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      ¦ Mf Fbiesds , " - - : - Whether you are Chartists , "Whigs , Tories , or Radicals , Protectionists , orFree Naders—« r ty whatever politicalTjame yea ^ : ^ stamped—yon ? ? interests as" working ^ are one and indivisible ; and had not the -rt and snbflety of those who live upon your jj » nendence 1 ) eeii able to disunite you , you 35 now he TBE HAITY FAMILY ; ft : stead of a disunited fenuly .

      . This is the last letter that I shall he able to address to you before Parliament meets and ^ s « to be forewarned ia to be forearmed , " iet xne call your attention to the happy prospects in store for you , which I glean from the Times of Thursday morning . i- ; > :-¦ That index , or iathtt reflex offlffinisterial jjind , which some weeks ago hinted something about an extension of lie ; Suffrage , now tells as that there is no need for Parliament meeting at all ; that there is nothing to he done , with 3 single exception of legislating as to the most economic mode of burying the dead ; and as to the Nafional Debt , the Times tells the people , that THEY CONTRACTED it , and , of course , THEY must pay it .

      ; However , as the postscript of a lady ' s letter is always the most important part , the Times , in its postscript , speaks ludicrously of the Protectionists' power , and what may be the Protectionists * policy ; while you must remember the fact— " THE GREAT FACT "that the organs of a party always treat the ¦ policy which they most dread with the greatest levity . Apart therefore from the . prophecies or anticipations jof all parties , and their organs , I will attempt to foreshadow for you truly what is likely to be thereaultof the coming straggle . - " - ; r ^ There is nothing more plausflHe than for

      one party to arrange the afiatraofanother party ; but it is Tery difficult" to'SaSsfy ^ &e ' other party with that one-sided i arrangement : and the Money-lords and Free Traders will £ nd it very difficult to persuade the Landlords and the Protectionists that they are the most fit and proper arbitrators to decide in the action now pending between the owners of land and the labourers ; for , depend npon it that , .-exhibit it as theymav , according to their several interests—this is THE QUESTION to be solved , and the question which must be solved , and for the proper solution of which I have been long endeavouring to prepare the national mind .

      I therefore tell you , ra contradiction of the placid prophecy of the limes , that you never -witnessed such contention , strife , and struggle as the next Session of Parliament will present ; and that yon may be prepared for the struggle , I will pnt you in possession of the dodge , " audit will be based upon the very same policy that has been invariably adopted by the employers of Labour . The struggle will be between Protectionists and Free Traders , and the antagonism of the

      people to Protection will be used as thestrongest element of Free Trade power ; and , as of yore , year power will be negatively and not affirmatively nsed . Tour opposition . and hatred to feudalism and its legislation is natural , hut then you should base your power—and not the power of a still more interested party—npon its ruin ; for I tell you again and again , that fhe landlord , if inclined to be a tyrant , could cnlyteBoeYery half year , —upon rent-flaywhile the employer of labour could be , and is a tyrant , every hour in the day .

      I well understand the difficulties against which a man has to contend who places himself in opposition to powerful capitalists , who command the action , if not the mind , of the dependent minions '; and who command the Press , that in a great measure directs that mind . During the present week , I have "visited Leed 3 and Manchester , the great hives of Yorkshire and Lancashire . I never witnessed a tetter feeling , nor I never experienced a

      more cordial or hearty welcome , and I learned that trade was never better ; and mark me , when I tell you , that , whatever tinkerine and patching there may be during the present Session , it will be based upon the prosperity of the country , and the satisfaction of the people . And the moment that prosperity vanishes , satisfaction will vanish also ; and then the dissatisfied people will revile me and others , for not using their power when they were unwilling to nse it themselves , when it might lave seen beneficially employed .

      Let me now take a general view of the quest ion of Free Trade as applicable to the hired labourer . I will estimate the rent of land in Great Britain and Ireland , at a much higher amount than it stands . I will put it down at seventy-five millions a year , and I will presume that by Free Trade it will be reduced to fifty millions , that is , one-third , or over thirtythree per cent , is knocked off the rent . That would amount to twenty-five millions a year , to compensate the fanner for the reduction in the price of his produce , while the wages of the labourer wonld he reduced in proportion to the reduction in the price of his food . 2 fow , upon the other hand , I will suppose that there are twelve millions in the three

      Kingdoms vuo live by their labour , and I am much under the mark ; and I will presume , and I estimate it lowly , that the employers of thot * labourers would , inconsequence of Free Trade , reduce wages by sixpence a day ; and in many -cases , mechanics , artificers , ariazans , and those who are now most highly paid , wonld have their wages reduced by more than a shilling per day ; and it is a low estimate to presume , that when Free Trade comes into full operation , the wage 3 of the agricultural labourers will be reduced from- twelve shillings to nine shillings a week , which is sixpence a day ; and if von take the reduction of the twelve

      millions at sixpence a day , which is much below the mark ; you will find that upon the year it amounts to [ NINETY-THREE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND , or forty Euluons a year—more than the whole of the taxes of the country . But as I am determined to submit this question of labour and dependence to you in inch a way that your opponents shall not suppose that my statements are exaggerated , youmustunderstand , thatif the wages of the labourer is reduced by even twopence a a day , or a shilling a week , the reduction would amount to thirty-one . million , two hundred tuonsand a year .

      Now , then , let me ask of you—if those who ' use your labour for the purpose of manufacturing the raw material , could , or would consent , to a reduction of NINETY-THREE MIL ZLION , SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND , <> r even ofTfflETX-OKE MILLION , TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND upon the manufactured article , on the contrary , while the scarcity of the raw material , which is now spoken of , would reduce your wages , it would increase the price of the manufactured article ; -tut I am almost in despair of ever hringing you to understand the Labour Question , so long as the partial satisfaction of one trade , places those belonging to that trade in opposi , tion and antagonism to then * less fortunate irethren .

      Whenever the time arrived that the Irish people , were in a position to extract something & > m fhe English Parliament , ihe GBEAT liberator's cry was , whoever Divides the liberal interest , . is an enemy to his country ,

      fSB THE IRISH PEOPLE WERE J ABSHALLED TO SUPPORT THEIR DIRE ST ENEMIES . ^ owsoit will he with you , if you allow rrwuselTes to be led blindfold . THE LIBE-£ & P ARTY ( GOD SAVE THE MARK !) ^ endeavour to enlist you to fight against

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      the Protectionists , and the moment the ba , ttle is _ won—that feudalism is put ' down—rents reduced , and landlords made paupers—you will then see tho BLOODIEST CODE OF LAWS ENACTED TO SUPPRESS THE POWER OF THE DEPENDENT LABOURER ; for believe me , that as self-interest is the basis of human action , the moneylord will defend his power over labour with as great , and greater ferocity than the landlords will defend their power over land . And it is for that struggle , which , believe me , 'is . at hand , that I am now endeavouring to marshal the working-class mind of this country . t . im . F'rnTaiYti «\* i *_ £ .. - 3 ji i . ir ^ . *«

      Do not be led away by the enthusiasm manifested at public meetings , or by the predictions of an interested press , for rely ' upon it , that the power of the Commons is now : transferred to the Lords—that the Lords' House is almost solely constituted of landlords—that they will abandon * all political strife when their property is at stake—that they will Tesist some measure of the Commons—and , if Parliament is dissolved , then you wiU see platform enthusiasm and press whimsicality , wholly and entirely demolished by Protectionist votes ; and it is to avoid the horrible revolution that would assuredly follow such a result , that I am preparing you for the coming straggle .

      WhentheReform : BillwaB carried you were ^ wm ~^ Mm ^ &M dancy of the people ; while the ^ rst act of the Reform Parliament was to pass Coercion Bills ; to declare political unions—that elevated them to power—illegal ; to acquiesce in the illegal transportation of the Dorchester Labourers ; while at Nottingham and Bristol , many who were roused to madness , were sent by their friends to the gibbet . It was so with Free Trade , while we ( the Chartists ) always opposed the mockery , and declared ourselves VERITABLE FREE TRADERS—that is , for free trade in legislation , to make free trade in corn a national benefit instead of a class speculation .

      The Irish landlords have had the first taste of Free Trade ; and now you will find that Lord Gxengall and his associates , have discovered the value of British legislat ion , and are adopting a REPEAL OF THE UNION ; and depend upon it , that although poor Ireland was the first to get the smack of bad legislation , that England will have her taste , and that ere long . They were in a position to stand the experiment for a few years , but they are not in a . temper to bear the inevitable results .

      You hear the absurd nonsense spouted , that Free Trade has not had its fair trial , and that corn will yet rise , and that the rivers of foreign countries being blocked up with ice , will prevent the foreigner from sending his produce to the English market . What rubbish—what rank rubbish ! Do not these nincompoops know that however it may toe detained for a season , that it will come when the thaw comes , and will be stored as a competitor against English produce ? and while they are telling you that Free Trade will not permanently reduce the price of British produce , I tell you , in the teeth of all such prophets , that you

      will see corn below 30 s . a quarter , ere longas all the countries in the world , where land is cheap and transit is cheap , are preparing stock for the rich market of the world . And let me repeat , what I have before told you , with regard to this competition . Here—at Mart-Lane—stand two hags of wheat , English and American . The buyer first opens the English sack , and out jumps a crown , a mitre , a crosier , a parson , an ecclesiastical commis ; sioner , a general and his staff , an admiral and his staff , a poor law commissioner , a

      policeman , a spy , a detective , a poor rate collector , highway rate collector , mistress of the robes , grand falconer , master of the horse , master of the buckhounds , groom of the . stole , and all the lords in waiting for their salaries ; next he opens tiie American Dag , and out jumps the little President , receiving 5 , 0007 . a year , end the whole Governmental staff receiving 16 , 0007 , a year—being altogether , for President and Governmental expenses , only 1 , 0007 . a year more than the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland receives as gaoler

      general of Ireland . You may ask me if the land bears all those taxes that I have referred . to ? I answer , that what it does not positively hear , its owners , holding the control of power , have imposed upon the industry of the country ; and therefore I repeat , what I have stated over and over again—that what I wish to see is , the Land measured by State necessity , and not by Political patronage . I wish to see it

      brought into the retail market ; and in order to prove to yon that the folly of to-day may be the the wisdom of the morrow , let me give you the following extract from a letter of Mr . Lures Pra , one of the principal managers of the Dublin and King ' s Town Railway , to Sir JOHN Homily , the English Solicitor-General After detailing the value of Small Farms , he comes to the necessity of granting a cheap and unexceptionable Parliamentary title . Here i » the extract

      :-i-The proposed establishment hag arisen ontof the conaction that the first sale of land under the Commission will form an epoch in the history of the landed property of Ireland , and that a rare exception will now and then only prove the troth of the general rule ; that no one will thereafter purchase land in Ireland unless it possesses the . rast ad-antage of having a Parliamentary title . From that period , land , for the first time in Ireland , becomes a lair subject for legitimate mercantile traffic : it can he purchased readily , and ahove all safely ; it may be divided and subdivided , and again disposed of in suitable lots to meet the views of all classes of purchasers , and transferred by a simple , safe , and short conveyance , and the advantages which wfll be thus derived appear tome all but incalculable . '

      . . ... Sow , if , in addition to aU these advantages , wS shall be enabled to offer to all purchasers the option of paying down only one-half of the amount of their purchase , retaining the whole of their remaining capital in their own handsfor the Mowing two years , in order to enable them to do amjile justice to their hind , and then spreading the repayments over the long period often years , it appears to me something more than probable that prices will be thus obtained for land very far beyond the present expectations of the numerous croakers , who are always to be found where difficulties have to be met . . .

      It has come within my own personal knowledge , professionally , that many of the Irish formers and small dealers , jobbers in cattle , & £ , & ., have saved rather large sums for their station in life , from £ 500 to £ 3 , 000 . Many members of . the same family have each their separate investment . The disposition to accumulate appears to me to be contagious . A large proportion of tills class -would be delighted to be enabled to invest their savings In land , if they could meet with a purchase suitable to their means ( hitherto utterly unattainable ) , and that they were not likely to be made parties to a suit in Chancery , or which they entertain some suitable feelings of horror ; but give such men as these the opportunity of making a moderate purchase , without risk ana ¦ srithout uncertainty—enable

      them to retain sufficient capital , as I have already said , to do justice to the land , and by persevering industry , with strict economy , to convert their &rms into fee-simple estates , and I do most truly believe that a social revolution in Ireland , of the most desirable character , and without inflicting an injury on any one- wonld be "ultimately effected simply by allowing all parties to av ail themselves to the fullest extent of those advantages which their capital , their industry , and their economy fairly entitle them to . As an interesting confirmation of thk theory , permit me to recall to your recollectioa the facts which I mentioned yesterday , in reference to ' an estate in the county of

      "Wexford , of about 480 statute acres , which some years since became the joint property of several young ladies , who were recommended not to hold so small an estate jointly , and they consequently arranged to have it sold . Upon this determination becoming known to the tenants , a deputation waited on the fluent and requested him to haretheir respective farms valued , and that if he would rive them time they would try and complete the purchase . The interesting oSer was liberally met ; a fair , but full valuation was put on each ferm ; each tenant paid down wiatlie could then spare , and the Tisrit Has been that twelve out of fourteen have completed their purcHase 5 the others have so nearly done so that it ia a matter of differ , ence whether the money or the interest be para-ana wnat

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      I . ^ ertate , or rather ' these estates , ' have lately been carefully inspfcted'b y . a most intelligent well-known EngUshMember of Parliament , who has , sjnlce his visit , stated tome that ; whether for careful-cuiayation or personal comforts , he . has seen nothing at alMUfe it in ' Ireland ; and that , it stood put , as f > romiiiently from the well-known barony where it lie */ at that bnrmiy does * from the rest of that fine county . - : ¦ " ' ¦ * :-y ~ ; ~ . " v . S ^ ff ' . iV- ¦ ¦ •' Now , could I , or could any \ W \ i ^^ an , furnish you with a stronger or a more unequi vocal proof of the difference between the value of land cultivatedby free labour and slave'la * bour . These Small / Farms ; : he now tells y . 6 % when cultivated , by . 'their owners , are not to bej exceeded for cultivation ; while ,-if cultivated by . tenants holdin g under landlords , they would no doubt , under existing circumstances , have deteriorated . : - T - ' - ' ¦ - ¦'¦ - - ¦ - >'; ""

      I shall now conclude iyiffi a ¥ Cassurance to you , the working men , tHatj , in spite of the fury , the vigour , and 'the power : of Lords and Commons—and in spite of the antagonism : of capitalists ; and in spite of jfche terror of the fopgeon , " that ; I ; wUlW 8 iflt ; jto ^" edeith ' ; any attempt to restore Protection )\ and ,-if we are subjected to a dissolution of / Parliament and a new election , for the purpose ^ of / arraying the power of the ^ pnviteg ^ 'fev / . 'iitgkinBt the will and the interest of the ^ excommunicated many , I will let them see the mind of this , country— - not only in the daylight , but it shall flicker iii the rays oftha torch—as , I will hold torch-light

      g aggi ^ g ^ p ^^ 5 w ra ©" HtauJ" ! to enaDie those , who are immured an the ^ fectory . % ^ ay | ; to ! ine » t and express their opinions by night , as X am resolved that , with my consent , the working classes ' shall never again be juggled . . Your faithful Friend and Representative , Feakgus O'Connor .

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      from such groundless assertions ,. stated lie had . not written a : letter t 6 ^ MfyG 7 when on lib way to London / where beiiWdH . goirig W seek ; medical advice , he wasnjet . bji ; Mr /^ ashbowBeatjGloucester < who inquired when'liis ^ biHi was likel y to-. be settled ;( and until that . Bl « inenf , M ^ V ! p . jfa 3 . not awarotbat'it was unpftid ); IIe : an 8 wi 4 fjBd ' 'tSat . lie was , going ! to London , ' and would : insKb it"hi » ' business , ' . upon the first opportunity , tpe ' r'Mr ; O'Oorihoryand ihfwin him o fI the fact . ;< Accordingly , ho saw that gcntlflmanj and ! he" laughed iat ; Mr . CL' » being so uneasy about the debt duo ' ' to the mercer , and told . lvim to inform , that ' Cpprspn , . iippn bis return home , that ; it wouW ^ be j sKortly / liquidated , which , / was doiw ' > soon .-no , ; Tpjossible " afterMr . ' C . ' sarriValafc Gloucester . ;; tijit Mr ; O'Connor riot paying it ; a lawyer ' s letter , was sent ; to Mr . C . a fortnight afterwardsl' which ' 'was ' forwarded to that gentleman 5 But why did ^ hrf state this circumstance ? To prove that hfetMr . jpi ) rwns hot ^ bo : much . favoured ( as his opponents wereiintheihabifc of . insinuating , and that the line of conduct they ^ were pursuing prevented Mr ., O Connor : from ; discharging . his or the . Company's . just deb ' tg . Helalso said , ' that Mr . O'Connor , seeing him look ' s ? W-ini'J ^ igw ^ romyiatkme a cori 8 iuerable . , distance , iindly asked him to" take' a little briindy ^ ihd-water ? So much for the > ' fuddling ' interview , "* and tho calumnies apouted agairiattho " celebrated foreman / ' . i :. i ; ; Friends ^ fird we concludejiwe shall : "ju 3 tobserve , that _ .. the Jat || Br ^ part ;; . 61 , ¦ pur opponents ' , effusion , charging Mr ^ O ! Cohnor : and . his tra mgJouiiissocontemptible . Hhatwe sh ^ Mi ^ hir

      country ^ n ^ Mof 4 Hiiand | to ^| &he 8 ty ^ trustworthiness / ' $ : ' . Mh ' ¦^ ' ^¦^^^^¦^ UiJ ¦ ¦ : ¦;¦ : ¦ ' ¦) : < r T . .. Believe us sincerely'yotirs ^ ? , "¦ & •' ; , Wiw , iAu ; BijiOKroRp , John Willes , E . E . Waiva ,. Henry CuLMNaHAM ,. T . Clark , C . Doius , * John Moodt , Gbohge 'Guy , Joseph ^ MiiH . : ^ l . Now , my reply to the above is , that these gentlemen ' will be very , speedily ; restored ; to their former happy : position ^ as > ' like my ; Minster Lovel friends ; they too-have lost -their bad landlord , and are now the tenants of the Mortgagees , and every man of them will be sent about his business . As to the exposure of Feahgus O'Connor , ; Idefy Mr ; Cullingham , Mr . Doyle , llr . M'Grath , Mi' . Clark , Mr . Wheelek , Mr . DixoN , or any mortal maii that has had connexion with this Company , to charge him with one single act except foolish generosity . ; \ i C . ¦ \ - ., ' .. ¦ ' '' ¦!

      I have , so completel y answered the humbug about Aid Money at Snig ' s . End and Minster Lovel before , that I need . not . trouble you with repetition ; but those gentlemen may rest assured that , hereafter , they shall have no grounds for charging me with foolish : generosity . .- ¦¦¦ " Your faithful Friend , ¦¦ " ¦ * ¦ " - ; " Feargus O'Connor ;

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      Unite ! unite . ' ye Irish brave , v Let the Land your watchword be ; . . Scout , oh scout the servile slave That crouches when he may be free . Up like heroes , 'at the despots— ' : Lick no more the tyrant's hand ; . * .- ; ' Leave your pauper workhouse mess-potB , : v And lire like freemen on your land . Then Free Trade will be a blessing , When man can work , and eat nnd play ; When shepherds " cease to live by fleecing , Then each flock its own will pay . —F . O'C . THE LAND ! THE LAND !! THE LAND !!!

      TO THE IRISH FEOPLE . ( From ihelrisknfian ofJan . V ) . ) My Friends and ' CotfNTRYiiEN , : , The state cto which tyranny , oppression , and misrule has brought Ireland , will shortly compel the English ministry to destroy the whole machinery by which that ruin has been created . We find this fact foreshadowed by an announcement -in . the ministerial organ , that a large extension of the suffrage is , ' at length , to be ' Cenceded ^ -That Concession , " -however , does not emanate from a sense of justice , but from an apprehension that Whig power , based upon Free Trade , can no . longer withstand the opposition of Protection . , .

      As regards Ireland , however , there is this gleam of hope from the promised changethat no extension of the suffrage , save that which confers it upon every , sane mau of twenty-one years of age , ; can overpower the influence of land monopolists , and from the destruction of -that-power alone can you , the working classes , anticipate the slightest benefit . ; , ; irishmen , poor and dependent though ye were when the forty shilling freehold system was in existence , yet , under that system , thousands , yea millions , never died of famine .

      You , the Catholics of Ireland , fdurhundred thousandofyou , representing two millions , at five to a . family , were satisfied to surrender and abandon your little hovels and homesteads , upon the hope of securing what was fashionably termed Catholic Emancipation ; . the result of which was , that Catholic lickspittals and toadies were eligible to be elected as your representatives , to hold oflices from which they were previously excluded , to be appointed Queen ' s Counsel , Attorney or Solicitor-General , and elevated to the Bench ; and , to show you the'benefit of such a change , for which you were ousted from your little

      holdings , can you point out any class of men , whether as representatives or officials , that has been more virulently hostile to the elevation of tho Catholic jppople ? .. ¦' . ; . As representatives they have sold you , as law officers they have persecuted you , and : as judges they have strained the law ' s rigour to destroy you ; and always bear in mind that that legal persecution has ever emanated from men who have been elevated to those legal situations by Government lickspittals who professed to represent you . Now , that is the system that I seek to destroy . . And to prove to you the fact that landlords

      have ever measured the value of their property by the standard of political patronage , and not by that of national requirement or State necessity , need I remind you , that shortly after the annihilation of the forty shilling freehold votes , the tyrant landlords levelled your heads to the dust , and knocked your small holdings into large farms , by which the altered vote was to be measured ; and at length have been compelled , as I predicted , to be beggars at England ' s door , in order , as they humanely profess , to ' save- thbse ' itbm starvation whom they had robbed of their little holdings , and whom they had ousted from their . little hovels ?

      . The blackness of asheB now marks where they stood , While the wild mother screams o'er her famishing - ¦ ¦ brood . ' ; . ¦ ¦¦' . ¦ ¦¦ - ¦¦• . ¦ ¦¦ ;¦ ¦ ¦>• > ¦ " ¦ - , "¦¦ ¦ Now , my countrymen , as there is no alight difficulty in creating , organising , and directing a national mind , and as my whole life ' s study has been devoted to the single consideration as to how the industrious labourer may be made independent of . the griping capitalist ; and as

      I have come to the conclusion that this object cannot be achieved by any other means tban ihe looation of the people upon their own land , deriving a comfortable subsistence , from its produce , furnished by their own labow—you must not consider me tiresome while I am endeavouring to secure the materials by which , and by which alone , this desirable object can beeffeoted .

      Shall . I startle you , If I introduce you to the Q ueen ' s Palace ,. iaiid aslc you to inspect the edificej and examine- the ^ gorgeous fiirriiiture--tQ look upon the wmptuoua . repast sup-

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      plied ^ Ihjrlloy ^ ar ^^^ . wine , the ^ in ^" * tMig ^ lufMdMyeifi-. if x ask ! you to inspect the magnificent dresses of ladies 'and lords ,. prm 6 es' ' aii'd princesscs ,: of the i Queen ; andL Her'EoyaljWn ^ iMonished / when ! ^ eli ^ u |^ a ^' pali ^ e ^ ban 2 ' qujet j ^ f ^^ reVjOThamen ^^ Idi ^ s ^ s ^ all ^ lraa iaiidMl ; a # p ! ' 0 u ^^ 1 ! # ! % '*; And . Trill you ^ b ^/ 'fil ^ i-sickOTr , w ^« % y ° « t ;; afe ^ reminded ; 6 f ^ o ^? 6 ^; servile ; ahd ^ crowtu - ng 8 tibje ^ ncy ^ fi ^ . l call , your ^ ¦ tent »^ to ^ , . your / tabld ^ i ^ nd ? , uniurnisljed hoveVi *^ youi hay e a f ! hovel ~ to yopr ragged wife ^ rand naked tand ^ - ataftihgachildren ^ sail consequence * of oppi ^ ssi bn and misrule , based upon youp own disosiobin ' - ,,,.,- ,..,. ? ^ | Only thinla > f M ® 6 ^^^^ ^ ¥ ' . P ^ JPf ^ , ^^ ^'" g a majorityv& ^^ j" ! roiHions tlof ^^ piiypalation i iiPsucli a state of ^ abjjeict- serf&Ms £ aodihiiik thatfth ' eir bower is ore ' afirved ^ bif ^ feir ^ iiiTiinn > ¦ " Z # a razM tlie ^

      disMon ^^^ y ^ d ^ E ^ wihe ' mui-deri ing . art ~ wbile ; if ¦ ' you : ffabEmtted"i » Jbe ' meiii tally drille ^ your . ; , v ' oicer of " ; Jmowloag ^ ^ puld very speedily silence 1 theircarinpii ! s joarv * % " " : . iNow , my csuntrjmenr ] tetm ^ implpre o 0 ou no . lpnger : to , allow yourselve » to $ e . Used ? as the mere staff of tljose who are ; eatenDgsfor . patronage , and-pow . eiv whether ttey ^ Catholic or vProtestantjr . but so ; to ; smjlte ^ aw ; national mind for the comiBg struggl ^ ittiatno Minister will be again enabled to 'base ^ mh ^ atiflfadtiou upon mere classgj ? atificatioK ^' - •; : ; - " t "It is enough t ^ 'dnve ^ a / ir ^ to hear the manner 4 o ^ ' ^ fchryoatr toady representatives "deaciHlibB ^ is ^ ' and

      Irish' suffering , ' ii the'Hbuse of' Commoris ; Those , bewailingsarealways eoflfined ; tp the great sufferings of it& landlprdai " baaed . upofl Free , Trade .,, jffjeift ^ jof nothrog V but " Eoor La ;« r Guardians ' an ^ tSeiV . manag ^ ent , ]¦ , Ratei V * ; Aid , ^ ie ^ Bute en » ga ; ofVlaudipras > and the tiiikering of coi-ppratiosa ; not ; a ;; word . / about theiSufferingSjOf the pooiviwhich have one and lUl ^ g ^ Eiale ^ aad ^ nfcpossiblei i ^ would ^

      ^ ir , 3 testerday |; Jfpdf ^ l ^ e&jMligstu ^ meetui * the ; i > r 6 pri 6 to | - ^ S ^ jS ^ W ^ S ^ e § " ingrat ^^( m ^ p # Tav ^^^ l ^ riH ^ ia great and ' wealthy ! ci ty ^ aB ^ h ' e ' 'exprcssel Kia ardent delight at ibe manner in H-hicli' the English mindtos drilled ^ and capableqfb ' eiijg directed in . political matters ; arid I expressed my still greater delight when . I learned ;' from him , the strength whieli . the Democratic party in Ireland was likely to possess . And recollect , that as every beginning : is weak , youmust not

      bedespondent if you do not arrive , at a giant strength all at once . No , you have : a double , duty to perform : you hare to pull down , and and clear away the old rubbish , which has stf long remained as the great obstacle of progress , before you can erect your new edifice . ; ; Rely upon it , that parties undertaking to create a , great national mind , have great difficulties to contend against . When I first organised the Chartist movement in England , ' in 1 S 35 , I considered a

      meeting of five or six in an attic as . 1 good gathering ; and behold its gro \ vth when I tell you that ia 1837 , " ' 38 , ' 39 , and ' 40 we had gatherings estimated at half a million , many walking thirty miles ; When the twig was weak' we were not worth the law , ' a notice ; when we were ever so ' powerful we ' wer © not noticed b y the press ; but when the sapling turned into a sturdy trunk , then we were considered worth the law ' S-persecution and theslander of the press . * . . .

      Aow , Irishmen , let me implore of you not to bo disheartened if your beginning ia weak ; remember that " Rome was not built in a day , " and above all ; remember that " what is to be done for thb PEoPLR . Mn « T be noNK b i the PEOPLE ; " and re « member , that the employer , wholives upon tne ob « pendoace of tho labourer , will nevei unite with the labourer for the accomplishment of any measure which is calculated to destroy that dependence . 'As well may . . thelamb with tho tiger unite , The mouse with the eat , the lark with the kite ' With my Ballinamoraona . ¦ No union with tyrant for me . ' . Noir , my countrymen , as to be forewarned is to

      ie forearmed , let me implore of you to be prepared for the , coming struggle . The show-box will opear on Thursday fortnight—tbe magicians will try to juggle you-r-thq landlords will assure the Minister of your perfect satisfaction , if they themselves can be satisfied—the Ministers have no means of judging of your position , except from their declarations and the ' communications of paid officials ; and , therefore , it becomes your bounden duty to unite , as one man , for . the means to . the end—thePjso- > pie ' s Charter , as the means , and the Land as theend . —Your faithful friend and countryman , " London , 'Jan 8 , 1 S 50 . Feargus O'Conxor . ,

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      THE PISSATISFIED ALLOTTEES

      TO FEAHOC 8 O ' CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . Honoured and dear Sir—I embrace the present opportunity to offer an opinion respecting the Land Company , as well as to : send you another instalment toWal'da defraying the expenses incurred In defence of the Chartist prisoners . I wish to stafo that I hold the same opinion respecting you , that I havo entertained for several years . I look upan you as a father to the fatherless , and one with whose reputation few can compare , and nene excel ; who has to endure the scoffs , the vituperation , and slander , of those whose interests you hold dearest at heart , and for whom you have spent the best of your days as well as fortune . . These persons havethe audacity to say , that it would bo a good thinff

      for this country if you had been thrown overboard whilst on your passage to Ireland . ( See a letter in the Nottingham Review from an allottee , recently published . ) I think , sir , when you have such children as these to deal with , that the sooner you get rid of them the better .: Dear sir , lam a paid up member in a family ticket , and , we think , if it was possible for the Company to be wound up , that it wbuldgive general satisfaction to the greater part of the members . Depend upon it , that above one half of the Land members belong to that class who would not try to help themselves , and therefore they are unworthy any man ' s help , or they would not

      have ; ceased paying at the time when you wera proved to , have thousands of pounds of your own money in the Company by the House of Commons , and at the very time when it was most needed . It is not because we are afraid of our money ; far from it , for we would | rather trust it ia youv hands , than in any other man ' s hands in the kingdom . Ia conclusion , may' the wisdom of Providence attend you in every undertaking , and may . you preserve that unblemished character you now retain during the residue of your days , and then your name will be handed down to posterity as an honour to society , to your country , and to God . Calverton . Kobbbt Watsox .

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      THE ALLOTTEES AT MINSTEH LOVEL

      BAIL COURT . . DOE DEM . WEARING AND ANOTHER'V . O . * C 0 SN 0 R AND OTHERS . ' ' . . ' Mr . Pioott moved for judgment against the casual ejector . ' This was an action of ejectment- against Mr . Feargus O' Connor and sixty-six of his tenants . AU tbe defendants had been duly served except ono ; and the affidavits stated that with regard to thac one , the declaration was served upon the son of the particular defendant , by whom the server was informed that his father had left the premises and the neighbourhood , and would not return—the declaration was therefore left with , the son . The onlyquestion was , whether that service could be deemed sufficient to entitle the plaintiff to . 1 rule nisi . . Mr . Justice £ rle thought this would come within the known form where the-absence of the father could be presumed to be of a . permanent nature , anH that was & good groundfor a rule to show cause . Application granted . '

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      Hamiison . —A public- meeting was held in the Masons' Hall , on Hie 19 th instant , for the purpose of petitioning her Majesty , for the commutation of the sentence of death against Margaret Lennox or Hamilton , at present lying in the prison of Glasgow . Mv . Jaines Anderson , laco-iiianufacturor , w as called to the chair . After a . few appropriate ' remarks , he introduced the Sev . A . Duneanuon , from Eiylkirk , who addressed , tho meeting for an lio ' ur and a halt ' in his usual eloquent and instructive manlier ^ proving clearly that capital punishments was contrary to ti » word of God , and produced bad eitecta upon sooiety . A petition was moved by John M'Don&ld , and seconded by Arthw Uobeitra , which , was unanimously . agreed to . It is expected that those who are opposed to ) strangulation will imitate the example set by the people of Uamiltoh . Supping in Frost ? Weather—It is imjorlant , at this peripd , to know that by heating iron filings , ^ _^ rough emeyy powder , &c , ca a shovel over -w ? it" 9 ^ 3 ^ fire , and then gently standing upon the ^ saji ^ '&l * * ^ rl ^ 'V . to imbed .. the grains into gutta per ^ Qw § sjf ^ sife& ^ .- ^ , rouguness of surface will be VT 0 ^ MP ^ W ^^ - ^^^ W % afford the utmost protectipb , eYen , ' 0 nAhtfpp 8 WPl ^| j ? : ' \^ gl peryroadi . ' ^ 'V ^ ' ^ lii : . ' :, f # ® f £ ^ f | $

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      TO THE UNLOCATED MEMBERS . Mr Fbiends , - ; Very much against : my own consent , but at the desire of the honest men of Snig ' s End , who have been vilified hy the GENTLEMEN upon that estate , I deem it my duty to submit the following as their defence , together with the extract from , the Manchester Examiner , which they havo also forwarded . Here follow both , and my reply shall be very brief indeed .

      TO THE USLOOATED MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Respected Friends , — "We are again compelled to address you , in consequence of the following letter which appeared in the Manchester Examiner , of the 12 thinst ., signed on behalf of the allottees of Snig ' s End , by R . Jarvis , chairman ; and intended to be an answer to a letter of purs , inserted in the Northern Star of the 5 th of the same monthr We pray your careful perusal of this very choice production . : , : . ? TO THE UNLOCATED MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL

      LAND COMPANY . Fmehds , —It if to be regretted that we should so soon again be called upon to give more facts relating to the management of this prwleni Land Company . "We trusted that we bad laid bare sufficient to have awakened among you a spark of inquiry , enabling you to find out the rest yourselves ; when , lo and behold ! up step Messrs . Cunningham and Doyle , and their array of six vindicators , and present to you , through the Star , one of the most dirty-begotten effusions that ever sullied tho paeei of that paper . We Trill , in the first place , malfeyou slightly acquainted with the said vindicators . Mr . George Guy , a smith , haTing a constant birth at Mr . Waite ' s , Gloucester , receiving from 203 . to 25 s . per week ; he got possession of his allotment without consulting the Directors . Mr . William Blackford , dealer in old clothes , rags , &c . this individual has resided

      here but a few weeks ; he first lodged with an allottee , and betas ; of an inquiring mind , he soon found outa poorfellow who wanted to leave , as he could hold out no longer , arid for a mere trifle ( some old clothes'forming the principal part of the bargain ) got possession without ever consulting the Directors . Mr . Joseph Smith is a tenant and an original allottee , and seems to be playing this part in order to shake offhia landlord . - Mr . John Moody , a carpenter , who has worked on all the estates , and was' the last to be discharged ; he has lately got . possession of an allotment somehow , one that had no previous omier ;¦ but not without th «*« nciion ' of the-Dlrectors . Mr . Willis ; has purchased £ two-acre allotment , but not yet paid for it . ' Esther Elizabeth Willis is the aforesaid ' s daughter . The prime movers in this affiiir are—Mr . JDoyle , a director , in receipt of £ 2 a week from the Company , who has done nothing but superintend his farm since the

      own Conference , which consists of a four-acre allotment and three acres of meadow land ; and last , though not least , Mr . Cunningham , the celebrated foreman of the works , who has been in the receipt of £ 215 s . a week , besides the &c .. ic' = He holds a two-acre aUotmentfej right ofpurchase ; he also has the two acrei attaclied to the school-house , and a meadow belonging to the Company . Now for the consistency of Mr . Cunningham . Itis a well known fact , that he has created the utmost contempt for the character of O'Connor amongst the allottees here and now has the impudence to state that his confidence in Mr . O'Connor has not in the least diminished The following statement was mada a short time back by Mr . C .: —He said he had been writttn to for the purpose of getting silk flags , banners , &c , ready , atavery short notice for the demonstrations . Peeling rather alarmed

      atincurnng the responsibility of so extensive an anair , he wrote to Mr . O'Connor ( then in London } , inquiring where or how the silk was to be ordered , hinting at the same time at the heavy expense . The answer he had back from Mr . O'Con ^ nor was , 'D—n the expense ; you must get them ready ' Mr . C . on receipt of this , ordered the silk , and had men working night and day , writing and gilding the motto » s and inscriptions . The silk mercer broug htin his a ccount it was lent to the directory ; no notice being takan of it Mr . Cunningham was applied to again , who referred the mercer t » Mr . O'Connor nitnselfi Mr . O'Connor , on being applied to , denied all knowledge of the order in toto . 01 course the onus fell on Mr . Cunningham , who made a journey to London in order to get it rectified , and the weight laid on the right shoulder . He got laughed at for his pains—waa asked by Mr . O'Connor What he would

      have to . drink ? ' and * was a fool to trouble himself so much about a trifle ¦ like that' It was a short time after this fuddling interview withMr . ' O'Connor , that Mr . C . was relating this narrative , when he wound up his tale by exclaiming , « By G—d , if he plays with me much longer about this affair , 1 shall be induced to unfold such a tola with respect to this Land Company , as will prevent his ever holding up bis head in public again . ' This is one of many little anecdotes of a like nature , which have served to extinguish anything in us like respect for O'Connor or his train . It is perfectly disgusting to us to witness the industry displayed for three days by Mr . Cunningham , in trying to get signatures to -vindicate O'Connor , and damage us in the eyes of tho country . What can the meaming of all this be ! ' Why , to perpetuate still further that system of fraud and plunder from interested

      motives , which we are detenmmed to expose and destroy if possible . We state again , that it is our determination never to become tenants at will to O'Connor , as we are convinced that not a penny paid to him is ever intended to reach the shareholders . We have stated to yoi before that we are willing to come to an honourable arrrangoment , if you wil but set about managing your own affairs ; and we feel that , rather than receive opposition from' , we ought to claim your assistance , for our means' are too limited to enable us to battle fairly with O'Connor , the Star , and the numerous haugere-on , who arc' eagerly striving to pluck their poor and confiding countrymen . Mr . O'Connor has been charged by us with representing to the auditor * appointed by government—with" mis-statins ; to

      a large amount , the aid money paid on this estate . He has never grappled with that charge ; why has he not ? It appears , also , bj an investigation at Minster , that the aid money has ben overstated by 330 * . Thus it is that the great . 'O' claims you as his debtors ; the auditors having no ether material but his word : and his bank book to go by , gate him credit for the amount , and could not very well do * otherwise . We are fearful of encroaching further on that portion of the columns of the press who have so kindly rendered us assistance , and therefore we abstain from saying . more at present— . And we remain faithfully yours , Tnx Aixottees of Snio's End . ¦• ¦¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ - / '• ( Signed ) '• ¦ ' It . Jabvis , Chairman . SnigUEnd , January 9 th , 1850 .

      Fbibsbs , —We are certain r that . no man who is not blinded by the most wilful and perverse prejudice , can perceive in the above filthy , vulgar , and unmanly diatribe , : the least attempt to meet any one of the arguments adduced in our epistle ; , on the contrary , our opponents studiously avoid even the semblance of grappling with them . "Why we ask have they not fairly and henourably attacked our statements ? Simply , because they ware stubborn and unconquerable facts . Again , as our opponents set out by informing you that- our letter was " One of the dirtiest , begotten effusions that ever sullied the pages of the Star , " why we inquire , did they not solicit its

      insertion in the Examiner ,. whose editor , being their very dearfriaid , would , no doubt , have been most happy to grant them so small a favour . We pause for a reply . But , friends , they addf ess their unmitigated , though vindictive tirade , to you , the unloeated members , and through what channel does it pass ? not a very clear and creditable one , certainly ; yet so limited , that we venture to assert not one thousand out of the seventy thousand members compasing the Company , ever saw it , or care to see it . For itmustbeinyourrecollection , that through this same channel ran the foul and fetid streams from a something that figured under the cognomen of " One that whistled at the plough , " ana which streams the source of them vainly imagined , woul < abBorb , or rather smother , the founder of the Laud

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      S 2 ?» ' * ^^; ' h * wil 1 ^ so , be fresh 1 in your ' memories ; tnwMr . B ' Connbr-tooklegal proceedings against tne-proprietors of ; this channel , . for defamation of enwa ^ er , oft legally speakirigi libel ; and ' . those proceedings were OHly stopped in consequence ofthe S « i « y ; persons . publicly , . acknowledging they ; had »? 5 ? J 55 ?? 8 !' 4 nd wadeMttg every satisfactipn ' . tliat % ;; R , vonhpr . deemed it requisite 46 demand . You will , ^ therefore ; ' at once divine the object of our an m 8 ts / 'n forwarding their sickly and ¦ puerile ^ l ^ ^ ^ ^ a «»«« ef ? - " ' * " ¦¦ ' ^ ¦ ft- 'S «?¦ ¦ - ' ' " ^ K * ^ SMjlnow proceed toireply W'their ' aniraadver-. 'W ^^ dwsection bfbur . i'espectivecharacters . , i | i ^ si . ~ Mr . ; Guy ? did / not , itsis true , / acquaint the W ^ s ors wnen ho toofc possession of the allotment ^

      "P ^ P , ^ holds , " simply , because itlie .. person froni whomvhe rented . it , told KjmJi | B had'purchased , ^ nd would immediately pay ' all the' demands '; but : as soon as' Mr . 'Guy : ; found -he had ' noj ; performed his promise , he wrote to'th ^ ject , and during the sittihg'bf ^ the late Conference ^ he came : before ? its members ' " and : hbn 6 stly . stated the . whole . transaction . ^ upsequentlythe accepted . hupas the ^^ iCpnipany ' s tenanl ^ -he having paidta . portion ^ ofrtheiaidmorieyfjback ln . forward ; the . r onduVin a specified time ; in addition to which "^ he ^ pa idJhQ ^ mdndedin NovembeKljast . '^ hei Di rectors have h ' ad ample proof of Mr ; ; ^ uy | s ' hbn 6 ur ; andihteffrity ; and itwereawell if the ( same could be ^ ^ ' said " of those in opposition to him ^ S ? Wiv * iiJ ?•" .. I .: ; :-: < . ¦ . ^ iw V - ^ ¦/'' ¦ i ;

      • 2 nd . ~ Mr . ^ laokford ; is . not- ashamed ta ; admit thathejhai deal ^ i'ri ; clothe 8 , ' . rajjf , «! bc ., dsc , and he nas yetltolearnVt ^ it ther ^ e ^^ iaanything- disreputable c , ? Sw ? 'tHK ^ P ^ pwW ' r Mr ^ MlObrd bought ^^^^ ta Blackferd : ias been with one' of theiBtirectbrs * and advanced- ^ portion : of the liabilities ; . Sand'will shortly liquidate the whole amount . ' B - ¦ .: ) ri : ? . ua .-. ¦ -. 3 rd . —Joseph Smith does : not rent his . allotment from the original allottee , but from a purchaser , who has settled all the Company ' s demands up to the time of burchase . J . Smith' will nav tho Horn .

      pany ' s rental , as he emphatically repudiates the principle of no payment recently adopted , as unjust to the paid up shareholders , and directly at Variancs with ; the rules of the ¦ Society . With regard to the idea of his wishing to throw overboard his landlord , it never entered into his head , and must i be nothing , more nor . less , than a pure fiction on the part Of his enemies .. , ,. ; , ; ,.,., 4 th r-Mr . Willes ' purchasecl the allotment from Mr . Wright , the latter agreeing to allow twelve months to settle it ; and thoujrht it was bought for another individual , and though that individual left it upon his hands , nevertheless , he will perfect the contract at the proper time . ?¦•; ,,

      ' It was rather forgetful ,, on ; cthe part of our kind friends , not to mention that Mr . Willes purchased a four acre farm , for which he paid £ 75 , while he is part-proprietor of the Company ' s property to the amountof £ 10 . . ' , [ 5 th . —Mr . Moody was one of the first carpenters employed by Mr . O'Connor , and the last discharged ; a very fair proof that he must have been a sober , honest , and excellent workman , otherwise , he would not have been : the first' and last tradesman' employed in the , Company ' s . service . This fact ; we think , is very much to ; his credit , and one of which he is justly proud . We ' perfectly understand the insinuation sought to be conveyed in the allusion to the term of his service , but it is a truly unfortunate attempt of the concootors , arid

      we recommend their taking a few i lessons from some clever and refined'inventor of inuendoes , ere they make a second essay . " . Ah ! butMeody got his allotment " Somehow ? ' Here ; pur friends are againunhappy and quite out at , fault , inasmuch as many of them were present at ^ the late Conference , and must have heard Mr . O'Connor , upon being asked about it , say that he had sold it to Moody . The directors received the sum of £ 20 from Moody , which was duly booked , and acknowledged in the Star . This , we opine , is a clear reply to the dark , and somewhat uncharitable , ?! somehow . " ; 6 th . —It is not true that Mr . Doyle has done nothing but superintend his farms since the sitting

      ofthe last . Conference , as he has had generally engaged two labourers who superintend and cultivate them for him . Mr . D . was sent here by the Directors to do the Company ' s business , and for many weeks had to perform more than' one man's share . He is yet engaged in that business , ¦ and will continue so long , as his brother , directors may deem his services necessary , and for the , . Company ' s interest . It is ' well known to many persons , that , for at least two / years he has givenmore , upon . an aver age , than fifteen ; hours daily / to the service of hiajeniployers , with the exception' of Sundays ; and even upon these days ef reat to tbe generality of working men , he could : scurcely claim a few hours exclusively to limself . . ¦ :,: ¦¦ .:- ;¦* ¦ ¦ : ¦ . ; : ^ -l- ' :. ; , ••¦;; ,- ' ¦¦ . ,- ; . ' ¦

      Mr . Doyle is fully aware of the spirit which dictated the untruth , and the object , sought to be gained by its enunciation , and we beg . to observe thai he would indeed be extremely sorry : to recipror cite the meanness of the one , or the malignity of theother . , ""' . ' . '" -. . ' ¦ '' 7 th . —And nowfrierids , '' last , though hot least , Mr . Cullingham , the celebrated foreman of tiie work 8 , " a 9 they are pleased to designate our friend . Before , however , we reply seriatim to the wholesale falsehoods and misrepresentations let us stato Mr . C . treated with contempt when he heard them read in manuscript , prior to being transmitted to the channel they have lately passed . He now publicy challenges tho Directors , the various tradesmen with whom the Company have dealt from the commencement of operations , every man that has been in the employment of the same , and the numerous persons with whom Mr . O'Connor and himself have made contracts , to bring one single charge against him .

      derogatory to his character as honest and honourable man ; He defies them , one and all , to prove he ever took a bribe from any ofthe men , or that he ever hinted to the ' persons who supplied the Company with materials , that he expeoted a certain per centage upon the amount of their bills ( which has been repeatedly done by men holding similar situations to the one he held under the Company ); and as to . his conduct towards the allottees , can they fairly say or prove , that he ever behaved to them in an uncourteous or unfriendly Bpirit ? . On the contrary , has he not lent them money , and paid some of their taxes , and have they not heard him state he would havedbnemorewereit in his power ? ' The first charge preferred is , that Mr . C . has created the utmost , oontempt for tho character of Mr . O'Connor . Ho challenges them to meet him face to face with Mr . O' Connor , ; . and : prove the same in the presence , of six or more impartial

      persons . . ¦ : . ..: ¦ , . ; . . ; ¦ . ... . / . ¦¦ ¦}; ¦ ¦ . .,. . . .. ¦ ¦• The second charge is , that he said he had been written to for the purpose of getting silk flags , banners , &c , ready for the demonstration . This is wrong ; he stated Mr . O'Connor did write to him from London , requesting him to proceed with despatch , and get ' aU ready , and said go on , and d—d the expense , which letter he read to some of the men . employed at the time , but they understood the expense was to be borne by Mr . O'Connor . The third charge is , that he wrote to Mr . 6 'ConnorV " his feelings being rather alarmed at incurring the responsibility for the same ; Where or how the silk was to be ordered , hinting at the same time the heavy expense . " This is false , as Mr .

      O'Connor gave him orders at Snig ' s End to obtain what was necessary , therefore he had no occasion to write upon that subject . . ; > ' v , The fourth charge , . ? '« , That the silk mercer brought , in his bill , and it wag sent to the Directory . ' This fetatement is without the least foundation , as he got the bill'from the mercer when receiving the goods , and handed it to Mr . O'Connor with the balance sheet of the whole expenses . The fifth charge . That Mr .- O'Connor denied any Knowledge of the debt when applied to by the mercer . " Answer : What Mr . O'Connor really did say was , he was not aware of the debt , but when explained to him by the party , he requested a fresh bill to be forwarded to him at Dodford ,, andheTrould settle it . " " . ¦ "

      Tho sixth states that "he went to London for the cash . " This is a fabrication ; ho went to London to get medical advice and change of air , as recommended , and did not know till he reached Gloucester that the account was unsettled . - The seventh charge , That "iWhen relating the narrative , he wound up by saying , if Mr . O'Connor plays with me nmch longer , I will unfold such a tale as would for ever preyent his holding up his head in future . ' Our answer to this is , that it is a base falsehood . r

      The eighth charge is , that ho was three days in trying to get signatures to our address to you . The real fact is , Mr . C . had it in his possession but a few hours after it was written , and he only read it to three persons , yiz . Messrs , Boyer , O ' Brien ( the tailor ) , and Blackford . It is now requisite we inform you what Mr . C . really stated at oniof the meetings held here / in reference to the debt , and the " fuddling interview . " Having been charged -with sending to Mr ; O'Connor and the Blre ' otors an account of everything that was said b y the allottees , and , in defending himself

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 26, 1850, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1558/page/1/