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      * . _»*""*» m _. -fTTf _»< _orr- _> _jVQrTffQ'pa _^ t _^ ± _? 5 , Bri 0 J _P Anns , _Glonoester-TOftB _BawlTwd East , on the body of _loirhomas Harrington , aged 10 years . Thejury being ni _^ _mpi-Meeded to _-riew th e body , but the _steHch S _*? - J efrom was » great , tbat it was with aamralty those present were enabled to breathe _, l tn returning to the inquest room , several of the f ° '»! r 0 ? j _stressed their _astonishment the corpes lonnonld be allowed to remain so long in a small room , i wi which the rest of the family had to live , eat , finlrink _, and sleep ; the reason , however , will be ac-• nwunted for by the _followiBj testimony . The

      molerher stated that she waa the -wife of Peter Harrin ? - im ; on , labourer , who worked at the docks , and resided ItMth their fonr children , { all ill at present ) in the wrooa in which her son lay ; that about twelve loraonth _^ ago , he was afflicted with fever , oUbSo _* uejuently measles and hooping cough , and bad been ttdtttnded by Mr Watts , a skilful parish surgeon of it . bt . George ' s East ; but afew weeks since , having _enremoved across the read to their _present dwelling , ttathat gentleman directed her to apply to the parish ocioeiorof Stepney , but thinking the child was iraroirovingshedid not take the trouble nntil Saturday

      _lomormnff _, ne appeared in a dangerous state , ehe _irtorthwilh . _hastened to the workhouse for medical _^ assistance , and obtained an order forthe attendance f If Mr _Hewlett , left it at that gentleman ' s house , atrat fiading no attention paid , and becoming alarmed nr pr the safety of her child , who was gradually _getiafiBg worse , she went again at 5 o ' cloek , when the ye young man' gave her some medicine , and told _enerte call again at nine , but her poor child , after _ikaklng the staff , died at 7 o ' clock ; the doctor , or any thither person on hia account , had not np to this time dialled ; she afterwards applied for the doctor's _certicaeate , without which the registrar could not au * lohorize the interment of tbe body , an enquiry before iehe coroner , Mr Baker , was therefore necessary , Into the circumstances of the death . The coroner _bsbserved , that he regreted to find the remains of

      hene poor boy in such a state , bat only receiving in-M-ormatios of the death yesterday , he could not hold bine inquest sooner . Mrs Creagh , « the landlady , deloposed to the bind and parental attention bestowed n . _3 n the child by the mother . The foreman I J . Shaw ) asaid . it was evident that much blame was attribualable to some parties , and that tbe probability was , f if this poor child had received tbat promot _attendance , and medical aid timely administered , whieh hthe _posr are clearly entitled to , there might have _lebeen no occasion for their present assembling—ferciiljbly dwelt on the evils of the poor law system , the -treatment of those requiring relief—the inadeqaate imnmber of parish surgeons—their incompetent reimuneration for _serriees . he . Several _jarora _exnressed similar opinions , and a ' _so wished these _esentiraents to be embodied in the verdict , which was Natural Death .

      The Lays Fatal _kxPLOsiox op Fibe-wobks . — Jfiefore Mr Wm . Payne , at the Dover Castle , Old ( Kent-read , on the body of Mrs Isabella Bartrope , rirhoae death was occasioned hy an explosion of fireworks on the 5 th inst . It appeared that on Friday _Bvening _, Mr Huff , foreman of the goods depot ot the _JBricklayera " Arms _terrainus ofthe South _Eastern { Railway , was letting off some fireworks in the yard of dMr Bartrope ' s house . A quantity cf the combustibles were placed in a washhouse near the spot , and on a ( rocket being discharged which _accidentally took a [ horizontal instead of a perpendicular course , the deceased being frightened took refuge is tha _wasanous " . Some sparks frem the rocket , however , were thrown in as the door was opened , and falling on the box

      _containing the firework ? , occasioned the melancholy « atastrophe . Daring the inquiry it was elicited that Hie box in question had been brought up by one of the railway trains , and had remained some time at the istation , notwithstanding the regulations of tbe comipany prohibiting the conveyance or reception of snch idangerous articles . The jury ultimately returned a _Terdict—Tiat the deceased , Isabella Bartrope , was accidentally burned to death by an explosion of fireworks-, * and added , 'That they considered it was ihroagh the loose mauner in which the business atthe Bricklayers' Arms station is done , and they also con-Bdered that great blame is attached to the directors ofthe South Eastern Railway Company in not giving sufficient and proper instructions to their servants . '

      Charge of _MAWunaHrER . —Before Mr W . Carter at the Ship , Waterside . Wandsworth , on the body of James Powell , aged 29 , who was drowned whilst fighting with a man named Wright , en feud a barge lying in the river eff the Silk Mills , Battcrsea . Tbe examination of the different witnesses occupied a considerable space of time , but the facts ef the case are "briefly these : —The deceased aHd Wright formed a portion ofthe gang employed on board the barce Patience . On Snnday morning some of them went into the Waterman ' s Arms , where they had some beer , but not sufficient to intoxicate them . They were taken from thence , at two o ' ekek in the afternoon , by Davies , the captain , who wanted them to go to work again . Oa the way to the barge deceased and ¦ W right had some words _, about _which could do the moat work , and soon alter they had got on board they commenced fighting . The barge is an open one , and the men fought on the gangwa y board on which they

      "worked to raise the sand . They had several rounds and one or two falls into the barge , which was nearly full of sand , when the captain insisted npon stopping the fighting . The deceased then jnmped into the boat , and challenged Wri ght to renew the fight . They _aceordingly did so ; they closed , and in the struggle fell into the river , and sunk together . Wright rose and was rescued by the captain , but the deceased , -whose arm only appeared above the water for a moment and then disappeared , was not found until twenty minutes or half an hour expired , when bis body was dragged vp by Abraham Baker , a waterman . The witnesses concurred in _statmg that they considered the filling into the river an accident The eoronerhavii-g read the evidence over , thejury re"tnrnedaverdietofmanslaBghteragainst Wright , upon which he was committed to Horsemonger-lane Gaol . The prisoner was then taken away by Mr Superin _* ¦ tendeat Bicknell ofthe V division .

      _Strasgk Death . —Before Mr Higgs , at the Bull ' s Head , Clapbam , relative to the death of Mr Jonathan Orme , aged 16 , a retired tradesman , possessed of considerable property . On Saturday afternoon , at four o ' clock , the remains of the deceased arrived at St Paul ' s Chapel for interment . Aaron Orme , a son ofthedeeeased , obtained an interview with the Rev . Mr McGill , the curate , and having stated that he believed his father ' s death to be tbe result of ¦ vi olence and improper means , the curate ordered the body to be locked np in a TaHlt until a coroner ' s inquest could be holden . Aaron Orme deposed that his mother died in 1840 , and that on the 2 Srd of June , 1843 , the deceased married his servant ' girl , Bachel Ragebrook , aged 23 . An estrangement

      consequentl y aroie between the deceased and his children _, and for a twelvemonth none of the family had _seeahim . The last who saw tte deceased was his son Aaron , who went to him for some assistance , as he was in distress , when he found his parent nnder theentiresubjectionof _his wife , who told bim to take his ehildren and himself into the workhouse , and not come tronbling them . On Thursday lasfj the witness Aaron an j his brother received each a letter from deceased ' wife . The letters gwere addressed from 6 , St _George's-place , Brixton-road , -which was one of deceased ' s houses , and Stated that theirjaarent was dead , and that if they wished to see him before he was buried they were to come immediately . In one of the letters deceased was said

      to have expired on Snnday , and in the other on the Monday . The deceased ' s son Aaron went to St George ' s-place on Thursday evening , and requested to see bis father . The widow told him he must eome again pn Saturday , when he would be buried , She then told bim the deceased , who had beon very imbecile for the last twelve months , had left her all his property . Another extraordinary fact was that although the widow had led the witness to suppose Ms father ' _sJiady was then ia the house , he was in fact then lying dead at her mother ' s house , near Chelmsford , from whence he was only brought fo town on Saturday , by tha Eastern _Counties Railway . When be saw his father oh Saturday , which he did not do withont great difficulty , he wa 3

      astounded at his attenuated appearance , which caused the communication to theelergyman . Dr _M'Donough proved he had made an external examination of the body . It was much attenuated , and deceased had evidently been neglected ; and there were ulcers on the wrists , as if he had been bound with cords . The inquiry was adjourned , in order that a i » _sf mortem examination might be made . _Cautkm to Parbxts . —An inquest was held before Mr W . Carter , at the Hampton Court Tavern , FranciMtreet , _ftewmgton , respecting the death of _narnet Jane Cloak , aged seven weeks , who died from the effects of poison—Mr R . Prior , surgeon , of Marlboronqh-place _, Walworth , said that ho was called on Wednesday week last to gee the deceased

      whom he found in a dying state , and from its appearancehe felt satisfied that it was suffering from the e ects o a narcotic . He accused tbe parents of having given the child something of a deleterious _aatare , which the father denied ; but subsequently he admitted that he had given thc deceased some medicine , which they had procured from Mr Bellamy , a chemist , residing at Newington Causeway . Witness examined the bottle , and fonnd that it contained a concoction of opium , commonly called syrup of peppie ? , which wa 3 used to a great extent by persons totally ignorant of its poisonous properties . Witness had no hesitation in _gaying the child had

      beea killed by the mixture which had been administered by the parents inadvertently . —The father stated that on Sunday , the 31 st nit . he and his wife took the deceased to Mr Bellamy ' s _shsp , as it la * boared nnder _costiveneas . Tbey had been giYlDg the child castor oil , when Mr Bellamy suggested a change , and gave them a powder , aud on tho folio wing morning he sent them a bottle of medicine , which was that Mr Prior had taken charge of . The deceased was quite healthy previous to taking the medicine , and they were totally ignorant ofits being _dangerius . —The Coroner animadverted in strong terms on the culpable natnre of the case , and the _Westigatiou _** ra ~ _i eventually adjourned .

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      { From owr own Correspondent . ) Dublin . That air of loneliness and desolation which marked onr city during the last six months is , at length , beginning to wear away , and again Dublin exhibits some of the characteristics of a great town . Most of the opulent families who annually migrate to the green fields and sunny vales of the south aad west are new returning , and in their wake rash hundreds of respectable families who dread to remain in solitary districts of Ireland during the winter . In my Ja 3 t letter I alluded te the horrors then being enacted through several ef the southern and midland eeunties , and with regret I must say that , since , matters have got from bad to worse . More blood

      has been spilt in Munster ; horror has been added to _burrar , victims have fallen at the shrine of revenge , and more than one , also , have dropped into the grave from . starvation . A gloomy , a terrific pros * _pect is before us . The people are actually famishing , aad they now rush tothe perpetration of crime , as if conrtin _* death in any shape , rather than endure another winter ' s' famine . ' No wonder , then , that persons who still have property left shoald feel anxious far their safety , and seek refuge in the capi * tal . The Protestant archbishop of Dublin , Dr Whate ey , and the renowned Rev . Thrashem Gregg , have at length come to open rupture . ' Long _threatening as thev say , ' eomes at last , ' and the rod which hi 3 Grace had so long in pickle for poor

      Gregg has at length been put to its purpose . The lovers of fHn-andin this _gaggish town of Dublin who does not love a ' shindy _?'—have had a rich treat in the proceedings of our Consistorial Court last week where his lordship of Dublin proceeded against the clerical Don Quixote , of Irish Orangeism . The case was briefly as follows : —It seems Mr Gregg , being chaplain ( by whos _* e appointment I cannot tell ) to the private chapel of St Mary ' s , iu the parish of St Nicholas Within , baslong asserted his right to officiate in a general _^ way in that parish , aud acting on this aliened claim , was in the habit ef _preaching and reading prayers le a considerable congregation of low Orangemen in the school-hoHse of the parish of St Nicholas Within , as

      a oresaid . The Archbishop , whether _influenced by private pique te poor Thrashem . or wishing to maintain the existing form af church discipline , frequently denounced tbe intruder , and notified . to him that as he had no license to preach or teach in the arch diocese , he was acting illegally by persisting to do so , and sowing the seeds ef much future troubles to himself , whicii one day or another would fall upon his devi ted and ' reverend head . ' Nothing daunted , Mr Gregg still maintained his ground , and day after day continued _jlo instruct his docile ! followers in the " _wpy they should go , ' managing at the same time to fill ( hem with a Inly fear of Antichrist , who was Gregory XVI ., and who ts Pius IX , and to enkindle in their bosoms a glowing hatred to all their Roman' Catholic fellow-cbristians , and Daniel O'Connell and kis 'tail , ' ia particular . However , the biBhop , _nothicg grateful for the pious seal of the

      reverend madcap , determined that 'the steam ' should go down , and forthwith appealed to the laws for that justice which entreaty and remonstrance had failed to procure . The case was heard before Mr Radcliffe , when _Serjeant Stock and Mr Bat * tersby appeared for tbe _Archbishop , and Dr Bntt , Dr Gayer , and Dr Ball lor the defence . After a patient _investigation of tbe * pros' and ' cons , ' at both sides , poor Gregg was 'beat , ' and heard judgment pronounced ta the effect that he was doing the thing he had no right todo , and that consequently hesheuld ' be admonished by Dr Whately to sin no more , ' or , in other words , 'to abstain from performing divine service or _preaching in the school-house of _§ t Nichola ? , or anywhere else in the arch-diocese of Dublin , nntil duly authorised to do so , and that he should pay ail costs and expenses attending the heariBg of said case . '

      ' Sic transit gloria mundl . ' We are to hava subscriptions raised on Sunday , the 14 th instant , in all tbo chapels of Ireland , to defray the . expenses of a national monument to the departed' Liberator . ' This resolution appears to give a good deal of offence to people in the country districts , andevenmanyofO'Connell'swarmadmirers in town , though net publicly inveighing against the plan , entirely condemn the policy of introducing it at the present crisis . That O'Csnnell deserves the affectionate remembrance of Irish Catholics , few will deny , and that it wonld be a national stigma te

      refuse him . some testimonial cf that affection , I cordially admit . Yet , new when the churchyards ofthe land are still red with the graves of famished paupers , and when another year of pestilence and hunger is rapidly approaching , or already set in , when Irishmen must again be fed by the charities oftheir fellowman , or fall 'like the beasts that perish ;' when , I say , snch things are coming to pass , men cannot help feeling that it Is neither wise nor generous to saddle the conntry with an _inmecesaary burthen , or try to wring that shilling from poor Paddy , which is so much needed in the earning struggle for life or death .

      Talking of O'Connell—his memory is certainly dear to the middle and lower classes of Irish Catho lies . Notwithstanding that so many have started up , and boldly and energetically condemned his latter political delinquencies , still , in private conversation , he is generally spoken of in terms of respectful affection . Still the _dynasly which O'Connell planned and built up cannet stand _macfljmige _*' - Ji is crumbling ever ? J ) l' _ijtii 1 " --- _^~ * _' "' line of poli _^_ -omcs- * rt # _S 1 & oaeor'political warfare' must quickly be adopted . The ' moral force' humbug is getting odious in the eyes of every class of Irishmen , and Paddy can no _longtr gnlp the twaddle whieh

      would fain persuade him that ' the salvation of his conntry , or her rescue from the gripe of the oppressor , wonld be too dearly purchased at the price of one drop of human blood ! ' Tbis cant will go down nn longer . The humblest peasant laughs at its hypocritical absurdity , and in his own waggish way , tells you tbat' wben the euld man conld not coax the youngster with 'blarney , ' or force him with a 'wisp of grass' from the apple-tree , he tried the virtue of a few thumping limestones , and soon had the culprit on his marrow bones , suing for mercy and pardon . ' The moral is there—more of this in future letters .

      chhxhoob _' s scesbs—coming events cast their shadows bkfobk—decllkb of the catholic _kuesthood's lkptubkcb— 'fb 0 gre 88 op thb potato rot—the _do-nothikg _arist 8 _ckats—the TOUXO IRELAND' HUMBUGS—THB ' _CONOttlATIOu ' MANTBAF—MOSB BLOOD I Dublin , 8 th Nov ., 1847 . I have only on this morning returned , to town from a fonr or fire days' visit to my native place , in one of tha finest and most fertile of the Midland Counties . But how describe the mournful changes which occurred there , since I last went tbat waynow about twelve or thirteen months ago ? I could scarcely believe tbe evidence t f my sense * , and had it net been for the well-remembered features ofthe

      landscape , the green old hills , the red bogs , the crumbling castle , and rushing mountain riyer , I might have imagined myself in some climate ' far off and alone , ' where providence seemed repentant for the gl' _-ries which his creative powers had , 'in the beginning , ' scattered over the land , and was bow commencing to undo what his omnipotence had then effected . It was a chill November evening-when I sat down in the village where I wasborn , and where I had passed my youth aad the earlierdays of my manhood . But what a change was there ! Those whom I left after me , the playmates of my infancy , and the friendsof my boyhood—where were they ? Alas ! some wandering far and wide asunder , over the wilds of America . And—oh ! tell it not ! _Thonsands

      rotting in tbeir lone and already-forgotten graves . It was indeed , a melancholy evening with me , that first eveRing on my own old hearthstone . The song and shout and merry laugh , which used to come so cheerily on the twilight breeze , saluted not my ear . and the few pale miserable wretche ? , who came to welcome me home , ' spoke piteously of the famine and the ' sickness , ' and all the other horrors of the by-gone year . The old man wept for his ' poor woman' and his three ' strapping bays , ' carried away by dysentery . That little fellow , now alone in the world , wailed for his father and mother , and brothers and _sistera , swept down by typhus . Another said : ' What matter if people died of natural sickness V She lamented only that htr friends died of ' rale starvation . ' Whilst all united in giving a most revolting detail ofthe horrors of 1847 ; at tbe same time vowing before God tbat they will endure their

      wrongs no longer , and that , if those who have the power to save them , neglect to do so , the annals of 1848 will be memorable in the history of Great Britain ! ' Thinned aa we have been by the famine and pestilence , ' they cry— 'Thinned as we are in numbers , and exhausted as are those who still survive , still there are men enongh left to strike a heavy stroke , and though we may be crushed into the earth , 'tis a manly thing to die fighting for justice , rather than linger another year , insulted , derided , half famished paupers . ' This strain of conversation is quite common now amongst the peasantry of every district of Ireland , and though there is no organisation , no absolute resources for an effective insurrection , still lam certain that if something really useful and permanent be not done for the people , the country will soon become one vast scene of outrage , blood * shed , and devastation .

      Throughout the district of country which I visited , the condition of the small farmers and labouring classes is pitiable . Stripped of every thing which they hitherto possessed , cow , sheep , ass , pig—yea . the coverings off their beds , and the little furniture from their cabins , all sold or ' pawned' during the last summer . They are now as completely destitute and a hundredfold more hel p less , than the ' shiver ing tenantry' of the polar regions . Last harvest was a prolific and bonntiful one , the fields waved witb luxuriant crops , which a splendid season ripened into maturity ; but it brought little amelioration inthe condition of the poor _Iri 3 h peasantry . In thousands ofinsfcaoes , their gardens and potato patches were

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      left fallow , the wretcb « d proprietors not having the means ol planting them , or being too heartless in spirit , arid too enfeebled in body , to bestow on them the necessary labour in their cultivation . But even where the peasant was enabled to sow and cultivate his tardea . he had , to nse his own expressive _phraseulogv'he had theproduce eaten' before the gleaning d _«> y arrived , and the huekster , " and _flour-Jactor . and _« meal-monger , ' swept away what the landlord tailed in clutching te himsrlf . Thus , their condition is deplorable , whilrt that of the smalt farmer—the man holdin g from ten t _« thirty acres—is full as destitute , and much more embarrassed . He must pay poor rates , oeunty cesses , and other tributes , in addition to his rant ; whilst many of those whom I visited

      had not a four-footed beast in their possession , nor a stack of _iora , nor even a comfortable coat on their back . A listless , sullen apathy has settled down amongst these unfortunate beings . They have lost all relish for their former amusements and pastimes . The pipers' and fiddlers ' vocations have become _sinesures . Wakes and fairs are deserted , and more than one Rowan Catholic Priest , whom I was conversing with , assured me that amongst the most remarkable changes effected by past and present calamities , waa the strange factthatthe peasantry were becoming quite negligent of their religious duties , seeming to lose much of their usual confidence in Providence , and more or less disposed to shake off a goodly portion of that allegiance

      which they have ever paid to the Roman Catholic clergy . The Roman Catholio chapels are _^ nearly deserted , most of the people not having apparel in which they could appear in public ; and even many who bave not that apology to offer , seem to take example from their more wretched compeers , and remain at home , impressed evidently with the notion that thoir sufferings will atone for all omissions and delinquencies before Heaved . Happy I am to say , however , that tbe same reverend gentleman as * _sured me , that more had been cffec * ed in the lapse of the bygone , in the way of smothering down the old feuds and religious acerbities between Catholio and Protestant , tban could be hoped for , _perhaps , in half a century . The priest ond the parson have met together to _hdd oouneil about their dying parishioners ; the Orange magistrate and the mob orator sat at the same ' committee , ' to devise , as best they

      could , how to still the cries of their _famishing neighbours . The Protestant artisan and the Catholio labourer , with their wives and ehildren , appeared together at the 'Relief Depot , ' to receive their daily , ' rations . ' They chatted about their common privations . They spoke oi thoir native country , her wrongs , her woes , and the injustice and indignities under which she bled . They felt something was to blame . They investigated the matter in their own shrewd way , and in a thousand instances , became convinced that their own unnatural feuds , their wild animosities to each other , their religious bickerings , and all the evils _springing from prejudice and bigotry , were mainly _blameable for the poverty and degradation of their island home . Thus' out of evil cometh good , ' and the famine of 1847 has , as I Baid before , performed more in the way of reconciling the Irish population to each other , than all the preaching and teaching of political philosophers could effect iri a thousand

      years . I regret to add , that in my prerambulations , I found _tko little stock of ;• otatoes still remaining in the hands { ef the farmers , likely te be diminished by the 'rot . ' Several told me that they ( the potatoes ) were going quick , and tbat they did not suppose one . of them would remain fit fer use by Christmas . However , this circumstance , even admitting its truth , can scarcely have much influence on the resources ef the country . The fact is , there are very little potatoes in Ireland at the present moment , and those who are fortunate enough to possess any considerable quantities of them , will ( in tbe event of their maintaining their useful qualities ) hold them over for famine prices ; thus completely deprtvingthe poor man ofthe benefits which he might derive from having them in the hands ofhis neighbours . -

      There has been much bravura about the ' council meetings' in our good city in the last week . Of course tho Irish papers will furnish you with the particulars anext these same conclaves , therefore all I will say about them is , that they are more likely to render the nebles and gentry , who attended them , more despicable than otherwise in tho eyes of the country . They absolutely did 'nothing . ' They will do ' nothing ;' and to wind np the climax , if we are to judge by their _proceefdings during the bygone week , they are incapable of effecting anything creditable to themselves as publio men , or beneficial to their _csuntry . " Every _bodyhwe is laughing at them . They feel those' National councils' but national humbugs , and until the leaders of this movement assumes more definite

      attitude , and a firmer and more manly tone , they will never have the confidence ofthe great bulk of the Irish people . More of this next week . On this day ( Monday ) , the ' Young Irelanders' of Ulster are to muster in Belfast , and on next Wednesday , weare to be favoured with more oftheir « yarn , ' in the ' Round room ' of the Dublin Rotundo . Whether these people feed their fancies with the hope of wresting euld Ireland fromthe Saxon or not , they are vary earnest in one respect , namely—in the dissemination of their principles all over the land . They are entirely eclipsing the glories of the old bazaar on Burgh Quay , and yet , I don't know bow it is , the leaders ofthe Confederation are universally bated ; and in my intercourse with the different

      elasseaof _society ia Dublin ; I scarcely ever heaid anybody speak but in terms of unmeasured contempt ot the' warriors' of Music Hall , and undisguised disapprobation of the line of conduct which they . m _«**' _< _s in their public _movenjflnta _^ _Whp * 14 h « y-rilk bt' thunder < _TOtrT * _agger * " 7 people say they are the veriest cowards in existence , and if they try to establish their claim to the character bf good Catholics and 'faitbfulmen , ' they are spurned , not only by the Jachenarch y of Dublin , but by the Roman Catholic Hierarchy of the entire kingdom . Thus , tbey are unfortunate whithersoever they look for _countenance ; and though , for the ' gag' of the thing , many hundreds of hot-blooded , young scapegraces , are flocking to their standard ; still is is as plain as noon-day , that they are not the mon destined to achieve substantial good for their country , or make

      her—First flower of the earth and first gem of the sea , The doors of Conciliation Hall still are to be found open every Monday at noon , and whatever God sends in the way of' brass , ' in still grabbed up as greedily as ever . But , indeed , like the' Banquet hall' of Moore , ' its lights are dead ; ' and before many moons shall wax and wane again , it wiil be as totally 'deserted' as the most rabid ' swords-man' of the 'Young Ireland'clique could desire . O'Connell is no longer there to fan the flame of its ' ' _ong-fadtno . glories , ' and the Burgh Quay' Hall' will soon be converted into more useful purposes than a gigantic mantrap .

      The organisation for the purpose of preparing a monument ts the memory of O'Connell , goes on swimmingly . ' It appears the certainty of another year's devastation , by famine and sickness of the Irish people , does not fright those friends of the departed leader from their purpose . Well , if they will have it so , let them generously open tbeir own nurses , and pay all expenses attending their project ; but for the sake of mercy aad of decency , let them not impose another tribute' on the unfortunate , famishing , despairing peasantry of Ireland . In life , O'Connell ' s wants and wishes were ministered to by acoufidin _? , generous people—but new , that he is gone where worldly pemp can afford him no good , let ths starving peasant keep his ' shilling' to procure a ' meai ' s meat' for his family .

      More _bleod has flowed in Ireland . You will see in tbe papers an account ef the foul murder of Major Denis Mahon , of the county _Roscimmon , who was shot dead on Monday , November 1 st , on his return from attending a meeting of Poor Law guardians , in the village of Strokestown , in that county . . IIo was a wealthy man , highly respectable , but , ns report says , a 'bad landlord , ' and amused himself latterly with freighting a _ooujtle of vessels with * paupers' ofi his 'superabundantly-populated' estates , and shipping them to Canada , whore , of course , tho survivors ( if any _suth there be ) will not mourn his doom .

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      _HORBIBLB _EXTBBMLVATION OF TEKASTBr . We copy from the Du & lin freemen ' s Journal the following circumstantial statement of a transaction which recently took place in the county of Leitrim : — OntheMvhuUhn _* , tbe Sheriff , with a detachment of military from Uohill , and fifty police from tho surroundlag stations , proceeded to tbe townland of L « g _« Hamer , in the parish of _Aughavess , in this country , the property of Major Ormsby Gore , Perkinfcton . Wales for the purpose of dispossessing the tenants on that farmfifty-five human beings were left houseless on tbat nigbt .

      Tha placet tbey used to call their houses were'bnrat to the ground . The number of dwelling homes burnt was ten , together with the office houses attached to each . Now , had thos * poor peoplo been exterminated for _noni _psyment of rent , there might be some palliation for the eruelty , but such was not the case ; for , of three half year ' s rent due the 1 st of September , 1817 , they offered to pay one yeat _* « rent ( the custom in this country beln ? that ono half y _« ar " s rent should remain unpaid ) , wbich . Mr Lawder refused to acoepr , saying , « He would take no _recsiptfrom any tenant holding under twenty acres of land . ' But as none of them came up to that standard they were all cleared away . '

      I send you the names of the heads of families dispossessed , with the number of family : —< 1 . _Joatr Gbakt , four in family , held eight acres of land , a very solvent tenant . 3 . Joun _Qdihn and wife , two in family ; himself ag _« d _, 87 , was dragged from his 6 ick bed , and laid on a wad of straw , to see tho house in which these 87 years were spent hnrned . 3 . Thomas Crams , sis In family , held si ' s acres of land . 4 . JoHtr _Craam , eight in family ; a solvent tenant , holding thirteen acres , of whieh he lately purchased seven acres for the sum of £ 20 . 5 . Ebiek Ccbbik , eight In family , held four acres ef land ; solvent _.

      6 . Tat . _Dohohdb , Beven in family , held five acres of land ; Pat . _Donohua being _lu Scotland earning the rent bis wife aad fivo children , just _twoveriDg from ,

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      fever , refused to leave the house , but the fire being ap * piled , she was _forcei to depart . 7 . Thomas Quink , _four-ln family , held seven _aores and a half of land . 8 . J « n » Qdinn , four in family , held seven acres of land ; lii * family _recovering from fever oould scaroely © rawl out before the home was burnt : 9 . _Laubence Qpihn _, four in family , held six acres of land . 10 . Widow Qoikh , tight In family , held seven acres of land .

      It was a most hear ' . rending scene to witness , on the day after the _burning , the smoking imbers of tho consumed village , tbe fragments of broken furniture scat _, tered around , as It was rescued from the flames , and the sorrowful looks of that group of old and young as they gathered around ms to tell tha sad story oftheir misfortunes . They said , ' We all lived in peace in this village ; we are never at law with each other . Our foref athers lived here for generations past . You would say , If you saw it before this ruin came , that ' it was a nice little village ' ¦ * and so I am sure it wns' Another said , 'Dojou think does tbe law sanction such cruelty ¥

      state oy the _conwrn-r . The accounts from Limerick and Clare are again most disheartening . ¦ Another shocking murder has been committed in Clare . The Limerick Examiner cays : — ' Michael Walsh , steward to Charles G . O'Connell , Esq ., Ballinahineh , while proceeding from his house to Ennis , on Saturday morning last , was shot dead by some assassins concealed in the plantation of Fortanne , and while Walsh lay dead , a party of vagabonds came up and robbed him of £ 1110 $ . _# There are further accounts of outrages _rnRoscommon , and of threatening notices served en some proprietors in the district where the late Major Mahon was murdered . There aro ten er twelve persons in custody , but merely on suspicion , charced with being concerned in the murder of that unfortunate gentleman . ATTACK OS THB TBANtB W 0 BKH 0 _OSB .

      The Tralee Chronicle contains the following t' While the guardians were holding a special meeting al the workhouse , on the 4 th inBt , to arrange for the commencement _otout-deor relief to the infirm classes , W . Denny , Esq ., in the chair , a policeman came into the room and announced that a large mob , with a black fla-f , were forcing the workmen from their work lit the street ? , and coming up to the workhnuse . There were several magistrates at the board , and al ! agreed that the military should be called out . Mr George D . Stokes , J . P ., immediately volunteered to go for them , and for fear of being cutoff by the mob , ran across the fields to the barracks . The mob soon after made their appearance , led on by a man from Strand-street , who immediately forced open the

      _workhouse gate . The magistrates and some of tbe other guardians went down to reason with them , but in vain , they would not disperse . Some three or four of them threatened mischief , and were very violent in their language , but did not proceed further . The police soon after came up under their officer ; but even then the mob would not disperse , _though- every persuasion was used . In a short time the military , with Mr George Stokes , were seen coming across the fields , but the mob still persisted in remaining—asking for work—that ' they were willing to work , but would not starve . ' All they wanted was work , but

      this they would have or —— -. ' Mr Stokes , when the military were drawn up , immediately ordered the flag tobe seized ; and , having in vain fer some-time argued with the mob and cautioned some ofthe most prominent , whom he knew by name , to go away , he seized two ofthe principals . This did not suffice , aiid at a further interval he was obliged to seize two more . Themeb soon after dispersed , and the prisoners were marched off to the gaol , under the escort ofthe police and military , and the __ guardians returned to their business , which they did not com * plete until dark . A pound of meal ration was fixed on by the board , for out-door relief . '

      Frightful accounts ofthe destitution of the pea santry were read at the meeting of the Repeal Asso elation on Monday .

      A _COERCION BILL FOR IRELAND . The Dublin Mail and ( London ) Times announce a Coercion Bill , to ' put down the conspiraey against life and property , which has existed for the last six months . ' An ' Arms Act' and the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act are loudly demanded by tbe above-named journals . No doubt both aro contemplated by the government .

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      FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P ., AND THB NA TIONAI LAND COMPANY , _vebsits THE PRESS GANO .

      LETTER PROM MR CULUNGKAM , TO THE ZD 1 TOE OF THE H 0 ET _3 HBN STAB , Sir , — _-Having rtad in various papers the diabolical and infamous attacks an Fenrgus _O'flonnor _, Esq ,, M . P ., charging him with lavishing In an extravagant and reckless manner the funds of the Land Company , I have thought It my duly to contradict so base nnd _villanons an attempt to injure his character . Perhaps no man has had so good an opportunity as myself of witnessing the conduct and judging the motives of Mr 0 'Connor having been engaged by him and his brother directors from the commencement of the Company ' s operations at Herringsgate to the present moment . "Why , sir , the

      very reverse of these charges Is the fact . I have tliaw-i > t and told Mr O'Connor that he wn » ?•• ' ll !' _- " i in his bargains with the _*»»"<¦«« parties he purchased a tides ( . _,. ria also with the men whom he engaged tt > perforin the labour ; and I hare teld bim be was driving the barga ' _ns too close , and acting contrary to the doe lines advocated in our glorious Stab . His reply to me vras , ' that If it was his own work he was agreeing for , or his own money he was paving an ay ,, he should he more liberal ; 'and bejbas many times drawn my attention to the fact thatthe money was the hard earnings of working men , hundreds of whom were iu a much worse situation than those ho was employing , and tbat every additional five pounds expended on the house would entail five shillings per annum more rent for tver _. Sir , I doubt

      that thero Is an employer in the kingdom who studied more to -are his property , and to lay out hi * cash to tho best advantage than Mr O'Connor does the pence of tbe working men . I could not tell you how many hundred hours I have been with him after the men havo left the work , going from house to house , traversing the estates , even by moonlight , for the purpose of making Improvements , and reducing any expense where practicable . Do these conceited , ignorant asses , suppose for one moment thatMr O'Connor has a single set of harness , _acart , or even a wheelbarrow , made without an estimate from three or four different tradesmen In each branch ! After agreeing with the best and the most

      reasonable , bo has always required an article of each kind mafle for Inspection and appioval . No le » _s than four tradesmen at Gloucester made ranges and sent them as patterns , and before Mr O'Connor gave an order . Pacts are stubborn things . What I have hera stated is tbe truth , and nothing hut the truth , and ean be attested by the tradesmen , If neoeBsary ; and every working man tbat we have had in our employ will bear mo out as fur as they have seen , and been able to judge of the correctness of these assertions . I would s ' ate a great deal more but I am aware that every inch of your paper Is so valuable , I am fearful I tave iutruded at too groat hngtu _already ;

      I remain , Sir , years truly , Henbt _Cullinohaw , Foreman and Overseer of tbe Works , November 8 rd , 1847 .

      THE 'MANCHESTER EXAMINER' GANG . TO TUG EDITOR OF TUE NOBTBEBN STAB , Sib , —Having for several weeks back read the Manchester Examiner , wherein I find that the writers of tbat paper have held out matters to the public of a very serious nature , —some touching on tbe private character of Mr O'Connor , and others as it were to cast a cloud over the Land Scheme ; and feeling persuaded that when Mr O'Connor saw these charges , he would make some observations respecting them , induced rae . to also read the Northern Star , and I tbere find that instead of Mr O'Connor acting as most culprits do when suspicion lights upon them , namely , resorting to subterfuge whereby to eonteal his guilt ; that Instead of doing this , be is willing , of which he has given proof , of meeting

      those charges , either under the broad caaepy of heaven —in any court of equity—or any other investigation that bis accusers may think proper to appoint . Having read the charges of the Examiner , and the answers of the Star , and after giving the matter a fair and deliberate _lonsideration _, I have come to a conclusion that the charges are groundless ; and I could wish , sir , through the medium of your paper , to submit to the public in general , my reasons for coming to that conclusion . Now , In the first place , it bas been said by the writers of tho -KtamiHer , that the Land Plan was unsafe in conseqvitsace of aot being enrolled , ana that the Company were liable to penalties of great amount j this matter I conceive was sufficiently disposed of en Tuesday night , October 2 Gth _, by Mr O'Connor . But what must _a-. u .

      nishes me in tbis charge is tbis , —that _provider Ur _O'Conner's statements be false , which Mr Hobson says they are , h ' oiv it is tbat if the _Compaay be amenable to the law for any act or deed they have done , that the law has not taken advantage of the Company beforo now ? Weighing matters over in this way , sir , induces me to rely on tbe statement of Mr O'Connor , that a law to puniBh the members of this noble project is not in existence . Tho next thing that has been said is . thst there is a deficiency in Mr O'Connor ' s accounts ; this is a charge which I believe Mr O'Connor met with the conscience of an innocent man . The Manchester Examiner states tiiat tho Hall of Science will hold three

      thoueand individuals , and if T must take thoir own reporter ' s word for granted , ' thej say that Mr O'Connor stated to that large body ' that if tliey laboured under any Impression that the accounts were wrong ) tbey Were at liberty to appoint auditors to examine those accounts , and in order that there might bo no expense incurred by the members , he ( Mr O'Connor ) would defray the _experise of such examination . Whin I find a man coming forward with such frankness as tbis , it strikes conviction into my mind that he is an honest man , inasmuch us ha is not afraid of meeting any investigation , provided the investigators be men ofhoneity ond integrity . These gentlemen of the Examiner say they are wisli / ul of putting tae working classes on their guard against imposition ;

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      but I do not consider tbat they are sincere , If they were , they wouldbo more just ia ' . g iving their caution , ana would give It where it was necessary , _oaly . " -M » . _™" take a stroll _though some of the prino ' . pal borou ghtareof Manchester ; I ha » e no doiibt but that they will una cau _. e to caution the _pibllo against real Impositions i * tho _sb ape , for instance , ef bazaar * or _lottwiei , - » u * look upon it tbat it is not the interest of the working classes that ths Examiner has in view , but the ruin of Mr O'Connor . But I have reason t o believe , from tha demonstration ot Octobe- 26 th , that this vile _att-mpt has failed in that particular , and I hepo and trust that the feeling that was displayed on the night of tha above dato will be universal through the country . So far have ' tbe statements of the Exwiner been from havmg their intended _effeet upon me that I _intsnd to take up a four acre share . John _HoWABTU , Manchester Nov . 2 nd , 1847 ,

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib , — Having been looking orer tbo Manchester Beaminer of Saturday the 20 th ult ., I find in an article signed by ' One who has Whistled at the Plough , ' the following sentence . ' We have been the cause of many societies not banking thoir money in the Land and Labour Bank , and hare also been instrumental in _causng the mechanics to withdraw their _tnoney'from that Bank . ' Now , as the' Whistler' _presume te be actuated in his desire to benefit the public by asserting tbe truth , I hereby request that he will notice the following , so that in his zeal to be tbe benefactor of the public , be may not lead tbem into an error , by publishing a falsehood The Mechanics of Manchester hare not withdrawn their m from the National Land and Labour Bank ,

      neioney ther do they intend to withdra ir it , or any portion there _, of ( unless compelled by the preient _atate of trade _^ to do so forthe support of our members out of _employment . ) For the ' Whistler ' s' farther consolation , I beg to inform htm , and through him tbe public , that instead of withdrawing , the No . 5 Manchester Branch deposited _it _20 . jn the hands of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., on the Tuesday he was in Manchetter , and that several others are about to follow in _theirsteps . Now , sir , the _Manchest-r Society , above all others , have reason to endeavour to stop the supplies of their oppressors , inasmuch as they hav » , and that very recently , bad a specimen of tbe folly of placing their money in the hanks , where their employers may get two ethers tobe bond for them , for say five or

      ten thousand pounds—perhaps of the very money deposited by the _operatives , which enabled thero to dictate terms to their workmen . The Newton conspiracy case bas cost our society near £ 2 , 000 ,, besides being tho cause of the death of Alfred _Cbeesborough , ( own cousin to me , ) and a good member of tbe Mechanics Society , No , bo , Mr' Whistler , ' so far as onr branch is concerned , we wUl not allow , if we can help it , our trade " society to bebroaen up , and thus lay ourselves completely at the mere ) - of our employers , Trades' societies , Mr' Whisthr / I hope wiil continuo to / orm a barrier against the oppressor , until justice shall be dona to all , indeed itis tobe deplored that the capitalists ferce their hands to resist , reduction after reduction taking place , witness the amount of money lost in the following

      strike : — Cotton _Bpinners of Manchester in 1810 £ 224 , 080 Again in 1826 , ... 200 , 000 Sincethnttimo ... ... ... 176 , 000 Spinners of Preston ... ... ... 74 , 313 _Tewn of Preston ... ... ... 107 . 096 Glasgow cotton spinners ... ... 47 600 City of Glasgow ... ... ... 206 , 00 * Loss to County of Lanarkshire ... ... 800 , 001 Strike in tho Potteries ... ... 50 , 000 Leeds Mechanics strike , twelve moBtbi ... 187 , 000 Wool _Coombers of Bradford , ten monthB ... 400 , 000 Colliers ' strike ... ... ... 00 , 000 Total £ 2 216 . 089 And whilst the capitalists can make use of the law to protect himself , and crush tbe producers , the producer can never _maae use of tbe law to protect himself . Witness tbe Glasgow eotton spinners , and Borohester la . _bourers . Now , Mr' Whistler , ' do you really think tbat if we lend our money to the Land and Labour Bank , and thereby ease tbe labonr market , and get each ot our members a good house and fonr acres of land , that the master class will turn us out , without a dread that we shall betftke ourselves to the cultivation of the soil ! I am sir , One of the Trustees of tbe Manchester Fourth Branch . 5 , Church street , _Gsorqb Samuel Oerosn . Ruchdale _. road , Manchester ,

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      THE LAND COMPANY AND THE 'MANCHESTER EXAMINER . ' TO TBE ED 1 TOB OF THE _SOBTUEBN STAB . _Sia , —I recently troubled you with a _communications copy of which I had sent to the Manchester Examiner , but which that worthy declined inserting , until I gave a reason for tbe faith within me . I then sent the following ; and in the answers to correspondents , he says my faitb rests entirely In my confidence in Mr O ' Connor , and tbat he should have inserted it , had it not contained so much 1 personal abuse' ( a fit fellew to find fault with tbat ) . If you deem the letter worthy of a place in your columns , Us insertion will oblige . I would just observe to tbe ' Whistler , ' tbat to far from his letters shaking my confidence , I have tbis week taken up two other shares , and paid them up . Tours resoectfully , E . B . 85 , Bonsall . street , Hulme , Nov . 3 , 1847 .

      TO TBE EDITOB OF TBE EXAUIUEB . Sia , —In yonr notice to correspondents on Saturday last , In answer to my communication , you say I must give yoa some reasons for the faith that is in me , or you shall think I am one of O'Connor ' s ' dopes' or paid subalterns , of which you lay he has many in the country . I am neither ths one nor the other . The faith that is in me , I owe to long observation and study , strengthened by frequent proofs from parties who have wrote upon the capabilities of ths Land from practical experience . The ] _raetlcabliity snd carrying out of the Land Plan depends mueh upon confidence in its founder , and which the ' Whiatltr' tries in vain to destroy _.

      My faith Is further strengthened by daily witnessing the hundreds ofthe _capitalists turned into thousands , by various investments ; and because I _oannottee why the capital ef the working classes cannet alio be tamed to profit—and wbat better and safer investment is there than in land , where the labourer creates a free labour field for himself and family . Tour attempt at comparing our receipts and the receipts ofthe Repeal Association , is weak , inasmuch as the repeal _rentisspentia feeding a set of greedy agitators whose visionary promises they never Intended to realise for the people , any more than the _Anti-Com Law League did _« Cheap Bread—High Wages , and Plenty to Do , 'whilst ours Is converted into profit immediately In purchasing for tbe subscribers a' stake in tbe hedge , ' ' . That thero is no question at issue between Feargus O'Connor and the public , I again assert ; the question with ths 'Whistler' he will soon nettle .

      The 'WbistlorV trash about security is not worth notico . It is an insult to . tbe common sense understanding of the community , to hoist such rubblth upon them . Your correspondents vary much In the length of time it will take to locate a section—via ,, from _sisty to five or six hundred years . Ah I sir , if there had been a similar company * _stsblished—even sixty years ago—we Bhould have » different state _Qf things to _tjjat we have now . Your employers would not have had the power to boast the possession of their millions , whilst the pro . ducers were starving . What might have been prevented may yet be eorreoted ; but as they have an interest in a surplus population , they dread the system _» bat would throw the peoplo en their resources , on their own laud and thus create a class ef free labourers . '

      In ¦ onoltulon _, sir , I beg to say I have _besn a close observer of Mr _O'Connor ' s career for more than ten _yeare , and have seen nothing during that timetocausc me to think other than that he is a gentleman ' ta even respect worthy tbe confidence of tho _workiog classes anil alter their opinion in that respect . Tha' _WhistlerV as sertions are _uaf . _unded , and mado for the meanest pur " pose , but— . _ytH < Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just And he but nuked , _thoujib locked In steel ' Whose _conscleace with Injustice is corrupted " Your employers . know well the thorn he w » ta their side during be Free Trade Agitation , and they fear his e-pDsure of their fallacious doctrines , In their _non-rea . ligation of their extravar ;» nt promises of « Cheap _Bread—Hiiih Wages , and Plenty to Do . '

      Oh I bat what a shame that _Peargua should live out of the hard-earned pence of tbe working classes . You are right , thoir pence is hard-earned , but you don ' t live out ofit , _Ism-poso ? A reason—because not one of them will purchase your trash . Is there none of it in the £ 89 , 000 to be given to Cobden , or In the testimonial to Bright and Geo . Wilson , for getting them « _DearBread Low Wages , and Little to Do ' _j and what a shame for tbem to take it ? u ror Now , Mr Editor , he honest for once and _acknowledge th * truth , that your and tbe ' Whistler ' s' ravta _™ ari through your enmity to O'Cennor , and a fear of his in creasing popularity and power . Tell the ' Whistler' to L qulet : alittle , elSahe'llhavepeopl 0 thinklng oftheadaBe the greatest rogue is the first to cry stop thief' and £ your next number stick to facts , and ' ln ' Nothing extenuate or ought set down lu malice . ' I am , sir ,

      E . B ., 85 , Bonsall-street , Hulme , _OetM _' _mr ! _ShWeholdw

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      TO THE _MEMBER OP THE JOURNEYMEN STVax . ENGINE MA 0 H 1 NJ- MAKER AM _MttLTOleSi ! . FRIENDLY SOCIETY . _umwt-ttis You have been appealed to by the executive council ot our society , to decide ' whether or not any branch shal _^ _LltBaS ? ' fUDd ! in thei _'^ onalLand While this subject was under consideration the - «« .. vices of the degraded 'Whistler' were procured to aid your deliberations : you had weekly , in _theMAscnasMc Examinee , several- columns of what this hireling Pleased to call _argu- nent , consisting of tha vilest abuse of M _, O Connor _; the most wicked aud slanderous attack s upon that _-jvatlenum ' . private _oharaoter , as _Wcy „ _^ .

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      lies : wrote by wholesale ' expressly for the b „ , 7 * the _meohwics . ' 0 _* * ' . _' In his letter upon the Land Bank , which 6 * on Saturday , October 80 th , be says , ' We ha _\ 8 c 5 the machine makers to withdraw their money for"' ! ( the Land Bank ) , and we shall oontinue to _p-rW . v ' ' very necessary branch of public _aervice , ' % _ThoBC _mambere who entertained doubts of tho rltyof the Land Bank , or ot Ur O'Connor ' s ho- ** 5 ' must feel truly grateful for tbe valuable Ber » i CM 0 _r _§> Uin ' -he arted friend and benefactor of you *» . _fo T h % saved your £ 620 from being lost . " _^ That _assertioa , though as true as any other h 61 written for your instruction , is false . The N 0 . 4 hr , _^> bas only drawn { £ 30 , required to pay doB ( l J * £ 500 i » in the bank still . I may also add that tl Manchester No . 5 branch has deposited JB 170 . ffia C £ 760 , which is in tbo bank yat ; so mueh f or the w ? city of tb *' Whistler / _^

      _____ _,, __ . But , why did not this ' whistling' friend of M , g prise jou of the danger to whicii your fund , */' posed that were _depositedln the Royal Bank of i _£ pool ! Surely , the £ 840 in that feank belonging to « _£ Liverpool branch , requited the care of your guardi _^ Perhaps , the « Whistler'thought tbe £ 810 secure ]„ £ Royal Bank , and so it is ; it is so secure tbat the Ii , . pool braneh cannot get it , although they mi ght na-,: ' to pay the men out of work . What will you eay _« hen t tell you that one of the ' _Whistler ' * pupils , the a * * delegate to the executive council , held on Saturday , oct 0 ber 30 tb , seriously propo _¦«< - putting about £ 800 more ia the Royal Bank of Liveipool ! Each iadlvidual branch , from the commencement of our society to the present time , bas exercised the ri ght ot depositing its funds in wbat bank soever it thought best ; wbat right bave you to make exceptions 0 f _« _,. 4 and 5 Manchester branches ?

      If yeu wish to prevent the dismemberment of ou : _-. ciety , you must allow to those branches the same right } jouallow . u to others ; and , indeed , ! am verj much mistaken with the material ofwhieh those two branches are _composed / If yoa will be allowed te coerce them . A _Manchester Michakic , P . S . — -A short time ago , H . Selsby , on bis own aufto . rity _, advised the Warrington branch to withdraw _th-i * funds out of the _savings ' _-bank , and deposit them in the same bank In Liverpool . The Crewe branch , tldnkW

      Sir Benjamin _Heywood ' _s bank unsafe at the _presenttlme _, bave , on their own authority , withdrawn their fundsfrom that bank , and deposited them In the Manchester Savings ' Bank . Now , as Mr Selsby thinks _aavings' _-banks unsafe , will he appeal to the society agatast tbe Crewe branch for having removed their funds to It ? Or , Is the latter branch a privileged one J The truth Is , the Manchester Nos . 4 and 5 branches claim equal rights and privileges with other branches of our society , and shoald they b » suspended , you may hereafter regret allowing prejudice So wain your better judgment .

      _Minstbb Lovel . —At a meeting of the working men employed on the Minster Lovel estate , whicb , waB addressed by Messrs Doyle , Cullingham , Coutt _? _, and Moody , the following resolution was unanimous !] adopted : — Tbat we , the working men employed by tbe National Land Company , at their works now in operation on tha estate at Minster Lovel , seeing that tho judgment ana honesty of our principal director and superintendent , Feargus O'Connor , has _beenhasely and unjustly attacked by a portion of the press of this country , wehavefeltit to be our duty to come forward and eentradict the false accusations of these vile slanderers , and . for tha eatis * faction of our brother shareholders , to inform them that .

      so far frem their funds being squandered , we are compelled to state , Injustice to ourselves and brother trades men , that it is only by perseverance and great industry , that we are enabled to realise a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work . As to tbe ability of Mr O ' Connor , he has proved to us , as practical tradesmen , by the extent of ; hls practical aBd general knowledge , bis untiring zeal , continued perseverance , and devoted attention , to be the only * _rian in this country competent to carry oa the Cempany's business . And we challenge tbe country to point out any other company that can equal the rapid progress we have mado , the economy exercised , and tbe facilities we now _possesj _, for enabling us to proceed wiih our operations , in tv . at Tegular and _syitematic _ordoe _, wbich eaa only bs arrived at by the united energy , skill , and practical knowledge of experienced and intelligent

      men . _CAnnirF . —At a meeting of this branch ofthe Land Company , resolutions , denunciatory ofthe ' Whistler , ' the editor of the Dispatch , and other lying liblers , were unanimously adopted , with tha following addition : — And we hereby resolve , that the thanks of tbis branch be given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for the able refutation of the various _charges brought against him ; and tender to him our best wishes for his long life and triumph over all bis enemies . _Osw-xnwnisihB . —At our meeting thefollowing resolution was agreed to : — That the best thanks of this meeting ftra hereby given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M _. P ., for bis spirited reply to the Dispatch and otber papers ; and tbis _meeting places implicit confidence In Mr O'Connor ' s integrity , aad will _support hint , ' d hiB prosecution of the Manchester Ex .

      aminer . _EiauRnnrDOH . —A quarterly meeting of members ' was held on Wednesday , November 3 rd . The follow ing officers were appointed '—Edmund Dalby , sew tary ; George Hill , scrutineer ; John Pegg and Wm , Morris , auditors ; Peter Chance , treasurer ; Alfred _Thomson » John Brown , Edward Weaver , John Peg ? , Ferdinand _Rolanson , and William Morris , committeo . The following resolution was adopted : — That this meeting has the fullest confidence inF , O'Connor , M . P ., aa the Land Company *! bailiff and treasurer ; and that we pledge ourselves to support hio in his struggle with the press . gang , ' and tbat a collection be commenced for that purpose , to be continued for three months .

      South _Shibuis . —The Chartists and _raembersoJ the Land Company have passed resolutions and aa address , expressive of their unbounded confidence in Mr O'Connor , and their determination to support him against all his enemies . Meetings are held every Sunday evening at the Scarborough Arms , for mutual instruction and discussion . Alva—At a meeting of this branch of the Land Company , a vote of thanks was passed to Mr O'Con * nor , all present pledging themselves to support that gentleman , in spite of tbe calumnies directed against : him . Thc members of this branch auggest that aa , honest , practical man shall be appointed at Man-. Chester , at Nottingham , and at London , the three to 1 value the hou ? e and land wished for bv Mr O'Con-

      nor , on the estate in Oxfordshire , and Mr O'Connor r to havo the property at their valuation . The editer : ofthe Stirling 0 _">* m > _erhas been having a fling atthe 3 Land Plan , but be will get his settling when Mr c Kydd comes this way . Haslet . —A meeting of land members and friend ? si _Jook place on Wednesday evening , November 3 rd ,, in tlte Christian BrethreaVmeeting room , when theei fo'lowing resolutions wero adopted : — That we think it unjust to allow Mr O'Connor to to * at any expense in bringing to justioe the base mal ' _gnerjrsi of his character , and that we pledge ourselves to use i « our best endeavours to render him as much pecuniary yi aid as possible towards defraying the expenses of than forthcoming trial .

      « _™ . ? f _' * rn our best tnankl -o Feargus O'Connor in M l ., for his past services , and that we place undoubted : S cor _fidence iu _S ' m , ns we havo always fonndihis character so unspotted . _Themerabsrs and friends are informed that the us subscription book lies at Mr Yates ' s . Hyde . —At the weekly of this branch the _foUowiugig resolution was carried unanimously : — That the members ofthis branch tender their warrant and cordial thanks to _Peargus O'Connor , Esq ., for _hisiiti ab _' e exposition and his spirited reply to tho Weekly Dirt ® paleh ond other papers . This meeting places the mostos ; implicit confidence in Mr O'Connor ' s integrity , and . nn trusts that tbat gentleman will goon _asusuafin _tbetbs advocacy of the claims ofthe working _clasies , and tbishii mooting pledges _itselt to _subseribo its proportion of thethi expense attendant on tho prosecution of the Maneheilmla _Fccamitter .

      _TusDBiDoa WEu _. s _.-We , the members of ftafti liinbridge Wells branch ofthe National Land Corn-mi pany , in expressing our unbounded confidence in thethi conduct and integrity of Mr O'Connor , eulogise hinnin on his manl y and straightforward reply to the infatt mens press-gang , and we _ssneerely hope that all _sueliuet hlthy rascals and such heroes of the cat o ' nine taibbiEl ?« . _?!? W / l , atI _?{' , Vi x recei from the public tbeitieii just deserts .-w . H . Iawkbb , secretary . _Limim . -Tiro lectures were delivered iritbisthii S h ° v _T * , _% r ? ' „ nd ! r I ( , a - ' eTen { D Ss Nov . 4 th ar _-dara ng Crisis , Bank Failures , and the Causes . ' TheThl ectures were very respectably attended , _« _Ml _* rtrtr « i listened to with great attention . After the _seeondoim £ o ? h _'^ ZJl ° T * T in » _"Pe-C" _^ gr . ? te _tZi ' j ? hthe gcntlemtn of the press came lAci ! ing r 3 ut . 8 erereCa 8 tl ' 8 atl 0 D ' _^ - " '

      _*«»? . . !? " w , thfeeI , _'** 8 s of Pity and contempt the . ttl conduct ofthe Manchester Examiner , and others of _rtHftti venal press gang in their onslaught on Feargus _O'Con-Coo nor , _t-q M _. P ., 8 nd the National Land Company , _o" * " »' oeg to inform those gentlemen , that their calumnies _wilj wt iiave no other iffect than to cement us closer in the bon _' _ionn oiDrotherhood and co-operation , being impressed wi ' wil the conviction that the social emancipation of thf tt _masaesmustbeltheresult ofthe Land Movement . Wefa « ef . _r ther consider the conduct of » he Liverpool Journal to a to > _n-ghly censurable in giving publicity to the calumnies "jess tne anchester

      M _i ' _a'atiiHier , and refusing to insert nn _anu _, am wer when one was sent . And further , we wish to t _* nd " enfli our most sincere thanks to _tbosa _papsrs that bavo " _Ivoi nobly and manfull y defended our principles , and we « re " SOlVe tO frequent no public or coffee , house that _eupyo ' _ipW thoso papers that have been so lavish in their nbushbuu and so sparing ofthe t ruth when dealing with ouv vie _^ iev Lastly , we declare our unbounded confidence id Fear 8 «» r « O Connor Esq . M . P ., and thedireotors ofthe Land Co _*» OM L iif ' . ! 8 D ( l a /* ur 8 t _* 508 e gentlemen that nothing bo " boo erellction of duty on his part , will ever lead _loifoiH teiture of that confidence .

      . The _^ solution was seconded by Mr Edmund J" >| £ Jow in a very eloquent speech , * md carried _unanimousliouaf Un Sunday evening a leoture was delivered by * by ,, inomas _JoneB , subjeot ; V IIow can Labour » % m _t-raancipnte . itself , '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 13, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_13111847/page/6/