU U 1

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      theUolled Slates In . the hit week , and : th > re . are fire vesiels in port upon the broker ' s list , fiUine&st wltk cmlgranti for ' tbe'jhme . lejtlaatlon . — . ¦ ¦ Arthur I . : 8 t tfeoifge , Eso > , of Itiloolgan , patd < £ > 0 poor rate , after his . oattle . had been iei » d and cirrhd ! away bv the military and polios force . . OfflBff to the unpreoidenUd great numbtrof fitrmers whowoenijy ' emlgrated from the connty Limerii * tbe Value of horses is so diminished that purchases cannot be had for go » a ahlmaii at fair or market for hai * their iatrlnsiovilue .

      Dcbhm without a Loip Matob . —For the first time , perhaps , since the establishment of municipal lastitutlons in this country , there Is now no Lord Major for DuVin ; a , faot , however , much more curious tbsa hBporiant . . . . . 'Ihe then lord Mayor was rtjeotea , on Batnr * dsy ^ for the . ; w » rd ; of , § t : Andrew ; ha was , '' however , elected for St Patrick ' s ,: But th « election lit the latter ward was . illtiai , two town councillors instead ofese hsvlng been ' oBesen , The return is therefore void ; and Mr Jeremiah Dunne not having a seat in the town council , has actually . cVaud to be Lard Major . There U a olanie in the Irish Municipal Aot to meet this contingency , by MqoJrlnga-new eleotlon for Lord Mayor witbia ten days after the ofiSpe has become vaoant . Mr'Danne will be ? n 1 reKe ? . *?*^ . - §* ' Patrick ' s "Wai in a few'dojc , aad thehUe ^ Qgr ^ eUeUd as Lord Mayor by the oor' ' ' ADij ^ oM . I » WH . LA « DioBB . ~ A . oMe came on for h *» tln ® S 9 fe ^ By la > t > tefre Vaster Uorphylo the

      ° ,. O . urijgSjhantfsnr . in vrtolch an estate of ^ SOiO pBr annuinxioiotdiorto the wntal ) it finally pwjtofcfrem tti « held < to njeot tbe demands'&h \* &kfflU&h this ocoailon an appU 6 atloa wsi made . eVf ^^ w-int unfortonate gentleman for an allowance out of tha funds to the oredlt of tie causr , ef J 510 per onnum fcr his ffialn . teninoe , Bat the appllostion was oppoied ; and tbe Master was csastratned , under tbe olroamitancei , to re . fane it , The hopleis landlord , now utterly destitute , has no earthly resource bat the poor-home ; and it is stated ¦ hat be hai determined to seek admission , to one of these •§ ylam « , This case ii an Illustration of the social revo * latlon now in progress in this part of the empire , extending to all classts . There will be terrible privations to Individuals amongst the landlord olaas ; butths olr . oumitancei of the country hava ' rendered those obangei luevltabl » . - "

      . ' Reduciioki ih Fobuo Orncis . —The Inquiries commeeced by the o * mmiaslon . ' recently issued , ' 'regarding salaries and dutleB in various departments of the public service ) have already caasedeome sensation , ' Retarns are now in preparation at the Ctistomi , Exolse , Bnrd of Fablic Works , and their civil . departments and' also in various offloes connected with the law and equity oqnrti . It so happeni that there are three valuable offices now raoant—the ohrksblp of thep ' eace for the city of Dublin , valued at upwards of £ 2 , 000 per annum ; the olerkihlp oftheCrcwnin the Conrt of Queen ' s Bench , with a salary fixtd by aot of Parliament at £ 900 pt-r asnum ; and the office oforleroftbe Court of Exchequer , with . betw «« n £ 300 and JE 80 O per onnum , The first of these effioeo , tbe clerkiihlp for the peace of Dublin , Is

      lomething In the nature of a muololpal office , and the conk mlssloneri have taken no step regarding It , bat tbey had Intended to ipipend the appoiatment to the two others . It appsan , bewever , taat the clerkship of , the Crows la the Queen ' s Bench oannot be dispensed ; wltb , as the duties are Imperative and of a reipsnsible obaraoter . Tbe orlerthlp of the ' Bichrquer ; is-in the gift of the Chief s Baron . AH there ofioei are still yaoant . It appeals to bs the general impression that the Inquiries of the commliiiontri will lead to consider , able modlfioationi in publlo department ! , generally , snd to ssvlngs to a raaterlal extent , iBolndlng the re-employment , in one branch or ' other of the publlo service , of persons who hai been superannuated on fall salary ,

      Thb Poob Law and thb Ibisb Gemtot . — Sir , Richard O'Donnell , a baronst of aooient family in Mayo , has coramitted so efTeace not easily forgiven in Ireland , the honourable baronet , who has long been distinguished for his efforts to stimulate industry in the western province , having undertaken the duties of oolleoting the poor-rate in tires electoral divisions of ffeatport , one of the moBt destitute unions in that part' of the country . B if ore Sir Riobard became tbe collector , even when the tax was comparatively moderate , U had been a work of extreme difficult ; to obtain the . rates by aDymeaai ;

      but noir the oaieis quits diff . rent , and for two ysari they have be » n paid to the satisfaction of the vice goardlnns . Ia a letter to the EviHiMa Mail , Sir Richard O'Donneil sets at defiance ail the reflations cast npon the aTooation he has ohosen . ' la no Instance ( he says ) has a cow horse , or animal of any kind beenseli !< d , nor the services of police , or soldlerB required . I under , toek this office for no sordid motive ; but I em willing yet to be more vile In your eyes , ii , by thus placing myself In aueha position as poor-rate collector , I can inouloste obedience to the laws , and proteot my poor neighbours from unnecessary cxptnieV

      DiitiTdtiom in Clabi . —The fsllowlsg harrowing itatement appears in the Clark Jodbnal ;— ' On the townland of Boora , near this town ( Ennls ) , four deaths hare occurred In one house from starvation , under olr . oumstances of the mo 9 t hotrlfjlng nature . It appears that two families , of the names of Lionane and Qain , were residing In the same cabin , Linnane , the father of one of tbeso families , is at present undergoing a length , ened Imprisonment in Ennls gnf-1 for ibeep stealing . He held two oeres of land , on wbioh there was a small quantity of potatoes . PrevloHs to harveit this family , bttving no means of support , went into the workhouse , bttt Uft It sVftrtly afternards , that the ; might use the potatoti which they had planted . After these were con . turned the family did not obtain relief , which was the immediate cause ef the tragical events which followed ,

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      Mr Ktdd ' 8 Toub . —Kb-obganisatioh « f Char-Ti'M . —lleft London on Monday , the 20 th nit , arrived by railway at Weedon station , and was there met'by Mr Munday , of Northampton , and some other friends , who kindly accompanied me to Darentry , a distance of four miles . The night was stormy , and reminded me of that fine line in Burna" Cottar ' s Saturday Night : '' November winds blaw loud— . wl aiagry songh . ' The Daventry friends informed me' that it waa impossible to get either a hall or room for Chartist purposes .. It was therefore arranged that I should lecture en L » bour in one of the Trades' club rooms , I lectured acoordinRly ; the audience was not numerouB , but one of the most attentive that I ever

      addressed . Atter the leoture , I made arrangements for organising the Chartist movement in Daventry and diatriot . And England owes the few good men and true of . Dav 6 ntry thanks for the ucflinohicg manner in whioh they struggle against social persecution and magisterial interference . The , old and barbarous practice of cook-fighting is still common in this district , and Monday was set apart for tuoh purpose . It being seven o ' clock in the evening before 1 arrived , I oannot describe the actual scene , but in the evening almost every pnblio house was crowded with drunken men , —the topios ' of conversation were cock-fighting , deg-fighting , and man-fighting , ond all the gross beastiality lever heard from the lipa of men stands unequalled , compared with the brutal coarseness . and

      obscenity I here listened to . Nor was it confined to young men or lads , —grandfather and arandton Bat together . I could hava wished that Daventry had been no part of England . Suoh scenes are a blot upon onr national oharaoter , —let « s hopa that the more enlightened of all classes will discountenance them . One fact is woithy of notice , —they occur in a town in whioh magisterial terrorism is so efficient that no innkeeper dare let a room for Chartist pur * poaei ; or safely harbours known advocate of Chartist principles . Being detained upwards of an hour next day at Weedon itation , on my w » y to Nortbanpton , 1 walked over tha grounds of the Weedon barracks , whioh barracks , I am informed , is one of the moat extensive military depot ! in England , and so situated

      that troops oan with facility bs sent by railway to all parti of England and Scotland . The , grounds , I should say , are upwards of one hundred acres in area , and totally useless but for military purposes . I am often told that no government oan organise Labour , how is it then that all governments can organise tnili tary . If a government oan find Aen ot a fixed suture , ¦ train them after they have reached manhood to military evolutions , uniting activity and preoieion of phyaioalexercise ; and alao can command the . mott strict disoiplinei clothe , lodge , and feed such men . I > there anything'to be scoffed at in the proposition that government should organise an indus ' rial army ? —would it be more visionary or less honourable to march an industrial army into Ireland , fully supplied with accoutrements , to take possession of the Irish

      bass , thin it is Sir Harry Smith to India to kill the Sikhs , and acquire territory I Capricious ignoranoe , aad hi indolence , affect to laugh at the Organisation of Labour . How well it would be if the nations could be equally jorular over the orgauisation of armiei . The meeting at Northampton was sot so numerous as I anticipated ) but waa after all not to be complaiuediof . I leotured ou the ' . Charter . ' A youne man of muoheBroeBthessand pron > i 3 e occupied the chair , and all the business waa tracsactc-d to my entire wtisfaotion . At Wellin ^ borough I lectured On Labour . Everything went eff satisfactorily , —i 7 g » nisation established . At the close of my address , one of the oldest asd moat respectable tradesmen in the borough , who haafor many years oiatinjjiiisheJ himselfaa a thinker and philanthropist , moved a vote oi taanks to your , uumb' . e mntt , which was carried

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      Waiimewl / . Tail wm my i # eoid vuit to Wei ! Jn ^ kafMib , and I cm trace a rapid and decided £ [« ^ piewmwl . Ioontihnedmf ronteoawarda teWoli « o btra , in Bedfordshire , and lioturtd on the eveninji of Thursday and Friday . Woborn is a beautifol ' little town , and , with the exception : f a few houses , ., it is the property ot the Duke of Bedford , brother of ' Lord John Koisell . Mb Grace ' * influence ii all : powerfol , and , of course . Wobdrn is the Duke ' s own * •' —Chartism oiBnot have a rapid growth in each ft ' loil j but iUs well to know that eVen her * thereiV' * ' : r ; grain of ; ' » e ^ i ! , ' and , If cautiously nourished , it roajf ; ; \ ' ' wax in strength . I c » nnot help , remarking ' on , . ' the sentiment . so often pot « d , — 'Mea » ures , U'W * ; . men . This may b » correot when party distinction * - '

      are ressoBel npon ; bot in England , where a few landownien possess the soil , and where we are their raanrion * studded over every parish , and their looal influence exercised in every hamlet and t > wn , does it net follow that if these landowners were Arise and good men , and uied the means they possess for the ) elevation of society , that the neBsnres oould only bo useful when the men were useless , i say " , Measurw and men , " Lori Clarendon Was the guest ; of tha DokeloBt week , and , ot coarse , reBided at Woburn Abbey , whieb is about one mile from the town ,, the read leading through a most Bpacious ana delightful park . His lordship , who travelled withontany retinue

      of servants or carriages , must have remarked tha contrast between the town of Woburn and an Irish : t village . Let his Isrdship . reflect that the contrast . ' * ii not over honourable to himself or the English government . Oa Saturday I reached London , tirei , .= J and weary , but strengthened in taith snd hope for- t L the good time coming . '—Samwbi . Kydd , —Lon- ' ^ 1 don , November 27 th . - , , ' * 3 > Ipswich—At a members' meeting on Monday last ,, ' ' a vote of OBnsure was passed upon Mr Franois , late ' delegate to the Cenvention , for his anti demccratio > conduct , and his name ordered to be struck from tha ¦ ' books of the Association . ' Mr Garrard wai elected as a member of the Exeoutivefor this distrioi .

      " 'Pbbston . —Rb-oe&abmatiom of . Chabivm , A . few weeks ago aome of the Old . Guardsof this town held a niseting ; at which they formed a connoi 1 , and 00 Sunday evening last a meeting was held , whioh wat crowded to excess . Mr O'Connor ' s letters were rea'd ' ¦¦ - ' ¦ ' of last Saturday ,, whioh were greatly applauded , an * ' ; ' . . tbafoHowing « reiq \ ution ' wai . put to the meeting ' : — ' , ' . 9 hat . wa ^ the nembars of tha O'Connor Brigade ) CharMJawi&ion of Prest&fe placeJhe fullpat ieiMofSld c 5 ntoenoa in Mr OWifooWhirfndHa- ' ••» tigable and unceasing labours in the holy cause of

      Chartism ; and we will support him and tht Executiv ? Council by every moral means in eur power , in another standfernational rights . ' Carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was then given to Mr John Btntham ; tbe chairman , three obeers for the Land and Charter , and three for Mr O'Connor , when the meeting broke np , highly delighted with the night ' s proceeding ? . CpppjB Hoosb LocAUiijNoiiiNOHAM—The following is a statement of aoapnnts : —Profits on sale of Democratic publications in four weeks , £ 3 0 > . lid . ; paid to Mm Rogers , 18 s . 5 Jd . ; in hand towards de . fenceofRoRers . jEZlLSd .

      _ Sotion-in » Ashfibld . —A concert , was held in this towd on Monday last , when the old band and glee gingers attended gratuitously , and tke proo # eds > ( 41 ) , wai given to the Defence Fund . The leading Chartists attended , and several excellent speeohe * *? . were delivered . Leamington — An adjourned meeting of tba numbers of this branoh , was held on Monday , the 27 th ulU The cases of Mre Jones and Mrs M'D > uall were agaia bronght before the meeting , when a further subsoription was entered into , amounting to it ii , . after whieb ' a Committee wsb' formed , connieting of Messrs Davis , Goodhall , Hole , and White . —We wculd wish tbat the men of the Erneat Jones locality , or the men of Halifax , would appoint a Committee , to receive subscriptions . ' . .

      Sheipibld . —A general meeting ef Chartist members wan held in the Democratic Reading Room , S 3 , Queen Street , on Monday last . Mr John Taylor in the chair . A general council consisting cf tbe following persons was nominated : —John Taylor , Janes Moxam , W . Dyson , William Grant , Frederio Lever , Charles Booker , Joseph Faress , ' Aaron Higgiabottora ; Henry Taylor , financial secretajy ; G . Cavill , 33 , Qoeen Street , oorrespoisding secretary . A deputation from the Land membera waited upou tbe ChartiBts , for the pnrpoee of learning whether it was their intention to give Mr O'Connor an early ir > y itation , for both bodies toco-operate together , whenit was resolved that a publio invitation be given to the above patriotic and philanthropic gentleman . A vete of thanks bavins ; been given to the chairman , the meeting dissolved .

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      THE NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE COMMITTEE TO THE CHARTISTS , DEMOCRATS , AND OTHER PHILANTHROPISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brethren , —Tke national meeting of delegates , recently held at Birmingham , wisely resolved ; that all local and sectional Victim and Defence Commit ' tees should concentrate their strength by forming one central body for , the aid , defence , relief , and sustenance of all Chartist victims of Whig misrule ; thoBe local bodies , aotuated by the same righteous desire , complied with the request thus made ; and the Metropolitan Victim Committee , who have already furnished forth and distributed upwards of one hundred pounds to the ' victisW under their carp , have consented , and now are , conjointly witii tbe Executive Committee of the National Charter Association of Great Britain / your National Victim and Defence Committee ,

      Brethren , by the mouths of your deleg&teB , in national conclave assembled , your wishes were ex * pressed ; those wishes have been complied with ; ii now remains for you to supply the means—the funds —to carry out your just , benevolent , and phi ! anthropio intentions . To work , then , at once . Appoint trustworthy collectors in every parish , camlet , town , and city of Great Britain . Let the fund 4 thus collected be forwarded to 'The NationalV . climand Defence Committee . ' Remember that Fnsiell , Shaw , Bezar , Williams . Payne , ' Cuffey , M'DonaU . dso-, &o . have been the advocates of the People ' s Charter front the first day of its existence , and were advocates of 1 Radicalism , ' before it took the m . me of' Chartism . * Remember , too , that the voice of yeur young bu 6 enthusiastic , eloquent , and ardent fri ° nds . Ernest

      Jones , Vernon , Lacy , Fay , Looney , D )* L nR , < 5 tc . &o .. cries aloud from their dungeonc . Scotland , too , furnishes forth her victims ; she his her Rankens , Hamiltons , &o ., < feo . ; and the following extract of s > letter from Manchester , but too plainly and forcibly appeals to your sympathies for the mesas of defence ; — 'We have paid , within the last three months , between £ 80 and £ 90 for bail feeB , and Mr W . P . Roberts tells us we shall require £ 300 within the next three weeks , to defend the Chartist victims ia the northern district . ' N Brethren , amongst the men of Lancashire- and Yorkshire About to be put on their trials-, a ' and prominently those sterling Chartists , James L » aoh , Daniel Donovan , Rankin , John Smyth , and John West .

      Brethren , the moans and tears of suffering wives and children cry aloud to jon for aid . The long services ef old , and the ardent and enthusiastic eervifts of your younger advocates , deiaand your assisttanco . Remember , for you and y = ur cause they snfftfr : for the aaored cause of liberty they are now enduring persecution , prosecution , lonir imprison * nent , transportation , and baaighment from ^ homo , family , and friends . Surely , tken . you will not allow their helpless wives and families to perish of hunger . Then , by ynnr hatred of tyranny and oppression—by

      your love ot justice—by that Charter you have so oft vowed to obtain—we invoke you to take one look at your , own cherished hearths—to cast one glance at the wives of your bosoms , snd tbe children of your affeolion , and th * n rhow by . actions . which . "peak lounder than words , that you have determined that the exchequer of your National Victim and Defence Fond shall be well supplied—that you do appreciate the advooatea of your rights—that you have deter ; mined 4 hat wrong , misery , and wretchedness shall osaieoutof the land , and that speedy political freedom shall be the advent of sccial happiness .

      Signed on behalf of . the National Victim and De * fence Committee . Esmond Siallwccd . JOHK ABBOTT . John Mime , Treasurer- : JoHif Josuh MsBBiuiM , Secretarvt 144 , High Holborn , November 28 th , 1848 . -

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      THE DEFENCE FUND . _ s We have much pleasure in directing tbo attention of the Female Chartists to the balance t-heet whioh appears in our 5 th page , by whioh it will : be seen that the cotton knit anti-macas » ar Table Cover , presented by Mrs Gill , a few weeks ago , for the defence of Cuffey and others , has been divposed of . and thtt aljer defraying exponoes ( three shillings ) ' Onb PoTjMnSxvBH Shiluno 3 \ oa been cleared , aod banded by the treasurer—Mr Grassby—to tba proper quarter . Th " i 3 we hail as a step in the right direction , and one which every female Chartiat in the k ngcom might take , by smplcying her leisure hours in working , knitting , ornaking some article of apparel or ornament ) and presenting iteitfcer for the defenca

      of the marty Wi or the support of their .,, wives and . tamilies . . Indeed , th ' s work of bBcevoience seema peculiarly adapted to , and should call forth the energies oi , the female mind ;¦ for what csoro noble or pleasurableemployraenUan ., a woman fhd , alfc . c the perforBiance cf her dotuestic duties , tlsan ia exefoisisg her talentB in ths forrcatif not' toEae . ^ aeful orfacojaTtioie , consoledbyjthe n-flc'icn that her industry will counteract the veLemoua it » gj . of tyranny , dry tho ' wiiowo' aod orphans' baH .-a ^ d shed the Bunehiue of the \^ xi upuh this bQSjie . nfjhe . dtaolate . A far . oy fair , or a thousand oihirin « l otia ; might be adopted for the disposal of such artie ' e ^ and philanthropic purchaseiB ^ cu ) d vt > wa such ' n laudabb work wiih euccssjj ; AYs hope ibis exirjppte will nothUoat ; sightorojthegm § v \ 4 te ^ UVil ofaU tru < 5 < J ? n \ csra * . B . . ¦ V r , v .

      &Lt;*O The Ebader3 Op Thr I ^Northern Star." 1

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      vQL yXII . No 580- ; LONDONv SATURDAY DECEMBER' % 1848 .- ' ' ~ ' . ¦ wmS ? "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1848, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1499/page/1/