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TO THE EDITOB 0 ? THB 1 TOSTHEEX STAK . Me . Editor , —Yon vrill pardon my intrntioii at the present time im-yeut "widely tbrulited Journal , bnt tie time has eom « when it becomes secemrv tfc * t every man should speak oat , trampet-tongued , of t&B most df pJoxable condition to which the accursed Whigs have brongbt the country . I have wandered with Daniel O'Connell through the countless schemes he has projected , for the purpose ( as he ssid : of redeeming Ireland from the oppression which she bore , and , Sir , now we are at piweni farther bad : in political freedom than when he started to do so . Awaj then with Daniel * blarney ; there is nothing left fer the people of Ireland to redeem them from the oppression which we labonr under , but the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing but the Charter . ^ il'c ¦» fci % **<« ' -w **•»¦ " »¦*¦ j ¦¦¦* ~ m *¦ * " * i' * v ^ 4 / ufe vue * " ¦ " ! h ~ i i
Why do I intrude myself on your Taluable journal at I the present ? My reasons are these : it is the only paper that eTer attempted to vindicate the labouring el&ss from the reckless tyranny that has been practised on them , for I might sa > these centuries , and when we sea such pure minded patriotic men as Feargus O'Connor standing by the people and the Charter , they haTe J nothing io fear . He has been tried by the accursed ] Whigs in the dungeons of York Castle , and has come j oat purer and firmer to the people's cause tV * when j fce was sent there . . Yts , Sir , when the Israelites in their greatest misery j had besn cast down and their freedom seemed neTer to be rescued from the iron grasp of their oppressors , Proyi- I dence in his allwise ways of working , sent unto them i Hoses , who burst their chains and brought unto the i promised land ; so has he sent us a second Moses in j Fesrgus O'Connor , to burst the chains that hare long boEn-i us downand the day is not far distant
, when we will in Ireland again hear his powerful eloquence , until he makes the Charter in this country allied ta that of Repeal ; all we want is ths * Feargus should let his principles be wider circulated in Ireland-It was only last weak in reading in the Weekly Freeman ' s Jc-j . maJ . I saw some of Daniel ' s blarney , that he would cut . Chartism out of Ireland . Poor foolish man ! that nerer can be accomplished ; the more your paper is read , the more they appreciate your principles , until it has gone the length and breadth of out land , from the Giant ' s Causeway U > Cape Clear . And in that same paper , the Rev . ilr . Ryan is charged by Diniel for > becoming a Chartist , and he hoped his Bishop would interfere in the matter . O yes , this is Din ' s liberty , of conscience ! this is the way that he would let every ¦ man do as his conscience dictates to him . Yes , i ¦
Jlr . Byan has spoken out fe&rleisly and boldly , after bo many twistings and changing , that there was nothing left to free Ireland from her present condition , bnt the Charter and Repeal ef the Union . We only want about half-a-dc » en of priests with , Mr . Ryan , in this country , you would haTe before six mentis two millions of Chartists in Ireland . But , Sir , why do I wish this ? Sooner or later it ; xcust be so , for they might as well try to stop the troubled waters after a mighty storm , as stop Chartism ' here , I will dash down every barrier that impedes ' , its way , until it has found its way to every city , town , and Tillage , in the Emerald Isle . | |
I at one time thought that Daniel was sincere in his j intention , until I read your valuable paper , when the scales dropped from my eyes , when I saw him Jump Jim Crow from the Precursor Society to I cant tell you what Tes , many men have seen his inconsistency , and have joined the Chartist principle . But ; Sir , as this letter is coming from the ^ J orth of Ireland j he may denounce me aa he denounced Brophy in Dub- i lin , that he was a turncoat I yo , Sir , I am a Catholic and an Ulster one , the i very kind he so mnch applauded when he visited Belfast—one whsse heart is in the right place , to use his , csra expression . You , Mr . Editor , will pardon my first production ; if you think it would tend to show how the cause is pro- ' greasing , you might insert this letter after your own corrections . Hoping , Sir , to hear of Mr . O'Connor I soon standing on his native land propounding the dec- I Sines of the Repeal and the Charter , which is my ; constant prayer , ' j I am yours , &a , ROBEBTrS . Coleralne , Sept . Sth , ISiL
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TO THZ EDITOR OP THZ yOHTHEH > " STAR . Sib , —Allow me to congratulate O'Connor on his release from his Whig dungeon . Long life and happiness to him : In his intended tour , I trust that his political utility will not be destroyed by renewing old disputes among our own party . It is with pleasure that we hear that it is his intention to visit Bath ; we have neTer had the pleasure of seeing or hearing him . He will be warmly received here . The Council of the National Charier Association requests you to insert the subjoined memorial to her Hsjisty b Principal Secretary of State , respecting the case of poor Peddie . The cause is going on well hers . We held a large out-door public meeting here last week , and it was very well attended . The speeches were of the most prudent kind ; they produced a powerful impression . Every thing augurs well for the cause . Onward , onward , is the cry .
The advent of the Tories to office is the beginning of a new era in British politics . The Whigs having , in the first instance , been intrusted with too much power , eat their own throats . The Tories will do the szme , ultimately . They must not rely on middle-class juries . I fear them not in regard to persecution . In that respect they are as weak as lambs , though as voracious is wolves . Let the Charter agitation be carried on with renewed vigour . 2 s ow comes the tug of war . Let all Reformers become united under the resplendent banner of Chartism . Constitutional reform is the desideratum .
Nothing leswill be of the least avau . Then , " To your tents 0 Israel ! ' * Let every society be active ; let there be no new outbreak , no factious bickerings about Christian Chartism , or Bible Chartism . Our grand po ' . itical object is—Constitutional Reform . Obtain that , acd aU other matters will be speedily settled ; and settled , too , in the best possible manner . I am of opinion that the plan O'Connor intends to carry out ia his lecturing tour , will be productive of incalculihie good . Let every society assist him in that
gocd work . Let cone keep aloof novr from feelings of dislike , pride , or jealousy . The cause we must look to . By f-jllowing a proper course of action , the cause trill sc-: n be rendered all-p « wexfuL We need not fear the Tjrlsfi ; bet they fear us ; they fear O'Connor . Against cur united power they cannot stand . Then mien , union , must be oar motto ; the Charter , the while Chirtsr , must be our rallying cry . Yours , in haste , J . 31 . Bahtlett . 3 i' > i = i- ' 1 1 ^ 41
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^ NOTHER VOICE FROM INORTHALLERTON EELL . Sept Sth , 1 & 41 . Dzab Mastin , —I received your kind and interesting letter , and haTe the pleasure to inform you that I have no pain on me at this time . Bad digestion and bad appetite is only part of the blessed effects of eighteen months dose confinement 2 Hy breath , Sir , smells ^ tolerable ; an evident sign that my inside is not what it ought to be . What else can 1 sxpect , Sir , when I think of the quantity of medicine that I have taken
since I have been here , ; for I never had any doctor's bottles ia my life before , ) for my legs and back pains , that were brought on by nothing else but close confine-Eient I told the magistrate so , and I have told the surgeon eo many tiir . es ; and 1 think former lttteTs are to the nme purport I have had an opportunity of putting it to the test since I have been in hospital these four ¦ weeks . I haTe had no medicine for them , but have had plenty of exercise , and the consequence is that my legs have rot rsrelled . Neither haTe I had any pain in my back .
_ Sir , I do not blame any one hers . The surgeon aid his best , I believe , to keep them frcra swelling . Ten may depend that I shall not be 5 ; tun- d by being told that ii is rheumatic , if they ere ted Egain . It is known to no one tut myself what I haTe suffered these last twelve months , with my legs kweliirg every day for * ant of exercise .
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FALSEHOODS OF DANIELL O'COXXELL , AXD GROSS PARTIALITY OF THE "DUBLIN WEEKLY REGISTER . " TO THB EDITOB OF THE KOBTHKB , N STAR . Sir , —Allow me , through the columns of your widely circulated a journal , and more especially as it no wcirculates pretty extensively in Ireland , to expose the barefaced lyiDg of Ireland ' s greatest enemy—the arch agitator , Daniel O Connell , and the shameful unfairneES of the Editor of the Dublin Register . It appears from the conduct of the Editor of that paper , that he considers it all gospel which Dan preaches , and that he is to be privileged to abuse and belie the English Chartists with impunity ; for whatever may be his charges , this most upright Editor considers it to be his duty to suppress any answer which may be sent to him to Dan ' s vile operations .
In cocsequence cf two dastardly and lying attacks , which were made by Dan on the Carlisle Chartists , at Dublin and Drogheda , I sent the following temperate letter to the Editor of the Dublin Register , in which paper Dan ' s attacks appeared , but ithich has not been noticed at all by the Editor . Nothing shows tk-e absolute necessity stronger of the Chartists supporting an independent paper , which will not only proclaim their wrongs , and boldly assert their rights , but which will take care that neither the Whig nor the Tory press shall abuse them with impunity . By your giving a place to the following letter , you may be the means of removing a very erroneous impression from the minds of many , which has been made by the unfounded and calumnious assertiens of Daniel-O'Connell . I remain , Sir , Your obedient servant , James Arthvb . Carlisle , Sett 14 , 1841 .
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THE CHARTISTS OF CARLISLE AND DANIEL O'CONNELL , ESQ , TO THE EDITOR OF THE " DVBLIN 'WEEKLT ILEGISIER . " Sir , —Allow me to correct sorce gross mis-statements which appear in your paper of August Slit . They occur in the speeches of Mr . Daniel O'Connell , at the great Repeal Meeting at Drogbeda , and Loyal National Repeal Association , and involve the character of the Chartist body in Carlisle . Doubtless , Mr . O'Connell mu-t have been misinformed on the subject of which he speaks , for . he was not in Carlisle at the time
and must have received his information in a secondary -way . Whether Mr . O'Connell has exaggerated the information he may have had , I am at a loss te know . 1 trust as a public journalist , and ore who has given publicity to Mr . (/ Cornell ' s assertion , you will allow me to correct him , and thus remove tie stain which Mr . O'Connell , through the Chaitists here , -wishes to fix on that body generally . I will here quote the statements I allude to , and then answer th-. m in a 3 mild and brief a manner as possible . The first is from a speech Gf Mr . O'Connell ' s , made at the Loyrl National Repeal Association , and the other from another speech made at a mat Rtpeal Meeting at Drogheua : —
" Whit Wis the course pursued at Carlisle , at the ia : e election ? > Ir . Howard , a high-minded an .-J patriotic gentleman , a Ryu ; an Catholic Liberal R-.-for : ntr , and Mr . Marshall , of Leeds , were the candidates on the liberal t ^' . e ; but the chivalious Chartists , instead of allowing these gentlemen to get the votes of the electors , for they the Cbartists ; had bnt few among themselves , turn their backs traitorously on the friends of liberty , the ( j ' -ieen , ax ; d the people ; use every unholy ii-Huencc that c ^ uld be de viseJ , to deter the liberal electors fiu : ii supporting them , aadgave -whatever vote 3 were at their own disposal to Sergeant Goulbnrn , tie Tory . "
• " 1 will tell you iow the Chartists acted at Carlisle . Mr . Howard , a man of ancient family , is one of the members , and Mr . Marshall , of Leeds , is the other member . What did the Chartists do ? Did they j ., ; n the Reformers ' ! No ! they joined the brother ef that swivel-eyed fellow -who was Secretary for Ireland , and who let no man , when he was in Ireland , got office bnt an OraDgercan . There is the man -whose brother tr . e Chartists Bnpport against the Reformers . During that " election one of them killed a man , and was to be transported for fifteen years . Hear , hear . , "
These are the passages to -which 1 have alluded , and I must say , a grosser tisane of falsehoods I never before saw put together . Ice facts are as follow : —Previous to the late election the Chartist body here held a public meetins , at which they formed an Election Comuiittee , for the purpose of bringing forward a gentleman of kick liberal principles than any of the three gentlemen to whom Mr . O'Connell has alluded . To accomplish that otject , the Committee immediately put itself in correspondence with a gentleman in London , who professed very liberal principles , and who was willing to come forw ' aid , provided there -was a probable chance of success . The Committee instantly canvassed the electors in his behalf , but owing to their being late in the field , most of the electors on whom they -waited , bad already promised their votes , bo that the Committee soon ascertained ,
there would be no chance of success . This fact they immediately announced to the electors , -who had promised them support , and left them to act for themselves . The Committee strictly refrained from giving uaj advice as to how the electors should vote , but left them entirely to themselves , to act as they might- deem proper under the circumstances . In regard u the " few" Chartists voting for Sergeant Goulbnrn , I ean on ! y say that they did not vote at all , for they considered they could not consistently support eithfir faction . I myself was one of that small but honourable band ; and , were it necessary , I could give you the names of t-wenty more who acted in the same way . So that so far from supporting Sergeant Goulbun ) , they did rot vote at all . Had they done so , and used the iLfljence they possessed , I have little hesitation in saying that they could have returned Mr .
Goulburn , for he was only in a i ; . inon ? y of about forty . ' 1 It is true that a man was killed , and it is a pity it is so I true , but this unfortunate circumstance aroEe from the I forwardness and want cf discretion on the part of the ! policeman who was killed . He vras striking violently : about him with a great bludgeon , in all directions , ; xsaying no regard to age , nor sex—having knocked down i a woman and two little boys , and struck several others ; } Le then aime 3 two blows at the pilsner Kilpatrick ,
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who warded them off , and , in self-defence , struck a blow at the policeman , which knocked him down ; and caused his death . What I have here stated are the real facts of the ease , which can be fully borne out by men of all parties . When Mr . O'Connell sees this statement , I am sare he will regret having been so Ux misinformed in regard to facto , as to hare warranted him in going to so great a length in abusing the Chartists of Carlisle in the speeches alluded to . I remain , Sir , Your obedient Servant , James Arthur . Rickeygate , Carlisle , Aug . 24 th , 18 il .
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- ^ TO MR , PATRICK O'HIGGINS . Sir , —As you have been so plentifully supplied with Stars , and as we have got a few here , may I beg you will let n » have some—say half-a-dczen every week . You can have no idea of the effect , -which they have upon the mind of every person , who reads them , the most prejudiced is obliged to acknowledge the bitter truths which they are so fearlessly promulgating , and which , ace so stoik \ ng \ y manifest . The exposure ot those hollow principles , by which he has been governed , needs only to be read by him , to be certain of his ignorance ; and proves to him the necessity of obtaining a knowledge , which , he thought , he did not want Every person who reads this journal , even only once , looks for it with avidity again ; and as he increases in the political knowledge he naturally detests those plausible , but ill-deflned and lucrative opinions , which have kept him in blind and wilful subjugation .
The most straight forward , and certainly , the cleverest man in our city , has , upon a late occasion , recommended the unfortunate people of this country to moke common cause with the much-calumniated and persec * ted Chartists of England , who , as may be observed , are more active and practical repealers than his own fellow-countrymen in general , and , I might say , his auditory in particular , He is blamed very much for putting forward such valuable sentiments ; but on looking to the past and the present system of agitation , we find an ample apology for those who believed hiux ts be their enemy ,
But if the mists of ignorance and prejudice were once dispelled , there would not be a town , a village , or a hamlet , or even a valley or a hill , from " Giant ' s Causeway to Cape Clear , " or " from Gonnemarra to the Hill of Howih" that would not reverberate with the sound— " The Charter , the whole Charter , and nothicg but the Charter . " Permit me Sir , to subscribe myself , Your obedient and faithful servant , John 0 'Rov-rk . e . Cork , Sept . 11 th , 1 S 41 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . London , September 10 , 1841 . Sir , —You will oblige me by inserting the following in the Xorihern Star : — CHALLENGE TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . The intolerant and unjust proceedings of the London Members of the National Charter Association ( about 300 strong ) have determined me to challenge Mr . Feargus O'Connor , or the best man they have in their Association , to a discussion of the merits of Jlr . Lovetfa
Chartism ; in which I will undertake to prove that Lovett ' s Chartism is as superior to Feargus O'Connor ' s Chartism as the conduct of the professors of the one is , in moral and intellectual fitness , superior to the conduct of the intolerant adherents of the other . Knowing that it is only by fair , and open , and Bearehing discussion that the truth can be elicited , I fearlessly invite Mr . Feargus O'Connor and his friends to defend themselves and their principles . I am fully aware that I place myself in a disadvantageous position in meeting my superiors in talent and scholastic acquirements , but ii am mere than compensated for this disadvantage in the fact , that
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truth la invincible , and will prevail » and it is an exbi-Uratteg-cbBsblatton to the humble and honest advocate or tiptb , lhat she was never yet vanauiahed " in a fair and open encounter . " . I am wiUiqg , therefore , to meet Mr . Feargus O'Connor , or any other capable member of the Association , ! L *! f ?* ^ comparative merits < of Chartism as re-Bpecttv elj advocated by Messrs . Lovett and O'Connor ; or Jx > v « tt , Watson , and myself wiH meet any three of hl porters ; or , if he prefer it , -we will discuss the " v ^ 1 f * Lfa a pttblicme « ttog . in which the discussion shall be open to all competent persons . Iain , Sir , Your humble servant , Henry Hetherington .
P . S . In the event of this challenge being accepted , each party shall appoint two or three friends , or as many as may be agreed upon , to arrange the proceed-H . H .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brother Dfmocrats , —I wrote a short letter about a montli ago , requesting the various Chartist Associations to send me the name of the sub-Secretaries . Business is often retarded by my not having the addresses of the sub-Secretaries ; for Instance , I cannot write a letter to Bradford , because I do not know whom to -write . I cannot get an answer from Sheffield , although I have "written four or five times to that town . In Derbyshire there are only two or three towns that I can write , 'tis the same In Nottinghamshire . There are now nearly 200 towns in the association . I think a great deal of good might be done , if the district councils would take this matter np . I have seen an account in this week ' s Star ef a lecturer addressing
audiences in four towns ; there were good meetings , and yet there is not an association in any ona of those towns ; there are at the present moment ten persons engaged lecturing , now if these ten formed twenty associations weekly , or two each , that would amount to about 40 * associations more with those already formed , before the Convention will meet in February next , and this I am sure can be done ; what might not the people do with 500 associations la England and Wales , backed oat by Scotland , and also by their friends who are taking a Btand in Ireland ? why , any thing and every thing for liberty ; let therefore all these towns where the Star is taken in , and who have not enrolled themselves under our sacred banner , immediately communicate with us . We have one powerful advocate unchained
who does the work of half a dozen men without fee or reward , namely , F . O'Connor , and by the 24 th inst . we will have another who will assist by his energetic pen to crush tyranny and establish liberty , namely , J . B . O'Brien . Then you have M'Douall , Leach , Philp , and Williams on the Executive ; these backed oat by such talented men as Bairstow , Vincent , Bolwell , Ridley , Wheeler , Binns , Williams , Morgan , Morling , Wilkinson , Bell , Doyle , Mason , Clarke , Marsden , Harney , Pitkeithly , Clayton , Arthur , Cooper , White , and a host of others , may guide successfully the greatest agitation that ever took place in England for democracy . Hoping , my Meads , that you will not lose time in writing to me for cards , and joining the National Charter Association .
I remain your brother democrat , John Campbell , Gen . Sec Salford , Sept 14 , 1841 .
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CITY OF LONDON— The City members of the National Charter Association held their weekly meeting , as usual , on the evening of the 8 th instant , in the room 55 , Old Bailey . The members expressed a wish that their delegates of the County Council could make it convenient to attend their weekly meetings ; they particularly wish to know in what way they are to assist the Council in defraying the exponcea of the public meetings held in the metropolis . Mr . Citer introduced his motion , of which he had previously given notice , viz . to form a City Political Loan Tract Society , to saturate the city with a knowledge of the doctrines of the People ' s Charter . The motion was seconded by Mr . G . Wyatt , who hoped the plan would be carried into effectual operation . After some excellent remarks from
the membets it was agreed to , nem con ., and a committee was appointed to prepare a plan to bring the same into effect . —On Thursday evening , W . D . Saul , Esq . merchant , delivered a very excellent and instructive leeture in the same place to a very attentive audience . Subject —the social and political condition of the country . Mr . Cater said , tbat in rising to propose a vote of thanks to their excellent Lecturer , he must apologise for the absence of most of the city members , who had availed themselves of the pleasing opportunity of going to hear tbeir much beloved and patriotic champion , F . O Connor , Esq . in the White Conduit House , but trusted that the excellent Lecturer will again visit the city locality , when be would guarantee that the Hall should be filled te overflowing . He tMr . C . ) begged leave to inform the
Lecturer , as he had in his lecture made allusions to what took place in the Hall of Science , the other evening , tbat tbat disturbance had its origin through a sermon preached in this room , which be ( the Speaker ) considered disgraceful to the Chartist cause . He ( Mr . C . ) could assure the Lecturer that the managing committee of the shareholders of this Institute were totally ignorant that tbat sermon would be of a personal nature ; thit they do not encourage personal bickerings ; and that he , as well as niaDy other members of the National Charter Association , wtre ready to forgive and forget the opposing party , if they would cease their endeavours to stop the progress of Chartism . The vote of thanks being seconded by Mr . Knox , was carried unanimously . The Lecturer , in returning thanks for the same , stated
that when he came into the room he expected to meet with much opposition , but it was pleasing to him to have to say that he never attended a more orderly and rational assemblage of working men before , and that he would pledge his word to give them a lecture onca a quarter , and that his next would be on Geology ; and invited the company and their friem ' s to visit his great Museum in Aldersgate-street , any Thursday morning , at eleven o ' clock , free of any expence , and tbat at that time be is always present . —On Sunday evening , in the same place , Mr . Williams preached a short sermon from tbe commandment , " Thou shalt not steal , " after which a discussion ensued . Mr . Cater delivered the following notices . That F . O'Oonnor , Esq . had promised him that , after he had visited Brighton , Le will attend a publicmeeti « g in this Hall , due notice of which will be given on Thursday evening , the 2 . 'ird of September . L . T . Clancy , Esq . Founder and late Secretary of the Dublin Repeal
and Charter Association will deliver a lecture for the benefit of poor Robert Peddie ; subject , Chartism and Uibonism in Ireland . 2 S txt Sunday morning will be the monthly meeting of the shareholders of this Institute . In the evening of the same day Mr . Cameron , of l'iusbury , will preach ; and tho Sunday evening following Mr . Balls will preach . The City members of the National Charter Association will hold their weekly meetings on Tuesdays instead of Wednesdays for the future ; and the concert is put off from the 13 th instant , on account of the benefit for Mr . O'lirien , till the following Monday , in this Hall . Mr . C . a ! so observed , tbat on the previous Sunday evening Mr . Keesom had publicly read a letter to the congregation in this Hall , which is thought by the Committee way tend to create in the minds of many a false impression , and get the place into disgrace , if the following answer is not publicly read also : —
"TO MR . CHARLES H . NEESOM . " " Sept . 12 , 1841 . "Sir , —The managing Cemmittee of the shareholders of the Political and Scientific Institute , 65 , Old Bailey , have received your letter r € questing to be allowed the privilege to preach a sermon in the above place , in reply to a sermon preached by Mr . Watklns on a previous occasion . " Sir , I am directed by the above Committee to inform you that , previous to the preaching of the sermon you allude to , they were totally ignorant that it would be of a personal description ; neither did the printing and
publishing of the same receive tlieir sanction . With this declaration the Committee feel themselves exonerated from the supposed encouragement of personal vituperation ; and as they value the keeping in a respectable manner a place of meeting of their own , the important responsibility the shareholders of the above place have committed to their care , and the momentous objects they have in view , the said Committee cannot comply with your request or any other gentleman ' s that may be of a similar character ; with this explanation , they trust that , for the future , their meetings will not again be interrupted by personal bickeings and slander .
"John Dale , Sec . pro tern . " CAIYIBERWELL & WALWORTH .-The Chartists of this locality met last Monday evening at the Horse and Crown , Walworth . The meeting was well attended , and great enthusiasm prevailed among its members . A letter was read from Manchester ; the contents were soon discussed . An order upon the treasurer for 8 s . 4 d ., to be sent forthwith to the Executive , was made . The cause looks much better in London—the principles of the Charter seem to be better understood among what they term middle-clasa men . Daniel—the once " Great Dan "—will lind that the hour of delusion is gone by j the People will not believe him again . The calumny which that fellow has heaped upon the Chartists , by calling them blood-thirsty / and torehand-dagger-men , will recoil upon bis own head at some future date . We are for equal justice to Ireland—tho same liberty for Ireland as we claim for ourselves .
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TROWBRIPGE . —On Saturday last , a public tea meeting was held at the Democratic Chapel , to celebrate the release of Mr . Win . Carrier from the tyrant ' s dungeon . The chapel was decorated , as on former occasions , with portraits , garlands , and other devices . Over the portrait of John Frost was thefollowing : — " A nation of sober and intelligent men cannot be slaves . " At six o'clock , upwards of two hundred , sat down to an excellent tea , which did honour to the-comadttee for the tasteful manner in which it was served up . After tea , Mr . John Moore was called to the chair , and after making some remarks he gave the first toast , " The sovereign people , the legitimate source of all wealth , " which was ably responded to by Mr . Hawkins . The
next toast was , " Prosperity to all true Chartist victims , may they still continue to be the terror to our enemies . and shining ornaments in society . " Responded to by Mr . Tucker , of Weatbury , and anpported by Mr . Carrier in a long and able address . Mr . Cluer , the Chartist teetotal lecturer , next addressed the assembly in a most eloquent manner . The band was in attendance , and played several patriotic tunes . Three cheers were given for the restoration of F . O'Connor , Esq ., to the ranks of the people , three cheers for Mr . Carrier , and three for Frost , Williams , and Jones . A vote of thanks was also given to the thirty-nine M . P . ' s -who voted for Sharman Crawford ' s motion . The meeting broke up highly delighted with the evening ' s entertainment .
XSXCCSTBB . —The fine weather , last Sunday , was highly favourable for onr camp-meeting . The audiences on the recreation ground , in the morning and afternoon , were very large . Mr . Harrison , of Calverton , near Nottingham , spoke from a figurative passage in Revelations , in the morning , and Mr . Dean Taylor preached from ' Seek ye first the kingdom of God , " &c . in the afternoon . Each speaker was listened to with absorbed attention , and produced hearty convictions that the whole truth of Christianity , and its applicableness as a system of relief for man ' s political as well as moral condition , is only now beginning to be understood . In the evening , the Market-place was made the field of operations . Mr . Bairstow addressed an immense and highly-gratified audience , with his usual eloquence
from " crucify him , crucify him , ' &c Mr . Cooper commenced and concluded each service with giving out hymns , and prayer . The day was one of the most interesting ever experienced by Leicester Chartists . Collections to a pleasing amount were made at the close of each discourse , the surplus of which , after travelling expences of the speakers are deducted , is to be forwarded to the treasurer of the fund for O'Brien ' s press . A collection is intended to be made next Sunday , for the augmenting the aid for Chartism ' s schoolmaster . Nothing can be more gratifying than the excitement now prevalent in Leicester . In addition to the sixtytwo , the whole number of new members received last week , thirty names have been received by Mr . Cooper ,
the secretary , during the time intervening from last Saturday morning to the present evening ( Monday . ) Tonight , Mr . Cooper has been addressing a crowded guildhall , on geography . Mr . Bairstow , who had been over to lecture at Anstey , ( a little village near Leicester , distinguished for its true Chartist spirit , ) entered the Guildhall towards the conclusion of the lecture , and was received with a spontaneous burst of clapping of hands . He addressed the audience for a short time , and remains in Leicester , with the intention of lecturing during the race week , in some of our streets and squares , and thns contributing to help on the glorious movement which is taking place in the town where he is so heartily respected , and where ho has so often and so effectually laboured .
GLASGOW—Toll Cross . —A large meeting ef the inhabitants of Toll Cross was held in their own Hall on Thursday night week , and was addressed by Messrs . Colquhoun , Brian , and M'Kay , from Glasgow , when the meeting agreed to meet Mr . O'Connor in procession and demonstration -when he arrived in Glasgow . CUMLOCHIE . —A crowded and suffocating meeting of the males and females of Cuinlochie met on Monday night , in their new Hall ( all the suburban districts having now got Halls ef their own ) , Mr . Musbat in the
chair . The Hall was decorated with Scotch thistles , laurel , and evergreens , and on the walls hung portraits of Feargus O'Connor , Emmett , &c . After a number of sentimental and comio songs were sung , the meeting was addressed by Messrs . Cullen and Moir , whose sentiments elicited the most rapturous cheering . The two speakers then left the meeting amid the most deafeniDg cheering . The singing and other sentiments connected with the now glorious march of the movement were kept np for several hours , when the happy assembly broke up , cheering for the safe arrival of their glorious , talented v and honest chieftain , Feargus O'Connor .
Cua . ivt . ist Church , Great Hamilton-street . — A lecture was delivered here by Jlr . James Walker , on Priestcraft , after which a hot discussion en&ntd , notwithstanding the numerous meeting departed with the beat of feelings , after having given three regular rounds of cheering for the Chartist cause and its friends . BUIDGETON . —The Chartist drummer of this populous suburban district announced after tuck of drum , that Con Murray , the Irish Chartist and Roman Catholic tramping nailer would deliver a lecture on Irish politics , and of course it being a district which contains upwards of 7000 Roman Catholics , the hall was crowded to excess , besides the numbeis who congregated outside . Mr . Black was called to the chair , who
introduced the witty and talented lecturer . When he was introduced to the meeting , accompanied with a number of his Irish friends , both Catholic and Protestant , one simultaneous burst of feeling flowed from tho whole assemblage , after which Con proceeded and showed up the old humbug O'Connell in most glorious style . He was followed by a Mr . Shuffloton , from Birmingham , in a strain of the most eloquent declamation , every other sentiment calling forth bursts of cheering from the previously excited audience . Mr . M'Kay followed , backing out the statements of Con . When he sat down Dennis M'Millan , another Irish Roman Catholic , thundered forth in a strain of Irish eloquence and humour , which completely electrified the Scotch , English , and Irish present This speech , so i
damning to the great humbug , called forth a defence from a young satelite of Dan's which produced much jeering and laughter . Mr . Rodger , who had just arrived from a meeting in the Calton , and whose master mind at once grasped the subject of dispute , cut up Mr . O'Connell ' s past career in a genteel , though sarcastic style , which perfectly electrified those within and without . The discussion was kept up for at least an hour after Rodger had spoken , every one whom we spoke with acknowledging that they had never got so much fun in one night . Dan ' s backers shook hands with the kind-hearted and conciliatory John Rodger , and stating at the same time tbat they were now convinced that they were , as Con , their countryman , had stated , nothing better than sea-gulls , crows , and sea-maws , who supported Dan . A vote was then asked for a procession or demonstration when O'Connor car . ie to Glasgow ,
when tho entire assembly voted for a procession and demonstration . Cheers , of course , vrero given for O'Connor , the Charter , Chairman , &c , after which a large party , after the Irish fashion , arm in arm , cleeked Con to a house , where he got his Irish whistle wet with a glass of good Scotch whisky . I have , however , forgot in vfriting out the above that Con , seconded by myseif , moved the following resolution , which was carried with clapping of hands , -waving of hats , stamping of feet , and the usual bursts of approbation which proceeds from a well pleased meeting : —" That this meeting sympathises with the Irish nation , an < 1 that they ought to be no longer a province , but a liapublic , having legislators sitting in Dublin , elected by the voice of the people in accordance with the principles of the People ' s Charter . " This was carriul with great cheering . — Correspondent .
Extraordinary Meeting oi- Delegates in St . Ann ' s Ciiikch . —The largest mooting of Delegates ever held in St . Ann ' s Church , Glasgow , took place on Friday evening . No less than eighty-nine shops , districts , and factories were represented by some-where about 200 delegates , to discuss the manner in which they would receive that great and good man , Feargus O'Connor , when he came to Glasgow . After a brief discussion , seeing that each delegate or delegates wera furnished -with instructions from the various bodies which they represented , the vote was taken for the following motion : — " That in order to Insure the largest possible iiieutiug on Glasgow Green , where the powerful voice of O'Connor will tell upon the vast number which will then assemble , each district , shop , and factory aLall proceed with tlieir flags , bauds , and other insignia , straight to the Green , the same as was done when \ he delegates from the Convention came to Glasgow ; and that the vast multitude of Chartists shall leave the
ureea accompanying O'Connor to the Bazaar Hall , where the Soiree is to be held . " This resolution of course \ ras carried amid tumultuous cheering . The Secretary of the Local U niversal Suffrage Association then read O'Connor's letter , statiDg the time he will be in Glasgow . Votes of thanks were then given to the Chairman , cheers for O'Connor , and the glorious cause of Chartism , when the meeting broke up . GLOUCESTER . —A public meeting was held at the Democratic Assembly Rooms , Worcester-street , on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock ; Mr . Thos . Sidaway was called to the chair . Mr . John Sidaway gave a lecture on the right of the working classes to the Suffrage , and which was the best calculated to benefit the community generally , Household or Universal . The
lecturer entered into the various argnments in favour of Household Suffrage , which he completely dissected . He concluded a very powerful lecture amidst the plaudits of his hearers , carrying the whole meeting with him in favour of the Charter , and urged them never to cease agitating till it was proclaimed the law of tho land . Tho Chairman then introduced Mr . Richard Herbert , of Birmingham , who addressed the meeting in a brief , but able manner , showing what the power of the people could accomplish , if they were but firmly united . The Chairman then dissolved the meeting , by informing them that a meeting would be held in that room , which is capable of holding five or six hundred persons , every Sunday morning at ten o ' clock , for reading and instructions ; and every Monday night , at eight o ' clock , for lectures .
HUDDERSFIEID . —The members of tho Association met , as usual , on Tuesday night , and appeared in good spirits , after haviDg heard read several letters from various [ places , paid their contributions , and the extra levy , with great good feeJiBg .
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MACCLESFXELD . —On . Sunday evening , Mr . West lectured on . the "Errors of oar Commercial System . " He proved that the great evils we hare to complain p f origiaated ia a false dread ot foreign competition , Which caused our manufacturers and the Government to , force dowa the money , price of British productions to theie ' tel of what the produce which might be obtained in return wpnldreatoe ; and that , conse < ftentlyi ; we have been exporton * increased quantities at decreased Tame , until tne labourers have been rm Hedr and the manufactorers fast following them ; from 1793 to 1816 , the value of exports to Earope , Africa , and America , exceeded the imports from thence by £ 33 X 00 , 000 ; and since
1816 , we have enabled the federal Government discharge the greater part of their debt of about £ 27 , 000 , 000 , by reducing wages bo as to enable other countries to levy 50 , 75 , and evea 2 fO percent , on the products of our labour , so as to enable them toerect joint-stock manufacturing establishments and public improvements ia canals , roads , &c , and thus establish that , evil eo much dreaded . Mr . West entered largely . into the subject , and from tables and documents proved that oar trade v ? as given away to foreigners ; and that all the efforts of the free trade party cannot regain it . The subject created considerable interest , and lir . West will resume it in his next lecture .
HA WICK . —At an adjourned meeting of the Ha wick Chartist Association , held in the Chartist Hall on Saturday evening last , tho following resolution was agreed to , and ordered to be sent to the Northern Star and Scottish Patriot . — "That this meeting cannot but consider the conduct of those individuals professiug Chartist principles , who can allow mere personal reasons or motives to keep them from joining the great body of , their fellow countrymen in their exertions for , their political emancipation , as having a tendency to weaken tho agitation for , and retard the attainment of , the object they profess to have in view , andjEconseijuently , detrimental to the Chartist movement . "
NOTTINGHAM . We have juat concluded a splendid and most enthusiastic meeting , held in onr Market-place , the object ot which meeting was to make known the present circumstances and situation of James Bronterre O'Brien , of him who , for ye&ra past , haa been the political schoolmaster of the age , and to shew that the poor man ' s guardian , for bis powerful advocacy of xiqht against might , has by means of Whig prosecution and torture , been made poorer than the poor man himself . At the close of Mr . Dean Taylor ' s lecture a collection was made , which amounted to £ 1 os . T % d . Mr . Taylor then announced that Mr . Cooper , of Leicester , Editor of the Illuminator and Whig Extinguisher , would address them on the same topic , and in the same place , on Tuesday evening , at six o ' clock . After a vote of thanks had be « n awarded to Mr . Taylor , and Mr . J . Bostock , Chairman , three tremendous cheers were given for Messrs . O'Connor , the
uncaged lion , and for B . O'Brien , who leaves his dungeon on the 24 th instant ; three cheers were given for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and three more for tha gallant Sharman Crawford , and the glorious 30 , when the meeting quietly dispersed , and parties adjourned to the democratic chapel , to hold their usual weekly meeting , and several new members joined the association Petition sheets were also plentifully distributed amongst the members , both male and female , for the Charter . A vote of thanks waa proposed by Mr . Russell , and carried unanimously , with great appluue , to Mr . O'Higgins , for his clear amd dispassionate answers to the questions of a Mr . Toole , and also to Mr . P . M . Brophy , and all the other members of the Natiosal Charter Association , Dublin , for their steady , persevering , and uncompromising line of conduct towards the Liberator himself , and every other tool he has made use of . .
BARNSLE 7 . —The Odd Fellows' Hall was crammed to suffocation to hear Dr . M'Douall lecture on the principles of the People ' s Charter . The Doctor was received by the meeting with loud cheering which lasted several minutes . Mr . Peter Hoey was called to the chair , and was received with long continued cheering . Dr . MDjuall delivered a soul-stirring lecture , during which he was frequently interrupted by the plaudits of the meeting . He demonstrated to the entire satisfaction of the people present , that nothing short of the People ' s Charter would benefit the whole community , and concluded amidst loud and long continued cheering . A vote of tkanka was given to the Chairman , three cheers far Feargus O'Connor , three for William Ashton , and all the other imprisoned Chartists , and the meeting broke up ..
ACCRINGTON . —The Chartists of this place held a public meeting in the large room at the sign of the Wheat Sheaf , for the purpose of hearing a lecture from Mr . Tattersal , of Burnley , Mr . Win . Beesley was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Tattersal delivered a most heart-stirring address , showing up the Whigs in tbeir true colours , and severely lashing the Tories . He encouraged the people to come forward and join the National Charter Association , showing them that if the people of this country were united all the powers upon earth could not stop them from obtaining their rights . The lecture occupied about an hour in the delivery , and gave universal satisfaction .
LIVERPOOL . —The Chartists of this town met en Monday last , to receive the Secretary ' s report for the quarter , and elect officers to conduct the affaire of this Association for the ensuing quarter . The following persons were then elected to serve as Councillors : — Mr . James M'Kenna , Mr . Charles Gvdlliams , Mr . Joha William Magee , Mr . Thomas Ashwith , Mr . Thomas Lindsay , Mr . Edward Benbow , Mr . Jobn Covran , treasurer ; Mr . Ewan Davies , sub-aecretary , 42 , Gerardstreet . Mr . Doyle lectured here on Wednesday , the 3 rd iust . The room was crowded , being by far the most numerous meeting wo have had in this town . Mr . Butterworth , of , Manchester , brkfly addressed the meeting . Several new members having been enrolled , the meeting broke up—three hearty cheers having been given for Mr . O'Connor , the Chairman , and lecturer . .
TODMORDEN .- —The weekly meeting of the National Charter Association was held , as usual , on Monday night , when the number of members increased again , and it was resolved to take the lecture room of the Mechanics' Institute , and the absent members are requested to attend there on Tuesday night next , at eight o'clock . SOWERBY . —Mr . Leach , of Manchester , lectured here on Monday last , to a crowded audience . At the conclusion , thanks were given to Mr . Leach , and the Chairman ; three cheers for Feargus O'Connor , three for the Executive , threa for the National Charter Association , and three for the exiles of Cambria , Frost , Williams , and Jones . After -which the vast assembly separated .
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j [ i i ; i Sir , yon uk . for a glimpse of our dietary table . Such j- was the wretched state" of my appetite for threejnonths i before I came into the hospital , that half of it was sufficient forms ; and since I came up stairs I have had pleaty of good wholesome food ; so I think it would be unreasonable to complain of anything tbat I do not feel tha direct effect of . Sir , believe me after reading your letter that the raacaUy "Whigs were oat of office , I went to bed and 1 do not know that I ever clept bo sound since I have been in prison , so well pleased was I that the Government of this country was no longer in the hands of so worthless and detestable a faction . Sir , I am sorry to see by your letter , that there are so many as twenty-four » f us left in prison yet What ! ; not release Ashton and Crabtree < Standalons . How I - complain when they in prison ? From the
; ! can are tender mercies of such miserable wretches as Nonnanby and Co .. good Lord deliver as . Six , you say you fcofe my principles still remain firm to the Charter of our liberties . Can you doubt it ? Rest assured , my friend , that I shall neither flischfrom , nor deny , ray principles , if they keep me in prison till I rot . It wonld be an easy method of putting down Chartism if sending men to prison could make them f orege their right of thinking for themselves . ; Sir , your letter informs me ol George Henry "Ward ; not stopping to vote for Mr . Sharman Crawford ' B addition to the amendment on the address ; what can you ! expect from such milk and water fellows ? He is ! neither a gentleman nor a conscientious man , or he i would not have said what he did about me when I was j imprison and could not answer for myself , ( I mean , of | course , what he said to the deputation , ) which was as ; great a falsehood as ever was uttered , wholly without
; foundation , and I defy either him or any one else to ' give proofs of my making use ol any such languge . i Sir , I was highly pleased with the account you gave ' me of Mr . O'Connor's liberation and reception in York ; ; and from what you say in your letter , I conclude you \ intend seeing him when he visits Sheffield , if so , tell ! him that I am alive and should be glad to see him when ! he cornea into the North . The time of visiting is from ! twelve to one erery day . The railway run * close by , bo that it will not detain him long . I can then talk to ! him freely about prison discipline . You can say that I 1 have seen no one these sixteen months . Should he be ; in the North when you receive this , have the kindness ; to write a note in my name with the foregoing re-| quest . ! I was not surprised at your account of Harrison , the i Bradford In opinionhe is not so much to j mC ^ l JJL ~**^ U ^ UMUU | 4 UUbU
: ! ¦ spy . ray , ^ mT nm \ M t , \ t At ^ , J .- 4 _> U *¦ + ) UVV -J \ J mf \ J ¦ blame as the villains who first taught him to get money ! by such knavish tricks ; but I think he will not find his speculation in horse-flesh to be so profitable as being i fugleman for the Bradford Chartists . ' No , no , Sir , he will n » t have the Government to back him ; but it is a I pity to see a man lost for the want of a friend , and I think my old friend , Harrison , could not do better than i memorialise his late employers , the Whigs , and re-1 mind them of the inestimable service he rendered to them , when they were attempting to immortalize their I names by putting down Chartism . Stealing horses , ! Sir , ia only a slight offence when compared to sedition , attending what the AttorneyGeneral calls illegal
! or - i meetings ; and , surely , when a man has rendered such ; important services to his country as Mr . Harrison , it i ought not to be forgotten . Sir , I shall petition the Home Secretary in a short time , I think of waiting a short time to see if anything will be done for me . ' Having to make one sheet ot paper do for you and I my beloved wife , I must conclude ere I scribble it all over . I have not room to say all I could wish . Give ' my respects to Mrs . Martin , and all Chartist friends . Let me have a long letter ; wtite it close . Let me know all Chartist new 3 , what places O'Connor visits , and if O'Brien is coming to the Sheffield meeting . I look for your letters as regular , and with as much anxiety , sis the Whigs did for quarter dsy . ; I am , Yours truly , Samuel Holberrt .
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Dublin , July 2 Cth , 18 * 1 .
Dear Sir , —Be so good as to accept of my most sincere thanks for your kind and flattering letter of the 22 nd instant I really feel wholly undeserving of the high compliments which you are pleased to bestow upon me . 1 do assure you , tbat in refusing to vote for Mr . O'Connell at the last election , and at the election of 183 " , 1 felt that in refusing him my vote upon those occasions , it was refusing to vote for the Wnigs , whom he has justly described as a base , bloody , and brutal faction , and , be might now add , the most treacherous and deceitful faction tbat ever ruled the destinies of a nation .
You are not aware that it was I who first prevailed upon Mr . O'Connell to stand for the city of Dublin , with our late revered and respected representative , Mr . Ruthven . It was I who wrote the address from Saint Michan ' s parish , requesting him to allow himself to be put in nomination for the City of Dublin , in 1832 , and it was I who wrote hia answer to that address , in his own house in Merri on-square ; and , it is not sayiDg too much when I say now tbat he would not have been Member for Dublin , had I not forced him forward . And at the election of 1835 , he was obliged to acknowledge that I was mainly instrumental £ n securing bis return upon that occasion . But when I saw how he voted in lS 3 b , 3536 , and 1837 , I could not con-Bcientiously support him longer . In fact , I had made
up my mind to oppoBe him , and in 1837 had actually arranged a very formidable party to oppose him ; but the bigotted and virulent speeches of his opponents , West and Hamilton , saved him from tbat opposition and exposure which were prepared for him . In the interim , between 1635 and tbe election in 1837 , I had witnessed his desertion of the people ; his complete abandonment of the very principles which induced me to support him , as it is well known I did—when I saw that be voted for The Irish Com ^ jn Act ; The English Poor Law Amendment Act ; Against a legal provision for 2 , 358 , 000 of his countrymen , whom the Commissioners of Inquiry reported to have been in a state of starvation ; For si Rural Police Bill :
Against ilr . Crawford ' s motion for the Total Abolition of Tithes ; Against Mr . Crawford ' s motion for the Repeal of the Coercion Act ; For procuring a charter for the North American Colonial Association , whose duty it is to ship off the tenantry whom the Iruh Protestant Colonization Society turn off their estatea Whenlsawhiinmultiplyingvotesinthe House of Commons against the Repeal of the Union , while he at the same time led bis deluded followers to believe that he was working heaven and earth for the accomplishment of that measure . "When I saw that his sole object for agitating that question was to make it the means of obtaining places for his relations .
When I saw his son-in-law sell the County Dublin to a non-Repealer for a situation in the Hanaper Office , aad another son-in-law give Dp the C ' ouuty Kerry to a non-Repealer , and his son Morgan O'Connell sell the County ile&th to another non-Repealer—when I saw these things , and when I saw the authors of the Coercion Act giving him £ ' J , ( j'jo publiciy through the hands of " honest Joe Hume , I could no longer vote for him , as I considered that , by doing so , I should be voting my approval of all these misdeeds , and a thousand others , 1 therefore did not vote for him in 3 837 . Since then he has become the veriest Whig hack that ever crossed the Irish Channel . He has sunk his countrymen , those who trusted him , below degradation itself . There was scartly a public meeting held in Ireland , at which be attended , during the last four years , at which the eternal gratitude of Ireland vras not voted to " her Majesty's Ministers , " , the authors of the Irish Coercion Act .
How could I vote for the man , and he too a great criminal lawyer , Tvho pronounced the G ! a ? gow— the innocent Glasgow Cotton Spinners guilty before they ¦ Wtre tried ? How could I vote for the man who called out , loud and long , for the blood of the Stephens , the Oastlers , and the O'Connors ? How could I vote for the man who threatened to bring over 500 , 0 » 0 Tipperary boys to cut the throats of Englishmen who were tetking for their just rights—rights in the benefits of , -which those very Tipperary boys would be equally par- ' ticipators ? How could I vote for the man who drew ' up the Charter , signed it , told the people to agitate for \ it , and then turned round and disowned it , and vilified ' its ptaceable advocates ? How could 1 vote for the man ; ¦ w ho joined the Whigs in sending spies amongst the j Chartists for the purpose of entrapping their leeders in , fcurae crime , or supposed crime ? I thank God that I ' . did not vote for him . :
He tays now that he will not bring forward the Re- peal question until he has two millions of shillings from Repealers , and four millions of signatures to a petition for Repeal . He knows right well that these two conditions cannot be complied -with ; but his dupes do not see the utter impossibility of complying with ' these conditions . He might as well say that he would ; nerer bricg tbe question forward , because he never can get . two millions of shillings , nor four millions of Irish ; names to a petition for any measure . It is absurd and ridiculous . Truly yours , P . O'Higgins . i Mr . Alexander M'Kensie , Bristol .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE - NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —Yon will not only oblige me , but some of your English readers , by publishing the enclosed letter . It waa written in answer to a letter which I received on the 21 th of July last , from Mr . Alexander M'Kenaie , of Bristol . It lay the usual time at the Post-Office , and was returned to me from the Dead Letter Office , on Friday , the 10 th instant My object in writing this letter to you is , to acquaint all those who may be kind enough to favour me with letters , that my general habit is to answer all letters as soon as possible after the receipt of them ¦ , and tbat those answers will be found at the Post-Offlces of the towns from whence the letters have come . I am , Your obedient servant , Patrick O ' Higgins . Dublin , Sept 12 th , 18 J 1 .
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Ji ' Mr 2 / j . ' tc- ;/ i Prir ^ ipzl Secretary of S : sie / or the Home Dipartmtri . The Mesoriil of the Citizens of Bath , agreed to st a P-bli : Meeting held in the said Cir . r , September Msil , Rif ? ECirruT Shetvetij , That Robert Peddie is a political prisoner , in Beverkj House cf Cor .-fcction , Yorkshire . That Robert Peddie 'vrsjs , sentenced , at the March Asizts , hol-i = n in tbe slid couDtT , in 1 ? 4 ' 1 ' , to three J ' s rurrlionEent . Ttat the chuge against him , rioting at Br ^ cfc-rd , was founded oa the evidence of cne James Harrison , who fras admitted as -witness on the pan of the Crown .
That this J ^ mss Harrison was , at the time , a notorious infoncer against poor publicans , and continued to be zich ., till the magistrates refused to take bis evidence ; that he lef : M 3 "srife and famil ? to the care -cf the parish ; ard that he is now in Preston GiOl , waiting to take lis trial for horse stealing , under the following disgraceful circumstances : — Harrison stole the horse , hired two b * ys to take it from Presv .-n to Blackburn , in the county of ^ Lancaster ; gvrs information to the police there , to the effect tha : >; te exptcted a par : v over to Blackburn ¦ srr . fc some stolen property , and that he would gire a sharp lot k cuu " ' That the bojs were subsequently taken before the presiding s ^ gLstrate at Preston , Mr , German , when thev told hia how they came by the horse , wliicli was in
* V -. — __• r _ a t- » i _ tv ; i _ i j 11 . 1- tie Earner af-. resaid . Tint Harrison told the police that " it was i fabrication , " and that , " if they - waited awlile , -whin a rc-n-ird would be offered for the mure , they -woala uiiks a good jjb of it . " That Harrisan W& £ , hoveTcr , taken ii-to custody , and fully committed to tale his trial at the etixiisg Quarter Sessions fo : Pr « ton , cpsn tig charge of " horse stealing , " aforesaid . Tha : jcrr Hemcrialists submit these facts to your Lordsh' . p , in the hope that they msy induce your Lordship to recommend the case of Robert Peddie to Royal favour , h = hivii . g been convicted upon the evidence of so bad a characver as the said James Harrison . Asd -we will , ic .
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Please to leave word with Mr . Cleave of the place of meetiag . My time , save that night , ie filled up . Your obedient servant , Feargus O'Connor .
TO MB . H ^ rHERINGTON-. _ . ^' ~ 7 I 8 cceP * yonf challenge . I shall return from Birmingham on Tuesday , after the Demonstration on Monday , that is , on ne * t Tuesday , and shall be ready to meat you , wita Messrs . Lovett , Watson , and any other friend * you please , to discuss the proposition contained in your letter . You must have free admission , a large place of meeting , and doors open in time . You may make all the arrangements about chairmen , &c . ; and I meet you on Tuesday , at nine o ' clock—Tuesday , 21 st September .
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NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL . BILSTON . John Stiran , tallow-chandler . John Cadl 6 y , cordwainer , Joseph Jarvis , moulder . Joseph Nicholls , screw-turner . James Damaine , cordwainer . John Nicholls , sub-Treasurer . James Moseley , cordwainer , sub-fcecretary .
"WAL 5 ALL . Thomas Almark , tailor . William'M'CulIum , tailor . Jumes M'Minn , tailor . Richard Hunt , spur-maker . Joseph Craddock , snaffle-maker . . Ichn Griffiths , plater . James Schoiefield , sub-Treasurer . Kybert Valoise , sub-Secretary . W'lSBECH . Kobert Anderson , bookseller . Henry Breeze , tailor . James Bunn , carpenter . Henry Carman , shoemaker . George Bruce , ditto . Thomas Howitt , ditto . Jolin Day , ditto , t- ' aunders Cheney , tailor . John Finch , shoemaker .
NORTHAMPTON . William Halle-well , shoemaker , Todd ' s Lane , Nor thampton . TROWBRIDOE . John Stevens , weaver . Wni . Barnes , ditto . Win . Vince , ditto . Henry Lamb , stay-maker . Jacob Moore , dyer . Arthur Heath , grocer . James Haswell , cordwainer , Mortinier-street . Thomas Carpeater , weaver , sub-Treasurer , Mortimerstreet ., Daniel Lukes , carpenter , sub-Secretary , Mortimerstreet .
Departure op Lord Fortescce . —His Excellency tho Lord Lieutenant h « ld an undress Levee this day , ( Thursday ) which w&b numerously attended . From eleven o ' clock , carriages continued to arrive until nearly twelve , at which hour his Excellency appeared in the State apartment , accompanied by tha officers of the Household . In the course of the presentations his Excellency conferred the honour of Knighthood upon Nicholas Fitzsimon , Esq ., Magistrate of Police , and formerly M . P . lor the King ' s County . Shortly after one o'clock his Excellency left the Castle ou horseback , accompanied by hia Aides-de-camp , and followed by a thiiu of private
carriages and gentlemen ou horeback . Hhe cortege , composed of a vast number of carriages and other vehicles , arrived a , Maretimo , the seat of Loid Cloncurry , where the Countess of Fortescue and the Misses Geale awaited his Excellency ' s arrival , and then proceeded with it to Kingstown . Opposite the Jetty the Shamrock steamer was fa readiness to receive their Excellencies , who immediately went on board . Lady Burke , of-Marble-hill , and several other ladies were also ou board to take leave of the Countess Fortescue . At a quarter-past three o'clock the steamer left the quay , amidst the cheers of a numerous assemblage on the beach . —Dublin Evening Post .
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