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      "ARTHUR O'CONNOR'S LETTER TO LORD CASTLEREAGH . "Mt Loed , —When it is conridered that five months have elapsed since you undertook to pledge the faith and honour of Lord Cornwallha Adnnnistiation , In a transaction Trbicb it shall be the business of this letter to explain , it cannot be imputed to me that I hare Wactnatedby any unmanly impatience uuder-tte Injr ^ lte , the injuries , and the calumnies to which your r . honourable conduct , for a time , has exposed me , or Uat what I shall say has been the result of passion-, find not of the most mature deliberation . I shall trst state the transaction , in the order in which it tas happened , and then draw such conclusions , and ( Set each remarks , a * trill place your conduct in F-ich points of Tiew as that they that run may read . ARTHUR O'CONNOR'S LETTER TO LORD .. „ j ?~;_

      " I will not lose time in ascertaininf how or from v-hom the idea of proposing tsrms for saving the lives of Bond and Byrne originated ; it was a c i rcumstance fi which I had no knowledge . On the 24 th of July l ^ st , Mr . Dobbs and the Sheriff entered my prison with a written paper , signed by seventy state prisons , purposing to give such information as was' in their J- ' ^ wer , of aims , ammunition , and schemes of warfare , ' ; of which it is now manifest they knew little of nothing ) * and to consent to leave Ireland , provided the lives of Band and Byrne ( both under sentence of death ) should he spared . ' I refused to sign it , not only from a detsstition of entering into any conditions with these who composed the councils of Lord Cornwallis s Adminigtrat . > n , but because in the massacre « f my unarmed

      c -untrymen , stall raging , I did not think that any ciject , which waa not general , could warrant me , in ^ hom such confidence was placed by eo many millions c : my countrymen , to enter inte any such compact , and bicause the possibility of its being attributed to a « = sire to save my own life , in th « peculiar situation I Kood in , was in my mind an insuperable objection , if tiers had been no other . Besides , it seemed to ine thai t . save the lives of Bond and Byrne , enough had fcgned their self-sacrifice to induce the Ministers . e _ ready rated with blood ( as you and Lord Clare apr -ared to be whtn we met ) to acquiesce ; but in tliis I v ^ aa deceived : a Council sat on the fate of Byrne—he - " -is executed . In this barter of Wood , although you I id lessened your quantum by half , yet you raised your c mands for the price -of the other , and proposed to t 5

      :-oe who had signed the paper , that they should t . rliTer up names . The heroism and utter contempt , ¦ riti . -widen so many thousands of my brave countrymen 1 id met death in inference to life , and thustj profuse r- 'xarda they were prrsse'l to accept to betray their asf -cLites , and the unparalleled fortitude with which they ( " . dured the most excruciating tortures , not only at Beresird ' s Riding-house , Sandys ' s Prov » t , the old Custom-Y ut _ c , and the Royal Exchange , but these torturing and L-shin ^ s , which resounded in every hamletthroughout the r ~ . tion , rather thaa violate the principles to which tht-y i : i 1 sworn , should Lave deterred you from offering " a \ - © position so truly disUonourabltu You may enjoy all t ' re satisfaction your heart can reap from being the au-J - r of such a proposal , whilst the expression of the t stenipt and abhorrence with which it was rejected , r iis with those to whom vou proposed it .

      " Immediately after this base proposition had been retracted , on the eve of Bond ' s execution , sa beloved t . ' -na , whom I wyself had brought into the uEdertatv ~ $ < surrounded with the horrors of a charnel-house , ¦^ nere , day after day , I had seen the companions and f ends of my heart dragged before some tribunal or < hir , * from whose bourn no traveller returns , " whilst 3 ¦ : aa hour that was not the messenger of some direful ( roisters , where my countrymen , without leaders , amn-n ^ inoc . or arms , continued the victims . Thus envir . n » d with horrors , it was intimated to me , that at the tjuncil , wMch had sat on the fate of Byrne , the par-: r-s had been nearly balanced , jthoee who were sated tAh i 2 cnood that had flowed and those that

      - e were not ; u -i : t . e . atter , who had been triumphant in the case i . Bjrxe . had made my consenti ng to sacrifice my a f . c ject , ia ) :- "J : i _> a , stop to the indiscriminate massacre of a dist .: n--. l ptop ' , the truth of which , though not the t v :-. it . -. is "een so luily pruvM by some of those inc l . c 5 which have bi-en made bv L- > r . i C rmralhs . 5 . 0

      :. ica to ais credit ; or whether I considered it asaffordi . , r : uy countrymen an opportunity to maks their r . Tvat Lorn an e ? ort not worse conaucted than it ) . 3 d 1 -m unwisely conrert- d , as putting a stop to thos *> horr : " . e tortures , so universally practised to exU'rt conf .--V .. ns . i * . appeared tome as holding out advantages t t considerable fur my belovv-. i countrymen , to auihor -a rue .:: ; the first instance , to decline holding an isl rrisw with the Irish Govenuuent , to try how far any E _ 3 rJice 1 could make , consistent with honour , could ecabie me to obtain objects so devcut to be wiihed ¦\ Y ith tiiis view , I yielded to the solicita'ions which "v =- re made to me , to undertake to make tenns for the e- -mtry -vrilix those in whose tanas Hbe Gorernmeiit was ¦» ^ u-d ; I consented to meet you for this purpose , but

      f reseeing that the misrepresentations and falsdiood v iiich have been practised , would be attempted , I expressly stipulated that some men upon whose honour 1 could iviy , should accompany me . Emmet and M'Neviri vrere accordingly joined with me , upon the part of the i-. ~ ia prisoners . " A short time after we had been in one of the lowei sr'rtments in the Castle , you entered , when I accosted y- a with stipulating that we should have tha right ol j ; blishing , in order to secure us from calumny : you t ~ = n requested that we would consent to tht Chanct . ^ or ' s being present ; Mr . Cooke made a third on tot part of Government , as I suppose in . his official t --acity . When we were all assembled , the nr » t c - i ^ and I made was , ' that 1 might not be required tc

      £ _ any conditions with the Irish Government ; but ¦ tat I might be brought to trial upon whatever evidence , ^ c aid be produced against me , and that whatever quar- i e t =. ' eovernment might five to a disarmed people , might ! 0 1-- CTanted without forcing me to sacrifice myself for an ' £ , e- aivilent . ' This you would not assent to , which con- ! j , v ; noed me that it was pre-determined , as I had b ^ en ^ i . - ormed that my devoting myself was made a sine qua 1 t »' - . i . and that without it , the system of blood would . . E : ; il be triumphant . I told you , you had no evidence - whatsoever against me , which you did not deny .: ^ Y iving put it beyond doubt , that a regard for s ^ -lf er \ c for life bad no share in the part I was now forced to : , a .-i-.. pt , to save the blood of my countrymen , and tha ; I : ; ¦*¦>_ - throwing my «! elf between thtm and the persecution , ar t i .

      t . -srhich they still were a prey , my next concern was U >; t 1 ^ Jte the terms as wide as I could . To this end , 1 ' j o ^ = STved that as the information I Bhould condition to ' > g ; "e niizht be made a subject for grounding a charge of ^ f -..-rjstructive treason agiinst the whole Uniun , j ^ had l be- n attempted so widely in England , I could not wa- j fcrit to give any information whatever . unlesB I svaa , a .-.- ored that no more blood should be shed for anything , that had passed in the Union . The Chancellor affirmed tlat constructive treason was law , and . that if his ad- , vice had been followed , every member of the Union . v . m ; d have been prosecuted for treason ; to wnich I : r rliea thai he must have prosecuted the people of Ire- , L- 'i to extermination , as nearly the whole populatiua ; ¦ w- -is of the Union , Mzainst "which be waa to draw his

      >¦ : ' . ; of indictment ; a iact from whieQ neither vou nor i f- ; t Chancellor could withhold your assent . _ - In answer , t ^ rjy demand of amnesty , you assured me that Govcrn j r-.-nt would not shed any more blood , for any act U ' -herto done in the Union , except for mur > ier . which y j did not suppose I would wish to have excepted ; f ; . that though you would assure me that no more blood : s ) » n ! 3 be shed , you wonld not consent that we should ; fc .-ve any part of the credit Conviuced from ev . ir 5 ( ^• '¦ miation we had obtained , thai the murders " -which i h x i been committed upon the people ¦ were b . yotd all ! c -rjparison more numerous , than those which hlul been ; c- ¦ uiuittid by them , and being equally abhurre'at of mar- ; d-r . be the perpetratorn of what side tuey may , we soured you that we were desirous that murderers uf no i ! I ; ; ;

      «• : e should receive any quarter : and as to the credit of : j- trina a stop te the farther effusion of the bVA > d t > f ; ir . " cointrynien . I did not c-jctend for what yon cai ' ed ; t > ? cr-dit , I contended only for that perform . ince for v ich we were to give the tquivaient You thui aske- »; f st was to be undtrsto- ^ 1 that the infurmauon we \ l i .-ht give , in consequence of the a a re ^ iiiient into j v- . ich we were going to enter , was to be given as ours , j cr whether we would insist on its being given generally j without specifying by whom it was given ; to this we is-swered that ¦ weiosijstodon the rigla of j > ubiisting ^ rlie * ^ ole of whaiever iufirmaiion W 8 might gire , whether j verbal or written ( aright I had set out with securing ) j M ^ eifying partieulaily that if any calumni es or misrep-1 r dentations should be published against us , we should ; be free to refute them . _ - i

      ' Having done all in my power to procure a trial , I arid to avoid entering into any conditions with the Go- i vt--nment , having put it beyond all doubt that what i tLry called their mercy , was to be purclased at my ex- ! p-nse , I desired to see Lord Cornwallis , on whose cha- ! rvcter as a Tnrtn of strict honour we relied for the it igious fulfihnent of the conditions . This you evaded , assuring me that it was of no consequence bow loosely i the agreement was worded ; that Lord Cornwallig ' j honour was pledged to us for the religious performance ; and Lord Clare mads use of these remarkable expres-1 ainng , 'It comes to this , either you most trust the Go-TtHiment or it must trust you—a Government which could violate engagements thus solemnly made , neither could stand nor deserved to stand ; ' whilst you followed

      up his declaration with the strongest assurances , that the wh « Ie of what had been agreed to , should be ob-• erved on the part of the Government , with the greatest liberality and good faith . Thinking it was impossible that such solemn assurances could be made , to be so soon and so grossly violated , and seeing how difficult it would be to reduce the whole of the conditions to writing , so as to express all our stipulations , without making it appear what title you hart to the credit you claimed , fur stopping the effusion of blood , which wob tbr great object for which I had devoted myself ; leaving the stipulations to the religions observance , liberal construction , and good faith , to which you had ¦ c solemnly pledged Lord Cornwallis ' s honour , the fallowing was drawn up : —

      " ' Thit the undersign&l state prisoners , in the three jvifoos of Hevg&te , KUniainhaxn , and Bridewell , ¦ oca&e to give every information in their power , of

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      the whole of the internal transactions of the United Irishmen , and that each S of the prisoners shall give detailed information of every transaction that has passed between the United Irishmen and foreign states ; bat that the prisoners are not , by naming or describing , to implicate any person whatever , and that tbey are ready to emlgrats to each , country as sbaH be agree . 1 on between them and Government , and give security not to return to Ihia counlxy without the permission of Government ., and not to pass into an enemy ' s country ; if on tbe < r eo doing , they are to be frec . l from prosecution : and alu > Mr . Oliver Bond be permitted to take the benvat of this proposal . Tbe state prisoner ! aleo hope that the bene&t of this proposal may be extended to such persons in custody , or sot in coatody , as may chooie to fe : ne * it by it T ^ S&S 5 £ i = SiMe

      •• ' 28 th July , 1798 . " ( Signed by seventy-three persons . ) " The lost sentence mm added to mark that more was conditiontd for than cou'd be expressed . Pursuint to this agreement , at tbe instance of Government . Emmet , M'Kevin , and I drew up a memoir containing thiity- ^ ix pages , giving an account of tho origin princip ' es , conduct , and views of the Union , wh ' ch we signed and delivered to you on the 4 th of last August On the 6 th Mr . Cooke came to our prison aad after acinowledging that the memo "> r was a perfect performance of our agreement , he told us th » t Lord ^ Cornwallis had read it ; but , as it was a vindication of the Union , and a condemnation of the Minkt' ^ s , the Government , and ^ Legislature of Ireland , he could not receive it , and therefore he wished he would alter it ; we declared we would not chMge one lett ; r . it w . a all true , and it was the truth we Btood pledged to deliver . He then asked us if

      Government should publish such parts only s ? might suit them whether we would refrain from publishing tbe memoir entire ; we answered , that having stipulated for the lit-aty of publication , we would use tbit right when , and as w « should feel ourselves called on-, to wb'ch he eddtd . that if we published , he would have to nira persons to answer us : that then he supposed we would reply , by which » paper war would be carried on without end between as and the Gavernnunt . Finding that we would not suffer the memoir to be garbled , and tbit the lit'rsuy contes ; between us and these hirelings was not ) likely to turn out to your credit , it w ; -s determined to examine us before the secret committees whereby a more complete selection mieht be made oat or the memoir , and all the objectionable truths , with wirrt t wjis observeaitabounded , miijkt be tm ^ pi ^ ssod . For the present I shall only remark that of one hundred pages , to which th * whule of the information I gave to the Government and to tbe secret committees amounts , only one page has been published .

      " Ai"ter the reports were nearly naished . M'Xevin asked you on tbe 11 th of August , if you were convinced that we hadiulfilled our part of tlie conditions , you acknowledged that we had most fully , he then requested thit you would perform y « ur pait ; you replied that no time fhould be lost , ana that you would he glad to have a conversation with us to aujurt the manntr in which it should be carried into tfr < . ct , but havin ? neglectei to till , M'Nevin wrote you the ioHowimr letter : — . 6 " ' mt Loud , —However anxious my feTiow-prisone ! 3

      mjself are to be relievwl frum our present di : 1-greeable situation , we have forborne to troubl e Government with it until the committees should have reported or we have been examined ; but ss the season is advancing , and that we shall want some time to csttle our afiairs . I am desired by my comu . nions and encouraged by your Lordship ' s obliging " offer on Saturday , of a conversation on the subject , to request you would do us the honour of naming , for ihat purpose , the earliest time that may be convenient to you .

      " ' 1 have the honour to be , &c . 4 c &c , " ' YVm . J . M' >' evin . " ' 3 7 th August , 17 ^ 8 . ' " The day following Mr . Secretary Cooke came to our prison , and told us he came on the p . irt of Government to fu . fil tnr-ir airreement , with the good faith and liberal construction t iey were pi td ^ d u > , th ; t we were at liberty to jjo ¦ w h .-re we pleased , provided we left the Elituh iloiuinious—that whatever parts of tbe conditions conccmeii us nfter our having pv « ed into i-x- ' e

      Would be £ * rcur < rd by Act of Parliament— that , therefore , tbe ot ' : y p'tt which iv-maini d to be s- 'ttled . was the nature of tbe ucconiniodauon we shouii ! require to ena' ^ e us U > iiispose of our property prj .. r to our depart'ire . Here was a ; uli and ucequivocil dfcclarat : on of the ci . m : it ;> i . s . foT the performance of -which yon had pledged Lurd C . - iinwa'Hss honour , < lelivered to us by Sir . Se-. Te-ary Cooke , i n his < . fficial capac : ty , one of t ; : o ¦ ¦ -. who was prettut when the agreement was uiaUe , anu now sent expressly by jou to dd . ie ii .

      " Immediately alter the committees had reported , but before t > ieir report hud bten prinv .-d , the newspapers , icoturiousiy by their own declaration under your own absolute dominion , ) inserted ine must inij u . k-nt falsehoods , With n-gptctto Wkat we had > v ,- or ; .. au . l in many respectsthry-wentsYenfar . ' i-rUian lh ~ r > ] H > rrs As to tbe repoiU . huWtTer , we could haT = -w-iit-.-ii antil we lia <" read them , and then wo * -uu d hnvt .- published i . he whole of what vre had delivered , leaving tbe world to judge how far the fcicts we hai stated , or those vouched for by thecowimitttes , were most worthy or credit . We published a contradiction of tbese scurrilous falsehoods , wLicn appeared in the newspapers , adding that , by our agreement , we were not by naming or describing , to iiu ^ icr u ; any person whatever . TLe manner in which

      this was taken up by those nun wno sat in tbe Home Of Commons of Ireland , is upun record , und will form a precious morsel for the iuture hUtorian o ; that iuu ^ trious body ; I sun cot now -writing their history , 1 am detailing j our o . nduct Conscious as you must hive been , that in contradicting thuse infamous falsehood * , we were doing no more than exercising a risjht , . " or which we hit striAly coad : uoa « l , why did you not come forwTiTd in that fair aud h ^ nouniole lu annur , which . ^ ard fo r truth , for tte Houje , and for your own honour , lo imperiously bound you . pud avow \ he existence of your sdpuiatLm with us for publicrJ-. n , and of onr written agreement , somewhaD of which , on the second dav , the Hunse learnt from it being published by Gtner ?! Nu ^ . nt , at Belfast ? You did neither one thing nor tLe oilier -, but you did that which convinced

      he . ! ise « raing part of tbe world that there was some-¥ ng which you dare not avow , nor yet dare disclaim ; but although you had n til her the s [ -. rit vt honour to defend your own tipula . wn . s , y , Lad the m > annes 3 to cetL-rare , and to fill up ti-e niKnuro of tbe perti . lious pait Viin Lad aClcd , you £ . ? nt out of tho ^ e wry r . ian to my prison , who . se h inch w-re -. okin » j with the biood of iny belovr 1 , valued , ?**« **» mend , Eaward ' s precious bl . >« d . for which , in tho ^ e times of stalking butchery , n-it even the semblance of an Inquisition Las been had . Ti . is was the mute you sent with orders to circam > crihe my pris . n to tho still narrower limits of a cell . For t ^ ro months thece oriicrrs uri-re VaTie'l With tUri mo » t iit : ti : tie- ; l absurdity ; but iii wicii » view to mrkr a prison more irksome , adding vranton cruelty to the basest petfi-. lv .

      " The next act , which followed close on the heels of this , was your declaration tliat you had reserved a power to ue' n us during tbe w . ir ; a power not only repugnant t ;> fits wording of the written agreement . loo ; e . y as it was drawn , but to the interpretation you yourself kad so lately « iv * n by Mr . Cooke—a power which was a dirtct violation of that liberal eon&tmction and good faitb , so often and so solemnly promised . As Mr . Conke had been the hearer , a few days btfore , of the real conuii'ons , a fresh character was thought n . - -ce * sary ; accordingly , iir . Jlarsden wa-x the messenger of this gr .. ss iniraction of ull that h ? d gone bef jre . Having now pasted all bounds of hon- 'Ur and truth , no wonder jou should shudder at publication ; abi'l was to be brougUt into Parliament , said to be conformable to an a-reement which ,

      eocordiug t <> Lord Ciare . ' a Government that could violate , neither couid stand , cor deserved to stand . " You are the minister who ; urni-, hed tUe fa ; ts to t * ie Parliament , and if gross and p .-lp ^ ole falsehoods have been delivered you arv that ministtr , who has dared to deceive them . It i * asi-ried in this bill , in which I find my namrt in cumpi : y with eighty-nine others , ' that I had e-vijf- > se ' i inj ^ elf conrcioui of flagrant- and enormous tuiil , exp ^ sstd cuncririun , and humbly iraulored mercy , on condition of bein ' , ' transported , banuhi J , or exiled to sujti ft-reign couutr . ., as to his Majesty , in his royal wisdom , sbiil seem meet . " On readiujj this bill , shortly after it Was brought into tne House , not one of the ninety , whose nimes are inserted , that was no : astoni > hed at these unfounded assertions ; and lx fore it was pass *« i , NeiLson wrote tile following letter to the editor of the Courier : —

      " ' SIE , " ' Having seen in your paper of the 16 th instant , a publication , purporting to be a copy of the bill now in its way through the Irish Parliament , reiaiive to the emigration of ninety persons in custody , under churges of hijjh treason , ¦ wiiich states that they had acknowledged their crimes , retracted their opinions , and muplored pardon , 1 thoj » ht myself peculiarly called upon tc ^ p yo u right , by inclosing to you a copy of the compact , i » se : tied between us and the Government , which cannot by any means authorise such a statement ; none of us . so far as I know , did either acknow edge a crime , retract an op inion , or implore pardon—our object was to atop an effusion of blood . " ' I am , Sir , "' Tour ebedicnt humble Servant , 111 Samuel Neilsox . "' New Prison , " ' Dnblin , 12 th Sept ., 1798 . '

      " The opy of the above was enclosed to you in the following letter : — " ' ilY Loud , —Feeling , in common with my fellowprisoners , extrimely hurt at a publication which tends to brand our names with infamy , 1 think it incumbent on me , who commenced the negotiation , to justify our characters and motives , by setting the who ' e in a true point of view ; at the same time , wishing to pay all due respect to Government , I trouble you with a copy of the letter , which I mean to send by thu night ' s post . I also take tbe liberty of sending you the newspaper , with the offensive passage underscored .

      " ' I am , kc ., " Samuel Niklson " 12 th September , 1798 . » To Lord Castlere&gh .

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      «" in a day or two Neilson enolosed the two preceding letters in the following , which he wrote te one of the prisoners of Kilmainham : — " ' Mt deaji Feiend , —About two hours after I sent the enclosed letters to Lord Oartlereagh , Mr . Cooke and a gentleman whom J did not know , but believe to be Marsden , called here and . sent up for me . I met them . Mr . Cooke had the letter in his hand . ' Why , Mr . Neilson , are you toeing your judgment altogether ? " " No , Sir , yon took that from me some time ago . " " But ia £ * SE = sttsss

      in earnest wi'l you publish or not ? " " I wilL " ' Well , then , I am commanded by his Excallency tho Lord Lieutenant to tell you . that he will consider its publication an infraction of the whole negotiation , and executions will go on aa formerly . " Pray , Sir , haw is it possible we can lei our names go to the world and to posterity , branded with infamy . " " I see , Mr . Neilcon , what actuates you , it is a feeling for the honour of your fellow-prisoners and their friends . " "Itia . " " Well , have you no feeling for their lire *? for we can convict the most of you . " " I do not eare this moment if you would order me to be hanged . "

      " Tery irue ; but are all the rest of the prisoners of the same opinion ? ' " I suppose not ; but they can never in justice incur the resentment of Government for my act . " "Ioncs reore assure you , it will be considered as an infraetiou , and we will act accordingly . " " 'Yours , he , " ' Samdel Neilson . ' The Septemberizing rtilo of these menaces , would astonish in any other country than mine" Alas , poor country ; Almost afraid to krow itself ! it cannot Be called our mother , but our grave ; where nothing , But who knows nothing , is one seen to smile ; Where sighs , and groans , and shrieks that rend the air , Are made , not mark'd ; where violent sorrow seems A modern tcstacy ; the dead man ' s knell I * there scarce ask'd , for whom ; and good men ' s lives Expire before tbe flowers in their caps , Dying or ere they sicken . " 1 ( To be contirued in our next . )

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      The men of Hudtlerafield and tbe neighbouring townsbipj have just niven the enemies of freedom aDd of" good Government a most glorious and tr i umphant proof that Caartism is not yet dead . As in other of the manufacturing districts , Dr . M'Douall ard Mr . Coll'ua maae their triumphal entry into this town on Saturday last , when tb > people displayed a spirit and an unauinuty of feeling which has nowhere b-. 3 : i excelled .

      About six o ' clock unmerous bodies from Kirkheaton A ' imondbury , Leplon , &c . &c , began to arrive in the Leeds Road , about a mi \ e from Huddersfield , with mus c , banners , &c , and there were no less than six bupds of music present . The two diot > n&jiLhed patriots shortly afterwards made their pppearance in a carriage and pair , accompanied by I . Icsfts . Veerers and Clayton . At aDout eunseo the procession started for Huddersfield in the foHowin ^ order : — Two Marshals on Horseback . Tri-coloured Flag , Motto— " We demand Universal Suffrage . "

      A large Green Silk Banner , Motto— " This Banner was presenti 1 by the Females of Lepton to their fellow-tOAn .-men , as a mark of confidence for their noble exertions in the cause of Chartism . " rev ~ e— " The Five Cardinal Points of the Charter . " Operatives , four a-brtast . Lepton Band . Splendid Silk Banner- " Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Payment of Members , no Property Qualification for Mi nihf . rs of Parliament . "

      Reverse— " Our Rights , and nothing more , and wo will have nothing less . " HudiiersnelU Oiri Tory Band . Splendid Green Silk Flag , with the Cap of Liberty , Motto— " We demand Universal Suti ' iujie .. " Reverse - " Each for ail , : in'l all for each . " Operatives , f . mr a-breast Beautiful Green Flag , with Silver L-. ; tU ' rs ~ " M'Douall and Collins , the Dunge- < n-iT-of Friends of the 1 ' eople ogair . st Whig Tyrauny . " Reverse— " Fiargus O'Connor ; Frost , Williams , and Jones ; Universal Suffrage , and no Surrender . "

      CARRIAGE , WITH THE HOliLE PATRIOTS ; with a £ Ia ; on each side of the Carriage . Hunley Band . Large Magnificent Green Silk H : in'ier , Motto— " Every Man has a Right to a Vote in choosing a Representative . It belongs to him in right of his existence , and hia person in his Title Deed . " Reverse— " Peace aud the Right Hand of Fell « wship to all . " Operatives , four a-breast . FIP 3— " Labuur should be Represented . "

      Reverst : — " They that are shin by the Sword are better than they that bu slain with hunger ; for these pine away , stricken through for want of the Fruits of the Field . " Lindley Band , in beautiful uniform . Paddock Banner , containing a Representation of a Bastile , Motto— " Can the Ciiristian Man Bastile the Poor ? ' We answer , " No . " Operatives , four a-breast . Tii-coUiured Flag . Crimson Flag— " Bruoiw shall be Free . " Rererae—*• Nobly we'll do our Duty . " Green Flag—•• Taxation without Representation is Tyranny , and should be resisted . "

      Operatives , feur a-breast . A Splendid Green Silk Banner , with the emblem of Justice , holding in her right hand a Scroll , partly unfolded , with the Inscription"The Charter , tue whole Charter , and nothing but tbe Charter . " In her left hand , the Balance of Equal Justice" Universal Suffrage" over her bead . R-. vers « j" Time draws nigh , 'tis just at hand , When Britons shall with courage stand ; Each heart , united , shall decree , We'll have our rights , we will be free ; And should the tyrants yet oppsse , With hellish arts , our noble cause , We'll never swerve , but stedfast be , We'll die or huve our Liberty . "

      Yew Grteu Flag . Kirkheuton Band . Large Splendid Green Silk Banner ; Huddersfield" Universal Suffrage is our Birthright , and we will have it . " Reverse— " Taxation without Representation is Tyranny , aud ought to be resisted . " Operatives , four a-breast . Large White Banner , Motto— " Universal Suffrage , Vole i > y Ballot , Annual Parliaments , no Property Qualification , Payment of Members . " Reverse— " The Charter , the only sure remedy to all the existing evils of Society . "

      Female Friends . Flag , Motto— " We'll turn neither to the right nor to the ltft ; but stedfast shall be our course , Universal Suffrage , and no Surrender . " Reverse— " We'll Conquer the Tyrants , or we'll nobly die . " Almonubury Band . The procession moved in this order by Castle-gate , Kiug-street , Miil-streot , Hi ^ h-street , M trket-street , Cloth Hall-street , the Market-place , Wosr , j ; ate , and the Hal fax New Road , to tue Hall of Science , and throughout the whole hue thb reception of the noble patriots was of ihe most animating description . Nor did those who have rendered themselves obnoxious to the people escape the popular iudieuation , and

      groars were given at several placets , particularly at tne Post-offlce , and at Floyd ' s , the clerk to the Bastiles . The cheeri opposite Mr . S . Diukinsou ' b , King-street , was of the most enthusiastic description . A numerous meeting wj » s then hi Id in the Hall of Science , Mr . Veevers in the chair , aud when the distinguished guests made their appearance on the platform , they were received with that enthusiasm which has every where marked tlieir triumphant progress through the country . Tue Chairman , in opening the meeting , observed that he felt it to be an higu honour to be called to the chair on an occasion such a * the present ; for he had . for the last furty-two years , been devoted to the cause of the people , and had , ever since ho was

      twenty-one years of age , strived to promote the interests of his fellow-meH . Although he had been brought up in a district which was under the control of the landed aristocracy , he had early in life been thrown into the society of individuals who made it their business to look into the politioal rights , when ho soon became convinced that there would be no justice done to the working man till every one was possessed of hia political rights ; aud he was at present perfectly satisfied that the cry were raised for Household Suffrage would be of no avail ; and that , even if it should be obtained , it would turn out as

      great a piece of humbug as the £ 10 Suffrage had proved to be . He then read the placard calling the meeting , and said they had that day given Dr . M'Douall and Mr . Collins such a reception as would convince those gentlemen that their sufferings in the cause of the people had not been in vain . They would now address the meeting ; but previous to this the Secretary of the Association would present them an address in the name of the men of Huddersfield . ( Cheers . ) The Secretary of the Association then read the following address , and presented each of the distinguished visitors with a copy : —

      " To Peter Murray M'Douall and John Collins . ' We , the inhabitants of Hudder&neld , and the neighbourhood , in public meeting assembled , heartily congratulate you up « n your liberation from the tyrant's dungeon . We hail with pleasure ( he visit of euoh champion of the Charter .

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      " The struggle in which you are engaged is an arduous one ; like Britons you have done your duty . Yon have bearded the tyrants in their dent und gloriously spurned the bribe of an officer of state . For these noble principles yon have our' esteem . We hold out to yon the tight hand of brotherhood you shall have otu support . The knot that has bonnd us together shall unite as more firmly ; with more zeal and determination we will battle the foe .. " The base and brutal despots are frustrated in their design . That spiilt which they have attempted to crush , is yet abroad , with renewed energy . Did they think that , by imprisoning the frienda of the people , they oould put down the demand for tbe Charter , aud ride rampaut over the umaining rights of the land ! Mistaken wretshes I The victims of oppression are awake—the waters are out—the barriers of corrupt ' ou are assailed—liberty will yet reign triumphant ™ ss ^ = ^^

      "Permit us to tender you onr thinks for your advocacy of the public weal , your noble and unflinching conduct in the hour of peril ; frowns were then around you , bnt you were incapable of change . Against a vile and mercenary Government let us go on contending . They have broken their public pledges , they are hated at home , and despised abroad ; all things under their sway are in ruius . Public opinion is against them . " Persevere , then , brave and noble patriots I Toil have earned for yourselves an honourable name . The enemy is in the field , the prise is a glorious one , and is worth our labour . We give you our pledge ; let it be a covenant between us , that we will- never ceate agitating for the Charter , until it becomes the law of the land ; heaven be our witness , that we do this with sincerity of purpose .

      " May you have long life , with health to enjoy it , and that you should be free from the fangs of your prosecutors , is the wish and desire of the people of this district . " The Chairman caid , he should now have the pleasure to introduce to them a martyr of liberty , who had deieaded himself in a most noble mr-nner on his trial . He alluded to Dr . M'Douall . ( Loud cheering . ) Dr . M'Douall rose , and was grcated in the most enthusiastic manner . He Bald be felt great pleasure in addressing them at the present moment , and returned them his sincere thanks for the noble display they ha I made that day , not to much to welcome two indivktunla ( Mr . CoMiua and himself ) as to prove their attnrnmunt

      to the principles of tho Charter , and if aay thinx could have added to his pleasure , it would have been to have teen thoso principles adopted rs the law of the land . He recollected the period when the cry of i ' reedoin came from the men of Huddernnold , and when that cry fonnd an echo iu Lancashire , and when the men of HufldersneKl stood first and foremost in tho work of agitation , and he doubted not , efter the glorious display they had made that day , and which had done honour tu them as men and as Chartists , that they were determined to re-assume the proud position they had formerly occupied . His friend Collins and himself had but lately been liberated irom the fangs of tho WhigB , and they came before them that day to assure them that they were determined to go on in the same career

      as they had done before their imprisonment . They were firmly detjimincl to continue that career , and to advocate the rights of labour , in despite of Whig Government , and in contempt of Whig imprisonment . ( Cheers . ) It was in consequence of witnessing the grrat distress which bad existed , did exist , and would exist , that he was influenced still to permvere in cue line of conduct that be bad formerly adopted . When he commenced agitation , he had commenced it in consequence of looking through t ' jo length , and breadth of the land , and perceiving that the auine misery and tho same wretchedness afflicted the working clashes in every part of the country . The ttrst thing he looked at was the tyranny of the masters—the iirsi thing he was determined to combat was tbe tyrannv of thete

      masters ; and he was retolved never to rest satietuM till he had overthrown a state of things whi'h enabled the masters tu reduce the wages of their workmen , while the workmen had n » power to protect those wages . They . bad indeed the power of Trades UnioDs , but the power of the masters was greater than the powe ' of those Uniond ; first , by the power that they possessed of combining one with the other , wh-le the men wero divided under different mastsra and slavedrivers ; ami . secondly , by tho wealth that they possessed , while thi : ir workmen had vury little left , after the Government had robbed tl ^ ni by 'ixation . Thus the masters possessed an unlimited power ; and from what he had witnessed of the sufii-riugs of the bundloom weavers , the block-print' -ra , the spinners .

      and tbe pieccrs , it appeared to him that th < -y were determined to dr . 've tho working claasvB of this country to the utmost vergo of st-trvation , knowin-j that a fain ^ hing body made a submissive mind . ( Cheers . ) He fiw then that the masters p ' Eti'Eceda social power over them , and they had also another power over them . The first power they po&tsseri over them iuditiduaUy ; the cc ^ oud , nationally . The first -was a social power to riduce their -wages ; and tbe K cond waa a political power to make them submit to that reduction : and tben , if the work in <; classes were goaded on to resist such tyranny , a torrent of bludgeons and a line nf bayonets would immediately be turned RRainst them , and if they , in th « extremity of their distress , sought the highways and took refucro in the

      streets , whit could they pet from their famish ^ T fellow-workmen ? They asked th « Government for protection , and they turned agaiua ; them the i > ayoncts or the standing army , the terrors of tbe bastile Poor Law Act , and a bloody police to drive rei .-son from their heads and starvation from their busoms by tho . application of their blud ^ . tons . How many men entered the arm > against their conscience , am ) got their wages by suppor : in iu-st man—no honest Kngliihiuau—ever entered that fotvtt ; and , os » proof that the men of this country were rally honest , among a ! l the spi > a who wire brought against the Chaivist prisoners at tlw late trin'a , there wns not

      a single individual who could be proved to be a work - ing man who gave evidence against them . ( Cheers . ) Did not his own life hang upon a thread ? Could it not have been sold by thousands of tho working men whom he had addressed ? But not ono couid bo found so base and so degraded—so lost to honour and to virtue —as to give evidence against him . Then there w . 's another resource—emigration . He detested this resource , becauxe every man born in the nation bad a right to a subsistence in that nation , and if he wanted fond , he ought to claim that rit ; ht ; and if they were ileuied the means of subsistence by the masters and by the Government , then let them look to the land . ( Loud cheers . ) Then there was another , and the last , resource ; it mieht do for a few , but it was the worst , most

      degraded , and-most tyrannical of all ; and that waa submission to the mast ers and submission to the Government He thought thi 9 resource the very worst they could fall back upon , and for that rtia ^ on it was that he came forward to demand the Charter , and was resolved to rest satisfied with nothing less . ( Cheers . ) The worthy Doctor next alluded to the attempts now making by the middle classes to get up an * agitation for Household Suffrage and the Corn Laws ; and contended , this last named agitation was a mere question between the manufacturing and the lauded interest , and the best thing the people could do in the mattir was to set them together by the ears , and let them tight it out between them . He then adverted to the charge of ignorance which had been brought by the Whigs agniust the

      working classes as an excuse for not conceding the suffrage , and denied , in the first place , that the people were ignorant , adducing numerous instances to show that the people were more intelligent than the aristocracy ; and , in the second place , suid that if the people really were iyuorant , It was the fault of the Government that they were so . He next referred to the Scriptures , and contended that , by the Divine Law . the iinst fruits of the earth were given . neithertothe aristocracy , the church , or the middle classes , but to the labourer who produced them ; and then , when he had eaten his fill , that the frogmeuts , if there were any , might be given to the do-nothings . He also stated that tithes Were established by the Mosaic c <> de , and that the Bishops claimed them on that

      ground and shewed that , by tho same code , thu poor had privileges wiiich were now denied them . This he contended Was unjust ; and if tithes were part of Christiunity , to Were the privileges of the poor . [ H « r . < considerable interruption took place in the body of the Hall , from a middle-class man ( one Henry Suuderlaml ) who it was said was drunk , and whose tender conscience could not aliow him to listen silently to anything which might seem to cast a reflection upon Bishops or tithes . Mr . Collins interfered , and begged the audience to be perfectly silent , and not notice him at all ; and then it would be soon evident who was guilty , and he could be easily dealt with afterwards . This had the desired etiVct , and order w : w restored . ] Dr . M'Douall then referred to the doctrines and actions of Christ ; and contended , from the account of tho

      miracle of the loaves and fishes , that it was the duty of those who professed themselves his disciples to look first to the physical wants of the population , and next to the spiritual . He next adverted to tho Reform banquet , which had lately taken place in Paris , ( an account of which appeared in our second edition of last week 1 as a proof of tho rapid and triumphant progress of the principles of liberty ; and concluded a loug and animated nd .-lr .-8 s , which was heard throughout with the greatest attention , by exhorting them to organization and union , by which means he said those glorious principles for which so many hail been imprisoned ; and for which Fro 3 t had b-en banished from his native ! land , would speedily triumph , and all their sufferings end in tne establishment of the rights of labour .

      The Chairman then introduced Mr . Collins to the meeting . Mr . Collins was received with enthusiastic cheering . He said he could not but feel intensely the kind recoption they had given him on this occasion . To receive the congratulations of his fullow-uieu was to him peculiarly gratful ; but he was sure he v . Uuod their kindness more on account of its conveying to him their attachment to the phuciples Tor which lie Jvid : suffered , than for any personal esteoui they mi ght b « supposed to entertain towards himself . Ho -ikl uotliglitty esteem the good will of his felUw-meu ; aud ru-xt to the approval of hia own conscience , that approval was gratifying to him ; but he valued even more than the approbation of hia fellow-men the

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      ««eternal principle ? of troth and justice . Such were the principles of the Charter . He had suffered for those principles—he was ready to suffer for them again—and he trusted that all present were ready to do the some . ( Cheers . ) He thanked them for the address they had that night presented him with , and bailed it as another proof of their attachment to the principles for advocating which be bad been imprisoned ; and after the long and varied address they had heard from Dr . M'Douall , he thought he could not do better than to take it for his text book . And , first , they said in their address , that the struggle in which he had been engaged was an arduous one . True ; it was ah arduous one ; but was ic possible for the oppressed to resist the oppressed without tbe struggle being an arduous one for the oppressed ? fflfflttaa ? tLSfa

      But the end to be obtained was so glorious , and the objects to be attained so desirable , and the benefits so great—the emancipation of the whole community from slavery , and the effects of that emancipation to be made obvious in the superior condition and education of the people—such , ho said , and so glorious , being the object of the struggle , what man would complain of the hardness of the contest ? ( Cheers . ) They might rest assured , that if they properly understood the principles of liberty , and entertained a settled love of liberty itself , they would not account their lives dear ia the struggle to obtain it ( Loud cheers . ) He cooli not express the feelings that Lad sometimes come over him when he bad heard individuals say "Well . things are certainly very bad ; but I think I can

      manage to carry on for my time . " Ho bad heard of fathers make use of such expressions in presence of their children , and not only among the working classes but among the middle classes ; and yet these veiy men would blame their ancestors for allowing things to get to such a pitch , while they did nothing for themselves , and were contented to leave accumulated difficulties , for their children . He had no notion of the feelings of such parents—he had no notion of the patriotism of such citizens . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Collins then alluded to tbe various attempts which had been made to put down the principles of the Charter , aud contended that it would bu impossible to put theni down ; for they were founded , he said , npon truth and justice , and truth was mighty and would prevail .

      ( Outers . ) Dr . M'Douall , ho * aU , had already alluded to the accusation of ignorance brought against the working classes ; and he ( Mr . Collins ) would contend that if the intelligence of tue upper and middle classes was to be judged of by the lawa they made , n <> one would give them credit for auy great amount of intelligence , and he instanced the Corn Laws , and the encouragement given to emigration , as a proof of tliia . While on the emigration question thoy assumed that there wore too many people in the couiitry for the food , they passed tue Corn Laws under the pratext that people got food so cheap from abroad that the farmer could not live . Mr . Collins also alluded to ti \ e

      enormous { tensions that had been bestowed on the Duke of Wellington , Archbishop of Cantorbury , the Duchess of K nt . and Oui ^ r . < , as another lustance of the folly and rapicity of our Legislators ; aud contended that when God said , Let men have dominion over the beasts of the field , and the fowls , " Arc , it was never intended that some faw men ouly should enjoy that privilege , as was tbe case in the present day . Mr . Colling concluded a most eloquent address by stating that he should present them with copies of some tracts , which he strongly recommended them to circulate by tbe best means iu their power , and sat dovm tin'dsi loud and enthusiastic cheeriug .

      The Chairman taid that there were cevera' . resolutions to be submitted to the mteting , and entreated their attention for a short time lunger . Mr . C . Wood came forward to propose the first resolution , which was to the following effect : " That in the opinion of this meeting , before peace and plenty can be in ev . ry mans dwelling , tbe People ' s Charter must become th « law of the land . ' He willingly proposed tho adoption of this resolution . The Irish couKl not . thirty or forty y « a-s sines , bave piinsed through the atrcrta of the town without being insulted by tho professors of every other denomina-. ion ; but since they had got the Emancipation Act this had disappeared , and when . t iey could got Universal Suffrage thry would no longer be looked down upon as they were at pres-onc , but every man would sit undor the shadow of his own vine ami his own flij-trco , none daring and none willing tu muke him afraid .

      Mr . CLAYTON , in seconding tho resolution , disclaimed allconiK ; -tion with pLiysu-il force , an , i contended that the moial tVirco of union and organisation would be found sufficient for t'io obtsunmont of the Charter . The resolution , on being put ir ? in the chair , \ ra * carried with loud cheers . Mr . J . lilNKS moved the next resolution . Ha saul it was oiic of importance , and that he wished all present to ht ; ar it . It was" That this meeting pledges itself to U 3 e its utmost , endeavours to establish tiio Charter , by joining the Working Men ' s Association , and by agitatinj until the Charter becomes the law of tho land . " Mr . Roueut Peel seconded the resolution , which was unanimously carried . Mr . BARBER moved the third resolution : — " That this meeting will support and assist tinfamilies of tlie imprisoned Chartists , " v . hich was ttconded by Mr . Qallamore , and carried neui . con .

      The fourth resolution , which was moved by Mr . Pitkethly , awl sec > nded by Mr . Geokue Shaw , was to thu fallowing effect : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the transportation of Frost , Williams , and Jon , s , was a violation of the law of the land ; and this meeting is further of opinion that tliey ought to be restored to their wives mid families . " It ws >< j carried unanimously . Mr . Cl' . nmngham moved , and Mr . John Stewart seconded , thv ? last resolution , which was also carried ne-in . con ., viz . : — " That this meeting pledges itself to support Feargus O'Connor , and the Northern Scar , aud also ihe incarcerated Chartists . "

      Votes of thanks were given to M'Douall and Collins ; three cheers for Fcargus O'Connor ; and votes of thanks to tbo reporter of the Star , and to the'Chairman . The meeting then broke up .

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      Desperate Fracas . —on Monday forenoon a very desperate not took place amongst auumber of bricklayers , laoourers , aud plasterers , wiio are employed in the urecLiuii of aonio houses in tne vicinity of Usford square , at- the back of the Ed ^ ewaro and Ba >> - w » , tcr-roads . Tiie men are in the service of Mr . Nerih worthy , an extensive builder , of Exeter-street j Lissou- ^ iove . It appears that tho riot commenced by two men named Murphy aud Strange quarrelling , which ended in ; i fijjht , whon their respective cwuutryraen interfered , and a general fracas took piace —the contending parties assaulted each other With bricks , stones , and every description of missilo . Th « police were promptly in aitendauce , many ot whom got seriously injured in oinJeavouring 10 queii the disturbance , out ultimately they succeeded in taking several into custody . One man , named Joha Smith , was beaten so severely ti . ai his life is despaired of . He was taken in au insensible state 10 tic . George ' s Hospital .

      The Peover Murder . —Knutsford , Sunday Evening . —This afternoou , tho special hi ^ h constable ot the county arrived at the Houe of Correction with Murray , the uiau charged with the murdecol' Air . ai . l iir . s . Cook * -, of Peover , iu liib custody . Tne prisoner is an Irinhmin . At present he has madu no admission , but , on the comrarv , expresses a hope tha D he sha . il ba able to clear hiui » olf of tho murder . With iespect to hia return irom Kuntsford 10 Cavan , ho does not attempt to concuul anything . H * j says he purchased the pew clothiucin which he was appreht-nded ( an engineer ' s suit uud " Juu Crow" hat ) iu Live . oool , to which place he walked in the coui-su of Tuesday . He embarked on board a iiubim cattle boat on

      Wednesday , and on Thursday reached Cavan by a stage car . It has Ln-eu ascertained from other qua , r ; er * that the prisoner w » s m Preueot ou the Situfdav night previous to the murder , ai . d that he n ; turned from thai town a-ione , a ; id without money , tie stated to some Irishmen who had beeu his companions all tl . rt . u ^ h tfio harvest , that his object in tfowg back to Knutsioiu was to fetch a buudle he had left there . There are also witnesses forthcoming to pivvo ihe fact of his having been seen near Mr . Cook « 's cottage so laio as twelve o clock on the day on winch the naur . ior t ,.- > k pla . ee . He was taken before Tralford Tra . tf . u-d , E-, q ., this morning , and remanded for furtUor examination tomorrow at Knutsford .

      Mrs Brownrigg Redivivus . —On Thursday n ? ght , about niiiB o ' clock , a y ... un < tiirl of rather prepos-Besaing appearance , turned Aun Walker , fifteen years of age , was received iur . o St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , having sustained some severe injuries in her reel , less , aud back , by jumping from the first floor back window of her mistress ' s residence , under the following .-o : ti ( iwhit singular but cruel and disgraceful cireuui ? ij . iices : —From the poor girl ' s stat « nieut ( which has , ' . » a great degree , been corroborated by that of u , hor *) u appears that her mi-tress , who * e name is Green , keeps a tobacconist's eho ^ » i No . 43 , Bnek-lau © , Old-sireet , Ss . Luke ' s . Ou Wcduesday night her mistress missed a pair of shoes belonging to ono of rue children , aud the following morning , about ei ^ ht o ' clock , whilst she was in the above room , her mUti-ess came up stairs to her , and accused her

      of Btealiug them , wnich she , however , 9 trongly denied , iihe ( her mistress ) then , having locked her in the room , aaid that she would keep her there without food until liiie acknowledged tho theft ; and although sne had begged hard repeatedly during the day for a drop of water , it ha < i been refused her , and she was actually kept without food of any description the whole of the day ; and about eight o ' clock in the evening hvr mistress came up to her , aud said , "You will catch it whon your matter comes home . " She ( the mistress ) then opened the window , which she poiutei to , Baying , " You may do as you please , bui jou shan ' t coma down stairs . " .. Fin Jinx both huugfir and thirst assail hor , and fearing tho consequences thereof , she jumped from the window into the yard below , where she was picked up in a state of insensibility , and conveyed to the above hospital , whore she lies ia a very precarious state .

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      Red ink for marking linen is made with half an ounce of vermilion and one drachm of salt of gteel , finely ground with linseed oil to the consistency required for marking with a pen or hair pencil . There is nothing like the March of Intellect . What do jou think , good reader , eleven hundred personB going to see a huge cheese , made for the Queen , and paying a sum of money for the privilege of signing their names in a book that they bad performed the exploit . Who at the projector sneezes ! Who cavila at his plan ] Hermakes the biggest of all cheeses , , . To be a " mi /*' man .

      The Coburgs may be said to keep a matrimonial store , from which wives and husbands may be fielectedtosuitanytasteand please any palate . For the convenience of customers who come to their market , all creede may be accommodated . It may be said of these people what is said in Bombastes of short cut " and "long cut , '" Catholicism or Protestantism to us is all the same . " A GERMAN STILL . We cannot make a silk purse out of a sow ' s ear . — Old proverb . Prince Albert they may honours shower with might on . One thing they ne ' er can make him—what ! a Briton ( qy . bright-un ?)

      . Why is a man going to be married like one going to a French port ? Coz he ' s going to Havre An old toper , in the last stage 3 of the dropsy , was told by his physician that nothing would save him but being '" tapped . " His son ( a witty little shaver ) objected to this operation , saying , " Daddy , daddy , don't submit to it ; for you know there was uever any thing tapped in our house that lasted more than a week . " M . Sanson , tho public executioner of France , has recently " shuffled off this mortal coil . " He bound tbe hands of Louis the 16 th . Louis Phillipne rubbed

      liis on hearing of this efficient functionary ' s demise . The pious Vicah op Bassingbouhn , Cambridgeshire , takes so stringent a view of hia spiritual duties . that he refuses to bury an unohristened baby , and the . poor little corpse has been unburied for six weeks . When our Saviour declared his willingness to admit" little children" into the kingdom of God , ne did not intimate the absolute necessity of their being baptised ; but the Vicar , knowing that unbaptiscd babies are so many proofs of the Church being cucatud of its fees , refuses to give burial-room for that which has Drought in nothing .

      The Blackball Railway goes but a brief distance , yet the Directors find it hard to get over the ground without accidents . Luckily , there is not a boiler belonging to the concern , consequently there is no change of a " blow-up . " Yet the rope by which the train is wound up broke the other day , doing , however , no damage 10 the passengers , beyond yetting them ** in a line . " Let nobody blame the Directors for this . Only give them rope enough , and they will do well enough for themselves and tho public .

      Sir James Clarke , recently on a professional visit'to the Palace , was discovered reading a newspaper by one of the Lords in Waiting . ' * What paper is that you have , Sir James , " was the inquiry . The medico , with a mild Caledonian smirk of mug , handed it over to the querist . It was the" Examine ' her . " Like the taeetmg of the augurs , the brace of worthies grinned outright . . The Herald dwells with great solemnity on the

      consternation" that was created in the Court circle , on Sunday last , on its being discovered that Prince Albert had lost Ms piu . After long search it was found on the floor of the painting room , and , to quote from tho Herald , " upon its being brought to the Queen , her Majesty f her eyes beaming with deli ght ) restored it t « the bosom of the Prince . " The . Baroness Lechzen iB said to have felt it so much , that , on the tidings being communicated to her of its . loss , actually fainted .

      ¦ W ars , while they decide the fate of thrones and of empires ,, givt : » , colour to the lives of thousands in e \ try walk of life , and are felt in the retreats of individuals , from the castle to the cottage . This is rue in all circumstances , but more especially in r' - !< isi > which liistinguibh a country through which u . i mics maiv . h aud ia which battles are lost and won . From the first years of childhood , man is equally prjnoj . 0 the ; uins of retrospection . Iu later years ilia regrets art > not stronger , but more numerous , in proportion as he has a longer period and more events to look back to ; aud in advanced age , when thu future is limited , memory occupies the place of hope .

      BAT-IFICATIOH OF A "TREATY . Beaufort a Whig ha 9 turned—he ' s not belied , The bargain sealed has been , and ral-ified . The Coburgs , it should seem , talk a great deal about their /«/ Aer-laiid , but not a word ever escapes them of tlieir mother country ; the truth is , that they are of every couutry , and owned by none ! Phisce Albert , in his letter to the Lord Mayor , ascribes his absence from the City feast , to a sense of " delicacy . " We fear this will seem very obscure if not absurd to civic philosophers , who are able to appreciate only " delicacies" of another sort , and those too of a kind that usually attract a man to a good dinner , instead of keeping him away .

      An incidental remark made by the Queen , some short time back , as to the agreeable personal appearance of Beaufort , has had a wonderful effect in bringing about that political change which will secure to his Grace a free entrte to the Court . The vanity of the Noble Duke is quite upon a par with his political instability .

      Albert ' s freedom . Though free is Albert of the City , - ( The cits . , wouldhail ^ Prince fromA —/ come ) , Throughout the country rings this ditty— .. " The pauper is ' more free than welcome !'" A certain Prihce , not at all beloved by his subjects , bemg present on horseback one day while a groat quantity of gold was conveying to his treasury , asked a man who seemed to be observing the carriages with great attention , what he would give to be possessed of ihe contents of them ? ' I have potbiDg to give , may it please your Majesty , " replied the countrymHU . " But what would you part with V demanded th « Prince . u 1 would part whh every thing , " returned the countryman , "but peace of mind and a good conscience . " This satire was pointed , and the Monarch turned away confounded .

      Smokeus should never carry lucifer matches in their vest pockets . A young fellow recently on a courting expedition , clasped his " dearest" so insignifioantiy ac parting , that he ignited the matches in his noeket by the pressure , burned off one of bis whiskers , and singed the lady ' s eyebrows . The costom of eaying grace at meals had probably its origin in the early times of the world , and-tne hunter mate of man , when dinners were precarious things , a ; id a full meal was something more than a coninum blessing ! when a bellyful was a windfall , and looked like a special providence .

      CHLOE . Chloe ' s a belle and poeiess , But tbeii of both the eurseis , She makes her face , that all men bless , ,- ; And never makta hef verses . —/^ Bruin . Definition of a Physician . — Voltaire defines a physician u > be an unfortunate * geutleman , who iB every day required to perform a miracle—namely , to reconcile health with intemperance . Metaphysics . —Most men take least notice of what is plain , as if that were of no use , but puzzle their thoughts and lo ? e themselves iu those depths and < vbyHses which no human understandings can ever fathom .

      There is nothing b y which I have gone through life more profited than by the just observations , ' the good opinion , and the gentle encouragement of amiable and sensible women . —Sir Samuel Romilly . The Eastern Question . —We heard not oue of tho worst of waai are called bon mots the other day , whpn ( as the old jest books have it ) one said to another , "What ounht Frauce to do in the present state of affairs ? " " Do , " replied his friend , " stay

      quiet and drop her tears iThiera ) . " Independence . —So long as there is a grade of society below the notice of persecution , and bread aud water for hard but honest labour , we fear neither priest nor poverty , nay , not even neglect , obscurity , nor tho slow , unmovinc finger of jealous scorn . We are fools enough to think that he who can act as he feels , an < i speak as he thinks , is a greater aud richer man than a coward in a carriage , or an hypocrite at a prince ' s ear . —Sydney Smith .

      A romantic individual was asked the other day why ho showed greater attachment to a very thin lady than to auother who was more lusty . « i 8 , " said he , " becauso I am nearer her hear t . ¦ Hints to Ladies in Attending Churches . — Ladies , when they have new dresses , should never go to church uatil about ten minutes after the service has commenced ; the best time would be when r" ! clergyman ia reading the lessons of the day , * J . ° all the congregation would be listening at tentively . They should walk up the centre , and pretend not w observe the pew-opouer ; this would give them » fine opportunity of showing off their new . dresses .

      An tjprioht Jitdqe . —It has beon related of Mr . Justice Lawrence , a most excellent man ana aw judge , that at a trial at York , he summed up aecidedly in favour of the defendant ; buth *^ ngjpT « the case further consideration , it appeared w > « that he had altogether mistaken the i »?' . A ™ S having been recorded against the plaintiff , ne u »« no redress ; but it is generally understood , thai ; w judge , feeling the hardship of hia «' ' °° » £ " „ f , iahiswiU , a sum of money sufficient to » "" £ i him for the loss he had thus sustained- —l > av " » Lauyers . .

      Huddersfleld Demonstration To M'Douall And Collins.

      HUDDERSFLELD DEMONSTRATION TO M'DOUALL AND COLLINS .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 12, 1840, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2701/page/6/