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HABMOinr HALL . IBTlES-n . jO THB SDITOE OF XHE JfORTHEES STAB . « r& . —la m J **¦* * etteI ' siated that I vronia lay ^ J ^ ronrisaaers ibe outline of an OrgBnizaHon which SLld * e capable of speedily exhibiting the power of » ep » 'pl « thB laDd question , to an extent , that tLj ^ torn the tide of public opinion , now setting in iLj ! tfcenseessiiy of some kind of colonization feeing Snpied , to the superior advantages of home colonies 'faf Sidsb -which ** a ? De sstablished "by emigration . ° bj jonr p 3 per ° * to-day , 1 ai » S ^ ad to see that this
l « d jj not onlj to receive Mr . O'Connor ' s powerful *¦ & in a ser 5 ss ° * letters > "which I look forward to fSi innch pleasure , but also of receiving the attention ef inany other enllgbtended friends of humanity . Tbsreis one laadsng principle of Inestimable value , -. juely , that union is stientth ; and in nothing is union , ?^ nifcy , : noTr so much Tequired , &b in directing the —gjj ; ' aa& energies of the people ,-to those objects Shjchs&Bll secure at the earliest moment it ispracfioble , the cordial union and w-operation of all , ^ rho ISis the lemoTai of -rice , crime , and misery from amsng ^ for fee purp ^ o ^ ec ^ their objecL little whose shall be
It -wiQ be of importance - plan . nted , provided we have perfect freedom of fo-^ w j into eTery suggestion of importance ; the time ¦ will S ffiucfl better spent in such inquiry , than in acting aabBstJ or ill-digested schemes , -which wh « n applitd ^ nactics wfll oe found Inadequate to the production rf ^^ inltsanticipatedfrom them . lTWat I thinS , be agreed by all parties , that one -. r , snfladequate colony , placed in operation on a tellf ^^ jjjff -the condition of every individual who shall iwtmmxnt within its range ; of giving permanent be ' ne-SuTeSp lojinent to 2 i ° » who compote it ; and a Z * m& -nnctical education to every child , on terms of
lateei equality for ali of them ; and these combined l ! Sh such recreation and amusement as shall be neces-« r * to give a zast sad cheerfulness to their occupation , ^ . ni f&a at this moment to stimulate the attention ol afcSfcte , ana to induce them to seek such an knestatent as shall procure for them a return not now jjijaLaWe , bat by fl » wildest and most hazardous jHfcUbe&ne . it b the duty of an "who dcBire to lead & > watkfag classes through their present low and Jajnaed posSon to « M of superior comfert and eajoyjBE&i , to lose no time in &e establishment of one such colony m * jrariew from -which any Dumber may raffisto asnpifliy as tbe public shall provide the meana fcr esJaHiiiBf them .
± s I stated in sy former letter Tire have now pracfeallv established the meral fact that men can live together with one common interest , in peace and harmony . We have also proved that * neh a nsod 6 of jjringinsteaa of bang dnll , tiresome , and monotonous , as same pre-signed it would be , is a life of exciting and ginmlilmg activity ; that the persons bo associated are fSnffllatfcd by more than ordinary industry ; and that escbday tends to give them a much clearer conception of what they have undertaken , and consequently greater pava and ability to perform it it ] be in
Jf union be strength anywhere , wD bringing blether under one common tie , the ¦ whole human fiEaTj , and this may now gradually , but rapidly be ( lose . All that is wanting is the discernment-on the i pirl of the people generally that all interests are truly I identified , aad as « oon as this is seen , the practical steps ^ ire dear , plain , asd simple . Whilst , however , we can i ba ttintent with pursuing , I will not say personal is- ^ terests , but anything short « f universal ones , we shall be ; wsstiBg fiiaJ time and energy , whichiif directed to the ; ZM ai etject , wiQ sot fail to accomplish what all will : boos desire . i
"WhzX I would then propose to the Chartist body , and more especially to their leaders , Is , that as many of gigm 22 possible should , at the earliert period they can , ¦ rici ffij pises , and sseertaia tor tiiemselTa * what we are really doing , and how far our members as a bedy EC satisfied and have confidence or the reverse . I am fi » aare -desirous that they should do this , as the Congress of the Rational Society is sow fast approaching tit ii to be held here on the 10 th of tte ensuing manthj
aa 4 &i this Congress wa should be glad to hear how far a othETwise our Chartist Friends are satisfied with ¦ wist we are doing . If they shall report that colonies of united Interests are easily practicable , and that they will compete with any plan of business now in existence as a means for employing capital , then I Klieve Shoe wm be fwmd among the working classes alone , if It ihouM be required , all the money that will be requisite , to fairly establish the one full and adequate Colony , to which I have
Teferred-Xt was stated in your paper a few weeks since thai the Cbar ^ st body alone could readily raise among themselves , without inconvenience , one million of pence weekly ; sndthls was intended es a donation rather than a sum for permanent secure investment Iiave no doubt Sat if the minds of dU ( he xeorking dosses can be aroused to a sense of the importance of Bui matter to them , not only that this sum , but one ossy times larger , may be soon placed in the hands of any body of men in wiom they have full pyifidenftp , tint they will apply it -with judgment and escrefion to the objects lor which it is forwarded f&ktsgior granted , for the moment , what I have l ittle dos&but serious investigation would confirm , that the
psrtiei -wao cams here to examine our position , were to be < B 4 r * fi « tfl that it wonld prove hjgbly remunerative , in proportion as it should be extended , a Terj much less Km » i » ti what I have named would enable us to proceed on &b work with a vigour and energy that would Etandi all ran >» and classes throughout the state £ tbi as we are now situated , a comparatively small bo 3 y , m opposition to many of the prejudices of every cue , sect , and party , held together hj principles which laTB'betn not only vilifi » d and abused by our enemies , M which even some of oar professed friends have bsea unable to set upon ; principles which allow of the awtperfect freedom of thought , of expression ., and of u £ ob , tat principles which will prevent any true
discpls of them from obtaining the popularity of the fismenfc by bending in the slightest manner to the ptjaiSees and ignorance which they contemn ; priucij 2 a -atiea have hn&exto left their followers exposed to jD the ridicule which minds incapable of conceiving paSana enlarged truths can so liberally heap upon "fisss who , for a time , stand above public opinion ; sul « I . * htfaTW ^ pg gll these disadvantages , we are doing axe daQy and weekly in sound practical measures of n 5 ef than all other parties combined . We have Jittsdy many hundred acres of land on leases of such feBf&sj to be quite equal to freehold ; we havea build-2 | capable of euntaining a nucleus of mind for the
BBJing forward the organizatio& fully adequate fefee »> jeet to 1 « secured , and what is of Btffl W * a valoe , we have already bo far associated jca aadsos , that a greater unity ef mind and devotion npErpose exists among us , " than bm « ever done among * ° 7 ^ ° dy tt people hefere -associated for any object © r is ^ pt ** . "PFith this land we are prepared to unite a * apvllj as proper drcmostances ean be provided for jean , a popniation equal to the number ef acres w « MTem occnpaJicin ; and , from the manner in which we fiSTsi conducted ourselves as tenants op to tius period , JE hsre no fear bat that we may readily haVB any « rais quantity of land that we shall reenirs .
a 1 hB ffiaiD body of the Chartists are disposed to join a « g » national organization , on a purely unsectarian T > ill s ^ g equal liberty of thought , feeling , and rasa to gray iadiridnil ; and will show their readi-** ealm ^ ani seri o nsly to discuss aod explain all % $ * v ? differeEfcs , with the view of adopting such a was as » ban appear jqosS practical sad straightfor-« Mto ibeaccoaplishment of the object we all seekr ^ iJithe eatliest posseBaon of the Janfl—there can f ^ fi oabt but they will soon be enabled by their ^ ° *? »^ aio the assistan oe and eo-csperation of all 76
I r ^ ™ ovimne of ae orgsn n ^ on of which Jrpi "which , in accordance with the suggestion eon-*? « m a lsariTng aittcle inserted in yoor paper of Jf ^ I shouia w ish to » ee considered and smtDdei by ^ « ffia » of others being brought to bear upon the *« f » bject , i would propose ttat a sedety be formed ( Szr " friendly Societies Act , " -whose declared ^ jW Ssonli be to educate and employ the people iy oe «! 5 a « n in Home Colonies of United Intexesta . th ^^ 8 odety lSamM «» ndrt of a centre , composed j ^ oer ^ resident in all parts of the United Kingj £ * «« > lled in boeks kept at the office of the Central bSbel ^ ii eSe ^ 1 ^^ "S OBe ponnd or npwarde annually Sfew ! ^ ches composed of Hiembera enrolled in w ° aoi the branch to -which they are attached , ^ jA . —* "iouwi mi njuco icejr are siiocueu ,
ImtSS ? ODe & ** ? ^^ ¦ npward » weekly , to tie r ~* f «» > in addiUon to any local charge * that may " ssaiy to defray the expences of the branch . i ^^ f » Paa on being made even pounds should sJr ** ' « JB credit of the individuals paying them , !« a ^^ interert a 8 > ^ **» » pwion of the deleter tT ??*^ periodically in Congress , shall be * on « dr « a tems tent TnUi the interests © f the Bodety and ^ - ^ -pa tiBs subscribing . juJ ™ * wpreserve consisteBry and unity in all the ¦ S » to ^ SI . web aso » et 7-ftshould I * placed under ife ^ Z ^ 114 <* » President and a Central Board of ^ 2 « a * fco . hcmld be located oa tb * land of the first J ^ Rrf « T ^ T ^ ^ 7 acquire that practicalknowa ^^ i ^ ilB of the p roceedings necessW to eor-^ adadf ^ 611 AwM Ietain M * offi « «> I 00 * a" be fat ire ^ * feins to &e "aSisfeetfon of ae , « ociely ^• nWw m ** * Iw 5 tion , the Congresi to have ^ 4 n » rf «^ - *** PI »^ tment , and to call a special *^^ ^ * " ^ . *? 5 ~« x a * is
» oa » A—tT »^ - JM" ' JU 1 * J' « eem jjecessary . * hTXZ ^ ** me OT nu >» Trea « awr » and Anditow , Sa t ^ XJ ^? Congress , indepeadentof the Presi-U ^^ ial Board of Directon . ^ 8 > eCfflS ° *• Soa ^ ty should also be elected Jfia ^ T 1 ^ ** Ve **™* e ^ hi «^ moral worth . ta ^ j ^^ i a bedy of Central Omcera , a good active 463 « Se 2 » tTrv ° disseininBie the objectstontemplated , JStto ^^* » ej-organi 2 sd braaebes , in adire operation ' ¦ 89 ^ r 2 ^ . lsng& mi breadth of the land , all k ^ SiedlnA 111027 lrith " ^ te 31 tte ' Power may soon Sfefetai , Z ~~ ^ tterehasaev er yet existed , and these ^ sis-Kill , a" be teongbt togetba without one mo-^ BltSt 01 ^^ S ! ter ^ J * hBB betn ^ atoffl ? ? ,, 8111 ^ connected with this
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that I hare already occupied « ie UBUSal space I allot ' o these letters , and I wlU therefore break off for the tatsent and resume tie subject in my next I am , Sir , Tour obedient servant , WlLLUM GALPIM . Harmony Hall , Hants , April 15 , 1843 .
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE REPEAT , ASSOCIATION OP IRELAND . " Hereditary bondsmen know ye not , Who would be free , themselves must strike the blow ?" IB . 1 SHME ?? , —In my letter of the 25 th nit , I endeavoured to point out the absurdity of your aiming to strike a »• blow" for-liberty in alliance with the Whigs , and at the same time set before you the document of the People ' s Charter , as the only tfficient remedy for all your political grievances . I have again taken up the words of my former text , and bust that my humble efforts to assist you in striking that essential « blow " which is to dethrone tyranny , and establish justice and happiness amongst you , may not be altogether fruitless . Honesty of intention and consistency of principle are
the-mast admirable qualities political men or parties can possibly possess . Without the first , a nation ' s energies may be bo improperly directed that , instead of obtaining the object songht for , it may not only be retarded , but an accumulation of evils may be produced by the y&y means used to diminish them : -whilst without the second , the energies of a people , although ever so -well directed , -will most certainly fail to produce favourable results . We have seen how far inconsistency on the part of your leader has injured the prospects of Ireland , and blighted the ensanguined hopea of thousands -wfco lired but for the union ; and I had begun to examine the honesty of intention evinced by the nlterior measure Chartists , who exclude from their meetings \ on their leaders dixii ) men who are xbo ^ ss professors of his leadership ' s admitted principles . My last words were the Whigs would , like tlie Orangemen , rather
than assist you to build up your political temple , sooner pull it down , and bury you in the ruins . " 1 now repeat it There is no hope , no mercy , no friendship , no benefit to be derived from such an unholy allianoe And yet , with tbjs gluing truth before your eyes , I find it , as an Irishman , to be my duty , after so many years of sad experience to warn you of your danger , to open if I can , you * eyes to your folly and your ears to truth , and 1 trust your heart * to conviction . Althongh "A Known Chartist" is not admitted into the svaium sanctorum of your multifarious named Wbigling Household , Manhood , Complete Suffrage , humbug assemblies , still the words of * ' Known Char tists , " and ** Euemie ' s to Political Dishonesty , " will reach you even within your bolts and bars , and will ultimately , aided Vy truth , and strengthened by the migbty moral voice of ths millions , pJant the standard of liberty , "the Charter , name and all , " on your very platform * .
Irishmen , I know yon fire sensible and capable of jndging fairly betwixt right and wrong ; allow me , therefore , to put a case in point Suppose a parish in Ireland , say by way of distinction , the parish of Iveragh , was infested with a gang of housebreakers , and pickpockets , and , that the inhabitants were , from their peculiar circumstances , unable to defend themselves from the attack of the plnnderers , and obliged to snbmit to be robbed and ill-treated , -whenever they had anything to lose . Suppose things te be in tbia state , the inhabitants hold a council amongst themselves , for the purpose of adopting some remedy or means of prevention ; all give their opinions , but one man rises and in the--wisdom of his soul very discreetly (?) proposes that as the robbers are so strong , and the people used
to th 6 ii attacks , it would be perhaps as geod to let matters stand as they are , for fear of making things worse . This , however , meets with oisBent , and then the wise man is constrained to propose a better remedy , ¦ which 1 » , that in future , the people shall , instead of fastening their doors with a " bush" fasten them with a " latch , " very wisely keeping out of sight any mention of the string to be attached , and whith the gentlemen of all work , knew very -well how to pulL Unfortunately for the -wise in-rentor , some hot-headed fool pf an Irishman finds fault with this wise plan too , and sets the inventor upon a new discovery ; nor is he long about it , he proposes as a safe a * d certain remedy , that henceforth the doom shall be all built up with stones or mud . and the windows be left open to admit ViraUHObtea
ss well an Ihe light ; this plan also falls , for the same hot-headed fool , who objected to the fastening with a latch , obtrudes his senseless remark that the rogues might go in as well the day light . What think yon is the remidy ? Nothing more nor less than that no inhabitant of the parish is to be allowed to give an opinion , unless he is a man ! > . ! unless he can prove he is of the genus homo , be is not to dare to lift his voice against oppression . This was proposed as % certain remedy , and might have had some weight , if some foolish wag bad not remarked , it would be hard to prove who might be qualified , as there were at present so many old men in petticoats and old women in breeches , there would be an endless task in examining the claims of the candidates . This we suppose
was ihe position of the parish of Iveragb ; and the Solon who proposed the foregoing remedies -we will suppose was the landlord . Well , having bad a peep at one parish we have an exact resemblance of all the parishes of Ireland . The aristocracy and class interests leagued against the rights of labour , asd wrung the last penny , and the last drop of sweat from the browB of todng industry to satisfy the cravings of avaricious tyranny ; every means which could be invented to grind the starving population was resorted to , in order to break the proud spirits of a liberty-loving nation . Coercion , imprisonment , gagging , banishment , and death were lavished with reckless profusion on the unhappy victims of class-domination ; bat tyranny strove in vain , the voice of the oppressed caused itself
to be heard above the din of persecution ; the suffering millions -felt that they were men , and demanded justice as their right ; the fright startled their oppressors , and fearfnJ lest the storm should burst upon their heads , considered how they could avoid the threatened fata Yes ! the cowards who wielded the iron soeptre of despotism were driven to seek measures of expediency , but not before they felt that ihe people whom they crushed could crush in return . They who in power could bestow nothing but stripes , -wen now willing te assist > the «« king classes to obtain their enfranchisement . But mark the shuffling mode they adopted , and couple it With promises of by-gone days , and say if you can , were they , or are they , sincere ? The principle of
"Universal Suffrage is very plain and simple in itself ; it requires no flourishes of oratory , or laboured , comment , to explain its meaning ; its utility is apparent , and its justice unquestionable . " Tiist every "t » t » of sound s ^ ase and unconvicted of crime should , at the age of twenty-one years , be entitled to have a voice in the making of the laws which govern him . " This you will admit is no more than what he is entitled to , and consequently might expect to be awarded him . Bat how w&s it met by the would-be-sympathisers with the people ? Did they raise their voices in aid of the measure bo necessary and so simple ? O yes 1 the honest hypocrites , they agreed that a man ought to have a voice in making laws to govern him , but they could not , or would not allow him to have such a
powerful lever at his command , unless subject to their own controlling influence ; they feared a just retribution , and , dreading th * prospect of equality -with their former slaves , sought to destroy the cpirit in its infancy . I have punished , says the once bloated , bat now "hungry wolf with the teeth , " that poor widow , and if I help her sen to the franchise , he trill use it to keep me ont of place- for having xnnrdered his brother I bare burned ihe * ' stack , " Bays the Paraon , and , if 1 assist the fraudulent (!) debtor to my &odi ?) be will overturn the Constitution ; and , if that falls , so must the Church , and mayhap I shall be buried in the rains . I have shed the blood of my countrymen , and done the dirty wnrk of the tyrants , says the soldier ; and if I raiee my voice in his favour , I will meet the wont fate
of all . As a soldier , I uk no mercy , but , should he succeed , I will be struck not only off duty , but the pension list will be abolished , and then , indeed , I will have a hard campaign . But I have a thought , says the soldier , which , like " reyuard's shifts , " 1 will turn to some advantage . 1 will fight foi the present and every future Government that may pay me ; and I will pray , says the parson , as devontly for the salvation of the present church , as I would , if chance or the Chartists should give ns a dissenting , or eves a papist , ascendaucy , in lieu of our meek and evangelical Mother (?); and 1 have a thought , says the welf , with & smile , that showed his'' great teeth , ready to eat you up in a bite , " I feel znjBelf growing hungry , and all the noisy little cubs are equalling for " tciilals , " therefore I will dissemble
a bit , and try if cunning wont serve my purpose . I have-tried the Red Riding Hood method long enough ; I will now assume another species . I'll become amphibious and cry a iew crocodile's tears for the poor dupes whom I would Aerour , and who knows but I may get s dinner for myself and a bone for the sqnallers . No sooner ssid than done ; in pops the Ttntn with the teeth , and begins to cry so piteonaly that immediately he is surrounded by numbers of sympathisers , who wail as loudly as himself , bnt unfortunately , like the ass . in the lion's akin ttiat was knows byitt braying , the foolish wolf epe ned-his mouth sowide that be shewed Ma monstrous masticators , and judging from such an appearance and the portentous passage beyond them , the victims who had already been allured by the cry were frightened into a retreat . Aad bo they should 3 The beaten , detested , and defunct Whigs , feeling as they did , the loss of office , found It convenient to declare the people should
he free , but they dreaded te be instrumental in obtaining that freedom , lest they should , as they deserved , be repaid in their own coin . If we can , said they , divert the people ' s attention , and ~ wean them from that " madman O'Connor , " we shall succeed ; and as Ireland is the hot-bed and stronghold of Whiggery , and as O Council is one of ourselves , and the Irish are used to his blarney , we will use him to further our designs , whilst our agents in Great Britain will be up to the mark , and we can move qcietly and unobserved behind the seensB ; we will so confuse the question of the Suffrage that the ignorant Paddies will sot be able to distinguish our real motives , and cannot resist the influence of their darling Urn ! Is this way did they conspire to strangle tLe mi&hty principle which wan intended to be the redemptioH of the half-starved popnlation of Hiese countries . The work so vil «! y concocted bevan by lopping the Suffrage of its most essential q « alitifej : ; various modifications of vie principle were
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presented and nefariously recommended for the adoption of the people , and objections started as simple in their valne ss contemptible in their intentions . The origiaal Universal Suffrage "became a mark for the envenomed shafts of Wbigling malice , and in its stead was endeavoured to be introduced suffrages of the most ridiculous and unmeaning pretensions . Amongst the list we find those of Educational , Household , Manhood , Complete Suffrages , or as they have been very properly called " Humbngs' *; these and such like were offered as baits to lure the people from their darling object , the Caarter , but as you may not generally he acquainted with the nature of such terms and the evil tendency which would result from their adoption , I will in my next endeavour to explain why they would not be calculated to further the eause of liberty , Repeal the Union , or strike that blow which is to set the bondsmen free . Until then , I beg to subscribe myself , Your vary obedient Servant , VBBITAS .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —I have witnessed with sincere regret the necessity which too often exists for calling upon the people to contribute towards the defence of their persecuted brethren , aad 1 know from the extreme indigence and numerous privations to which from the present system of Legislation they are subject , they can ill afford to meet the pressing demands for assistance so inuispensible upsn such occasions . It not unfrequently happens that a few individuals in the various localities have almost uniformly to meet such demands , wkilst the greater number , it is to feared , render no more practical proof of their sympathy than the mere expression of regret that Bach circumstances exist
That much of tfiis is , I grant , attributable to the poverty of the parties , but I cannot help thinking there is also a degree of apathy evinced , by no means creditable to parties professing Chartist principles , for if Aix are to receive equal political benefits as the result of our agitation , so all should , as far in their power , lend assistance , particularly in times of need . Bat it is not only to meet present difficulties I would hare the people address themselvea I wonld remind them of the wise maxim , that ** prevention is better than cure . " and would , therefore , -with your permission , submit a plan for their consideration , and which I have little doubt would , if carried into effect ( and mark it is possible ) in future enable them to meet any difficulties which might arise in a pecuniary point of view , and at the
same time ensure the services of the most able legal advocates whenever prosecution for principle Bake ¦ would be instituted by political opponents against our " good men and true . " Tkere can be no doubt that a properly organised defence fund would be invaluable to our cause , and would not only be relief to the anxious minds of men who might unfortunately be placed in cirenmstencea of progecution by the Government , but would tend to diffuse a degree of confidence in the Chartist rank * which there is too much reason to fear they have not heretofore felt when they had to contend against the wealth and influence of the crown . The very fact of having funds at their disposal available to meet
cases of prosecution would « f itself be a means te check the spirit of oppression , and disarm might" » f much of its terrors , whilst it would place the people in a position to demand justice , and as Mr . O'Connor sa ; B , enable them to " fight every inch of ground" to obtain it When we see the vast sums expended by the Government to procure the conviction of our friends , and contrast it ¦ with the comparatively small sum which we have had to oppose them , and daily witness the exertions of men who are left to their " own resources " to fight our battles , it is really time we tfid something for the general good , and the removal of a burthen to onerous from the shoulders of our friends ; and in order to do so , I would respectfully submit : —
1 st—That although there is a vast amount of poverty and distress existing amongst our members , still if we are Chartists in principle as well as name , it is possible for even the very poorest to contribute one penny per week for so desirable a purpose ; and certainly if men be patriotic , and truly desirous of carrying ont their principles , they would contrive to save that small sum ven out of the most scanty pittance . Although I am not a professor of " tee-total" principles , I would nevertheless beg to suggest , that if only the price of one half-pint of beer was saved weekly for so desirable a purpose , it would be an easy and by no means painful sacrifice , and one which no Chartist and lover of his country could possibly object to .
2 nd . —That if only 5000 out of the many thousands of Chartists In Great Britain were to contribute one penny per week , it would amount to the very handsome sum of £ 20 16 a . 8 d . weekly , or £ 1083 6 s . 8 < f . annually , a sum which would not only be adequate for the purposes intended , bnt would be a guarantee for fair play and provide a clear stage and no favenr , and give the working classes a feeling of independence , whilst it wonld redound to the credit and success of their cause . 3 rd . —That if this suggestion meet with the approbation of the Chartist public , that a committee , secretary , and treasurer be appointed to manage the same , consisting of such persons , and located at such places , as may be deemed most elig ible ; and that such funds , during the period of agitation , be solely devoted to the purposes of a defence fund ; bnt , if fortunately , when the Charter s&att-fcecome the lav of ihe land , a balance skould be remaining on hand , such balance to be applied to any other purposes the people may deem fit .
I know not , Sir , what reception this suggestion may meet with from my brother Chartists ; all I can say is , it is the result of many reflections , and submitted with the fervent hope that it , or some more efficient means , be adopted 'to remedy the present evil and obviate future difficulties , and as a mighty lever to make our principles as triumphant as our title to liberty is just . Trusting that I have not submitted anything but what is consistent with the general good , and anxious that our friends will turn it over in their minds , I beg to subscribe myself ; Sir , Your most obedient and FaithCul servant , Justice .
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winter by frost bites ; In summer by malignant fevera of all kinds ; but that those who own wild lands in Canada , encourage tills emigration by these falsehoods . " Themedicai report of the Quebec Emigrant Hospital , dated 13 th August , 1831 , aayB" That on the arrival of emigrants : from Europe ; many of them are obliged to be out in the streets and on the wharfs all night , causing the most distressing scenes , and absolutely dying in Jthe atreatfl and on the roads . " 1 Bat encouraging the poor Irish to quit their country and go to Canada , wh « re certain death awaits them , is not shedding human blood . It is too bad to take their money from them under the pretence of giving them grants of "fertile land aad comfortable homesteade " in this ungenial clime .
When I had the honour , and a high honour I shall ever consider it , of accompanying the late William Cobbett on bis tour through Munater , in September and October , 1834 , he woa invited to Bpend some time at the hospitable mansion of the parish priest of Abingdon , the Rav . Mr . Costello . While there , we visited Lord Stanley ' s Limerick property , and heard from the lips ef some of those who had volunteered for America , and returned home again , their own history , and an account of the melancholy fate of their companions . I have often seen my never-to-be forgotten friend Mr . Cabbetl shed tears on bearing the recital of the sufferings of the deluded victims of those unfeeling landlords . Tears dropping down from that good man ' s eyes until they blotted the paper upon which
he -was writing . Oh 1 what a case he would have made ont before Parliament if the Almighty had prolonged his life : bnt for another year . His very heart and bouI were full of the hope of bringing the hard fate and cruel treatment of the Irish tenantry and labourers before Parliament , with a view to better their condition . No man ever stood by the working classes so determinedly aad unflinchingly as he did . He always maintained that it was In their condition , and there alone , that men of sense and integrity looked fox the character of a , government , and not in the palaces of the rich . The object of that great and gooi man , in coming here was just as he stated It First , to see a country of which he had heard and read so much . Secondly , to see with his own eyeB the effects of the rack-rent landlords upon their tenantry , with a view to either force
them or shame them into better treatment And thirdly , to put the Irish people on their guard against the Introduction into Ireland of such a measure as the atrocious Whig Poor Laws Amendment Act . He was no advocate of emigration . He was no advocate for benefiting & people by lowering the wages of labour , and keeping up the price of food and racfe-renta by issuing one pound notes . No , he adhered all bis life to the advocacy of the rights and the promotion of the interests « f the working classes . Bad as the case against Lord Stanley is . it is not quite so bad as that against Thomas Spring Rice , to please whom an Irish patriot said , in my own hearing , in his place in Parliament , in the session of 1836 , "That the name of Ireland should be blotted out fur ever , and that henceforward it should be called West Britain . "
it wonld extend this lettet to too great a length were I to state naif the appalling oases of tyranny and oppression either on Lord Stanley ' s estate or oa that of Thomas Spring Bice . However , I shall mention one which occurred to a family on Lord Stanley ' s estate who " volunteered for America" rather than be turned ont pennyless upon the wide world . This family consisted of a man , his wife , two grown up daughters , and three sons , the youngest about eleven years of age . Their forefathers had resided on the same estate from time immemorial ; but " rackrent , " the weapon of the wily tyrant , forced them to " volunteer for America . " They embarked on board of one of those Canadian Umber vessels ; but , before she got half-way to Quebec , the mother of these five children
died . Shortly after having landed in that land of promise , the father and two sons died of fever ; the other soon followed . The two daughters were soon reduced to the utmost state of want and destitution . The Captain of a brig from Waterford , who knew their father , offered tham a free passage home again . They were landed safe on the quays of Waterford , but the younger one , who , it was said , was very handsome , fell a victim to some of those idle red-coated gentry , wha prowl about , like Satan , seeking whom they can destroy ; the consequence of whieh was , that the elder sister became a maniac , and was wandering wildly about the ' place of her nativity , when Mr . Cobbett vlstsd that place . He saw her himself , and heard her atorj from others , for she , poor thing , though decently
educated , knew nobody , looked at everything with a wild vacant stare , and ran up to every stranger , asking "What did yen do with my father ? Where is my sister ? " Others , who were once in affluence , were there begging , with ulcerated legs and arms , brought on by frost bites , while the tales of the horrid death of their companions , made them forget their own sufferings . This is but a brief account of the state and deplorable condition of those who emigrate to the North American Colonies . Notwithstanding those facts , which can be verified , if necessary , and the Parliamentary evidence , whieh requires no verification , is It not melancholy , heart-rending to Bee a society formed
in Dablin , and advertised in the most fascinating terms for the purpose of inducing the Irish to quit for ever the land of their birth , and emigrate to Canada ? Aud this society , bearing the name of the " Catholic Emigration Society , " and purporting to have a capital of £ 200 , 090 , while in another part of their prospectus they say that the capital is all to be raised in shares , and that the shareholders shall have no other security for their money than the waste lands and the labour of the unfortunate slaves who become the dupes of this nefarious scheme . The prospectus of this accursed society also state that the plan has met with the decided approbation ot the Irish Catholic Bishops , and the very Kaverend Theobald Mathew .
I hope that this latter statement is a wilful misrepresentation ; because If it be true it is utterly impossible that any honest , educated , or intelligent Catholic can feel respect for any Catholic clergyman who directly or indirectly sanctions this emigration scheme ; but it bos always happened , and ever will happen , that there are Borne persons , both lay and clerical , who think it no crime to adopt any scheme which may present to their views a short , ready and easy way to make money ; and this emigration scheme is one of them The trustees to this Catholic Emigration Society are set forth in the prospectus in the following order : —
TRUSTEES . Daniel O'Connell , Esq . M . P . Emanuel Lfeardi , Esq . Kellett Green , E = q . Henry Green , E ? q . Charles Matthew , E * q . C 0 MM 1 TTBB OF REFERENCE IN DUBLIN . Daniel O'Connell , Esq . The Very Roverend Dr . The Rev . Dr . O'Connell . Yore , V . Gc . Patrick Vincent Fitzpa-Christopher Fitzsimon E ? q trick , Eaq . The prospectus set * forth , by way of inducement to sordid jobbers to become shareholders , that"Thissociety is the only one hitherto established that can secure labour at a reasonable rate , as it will do under a pledge f or a limited period from men who have already proved how they can remain faithful . "
Now , Sir , for sheer , cool , heartless , sordid villany , this beats Lord Stanley and Thomas Spring Rice together . The devil himself never entertained a more infamous scheme than this . May I beg of yeu as you value the lives of your countrymen , to lend me the use of an occasional column in the widely circulated Freeman , and with the blessing of God , humble as I am , I shall knock tbia bell-bom project on the bead . It has been eoncocted by the perfidious Whigs and tyranical Tories of England . Let ua crush it in the bad . Let us save our fellow c ountrymen from certain death . Where does tbis society purpose sending the people ? Let Mr . O'Connell ' s admirable and just description of the country and the climate to which be advises the Irish labourers to go , and in order to induce tkem to go ,
places himself at the head of a society to Bend them there to rtie quietly : — " Let them look at the two vessels opposite the quay —large and extensive as their accommodation * werewhat were they there for ? Did they bring wealth into Ireland ? Would they take away her manufactures or the produce of their labour ? Oh t no , no , no ; but the blood , and bone , and sinew of the Irish people ! They would take these things away to foreign countries by an unwilling emigration from the green isle of their birth—they would sever for ever the connexion between the mother , who consoled herself with the fond idea that her son would close her eves in death—between the sister he should never know again—the brother he should never Bee , and 'the father , who wept in vain
over bis child whom his , eves should never again behold I Were they guilty of any crime or turpitude ? Oh ! no ; they left Ireland by means of this traffic , with eyes full of tears and hearts bursting with regret and sorrow ., They go to an ungenial climate , where , for many , many months of the year , they would be exposed to all the rigours of a dreadful winter , and when the heat came on , surrounded by Insects and crawling creatures , which absolutely made life itself disgusting . How few wonld thus emigrate if they knew that the approach of spring in these foreign climates brought myriads of insects at tbe sight
of which the very flesh crawled upon the human body —where that spring was followed by the beat of a summer as dreadful In its effects , and as injurious in its consequences , and where they lie after these sufferings in a foreign grave , unwepfc and forgetten even by those who watched over their early childhood ( cheers ) ? ' Oh ! it is a miserable traffic ; yet it waa the only one left them . He ( Mr . O'Connell ) saw a great number of high Tories the other day petitioning Peel for an extensive plan of emigration ; but the Irish peaple wanted no such assistance . There was abundance of land unreclaimed in Ireland , and why ? because there was no capital to do so . " '
Sorely after this eloquent and true description Of the country , to which the Irish labourers are to be sept , and that too by Mr . O'Connell himself , It ie not asking too much , to implore and beseech the Irish Catholic Bishops and Clergy in general , and the Very Reverend Theobold Matbew in particular , to publicly w ithdraw their approval of this wholesale transportation of their faithful teetotallers and confiding flocks , to an ungenial clime which has been so justly , so peacefully , and ao feelingly described by Mr , O'Connell himself Patrick O'Higoins No . 1 * . North ADne-Stree . t , April 1 st , 1843 ,
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An Extensive seizure of tobacco was made in Belfast on Wednesday night , by the chief officer , who arrested a man driving acarteonlaining 2 , 5001 ba weight . The map , beins unable to give a satis * faotory account of it , was committed to prison . The Liverpool Assizes , —The heaviest and blackest oriminal list ever disposed of in this place , was brought to a close on Saturday night , after three weeks of incessant labour on the part o < judge and juries . Of the prisoners , two are left for execution , without hope of a reprieve , namely , Batty Eccles , for poisoning her three children , and Wilmot Buckley , for the murder of his wife ; and at least on « other has had a narrow escape from the same
punishment . Gloucestershire Assizes . — Seduction . — GrinwtfLL r . Wells ( S . J . )—This was a very extraordinary and a very revolting case , and presen ed a novelty at the very commencement of the proceedings , which were not drawn up iu the usual forra of a father claiming compensation for the loss of his daughter ' s services , but w re specially drawn up and founded on the old poor law of England , the act of Elizabeth , under which ( as well as by , tbe present poor-law ) a father is compiled to maintain his daughter when she is unable to maintain herself . The cause of thie novelty was , that the young girl who formed the subject of the inquiry was not iivilig at home at the time of her alleged seduction , hut
was living in the service of her alleged seducer ; and , therefore , the father could not plead the loss of services oa his own part . The plea was , that the daughter of the plaintiff was unable to maintain herself ; that she was seduced by the defendant and became pregnant , and was delivered of a child ; and that thereby the ptaiutiff had been obliged to maintain her and her child . In this case the plaintiff , John Grinnell , formerly lived at Broadway , Worcestershire , on the borders of Gloucestershire , where he was one time a schoolmaster , then a shopkeeper , ' and he afterwards obtained the situation of National schoolmaster at Prestwich , near Manchester . The defendant , Robert Wells , was a farmer , in . respectable circumstances , also livJDg at Broadway—a
widower , whose wife , when alive , was from her youth on terms of friendship with the plaintiff ' s wife , Mrs . Grinnell . On the plaiuirff , early in 1841 , obtaining tbe situation of schoolmaster at Prestwich , he removed there with his family , which consisted of Bix daughters , with the exception of the eldest daughter , Alice Grinnell , who still remained al Broad way ; Mrs . Wells , the defendant ' s wife , havjng received her into her house as nursery governess , she being aft that time under fourteen years of age . The arrangement was made on the iSth of February , 1841 , but ia less than eight weeks afterwards Mrs . Wells unfortunately died in childbirth ; this was on the 9 th of April , 1841 . The little girl , Alice Grinuwell , continued to live in his house , and to have charge of two of the defendant ' s children till the night of the 27 th
of May , sevf > n weeks after the death of her mistress , when , on this night , her master , Mr . Wells , came home at a late hour and found her sitting up for him , and then he committed the offence for which damages were sought . Mr . Justice Erskine , in summing up , said that this was tbe mo 3 t distressing ease ever , in his experience , brought before a jury . It was one of those cases which might induce any one Bitting in his situation to rejoice that the decision was cast upon a jury , because it resembled charges brought in a criminal court , wh « re nothing but a jury was competent to do justice between the parties . At the conclusion of the summing up the jury requested to retire , and in about a quarter of an hour returned a verdict for the plaintiff . Damages £ 300 .
Part of a . Wreck has been washed ashore as Duggemah reef , Kilkee , consisting of the after part of a deck , with deck timbers , a ship ' s bucket , painted green , and two empty casks . They have been secured by H . Baldwin , Esq . chief officer of coast guards , bnt there is nothing in the materials to indicate the vessel ' s name , &c . The White Quakers are going about Waterford distnbu'ing printed papers to the effect that it was a very wrong thing to imprison their leader , Joshua Jacob , and that the present poor-law is not the right way to relieve the wanls of the destitute .
NiAvs . ? . —A Good Example . —Thomas Fortescue , Eaq ., of Rav « nedale Park , formerly member for Louth , who lateN succeeded to the extensive estates of Sir H . Goodricke , has published the following announcement to his numerous tenantry : —** Mr . Fortescue , having taken into consideration the reduced prices obtained for agricultural produce during the past season , takes this means of informing his tenants that he intends to make an allowance of 20 per cent , on the gale new payable , to all persons holding at will , as well as to those whose leases do not confer a beneficial interest . Ravensdato Park , April 6 , 1843 . " '
Charge of Bigamy—Important Question . —A man , named Burke , was recently tried at Cork for the above crime . It appeared in evidence that hia first wife was his own second cousin , and that the parties had been married under a falsa represontation that they wero ' nec so nearly related . The marriage was , therefore , considered null and void by the Catholic church , there beine a pro existing impediment between the parties . The question raised w& 3 , whether , a marriage , which was void by the discipline of the Catholic churoh , was equally so by the law of the land . After considerablo discussion , it was agreed that a special verdict should be framed , and then have it removed to the Queen ' s Beach , and ultimately ( if the crown or the prisoner thought fit ) to the Hpuse of Lords . The Right Rev . Dr . Crotty
has written a letier to the Cork Southern Reporter , in which he states , " Had the jury found Burke guilty of bigamy , the law would compel him to re-Bounce the wife to whom he was united by the indissoluble boud of matrimony , and to adhere to a woman , , by cohabiting with whom he would of course live in a state of adultery . So it is decided by the rules of faith and discipline of tho Catholia church . No bishop or priest of that churoh could obey such a law . Th . ey would , on the contrary , be guilty of a flagrant dereliction of duty , did they not require of any Catholic , subject to their spiritual jurisdiction , to suffer exile , or even death , rather than comply with what I suppose the law would require of Burke to do , had the jury found him guilty . "
Waterford . —The opposition to tho payment of the poor-rate is greater , if possible , here than ever . A few days ago the newly appointed collector for the county of Waterford , Mr . Fitzmaurice , who has been elected in the place of Mr . Fleming , the solicitor of the board , was surrounded by a large number of the country people in Gaultier , whither he went , unattended , who threatened him with death , and but for the interference of one amongst them who possessed some influence over them , they would , it is said , have put their threat into execution . However , they contented themselves with swearing him not to go there again on the same errand . It is also said the figure of a coffin was affixed to the chapel gates of that district , which was pulled down by the police . A meeting of the magistrates took place on Wednesday at the Court House , when another proclamation was agreed upon . The police and military are in readiness to be called out at a moment ' s
warning . The proclamation of the magistrates cautioning the country people against their present combination not to pay poor rates , aad warning them against the disastrous consequences that may ensue , has been posted about town . Barbarous Murder and Robbery in thb Covhty KiiKENNr . —Friday morning as Laurence Hoynes , a farmer , living at Rathculban , near Newtown , and within two miles and a half of Callan , had been engaged in sowing cabbage plants , assisted by two labourers , he was interrupted in hie business by the sudden appearance of two men who pretended to be looking for employment , and asked some questions as to whether he would hire them , to which he answered in the negative , stating that he did not
want them , particularly as the weather was broken . In an instant they threw off their guise and looked as fiends in human shape . One of them told Hoynes to go on his knees , pointing towards him the deadly weapon , buttheoontenteof which hecontrived to avoid by letting it escaoe under his arm , which was slightly wounded . The poor man now fought hard for his life , and by the blow of a prong knocked down one of his antagonists who , thereupon , called aloud upon his brother assassin for assistance , the fellow being at the time in pursuit of the two timorous labourers ( who were strangers ) with a brace of pistols , to scare them away . They ran off on account of his menaces , leaving their master in a situation in whioh two native workmen would not have left him in the
hour of peril . The villain having come up , both assassins soon succeeded in despatching their victim . They fractured his skull in a most frightful manner by repeated blows inflicted with the above prong which they had snatched up during the struggle . Supposing they left him dead , they walked iuto the dwelling- house , coolly and deliberately broke open a box in one of the rooms , and took the sum of £ 100 , a lease , and various other documents . They also took away a gun , a piece of linen nearly bleached , and some articles of dress belonging to the deceased , including his riding coat , which one of them flung on hia shoulders . They walked away through the Btrfcet seemingly in not the least hurry . The unhappy man lingered in the greatest agony , until ten o ' clock on , Saturday night .
whon death terminated his sufferings . An inquest was on Monday held before the county coroner , WIzod , Esq ., and a verdict returned of wilful murder by two persons unknown . Deceased has left behind him a poor decrepit wife , of unsound mind , with two children to lament bis loss . Sinoe the foregoing was in type we ( Kilkenny Journal ) have" learned upon good authority , that one of the murderers , whose name we understand is Delany ^ was arrested on Saturday , by a sergeant of polica , in Thnrles , having tendered a ten pound note for change , for & one pound , whioh induced suspicion , and led to his apprehensioii . This was a portion of the money taken trom the hou-e of deceaeed . The unfortunate wretch had £ 43 more . He has offered to become aa approver , and it is said several oihers are involved iu a charge of conspiracy to murder .
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EMIGRATION SOCIETIES . PE"W SCHEME FOR PROFITING BY THE PEOPLE . To the Editor of the Freeman ' s Journal . SIR . —In my last letter , published in yonr paper of tbe 3 ist ultimo , I gave tbe extracts from the evidence of Lord Stanley , who originated the plan of forming Emigration Societies . You will see that he was afraid of tbe effects ef a wholesale ejectment of hia tenantry on the Limerick property , bat with such an alternative oa an Emigration Society he means that "be should feel so scruple in aiserting Ms Tight" All the sympathy which he expresses lot the fate of the unfortunate Bmigrants on their arrival in Canada , is mere affectation . The only danger he apprehended was that some
of them night return , and make knewn tbe fate of their companions . Bat he bad no danger of exposure even from this , as the ejected tenantry are uniformly in such an impoverished etate that they have not the means wherewith to pay their passage borne again . Besides the passage to Canada is not more than two or three pounds a head , and sometimes as low as thirty shillings . The Canadian vessels come here with timber , and the c&ptolus ore glad to get Irish Emigrants by -way of ballast , and if the vessels be old and advantageously insured , they are frequently wrecked within sight of some of the seaport towns of Canada , and we read accounts occasionally that the captain , the mate , some of the crew , and a few of the passengers were saved , but all the rest perished 1 No matter , they -were all Irish emigrants , ejected tenantry from Lord Stanley ' s
aud other estates . Now , when Lord Stanley gave evidence before the parliamentary committee he was aware of the deplorable stnte of the emigrants in Canada . Mind that neither Lord Stanley nor anyone else can give grants ef land in the United States , and when they talk of land , fertile land in , America , it is done to delude tbe ignorant and confiding , as neither Lords nor Emigration Companies can give , any more titl « to land in ; the Illinois , nor in any other part er the United States , than I can to the Pfcceaix Park or Regent Park . Lord Stanley knew this , when he and his agent asked tbe tenantry upon the Limerick property , " who was ready to volunteer for America ? " The poor people thought they were going to the United States of America , but it was to Canada . they were Bent , there to die quietly ont of the hearing of their heartless landlord .
Lord Stanley , and every other man connected vrith these cruel emigration schemes , are aware of the evidence of Mr . M'Taggartj a civil engineer , in the employment of Government He , states , "That the emigration is planting misery InCanada ; that at ' 'Sydney and Halifax tbe wretched emigrants were rescued from starvation by issues from the public treasury ; that at St . John ' s , a cargo from Killala had arrived , sixteen of whom bad died on the passage ; that the vessels in "which emigrants go to Canada are of the worst description , calculated for the carriage of timber , and that in one of these , five hundred Irish emigrants perished by shipwreck . *'
In speaking of those who go into the interior , in tbe hope of locating themselves comfortably upon rich , fertile l and , which was promised to them , and to which tbe Irish are stiU lored by Irish patriots , some of whom "would not abed ona drop of human blood for the world ; bat sending their cou&d ' mg countrymen to perish in Canada 1 b not shedding human bloed , forsooth ; Mr . M-Taggart says , "that the Irish absolutely die by tbe oi «* n of disease in
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The most celebrated ir <> n mines of Sweden , those of Danemora , the greater part of the produce of i which comes to England , have yielded during this ( winter no less than 90 , 000 ship pounds of ore . ,
Sweden , with a population of scarcely 3 , 000 , 000 persons , supports noc less than seventy political ; journals , exclusive of others of a religious or sciea- j lific character . . j A Gbevi sensation has been created in New ' York , by the circumstance of a gaming-house keeper , named Corlis , having been shot dead in the street , about seven o ' clock m the evening , by a female . It appears that an improper intercourse had heeu kept up between Corlis and the wife of a Mr . ~ CorUon , ae well as with two other women , and that Coriis ' s life had been threatened several times before . The assassin had not been discovered . '
Wb have seen a letter from a Scotch Cockney to his " friends in the north , " I in which he Bays , " Dinutt come up hero just noo ; ye'li find it very dangerous , as it disna matter whether ye look fanoy or sad , if ye happen to be Scotch ! you will be sure to be taken up for daft . Since M'Naughten's unfortunate affair , there have been nae less than five of my daft countrymen before the magistrates for naethmg ava ; so ye dinna need be surprised if you phoul see me some of these days figuring in the Loudou prints anithor daft Scotch monomaniac .
The Iron Trade ijv WALES .-fOn Saturday we k a meeting of the Incorporated Company of Copper Miners was held at their office , in Old Broad-street , London , when the Governor of the Company , after stating the object of the meeting !( the eleotion of officers , &o . ) and noticing the proceedings of the company , thus spoke of its prospects , arising from the discovery of the black band irpnore in Wales—a disoovery likely , it seems to be agreed , to produce a great alteration in the iron trade : ~ "I may here refer to another subject of the greatest interest to the future prospects of the company , although not immediately affecting its present trade—I mean the discovery of
veins of iron ore in the Welsh mineral basin , analagoua to the black band in Scotland ! , which will in all localities where it is fonnd , reduce the cost of pig iron 20 s per ton . ( Hear , hear . ) j These veins have been found to run through the whole of the Cwm Avon , Byrn , and Oakwood takings ; it is , therefore , quite clear by reference to a map iof Wales , that at no place can it be produced with greater , nor , in fact , as regards the contiguity to the shipping ports , with equal advantage to the CwmiAvon Valley , aud that it will form an object of serious attention on thu part of this company , how soon it may be advisable to avail ourselves of this discovery .
United States . —The British and North American Royal mail steamer the Columbia , Captain Jud-Rin 8 , arrived at Liverpool on Saturday last . She sailed from Boston on the afternoon of the 2 nd inst . ( the mails not having arrived , iu consequence of th « stormy weather , on the 1 st , ) and Halifax on the evening of the 4 th ; and has made the passage in thirteen days . She has brought fort , y-four passengers Her outward passage from Liverpool to Boston occupied fifteen days and twelve hours . The papers by the Columbia are eight days ; later than those received by the Virginian . Their contents are quite unimportant . No change of importance had occurred in the money , stock , or produce markets . The rate of exohange on England still stood at 1054 to 106 , at which a > fair amount of business ^ had been
transacted for the steamer . United States Sixes were quoted at 1074 i United States JNew Loan had advanced $ . There were some Burster reports relative to the Bank of New Orleans . Great excitement had been produced on the { border in consequence of the arrest of Daniel Savage , ao American citizsn , by a British officer on the ? Aroostook territory , on the south side of the St . 4 ohn River , and within the limits of Maine , as defined by the late treaty . A publia . meeting had been held , an ^ i strong resolutions passed . The trial [ of Commander M'Kenzie had closed , but the finding of the courtmartial would not be publicly known until the verdict was published at Washington . ) It was supposed
that the verdict was one of acquittal . Accounts from Hayti stated that the Jacmeljhad declared in favour of the insurgents . The accounts from Canada mention the arrival of Sir Charles Metcalfe at Kingston . The health of Sir Charles Bagdt was still in a state not to hold out any hope of his recovery . The riots of the Lachine Canal labouterB had been re newed . Advices from Guadaloupe to the 25 th ult . state , that up to that time 4 , 500 bodies had been dug out of the ruins of Pointe-a-Pitre , { and 2 , 200 of the wounded were in the hospital at Basseterre . Fivo shocks of earthquake , it is added , had been felt since the shook whioh proved so destructive . The papers do not contain any intelligence either from . Mexico or Texas . '
Am Exciseman Frightened . —At few days ago , the inmates of one of the inns in the village of Beauly were suddenly alarmed by an unaccountable Boise , which took place in one of the apartments of the house in which an exciseman had been laid up , and was under medical treatment , for a few days . With all oonvenient speed , the host vi the house , &o ., betook themselvea to the scene of action , where , to their astonishment , they saw the invalid in great trepidation , presenting a pair of pistols , minus shot , at a terrible-looking object , whioh stood between his bed and the fireside , and which to ; him appeared
supernatural . Upon further . investigation into the cause of such an unusual scone , it turned out to be , that a harmless maniac , well known in the neighbourhood under the cognomen of " ^ F oolish Kal e , " had quietly stepped upstairs , and having found the door of the room open , slipped in to warm her limbs at a comfortable fire which she noticed in it . This unhappy mortal was , nine or ten years ago , a bloeming and handsome maid ; but having trespassed a little on the Excise law ? , she was incarcerated in Inverness gaol , since which time reason has left her empire , never to return . -Jtoss shire kdvertiter .
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TO THE SUBSCRIBERS ( TO THE NATIONAL DEFBNCE IfUND . Friends , —I have ever held it to be essential above all things , that those who are entrusted with the txpenditure of public funds , should , noS only be economical in laying them out , but that they should be prepared to give a clear account jof how they have been laid oat ; and , as 1 am not able to g ive that detailed account of the expenditure of ] the funds on the late trial of our friends Cooper , j Richards , and Capper , which is necessary for public satisfaction , owing to the enormouB amount of labour imposed on me , I must here appeal to the friends in the Pojtteries who were at the trial , to give you the benefit of jtheir opinion , as to the manner in 'which I disposed of the funds .
It will be seen by a reference to tbe balance sheet , that the amount received by me was £ 25 16 s . 6 d . ; that the amount expended was £ 27 16 s . 6 d , Tnia will appear to be a large sum expended on one trial , particularly aa none of it baa been expended in law ; but whttn you reflect that the trial lasted ten clear days , beiug longer than any trial on tecordi in the Courts of law in this town ; and that about al ^ ty witnesses were here for tbe defence , whose expences were paid ont © f the above sum , ( if I except a patriotic few who bore their own expencos ) , I think you will conclude there has not fceen any extravagance , on the jcoDtrary , you will wonder how it has been done for so smalt a sum .
The firflt five days I keptadailyiaccouot of the expences , but the last five days the labour I had to perform so multiplied on my hands , that Itjwas impossible for any one man to keep account of ev ^ ry thing , aa It chiefly went out in small sums . I attended at eourt with oar friends , every day , as their assistant ; or , if you like it better , as their attorney , And certainly it was a novel scene to see two " snobs" and a blackBinita aa defendants , and another " snob "( acting as attorney for tbum in a civil court of law , opposed by one of the most talented advocates at the bar .
Cooper ' s defence , which occupied twelve hours iu delivery , was , in my estimation , ( the most noble defence ever yet made in a court of law in defence of our principles . I can only add , in conclusion , that it our persecuted friends generally will follow the noble example set them by Cooper , Government will not be so eagtr in prosecutiag " seditious conspiracies" as they have been . I Tbe Court waa notblDg less than a respectable Chartist meeting from the beginning to the end . I have it from good authority that ithis prosecution coat Government upwards of two thousand five hundred pounds ! Yours ever faithfully , : " In tbe good Old cause , " WM . Peplow . Friar-street , Stafford , April 9 th , 1843 .
RECEIVED . ] £ 8 . d . ; From Mr . O'Connor ... _ 25 0 0 i From Mr . Baily , for defenoe of uinoch Hurst 0 15 0 A Friend 0 10 From the writer of an anonymous letter , i London ••• ••• 0 0 6 ; £ 25 16 6 EXPEND £ D . I For defence of Enoch Hurst 1 1 0 For witnesses subpoeaed for Cooper ' s defence ... 3 5 0 Witnesses train fare from Birmingham , i on behalf of Richards , with mesaen- gers' expences , &c . ... 4 0 0 ( Food to witnesses , with beds , &c . for ihe same ; Messrs . Cooper andiPeplow ' s expences to the Potteries ; express to j the Potteries for Mrs . Yates : mes- i
sengers ' expences , paper , &c . ... 1 ° 10 6 ' £ 21 16 6 ! Dse to Treasurer , to pay out-standing debts 2 0 0 . Wm . Pkplow . J
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¦ •¦ TO THE EDITOB OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —The subjoined letter was sent to the freeman ' s Journal for publication on tbe 1 st instant , where it remained till Saturday last , when it was returned to me by the Editor , not that he disapproved of it or was opposed to any fact or opinion it contained , bnt from downright apprehension of exposing tbelr paper to the attacks of Mr O'Connell , which no doubt would damage the paper to a very great extent . Now as you have no such fear in yonr heart , I hope yon will publish it in the Northern Star , and you will oblige me and render a great piece of service to my poor duped , deluded , and confiding countrymen . Patrick O'Higgins . Dablin , April 17 , 1843 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 22, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct478/page/7/
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