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BEPEAL ASSOCIATION . An sojourned meeting of the members of this Association -was held en Wednesday , in the Core Exchange Hooni * . Shortly after two o ' clock , Mr . OConnell entered tte meetine , hsrhsg just arrived from attending the late great Bepeal demonstration at Lismore , and jnoTt ^ Counsellor ScTTLrr to the chair . 2 ir . Rat read th . « minutes of Ihe previous meeting-, after ^ bieh 2 ir- O-CONSErr said he -wished to begin the business cf Ihe day by giving notice of a motion foi the next day of meeting , namely—to take into
consideration tte report made upon Mr . Smith ' s case , as inves-. tigated by the cosimitlee of the Association , relative to the lands of Dirratown and Paristown , in the county Meatb . Ee -would more that on Monday next ( unless the other butineas of the day would occupy too much time ) that the Tepori -would he fully considered ; and if not thtn . upon the following day , to which they ^ ronld a ? jonrn if necessary . He < ilr . O'C ) saw , -with some surprise , that several geatltmtn in the county Heath considered the matter "was ai an end ; but tnch " was not the esse , as it -was only in a course c-f an in-TE * fi ^ aticn , vhich would , perhaps , end in his being obliged to adopt a measure for the benefit of the poor of Ireland .
The Secretary read a letter from Jdr . P . Docohoe , proprietor of tLe Bcs ' on Pilot , eEclosing £ 29 from "West Siockbiidge and 1 * 64 from the Savannah Repeal Association 500 dollars . Pitkfleld , 3 Ias . £ 10 ; Hartford , eon . ^ £ 67 ; > fewark , IJew Jersey . £ 30 15 s . ; Joseph 3 LT > or £ ii , Philadelphia , £ 50 ; John IV , James , of the Boston AsocisScn , which stated that he -would have sent 1 400 dollars ( the amount collected ) " bnt for the niecrtaJnty ss to the tnm -which events migbt take in Ireland" ; 2 i > w Brunswick , £ 40 ; the S' . XonispiiRSonri ) Repeal Association cf the Friends of Ireland , £ 174 . In ' tke letter of the last "body is the feUo-sius passage : —• . ' Derpiy wesonded as the
Repealers of St . Louis are oy the late ur justifiable attack made fcy Sz OConnell , in the name of theRepealers of Ireland , npon Ihe American people ard their institutions—indignantly as they spurn the sentiments and opinions of Mr . O'Connell on the subject of domestic slavery in America , and despicable es appears to them a course ob his part bo -wantonly ungenerous , so ungraiuitonsly insulting , and so unwarrantably malignant —stall , at this moment , -when the British Ministry is aiming a deathblow at the dearest hopes of the Irish people—the-Mends of old Erin in the -west cannot , on account cf the fanaticism of one man , desert a glories * Ctnsein the henr of peril and need . "
2 Jr- O"Cds 3 ELi , said he -was accused cf fanalickm ; and he certainly was a fanatic , if the term applied to one -who desired liberty for every human being , hut he did not understand the appeal to the God of justice in one cf the southern communications , nor * iid he like It , tecanse it looked blasphemous . "Was not a black man iom on the same Totality Trith the -white ? And were all the cruelties that could be conceived to be put on Us persen , a » d then an tppeal to be made to the God « f Justice ]—fhear ) , Ho ! such an appeal was bl&sphemous ; and ihe men -who protested in these countries -to let every man have his liberty , and broke that pledge , were perjurers—perjurers upon every occasion that they made their fellow-creatures the objects of traffic , ia -which situation they could be sold to pay their pretended owners * debts —( long-continued sheers ) . To be the enemy of such a system he ( Hx . O'Connell ) -would -willingly T > e called a fanatic Several letters were read containing remittances , and amongst them one from Coiavemara containing £ 109 .
3 dr . O'Costtexz said that hs understood a Rav . James Lowiy , a -dissenting minister , had gone through the Iforthof Ireland , and was then going about Scotland lecturing in favour of Repeal ; and he wished it to distinctly known that the Association did not recognise Mm in any way , or place any . confidence in him . Bt Steele , Mr- John O'Concell , Dr . Gray , and other gentlemen having handed in vsriots subscriptions . Mr . ILiBi CaXUlGBLaS said he was prepared to give a ' contradiction to the statements made by Mr . Smith against him , all of which were nntrne . ill OC 05 SELX ol ^ eeted to the qnestion being brought forward until the day for which , ha had given notice of his motion—Monday . Mr . G&XLAGHAi * persisted for some time , but ultimately consented to let the matter pass for the present ; however , he said he would see that it should get publicity in another way—( hear ) .
Dr . Gsat said that he had to report fram the arbitration committee , that several letters were received from various parts of Ireland , from gentlemen willing to be appointed arbitrators—and he had to more the appointment of Major Iticholson and Messrs . James Kagent , Hatthew , Moriarty , and James O'Brltn , as the arbitetors for the K 3 ngstown district—( hean . Mr . ScuiiT ( the Chairman ) was then appointed an arbitrator for Dundrsm , and both he and Mr . Nugent -returned thanks for the honour conferred upon them . A letter -was read from James Kapper , Esq ., of Xongbcrsw . The writer said , being no party man myself , and having been a resident landlord for more than a quarter of a eentury , experience has taught me that faction and party are Use Ibane of my country : and
now allow Bie to declare that during that penou I have iisver yet seen therpolitiesl and domestic affairs of Ireland correctly governed by the cabinet of London . Alas , It has been too frequently the pjBcy of the ministers of the crown—be thai political creed -what it may—to purchase , hy its patronage , the leader or leaders of those parties whose opinions appeared in some degree to coincide with their own ; Ihe consequent result has t > een , that those lawB which most hff = ct the social system of Ireland , hare become constant patchwork legislation , -u nequal to support and protect the interests and welfare of a people rapidly increasing both in uum-Ikts an . 4 intelligence . On speaking to fee toast which I have frequently given— " Success to Paddy and his spade '—I obserred that it "was a mere mockery con
Eiantly to utter this sentiment , unless -we could practically hringPaddy and bis ijade to -work ; and went on to suggest , that , as our agricultural societies have in the last two years gained msch knowledge as te the management of small farms and spade husbandry , ¦» e should « ndes 7 eur to procure such an alteration in onr Grand j « ry laws , as would , by making the xo&d cess as much as possible the means of giving employment to labourers , throw its amount directly into their bands ; whilst the small farmers being induced to lay aside their horse and dray and substitute a couple of cows and the spade work of thejnsagbbonring labourers , -a second means of employment might he afforded them . The present Government being pledged to Mr . S . Crawford to consider the pri&ciple of his Landlord and Tenant BUI , I cannot feel that I stepped out ef my place by advocating the interests of the poorest of the Irish tenantry .
Educated ia England , I have learned to think for myself , and say what I thick ; and now in thanking you for the courteous manner in which yon have communicated to me the wishes of your leader , and called my attention to the attractions of the Repeal Association . I must leg to observe that , I have ^ e-n far mere interested in these of a still later date , where I 2 nd that the oonatant appeal to ihe prejudices of Irishmen against everything that if English , and in favour of everything Irish of however remotea period , has produced those results which erery impartial observer must long have expected Itest assured that the ciowned heads of Europe are anxiously watching the transactions of an assembly of "Which , Sir , you are secretary ; fully determined \ o pre-Tent our at present comparatively prosperous island from being made a stepping stone , at probably no very ¦ di stant period , to forward the ambitiouniewB cf republican America . "
Mr . O * CassEi . i . moved tte insertion of the letter upon fee minutes . Mr . Ifapper had referred to a notice of motion attempted to he given in by a person who had beea a member ef the Association ; bat be ( Mr . © "Connell ) wished to say that he was no longer canrected with them , and all he regretted was , that he had been treated with so much courtesy . If he had been present hs would have put'hiH hj the shoulder out of the room , or put their hands under him and conveyed him quietly oat in thai way—fcheers and laughter ) . Such conduct 03 yii . Connor pnzsngd ccold sot hare been pursued homel y : if be was honest , could he not have T * aited mntn he { Hr . < rConnell ) was present , whom he tnew took all the legal responsibility on his own person ia the formation of the Association . He threw out as it were politics ! claptraps ; and thonght is make an
ampression upon that assembly which Tronld have heen ( if successful ; destructive of the great cause of Repeal : he therefore thought there was a dishonest attempt to ffli ^ L f "SaJBrt tliB p erso n in questi on when tsmrsrn ?** : *** s ? < &i laaein the possession rffcu » to « m ata jKJLS
After Eose few more -ebaerpatioEa upon 2 jT coa »> rt eottbet , Mr . O'C ^ m ^ l concluded hy moSJSi expulEon from the » il of tis Aaadsaonf andl ^ S aertion cf 3 fr . A 3 pper ' a letta upon the minutes of t > * . Association , Dr . Mitepht Beconded tte motion , which passed unanimously . Mr . Sieblb moved , that as in He case cf HisgiTu ihe Chartist , thai vagabond liar asd camzssiaior Mr ! Connor ' s money should be returned . ^ TwT ^ 'Hf unanimously . Dr . Giut was called to the ehair , and th « B * eQsr separated at five o ' clock .
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tien that there was no prospect of redress or relief from the British Government —( hear , hear , hear ^—and that nothing but the darkBesa of despair would surround them if they depended on any other resources but their own patriotic exertions —( cheere ) . The slightest intimation of an alteration in those measures which had produced such just discontent had not been made by the British ministry . The system of Government did not appear to be relaxed in tbe slightest degree , and there was not the least prospect held out of the slightest relief —( hear . ) More than thirty of the Irish members in the English House of Commsns bed , at the conclusion of the session , declared that the grievances of Ireland were most oppressive , and drew up an address embodying that
sentiment ; but tbe declaration was not sufficiently strong : the grievances were more afflicting than they described them to be ; they mitigated facta Instead of describing them acenratdy . They called" upon the-people—( hear , hear}—of England to coerce the Administration to xedre _ Es those grievances . The people of England had not done so ; and the address of those Gentlemen had fallen EtUl-born from the press —{ bear , hear , fcearU The signatures to that document contained some Repealers , but the great majority of them -were never Repealers , and several of them were anti-Rspealers —( hear , hear ) . The address was di ^ niied and its object patriotic ,- and he would sow remind those gentlemen that they promised to leave bo stone
unturned to obtain justice . They had appealed to the English people—their appeal was in vain ; there was no public meeting called , no club formed , no committee set to carry the address into effect ; he ( Mr . O'ConneUj doubted if it -was ever inserted in the ministerial newipapers , and he would ask Mr . Smith O'Brien , and the other gentlemen who signed that address , could they deny that there was not the least symptom of impregnating the English mind with the truth of their grievatcw ? and thifc their address was now as much forgotten as if it never bad been written —( hear , hear ) ? No , they had no chance of redress . They spoke , and they were nut li ^ Uued to ; they cried aloud , and were not hesrd ; or , ii" itey were , there was some English ishous thst drowned their voices—there was some shout
for the Toyage to Eu or Brussels —( hear , bear ) . The Repeal Association had followed up that address by another address to the people of England , bat both addresses had been eqnally abortive and useless ; be had been amused at finding that the Eoglish press , having exhausted its virulence , had banded them over to the Rovemmento' France —[ hear , htar , and a laugh ) . The Times copied an article from the Journal des Dtbais , an article -which seemed as if it had been written by the editor of tbe Standard— ( a laugh ) . The writer made this statement , that if Ireland were separated from England by the Repeal , England would becom ^ a third rate power : only tiriTfe of » Frenchman , if he was a Frenchman , holding out that as a reason —( laughter ) . No , no , saysthe Frenchman , don't Repeal the Union , for if yon
do you -will make England a third-rate power—he confessed he never before heard a Frenchman express such sympathy for England—( laughter ) . He was much obliged to Mr . Frenchman—( renewed laughter ) . The Journal des Debals , to wnich he bad already Ttferred , was the personal paper of Louis Philippe . It was supported hy him , and it was his organ ; and he ( Mr . O'Conuell ) charged it with bribery aud corruption . The Jounal des Debats first stated that tbe Repeal cry was perishing , and in the latter part of the same article it stated that the Repeal cry was so strong that he ( Mr . O'Connell ) was completely terrified ; that in fact , he was in & position like Frankenstein—he had a giant of his own creation over him —( hear , hear , aud laughter ) . Then , again , it represented him as having lost the
confidence of the people . What a comical way they had of shewing that —( enthusiastic applause )! It represented that the people did not believe him when he stated that the late royal speech was merely a concoction of the ministers . TFhat a curious mode they had of shewing that they did not believe —( hear , hear and laughter ) . Why if the Queen was even in her own pt > rsen to declare that the Repeal agitation ought not to continue , he would not be daunted by it —( bear , hear , hear ) . The constitution did not authorise her to prevent them petitioning for th ? repeal of an act of Parliament ; and much as he revered her , and mush as the people of Ireland revered her , i . would not stop their career one half minute—iloud cheers ) . They were ever loyal to the Sovereign ; thty were loyal to George I ., the
first cfner family that leigned in England ; they were loyal to Gsorge IL , a stupid German of the same stamp ; to George IIL , that bloody tyrant ; to George 1 Y ., who blubberinglygranted Catholic emancipation ; and to William 1 Y ., into whose mouth bis ministers put a base , bloody , and brutal speech —( bear ) . Tbsy were and would be , loyal to the Qaeeu ; but they would not give np their country , and their constitutional rights and privileges to any King or Queen that ever lived—( enthusiastic cheering , which was again and again repeated ) . The Journal da Debats Went on to Bay , that he iMr . O'Connd !) knew the Repeal to be an insane dream . Why , what a blockhead the fellow was ; ct-uld any one suppose , twenty years ago , tbit Louis Philippe would be king—( hear , hear ) ? Louis Philippe was
only kno- » n as an avaricious man ; and yet bo contrived to turn the battle of Jnly , 1830 , and the blood that was shed , to his own advantage ; and he turned hia relations tfF the throne , and laid held of the throne himself , as he said for the good cf the people—( a laugh ) . Well , if the Times ha 4 produced onjj document from France , it had also produced ons of its own—ihear , hear ) . It had addressed the Repealers on , as it said , the folly of repealing the Union , inasmuch as they had the honour of biiD ? British subjects—ilaughttr )—tbe honour of being British subjects— ( laughter )! It began by stating how niuch the Irish were disrelished in America , and it eaTied them white negroes ; and in another place it went on to say , " We do not offer a reproach to a people whose virtues we respect "—( laughter ) . He thanked the Times—he never could have roused Ireland to this
agitation were it not for the assistance it gare him . It called the people , " whose virtues it respected , " a felonious multisude ^—( a laugh ) . The clergy—Euspliced rnfivans—( hear , hear ) . It meant to win to their side English fanaticism ; knt it had roused Ireland te indignation—almost to revenge —( cheers ) . The Times took up the address of General Jackson in 1832 to tho pcup ' . e of Carolina , acd asked why Ireland was not content with her connection with England , as Carolina was with Philadelphia and the other states ? Let it be remembered , that when the American Congress imposed taxation on British manuf actures , so high as to be very nearly a prohibition , Carolina resisted , and the Tariff was ultixnateiy reduced . It was after this that General Jackson addressed the inhabitants of that state—( hear , hear ) . But what a contrast to draw . Sore Carolina bad her own
Parliament ! How the Times vagabond conld think of drawing such a comparison , be did not know—( hear , hear , and a laugh ) . There were 4 . 000 houses in Dublin , the oecnpiera of whieh were entitled to vote . There / were 1 G . 0 CS other houses , the occupiers of which could not vote , because of the amount of taxation by which they were burthened—( hear , hear ) . Carolina had nothing of this kisd to complain of . She had no Church cf the minority to support . She had no Poor Lawi she required it not— ( hear , hear ) . What was the case in Dublin ? Why , such was the state of the law , that Jadse Jebb , who uied before tbe Poor Laws were established , was pHt npon the roll : he never was subject to the Poor Law ; and if his ghost appeared tomorrow he would be entitled to vote—( laughter ) . They
had put Sir Michael O Loghlen upon the reil : to be sure he deserved to be immortalise!—he was in a happy home ; but it was a horrible system which placed a man ' s name upon a list as if he were still living—1 hear ) . But tbe writers for the Times talked about Carolina and Ireland , and he confessed that so great were their lies , that they astonished even himself , who knew the vagabonds well—( laugbtsT ) . Were the rents raised in Carolina spent in Carolina ? Were- nine millions drained annually from her ? Ireland was drained ; but , oh ! she bad the honour of being British subjects —( bear , bear ) . Give Ireland a domestic Parliament , what Carolina had , and the would never dream of separating —( cheers ) . A few months only could elapse before the tff-ctupon Europe—npon England—upon the Ministry , would become bo powerful and vivid , that tbe Government would ba glad to commence the treaty of an arrangement satisfactory to the
Repealers , and useful to the entire empire —( cheers ) . He had detained them —( cries of No , to ") . He had to pour those expressions off his heart He need only remind the people of Ireland and > Ir . Smith O'Brien , that their addresses had fallen still- born—in fact , the faded leaves that fell off the autumnal blast , were not more insignificant in the order of nature , than their addresses were in the political state—( cheera ) . Oh , people of Ireland , rally with him . Let him take his steps , Etep by step—( hear , bear ) . He read in the newspapers the most absurd accounts of his plan . He had too much legal experience to fail into any such error as that of getting np a convention , or things of that kind—( hear , hear ) . He promised them bis steps should be free from lezal objection ; and he knew that his countrymen would repose in him that confidence , that would enable him to work them out—( cheew ) . The Times said that a council of three bucdred bogtrotteM were to meet in Dafelin—( lauchttr)—this waB the country
whose people it respected —( hear , heat > He declared to . heaven thai he had a mind to call the Preventive Society the Bogtrotters" Society —( cheers and langhter ; . One more cheer for the bogtrott « rs —( cheers and roars of iiughter ) . Yes , he did admit that i ^ s spirit was high , and he felt the snoral elevation that Ireland had attaisfed , and he felt pride in thinking himself one of htr lexers— ( cheers ) . She would disregard the taunts ot ter enemies ; she would disregard even the advice of fcer £ Us 6 friends ; and progressing in the peaceful movement , * Ls could not faii io work her regenerationwaeets ) They would never Jilrlke the first blow , nor Eaua their irmi , unle « in eeikdefence . He asked tbeir r 00 ^ 60 ^' , * awared them that neither friend nor WMaoeldloaea them to proceediuUir than he tho « ght
bloody od Ttx * x , » in comUemioa of Mi service * to ^ eS ^ d Sli ? . * PpOinted b ^ - ^ P ^ Warden The meeting adjourned to Monday .
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REPEAL MEETING AT MULLAGHMAST . MuiiAGBMAST . Sunday Night . —Another of Mr . O ' ConnelTs " monster" assemblages took place to-day at the Rath of Mullaghmust , in the county of Kildare . The matter had been much spoken of beforehand , and consequently a vast concourse of people were assembled . With the associations connected in the Irish mind with tbe locality of Mullsgbmost— tbe alleged massacre of 400 of the principal persons of the district in tbe early period of English rule , the public must be by this time familiar , as the subject has recently given rise to much controversy . The place was avowedly selected for this meet ing on account of these popular recollections , which are bo calculated to excite the national passions . Every available appliance was used to give unusual
effect to the demonstration , and to make it what the kaders designated , "The Leinster declaration for Lepeal , "in allasion to "the declaration , " headed , in former years , by the Bake of Leinster against Repeal . MuUaghmast 1 b Bituated ia a very central situation , about thirty-seven English miles from Dublin . It ia within a mile of tbe town ef Timoline ; and in its neigh-> K > urhood are also the towns ol Naas . Ki' . cuVlen , Avhy , Ballitree , KiWare , Monastertven , OatIow , and Maryborough , It is also contiguous to tbe counties of Carlow , Wicklow Dublin , Queen ' s County , and King ' s County . From the favourable nature of the situation a large assemblage was counted on , tbe more
particularly from the proved zeal of the " Kildare boys" at that troublous period known among them in this country as "the tiuie of the hurry . " In Dublin the meeting created gieat interest . Post horses to go to tbe scene of action were not procurable for some days previous . Vehicles of every kind were put into requisition , andso early as five o ' clock in the morning they were on the road . Mr . O'Conn ' ell , accompanied by Mr . John O'Connell , M . P ., Mr . D . O Connell , jun ., Mr . Staele and Mr . Barrett , left town yesterday for Kilculleu , ftoru which he started at twele o ' clock , in a procession , consisting of bands , banners , horsemen f ootmen , and carriages , gigs , jaunting cars , &c .
Mr . O Odd ell sat on the front seat of his carriage , dressed in the scarlet velvet robe , which be wore aa Lord Major otDjWb . He was immediately followed by the majority of thB municipal corporation of Dablin , who also wore their efficial robes . The scene at the point of the road called " The Long Avenue" was extremely beautiful . The avenue , amply wide , was lined on either side with ancient trees , and at its extremity arose tbe ascent to the path , which was crowned with gaily-coloured banners , flattering in the bretze . The surrounding prospect from the summit wa , 3 of great extent , and most picturesque character . Tho platform was erected , not upon the rath in which the dinner
took place , but on an adjoining bill . Among those on it we noticed Mr . Hughes , one of Mr . Gurney ' s shorthand vriters , who attended on the part of the Government This is the first occasion on which a . professional gentleman was deputed by the Executive sioce the commencement cf tbs present agitation . At a quarter past two , Mr . O Connell reached the platform . When ht > presented himself in his robes and gold chain to the ^ assemblage , the acclamations wcro enthusiastic . Oa bis right hand , in front of tbe hustings , stood , in a continuous line , the members of the Dublin corporation , in their scarlet robes , the aldermen wearing their chains aud cocked bats . They seemed to be objects of great curiosity to the peasants .
Mr . J . Catjlfjexd said Le bad the high honour of moving that the illustrious father of his country , Daniei O'Connell , take the chair —( cheere ) . The Bov . Dr . M uktagh seconded the motion , which was carried -with loud acclamation . Mr . O'Cox ;> Ei . L then came forward , ncd said he accepted with the greatest alacrity the high honour which bad been done him in calling him to tbe chair at that majestic meeting —( A band here struck up , when the speaker said , '' Tell then I am speaking and not sieging , so they cannot set my words to music , " and then continued)—and be felt more honoured than ever in bis life , with the single exception of the great Tutu meeting ; but he should say that if any comparison were to take place it would require a more
discriminating eye than bis to discover any difference There were tbe 8 ame incalculable numbers—the same firmness—tbe same determination—the same exhibition fcf lovo for old Ireland—and tho same resolution not to viulate the peace , and the same determination nut to be guilty of tbe slightest outrage , nor so give the enemy power by committing a crime , but peacefully and manfully to stand together in the open day to protest befure men , and in the presence of God , against the iniquity of continuing the union . At Tara he protested aguinst the union , and he repeated hia protest at MullagliHiaBt —( cheers ) . He delared solemnly his conviction as a constitutional lawyer that tbe union was totally void in point of principle , and that no portion of the empire had the power to traffic npon the liberties of tbe people
of Ireland—( cheers ) . The Irish Parliament was instituted to make laws , and not legislatures ; to act under the constitution , and not to annihilate it The delegation cf the people was confined within the limits of the constitution , and the moment tbe Parliament went beyond that , it destroyed the constitution , and annihilated their own power ; but they could not annihilate the immortal power of liberty which belonged as a rightful inheritance to the people —( cheers ) . They might take it that the union was void . He admitted the forca « f tbe lsw , because it was supported by the policeman ' s truncheon , the soldier ' s bayonet , and the horseman ' s < word—by tLe courts of law , andtboEe who had the power to adjudicate ; but be said solemnly , not from constitutional right . Tbe union , therefore , was
thoroughly void , aud be availed himself of the opportunity to announce to several hundrad thousands of his fellow-subjects that tbe law was fated not to last long . Mr . O'CoQuell then denounced American slavery , repndiatwi French Republican *• sympathy , " ridiculed the Duke of Wellington , and freely denounced Louis Philippe . Alluding to tbe place of meetiug , be said , he selected that place for an obvious reason ; because it was the precise spot upon which English treachery , ay , aud Irish treachery too , committed a massacre unequalled in tbe annals of crime until the massacre of Mamelukes by Mahomet AIL It was necessary to have Turks to commit a crime which would be equal to the crime of the English ; uo other people could be wicked enough to commit such an act but tbe English —( cheers ) .
But they should not think it was a question between Roman Catholic aud Protestant The murdered people , it was true , were Roman Catholics ; but a great number of the murderers were Roman Catholics also , who were traitors to Irtlaud , and there were some Catholics of the same kind now , whereas they had many Protestants joining them heart and hand , and struggling for old Ireland and liberty . He thought that a fit and becoming spot to evince their determination in the open day not to be misled by any treachery . O , he would keep them clear of the treachery . There should be no bar-Rain , -no compromise—nothing but the Repeal and a Parliament of their osrn . They would never , by his advice , confide in any hopes which might happen to be held out to them until he said that he teas satisfied :
and be would tell them when he would say he was satisfied—near the statute of King William , on Collegegreen—( cheers ) . They came there to txpress their determination , if necessary to a man , in tbe cause of Ireland . They came to take the advice of each other ; but , above all , he believed , they came there to take his advice —( hear , hear ) . He had the game in bis hands . He had the trinmph secure . He had the Repeal certain if they obeyed his advice—( hear , hear ) . He would go slowly . One of his reasons for calling them together ¦ w aste proclaim that ha wished to arrange that before he went any further . The Conciliation Hall would soon be finished ; and it would be worth thtir while to walk from Mullaghmast to see what a beautiful ball it wonld be —( a laugh ) . When this hall was completed , he wouid call together 300 gentlemen—or , as the Times called them , bogtrettcrs , but better men never stepped upon pavement—r ( a laugh ) . He would
have the 300 and no thanks to any one —( loud cheers ) . O ! he delighted in thB scene he that day witnessed . He saw the active and stalwart men of Kildare , and his old heart grew young aud warm again when he gczsd on the dark-eyed beauty of their women . It was impossible not te be animated by the star-like beauty of their beaming ejts . Yes , the men and women of Kildare were at all times eminent for their virtues . Their county was remarkable in the history of Ireland for its misfortunes in the hour of national trial , and ics fume was associated with the glories of Ireland . In " KUdare'a holy shrine , "' the fire which burnt before the altar of their cathedral was kept unextinguished for ages by attending votaries—the unquenched flame illustrating the religious seal shown in after times by the men of Kildare —( chwrs ) . Stand by me ( concluded the Hon . and Learned Gentleman)—join me , I will say , obey me , and Ireland shall be free—iloud cheering ) .
Mr . Dun > 'E proposed the first resolution , appointing Mr . Gray and James Canlfleld , Andrew R . Stritch , and D . Walsh , secretaries to the meeting , which was agreed to . Mr . Atlmeu proposed the next resolution , declaratory of loyalty to the throne . Mr . Backbit and Alderman Keshas proposed the next resolution , pledging the meeting to use every constitutional exertion to promote the Repeal of the Legislative Union . Both resolutions were carried unanimously .
A curious scene took place at thiB period of the proceedings . "The national cap" was presented to Mr . OConnell with an address from the Committee of Management . The material of the cap is green velvet , turned u with light blue , and it was riehly ornamented with gold lace . The form , as described in the address , is that of the eld Milesian crown , to which is added , awieath of Bhamrocka on a white band . When the cap was placed on O'Oonnell ' a bead , the plaudits of the people rent the air . The address was signed , among others , by Mr . Hogan , tbe sculptor .
Mr . O'Cossell said he accepted with pride and pleasure the national cap aa well ai the iddreu which they did him the honour to present to him . He perceived at the head of tbe list of those signed to the address th « name of the first sculptor of tbe day , Mr . Hogan , tbe fame of whose genius was spread whereerver art was known . The cap he would preserve through life in recollection of its having been presented to him at the Rath of Mullagbmast , and when be died it should be buried with him in his grave—( cheers ) . Mr . Arabin , J . P ., moved a resolution of confidence in Mr . O'Connell , which , with other resolutions , of course was carried . —Cheers were then given for the Qaeen , O'Connell , and Repeal ; afte ? which the meeting separated in an orderly manner .
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Repeal Association- —Tie usual weekly meeting of this body was holden vn Monday last , at the Com Exchange . D-mlel OConnell , jun ., E-. q , was called to the chair . The proceedings were of very little interest . On tbe petition of the Hon . M , J , French , the unfortunate town of Ahasoragh was allowed by the '' Liberator" to be " restored to the map of Ireland" ! * Mr . Mark O Callaghan handed Mr . O Connell a letter which hia brother had received from America , signed by two persons , of whom he knew nothing whatever , and wished to know nothing .
Mr . OConnell—I have been banded this letter , which 1 b signed John Arlington Bennett , major-general , and John Clinton . Baokman , adjutant-general , offering me military organization to assist me . Of course I spurn it ( tearing the letter in piwees ) . That ia the way I treat their military organization— ( chee-ra and laughter ) . I have a trick worth two of that—( enthusiastic cheering ) . A letter was read from Mr . Siiith , against whom the charge of extermination of tenantry was brought , announcing his withdrawal from the Association . The Repeal Rent for the week was £ 814 7 a . There were two Government reporters at the above meeting . This was the first time since the dissolution of the Catholic Association . that Government reporters attended in the Corn Exchange .
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Airdrie . —A delegate meeting of the Coal and Iron Miners was held in Airdrie , on Saturday evening last , at 103 , Chapel-street , James Baverioige in the chair Mr . Claughan acting as secretary . The objects of the Miners' Association were then brought before tbe meeting , and a report of the various pita given in , * whish showed that the men were in a miserable condition . One of the delegates from a coal-pit declared that they were working from fifteen to sixteen hours per day for 2 s . 6 d ., whilst they were subject to many off-takes , by their coals being condemned if the hutch did not please the eye of the pit head man . The delegate frcm the Gabble Ironstone Miners reported that they had when last employed ' only Is . 8 d . per day , and no weighing machine on the bill ; but they had struck work , and , after standing only one week , had that day
got a settlement , with Is . 4 u . per day of advance , so that they would now make 33 . per day , and had got a weighing machine on tho bill . Messrs . Andrew and M'Donald , from Cumberland , addressed the meeting on behal f of their brethren , who had been turned from their employment . It was then agreed that a public meeting be held , on Monday , at Pottery Quarry , and that Messrs . Andrew and M'Donald attend te ' , also that a district delegate meeting bo held » n the following Friday . Sevferal niembtjra were enrolled . The meeting , after giving a vote of sympathy and promise of support to the : Cumberland delegates , and also a vote of thanks to the National Delegates , broke up in the hope that better times were iu view . Messrs . Embleton and Claughan addressed a public meeting east from Airdrie oh Friday evening .
Hamlet . —Mr . Swallow opened a society at the Plough lan on Saturday . Snyed Gats . —Mr . Lomax also established a society on Saturday night , when a goodly number of members were enrolled . Bishop Auckland . —Mr . Andrew Fleming has been lecturing to tbe miners of tbe above district Meetings have been held at Winterton , South Church , St Helens , West Auckland , Eviuwood , and other places . The best spirit prevails throughout the district A public meeting of the miners of the Potteries will be held on the Brown Bank , Hanley , oa Monday , 9 th ofinst ., chair to be taken at three o ' clock . A delegate meeting will be held at the conclusion of the public meeting , at'the Plough Inn , Hanley , each colliery to send a delegate .
Blue Quarries—A public meeting of the grindstone quarrymen was held in this place on Monday , Sept . 25 tb , according to announcement Mr . William Beesley was there to address them on the utility of union . After an energetic speech of upwards of an hour ' s length , to the general eatisfacSlon of all present , the quairymen retired to the room , and enrolled twentyone new m embers ,- so that tLe whole of this body of men . are now united .
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Burslem . —Oa Wednesday night , Sept . 27 tb , a public meeting of the Barelem colliers wsa held at the Potters' Arms , Barslem , when Mt . John Lomax addressed the meeting at some length , pointing out the advantage of union . Mr . Swallow explained the rules . There was a goodly number ofj colliers , who repeatedly cheered both speakers . At the olose of the addresses a society was established . ! Tcnstall—On Thursday , a large meeting of colliers was held here , Mr . Stevenson jn the chair . Mr . Swallow read the rules , and explained them to the satisfaction of all present , and sat down loudly cheered . Mr . Lomax also addressed the meeting in his usual style . The following resolution was passed unanimously , — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that sectional or partial unions can be productive of no good , and that nothing short of a general union will ever bettai the condition of the miners generally . "
Chedle . —A public meeting of c&lliers was held on Friday , at the Black Horse r public-house . Messrs . Lomax and Swallow addressed the meeting ; after * wards arrangements were made f » r Mr . L . and S . to attend again on Saturday , the 7 th ( to-day ) . The colliers in this district are working twelve aud fourteen hours a day ; and at Woodhead colliery , the men and lads are compelled to take three shillings' worth of Butchers' meat or cheese instead of wages ; if they do not take the goods the money is stopped . TuePotteeies . —The Miners of Longton assembled in large numbers , on Monday , { to hear the discourse of Messrs . Swallow and Lomax , ] the authorised agents . They were both well received , and the men went away , with tke determination to join the Association , and cause the whole of the Miners to join in this district . Tbe Colliers are requested to : meet at the Cock Inn Folay , on Saturday night , and take out their cards of membership .
Potteries . —Lane Ends ^— A public meetin g of colliers was held at two o ' clock on Monday , on the spacs ef ground opposite the Wheat Sheaf , Joha Nell in the chair . Mr . Stevenson moved the first resolution . " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the hours of labour in this district are ] too long , and that the present rate of wages is nqt sufficient to support our families . * Seconded by Henry Hollins . Mr . Lomax addressed the meeting at considerable length on the evils of long hours . It was also stated that a pit at Lane Ends , belon ging to Mr . Sparrow , had fired on
Monday , ' but bappily no lives were lost . The reason it fired was , that there are three , pits all connected with each other , and nothing ia operation to cause a steady ventilation . Mr . Geo . Hudson ( moved the second resolution : — " That it is the op inion the miners present that it will bo tbe interest offthe miners generally to cordially unite with each other , ; for mutual protection , and that we highly approve of the rules and objects of tbe Masters Association off Great Britain and Ireland . Seconded by Mr . Swallow , who delivered a lengthy addreaa ou the objects of the society . Doth speakers were loudly cheered . *
BUKSLEM . —On Monday evening , a public meeting of tbe colliers of this placo was held in tbe large voom of the Black Lion Inn . i Messrs . Swallow an « l Lomox addressed the meeting ! Afterwards a society was established and twenty-three meabera took oat cards . This is the second society in Burslem ; it will hold its regular weekly meeting at the above inn every Monday night , at seven o ' clock , for the purpose of enrolling members and transacting all local business .
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THE HUDDERSFIELD MEETING . PROTECTION TO LABOUR . A , t the request of many friends in the Huddersfield District we present tho reader with an extended report of this most important meeting . We were unable to do so last week . Not anticipating that the meeting would present any point of unusual interest , we had no Reporter present . There was bnt one there ; a gentleman from the Halifax Guardian i and though we tried to gat a report from him , offering to pay for it , we were unsuccessful . By dint of great persuasion , we understand , Dr . Sleigh managed to get a report of his own speech , ( moat imperfectly
given);—and because this was inserted in the Timesbefore the Halifax Guardian had appeared , all tho " fat was in the fire" with its disinterested proprietor and conductor . Such liule-mindedness is contemptible . It is from the Times and Halifax Guardian that ) we give the following report : Dr . Sleigh ' s speech as it appeared in the Times , slightly corrected by himself ; and Mr . Hobson's speech from the Halifax Guardian , with our corrections . As it originally appeared , it was most shockingly incorrect : many sentences in it having never been uttered at all ; and others turned into complete nonsense .
GREAT MEETING AT HCDDEESFIELD . It having been announced by large placards on the walls of this town for several days , addressed to the clergy , merchants , manufacturers , Ac , that Dr . Sleigh , of Brill-bouse , Buckinghamshire , would submit to them , on the 25 th ult , a memorial to her Majesty for the protection of labour , considerable excitement prevailed throughout the town . The Philosophical Hull was crowded to excess . Oa the platform we perceived several of the leading manufacturers , merchants , clergy , and other gentlemen of the neighbourhood , with no small number of the Com Law League . The High Constable was unanimously called to the chair , but net being able to attend all the evening , ha merely took it pro forma , and requested of the meeting to allow Mr . W . Stocks to officiate for him . Mr , Stocks , therefore , took the Constable ' s place .
The Chairman commenced by reading the placard , calling- the meeting , announcing the purport of Dr . Sleigh ' s visit en the question of protection of labour . He thought they would all agree with him , on taking » view of the state of the country , that it was absolutely necessary that something should be done to better the condition of the working classes . The labouring classes created tbe wealth of the country ; and if they ceased to create that wealth , the higher classes uiust falL They saw what was going on around , and they heard of misery and distress in all quarters . They heard also of immense business being done In certain districts . These were anomalies which wanted explanation , and were
circumstances that ought not to exist together . Distress and hard work should not go together . This , he believed , was now the case with many . Bat the object of Dr . Sleigh ' s visit was to consult them upon tbe propriety of petitioning the Queen to command her Ministers to take into their serious consideration the state of the working classes , with a view to the amelioration of their condition . The Doctor , however , would state his views on this important question , which was , indeed , one of the most important questions of the day . If ihey raised the labourer to a proper condition , they would increase the prosperity of the country to a great extent . He no * : called on Dr . Sleigh .
Dr . Sleigh then came forward amidst much cheering to address the meeting . He said , perceiving that session after session of Parliament , whether under Whig or Conservative management , terminated without doing anything to relieve the wants aud necessities of the great masses of the suffering population of these realms , he bad determined to take a tour through the manufacturing districts , in order to submit to them s measure which appeared not only to him , but to many others more experienced than he could bs , the only efficient means under Heaven of rescuing not only the operatives of the land , but the manufacturers , merchants , and tradesman from the impending ruin which threatened to overwhelm them . He had paid Huddersfield the first visit in his tour , not only because the
inhabitants- were in the centre of the manufacturing districts , but because be felt he owed them a debt of gratitude for the handsome manner in which upwards of 3 . 060 of them Bpokeof him in the unsolicited requisition they sent on his behalf to the electors of Aylesbury . He now begged to return them his best thanks , and to assure them he valued that unsolicited declaration more than he would a seat in Parliament obtained from the influence of the greatest man in the realm —( applause ) . He was not sent there by any party or by any man— ( " hear , " and cheers ) . He hai not one shilling contributed towards the expences of his tour ; nor did be expect one It would be much more agreeable to his feelings to go * through the fields of Buckinghamshire with his rub
npon his shoulder ; but how could he do this with the knowledge he bad of the distressed state of so many of hia fellow-countrymen 7 —( Cheers . ) He stood before them for tue purpose of soliciting their opinion ; and , if they agreed with him in the course which appeared to him best calculated to accomplish his object , they would asml him back with their voices and support , which was the only reward he sought—( Applause ) . Nor did he coina there for the purpose of advocating the interest of the operative to the detriment of his employer— - ( cheers / . Neither had he come for the purpose of exciting u&friandly feelings between them , or making them discontented with their employers . God forbid . No ; his only or ject was , that the working classes of this country might bava a fair day ' s wages for a fair
days work —( " that ' s what we want ");—and if they did net obtain this , it would be because they were not sufficiently united amongst themselves ; because if they joined bind in band in sending their voices te the throne , he had every reason to believe the petition would be most graciously received . They would thus clearly perceive that he was not going by any means , directly or indirectedly , to incite them to acts of insubordination —( cheers ) . No ; while the people pursued constitutional courses far obtaining their rights , he trusted they wonld ever find him ready to go band in hand with them , so far as his humble abilities would allow him . He need not take the trouble of proving to the working classes the advantage of good wages . His business was to prove to the manufacturer , as well
as to tbe agriculturist , whom he was almost forgetting —for he was not merely the advocate of the cause of the manufacturer , but also of the agricultural labourer —for let him tell them , be was not come to condemn the conduct of tke manufacturers more than that of the landholders .- There were good men among both classes ; and there were some avaricious men to be found whose only idol was self . Ho hoped , therefore , they clearly understood bis object ; and that he was anxious to to prove to the manufacturer , the agriculturist , the merchant , and the shopkeeper—that their common interest was to act liberally , to devise liberal things , and that by liberal things they should stand ; for they might depend upon it , those who devised illiberal things would bring ruin upoo tbimseives and the
nation —( hear ) . Various measures had been proposed for the purpose of meeting tbe embarrassed state ef the country . Why had they not succeeded ? Because they did not go to the root of the evil ; because they merely lopped iff the branches , which Ciu « d the trea to take detfpsr and more substantial root in the ground . Take away the root of evil , and the effects will quickly follow —( cry of " What ia the cause ?') He was asked the question as to the cause of the eviL He would slate the cause in a very few words—it was injustice to the great masses of the people—( loud cheers ) . While he wished justice to be done to the miss of the population , he did not wish irjustice to be done to any party . Having made these preliminary observations , he thought it would be better for him to read the preamble of that petition which ha intended to propose
for their consideration , ia which was embraced certain principles which be dtSed all the philosophy , all the Bophi . itry , acd all the ingenuity of the House of Lords or Commons to overturn or gainsay . All knowledge and tulent were not concentrated in the two Houses of Parliament ; for they foand it necessary sometimes to receive knowledge from their humble constituents . If he wer < 3 supported , he would go from town to town , aud from village to village , tili at last he would have a waggon load of petitions laid at the foot of the throne befove the next see ? ion of Parliament . This petition was for the advantage of the employer as well as the employed r including the right of protection to all . He should , make a few observations on probable orjactiona ^ and then go into satisfactory proof that a new , large , and valuable mafket was t . o be obtained by merely doing justice to their fellow men—( loud cheers ) .
[ Dr . Sleigh then , rsad the petition , which appeared at full length in cur last ; and which most admirably and most strongly prefers the claim of labour to protection . ] Dr . Sleigh then resumed his observations : they would perceive thai he had based the whole of the petition upon this one fact , namely , that labour is the greit and original souice of all wealth , both individual and national —( hear ) . If this position which he had laid down was correct , it necessarily followed that the petition could not be rejected , especially if he were snpported \> 7 the voice of the people . Libour , then , was the Bource of all wealth . Even if he referred to laud , the most difficult point to prove , it must be evident that its value was vastiy increased by labour . The labour spent upon it increased its value , by producing proportionally more abundant crops . The property derived
from heuses was attributable to manual labour . The produce of mines wa 3 obtained by manual labour ; the same principle applied to shipping , fisheries , icj labour being the source of all the wealth created ; therefore it . was all Important that that source should be duly protected . If individuals ware only barely able to keep sohI and body together , they wo « id have nothing to spend either on agricultural production ! or manufactured goodB ; thus destroying that which of all markets is the most important to the manufacturer—the home market . He would now go into the evil of bad wages , and the benefit of just wages . Suppose ,- for the eake o f the argument , a reduction of 5 s . a-wtek oa a working population of 9 , oi 0 , 0 O » , the loss to the home market is no less than £ 117 , 000 , 0000 a-year , which is four times gre&ter than the foreign market of the whole World ; end yet they heard gentlemen crying out for a foreign marfett . Oar home market was four-fifths ( Continued in our Seventh page . )
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BEPEAX ASSOCIATION—THTJBSDAT . A second adjourned meeting of this Association took pUee to-day . At half-past two o ' clock 3 Ir . O'Connell entered tte zoom , and was enthusiastically applauded . On the moSon of the Hon . and Learned Gentleman , J . ZTagle , 32 ? q-, M-D _ , "was called to the chair . 2 £ x . O'CSoxseh . rose and said he wonld now eirect ihe attention of tho Association to the object / or which ; he had icoTed tbe adjenrsmeni to that day . He was anxious that a declaration shoold be made by the As- ; sociation &si they continued in the thorough convic- j
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THMAIE 5 I 5 O NoncB . _ Mr . Thomas Grratton , of Pailup B-town , has been served -with a Vireatenini ? notice , to the tffcci that if he did not discharge the steward in tare of his property at Londonae ^* , he ¦ SF ouidge : a horrible « eath . Government has -o ^ " * red a rsTsard of ^ 20 for the discoTiry x > f the writer of jfc is notice . —Leinster Earpress .
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THE MINERS OF CUViBERLAND TO THEIR BRETHREN IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . ; Brethren and FRiENDS . f-Our taskmasters but more especially John Peile , of Wbitehaven , are stretching to its fullest extent the power that capital has ove * unprotected labour . Not only do they continue to enforse the " test , " but the most arbitrary means are resorted to , in order to fill up the cup of injustice , aad to force the starving miner tojgive up his right as a British subject , and be to them a slave . Joiners , smiths , masons , and a host of understrappers , have been sworn in as special constables to keep the peace , or rather to destroy it ; for tho lowered and coarse language used by those ruffians to the men who are
struggling against the imposition of John Peile is indicative that they are peace-bretkers anti not peacepreservers . The soldiery have been called out to keep us in awe ; but from their actions wo may conclude , that their presence in tbe town jwas to promote drunkenness and prcfli ^ acy . There was no ocsasion for either specials or soldiers , unless to drive the poor men into compliance by fear , which baainotaB yet been accomplished ; and we may conclude that if the cause be loss , it will not be for want of epirit on the part of the men , nor for the want of moral courage and talent in our excellent lecturer , P . M . Brophy , whose conduct throughout has been such as to gain for him not only the good will of the whole of the miners , but the working men in general have ; become converts to his doctrines on " labour , and labour ' s remedy . "
We are now in our Bsventb week s strike ; our means of support has been but small ; yet we have bo far triumphed , as to be able te withstand tbe imposition of our employers , and are willing to suffer still more , would you but help us . " An em . pty sack cannot stand : " nor can a starving man with a starving . fr . ur . iy hold out against the crirs of his children for bread . Help us , then , and freedom is ours . ' Tho following are tho sums Which have been received for the relief of thoee vriio refused to sign the " Test , " up to the present time , S' -et . 19 th : —
Haswell , £ 2 7-i 91 ; Badlington , 18 ?; North Hetton , £ 1 19 s 9 < i ; South Hcstton . £ 2 la 3 . 1 ; H < ffal , £ l 0 , 91 ; South Moor , 4 ?; Spittle T- . n « ues , 18 = 93 ; F . irn Acres , 16 a j West Holyweli , 15 s ; Hetton-Ie-Hole , £ 8 Is 2 * 1 ; Workincton , £ l Is ; Mickley , | £ l 0 a 9 . 1 ; Wsllbottle , £ l Is 8 ( 1 ; Andrew House , 10 a 91 ; West Moor , £ 3 8 s 6 < i ; Hartley , 16 s 10 i ; South Shields , 133 6 I ; Percy Main , £ 1 la 8 ci ; Edmondsley , £ 1 ; Backworta , £ 1 13 s 6 d ; Earaden . £ 2 1 b 3 d j Sleckburn , £ l 3 s 9 d ; West Cramltngton , £ 3 3 s ; Cowpen , £ 1 7 s ; Seghill , £ 1 9 s lOd ; K < jUo « , £ 1 7 a 5 d ; jCrosfurtb , £ 1 12 s 6 d ; Sbotton , £ 2 17 s lOd ; Derwenrj , 8 s lOd ; Sheriff Hill , £ 2 8 s ; James Powcroft , 5 i ; Heugh Hail , £ 2 183 lOd ; Sherburn Hill , £ 2 ; Pittington , £ l 2 s 6 1 ; Cuxhoe , £ 2 ; West Hetton , £ 2 7 a 7 d ; Trimden , £ 3 53 6 d ; Springwell , £ l In 3 d . Total , £ 64 10 s ! 10 id .
Sept . 26 th . —South Elswick , £ 2 2 b ; Netherton , £ 1 10 s 9 d ; Wylam . 17 s 94 j Black Boy , £ 2 9 s ; Wailridge Fell , £ l ; Hebburn , £ 1 14 s 7 d ; Gr . irsfleld , £ l 6 s Cd ; Oakwell Gate , 12 s ; 1 Heaton , £ 6 18 i 9 1 j Felling , 10 s &d ; King Pit , 13 s 6 tf ; Haswell , £ 5 6 s 3 d ; St . Helen ' s , 10 s ( id ; North Hetton , £ 2 Is 61 ; Castle Eilen , £ 4 lls 6 d ; Cossop , £ 3 16 s Sd ; Newbottle , £ 1 4 s ; Shotton , £ 3 17 s ; Leasingtborne , 193 51 ; Cockfield , 43 6 d ; Evenwood , 7 s 4 d ; West Auckland , 8 s 5 d ; Hoffal , £ l ; Bellmont , £ 1 14 s . 7 d . Total , £ 44 169 7 < 1 ; from which has been deducted for tbe oaen of Pe ^ cy M&ia and Blagdon Main , £ 9 13 a ; net amount , £ 35 3 s 7 A . \ These are the whole of the items ; and we ask you , brethren , to be up ond doing for us . Do not allow us to sink at the eltvenlh hour : 6 hew to the world that you feel indignant at the treatment which we are subjected to by our unmerciful tyrants .
We appeal to you in behalf of the destitute an * i suffering . Shall we tuffar ?—shall iwe sink into slavery greater than that to which ihe African is subject ? Forbid it , justice . | Jn tho hope thut your exertionst will be doubled , and that we shall triumph in establishing our principles of union , We are , brethren nnd friendsj yours , faithfally , The Minsrsj op Cumberland . ( Signed ) Joun Madine , White Lion Inn , New-sstreet , Wfcitebaven . To whom nil subscriptions are to ; be sent
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Tue Rent Movement . —The anti-rent movement Lr . s extended its operations still more southwards . A district in the county of Cork has " pronounced" in favour of the movement ; but the first practical attempt to carry it into effect , although conceived with sufficient audacity , has been , it will be seen , so far a failure : — "On tbe night of Friday , the 22 nd insfc ., " says tbe Cork Constitution , " thirty or forty persons , with their faces blackened , armed with sticks , forks , and firearms , went to tbe lands of Ballyrhacask , neat Youghal , where two men were placed as keepers on a quantity of com ,
distrained for rent by Mr . Spv . ttiswood Bowles , and , after tying the keepers , they loaded several cars ( which they brought for the purpose ) with the corn ; but , day approaching , they threw off the corn from the cars and decamped , leaving tbe keepers tied , who immediately set up a cry of murder , and were released by the people of tbe neighbourhood . On hearing of the outrage ) head-constable Coe immediately proceeded to the scene , and irom inquiry made by that activo efflcer , be was enabled to arrest three men , who , it is Enid , were actively eniaged in the outrage . "
The Ntnagh Guardian thus reports progress in the North-Riding of Tipperaryj— "A reapeetable farmer , named La ff an , who holds a large tract of land in tbe county of Limerick , and beirg in possessi on for some time past of the lauds of Ballynahinch , in tbe barony ef Owney and Arm , in this county , c&we ovet for the purpose of collection the rents due . on his property . On F . iday night last , about midnight , tbe house of his bailiff , named Pat Tiffy , was attacked by three men , armed—one fired a shot at his door , another remained outside , and a third struck him on the arm with a bludgeon , an < 4 beat him otherwise severely , threatening him not to warn any of the tenants in future to pay thuir rent to Mr . Laffan . "
Resistasce to the " Law . "—On Thursday , the 19 : h inst , Mr . John Atkinson , coroner , proceeded to execute a writ , at the suit of tbe National Bank , at Cioninore , nt the residence of Mr . Pnillipa , one of ihe di . sstiesed Repeal Magistrates . Mr . Atkinson was accompanied by Sub-insptctor Kelly and eight policemen , and by as ruarjy ; bailiffs ; but on reaching Cionruore , they found ttat premises well guarded by about COO Bt < ut men , armed with pitchforks , large sticks , or rather pieces of timber , with sharp edges , as if cot for the purpose , &c . This force was drawn up in two divisions , end were , no doubt , marshalled and held in
proper command by their wardens . The coroner and Mr . Kelly remonstrated with them on ttieir illegal conduct , and recommended them to disperse quietly , and aliow the writ to be executed . But noj ; they would do no such thing . iThey , or perhaps their leaders , declared that they wouldrather Io 3 c tbeir lives than permit one article of Mr . Phillips ' s property to ba seizsd . It was reported that there were 400 men more concealed in tbe plantation , as determined as the others to prevent the seizure of the property . The coroner and police-officer seeing tbe formidable array , and considering that they had not an adequate force to execute the writ , thought it more prudent to retire .
Goveb ?; ment Contribution to the Repeal Reni . —Thu Longford Journal , a Tory paper , contains the following curious paragraph : — "The expense of the fortifications , and otUer works now carrying tin at the barracks in this town , when completed , will amount to between £ 100 and £ 200 . A number of inatons and labourers are employed , and we have no hesitation in saying that a portion of tbe wages received by them on Saturday finds its way into the pockets of the Repeal Wardens before mid day mass on Sundays . Are we , then , not justified in stating that the Government are contributing , although indirectly , to the Repeal funds ?"
Father Mathew Afloat . —The Cork Examiner says , " Admirul Sir Josias Rowley , the distinguished officer in command of the Channel guard fleet , now at Cove ,, accompanied by Captain Rowley and Lieutenant Prevost , of the flag ship .- paid a formal visit to the Rev . T . Mathew , ' the apostle of temperance , who received bis gallant visitors with his wonted winning urbanity , and ou taking their l eave , pttsentsd each of them with a silver medal , a compliment for which they expressed themselves in the most grateful and flittering terms . Father Mathew proceeded to Cove this morning to return the admiral ' s visit on board the St . Vinctnt , where his reception was of the most eomplimentary character" [ No more " grog" for " Jack " . ' ]
Death gp a Relative of O Connell . —Died , on the 28 th ult ., at Ratbmines , Mre . Avis Nuttal , cousin-german of the Liberator , sister of the late Col . M'Cartby , of the , Irish Brigade , and relict of the late Ciiptain Nuttal , whom she survived upwards of seventy years . She died at the advanced age of 101 , having retained her mental faculties with peiftct distinctness to the last . The band of the 52 nd , at Neuogb , was allowed by tbe officers to perform f jr the benefit of the African Roscius , and , after the usual tunes , not complying
with the c ' . amour fr * m the gallery for " Garryowen , White cockade , and the Green Flag , " they were saluted with cheers for Repeal , a groan for the Orange soldiers , and a cheer for "the soldier breaking stones in gaol for reading the Nation . " The officers , military , and a respectable portion of the audience were assailed with missiles , but quietly retired without resenting this conduct , after which there were groans for the officers , Du ^ e of Wellington , and Sir Robert Pael . And , as a finale to the night ' s amusement , the temperance band was introduced to indulge them in the tunes which the 52 nd declined playing . —Limerick Chronicle .
AiTEMPTED MUUDER NEAR ARLES . —About One o ' clock on tbe morning of tbe 27 th instant , as John Nowlan , a farmer residing ia the Qufeen ' u county , was on his way home from the fair of A thy , oa coming near Aries he was pounced upon by about fifteen men from tbe side of the road ditch , who seized him , placed him on his knees , and said they would shoot him for proceeding against the Carrolla , for whom he had gone security at the Crettyard Loan Fund , and who were defaulters . Happily for Nowlan the outrage occurred in the vicimty of the residence of a f armer named Kelly , who , hearing the noise , came out to see what was tbo cause of it . The parties made away the moment they heard Kelly coming towards them . —Carlow Sentinel . .
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INFAMOUS FALSEHOODS PROMULGATED BY IHE MANCHESTER PRESS . TO THE EDITOR OF TBE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , — The SlaneJiester Courier of Saturday last , in its report of the late meeting of Miners held on Aspel Moor , near Wigan , has promulgated certain falsehoods , which I consider it to be my duty to contradict . The following is a correct copy of the Courier ' s report : — " Colliers' Meeting at Asjpel Moor . —Ou Monday , according to public announcement , a meeting of tbe working colliers of Aspel , Ince , Hindley , Blackrod , Wigan , &c &c ., was held on Aepel Meor , near Wigan , for the purpose of taking into consideration tbe
necessity of the colliers of Lancashire uniting with tbe colliers of the neighbouring connties in their strike to obtain an immediate advance o' wages . It was announced that Swallow , the well-known advocate of the strike , would attend aud address the meeting ; but it was also announced he could not attend , being at tbe time in Staffordshire . The meeting was addressed by a person named Grocott , Secretary to the Society , and a person named Dennett . Tbe meeting broke up without any disturbance , after the various speakers had addressed the assemblage . " ;
Now , Sir , this report is a tissue of gross and infamous falsehoods . Swallow is not an advocate for &trikes ; on tbe contrary , be is a detennia' -ld' opponent to thua . Neither was the meeting on Aspel Moor called for an ; such purpose as inducing the Lancashire Colliers to leave their employment , or become connected with a strike either in tbeir own or any other county . In the next place the Courier Bays that I addressed the meeting , which is incorrect , j I never did address one word to the persons there assembled . Neither am I the Secretary of tbe Coal Miners Association . I am
only the Secretary for the Lancashire Chartist District . It , however , is even possible for liars to speak the truth by times . Tbe Courier has spoken the truth as to the peaeeable nature of tbe meeting , aud that they dispersed in an orderly manner . And this is another mark of the growing intelligence of the people , who are determined that neither oppression nor calumsry shall force them into a breach of the peace . Hoping that you will give this insertion , I am , yours ia the cans * , \ Wm . Ghocott . Manchester , October 3 rd . 1843 .
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Sir Jakes Graham has arrived at Netherby . He is very busy , we hear , preparing for the press a new edition of his celebrated work on " Corn and CurtQP . cy . "—Gateshead Observer . —With alterations , it may be concluded . —Munchcster Guardian . ]—[ Ab soon as the *\ Kmb . t of Neiuerby V pamphlet makeu its appearance , we shall publish ( ju ^ bell's reply to it -Ed . N . S ] ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 7, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct950/page/6/
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