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TO DANIEL CPCONNELL, ESq,, M.P.
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Sib—Since I last addressed you , the Grand Jury haTe returned a True Bill against yon and other partie charged with the commission of those undefinable crimes called " sedition , "—which means BTeryihing that the existing GoTeniment chooses to allege as being likely to weaken their political inflience i and * conspiracy , the meaning of which Ihave never heard so well defined as by a Laneadiire hand-loom ireaTflr , who , npon being asked the meaning of « mspiracy , HpBed , ** If yoa " and any body else agree to do anything thai 3 don't like , I e&Q thai conspiracy . "
in my former letter I told yon that the GoYernnent would not allow either yon or the country to reap a triumph from an acquittal . And in many former articles that I haTe written upon the snbject , told you that yoa would find it imposable to ssparateyour own responsibility from ihe acts of Other parties contending for the same measure , towerer you and they might differ in your course of action . I mention that circumstance "here for the purpose of commenting upon the following paragraph , which appears in your address of the 11 th of Una month , to fee - people of Ireland . That paragraph runs thus i—
s Bn $ —attend to me—if there be during the trials ihe slightest outbreak of violence in any parish , it will be my duty immediately to abandon the Repeal cause , and to forsake a people who at such a critical period as the present , would not follow 4 he advice I bo earnestly give them . " Now Sir , that won't do . Depend upon it , it will not . What , Sir , " to forsake a people , if there be the slightest outbreak of violence in a sngleparish . "
Are you not perfectly aware that such an announceaent is pre-eminently calculated to cause Tiolence and outbreak , not in one , but in many parishes ? and that those who hare the power to purchase your desertion at so cheap a price , will not fail to famish you with an excuse ! I most cordially join With you is desiring that unbroken peace may continne to reign ; because I feel convinced that in peace alone , calm discussion can be entertained ; and from discussion alone wholesome legislation can
spang . In my last letter I endeaToured to sat you rigbtj or Tather to set the country right , upon two charges that you haTe thought proper to bring against the Chartist body ; and I shall now mention a third . In 1833 yon declared it to be impossible to carry a Repeal of the Union until the English people had co-operated with the Irish upon that subject ; and that , to ensure such co-operation , you would make a tour of ^ England . I confess to you that up to that period I was strongly imbued with the national
prejudice , and that I had not then learned to discriminate between the English people and the English oligarchy . Finding that you considered such a step necessary , and that for some years you neglected the performance of this promised duty , I , ha-ring lost all my former prejudices , set about the work of conciliation ; and I am bold to assert that , for the last eight years , I hare done more than all the writers and orators that erer preceded me , to destroy the anti-Irish prejudices which existed in the minds of the English people .
You must tare been cognizant of this fact ? and yet your conduct during the recent agitation must lead erery rational man to the conclusion , that you not only desired to perpetuate disunion between the people of the two countries , but that you actually paraded your desire to do so , for the purpose of enlisting the sympathies , and of insuring the confidence of the middling classes , whom you know to be opposed to the interest of the working people . Such course led me , and I think naturally , to the
conclusion , that yon courted individual strength , and sought for personal impunity , by a sacrifice of the interests of the people of both countries . I speak the more freely upon these bygone subjects , in consequence of the firmness of your present position . They are now matters worth referring to , because Ireland has proved that ? he has a mind . And it is the duty of her friends to inspire that mind with a thorough confidence in those parties , upon whose exertion the Irish people must rely for the accomplishment of justice .
During the recent agitation you haTe attached great importance to the conversion , of insignificant individuals ; while job hare neaped slander upon those whose co-operation you professed a desire to court . You appealed to the English people against Tory domination : they answered your appeal from nearly every town in England and Scotland . You knew that they had done so ; and yet from this national response you select the egotistical effusions of two powerless individuals , for extensive comment , thereby endeavouring to conrince the Irish people , that there was no organized party in England
capable of giving any strength or support to the Repeal cause . You knew , as well as I know , that nearly every town in England had held numerous meetings for the purpose , not only of expressing . sympathy but of co-operating with the Irish people , in their demand for a- Repeal of the Union . And yet notwithstanding your avowal of the necessity of such co-operaijon , yon pass over is silence , ox affect to treat with contempt , the expression of national will ; while you treat the addresses of William Lovett and Joseph Sturge , neither of whom possess one particle of public confidence , with seriousness , if not with respect .
From the commencement of the agitation the Northern Star newspaper has teemed with the expression of EngKsh opinion upon the subject of Repeal j all approving of the principle and acquiesing in the propriety of supporting their Irish brethren . At Newcastle , a resolution strongly expressive of pngii f Ti feeling was passed at the largest in-door meeting ever convened in that town . A copy of that resolution , together with an abstract of the proceedings , was forwarded by Mr . Home , a most respectable man , for insertion in the Nation newspaper ; and short reports of the proceedings of several large meetings , together with resolutions , were transmitted to the Irish press ; and not a single one has been noticed by any portion of that
press . ThnB , Sir , I think that I haTe clearly rebutted your charge of English indifference , and that if criminality exists " anywhere it is with you and the Irish press , which though cognizant of the fact , yet withheld it from publication for private purposes . If the same pains had been taken to secure the co-operation of the English working-people that have been taken to wbeedle over a set of worthless , bigotted , pettifogging , orange IriBh rascals , the two countries would haTe long since pronounced for * full measure of justice , in terms which their taskmasters must hare obeyed . And of this faet yon Ernst bare been aware .
Therefore , Sir , lhe eharges which I in turn bring against yoB , is connexion with the Repeal cause , are of a precisely simDar nature to those , which I urge against the English Free-Traders , You know the power which , can alone carry Repeal , but you fear that eneh an accession would demand a fatter measure of justice , tban the . . middle classes are desirous or willing to confer upon the working people . So it is precisely with the "English Free Traders ; they prefer grubbing amongst the electoral body for sectional support , to gaining the co-operation of the working classes , lest the latter body should claim political equality , as their share of the national triumph .
Thus , Sir , we haTe discovered that for both pur- ; pose 3 our co-operation is merely sought , as a means of ensuring a triumph to our oppressors . It has often struck me . Sir , as a Tery curious circumstance that , while you abnse the Chartist hody , all of whom are Repealers , you should still continue to lavish praise and ecomiuxas upon the "En glish ^ ree Traders , who are one and all anti-Repealers . You abnse Feargu 3 O'Connor , who has been a consistent Re- j pealer ; while you € ulogise Mr . Cobden , anddesig- j nate him as apupH of your own—who h&s " thanked God that he was not bern in a Catholic country , " \ and who has attempted to stamp upon the Irish Catholics the crime of having demoralised the English people . i
My object in addressing you is to point out the | errors that you haTe committed , in the hope of con- , Tinting yon and the world , that however yoa may , for a season successfully delude the Irish people i with regard to " RT » gK « h feeling and Chartist tactic ^ \ that , nevertheless , xun > now thirsting for know-1
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ledge , and having burst from all those prejudices by which it has been long trammelled , will drink at the source , and be no longer satisfied with merely lapping the skim from tbe surface . Those superficial ideas which floated fantastically upon tbe imagination of enthusiasts will no longer satisfy that craving after knowledge to which Tast improTements of latter years has led . The manner in which the English Chartists bow sympathise with you and your persecuted brethren , must put those Irishmen to the blush who designated me as a convicted libeller , and the Chartist prisoners as offenders who bad been mildly dealt with by the Whig administrators of the law , or rather by the administrators of Whig law . Another charge which you have brought against the Chartist body is , that they
were Tory Chartists ; whereas you well knew that the principal cause of their hatred to the Whigs , was because they did not destroy Toryism and for ever , while it was in their power to do so . You well knew that not a single Chartist supported the Tories from a loje of Tory principles ; but that , on tbe contrary , they opposed the Whigs because the "Whigs preferred conciliating Tory prejudices to relyng upon popular support for existence . This , Sir , is tbe reck upon which the Melbourne Administration was wrecked . With him , poor easy soul , the question was indeed a knife and fork one ; and as long as you could secure to him his place at the Royal Board , by * he subserviency of the most servile place-hunting title-seeking crew that ever disgraced the House of Commons , he was indifferent about the popular will .
Wo claim the merit of haTing destroyed the Whigs , while in truth , Sir , the triumph really belong 3 to you . Their reign was one of treachery falsehood , hypocrisy , cruelty , deceit , persecution , ' fraud , weakness , cowardice , and bloodshed ; whereas , had they relied npon popular support , instead of upon Irish subserviency , I doubt much that the question of Democracy would haTe attained its present eminence for yet many yearB to come . How forgiving , then , should you consider the English people , when , notwithstanding their thorough knowledge of all these faots , they are yet ready to forgive and forget , and still to throw ronnd you the shield of protection , provided they find you making past errors beacons to warn you of the shoals rather than lights to direct you in your future
course . You must pardon me—you must indeed Sir—for speaking thus plainly to you . You have been a plain speaker yourself . Let me council you then not to dream of abandoning the cause until yon have achieved your object ; and above all do sot attempt to create a weakness in the hope of furnishing s justification for desertion . The Irish people have religiously obeyed your eTery command ; while the English people haTe far surpassed your most sanguine expectation by forgiving the past , and resolving to co-operate with yoa for the future . I gather tbi 3 resolution from the sentiments that I have heard cheered and expressed at several large meetings throughout England and Scotland . Upon my
own part I can bnt speak for myself . Every man in England has a mind ; a mind that cannot be purchased , but may be won . Upon my co-operation as an individual you may fully calculate . I am the more asxious to be clear upon this subject in consequence of an announcement recently made by yon , of Chartist Eupport having been tendered to you , by one Galgin , or from a place called Galgin . I well recollect that when Chartism first began to shew itself in Loughrea , you assured your hearers that you had looked in Tain to the map of Ireland for such a place ; and I may tell you in return , that I have enquired in Tain for sneb & man as Galgin , and looked in Tain upon the Chartist map for such a place , and well you knew it .
Once more assuring yon that the present Administration will not allow Ireland to make a triumph of your acquittal , let me implore of you to put your house in order—to do something more than merely collecting tribute , or preparing for your defence , the latter of which I by no means recommend you to neglect ; bnt in the meantime be better prepared to meet the next step of the enemy than you were to meet the first assault . Time runs on , Sir ; and one of the six months has elapsed ; and now your Bill , — promising Repeal , or your head upon the block , —is within five months of maturity . I cannot see any possible means of escape : there is a watchfulness
abroad which will see to the prevention of any general excuse ; while any local , sectional , or parochial squabble wOl not furnish you with such a one as will jnEtify desertion . The awfalneBs of that responsibility which you haTe cast upon yourself , shoald now open your eyes to your position ; while the Eland recently made by all Ireland against compromise , should teach you that , ere long , the erisis must occur . Be prepared for it , and do not again be taken by surprise ; for , rely upon it , that , sooner or later , the people who hare so nobly
sustained you will demand a settlement , in which the debtor and creditor account must be set forth with mercantile precision : and if a large amount of money is found upon one side , and a large amount of defeat upon the other , the disappointment will be great ; while "vigilance and honesty will enable you to make a set-off of good deeds , which , however large the sum , will yet leave a balance in your favour . I am , Sir , Feabgus O'Connor ,
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which , in justice to Mr . Hill , I have Bet forth his rejected letters , as well as the whole of his comment . This pamphlet is the same size as the Lancaster Trials , contains 32 pages , and the price isfourpence ; and upon it I shall make no further comment in the Northern Star , than merely to announce my sorrow for being driven to the alternative , and to express my belief that eTery man who reads bis , will come to the conclusion that it rendered mine indispensable .
Having now disposed of the dieagreeabl % portion of my subject , I haTe a word or two to say upon our present position . Notwithstanding the artful attempts of dissatisfied parties , to create disunion in our rank ? , the several letters and communications that I receive from various parts of the country confirm me in the opinion that the Chartists , as a body , were never more determined upon the question of re-organization than at the prasent moment . Many towua , even where I had enrolled a considerable number , have Bent for a fresh supply of oards ; while similar applications have been made from mauy localities th ( never before joined in the mo 7 ement . I hare only then to ask all those who
love liberty and hate oppression , to put their shoulders to tbe wheel for the next five months , in order that we may see the fruits of our labour in the maturity of public opinion . It is indifljMnsable that we should avail ourselves of the Bertices of such men as Leach , Doyle , Ross , West , Jones , Gammage , Mason , and others who have remained faithful teachers in the school of democracy . Those men have one and all closed the door of employment against themselves , while we stand peculiarly in want of their service ? . There is ample scope for their abilities—many places require their assistance , and tbe question is , whether or no apathy on the part of the body shall deprive us of their services .
I would hold up Ireland as an example to the English people , and tell them that if they subscribed as muck in a year as the Irish people subscribe in one week , the principles of Chartism would very speedily be placed in the ascendant . I trust , then , that this appeal will be responded to from all parts of England , Scotland , and Wales , so that those officers who you have appointed to transact your business may be made capable of performing the duty efficiently . Let us then hope that a day will be set apart for a national tribute—not to individuals , but to the cause ; and that every man will put his shoulder to the wheel , to aid in the good work . I addressed a meeting last night , ( Tuesday ) , in Turaagain Lane ; - and , though we were informed
that Chartism was dead in London , yet I never m my life Baw a finer or determined spirit manifested . Mr . Mantz , tbe Chairman , opened the proceedings by inviting discussion , and challenging my traducers to come forward ; and although there was a call at the close of tbe proceedings for Lovett , Parry , Benbow , and Watkins ; and although I declared myself ready to meet them , yet not one of those gentleman had the manliness to attend , although I gave them a general and timely invitation in my announcement of the meeting in last week ' s Star . At the close of the business , I enrolled one hundred members ; some of whom were Irish Repealers who had never before joined us , and one of whom previously to taking out hiB card , put the two following questions to me : —
Mr . O ' Connor does my enrolment as a member of the Chartist Association impose upon me a pledge to have recourse to physical force ! and Secondly—Does it bind me to abstain from or take any particular course with regard to other questions and discussions I Having answered both of those questions to the satisfaction of the querist , be took out his card . Now I consider those questions being put by an Irish Repealer more than equal to the enrolment of a thousand English Chartists , and I give you my reasons why ; because it informs us for the first time , of the real reasons why the Irish Repealers have refused to join our ranks . Honest Rouse , the stonemason , who stood by me when the Whigs
would have assassinated me at Birmingham , was still at my side , and I had the pleasure of shaking handB with Tery many of my old country friends who had been to London driven by machinery from Tarious provincial towns . This is the manner in which machinery is affecting the metropolis ; it is driving men of all trades and callings as competitors to the London market . And while the system iB thus centralising poverty in the metropolis it is also centralising universal opinion , as those provincialists are amongst the very best of our supporters . To night 1 go to Mile-end-road , where I expect to add largely to our numbers—and on Friday night to Tooley-street to hold a meeting in the house of one of the Irish Volunteers—aa fine " a fellow as ever lived .
I need not tronble you at any greater length for the present , than once more to express a fervent hope that each will subscribe his mite to support the cause of all ; and further to inform you that I do not acknowledge any monies except those which are » ent direct to myself . There was an error in one item lecentlypublished in the Northern Star—the three and sixpence from two friends for M'Douallj received at Sunder&nd , should have been two-andeixpence . It is of all things necessary that both you aad I should be most minute and particular upon money matters . I am , your faithful and sincere friend , Feargus O'Connor . London , Wednesday .
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TRTJRO , ( Cornwall . )—At a meeting of the Chartists of this place , on Monday evening , the 13 th inst ., Mr . F . K . Rowe in the chair , Mr . Longmaid strongly urged the necessity of every exertion being made by the meeting to make the intended visit of Mr . Clark as public as possible , that he might be enabled to establish the caase on a firm and permanent foundation , for on those who were already Chartists depended the success of his mission . We hope , after the visit of Mr . Clark , to be again enabled to employ a district lecturer , through the co-operation of the men of Camhorne , Penzance , and other localities . Mr . Edward Rowe also addressed the meeting . We are ready to prepare for the reception of Mr . Clark , and we trust that the County throughout may be found the Bame . HEBDEN BRIDGE . —Two lectures were delivered in the Chartist Association Room , on Sunday last , by William Dixon , from Manchester . The lectures "were well attended .
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SPAIN . —The Attempted Assassination of Nabvaez .- —The Times Correspondent writes : — Madrid , Nov . 7 . In the haste of despatching my letter last night I was only able to state the fact of General Narvaez being fired at ou his way from his lodgings in the Calle de la Luna to the Theatre del Circo , and his extraordinary escape from the shower of bullets aimed at him . It appears that he proceeded in his coach thither about eight o ' clock , to be present at the representation of Gisela , in which Guy Stephen performed before the Queen . On arriving at the Church of Porta-celi , the poach was fired at by two men , whose balls took effect upon two Ayudantes , who accompanied the General . One . Commandante
Baseti , who sat nearest the assassins , was mortally wounded in the forehead ; the other , Don Salvador de Castro , was also wounded ; though but slightly , in the forehead . Barsoti fell on the breast of Narvaez , exclaiming " They have killed me 1 " The General immediately shouted to his frightened coachman " Correar t" ( Drive on rapidly . ) The man lashed his horses , and proceeded in safety through a continuous fireNuntil he came in front of the guard poBtedin the convent © f the Basilios , where Narvaez and his Ayudante alighted and took refuge , bearing with them the wounded Commandante , who was immediately sent to the nearest hospital . He received speedy medical aid , and during the night
an operation was performed with the trephine ; but the ball had deeply entered the brain , and he died this morning . At the guard-house Narvaez prudently abandoned the coach , ( whioh on examination this morning was found pierced by twenty bullets , independent of those which entered by the windows , ) and sent word of what had happened to the Queen and her Ministers , who had attended . 'her to the Circo , and in continuation visited the barrack of the Princesa Regiment , and afterwards others , putting the whole garrison under arms , and marching strong patrols through the streets . However , no further
attempt waa made against . Narvaez or any individual . The assassins hating failed in their grand object , immediately dispersed ; and ^ o one presumed to question , ' stop , or follow them .- They all were disguised , wrapped up in cloaks , to conceal their blunderbusses , and wore the ordinary velvet sugar-loaf hats , as if desirous to avoid exhibiting any signs which might betray them ae military men or disbanded National Guards , amongst both , or either of whom , Narvaez knows he has quite sufficient enemies to count upon , without being deceived intoa search for the assassins amongst the class of quiet paisanot or civilians of Madrid .
At nine o ' clock the General went to the theatre and showed himself , alive and unhurt , to the Queen and her Ministers , still wearing the coat , shirt , and gloves , stained with the blood of the slaughtered Commandante Basoti ! ( Your readers will please to recollect that a style of presentation not impossible in the Royal dress-circle at an opera in Spain ! and that Her Majesty " came out" lately at a wholesale exhibition of blood and butchery by the serious and well-considered vote of the Provisional Cabinet Council . ) There are , a few words to be said in explanation of the possible motives of the assassins . Narvaez shot five sergeants and three privates since his triumphal entry into Madrid , for demanding the inconvenient fulfilment of his promise , given on the
field of Torrojon de Ardoz , to ailow them to go home in peace with their Hcencia absoluta . He also disarmed the National Militia of Madrid , the day after he marched his victorious troops into the city , in utter disregard of the capitulation made with the citizens by General Aspiroz previous to his entry ; To mark his contempt of all the vulgar notions of honour and good faith whioh the silly Nacionales of the capital imagined he was swayed by , he accepted Aspiroz ' s invitation to a grand banquet given the same day in honour of their mutual triumph over the credulous citizens , and thus completely identified himself with the success of the " stratagem" by whioh Madrid was entered without a struggle .
Whilst the Victorious Moder&dos were exulting over their wine at that feast , a company of the disarmed and outraged Nacionales were taking an oath "to quesada the four chiefs" amongst them who most excited their wrath . Narvaez was first on this list . Sarragossa . —In direct violation of the terms of the capitulation , General Concha has disarmed the milita . To accomplish this , he placed the whole of the troops of his division under arms , and
declared firmly that such a measure was a violation of the articles of capitulation ; but Concha , who was himself present , said that the order had come from tbe provisional Government , and that he was ordered to see it executed . After some hesitation , the National Guards prepared to submit , and their arms and equipments were then brought out and thrown together in a heap , in the court of the convent of " the Misericordia , " which was the place appointed for that purpose .
Barcelona . —The Moniteur of Monday , publishes the
following—TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES : — 11 Perpignan , Nor . 11 . " Yesterday Amettler quartered the insurgents who came with him from Girena in the town of Figueras and the neighbouring villages . " " November 12 . " Nothing new from Valenoia on the 8 th . The baud of La Cova continued to traverse the Maestrazjjo . "On the 10 th the insurgents of Barcelona were augmenting their works of defence . Yesterday the whole of the reinforcements received by General Sanz amounted to ten battalions . The troops of Prim arrived yesterday at , Basoara . " ; " Bayonne , Nov . 13 . " Queen Isabella II . took her oath on the 10 th in the presence ofthe two Cbambera , assembled in the H&ll of the Senate . "
Spain—Several insurrectionary movements have taken place ia tbe South of Spain , bnt they hare been generally suppressed . In Seville the Republican party was growing rapidly . There had been another attempted rising there in favour of the Central Junta , but the manifestation was suppressed by tho military . General Nogueras is at Gibraltar , and actively intriguing with the Spanish Esparterists . A large number of military officers have been arrested in different towns charged with conspiracy in favour of the " Central Junta . " The Lady Mart Wood , Peninsula steamer , brings an account that the insurrection at Vigo was at an end ; and that General Triarte with 1 , 000 men had escaped into Portugal .
The Slave Trade—The Brazilian barque Confidentia , Marvel dos Santos Lara , master , whioh was captured off Quillemaine river , Mosambique channel , on the 17 th of March last , by her Majesty ' s ship Lily , was taken into Sierra Leone , on the 20 th of June , for condemnation . The cargo of the vessel consisted of farina , "leaguers , " &c ; slave-irons and slave-decks were also found on board . The Brazilian schooner Esperance , Antonio A . GonsalTea , master , whioh was taken off Posso , on . the 20 th of May , by her Majesty ' s brig Spy , was taken into Sierra Leone , on the : 22 nd of June , and was found to be fully equipped for the slave tradew
TURKEY . —The German papers state that the Turkish population at Urania , to thesoutfi of Nissa , have risen against the Christians . T ^ e Turks pillaged the churches , violated the wo'aaen , and committed other excesses . The Russian Ambassador has demanded satisfaction from t' ^ e Ot toman Porte . UNITED STATES . —Lat ; : r Intelligence . — Wethave received copies of the Williamsburg Democrat , Albany Atlas , and . New York Freeman ' s Journal . We give tbe following extracts : —
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The PresiTONCT . —The Albany Alias coitfaimV reports of a number of county conventions at ati of which Mr . Van Boron was unanimously nominated as the democratic candidate for tbe presidency . The ELECTIONS . 4-The W . Democrat says : —^ The election news is favcmr&ble since our last . Pennsylvania comes out well , and will maintain the Democratic ascendancy f Connecticut increases her majorities of last year , which swept the state with a new broom . Bat New Jersey—we must have a special notice of the defeat which the Whigs have experienced there . 1 In that State property and not men , possesses the elective franchise . A movement has for some time been going on through the State to abolish this relic of Royalty , and extend to every
citizen his undoubted right to vote a * we do in this state of New York . The Whigs—natarally and as a matter of course—oppose that right . Hence the New Orleans defeat which they have met with in New Jersey . Such } also was the proximate cause of their recent defeat in Massachusetts . They had held possession of that State for a long number of years ; but when the Royal Charter question came up in Rhode Island they came out as a party against the principle of self government , and the people burled them from power at the very nex 4 election * Thesefacts show that a large portion of the Whig party are in favour of equal justice . And yet they hang by that party which are always on the side of hoary abase , against every movement that is made to elevate the people and extend their authority .
The Times correspondent gives the ^ following analysis : — f The eleotions in the several states which first took place all resulted in the triumph of the Looofoco or democratic party , ! while those in September and October , with the exception of New Jersey , vrere all favourable to the Whig cause . Of the 201 elected , the Locofocos claim 138 , and allow the Whigs 63 . Of tbe 22 to be elected , they claim 14 , and allow the Whigs 8 . According to this statement , tbe next house of representatives would consist of Locofoco or Demooraticjmembera ... 152 Whig ... | ... ~ 71
Democratic majority 81 From this estimate , the Whiga deduct some 8 ot 10 , thus admitting a majority of about 70 . Witb this clear and undisputed majority of 70 , or twothirds of the whole ] house , the Democratic party in Congress , bo far as the house is concerned , can decide all the great and important questions that are to come before it , as well in three as in six months . ' In the United States Senate , daring the next session , there will be—Whigs ... :. ... 28 Locofocos ; 24 Whig majority 4 Repeal . —A meeting of the Repealers of Albany was holden on the 9 th of Ootober , and £ 50 was ordered to be sent to the Dublin Association . The Savannah Repealers held an enthusiastic meeting on the 18 thjof September .
A MEETING OF THE BROOKLYN REPEALERS Was holden on the 9 i , h of October . The Boston friends of Ireland held a large and enthusiastic meeting on the 13 th of Ootober . An enthusiastic Repeal Meeting was held at Albany on the 23 rd of October , when 400 dollars was collected . ! Meetings have been holden at Buffalo , Baltimore , St . Louis , &o . &c . 1 Governor Pennington had addressed a message to the Legislature ef New Jersey , in which he represents the affairs of ] the state to be , in all important respects , in a prosperous condition . The Treasury is comparatively free from embarrassment , and its annual resources adequate to meet public demands . After congratulating the Legislature on the
prospect of returning commercial prosperity , the 'Governor proceeds to j ascribe the revival of industry and enterprise chiefly to the protecting legislation of the last Congress . The protecting system should , he says , be considered the settled policy of the country , never to be affected by the progress or results of any of the ] struggles for place and power that might from time to time divide the people . He holds it to be the true policy of the country to raise the means for the support of Government by the imposition of duties on foreign commerce , aud to divide among the i n states Stheir inheritance in the public domain . ) General Bertraud , in his travels through this country , is receiving a hearty welcome and the most respeotful attention from all and ever ; party .
Texas and the \ Oregon Territory . —There is a Storm ahead in relation to the trying question of the annexation of : Texas to the American Union . Many symptoms of a premonitory character have been sufficiently developed to lead to a conviction that the subject will form la prominent topio in the next session of Congress . As a sample , the Charleston Mercury , Mr . Calhoun ' s organ , closes an article with these words : — " We are not in the confidence of Mr . Tyler , but there can be little doubt , we apprehend , that the President of the United States who effects the annexation of Texas will acquire a renown in American history only inferior to that of Washington or Jefferson , and compared with which
all mere party honours pat together would be mere dust in the balance . " On the other hand , Mr . John Quince ; Adams , certainly the most venerable , and one of the most distinguished of American statesmen , has just made agreat speech tohis constituents at Dedham , Massachusetts , in whioh he opposes the annexation of Texas , and the institution of slavery , with eren more than his wonted power and eloquence . He Btatedjthat it would be a leading topic in the next session of Congress , and that he would oppose it with all the vigour that God had given him ! What between Texas and the Oregon
territory , a stormy time may certainly be looked for in December . With reference to the latter subject , a Tyler meeting was held a few days since at Cincinnati , in whioh , after resolving that th& whole northwest coast , from latitude forty-two degrees to fiftyfour degrees , belongp of right to the United Stats , the following resolution was put and carried unanimously : — j " Resolved—That we approve of the policy of President Tyler inirelation to the just claim of the United States upon the Oregon territory , and we hereby pledge ourselves , if it shall become necessary , to maintain lour right with the blood and treasure of the nation . "
Blush , America !—An old revolutionary soldier named Jacob Lent ; was found dead in his bed at Hyde Park . He was upwards of eighty years of age , and perished through want and neglect 2 ! ! Currency op Alabama . —Letters from Mobile say that , by general consent , the currency of that state , on and after Monday , Ootober 2 nd , will be specie . All debts not otherwise specified , will now be paid in specie , and the ourrency of the state be
sound . ! Another Algerine Outrage . —We are informed that West and Potter , who are imprisoned and indicted on the oaths of Shelly and Keep , were taken before the Court handcuffed and chained together ! This ignominious treatment is one ot the petty abuses of power which have marked the Whig party of Rhode Island , brought disgrace on the very name ofthe State , and will cover the authors with infamy , —Providence Herald *
BesxoN 8 EBP 3 TRBSSES . —At a meeting held at Washington Hall , ] Boston , it was stated that one woman had to make oilad jackets fox 16 cents a piece . Another was refnsed work because she would not take slop shirts at four eents a piece , aud find the cotton and buttons . Several had worked on flannel shirts , with ' binding round the neck for feight cents . Ten would ( be a good week ' s work—eighty cents—working from six till nine o ' clock . The number of females ; enrolled is about 1000 ; full 300 were present , and" the president reported that the sum of sixty-three dollars had been contributed towards defraying ; the expenses of the ^ society by numbers of individuals friendly to its object . A Great Robbert in Cairo . —We copy the following from th © St . Louis Republican of the 6 th . instant : — ¦ I ¦ _
. "Theoffice of the Illinois Insurance and Trust Co ., and Cairo , was entered on the night of the 2 , 8 th . ult ., by means of false keys , and a largo iron safe opened in the same way , and robbed of about 8 , 000 dollars in notes of the Cairo Bank , 56 dollars in Kentucky paper , a ] large lot of jewelry , and several drafts . ' j »«•»« ¦ . Convicted of Murder . —Wm . H . Comings was found guilty of murder in the first degree , at the late sitting of the Court in Graf toncounty , N . H . The Bradford ( Vt . ) Protector represents Comings as beloHgiDg to a respectable family—that he is abont thirty years of age ; and that about nine years
ago he was married to Adeline Tenney , of Hanover , of a reputable name and family in that town . She was some time , about a year ago , found suspended by the neck to a bed post , and it was supposed she had committed suicide . Suspioion was first raised from the accidental dieeovery of a letter whioh he had written to another woman by the name of Abbot . A former intimacy was known to exist ; the correspondence was watched , and was found to contain written admissions on the part of Comings that all had not been rightl with bis wife , it was . for that murder he was ooimoted .
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Stjbamboat AccmiSf , —The steamboat Forrea ^ Captain Hazlett , in her upward trip , struck a snag at the head of Black ' s Island , and 3 unk in five feet water—one man by the nanta of M'CIintoQk jumped overboard and was drowned . The boat will be raised , and the cargo , which consisted of tobacco and copperas , will be saved in a damaged state . The Zsnesville brought op her passengers . —Pitts ' burg Gaz . The journeymen tailors of Cincinnati tamed out for higher wages on the 10 th . The shoemakers were about to follow . .
The Weather—The premonitions of winter are already evident . The weather tor a week err more , has been cold , wet and uncomfortable , and on the highlands to the southeast , and in Cattartfagus snow has fallen to the depth of from one te-fotr inches . Last Friday , along the summit level of th Ohio canal , south of Cleveland , a traveller inform ns that the snow lay on the ground two or three inches deep—Buffola Com . Adv . Swow Storm—We have experienced this morning an unusually severe snow storm , which has done considerable damage to fruit , and shade trees in this vicinity . The depth of the snow was some five inches , and very damp an < f heavy .
The semity of the storm drove the Constitution back to port last night—aud the evening boats were kept over until this morning . 'She Samsonis laving to vrader Pt . Abino , n consequence of the formidable white caps extending entirely across the lake . The Brig Boston with a full cargo from the tipper Lake » , « am& iff daring the height of tbe snow storm as did also swne Bcboonexs . ^ -Pujlab Com . 17 th instant , Mr . JPox , the British minister at Wellington , has jeen dangerously ( so it is said ) ilk of the bilious fever . Hishealth is now improving . ' Professor BwigW ) , of Yale College ; - was killed a few days since , by a student named Fasait . The cause was a-sndden quarrel , and the etndent wearing arms .
Bill Johnson , the so-called " hero" ofthe Thousand Isles , has been killed by his own son-in-law , in Iowa . A negro ; named Gridley , was btog fay a mob , by lynch-law , aad afterwards burnt , a few daysBince , aVRaymond , Mississippi . He had committed several robberies . - _ CANADA—The Canadian news is uninteresting ' . The debates in both houses- were upon minor subjects . After a long discussion in the House of Assembly , the bonding of foreign cattle clause in the Agricul tural Protection Bill had been adopted . Meetings were still being held throughout the province respecting the removal of the seat of Government ; and > the correspondent of tile QtteSee- Gazette mentions that it was an open question . Some attributed the sudden change to the receipt of despatches from England , and others to a wish on the part of the Governor-General to have the question considered open .
An attempt was made about a fortnight since to produce a disturbance among the St . Regis Indiana , in the late disputed territory , by exciting theat against the British , and claiming & portion of their village , whioh had always been considered British . The attempt failed , and troops are to be sent from Montreal , if required . Major Richardson , editor of the Canadian Loy alist , and Stewart Derbyshire , Esq ., M . P . P ., fought a duel a few days since at Kingston , Canada . After the first fire ( no harm being done ) , the parties were reconciled .
WJBST INDIES—A counter-revolution in Sk Domingo has been attempted , headed by a Colonel Dalzon , who was soon shot j and thus the weak ( affair terminated . The new Hayti Constituent Assembly has voted indemnities to the losers by the late revolution ; and the pressing demands of France for the payment of instalments due to her by treaty are under discussion . Herrare ,. the president , in a message , recommends an amnesty for all political offences . It is expected by mauy that Fiance will revive her claims to a portion of the island of St . Domingo , in the event of her demands not being satisfied . SOUTH AMERICA—The commissioner sent to Mexico for the purpose of- entering into a treaty of peace and amity with that Government have not yet returned .
It was thought that another war between the two countries would be inevitable , as quite a belligerent feeling bad began to manifest itself among the Yucatecoes , in consequence ofthe tardy movements of the Mexican Government in relation to the proposed treaty , which had been increased by a late proclamation from the Mexioan- Government , closing the port of Laguna against all vessels belonging to Yucatan * A revolution had taken place in South Pern , with
the ex-President ( Toriees ) at its head . The acting President ( Vivanco ) immediately sent a military force from Lima by the English steamer Peru , and , after a slight skirmish routed the revolutionists . The English steamer-of-war Salamander was at Callao on the 11 th of August . Bolivia had threatened war against Peru , and a fouraal declaration wae daily expected . The ports of Cobija and Arica were under blockade to prevent the importation of gunpowder into Bolivia .
It was rumoured that the natives had risen on the Freneh inhabitants of Senegal , and that two of the French inhabitants had been killed and forty of the natives . Three French men-of-war , baa , it was said , been despatched to their assistance . BELGIUM . —The session of the Belgian legislature was opened by King Leopold in person , on Tuesday , the 14 th . The speech , " for a "king , " was pretty good ; superior to our Royal speeches The following is an extract r— " Belgium , so renowned for her agricultural progress , contains nevertheless a considerable uncultivated territory ; aad my Government will ask you for powers to enable them to afford new resources to the population . " Here isa bit of common sense , which , with good effect , might be copied by "Her Britannio Majesty ' s" advisers . Let Peel look to it J
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OASTLER'S LIBERTY FUND . [ We are glad to perceive that at last energetie steps are determined on , to procure the release of the Poor man ' s friend" from unjust confinement . Most heartily do we wish the project all success . The labours and moral worth of Mr . Oastler demand from every man of heart , without reference to parly , a tribute of respect : and in what better manner can that respect be paid , than in giving ; freedom to the confined ? We are sure that the working people will make this cause their own : for they cannot forget the services of the " good Old King" to their order . The project of holding meetings is a good oae : one that will bring the ease ofthe incarcerated patriot before the public at large ; and in those meetings we hope to see men of all parties advocating the caase of Buffering worth , and pleading the claims of an honest man to the aid and help of his kind . The following is the beginning of this good move . ]
At a central meeting of the friends of Mr . Oastler , held en Wednesday , November 15 th , 1843 , at the Yew Tree Inn , Robert Townj in the West Riding ; of Yorkshire , to take into consideration the most advisable means of raising a fund for the liberation of Mr . R . Oastler . John Tweedale , Esq ., of Dews * bury , in the chair , . It was resolved , —1 . That an effort be made to . establish a "Liberty Fund , " for the liberation of Mr . Oastler ; and for the accomplishment of such purpose , it is thought advisable that public meetings be held in every part of tbe Kingdom , and that . a commencement be made at Huddersfield ; and it is ordered that a public meeting be called in that town on Wednesday , the 22 nd inst ., at which William Busfield Ferrand , Esq ., M . P ., has promised to attend .
2 . —That William Beckett , Esq . M . P . be requested to accept the office of General Treasurer , and Mr . L . Pitkeithly that ef General Secretary . 8 . —That the various towns in which taealingB . are held be requested to appoint a local CommHtC * , Treasurer , and Secretary , to act for their particular localities . V 4—That the Factory and other Operatives aav » impressed upon them the necessity of sabsoribmg it . the ll Oastler's Liberty Fand , " to accomplish the release from a debtors' prison of their best and most zsalons friend ; and that the higher classes of erery political party be also requested to subscribe ; and that the surplus after paying off the debt of M * Oastler , be applied to the purchasing an annuity for that gentleman . 5 . —That the thanks of this meeting are given , to William Busfield Ferrand , Esq ., M P ., for his kiad offer to aid the " Oastler Liberty Fond , " by
attending public meetings daily for oae month , in > such places and at such times as the friends of Mr-Oa ^ tler may deem requisite . / 6 . —That John Walter , Esq .,. having intimated his willingness to render assistance in this good work , be respectfully thanked for the same , and urgedtoattend the Huddersfield meeting . 7—That as the object o £ the Fond is- the Liberation of Mr . Oastler , the Committee regr « tthat under existing ciscumstances they have not the means , to advertise the proceedings in the public papers ; the press , is however , thanked for its liberal assistance heretofore , and respeotfully requested to pablish the objects of this Committee gratuitoaBly . John Tweedle , Es ^ Javing leftthe ^ chair , ; it wa » taken by Mr . Titus Brooke , after ^ which w watt unanimously carried that the thanks of thia meeting are due to Mr . Tweedle for his : impartial conduct in the chair . . v ~ - ^ . ¦*¦¦¦ ^ Wi . ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ 6 *>~ ' ~ r ~~
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TO THE WORKIKG CLASSES . Mt Beloved Frieio « , —Every man who looks to passing events must come to the conclusion , that the struggle is approaching between right and might . The state of Ireland , with rents reduced to the Tariff standard , religious dissensions , and centralization of power ; tbe state of South Wales , witb increasing poverty and taxation , are co-existing circumstances which will require other machinery tban that which has worked the old system to work them harmo-Bionsly ; and in exact proportion as dangers thicken , in the exact same proportion do the enemies of your friends multiply , increase , and combine against yon . HaTing stood amongst the foreaftrt of yonr
friends , z naturally expected to be made the victim of your enemies . Sat in all nyferMe ? struggles against faction I have found ample sappoii in your affeetionate regard and co-operation . J fight my own battles alone ; and reetntly , and especially daring my last tonr , so many leaders of different sections haTC conspired to weaken my influence , that I feel compelled to meet them ia open combat . Some men say , "heed them not ; we know you ; and we know them ; " but as it never has been my policy to sit tamely under abuse , my silence upon the several attacks that hare been recently made upon ree might be construed into an admission ef the troth of the several charges .
Mr . Parry has addressed a letter to me full of matter condemnatory of himself , but profesing to be charges against me . That I shall answer next week to your entire satisfaction , if not to his . Mr . Watkins , a man to whom I have never afferded the slightest pretext , has perambulated the metropolis upon a tour of denunciation ; but thanks te the honest men of London he has been routed and discomfitted ; and in his endeavour to destroy me and the best men in the movement , he has sealed his own doom . I could afford to pass over such ingratitude in silence ; but when I take the efforts of those parties in connection with those of another
individual who has also joined them in their crusade , I feel myself called npon to meet tbe slander in its infancy , and to give the death blow to this new-bom conspiracy at once . The last publication to which I refer is a pamphlet published by the Rev . William Hill , purporting to be a comment upon two of Ms letters whioh were refnsed insertion in the Northern Star . In that pamphlet he expresses a strong disinclination to quarrel with me , while he calls me hypocrite , faith-breaker , liar , and dictator ; words artfnlly elided in to what he would have me to belieTe was a Tery temperate appeal . HoweTer , a 3 I haTe resolTed that the Northern Star newspaper shall never again be made the vehicle of personal squabbles , I have replied to this printed pamphlet in another pamphlet , which is now published , and in
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NEW WOOLLEN CLOTH AND TAILORS' TRIMMING ESTABLISHMENT , 37 , BRIOrGATE , LEEDS , AND MARKET PLACE , DARLINGTON . "M" H . DAVIS respeotfully inTites the attention of the Public to his VALUABLE and EXTENSIVE STOCK OF WOOILEN CLOTHS , Which he has purchased for Cash , and is determined to se'l ^ br a very small amount of profit . The Goods are of first-rate Manufacture , and not made for sale only , but will have the good properties of wearing well , and ensuring future orders . : The Stock consists of DOUBLE-MILLED WATERPROOF TWEEDS , BEAVERS , PILOTS , KERSEYS , CASSIMERES , SUPERFINE YORKSHIRE and WEST OF ENGLAND CLOTHS , WOOLLEN aad COTTON CORDS , FUSTIANS , &o . &o . Waistooatings from ls . 6 d . upwards , in endless variety . M . H . D . takes this opportunity to thank the numerous body of TAILORS , who have patronized him sinoe he dissolved Partnership with Mr . Cullingworth , and begs to assure them that no House in the Trade shall undersell him in any one Article . = ¦ The Working Classes are invited to purchase Fustians , Cords , and Moleskins , at the above Establishment ; they will find it more advantageous to do so , and employ their own Tailors , than encourage the "Ready Made Clothes Selling Monopolists" who get rioh at the expenoe of the Working Man , by paying him one half for a Garment that other Masters give .
Subscriptions Received By Mr. Cleave.
SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAVE .
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Mr . Hilt , purposes to be in Newcastle on Sunday , the 10 th of December , for one , two , oi ; tbrjB £ BejwaonB ; and be atthe serviceof tne Newpa ^ enwHWJgaiay evening * the 11 th . On the ^ mfff ^^ SSl ^ k m 1 poseatobeat Shields ; andoufflHSwW ^ fiS 2 Werland . On the ^ th ho Jy ^ a Mfe ^^ , ^ for Sunday and Monday ; «?« i f ^© gSjB ^ RaSSi I part of that week be . ready ^^^^ H ^ cM ^ S [ districts . t ' frr ^ ' ^^ J ^ i ^ m * Wi *^~ -wSmR - : - ¦ m Vk > ^ --z- -X YviL'ir 911 2 $ ^^ S 3 sfv—S--
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YOL- YII- ISO . 314 . SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 18 , 1843 . PWCE » "gg 4 ^ % ? "
To Daniel Cpconnell, Esq,, M.P.
TO DANIEL CPCONNELL , ESq ,, M . P .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 18, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct508/page/1/
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