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TO DAKIEL O'CGXNELL, ESQ., M.P.
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ailedtne DUBLIN.—Irish Universal Association.—The Association met as usual on Sunday, the 12th instant.
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To Dakiel O'Cgxnell, Esq., M.P.
TO DAKIEL O'CGXNELL , ESQ ., M . P .
Sib—Since I last addressed you , the Grand Jury have returned a True Bill against joa and oilier part ies charged with ihe commission of those uudefio . " ableciimes called " sedition /'—which means everything that the existing Government chooss 3 to allege , as being likely to weaken their politics infiaenoe , ; and ** conspiracy , " the meaning of which I hare neTer heard so well denned as by a' Lancashire hand-loom wearer , who , upon being asked the meaning of conspiracy , replied , ** if you and anj bodj else agree to do anything that I don ' t like J call that conspiracy , '
In my former letter I told yon that the Govern-X&ent Tronld not allow either yon or the country to reap a trimaph from an acquittal . And in many former articles that I have "written npon the subject , I told yon that yon -would find it impossible to Bsparateyour own responsibility from the acts of other parties contending for the same measures , however yon and they might differ in your course of action . I mention that circumstance here for tne pnrpose of commenting upon the following paragraph , which appears in y our address of the 11 th of this month , to the people of Ireland . That paragraph runsthu 3 i—
** Bat—attend to me—if "there " be nniing iie irials the slightest outbreak of Tiolence in any paridi , it vnlil be my duty immediately to abandon the Kepeal cause , and to forsake a people wb » at such a critical period as the present , would not follow the ad rice I bo earnestly give them . : ftow , Sir , that won't do . Depend upen it , it will not . What , Sir , " to forsake a people , of there be the slightest outbreak of violence in a" single parish . "
Are yon not perfectly aware that such an announcement is pre-eminensly calculated to caose violence and outbreak , not in one , but in many parishes ? and that those who hare the power to purchase your desertion at so cheap a price , will not fail to furnish you with an excuse ! I most cordially join with you in desiring that unbroken peace may continue id reign ; because I feel convinced that in peace alone , calm discussion can be entertained , and from discussion alone -wholesome legUlaiion can
spang . In my last letter I endeavoured to set you right , or rather to set the country right , npon two cbargn that you have thought proper to bring against the Chartist body j and I shall now mention aibird . In 1833 yon declared it to be impossible to . carry a Bapeal of the Union until tie English people had co-opeiated with ihe Irish npon that subject ; and thai , to ensure sueh co-operation , you would make a tonr of England . I confess to yoa that up to that period I was strongly imbued with the national
prejudice , and that 1 had noi then learned to ciscriminate between the English people and the English oligarchy . Finding that yon coi ^ sidered such a step necessary , and that for some years you neglected the performance of 1 M 3 promised duty , 1 , having lost all my former prejudices , set abooi the work of conciliation ; and I am Lola u > assert thai , for the last eight years , 1 have done more than all Ihe writers and orators that ever preceded me , to destroy all those anti-Irish pit-judiccs which existed in the minda of the English people .
You must haTe been cognizant of this fact ; and yet your conduct during the recent agitation mnst lead every rational man-to the conclusion , that you not only denred to perpetuate disunion between the people of the two coHniries , bnt that you actually paraded your desire to do so , for the purpose of enlisting the sympathies , and of insuring the confidence of the middling classes , whom you know to be opposed to the interest of the working people . Such course led me , and I think naturally , to the
conclusion , that you courted individual strength , and sough t fbrpersonal impunity , by a sacrifice of lie interests of the-people of ho \ h eonntxies , 1 speak the more freely upon those bygone subjects , in consequence of the firmness of your present position . They ate now matters worth referring w , because Irelana has proved that she has a mind . And it is the duty of her friends to inspire that mind with a thorough confidence in those parties , npon whose exertion the Irish people mnst rely , for the accomplishment of justice .
Dorins thft tmb »* « aUc . « n p y « w » 1 >» t © ** t » ohod great importance to the conversion ot insignificant jadivjduals ; wHe yon have heaped slander npon those whoss co-operation yoa professed a desire to court . You appealed to the English people against Tory domination : they answered your appeal from nearly every town in England and Scotland . Yon knew thaf they iad done so ; and yet from this national response you select the egotistical effusions of two powerless individuals , for extensive comment , thereby endeavouring to convince the Irish people , that there wa 3 no organ rsd party in England
capable of giving any strength or support to the Kepeal cause . You knew , as well as I know , that nearly every town in England had held numerous meetings for the purpose , not only of expressing sympathy but o ! co-operating with the Irish people , in their demand for a Repeal of the Union . And yet notwithstanding yom avowal of the necessity of snch co-operation , yon pass over in silence , or sfiect to treat with centempt , the expression of national will ; irMIe you treat the addresses of William Loveli and Joseph Srurge , neither of whom possess one particle of pablic confidence , with seriousness , if not with respect .
FkjCi tie coramencemeii . of the agitation toe Northern Star newspaper has teemed with the expression of English opinion npon the subject of lUpeal ; allapproving of the pHnciplt > and acquiesing in &e propriety of supporting their Irish brethren . At Kewcastle , a resolution strongly expressive of Enffeh feeling was passed at the largest in-door meeting ever convened in that town . A copy of ih&t resolution , together with an abstract of the proceedings , was forwarded by Mr . Horne , a most respectable man , for insertion in the Nation newspaper ; and short reports of the proceedings of several large meetings , together with resolutions , ware transmitted to the Irish press ; and " not a angle one , has been noticed by any portion of that press .
2 aos , Sir , I think that I have clearly rebutted jottr charge of English , indiffjenee , and that if cnnuniJity exists anywhere it js with yon sad the Irish press , which though cognizant of the fact , yet wilhheld it from publication for private purposes . If the same pains had been taken to secure the co-operation of the English working-people that have bees taken to -wheedle over a set of worthless , bigotted , pettifogging , crange Irish rascals , the two countries would have long ance pronounced for a f nil measure «* jastiee , in terms which their taskmasters must have obeyed . Aid of this fact jon mnst have been aware . Therefore , Sir , ihe charges which I in turn bring
sgamsiyoii , in connection with the Repeal cau 3 e , are rc a precisely similar nature to those , which I "urge Jgaiast the English Free-Traders . Yen know the loiter vrhlch can alone carry Repeal , bat you fear that such an accession would dem 3 Ed a fuller measure of justice , than tne middle classes SIfi dearoas or trilling to coDfer npon the working People . So it is precisely with the English Free 3 ^ d = rs ; they prefer grubbing amongst the electoral frwj for sectional support , to gaining the co-operation of the working classes , lest the latter body * bnld claim political equality , as their share of the iaii&a&l triumph . !
Ems , Sir , we have discovered that for both pur-1 * 365 onr co-operation is merely songht , as a . means * f easurins & trinmph to onr oppressors . It has ofteD strnck me , Sir , as a Tery curious circumstance ^ while yoa abuse the Chartist body , all of whom ^ e Repealers , yon should still coniinne to lavish liaise and ecomiums upon the English Free Traders , * io are one and all anti-Repealers . Yon abuse
Jeargas O'Connor , who baa been a consistent Re- j Jfcaler—whale you eulogise Mr . Cobden , anddesig-j ** te him as a pupil of your own—who has thanked ; ^ that he ma not bain in a . C&&ol ie ewffitry , "j ®< i -Who has attempted to stamp npon ihe . Irish ** &olics , the cr ime of haying demoralised & j EagBsh people , j % object in addressiBg yon is to point out the j
Krorg that yoa haTe committed * in tie hope oi 0 ° *' . 1 ^ Dg jon and the world , that however yon i ^ ay i ' w a season suceeHsfuliv delude the Irish people i * i& regsrd to English fedicg and Chartist tactics , j & ** > Berertheless , > n > T > how thirsting for know- !
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ledge , and having burst from all those prejudices by which it has been long trammelled , will drink at the source , and be no longer ratisfied with merely l&pping the skim from the surface . Those superficial ideas which floated fantastically upon the imagination of enthusiasts will no longer satisfy that craving after knowledge to which vast improvements of latter years has led . The manner in which the English Chartists now sympathise with you and your persecuted brethren , must put those Irishmen to the blush who designated me as a convicted libeller , and the Chartist prisoners , as offenders who had been mildly dealt with by the "Whig administrators of the law , or rather by the administrators of "Whig law . Another charge which you have bronght agaiu&t the Chartist body is , that they
were Tory Chartists ; whereas you well knew that the principal cause of their hatred to the Whigs , was because they did not destroy Toryism and for ever , while it was in their power to do so . " ¥ ou well knew that not a single Chartist supported the Tories from a love of Tory principles . . ; bnt that , on the contrary , they opposed the Whigs because the Whigs preferred conciliating Tory prejudices to relyng upon popular support for existence . This , Sir , is the rack upon "which the Melbourne Administration was wrecked . With him , poor easy soul , the question was indeed a knife and fork one ; and as long as you could secure to him his place at tne Royal Board , by the subserviency of tbe most servile place-hunting title-seeking crew that ever disgraced the House oi Commons , he was indifferent about the popular will .
Wo claim the merit of having destroyed the Whigs , while in truth , Sir , the triumph really belongs to you . Their reign was one of treachery falsehood , hypocrisy , cruelty , deceit , persecution , ' fraud , weakness , cowardice , and bloodshed ; whereas , had they relied upon popular suppoit , instead of upon Irish subserviency , 1 doubt much that the question of Democracy would have attained its present eminence for yet many years to come . How forgiving , then , should jou consider the English people , when , notwithstanding their thorough knowledge of all those facts , they are yet ready to forgive and forget , and still to throw round you the shield of protection , provided they find yon making past errors btacons to warn you of the shoals , raxher than lights to direct you in your future
course . You must pardon me—you must indeed Sir—for speaking thus plainly to you . You have been a plain speaker yourself . Let me council you then not to dream of abandoning the cause until you have achieved your object ; and above all do not attempt to create a weakness in the hope : of furnishing » justification for desertion . The Irish people have religiously obeyed your every command ; while the English people have far surpassed your most sanguine expectation by forgiving the past , and resolving to co-operate with you for the future . I gather this resolution from the sentiments that I have heard cheered and expressed at several large meetings throughout England and Scotland . Upon my
own part I can bat speai for myself . Every man in England Las a mind ; a mind that cannot be purchased , but may be won . Upon my co-operation as an individual you may fully calculate . I am the more aBXious to be clear upon this subject in consequence of an announcement recently made by you , of Chartist support having been tendered to you , by one Gaigin , or from a place called Gaigin . 1 well recollect that when Chartism first began to show itself i » x ^ aghrc ^ , yon assuredyourbearers that you had looked in vain to the map of Ireland for such a place ; and 1 mav tell jon in return , that I have enquired in Tain for such a man ss Galgin , and looked in vain upon the Chartist reap for such a place , and well you knew it .
Once more assuring you that tbe present Administration will not allow Ireland to make a triumph of your acquittal , let me implore of you to put your house in order—to do something more than merely collecting tribute , or preparing for your defence , the latter of which I by no means recommend yon to neglect ; bnt in the meantime be better prepared to meet the next step of tbe enemy than you were to meet the first assault . Time runs on , Sir ; and one of ihe six months has elapsed ; and now your Billpromising Repeal , or your head upon tbe block , —is within five months of maturity . I cannot see any possible means of escape : there is a watchfulness abroad which will see to the prevention of any general excuse ; while any local , sectional , or parochial squabble will not furnish you with such a one
as will juf-tify desertion . The awfnlness of that responsibility which you have cast upon yourself , shonld now open your eyeH to your position ; while the stand recently made by all Ireland against compromise , should teach yon that , era long , the crisis must occur . Bo prepared for it , and do not again be taken by surprise ; for , rely upon it , that , sooner or later , the people who hare so nobly sustained yon will demand a settlement , in which the debtoT and creditor account must be set forth with mercantile precision : and if a large amount of money is found npon one side , and a large amount of defeat upon the other , the disappointment will be great ; while vigilance and honesty will enable you to make a set-off of good deedB , which , however large the sum , will yet leave a balance in your
iavonr . I am , Sir , Fxabgcs O'CwciOJ :
TO THE WORKING CLASSES . My Bexovkd F 2 . i 22 ix& , —Every man-who looks to passing events must come to the conclusion , that the struggle is approaching between right and might . The state of Ireland , with rents reduced to the Tariff standard , religious dissensions , and centralization of power ; the st 3 te of South Wales , with increasing poverty and taxation , are co-existing cironmstances -which -will icqaire otber machinery than that which has worked tne old system to work them harmoniously ; and in exact proportion as dangers thicken , in the exact same proportion do the enemies of your friends multiply , increase , and combine against
you . Having stood amoDgst the foremost of yonr friends , I natnrally expected to be made the victim of your enemies . But in all my former struggles against faction I have found ample support in your affectionate regard and co-operation . I fight my own battles alone ; and recently , and especially during my last tour , so many leaders of different sections have conspired to weaken my influence , that I feel compelled to meet them in open combat Some men say , " heed them not ; vr © know ycu ; and we know them ; " but as it never has been my policy to sit tamely under abuse , my silence upon the several attacks that have been recently made upon me might be construed into an admission of the truth of those several charges .
„ ,, „ Mr . Parry has addressed a utter to me full oi matter condemnatory of himself , but- , profesing to be charges against me . That I shall answer next week to your entire satisfaction , if not to his . Mr . Watkins a man to whom I have never affsrded the fUehtest pretext , has perambulated the metropolis upon a tour of denunciation ; but thanks te the honest men of London he haB been routed and discomfitted ; and in his endeavonr to destroy me and the best men in the movement , he has sealed his own doom . I could afford to pass over such gratitude in silence ; ta * when I take the efforts of those parties in connection with those of another individual who has aleo joined them m the * crn-«*« . 1 feel myself called * pon to meet the dander to tniB
£ its infancy , and to give the death blow towticb J refer is a pamphlet published ^ by the ReJ William Hill , P' « TortiB « wbe » wmmentu ou two of his letters which were refused insertion in S ? JS 3 SSt 7 inthat pamphlet he expresses a strong disinclination to quarrel with me , ™ to £ e t ^ JBtfstS&riS ^ tt aaoJherlTsmpblc ^ which is now published , and m
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which , in justice to Mr . Hill , I have set forth his rejected letter ? , as well as the whole of his comment . Tnis pamphlet is the same size as tbe Lancaster Trials , contains 32 pages , and the price isfourpunce ; and upon it I shall make no further comment in tbo Northern Star , than merely to announee my sorrow for being driven to the alternative , and to express my belief that eTery man who reads hid , will come to the conclusion that it rendered mine indispen sable . Having now disposed of the disagreeable portion of my subject , I bave a word or two to say upon our present position . Notwithstanding the artful attempts of dissatisfied parties , to create disunion in
our rank ? , the several letters and communications that I receive from various parts of the country confirm me in tbe opinion that the Chartists , as a body , were never more determined upon the question of re-orgsnization than at the present moment . Many towns , even where 1 had enrolled a considerable number , have sent for a fresh supply of cards ; while similar applications have been made from many localities that never before joined in the movement . I have only then to ask all those who love liberty and hate oppression , to pnt their shoulders to the wheel for the next five months , in order that we may see the fruits of our labour in the maturity of public opinion . It is indispensable that we should avail ourselves of the services of such men as Leach , Doyle , Ross , West , Jono 9 , Gammaee , Mason , and others who have remained
faithful teachers in the school of democracy . Those men have one and all closed the door of employment against themselves , while we stand peculiarly in want of their services . There is ample scope for their abilities—many places require their assistance , and the question is , whether or no apaihy on the part of the body shall deprive ub of their services . I would hold up Ireland as an example to the English people , and tell them that if they subscribed as much in a year as the Irish people subscribe in one week , the principles of Chartism would very speedily be placed in the ascendant . I trust , then , that this appeal will be responded to from all parts of England , Scotland , and Wales , so that those officers who you have appointed to transact your business may be made capable of performing the duty efficiently .
Let us then hope that a day will be set apart for a national tribute—not to individuals , but to the cause ; and that every man will put his shoulder to the vrheel , to aid in the good work . I addressed a meeting last night , ( Tuesday ) , in Turnagain Lane ; and , though we were iuformed that Chartism was dead in London , yet I never in my life saw a finer or determined spirit manifested . mr . Mania , the Chairman , opened the proceeding * by inviting discussion , and challenging my traduoers to come forward : and although . there was a call at
the close of the proceedings for Lovett , Parry , Benbow , and Watkins ; and although I declared myself ready to meet them , yet not one of those gentleman had the manliness to - attend , a . 'though I . gave them a general and timely -inritatiira nr my announcement of tbe meeting in last week ' s Star . At the close of the business , I enrolled one hundred members ; some of whom were Irish Repealers who had nevor before joined us , and one of whom previously to taking out his card , put the two following questions to me : —
Mi . O'Connor does my enrolment as a member of the Chartist Association impose upon me a pledge to have recourse to physical force ? and Secondly—Does'it bind me to abstain from or take any particular course with regard to other questions and discussions ! Having answered both of those questions to the satisfaction of the qncrist , he took out his card . Now I consider those questions being put by an Irish Repealer more than equal to the enrolment of a thousand English Chartists , and I give you my reasons why ; because it informs us for the first time , of the real reasons why tbe Irish Repealers have refused to join our ranks . Honest Rouse , the stonemason , who stood by me when the Whigs
would have assassinated me at Birmingham , was still at my Eide , and 1 had the pleasure of shaking hands with very many of ray old country friends who had been to London driven by machinery from various provincial towns . This is the manner in which machinery is affecting the metropolis ; it is driving men of all trades and callings as competitors to the London market . And while the system is thus centralising poverty in iho metropolis : it is also centralising universal opinion , as those provincialists are amongst the very best of our supporters . To-night I go to Mile-end-road , where I expect to add largely to our numbers—and on Friday night to Tooley-street to hold a meeting in the house of one of the Irish Volunteers—as fine a fellow as ever lived .
1 need not trouble you at any greater length for the present , than once more to express a fervent hope that eich will subscribe his mite to support the cause of all ; and further to inform you that I do not acknowledge any monies except those which are ? ent direct to mystlf . There was an error in one item recently published in the Northern Star—the three and sixpence from two friends for M'Douall received at Sunderlsnd , should have been two-andsixpence . It is of all thing 3 necessary that both you end I should be most minute and particular upon money matters . I am , your faithful and sincere friend , Feabgvs O'Connor . London . Wednesday .
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TRURO , { € omwALL , r—At a meeting of the Chartists of this place , on Monday evening , the 13 ; h inst ., Mr . F . K . Rowe in the chair , Mr . Longmaid strongly nrged the necessity of . every exertion being made by the meeting to make the intended visit of Mr . Clark as public as possible , that he might be enabled to establish the cause on a firm and permanent foundation , for 00 those who were already Chartists depended the 6 UCC 66 S Of his mission . We hope , after the visit of Mr . Clark , to be again enabled to employ a district lecturer , through the co-operation of the men of Camborne , Penzince , and other localities , Mr . Edward Rowe also addressed the meeting . We are ready to prepare for the reception : of Mr . Clark , and we trust tbat the County throughout may be found the same . HEEDEN BRIDGE . —Two lectures were de-Uvered in the Chartiat Association Boom , on Sunday last , by William Dixon , from Manchester . The leci . ures were well attended .
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SPAIN . —The Attempted Assassination of Narvaez —The Times Correspondent writes : — Madrid , Nov . 7 . In ihe haale of despatching my Inter last night I was only able to state the fact of General Narvaez being fired at on hia way from his lodgings in the Calle de la Luna to the Theatre del Circo , and his extraordinary escape from the shower of bullets aimed at him . It appears that he proceeded in his ctach thither about eight o ' olook , to be present at the representation of Ginela , in which Guy Stephen performed before the Qieen . On arriving at the Church of Porta-celi , the coach was fired at by two
men , whose balls took effect upon two Ayudantes , who accompanied tho General . One , Commandante Baseti , who sat nearest ; the assassins , wan mortally wounded in tbe forehead ; the other , Don Salvador do Castro , was also wounded ; though but slightly , in the forehead . Barseti fell on the breast ot Narvaez , exclaiming " They have killed me 1 " Tho General immediately shouted to hia frightened coachman " Correar ! " ( Drive en rapidly . ) The man lashed his horses , asd proceeded m safety through a continuous fire until he came in front of the guard posted in the convent af the Basilios , where Narvaez and his Ayudante alighted and took refuge , burins wiih them tho wounded Commandante , who
was immediately sent to tho nearoBt hospital . He received speedy medical aid , and during the night an operation was performed with the trephine ; but the ball had deeply entered the brain , and he diod this morning . At the guard-house Narvaez prudently abandoned the coach , ( which on examination this morning was found pierced by twenty bullets , independent of those which entered by the windows , ) and Kent word of what had happened to the Quren and her Miniature , who had attended her to the Circo , and in continuation visited the barrack of the Princesa Regiment , and afterwards others , putting tho whole garrison under arma , and marching strong
patrols through the streets . However , no further attempt was made against Narvaez or any individual . The assassins having failed in their grand object , immediately dispersed , and no one presumed to question , ' stop , or follow them . They all were disguised , wrapped up in cloaks , to conceal their blunderbusses , and wore the ordinary velvet fugar-Ioaf hats , as if desirous to avoid e&uibicing any signs which might betray them as military men or disbanded National Guards , amongst both , or either of whom , Narvaez knows ho has quite sufficient enemies to count upon , without being deceived into a search for the assassins amongst the class of quiet paisanos or civilians of Madrid .
At nine o'clock tho Genersl went to the theatre and showed himself , alive and unhurt , to the Queen and her Ministers , still wearing the coat , shirt , and fclbveg , stained with the blood of the slaughtered Commandante Baaotil ( Your , readers will please to recollect that a etylo of proSGatatioa . not impossible in-Hie Koyal dress * circle at an opera in Spain ! and thati Her Majesty " catae- ' out" lately at a wholesale exhibition of blood aud butchery by the serious and well-considered vote of the Provisional Cabinet Council . ) There are , a few words to bo said in ex - planatiou oi the possible motives of the assassins . JS ' arvaca shot five sergeants and three privates since hia triumphal eutry iuto Madrid , for demanding the inconvenient fulfilment of bis promise , given on the
field of Torrojon de Ardoz , to ailow them to go homo iu peace with their licencia absoluta . He also disarmed the National Militia of Madrid , the day after he marched hia victorious troops into the city , in uttor disregard of the capitulation made with the citizens by General Aspircz previous to his entry . To mark his contempt of all the vulgar notions of honour and good faith which tbe silly Nacionales of tho capital imagined ha was swayod by , he accepted Aspirez's invitation to a grand banquet given tho same day in honour of their mutual triumph over the credulous citizens , and thus completely identified himself with the success of the " stratagem" by which Madrid was entered without a struggle .
Whih- 't tho victorious Moderados were exulting over their ( vine at that feast , a company of the disarmed and outraged Nacionales were taking an oath " to quesada the four chiefs" amongst them who most excited their wrath . Narvaez was first on this list . * Sa&iiagossa . —In direct violation of the terms of the capitulation , General Concha has disarmed the milita . To accomplish this , be placed the whole ut' ihe troops of his division under arms , and declared firmly that Budh a measure was a violation of the articles of capitulation ; but Concha , who was himself present , said that the order had come from the provisional Government , and that he was ordered to see it executed . After some hesitation , the National Guards prepared to submit , and their arms and equipments were then brought out and thrown together in a heap , in the court of the convent of" the Mi 8 ericordia , " which was the place appointed for that purpose .
Barcelona .. —The Moniteur of Monday , publishes the following—TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES : — " Perpignan , Nov . 11 . " Yesterday Amettler quartered the insurgents who came with him from Girona in the town of Figuerasand the aeisbbbaring villages . " " November 12 . " Nothing new from Valencia on tho 8 ch . The band of La Cova continued to traverse the Maestraz ^ o . u bu the 10 th the insurgents of Barcelona wore augmenting their workd of defence . Yesterday the whole of the reinforcwraentB received by General Sanz amounted to ten battalions . The troops of Prim arrived yesterday at Bascara . " " BayoDne , Nov . l 3 .
" Qieen Isabella II . took her oath on the 10 th in the presence- of the two Chambers , assembled in the Hall of the Senate . " Turkey . —The German papers state that the Turkish population at Urania , to the south of Nissa , have risen against the Christiana . The Turks pillaged the churches , violated the women , and committed other excesses . The Russian Ambassador has demaaded satisfaction from the Ottoman Porte . United atates . ~ Lateb Intelligence . — We have received copies of the Wiltiamsburg Democrat . Albany Atlas , aad New York Freeman's Journal . We give the following extracts : — The Presidency . —Tne Albany Atlas contains reports of a number of county conventions at all of which Mr . Van Buren was unanimously nominated as the dumocratic candidate for tho presidency .
The Elections . —Tha W . Democrat says : — " The election n ws is favourable sinco our last . Pennsylvania comes out well , and will Maintain the Democratic ascendancy ; Connecticut increases her majorities of last year , which swept the state with a new broom . But New Jersey—we must have a special notice of the defeat which the Whiga have experienced there . In that State property , and not men , possesses the elective franchise . A movement has for some time been going on through the State to abolish this relio of Rsyalty , and extend to every citizen hiB undoubted tight to vote as we do in this stato ; of New York . The Whigs—naturally and as
a matter of course—oppose that right . Hence tHO New Orleans defeat which ( bey hat © met with in New Jersey . Such also was the proximate cause of their recent defeat in Massachusetts . They had held possession of that State for a long number of years ; but when the Royal Charter question came up in Rhode Island they came put as a party against the principle of self government , and tho people hurled them from power at the very nex t election . Theso facts show that a large portion of the Whig party are in favour of equal justice . And yet they hang by that party which are always on the side of hoary abuse , against every movement that is made to elevate the people and extend their authority .
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The Times ] correspondent givea the it following analysis : — I Tho election ' s in the several states which first took place all resulted in the triumph of the Locofooo or democratic party , while those in / September and October , with the exception of New Jersey , were all favourable to ; the Whig cause . Of the 201 elected , tho Locofocos claim 138 , and allow the Whigs 63 . Of the 22 to be elected , they claim 14 , and allow the Whigs 8 . According to this statement , the next house of representatives would consist of Locofoco or Democratiodnembera ... 152 Whig | ¦ 71 Democratic majority 81
From this estimate , the Whigs deduct some 8 or 10 , thus admitting a majority of about 70 . With this clear aud undisputed majority of 70 , or twothirds of tbe whole house , the Democratic party in Coagress , bo far as the house is concerned , can . decide all the great and important questions that are t& come before it , as well in three as in six months . Iu the United States Senate , during the next session , there will be—Whigs . i 28 Log'jCooqs ... ... ... ... 24 Whig majority ... ... 4 Repeal . —A meeting of the Repealers of Albany was holden on the 9 » h of October , and £ 50 was ordered to be sent to the Dublin Association . The Savannah Repealers held an . enthusiastic meeting on the 18 sh of September .
A MEETING OF THE BROOKLYN RepsaLERS Was holden on tho 9 » h of October . The Boston friends of Ireland held a large and enthusiastic meeting on the 13 ih of October . An enthusiastic Repeal Meeting was held at Albany on the 23 rd of Ootober , when 400 dollars was collected . J Meetings have been holden at Buffalo , Baltimore , St . Louis , &c . $ tc . Governor Ponningtou had addressed a message to the Legislature ; af New Jersey , in which ho repre sents the affairs of the state to be , in all important respects , iu a prosperous condition . The Treasury is comparatively free from embarrassment , and its
annual resources adequate to meet public demands . After congratulating the Legislature on the prospect of returning commercial prosperity , the Governor proceeds to ascribe the revival of industry aud enterprise chiefly to the protecting legislation of the last Congress . The protecting system should , he says , be considered the settled policy of the country , never io be affected by the progress Or results of any of ( the struggles for plaoe and power that might from time to time divide the people . He holds it to be the true policy of the country to raise the means for the support of Government by the imposition of duties on foreign commeroa , and to divide among the . states ( their inheritance in tho public domain , j
General Bertrand , in his travels through this country , is receiving a hearty welcome and the most respectful attention from all and every party . Texas aud t ! he Oregon Territory . —There is a storm ahead in relation to the trying question of the annexation j of T ^ xas to the American Union . Many symptoms of a premonitory character have been suffi neatly developed to lead to a conviction that the subject will form a prominent topio in the next session of Congress . As a sample , the Charleston Mercury , Mr . Calhoun ' s organ , closes an article with these words : — We are not in the confidence of Mr . Tyler , but there can be little doubt , we apprehend , that the President of the United States
who effects the annexation of Texas will acquire a renown in American history only inferior to that of Washington or Jefferson , and compared with which all mere party honours put together would be mere duBt in the balance . " On the other hand , Mr . John Qaincey Adams , certainly the most venerable , and one of the most distinguished of American statesmen , has just made a great speech to bia constituents at Dddham , Massachusetts , in which he opposes the annexation of Texas , and the institution of slavery , witb , even more than bis wonted power and oloquenoe . He stated that it would be a leading topic in tbe next session of Congress , and that he would oppose it with all the -vigour that God had given
him ! What between Texas and the Oregon territory , a stormy time may certainly be looked for in Deoember . With reference to the latter subject , a Tyler meeting was held a few days since at'Cinttinnati , in which , after resolving that the whole northwest coast , from latitude forty-two degrees to fiftyfour degrees , belongs of right to the United Stats , tha following resolution was put and carried unanimously : — I * ' Resolved—That we approve of the policy of President Tylerj in relation to the just claim of the United States upon the Oregon territory , and we hereby pledge ourselves , if it shall become necessary , to maintain our right with the . blood aud treasure of the nation . "
BlU : H , America 1—An old revolutionary' soldier named Jaoob Lent , was found dead in his bed at Hyde Park . He was upwards of eighty years of age , and perished through want and negleot !! ! Currency ok Alabama . —Letters from Mobile say that , by general consent , the currency of that state , on and after Monday , October 2 nd , will be specie . All debts not otherwise specified , will now be paid in specie , and the currency of the state be sound . !
Anotheb Algebine Outrage . —We are informed that West and ] Potter , who are imprisoned and inuioted on the oaths of Shelly an j Keep , were taken before the Court ] handcuffed and chained together . ' This ignominious treatment is one of tbe petty abuses of power whioh have marked the Whig party of Rhode Island ; brought disgrace on the very name of the State , and ] will cover the authors with infamy . —Providence Herald , Boston SEiipirRBSSES . —At a meeting hold at Washington Hall , Boston , it was stated that'one
woman had to make oiled jackets for 16 cents a piece . Another was refused work because she would not take slop phirts at four cents a piece , and find tho cotton and 'buttons . Several had worked on flannel shirts , with binding round tho neck for eight cents . Ten would bo a good week ' s work—eighty cents—working from six till nine o ' clock . The number of females enrolled is about 1000 ; full 300 were present , and the president reported that the sum of sixty-three dollars had been contributed towards defraying the expenses of the society by numbers of individuals friendly to its object ,
A Great Robbery in Cairo . —We copy the followiog from the St . Louis Republican of the 6 ih instant : — i " The office of 'the Illinois Insurance and Trnst Co ., and Cairo , was entered on the night of the 28 ch ult ., by means of ( false keys , and a large iron safe opened iu the same way , and robbed of about 8 , 000 dollars in notes of the Cairo Bank , 56 dollars in Kcntuoky paper , | a large lot of jewelry , aud several drafts . ' !
Convicted of Murder . —Wm . H . CorniDgs was found guiity of murder in the first degree , at the late sitting of the Court in Graf ton . county , N . H . The Bradford ( Yt . ) Protector represents Comings as beloBging to a respectable family— 'that he is about thirty years ; of age ; and that about nmeyears ago he was married to Adeline Tenney , of Hanover , of a reputable name and family in that town . She was ' some time , about a year ago , found suspended by the neck to a bed post , and it was supposed she had committed suicide . Suspicion waa firsi raised from the accidental discovery of a letter wnich he had written to another woman by the name of Abbot . A former intimacy was known to exi 3 t ; the correspondence was watched , and was found to contain written admissions on the part of Cornings that all had not been rightf with his wife , h was for that murder he was convicted .
Steamboat Accident . —The steamboat Forrest , Captain Hazlatt , in her upward trip , struck a snag at the head of Blank ' s Island , and sunk in five feet water—one man by the name of M'Clmtock jumped overboard and vfas drowned . The boat will be raiaed , and the cargo , which consisted of tobacco and copperas , will be saved in a damaged state . The Zmesville brought up her passengers . —Pittsburg Gaz . j The journeymen ; tailors of Cincinnati turned out for higher wages on the 10 th . The shoemakers were about to follow . 1
The Weather—The premonitions of winter , are already evident . The weather for a week or mote , has been cold , wet and uncomfortable , and on the highlands to the j southeast , and in Catiardugus , enow has fallen to the depth of from one to four inches . Last Friday , along the summit level of the Ohio canal , south of Cleveland , a traveller informs us that the snow lay on the ground two or throe inches deep—Buffdla Ctm . Adv . Snow Storm—We have experienced this morning an unusually severe snow storm , which has done considerable damage to fruit , and shade trees in this vicinity . The depth of the snow was some five inches , and very damp and heavy .
The severity of the storm drove the Constitution baok to port last night—and the evening boats were kept over until this ; morning . The Samson is laying
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to under PL Abi ' no , a consequence of the formidabla white caps extending entirely across the lake . The brig Roswm with a full oargo from the Upper Lakes , came in during the height of the snow stot-ax as did also Borne schooners . —Buffalo Com . YJth instant . Mr . Fox , fhe British minister at WelJington j hs 3 been dangerously ( so it is said ) ill of the bilious fever . His health is now improving . ' Professor Dsvight , of Yalo Collegtt , was kilted a few days since , by a studeat named Fassit . The cause was a sudden quarrel , and the student wearing
arms . Bill Johnson , the so-called "hero" of the Thousand Isles , has been kilted by his own son-in-law , in Iowa . A negro , named Grfdley , was hung . by a mob , by lyncb-law , and afterwards burnt , a few days since , at Raymond , Mississippi . He had committed several robberies . CANADA . —The Canadian news is uninteresting The debates in both houses were upon minor subjects . After a long discussion in the House of Assembly , the bonding of foreign cattle clause in the Agricultural Protection BiJl had been adopted . Meetings
were still being held throughout the province respecting the removal of tbe seat of Government ; , and- the correspondent of the Quebec Gazette mentions that it was an open question . Some attributed the sudden change to the receipt of despatches from England , aad others to a wish on the part of the Governor-General to have the question considered open . : An attempt was made about a fortnight since to produce a disturbance among the Sv . Regis Indians , in the late disputed territory , by exciting them against the British , and claiming a portion of their village , which , had always beeu considered British . The attempt failed , and troops are to be sent from Momreal , if required .
Major Richardson , editor of tbe Canadian Leyalist , and Stewart Derbyshire , Esq ., M . P . P ., fougat a duel a few days sinoe at Kingston , Canada . After the first fire ( no harm being done ) , the parties were reconciled . WEST IMOIBS—A connter-revolHtion in St . Domingo has been attempted , headed by » Colonel Dalzon , who was soon shot , and thus the weak < affair terminated , 'the new Hayti Constituent Assembly has voted indemnities to the losers by the late revolution ; aud the pressing demands of Franco for the payment of instalments due to her by treaty are under discussion . Herrare , the president ; in a message , recommends an amnesty for all political offences , it is expected by many that France will revive her claims to a portion of the island of Si . Domingo , in tbe event of her demands not being satisfied .
South America—The commissioner sent to Mexico for the pnrpose of entering into a treaty of peace arid amity with that Government have not yet returned . It was thought that another war between the two countries would be inevitable , as quite a belligerent feeling had began to manifest itself among tha Yucatecoes , in consequence of the tardy movements of the Mexican Government in relation to the proposed treaty , whioh had been increased by a late proclamat on froia the Mexican Government , closing the port of Laguna against all vessels belonging to Yucatan .
A revolution had taken place in South Peru , with the ex-President ( Tortces ) at its head . The acting President ( Viranco ) immediately sent a military foroa from Lima by the English steamer Peru , and , after a slight skirmish routed the revolutionists . The English ateamer-of-war Salamander was at Caltao on the 11 th of August . Bolivia had threatened war against Peru , and a formal declaration waa daily expected . The ports of Cobija and Arica were under blockade to prevent the importation of gunpowder into Bolivia .
It wa" rumoured that the natives had risen on the French inhabitants of Senegal , and that two of the French inhabitants had been killed and forty of the natives . Three French men-of-war , had , it was said , b ; en despatched to their assistance .
Ailedtne Dublin.—Irish Universal Association.—The Association Met As Usual On Sunday, The 12th Instant.
ailedtne DUBLIN . —Irish Universal Association . —The Association met as usual on Sunday , the 12 th instant .
Tne room was nearly , lmpresBaion maae upon that wliioh may be termed the mete Repeal party , on the preceding Sunday being evident in the leturn of many who bad never till then entered the Chartist rendezvous . Before tbe proceedings commetioed , con * vernations took place , io woich mutual txplanations being afforded , the Repealera expressed their entire , convictiou that Mr . OGounell had been led into error regarding the conduct and objects of the , TJaiyeisaVSuffrage Association , and many of them declared that he ought at once to apologise for the various denunciatiora he had indulged in . Mr . Patrick Morgan being called to the chair the . proceedings west OB as osnaL Messrs
O'Higgins , Dyott , &c , addressed the assembly on the futility of the working classes expecting a panacea for their distresses in any thing short of the Six Points tyet declaring their wUlingne »» to > : io& to : \ tBt f . Spr « flc oT Repeal to the nttcimdot , » sit Tca » oiJe lnstalmant of the good the ; sought . Mr . Dyott read these passages from Mr . O'Connor ' s letters where lie promises , in the event of the Liberator ' s incarceration to agitate ' the masses in England and procure petitions for his liberation , Arc-, which were gratefully responded to , and the meeting broke up in tne utmost harmony and good feeling . It onl ? rem *\ nB now fox genei&l orders to issue ftom the Corn Exchange , the bead quarters of the Repealers , and there will be but one party amongst the working classaes of the empire .
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JUSED 3 . —Great Pedestrian Feat . —On Sunday l&st , at midnight , James Searle , of Leeds , concluded the Herculean task of walking 1000 miles in 1000 successive hours , on the piece of road from the Shakspere Inn , Meadow-lane , to the Peacock Inn , Holbeck ; and in addition to this task he continued to walk until five o ' clock ou Monday afternoon , when he had completed tho distance of 1017 miles in . 1017 successive hours , together with sixty-three yards over and above each mile , amounting to thirty-five miles 1400 yards ; making a sum total of 1052 miles 1400 yards , a task hitherto unperformed , we believe , by any pedestrian in the world . Some doubts hare been expressed as to the feat having been duly performed ; but the fact that considerable bats were depending upon the issue j two persons wore always in attendance on him night aud das ; and that large numbers of people assembled
to witness his arrival and departure from the Shalespere Itm , Meadow-lane , are sufficient , we think , to prove that those doubts are quite"anfounded . Indeed , we have it attested on undoubted authority , that the task as stated , has been accomplished . ' and that Searle is open to undertake it again . OniTuesday he was " chaired" through the town accompanied by a large number of persons and a band of music . The most remarkable trait in this feat , is the fact that the man , not withstanding all the fatigue and loss of rest which he muit have undergone , has gained both strength and weight daring the performance of his feat . If we are to credit his own statement , and it is borne out by . others who hare had ample opportunities of knowing , he has left off dibs , heavier than he was when he began . It is said that bets to a heavy amount have been pending the result .
HODDBRSFIELD—Fire—On Tuesday morning a fire of a most alarming character broke out in the shop of Mr . Liddell , grocer , in New-street ; the main str « at of the town . The origin of it iB thus accounted for . There was a fire-place in the shop , behind the counter ; and in it a fire was kindled at the usual time , having been " laid' * witb deal chips . When the light had been applied , the party who-bad kindled it stepped into tbe kitchen to wash his bands ; and on his return to the shop found a'fire raging beneath the counter . He tried to extinguish it ; but unfortunately there being no water at hand he was unsuccessful . The alarm was given , and the fire engines pent for ; two of them were promptly on
the spot : one belonging to the Leeds and Yorkshire Insurance Company , and the other belonging tci * Mr . Joseph Kay , who resided the very next door to Mr . Liddell . This engine had to be fetched from "Polly-Hall , " which was accomplished with great expedition : and it was speedily set to work . Water'was plentiful from the plugs in the street ; and in a short time the flames were subdued . It was fortunate that the engines were got to work at the moment they were : five minutes more , and the building would have been beyond the power to save . As it was , U \ e shop fixtures &T 9 % U < tastt 0 y&u ; with nearly th © whole of the stock ; and the fire was rapidly mounting upwards . The great volume of water
thrown on it by the engines , and by a ¦ ' * hose * ' from one of the plugs direct , saved the building , and the furniture in tho upper room . Of course the latter sustained much injury from the saving torront . Tho spirit evinced by the neighbours and the assembly generally was praiseworthy in the ;; extreme . Every exertion was used to quench the flames . The don * duct of Mr . Jonathan Leach i the chief constablewas moat active and judicious . He guided ono Of the jeln , and was the first to enter with it into the burning building . We have heard that Mr . Liddefl was insured ; but not We tear to the extent of his loss ; It was also fortunate that the fire occurred in the daytime . Had it been at night r and a little wind ; the destruction of property might have been , immense .
* + **********^ Qj ^**** r ^> , e . SWVV ' ' - Mukdeb . —An inquest was held , on Saturday , before the Borough Coroner , to inquire into the circumstances toughing the death of a new-born female child . John Harrison , a porter , etated , that aa he Wafl going alobg GraftOn-street , atont half-past six o ' olook the evening before , he observed the body , in a state of nudity , lying on the parapet , and that , a polioe-officer having immediately been oallsd , it was conveyed to the Southern Hospital . Mr . Andrew M'CIennan , one of the surgeonsof the hospital , said that there were three marks of contusions , one on
the left cheek , another ou the loft side of the head , and a third on the right side of the forehead . ^ He was of opinion that the child had been bornj | live « and that concussion of the brain , the resujgB * * JV 5 v lence . such as a fall or a blow , had b ^ a ~ J $ * C&N& ^ V rl \ of death . A verdict of « Wilful bm « 4 ^^ Sv ^^> ^ cardingly returned against some persoiu ] IM $ ra $ ijb ^; ^ " ^\ unknown . —Liverpool paper . ^^^^'' i ?' ^ . ^ - - - ' -I i&jJ ^ P&rC l ~^ :: - K&WM ^^^ P >^ W ' - W : '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 18, 1843, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct828/page/1/
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