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O'BRIEN v . THE NOKTHERN STAR , THE CONVENTION , AND O'CONKOR ON THE ELECTION QUESTION . York Castle , Jane 19 , 1841 , Mt Dea * O'Bbies , —I h&ve juit read four letters from you , of different dates , in the Star of this day , » ad I think you w'll admit that there is in each ' a something demanding notice from me . In the discharge of my duty , it shall be my endeavour to preserve my correspondence free from any , even the slightest , appearance of controversy . I shall £ ive to it
the real stamp of what it is intended to pass for ; an erjqcirj , by two persons pofpessed of mpch public eonfiuencej as to the best means of arriving at an obj » c *» sp ° n which they are perfectly agreed : such skill be my course ; in the investigation as to the most profitable use to be made of our present position for ibe acquirement of the Charter . Before I come to the consideration of that which is the grand question , I nrnst Terr briefly dispose of some extraneous matter with which , here aiid ihere , vonr letters are interlarded .
" The first passage which I s-hall notice is the following You say : — *• Oh ! If the Chartist press woold but give up their dirty , jealous , personal squabble ? , and fcr once ac : an honowable and manly par ^ how soon rre should see 4 C'O good men and tree , ready to take the field and be pnt in nomination , and beat both factions on every hustings , at the approaching elections ! " Now , unless this is the shadow of some coming event , of which I am wholly 2 nd entirely ignorant , I am unconscious of its meaning , as I am ignorant of the object it is intended to achieve . There are four Chartist papers in Great Britain : the Slcr . the Scottish Patriot , the Dundee Chronicle and the Perth CAronick , and never daring their existence has there a line of
controTfr = y appeared in one of them , nor has controversy been allowed to be kept up between third parties in the . r column * , lest the very fact should involve the papers in the conflict . From no weekiy paper has the Siar copied so extensively as from the Scottiih Patriot ; and , in truth , I had more than once piqned myseii" upon the striking difference that Barks the unanimity of the present Chartist papers is compared with the deadly war which was early waged , and kept np to the close , by the two first Radical papers produced by the alteration in the j&duties , iheLondon Dispatched , theLondon Mercury . They literally at * each other to the tails ; and aid much injury to the cause . Do not suppose , however , that in this contrast whicn I would have
a perfect r ; gat to use in answer to your remark , even without qualification , that I mean it as any rebuke to you . I do no : ; as you were one tf the persons attacked , and had ; no alternative but to defend , or Eurrender character and public confidence to the assailants . I use it to prove that there are situations in which those who wish for unanimity , and are sensitive abont differences ( which do not exist ) may be involuntarily dragged before the public . This portion of the subject I dismiss , congratulating myself that never , in the history of the newspaper press , did so cordial , so sincere , and unbroken a harmony exist between the journals of any party , as that which now exists between the whole of the Chartist pres 3 ; and when we have the satisfaction and advantage of your addition to our society , I feel convinced that the increase of family will but cement the union .
Tne Star is the eldest son of Cnarasm , but claims no exclusive right under the law of primogeniture . So much for your letter of the S : h of Jure . Your letter of the 12 th commences thns : — "ill deab AsiHt-B , —I kaTe jnst seen the Sorthern Star o { to-d&y , and rejoice to find that the Editor , ul last , sees the necessity of acting upoD the principle of meeting the enemy in practical style at the general election . Had he done , or advised , three months ago , ¦ w hat be is now doing and advisiBg , we thoaJd bare three hundred Chartist candidates now ready te take the field against both factions , and qualified to represent the people rather in the Commons" Houfe , or in another and better Honse , rapported by fiTe-sixths , si least , of the -eliole cation . Bat better late than nerer ! Bren now , at the eleventh bour , an effective Mow may be struct for the liberties of the people . "
Without at all ehampionising O'Connor , the Star , or the Editor , whose political characiers must be insuperable , I think I can most satisfactorily prove that yon wrote the foregoing paragraph in a moment of thoughtlessness ; while its appearance , however produced , justifies me in recapitulating facts which I would otherwise be deemed egotistical for repeating ; and when one of your powers of memory has se soon forgotten the repeated advice of myself and the Editor -upon this subject , I feel warranted at the"present moment in jogging less retentive mejaories by laving a true state of this branch of my poliev before * the readers of the Star .
In 1835 , 1 essayed to marshal the non-elective influence against the elective power of this country ; and after having detailed my pl&n cf s . gita . t ; on to a large out-door meeting at Hndder&Seld ,. one of them asked me how the force could be made available ? I answered that my intention was , that when the aon-electors were prepared , they should , at the next general election , elect by a show of hands , bees who shonld represent themselves in a house in London , called the " bee-hive , " if they pleased ; and I pledged aysfcif the good sense of the bees wotud very speedily hnng the folly of the drones into contempt . I said Bmeh more , but ssSse it now that this was icy
plan ; snd it seemed to strike even the most forward of the movement party dumb . This plan was spoken of everywere , and I was called a mad Ban . I am not aware that the plan ever was hinted at before I broached it at that meeting It never wa 3 printed before to my knowledge ; nor , up to that time , to the knowledge of any Eagle man that I cams in contact with , and they were many . In fact , if the thought was born before , it was a still birth ; for no : one soul bad ever heard of it . Indeed , it caused a sensation in those day ? , and was a fr < shness upon the very lip of novelty . That was in 1835 .
In 1837 , a : the last general election , and before the Star was in ex s = eEce , I made another tour ; ai . d » sais , as far as one idperaiing ce : azogue opposed by the whole > r-.- ? s could accomp'L-n tbe orject , I Krore to accomplish it ; but the public mind was not prepartd for tie trial . However , always determined to test rcy thecry by my practice , I weut t » Prestos , and " created a tremendous pub'ic ieeling for many days before the election ; ail a ; njy own expfnee ; and , witbou ? appearing as a suitor for electoral support . I went to the hnstiE £ 5 and accomplished my object , by gctt ; r _ - a show cf hands ; thus testing the great aco Eith ' . T d-. fivresr-e bevween electoral power and uon-e ! ec "" ve influence and feeling . That was in Jaiv , 1837 .
Ear ' y in iSSS , I mm to Glsssow also at my owr eip ^ ECc ,: ur . lc purpose of woriaujj ipy theory ir .: o practice , ar . d mere also 1 ac-Litvcd what the Chartists at the time c ^ nsidt ' eu a-s their greatest triumph . I £ tn the th ^ -w uf hand ? , and told then * ihai 1 i-m u : ~ ioid rnvsdf in readiness to cb-. y their cc-msa .-O .-, ¦ when tie res ; o ) ihe country vra . 5 prt pareu to coopers .-. ; ; -wiih teem . In Amust cf \ he same year . I again -rioted G ) n-£ ow . Perth , Kiircarnock , Luncre , Pa- > 3 ty , R .-nfr--iv :-h : r ^ , luc ina :. y oihfr places ; vr . c t :: ll tnfcrccd the Er--e == r . v t . f pro :-t -n : T : i . 'g this plan .
I then returned to En ^ ' anc , and addre .- £ ed ifae fUctcrs and lit-E-tl'ictoi-s oi : ke ' W &-t R > cir > g oi Yfcikvhire , both in ihe Star sud at pub . ic njretm ^ s . 1 t-j . d lEem that my triumph wc-ulu end v ? v . h their eie-v . ion of me by show of hancs . When I bad &a : ured the public mind to a ctrain extent . 1 puo l ^ ied , on ih-j ~ 21 ? i of Seprtmber , a pian -jot iLe cc-Eplete oT-gaiiisation oi tr . e county to carrv cut the national ob . kci : and from thai time : oihr prr . f . aofnjy impri ? onmeiit , I krpt it eonstaii ' . ly in pubhc vuw . This brings me to the immediate crii ; : cierai ; c : i or the eenterce in your kner rarinirg ihu * : — " h :-d he den-: or a-: vlieci * three months ato , wLat be is LvW dou : g and aaviiin ? , we shooia , " ftc
r ^ is parsETiph iaiinnat-es a gainst the E-j : tor o ; the Slcr a cLa-ge of very scrkns itd ck pall . Et-el-rv .- ; of dutv , in reference to the mat'er . Dati . t , ; acis are , " in geuerai , the only advocate ? I ca >; h ay aid sgziczi charges of emission , or j ;* g-ec : © f pub-he cu : y ; s ^ sa zs 1 co n sictr mjs ^ If rt s ^ or .-iblifor ever ? word of Editorial matter in the S . 'ar from * alch I do not pebhely express my disstbt , J nuw brg l ^ ave to fc-jimit for your coiisideration : be fclluvriiis pA&iiihed correction of your mistake . The foilown * k is from ' . be Star , of the' 27 vh Ftbrcary , Beven ; ti-n * fctks prtrious to the present number , and five prev : onto the period from which you lament the Eauur did Bo ; start : —
" There U much , talk of a dissolution of Parliament , ttd there ran be no h&nn in b « iag prtpartd for tie * wbi ; bat we hare Birong notions that tbe unp ) es * snt * &d incrtasiiig differences between Sir Bobert Pc * l and ba party may protract the event Peel ia no longer a kwer ; he will , ere long , become a ' cocked tailed £ ng « r . ' and we should not be at all snrpriKrd to fina ** Ri « ht Hofiourable Oentltman forming an alliance * i any party which bad for its object the release of ths Hhds-jry from the fangs of the Beggainun . Vi "; *^ B lave to direct attention to Uie letter from Feart-ua ^ Connor , published » o long ago as September , 1 SS 9 , fc 3 iFiuch we repubiifih to-dsy , thinking that it c-j .-* Wn » all th * i esu be said -apon the subject , a = d a feasible f ' -aa of action for the Chartiits . " , ^» , ECTely the Editor " need cot ov-rdo whs : I ** a cone to ' sur / einiig ! further than : o keep ¦ : fc £ ! vre the public . ¦
£ tvev uf : * olk > w : ng np the reconun ? E - ^ t :: n rcy Utter referred to in the above was reprint- - " - izom ™ s Star cf 21 it September , 183 J ; and , as you r = p p w 10 hav- forgotten its c-ontcnts , you wui S ; c " ^ ia priat ? d in sppie part of ! £$ preset BtUBb er .
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In lookiDg over the Siar of the following week , the 6 ih March , I find that my letter bearing more immediately upon the subject » f organisation , was published in that number ; and , curious enough , I also Snd in that number a- congratulatory article from the Editor upon the progress and unanimity of tho Chartist press . To that article , which you will find in the 5 th page of the Star of the 6 th March , under the head " Chartist PreBS , " I beg to direct your attention . Now , surely , yon do not expect that the Star of to-day ia to be a mere echo of the previous number ? and that , once having laid down a plan it is to be repeated to surfeiting ? And are you not very forgetful yourself in having allowed all these things to escape your memory \!
Wed , but did 1 , or did the Editor of the Northern Star , rely upon that being enough 1 No ; on the 15 th May , in a letter headed " To be , or Dot to be , " I again sounded the alarm , and , from my silent cell , tried to rouse the sleeping nation . From that letter I extract the two fallowing passages : — " There is now but one way of carrying tbe Charter speedily . A dissolution is at band . Rely upon it that tb # Whi ^ s will dissolTe ; tnef will not give the Tories a chsDce as loDg us they can fceip it Indeed , they have arranged all the dissolutioa scenery for the performance . They expeet great things from tbe novelties , but they do not know tbe feeling of the people . Howevtr , we shall have a dissolution , that ' s certain . All the odda in favonr of a Ministry in effice will be tried upon a g » neral election , before the hungry Whigs walk out "
I then enforce the necessity of exclusive dealing , for the purpose of carrying out my plan , and proceed thus : — ' But you must begin in time . Let tbe Executive take"it up , and send a form of pledge to be printed in the Star , and from the Star to he reprinted in slips in every town , and left by tfce Committee of tbe Association in each town , at every shop in the town . This could be done in a day . The ezpence is nothing . The shock wouid be electrical , ilake no ccnibinations to injure any person , but combine to serve your friends , and stick io it "
I ihms . that is pretty well for one man in prison , and now I refer you to every subsequent number of the Star for a note of the same tune . Could I do more ! What individual at large has done as much ? And , now I ssk is it right , is it fair , is it ju ^ t , is it prcdent , with all these facts—recent facts—staring yon in the face , to charge the Star with neglect of duty , while it"has performed the whole duty ! "When yon speak of . Newcastle and Brighton and their state of preparedness , von must certainly have passed over the Leeds and Yorkshire intelligence . No one- rejoices more than I do to hear of the state of forwardness of our party many place ; and when I correct error by adducing facts , illustrative of lho position of the immediate neighbourhood of tbe Star , no : a man who knows me will t-uppose ihat I do so for the purpose of making invidious compare ens . or wirh any other vie ' w iban to render honour to whom honour is due , and to defend myself and the Star against the charge of neglect of duiy .
Mow , whish in this struggle , was the first warriortewn armed for the battle 1 Leeds ! Leeds ! Leeds l ' formerly , rotten Leeds I Hurrah for Leedp ! aye , the men of Leeds had their full number of Chartist candidates in tbe field , their arrangemeni-s perfected , theaddressesoftheirnoblecandidatesonthe walls and in-the Star , before any other town in England . Hull had its Chartist candidate in the field . Bradford had its Chartist candidate , and Halifax had its Chartist candidate , in tbe person of the manly ,
upright , and independent Mr . Gully , who will vote for every point of iheCharur . Now , I ask if this proves neglect of duty , or if the tree is not be judged by its fruit ' . What was Leed 8 in 1832 I The hot-bed of corruption ; the head qnaners of pure Whipgerj , and the stronghold i-i faction . What Leecs is in 1841 200 , 000 men will declare upon the day of nomination , when Williams and Leech will knew whether or not the Star , the Editor , and myself , have neglected nnr dutv .
From the 15 : h of May , to lie j > Teseut moment , both the Editor and myself have been relieved from any personal responsibility which wo befcreincurred , by the unanimous recommendation of the late Convention ; and , therefore , aith&ugh I hold myself individually responsible for eveiy wcrd in the ' Star and in my own letters , yet might I , if inclined to split hairs , throw the onus of the recommendation upon the Convention . "While I give them great credit for their resolution , and which , observe , they say they had come to " after mature consideration , " I shrink not from the avowal that in their address I feel myself perfectly represented . The nest two passages which I select frcm your letter cf tbe 14 th , for comment run thus : — " I am extremely glad to find -that ihe a . d > ice given by the Xorthem Star , last 'week , correspond * exactly with tie snlstance of -what I have recommended to my friends all OTer Ihe country . "
In the very next paragraph you say : — " Tbere , s but one part cf the Star ' s advice I regret to se«—one from "which I ditstnt in ioto , I mtan tbe Editors recommendation to support Tories arain * t VThJgs , in case the Chartists should not be able to return their o ~ m . candidate . " In defence 6 f the Siar , my reply , and that of the Editor , _ to the first part of the first parsgr&ph might equally be as follows : —I rejoice to find that the recommendation of the representatives of the people , as conveyed in their splendid address , corresponds exactly with the substance of what I hare recommended to my party a !] over the country . Now , as this question is one of vital importance , not at all to the Star , but to the people , let us see what you approve of , and what you dissent from in the saTaie paper ef the 12 th June .
I have car ^ fuliy examined all the editorial comments bearing upon th » subject , of which there arr thiee . Ihj first " concludes tnus : — "Tun are now upon tbe eve of a great crisis , ami "what is yom tx / ct pvEi . ion ? It it this—You are the eaia > CE . of power ! and as siieb . tbe Polities' Lo > ds who are to farm &ut power upon the Lppr < acliu > g Jeasing day . If yon re-let to the former tenants tkey ¦ vnil pay in fntuie ts they nave paid hitherto ; in biooa , in tears , in toil , in sweat , in chains , in pfrw :-cnt : on . End bondage ; and to tlsm you n . ust LET FOR SEVEN" YEARS ; -while , upon tie otli-r har . d . if yon It : to the T ^ ri-s they be come mere TENANT : * AT IViLL , AND REMOVABLE AT PLEASURE ; slid i : iTcr , T . ' ctr , never , can the ' Bloodies' be truuht rtu ^ or :, txccvt in the school of adversity , ¦ which iskept at tie £ : gn of the bleak bide of the Treamry Beiickes .
" G-ct a tense cf "Whigs , and , iVr seven long yesr . - ml } zbtj c : h ~ g to ifSce a ' -u junitipJy al-nse . ' tnri a t"n ; t o : Tories , and tbtn , but nut till tLtn , can Whig c-TiitsLip of the ' Ci artists be re " ; td upeu . Tix-n wt sbali be the tinisole , the loveiy , the htaTtn burn Ccartists ! So , " Do-s-n with the ' bioor-ies , * hcr :-b ! hnmb ! Hurrah ¦ ' und ilovrn wjih the ' hioodita , ' hurrah . '" Th « Efxt uucir the head " D'j'y of the people at she c :: mn : tz tiect--: u .-, " ai . d w 3 .-id , , am-r r : rc ; - £ ; cein : ne : aiii-n of ihe 3 ui ; n ^ is . cv . yn , proceeds ihu .-: — ' Chartl =: $ . ' the rrnn ¦ who -wiil Tote for , rinu Co L ' . k utm ^ s : to Lcc-. njpli ^ h tie forc ^ i / ing list tf reforruE—It is ~ out nihji }
" "Wherever , by rp : txinc wirh the wi . 'Scs . jt n car return yoar man , do so . Wfcertvtr , by sy ^ V . wg * iih tne Tcri-. s , y < u can return y nr man , ( io so . " Eut -where yt-B taiicut tnd a qualified pf rscn to s :-. rt a » ycjriSEJi- ^ a ' e , vr-wbf re , owirg to your povesty . yuu da . re not ri .-fe ' -he tspenetB of a con ' -tt :, -wLat is tb-trn to l ~ i duUc ? ' Bo-sbu : y . n-rrere told to do setcd y ^ ar . s ago > y Bno > TERRE . - D .. vLat Feargvs O"Co >> or 1-as lar Lured tj iniprtjfijcsi frith tte : tl : t ^^ lt ^ o ! cuitc . Bsvt your ciE < i : dat-s ; elect tieni 1 »> £ t-w oi Lai cla . st tf ; Vciit&i'ie rcpr&s-n atires ; and itAve to Grvd ami jx-isr ovra rttLiiule it \ £ Jt lir future . "
Now , here you m »? t have irifE' . aktn a duty , cr raiher a C ' -ur-e- leivmriiei-ciei ! : o the nuu-tifciivb' < cy : n the t i riit of not havi ;;^ a caijdjd- ' . e ul ihJ . i i-w : i ; ano y-u vr ^ u !<; iiit ' er ir > m that i ! .-i n Yi ^ s s : \ anai . ce ttj h' the advice e-J ; - ' - where t ~^ - ^ to ihe ' ¦ « "i « C ! . ors a .-ling Ui ) C > r the ifiw ^ o rou-elertive prersure . In in : ? I ht'P ^ to thow } oa coi-j-isis youi : entire error . ¦ Yv' j 5 p < a ' -: of Chart ~ t eJec'or ? in a sense ; n whic . ' . , lhr-y ro iu" x :.-t . You rujpese tlum to me&i . ' c ' ec : or > who , ii ? ihe t ^ nt oi heir . g left free si , '' : w ;; h the balV ., would vote for a Cha ^ iist ca ? didate . in pr < : icrenc : i : o aiiy oshtr ; vrhiie 1 c ? e the term ir j a rtore jrenerai .-tn-t-. appiyirg i ; to th ¦ . •«• -, mi . vv oi ttb- m won J p . ' adiy arm ^ hilsie Lharti .-n ) , km wfo-vj trust wouid be iikely to be properiy cx ^ -cutec by a ! crtad of En frapty nil . This i * s latal error whirb ! has never jet bieii explained , but wLich I thai ' i pr- £ -. nt 3 v fuiiy eipo ^ e .
I The four parsgrapls , above quoted , critically I agree with -he aovic m my last ie-tter , to held the i uun ; er ; e-ii =: rr-rjtth whoiJv apart frcm buiii facuc-np ; ( aiiti the ¦ woTi ' s , " and l-. s ^ ve ; o Qvu aLG ycur uwii ¦ re ^ o ' .-ite hear * - * " . iv li'turt ' " r . a ^ c rcl ' erei . ci- r . vt to if •• i iieu : rili-y o ! voters , but '¦> li t iv . iv .: c c-. ui .-c u ; ii .-.. : no ! -- > Ot ' . r- ; a . d the ni . ol . " *; : > t ct ' lh&v ir ^ ut , ai , u ; : he jv . 'j =. ir-rr : ¦ : " . '" I lie R-ekcli'Lj : i ) ay , ' ^ e > , : £ r--iv , ' ... i .-.-sv t : ir a " ' ~" ' u : > DTts-rv f r Whii' jiuw / -. ' ¦ oen-i ¦ :---r- '> ytC hy u . " i : ¦"" ¦ .. r = : i ¦ <} . r--i- ^ bo ; y , t > - an ! . ¦ ' : ! : ¦ ? . " •¦ ¦ " -- -v t > . " ! *¦ ( . : .:-cicvi e ii . iiiitLCe , in " . ; . ? rv-. ;( .-: :. ¦ : ** ' - ¦!! {! - .:. c io trar ^ l ^ r the bala ; T ' ' i t : uv- ' ' ir .: ¦ . ; :-. ' : - ~ \<> ; hf > jnrr ? i ' " r <>' . . - ¦ . S : cv : -:. i , : . b j n .- ' : r - ;! -: U for v ..- . Hw ^ tiicci .- - ... c-utiiJe I ' .-:.-:: l . o to n :-:- ' :: o :. s . At ! ea-t . it' iL
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between the Editor and himself , while you find matter for approval and disapproval in the same number . Yon close your letter of the 14 th thus : — " I tell you , Bowman , that the Chartist -who -votes for a Tory , unless that Tory votes for kirn , ia either a fool or a traitor . Down with both factions , and no distinction , should be our cry . " I quite agree to join in the hue and cry ; but I must have the means of catchifg my thief when I see him , otherwise the hee and cry , and his description , is of little use . Presently , 1 Bhall point out my reasons for my every advice . You perfectly well know that tbe legal maxim , " qui facit per aiiem facit per te" { who acts by another acts himself ) , holds good , equally as regards legal principles and political teacheiB ; and therefore the man who recommends the course must also be a fool or a traitor .
Now , I sbail not retort farther than by presently proving the converse of your proposition . Not one word Ehall escape me beyond a searching lor the truth . The next paragraph is the first in your postscript to jour letter of the 12 th , and which runs thus : — " P . S . I prey you again , Bowman , to discountenance the policy of voting for Tories , under ar . y circumstances ! unless uhere they coalesce icith ihe Chartists . The reconimendation « f that policy to the Chartist electors , by the Star and by the late Petition Convention , has already done us much mischief . It has furnished a handle to our enemies to exasperate the poor deladed Iriih against -us . It has been , in a great measure , the caust of the late deplorable events in Manchester . It has freatly neutralised the good -which Mr . O"ConE 0 T " s letters to O'ilalley tad unquestionably efftcted for us in Ireland . "
I feel it due to yon , to the Star , to myrelf , to the Convention , to ihe Irish ChartistF , and to the Chartiets of Glasgow , to protest m the most unequivocal terms against evtry sentence , Hiie , ana word , in the above ; and , pfrhaps , the best aud most judicious mode of doing eo will be by again calling my advocate , datfs and facts , to plead for us all . You must , then , have observed rbar , ever since Mr . O'Connell found the old Convention , and tbe English people , and the Star Eupporting a Repeal of the Lnion , he and the Irish press , assumed a more hostile tone against the English Chartists . You must be aware that Mr . O'Connell leeks upon eyery sincere Repealer as his greatest enemy ; as his monster , -which was but intended lor an agitating clap-trap , becomes dangerous in proportion ashegrows in strength . Every man of common sense has discovered that ; and now , allow me to place brieiy before you the facts which led to a rupture between the English and Irieh Chartists , and the blind Irish followers of moonshine .
On Tuesday , the 2 nd of March , now Bevtnteen weeks patt , ihere was a meeting called at the Justiciary Hall in Glasgow , for the purpose of supporting Lord Morpeth ' s Irish Agitation Bill . The meeting was announced for eight , but the committee issued tickets ( o the tup potters of the measure to attend at six ; they accordingly did attend , and were admitted by a side door to the a » ount of EOme hundrt-de . Mr . Colqubonn , by chance , got one of those tickets and instantly and prtptrly bounded the alarm , and mustered ( he Chartist forces , not for the purpose of opposing the Irish , but , very judiciously , tor the purpose of letting the world know that the Glasgow Chartists had not joined in the ciap-trap . Well , the Chartists were kept outside , 'hivenng , while , the O'Connellites were privately admitted ; and when I use the words Chartists and O'Connellites , I beg you to understand that among
the Chartists were many Irish Catholics , while among the O'Ccnnelites -were many Scotch merchants and traders . Well , when the doors were o ^ er-ed and tbe Chartists lound tbe meeting packed , they naturally became aiegusted and indignant ; and when Dr . Murdock , the excellent Catholio Bis-hop , was called to the chair , Mr . Ross ' s appointment to the office was moved as an amenununt , which , we are told , was carried . Howler , be that as it may , when Bishop Murdoch was in the chair , Mr . Colquhoun held up his card oi invitation &s his title to be heard , when he "was moet diamefuliy and brutally treated , and an indiscriminate attack was rxade upon the Chartists . In proof of the Chartists' innocence it is but fair to state , that many of the assailants ( but none being Chartists ) were punished by the Whig authorities fcr their conduct .
I regret being compelled to rub this old sore , because the good sense , philosophy , and judgment of tne Right Rev . Dr . Murdoch and oi the Chartists , had completely htaled the wound andnownota particle ot the sore spot is perceptible . But while those who were to live together as neighbours and friends were thus willing to sacrifice their apparent differences upon the altar of patriotism , and thejeby restore peace and good will , the feud was too great a . Ged-Eend for the Devil , ¦ who preaches peace and live ? Hpon dissention ; aud conseqwen-ly , in one ot ihose " patriotic" addresses , manufactured for the approbation of the Corn Exchange hirelings , and adoreesed to the Chartists of Newry , the attack upon Bishop Murdech is made tbe most
prominent feature , a kind of recruiting sergeant for the enl ' stment of Catholic prejudice against the English Chartists , being Protestants , and alro against the Irish Catholic Chartists , and from that morcent to the present , " Protestant , " u BanoveriaD , '' "Sassenach , " and "Orangeman " , have been tftefoolisb epithet .-: indiscriminately applied by the Catholics to their Protestant ai ; d Catholi * brethren , while struggling for equal liberty for tin Catholics and themselves ! You may , perhaps , say , u O , this is a mere assertion . '' To which 1 would be warranted in replying , li
well , it is asserrion against assertion . " But 1 am most providentially iu a situation to corrobora ; e my assertion , r . ot by circumstantial , but by written and direct evidence , and which I here subjoin , from James O'Brien , in refutation of the assertion ot J ames Brontei re O'Brie n . I received the following letter , -which bears cat- 23 rd April ; bear in mind the 23 rd . Apr ; J , icijg fcekre tie Star , or the Convention , haa said oiie word * bout the course the rcccmnieridatHn ot which , ytu say , led to the ridiculous conduct of - . Lt- Irish in Manchester . Now , Lear the cate ir . n ? : rici . Ei ; d htre is the let-er , which I receiTed uron ( . be 24 ; h : —
" Manchester , April 23 d , 1841 . " £ jr , — 1 vctM he Ttry mcch obliged by your answtrir . p me tbe foilo'Rirgque . Mior . stljroufbtlien-. ediiiw of tbe Hiar , -RbctLtr , asiiiepcrud tonsIiishnifrD , that ; on tiiCouiEftd tbe Chaitists of G . a gow te disturb tbe meeting tbrifwas £ ot up to pelitioi ; against Lrrri Stanley ' s Di . » fr . '; E < -b : 5 eii ; e-nt Lill , aid in favour of Lord Morpeth ' s Bill ? Umil that is ripi . tl ) ixpla red to us , y < n may ie ^ > atiittd tLat ve wiil rtvtr join you in ycur wild agitation as loig ils -we live . We will po lenrt and Laid for the Corn La-w . < , ami -will oppoteevtTy Chartist n . eeting tbst ¦ tckc-s jilste here , for ? r . tiBfaction for tbe irsuit offered to our rt ^ pei-ud IJcutan Catholic BULop , at tbe Glfsjow niieting . Yt-s , Sir , by htm wl . o » ad « i . s , chad or alive , itt vnli pet satisfaction of them , U . e s < ns of prostitution , for -where is there a -virtuous
n an in Englbiid , Sir , cone , not tue . Y « u are alsuaccustii of enyiDg that the vrcimen of Ireland are greater Ytgabimdb tt . an of Et eland are ; jrove it . Ob . that > ou cuuid be gui ' ty of sutb a fcayine ! Ycu are p-dvocaticg ir . dtperuteEt { . rricijOt-s . aDd Chanism alfO . as yi . ur fuliovsers also are- Why r : i ' o , fc > ij , bi tii jufTd tLtm ¦ w iii ntitaliow us i ur . liberty , if jou l . a
" I :-. v . i swiy that jcu should be lc-wtrtu in the ey <« of your ccur . trTinen . " Tfcere -was & disccssion got up in George-stTett . iia ' ifuul , ( D A \ ednesoay last , to ciscuts tht wttits of tLt Corn L . V 1 S ; tut ibfc Irifbnun afjtrjibitd -with au iutenkn of bitywg evtry Cfcarti&t -Kho < , } posed us . ' 1 -wmlii wish you M . fuia jjire ns sor . u iufcrmstinn rr . ttete fuVjects , to Eee if it -nould allay tbe animosity ti-at is in tb < . ! r treatts , for you rcsy depend tn it tfcat »> ty will < ii .-, turb cTtry Ctnrtitt meeting that takes ]> i : u-e hue . We txput to bate a meeting in tbe O > rn ExcL-Ei . ct a . ra . nst t )» - Corn L-. ws ; and it tlie Ci ar'iste c ine ; i . ( li&iuib it there will be fcur tLous-pnd Iriehnun k : V :. d ft Itast . >'( v cr vrill Chartism flourish in poor ireiprd sirce the GiafLOTr frav .
" On bcrt a > j . tst . » e art- to bare s meeting to fee if y ; u ¦ wi ll g ; ve ai , y ir . foTination to us . 1 rely on yrnr rjoble spirit to * f-e if you can ticoicate tLat black Fpot cut of your tnast If you c ! o r . ot answer this leUer . thifu ^ h tbe colnmrs of your parer , we expect Eilence gives ceneeut . "I am , " Your most obedient rc-CDtrymsn , " James OBrie ? . " Now , uLat tay ycu to that ? I answered lbat ietttr the very numtnt 1 received it . i enclosed
my answer to an Irish Catholio , 8 nd requested that he and two on ere would attend the meeting about to it convened icr receiving my answer . I did rot teil one of tl . e three tbe contents of n . y letter , or of the letter 1 received . 1 did not allow a sirgle triglith Chartist to appear in the affair . My letter charged O'Brien with being the fabricator of tho foiiy about Jri > h women , until ho should tell bis author , whom 1 prunir-ed to J-irk well irj his pre .= eBce . As to the Gi-i .-j-i-W riieeiu : g 1 truly Stated that I had never i .-: aru a vrord about it , tili I saw the result , which 1 oetply ceploied , in ihe papers .
vs ei ] , i : inquiry was the object , why not publish rr . y answer I And had I not a periec-t rij ; ht , do ; hti . rii ; w a w ., r , i to i > e contrary , to suppose that , m \ cr . iwer v . \ is qi ;; c ratij ' actory , and that all the diifTfre ° ? w r- rccco-Pcd . The lact is , ercund ot zcvasui . eu , aiid to : refutation , was the tbing hoped for . 'iha ieuer was handed sealed to tbe chairmaii , and -vva ? rtdii to the meeiing , but never j . nlihhed . Now , -what say you \ And where is tie man on earth who can say he ever heard fro : a me one wcrd about the mad intention
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of my countymen . as expressed by O'Brien , until now dragged from me in defence of the Star , the Convention , and the Chartists ? Had I supposed that my letter was not satisfactory I should eertainly have Eerit O'Brien ' s to the Executive to put them upon their guard . Let me now uk you what support wo could expect from men who declare that they will support a repeal of the Corn Laws , or any thing , and oppose the Chartists , because the Glasgow parties had a misunderstanding ? Your observation , if believed , would have have done more to injure Chartism , the Star , and the Convention , than if the whole press of England bad been usirjg its best endeavours to effect the object . The
only difference is , that to the pres 3 I would attribute one motive and to you another . Your mctive , I feel convinced was in order to afford an opportunity for healing the wound by a fair exposition of what could be said in reply to the slander which , perhaps , was noised abroad , and brought by a correspondent under your notice . Of this I feel certain , because no man can doubt that the charge , if believed , would at once justify the Irish for their hostility to the Chartists , would destroy all confidence in the discretion aud judgement of the Convention and the Star , and would effectually undo the very thing which for tix years I have zealously laboured to effrct , and do the very thing which , for the same period , Daniel O'Connell has endeavoared ,
but in vain , to prevent—a thorough union of the people of both countries . Can 1 ever sufficiently return thanks to Providence for having preserved O'Brien's letter ? for had I no better defence to offer than mere assertion to assertion , public opinion might have been led astray ; but I have now crushed the calumny in its infancy . I have gome carious documents , I assure yon . I have , without resorting to the same means as Fouchi for acquiring it , just as minute information about the plots of the great as he had . I have had many communications from servants of ministers , Koble Lords , M . P ' s ., Right Reverend Fathers in God , and others , and from Chartist soldiers , much of which I turned to good account .
1 shall notice one , and only one more passage . In your letter of the 14 th , you say t" And as to the new hocus pocus policy of promoting Chartism fey inundating the next Houee of Commons with Toryism , I csmvot fii . d language capable of expressing my contempt for it . O'Connor is certainly wad , if he imagines it ; for I am certain he could never swallow &uch a gross lump of Cobbettism in a moment of sober reflection . It is contrary to all his former rec&rded opinions , acd utterly at variance with the policy he so ably nrd iiis-DftiJly followed up against the Liberator and Champion . "
Here I fully agreo iu ihe assertion that O'Connor must be mad , if he imagines such a thing even possible ; bnt the man who would affect to suppose that I did imagine such a result possible , or who would lead others to suppose that I so imagined , must have read that portion of my letter to very little purpose . I do not repeat " mad" "fool" "traitor , " or '' mad man , " lor the purpose of retorting ; but I would be a cross between all , if I bad recommended the entertainment of such a proposition . lehould be a mad fool of a traitor .
Now , jufct observe ; in my letter of the 20 th May , in which the passage occurs ( and from a reference to which I find that again the negligent Star was BcoldiDg the people for not being ready with all tho machinery for the contest . ) I used these words , " Six years ago , I said I would prepare you for tale . Two years apo . I published a plan for your local organization }; and THKEE MOATHS AGO I REPUBLISHEn THAT PLAN . 1 was well aware that only during the excitement of a contested election , would either band of robbers bid for the virtuous people ; that hour baB now come YET ARE TOU KOT PREPARED WJTH YOUR
COMMITTEES , SUB COMMITTEES , TREASURERS , AND SECKETABUS OF ELECTWN&L 1 UXG ChVBS , Which I XdCOWmended , but as I never fight with my own party bnt always try to make up for their laziness by MY OWN EXTRA DILIGENCE . I TELL YOU NOW TO GET VOUB SIACHJNERY KEADY . " I mf'I'Cly chopped upon this sentence in looking for the passagto which you refer , in order to construe it by the context : and 1 ask you now , has the Star been negligent in the arrangements necessary for the Btrugglc ! But to the passage . You know , full well , that I was describing the calamity which must ever follow the want of opposition to the Government in being . You know that I paid that such a thing as inundating the House with Tories was " impossible . " That was my very word , and I was bj poihelically describing it as a calamity inferior only to the want of an opposition .
riow , row do 1 conclude th « paragrah ? Thus : — " If jcu bad 658 Tovy devils they would bo frightened at the tound of tJseir own voice , and would imploringly cry , ' Of / or an opposition ! " I merely put the tLiug hypothetioal /' y , to ebow the want of an opposition , and , what the country had suffered for nine years of Reform , from that very want . I was proving that unopposed rule ever has degenerated , and ever ~ will degenerate into tyranny and licent : ouFr ; e ? s . I was stating that the Tories actually sacrificed the Whigs by not opposing them . All this 1 put hypothetically to ground an argument upon , showing , at the same time , the " itnpossibility " of its being carried into i-ractice ; while you speak in your leiter with strong presumption ol our capability of returning fifty Chartist members . I \ o \ v , in return , I tell you that it would bo more easy , and the Whig ' eli . ctobs would sooner join to return b" 58 Tories than u > return 50 , what I ceil , Chartist members . The electors would not return them as
Chartists , while a wise disposition of the balance of power would give us 200 Chartist methbers returned as Whigs . You appear to have mistaken the ground of controversy betwfen me and the Lhampioti and Liberator . The policy , as suported by them and opposed by me , was , the propriety of supporting Toiy principles , in the Htus-c of Commons , aiid oi denouncing Whig ^ ery , for the mere purpose of placing Toryism in the ascendant , upon the mere speculation of ihe repeal ot the l ' oor Law Amendment Act . Through life I have endeavoured to get a fair fiicg at the Tories ; and for nine years the Whigs
have sitod between them and me ; and now I say to the Whigp , getout of n ; y way , and let meat tlum . Having bo far disencumbered the great question at issue of all extraneous matter , I shall here take my leave , for the tresf nt , with i he intention of addreHUDg anoihir ) e . itr to you , to-morrow , upon the mbject ot iho lot use to be made of our forces in the approaching battle . In the mean time , wishing yon , from my soul , every snecffc "* , bo ; h at Is ' vwcasdo and through life , to which yenr zeal , your talent , your honesty y * ur loi'g unbending and unflinching exertions , and your pnvat ; on aiid luanly sufii ring entitle you . I am , Your faithful associate And affectionato friend , Feargis O'Connor .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOKTHEEN STAli . Sik —I have t ( pA xihh f xhtrr . e mvp-iae the remark * r , { Bir . O'Bri * n , iri the hif-t liiimber cf ihe Star , on th * iibovt question ; for ev ( iy or . e wilJ-sdniit to you tliat iiot r > n ! y te the Whif ; faction tlie great barrier to thw irii . rt .-s of ( HnKiracy , but it ib likewise the moHt tieacherous , pufl'c ^ te . ard fertecutirg olipaTeliy which } r . f > ev-r appeared in thece nations . Then , supposing the Tf ry faction to be ready to act as tbe Whig faction 1 ns done , is it net ei und policy to do the best we can at the present crisis , l ^ amely , to trample upon one of those factions , since ve cannot do so to both , and therel . y have only one tactit n to contend with in future , iu&tffld of two , as at present ?
But probably I > = ba ] l best convince yonr readers of the souiidnei'S of tbe policy recommended by you and Mr . O'Connor , in r « -ferei ; ce t « the Wliigs , by giving . you a stetcbof ' tl-iit "wLicb I saw , und part of which 1 vas . " TV « H , ti . en , I have been an active aupppurter of tte -Whigs , voter ! frr , and otherwise aided Uitm ; ami on the subject of the Corn Laws , while they wtic dt-cnuncinp ibe rcrenl of those laws , as the work of TTKfiiiien , 1 vra 8 jlulling en the question . Eut ny . cn that ai ; tl tveiy other project of Reform , 1 f < uj . ri that they were dettriniiitd to persecute me for tcucriijii ; iLe t-u ' i jtc : of Reform ; they even employed & . ifcrti . ntB to riiuap me , insult , and injure me , under the foims cf law mm -authority ; nnd even now , I feel so cdiT / nced « it" ti ' . yir dishonest and tricky intentions in n-sf : tct of Cmi : law reptal , and every other measure v . Licb Reformers a r , Un : \ i ] ute , that if I did not oppose them ai tl . e iex ? * 1 < elicits , 1 should be acting against evtry d ; ctate of myciuistifnce .
1 -would elatlly assiat in returning a Chartist representative for Dublin at He next election ; but when I cannot gratify n . y wfrl-. ts in that respect , surely I am bouijd to do the next best thing in my power , namely , to upEet . as far as I can , that concentration of rascality the V * big snri O'Ccnnel ! dvnrsty . Every man standing in the tame position outht to do likewise . If he couid return a candidate -who would ropreBerit " the rniseialle sora of toil , " he ought to ( io bo , by the aid of tr . e Tory faction , the Whig faction , or the Devil himself , if tliere was any piospectof gaining tlat desirable object | by splitting his votes with any of them ; but if no such opportrreity ^ res ults it * eif , let liim irfllct vengennce iVr Wi-. ig
trecLfct-ry aiid r < . mov « tlie oHgsucriical breakwater out Ot tL . ev . ay . Woe 1 > . tMe ! tlie Chartist party , "if the T \ liiis fain a innjirity ai the earning election , then will tl . f-y charge U . e Cli ; irtist army , r ' glit , left , aiirt cviitjc ^ vuliaiit wit ) , the notion , tlat U < T ; : ry plmlanx i- ^ u ) e brunpl ; t up at in-y rinse , and panting with reverge for the Xctun ^ br . Ui and otiitrCbartist onslaiipnts , and iur ihe with-. jni « biusta which tbi Ncvihon Slur has . 'tut do-isn ih . it gokic-u liarveets of jobbery nnd p / under ; but sb (; n ] e ! tbe 'lory patty be thrust into Luirntss , they will be * o weJik , between the national cry ot tbe Chartists , and tbe ravenous howl of the Whigs for place , that the Chartist party must according to all appeaaances , be called into the management
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of public affairs . The great object then should be to return Chartiet candidates , but where that cannst be done , to clear the decka for action , by eendingthe Whig assassins under the hatches . I am , Sir , Your most obedient and humble servant , Samuel Gordon . 41 , Aungier-street , Dublin , June 21 st , 1841 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORTBEBN STAR . Sib , —The readers of ihe Star will recollect the disturbances that took place in Colne in the month of August last , in consequence of the previous brutal , cowardly , and unjustifiable conduct of the " Jacks in office , " or the should-be peace preservers , and their tools of ail work , the county police . The consequence was , the committal of four young men to Lancaster Castle , charged with the wilful murder cf Mr . Halstead , who came by his death at that time , from tbe fcancl er hands of some person or persons at present BDknown .
The aforesaid young men were tried on the capital charge at the late assizes at Lancaster , and three of them were acquitted of the nmider , hut , at the suggestion of their counsel , pleaded guilty to the charge of misdemeanor . Richard Boothman , the other prisoner , vas found guilty by the Jnry of wilful murder , » n tbe testimony of two hired and unprincipled policemen . Owing to some strange and unaccountable circumstance at the trial , the witnesses for the prisoner Boothinan , who were ready , and capable of proving an alibi in his fa . vouT , were not brought forward . The consequer-ce was as stated before , and he was sentenced to deatli ; but by prompt and energetic exertions being made , by memorials being sent to Lord Normanby and the Queen , his sentence was commuted to transportation for life . A poor , innocent , unoffending young man transported for life ! It is the general and unanimous conviction in thia town that he is perfectly innocent of the ciime for which he is suffering .
The Rev . J . Henderson , Incumbent in this town , is worthy of all praise for using bis talent and influence in behalf of tbe injured and unfortunate Boothman , in endeavouring to obtain bis release ; but hitherto his charitable intentions have not been successful , arising , it is thought , from communications going from another quarter , who ia in frequent commuBication with the Home-office . We understand poor Boothrnan was removed from Lancaster gaol last w eck , to the hulks , preparatory to his going abroad for life , in all probability , a victim of police perjury and petty spite and jnalica In consequence of the public believing the yonng men were innocent of the charges brought against them , a subscription was entered into to procure them something like a fair trial , and the following items were received from the different towns and villages , which , we trust , you will have the goodness to insert in your valuable and widely circulating paper : — £ b . d . Burnley 2 7 0 Keigbley 1 6 9 i Acfcrington O 14 0 Hebden Bridge 0 9 0 Sand-bed , near Shaggatie ... 0 14 7 j Barnoldswick 0 12 0 Barrowford 0 14 Ok Cliatburn 0 4 3 . J Grindleston 0 11 3 Clitheroe 0 12 6 Farnbill » 5 2 i Olusburn 5 7-5
Sutton 0 12 6 Cononly 9 6 0 If you can find a little space for this consraunication , you will much oblige your numerous readers in thia town and neighbourhood . Respectfully , yours , &c . J . Watson . Colne , June 22 d , 1841 .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Friday , June 18 . The Madhouses ( Scotland ) Bill , and the Election Petitions Trial Bill , went through a Committee . The Militia Pay Bill , tbe Metropolis Improvement Bill , the County Bridges Bill , and the Bribery at Elections Bill , were severally read a third time and passed . In answer to tfce Earl of WiCKtow , The Ma'quis of Normanby «» id , thatfn consequence of the sudden termination of the Session , the Bills for the Improvement of Sowers and the Drainage of Towns had been withdrawn for the present .
The debate on the Punishment of Death Bill was resumed , and on the motion of the Earl of Winchilsea , the capital punishment was agate restored to certain offences exempted by the present Bill . The Noble Earl then moved to exempt certain cases of rape from the operation of \ he Bill , but on a division , tht numbers were—for tb « clause , « 4 ; for the amendment , 00 . The Bill then went through a Committee , and in answer to the Earl of Wicklow , The Marquis of Nokmanbv said it was his intention to extend the provisions of the Bill to Scotland and Ireland . The Criminal Justice Bill was read a second time , and in C ^ wmUtto the Earl of . Wilton moved to exclude Manchester from its operation ; but on a division , there appeared—for the motion , 31 ; against it , 32 .
After some discussion , the Dog C « ts Bill waa , on the motion of the Marquis of Normanby , withdrawn , and their Lordships adjourned till Monday .
Tuesday , June 22 . VBOROGAT 1 ON OF TARXJAJXtFNT . Parliament was this day prorogued by her Majesty in person , preparatory to the Dissolution , with tho ubual formalities . At a quarter past two o ' clock , the discharge of cannon nnil tho flourish of trumpets , announced the arrival of her Majesty , who shortly afterwards entered the House . The Speaker and the Members of the House of Commons having been summoned to the Bar by the Usher of the Black Rod , the Right Honourable Gentleman shortly afterwards appeared , attended , or rather pushed forward , by a formidable body of Members , who ap peami to act oil etiquette at defiance in their anxiety to obtain ft loi k at her Majesty .
The Speaker then addressed her Majesty as follows : —Most Gracious Sovereign , we , your Majesty ' s faithful Commons , approach your Majesty with sentiments of unfeigned devotion and loyalty . It has been our most anxious desiro , in granting the supplies for the present year , to place at the disposal of your Majesty the m * ans by which the naval and military establishments of the country might te placed in a state of complete efficiency , and we entertain a strong conviction that by thus enabling your Majesty to maintain the honour of the Crown , and protect tke just rights and interests of the people , wo have adopted a course which , under tho favour of Divine Providence , will ensute both to this country and the rest of Europe a con tinuance of tbe blessings of peace .
We now tender to jeur Majesty an Act to apply certain sums of money for the service of the year 1841 . jmd to appropriate the supplies granted in thia Session of Parliament , to which , in all humility , we pray your Majesty ' s gracious assent . The Rojal Assent was then given , in the usual form , to tho foll < wing Bills : — The A ] iTopriation Bill , the Militia Pay Bill , the Bills of Exthanpe Bill , the Punishment of Death Bil ) , the Bribery ut Elections Bill , the Controverted Elections Trial Bill , the Highway Rates Bill , the Loan Societies Bill , and Mad Houses ( Scotland ) Bill , the Blackburn Market Bill , the Bourne Drainage Bill , and some other private Bills .
The Lord Chancellor then presented the Speech to her Majesty on his knee , which the Queen read in her usual dear and distinct manner , with a very marked and decided emphasis on the passage which referred to the exigencies of the public service being provided for in the manner least burdensome to tbe community .
THE SPEECH . " Mr Lords and Gentlemen , " On a full consideration of the present state of public affairs [ have come to the determination of proroguing tints Parliament with a view to its immediate dissolution . r " " Tbe paramount Importance of the trade and industry of the country , ana my anxiety that the exigencies of the public service Bbould be provided for in the manner least buvthenaome to the community , have induced me to resort to the means which the Constitution has entrusted to me , of ascertaining the sense of my people upon matters which so deeply concern their welfare .
" I entertain the hope that the progress of public business may be facilitated , and that divisions injurious to the course of steady policy and useful legislation may be removed by the authority of a new Parliament , which I shall direct to be summoned -without delay .
" GENTLEMEN OP THE HOUSE O » COMMONS . " I thank ycu for the readiness with which you have voted the sums necessary fjr the Civil and Military Establishments . " Mt Lords aud Gentlemen , " Ih the exsreisa of my prerogative I can h » T © no other object tliau that of securing the rights , and promoting the interests of my subjects , and I rely on the co-operation of my Parliament , and the loyal zeal of my people , for support in the adoption of auch measures as are necessary to maintain that high station among the nations of the world , which it has pleased Divine Providence to assign this country . " Tl . e Lord Chancellor then said : —It is her Majesty ' s Boyal will and pleasure that this Parliament bo prorogued to Tuesday , tho 29 th of June instant , to be then here bolden , and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued till Tuesday , the 29 th of June . Her Majesty and her attendants then quitted the House in the same order as they had entered it .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , Job 18 . Several private Bills were read a third time and passed . ' The report of the Committee on the Fine Arts was brought up and ordered to be printed . Tbe Bills of Exchange Bill and the Loan Societies Bill went through a Committee . The Court of Chancery Bill wa « i read a third time and passed . On the order of the day f » v taking into consideration the Lords' amendments to the Waddon Cbase Enclosure Bill , some discussion took place . Mr . Warburton moved tbnt it be read a third time that day three months , on the ground that it was an undue interference with the rights ot parties who had » right of commonage over tfea chase . Sir T . Fremantle and Mr . Estcourt defended the Bill .
On a division there appeared—for the amendment , 18 ; agaiustit , 31 . The Lords' amendments were then greed to . In answer to Sir Francis Burdett , Lord John Russell said the Government had not abandoned its-intention taask the assent of the House to a vote for a sum of money to raise a monnnipnt to Si * Sidney Smith and some other distinguished officers . hnV circumstances had occurred which had rendered it nn » advisible to bring forward , any s ppleniental vote fo * such a purpose during the presentst ssion . In answer to Lord R'Mjert Grcsvenor , w ! -. o complained of the delay experienced by travellers on tbe Grand Junction Railway , Mr . Shiel said he would be prepared to give the Noble Lord some explanation on Monday . The Lords' amendments to the Banks' of Issue Bil were agreed to .
On the motion of Lord Ingestr . Tj . e . » n adaressto * Crown was agreed to for a n « w su veyof the co asn . New Zealand . Adjourned till Monday .
Tuesdey , June 22 . The Speaker took the chair shortly before tw o ' clock-Sir J . Hobhousb presented a petition from a piaca in Wiltshire , in favour of a total repeal of the Cura Laws . Sir R . Inglis presented a petition from Chelsea , favonr of Church Extension , Mr . Hawes presented nineteen petitions from ntrious parts of the metropolis against ihe present Cur » Laws . " .
Mr . Estcourt wished to ask the Chancellor of ( he Exchequer if he Lad- made any provision out of the supplies for the next six months for the payment pf the half-year ' s salary due to the Chairman of the Committee of Way 8 and Means . The Chancellor of ; the Exchequer could assure the Hon . Member that , if no provision had been made in the usual way for the payment of tho salary of the Chairman of the Committee ef Ways and Mer . ns , it wa » not from any feeling at that Gantlemnn , but from the state of the Session . He would however tabu care that eome measure was adopted for the payment of tb * salary forthwith . ¦ ¦ ' The subject then dropped . ilr . M . O'Connell presented a petition from Kilkenny against the Medical Reform Bill . Mr . Dugdale presented a petition from Blrarinaf . bam , signed by 10 , 700 persons , praying for Church Extension .
The- Deputy Usher of the Blnck Kod then entered the House , and summoned the Commons to attend her Majesty in the House of Lords . The Speaker , accompanied by all tbe Member present then left the . House , and on his return , read her Majesty ' s Speech at the table . Several Hon . Members then shook hands with the Speaker , and the House separated .
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Chriatened , intho Parish ChurcnVWilland . by the Rev . H . Manley , Feargus , son of John and Charlotte Copp . William and Nancy Gooldinsr , of Blakeley-street , Bolton , had their infant son duly registered James Feargua O'Connor , on the 24 th May ult . Christened at Blyth Church , on the 24 th of May the son of Mr . George Bird , by the name of Feargu George Bird , in honour ~ of that sterling friend of tbo people , Feargus O'Connor , Ehj ., it being the first that has taken place in that , part of Northumberw land . Mrs . Smith , the wife of Mr . Win . Dudley Ward Smith , has been delivered of twins , a boy and s girl , who have been duly registered Feargus O'Coanor Thomas Smith , and Maria Frost Smith .
A few days ago , Mary , the -wife of Mr . Jonas Wilkinson , of Clayton' Heights , was eafeiy delivered of a 6 on , which was registered on Satarday by the name . of Feargus O'Connor Wilkinsoa . What is most singular itr this family is , that it is the twelfth living childfrhat she has given birth to , and they are all in health , and are living with , their parents . Born at Edinburgh , on the 2 nd of June , nnd baptised by the Rev . Wm . Bruce , of Cowgate Church , on the 20 th , Charles Feargus , the ion of Mr . and Mrs . Char lea Hunter of that city .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OP SCOTLAND GENERALLY , AND THE SCOTTISH FRIEiNBS OP BRONTERKE O'BRIEN IN PARTICULAR . Brother . Radicals , —You are probably aware that some few months ago a committee was formed in Leeds for the purpose of raising funds to present Mr . Bronterre O'Brien , upon his liberation , with a national testimonial in the form of a newspaper printing press and appendages . . Consequent upon an address issued bj that committee , in the Northern Star , e number of auxiliary committees have been formed in various places throughout England . O ; io was lately formed ia this city , under the auspices ' of thu Chartist Association ; and it is that committeo who now address you .
From the nature of- the . subjtct , we have little mom to do than to bring it prominently before you . B'onterre ' a great merits , his valuable Bervices as a public writer , and bis sufferings in the cause of truth and justicej aro toe generally known—and we hope appreciated—to require tbat we should enlarge upon them . Were ifc merely to show our sense of , and gratitude for . these services , it behoved us to do something in this way . His enemies have t ikon care to give him some tangihle proofs of their regard ; and so we think should his friends—and this the more especially that , in doing so .
we will not only put an instrument into Iris hands more efficient tfean he has ever yet had , to ilo U 6 further 8 trvice , but will ev « n prevent his powerful aid from being entirely lost to us ; for we need not conceal from you the fact , tbat upon the success of this scheme depends whether he is to continue , as be has eo long been , the able , dauntless , and successful pioiuer of a better order of things in this country , or be forced to exile himself to another . Wlieu these are the alternatives , it surely requires no deliberation to determine how we should act
As to the Trwde of raising funds , it would be out of place for us to dictate . It waa suggested to ourselves , we approved of it , and . noyp suggest to . you , that a good way might be to form committees in large towns for cuilfctiiig subscriptions , getting up soirees , &c ; while smaller places iu the neighbourhood could remit their collections to these committees , who would in turn communicate wiih tbe general committee , at Leeds * Up , men of Scotland ,. and be doing ! Ycu have nobly contributed y < mr share to the call upon you for the victimised Chartists . ' How much more is it your duty to come forward , dtid aid a scheme which will not only prove an antiiluu- to Whig tyranny , in so far as one Wl : ig victim is concerned , bufc wiil do more for myriads of Whig victims , the opprcsstfi millions and ciieir posterity , tban h : is yet beun florje . Viewed as an individual case , tho claim upoii you is undeniable ; but viewed as the cause of ttie industrious classes generally , ifc vrould be folly , sis well as black ingratitude , uot to give it your warmest aid .
We have taken tho liberty to bring tbe matter before you , beiug , so far as we know , the only cornrr . Jttte formed in Scotland ; and such things must eniana'a from some qiinrtor . We have ourselves already succeeded as well as we could have expected ; and wo trust that each and all of you wili set aoair-usly to work-OMBriea will be out by the 24 th of September , afc farthest . Let us have something ready for him that vail in flouu" small mea . sure compensate f ,-r ihe sufferings of the Iaat eighteen months , as wtll as for the incessant labour ui tl loll <"> f the last t « n ycarp . Let no place , however small , or individual , however poor , keep hack because they can do but little . It is drops tbat fill the ocean ; and in a matter of this kind , providecl the Junil 1 ) 8 raised , the more contributors to it the better .
We shall be happy to receive and acknowledge , through our secretary , any . gums that may be forwarded from individuals in the country , or small clubs ; nnd we have r < o doubt that other committees speedily to be formed will do the same . In this matter , Scotland expects every man to do his duty . ' ( Signed ) . W . Allan , Chairman . Edward Sutclipfe . J . Cummins . D . Macleod . A . Macgregor , Sec James Huhter . PjETEK AiVWEftSON . Chakles Innes . Henri ; Kan ken . Thomas Blackib . Edinburgh Committee Room , June 14 . 1841 .
N . B . The Secretary of the Leeds Committee is Mr John Ogden , S 9 , Marlborough-street , Leeds , who will communicate all Information . The Secretary of ,-th « Edinburgh Committee to be addressed at No . 114 , High-street , Edinburgh .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 26, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct555/page/7/
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