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TO THE EDITOB ~ 6 t THE KOBTHEEJf STAR . Mb . Editob , —Ton wiffpardbniny Intrusion at the presest time on you * widely " circulated journal , bat the time has come wbea it become * neoettary * h * t every sin * hoald speak oat , trHttpet-tangued , of the most deplorable condition to which th * * oca » ed "Wing fc&Te bropghtthe country . .. ; . ¦" ..-.. I have wandered with Pule ! O'Oonngll through the eountiflss schemes he hi * prDJsoted , for th « parpoee < u bs said ) of redeeming Ireland from the oppression which she bore , and . Sit , now we are at present further fcjci in political freedom thaasrhenhejterted to do so . Away than with Daniel ' s blarney ; there u nothing left fer the people of Ireland to . redeem them , from the oppression which we labour snder , but the Cb * rtar , the -whole Charter , and nothing but the Charter .
Why do I intrude myself on you valuable journal at the present ? ily reasons an these : it is the only paper that ever attempted to Tindicate the labouring elass from the reckless tyranny that has been practised on them , for I might saj theas centuries , and when we see sneh pure minded patriotic men as Feaigiu O'Connor standing by the people and the Charter , they have nothing to fear . He has been tried fey the accursed yrtizs in the dungeons of York Castle , and has come oat purer and firmer to the peopled cause t b * v when he to * sent there .
Yts , Sir , when the Israelites in their greatest misery bsd been cast down and their freedom seemed never to be rescued from the iron grasp of their oppressors , Providenoe in his allwise ways of working , sent nnto them Hose * , who burst their chains and brought nnto the promised land ; so has he sent us a second Moses in jearfus O'Connor , to burst the chains that bare long bonni us down , and the day is not far distant Then we will ia Ireland again hear his powerful eloquence , ttata be stake * the Charter in this country allied , to tfcat of Repeat ; all we want is that Feargus thoald let his principles be- wider circulated in Ireland-It -was only last weak in reading in the W eekly F reeman ' s Journal I saw some of Daniel ' s blarney , that he would
oast Chartism out of Ireland . Poor foolish m « n : that EETer can be accomplished ; the more your paper is read , thB more they appreciate your principles , u ntil it has gone the length and breadth of our land , from the Giant ' s Causeway to Cape Clear . And in that same paper , the Hev . . Mr . Ryan is charged by Daniel for becoming a Chartist , and he hoped his Bishop would interfere in the matter . " 0 yes ; - . this is Dan ' s liberty of coBsdence . ' this is the way that he vronld let erery ¦ man do as his conscienee dictates to him . Yes , Mr . Ryan has spoken out fearlessly and boldly , after so many twistings and changing , that there was notfeing left to free Ireland from her present condition , but the Charter and Repeal ef the Union .
We only wast about half-a-doien of priests with ilr . Ryan , in this country , you would have before six ninths two millions of Chartists in Ireland . But , Sis , why do I wish this ? Sooner or later it oust be so , for they might as well try to ttop the troubled waters after a mighty storm , as stop Chartism cere , I will dash down erery barrier that impedes iti way , until it has fouad its way to every city , town , and Tillage , in the Emerald Isle . I at one time thought that Daniel was sincere in his istentiea , until I lead you * valuable paper , when the scales dropped from my eyes , when I saw him Jump Jim Crow from tile Precursor Society to I cant tell you what Yes , many mea bare seen his inconsis tency , and hay ^ joined the Chartist principle . But Sir , as this letter is coming from the North of Ireland be may denounce me as he denounced Brophy in Dublin , that be was a turncoat
2 fo , Sir , I am a Catholic and an Ulster one , the tery kind he so much applauded when he Tinted Beltisi—one whese heart is in the right place , to use his # yh expression . You , Mr . Editor , will pardon my first production ; if joa think it would tend to show how the cause ia proptssmg , you might insert this letter after your own axree&ms . Hoping , Sir , to hear of Mr . O'Connor con staging on his native land propounding the dectzmes of the Repeal and the Charter , which is my Bcstant prayer , I am yours , &c , BOBEHTVS . Coleraioe , Sept Sth , 1541 .
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TO TEE EDIIOB . OP THE SOBTHEBJi STAB . Sis , —Allow me to congratulate O'Connor on his release from his Whig dungeon . Long life aad hap piles to him ! In his intended tour , I trust that his pdaical utility will not be destroyed by renewing old disputes among our own party . It is with pleasure thai we hear that it is his intention to visit Bath ; we kvre neves had the pleasure of seeing or hearing him . He will be warmly received here . lie Council of the Rational Charter Association requests you to insert the subjoined memorial to her 2 isj = s : y ' s Principal Secretary of State , respecting the ate of poor Peddie . The cause is going on well here . We held a large co-door public meeting here last week , and it was ray well attended . The speeches were of the most prudent kind ; they produced a powerful impression . £ Tary thing augurs well for the cause . Onward , on-wiid , is the cry .
Ihe advent of the Tories to office u the beginning of i new era in British politics . las Whigs having , in Jie f rsi iasiaa . ee , been intrusted with too much power , ect their own throats . The Tories will do the same , rithnataiy . They must not rely on middle-class juries . 1 fear them not in regard to persecution . In that respect they aie aa weak as lambs , though as voracious 25 frolyea . Lit the Charter agitation be carried on with renewed vigour .. yow comes the tug of war . Let all Reformers become united under the resplendent banner of Chartism . Constitutional reform is the desideratum . yothing less will be of the least avail . Then , " To yosr Setts 0 Israel 1 " Let every society be active ; let there be no new outbreak , no factious bickerings about Ci r istia n rfy * rti * Tnt or Bible Chartism . Our grand poitical object is— Constitutional Reform . Obtain thit , and all other matters will be speedily settled ; siid settled , too , in the best possible manner .
I am ef opinion that the plan O'Connor intends to carrr out in Ills lecturing tour , will be productiTe of asalculaV . e good . Let every society assist him in that & >~ A vcik . Let none keep aloof now from feelings of fiaUke , pri c e , cr jealousy . The cause we must look to . Bj following a proper course of action , the ca u se ¦* 21 s ' job be rendered all-powerful . We need not fear tie lories ; tut they fear us ; they fear O'Connor . Ajsinst oar united power they cannot stand . Then tsioa , muon , r-sst be our motto ; the Charter , the » ioie ChLX ~ . ii , mast be our rallying cry . Yours , in haste , J . 21 . BxEiXEir . Bith , Sept . j , ISil .
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VOTHZB VOICE FRO 3 I NOHTHALLERTON EELL . Sept Sth , 1 S 41 . , Dxa 2 . Mast is , —i receiTed your kind and interest-*! letter , and have the pleasure to inform you that I aie no pain on me at this time . Bad digestion and ko appetiieig 0 E ] y p ^ of t K blessed effects of eigh-« en months dose confinement My braatb , Sir , smells atol asble ; an evident sign that my inside is not -what - ought to be . What else can 1 tspect , Sir , when I fffik ot the quantity of medicine that I bare taken
^ e I haTe been here , for I ceTtr had any doctor ' s Wttles in my life before , ) fox my le £ 8 and back pains , * W "fere brought on by nothing else but close confine-« at I told the magistrate bo , acd I caTe told the ggson so many times j and 1 fhinV former letters are to * anie purport I haTe had an opportunity of putting ^ the test sincelhaTe been in hospital these four .-- * s . I hare had eo medicine foi them , but have ¦ Z . ? leilt 7 of exercise , and the cossequfeB . ee is that my ^ tare not FWciitd . Neither haTe I had £ ny pwin in vbact .
- ^ , I do not blame any one here . The surgeon ~ 3 ^ 13 best , I beiiere , to keep them from swellirg . J ? *^? depend that I siaii not be satist-. d " cy being ^ that i ; is rhetE&tic , if they are bad tgain . It is ^ wn to no one tut myself what I tsre suffered these "SjweiTe months , with n ; y less rfFeliirg every day for ^• of exCTcise .
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Sir , yoa ask for a glimpse of our dietary table . Such waa t&e wretched state of my appetite for three months before I came into the hospital , that half of it was sufficient forms ; and since I came cp stairs I hare had plenty of good wholesome food ; so I thick it would be unreasonable to complain of anything that I do not feel tha direct effect of . - . Sir , believe me after reading your letter that the rascally Whigs were out of office , I went to bed and I do not know that I eyer slept so sound since I hare been ia prison , to well pleased was I that the GoTemrnent of this country was no longer in the hands of so "worthless and detestable a faction . Sir , I am sorry to see by your letter , that there are so many as twenty-four ef us left in prison yet What ! not release Afihton and Crabtree ! Scandalous . H « w can I complain when they are in prison ? From the tender mercies of such miserable wretches as Normanby and Co . good Lord deliver us .
Sir , you say you feope my principles still remain firm to the Charter of our liberties . Can you doubt it ? Rest assured , my friend , that I shall neither flinch from , nor deny , my principles , if thBy keep me in prison till 1 rot . It would be an easy method of putting down Chartism if sending men to prison could make them forege their right of thinking for themselves . Sir , your letter informs me of George Henry Ward not stopping to Tote for Mr . Sharman Crawford ' s addition to the amendment on the address ; what can you expect from such mUV and water fellows ? He is neither a gentleman nor a conscientious man , or he would not have said what ha did about me when I was in prison and could not answer for myself , ( I mean , of course , wHat he said to the deputation , ) which was as great a falsehood as ever was uttered , wholly without foundation , and I defy either him or any one else to give proofs' of mj making use of any such languge .
- Sir , I was highly pleased with , the account you gave me of Mr . O'Connor ' s liberation and reception in York ; and from what you say in your letter , I conclude you intend seeing him when he visits Sheffield , if so , tel l him that I am olive and sfeonld be glad to see him when he comes into the North . The time of visiting is from twelve to one every day . The railway runs close by , so that it will not detain bun long . I can then talk to him freely about prison discipline . You can say that I have seen no one these sixteen months . Should he be in the North when you receive this , have the kindness to write a note in mj name with the foregoing request
1 was not surprised at yonr account of Harrison , the Bradford spy . In niy opinion , he ia not so much to blame as the villains who first taught him to get money by such knavish tricks ; but 1 think he will not find his speculation in horse-flesh to be so profitable as being fugleman for the Bradford Chartists . No , no , Sir , he will n » t have the Government to back him ; but it is a pity to see a man lost for the want of a friend , and I think my old friend , Harrison , could not do better than memorialise his late employers , the Whigs , and remind them of the inestimable service he rendered to them when they were attempting to immortalize their names by putting down Chartism . Stealing horses . Sir , is only a slight offence when , compared to sedition , or attending what the Attorney-General calls illegal meetings ; and , surely , when a man has rendered such important services to his country as Mr . Harrison , it ought net to be forgotten .
Sir , I shall petition the Home Secretary in a short time , I think of waiting a short time to see if anything will be done for me . Having to make one sheet of paper do for you and my beloved wife , I must conclude ere I scribble it all over . I have not room to say all I could wish . Give my respects to Mrs . Martin , and all Chartist friends . Let me have a long letter ; write it close . Lst me know all Chartist news , what places O'Connor visits , and if O'Brien is coming to the Sheffield meeting . 1 loek for your letters as regular , and with &s much anxiety , as the Whigs did for quarter day . I am , Yours trvly , Samuel HoLBzaaT .
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FALSEHOODS OF DANIELL O'CONNELL , AND GROSS PARTIALITY OF THE "DUBLIN WEEKLY REGISTER , " TO THE EDITOB OP THE NOBTHEJU * STAB . Sib ., —Allow me , through the columns of your widely circulated & journal , and more especially as it no wcirculates pretty extensively in Ireland , to expose the barefaced lying of Ireland's greatest enemy—the arch agitator , Daniel O'Connell , and the shameful unfairness of the Editor of the Dublin Register . It appears from the conduct of the Editor of that paper , that he considers it all gospel which Dan preaches , and that he is to be privileged to abuse and belie the English Chartists with impunity ; for whatever may be his charges , this most upright Editor considers it to be bis duty to suppress any answer which may be sent to him to Dan ' s vile operations .
In consequence of two dastardly and lying attacks , which were made by Dan on the Carlisle Chartists , at Dublin and Drogheda , 1 sent the following temperate letter to the Editor of the Dublin Rejisler , in which paper Dan ' s attacks appeared , but which has not been noticed at all by the Editor . Nothing shows the absolute necessity stronger of the Chartists supporting an independent paper , which will not oaly proclaim their wrongs , and "boldly assert their rights , but which will take care that neither the Whig nor the Tory press shall abuse them with impunity . By your giving a place to the following letter , you may be the means of removing a very erroneous impression from the minds of many , which fcas been made by the unfounded and calumnious assertiens of Daniel O'Connell . I remain , Sir , Your obedient servant , James Arthur . Carlisle . Sept 14 , 15-11 .
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THE CHARTISTS OF CARLISLE AND DANIEL O'COyXELL , ESQ . TO THE EDITOR OF THE " DVBLI . V WEEKLT R £ GJsT £ R . " Sir , —Allow me to correct some gross mis-statements which appear in your paper of August 2 lst . They occur in the speeches of Mr . Daniel O'ConnelU at the great Repeal M eeti n g at D ro gbed a , and Loyal National Repeal Association , and involve the character of the Chartist body in Carlisle . Doubtless , Mr . O'Connell mu-t have been misinformed on the subject of which he roecks , for be was cot in Carlisle at the time ,
and must have received his information in a secondary vrsy . Whether Mr . 0 "Connell has exaggerated the information he may have had , I am at a loss te know . I trust as a public journalist , and ona who has given publicity to Mr . O'Concell ' s assertion , you will allow me to correct him , and thus remove the stain ¦ which Mr . O'Connell , through the Cbaitists here , -wifihta to fix on that body generally . I will here quote the statements I allude to , and then answer them in as mild and brief a manner as possible . The first is from a speech of Mr . O'Connell ' s , made at Ihe Loyal National Rty ' eal Asso c iati o n , and the other from another speech H 32 de at a rreat Repeal ileetiag at Drogheda : —
" What was the course pursued at Carlisle , at the late election ? . Mr . Howard , a high-minded and patriotic gentlaman , a Roman Catholic Liberal Reformer , and Mr . Marshall , of Leeds , -were the candidates on tLtlibcral side ; but the chivalrous Chartists , in stead of alio-vring these gentlemen to get the votes of the electors , for they the Chartists had but few among tbemst-lves , tarn their backs traitorously on the friends of liberty , t h e Qae e n , aid the people ; use every unholy influence that could be dtvlsed , to deter the liberal electors from supfcrting them , and gave vrbatever votes ¦ vrere at their own disposal to Sergeant Goulbara , the Tory . "
" I -will tell you kow the Chartists acted at CarlisV . Mr . Eo-srard , a man of ancient family , ia one of the members , and ' Mr . 3 Iarshall , of Leeds , is the other member . What did tfce Chartists do ? Did they join the Reformers ? No ! they joined the brother of that swivel-eyed fellow who was Secretary for Ireland , and who let no man , when he was in Ireland , got office but an Orangeman . There is the man whose brother the Chartists support against the Reformers- Daring that election one of them killed a man , and was to be transported for fifteen years . ( Hear , hear . )"
Tfcese a * e the passages to which I have alluded , and I must Eay , a grosser tissue of falsehoods I never before saw put " together . The facts are as follow : —Previous to the late election the Chartist body here held a public meeting , at which they formed an Election Committee , for the purpose of bringing forward a gentleman of more liberal principles than any of the three gentlemen to -whom Mr . O'Connell has alluded . To accomplish that ot / ect , the Committee immediately put itself in correspondence with a gentleman in London , who professed very liberal principles , and who was "willing to come forward , provided there was a probable chance of success . The Committee instantly canvassed the electors in his behalf , but owing to their being late in the ' field , most of the electors on
whom they waited , Lad already promised their votes , bo that the Committee soon ascertained , there -vtould be no chance of success . This fact they immediately announced to the electors , who had promised them support , and left them to act for themselves . The Committee strictly refrained from giving any advice as to how the electors should vote , but left them entirely to themselves , to act as they might deem proper under the circumstances . In regard to the "few" Chartists voting for Sergeant Goulburn , I can only say that they did not vote at all , for they considered they could not consistently support either faction . I myself was one of that small but honourable band ; and , were it necessary , I coo Id give
you the names of twenty more who scted in- the same way . So that so far from supporting Sergeant Goulburn , they did not vote at alL Had they done so , and used the icflcence they possessed , I have little hesitation in saying that they could have returned Mr . Goulfcurn , for he w&s only in a minority of about forty ! It is true that s » n . an was killed , and it is a pity it is bo true , but this unfortunate circumstance arose from the forwardness and want of discretion on the part of the polieenjan who tras killed . He was striking violently about him with a great bludgeon , in all directions , paying no regard to age , nor sex—having knocked down a woman and two little toys , and struck several others ; te then aimed two blows at the prisoner Kilpatrick ,
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who warded them off , and , In self-defence , struck a blow at the policeman , which , knocked him down , . and caused ? hia death . What I have here stated are the real facts of the case , which can be fully borne out by men of all parties . When Mr . O-Connell ** w this statement , I am wire be will regret having been so far ' misinformed in regard to facts , as to hare warranted him in going to so great a length in abusing the Chartists of Carlisle ia the speeches alluded to . I remain , Sir , ' Your obedient Servant , James Abthite . Rickeygate , Carlisle , Aug . 24 th , 1811 .
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TO MB , PATRICK O'HIGGINS . Sib , —As yoa bav « been bo plentifully supplied with Start , and as we hare got a few here , may I beg you will le * us have Borne—say half-a-dozen every week . You can have no Idea of the effect , which they have upon the mind of every person , who reads them , the most prejudiced is obliged to acknowledge the bitter truths which they are so fearlessly promulgating , and " which are so strikingly manifest . The exposure of those hollow principles , by which be has been governed , needs only to be read by him , to be certain of his Ignorance ; and proves to him the necessity of obtaining a knowled ge , which , he thought , he did not . wont Every person who reads this journal , even only once , looks for it with avidity again ; and as he increases in the political knowledge he naturally detests those plausible , but ill-defined Bnd lucrative opinions , which bate kept him in blind and wilful subjugation .
The most straight forward , and certainly , the cleverest mania our city , has , upon a late occasion , recommended the unfortunate people of this country to make common cause with the much-calumniated and persecuted Chartists of England , who , as may be observed , are more active and practical repealers than his own fellow-countrymen in general , and , I might say , his auditory in particular , He is blamed very much for putting forward such valuable sentiments ; out on looking to the post and the present system of agitation , we find an ample apoloyy for those who believed him te be theii enemy ,
But if the mista of ignorance and prejudice were once dispelled , there would not be a town , a village , or a hamlet , oreven a valley or a hill , from " Giant ' s Causeway to Cape Clear , " or " from Connemarrato the Hill of Howth" that would not reverberate -with the Bound— " The Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing but the Charter . " Permit me Sir , to subscribe myself , Your obedient and faithful servant , John O'Rou&kk . Cork , Sept . lltb , 1841 .
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Dublin , July 26 th , 1841 . Dear Sib , —Be so good as to accept of my most sincere thanks for your , kind and nattering lettei of the 22 nd instant I really feel wholly undeserving of the high compliments which yon are pleased to bestow upon ma I do assure yea , that in refusing to vote for Mr . O'Connell at the last election , and at the election of 1837 , I felt that in refusing him my vote upon those occasions , it was refusing to vote for the Whigs , whom he has justly described as a base , bloody , and brutal faction , and , he might now add , the most treacherous and deceitful faction that ever ruled the destinies ef a nation .
You are not aware that it was I who firsb prevailed upon Mr . O'Connell to stand for the city of Dublin , with our late revered and respected representative , Mr . Rutbven . It was I who wrote the address from Saint Michan ' s parish , requesting him to allow himself to be put in nomination for the City of Dublin , in 1832 , and it was I who wrote his answer to that address , iu his own house in Merrion-square ; and , it is not saying too much when I say now that he would not have been Member for Dublin , had I not forced him forward . And at the election of 1 S 35 , ha was obliged to acknowledge that I was mainly uutrume&i&l in , securing his return upon that occasion . But when I aaw how he voted in 1835 , 1836 , and 1837 , I could not con * Betentiously support him longer . In fact , I had made
up my mind to oppose him , and in 1837 had actually arranged a very formidable party to oppose him ; but the bigotted and virulent speeches of his opponents , West and Hamilton , saved him from that opposition and exposure which were prepared for him . In tbe interim , between 1 S 3 5 and the election in 1837 , 1 had witnessed his desertion of the people ; his complete abandonment of the very principles ¦ which induced me to support him , as it is well known I did—when I saw that he voted for The IrUh Coercion Act ; The English Poor Law Amendment Act ; Against a legal provision for 2 , 35 t " , 000 of his countrymen , whom the Commissioners of Inquiry reported to have been in a state of starvation ; For a Rural Police Bill :
Against Mr . Crawford ' s motion for the Total Abolition of lithes ; Against Mr . Crawford ' s motion for the Repeal of the Coercion Act ; For procuring a charter for the North American Colonial Association , whose duty it a to ship off the tenantry whom the Irish Protestant Colonization Society turn off their estates . Whenlsavphinnnultiplyingvotesinthe House ofCommons against the Repeal of the Union , while he at the same time led his deluded followers to believe that he was working heaven and earth for the accomplishment of that measure . When I saw that his sole object for agitating that question waa to make it the means of obtaining places for his relations .
When I saw his son-in-law sell the County Dublin to a non-Repealer for a situation in the Hanaper Office , and another son-in-law give " op the County Kerry to a non-Repealer , and bis son Morgan O'Connell sell the County Meath to another non-Repealer—when I saw these things , and "when I saw the authors of tbe Coercion Act giving him £ 9 , 000 publicly through the bands of " honest Joe Hume , I could uo longer vote for him , as I considered that , by doing so , I should be voting my approval of all these misdeeds , and a thousand others , 1 therefore did not vote for him in 1 S 37 . Since then he has become the veriest Whig hack that ever crossed the Irish Channel . He has Blink his countrymen , those who trusted him , below degradation itself . There was scarely a public meeting held in Ireland , at which he attended , iIuriDg the last four years , at "which the eternal gratitude of Ireland "was not voted to " her Majesty ' s Ministers , " ^ the authors of the Irish Coereicn Act .
How could I vote for the man , and he too a great criminal lawyer , "who pronounced the Giafgow—the innocent Glasgow Cotton Spinners guilty before they were tried ? How could I vote for the man "Who called out , loud and long , for the b : ood of the Stephens , the Oastlers , and the O'Connors ? How could I vote fox the man who threatened to bring over 500 , 0 S 0 Tipperary boys to cut the throats of Englishmen -who were seeking for their just rights—rights in the benefits of which those very Tipperary boys would be equally participators ? How could I vote for the man who drew up the Charter , signed it , told the people to agitate for it , and then turned round and disowned it ^ and vilified its peaceable advocates ? Hew could I vote for the man who joined the Whigs in sending spies arnoDgst the Chartists for the purpose of entrapping their ie&ders in some crime , or supposed crime ? 1 thank God that I did not vote for him .
He says now that he will not bring forward the Repeal qnest'on until he has two millions of shillings from Repealers , and four millions of si gnat u re s to a petition for Repeal . He knows right -well that these two conditions cannot be complied with ; but his dupes do not see the uttei impossibility of complying with these conditions . He might as well say that he would never bring the question forward , because he never can get i two millions of shillings , nor four millions of Irish names to a petition for any measure . It is absurd and ridiculous . Truly yours , P . O'HlGGIKS . Mr . Alexander M'Eensie , Bristol .
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truto is IntlwIWe , and w « i PMTOU ; and His anexblllratiiig coMolatfpn to the faurnbl * and honest advocate of trotn , that shit ins neTfir yet Tanqnislied " in a fair and open encounter . " I am wOHnfr ; therefore , to » eeb Mr . f eargua O'Connor , or an £ other capable membe * of thV Association , to discuss the co&j&KtivV merits . of Chartism as respectively adTOcatet ^ Measri LoTett tad O'Connor or Lorett , Watson , and myaetf will meet any three of his supporters ; <* , if be prefer it , we will discuss the subject in a public meeting , In -which the discussion shall be open to all competent persons . lam , Stir , Your humble servant , HeNHY HETHBBINGJfOjr . P . S . In the event of this challenge being accepted , each party shall appoint two or three friends , or as many as may be agreed npon , to arrange the proceed
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CITT OF LONDON . —The City members of the National Charter Association held their weekly meeting , as usual , on the evening of the 8 th instant , in the room 55 , Old Bailey . The members expressed a wish that their delegates of the County Council could make it convenient to attend their weekly meetings ; they particularly wish to know in what way they are to assist the Council in defraying the expenecs of the public meetings held in the metropolis . Mr . Cater introduced his motion , of which he had previously given notice , via . to form a City Political Loan Tract Society , to saturate the city with a knowledge of the doctrines of the People ' a Charter . The motion was seconded by . Mr . G . Wystt , who hoped the plan would be carried into effectual operation . After some excellent remarks from
the membeis it was agreed to , nan con ., and a committee was appointed to prepare a plan to bring the same into efftjet . —On Thursday evening , W . D . Saul , Esq . merchant , delivered a very excellent and instructive lecture in the same place to a very attentive audience . Subject —the social and political condition of the country . Mr . Cater said , that in rising to propose a vote of thanks to their excellent Lecturer , he must apologise for the absence of most of the city members , who had availed themselves of the pleasing opportunity of going to hear their much beloved and patriotic champion , F . O Connor , Esq . in the White Conduit House , but trusted that the excellent Lecturer will again visit the city locality , when he would guarantee that the Hall should be filled te overflowing . He ( Air . C . ) begged leave to inform the
Lecturer , as he had in his lecture wade allusions to what took place in the Hall of Science , the other oveniDg , that that disturbance had Its origin through a sermon preached in this room , which he ( the Speaker ) considered disgraceful to the Chartist cause . Ha ( Mr . Co could assure the Lecturer that the managing committee of the shareholders of this Institute were totally ignorant that that sermon would be of a personal nature ; that they do not encourage personal bickerings ; and that he , as well as many other members of the National Charter Association , were ready to forgive and forget the opposing party , if they would cease their endeavours to stop the progress of Chartism . The vote of thanks being seconded by Mr . Knox , was carried unanimously . The Lecturer , in returning thanks for the same , sta t ed
that when he came into the room he expected to meet with much opposition , but it was pleasing to him to have to say that he never attended a more orderly and rational assemblage of "working men before , and that he would pledge his word to give them a lecture once a quarter , and that his next would be on Geology ; and invited the company and their friends to visit his great Museum in Aldersgate-street , any Thursday morning , at eleven o ' clock , free of any expence , and that at that time he is always present . —On Sunday evening , in the same place , Mr . Williama preached a short sermon from the commandment , " Thou shalt not steal , " after which a discussion ensued . Mr . Cater delivered the following notices . That F . OOonnor , Esq . had promised him that , after he had visited Brighton , he will attend a public meeting in this Hall , due notice of which will be given on Thursday evening , the 23 rd of September . L . T . Clancy , Esq Founder and late Secretary of the Dublin Repeal
and Charter Association will deliver a lecture for the benefit of poer Robert Peddie ; subject , Chartism and Ribonism in Ireland . Next Sunday morning will be the monthly meeting of the shareholders of this Institute . In the evening of the same day Mr . Cameron , of Finsbury , will preach ; and tho Sunday evening following Mr . Balls will preach . The City members of the National Charter Association will hold their weekly meetings on Tuesdays instead of Wednesdays for the future ; and the concert is put off from the 13 th instant , on account of the benefit for Mr . O'Brien , till the following Monday , ia this Hall . Mr . C . also observed , that on the previous Sunday evening Mr . Neesora had publicly read a letter to the congregation in this Hall , which is thought by the Committee may tend to create in tbe minds of many a false impression , and get the place into disgrace , if the following answer is not publicly read also : —
"TO MR . CHARLES H . NEESOM . " " Sept . 12 , 1841 . " Sib , —The managing Committee of the shareholders of the Political and Scientific Institute , 55 , Old Bailey , have received your letter requesting to be allowed the privilege to preach a sermon in the above place , in reply to a sermon preached by Mr . Watkins on a previous occasion . " Sir , I am directed by theabovo Committee to inform you that , previous to the preaching of the sermon you allude to , they were totally ignorant that it would be of a personal description ; neither did' the printing and
publishing of the same receive tbeir sanction . With this declaration the Committee feel themselves exonerated from the supposed encouragement of personal vituperation ; and as they value the keeping in a respectable manner a place of meeting of their own , the important responsibility the shareholders of the above place have committed to their care , and the momentous objects they , have in view , the said Committee cannot comply with your request or any other gentleman ' s that may be of a similar character ; with this explanation , they trust that , for the future , their meetings will net again be interrupted by personal biokeings and slander .
" John Dale , Sec . pro iem . " CA 1 YIBERWELL & WALWORTH The Chartists of this locality met last Monday evening at the Herse and Crown , Walworth . The meeting was well attended , and great enthusiasm prevailed among its members . A letter waa read from Manchester ; the contents were soon discussed . An order upon the treasurer for 8 s . 4 d ., to be sent forthwith to tbe Executive , was made . The cause looks much better in London—the principles of the Charter seem to be better understood among what they term middle-class men . Daniel—the once " Great Dan "—will find that the hour of delusion is gone by ; the People will not believe him again . The calumny which that fellow has heaped upon the Chartists , by calling them blood-thirsty , and torchand-dagger-mea , will recoil upon his own head at some future date . We are for equal justice to Ireland—the same liberty for Ireland as we claim for ourselves .
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TROWBRXDQE . —On Saturday last , a public tea meeting was held at the Democratic Chapel , to celebrate the release of Mr . Wm . Carrier from the tyrant ' s dungeon . The chapel was decorated , as on former occa sions , with portrait * , garlands , and other devices . Over the portrait vf John Frost wns the following : — "A nation of sober and intelligent men cannot be slaves . " At six o ' clock , upwards of two hundred sat down to an excellent tea , which did honour to the committee for the tasteful manner in which it was served up . After tea , Mr . John Moore was called to the chair , and after making some remarks he gave the first toast , . "The sovereign people , the legitimate source of all wealth , " which was ably responded to by Mr . Hawkins . The
next toast was , " Prosperity to all true Chartist victims , may they still continue to be the terror to our enemiea . and shining ornaments in society . " Responded toby Mr . Tucker , of Wesftmry , and supportedhy Mr . Carrier In a long and able address . Mr . Ciaer , the Chartist teetotal lecturer , next addressed the assembly in a most eloquent manner . The band waa in attendance , and played several patriotic tunes . Three cheers were given for the restoration of F . O'Connor , Esq ., to the ranks of the people , three cheers for Mr . Carrier , and three for Frost , Williams , and Jonea . A vote of thanks was also given to the thirty-nine M . P . ' s who voted for Sharman Crawford ' s motion . The meeting broke up highly delighted with the evening ' s entertainment .
LEICESTER . —The fine weather , last Sunday , was highly favourable for our camp-meeting . The audiences on the recreation ground , in the morning and afternoon , were very huge . Mr . Harrison , of Calverton , near Nottingham , spoke from a figurative passage in Revelations , in the morning , and Mr . Dean Taylor preached from Seek ye first the kingdom of God , " &c . in the afternoon . Each speaker "was listened to with absorbed attention , and produced hearty convictions that the whole truth of Christianity , and its applieableness as a system of relief for man ' s political as well as moral condition , is only now beginning to be understood . In the evening , the Market-place was made the field of operations . Mr . Bairstow addressed an immense and highly-gratified audience , with his usual eloquence
from " cruoify him , crucify him , " &c Mr . Cooper commenced and concluded each service with giving out hymns , and prayer . The day was one of the most interesting ever experienced by Leicester Chartists . Collections to a pleasing amount were made at the close of each discourse , the surplus of which ; after travelling expences of the' speakers are deducted , is to be forwarded to the treasurer of the fund for O'Brien ' s press . A collection is intended to be made next Sunday , for the augmenting the kid for Chartism ' s schoolmaster . Nothing can be more gratifying than the excitement now prevalent in Leicester . In addition to the sixtytwo , the whole number of new members received last week , thirty names have been received by Mr . Cooper ,
the secretary , during the time intervening from last Saturday morning to the present evening ( Monday . ) Tonight , Mr . Cooper has been addressing a crowded Guildhall , on geography . Mr . Bairstow , who had been over to lecture at Anstey , ( a little village near Leicester , distinguished for its true Chartist spirit , ) entered the Guildhall towards the conclusion of tbe lectnre , and was received with a spontaneous burst of clapping of hands . He addressed the audience for a short time , and remains in Leicester , with the intention of lecturing during the race week , ia some of our streets and squares , and thus contributing to help on the glorious movement which is taking place in the town where he is so heartily respected , and where he has so often and bo effectually laboured .
GLASGOW . —Toll Cross—A large meeting © f the inhabitants of Toll Cross was held in their own Hall on Thursday night week , and was addressed by Messrs . Colquhoun , Brian , and M'Kay , from Glasgow , when the meeting agreed to meet Mr . O'Connor in procession and demonstration when he arrived in Glasgow . Cumlochie . —A crowded and suffocating meeting of tbe males and females of Cumlochie met on Monday night , in their new Hall ( all the suburban districts having now got Halls of their own ) , Mr . Mushat in the
chair . The Hall was decorated with Scotch thistles , laurel , and evergreens , and on the walls hung portraits of Feargns O'Connor , Emmett , < && After a number of sentimental and comic songs were sung , the meeting was addressed by Messrs . Cullan and Moir , whose sentiments elicited the most rapturous cheering . The two speakers then left the meeting amid the most deafening cheering . The singing and other sentiments connected with the now glorious march of the movement were kept up for several hours , when the happy assembly broke up , cheering for the safe arrival of their glorious , talented , and honest chieftain , Feargua O'Connor .
Cuariisx Church , Great Hamilton-stheet . — A lecture was delivered here by Mr . James Walker , on Priestcraft , after which a hot discussion ensued , notwithstanding the numerous meeting departed with tbe best of feelings , after having given three regular rounds of cheering for the Chaxtiat cause and its friends . BRIDGETON . —The Chartist drummer , of this populous suburban district announced after tuck of drum , that Con Murray , the Irish Chartist and Roman Catholic tramping nailer would deliver a lecture on Irish politics , and of course it being a district which contains upwards of 7000 Roman Catholics , the hall was crowded to excess , besides the numbers who congregated outside . Mr . Black was called to the chair , who
introduced the witty and talented lecturer . When he was introduced to the meeting , accompanied with a number of his Irish friends , both Catholic and Protestant , one simultaneous burst of feeling flowed from the "whole assemblage , after which Con proceeded and showed up tbe old humbug O'Cunneil ia most glorious style . He waa followed by a Mr . Shufftrton , from Birmingham , in a strain of the most eloquent declamation , every other sentiment calling forth bursts of cheering from the previously excited audience . Mr . M'JCay followed , backing out the statements of Con . When he sat down Dennis M'Millan , another Irish Roman Catholic , thundered forth in a strain of Irish eloquence and humour , which completely electrified tbe Scotch , English , and Irish present . This speech , so
damning to the great humbug , called forth a defence from a young satelite of Dan ' s which produced much jeering and laughter . Mr . Rodger , who had just arrived from a meetiug in the Calton , and whose master mind at once grasped the subject of dispute , cut up Mr . O'Connell ' s past career in a genteel , though sarcastic style ,, which perfectly electrified those "within and without . The discussion was kept up for at least an hour after Rodger had spoken , every one "whom we spoke with acknowledging that they had never got so much fun in one night . Dan's backers shook hands with the kind-hearted and conciliatory John Rodger , and stating at the same time that they were now convinced that they were , as Con , their countryman , had stated , nothing better than sea-gulls , crows , and sea-maws , who supported Dan . A vote was then asked for a procession or demonstration when O'Connor came to Glasgow ,
when the entiro assembly voted for a procession and demonstration . Cheers , of course , were given for O'Connor , the Charter , Chairman , &c , after which a large party , after tho Irish fashion , arm in arm , cleeked Coa to a house , where he got his Irish whistle wet with a glass of good Scotch whisky . I hove , however , forgot in writing out the above that Con , seconded by myself , moved the following resolution , which was came ;! with clapping of hands , waving of hats , stamping of feet , and the usual bursts of approbation which proceeds from a well pleased meeting : — " That this meeting sympathises with the Irish nation , and that they ought to be no longer a province , but a Republic , having legislators sitting in Dublin , elected by the voice of the people in accordance with the principles of the People ' s Charter . " This was carried -with great cheering . — Correfvondent .
Extraordinary Meeting of Delegates in St . ANN ' S Church . —The largest meeting of Delegates ever held in St . Ann's Church , Glasgow , took place on Friday evening . No less than eighty-nine shops , districts , and factories were represented by somewhere about 200 delegates , to discuss the manner in which they would receive that great and good man , Feargus O'Connor , when he came to ( Kr . s ; ow . After a brief discussion , seeing that each , delegate or delegates "were furnished with instructions from the various bodies which they represented , the vote was taken for tho following motion : — " That in order to Insure the largest possible meeting on Glasgow Green , where the powerful voice
of O'Connor will tell upon the vast number which will then assemble , each district , shop , and factory shall proceed with their flags , bands , and other insignia , straight to the Green , the same as was done when the delegates from the Convention came to Glasgow ; and that the vast multitude of Chartists shall leave the Green accompanying O'Connor to the Bnziar Hall , where the Soiree ia to be held . " This resolution of course was carried amid tumultuous cheering . The Secretary cf tho Local Universal Suffrage Association then read O'Connor ' s letter , stating the time he will be in Glasgow . Votes of thanks were then given to the Chairman , cheers for O'Connor , and the glorious cause of Chartism , when the meeting broke up .
GLOUCESTER . —A public meeting was held at the Democratic Assembly Rooms , Worcester-street , on Monday evening , at eight o'clock ; Mr , Thos . Sidaway was called to the chair . Mr _ John Sidaway gave a lecture on the right of the working classes to the Suffrage , and which was the best calculated to benefit the community generally , Household or Universal . The lecturer entered into the various arguments in favour of Household Suffrage , which he completely dissected . He concluded a very powerful lecture amidst the plaudits of his hearers , carrying the whole meeting
with bim in favour of the Charter , and urged them never to cease agitating till it was proclaimed the law of the land . The Chairman then introduced Mr . Richard Herbert , of Birmingham , who addressed the meeting in a brief , but able manner , showing what the power of the people could accomplish , if they were but firmly united . The Chairman then dissolved the meeti ng , by informing them that a meeting would be held in that room , "which is capable of holding five or six hundred persons , every Sunday morning at ten o ' clock , for reading and instructions ; and every Monday night , at eight o ' clock , for lectures .
HUDDERSPXEtD . —The members of the Association met , as usual , on Tuesday night , and appeared in good spirits , a f ter having heard read several letters from various [ places , paid their contributions , and the extra levy , with great good feeling .
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MACCLESPIELD . —On . Sunday evening , Mr . West lectured oil the 1 Errors of our Commercial System . ' * He proved that the great evils we hare to complain of originated in a false dread of foxejga competition , which caused oar manufaoturera and the Government to force down the money ; fsfafr of British productions to the level of whftt / he-pro duce which might be obtained in return vrottldreahsej and that , consequently , we have been- « ppttulfc increased , quantities at decreased value , until tn » labourers have been ruined , rod the manufacturers fastfoUowiofr them ; from 1793 to 1816 , the value of exports to Europe , Africa , and America , exceeded the imports from thence b y £ 33 , 000 , 000 : andfdnoo
1816 , we have enabled the federal Government to discharge tho greater part of their debt of about £ 27 , 000 , 000 , by reducing wages so as to enable other countries to levy 50 , 75 , and even 2 W per cent , oa the products of our labour , so as to enable 4 heca to erect joint-stock manufacturing establishments and public improvements in canals , roads , &c ., and thus establish that evil so much dreaded . Mr . West entered largely into the subject , and from tables and documents proved that our trade wag given , away to foreigners ; and that all the efforts of the free trade party cannot regain it . The subject created considerable interest , and Mr . West will resume it in his next lecture .
hawxck . —At . an adjourned meeting of the Hawick Chartist Association , hela in the Chartist Hall on Saturday evening last , the following resolution was agreed to , and ordered to be sent to the Northern Star and Scottish Patriot . — "That this meeting cannot but consider the conduct of those individuals professing Chartist principles , who can allow mere personal reasons or motives to keep them , from joining the great body oft their fellow countrymen in their exertions for ; their political emancipation , as having a tendency to weaken the agitation for , and retard the attainment of , the object they profess to have in viewy and , { consequently , detrimental to the Chartist movement . "
NOT T INGHAM , —We have just concluded a splendid and most , enthusiastic meeting , beld :. Ur . our Market-place , the object of which meeting was to make known the present circumstances and situation of James Bronterre O'Brien , of him who , for years past , has been the political schoolmaster of the age , and to shew that the poor man ' s guardian , for his powerful advocacy of right against might , has by means of Whig prosecution and torture , been made poorer than the poor man himself , At the close of Mr . Dean Taylor ' s lecture a collection was made , which , amounted to £ l 0 s . 7 ^ d . Mr . Taylor then announced that Mr , Cooper , of Leicester , Editor of the Illuminator and Whig Extinguisher , would address them on the same topic , and in the same place , on Tuesday evening , at six o ' clock- After a vote of thanks had been awarded to Mr . Taylor , and Mr . J . Bostock , Chairman , three tremendous cheers were given for Messrs . O'Connor , the
uncaged lion , and . for B . O'Brien , who leaves bis dungeon on the 24 th instant ; three cheers werd given for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and three more for tb » gallant Sharman Crawford , and the glorious 39 , when the meeting quietly dispersed , and parties adjourned to the democratic chapel , to hold their usual weekly meeting , and several new members joined the aisaciation . Petition sheets were also plentifully distributed amongst the members , both mole and female , for the Charter . A vote of thanks was proposed by Mr . Russell , and carried unanimously , with great applause , to Mr . O'Higgins , for his clear and dispassionate answers to the questions of a Mr . Toole , and also to Mr . P . SI . Bropby , and all the other members of the National Charter Association , Dublin , for their steady , persevering , and uncompromising line of conduct towards the Liberator himself , and every other tool he has made use of .
BARNSLBY . —The Odd Fellows'Hall was crammed to suffocation to hear Dr . M'Douall lecture on the prin ciples of the People ' s Charter . The Doctor was re- > ceived by the meeting with loud cheering which lasted several minutes . Mr . Peter Hoey was called to . the chair , and was received with long continued cheering . Dr . M'Douall delivered a soul-stirring lecture , during which he was frequently interrupted by tbe plaudits of the meeting . He demonstrated to the entire satisfaction of the people present , that nothing short of the People ' s Charter would benefit the whole community , and concluded amidst loud and long continued cheering . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , three cheers fer Feargus O'Connor , three for William Ashton , and all the other imprisoned Chartists , and the meeting broke up .
ACCRINGTON . —The Chartists of this place held a public meeting in the large room at the slgnoftha Wheat Sheaf , for the purpose of hearing a lecture from Mr . Tatteraal , of Burnley ; Mr . Wm . Beesley was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Tattersal delivered a most heart-stirring address , shewing up the Whig $ in their true colours , and severely lashing the Tories . Ho encouraged the people to come forward and join the National Charter Association , showing them that if the people of this country were united all the powers upon earth could not Stop them front obtaining their rights . The lecture occupied about an hour in the delivery , and gave universal satisfaction .
LIVERPOOL . —The Chartists of this town met en Monday last , to receive the Secretary ' s report tor the quarter , and elect officers to conduct the affairs of this Association for the ensuing quarter . The following persons were then elected to serve as Councillors : — Mr . James M'Kenna , Mr . Charles Gwilliams , Mr . John William Magee , Mr . Thomas Aabwith , Mr . Thomas Lindsay , Mr . Edward Benbow , Mr . John Cowan , treasurer ; Mr . Ewan Davies , sub-secretary , 42 , Gerard street Ma . Doyle lectured here on Wednesday , the 3 rd inst The room was crowded , being by far . the most numerous meeting we have had in this town . Mr . Butterwortb , of Manchester , briefly addressed the meeting . Several new members having been enrolled , tho meeting broke up—three hearty cheers having been given for Mr . O'Connor , the Chairman , and lecturer .
TODIYIORDEN . —Tho weekly meeting of the National Charter Association was held , as usual , on Monday night , -when the number of members increased again , and it was resolved to take the lecture room of the Mechanics' Institute , and the absent members are requested to attend there on Tuesday night next , at eight o ' clock . SOWERBY . —Mr . Leach , of Manchester , lectured here on Monday last , to a crowded audience . At the conclusion , thanks were given to Mr . Leach , and the Chairman ; three cheers for Feargua O'ConnOr , three for the Executive , three for the National Charter Association , and three for the exiles of Cambria , Frost , Williams , and Jones . After which tbe vast . assembly separated .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brother Dfmoceats , —I wrote a short letter about a month ago , requesting tbe various Chartist Associations to send me the name of the sub-Secretaries . Business is often retarded by ray not having the addresses of the sub-Secretaries ; for instance , I cannot write a letter to Bradford , becsuse I do not know whom to write . I cannot get an answer from Sheffield , although I have written four or five times to that town . In Derbyshire there are only two or three towns that I can write , 'tis the same in Nottinghamshire . There are now nearly 200 towns in the association . I think a great deal of good mighfc be done if the district councils would take this matter up . I have seen an account in this week ' s Siar ef a lecturer addressing
audiences in four towns ; there were good meetings , and yet there is not an association in any one of those towns ; there are at the present moment ten persons engaged lecturing , now if these ten formed twenty associations weekly , or two each , that would amount to about 40 f associations more with those already formed , before the Convention will meet in February next , and this I am sure can be done ; what might not the people do with 500 associations iu England and Wales , backed out by Scotland , and also by their friends who are taking a stand in Ireland ? why , any thing and every thing for liberty ; let therefore all these towns where the Star is taken in , and who have not enrolled themselves under our sacred banner ; immediately communicate with us . We have one powerful advocate unchained , who does the work of half a dozen men without fee or
reward , namely , F . O'Connor , and by the 24 th inst we will have another who will assist by his energetic pen to crush tyranny and establish liberty , namely , J . B O'Brien . Then you have M'Douall , Leach , Philp , and Williams on the Executive ; these backed out by such talented men as Bairstow , Vincent , Bolwell , Ridley , Wheeler , Binns , Williams , Morgan , Morling , Wilkinson , Be l l , Doyle , Mason , Clarke , Marsden , Harney , Pitkeithly , Clayton , Arthur , Cooper , White , and a host of others , may guide successfully the greatest agitation that ever took place in England for democracy . Hoping , my friends , that you will not lose time in writing to me for cards , and joining the National Charter Association . I remain your brother democrat , John Campbell , Gen . Sec Salford , Sept 14 , 1841 .
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T ; « r Majesty ' s Prirxipal Secretary of Siaie for ihe Home D-partvienL Ti * ilenorial of the Citizens of Bath , agreed to at a Public ileetiag held in the said City , September " , liil ,
KESPECnTLIT SHE'SVEia , _ That Robert Peddie is a political prisoner , in Bever' sj Eonse of Correction , Yorkshire . Tasx Robert Peddie was sentenced , at the March ¦^ 368 , hoiden in the said c-ounty , ia li 40 , to three ysar- s imprisonmeEt That the charge against him , tiotingat Bradford . ' was founded on the evidence of Eis Junes Harrison , who was admitted as "witness on £ * part of the Crown . _ That this James Harrison -was , at the time , a xoto-^ 32 * izfonser against poor publicans , and continued to b = Rich , till the raaeistrates refused to take his evifence ; that he left his ¦ srife and family to the care of £ i parish ; and thst he is now in Preston Gaol , w&it-^ S to take his trial for horse stealing , u n de r the ID ! . ri ^*^*> T - ^ ? r- ¦¦ —» rtf £ i-i 1 ni ^ Wim : * 1 T > ACS
. Harrison stole the horse , hired two b « ys to take it kss Prestcn to Blackburn , in the county of Lancaster ; $ tc information to the police there , to the effect that " te tspected a party over to Blackburn with some fe >^ 2 property , s . 2 < i tha : he "R-oold give a sharp look ° * - > That the boys "Were subsequently taken before &s presiding magistrate at Preston , Mr . German , when p ^ J" told him how they canie by the horse , which was in Ss rr ..-. raer aforesaid . That Harrison told the police thit " it -sras a fabricstion , " and that , " if they waited while , -when a re-ward would be offered for the mare , 2 sy -stcuU mike a gc-od job of it" That Harrison » i 5 , however , taken into custody , and fully committed ^ taie his tr ial at the ciLsti ^ g Quarter Sessions for ^ rston , upon the ci ^ rge of " horse stealing , " as tforesaid .
Tia : yonr 3 IemoriaIi £ ts submit these facts to your ^ isiip , in the hope that they may induce your Lord-£ j p to recommend the case of Robert Peddie to Royal aTcai , he having been convicted upon the evidence of * o * I a character as the said James Harrison . And "fire will . ic .
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^ TO THE EDITOB OF THE KORTHEKN STAB . Sir , —You will not only oblige me , but some of your English readers , by publishing the enclosed letter . It was written in answer to a letter which I received on the 24 th of Jnly last , from Mr . Alexander M'Kenzie , of Bristol . It lay the usual time at the Poat-Office , and was returned to me from the Daad Letter Office , on Friday , the 10 th instant My object in writing this letter to yon is , to acquaint all those who may be kind enough to favour me with letters , that my general habit is to answer all letters as soon as possible after the receipt of them ; and that those answers will be found at the Post-Offices of the towns from whence the letters have come . I am , Your obedient servant , Patrick O'Higgiss . Dublin , Sept 12 th , 1841 .
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NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL . BILSTOJf . John Stiran , tallow-chandler . John Cadley , cordwainer . Joseph Jarvis , moulder . Joseph Nicholls , screw-turner . James Damaine , cordwainer . John Nicholls , sub-Treasurer . James Moseley , cordwainer , sub-Secretary . yVALSML . Thomas Almark , tailor . William M'Cullum , tailor . James M'Minn , tailor . Kicbard Hunt , spur-maker . Joseph Craddock , snaffle-maker . John Griffiths , plater . Jamea Scholefield , sub-Treasuier . Robert Valoise , sub-Secretary . V . 'ISDECU . Robert Anderson ,. bookseller . Hc-nry Breeze , tailor . " James Bunn , carpenter . Henry Canaan , shoemaker . George Bruce , ditto-Thomas Howitt , ditto . . Tohn Day , ditto . Saunders Cheney , " tailor . John Finch , shoemaker . XORTHA . MPION . William Hallewell , shoemaker , Todd's Lane , Nor thampton . > TROWBRIDGE . John Stevens , weaver . Wm . Barnes , ditto . Wiu . Vines , ditto . Henry Lamb , stay-maker . Jacob Moore , dyer . Arthur Heath , grocer . Jamea Haswell , cordwainer , Mortimer-street . Thomas Carpenter , weaver , sub-Treasurer , Mortimerstreet Daniel Lukes , carpenter , sub-Secretary , Mortimerstreet .
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Departure of Lord Fobtescue . —Hig Excellency the Lord Lieutenant held an undress Levee this day , ( Thursday ) which was numerously attended . From eleven o ' clook , carriages continued to arrive until nearly twelve , at which hour his Excellency appeared in the State apartment , accompanied by the officers of the Household ^ In the course of the presentations his Excellency conferred the honour of Knighthood upon Nicholas Fitzsimon , Esq ., Magistrate of Police , and formerly M . P . for the King ' s County . Shortly after one o ' clock his Excellency left the Castle on horseback , accompanied bj hia Aides-de-camp , and followed by a train of private
carriages and gentlemen on horeback . The cortege , composed of a vast " number of carriages and other vehicles , arrived as Maretjmo , the seat of Lord Cloncurry , where the Countess of Fortescue and tho Misses Geala awaited his Excellency ' s arrival , and then proceeded with " "it to Kingstown . Opposite the Jetty the Shamrock , steamer was in readiness to receive their Excellencies , vrho immediately went on board . Lady Burke , of Marble-hill , and several other ladies were also on board to fake leave of the Countess Fortescue , . At a quarter-past three o ' clock the steamer left the quay , amidst the cheers of a numerous assemblage on the beach . —Dublin Evening Post .
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H . H . TO MR . HETHEBINGTON . Sib , —I accept your challenge . I shall return from Birmingham on Tuesday , after the Demonstration on Monday , that is , on next Tuesday , and shall be ready to meet you , with Messrs . Lovett , Watson , and any other fnendi you please , to discuss the proposition contained in your letter . You must have free admission , a large place of meeting , and doors open in time . You may make all the arrangements about chairmen , &c . ; and I-meet you on Tuesday , at nine o ' clock—Tuesday , 21 st-September . Please to leave word with Mr . CJeave of the place of meeting . My time , save that night , is filled up . Your obedient servant , Feargus O'Connor .
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TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . London , September 10 , 1841 . SIR , —Ton "will oblige me by inserting the following in ihe Northern Star : — CHALLENGE TO FEARGUS O'COIvNOB , ESQ . Tbe intolerant and unjust proceedings of the London Members of th 9 National Charter Association ( about 300 strong | have determined me to challenge Mr . Feargus O'Connor , or the best man they have in their Association , to a discussion of the merits of Mr . Lovett ' s Chartism ; in which I will undertake to prove that Lovett ' s
Chartism is as superior to Feargus O'Connor ' s Chartism as the conduct of the professors of the one is , in ' moral and intellectual fitness , superior to the conduct of the intolerant adherents of the other . Knowing that it is onl y by fai r , a n d ope n , and searching discussion that the tiuth can be elicited , I fearlessly invite Mr . Feargus O'Connor and his friends to defend themselves and their principles . I am fully aware that I place myself in a disadvantageous position in meeting my superiors in talent and scholastic acquirements , bntil am more than compensated for this disadvantage in the fact , that
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