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      3 fr Friends , 'i ' -i " . . ' ^/ ' . " To Tnthis week ' spaperyoamllseaalatgespaee \ taj Lad to tbefihargea brought against me by « %££ *»^* 4 ^ tm ^ V answer : and in them you will find ^ Sere repetit ! on of ilK ^ inade . by ., Salrr ? p ; at S & een- -Iahoaldhavebeea petfecUy'jus-, t ifietified in withholding the publication-of : « ich SaUmalicions nons ^ se , all tending to > nothing , had naditnot beeh ^ br . ljhe importance which some If tof the Glasgow CHjiitkls presumed my silence wouwouM hare givm t ^ them . Bat I beg Jo a *

      « or < € are yon that w / time is abundantly . occo > nic e ; pied , if the Scotch philosophers can find so ^ ai ^ any leisure hours to devote to thei * labour of 1 of love . I wish you to bear n . mind , that"in the the year 1839 , when the first Convention sat , JJk Brewster , Frazer , and Abraham . Puncan airr aimed a deadly blow at our movement in their Ca ' C alton Hill resolutions ; and that again , in 1 & 1842 , the Scotch delegate ^ to the Sturge Confer Jerence , a number of th ' p ^' ^ ho Vere delegate & : taJheJ ^ teKaflqa ^; Assembly . , also : iUtrr ^ jn fhi ^ hatCoDfeBenc ^' weEeithe tods oFftimiddje ., dadassesTandonrgreatestenemiw . AndJthink , wl when-Toif ' read the report of . the first Fri-^ a ^ ay ' s sitting in the National Assembly , you wi will at once see that the most onerous portion

      of of the duty of the Scotch delegates , was to & carry out the very thing in which they failed at at Birmingham , and by the very means propi posed there , namely , " by the destruction of J yeargus O'Connor . . . " . These gentlemen have had the audacity—- Pirsty , to complain of the reports of their p proceedings in ; the " Northern Stan " and—Secondly , to assert that no attack waa made ^ upon me in that Assembly . I have taken the trouble to ascertain the e space devoted to the reports « f their proceedi ings , and I find that , in two weeks , ' it amounts 1 to over thirty columns ; and , although . ; peri fectly aware of the rabid abuse heaped upon 3 me , I never allowed , nor did any one attempt , ! to withhold a sentence spoken .

      I now wish it to be distinctly Understood , that , as I never have , and never will look upon the * ' Northern Star" as a source of profit , but as a channel for diffusing political and social knowledge , yet , upon the other hand , it shall iot henceforth become the vehicle for circulating the insolence , tho fabrications , and nonsense of every jackanapes who presumes that its columns are to be open to him . You have never heard me , like other newspaper proprietors ,, recommend my paper to public meetings , nor have you ever seen broadsides announcing

      " GLORIOUS MURDER . " My friends , in all parts of the country when some whipper-snapper belches oat a little spleen , write to me , and say , * ' For God ' s sake , Sir , come and answer the charges of John Stiles and Tom Snooks ;' ' but I think I should nave something to do if I was to attend to those various summonses ; and I think in those several charges you will discover the truth of my oft-repeated assertion , that while Whigs and Tories magnify the virtues and suppress the vices of their party , the rule with the Chartist party . is to magnify—nay , to inventihe vices and suppress the virtues of their advocates .

      Now , my friend ? , I am getting older . I do Bot feel stiff , cowed , enervated , or depressed ; but I will tell you what—I have ran a good , Sweating race . I have never been distanced . It has been the invariable rule , " when politics are slack , to make * me the target for the arrows of the malicious—but I will change that sys-• tem now . I adopt the magnanimous maxim of Leopsld , the King of Belgium , who said - — "If you are tired of me , say so ; and I will g & backtoClaremont . " Now , so say I— "If jW are tired of me , say so , and I will go back to myjjfough—not to my profession , as I hate

      it ; and then I shall know what ease is , what peace is , and what comfort is , as I can draw satisfaction from twenty-six years of continuous and unbroken consistency . ' ' I am not going to be a tool in the hands of any party . I never in my life attempted to make a tool of any man , and no man shall ever make a tool of me . 1 have never interfered in theelection of a single delegate to any Convention or Conference that has ever taken p lace . I have never written a private letter upon politics . I have never conspired against any man , while I have been the subject of thousands , yea , tens

      of thousands , of the blackest and most hellish conspiracies and if the " Northern Star" does sot represent your principles , say so , like men , and let it perish . If I do not represent your principles , say so , like men , and elect some one that does . Let me hear no more of this gropiag after moonshine , for the purpose of effecting the ruin of the "Sfar" or the rejection of Feargns O'Connor . My boast is , that I represent you independently ; that the "Star , " without prostitution or catering for support , represents my own sentiments and opinions . I believe any other man ia the

      world , but myself , would havfe Jpjmd ample justification for long since abandoning a cause and a people , for the support . of which he receives insult , contumely , and abuse . How ¦ ever , with you I am determined to go on , leaving it to you to say when I shall stop as your leader , and still I shall persevere in my then irresponsible position , as the supporter of my own principles , which will not change . There is * o calumny that 1 have not met j there is no description of calumny to which I have not been subjected ; there

      is none that I have not openly refuted . The solution of these questions now remains with you . You are free to act , and you need not be afraid that the withdrawal of your confidence will induce me to desert your cause which is based upon my principles , but I am determined that my time shall he no longer devoted to the notice of such rubbish as you will find in this week ' s paper , and which no other proprietor but myself would condescend to publish ; and which no other people but you would require from me .

      I do not require a year ' s notice , a quarter ' s notice , a month ' s notice , a week ' s notice , or a -day ' s notice to quit ; you have 'made me poor , it is always in my power to make myself rich ; bat I prefer poverty with your confidence to the world ' s wealth with its loss . Your faithful servant , Fbakgus O'Connor . [[ Here follows a verbatim report of the afternoon sittings of Friday , the 5 th of May , and from it the reader will learn whether or no

      Mr O'Connor was the subject of Scotch abuse in the National Assembly ; and / after the unequivocal response made by the nation , to the sayings and doings of the bad men who sat in tbat Assembly , we should have thought that say further explanation was unnecessary . However , it will be acknowledged that the controversy has been forced upon Mr O'Conn , and we may now say to our Scotch friends , in the words of the Yorkshire woman , ft Thou ' st been long lookin for it , now thou ' st got it , and how dn ' s ' t like it 2

      * Rahkik withdraw hlf amendment , end & r Adas * moved that national dfetfnetioni wow fciu & ai to ihe principle * of « nirersal brotherhood , and * h" * e Ai ' . tfattoa to ba iejrmsd should bi denominated the Democratic Confcderatica of Great Britain an * Irekod for cbufaing the lame JUte eaaelment of the Peon ' s Charfe- , and tbat it be to conBtraotei ai to giw we fcimort crarol over the fundi to the represenUtiYra ^ ftelMtlifie » , cotti ' ittnt with the general centralis * - *> n Of management . Mr Sauza * seconded the amendment .

      Kt KiEDwas altogether oppvea to tfce cbangin * of tte ' nane . u was ene wfcicthad grown hallowed bj the * fJ Puiecntloa thijh « d . nrJurtd ; . and K thej were toe " = M ? e « to-morrow , tbej would «« IU be known by the to » eofCbar 4 «« . He tbcngbt with the Scotch judge , *« ansan na * ed Thompiop , o « 3 * Brewn , alias Smiib , * f » bought before him for trial , thst « the whole family ™ * t diatei wsseibadcn : / He should like to bear som ? froBger reMi a fo .- ; he change than any that had yet « n > adduced . Their principles would be tie seme , tad ttttr name in aid contince what it was . He had no 0 -3 'Cti- ; a to their mak ' ng what improTtmsnt taiy Cuuld

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      ia the organisation , bat he decidedly objected to aehange of name . .- ¦ ¦ ¦ , ! - ^ - >> : Mr Hmr nhl , Utoaga hi ftli M . faToar of the amendment , be did not intend to change the same ol Ctiartfit . wblch-wardear to them . Xhej had fought ondfr it for years , and gloried in i \ . All that tbey in . tended to change wu the term * National , * ia order * ta » t erery man faTOnraWeto the Caarter , might fight nnd » r oae banner ; by calling it the ' Dunocratio Confedera tion' they wonld give erery man who held tte tame pits . ciplee an opporranHy- 'Of ^ aiding the morementi - Tbry were HSMbfreto ttSkatmetf eeioeU MfctJgfcrotta . niea . s % r » C < iH « ~ lii ^ left ram aft "i ^* i ^ aioeajfcearHir-. wer * coid ^ wh 6 wpo 1 acnti « i | i 4 ^ r foi * , tiiktansh aUpi aa- ^ wdola gfaep ^ c ^ yridyienrytg their homee , and make the cottejia : what ^^ ahoaW he . * . ' - ¦ ¦ .: ¦• • • :- ; - ^ - -Vr : / V' -: ' - •' ¦'

      Mr DowoTiK txpnupd hi * aatonUhtaent at- isch dieewsionj biing raised , eipedtlly when he foand that there was no objection to the original name . Tbey were there as Chartiiti , aad Caertfite let them remain . Mr Cccbuhk supported the ameadmtntw Thej pro . potedito chenga of princfplw , bat merely to form a new Democratic Confederation , because the o » b ? r oae bad notbe . n prodaotlre o ? the anion they bad aaticipated . . Itr Wist said , that If their Scotch friends thought it right to change their name , he coald aware them that theEogUibCbarnstswenld hot rtaare their nsme . I was nn ^ er that banner they had fought , and under it they woald ooatiane to fight . They had done much harm by changing names already . Fader Eaat and Coebett they were Badlcals , aad whea la order to show that

      they tad a decided policy , tbey embodied their views io the d » enment called the Charter , O'Connell nicknamed them Chartist * . They did not make it themulves , bat thejtrok it when applied to them , and it was now be . coming respected after straggling through obloquy , end the popular designation of a great party . One curious thing wan , thatasfwt as they changed their aame other parties sought to ingratiate themselves with the people by assuming them . When they were Radicals the Whigs were Liberals ; when they became Chartists the Whigs styled themselves SaSlcal ,: thus showing , when the ; threw off their old garments the Whigi took them op . For his own part be meant to fight under the old same , and hi considered it was derogatory to tbs dignity of that Assembly to entertain such a question .

      Mr Child said , be was not aware that the Chartists had ever disgraced themselves , ana therefore he did not see any reason for changing the name . If they looked into histery they woald find that many of the m » st honourable names sow were original !) nicknames . John Werl « y was called a Methodist , by the young students at 0 tford , aa a nickname . Those who bad thought with htm had taken ( t up , and retained it ea a designation of honour . ( Cheers ) As the naae of the Charter haA not disgraced them tbey would show that they would n-t disgrace it .

      Kr EarixsT Joint said , they had iuaed an address beaded ' the Charter End No Surrender / and adopted as their motto , ' Veaanres not Hen . ' That was progressive , bat now they were going to retrograde and fight not for measures but mere names ; He wished to take no steps which wonld not help the movement , but at the some time he thought if they adopted the motion that , though their Scotch friends might not mean it , they would in future be called Confederates instead of Chartists , It wonld be said that just at the moment cf JannoniBg tuelr ship they bad changed the redder , altered the sails and changed about . There were tome fifty men in tbr Honse of Commons who said that they went for the principles of the People ' s Charier bnt who said tbey were not Caartists . He would retain the old aame because V * for oae expected to see the Charter made the law of the land within a year . The way to do that was to make good organisation , to present their memorial to the Qieen . and then to take snob other steps as circumstances might surgest .

      SrH'SoTJH . 1 conld not consent to give up the same of Chartist because it would appear like shrinking from the agitation . He had gone through ell the form tragi , titiona and endured persecution and imprisonment under the name , aad be hoped their Scotch frieads would leave the word there , htcaose It had always been the word , inscribed on their banner , and he for one wonld 'rather die than give it op . -, Mr CHUBcanx said , be would like to know the d'ffor . enoe between the two Banter , ' sad ifjlfere was so differ , eace what was the use of changtesjlf ? They had been before the country for ten years under that name and were well-known by that title . L ? t them , therefore , keep to tie aaas of Chartist unless they intended to change the whole policy and principle . Let them keep to it , and glory ia the name of the Charter , as the men bad gloried in suff . ring for it .

      Mr Atuxs ssid , he did not propose to change their whole polloy , ant te change a portion of their policyand at that was the cue , he did not sea why they should hot change the name also . Dr M'Douali had said be had suffered for the Charter , but it was not the name of the Charter , hut the principles of the Charter , Uv which he had suffered . By his resolution , however , they woald keep by both the name and the principles , but , ia order to obviate objections , he would consent to make a slight alteration in bit resolution . Mr T . Cuac said , that if they were ell unanimous ,

      he would give it bis determlae'd opposition . He was not aware that the name had slopped any one from joiuirgthem , and no one good reuon could be shown for altering it . If they had disgraced themselves , he mijhtbe insltoed to change it , bat as their coarse had ben an honourable coarse , a dlgnifbd course , he bopeo * some one reason , of a definite character , would be given for the proposed alteration . As to the proposal for universal brotherhood , be did sot see that the same of the Charter Association was in the slightest degree opposed to universal brotherhood .

      MrM'GaiTH said , that if they had been an uabaptlsed party , he wonld notbave had the slightest abjection to the rame , but as they had a name as they bad foaght and triumphed under that name , be entirely objected to aay ' alteration . Mr T . Clark proposed that it should be allied the National Charter Association . Mr Adams now propoeed that it should be called the Chartist Confederation . He wiibed to have some simple single re > sea in support of that change , ae yet he had heard no ttfng to justify it . Mr Ao * m said , he woald give one strong reasaa and that was , that as long as they called themselves the Chartist Association , it would be called O'Connor ' s Assoclation . ( Great sensation . )

      Mr HaUEr said , that was an honest statement . They bai beard much of the dlgniied course of the Association . It must be a very dignified Association , sorely , . that had only 5 , 000 members on its books . ( Cries of ' False / 'No , no , ' and oonfaiion , amidst which several members rose to contradict the statement ) Tbey cad tried in Scotland , in vain to get up a nationalmovem ? ut , but bad failed , from the belief thst it was under the control of a certain individual , who had dose all the damage be conld to the movement . Mr HiseiEATCs protested egaiatt these covert attacks . Mr HaBiir said , he meant Mr O'Citmor ia these statements , Mr O'Connor bed premised that he would be there to meet them , and he only hoped that he woald come here to bear said to bis faee what soma of ta * members of the . Assetnby had to say to him . ( ' Shame . ' order . * and confosloa . )

      Mr Eawisr Jonis said , Mr O'Cennor a character was not the question btfore the Assembly , The Cbsum * stated , that if Mr O'Connor was there , be conld not speak until be presented his crsdeanals to the Asssmbly . Mr HiiLET reptied , ttat Mr H Grata bad promised he would ba tker » , and be bad as good * right to attack Mr O'Ccnatr as Lord John Bonell or Sir George Grey , withrespcttohis public character . Mr M'GaaTH protested against the cslumnlous attacks en Mr O'Connor ia bis absence as altogether on . jastifiaMe .

      Mr HaMtT reported hii attack on Mr O'Conior , and upon the Association : for his own part , he believed that some of the sun who had been in the old Association , had disgraced thimielves , and therefore he wanted the name changed , te show that they were going on a differ-« nt tack . Ba meant the whole line of policy to be changed ; instead of lectaiingaad public meetings , and keeping men going about to make speeches , be wished them to change the name a littia , in order to show -. bat alteration ia poUey , bat at the same time , he did not wish any alteration in the principle of themevement .

      Mr Ribkisi expressed a similar opinion ; the Scotch people bed no detlre to change the name , but tt has " been said by msny people , that tbey had not joined the movement btcauie MrO'Ceworwas Itsieadtr , ends barrier to the power of the democratic party throughout the country . He was there to speak bis mind about Mr O'Coacor as freely as any other man , and if he cata > into that Assembly , if no other member preferred a charg « sgainst bio , be was ready to do it . Mr Kte » said , he was astonished to hear people talk about the Charter , aeif it was to become part of the British constitution nest week / and at the same time sneer at'the nurabtr of numbers in the Chartist Asso elation ; there might be few men enrolled in Scotland , but be kaew that CPuntry from AbereetB to the Tweed , and be knew England from tho Tweed to Loudon , and it was not so maeh the number of names in books thai be relied ea as-the organisation of sympathy ) which bound together the masses who were in favour of the Charter . ( Cheers . )

      Mr Wb « t said , be was the reprrsentatire of one hanr fr : d thousind men—of men , not women and children . He and they were proud of the name of Cnartls * , and thf y would never give it up . ' He waa glad , at last , that under the pressure that had been applied to them , the Scotch delegates hid Jet the gscretoat of the bag , and

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      showed that the reason ^ tbdy w ish ed fear aitotber AssceU * « os » was , because they dM not waatliiSete Mr ( POoir nor any longer as a leader ; Bat be woald tell ' thtm to ** be people of this couutrj '"••»«• not uugTatVal . ' They could aot , end woald not , forges the iiuy ssrvlort he had rendered them , and the sacrifices $ ehad made ; and although he might how differ from some of them , even if be was sorry tbey oobld ' not fergethtl many eervfe / s . Kecauld affordtossy that better thaa ' atij men in that assembly , for be had differed with Mr O'Connor more than any man there ; - and especially opetf the-Free . irale question . Bar , bs 6 sus « he * 4 ld ' * o / w »* a bo therefj *« * o Wtadbteseatobii-erhkiiSt dt » otrfn % rffitt < oaaieJ bit ertveMwJttfett ^ 'te oph ^ hnn ^ SeSle ^ J & p bnal eomityt *«*»& en ' * 7 ; K "• ¦ . ¦ -. - •> ' : v ; £ . v Z 3 * . ? sit- - - - - ; . * 4 biBf ^ tfra « id , " -tb » reaasn . now addacWwat ;» that

      the people wool 1 not jola what was called the 0 Cinnot Association .. Why , he ne « r knew taaVtheoll ^ Assto ' nttoawas O'Csnoor ' s Assocta'ton . It would not be diffi cult to show that the difference between Association and onfederatl n was merely the differencebefwefnTweedledam and TwEedledeV . If the j meant to make s declaration tbat tbey woald no longer have Mr O ' 0 »* eor for a leader , let thun fairly test the question , » ai propose a resolution to tbat effect . Bat h * : agreed wiih-Mr Wcs ' , that the working men of Scotland end BojtWd «« £ § ntt UBgrateful ; and . he believed that if Mr O'CoanoTwasto hold a meeting in the Town Ball of Glasgow they would give suoh a proof that bis services were still appreciated by them , as woaldconvince evea those who derived him ia that Assembly that they were mistaken in their present

      course . ( Cheers . ) If they realli meant to oonvlnee the people that it waa Mr O'Connor ' s Association let them make a statement of the fact ; bat for his own part , he had long fought under the bannw . of the Charter , and he wonld contince to ho'd it np until it waved triumphant ever the ruins of class legislation . ( Imm « nse applause . ) Mr LioarcWMa brivfiy supportsd Mr Clark ' s motion Mr Shimon , who rote under great excitement , soid . b * was bound to state from bis own knowledge the fatal cons < quinces arising from that Association . He knew that tbey bad seat men into Scotland who had damned the causa by their iatemperance , and ba could not endure that inch an Association should be allowed to state that it was conducted with dignity . ( Great interruption , and cri's of' Let ' s have it out . ')

      Mr RtNKw , —We shall never have a healthy movement , until our grievances are beard oat . ( Chters , and confusion . ) Mr M'Gkath , as an officer of the Association , had great pleasure io calling upon Mr Sblrrno to state any grievaBce wba-erer against any tfficer of the Association . Mr Eaaur Jokes said , their motto was , ' Meatumnot Men , ' and protested against these charges . Mr Ktdd : The real question before us is tbs difference between Association and Confederation . If there are charges to be tcade . let due notice be girea ef them ; Mr BlKEIR ( with great warmth )—We are challenged to bring forward charges , aad I demand that I shall be allowed to do so . ( Uproar . )

      Mr Wist declared that if the Assembly was not better ceodacted , be should tender his resignation and leave to . morrow . ( Here a great namber of the speakers were on their legs at once , and the visitors In the gallery took an active part ia the commotion , which at length eubsided . ) Mr Shibbos rose to eaplain . He bad no charge to make against the Executive Committee of the Chartist Association . ( Loud cheers ) He certainly bad differed with the gentleman at its head , bat he had believed bis errors were those of judgment cslr , and be would be happy agaia to co-operate with him . ( Applante ) At the same time he was bound to do everything in his power to place the movement on » healthy basis , ( Hear Sear . )

      Mr Councillor Baioas liked honesty of purpose , and gave all credit to the Scottish delegates , but he would say at the seme time , that if Mr O'Connor had dene nineteen things well and the twentieth wrong , tbey were not to forget the good ' be had done for that one lapse . He could tell them that in Sheffield . he Was tfce most papa--tarmta ' that ever came to that town , Ho other man ' could get together so many of the people to hear him , and moreover be believed be waa not only the most popular man ia Sheffield , bat in England also . ( Benemd applause . ) Mr Filling considered this little bickering among themselves to be like a qaarrel among a set of women , who when thsy fell eat let all the street know what the row was about . If the transaction were known at Ashton the people would say to as—let as save oar mosey , for year squabbles are useless . ( Hear , bear . ) After a few observations from Mr Mathews ,

      MrCocHBiNE said , that ia fact Chartism hid been allowed to slumber for the last two years , nnt ; l the recent revolutions abroad awakened ( be Executive , He believed it absolutely necessary that a new movement should be commenced under other men than either O'Connor , Brewster , or O'Brien , and he supported the change in the name ,-in order to show that tbe Chartists were prepared to take advantage of the state of the public miud at tbe present moment . MrLtaoB coademoed , in strong language , tbe wests of time which characterised the sittings of the Assembly , andsfter Mr Arkeil , Mr Adams , Mr M'Iran , Mr Mackintosh , and other delegates bad spoken , the motion aad amendment , were put , whsn fourteen voted tor the amendment , and the motion for retaining the original name was carried by a majority of three to one amidst vehe ment apphase .

      Mr West gave notice that he woald bring under consideration the Repeat of tbe Union , in order to give Mr Doheny an opportuaity ^ of expressing his opialoa upoe tbe subject , ( Cheers . ) On the moUoo of Mr T . Cube Messrs M'Douali , Jones , Wheeler , Churchill , lusol ) , Donovan , and Rankin were appointed a committee to prepare a plan of organisation , and report to tbe Assembly , which adjourned at the usual hour .

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      Vol Iii. No 58a ; ^ 1848. 'V«-^^ Vjf S ^...

      VOL III . No 58 a ; ^ 1848 . ' V « - ^^ VjF ^ '¦' ' ¦¦ ; ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ .. . ¦¦¦¦¦ . - ¦ ; •" - ' . " •; ' ' , * ive rsitrnitig * and ttlxpesce per On & rtn

      Chartism In The Midland Counties. ¦ ' J-...

      CHARTISM IN THE MIDLAND COUNTIES . ¦ ' j- " ~ " ~~ 10 IBB XDZroB OF IBS VOBTHSKjr 6 TAB . Mb Kditob , —Perhaps year readers in other parts of the country , may be desirous of hearing how the cause is situated in the Midlands , I , therefore , send you a brief sketch . ' During tbe last few weeks I have ' been through Nottingham , Arnold , Longhboroagb , Leicester , Birmingham , Coventry , ffedneabnry , Bedworth , and Nuneaton . I bare found that the Chartist feeling is predominant amongst tbe intelligent portion of the working men , but they are sadly disorganised , and , in some places , split up into parties , partly through tbe bickerings of local leaders , and partly through the aaioidal cant of moral versus physical force , and also through the doggednets with which

      a few professing Chartists assert the necessity of a junction with the middle classes . This , added to the lata arrests t >{ some of oar mist active "sen ' , has thrown a damp upon the people which is taken advantage ot by the Whigs and ' go between */ and has brought Chartist meetings to a stand still . But the spirit of the people ia still good , and tbey look forward withhopa torssaacitatioa . In Coventry , the ChartisUhaTe sought in vain for St Mary ' s Hall , the mayor refused to let it for Chartist purposes . At Leicester , the mayor . Mr Biggs , author of the 'Midland Counties Charter * and radical par excellence , not only refused the nse of the town hall , bnt threatened a landlord for iffaring the use of his large room . At Nottingham , they are in a similar position , the public halls being closed against themyet those men pretend' that they have no objection to the dlsoossien of Chartism , as long as its

      advocates will preach what they call 'moral force / but their acts prove that they will gag us by ever ; means in their power . I trust that this petty tyranny will stimulate the Chartists to provide haili for them selves ; I am cow on my way to Liverpool , to answer the first indictment , end have no idea of the evidence , not having been confronted by a single witness . We ought to bless our stars for living under a liberal and constitutional government , who send men to gaol , and force them io find heavy bail , without producing a charge against them . We used to call this , a Suspension ot the Habeas Corpus Act , bnt perhaps tbe Gagging Bill has been brought forward as a substitute . Sorely , this atate of things ought to arouse the people te a sense of their dutyand , from the under oanent which I have witnessed , I have no doubt , they will rally again when the fear of illegal arrests has departed .

      I have seen the long reply of Mr J . Barker , and consider that he has admitted the substance of my remarks in a previous number of the Sub . My ob ject was to show that he had no sympathy in common with the organited Chartists , and he-fairly admits it . All tha twaddle about physical fores is moonshine , and wfll be understood by our members . I percieve an inquiry for my address from Bramhope ; it«— 'No . 1 , FentonsCourt , Saxtoa fiane / or ' care of Mr Frederick Drake , Tin and Iron Plateworker , East Street , Leeds . As this is possibly my last letter for soma time to come , I . once more desire to urge on our friends , tbe necessity of a friendly naion among themselves . And remain , Mr Editor , Tears in the good old cause , GfiOMS Whits .

      A Gentleman, Who Was Robbed By Footp?D<,...

      A gentleman , who was robbed by footp ? d < , nesr 6 \ iBgow , in November last , had a pawn ticket ft r his wateh sent- to him by tho post the other day , the sum of £ S having been advanced upon it . He has since released his watch

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      Mr 'KTDD ! s : lT 0 BB ^ Jt »* 0 B « HM 8 AM 0 If CF G & JB " i » u ^ I let t tohdoa-bfl ^ Monday , the 20 th nit ., atrrred-hy . railway at Weedonstatibn , and was there met by-. tMr Monday , of Northampton , and some . other fr ( ends , . who kindly aceoopanied me to Daveotryraiistance of four , miles . The night was stormy , an * reminded me of that fine line in Burns" Cottar ? BSaturdayNight : '~ . - . ! . »¦ ; .. ¦ : ¦ ¦ ' * ^^• v * mberwi */ ai ' bttwIon *^ wi * aBgt 7 sough , ' ' ^^^ S e ?^ '' ™ a ^» '»( oroe 4 ' iBeitfia't it wasim-P 5 » 'P ^ 't <> ' get . ; either a hall or roojh / for . Chartist j & l ^'' Jty & Jtotofot * arranged that I should . ^ . * lj ^ M Wbour ai bne' 6 f the Trades' club rooms , llectureo ; accordingly ; the audience was not humtrous butbneifcf the most attentive that I > ver'

      addressed . After the lecture / I made arrangements for organising the Chartist movement in Daventry and district . And England owes the few good men and true of Daventry thanks for the ubflinohing manner ia which tbey ^ struggle against social persecution and magisterial interference . The old and barbarous practice of cock-fighting ia still common in this district , and Monday was set apart for suoh purpose . It being ' seveh o ' clock in the evening before I arrived , I cannot describe theactBal scene , but in the evening almost every public ' house was crowded with drunken men , — -the topics of conversation were cock-fighting , doHghtinK , and man fighting , and all the gross baastiality I ever heard from the lips of men stands unequalled , compared with the brutal coarseness and

      obscenity 1 here listened to . Nor was it confined to young men or lads , —grandfather and grandson sat together . I could hare wished tbat Daventry had been no part of England . Such scenes are a blot upon our national character , —let us hope that the more enlightened of all classes wilt discountenance them . One fact is woithy of notice , —they occur in a town in which magisterial terrorism is so efficient that no innkeeper dare let a room for Chartist purposes , or safely harbour a known advocate of Chartist principles . Being detained upwards of an hour next day at Weedon station , on my way to Nortbamptoo , i walked over tho grounds ot the Weedon barracks , which barracks , I am informed , is one of the most extensive military depots in England , and so situated

      tbat troops can with facility be sent by railway to all parts of England and Scotland . The grounds , 1 should say , are upwards of one hundred acres in area , aud totally useless but for military purposes . I am often told that no government can organise Labour , how is it ihen that all governments can organise mill tary . If a government can find men of a fixed stature , train them after they have reached manhood to military evolutions , uniting activity and precision ol physical exercise ; and aho can command the most strict diseipline , clothe , lodge , and feed such men , ii there anything to be scoffed at in ( he proposition that government should organise an inonstrialarmy ? —would it be more vinonary cr less honourable to march an industrial army into Ireland , fully supplied

      with accoutrements , to take possession of tbe Irish does , than it is Sir Harry Smith to India to kill the Sikhs , and acquire territory ? Capricious ignorance , av . d f » t indolence , affect to laugh at the Organisation of Labour . How well it would be if the nations could be equally jeeular over tho organisation ol armies . The meeting at Northampton waa not so numerous as I anticipated , but was afttjrall not to be complained of . I lectured on tbe 'Charter . ' A youneman of muohearneslnessand promise occupied the chair , and all the business was transacted to my entire satisfaction . At Wellingborough I lectured on Labour . Everything went off satisfactorily , —organisation established . At the close of my address , one of the oldest asd most respectable tradesmen in

      the borough , who has for many years distinguished himself as a thinker and philanthropist , moved a vote of thanks to your humble servant , which was carried unanimously . This waa my second visit to Wellingborough , and I can trace a rapid and decided improvement . I continued my route onwards to Woburn , in Bedfordshire , and lectured on the evenings of Thursday and Friday . Wobnrn ia a beautiful little town ,. and , with the exception cf a few houses , it is the property ot tbe Duke of Bedford , brother of Lord John Russell ; His Grace ' s iifluerjce is all powerful , and , of course , Woburn is the Duke ' s own , —Chartism cannot have a rapid growth in such a soil , bat it is well to know that even here there is a grain of seed , and , if cautiously nourished , it may wax in strength . I cannot help remarking on the sentiment so often quoted , — ' Measures , not men . ' This may be correct when party distinctions are reasoned upon , but in England , where a few

      landowners possess the soil , and where we see thur mansions studded over every parish , arid their lcoa : influence exercised ia erery hamlet and town , does it not follow that if these landowners were wise and good men , and ueed the means they possess for the elevation of society , that the measures could only be useful when the men were useless . 1 say , ' Msasures and rrea . ' Lord Clarenden was the guest of the Duke last week , and , of course , resided at Woburn Abbey , which is about one mile from the town , the road leading through a most spacious and delightful park . His lordship , who travelled withoutany retinue of servants or- carriages , most hare remarked the contrast between the town of Woburn and an Irish village . Let his lordship reflect that the contrast is not over honourable to himself or tho English government . Oa Saturday I reached London , tired and weary , but strengthened in faith and hope for ' the good time coming . '—Samuel Kydd .

      Ipswich—At a members' meeting on Monday last a vote of censure was passed upen Mr Francis , late delegate to the Convention , for bis antidemocratic conduct , and his name ordered to be struck from the books of the Association . Mr Garrard was elected as a member of the Executive for this district . Pbbston . —Rx-ofiOMnsATioti o * Chami ? v . —A few weeks ago some of the Old Guards of this town held a meeting , at which they formed a council , and on Sunday evening last a meeting was held , which was crowded to excess . Mr O'Connor ' s letters were read of last Saturday , which were greatly applauded , and tbe following resolution was put to the meeting : — 'That we , the membsrsof the O'Connor Brigade

      Chartist Association of Preston , place the fullest reliance and oocfiJenos in Mr O'Cennor , for his indefatigable and unceasing labours in the holy causa of Cuartism , ' and we will support him and the Executive Council by every moral means in our power , in another stand far national rights . ' Carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was then given to" Mr John Bentham , the chairman , three cheers for the Land and Charter , and three for Mr O'Connor , when the meeting broke up , highly delighted with the night's proceedings . Ci * m Housi LooaMTr , NorwKGHAM—The following is a statement of aoconnts : —Profits on sale of Democratic publications in four weeks , £ 3 0 > . l & V , paid ts Mrs Rogers , 18 s . 5 \ i , ; in hand towards defence of Rozeis . £ 2 Is . 8 A .

      Sdtton-in-Ashpikld . —A concert , was held in this town on Monday last , when the old band and glee singers attended gratuitously , and the proceeds ( £ 1 ) , was given to the Defence Fund . The leading Chartists attended , and several excellent speeches & \ were delivered . LwMiNOiroN . —An adjourned meeting of the members of this branch , was held on Monday , the 27 th ult . The cases of Mrs Janes and Mrs M'D . uall were again brought before the meeting , when a further subscription was entered into , amounting to 4 s . 4 i „ after which a Committee was formed , consisting of MessraDavis , Goodhall , Hole , and White . —Wewould wish that the men of the Ernest Jo < ies locality , or the men of Halifax , would appoint a Committee , to receive subscriptions .

      Shewihlo . —A general meeting of Chartist mem * bars was held in tbe Democratic Reading Room , S 3 , Queen Street , on Monday last . Mr John Taylrr in the chair . A general council consisting of the following persons wa « nominated : —John Taylor , Janres Moxam , W . Dyson , William Grant , Frederic Lever , Charles Booker , Joseph Faress , Aaron HiggiBbottom ; Henry Taylor , financial seewtary ; G . Cavill . 33 , Queen Street , corresponding secretary . A deputation from the Land members waited upon the Chartists , for the purpose of learning whether it was their intention t- > give Mr O'Connor ah early invltatson , for both bodies to co-operate together , when it waa resolved that a public invitation be given to the above patriotic and philanthropic gentlenean . A veteof thanks having been given to the chairman , tbe meeting dissolved .

      Stab abd Garter L'oautt , Kbniish Town . — The members of this locality met eu Monday evening last . The report of tbe Executive Committee was read , and adisouwHra arose on that part relating to the motion of Messrs Stallwood and Clark , when it was proposed by Mr Lunn , seconded by Mr Moore , and carried unanimously : — That this meeting is of opinion , that all registered members of the National Charter Association t ^ ball subscribe four shillings annually , and that one fourth of the same shall be forwarded to theExccutive Committee . '—Moved by Mr Moore , and eeconded by Mr Iloare , — ' That all members shall be e ! igible to take part , in all the affairs of < h / i Association , by taking out a card of membership and paying hi * contribution ; but no person shall be o jEBidiired a me ruber if three months in arrear with his payment . '—Carried .

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      Strawberries and violets ' aie now growing in tie open air , in the garden of H , S . Porreil , Esq ., Strau e « ways Terrace . Truro ,

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      IBS OKAKrJS 10 MB 8 , —THB WMT 8 W BSBOR . —TUB : UTOieiPAl . BWeMONB . —BTATB OFDOBUlf * nB- MB , POtrNm . —IHB ' yAMOS ' pDBX ^ HKD ' HAMBJrKa * HremsarouinCortespendlint . ) ¦ b Dublin , Nov 28 th . " Barren as we have been in news for several weeks past , there iuoarcely anything at all to coramunieftte . / Dublin ia nearly as silent aa Baibeoer Hercolateunj ; , . The Orangemen hoJd their nightly orgies in dif . ferent lodges iu town . They are workfeg Heaven and earth to get op something like an audible ' No Popery' howl / but in yam . No decent , honest ^

      Protestant is joining their idiot brigade . In the north of Ireland ; too , the dresa of the Protestant and Presbyteriatt peasantry are 'btllowsing' at the expiring fires of bigotry , and have opened scores of Orange Lodges in various parte of Antrim , Cavan , Tyrone , and Mohagban . The Bum ?* NawsMMBa —the oldest and most respectable Protestant news-P ? PM in Ireland ^ -cpmplamB loudly of the rnmanisa of the Belfast Orangemen , and represents them aa holding their frantio orgies at unreasonable boars of tbe night ; when honest , peaceable , and « loyal * people are taking their rest ; These things , however , cannot and will not long be permitted . A . new era has dawned on Orangeism ; They dare not bow attempt tbe doings of by-gone years .

      The term has finished its sittings , The arguments in the different Writs of Error have been heard , bnt there has been nodeoisicn < xcept in the ca ? e of John Martin . It is reported that the judges will not give judgment uatil n est twrn , arid it is thought tbat their decision will be adverse to tbe convicts . It is said , however , that should the j udges confirm the former decisioss at Clonmel , that government will be lenient , and commute tbe sentence to some protracted term of imprisonment in Ireland . I fear this news is too good to bo true .

      Our Municipal Elections for the coming year came off in the different wards last Saturday . The Conservatives exerted themEe ' . ves against the return of the Lord Mayor , and ousted him from St Andrew ' s ward , by a majority of fourteen . His friends , however , were provided for this contingency , and stea ' - inga march on their opponents , had him elected , at tbe same moment , for St Patrick's ward . Thus , the party who wished to insult . his lordsht ' p , and embarrass the corporate body , were foiled without beirg able to adopt further steps for the attaiament of their malicious objects . At Dublin trade and business grow duller erery day . Indeed it might be well said , with truth , there is scarcely anything doing , or anybody employed . It it strange how our population ean struggle on at all . It is a great blessing , however , that provisions of everysort—evfn potatoes—are as cheap and abundant as in years when there was no cry of distress or scarcity .

      The aoconnts from the country are heart-rending , The sufferings of the people—particularly in Clare , Limerick , Tipperary , and Cork—exceed all that we ever heard or read of . Eviction by landlords—nOt in families , but in hundreds of families , in whole townlands and districts—are of every day occurrence , and one might Walk ovw the country i » n Clare and Limerick ) , for miles without seeing a cabin sunding , or seeing a man , horse , or donkey employed at agriculture , or any sort of occupation . Hundreds of the farmers in those counties are flying away , incognito ,

      to America ; and it is now quite usual , where you saw the peasant farmer ' s family at night , to find house and farm abandoned in the morning , and the late occupants oitt > u « to tbe next seaport to America ! Pauperism is increasing by the hour , and in scores of Potr Law Unions , in the south and west , tbe police and military are harassed from morning till night , in aiding the collectors to gather in the poor rates . New poor houses are being established in various unions , and before next May , it is thought that fully one half of the remaining population , will be dependent on public support .

      Such 13 Irblahd tjsder thb Wdiqs ' . E ! It appears tbat Thomas Darcy M'Ghee has succeeded in establishing a successor to Ttis Nation ; iu New York . Some copies ef ' his journal have reached Dublin , I did not see one of them , but I am told it ia respectably brought out , very like the late Dublin Nation in appearance , but far exceeding it in its tone of hatred and hostility to the Saxon . I have seen some verses copied from it , addressed by Mr M'Ghee ' to Charles Givan Dtfiy , in prison , ' and signed 'Arnergin , ' the signature under which M'Ghee usually appeared in rhyme .

      Tbe Stub Tbiaib . —The arguments on tbe writs of error in the eases of the four prisoners convicted of high treason at Chnmel were brought to a close on Friday afteroooB , If the esse of Mr Smith O'Brien bed beea disposed of separately , judgment would have been pronounced this term ; but the argumtnt of the three 0 her cases has rendered a different arrangement necessary . Michaelmas Term ends this day , and Hilary Term will oommeuos on the llih of January next . £ * rly in that term tbe Court of Qaeon ' s Bench will pronounce judgment in all the cases together . Meantime , the four prisoners will remain at the Richmond Bridewell . Mr Duffy will be tried at tbe county of Dublin com . mission , whlob opens on Tussday , the 12 : h of D . cember next . The bills of indiotment were found at tbe last ojinmlssion ,

      The Tipperary commission was spurned until Toesdsy , tbe 5-h of December , for the trial of the peasants charged with tak ' n ; part ia the Ballingsrry affair . It is now understood , however , that no a ^ onrned commission will be held , and that the prisoners against whom bills for high treason bad been found will not be tried uutil tbe spring aasfz . § for South Tipperary . . REMESStfrATIOH CF TBE CoDMTV Of IlHBBICK . —Mr Samuel Dickson ha « formally addressed the electors in opposition ' ' to Mr Thomas Fi zjernlr ) , la consequence of ' the probability of a vacancy' is the representation of this ceuuty . The Limsmck Examinie , the Young Ire . land organ , says : — ' We are assort d , on anthcrl'y that cannot be sulstaken , that Mr O'Brim not only Intends to continue his labours for Ireland in Parliament , should the decision ot the House of . Lords be favourable , but that there are tba strongest grounds for anticipating that favourable decision . '

      • AScb > titdxk m Timant Right . '— The gentry of Bandoo , seeing tbat reproductive work was not going on , as could be desired , upon their estates ; seting tbat farming societies or flsx would not evalW-tbat , in fact others would not sow for them to reap , have recently hit upon an Ingenious method to tffect the same . They have dissolved the local Savings' Bank . From this happy strobe of policy , it is calculated that great things will result . The money now there accumulated will rtflow over the lend , fertilising all in its course , and rise in ti . slonsof wavlojf corn ; £ 40 , 000 are thus to be set at liberty . The Savings' Bank was not very inviting , as a

      medium ef investment , by its profit , and co & fideocs in these institutions bad been somewhat shaken . Still U was preferred to agricultural enterprise . For tbat , it m ' ght be supposed , tbe conditions cf thai enterprise were to blame . But the Bandon geatleai » n thoaght it was tbe Savings' Bank , and accordingly tbey put It down ; and they are Infatuated enough to ex . peel that the money thus returned to its owners sll seek their properties , instead of America . We challenge Ingenuity for suoh an tXtr & ordinery adaptation of means to aa end . It may tend to show what carious ideas some people entertain on the subject of national improvement , —Cork Exxmimr ,

      ' Thi Ri ! ix . ' --The wlnd . up , by a sale of its literary contents , of tbe affairs of Conciliation Hall , has been slgualissd by tha service of a capias on a member of the family wbieh' fed fat' upon the profits of tbe conosrn in its prorpsrous dsy . Tbe ' rent' ( ominous item ) would be still sadly in arrear , and , accordingly , one of the retired patriot band has bad the dlgni > y of bis mountain solitude Invaded by the introduction into its solitary precincts of tbe ' bit cf patchmtn . ' in question , —Waiter . Slavs or tbx Thus . —It said tbat the R ' ght Boo . Lord Blajnej has disposed of bis splendid aenskn , his beautiful demesne , and extensive estates around Caelablaney , to an English capitalist . If this be true , it msy have a great nT . ct upon the politics ol this county ,

      as Lord Blayney , who was alwsys an uncompromising Conservative , held a very preponderating position in the political scale ol the county ; and should his Interest pass into tbe bands of Wnig or Radical , it would greatly alter the state of parties here . We would regret eiceedlogly that Lord Blayney sheuld be Itduced , under eny circumstances , to adopt such a ocurso , because be Is an excellent landlord , and encourages his tenantry In every improvemsBt , because hie propsrty is cue of the best maueged and most prosperous in the county , and because his lordship is the last felon of one of the most ancient noble Irish families , tbe representative of a n > ce of gallant soldiers and sapient senators ; The announcement may be premature , it may be ut true ; but as the tale Is rife we could not avoid recording it . —A ' ortHsrn Standard ,

      The Siioo Ji U & NAL states— ' We happen to know a dltrgjman in Leltrim , who has bstn recemrg out-doei relief ; two other gentlemen , or > o a captain of mUltle , the other having had a prepi rty of £ 60 D or £ 71 ' 0 per annua , arc now reduced to pauperism in an unjoining county , the latter having been fat j ars defrauded ty his t nantry , ' Another snd instance vt revirsu ol'fortune mi J station is that of a lady candid-, te aa inmate c > f the work , house ; tils melancholy victim of fortunes ft on us is slater to a gentleman once possessed of f r , pcrty amount , ing to £ 9 , 009 a year ; . Fbur ships , full of emigrants , sailed fir Limerick f . r

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      tbe Paired State * in tba lest week , and there are aV « vesiels In port npon the broker's list , filling fait with emigrants for ths same destination . Arthur F . St George , E « q ., of K Icolgsn , paid £ 20 poo [ rate , after his cattle h » d been seJz . d and carried away » jf : the military and police faros , Owiag to . the unprecedented great numb-r of farmer who rtc » n « y emigrated from the county ttmerick , ths vaftwof horses is so diminished that purchaiera esnnoi be- had for good animals at fair or market for halt thete intrinsic vslne .

      ' Prams wiTHoor ' A Lo » r > JfAtoa — . ^ 7 " the first tirfle perhaps , since the establishment of municipal lnitlib tfons to this country ,. there l » now no Lord Mayor for Dublin ; » fttet , however much more corioas than in portani . Dhtrthsn Lord Mayor was re acted , ' en Sator * dsy , for ike- ward of 8 t Andrew ; he , was , Sowevgr elected tor Si Patrick ' s . Bat the rteotfoa in . b « J » tfer ward wae ^ leg-aJ , two town coan « S 9 < ors instead it ont having beea ehosea , Tbe return is & trefote void £ 4 | bA Mr Jeremiah Bbnae net having a seat St the town coBBciV hat actually ' caaitsd to Y , » tod Major . ' 5 h « re 1 % a $$ * In tbe Irish Minlolpal Act to meet tb / s » rontingenirj (^ " requiring a ' new election for Lord Mayor wltbla teri' ^ fa * i after the efflce hat- Decease vacant , Mr 3 > anne wlff \ b » , doly elected for at PMfiei ' e Ward in a few days , a £ r | . then he will be re-eleeted as Lord Mayo * by'the cor * poratlon . ' ' % 4- ! ¦ ADstTiTuig I » BniBA * JWB » , —A case cftaie ph ^ ftr

      hearing on Saturday last , before Master Murphv , in the & ' utt o ( Chancers , lw wbicle an estate cf £ 5 , 000 per ttcuom ( according to tho-rsaiai ) is finally passing ; front tbe holder , to meet the demsads of hi * creditors . " Oa thi * occasion an application we t made en behalf of tho sa / orraaate gentleman for ? n aStowanoo out of its "funds to the credit of the causr >« f JP * yer aonum fvr blennalni tenaace . Bat the application was opposed ,. aad tho Master was constrained , sadar the circumstances , to refuse I * , The bapksi landlord ! now utterly di * tltutc * jia » noenrtbly resource but thepoorshouao ; end ills stated tbat be bets determined to s * e & adsolssion to one of these asyiutax . This case is an UmstnUiftit of the soelal rwr > totion sow in progress in tbio- parti of the- empire , extending to- ' ell olassis . There will he terrible privations to individuals amor-gst the landlord class ; hot the circumstances of the country have seadered those changes ' Inevitable . ('

      Rtoucrioss in Pcbltc Opbhots . —The inquiries comme » ced by the commission rtceml ^ ifsu-d , rtgsrdlng salaries and duties la vsrioas departments of tha public service , havo already caused some sswatlon . ' Returns are now in preparation at the Customs , Excise , Boar 4 of Public Works , and their civil departments , and also ia various offices connected with tbe law and < quit ? courts . It so happens that there ore tlweo raloabla officasnow vacsnt— the tfexksbip of tbapeace-for theolty of Dublin , valued al upwards of £ 2 , 000 per annam ; tho clerkship of the Crown ia the Court of Queen ' s Bench , with a salary fixed bj act of Parliament *> t . £ 900 prr asnam ; and the office of crier of the Court of Bioh o , ier , with between £ 300 and £ 000 per annum- The fir . t of theso effloss , tbe clerkship for the peace of Dublin , is some *

      thing in the nature of a municipal < & ce , and the com * miasioners have taken no step reloading it , but tbey had Intended to suspend the appoi & tment te > tbe two others . It appears , however , that tbe clerkship , of the Crown ia theQaeen ' s Bench cinnot be dispensed wltb , as tbe dutiss are Imperative and of a retpeasible character . Tbe crlershlp of the Eci-hrqner is In the gift of the Chief , Barou , All the ? e offices ore still vacant . It appears to bo the general impeossion that the inquiries of the commissioners will lead to consider . atle modfloatlocfl ia public departments generally , and to saving ! to a matrrial extent , including the reemployment , in one branch or oihir ofthepatilo service , of persons who had been snperacnuated on full salary .

      Thb Poob Law and thb Ixisb Sentst . — Sir Richard O'Donnell , a baronet of ancltat family in Mayo , has committed an offence not easily forgiven in Ireland , the honourable barcnet , who has long been distinguished fur his efforts to stimulate industry ia the western pro * vlnce , having undertaken the duties of collecting tbe poor-rate In tkree electoral divisions of Wistport , one of the most destitute : unions in that part of tbe country , Bifore Sir Richard became the collector , even when tbo tax was comparatively moderate itVad been a work of extreme difficulty to obtain the rates by any means ;

      bat now the case is quits din r « nt , end f , n two years tbey bare been paid to . the satisfaction of tbe vtce guar , dians . Inithrtter to the Eviwjuo Mail , Sir Richard O ' Donnetf BBtSTlt defiance all tbe r iUctli ns cast npon tbe aTOcatloa he-hes chosen , ' la no instance ( be says ) has a cow , , herse , or animal , of any IMndbetusein .-d , nor the services of police , or to ' dUrB . rtQu'reri . I undertook this efnee for no sordid motive ; but I am willing yet to be more vileln youfejes ^ if , by-ihiia placing my . self in such a position as poor-fote' collie tor , I csn in . culonte obi dience . to tbo J ^ is , end prott ct my poor neighbours from unnecessary ' > xpen * e . '

      DrsilTDTlote IN Clabi . —Tbe f . vllsmiair herronlBgstatementappears in the CfcABt JotJSNAL : — . 'On tbs towninnA of Doom , near iblo town ( EunU ) , four deaths have occurred in one bouse from starvation , under clrcumstaocesoyhe Stt ^ t , horr | f ) hig nature ,. ; It apnecrs that'fwb famtllfs , of tho names of Lienane and QTin , were residing In the same cabin , L ' nnane , the father of one of those funities , is at present undcr ^ Aing a length , ened imprisonment In Ennls gaol for theep stealing . He held two aeres of loud , on which there was a smsli quantity of potatoes . Prcvloas to harvest ibis family , having no means of support , went iuto tbe workhouse , but left It shortly afterwards , tbat tboy raight use the potatoes which they bad planted . After these were consumed the family d'd not obtain relief , which was thelmmediate cause ef > he tragical events which followed .

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      THE NATIONAL VICTIM AND PEFENCfi COMMITTEE TO THE OUARTISTS , DEMOCRATS , AND OrilEIt PIULANTflRO . P 1 STS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brbthrsn , —Tae national meeting of delegate ? , recently held at Birmingham , wiselr resolved , that all local and sectional Victim , -ind Defence ComBi'ttees should concentrate their strength by forming one central body for the aii , defence , relief , and suatenanca of all Chartist victims of Whi « misrule ; those local bodies , actuated ty the same righteous desire , coraplied with the re-quest thus made , and the Metropolitan Victim Committee , who have already furnished forth and dittribated upwa-r ^ s of one hundred pounds to the ' viotiW » ndtr their care , hava consented , and now are , conjointly with the Executive Committee of the National Charter A « Br > ciat \ on of Great Britain , your National Victim and Defence Committee .

      Brethren , by tho mouths of your delegates , in national conclave aisembled , jour wishes were expressed ; those wishes hare been complied with "; ic DOW Kmains for JOU to supply tho means—thefunds —to ^ carryrmt your just , benevolent , and ' philanthropic intentions . To worlr , then , at once . Appoint trustworthy collectors in every perish , bamlet , town , and city of Great Britain . Lst tho fu * - '* thus collected be forwarded to ' The National Victim and Defence Committee . ' Remember that Fnnse !) , Shaw , Bezjr , Williams , Payne , Cuff *?? M'Djua'i , < fco ., - < fcs ., have been the advocates of the People ' s Chatter from tbe fi--st day of it * existence , and were advocates of

      • Radicalism , ' before it took the n ? me of' Chartism . * Remember , too , that the voice of y » ur younst but enthusiwtic , ekquent , and ardent fii » nds , Ernest Jones , Vernon , Lacy , Fay , Loaney , Diwling , & c , & c .. cries aloud from their dungeons . Scotland , too , furnishes forth her victims ; she hss her Rankens , Damiltons , &} ., & 3 . ; and the following extract of a letter from Manchester , but too plainly and forcibly appeals to your sympathies for the means of d . fence ; ¦ — ' We have paid , whhi-a tbe last three monthe , between £ 80 and £ 90 for bail fees , and Mr W . P . Roberts tel's us we shall require £ 300 within . the next three weeks , to defend the Chartist victims in tha northern district . '

      Brethren , amongst the men of Lancashire and Yorkshire about to bo put on their trials , stand prominently those sterling Chartists , James L ° aoh , Daniel Donovan , Rankin , John Smyth , and John West . , Brethren , the ' moans and tears of suffering wires and children cry aloud to you for aid . The long st rvices of old , and the ardent and enthusiastic cervices of your younger advocates , Bessand jour assisttance . Remember , for jou aid ytur cause tbty suffer ; for ihe sacred cauje of liberty they are cow enduring persecution , prosecution , long imprison * ment , transportation , and banishment from . hoire , family , andfriendj . Surely , then , yon will not allow their helpless wives and families to perish ot burger . Then , by your hatted of tyranny atd opprefsion—by your love of justice—by that Charter you bare so oft

      vowed to obtain—we invoke } ou to take one lcok at your own cherished hearths—to cast one glance at the wives of your bosoms , and the children of jour affection , and then show by actiots , which > peak lounder than words , that you h »* e detf-rmine-d that tbeexchequer of your National Victim and Defence Fund sbai ! ba well supplied—that you do appreciate the advocates of youc rights—thae you -have determined that wtcng , muety , and wretchedness shall cease out of tbe land , and that speedy political fretdom shall be the advent ol social happinrsf . ' Signed on behalf of ihe National Victim and Dofence Committee . Kdmtjnd Stallwccd . John AR » oir . John Mh . sk , Treasurer-Jonx Jcsiah MscniMaN Secretary . 144 , High Holborn , Nov . 29 th . 1 S 48 . ' ^""" r *

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1848, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02121848/page/1/