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O'CO 2 \ TfELL AND THE IRISH CATHOLIC CLERGY . TO THE RIGHT REV . DOCTOR BLAKE , . CATHOLIC BISHOP OF DROMORB . Mt Lobd , —I believe it Is not customary to make any jiwlogy for addressing a letter to any one vrho appears before the public upon political questions , thronrb tbe medium of the press . AEsnming this as a right whicb I should hope -will not be controverted , I take leave , tins publicly , to make a few observations npoa your Lordship ' s letter , of the Sib instant , to the Editor at the Netrry Telegraph .
Mylioid , I hare , -with *¦» little degree of pain , read that letter in the Daily Freeman and in the WeeJtfy Freeman ' s Journal of this day ; and I regret te Bee that , in yonr anxiety to make Mr . O'Connell appear to the world as the honest , uncompromising , consistent patriot which you wish him to be , and in your admiration of his transcendent eloquence and splendid abilities believe him to be , yon have in some parts of erery speech and letter of yonrs , in his praise , exposed yonrWlf to a fist contradiction from every one who has takes the trouble te examine and read M > . 0 Connell's political letters and meandering career . ^ The facts are one and all against your Lordship ' s charitable assumptions , and I am sorry for it ; because it Is great injustice to any man , and to the country , to hold him up to bis countrymen upon false assumptions either for public adulation or pnblio odium . Equity , and eqnity alone , should be the ground upon which eTery public jn « n should be tried . Equity is the shield and protection of the just man ; but the terror of the knave .
The following renteE . ee octnrs in yonr Lordship ' s letter ef tha 9 th instant , namely , I believe , indec-d , that neither the war with China nor that with Afghanistan were favourite undertakings with him , ( Mr . O'Connell , ) and that which has caused unneeess&Tily tech horrible f-fFision of blood and snch extensive and tranton destruction of human life , rather fills him with horror than exultation /* Now this is just the kind of feeHrar which every good man should have Wished Mr . O Cocnell to have entertained , and having entertained it , to have maintained it like an honest can ; but his conduct upon the occasion was the very reverse . When the question of war with China came under discussion in the House of Coaunozsa . or as
the fashionable rtan * of the day has it , " was being ajscnssett ,-- Mr . CrCannefl made Toy far the most truculent speech of all the advocates of that nefarious measure ; one sentetoe of which was cheered to the echo by the euemi ** of mankind at both sides of the House . He said , * That British valour would teach the Ksney and insolent Chinese a salutary lesson at the canBor * mouth even under the very walls of Ptkin . " How honest , consistent , and prudent is this condnct in the advocate of anti-war and anti-slavery at public meetings ! How sweet it falls from the lips ef him who ostentatiously proclaims that " He would nst abed one drop of fcnmnn blood to achieve the liberty of the world ! . ' "
Ton say , my Lord , that " yon haTe paid your years ' subscription before band , to the Repeal rent , and that you glory in it ; and that yon feel perfect confidence in the integrity and loyalty as well as in the ability , prudence , and erergy of the Illustrious individual who Is the head of the Repeal Association . " I believe this Eiost thoroughly . I am convinced that yon have the stmost confidence in Mr . OtJoncell ' s wisdom , prudence , ability , and integrity , or else yon would not do so . You must mean his ability , integrity , uuLprndence as s statesman or senator , as us one doubts or questions his ability as a lawyer and an orator ; but I do doubt and questien his ability and integrity as a senator . In what measure or proposition has he shown any proof of either one or other , or any of those qualities for which you give him credit ! Where are they to be found ? Show statute
sne the or proposition , or actfor deed of hii in favour of publie liberty since he went into Parliament in 182 i , and I shall m * st willingly give him credit for It ? I should not find fault with him for having been unsuccessful n > the House of Commons ; but I do find halt with him for not having bad the moral courage to have made the effort in his pia . ee in Parliament , particularly when his friends the only British ministry Qat ever intended doing justice to Ireland , were in power , and when that Ministry had a commanding majority in the House of Commons . Where , then , Is his abOisy ? 'Where is his integrity ? What has be done or proposed to do ? Let me not be answered by Catholic Emancipation , which would be no answer , as he had not a seat in Parliament when that measure was carried . Where then is the proof of biB ability and integrity as % statesman ?
Kow , my Txvd , I who have for many yean taken as active part in politics , and carefully and attentively lead Mr . O'Connell'a letters and speeches , and took peat trouble t > collect them with * view to their publication , as the history of his life written by his own hand ; and wbo confided , implicitly confided , in bis ability and integrity , and was eaptivated by hi * tloqnenee , and loth to distrust him until he abandoned the true , pure Radical faith in 1835 , and openly and avowedly joined the deceitful and treacherous Whigs , do not wish to take yon by surprise whose studies and pursuits are of a different and mccfa higher order than politics . But , on the contrary , in order to prove te
your Lordship and every other eulogist and admirer of the ability and integrity of Mr . O'Connell , that I wish to deal with this subject fairly and candidly , do now give yon one month to discover and publish any on « proposition for the benefit of bis eoantry , oT in promotion of the public interest , brought forward by Mr . O'Connell in hU place in Parliament , during the whole of his « Ql 8 strioQ 8 " parliamentary career , the Repeal of the "Union always exoepted , because he aays himself , that he waa reluctantly forced into the discussion of that measure . And mind , that I am prepared to prove that he marred , wilfully marred , the introduction of many a measure which would have been of essential benefit to hu country .
As tohis " Ioyalty , * ' it appears to me and to many others to have bees , at one time , exceedingly questionable , or if not questionable , sfibrds a bad test of that wisdom , prudence , ability and integrity for which your Lordship gives him so much credit My Lord , he ha * often plumed himself upon the ability and foretight which he displayed for five long yean in futile , and , I may add , fanfc »» ti * efforts , to conciliate the Orangemen , and t&aA too , in spite of the remonstrances of those who knew them better than he did , and whose -knowledge he waa afterwards forced , publicly forced , to admit . The time Mr . O'CaaneQ chose to conciliate the Orangemen always did and always win carry a good deal of well-founded suspicion of his loy&tty cbont it ; the more so when we take into comdderatirm his wisdom ,
prudence , ability , and experience . Mark the tune and the circumstances welL My Lord , I pray yon do not treat this carelessly , bat weigh it welL At the very period , and long before , when Mr . O'Connell waa by all the eloquence and all the artifice of wttcb be is saster , lulling his crednloss , warm-hearted , and confiding countrymen into the delusive hope that the Orangemen could not only be candliaied , but that hundreds of them had sacrificed their prejudices on the attar of thtir country , and joined the ranks of the Bepealers , the J > uke of Cumberland , who was Grand Master of the Orangemen of the Empire , and Colonel Fainnan , Lord Kenyon , and other great Orange barters , formed a conspiracy to charge the dyaaiiy on the death of William the Fourth
> £ d place the Duke of Cumberland on the throne . This conspiracy was happily exploded by the inquiry which Parliament i&Etit&ied into the origin , nature , and tendency of Mm Orarge institutions , I shall not now say s * whose suggestion this inquiry was instituted . Bat it is dear to any one who reads the report of that intpriry . the Letters of Colonel Fairman and Mr- Herriefc , and the disavowal by the Pake of Cumberland , ia the-House of Lords , of any connection with Orangemen or Oncge institutions , that had this inquiry not taken place we would not be Messed with Qaeen Victoria for onr Sovereign . It is immaterial whether Mr . O'Connell Played wiifally into the handa of the Ihike of Cumberland or he did net In either case he u not deserving
w tfce fcigb character for wisdom and prudence which yon are pleased to give him , because if he did lend his aid wj"ful } y ard corruptly to the Duke of Cumberland , he is Esiertitled to your encomium upon bis prudence . integrity , and loyalty . And if he acted in ignoranee of fcsnachinatioES of tteDcke of Cumberland and the Oangtnven , which ii the only excuse that can be liftxtd for him , he is equally disentitled to Ssat wisdom , prudence , integrity , and ability for * fcich you give him creuit . Mr . OConnell threw &srj obetaHa in his po-wer in the way of that inquiry ; from what motive is best known to himself , ft is to the talent , energy , perseverance , and integrity rf ilr . Wn . Francis Finn , the brother-in-law of Mr . O'CoEnea , acd to the late Mr . E- S . Ruthven , that the
awntry is indebted for thai inquiry . To Mr . Ruthven fcr taring presented and supported the petition which Payed far it ; anil to Mr . Finn for having obtained the Committee , and contacted the inquiry , and brought fcrward the evidence , for which he is justly entitled to £ » gratitude of his country , and to the marked appro-« & > n of his sovereign . 3 n addition to the effect which this « -ft * Mi » ri parade Jkont coLciliating the Orangemen waa likely to give to Hsa designs of the Pake ef Cumberland , ifc bad the ^ Stefc of forcing the Government to re-embody and ** & the Orasge Yeomanry , who had been disarmed ° d disbanded by the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel in 1829 . Jt sppean , my Lord , that your admiration of Mr . yCoEnell ' s unrivalled eloauenee , and 5 om own
well-«» wn _ and universally admitted charitableness and K ° od nature have led you to forget , or overlook , his ^ tfenee before the Committee ot the House of lords , « _ tte 11 th day of Mareh . 1 S 25 , and published in the i « ray Report on the State of Ireland , " in pages 152 , ***» 155 , of that Report , touching the character . *» ioa , and loyally , of the Irish Catholic Priests . Ha f *« « ten taid tfcat that evidence was vpon oalh , snd I ° « M * e it was . And what did be rwear ? Oh ! is is f * ^? eetfbie . He swore that the Irish Priests were
fc !?^ ? . ia . fact wriversally , the boijb of poor , low , 2 C 7 "" **! " » bcs 6 first rise in the world or advance in Jr /™ " <* socUty , was that ef getting one of thtir *» J . generall y the eldest , into the pri ^ thood . That snai jj ?* * * rii ! y men of vulgar habits and manners . jjT fr 01 " tbe society in -which they moved it was the i «^ S ^ government to secure theii loyalty-by * fidden link from the crown ; » that is by a regium r **»; acd £ st n ^ st of th « nr if not all , would ch « i-^ J « ctpt of it And timt . the king should have a JR 9 on tte nomination of tte < 3 » tholie bishops . My
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Lord , do not take my word for these facts , but read the evidence itself . On the same day , tbe 11 th of March , 1825 , ( page 153 , ) and before the same Committee , this " wise , prudent , and fllastziuBS individual , the Head of the'Repeal Association , " strongly urged tbe disfranchiseiDsnt of the Forty Shillings Freeholders , and they were disfranchise ! . How many thousands of those disfranchis&d freeholders and their wives and children perished of want in the bogs and ditches , victims of this horrid recommendation to disfranchise them ? But causing death by starvation is not shedding human bloo 4 . '
Thosd two propositions—the disfranchisement of the Forty Shillings Freeholders , and tbe Payment of tbe Catholic Clergy by the State , were the terms upon which Mr . O'Connell agreed to accept of Catholic Emancipation , and vere by him in his several letters recommending them " to the People of Ireland" technically called "Wings . " I cannot even now read these atrocious letters without pain and indignation . When the great Lefnster meeting was held in Carlow , for the purpose of taking the sense of tbe province of Leinster npen those " wings . '' and which meeting was most ahamefully packed by those who were favourable
tothe " wings . " The late lamented Right R « v . Dr . Doyle said that the greatest difficulty he found in giving bis evidence before the Committee of the House of Lords , was to avoid falling into the pit which Ht . O'Connell had dug for ibe Catholic Hierarchy . And at the meeting held in St Andrew ' s parish , upon the same subject , the Rev . Mr . PnrceU ' s indignation at the proposition to pay the Catholic Clergy "was so great that he raised h's hand to heaven , and said , " may this rij ? ht { hand fall down withered and powerless by my side the day it is corrupted by a rtyium donum . " This was lar . guage becoming a true patriot , and does honour to human nature .
Mr . O'Connell ' s evidence is forthcoming . It cannot be bloteed out , and the British Minister ever ready to take ad van tags of every ciicnmstance which will add to the power of the oligarchy , will one day or other , carry that evidtnoo into practical operation . But as this wise , prudent , and illustrious statesman has not condescended to tell his country , the use the Minister will mast certainry mate of this evidence , I , even I , poor Pdddy O ' BJrginB , the CbartiBt , shall do so . Unless the elective franchise be given to every inhabitant of this empire , of sane mind and not convicted of any felonious effcure , as sure as I am writing upon this paper , so rare will the English Parliament pass an
act to pay the Catholic clergy oat of the taxes ; ana although the clergy hi existence at the time of parsing the act , may , and no doubt will , refuse the bribe , yet the Minister will , as he ever did . jieTSOYere , and optn an accaunt for every pariah in the kingdom , and sooner than-be thwarted in his schtme of corruption , carry to the credit of every parish , the annual amount which w « refused by the parish priest , and use the nccumufeted sum as a bribe , a tempting bribe to his successor . Remember ray words ; mark them well ; for as sure as &od is in Hearer ? , this attempt at corruption will be Bcade , and which nothing can prevent except a Parliament returned by Universal Suffrage .
In my next letter , I shall state as briefly as possible , tbe motive which influenced JJr . O'Connell to commence the Repeal Agitation , the reasons for putting it in abeyance , the t «" = * cts of that agitation , and the agitation for the total abolition ot tithe ; its effects and tbe reason for entering into a base compromise of that question . In the meantime , I am , My Lord , "With the greatest respect . Tour Lordship ' s obedient servant , Patrick OHiggi . ns . Dublin , December 17 , 1842 .
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TO THE COLLIERS OF ENGLAND , SCOTLAND , ¦ IRELAND , AND WALKS . Fellow-Workmen , —We earnestly address these few lines to you , hoping that you will boldly come forwards snd assert yonr rights , and sot allow your-Bfclves to be trampled on any longer by the greatest tyrants on earth ; they are doing all that they possibly can to crush you -, and yet you stand quietly by with your hands folded , lamenting your fate . There is no power OH- earth can prevent yon from being paid for your labour , if you will only be true to yourselves , your wivesj and families , Every day we expose our lires for tbe welfare of the conntry , and the country leaves ns to starve . What -would England have been but for the collie r *? Would it have been the manufacturer
for the world ? No ; yon , our fellow-workmen , you are the foundation whereon all the greatness of this nation is built ; and without yon this migh'cy . fabric cannot stand . Then why should we give our labour to the whole world , and not in return demand that ( from those we every day warm and irate comfortable ) remuneration which will make « ur wives and children comfortable ? Yes , we have . Then let us be np and doing ; for if we do nothing for ourselves , no one will for us , for God helps them that help themselves . Let no one say he can do nothing , for every one can do something . Let every one work as though the success of tbe cause depended upon himself entirely . Let us make one simultaneous effort to throw off our present yoke of oppression , to attain those great and ncble objects .
We request that the men of every pit will appoint a roan to write , or forward to us , addressed to the Colliers , Griffin Inn , Wake&eld , every accident , and all Information concerning the miseries that oppress you ; those facts , carefully collected and printed , will shew to the world such a picture as it never saw before . Talk of the negroes I it is true that they were bad enough , but we are ten times worse . We recollect , some time ago , seeing an aceom&t of the colliers of Scotland passing resolutions to establish societies in every town , village , and hamlet where there were any collier . This is a noble objectunited we stand , divided we falL This , thU is the objtct We * are trying to accomplish . We call npoa every true-hearted codier to write to u immediately on the subject , and we will give them the requisite information iu writing or personally : for unless we can be united we shall never do any good ; how is it possible
we rei " ,, when we do not understand each other f Why should not we unite to protect oar labour as well as \ he masters ? they unite to oppress ns ; well , then , let us give each other the right haDd of friendship . We are perfectly satisfied that if we only understand each other , and had confidence in each other , we ahenld soon gain oar rights and liberties , political and social . We call upon every true-hearted Englishman , bnt more particularly the colliers of Ayrshire , Staffordshire , and readers of the Slmr ; we request that tbe latter will show this to the colliers around where they live , and speak to them on the subject We beg all our brethren to send as the name of their pits , with their address and numbers of men employed , reductions Of wages , strikes , and all other matters whatsoever connected with these respective localities ; to send ns their names for enrolment , and diffuse unity and concord ; for withont this we shall labour in vain .
Tours , On behalf at the Yorkshire Colliers , THE EXECUTIVE . Wakefield , Dec 21 , 1 S 42 . P . S . —Tbe colliers around here strongly express their abhorrence at the rules and regulations to be observed at the Ayr colliery ; we particularly request their secretary to write to ns giving all particulars on every point , and will do all we possibly can to put a stop to such like proceedings .
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LECTURE DELITERED IN MAKYLEBONE IN 1541—STILL PBRHAPS APPROPHIATE . PABT li . Offerees must needs come , says the Scripture . Yes , but when , in accordance with Scripture , we denounce woe unto him by whom the offence oometb , we axe immediately cried ont upon as persons seeking to create divisions , when it is clear that those who give the offence , not he who complains of it , are those who occasion the division . The offender , fearful that his offences will be visited upon him , comes , like the con-BCience-Btricken Joram , and asks , "Is it peace ? " and
we answer with Jthn , " What peace , bo long as the whoredoms of tby mother Jta _ -bel , and her witchcrafts are so many ? " So long as you keep giving such ju » t occasions of offence , we want a council of censors to bear and determine all matters of dispute and difference among ns . Cato , the Roman Censor , was a most Bevere one , yet , to tha eternal honour of that noble-mioded people , they re-elected him annually . lam convinced that until we are prepared to act with Roman austerity , with American firmness , we shall never make ourselves formidable or feared . Shakhpeare
says" There is some shew t-l goodness in things evil , If men observingly wuuld find it out . '' Let ns see if we can find any excuse fisr our divisions , or if any good can be derived from them . When men have been engaged in along and trying strnggle , snch as ours for tbe Charter—suffering all the evils which they are striving to rem » ve from others , and sacrificing thunselves to tie cause—is It to be wondered at that their tempers , if net their spirit * , should break—that they should become apt to attribute their ill success to one another—crimination and recrimination ensues —and friends suspect friends because foes axe out of reach . Contention even in % good cause rouses the evil passions of our nature , aggravates them , embitters them- But let us on the beat and feme of our distemper " sprinkle cool patience . " Let us reserve
all oar spleen to be vented on onr enemies , or the false friends of the canse . We are at present baffling one another . Bat out of this evil good will come . The eonflicting -elements will clear the ftir , settle it , and a calmer a more healthy state of things will ensue . The muddy stream will ran itself dear . Our movement at present resembles a watch—we have factions within factions , like wheels within wheels , but the more they come-in collision , tbe more they co contrary to each other , the faster they will strike out dl that impedes us—the faster they will ferward the hands of time to that preat boar when THE CHABTEB . shall be struck . ! Tke htrife is not so much among the people as among the leaders . Let the people keep united aud they need r . ot care f > r—they may rather rejoice at the divisions umrmg tne leaders ; for were tbe leaders all to coalesce they might cie&t the paople , but , net agreeing , Ibej
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will watch , they will expose one another . We have lately had the Cabinet Ministers of Chartism among us ( 1 841 ) the Executive—come up to heal tbe breaches in our Israel , bat I am sorry to say that tbe method they took was likely to inflame , rather than to allay the ditkrencea thai nn / ortanatelf axltL « They declaimed against personalities and yet were personal themselves . The president said , we had Spnrrites among us!—where are they ?—surely it was forming too low an estimate of the understandings of the mea of London to suppoBb them capable of leaving the Charter to follow an individual like Spmr I Spurrites 7 why we want Spurrites in one sense of the word—we want men to spur ns on . They said , too , there was Watkinites J that was the first time I had beard of
them . 1 have not seen them yet . Wby , I am not A Watkinlte myself . I am a Chartist or nothing . I should abhor myself if I were capable of worshipping anything , or suffering others to worship me ; if I could think more of my own personal interests or advantages than . of the great , the immortal cause . Ah , but we have ites , mites , Indeed , as all manworahipperB must be—andtbey would erect theirDagons in England ; but , thank God ! the English are made of " sterner stuff" than to bow their knees to any god on earth . They are a proud , an independent people , and the greatest among them is so only because he is the least , the servant of all ; for the very Sovereign of England is but the servant of Englishmen and so far
from being owned as a master , he would more likely be discharged as a servant , if he acted unjustly or tyrannically . No , no , we will have no worshippers to cry down all who will not cry np their idols . The Lord said , yet have I left me seven ;• thousand in Israel , all the knees which have net bowed to Baal "and thanks be to God , there are left in Great Britain and Ireland thousands of Chartists who will never forsake them—wbo look to the cause alons , and will no longer respect or trast the man , hewevor high In fivour oi confidence he may have been , that deviates the least , that diverges a hairVbreadth from it If we are to have partisans ; if persons are to be regarded more than principles—farewell to free thought , to free discussion , to all hope of freedem .
Chartist friends , I speak not to please your prejudices , nor your passions—I speak to promote our principles . I know that some of ns are so besotted , so infatuated , no * with love of ourselves , no , if we truly loved ourselves tliis would not be , but with tbe love of idols , that we are in danger of neglecting , of losing sight of the cause . I cannot Bee any man deceived , deluded , or delighted with bombast , bravado , or blarney without pitying him and feeling indignant at the selfish and self-loviner charlatans who seek to befool us at a
time when wisdom is most needed . So long as the people are fond of being gulled—bo long as they liaten to quacks and fortune-tellers whether iu law , physic , or divinity , not excepting politics . ) so long will just occasion of grief be given to their friends , who will bive the mortification to be suspected for their honest a ' . lvice . What can they do but appeal from Philip drank to . Philip sober ? for , while the people are in this condition they ressmble Caliban , who made a go& ot a drunken steward , and because the honest Trinculo would not worship with him , he was beaten for it
Great man are too apt to forget goodnes * , which alone constitutes true greatness ; but we have none among us too great , too high , to be called to account . If the greatest among us do an injury to the cause—by persecution » t peculation—they are as amenable to justice , as liable to be elicited- —as likely to be charged and condemned as tbe least . King David was a great man , bnt he was not a good ae , wheB , trusting to the impunity of supreme power , he spared to take of his own A > cks and herds , and took the single ewe lamb belonging to a poor man ; but there was found a prophet , a greater than he , who went to him , convicted him out of bis own mouth , and passed sentence upon him in the remarkable words—Thou art tbe mau ! King George III . was more great than good when he persecuted Wilkoa ; but tha people made common cause with Wilkes , and compelled the stupid tyrant and stubborn bigot to give way . The people of
England bare still that power , and should it be found thai creatures of their own power were exercising their power , not for tbe purpose for which it was entrusted to them—but for selfish or ambitious ends—should it be proved that the men of their choice were worthy of thtir choice —would they not tell them to their teeth— " Thus did ye I" Yes , for hy so doing they would do a service to the cause , to themselves end to the mensince power should always be curbed by hnniility ; but it ia the curse of men of office to be attended by flatterers instead of honest truth-tellers—to have that vanity icfUmed which requires to be mortified . Junius , in those elegant letters which are tbe perfection of the Bogluh language , attacked the Duke of Grafton the Prime Minister of the dity for raining an innocent man and his family ; he had but to prove this to the conviction of genbruus-minded Englishmen , and they sympathised with him .
My friends , I boldly assert , I fearlessly avow , that there now needs a revolution in Chartism itself—a reform among tke reformers—Chartism needs to be brought back to its first principles—it needs rescuing from bad hands . Let the honest men , the sound and sensible portion of the Chartist public , rally together and they will save it Let them unite , and tbe dishonest who > ow flourish like green bay trees will wilbcr away—tbe place that now knows them will know them no more . Te must make a resolute stand fearlessly to repel all further encroachments , determined to regain the ground that we have insensibly been sliding from . The more desperate ear condition , tbe more determined we should be . " Once more unto the breach , dear friends , once more ! Or dose the wall up with our Chartist dead . ' . '
Thongh the fate of an Otway await me , who was starved to death upon Tower-hill , or of a Chatterton , who poisoned himself to prevent sach a fate , yet will I try to tte last , and should I return to the conntry—should I live , like the stork , to revisit my parental neat—I will take back a heart nncorrupted , uucontaniinated by town politics . I will take with me a token from this deluge of sin and misery—that at least in en « district in this sink of corruption , Chartism , dove-like , can rest Its foot . I will tell the conntry that , at Marylehone , a green leaf from the tree of liberty may be culled , I shall return as I came , and I came filled with all that love « f liberty which nature , which my native scenes in particular , are so well calculated to inspire . I shall again
roam the moorland hills , erst trod by the fearless and free-footed aocient Britons , ere the Romans bad conquered them—the SaxoDs hod driven them into Wales , and the Normans had penetrated into that , their last retreat , and subdued them there . I have hunted in their primeval forests—fished in their still-running streams—swum in an ocean that once 'was theirs , and breathed the breath of heaven that was wont to wave th « woods and seas of their unburthened , unfettered times , and that now mocks their sophisticated , their degenerated posterity . I have knelt on their e&rthern tombs that rise co-part with tbe green-growing earth itself , monuments of ancient Britons , altars of libertyand I have prayed that the same spirit might animate me which animated them , and did not leave them but with
life itself—and the lark has arisen over my head like a spirit from their ashes sfngiDg its way to Heaven!—ah , I am net a disciple of this man or of that ; lama disciple of &od and nature , and solitude was no solitude to me . for there 1 had the congenial society of all nature . But the battle of the Charter must be fought in towns —must be fought in London . The country is the place to breed Chartists in—to rear them up ; but in London their best exertions are needed ; for it would signify nothing if the country were gained and London were not , unconverted London would corrupt tbe country agvn . Wat Tyler carried eight counties with him into London , but lost biB life there—lost it by treachery . Juhn Cade was equally unsuccesful in London . 'Twos ever thus . All great cities are hollow . &re rotten . Jesus Christ converted whole villages , bat he could make but
little impression on Jerusalem ; witness that weeping exclamation of hlso / er it . What must be done with this London ? Like Shakspere ' a swan , I have stemmed the stream , swum against the tide , an < £ spent my strength with over-matching waves again and again —and if I must die , I will die singing—if I must sink baceath the waves of faction , the whispers of calumny , yet the Charter shall be saved—the Charter shall live ; 1 will hold It aloft as Csssar held the records of Rome , witi one arm , while he bore himself up witb tbe other , thro lgh a terapestuans surge , and from furious foes , as Rol" . i bore Cora ' s child over rock and mountain , and though wounded , though dying , stayed not , faitere < i not , till he had lodged it perfectly Baft ) , secure in its mother's arms ; so shall the Charter be preserved—it shall survive , a signal , a memento , a
talisman" Unhurt amid the war of elements . The wreck of matter and tbe cruah of worlds , " for , like tbe immortal soul of man , our Charter whatever be its fate here will be found hereafter , wreathed round the cross of Christ , the very presence of the Almighty God of Eternity . ¦ J . W . Battersea-Equare .
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"ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY . " PABT II . Yes ; and If ever Englishmen had a duty to perform it ia now—now England expect * it most , for now ahe needs it most . We do not do oat duty when we emigrate—no more than tbe soldier does who flies from his post in the day ef battle . A true-born Englishman will not leave England—he will rather stay as Lord Sandwich did on board bis banting vessel and perish with her . Oar duty is now to rescue our country from the rapacious gripe of those who prey upon her—wbo are making her their spoil—we mast not thiak of saving ourselves but of saving her—it is oar duty to stand by her to the last plank—to d i « for her . No troe Englishman will ever survive her country .
Bnt men in general do not do their duty—we have sufficient proof of this in the present condition of Engian *—we do anything bnt oui duty : bat what are all other things that we do compared to our duty ? Whea the hour of death arrives—the hour we all live for—all that we have lived for—all that we have been—all that we have done , will all be as nothing , for all will be past , all , except tbe Pleasing reflection that we hare done om
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dnty . Yes , that alone will console as at last—nothing will reconcile us , will make as resigned , will make as welcome oar fate , but the thonght of that—may we all * *™* * -to- . « j at last "thank God I have doue mv duty . " ¦ - ¦ - .. ¦ •" . ¦• ¦ •¦ ' " . ¦ ¦ ; - ; ¦ . " ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ " . : ¦ : . But how few do their duty , and the ? t i 5 at do lfc «« thwarted by the many L iJ * not If * W did their daty , should we nnd the young woman called the Queen giving a masqued baU for the entertainment of herself and courtiew when the wrong country wasgroaning liiunprecedented misery and distress ?—should we find lords and ladles patting on all kinds of " antio shapes aad sporting in a sea _ of follies , like so many dolphins , while the cries « f suffering Innocence and starved industry were unheeded , or heeded bnfc to be mocked—to bemademenimeat of ? -should we find bishops riding about in their grand carriages ^ with their purple liveried servants , one before and two behindand all the and vanities
, pomps or this wicked world , while their fleeced flockB , their shorn lambs ( shorn to the quick ) were compelled to paw * their very bibles and prayer books for food?—should-we find parsons bid their congregations making this honest confession— " we have done what we ought not to have done" —that | s , left their duty undone—should we find them confessing this truth every Sunday , and then all the week going the same round again so as to nut « , the name confession true again the next Sunday , as if to make good their own words ?—should we find lawyers , some of whom in this mighty city ( London ) would sell the blood of their own brothers for a shilling—those worse than Judtoes , fer he repanted and banged himself , but lawyers do not rep * nt and are not hanged ? Should we find —but I need not lengthen the catalogue—I might make a new Newgate Calendar if I were to record all the crimes of the graat unhanged . I will leave them , as Hamlet says , to Heaven— : ¦¦
11 to those thorns that In their bosoms lodge To priok and sting thiim 'And will now observe , in conclusion , that we , as Chartists , have a duty to do , not only to our country , but to the Chartist cause In particular , if botli be not oneit is our duty not to see that cause in any way injured or damaged or weakened , either by the enemy without , or by the false friend within—it is our duty not to « uff-r ourselves to be deceived , or coined , or cheated , or led away by delusions of any kind—for , be sure , every wrong sttp we take we shall have to retrace It again before we can advance one foot the tight way . We b&vo two stars , the star of the north and the star in the east to guide us , if we are wise men , to the place , or the paint , where our Saviour the Charter is . Let us fix our eyes on the cause and vow that nothing else shall lead us . Then we shall be sa ' e , and what is of infloyltely more importance , we shall save our . country . The
progress of a Chartist ia like the Pilgrim's Progress—many temptations will besekus—many false brethren will join us—many dangers will rise to affright us—our trials will be many—but we have but to go straight on—to persevere in spite of all—and we shall arrive at the heavenly city of oar hopes at last—our new Jerusalem —and receive the Charter « s our crown of glory . " England expect * every man to do his duty "—let me impress that once more upon your minda—let me leave yen with that Impression . Euglaiid not only expects It—sbe entreats it—she impresses it—she implores it—we should die or do It And not only does England expect it bat God expects it—what else were we made for but to do our duty ?—what were we born for else ?—why are are we Englishmen ? L&fc onr cry then be— " God and old Euglaud , and every man to his duty r ' . ¦ . V . .:. - •¦ ¦¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ ¦ - ¦ , - . .: ¦¦¦ .. ¦ ' . ' ¦ Battersea . , J . W .
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ABSURDITY OF THE ¦ ' REPEAL" DOCTRINE . The Anti-Cirn-Law League formerly rested their claims for a Repeal , on the ground -that food and other commodities would be much cheaper—that the working classes would be greatly benefited , and trade would be increased by their having to spend less upon food and More upon manufactures . Having been baffled from tbis position , they now take their stand upon another , and say "that the benefit would be derived , not so much from the difference in price , as from having a regular and constant demand for our goods , by having it always in our power to make a just and equitable exchange . "
Now this position , under present clrcumstancea , is utterly as uttenabl * as the other . Why do they want an exchange ? Are all tbe backs in England covered ? Has every man , woman , and child , an extra suit for Sundays and holidays ? Are all their houses hoatly furnished ? Are all their beds sufficiently supplied with sheets , and quilts , and blankets T . ' . : Do the surplus goods belong to those who are starving for food ? If they do , then exchange away , but if they do not , why send your goods abroad when they are so much wanted at home ? Why send them to the foreigner when your , own workpeople and your own townspeople are starving for wantofthem ? *• Oh J" say you , "they have no money to buy with , or they should gladly have them . "
Why have they no money to buy with , but because they have been unjustly deprived of it t What better , then , would an exchange be for them ? If ttey have no money to buy the goods , how could they find money to buy the food fox which you might exchange themf The food would be yours— -not theirs . " But we would employ them , " say you , " and then they would have money to buy both food and goods . ' * How long would you employ them ? A month © I tf year ? If you employed them , would they not be producing at the same time ? And if they were producing ,
would they not be producing more than they could purchase t " Too cannot employ them without profit , ' you say . And is not a profit appropriating more goods to yourselves than you can yourselves consume ? Who then Is to consume them ? What is to become of tbe surplus ? You cannot sell them , for tbosa who could buy them would not be atye to consume them ; and those who could consume them would not be able to buy them . . Therefore , as a necessary consequence , they would accumulate . Your stocks would increase , in spite of yourselves , so lo&g as profit , or your own ag « grandia ^ ment was the sthuulaa .
How long , then , would you continue : to employ your workpeople ? Just tiU the exchange had been made , not longer . Tbeu the merchants , finding they could not dispose of the food , would cease to send out orders for more , or rather , they would refuse to take it in exchange . Therefore , the foreigner having no thing else to pay witb , could not order any more goods . Where , then , would be the " permanently increasing demand , " so much talked of ? How long after that / would " wages keep up , "' or " regular . employment" be found for the people ? " ' ¦ ' ' . ' ... ; - ¦'¦ : '¦ ¦' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ' : . "¦! . . '¦ ¦ ' . ^ ' ¦'
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TO THE EDITOB OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sm , —This freedom , of calling on you to give the following case of direct attack on the liberty ot the subject , you will excuse , I am sure , after the details are fully explained . The case is thus , —on the 11 th of this month , a young man , of the name of William Clement , in the employ of Mr . Orrell , cotton-spinner , Beliuont , near Bolton-ie-Moors , waa arrested at home , about two o ' clock in the morning , and taken to the police-office , on the charge of assisting to engrave a plate , or stamp , to counterfeit the Halifax and fludders&eld Union Bank , was locked tip , and from Bolton was removed to Manchester , and lodged in the King-street lock-up , and waa confined there until the 14 th , from thence was removed to Halifax , and confined there until the 19 th , and on that day was brought up before the magistrates on the bench , and , on hla appearing , he waa simply asked hid name , and was instantly set at liberty , without any cause being shown either by the police or magistracy .
The above is a plain and true statement of the facts of the case ; I can fully attest them ; and further , the above William Clement , instead of having the ability to engrave , can barely write his own name . Now , Mr . Editor , I am fully aware that there is one law for the rich , and another for the poor , yet notwithstanding this , 1 should like you to give your opinion on the above , for I have never heard or read of a more direct attack on the liberty of the person before . , .
I bad almost forgot to inform you that the aforesaid William Clement is a powerlbom-weaver , and has been in the employ of Mr . Hoslingdon , of Bolton , for the space of upwards of four years , and was so until the said Mr . Haslingdon'a factory was destroyed by fire the last month ; after that he obtained work at Mr . Orrell'a , BeJmont ; now , in consequence of the above transaction , he is utterly without employment . I subscribe myself . Your obedient Servant ^ Daniel Diggle . Bolton , Deo . 20 tb , 1842 .
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mr- dickenson , the manchester ¦ '¦ ¦ packer . - ¦ ¦¦ ' ; " / ; " . ' : ¦ . -. ¦ ' ¦ ¦' ' . ; TO THE EDIIOB Of THE NOEIHEBK STAB . DEAR SIR—I am very sorry to have to trouble you on this occasion , but wishing always te have truth and justice upon any statements that may effect private or public characters . faitTy laid before the public , I am bound at tbis time to contradict a statement that appears in your paper on Saturday , the lpth of December , respecting Mr . T . Dickenson , better known M the Manchester Packer , and the South Lancashire Delegate meeting . . .- ¦' .. ' . ¦ ¦' ¦ . ¦; ¦ ; : ' . '¦¦ : ,. - ¦ ¦ . /; ¦¦¦¦ : ' ; . : ~ . ' . ' ;
The certificate snd resolution as purporting to have been i ssued from the above meeting is a tissue of falsehood and a perversion of truth . The certificate and resolution in your paper of the loth instant , was neither passed nor given to him alt , or from , that meeting , and moreover neither John Murrey nor William Orooott , / were delegates at tbe said meeting . It is true the charges against him were brought before that meeting , and to the said charges be , Thomas Dickenson , pleaded guilty , and said it was through poverty he was obliged , to have recourse to the same . There were other charges to be brought against him , but these were left for the council of the locality to which be belonged . They were to summons the parties preferring tie charges before them and decide accordingly , but strange to Bay , these parties were »« , ¦»«^ uxa-
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moned , but for what reason is best known to tbe partie * themselves constituting the said council , or I am sore the parties preferring the charges would n » t have lacked either honesty of courage In oomiDg forward to substantiate - the truth of their accusations if tbex ^ bad been summoned to appear before tiumGoanciL There was one resolution passed reape&tbiff him at the delegate meeting referred to , and that was , if he could dear himself before tbe counetl , Mr . Dixon , the , Secretary
to the delegates , was to give to him credentials upon the receipt of a certificate from the council , bearing the signature of the Chairman , which he brought ; but it was given to him unfairly , as they did not have tbe parties summoned , to bear both sides of the question . — I am surprised at Mr . DIekenson for being so foolish as to state that he got them from the delegate meeting , for he might be sore the delegates would see them . and then What confidence could any of the delegates place in him after publishing such a falsehood and wilfully stating that he received them from tbe delegates .
By giving thua place in your paper , you will greatly oblige , ' - . ' • ¦ . ¦; . y ... ¦ - ¦ " ¦ ¦;' . ' , ' ¦ ¦ . ' ' ¦ •' .. ¦ . ' '" ; ' . " ' ¦ Yours , in the good cause , Thos Bailton , Chairman of the above-named delegate meeting .
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Knutaford House of Correction , Dec . 16 , 1842 . 1 Dear Cousin , —These fow lines come with my kind love to you and your family , hoping they will find you in good health and spirits , as they leave mo moderately so afe present . ¦ ' . ' . : ¦ ¦ ' . ;¦¦ ¦ . ¦' . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' •; ¦ ' . . ¦ -. •" .. ; " : / ¦
I received your kind and welcome favour of the 12 th instant ; and to begin my necessarily short letter I must inform you , and all our -friends in the neighbourhood from which we come , that we can be visited on the 2 nd January , > nd then hottill the firat Monday in February ; and after that , on tbo first Monday in April , between the hours of 10 and 4 o ' clock . I should be glad to see you here if you aould make it accord With your other engagements , along with either my father , or brother , or any other friends . The period of my liberation approaches but tardily ,
but I shall reconcile myself to the lot of happiness which f <* M * to my share , and in order to make the best of my leisure time after work , and to ha . vs a little improvement for tho mind mingled with the tortures and punishment of the body , I wish you , when you come , to bring the following books , viz , M'Cullock'a and Cob , bett ' s Grammars , Hamilton ' s Geographical Key , and Walker ' s Pronouncing Dictionary , and ! shall feel much pleasure in receiving from . you any small work which your library affords , sentimental or scientific , as nothing Theological or Political will be allowed . -
I send my very best and most affectionate love to my dear wife arid children , to my father and mother , aad niy brothers and slaters : and I send my sincere and warmest respects to those few friends who have given their assistance to the widowed wife and fatherless children of the unfortunate , unaltered Robert Wild . I wish Mrs Wild to make a bag to put the books in , which will enable me to keep them clean . Dsar Cousin , you hope that I shall cheerfully submit to the discipline of the prison . Now , Sir , I ask you , how can a man cheerfully submit to the brief nummary of rules here annexed , tide , talking , singing , whistling ,
attempting to communicate by signs or any other way , either in the day rooms , work rooms , or pells , any unnecessary looking about in going to , or returning from , the chapel , or at meals , work , or exercise ? These are some of the rules , the breach of which is considered an offaace against the prison regulations , is forbidden , and will be severely punished . T wish thare waa anything connected with the whole place tbat could encourage cheerfulness . Alas ! there is not , but as you know so little about the treatment , I must give you a short but true statement of the diet in this place . ¦ ¦ :. ¦ . '¦ . ¦ . ¦ . . y- ' . ' .. ' "¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - ¦ ' ¦; ¦ : ^ ¦ . ; ' ' ¦ - '¦'' ' " ' ¦
We have half a pound of bread and two ounces of oatmeal made into gruel , for breakfast ; the same for supper every day . We have eight ounces of cooked butcher ' s meat weekly ; one pound and a haif of potatoes to dinner . We have soup , in which the meat is boiled , on Mondays and Thursdays to dinner . On Friday we have one pound and a half of potatoes with salt to dinner ; and on Saturday , salt and potatoes by way of a change . . Dear Cousin , you may form aa opinion how easy it is to be content upon such scanty allowance . The effects are already visible in my body and pbysical strength , which are bo far impaired that I tremble when on my legs after the least exertion ' . You will caase to be surprised when I tell you that mine is not the only case of the same kind .
The tfficts of confinement and poor diet have reduced me extremely low , which you will perceive when I tell you that on my fcrreat I weighed eleven and half stones , and now I weigh only ten stone three pounds , consequently , I have lost only one pound per week for the sixteen weeks , and if I go on at this rate for the whole term , I shall , at the end , be just three stones good . There will be a fine fellow ^ fcr you—almost fit for a place in the British Museum , or tbe Manchester Sfcological Gardens . But , to return , I waa telling you about the prison discipline . We are compelled when exercising , to walk With our hands behind us , which I find very inconvenient these cold days . I have applied to the Magistrates to be allowed more food , but without success . . " ' ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ • ¦' . ¦ . . '¦¦ ¦' . . ' . '• . , ¦ ¦' . ¦ '¦¦ ¦" . ¦ . ' . ' . ' - ¦ \ '; : ' ' . ' ¦¦ My paper U full , and my time expired , and I shall , therefore , close for the present : hoping you will forward this , or a copy , to iny wife .
By attending to my earnest request , you will greatly oblige , . ¦ ¦ ¦;• : ¦;¦ ¦¦ ' . •• : ^ i ¦ .. . . ' " ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . '¦ . "¦ ' .- . Your affectionate cousin , ¦¦ . '•¦ ¦¦ - : Robert Wild , OfMottram .
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LewiwN . —National Association Hall , Holbobn . —On Sunday eveniugf Jan ; 1 , Air , Parry will deliver a lectuie on the " Results of the Birmingham Couference , " lecture to commonce at half-past seven o ' clock preoisely . Mr . Martin will lecture at the ' . Star Coffee House , Golden-lane , on Sunday , Jan . 1 st . ADF . 1 E 8 ATEmeeting will beheld at Wednesbury , on Sunday , to audit the books and other business . HALiFAX . ^ On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , Mr . A . Hanson , of EUand , will deliver a lecture in the Large Room , Swa . li Coppice , at six in the evening .
Radclif » e Bridge . —On Sunday next , two lectures will bo delivered in the Chartist Association Room , Radoliffe Bridge , by Mr . Isaac Barrow , of Bolton . service to commeuce in the afternoon at two o'clock , and ia the evening at six . On Tuesday , there will be a ton . party , at which Mr . Leach , of Manchestur , and other triends are expected to be persent . ^; , '¦ ' ¦ : ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ . ' - . ; ' ¦ . ; ' .. :: . / : ' ¦ ¦ . - .. '¦ ' •¦ " - : ¦¦ : " ., ' : Brabjohd . —On Sunday there will be a public meeting held ia the large room , Butterworth ' sbuildings , to hear the report from the delegates of the proceedings at Birmingham Conference , The chair will betaken at two o'clock in the afternoon . There will be a collection after the meeting to defray the expenoes of the delegates . : BRADFonD . —The members of the Co-oporative Stores will meet on Suaday jmtniug . at six o ' clock .
A Meeting of the council and Chartists of Bradford will be held in the counoil room , on Sunday , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , to hear the report from the delegates to the Birmingham Conference . The Members of the General Council , who are nominates for the ensuing year , will meet on Monday next , at seven o ' clock in the eveninja ; , in their room ; Butterworth buildings , when it is requested every member , will attend ; . Salford . —A ffiember ' s meeting will be held n ext Sunday afternoon , at two o ' clock , when business of importance will be laid before the meetiDg . Mr . Littler will lecture in the Chartist Room , Great - George ' -atreot , Salford on Sunday next .
OtDHAM . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . Wm . Booth , of JVewton Heath , will lecture in the Chartist Room , Greaves-street , at six o'clock in the evening . Carrington . —There will be a public meeting here ou Sunday evening next , in Mr . Lees large room , Mansfield-road , at seven o ' clook , when Mr . Harrison will « ive an account of his mission at the Birmingham Conference . " Mr . R . G . Gammags of Northampton , will lecture at the following placeg during next week : —Reading , Tuesday ; Oxford , Wednesday ; Banbury , Thursday ; Shutford , Friday andSundaj . Kirkheaton . —The Chartists of this locality will have a tea party on Friday evening ; tea to be on the table at five o ' olook . Ladies' tickets 6 d ., gentlemen ' s 9 d , may be had of Thomas Stringer , jun ., San ts ; Benjamin Jamieeon , Square ; and William Hogson , Town . ¦' . ¦ ' ' ¦ .. ' , ' ¦ ¦ .. ¦¦¦ ' - .. " . ¦ . - ¦ • •'¦ ¦ ' . : ¦ : ¦ ;¦ •'• ' ¦ ¦• ¦'¦
Mr . Thomas Ibbotson , local lecturer , of Bradford , will Visit the following places during next week : — Huddersfield , Sunday afternoon and evening ; Mod * day at Honley ; Tuesday , at Hoknfirth ; Wednesday , at Kirkheaton , at each place at eight o ' clock in the . evening . : ¦; ' - ' - ' ¦ . ' ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ ¦; ¦ ; . ¦ -A ¦ "" ¦ ' : ' ; -. / - \ : - ¦' " .. ¦¦ /
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MARKET INTELLIGENCE . Lbed 3 .. Woollen Markbts — The Ia ^ t Tue sday ' s market at both ClothlWls , was one of" the dullest ot the year , and although stocks are not lar ^ e . there is a doubt whether even this is significant of a batter demand having arisen , or a proof that manutaoturers are tired of keeping stoi . k . Unremunorative prices ate said to be tha order of the day , nor , we believe , is it possible to sell except at' a Jbsa" i > u the cost of production . The wool trade , whicf : ha > been slightly advanced , has again relapsed , fend except an impulse be given , will be as dull as need be . - . ; HODDKRSFIKLD CLOTH MaKKET , TCESnvT , DEC . 27 th . —As' might be expected there was little businet 8 done in our . Hall this day , it being the cloio i » r the year , whether the opening one for the new ycax will make aa irdproremeat upon the old one , ve rnuat wait and see ; for the sake of the poor wo wish it may , ' '" , ' " .... - . ; - ; .. .. ¦ ¦ ¦¦ : ' ¦ ¦ . ' - .: ¦' . ¦'¦ .
ROCKDALB FiANNKL MARKET , MoKDAT , D : C . 26 * . —Though there was but a thin attendance i / biyars in the market , there has beena very fair dewM 3 d for flannels , considering the . time of the year . For some montiis back , pieces have met with a ready sale ; bat the manufacturera have not been . able to obtain an advanoe in price , Iu general , ev-n when , trade is good , there is bHt little business tmuKucted between Chriatmag day and the new market , -. vaich . is always"h nld the first Monday after ( he -ixth of January . ; The Wool market still remains lu'iry ; the dealers expecting a rise from an incrpasf ^ i demand for - goods , and the manufacturers ' ; boiii £ unableto give an advancu until they are enabled to holl their pieces proportionably higher . Richmond Cobn Market , Monday , Dec . 25 . — We had a fair supply of Grain in our market to-day . Wheat sold from 53 ' 3 d , to 6 s 6 d . Oats 2 s to 3 y . Barley 33 , to 3 s 9 d . Beans 3 i 9 d , to 4 s 6 d per bushel .
London Shuufield , Monday , 0 tc . 26 . —In pur market to-day , we had a fair average time oi year supply of Beas ' . a , in the quality of which a eiight comparative / allies ; off was apparent . "A ' lthcHgh jnost of the buSohera appear to bo tolerably well stocked , . thoir attendance was , on-the-whoU-, uumerous . For the primest Bef we had a steady iaquiry at fully , but at nothing quotable beyond the prices iioted on this day se ' nuight , or from 4 h .. 2 dl to 4 s 6 i per stwie , while the value of the middling and Inferior kiads tras mostly supported , and a fair demand was ' effected by tho salesmen . Thp imparts pf foreign stock , since our last-report , ' .-bare ' -been again very limited , those at Southampton having comprised ; 80 bullocks from Spain , 20 of which were on offer from this morning , but they ccmomnded little attention , from their miserable couiiuion ,
while at Hull , twenty have been received , por the Leeds steamer , fropi Hamburgh , not a single head having come to hand in the Port of Londoa . There was a scanty number of sheep oa sale . The primest old Downs sold , in some few instances , at 4 s 6 d per 8 ibs ., and . the quotations of all other kinds remained unaltered . Scarcely any Calves were on offer—so little was doing in them that our figures are almoBt nominal . The PorWrade was rattier firm at' late rates . From our Northern grazing districts we received about 600 short horns ; from Norfolk . Suffolk , and Essex 110 horned and polled sorts ; from our Western and Midland counties , 250 Heiefbrds , runts , Devor . s , and Irish beasts ; from other parts of England , -225 of various breeds ; and from Scotland 70 Scots , the remainder of the supply being derived from the neighbourhood of London .
London CoSn Exchange , Monday , Deck . 26 , — Last week the receipts of Wheat from our own coasts were on an average scale , and considering the state of the atmosphere , of fair average quality . Fresh up this morning scarcely any Wheat came to hand from Eases ; while , from all other quarters the supplies , coastwise and by land carriage anil sample ? ! were limited . Although this was a holiday market , we had a fair , attendance of both town and country buyers , who purchased nearly the whole of the best Wheat of home growth readily , at fully the prices noted on this day se ' naight , but in other kinds a limited amount of business was passing at late rates . We had a good supply of foreign Wheat on offer , the
transactions in which were of a retail nature at previous currencies . The icjports continne scanty . The returns of Barley have been large , but the actual quantity on the stands was not to say great . The best malting parcels realised full prices ; but diatillera' sorts were a shade easier . The Malt trade was very inaotive , yet we can notice no alteration whatever in the quotations . -: With English and Scotoh Oats we were well supplied ; but theairivals from Ireland were unimportant . This article moved off slowly at last week's currencies . In Beans and PeaiB nest to nothing was doing . The sale of Floui was dull , and the top price of the best town-made was 45 s per 280 lb 3 .
Bohough and Spitai . fiei . ds . —The axxivala of Potatoes , since our last , have not been to bay extensive , yet aa the supply on hand is large , and the quantities of green vegetables extensive for the time of year ^ the' demand is dull , ; at the rates beneath quoted : —Scotch reds , 55 a to 60 s per ton ; York ditto , 453 to 60 s ; Devons , 45 s to 60 s ; Kent and Essex whites 403 to 45 s ; Witibeach , 85 s to 45 a j Jersey and Guernsey blue 3 , 353 to 4 ? s ; Yorkshire Prince Regents , 45 s to 50 . —Tallow . —This market
is very dull and inactive , both on the spotv and for the spring ; fine Y . C , in small parcels , are to be had at 48 s ; and the speculative price for the spring mouths is not above 47 b 6 d . The Stock here next Monday will be quite what we anticipated some time since . ; namely , 35 , 000 oafcks . Although this pay be considered a fair quantity for the vi me of year , it must be remembered that the stock of Talioir at thooutports is very short compared with former years . Town Tallow ^ 47 s 6 d to 48 s nett cash , rough fat 2 s 8 d per 8 lb .
Wool MAHKET . —The imports of Wool in ibe port of London , during the past week have amounted to 1 , 3 ^ 2 bales , chiefly from Odessa and our colonies . Thero has been some speculative inquiry , for the best parcels of both English and Foreign ; but for actual use , a very limited quantity has changed hands , and prices remain unaltered . - Borocoh Hop Mabkbx . —This being a holiday market , exceedingly little business was passing ia Hops to-day ( Monday ) , and the following prices are next to nominal : —East Kent in pockets , £ 5 103 to £ 6 10 s ; Mid Kents , do , £ 5 5 s to £ G ; do in bags , £ 4 10 b to £ 5 5 $ ; Sussex , £ 4 10 a to £ S 8 s ; Farnhams , £ 8 to £ 10 i Old Hops , £ 3 to £ 4 10 s .
LivEiirooi . Corn Market , Monday , Die . 26 — Oar imVort 3 of Grain , &p . this week include 2 , 620 quarters of Wheat , d , 840 quarters of Oats , 5000 sacks of Flour , 9 , 180 loads of Oatmeal from Ireland , and 5 , 450 barrels of Flour from Canada . The business in Foreign Wheat has beer * only of moderate amount , but at the prioes of last week ; latterly , indeed , holders gontrally have shown lass disposition to sell a , t these rates . Irish new Wheat must be quoted Id to 2 d per bushel cheaper , 6 s 4 d to 6 s 6 d per TOlbs , boiag taken for the best runs of red . No change in the value of Flonr . The increased supply of Oats has consisted principally of secondary qualities , which have met but a slow &ale at 2 a 2 d to 2 s 3 d ; a few very fine mealing have been disposed of at 2 d 4 d to 2 s 4 Jd per 451 bs . Oatmeal has rather declined in value ; 21 s per load maybe considered the top for Irish , at which , however , several parcels of the finer marks have gone into the hands of the dealers . No alteration as regards
Barleyj Beans , and Peas . Marchestke Cohn MaKKBt , Satdodat , Dec . 24 . —During the week a steady demand for Flour has been exhibited , and the previous currency was firmlj supported . ; the amount ot the transactions was , however , on a very limited scale , and altogether to consumers for immediate ase . There was very little inquiry for Oatmeal , and late rates were not sunported . Qn reference to the statement of imports ; it will be found that Ireland continues to furmeh large supplies of Wheat , Flour , Oats , and OatmeaL At our market this morning , there was a very slender attendance of buyers , and no change can be noted in the value of either Wheat or Flour . The business done in Oatmeal was chiefiy in retail , art ft reduction of 6 d per load from the currency of this day se ' nhight . ; Oata and Beans were but little inquired for , and we reduce our quotations Is to 2 b pet quarter for the latter article-.
LiVERPOot Cattle Market , Monday , Dkc . 26 . — The supply of Cattle at market to-day has not been quite so hrge as last week , which met with doll sale . Beef 5 ^ d to 6 d ; MattOn 5 id to 6 jd per lb . Staxk of Tkadje . —Since Tnefldayiast , there has been a gradual improvement in the demand for manufactured goods of nearly every description ; and though the amount of actual business has not been very larger a alight advance of price may . bo noted in all the leading fabrics , with a very firm feeline on the Dart of the manufaotureiB . In yam ,
owinij to tb-e season , very little business has been done , bat the market exhibits a decided increase of firmn&ss as compared with that of last week i andsn ' ob ot the spinners as feel inclined to make contraots for future delivery have little difficulty m doing so at prices rather above those at present prevailing .. The partial suspension of the Yorkshire Agricultural Bank creates no sensation here . as its buflinesei is n ^ erstood ie hove been « rj limited , and quite out ' -of the ordinary range of Manchester engagements . —Manchester Guardian © I Wednesday .
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ChbiSihas Holidats . — -Monday last was observed as a very general holiday in Leeds , the shopkeepers generally ( the society of friends exoepted ) hann « responded te- the appeal of their assistants , and closed their respective establishments on . that day . The only exceptions we observed to too rule urBriggate were the shops of Mr . Fegler and Mr . Barraclougb , linen drapers , who chose to make themselves singular by the exhibition of their goods to th « holiday keepers . We trust tbat no diminution of profits will accrue to those whotook a liberal course , and sot tueir aasistaais at li&erty for © ned&jia Um year ¦ ; . '¦'¦ /¦ . . . ¦¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ""¦ ' , > v '" - ' - . ' ' >¦ ¦ : / . - . -
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ROCKLITES IN THE COUSTT OP LoDlH . —The Droahedd Conservative states , that . «• on S > PO » T evening last a body of men proceeded to the house o Mr . Majmion * of Killaleyl county of Louth , and threatenod his life unless he would give up a fatm he had lately taken from which a person named toe ? Glazier * had been ejected . There were upwards of 200 persons present . Three of the partyha . ve bten committed to Dundalk gaol , by Mr . John M'Glmtock . Ml Piumoar . "
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —The following is a copy of a letter which has been banded to me by a friend to send for insertion I the Northern Star , in order that the country may see the usuaije that poor Wild and others are undergoing in the KnuUford House of Correction . If you think it worthy of a place in your oolumns , its insertion will greatly oblige . —Yours truly , : W . D .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 31, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct462/page/7/
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