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      WiLTJiJt .-CooPEB must have read ihe Star moi / en- ! tivety , or he would have knoum that ( he convic- < tion b y the magistrates of the fellow who burnt his pe&Aan-sheet was inserted the same week that he sent it . Hesbt Ba ?» kik . —We have had gnite enough of the discussion between ? Jr . O'Brien and Mr . Dun ' can . TlSDEX may be a friend to truth ; but tee must take { eaze to tetl him that ice reguire other evidence of U than reprimand without authority , and denunciation without proof . Johs Frazer . —We never notice rejected peelry . WH . LUM Atejnsos . —His communication is an advertisement ; but tee will iHl'ingly insert it on

      payment of the duty , which is Is , 6 d . SheFPIBUJ . —Out space will be badtg occupied in replying to the ravings of Mr . Ibbotson . A Block Peixteb . —We have no room . A 5 Old Democrat . — . ^ r . Moir Fives in the Gallewgate , Glasgow . 2 L C . CjLEB . UIH 2 ES may send whatever communication he snay have for Mr . O'Connor to that gengenllcman direct . The Northern Star « no post office . Lecturers keglscttsg their APPorNTHExrs . —Air . John Crowther , of Lower Moor , Oldham , writes us , in reference to the late disappointment at Sioehport , that thefa-ult rested not with him , but with Mr £ lorer , Ashton-undeT-Lyne itohohad some weeks before , in return for Mr . Crowther's fulfill

      ing an appointment ofms at Mottram , promised to attend as Mr . Crowthcr ' s substitute at Stockport , on Easier Sunday : why Mr , Slorer did not keep his promise Mr . Crowlher does not know . W . H . Dtott , Secretary to ihe Irish Universal Suffrage Association , has to gratefully acknowledge the receipt of several Stars , end would be more particular with regard to some written communications did time and circumstances allow . He begs further assistance asregards the newspapers which ere regularly transmitted to the provinces ^ end are sure to do extensive service to the cause Direct 26 . North King-street , Dublin . Costestiox Fusb- — The following monies have been received by Mr . J . Cleave ;—

      £ s . d . Norwich . 4 7 e Sheffield , ... 2 0 0 Hnnskt , near Leeds ... ... 0 IS C Toctoorden ... i 0 o Oxford » . 0 10 6 BlshepwearmoTstb . ... ... o 12 C South Shields l 0 o Ji BepuWIesn , Hocha&la ... 010

      "Youth * , Stockport- 10 0 Salisbury ... 1 10 0 Ardsley , Near Barosley ... o 10 0 Snntford , near Bsnbury ... 0 10 0 Bradford , per T . Bouse ... 1 10 0 Chelmsford o s o Selby ... 10 8 Seibj Female Society ... ... 0 10 0 Xelihley ... 1 5 Chartist Meeting , Walwortb .... 0 7 6 Stflfcesley ... 10 0

      £ 22 12 6 H& . WATKI 3 S . —The conclusion of Ms sermon U in type oat is wiavoidaVy postponed tUl nest week . Bath . — The address of our Correspondent at Bath is Mr . Bartlett , 19 , Gloucester-road Buildings , Stcanswick , Bath . WlLLLlH JOSES . OB THE ME&THTB TrDTIL ASSOCJAlios . — The letter has been duly received , bvl the Plates cannot be seat taiil the amount they owe to the qfice be paid . We hops to hear from them immediately . A FULL statement of all monies received by AbelHeyteood for those who were injured , and repairing the Sail of Science , will be given in our neH . X CHJLRTIST . —The "Child at Some" may be procured of Mr . Foa , news-agent , Bridge-street , Sheffield : Mr .

      Crov&ier , Pigeon-lane , Ilotherhamj and Mr . T . B . Smith , Leeds . Mr . Smith is also the wholesale agent for the sale of Pinder ' s blacking . Pkask Mibfibld , and our other good Barnsley friends have our thanks for their coniinutd apprecialiea of tersest seeking to destree approbation . We think , however , thai they should not be too hard upon the person to whom they allude . Long and bitter suffering works heavily upon the mini . A Teetotal Chartist . —If you cut up a newspaper into separate sheets you can only then send through the Post-office that part which happens to hoot ih » sLasnpttpaaiL "I /* of Bristol < j » d T . P-G&ESX must excuse us : we have not room . THOMAS Tvkt . t . tv must take a lile answer .

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      Hess . Harrison , Banutey ; Taster , Stopton ; Storer , j > aiicasterj Pratt , Sowaen ; Hodson , Retford , ¦ w ould oblige us by making their post-office orders payable to Mr . John Ardill , onr clerk . Ws never supplied any Papers toB . EC Outliers , Newcastle , and consequently have not &ny account to send him . THE PaIXKS ol ihoae Agents -who have not paid their acewonta Trill be stopped after this week . J . Whiddos- —Apply to the Agen * . 30 ES TOMLTNSOS , STJTIO 5-U « -A . SHPISU ) . —Ye . POB . THE XA 5 CHJ&STBB . SUFFERERS . £ «• < J . From a few Deronport friends ... 0 5 0 _ utew Fneads to Freedom , at StoBxbridge ... ... ... 3

      FOE THJE CHARTIST CACSE . From Friends , Eregmont , per Adam Keitb 0 5 0

      I 0 B MBS . FB-OST . Ertan the Cbartists of So ^^ erby , near Halifax ... ... 0 7 0 ? 0 B MBS . JOJfZS JSP WBS . ZEPHAKIAH ¦ WILLIAMS . From Mr ? . BsdweD , Stoorbridge ... 0 0 6

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      Hi Lord , —Only a few -weets hare passed since I Tras Mnused by the happy intelligence " that yonr Lordship was decidedly a Chartist , " and that notking aaort of "TTniYersal Sn&age" would , satisfy ycu in behalf of ytrar suffering feUow-conntrymen . Many persDiJs were so certain of the honesty pf yonr fledsrations , that I have been requested " to be more kind , and less serere , in my addresses to your Lordship in future . " Kow , my Xara , whatever othes rosy think , I do meat charitably assure you , 1 look -frith caution to ereTy measure which emanates from the source cf -which your Lordehip is the bead , and which holds its councils at the Corn Exchange .

      It is new ceitam that your Lordship ' s cry for TJmTersal Suffrage was not the bold and intrepid cry of a patriot , and the 2 exdet of a suffering nation ; bat the puny balf- £ xpiring whimper of a defeated faction , who would fain be thought the friends of the people , but who bare not the honesty , er the courage , to agitate for a fay and unqualified measure cf justice , without any compromise whatever . When a roan is ( like your Lordship ) in possession of paramount iEflcesee , and when it is known that that

      isBnence is , upon occasions , directed towards the fur * thersnee of your own -views , and the subversion of erery measure which happens to be at variance with lour policy ; when we find this influence keeping in subjection scd awing into e « nitmptib ; e servility the aponters cf your party , we cannot help holding your LardsHp responsible for the political acts of your creatures , and at the same time despise the efforts of the master and the man—the demagogue and the slaye , who Would , reckless « f principle or patriotism , still endea-Tour to keep the people in misery .

      Tour Lordship is aware that yonr creatures of the Com Exchange dare not stir an inch , or move a resolution , contrary to your wiBhes , under pain cf denouncement Then how comes it that the brace Tom Steele is to be iound in the " Conference of Joseph Stnrge , ' beaping abuse on " O'Connor and the mad Cbartists of England who follow him , " and stamping himself ¦ srith ike character of a ninny , and an animal very like what ia Ireland they call sa a—ss f The answer is a plain one . He either has been sent

      at the expense of the Irish people , or he has obtained or hopes to obtain & place on the Sturge pension list . To the former , I only say to the Irish , their money night be better expended than by paying an agent to support a Yrttig measure , and for abusing theii only certain remedy fox political ctiIs—the People ' s Charter ; and if the latter , it only sujurs that , either the funds of the Corn Exchange are a discount , and poor Tom is ebiiged to seek another maxket foi h » genius , or that your Lordship prefers any suffrage to a full , fair , and straightforward one like the Cbartists .

      It would be -wiser , rayXord , t o « dopt the People's barter without My compromise ; for be assured neither the policy of Sturge , nor the oratory of Tom SieeJe will erer ba the means of benefiting the people , or altering the ' present system ; and much as the Whigs shuffle and quibble abc « t detail , they will in the end have to come to the people , and , what is more , to be honest with the people ; and although yonr Lordship m&y not reli » h £ he prophecy , 1 Derertheless beg to inform you , my Lord , that yon will ereloDgbeeompelled to become a Chartist in name and principle , or forfeit yonr popularity . As for poor Tem Steel , I haTe little feat for him ; for , as soon ai your Lordship becomes a Chartist , be will become one too . I would , bowerer , request your Lordship to order " Dear Ray" to real him ; it is really a pity to let him go at large . He is eater " O&V . or politically mad , to think himself wiser than the millions cf honest men who declare " that the

      Charter as it is , is the oniy remedy for existing eTils . " 3 > o , my Lord , have him brought back , and seat to "Swifts" until a " lunar change" iB effected in him , Jad Ifct bis keeper be chosen from arsonist the membeas cf the t » -W XtalTgr&al Suffrage Association , who win , 1 hsT © no doubt , administer proper treatment to ttctify his reason , and cool his head . I have the honour to be , My Lord , Tout lordship ' s most obedient serrant , W . H . Cuyios ,

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      at that time in Parliament , the three of them ) , they have more inflnenced my conduct than I have done theirs , and I am £ lad of it . They were preseut dtmng the entire investigation , and were capable of Liming their own judgments . As to your charge of my aon-in-law having signed by my influenee , I neednot say how totally untrue it 19 . It would be shameful of him if he did bo ; and he never has done any thing for which he ought to blush . His name alone is a sufficient \ defenco . When yon speak of Chbistophbb Fnzniios , a man who has this mo . \ t singular good fortune , that ho is esteemed bv everv body—he is loved by those who

      agree with him in politics , and he is respected by the most violent of those who differ from him , whilst he is perfectly firm in the assertion and the carrying out in action of his own opinions , he with courteous cheerfulness allows all others to do the same with respect to their opinions . Influence him to sign a verdict without . his own judgment being convinced of its truth ! Is it CjaaiSTOOHEB , Fitzsimow ? Why , if it were possible that the angel-wife I have given him should endeavour so to influence him , it wonld be in vain ! Aye , I fearlessly say it , notwithstanding your paltry" taunt , that if ever there lived a model of a Christian gentleman in conduct , character , and feeling , he is that man 1

      Lot me by way of parenthesis remark , that you might as well have confined your Chartist virulence to me alone , and have passed by my sons and gon-inlaw in the same silence with the other twenty gentlemen who signed the verdict . , But you make several other odd assertions . You boast that the Hoa . Colonel Butler did not sign the verdict . Qaite true . It would have been wrong of him had he done bo , as he was not one of the gentlemen to whom the case was referrod . These were ia all 44—Colonel Butler was not one of them . You also allege that my respected brother-in-law , lit . Finn , re / used to sign it . I do not kllQW tkat &ny DO ( Jy asked him to do so . But I am quite Bure of thiB—that if a * fced he would have refused , because it appears from Mr . Dryer ' s entries that he was not present on the 18 th of January , the day of the investigation ; not even on the J 5 th , the day on which the charges were given in by you .

      A similar reason wculd of course have induced the other persons whom you name , not to sign , as none of them were present upon both days . In short , so persons signed , except those who attended the investigation of the 18 th of January . Yon must really be endowed with great confidence in the effrontery of assertion , when you have the face to assert that the document I signed , stated , " that the committee unanimously agreed to it . " Why , It states no such thing . It does not refer to any committee at all . Even you yeurself set it out as beginning thus , " WE HAVE IIEA . RD THE CHARGES AND SUCH EYIDENCB AS MK . PAXK . O'HIOGIN'S PKODUCED , AND We AttE tjnanimouslt of opimon , "&c ., &c . It isfollowedby the signatures of the twenty-four gentlemen who attended the investigation . It does not say the committee was unanimous . Bat it Is idle and foolish to reason with a man who sets forth a document , and then directly contradicts it

      Even in the number of signatures yon were wrong . There were 24 , and not 23 : —Three barristers , Counsellor Close , ( who wm chairman at the investigation ) , Counsellor Stephen Coppinger , and Counsellor George Kernan ; the lata lamented Mr . Lavelle , of tho Freeman ' s Journal ; Mr . Laurence Finn , Mr . James Sheridan—¦—Bat why saoald I continue ? You have them all before you ! But I cannot omit one name more—as pure a spirit as ever breathed—my respected friend . General Clooney . Yon next call upon me to make a public reparation to yon ; because , as you allege , " I know that the resolution to which I affixed my name sets forth upon the face of it that which I know to be untrue . "

      If your premises were true , your conclusion would be irresistible . I would be bound to make you reparation ; and I would make it to you most publicly , and most cheerfully ; but I know no such thing as you allege . I do net believe any such thing . I believe every word in that resolution to be perfectly tme . I am quite rare it -was called for by « 11 that appeared before us in evidence ; and if such circumstances again occurred one thousand times over , I would sign that resolution as ' -often . But what were the circumstances ? These you keep back . These you carefully cushion . You give the verdict , but yen dont condescend to explain what may be technically called the pleadings and proceedings , and which , can be more familiarly denominated , the circumstances that created the necessity of a verdict Yon thus mistily tbe matter , and prevent the public from seeing on the face of your own letter how glar ringly absurd your calumny Is .

      I will , however , put tbe matter beyond a doubt I will state tbe circumstances as briefly as possible . The facts were these : — First—An association , called " The Volunteers of Ireland , " was formed on the 3 rd of January , 1833 . You and Mr . John Reynolds , with many others , became members of it Mr . Reynolds was shortly after named a member of the standing committee . You were not . Secondly—Immediately afterwards yon commenced a career of insinuation of the grossest and most debasing criminality against one of the members of that committee , whom you did not then name ; but you gave strong grounds for the conjecture that yon meant Reynolds .

      Thirdly—Yon cannot probably xorget , though you may be ready to deny the fact , that I endeavoured to induce you to abandon that line of conduct I begged of you not to introduce personal quarrels into our proceedings . You , however , persevered , and rather augmented the virulence of your insinuations than otherwise . Fourthly—The gentlemen forming the committee felt themselves obliged to call upon yen to explain who it was that you meant , and to state what were your charges . Fifthly—You wrote two equivocal letters , alleging that yen could prove groes criminality in a member of the committee , rendering him unfit jo be associated with —but still declining to name him , lest , as you said , you should subject yourself to legal proceedings .

      Sxthly— It having been rumoured and tolerably well inown that you alluded to Mr . John Reynolds , he ( Rsynolas ) came forward and declared that he would not take any legal proceedings whatsoever agiinst yon , bat -trento submit your charges to the investigation of any of the members of the association . Seventhly—You therefore persevered ; and On the 15 th of January produced no less than ten distinct charges against Reynolds . It was agreed on that the matter should be investigated by such members of the standing committee , unconnected -with either party , as should attend . Tne three principal charges were these : — You charged Reynolds with being a public liar in a matter relating to the Trade ' s Union . You charged him with havinj committed gross and corrupt perjury in tbe case of a person called James Abtm , of Cnarleville .

      You charged him with having committed subornation of perjury in the Bame case . You will admit at once that charges cf more atrocious criminality could not pcesifely be made by one man sgaicst another . A public liar ! a gross and wilful perjurer ! a vile suborner of perjury I If true , Reynolds would have been ruined—and deservedly—for ever ! If true , ho would ba a beggar ; for hisBtation in life depended altogether upon his character . Reynolds would have been a disgraced pauper . His wife and children would have been beggars , or starved . Such were the charges you repeatedly insinuated ; and -which you ended by directly , and With full prenit-ditfl-tion , charging against Reynolds .

      The investigation took place on the 18 th of January . Twenty-four members of the committee attended . If you bad succeeded in establishing your charge j if you had ev « = n made out a probable case against Reynolds ; nay , if you bad made out such a case as t > the unhappy malignity of human nature would have even crested & doubt of his guilt , be was ruined

      for ever . Mr . Reynolds ba 3 since then brought up in respectability a fine family . He has held a situation of great trust with large emoluments for yeara in a pablio establishment . And when , from motives of economy , his offica wob suppressed ho got from that public body a large snra by way of compensation for his services ; and a most flattering testimonia to bis character and coadnct ,- and he is now more confidentially engaged in forming another e&toblishment of great prospective utility . Vj '" - -, What -would ha have been , Mr . Patrick O'Hfggfns , if you had succeaaed in blasting his character ? What would he have been , if you bad even been able to create a miserable suspicion of his guilt ? Are you become at length so sensitive about yourself , that you totally forget the envenomed stab you made at another ?

      Recollect that you volunteered the accusation—that you persevered in spite of every friendly admonition in bringing forward your charge * . Recollect that you deliberately and with the fullest premeditation produced those charges . Recollect also that yon had no pecuniary interest , nor any manner of property to be affected by establishing those charges . Yon would not be one shilling the richer if yon established them . He would have been a wretched pauper . Yon wonid have been in nothing the better , save in the gratification of your personal malignity .

      Ihe investigation took p lace on tbe 18 th of January , 1833 . You produced , and we examined t ^ o witnesses in support of tbe charge—yourself and another . And tbongb you now insinuate the contrary , you produced yourvoucbers , and we read teem and considered them . Let me tell you that this fact appears on the face of Mr . Dwyer ' sbook , In bis own handwriting . We wereready ^ and we offered , to hear any other witness , and to consider any other documents that you could produee . We fully considered the entire case ; and there was not the least doubt upon tbe mind of any one of tbe twenty-foor gentlemen , that the charge * you brouglt were totally false and calumnious . We , accordingly , faUj and honourably acquitted Mr . Reynolds .

      And what else oou&t we do ? Yet , bete we you requiring ef ma , by way of " reparation" to you , to reverse this verdict of acquittal pronounced by rae and twenty-three others , nine years ago [ If I am to do that , pray what 5 b to become of Mr . Reynolds T Ami te deprive him . of the benefit of tbe judgment pronounced

      nine years ago in his favour , and aauctioned and satined by tlie entire public , amoegst whom he has since lived aa a gentleman , instsad of being scouted ( asyoa would hate had him ) as a Bhameless liar and a . profligate perjurer ?/' , . ; ( ; .: ; . ¦ ¦¦/¦ . , ¦¦• ' '¦' v . [¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' / : : ¦ ;;¦;¦ ' : Shame upon yon J O shame t Yet you com « out upon me with an air of injured innocence , forsooth ! And you complain of me for having concurred la stating that your conduct onthat occasion was malicious . Now , I ask you , in the name of common sense , what Other motives , save malice , could have possibly achnted you ? You had no lucrative gain to stimulate you . You bad no money profit to obtain by blackening Reynolds . You had no office , no employment , no emolument to acquire by ruining the man . There la one thing quite certain—that , whether your charges were true or false , hatred , malice , and flf-will were yout only motives for bringing : them forward ; for , i repeat , you had no other earthly motive . \ : ¦ ; - . ;

      Yet you come out with your air of injured innocence to ask from me a double reparation . Sixth , you want me to retract my abate of a verdict of acquittal In fivour of Mr . Reynolds . That 1 utterly refuse . I should bo very criminal , an < i , if possible , more absurd than criminal , if I did not refuse ! Secondly , ycu want me to retract that paitt of the verdict which declared that you were actuated fcy malice in making and prosecuting the charges against Mr . Reynolds . In this respect I really would » rant

      your request If I possibly could . Enable nie t > do so , and I will—readily and cheerfully . TeJl me what other motive than rancour ! and hatred to the man did , or possibly could , actuate you . Show n ? e that you had anything to gain , any interest to promote by dishonouring and disgracing John Reynolds , and I will retract my share of the verdict convicting yon of malicious motives , and I will insert in its stead such other motives as you yourself reasouably desire to substitute . Nothing , Surely , can be more fair or reasonable r ¦ ' '¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - .. ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' - ¦¦¦ -. '¦ ¦ ¦ : - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ¦

      There only remains tho third point ; the opinion was announced that you ought to be excluded from the Corn Exchange rooms . ; It 'wtis unnecessary to . go so far . ; You yours € l % would , after the honourable wquittal ef Mr . Reynolds , have , 1 presume , deemed it piudenV to refrain from trequentiiig these rooms . It happeaed , however , that after my departure for London , the matter was taken ^ up by : the \ Association , and on the 19 th of February , wbilit I : was , as I recollect , fighting the ' Coercion Bill , and certainly whilst I was in t 3 ndon , your expulsion yt& % moved by the Rav . Dr . Groves , D . D .. » Protestant clergynifla . and Bcconded by the Very Rev . Mr . L'Estrang ^ , a Catholic clergyman , and carried on a division by a majority of 58 to 23 . I need nob describe what these clergymen were who thus acted against ; you whilst the matier was fresh , and all the circumstances known to every , body . " - ' .. "¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . " ¦ ¦ ¦' : .. ¦ - ¦' ; .. . . " ' ' : ¦ ,

      After this , let me raouruful ! y ask you , of what avail would any retraction of mine be , under these circumstances ? '¦ ¦ ¦ ' ... : ;' ; ' ' '¦; ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦" . ; .. ' ¦ -. '¦ / ;¦ ¦¦ ; ' ¦¦ •' ¦ . ¦ ' But tbe truth Is , you do not desire any retraction . All you want Ia an excuse to vilify me to the Chartists , It Is an attempt to delude those poor people , especially ia Eoglancl , by endeavouring to make out that you are an innocent auffdriDg man , injured by me j and there * fore only exercising natural revenge when you calumniate and vilify me in all possible ways as you have hitherto done , and as you are heartily welcome to do in future to the utmost extent of your every faculty .:: : , ; ' .. ; . '¦ ¦ ' ¦ .: ¦ ¦ . : . • ¦' ; , ¦ - ' : , ¦;••¦¦ '¦ ¦ . ¦ . ' ' ¦ ' ¦ " ::

      Two observations more , and our correspondence ends on my part for ever . The first is—thiit you do not 8 tnte any reason whatsoever why I should have been inimical to you upon that investigition , or what motive I could have toinjure or do you any yrong ; Reynolds was no friend of mine . You and I were upon better terms . I had been your counsel , and I believe your successful counsel . And what is ludicrous enough , is , that one of your charges against Baynolds—it waa the second—was for calling men together " to put dawn OConneU and to put up one of the Median family . " So strangely does folly mix with malignity in all you doi . ¦' ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ '• : "¦ ¦ '¦ .. . - , ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ;¦ - ¦ ¦' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - •'¦ ' . . ' ¦' . ' .

      My second observation is—that it is quite impossible that any but the greatest dolt and driveller imaginable could believe that I had atrociously injure * you with your full knowledge in January , 1833 . There are to be sure many stupid blockheads among the Chartists ; but it is hard to think that any of them , who read yout letter could possibly believe you . Let them look only at your dates . Yoa actually boast of your friendly . services io . me in the year 1835 . Ytu exaggerate the value of those services , hut ycu

      boast they were most friendly , and I admit that they were as useful as you make them . You would have been of more use if it were in your poor power . You also actually boast that you were my benefactor in November 1833 , and in 1834 . Can human credulity go so far as to believe that 1 had atrociously injured you in January , 1833 , In your preaepce , and with your full knowledge ; yet that you were my benefactor in November , 1833 , again in 2 S 34 , and again , my active , friendly , and disinterested , though not very serviceable , agent at the election of 1836 ? ^

      But the climax is ,-npt capped yet . Your enmity to me—your malignity to me—your freqaeatly calling me " a knave injpolitics and a hypocrite in religion , " were not occasioned by the alleged injury 1 inflicted on you in January , 1833 . But— -I must use my own wordsit all arose by reason of my turning Whig <*« £ Banker at one and at Ihe same time J '! ' t Wby , Mr . Patrick O'Higgins , there ia ludicrous insanity mixed with your melancholy malignity I 2 cannot omit one more fact . I published to the World that I became what you call a ?« banker" in June , 1834 ; and the election in 1635 , at which you gave me some friendly asaistance , was one for the express purpose of turning out the Tories whom the King had brought back to power and re-instating the Whigs ! 1 The proverb truly Baith— " A lie stands upon one leg , " Aye , Mr . Patrick OHIggins—however ludicrous a lie may be , it stands bntnpouloneleg j Farewell—I kiss your bands ) DaiueI OConkexl .

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN . Sir , —In the Freeman of this day , the 6 th inst ., you have published a letter of mine of the 24 th ult ., addressed to Mr . O'Connelly and a letter from ; -him in reply , dated Mansion House , April 2 d . Both these letters have been published at the desire of Mr . O'Connell . When I Vfrote to , bitp on the 24 tb , and received the following note from him on the 25 . _ h , I little expected the kind of letter which appears in this -day ' s paper in reply : — [ " Mansion House , March 25 th , 1842 , " Sib , — -I have received a letter from yon , marked ' private , but intended to be published . " I have not time to answer it at this moment , but you shall have an answer before I leave thia city for London , on Mondajv 4 th of April . , " 1 have the honour to be your , humble servant ,

      " To Patrick O'Higglus , E « q . " I . certainly did expect quite a different answer , and I am free to admit thai in the answer I have got I am bitterly disappointed . But , not , withstanding the provocation which I have received I shall not bo betrayed into one angry expression , nor should 1 ever trouble you or the public with any observations of mine , only it mt ^ ht be considered t hat , by remaining silent I had assented to the whole of thestatsment which has been made against me . I regret to see that Mr . O'Connell still acts the part of ah advocate instead of an arbiter . No doubt it is his charitable disposition that has led him along from the beginning to act as couusel for the accused . The odds , then , againEt me are fearful .

      Mr . O'Connell has not stated the charges . lie suppresses the principal charge altogether . However , ! shall not state'iciest . any . one Bioald imagine that in bo doing I was actuated by eitlier " malice , euvy , or ill will , " I feel none towards any human being : private wrongs I am as ready to forgive as any man , but political wronga L cannot forget . WhenMr . O'Connell had the books before him he should have Etated the whole of the resolution , which appears on those books , in Mr . Dwyer ' s handwritipg , on the lSch of January , 1833 , and not a part of it . It was for the sake of brevity that I did not state the whole in my letier , and Mr . O'Connell , with the books before him , seTzss upon that omission , and savs : —> ^ v ;

      ** You must really be endowed with great cobGdenoo ia the effrontery of assertion when you have the face to assert that tho document I signed stated that the ComnaiUee uaannnouely agreed . «•»*• " : " > 'V ' - ' ^ - ' :: [¦ : ¦ :: ¦¦ ' ' : ¦ : r . v ¦>¦; . ¦ ¦"" Now , Mr . O'Connell , for to you I shall now address tho remainder of this letter , you give this statement of mine a flat contradiction , and upon thia point alone I might rest the whole case ; for if I prove that you are in the wrong h « re , it naturally follows that you may be wrong throughout the whole of your long letter . ¦}¦¦ : ¦ K r The following is a correct copy of the entry in Mr . Dwyert book , as well as of ^ the lithographed circular , which was sent to all my friends and relations upon the occasion *—¦ . - ' ' ¦ : : iy ' . . . ' ¦' ..- ' ¦'¦ ' [ - ¦' ^ - - ¦¦' .- ; : : - ' - - ' ¦ "Corn Exchange Rooms , 18 th Jan ., 1833 .

      " Mr . Patrick O'Higgins having instituted several charges against Mr . J ohn Reynolds of a political nature , the committee cf the Volunteers were convened , and after due consideration came to the following opinion : ' We have heard the charges and such evidence as Mr . O'Higgins produced , and we are unanimously of opinion tbat the charges are totally falsa and calumnioua , and we do Most fully and moat honourably acquit Mr . John Reynolds thereof ; and it having appeared to us that those charges originated in malice , we recommend Mr . Bwjdt to return to Mr . O'Higgins his subscription , being of opinion , that Mr . O'Higgina ougbt not any louset to frequent those looms . '"

      Now thi » is the whole resolution , with the exception of the twenty-three uames attached to it : and if it do not convey to the public the meaning that the committee were unanimous in their opinion , I shall give np the whole case . The text point I shall notice is that wherein you fay— "Ihave now before me the original entry m the late Mr . Edward Dwyer ' e haadwritine , and it

      appears by that entry that n 6 persons attended that jnyeitigation except those fourraud-lwenty-gontlemen ; : no-rno"fc one . " ^ ; Now here again , on this single fact , I am ready to rest the case of veracity at issue ; betweiBn you and mo . Surely , you cannot forgot thai you solicited several gentlemen to sign that document who refused to sign it . Is it poss ible that joii forget the names of the gentlemen who refused to vote with you on the occasion ,. ' . a ' nd who left the room ^^ under the impression that the matter : would end there ! With all your power , and all your influence , you OOUld get l > ut twenty-three to sign that document ; and who are they ? I left it to you to name them , and you have named , but seven . Are you ashamed of the rest of them ! What have yon done with the

      sixteen 1 Who are they 1 What was their occupation then ? What ; has :, become of tliem since ^ Tnese are questions which you are bound to answer . In your anxiety to make those whom you did not name appear even above thtir raik in society , you have transformed Mr . George Kernan , the attorney , into a Counsellor'Kernan . However ^ Sir , I am greatly indebted to you for mentioning the name of inisr reepected and lamented friend , Mr . Patrick Lavello , of the Freeman's Journal , and I still hope , Sir , that you will yet follow the example " of Mr . Lavelle . Shortly after his return from Italy , he invited me to his editorial room , and there , ia the presence ef Mr . Moloay , Mr . Prendergast , and another gentleman , said he wished

      to speak to me ia the presence of those gentlemea ; that the fact of his havirg affixed his name to tho senfcencs Which was passed upon me by those who signed it had preyed upon his mind , and that he had long : % vi 8 hed to explain to me bow : he was infliienced to eign it , and to apologise to me , and to ask my forgiveness for having joined ia euch a sentence agaia 8 t me . Those who were preaent . recollecc that the very reasous which you assign in your letter of the 2 ad iaetint for throwiag the shield of your protection around your client , were the sjime which you made use of in order to induce Mr . La yelle to Bign that document , that ib to say— - V What wouM become of him if you di < i not protect him . " And he said that you also urged it as a ho si

      reason ^^ why should ^ n if , that the committee was a private one , aud that the signatures to the documeat would hive ( ho effect of preventing no from proceeding further in the matter : that it could do me no harm , as there was no charge of any kind against me , and : unless I was stopped I would ruin the other . After this explanation , which is not half so ample as Mr . Lavelle mado it , be , in the presence of those gentlemen , asked me to forgive him , and reached out his hand to me . I did forgive him most heartily , when he said it | took a load off bis mind . I huppose , Sir , you will now say that I had just reason to bo thankful to you for haying mentioned Mr . Lavelle's name . Who is it that will read this but will admit he acted tho part of a true Christian and a gentleman 1 ;

      It would occupy too much space to follow you through " every part of your long letter , and to refute it paragraph bj paragraph , what I minht very easily do ; but I shall contout myself for the present by taking a leaf but Of your own rules of evidence That rule is , that if a witness break down in any essential part , the whole of his evidence goes for nothing . I quote your own words , and beg your particular attention to them . They are—" You cannot probably forget , though you may be ready te deny , the fact , that I endeavoured to induce you to abandon that * line of conduct . I begged of you not to introduce personal quarrels into our proceedings . You , however , persevered , and rather augmented the virulence of your insinuations than otherwise . "

      ltis v » ry strance , indeed , that with the record of the proceedings before you , as you have stated , that suoh a paragraph as the foregoing should be given to the world under the sanction of yoar high name . How stands the fact 1 Why , the very day after I had stated that I had an objection to be a member of the same committee with a person whose conduct I could not approve , and constituted , as it was , with power to try and decide upon the oharaoter of any man against whom an objection was made by any member , I was served with a copy of a resolution , which the committee adopted the very next day , the llthof January , requiring me io Btate the charges "forthwith in writing to the secretary , " and on the 12 th j wrote a letter w the committee , of which tho

      following is an extract : — " That I will not state in writing , through the Hecretary , any charges -wbatosever again&t any man , until such time as a tribunal is appointed against which there can bo no personal objection , and to whom all charges shall bei submitted , in accordance with ; - "the rales of the sboiety ; and , moreover , befor © I undertake to . bring a charge agaiust any man , it is necessary and right that my own name should be posted up in tho committee ' room for a week , and the publio invited to bring any charge , political or otherwise , against my Own character , and if it be found .. . at tho eud of a week , that there is no charge against me , I shal > then , and not till then , consider myself bound to comply with your resolution . ?'

      Well , what was the answer to this proposition ? it is soarcely credible . The very next day , the 13 th of January , John O'Connell , Esq ., M . P ,, ia the chair , the following resolutions , with three others , were all drawn up in tbe handwriting of Daniel O-Connall himself J" Resolved : unanimously—That the Secretary do write to Mr . O'Higgins , t 0 inform him that his letter is considered in the highest degree unsatisfactory . "; . ' . ; ; . ' ¦ ,- ¦ " ¦ : ¦ " :, ¦ ¦ . ;¦• .. ¦ ¦;' . ; ¦' . ' ¦ ¦ ' " That Mr . O'Hifjgins be also informed that he is requii-ed to follow up his indistinct and general charges , which , if he should decline to do , it will then become the Committee to wipe off a stain which , in such event , cannot be too indignantly xopelled !"

      This ia the way you " endeavoured to induce rs ^ to abandon the charges , " and not " to introduce personal quarrels into yeur proceedings . " I hope , for ypur own sake , that you forgot thactbose documents were in existence when you wrote your lettar . How could you Bay , with those resolutions before you , "that I persevered , in spite of every friorictty admonition , in bringing forward i \ xo charges ? ° No , no ; I am sure you overlooked this part of the proceedings . You acquit me ( and I am obliged to you ) of being actuated by any selfiah motive— -any motive of gain , throughout tho whole of this affair ; your own words are , " Y&u had ivo lucratiye gain to stimulate you ; you had no money profit to obtain . You had no office , no employment , no emolument , to acquire by ruining the man . " Now , thi 8 isall strictly true . But be pleased to recollect , to iiparin mind , rwitat you are pleased to call the pleadings . V

      Yjju should recollect—1 st . That when you suddenly changed tho National Political Union into that of the Irish Volunteers , one of the reasons you assigned for the change was , that in the then crisis of affairs it became your imperative dniy to form a society of such a nature as to prevent the possibility Of any person whatever , of even doubtful character , becoming ^ member of it . And one of the rules drawn up by your own hand wae to the effect , "That anyinbmber to be proposed for admission

      should have his name entered by the secretary , Mr . Edward Dwyer , in a book kept for that purpose , for one week before such member should be proposed , and in the event of any member objecting to the person to be proposed at the open meeting , sucfa objection should go before the standing committee , to be there investigated ; and should any diffsrence of opinion arise as to whether the person objected to should be admitted or rejected , the committee should at once proceed to a balJot , and lhat one black bean in four should exclude him . "

      Now , mind this was all to be done privately , and by ballot , and other resolutions 'Stated .-that the mail was no patriot who should wilfully and knowingly allow any person to become a member of the Irish Volunteers agaiast whem he had aii objection , without submitting such objection to ihe decision of the committee . - ; '¦;;• . ¦ ¦•¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦" - . . : '¦¦ . V : . ¦ ' . ; :. ; ' :. ¦' . ; '' : :. . This resolution , I trust , will in itself explain to the eatisfaction of every honest and well-thinkingman , the motives Which influenced ; me to object to the individual in question . My objection to him went no further ( and it was so stated in a letter of mine to the comuaittee Oa iKe aut j « ic , t > toaa tbat oS his being a member of a cemmittee / which assumed the right and the pewei : to fit in Jad ^ meflt on tho

      characters of other men . I do now ; most solemnly declare that I did , in the first instance , conceive myself morally bound to state my objections , aud that I never would have goae on with them had I thought that they would have become public , and had I not been forced to go on by the resolutions of the Committee , whica re 8 oJutlons I shovfed io the Hon . Colonel Butkr , and William Francis Finn , on the 15 th of January , When they were both kind enough to offer me their assittince to quash the proceedings ; but who , on seeing the resolutions which I have already quoted , deemed it useless to interfere in the matter . I have no doubt but these two honourable gentlemen will bear testimony at any time to the fact I hate jdst fetited .

      Permit me here to remind yoa , Sir , that the renewal of tbis subject rests entirely with yourself ; that in a speech of yours in AuguBt last , which was not provoked by any act or word of mine , you said that " I hated you , and that I ought to bate yon j for it was yon who procured my expolsion from the society of the Irish Volunteers , for conduct unbecoming a patriot , a gentleman , or a Cnrisiian . " New , Sir , let me aak you was there any reason under heaven for this attack upon me , except roy having refuaed to vote for you at the last election , unless ypa would sign , a pledge that you woald ; support no administration , but one that would give ita official advocacy to Dnivereal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Electorial Districts , the Abolition of the Property Qualification , and tbe Payment of Members I It was my demanding this pledge that excited your ire . Had you signed it J would have voted for you ; and to show that I want no " excuse to villify you to the Chartists of England , " I now p ledge myself to vote for you , provided you iivo me the foregoing pledge in writing . Yon

      mistake if you think that people forget public proceedings as soon as they used io do . Every one wno has seen your letter will recollect that . -. . I < l « iuande 4 this pledge in July last , and . that yoa attacked m « soonaftrr * .- '•¦ ¦ \ , . '¦¦ . - . ¦ : - ' ' : ' . ¦ "¦' - " ¦ , ¦"' , ¦ " . '; - - ' - ; : '" ¦ ¦ r f 2 d . That thd reported proceedings in all -. itui Dublin morning papers of the 4 th of January , 1833 , which are worth reading even at this distar . ee of time i will fully explain the real object of the stringent resolutions to whioh I have already ady erted . I , though a member of the committee from its Term * tion till the 11 th of Jaauary , the day of the date of my letter requeitiag to have my name posted up-in the room for a week , agreeable to ihe rul 6 S bo !" ore I would state charges in writing against any man , was wholly and altogether ignorant of the secret motives which led to the adoptioa of this objectionable resolution—a resolution which , when i < a evil

      tendenoy was discovered and admitted , was theu rescinded , -but not till long after the publicity of the circumstances which gave rise to the proceedings , in which I have , t must say , borne a very uueuviable part . There was no malignity in my act ; tkerfc was neither , maiice , ecvy , hatred , or . ill-will in it . There was gr ^ at folly in my supposing , even tor a momeat ; tfiat any political eopiety could be fOTmed in strict accordance with the terms of the resolution . There was folly also in my being diiped into the belief that the committee had either the power or the mllto summon aud examine evidence on oath , or even to imagine for a moment that it was their intention to abide by their own rutes . If it w ^ ro right or just to expel a inan for credulity , and implicit reliance on the ; integrity and honour of some public men , no nlan deserved expulsion more tfean ¦¦ ¦

      I did- .. ; - •¦ - . ,...: ' . - ¦ ¦> - : ; ; : ; ... - , - ;;• ' „ ¦ - . ., . I had the folly to believe thafc mankind jienerally , but particqlarly tbe members of the Irish Volunteer Society , required only to be told that they were acting Wrongf ally in any thing in order to make them act rightly , I < iid not know that Mr . O'Conneil was counsel for Mr . Steele when I mentioned to him the real state of the case of Wagly , Dixon , Steele , and O'Ginnan Mahon . I was-wholly unacquainted wilh 0 'Go . rman Mahon at the time , and have hid little acquaintance with him since ; but I kn- \ v tho facts of that case well , and I thought it my « iuty to mbntio ^ them to Mr . O'Connell , liitle conceiving at the time that I should bo looked upon for so doiugas the pariizan of O'Gorinan Mahon . In addition tt »

      this L objected altogether to the appropnatiOn of thi fund for certain tithe martyrs , tj any other purposesi than those for which it wa * subscribed . Perhaps it may be necessary to remind Mr . ( O'Connell that I and another gentleman had an interview with him upon this subject ; at his own house on the Uth of January , and that we ment . oned to htm that Mr . David Lyach , the treasurer , concurred with us ia Opinion ., and that Mr . O'Connell made an appointment to meet us upon the same subject the next day , the 15 th , at the entrance to the Court of Chancery , and subsequently at the meeting at the R ) jal Exchange ^ where he did not scruple to tell me that I should be sorry for my obstinacy upon this subject . It it riRhtalso to remind Mr . O'Coahall that I had

      repeatedly applied to the committee of the National Political Uniorij between the 20 th Deo ., 1832 , and the 5 th iJanuary , 1833 , for the re-pay men t of the £ 100 ; which was advanced by the late Mr . RutUvenj at the close of the city election , bat which £ 100 ; was applied to the county election ifor the purposeof returning the Repeal candidate . That , this £ 100 never was refunded , though the order for it was duly signed by the Finance Committee , one of whom was General Clooney himself ; that this £ 100 never was repaid , and that the order for the payment of it is still in my possession , drawn in the usual terms in which silcherders , were drawn , and signed by the proper number of membera to assure its payment . The excuse for not paying it at the time was that

      thera were ; no funds in hand belonging to the National Political Union , and that the Volunteer Association . could not pay the debts of the defunct society . Now , Sir , would it not be j oat for some of those pure spirited , high-minded gentlemen , who benefited by the advance of this £ 100 , and who are very well off now , to pay it to Mr . Ruthven ' s heir , who , perhaps , may be in want of it at present . I shall give up the order to any of the parties who pays iae the money , aed you rcay depend upon it that I shall hand it over to the man who ia entitled to it , and shall most cheerfully publish his receipt for tbe money . You asked me . Sir , toyftote , or rather accuyed me ? for not stating , my reason why yoa frhiuld be inimical to me upon the investieatioul I

      stated before that your having taken part against me might have arisen from your natural disposition to . throw the shield oif yonr protection round thots © who were under prosecution . Ycu aniwer thia yourself by saying that the man would have been , ruined had you not acted as yoa did . I now fully admit and . declare that I know of no othtr reasons why you should have tnraed round upon me ihani thoBoTLhaveBtatwI . : ¦ . ¦" . . 9 You have said , and said truly , that yon weremjr successful counsel upon one occasion . You were my successful counsel , and obtained for me a verditt for £ 200 ; but I am sure you did not know that your friend , the attorney , who is the relative of him whose cause you espouse , never paid me the money , but took the benefit of the Insolvent Dibtors' Act . I

      am eure you forgot , too , that yoa were counsel in the case 6 f , Farrelly against Reynolds , prior to your having been my successful counsel , and you read your brief , and you know the witnesses who sustained thaicasev ¦• • "¦ . . . ; ¦;¦¦ ¦ ., ¦ .. . ¦¦ " V- ;¦' ' :. : ' . ¦ ; . ., ¦ :.. ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ., : V ' - . I have but a few words more to add to this letter , already too long , and exceedingly painful to me , and these are , that in a letter dated the 23 rd of January , just five days aftar you had pronounced sentence on me , and twenty-one days before that sentence was brought before the pablio , with all the pomp and circumstance attendant on the expulsion , on the 12 ch of February , in that letter which was addressed to the Chairman of the standing Committee , and read and answered by tho xenolntion oi' that Comraittee , I offered the following terms , whioh won rtjaetod : — ; ; ' ::. ' ; , , ¦ ¦ : ¦¦ •• r ;¦ ; ' ...:-.,- ; ' ..:- ; . ¦¦ ' . ¦• . ¦¦" . "•

      " 1 st . — -That your friend should name six gentlemen unacquainted with the case at issue ; that those six should not include a lawyer , attorney , or relative . ''• ' ¦ ' . ' .. ¦¦¦' . "•¦ ¦¦' . '¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ ; - .-: ' : '¦'' ::. ¦ ¦ ' '' . ' . . ' : ¦ '' . ¦ . , ' ;¦ " . ' ; " 2 nd .-r-That I should name six others npoa the sameterms . ¦ : ¦ ' , : ¦ :.. ¦¦ ' / ' ¦ ¦ .. ¦ ¦ . . - ' - : . r-. ?\ w 3 rd . —That these chosen twelve should aot under a deed of submission , which should be made a rule of court , as is MriLawleBs ' s case , with fall power to summon witnesses , and examine them upon oath . " 4 tb . —That I should , ia the event of a verdict being against mo , pav all the costs and expenses , as Well as the cj 8 t of inrerting the : verdict in all the Dublin papers , if my opponent required it . " This ; fair , reasoaable , and .-equitable , proposition was refused .. However , had X thea known as much of the world as I have learned : since , I would not ; have gone on even if these terms had been fully coacededtome . ¦ ¦"' : ¦ " ""¦ :: ' . ¦' : ' ' . ¦ " ¦ " ¦• ¦ ' : ¦¦ . s " / . '¦" : '" .

      It is impossible to overlook that species of rhetorical artifice to which some ; great and powerful advocates have recourae , for the purpose of leading the public away from the real question at issue . Instead of calling ia question the authenticity of the names which are published in my letter of the 24 th ultimo , and upon which the truth or falsehood of the whole case depends , job leave that pait whole and entire . There it stands ; and until you prove that those names are not genuine bat forgeries , you fail in proving that I brought i » ls © charges . ' .. V ; "• . - ' - •'' ¦/'• ¦ ¦ . . "' : ' . ' .. ¦" ¦' : ¦ ' . " . - ¦ "¦' ' , " v - ; : The case does not depend for its truth or falsehood efther : upon your veracity or upon jnino , but upon the evidence which I hare adduced , and which you do not even condescend to advert to , much less to impeachv ' , ¦ ¦ .: ' :: " . ' ¦ ¦ : ' ¦¦ : ¦ : :: ' . ' .: . . . V ' ¦¦' . ' . ¦ .: - ' . ' ' . ' .-:

      What would you , or what would any man , say of the judge who would overlook all the evideace , and , in his charge to the jury , tell that jury that their verdict should ba given in accordance with the states mont of the defendant ' s cennBelV ^ Hqre are your own worda—^ Let those who choose bslieve you . I consent . Those who know us both , or know either of us , will have no difficulty in deciding without any jaterVention of mine / ' / , ¦ " . ' s / . - ; : ; . .. ' •; ' ';¦ ;¦ " :: - ¦; . .. - ' . ~ ¦ . ¦ : . ¦; Now , in the name of common sense , what has this todo with the question 1 ¦ ;

      I have novsr , m conclusion , merely to add that I did not see tae difficulty in which my demand * for reparation had placed you , until Monday , the 4 th instant , when a gentleman , whom I had consul ted upon the propriety of publishing the letter at all , pointed out that difficulty to me , when I at once made up my mind no : to publish it . ¦¦ ¦; : WisMng , most sincerely , to see you once more the pledged opponent of any ministry but one that will give its official advocacy to Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Eleetoral Districts , Abolition of the Property Qualification , and Payment of Members ,

      I am , Sir , with as much respect , for your publie serv ' . ces as any man can feel , ^ ' . . ¦ ¦ . ' .. ¦ : ¦"¦ : ¦ . ¦ . . ¦' ¦[ ; " Patbicx . P'Hicksiks . No . 14 , North Anne-6 treet , Anra «? , 1842 «

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      TO DANIEL O'CONNELL , LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN , &e . &c Dublin , March 24 , 1842 . Sib , —I have now for more than nine years suffered in foitune , in reputation , and in feeline from a wrong inflicted on me by you . On the 18 : h day ° ? ^ ?*^ » I * y ° H were a party to ihe passing of the following resolntion ia the committee of the Irish Volunteers : — M We have heard the charges and guch evidence as Mr . Patrick O'Higgins produced , and we are unanimously of opinion that the charges are totally false and ealnznniou 3 , and we do most fully and honourably acquit Mr . John Reynolds thereof ; and , it appearing that these charges originated in malice , we recommend Mr . Dwyer to return Mr . O'Higgins his subscription , being of opinion that Mr . O'Higgins ought not any longer to "frequent these rooms . "

      This resolution bears your signature , as well as the signatures of three of your sons , and of yoar sonin-law , and every member of the committee whom roa coald inflaeuce to sign it . It condemns me before the whole world of having songht to destroy ; he character of an innocent man by charges known to me to bs false , and preferred from malice , and this horrible sentence , bearing your signature , and the signatures of your three sons on the face of it , bears also oa the face of it the proof that this sentence of infamy was passed upon me by you without your apprising me that any charge was to be preferred against me—without your instituting any trial without your affording me the slightest opportunity of defence—and without any investigation of the

      written testimony which 1 produced , and upon which the charges against Mr . Joha Reynolds were founded . There is no man who readB this resolution who believes it te be just , and who has any sense of virtue in his own bosom , who must not regard me as one of the most abandoned villains upon earth ; and it is by you that I stand so branded before my countrymen . It was on the 8 th of May , 1835 , I first thought tue blame of your not doing me justice rested upon myself ; for , on the previous day , in a speech of yours at tho Corn-Exchango , relating to the transaction in which Mr . Morgan O'Connell was engaged with Lord Alvanley , you were reported w have

      Baidlv I never injured any man to whom I was not perfectly ready to make reparation to the fullest extent in my power , i he required it . " I never required you to make reparation to me till then . I did so then in a lettsr , of which the present one is nearly a copy ; I did so by the advice of a friend of mine who read your speech , and by the advice ofa Catholic clergyman , a personal friend of your own . All I asked then was , that yon should remove aa nsjust stigma from me as publicly as you fead fixed it npon me . I sent you a Copy of that letter at every Easter since , in the hope that your conscience wonld move you to name it to yonr confessor , because I knew that your confessor should tell you that no political expediency could iusttfv

      this fonl calumny npon me . I knew that he would teJJ jron that you were bound by all the laws of the church to make reparation to me . And finding that those private letters had no effect , I now call upon you publicly to make reparaiion to me before you presume again to approach tho HtOy Communion ; because you know that that resolution , to which you have affixed your name , sets forth upon tbe / ace of it that which you know to be untrue . It states that the committee unanimously agreed to it , whereas you know that you could get but twenty-three to sign it . The verv man -who brought forward the motion for the inquiry refused to sign it . Your own brother-in-law , Mr . Finn , to his credit , refused to sign it . The late

      , Mr . John Redmond wonld not sign it . The Hon . Colonel Butler did not sign it . Neither did Messrs . Barrett or Staunton , nor Messrs . Dolan , O'Dwyer , M'Loughlin , Doyle , Cavendish , and others , in all twenty-eight . You led the world to believe that the committee were unanimous . You hare certified the charges to hare been malicious , false , and calumnious , - while you know full well that their trnth or falsehood depended entirely on the genuineness of the written evidence which I produced in support of them , and which you refused to examine , and yet you publicly pronounced me guilty , on the 18 th of January , 1833 , in the teeth of evidence signed by . Robert Cully , Accountant-General of the Bank of Ireland , by Michael Roche , of the

      Hibexniaii Bank , by Obadiah Willans and Sons , Lower Bridge-street , by Robert Byrne and Co ., Lower Bridge-street , by Armstrong and Byrne , Merchants ' - quay ,, by William Lock , Linen Hall , by Blood , Nott , and Co ., Trinity-street , by Greenough and Robinson , of Manchester , by Ungworth and Co ., MancEester , by William Bolton , Manehesier , and the oral testimony of Mr . John Robinson , of Delgany , jof Mr . 'William Rassell , of Lower Bridgestreet , of Alexander Reynolds , of Lower Bridgestreet , and of Mr . John Hudson , of Mecklenburghstreet . Let me ask you now , Sir , at the end of nine years , did yon examine any part of thiB testimony , or any of those witnesses ? No , sot one of them . Yet , you , with all your piety , persevere in

      pronouncing me guilty of having brought false , calumnious , and malicious charges against an innocent man I L 9 tnoone say this letter is written from any other motive than that of giving you an opportunity ofdoingmean act of common justice , even now &t the end of nine years' Buffering . Do not say that I am actuated by any feeling of revenge for the grievous wrong which yon did me , because that wonld not be true , as I have the secretary < Mr . P . V . Fitzpatrick ' f ) acknowledgment , that I contributed largely to swell your tribute , in November 2833 and 1834 , and was mainly instrumental in returning you fofthe ^ ity of Dublin in 1835—all of wh i ch have oecorred smce January , 1833 ; and I would have supported yon still had you not deserted the people by turning Whig and banker at one and the

      same time . « I am , Sir , with , as much respect for your pnblic services as asy man can feel , Pathick O'Higgins-P-S- —I think it is due to you to tend yon this letter before I publish it , and at the same time to fay that you are at , perfect liberty to make any ase of it you may think proper .

      P . O'H Daniel O'Connell , Esq ., M . P .

      TO PATRICK O'HIGQINS , E 3 < J . Mansion-house , 2 d , April , 1842 . " O"ConneIl is a knave in politics , and a hypocrite in religion . "'— PAIS 1 CK O'HIGGINS . Sib , —In replying to yourletier I very properly begin by making you a free present of the above text , which yon have hitherto so often used without my permission . I now not only forgive you for your pa ? t use of it , but allow yon to employ it in future at your uncharitable discretion ; and 1 gratuitously

      add to this permission a plenary license to abuse , cabamniate , and vilify me as often , as loudly , and as long as yon please . You shall not oniy have this licease , butmy cordial forgiveness beforehand , with tbekm > wledge superinduced tha : it is my determination never again to reply to any one of your char ties . Let those who chose believe yon—I consent , Those who know as both , or know either of ns , will have no difficulty in deciding without auy intervention of mine . Let this ba nnderslaad between us .

      In the present controversy thia letter will serve io aid right-thinking persons in coming to a proper judgment , by having the , facts of the case before them , stripped of gome of the distortions , foreshortenings , inventions , and ludicrous absurdities with which it has pleased your piety to surround them . Now for tbe fact ? . You have called upon me to make reparation for an injustice which yon say I have done you . That injustice y&u allege to consist in my having signed , and having been , as you allege , but allege untruly , actoally engaged in procuring signatures to , & document which yoo bare Bet forth in yonr letter , and which I think it right to repeat in this place . It bears date the 18 : h of January , 1833 . It involves three distinct propositions . The first is contained in these words ^—

      " We have heard the charges and such evidence as SJr . Patrick O'Higieins produced , and we are unanimously of cpinioa tha . t the charges are totally false and calumnious , and we do mott fully and honourably acquit Mr . John Reynolds thereof . " Tbe Becoad proposition is contained in these words" And it appearing that these charges originated in malice , we recommend Mr . Dwyer to return Mr . O'Higgins his subscription . " The tbird proposition is contained in these words—44 Being of opinion that Mr . O'Higgins ought not any longer to frequent these rooms /'

      You call upon me for reparation for having signed that document-Yon then , rtrange to say , complain that this document-was signed withont the institution of any trial—without any investigation of written testimony which you produced . You also accuse me of influencing my sons , and other members of the Committee , to sign the document . Why do I dwell npon these drivellings ! The French call euch things niaiseries . " Wiy should I then take any trouble with these gross and palpable distortions of the facts I There were four-and-twenty gentlemen who signed that document . I have now before me the original entry in the late Mr . Edward JDwyer ' s handwriting ; and it appears , by that entry , that no other persons attended that investigation except tfaose four-and-twenty gentlemen . . Not one !'

      It is a favourite point of yours , that out of this number three were my sons , and one my son-in-law , whom you say I influenced . Of my sons I thall say nothisg . It does not become me—axcept ihis—that Eince ihsy caaje to man ' s estata Und they were

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 16, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct886/page/5/