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      To J To Vr- James Broffterre O'Brien.

      TO J TO VR- JAMES BROffTERRE O'BRIEN .

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      < 5 ib .- ?« .- -In c ^ P ° l » ical Qiiet , i »»; name ( . ( . « te £ t . « teen of considerable -value to you . You could ^ haV nthave afeir share ia Tawell , Tapping , llockcr , or FFreemafreeman . * J ™* M ** ™ ^ former y taa too " cenhhd- " Ml- " but inasmuch as " alive dog is better than a ffld lif ffld lio 11 ' " yon hare attempted to substitute Fear ggos ° ' y » 0 'Com ° * SB * * ° murderers o « the lIcafiol ^ affoH- . x , i , , ., 1 ami am now going to deal Toy plainly with you ; and 1 « hen 3-ien 1 shall have strong my beaded facts together , I lthu * : tluDk yo'i wm P a PP « lik IH with its taU in its jaouthg ^ th ^ perfect Clrcle of folly . I shall run quickly i over Jmver J our * aS ? aies S " 1 " && fa « w you , in 1836 . A s one one of the "J . B ' s" and "J . B . O'BV ' of the Trnda Trndoa Mercury , you , as far as you could , established

      the In the li centiousness of tte 2 > res » , and made a precedent for th < ftr the unlimited abuse of every man who differed in optoito pimon ^& yatt- "CaitifiV * " murderer , " " villain , " " rase " rascal , " " robber , " and " assassin , " were the nuldt uiudestteims used by you , as descriptive of those who opp « opposed you in any way : while remonstrance was met by sby such a notice to correspondents as follows : — ,: G . ,: G . E ., Birmingham . —Wchave received a cominnsicat oication from this caitiff , but we decline publishing it asan jBan answertoourcharges ; for the villain kno » vs that « hat ffhat we said was true . " The London Mercury was mad * made the vehicle for expressing your hatred towards vonr vonr old associates of Birmingham who could not Vorl work with you , and who therefore kicked you out of fheii { heir camp . In 1837 and 1838 you wrote for the Star

      and and received a guinea a-column for a pack of rubbish voui vour " pay" sometimes amounting to three guineas and andahalfperweek . You gotinmyaebt £ tt ; and then , wit ! without a moment ' s notice , you ceased to send con communications . In 1838 you were a delegate to the Coi Convention ; and your neglect had so damaged the Op Operative , that you were compelled to raise subscriptioi tions to keep it on its legs . You applied to me even aft after joahaA served me as above , and I gave you £ 1 £ W . la 1839 the Convention removed their sittings to to Birmingham , at a time when perfect unanimity wa was , of all things , indispensable . You went to Bi Birmingham full of jealousy towards the Rev . Mr . St Stephens , whose ruin job would now fix upon vu vie . You trumped up " a most filthy and beastly

      st story about him and a very amiable little gi girl Your false representation so worked on tt the feelings of M'Douall , as to induce him and D Dr . Taylor to repair to London in search of Stephens . T They met him , and received from him an explanation tl that satisfied them . Foreseeing that great damage « would accrue to the cause of the people if this quarrel s should be made public , I begged of all three—Dr . J M'Douall , yourself , and Dr . Taylor—to keep it within 3 your own breasts . Each and all promised—you i among the number . In fact , we were all pledged / for i the good of the cause , never to mention the circumi stance . You went the week after to Nottingham , : and from thence to Baroslcy . While at Nottingham

      you complained bitterly that Stephens was absorbing all the popularity that belonged to the Convention , and that his popularity must be "destroyed . To accomplish that purpose , yon told the beastly lie to Stephens ' s most dear and intimate friend . You then went to Barnsley : and , though pledged to secrcsy , you told the whole story to Joseph Crabtrce . You mentioned the circumstance to every one that you thought would give it wind , without implicating you and rtroyou tocisself went to Dukinfield to Mr . St-yAcut * house ; partook of his hospitality ; choused him out of £ 7 : and absolutely would not go to address a public meeting , to be held that night , unless he would « o and introduce vou !

      The poison you had thus so insidiously , but so treacherously , insinuated , did its work . * It took effort against" Stephens ' s popularity . " Crabtree , of Banisley , having occasion to go to Ashton , spoke of your revealments to Duke and to others , lie gave wa as the authority for his statements . In a moment all" the fat was in the fire . " Meetings were holden in Ashton , at which Stephens was denounced . Instead of boldly meeting his accusers , as I would have done , and as I am noiv doing , Stephens refused to give any explanation . To some extent this course TOSjusfifiable—for the " explanation" that he had riven to Drs . M'Douall and Taylor was on the distinct understanding that no use whatever should be made of it , nor the afikir allowed to go

      a whit further . However , to prevent that engagement from being kept , you took an effective toOTse . Thus Stephens was placed in a most painmi , and indeed cruel position . Tnere were but two courses open for han : the one to explain the whole matter , and throw himself on the people , who would have visited the acts of treachery committed against him on the doers thereof ; and the other , that which he did take—a gloomy , moody silence on the subject , relying on the character he had beforctime acquired with the people . Both , courses would have resulted in mischief to the cause : and it was to prevent that , that I made « B that thin biew of the circumstance promise at Birmingham that it should never be mentioned . Youh treachery , however ,

      prevented my desire from being accomplished . The mischief was done . Stephens ' s silence was construed against ' him . Denunciation and mvisiox , in ranks till that moment unbroken , was the consequence ! And then the " harpies of tho law" had fall play ' . In less than a month from that date nearly eveiy prominent man in the movement received intimation that the Government had instituted proceedings against him . Up to that moment Stephens was the only one proceeded against ; and the manner in which the attack of the Government was met by the people in ids case had paralysed the effort . Had Stephens been sustained to the end as in the beginning , and had he performed the part in court which the people had a right to

      expect of him , the Whigs would have had more than a bellvful of their prosecution . That he was not so sustained , and that he did not so act , was the effect of todb hateful jealousy and deadly ENVY . You tmcheroudv communicated that which you had engaged to keep secret . That treachery warped the mind of both Stephens and the people . The latter withheld support—and the former foolishly endearoared to wash his hands of than at his trial Divi sion thus reigned supreme , and the Government took full advantage of it . Prosecution after prosecution followed : and to you , and to no other man on earth , are all the disasters of 1838-9-40 owing . And yet , after all this , with a full knowledge of it in Mr . Stephens ' s possession , you had the hardihood

      to write that gentleman a letter from Lancaster Castle , while he was in Chester gaol , declaring that your principal desire for liberation was to meet , and expose the " little Doctor , " who had broken faith with Mr . Stephens , by making public use of a document obtained on thepledge that it was to be strictly private ! If you could but have seen the look of inefiaWe scorn ' with which JUr . Step hens handed over that letter to a friend of mine for nernsal , you never would have forgotten it to your dying day . Believe me , Stephens fully appreciated your iftoi act , as well as your former act , of "friendship . " In 1810 , you established the Southern Star , in connection with William Carpenter . "When you could get no other person to become your security at the

      Stampmffice you applied to me , and I cheerfully acquiesced . In that year I was sent to prison for eighteen months , for publishing your speeches : and , at your request , I paid your family a pound a week during the whole time von were in prison . When yon and Carpenter fell out , yott attempted to " assassinate " him through the NorOiern Star—but you were foiled in the attempt . You were plotting the whole time you were at Lancaster against the man who kept your family from starving . In June , 1841 , your ridiculous Whig policy presented an opportunity for an open rupture . You vainly thought the . Wags v-wld buy you . ' William Martin was a fellow prisoner of yours . He was liberated before you . While together " he asked vou , " what course you would

      pursue ou leaving Lancaster ? " You answered , "By God , Martin , I must down with Feargus O'Connor , as there is not afield for us both !" During the hitter months of your incarceration I was eternally annoyed by bickering and quarrelling between you and Hill , * I knew what you were preparing for ; and 1 was determined to give you no cause of complaint . After my liberation you and 1 met at Eceles , at the public breakfast : and I never shaU forget your liang-gallows look when I first saw you . We journeyed on together in the same carriage to Manchester , surrounded by thousands . You were concocting what you would say in Stcveuson ' s-« quare ; and as we " were turning from Piccadilly into OMbam-street , within a few yards of the square , I

      told jou that I had received an anonymous letter while in York Castle , stating that the Irish would "nwifer mc if J attempted to address the peop le in the 'Jj ** - The instant I said so , you called Bernard Macartney , who was in attendance in Manchester to * e you " to Liverpool to a tea party there ; *?* with the agility of a clown , you jumped out ° J the carriage and ran aivay as fast as your legs could cam you . I WCnt to the square ; announced the intelh geiiee of the anonymous letter ; opened my "reast-and said ; " Now strike who dares ! " You Jm learn afterwards why I mention this act of < owardice . " Some time after that , on my return « t » m Sheffield and Birmingham , you dined with mc 3 t the Mosdey Arms Inn , in Manchester , and mentioned your intention of making a tour , to get funds ™ establish a newspaper . I told yon that the Star * as at your service , if you would send reports

      ™ your meetings . You said you would ; but you « ver did , as you had but one speech for England *™ Scotland . You took care , however , to announce yoarnieetings in the Star . That night we talked ° « r a good many differences . You said that your principal cause of complaint against me was , that I ftomid " dictatorship ; " while it would be better if i a llowed you and others to impose it upon me—as o ^ tatorshi p" must exist . I repudiated the offer ; j ™ . ? parted seemingly good friends . About the jj ^ HBg of October vou started on your tour"" OS all that man could " do to destroy thenationality w oar cause ; and abusing me , in the most ferocious ^"" w , amongst those who you supposed to be your m « who , however , in most places , rebuked you . an v 2 you Iocated yourself for a time at Birr ^ oaa ; and there you spit your venom thick opon " « loa attended the first Sturga Conference , and It ^^^^ yoi ^ elf and the Charter . I met JOU ?* ir-1 © iter ' s , at dinner , when jou expressed a fear

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      that Mr . Hill would misrepresent your proceedings at the Conference . I told you to write your ovm ver . sion , and that every word of it should go into the Star . You promised to do so , but you never did . In the Star of Saturday the 16 th April , there appeared three columns and a half under the head of The New " New Move , " from Mr . Hill ' s pen , devoted to what you called " misrepresentation" of your conduct at the Sturge Conference : and on the Mowing Saturday , the 23 rd of April , there appeared a letter from you in the Star , complaining of the grievance , and denouncing Mr . HU 1 . And I now beg of you to read the complimentary notice that your present" FRIEND " appended to that letter ! Thus we parted friends in April , 1842 , —you subsequently violating every promise that you had made me . After intriguing with every delegate on the Convention that was then sitting to present the National Petition , you took your seat during the last week of

      our sittings ; and from the moment of your coming , to the moment of our dissolution , you * occupied our wholo time with bickering , denunciation , slander , and abuse . I explained my _ whole treatment of you in full convention , and again shook hands with you : but that was not what you wanted . On the night of that same day , wc both attended a public dinner at White Conduit House ; and , after I had left , you launched out in more bitter vituperation than ever , when the meeting hissed you ana groaned you down . I shall not nowrefer to the letter written by the "Old Chartist , " and published by you in the British Statesman as I shall reserve comment on that document tor a "finisher" for your reverend FRIEND : but I come now to consider you as the editor of a " national" organ , situated , as you say " in the centre of the three kingdoms "—and heaven knows that the extension of your sphere , notwithstanding the limitation of your space , has not much reduced your enmity to the man who fed you .

      Before you received your commission from your present masters , they offered to male Hie Nortliern Star the organ for the promotion of their schemes for the Emancipation of British industry . I received a document from their secretary , with a most flattering notice of my exertions in * behalf of the labouring classes , and a request to give publicity to the document . Subsequently overtures were made by the same party to Mr . 1 'ifkcthly and other gentlemen in whom the people had confidence ; but to their honour , all declined as I had done . Spottiswoode , the concoctor of the conspiracy to umeut Oic Irish members , and Wilson , Clowes , and Taylor , four iunin Tories , constitute the head of this Emancipation-of-Iudustry Society , and their principle is an extended paper currency . " They looked about for a tool—and they found a ready one in you . As they were not aware of the disgust that you had created " amongst the Chartists , you persuaded them that yon could rally a sufficient

      amount of popular support to constitute them a national party . It was necessary to prepare the public mind for their views by a series of lectures ; and to that end youwerestarted through England and Scotland to propound the principles of your masters '—principles that were at variance with your every previous expression on the subject . You had to recommend yourself to your masters ; and if there was not the substance of popular support , you were determined to furnish them with a shadow of their coming power . The Chartists suspected you , and would not call meetings to hear you ; and wherever you failed in procuring an audience to listen to your apostacy , you said to the leaders , "Damnit , Idon ' tcareaboutameetina ; BOT I WANT h BUi UfifOn . VCDfG IT , HUNTED , TO SEND TO PARTIES IN LONDON , to let them see that I am doing something . " Amongst others , you made the declaration to Mr . Webb , of Stockport , when he told you that the people would not near

      you . Now , to whom did you send those bills ? Who PAUl THE EXPENSES OF VOUE LOSIXO TOCR ? Who supplied the means of starting you in your newspaper crusade against your old faith ? And why did they establish you upon a rock in the midst of the ocean ? Did you send the bills to the Chartist Executive ? or to any popular body in London ? No ! You sent litem to the Tory conspirators , whose TOOL TOD are ! Who paid your expenses ? The same Tories . Who found you the materials for your "central" journal ? The same partie s : Wilson , the type-founder , being one of them . Ho sent you the type : and the reason why they established you in the Me of Man was , because there is no stamp duty payable there upon newspapers : no awkward registration of proprietors '

      names : and because they could not trust you in London , as Hie registered proprietor : and it would not do to allow any inquisitive applicant to know that James Bronterrc O'Brien was the editor of a paper registered at Hie property of four Tory conspirators . ' What was your conduct throughout your tour of probation ? Did you not work heaven and earth to break up the Chartist movement , and to destroy Feargus O'Connor ? And what has been your most prolific subject since you were placed in a situation to give vent to your sp leen ? Has not your small space been almost exclusively devoted to the ravings of those against whose jealousy I defended you ioi years ? Can you consider , without blushing , of the Infamy of the dishonest knaves upon whose word you now place the stamp of truth ? Search the whole

      Chartist body , and where will you find so bad a man as the best of your present lot of correspondents ? ir / io christened you " the starved viper ? " Who charged ME , in the Northern Star , with having prevented his earlier destruction of you ? Who held you up on the 16 th of April , 1842 , as a renegade and a traitor ? With whom have you been in perpetual warfare for the last seven years ? Who has charac terised you as the most dangerous villain that ever lived ? And who now is your esteemed coadjutor and your honoured "FRIEND ? " Why the parson without a flock!—the man who met me in my . own office , in London , in January last : aye , in January last , when he came to town , to prosecute Ids old friend and constant companion , T . B . Smith , for a publication charging on him a series of most foul and

      disgraceful acts , but of which prosecution 1 have not since heard . I say I then met him on visiting my own office ; and he advanced to meet me , saying : ' * How are you , sir ? I am glad to see you looking so well ; may I take the liberty of having my letters addressed to your office ?" In the Beformer of the 19 th of last month , you vauntinglysay : "Perish 500 , 5000 , 5 , 000 , 000 National Reformers , rather than allow such men as Mosley and Ashton to be ruined 1 " My good sir , you are playing on velvet . Whatever becomes of the property of your employers , vou will not perish while there ' s a fob to he had for a hireling . Do you ever ref lect , sir , that the people will understand that he who complains of starvation in one week ; who is glad to receive 4 s . 2 d . for a lecture at the South London

      Chartist Hall ; who starts the next week upon an expensive tour ; and V ' \ subsequently establishes one of the most expensive things in the world—a newspaper—could not do so without aid ? And will they not inquire from whom , and for ivhat , that im is given ? Sir , 500 , 5000 , and many 5000 National Re formers arc at this moment piled up in the shops of your agents as waste paper , whose orders for reducing " tlieir numbers ore invariably neglected , as Spottiswoode and Co . have to stand tlie expense . Do you suppose that the lar-secing people will tolerate such an abuse ? Will they not draw a contrast something like the Mowing ?— " O'Connor came amongst us a rich man . He has worked as never man worked before . He has remained firm as a rock to Ms principles . He has never condescended to intrigue . He

      has preserved his consistency and character through the trying period of political calm . He has suffered , without complaining , for the fa ults , the follies , and cowardice of otliers ; and he is now a poor man : while O'Brien came amongst us a pauper ; lived upon our means ; watched the turn of fortune ' s wheel to injure our cause and stab our friends : became an apostate politician—a false friend—a vindictive enemy—a suspicious fool—a puling coward , and secret tool of the people ' s bitterest foes . " I shall now revert to a subject which you should have been the last man in the world to have touched unon—I mean that of personal courage . After your puolication of the letter of the " Old Chartist" in the Statesman , you called me a coward : and since then you have harped upon this expression , until at length vour new associate , the parson without a flock , reiterates it in his letter to you List week , with reference to the Manchester Conference . He says : " to me . I rencat . he showed in the light of an

      arrant coward , shrinking from the pinch ; a mastiff , cowed and scared by the barking of h « s own pups . I have shown yon " who killed Taylor , and the others that yon , have buried hi my cemetery : and next week I will make an exhibition of this denied parson . Meantime , on the question of personal bravery I'll prove YOU to be acoward , personally , aectionally , nationally , and universally . In 1838 , Mr . Glenny was proprietor of the London Dispatch ; and he published a very insolent paragraph , reflecting on my conduct with respect to Mr . O ' Connell . I instantly wrote to you , requesting that you would take him a message from me—a challenge : that you would keep the matter secret , and communicate to me the time and place of meeting by return of post . I told you that I had no other friend that I could trust . 1 our answer was , that " you were not a fighting man ! that you couldn't think of meddling in the matter , as you didn't approve ofdaellingorJf ? tef # atall . This tos More yon tested the peop le as to whether thev were " op to ibs mark ' or not ! When 1 en-

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      listed as an Irish volunteer , and paid my guinea to Mr . O ' Connell , who was the colonel of our regiment , John Lawless dined with me the same dav ; and in speaking of the Irish volunteers he said , " Well , O'Connor , this is a joke : the Colonel of the Irish Volunteers has registered a vow in heaven not to fight ! By God , I think the Colonel of suchu corps should fighteverymanthataskshim . " Now , Idon'tgoquite so far : but I do think that a man who would get a nation " up to the mark , " should not refuse to stand by hisfriendonapointofhonour . Youdid . Inl 839 , after you had got the people " up to the mark" against the introduction of the London police into the manufacturing districts , you attended a meeting at Bury , and told the people that " they should resist such an act of tyranny , even to the death : that for yourself

      you were willing to die in such a glorious cause . " Having roused your audience to the highest pitch of desperation , it happened , most unfortunately and unseasonably , that a detachment ot police did at the moment march into Bury : and the scouts , who witnessed the skirmish between the people and the police , ran down to the hall for their leader who had got them " up to the mark . " Of course the LEADER said : "Follow me . I will be as good as my word . " Not a bit of it 1 He said instead : " Shut the door ; shut the door ! for God ' s sake let no man go out ! See thesituation you would put ME in ! our resistance must re cosstituiiosal . " Now , wasn't that pretty well for a leader who was " up to the mark ? " You ran away from Stevenson ' s-square , when you knew that dancer

      threatened . You blubbered like a great school-boy when the judge passed sentence upon you , and asked him , for God ' s sake , to transport you . You were in the same ward at Lancaster with the Hon . Mr . Plunkett , a little fellow not up to your shoulder , who thrashed you until you were obliged to call out for mercy . O , what a hero you are ! Now , sir , I have been on the ground four times , with good marksmen , with loaded pistols , within twelve yards of me . I have invariably fought every man that asked me . I have been fired at , but never returned my opponent ' s fire . I didn't flinch from the chance of a second shot : but I have a great horror of taking away life . I have been on the ground with two of the " most celebrated duelists . I fought for my life against a band of armed assassins at Manchester . 1 fought

      until I was knocked down five times , and renewed the battle until every mail of my party , myseli ' amongst them , was disabled . I faced the threatened attack of the same party on the following eight , refusing the protection of tue police , or to allow a single man to accompany me . I fought in Nottingham market-place against fearful odds . I would have fought in Manchester , in 1842 , if there had been any occasion to fight , but there was not : for those who declared that " all our machinery was to be ready in eight days , " excepting James Leach , were , in less than eight hours , scampering off in all directions across the country , in search of hiding-places . But , sir , daring as I may be where my own personal safety is only concerned , I am not "coward" enough , with a knowledge of my own weakness , to rouse a national fury which may end in the sacrifice of millions ! You , sir , are a coward—a slavish coward . You have resorted to the meanest , the basest , the most cowardly subterfuge to justify your hostility

      to me . Well knowing that I had left you no political cause of complaint , you have ivhispered some cause for PRIVATE PIQUE . Sam it , sir ! . I defy you . You say that " after the revelations of Mosley , Ashton , and Hill , I ought to transport myself to some foreign land . " No , sir ; I will remain here —here , where I have raised an honest fame—where I have gained an irreproachable character ; where I have fed the poor , clothed the naked , fought for the oppressed , and nourished the vipers who would now sting me if they had the power . You , sir , have taken the first step in a dishonourable retreat . You have banished yourself to a rock , preparatory to takjng shelter in the wilds—afraid to meet the odium that youhave created in the sphere of your turpitude and apostacy . Your whole life has been one of whining , wpng , puling , complaint of conspiracy against you . 1 our whole thought has been absorbed in intrigue . You have exhausted the little stock of novelty that you had . You have lived to be despised ; and you will die dishonored .

      As this is the last letter that I shall ever condescend to write to you , I shall , before concluding , notice a paragraph in your , last number , in your comment on Mr . Hill ' s letter . You say , "Nay , he ought to have gone , before his friend , Sir Frederick Pollock manufactured the 5 th count for his convenience ; or at any rite , while his Lancaster jury was deliberating on their verdict . He ought to have set off the moment Sir Frederick Pollock whispered into his ear , — ' Take care O'Connor , that you are not in court when the jury returns ; for should the verdict be against you it will be my duty to move that you stand committed . '" Silly fool ! do you suppose that governments spend thousands fornougbt but the honour of being defeated ? Your parson ally has not told you , that when pressed to speak , he assigned

      as a reason for his silence , that if he were not so , he shoidd commit thewhokpany > What , now , do you tlunk of your coadjutor ? Wasn't he " a pretty companion in arms ? " But then to be in conspiracy with Sir Frederick Pollock ! You unfortunate stumbler ! Listen to the easy solution that an honourable man can give to the most suspicious charges . The defendants were all under heavy bail to attend asd take their trial at Labtcaster : but when they appeared at the bar , that bail was discharged ; but if they were convicted , they were compelled to find fresh bail , to appear when called on to receive judgment in the Court of Queen ' s Bench . You ignorant fellow ! The trial being an issue from the court of Queen ' s Bench , the judge at Lancaster had no power to pass sestesce !! I was prepared with

      bail ; and perhaps was the only man that was : wt my solicitude was for those with whom I had embarked , I ' said to Sir Frederick Pollock : " In the event of the verdict being for the Crown , will you insist upon the defendants giving bail NOW to receive judgment , or will you allow them to go home and find bail , which can be taken by the magistrates , the judge ruling the amount" ? " Sir Frederick Pollock replied : "If they are incourt when the verdict is delivered , I shall be obliged to insist upon bail being given NOW : but I have no desire whatever to inconvenience the poor fellows , if you will undertake that they shall give bail . " I replied , "I will : " and instantly turning round to my co-conspirators said , " Follow me every man of you , before the jury returns , or you may all be committed lor want of bad . " Now , you stupidfellow , whocould have told that but myself ? I did tell it to my companions ; and proudly boasted of the inconvenience I had spared them . You heard the story that has redounded to my credit , and ,

      like a rascal , you would pervert it to my dishonour . There isonethingtbatyou and your parson friend have wholly forgotten : the number of witnesses both at the Manchester Conference and the Lancaster trial who can bear testimony to all that occurred . Now , sir , I have shewn that as a journalist you are disgraced , and as a man you are dishonoured . You have done more injury to the people ' s cause than any man that ever lived . You have become the base tool of a base faction ; and as Ward , of Barnsley , told you last week , you have attempted to effect what neither the Whig nor Tory press could accomplish . In vain , however , have you endeavoured to injure me . The popular love and affection that is entwined round my heart defies the entrance of your poison . Even hi the calm , when nothing can be done , they honour me for what I have attempted ; while they righteously despise those who would snap the linK that binds us . Feargus O'Connor .

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      France. The Jespits.—The Fortifications....

      FRANCE . The Jespits . —The Fortifications . — In our seventh page will be found a brief article exp lanatory of the debates in the French Chambers on the Jesuits , and the fortifications . The Paris papers of Tuesday refer to the mission ofM . Rossi to Rome , which , if we are to credit the Gtmstttutt ' onneZ , has not only failed , but by its failure is likely to lead to the retirement from the Cabinet of the Keeper of the Seals . M . Rossi ' s mission was supposed to have had for object the interference of the Pope with the General of the Jesuits at Rome , relative to the proceedings of that society in Switzerland and in France ; and , furthermore , to induce his Holiness to exercise his influence over the French bishops , whose abuse ol authority , in regard to their defiance of the Council

      of State , their denunciation of books , such as that or M . Dupin , & c , was causing much agitation of a most serious character in the minds of the French people . M . Rossi had hardly set Ins foot in Rome , when his eyes met a proclamation announcing that M . Dupin s book , among others , had been condemned to a place in the index : and the battle of Lucerne following hard upon , was an event not calculated to lower the crest of the Jesuits . Thus the double object of his mission seemed to have been anticipated and answered by the Pope ' s marked adherence to the views of the French bishops , and by the ominous event which the Jesuits regarded as a signal intervention of Providence . The debate upon the Fortifications Armament Bill hag given M . Araeo an opportunity for astonishing the people by a display of very peculiar information . M . Arago has a plan in his head for pumping the Seine into the trenches

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      around the walls , and for making artificial bad weather , by causing it to rain perpetually upon the besiegers . As the present style ot cannon will , he thinks , soon be exploded , he opposes the armament of the walls . For the moment he leans to Perkins ' s steam-gun , but has not made up his mind ; but the Deputies will not wait the result of the philosopher ' s meditations , and the bill is galloping through the house . Deaths of Eminent Frenchmen . —The A atio » wtl announces the death of M . Cavaionac , a heavy loss to the republican party , whose courage , talents , and fortune contributed to sustain it in many trials . The Counier Francois announces the death of a former member of the Council of Five Hundred , M . Chaoert , Lieutenant-General on the retired list at Grenoble , in the 87 th year of his ago . M . Beyer Fonfrede , brother to the illustrious Girondin beheaded in the revolution , died atBagneres de Bigorr , on the 2 nd instant .

      Paris , Wednebdat . —The debate upon the general principle of the Fortifications of the Paris Armament Bill terminated the previous evening , by the chamber passing , by an overwhelming majority , to the consideration of the ' clauses . . The discussion on the several articles of the Bill commenced this day . By Art . 1 a sum of 14 , 130 , 000 f . is specially devoted to the fabrication of the artillery necessary for the Armament o the continuous wall of Paris and the external works of the fortifications , dependent on it . General SuberVie opposed the article , as he considered the funds vote * ! in the ordinary budget were quite sufficient for the purpose . M , Arago was left speaking against the measure when the courier left .

      SWITZERLAND . The Free Corps . —A letter from Berne , of the 30 th ult ., states , that in the sitting of the preceding day the Grand Council , on the proposition of the Executive Council , adopted the following resolution by a majority of 159 votes to 25 : — " All tether proceedings against the free corps are stopped . In the mouth of June the Executive Council will present a bill against the free corps ; but , should fresh expeditions take place , the Government can interfere . " A correspondent from Argau states , that the Grand Council of that canton has voted the sum of 100 . 000 francs to be paid to the Government of Lucerne ; and that it has decreed a full and free amnesty of all political offences committed since 1841 .

      The Liberals in Lucerne . —A letter from Lucerne , of the 1 st , informs us that the elections for the Grand Council of that state had commenced , and were proceeding in favour of the Liberals . In the town of Lucerne , out of seven members returned , six are of the Liberal party . The same letter gives an account of a curious sentence , at Nidwald , upon a Lieut . Nermann , who had joined the free corps in the attack upon Lucerne . He is condemned to stand in the public market-place for four hours with a rod in his hand , then to be flogged with it , and afterwards to be imprisoned fop six months , during which he is to receive " religious instruction . "

      POLAND . More Ruffianism of Victoria's Russian Pet . — A letter from Warsaw , of April 23 , states that the Emperor of Russia has published an ukase , declaring thatall Jews must lay aside their costume , and assume the national one . No one can escape from the effects of this decree longer than for five years from the present time , and even till then only by paying a sum of money . MOROCCO . Abd-el-Kader . —A letter from Toulon states , that the Emperor of Morocco was , at the date of the last accounts , earnestly endeavouring to capture Abd-cl-Kader . The brother of the Emir Sidi Said , who had been sent to Fez to calm the anger of the Emperor , had been killed there—some accounts say by order of the Sovereign , others that he fell a victim to the populace .

      INDIA AND CHINA . OVERLAND MAIL . The Overland Mail has been received . The dates are , from Bombay to the 1 st of April , from Western Australia to the 24 th of January , from China to the 7 th of February , from Calcutta to the 21 st , from Madras and Delhi to the 23 rd of March . So far as Gangetic India is concerned , the mail has been in part anticipated by the dispatches of the 6 th . The troubles in the southern Mahratto country wore over , a vast number of prisoners of the baser sort having been taken . The chiefs at length surrendered themselves . The troops are now nearly all withdrawn . The last detained detachments are hastening into the cantonments . In Scinde matters in the main

      are peaceful . Sir C . Napier , with a force of 7 , 000 men , still continues beyond the desert . There is a rumour , but of doubtful credibility , that the maraudingichiefs have surrendered themselves . The troops will in all likelihood return as fast as possible to Sukkur . The hot weather is at hand , and they have been sorely pinched of late for want of provisions . The Punjaub continues the scene of outrage , treachery , and intestine war ; it seems to have been resolved to let the Sikhs settle their own quarrels , without our interference . The Governor-General continues at Calcutta , from which it will be impossible for him now to move till the end of August . His

      Government is realising the expectations formed of it from the beginning , of being most perfectly pacific . Everything is tranquil throughout India . Cholera prevails amongst some of the Madras troops , but the health and condition of the people at large is satisfactory . The Bishop of Calcutta is obliged to return to England on furlough for the benefit of his health . The government of Mr . Davis , at Victoria , China , seems to be unpopular . He appears to have fallen into the error of considering the chief function of a governor to be the collection of taxes . _ [ An" error " which all governors and governments invariably fall into . ]

      Affairs is the Punjaub . —More Slaughter . —> Bombay , April 1 . —The events in the Punjaub during the past month have been of the most extraordinary nature that can be imagined even by the reader of Oriental history . At the date of our last , troops were marching towards Jumboo to attack Goolab Sing . Rajah Lall Sing had been appointed commander of the assailing force , which amounted to about 10 , 000 in all , with about 50 guns . About the third week of February negociations were in progress to avert a conflict . Goolab Sing undertook to give an immediate gratuity of £ 50 , 000 to the soldiers , promising a gift of half a million to be afterwards received b y the State . The deputies sent to jumboo had received the money , and were on their wav back again , when they were set upon , robbed .

      and murdered , by order of Goolab Sing ! As might have been imagined , this act of unparalleled treachery infuriated the army , who resolved to proceed immediately to punish its perpetrator . They were met , however , on their way , attacked or defeated by the Jumboo troops , with the loss of about 2000 killed and wounded . Afraid that victory might desert him , Goolab Sing forwarded a sum of money as a peaceoifering to the defeated soldiers , who readily accepted it , and agreed that no further notice should betaken . What may happen next it js impossible to conjecture . The Governor-General maintains a strong force along our frontier , but seems determined that the British Government shall not , until compelled by the most imperious necessity , interfere .

      Loss of the Ship Indus . —JavaCourants , received since our last , supply accounts of tho loss of the Inglis , near Anjeer . The Inglis , Isaacson , 1600 tons burden , sailed from Bombay on the 14 th of December , for China , with a cargo of 7000 bales of cotton , & c , and on the 10 th of January last , during aheavyN . W . storm , and thick fog , got on shore . Every exertion was madeto get her off by throwing cargo overboard , and carrying out the anchors for the purpose of warping her out , hut the chains of bothi anchors broke , from the strain upon them , and she only became more firmly fixed . The masts were cut away , but without effect , and the vessel remained on the sand in 11 feet of water , she drawing 23 feet in the after part . The Dutch government-steamer Hecla was

      dispatched from Batavia on the 18 th , immediately on receipt of the news of the Inglis ' s condition , and arrived at Anjeer on the 14 th , after encountering very bad weather . The Hecla rendered every assistance , and the Dutch authorities at Anjeer were also equally active . During five nights and four days the crew of the Inglis , assisted by 200 natives of Java , with about 30 prahus brought by the assistant resident of Anjeer , worked without intermission , in the midst of a constantstorm , in trying to save the ship and cargo , but owing to the small size of the onl y boats obtainable at Anjeer , and the heavy surf , which rendered it difficult to approach , so much was not accomplished as might otherwise have been done from the activity

      and good-will with which all exerted themselves . About 1200 bales of cotton ; the guns , the greater part of the sails , and some articles found near at hand , were saved . The weather having moderated , there were some ^ expectations entertained that by cutting into the vessel on the side next the shore a large part of the cargo might be got out , the wreck not being more than 50 or 60 fathoms from the shore , but we have not yet learned whether these expectations were realised . The vessel will in all probability go to pieces , as she was much injured by the gale and the heavy surf which broke over her . On the 17 th , the captain and crew , consisting of 160 hands , left the wreck and went to Anjeer-, where they were token care of by the assistant resident . On the 19 th , Capt . Isaacson and 2 S of the crew proceeded to Batavia in

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      the Dutch vessel Maximilian Theodore , where they arrived on the 20 th January . Captain Isaacson has since died , no doubt from tlie-fhtigue and anxiety undergone by him . We also learn that a vessel has been chartered to bring the crew to Singapore . — Singapore Free Press , March 6 th . - ¦ ' A great Fire , by which 800 houses were consumed ,, and much property , has occurred in Moulmcin , but it has had the effect of clearing the overgrown place , which will be rebuilt ou a better principle and on more open ground .

      Fate of the 78 th Highlanders . —I am sorry to see that the 78 th , which arrived at Bombay from Scinde , somewhat recovered b the sea trip , is again in a miserable state with dysentery at Bombay , dysentery being the consequence of the Se mde fever . What will be done with the remains of this late splendid corps of Highlanders does not appear , but their fate is a miserable one to think on . —Correspondent of the Times .

      WEST INDIES . Southampton , Mondav . —The Clyde , Royal Mail Company ' s steam-ship , Capt . W . Symons , arrived this evening at nine o ' clock , bringing the usual West India mails . Her dates of departure arc from Honduras 20 th March , Tampico 26 th , Vera Cruz 2 nd April , La Guayra 3 rd , Demerara 4 th , Trinidad 5 th , Barbadoes and Jamaica 8 th , Grenada 10 th , St . Thomas ' s 15 th , and Bermuda 20 th . She brings no news of importance from the British possessions . We learn from Jamaica , that the ex-President of Hayti Herard had sailed from that place for Hayti , in the Columbian ( schooner ) , El Grenadina , purchased for the purpose of the expedition . His motives are strongly suspected , and it is much to be feared that this enterprise will once more plunge that unhappy countiy in all the horrors of a civil war .

      MEXICO . Unsettled State of the Country . —The Clyde brings advices from Mexico , down to the 2 nd of April . The whole country is represented as being in a most unsettled and disturbed state , and from this fact may be attributed the comparative small shipment of dollars on account of the dividends . Nothing is yet decisive as to the ultimate fate of Santa Anna . lie was still confined in the Castle of Pcrote , the existing Government being by for too insecure and ou too fragile a footing to adopt any measures regarding his future destiny . Nearly the whole population arc much disappointed in the advantages which they anticipated from the deposition of Santa Anna . They had begun to lose confidence in their present rulers . The mercantile community , in particular , were highly dissatisfied in regard to the promised alterations in

      the tariff , which had not yet been ceded to them . A large military force was ready to support any movement—in short , another civil war was considered inevitable unless a more energetic Government came into power . A plot had been discovered amongst a portion of troops for declaring in favour of Santa Anna and a federal Government : it was , however , suppressed for the present . Business in any shape was in a wretchedly dull state , and complaints were not without reason , Up to the date of the sailing of the Clyde the Government had not taken any steps in regard to Texas , nor could anything be learned as to whether it was probable a war would be declared against that country . Gomez Farias , formerly President , who has been in banishment for some years , has returned to Mexico , and will probably be elevated to the presidency , instead of Herrera , who was too aged to hold it .

      BUENOS AYRES AND MONTE VIDEO . Liverpool , Monday Afternoon . —We have intelligence that the government of General Rosas had issued the Mowing decree for the purpose of distressing Monte Video , and forwarding the views of Gen . Oribe : — " Akgentine Republic . "Buenos Ajrcs , Feb . 13 , 1845 . " The government of Buenos Ayres , charged with the exterior relations and the affairs of peace and war by the Argentine confederation , decrees"i . That the communication with the city of Monte Video shall he closed from the 1 st of March next . " 2 . That the captain of this port shall not give right of entry to any vessel coming from the port of Monte Video , whenever it shall have come from there directly , ov shall have touched there on its course , for any reason whatever . " 3 . Orders exception to he made in the case of English packets from Europe , and of the vessels of war of friendly nations .

      "i . That the decree is to remain in force so long as the city of Monte Video shall continue in the power of the ruthless Unitarians , and shaU cease from the entrance into that city of the army of operation . ( Signed ) "Y ROSAS . " The above decree is an indirect way of establishing the blockade of Monte Video , in the place of that which the French and English commanders have refused to recognise , and there can be no doubt that , if recognised , it will produce extreme inconvenience to trade and commerce . All the vessels conveying salt to the River Plate discharge part of their cargoes at Monte Video , and many of those conveying

      Manchester goods do likewise . This clause , if recognised , will put an end to this trade , and will have the effect of excluding them absolutely from the west or good side of the river . We believe , however , that it will be found to be totally unauthorised by the law of nations , and that its only effect will bo to hasten the interference of England and France . The new French Minister had been at Buenos Ayres ten days when the last account left that place . A private letter states that he was so disgusted with the conduct of General Rosas , in refusing , or rather avoiding , to give an audience to him , that he had intimated to our Minister that if the audience was postponed any longer he would quit the Republic .

      GERMANY . Reported Murder op the Celebrated Reformer John Ronoe . —( From a Correspondent . )— " A friend of mine has seen a letter from a clergyman at Berlin , who states that M . John Ronge , of the German Catholic Church , has been murdered by the Roman Catholics ; that they have shot him . "—Morning Herald .

      GREECE . Unsatisfactory State of the Country . —The following is from the correspondent of the Morning Herald : — Athens , April 21 . —For several weeks past the country has been kept in afeverish state of apprehension . Reports have been industriously circulated of dark conspiracies and approaching insurrections , and the most fearful alarmists have been the agents and functionaries of the government . Whether their fears were simulated , and their intention was , by such imputations , to excite the enmity and indignation of all those who are interested in the maintenance of order and tranquillity against their political opponents , whom they accused of a design to revolutionise the country , or whether they felt that their

      shameless violations of the constitution , their scandalous waste of the public money in the corruption of the representatives of the people for the purpose of obtaining and securing a venal majority in the chamber , the cruel persecution of their political adversaries , and the horrible oppression and tortures employed against them and their families , might at length have exhausted the patience of the country , and that the hour of retribution was not far off , measures were taken both in the capital and in the provinces , as if the danger were certain and imminent . Proclamations were everywhere made , calling vipon ths / people to place their confidence in the patriotism and firmness of the government , and the means they would employ for the preservation of the constitution and of the public tranquillity . The garrison here was reinforced by

      200 gensdarmes and a battalion of irregular troops ; while two companies of the line were detached to Tripolitza , the uniform of the regular troops being distasteful to the eyes of Royalty ever since they surrounded the palace under their gallant commander Kalergi , ou the memorable uight of the 3 rd ( 15 th September ) , and no less disliked by Coletti and his colleagues , who rely for support entirely upon the Palikari and the brigands lately amnestied , who now swarm in our streets , There is , indeed , an evident intention on the part of the ministry to rid themselves entirely from all apprehension of the regular army , by the natural operation of the Ian * of conscription , which limits the term of service to four years , so that one-fourth of the troops is renewed every year , to supply the place of those who retire . But this year the

      conscription has not been put in force , and in the month of June the regular force will be reduced to little move than 1200 men , and will be about as effective as the Greek marine , now dwiudhsd down to one corvette and half a dozen gun-boats . Haviag by his alarming demonstration successfully imposed , as he flatters himself , upon the fears of the people , enjoying at present the favour of the King , whom he has conciliated by the promise of obtaining from the chambers the grant of a . splendid civil list , and supported , as it appears , by the ministers of France and Austria , he seems naturally enough to calculate upon the retention of power for some time to come . In the meantime he is preparing himself to accompany the King and

      Queen on a tour they are about to make , and for the purpose , it should seem , of winning the Royal smiles for noble horsemanship , he is daily practising riding on a horse lately sent to him from Egypt , As for the graver matter of the demand presented by the ministers of the allies with reference to the payment of the interest of the loan . it troubles him very little ; and to the intimation that it . is expected that the interest be paid regularly in future , his answer seems to be a mere paraphrase of that refined expression so much used by a certain class in London streets , ' « Don't you wish you may get it V In fact , if the aUl * ' do not take some effectual measures to help themselves , they may be assured they never will get one fraction either of principal or interest , at least as long

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      as such persons as Dr . Co letti , and the Moscomangrite fac tion are ministers of . Greece . The chambers have now been open more than seven months , and not one measur of public utility has yet been enacted ; but ColctH has at length succeeded by " his venal majority in excluding Mav . rocordato , although he had been returned by four consti . tuencics . By rtie snme means he hss prevented the reelection of General Lcndo and the deputies of Hydra , protracting the opening of the ballot upon the most frivolous pretexts .

      UNITED STATES . London , Thursday , M * r 8 . —The fust sailing ship Sea , Captain Edwards , arrived at Liverpool yesterday evening , having left New York on the Hth April . Dheadful Fire at Pittsburgh . —Loss or Lite Attn Immense Desthuction or Jjkperty . —We have received by this arrival distrcssing ' Tlcounts of a most disastrous fire at Pittsburgh , arising and important city in- Penn . sylvania , destroying twenty squares of tho city , comprising about 1 , 209 houses , the loss of which is estimated at . £ 2 , 000 , 000 sterling , jt js the Ilwct [ argeSt city to- Philadelphia in the State of Pennsylvania . Its population is about 25 , 000 , and was becoming a place of great commercial importance . There hart also ucengteatfires at BostcjU and New York . The following account of thistrcmendous conflagration is taken from the Pittsburgh i ' ojt of the 11 th April : —

      It is our . pamful duty to record one of the most tevribte fires that ever devastated any city on this continent . A great portion of our busy and populous town is in ruinf The destruction of property is said to be about twenty squares , and comprising from 1 , 000 to 1 , 200 houses ; many of tho warehouses contained goods of immense valuethey were grocery , dry goods , and commission houses , and their spring stocks had been just laid in . The fire originated in a frame building over an ice-house belonging to William Diehl , near the corner of Second and Ferry streets . The wind was blowing stiffly from the north-west , though it frequently veered to other , points , and , owing to its variations , the fire extended farther than it otherwise could hare done . It was discovered about twelve o ' clock , and was not materially checked till

      five in the afternoon . The councils met m tho afternoon , and attempted to devise some means to stay the conflagration . It was proposed to blow up houses tl > at seemed ia the way of the flames ; tho deliberations , however , were ineffectual in results , and we believe but one or two bnildings were blown up . There is abundant reason for thankfulness tluvt bo few lives were lost . There are many rumours of men being killod , ' and" burnt , and wounded—but they are not ' authenticatcd . Ono woman , is certainly burnt , and we saw a poor old man tottering along with the help of two friends , his face badly burned . The loss of life , however , cannot be learned in the awful confusion which prevails . The following are the principal public buildings , manufactories , and ollices that were destroyed : —

      Globe cotton factory , comer of Second and Ferry streets . Fire Navigation Insurance Office , Market between Second and Third , Firemen ' s Insurance Office , corner of Market and Third . Hank of Pittsburgh , Fourth , between Market and Wood . Oflieeof Daily ChronMc , do . Job priiitiiig-otUce . of i . 1 ! . Butler , Third , between Market and Wood . Merchants' Hotel , corner of Third and Wood . A . Kramer ' s Exehnnge-otfiee , do . Jones and Sibbett's Exchange-office , corner of Fourth awl Wood . Win . A , Hill's Exchange-oilice , between Fourth and Diauusud-ttUe , y . K . and it . Patterson's Bugle aad Bazaar -Stables , Diamond-alley and Fourth-street . Associate Itcform Church , Fourth , near Grant-street .

      Baptist Church , Grant-street . Blackwcll ' s extensive Glass Works , Water , above Grant . The Monongahela House destroyed , with all the furniture . The MouongiiUela Bridgo entirely destroyed . It is rumoured that several lives wore lost on the bridge . The Dallas Iron Works in Pipetown entirely destroyed . The loss sustained iu the destruction of buildings is immense , but it is small when compared with the destruction of merchandise in the warehouses on Water , Wood , First and Second streets . The merchants found it impossible to attempt to save anything ; wholo blocks were destroyed in a few minutes , and the most they could do was to make an effort to save their books , and but few of them succeeded even in that . It will be many years before our city can recover from the effects of this dreadful calamity ; it has cast a blight over the commercial and manufacturing enterprise ofhundreds of our most worthy citizens , and in an hour has swept from them all the profits of years of toil and industry .

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      GLASGOW . Mr . O'Coxxor and the Glasgow Chartists . — To the Editor . —1 have been instructed to forward you the following resolution , which we hope you will have the kindness to insert in the Star of Saturday : — Resolved— " It is with mingled feelings of regret aad joy , that wc reflect on the many attempts that interested men have made to injure the character of Mr . F . O'Connor , and thereby destroy his usefulness as the public advocate of the principles of the People ' s Charter . ATe regret that men so base should have j attached themselves to principles so holy , and that others more ignorant should have followed in their

      wake ; and we rejoice that Mr . O Connor , by a singleness of purpose seldom equalled , and by a devotion to principles never surpassed , has been fully able to establish his innocence m spite of the hideous calumnies circulated against him . We tender Mr . O'Connor our sincere Thanks for his unwearied exertions in behalf of pure democracy , and we assure him , that notwithstanding the calumnies of disappointed speculators , he shall enjoy our confidence and thanks so long as he continues , as hitherto , [ the honest advocate of our rights . On behalf of the Glasgow members of the General Council of the National Chartist Association , James Smith , Sub-Secretarv .

      SHEFFIELD . Mr . O'Cox . von and the Sheefield Chartists . — On Wednesday , May 7 , a meeting of the members took place , when Mr . Royston was called to the chair , and the following resolution was carried uucaiimouslv , moved by Mr . Dyson , seconded by Mr , Cavill : — " That the members of the National Charter Association , _ resident in Sheffield , hereby declare our firm conviction that the slanderers of Feargus O'Connor , Es ! a ., arc unworthy of the belief or confidence of the working millions ; their only aim and desire apparently being to create , disumon amongst the people , and thereby prevent their politicaTand social salvation . " Moved by Mr . Ctoyfccm . sacondedbv Mr . P . Briggs— " That it is the owsios of this meeting that the thanks of the Chartists of Sheffield are eminentl y due to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., for his past services in the people ' s anise , and we hereby express our unabated confidence in that gentleman if long as he remains faithful to the people .

      OLDHAM . Lecture . —On Sunday last Mr . F . A . Taylor de . hvered a very instructive lecture in the Wbrkine Man ' s Hall , Horsedge-street , on " The injustice of legislating for future generations . " In the course of his address he showed in a clear manner the right of a people to investigate , alter , and amend , at any period , existing institutions , when deemed detrimental to the interests and happiness of the peopleand he concluded b yexlwrt ' mg his hearers to examine and make themselves well acquainted with the nature and operation of our own institutions .

      BRADFORD . Ox Sunday , the Chartists of Bradford held a meeting in the Council Room , Biitterworth-buihlings , to nominate a council for the ensuing quarter , when the following persons were fixed on : —John Cole , William Jackson , Thomas Wells , John Loudly , John Rogers : Thomas Cole , Treasurer ; John Smith , Secretary . It was unanimously resolved , "That the council meet at nine o ' clock on Sunday morning next , to audit the accounts , and make arrangements for the holding of out-door meetings during tho summer months . '

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      Nottingham . —On Whit Tuesday a meeting will be held , on business of importance , at Dorman ' s Temperance House , Clare-street , at seven o ' clock iu the evening . Halifax . —Mr . Murray will deliver a lecture in the Largo Room , Bull Close-lane , on Sunday evening , at half-past six . The West Riding delegate meeting will be held in the same room on Sunday next , at twelve o ' clock in the forenoon . Oldham . —On Sunday , Mr . John West , of Macclesfield , will lecture , at six o clock in the evening , in the Working Man ' s Hall , Horsedge-street . Subject — "The remedy for National Poverty . " On Whit Friday , May I 6 th , a Chartist festival will take place in the above hall , consisting of a tea party , soiree , and

      ball ; tea to be on the table at four o ' clock . Bacuf . —A members' meeting will be held on Sunday morning , in the National Charter Association Room , Rochdale-road , at ten o ' clock . Deubx . —Notice . The Chartists of Derby are informed that Mr . Bairstow will deliver two lectures in tho Market Place : the first on Sunday night , at half-past five o ' clock , on " Sir Robert Peel ' s Policy , and the Maynooth Grant ;} " the second on Monday morning , at ten o ' clock' —subject , "The coming Panic . " Mr . Bairstow will also attend the tea party and ball which will be held in the Mechanics' *" Hall on Whit Monday , Tea on the table-Ht five o ' clock .

      Bolton . —A tea party and ball will be held in the Chartist Meeting Room , Mawdsly-street , near the Dispensary , on Race Friday , May 16 th . IIbbdkk Bridge . —A hall and other entertainments will be held in the Democratic Chapel , Bwdge-laue , on Whit Monday , to commence at six oJeJock in the evening . A lecture will be delivered at the same place , by Mr . David Ross , of Leeds , en . Sjmday , May 18 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon ^ •' . ' " ' Birmingham . —The members ot the ter Association are urgently requested the Democratic . Chapel , ThoTp-stm evening next .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 10, 1845, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_10051845/page/1/