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jglgN 9 . THE NORTHERN STAR , THE CONVENTION , AND O'CONNOR ON THE ELECTION QUESTION . Yoik CaeiU , Jtae 15 , Id 4 l . * i Bus . O'Brici , —I bare jnjt rod fear letters ZTma , of different dates , in the Star of this day , ? f think yon win admit that there is in each a L ftmr demanding notice from me . In the dis-Jrt « mJ dntj , ** ^^ ** endeavour to pre-Zj my eorrespondenee free fros any , even the T ^ a ppearance of controversy . I shall giro to it ygiXstainp of what it is intended to pass for ; an \ gn , by two persons possessed of much pablie AJenee , * s * ° * ke ^ > e 3 i means of arming at an So pon whkii they an perfectly agreed : snch
gtomy course : in the investigation as to the most Jfcjble use to oe made of our present position Tfa tcqaiTaneat of the Charter . Wore I eome to the consideration of that -which fe grand question , I most very briefly dispose of — extraneous matter with -which , here and there , Irl etters are interlarded . fte first passage which I shall notice is the fol-£ « . You say t- * Oh ! If the Chartist press « B bnt gi ^ e up their dirty , jealouB , personal abWes , and for once act an honourable and manly , l how soon we shonld see 400 good men and - ready to take the field and be pat in nominar » Bd beat both faetions on every hustings , at the
^ f iling elections r Now , unless this is t he 5 ew of some coming event , of which I am fcjw and entirely ignorant , I am nneonsclons of , meaning , as I am ignorant of the object it is Ljded to achieve . There are few Chartist papers iGreat Britain : the Star , the Scottish Patriot , the 0 da Chronicle and the Perth Cftrontefe , and never ^ ng their existence has there a line of conjfftisy appeared in one of them , nor has eontrogcj been allowed to be kept up between third jfoes in the 3 r column's lest the Tery fact shonld jttfre the papers in the conflict . From no -weekly yjer has the Star copied so extensively as from the guA P atriot ; and , is truth , I had more than once
jped myself ipon the striking difference that gfcs the . unaniniity of the present Chartist papers ^ teapared with the deadly war which was early ppd , and kept np to the dose , by the two first , && ] papers produced by the alteration in the lip duties , the London Dispatch and the London jkettry . They literally ate each other to the tails ; i did much injury to the cause . Do not suppose , nrer , that in tins contrast -which I would ba-ve perfect right to use in answer to your remark , without qualification , that I mean it as any kta to yoa . I do not ; as you were one of i persons attacked , and had so alternative
0 to defend , or surrender character and public ySdence to the assailants . I use it to prove & there are situations in which those I * wish for unanimity , and are sensitive ^¦ t differences ( which do not exist ) may be injjaur Oy dragged before the public . This pertion fie subject I dismiss , congratulating myself that gra , in the history of the newspaper press , did so jr&al , bo sincere , and unbroken a harmony exist tnea the journals of any party , as that which f * exists between the whole of the Chartist press : rfirhen we have the satisfaction and advantage of m addition to oar society , I feel convinced that aeiacreaw of family will bat cement the union .
fiw Star is the eldest son of Cnartism , bat claims i abusive right under the law of primogeniture ¦ ach for your letter of the 6 ( h of June . Tour letter of the 12 th commences tires : — ¦ MT dear Arthur , —I have just seen the Northern r of to-day , and rejoice to find that the Editor , at t , sees the necessity of acting upon the principle ef ¦ tisg the enemy in practical style at the general tikm . Hid be done , or advised , three months ago , tat be is now doing and advising , we should have m hundred Chartist candidates now ready te take i feld against both fictions , and qualified to r * - ¦ ect the people either in the Commons' House , or ootber and better House , supported by five-sixths , hut , of the whole cation . But better late than « r ! Even now , at the eleventh hour , an effective tt nay be strati for the liberties of the people . "
fl&ont at aTl eharepioTiifirng O'Connor , the Star , fee Editor , whose political characters must be eserable , I think I can most satisfactorily prove tyro wrote the foregoing paragraphin a moment ikoughtlessness ; while its appearance , however ¦ tteed , justifies « je in recapitulating facts which I ¦ id otherwise be deemed egotistical for repeating ; i when one of yovr powers of memory has se forgotten the repeated advice of myself and t Editor upon this subject , I feel warranted at i present moment in jogging less retentive melts by laving a fane elate of this branch of my Brj before the readers of the Star . h 1835 , 1 essayed to marshal the non-elective
inknee against the elective power of this country ; liifter having detailed my plan of agitation te a krjt wit-door meeting at Hnddersfield , one of them uikMBehow the force could be made available ? I unrered that my intention was , that when the iBB-deetors were prepared , they should , at the next { ocnl election , elect by a show of hands , bees who ktsld represent themselves in a house in London , oSed the * bee-hive , " if they pleased ; and I pledged tjsdf the good sense of the bees would very speedily tag the folly of the drones into contempt . I said mb more , but suffice it now that this was my
m ; and it seemed to strike even the most fot-«* ri cf the movement party dumb . This plan W spoken of everywere , and I was called a mad bl I am not aware that the plan ever was atod at before I broached it at that meeting , t serer was printed before to my knowledge ; ¦ r , up to that time , to the knowledge of any bgk man that I came in contact with , and they n many . In fact , if the thought was born before , «* a sill birth ; for not one son ! had ever heard tit . Indeed , it caused a sensation in those days , rf was a freshness upon the very lip of novelty . Sal was in 1835 .
blS 37 , at the last general election , and before it Star was in existence , I made another tour ; and Spin , is far as one itinerating derragogue opposed ? Jtl » -wh «> lepresB could accomplish toe object , I nrt to accomplish it ; bnt the public mind was not 3 * red for the trial . However , always deter-BMd to test my theory by my practice , I went Preston , and created a tremendous public * & ¦* for many days before the election ; all * ay own expence ; and , without appearing as a * te for electoral support , I went to the * Sflgs and accomplished my object , by getting i &ow of hands ; thus testing the great and ^ fbtj difference between electoral power and ^ tlectiTe influence and feeling . That was in * L 1837 .
arfy in 15 S 9 , I went to Glasgow also at my own a P » ce for ihe purpose of working my theory into ?*« iee , and there alfo I achieved what the Char-* 3 U the lime considered as their greatest triumph . ; *« the eeow of hands , and told them that I should * ld myself in readiness to obey their commands , fen the rest of the country was prepared to cofcatewith them . It AH £ U 5 t of the same year , I again visited Glas-*» , Ptrth , Kilmarnock , Dundee , Paisley , Ren-7 r » shire , ard many other places ; and still en-* od the necessity of prosecuting this plan .
I then returned to England , and addressed the «* ors and non-electors of the We * t RidiDg of sisaire , both in the Slar and at public meetings . *« d them that my triumph would end with their * aon of me by show of hands . When 1 had Wred the public mind to a certain extent , I pnb-® 4 d , on the 21 st of September , a plan for the * plete organisatkm of the county to carry out the ** aal object ; and from that time to the pen od of my fprisemment , I kept it constantly in public view . * & brings me te the immediate consideration of * wnteEce in your letter ranning thas : — " Had he ®* or advised , three months a * o , what he is now ^ 2 and aavising , we should , " &c
Jto paragraph insinuates against the Editor of * Star a charge of very serious sud culpable &et of dniy , in reference to the matter . Dates aJiets are , in general , " the only advocates I call * J aid against charplji of omission , » r nsgiect Pablie duty ; and as iwnsider myself responsible f . snry word of Editorial matter in the Star from ^ 1 do not publicly express niy . disseDt , i now ^ 8 i » ve to submit for your consideration the foilow-• jpablisired correction of your mistake . Thefollow-1 is from the Star , of the 27 ih February , seventeen **** previous to the present number , and five previous * « e period from whi « h you lament the Editor did
There it much tall : of a dissolution of Parliament , * d there eaa be so barm in being prt-pared fox the *** ; bet we have strong notions that the onpieasant « increasing differences between Sir Robert Peel and ' PW 7 » ay protra « t , tfae evemt Ped is no longer a ¦*• : b * -will , ere long , become a ' cwked tailed to * , ' aad we sboald not be at aU surprised to tad Siftht Hono » r » ble Q « atleaaa forsiag ta alliaaee *» y party wlacbhad for its oJ ^ t U » reJea «« of i Ministry from ttw fangs of tbe B ^ gaiKan . We Sfcave to direct atteataoB to the letter from Feargus T ^ or , pubiishsd so long ago as September , l Bi 9 , *> * hiea werepubliah to-d » y , thinking that it con-* all that ean be " said upon tb « subject , and a feasible «» cf action for the Chartista . "
^ ow , surely the Editor need not overdo what I « -d one to surfeiting ! farther than to keep it *** the public . r * * " *! of foUowiDg up the recommendation my ** reierred to in the above was reprinted from L *** of 21 st September , 1839 ; and , as you &pw to taTe forgotten its contents , you will find ^^ printed in some part of the present
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In looking over the Star of the following week , the 6 th March , I find that my letter bearing more immediately Hporr the subject ef organization , was published in that number ; and , curioas enough , I also find in that number a congratulatory article from the Editor upon the progress and Hnanimity of the Chartist presa . To that article , which you win find in the 5 th page of theSWof the 6 th March , under the head ** Chartist Press , " I beg to direct yoor attention . Now , gnrely , yoa do not expect that the Star of to-day is to be * mere echo of the previous number t and that , once haying laid down a plan it is to be repeated to surfeiting ! And are yon not very forgetful yourself in having allowed all these things to escape your memory !!
Well , hut did 1 , or did the Editor of the Northern Star , rely upon that being enough f No ; on the loth May , in a letter headed " To be , or not to be , " I again sounded the alarm , and , from my silent cell , tried to rouse the sleeping nation . From that letter I extract the two following passages : — " There is sow but one way of carrying the Charter speedily . A dissolution it at hand . Bely upon it that th « Whigs -wQl dissolve ; they will not give the Tories a chance as long as they can help It Indeed , they have arranged all the dissolution sceaery for the performaBce . They expect great things from the noveitiet , bat they do not know the feeling of the people . However , we shall have a dissolution , that ' s certain . All tbe odds in f&vour of a Ministry is office will be tried upon a general election , before the hungry Whigs walk out "
I then enforce tbe necessity of exclusive dealing , for tfee purpose of carrying out my plan , and proceed thus : — " But you must begin in time . Let the Executive take it up , and send a form of pledge to be printed in tbe Star , and from the Star to he reprinted in slips in every town , and left by tke Committee of the Association in etch town , at every shop in the town . This could be done in a day . The expence is nothing . The shock would be electrical Make bo combinations to injure any person , bat combine to serve yottr friatds , and stick to if I think that is pretty well for one man in prison , and now I refer you to every subsequent number of the Star for a note of the same tune . Could I do more ! What individual at large has done as much ! And , now I ask is it right , is it fair , is it just , is it prudent , with all these facts—recent facts—staring you in the face , to charge the Star with neglect of duty , while it has performed the whole duty !
Whsn you speak of Newcastle and Brighton and their state of preparedness , you must certainly have passed over the Leeds and Yorkshire intelligence . No one rejoices more than I do to hear of the state of forwardness of our party in any place ; and when I correct error by adducing facts , illustrative of the position of the immediate neighbourhood of the Star , not & man who knows me will suppose that I do so for the purpose of making invidious comparisons , or with any other view than to render honour to whom honour is due , and to defend myself and the Star against the charge of neglect of duty .
Now , whieh in this struggle , was the first wamortown armed for the battle ! Leeds ! Leeds ! Leeds ! > formerly , rotten Leeds ! Hurrah for Leeds ! aye , the men of Leeds had their full number of Chartist candidates in the field , their arrangements perfected , the addresses of theirnoblecandidates on the walls and in the Star , before any other town in England . Hull had its Chartist candidate in the field . Bradford had its Chartist candidate , &Bd Halifax had its Chartist candidate , in the person of the manly , upright , and independent Mr . Gully , who will vote for every point of the Charter .
Now , I ask if this proveB neglect of duty , or if the tree is not be judged by its fruit ! What was Leeds in 1832 ? The hot-bed of corruption ; the head quarters of pure Whiggery , and the stronghold of faction . . What Leeds is in 1841 200 , 000 men will declare -upon the day of nomination , when WilliamB and Leech will Know whether or not the Star , the Editor , and myself , have neglected our duty . From the 15 th of May , to the present moment , both the Editor and myself have been relieved from
any personal responsibility which we before incurred , by the unanimous recommendation of the late Convention ; and , therefore , although I hold mytelf individually responsible for every word in the Star and in my own letters , yet might I , if inclined to split hairs , throw the onus of the recommendation upon the Convention . While I give them great credit for their resolution , and whieh , observe , they saj ihey hid come to ** after mature consideration , " I shrink not from the avowal that in their address I feel myself perfectly represented .
The next two passages which I select from your letter of the 14 th , for comment run thus : — " I am extremely glad to find that Ihe ad > 3 ee gives by the Northern Star , last week , corresponds exactly with tbe substance of what I have recommended to my friends all over the country . " In the very next paragraph you say : — " There is but on » partol the Star ' t advice I regret to tee—one from which I dissent in toio , I mean the Editors' recommendation to support Tories againit Whigs , in c&ae the Chartist * should not be able to return their own candidate . "
In defence of the Star , my reply , and that of the Editor , to the first part of the first . paragraph might equally be as follows : —I rejoice to find that the recommendation of the representatives of the people , as conveyed in their splendid address , corresponds exactly with the substance of what I have recommended to my party all over the country . Now , as this question is one of vital importance , not at all to the Star , but to the people , let us see what you approve of , and what you dissent from in the same paper ef the 12 th June . I have carefully examined all the editorial comments bearing upon the subject , of which there are three . The first concludes thus : —
"You are now upon the eve of a great crisis , and what is your exact position ? It is this—Ton are the BAl-tNCS OP POWBB ! and asench the PoliiicalLords -who are to farm 6 ut power apon the approaching leasing day . If yon re-let to the former tenants they will pay is future as they have paid hitherto ; in blood , in tears , in toil , in sweat , in chains , in persecution , and bondage ; and to them you mast LET FOR SEVEN YEARS ; while , upon the other hand , if yoa let to the Torits they become mere TENANTS AT WILL , AND REMOYABLE AT PLEASURE ; and never , tuver , never , can the 'Bloodies' be taught reason , except in the school of adversity , which is kept at thqyxigB of the Umk side of the Treasury Benches . ^ fcj
•• Get » house of Whigs , and , for seven long years will they cling to office and multiply abuse ! Get a house of Tories , and then , but not till then , can Whig courtship of the Chartists be relied upon . Then we shall be the amiable , the levely , the heaven-born Chartists ! So , " I > own with tbe ' hloodies , ' harsh I hurrah ! Hurrah ! and down with the ' bloodies , ' hurrah !" The next imder the head " Duty of the people at the coming elections / ' arid -which , after strong denunciation of the ruLng faction , proceeds thus : — " Chartists ! the man who will vote for , and do his utmost to accomplish the fcrtgoiDg list of reforms—he is your trki \ \ " Whereveri by splitting with the Whigs , you can return yonr man , do so . Wherever , by splitting with the T » rifcs , yon can return your man , do so .
" Bnt -where yon cannot find a qualified person to start as jour candidate , « r whtre , owing to your poverty , you da . re sot rizk the- expencts of a contest , - whit is then to be done ? " Bo what you were told to do seven years ago by BaosTEaBJfc . Do what Feasgus O'Coxkos has laboured to impressypu with the necessity of doing . Have your candidates ; elect them by ehew or" bands , as your veritable representatives ; and leave to God and yonr own resolute hearts the future . " Now , here yon must have mistaken a duty , or rather a course recommended to the non-elective body in the event of . not haviHg a candidate of their own ; and you would infer from that that it was at variance with the advice elsewhere given te the electors asiing under the influence of non-elective pressure . In this I hope to show you consists jour entire error .
You speak of Chartist electors in a sense in which they do Dot exist . . Yon suppose them to mean electors who , in the event of beiDg left free and with the ballot , would vote for a Chartist candidate in preference to any other ; whiie I use the term in a more general sense , applying it to those , many of whom would gladly annihilate Chartism , but whose trust would be likely to be properly executed b y a dread of an empty tilL This it a fatal error which has never yet bees explained , bat which I shall presently fully expose .
The four paragrapha , above quoted , critically agree with the adviee in say last letter , to hold the Bumerical strength wholly apart from both factioas ; and the words ,- " and leave to God and your own resolute hearts the future" have reference sot to the neutrality of voters , . but to the future course of the non-electors , * and the whole gist of that article , and the following one , "The Reckoning Day , " goes , firstly , to show the absolute necessity , of Whig power being destroyed by the electors ; and , secondly , to show the necessity of the non-elective influence , in the event of its not being able to transfer the balance of power from tbe exterior to the interior of St . Stephens , being marshaled for the most effective ouiside resistance to all factions . At least , if the writer had any . other , object in view , he must have taken considerable pains to deceive ; he has not however , deceived me ia the least . I must , therefore , confess that I see most perfect accordance
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between the Editor and himself , while you fin matter for approval and disapproval in the same number . You close yonr letter of the 14 th thus : — " I tell you , Bowman , that the Chartist who votes for a Tory , unless thai Tory vote * for him , is either » fool or » traitor . Down with both factions , nod no dl « - tinction , aboald be our cry . " I quite agree to join in tbe hue and cry ; but 1 must have the means of catchieg my thief when I set him , otnerttoe the h « e and cry , and his description , is of little use . Presently , I shall point eat my reasons for my every advice . Yon perfectl y well know that the legal maxim , " qvi foot per alien faeit per te" ( who acts by another acts himself ) , holds good , equally as regards legal principles and political teachers ; and therefore the man who recommends the course must also be a fool or a traitor .
Now , I shall not retort further than by presently proving the converse of your proposition . Not one word shall escape me beyond a searching tor the troth . The next paragraph is the first in your postscript to your letter of the 12 th , and which runs thus : — " P . S . I pray yon again , Bowman , to discountenance the policy of voting for Tories , under any circumstances ! unless where they coalesce vilh the Chartists . The recommendation ef that policy to the Chartist electors , by the Star and by tbe late Petition Convention , has already done us much mischief . It has furnished a handle to our enemies to exasperate the poor deludtd Irish against as . It has been , in a great measure , tbe cause of the late deplorable events in Manchester . It has greatly neutralised the good which Mr . O'Coanor ' s letters to O'Malley had unquestionably effected for as in Ireland . *
I feel it due to you , to the Star , to myself , to the Convention , to the Irish Chartists , and to the Chartists of Glasgow , to protest in the most unequivocal terms againBt every sentence , line , and word , in tbe above ; and , perhaps , the best aud most judicious mode of doing so will be by again calling my advocate , dates and pacts , to plead for us alL You must , thea , have observed that , ever since Mr . O'Connell found tbe old Convention , and the English Deople , and the Star supporting a Repeal of the Union , he and the Irish press , assumed a more hostile tone against tbe English Chartists . You must be aware that Mr . O'Connell leeks upon every sincere Repealer as bis greatest enemy ; as his monster , which was bat intended for an agitating
clap- trap , becomes dangerous in proportion aB he grows in strength . Every man of common sense has discovered that ; and now , allow me to place briefly before you the facts which led to a rnpture between the English and Irish Chartists , and the blind Irish followers of moonshine . On Tuesday , the 2 nd of March , now seventeen weeks past , there was a meeting called at the Justiciary Hall in Glasgow , ftr the purpose of supporting Lord Morpeth ' s Irish Agitatios Bill . The meeting was announced for eight , but the committee issued tickets to the supporters of the measure to attend at six ; they accordingly did attend , and were admitted by a side door to the amount of some hundreds . Mr . Colquhoun , by chance , got ene of
those tickets and instantly and properly soanded the ahum , and muttered the Chartist forces , not for the purpose of opposing the Irish , bat , very judicioasly , for the purpose of letting the world know that the Glasgow Chartists had not joined in the clap-trap . Well , the Chartists were kept outside , ohivering , while , the O'Connellites were privately admitted ; and when I nse the words Chartists and O'Connellites , I beg yoa to understand that among the Chartists were many Iri 6 h Catholics , while among the O'Connelites were many Scotch merchants and traders . Well , when the doors were opened and the Chartists found the meeting packed ,
they naturally became disgusted and indignant ; and when Dr . Murdock , the excellent Catholio Bithop , was called to the chair , Mr . Ross ' s appointment to the office was moved as an amendment , which , we are told , was carried . However , be that as it may , when Bishop Mardoch was in the chair , Mr . Colquhoun held up his card of invitation as his title to be heard , when he was most shamefully and brutally treated , and an indiscriminate attack was made upon the Chartist ? . In proof of tbe Chartists' innocence it is but fair to state , that many of the assailants ( but none beiDg Chartists ) were punished by the Whig authorities for their conduct .
I regret being compelled to rab this old sore , because the good Benee , philosophy , and judgment of tfie Right Rev . Dr . Murdoch and of the Chartists , had completely healed the wound , and HOW not a particle of tbe sore § pot is perceptible . Bat while those who were to live together as neighbours and friends were thus willing to sacrifice their apparent differences upon the altar of patriotism , and theieby restore peace and good will , tbe fead was too great a God-Bend for the Devil , who preaches peace and lives upon dissention ; and consequently , in one of those " patriotic" addresses , manufactured for th » approbation of the Corn Exchange hirelings , and addressed to the Chartists of Newry , the attack upon Bishop Mardech is made tbe most
prominent feature , a kind of recruiting sergeant for the enlistment of Catholic prejudice against the English Chartists , being Protestants , and also against the Irish Catholic Chsrtuts , and from that moment to the present , "Protestant , " M Hanoverian , " "Sassenach , * and "Orangeman " , have been the foolish epithets indiscriminately applied by the Catholics to their Protestant and Catholic brethren , while struggling for equal liberty for tha Catholics and themselves ! You may , perhaps , say , O , this is a mere assertion . " To which I would be warranted in replying ,
" well , it is assertion against assertion . " Bat 1 am most providentially in a situation to corroborate my assertion , not by circumstantial , but by written and direct evidence , and which I here subjoin , from James O'Brien , in refutation of tbe assertion of James Bronterre O'Brien . I received the following letter , which bears date 23 rd April ; bear in mind the 23 rd April , lODg before tbe Star , or the Convention , baa said one word about the course the recommendation of which , jcu say , led to the ridiculous conduct of the Irish in Manchester . Now , bear the date in mind , and here is the Jet . er , which I received upon the 24 th : —
" Manchester , April 23 d , 1841 . " Sib , —1 would be very much obliged by your answericg me the following questions through tbe medium of the Star , whether , as is reported tous Irishmen , that you encouraged the Chartists of G . ' a * gow te disturb the meeting that was got up to petition against Lord Stanley ' s Diifranchisement Bill , and in favour of Lord Morpfcth ' s Bill ? Until that is rightly expla ced to us , y < u may rest satisfied that we will never join you in your wild agitation as loKg as we live . We will go heart and hand for the Corn Laws , and will oppose every Chartist meeting that takes place here , for satisfaction for the insult offered to onr rtspected Roman Catholic Bishop , at the Glasgow meeting . Yes , 8 ir , by him who » ade us , dead or alive , we will get satisfactioH of them , the sons of prostitution , for where is there a virtuous
man in England , Sir , none , not one . You are also accused of saying that the women of Ireland are greater vagabonds than of England are ; prove it . Oh , that you could be guilty of such 8 saying ! You are advocating independent { . rinriples , snd Chartism also , as your followers also are . Why did you not join onr poor unfortunate countrymen in Glasgow ? instead of huntisjg them out of the place they met to petition , they ought to join thfm heart and hand to get what they are seeking for themselves , that is , < he extension of the Suffrage . No , Sir , both yi u and them will not allow ub our liberty , if you had it in your power . We will weigh the thing in our breasts ; for j oa had many , jes , / say many Irishmen here , who were your friends until the Glasgow meeting took place ; bnt now , alas , they are your most despeiate enemies Mark that , 8 ir .
"laa sorry that you should be lowered in the eyes of yonr conntrymen . " There -was a discussion got np in George-street , Salford , on Wednesday last , to di&cues the merits of the Corn Laws ; bat the Irishmen assembled with an intention of slaying every Chartist who < 'ppoted « s . " 1 -would wish you sbcul 4 give us seme information on these snhjects , to see if it would allay the animosity that is in their breasts , for yoa may depend on it that they will disturb every ChartUt meeting that takes place tere . We expect to have a meeting in the Corn Exebangt against the Corn Laws ; and if the Chartists come to disturb it there will be four ttou . » and Irishmen killed at least . Never will Chajtism flourish is poor Ireland since the Glasgow fray .
" On Sunday next , we are to have a meeting to see if you will give any information to ns . I rely on your noble spirit to see if you on eradicate that Black Epot ont of your breast . If yen do not answer this letter , through the columns of your paper , we expect silence gives consent . x an , " Your most obedient countryman , " JJLM £ S OBRIEh . " Now , what say you to that ? I answered that letter the very moment I received it . I enclosed my answer to an Irish Catholic , and requested that he and two others would attend tbe meeting about to be convened for receiving my answer . I did not tell one of the three the contents of my letter , er of the letter I received . I did not allow a single English Chartist te appear in the afcir . My letter charted
O'Brien with being the fabricator •! ' the folly about Irish women , until he shoald tell his author , whom I promised to kiek well in his presence . As to the Glasgow meeting 1 traly stated that I had never heard a word about it , till I aw the result , whieh I deeply deplored , in the papers Well , if inquiry was the object , why not publish my answer ! And had I not a perfect right , not hearing a word to the contrary , to suppose that my answer was quite satisfactory , and that all tbe differences wrre reconciled . The fact is , ground of accusation , aud not refutation , was the thing hoped for . The letter was banded sealed to the chairman , and was read to the meetiBg , but neper published . Now , what say you ! And where 13 the man on earth who can say he ever heard from me one word about the mad intention
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of my countymen , m expressed by O'Brien , until now dragged from me in defence of the Stor , the Convention , aad the Chartists 1 Had I suppossd that my letter was sot satisfactory I shonld certainly have eent O'Brien ' s to the Executive to pat them upon their guard . Let m # bow ask y «» what support wo couftl expect from men who declare that they will , support repeal of ihe Corn Laws , or any thing , and oppose the Chartists , because the Glasgow parties had a misnnderstanding I Your observation , if believed , would have have done more to injure Chartism , tbe Siar t and tbe Convention , than if the whole press of England had been using its beet endeavours to effect the object . The
only difference is , that to tbe press I would attribute one motive and to yoa another . Your motive , I feel convinced was in order to afford an opportunity for healing the wound by a fair exposition of what could be Baid in reply to the slander which , perhaps , was noised abroad , and brought by a correspondent under your notice . Of this I feel certain , betaase no man can doubt that the charge , if . believed , would at once justify the Irish for their hostility to the Chartists , would destroy all confidence in the discretion and judgement of the Convention and the Star and would effectually undo the very thing which for six yean I have zealously laboured to effect , and do the very thing which , for the same period , Daniel O'Connell has endeavoured ,
but in vain , to prevent—a thorough union of the people of both countries . Can I ever sufficiently return thanks to Providence for having preserved O'Brien ' s letter t for had I no better defence to offer than mere assertion to assertion , public opinion might have been led astray ; but I have now crushed the calumny in its infancy . I have some curions documents , I assure you . I have , without reBorting to the same means as Fouche for acquiring it , just as minute inlotmation about the plots of the great as he bad . I have had many communications from servants of ministers , Koble Lords , M . P ' s ., Right Reverend Fathers in God , and others , and from CharttBt soldiers , much of which I turned to good account .
I shall notice one , and only one more passage . In your letter of the , 14 th , you Bay : — , " And as to the new hocus pocus policy of promoting Chartism fey inundating tbe next House of Commons with Toryism , I cun « t find language capable of expressing ay contempt for it O'Connor is certainly mad , if be imagines it ; for I am certain be could never swallow such a gross lump of Cobbettism in a moment of sober reflection . It is contrary to all his former recorded opinions , and utterly at variance with the policy he to ably and manfully followed up against tbe Liberator tad Champion . *
Here I fully agree in the assertion that O'Connor must be mad , if he imagines such a thing even possible ; bnt the man who would affect to suppose that I did imagine Buch a result possible , or who would lead others to suppose that I so imagined , must have read that portion of my letter to very little purpose . I do not repeat " mad" "fool" " traitor , " or " mad man , " for the purpose of retorting ; but I would be a cross between all , if I bad recommended the entertainment of such a proposition . I should be a mad fool of a traitor . Now , just observe ; in my letter of the 29 th May , in which the passage occurs ( and from a reference to which I find tbat again the negligent Star was scolding the people for not being ready with all the machinery for tbe contest , ) I used these words , " Six yeaw ago , I said I would prepare yoa for sale . Two years ago . I published a plan for your local organization '; and 7 HSSS MOKTHS AGO I REPUBLISRED THAT PLAH I was well aware that only during the excitement of a contested election , would either band of robbers bid for the virtuous people ; that hour has now come !
YET ARC YOU HOT PREPARED WITH YOUR COMMITTEES , SUB COMMITTEES , TREASURERS , AND SECRETARIES op electioneering CLUBS , which I recotnmended , but as I never fight with my own party but always try to make op for their laziness by MY OWN EXTRA DILIGENCE . I TELL YOU NOW to get Youn machinery ready . " I merely chopped upon this sentence in looking for the passage to which yon refer , in order to construe it by the context ; aud I ask you now , has the Star been negligent in the arrangements necessary for the struggle 1 But to the passage . You know , full well , that I was describing the calamity which most ever follow the want of opposition to the Government in being . You know that I said that such a thing as inundating the Houne with Tories was " inrosgiBLB . " That was my very word , and I was bypothetically describing it as a calamity inferior only to the want of an opposition .
Now , how do I conclude tht paragrah ! Thus : — " If you had 658 Tory devils , they would be frightened at the Eoand of their own voice , and would imploringly cry , * O . 'fvMn opposition !'" I merely put the thing bypotb « tically , to show the want of an opposition , and what the country bad suffered for sine years of Reform , from that very want . I was proving tbat unopposed rule ever has degenerated , and ever will degenerate into tyranny and licentiousness . I was stating tbat tbe Tories actually sacrificed tbe Whigs by not opposing them . All
this 1 pot bypothetically to ground an argument upon , showing , at the same time , the " impossibility " of its being carried into practice ; while you speak in yonr letter with strong presumption of our capability of returning fifty Chartist members . Now , in return , I tell you that i t would be more easy , and the Whig electors would sooner join to return 658 Tories than to return 50 , what I call , Chartist members . The electors would not return them as ChartietB , while a wise disposition of the balance of power would give us 200 Chartist members teturntd as Whigs .
You appear to have mistaken the ground of controversy between me and the Champion and Liberator . The policy , as Buported by them and opposed by me , was , the propriety of supporting Toty principles , in the House of Commons , and of denouncing Whigsery , for the mere purpose of placing Toryism in the ascendant , upon the mere speculation of i he repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Act . Through life I have endeavoured to get a fair fling at the Tories ; and for nine years the Whigs have stood between them and me ; and now I say
to the Whigs , get ont of my way , and let me at them . Having so far disencumbered the great question at issue of all extraneous matter , I shall here take my leave , for the present , with the intention of addressing another letter to you , tomorrow , upon the subject of the best use to be made of our forces in the approaching battle . In the mean timp , wishing yon , from my soul , every success , both at Newcastle and through life , to which your zeal , your talent , yonr honesty yeur lODg unbending and unflinching exertions , and your privation and manly suffering entitle you . I am , Your faithful associate And affectionate friend , Fearqus O'Coknob .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I have read with extreme surprize the remarks of Mr . O'Brien , in the last number of tbe Start on thu above question ; for every one will admit to you that not only is the Whig faction the great barrier to the progress of democracy , but it is likewise tbe most treacherous , profligate , and persecuting oligarchy which has ever appeared in these nations . Then , supposing the Tory faction to be ready to act as the Whig faction has done , is it not sound policy to do the best we can at the present crisis , namely , to trample upon one of those factions , since we cannot do so to both , and thereby have oBly one faction to contend with in future , instead of two , as at present ?
But probably I shall best convince your readers of the soundness of tbe policy recommended by you and Mr . O'Connor , in reference te the Whigs , by giving you a sketch of - ' that which I saw , and part of which I was . " Well , then , I have be « n an active suppporter of the Whigs , voted for , and otherwise aided them ; and on tbe subject of the Com Laws , while they were denouncing the repeal of those Jaws , as the work of madmen , 1 was fashing on tbe question . B » t upon that and every other project of Reform , I found that they were determined to persecute me for touching tbe subject of Reform ; they evea employed miscreants to entrap me , insult , and injure me , nnder tbe foims of law and authority ; and even now , I feel so convinced of their dishonest and tricky intentions in respect of Cora Law repeal , and every other measure which Reformers contemplate , tbat if I did not oppose them at the next elections , I should be acting against every dictate of my conscience .
I would gladly acsistin returning a Chartist representative for Dnblia at the next election ; bat when I cannot gratify my wishes in that respect , sorely I am bound te do tbe next best thing in my power , namely , to apset , as far aa I can , that concentration of rascality tbe Whig aad O'Connell dynasty . Every man standlag in the none position ought to do likewise . If he eould return a candidate who would represent " the miserable tons of toil , " he ought to do so , fey the aid of the Tory faction , tbe Whig faetita , n the Devil hinuelf , if there was any £ > roGpectof gabtte f that desirable object by splitting hi * vote * whfa any « f them ; but if no such opportunity presents itself , let him inflict vengeance for Whig
treachery and r « jaove the oligarchical breakwater out of the way . Woe betide 1 the Chartist party , if the Whigs gain a majority at the coming election , then wfllthey eharg * the Chattist aimy , right , left , and centre , valiant with the notion , that tbe Tory phalanx can be brought up at any time , and panting with revenge for the Nottingham and other Chartist onslaughts , and for the withering blasts which tbe Northern Star has sent down their golden harvests of jobbery and plunder ; bnt should the Tory party be thrust into harness , they will be so weak , between the national cry of the Chartists , and the ravenous howl of tbe Whigs for place , that tbe Chartist party must according to all appearances , be called into tbe management
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of public affairs . Tbe great object then shonld be to retnin Chartist candidates , bat where that eann * t be done , to clear the decks for action , by sending the WbJg assassins under the batches . . : lam , Sir , YoMmoatftbAdiettlAud humble servant , Samuel Gordon . 41 , Aungler-street , Dublin , Jase 21 st , 1841 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THK NORTHERH STAR ; Sir , —The readers of the-Stor will reoollect the diataib&fices that took place in Colne in the month of Aagust last , in consequence of tbe previous brutal , cowardly , and unjustifiable conduct of the " Jacks in office , " or the shouldbe peace preservers , and their tools of all work , tbe county police . Tbe consequence was , th » cemmittal of four young men to Lancaster Castle , charged with the wilful murder of Mr . Halstead , who came by his death at that time , from the hand er hands of some person or persons at present unknown . ¦
The aforesaid young men were tried on the capital charge at the late assizes at Lancaster , and three of them were acquitted of the murder , bat , at tbe suggestion of their counsel , pleaded guilty to the charge of misdemeanor . Richard Boothman , the other prisoner , was found guilty by the Jary of wilfnl murder , # n the testimony of two hired and unprincipled policemen . Owing to some strange and unaccountable circumstance at the trial , the witnesses for the prisoner Boothman , wtt » were ready , and capable of proving an alibi fa his favour , were not brought forward . Tfao consequence was as stated before , and he was sentenced to death ; bat by prompt and energetic exertions being made , by memorials being seat to Lord Normanby aad tbe Queen , bis sentence was commuted to transportation for life . A poor , innocent , unoffending young man transported for Ufa ! It is the general and unanimous conviction in this town that he is perfectly innocent of tbe crime for which be is suffering .
The Rev . J . Henderson , Incumbent in this town , is worthy of aU praise for using his talent and influence in behalf of the Injnred and unfortunate Boothman , in endeavouring to obtain bis release ; but hitherto his charitable intentions have not been successful , arising , it is thought , from communications going from another quarter , who lain frequent communication with the Horns-office . We understand poor Boothman was removed from Lancaster gaol last week , to the bults , preparatory to bis going abroad for life , in all probability , a victim of police perjury and petty spite and maliee .
In consequence of the public believing the young men were innocent of the charges brought against them , a subscription was entered into to procure them something like a fait trial , and the following items were received from the different towns and villages , which , we trust , you will have tha goodness to Insert in your valuable and widely circulating paper : — 4 a d . Burnley 2 7 0 Keighley 1 6 Si Ackrington 0 14 0 HebdeaBridge . 090 Sand-bed , near Shaggatie ... 6 14 71
Barnoldswick 0 12 0 Barrowford 0 14 0 A Cbatbura 9 4 3 j Orindleston 0 11 3 Clitheroe 0 12 6 Farnhill 0 5 2 i Glusbum « 5 7 | Button ... 0 12 6 Cononly 6 0 If you can find a little space for this communication , you will much oblige your numerous readers in this town and neighbourhood . Respectfully , yours , &c J . Watson . Colne , June 22 d , 1841 .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Friday , June 18 . The Madhouses ( Scotland ) Bill , and the Election Petitions Trial Bill , went through a Committee . The Militia Pay Bill , the Metropolis Improvement Bill , the County BridgeB Bill , and the Bribery at Elections Bill , were severally read a third time and passed . In answer to the Earl of WiCKiow , The Marquis of Normanby said , that in consequence of the sudden termination of tbe Session , tbe Bills for the improvement of Sewers and the Drainage « t Towns bad been withdrawn for the present .
The debate on the Punishment of Death Bill was resumed , and on the motion of the Earl of Winchilbea , the capital punishment was again restored to certain offences exempted by the present BilL Tbe Noble Earl then moved to exempt certain cues of rape from the operation of the BUI , but on a division , the numbers were—for tha clause , 64 ; for the amendment , 60 . The Bill then went through a Committee , and in answer to the Earl of Wick low , The Marquis of Normanby said it was bis intention to extend the provisions of the Bill to 8 eotland ami Ireland . The Criminal Justice Bill was read a second time , and in Committee the Earl of Wilton moved to ex . elude Manchester from its operation ; but on a division , there appeared—for the motion , 31 ; against it , 32 .
After some discussion , the Dog Carts Bill was . on tbe motion of the Marquis of Normanby , withdrawn , and their Lordships adjourned till Monday .
Tuesday , June 22 . PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT . Parliament was this day prorogued by her Majesty in person , preparatory to the Dissolution , with the usual formalities .. At a quarter past two o ' clock , the discharge of cannon and the flourish of trumpets , announced the arrival of hex Majesty , who shortly afterwards entered the Home . The Speaker and the Members of the House of Commons having been summoned to the Bar by the Usher of the Black Rod , the Right Honourable Gentleman shortly afterwards appeared , attended , or rather pushed forward , by a formidable body of Members , who ap peared to set all etiquette at defiance in their anxiety to obtain a look at her Majesty .
The Speaker then addressed her Majesty as follows : —Most Gracious Sovereign , we , your Majesty ' s faithful Commons , approach your Majesty with sentiments of unfeigned devotion and loyalty . It has been our most anxious desire , in granting the supplies for the present year , to place at the disposal of your Majesty the means by which the naval and military establishments of the country might be placed in a state of complete efficiency , acl we entertain a strong conviction that by thus enabling your Majesty to maintain the honour of the Crv .-wa , and protect t '* e jost rights and interests of the people , we have adopted a course which , under the favour of Divine Providence , will ensure both to this country and the rest of Europe a eon tinuance of the blessings of peace .
We now tender to year Majesty an Aot to apply certain sums of money for tbe service of the sear 1841 , and to appropriate the supplies granted in this Beesion of Parliament , to which , in all humility , we pray your Majesty ' s gracious assent . The Royal Assent waa then gives , in the usual form , to the following Bills ;—The Appropriation BUI , the Militia Pay Bill , the Bills of Exchange Bill , the Punishment of Death Bill , the Bribery at Elections Bill , the Controverted Elections Trial Bill , the Highway Rates Bill , the Loan Societies Bill , and Mad Houses ( Scotland ) Bill , the Blackburn Market Bill , the Bourne Drainage Bill , and seme other private Bills . >
The Lord Chancellor then presented the Speech to her Majesty on his knee , which the Queen read in her usual clear and distinct manner , with a very marked and decided emphasis on the passage which referred to the exigencies of the public service being provided for in the manner least burdensome to the community .
THE SPEECH . " My Lords and Gentlemen , " On a full , . consideration of the present state of public affairs I have come to the determination of proroguing this Parliament with a view to ite immediate dissolution . " The paramount Importance of the trade and industry of the country , and my anxiety that the exigencies of the public service should be provided for in the manner least burthensome to the community , have induced me to resort to the means which tbe Constitution has entrusted to me , of ascertaining the sense of my people upon matters which so deeply concern their welfare .
" I entertain the hope that the progress of public business may be facilitated , and that divisions injurious to the course of steady policy and awful legislation may be removed by tbe authority ol a new Parlia ment , which I shall direct to be summoned without delay .
" GBKTLEWN 07 THE HOUSE OP COMMONS . " I thank you for tbe readiness with which you have voted tbs > smms necessary fjr tha Civil aad Military Establishments . " MT LORDS AHD GEMTLXIf EN , " In the exercise of my prerogative I ean have no other object than that of securing tbe rights , and promoting the interests of my subjects , and I rely oa the co-operation of my Parliament , and the loyal zeal of my people , for support in the adoption of such measures as are necessary to maintain that high station among the nations of the world , which it has pleased Divine Providence to assign this country . ' * The Lord Chancellor then said : —It is her Majesty ' s Royal will and pleasure that this Parliament be prorogued to Tuesday , the 29 th of June instant , to be then here holden , and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued till Tuesday , the 2 J > th of June . Her Majesty and her attendants then quitted the House in the same order asfthey had entered it .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF SCOTLAND GENERALLY , AND THE SCOTTISH FRIENDS OE BRONTERBE O'BRIEN IN PARTICULAR . Brother Radicals , —Ton are probably aware that some few months ago a committee was formed in Leeds for the pnrpose of raising fnnds to present Mr . Bronterre O'Brien , upon his liberation , with a national testimonial in the form of a newspaper printing press and appendages . Consequent upon an address issued by that committee , in the Northern Star , a number of auxiliary committees ' have been foimed in various places throughout England . One was lately formed is this city , under the auspices of the Chartist Association ; and it is that committee who now address you .
From the nature of tho subject , we have little more to do than to bring it prominently before you . Bronterre ' * great merits , his valuable services as a public writer , and his sufferiugs in the cause of truth and justice , are to * generally known—and we ' hope appreciated—to re- ' quire tbat we should enlarge upon them . Were it merely to show our sense of , and gratitude for , these services , it behoved us to do something in this way . His enemies have taken care to give him some tangible proofs of their regard : and so we think should his friends—and this the more especially that , in doing so ,
we will not only put an instrument into his hands more efficient than he has ever yet had , to do us further service , but will ev « n prevent his powerful aid from being entirely lost to tw ; for we need not conceal from you the fact , that upon the success of this scheme depends whether he is to continue , as he bas so long been , the able , dauatless , and successful pioneer of a better order of things in this country , or be forced to exile himself to another . When these are the alternatives , it surely requires no deliberation to determine how we should act
As to the mode of raising funds , it would be ont of place for us to dictate . It was suggested to ourselves , we approved of it , and now suggest to you , that a good -way might be to form committees in large towns for collecting subscriptions , getting np soirees , &c , ; while smaller places in the neighbourhood could remit . their collections to these committees , who would in turn communicate with the general committee , at Leeds . Up , men of Scotland , and be doing I Yon have nobly contributed your share to the call upon you for the victimised Chartists . How much , more is it your duty to come forward , and aid a scheme which will not only prove an antidote to Whig tyranny , in so far as one Wbig victim ia concerned , but . will do more for myriads of Wbig victims , the oppressed millions and their posterity , than has ret been done . Viewed as an individual case , the claim upon you is undeuiable ; bnt viewed as the cause of the Industrious classes generally , it would be folly , as well as black ingratitude , not to give it your warmest aid .
We have taken the liberty to bring the matter before you , being , so far as we know , the only committee formed in Scotland ; and such things must emanate from some quarter . We have ourselves already succeeded as weU aa we could have expected ; and we trust that each and all of you will set zealously to work . O'Brien will be out by the 24 th of September , at farthest . Let us have something ready for him thai will in some small measure compensate f <»* the sufferings of the last eighteen months , as well as for the incessant labour and toil of the last ten years . Let no place , however small , or individual , however poor , keep back because they can do but little . It is drops tbat fill the ocean ; and in a matter of this kind , provided the fund be raised , the more contributors to it tht better . ¦ ¦ "'• ¦ •• .
We shall be happy to receive and acknowledge , through our secretary , any sums that may be forwarded from individuals in the country ,, or small clubs ; and we have no doubt that other committees speedily to be formed will do the same . . In this matter , Scotland expects every man to do bis duty . ¦ . ' ¦•• . ( Signed ) W . Allan , Chairman . ' Edward Suicliffb . . J . Cumkins . . D- MACLEOD . A . Macoregor , Sec . James Hukteb . Petbr Anderson .. ' Charles Ihne 8 . Henry Ranken . THOMAS BLACKia . Edinburgh Committee Room , June 14 , 1841 .
N . B . The Secretary of the Leeds Committee is Mr . John Ogden , 39 , Mulborough-street , Leeds , who will comma uicato all information . The Secretary of tho Edinburgh Committee to be addressed at Ne . Hi , High-atteet , Edinburgh .
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Christened , in th « Parish Church , Willand , by tha Rev . - H . Mauley , Feargus , son of John and Charlotte Copp . William » sd Nancy Gonlding , of BJakeley-street , Bolton , had their infant son duly registered James Fear « os O'Connor , on the 24 th May alt . Christened at Blyth Chnrch , on the 24 tb of May , tbe 8 on of Mr . George Bird , by the name of Feargus G # orge Bird , in honour of that sterling friend of the people , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., it being the first that has taken place in that put of Northombtx land . , Mrs . Smith , the wife of Mr . Wm . Dudley Ward Smith , bas been delivered of twins , a boy and f t girl , who have been duly registered Fearcus O'Connor Thomas Smith , and Maria Frost SmTtb ..
A few days ago , Mary , the wife of Mr . Jonas Wilkinson , of Clayton HeightB , was safely delivered of a son , which was registered on Saturday by tbe name of FeargUB- O'Connor Wilkinson What is most singular in this family is , that it is tbe twelfth living child that she bas given birth to . and they are all in health , and are living with their parents . ¦ . Born at Edinburgh , on the 2 nd of June , and baptised by the Rev . Wm . Bruce , of Cowgate Church , on the 20 th , Charles Feargus , the son of Mr . and Mrs . Charles Hunter of that city ,
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fbidat , Jukb 18 . Several private Bills were read a third time and passed . '¦¦ .. . •¦ . - . ¦ . ' ,. , ¦ ¦ '¦ . : . . The report of tbe Committee on the Fine Arts was brought up and ordered to be printed . . Tho Bills of Exchange Bill and the Loan Societies Bill -went through a > Committee . The Court of Chanoery Bill wa « read a third time and passed . .-.. ; . . . ¦ . On the order of the day for taking into consideration the LordB' amendments ' to- ' . the . Waddon Chase Enclosure Bill , some discussion took place . Mr . Warburton moved that it be read a third time that day three months , on tbe ground that it was an undue interference with the rights of parties who had a right of commonage over the ehase . Sir T . Frkmantle and Mr . Estcouet defended th «
Bitt . On a division there appeared—for the amendment , 18 ; against it , 31 . The Lords * amendments were then greed to . In answer to Sir Vraneis Burdeit . Lord JOHN RUSSELL said the Government had not abandoned its intention to ask the assent of the House to a vote for ft sum of money to raise a monument to Six Sidney Smith and some other dlstin guiahed officers , but circumstances had occurred vrtrich g had rendered it un > advisable to bring forward any a pplemental vote for such a purpose during the presents ession . In answer to Lord Robert Grosvenor , who complained of the delay experienced by travellers ou the Grand Junction Railway , * Mr . Shiel said be would be -prepared to give the Noble Lord some explanation on Monday . The Lords' amendments to the Banks' of Issue Bil were agreed to .
On the motion of Lord Ingestri , k , « n addresato * Crown was agreed to for an « wsu veyof thecoasa New Zealand . Adjourned till Monday .
Tuesday , June 22 . Tbe Speaker took the chair shortly before tw o ' clock . Sir J . Hobhouse presented a petition from a place in Wiltshire , in favour of a total repeal of tbe Cora Laws . Sir R . Inglis presented a petition from Chelsea , favour of Church Extension-Mr . Hawes presented nineteen petitions from various parts of the metropolis against the present Corn Law * . . ' ' . '' . '¦¦
Mr . Estcoukt wished to ask the Chancellor of tbe Exchequer if be had made any provision out of the supplies for the next six months for the payment of the half-year ' s salary due to the Chairman of the Committee oi Ways and Means . The Chancellor of the Exchequer could assure the Hon . Member that if no provision had been made in tbe usual way for the payment of the salary of the Chairman of the Committee ef Ways and Means , it was not from any feeling at that Gentleman , but from the state of the Session . He would however take care that some measure was adopted for the payment of the salary forthwith . Tbe subject tben dropped ., Mr . M . O'Connell presented a petition from Kilkenny against the Medical Reform BilL Mr . Dugdale presented a petition from Birmingham , signed by 10 , 700 persons , praying for Church Extension .
The Deputy Usher of the Black Rod then , entered tbe House , and summoned the Commons to attend hex Majesty in the House of Lords . Tbe Speaker , accompanied by all the Members present tben left the House , and on his return , read her Majesty ' s Speech at the table . Several Hon . Members then shook hands with the Speaker , and the House separated .
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