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      'THE ^ BE&LY ~ OF ^ EE ^ -PEE ^ PBSOS-- - ¦ _; SOCIETY ^ - v ' .. WW ^ *^^^^ EEeC ^ ¦ - '¦¦¦ _***** -l ~ ... ¦

      OX BSEUVO 7 7 HS . WOJ 1 B OP IBEIO . HD , TO THE ADDBBSS OP THB PEBS 058 STYLING THKMSSXYJBS THE RADICAL REFORMERS -OF iltGI » AHI » . 8 COTI ^ HI » , - AMD WALKS . - __ .

      It is oar earnest desire to treat you and your address witi tie utmost comtesy and respect . We respect even your ThiBtakpg and errors ; and for yourselves , as fellow-men and fellow-citizeng , -we can entertain no other sentiments than those of kindness and regard . > - ~" . Tour address meets out warn approbation as far as it indicates a determination to act with energy and perseverance in the endeavour to ameliorate existing institutions , and to advance the-working out of . the great principle of Democratic liberty—a principle when accompanied and guided b ; the aonl influence of the religions sentiment , is alone capable of being made the pafe and certain basis

      ta . penect liberty and social happiness . ^ At tie * ame time fliat-ire applaud yonr avowed intentions ^ there a » matters in : your address -which ire deeply .- deploiei ~ iW * J deplore the manifest ignfimT | r-u Whi ffi ^| . ^ rfcffijfo ^* f yy state of the Irish people . We depJwtT-alM ^ lKe distinct want of candour and sincerity which breaks out in more than one of " "Its paragraphs—and above all , we eordiaDT regret that you should have omitted so favourable an occasion of disdaiminE , and indeed of dettoundBj ? , act in general terms , Dut emphaticaDyand byname , the men who tarnish andstain your esnge and % cause of Reform , by threats , menaces and eadiortaJions , which-are as foolish as they are ¦ ncked- ^ - ^ x d&Dg as titey do to violence , to bloodily , and to rerolutjon . - / - ¦ We ial » fiase / points in detail i—

      The finftr ^ ypnr . ignoranee of the state of Ireland . You are not aware , we perceive , that the Parlia mentary return * show that there are more children m Ireland , in proportion io the population , attending school * , andrectdving education , than in England or evenin Scotland . -

      Yon are not awa , of- flie opinions deliberately -formed by an overwhelming majority of the Irish people in . fevour of tie greatest possible extension of the Suffrage . We Jap . not think there is . any magic in ike wordsi ^ JJniveisal Sufl ^ pge , " if the thing can be substantially attained , and therefore one of the : principles on which the Precursor Society is formed is expressed inthese * words : — ^ To give every legal and constitutional aid to obtain for all parts of the empire the greatest possible extension of the Suffrage thatcaupracticallv be obtained . " ¦

      It is therefore quite ^ needless to hare set forth in yonr address so inany ; paragraphs of p lain and -obvious tndsmsin order to induce us to join in all . legal- and constitutional exertions to procure the greatest possible extension of the Suffrage . . The wcond ^ point which displeases us in your address , is your want of-candour- —first , in the covert inidnurtioiiB which thataddrew contains , suggesting matters derogatory to men who have long enjoyed the confidence o ( the Irish people . If you had materials for accusation against them , or any of item , it would have . become , yon to" speak ont distinctly , and to state jour accusation , especially as that mode © f proceeding would have enabled us to point outite futility orittimtruflL . - " - . " .--Thirdhf— -You-deny that you yourselves hate leaders . You ought to blnsh for shame at such a

      denial—no popular party can possibly be without leaders . "The Duaness of the public , though sanctioned by the many , must oe done by the few ; , and those who do the business , and who are sanctioned and applauded , in doing it , are necessarily leaders . But the truth is , you hate leaders , and you know yon have ; but you are ashamed to « vow them , and yon ought tu be ashamed to give them any coontenance . The Oastlers , the Stephenses , and the Feargus O'Connors , hare their names inscribed upon yonr ; banners : It is fiterally so . The ^ . t ^ e the most active part - « t your public meetings ; they propose , or at least they support , all your public resolutions—they are applauded to the very echo , that applauds again . How , then , do you think we cairbe deceived b y the unfounded assertion that you hare not leadeisr ' . . ^ - ' - ..- ' - ¦ -

      fourthly--There is , anofher and more glaring want of candour : insinuated in your address and declared at your public meetings ; that is , that the Whiga , as a party , axe as had , nay , some of yoa siy worse , than ; the Tories ... / : _ Xolhing igM flffirniDM Tmhprewninjg ^ frion ^ ^ f human liberty ( if such yon be ) than' assertions of that unfounded character—because , although Jhe Whig ? aw , indeed , fcr frtmi 1 > eing perfect , « or from meriting the unmeasured confidence ofhonest Radicals to work out the necessary amelioration * in -onr system , yet they are : beyond any comparison . superior the Tories . The one party are friendly inclined to the cause of hberty—the others are the decided enemies of every popular amelioration , and

      upTCM despotism in every country . v-; Take tie following contrasts , which recent history afford * : —Erst , the Tories stood byjGattqnand Old Sarom ,-and all the other rotten borough ? , with operate tasusty . They insisted that the clay nwund * t tJaton , anS the tree at Old'Sannn , should liaj ^ Jbor representatives in parliament—and they penJBSckanlj refused 4 o gjv ^ one representaTlve-to Mg- 'M ^' TftyT ,. **** T ^ ptjlii j -inr'tirft | i 7 iminthaiw . - - _ The ' iWleisbjii a angla How , obliterated Garton andOldSaram , and altogether 115 close and rotten boronghs—and thus excluded from Parliament two hundred and ^ twenty nominee * of Lords or ComiHons-7-and gare representa&Tes to toe great mahu-¦

      fietnring totfn * . --: " \ : \ ^ . .. - ' /; V- . - " •; ' ^ . 'i&jAv ^^ lk&irer'&fi noSsayor insinuate that the : jdahs of 4 e Whigs are perfect— -bnt we do ~ say ana proclaim that the conduct of lie Whigs in this ie « pect , as dontr ^ ted witK-fie Torie ^ is one ^ e-» emngtbje «^ laQseofev ^ . aM « reMeMofnbertT , and that no man can be honest , who , | after this contrast ^ endeavours to place the Whigs and Tories on an equ ^} footing , of 7 > obnc estimation . _ In the « ecosd place , the corpora ^ ons . in England were almest rameraallj selfcelected , closie , compact , and c » nnpt ~ t 5 e corporations of Scotland were still more andaaounly ^ " packed * and plundering . The TnriAo ar ^ wv ) \ tv thorn bTI . " " 1 'Kift'ir AlA n » f ac . a « i Ann ^ f 7 k %# ^* A ¦¦¦!!¦¦¦ . !¦ i UAU

      ^ ..... a .- » J ^ ^ m T ^ lUfe ^|^ u W \ JA 4 sent to controulthfrknavish corporation of Leicester in its iniquitons eapenditorp of _ pnbHc fonds to promote pariiamentary jobbing . The Whigs brushed away , ^ at ' -one Wow , the coirupt , the jobbing , Ihe peculating , the self-e ^ cted . jthsj annihilated the old corporations , and they substikited for them cor-BorstionsTnidCT the influence , to a considerable flfieree ^ of popijlar « mtronL ...: Yobi xttaysay'aiat 'flw corporate reform of the Whigs is BOJt perfect Let itibe granted that it is not so . Yet , hoT ? transcendently does the Whig parrrecHpse the Toriea ^ intid » contrast of nnmiti gated - cormption on the one hand , and at least

      moderate reform on -the other .. - " . _ . We , thereSce , again repeal that no man can be koaest who places boia parties in equal estimation . . . - - TMrdly-- ^> bk to flie slav ^ question—and if any mahcan TBnture a ^ ain to compare the Tories witn the WiigS j » e can attest more than , eight hundred thonsandnving witnesses to oppose and to deride the conroanson . ^ For twenty year ? before 1806 attempts were made to abolish thai most horrible of all hnmaa cruelties , &e slave trade . Tory hypocriiT- was added to Tory croel ^ f on tin * subject . _ Ktt affected to support the aboliaon ; but took care to be left upon that question , aadvpon-that alone , in a minority . ' : Tl »_ WMgscan » into © ffiee j &r a few transitory months , in 1806 , and djaring that period

      theyimmortalized" tbearadminyrrationb y the totalabolitibn oltceBnti ^ iiJlaye trade—and the BritiA ^ ag could bo longer corer . a cargo of slaves . ' The Tories -wei ^ iB office from 1806 to 1830 , and dnring that period they did not take one step to give the slaves liberty . Since thfl Whigs came inu > office in 1830 , tha slaves—eight hundred thousand slaves—have been : liberated and hot are free ! Sacred heatari- ^ aro you justice , have yon hnmaiutTvwh « n" yon place \ hk Tories upon a level wife me Whigs , and yet behold this glorious emancipation of human beings ? ; . . " . """ Chicanery may dMfcMtJ ^ nd pnrbSnd party spirit xaay overlook , this migh ^ r transition from slavery to Ireedom—but still this fact , this magnificent fact , will ever stand forward as a monument of eternal glory to that party by whose means it was ultimately consummated . . -

      ' , Tree . Whigsliare their faults , and have committed tneir-cnmes-Tiwmen are more reaSy to admit and to deplore it thanrwe are ; but let any nbnest man confrast ^ r conduc ^ widi respect to slavery and the glare teadei wfith-thalof 4 he Tories , and ton say , it he dai ^ , tJari > oth parties oughtto be held in equal estimation by ' -tne public . - > In the last - ^ jlace ^ conbasfcJhe conduct of the Whigs with . that otthe Tories respecting Ireland . It is" qotteirae uiat they commenced their career darag tte admin -8 tratioa-ef- Lord Grey and Lord Brougham hy the base . and bloody Coercion Act—a craefcy which we can never forget , because it so the

      nmca r ^ emblM constant . conduct of the Tories towards oar UBhappyt » unrry . It is tras they-were supported by all me parties at that time in the house , few the Radicals were not at that time strong enougt ^ even out" oT ftjehouse ^^ -sud certainly not m ^ 3 u > n 5 er- * p be' caHeii a jarty ^ , YetJ ance' the return of Xx > rd Melbourne to power , " the Wings haw fone ninch—aay , almost all d ^ y codM do for lre-^ SS ^^^ 8 !^ : * wm- « t nrach «* key ci&ytbe fl » H »; of ^^^ att-&w 6 ^ parti » uisJa > j ^ flM ^ -lBWteexelndBd MM $ § 3 ® $ && ^^ iartizaBs-Jj ^ heiway ^ mm ^ M ^^^ PPP ^^ T& ^ l ^ fQT the

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      £ htb » aQiJ infamous oppresidons which Orange P Toryism has innicied , ana would S S again inflict , upon this wretched country . : The- dread and horror of the restoration of the Tones to powers which are felt Ijy the People of Ireland , are the result'of our thorough knowledge of the miserifis which Ireland would endura from such an infliction . We bitterly regret ' -to ^ pe ' rceiTe that yon show no sympathy for our sufferings , and that you mingle in one common opposition bur iriends and onr enemies . To qualify yon to obtain the attention of the Irish people , yon should have shown an attachment to those who ssrve us well , and a hostility to onr malignant foes—you seem to us to have done directly — " ^""" " " ' *«? " ^ V-- — :== a—;—* -- -= - — - — - ' - ¦ -- « - ' ^ ryr » . " . ' -7<—^ -i- ' ¦ ^ v , ¦; — * .-- ^ ^^^^ ^^ i& « cw « . iu . h 7 : : ¦¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦; -- ¦ ¦ : . ., y-rr

      the reverse , and to patronise onr enemies , and then to expect co-operation from us , whose interests you so grievously neglect or oppose . Weheed not remind yon of the long-continued and hideous tyranny of the Tories—of the hideous waste of blood and treasure which that faction exhibited m their neferious attempt to crush the rising libenies of tEe American people—the equally abominable waste of British blood and British treasure expended—first to foment thexevolntibnarr mania in France , and afterwards to prevent its settling down into peice and constitutional freedom . ;' - •;

      It ought not to be necessary for us to remind you of the Pittite and Tory conspiracy of the year 1794 , to drag to the scaffold and shed the blood of numbers of honest and patriotic men , for having advocated Parliamentary Reform , though in a more miti gated shape than that in ~ which it had been theretofore put forward by Pitt himself . We need not remind you of the rebellion of 1798 , fomented and fostered " by the Tory Government , until it exploded in a drimess insurrection , prostrating the friends of freedom , and giving unbounded faTour and strength to our Tory enemies , until , by unparalleled intimidation , corruption , and bloodshed , they were able to suppress onr national independence , and inflict upon tig the Union . We gurelv need not remind you of the countless years in which , in Great Britain as well as in Ireland , the Teries suspended the Habeas Corpus Act , and thus rendered life and liberty totally

      insecure . ' We need not remind you Of the Tory jndicial murders in Scotland , norof the more recent and equally atrocious massacre of EngKshmen , Englishwomen , sad English children in -Ste streets of Manchester—a massacre which has remained totally unatonedfoi , and its Tory perpetrator * totally unpunished . . _ In short , tile crimes of the Torieii against , public liberty and constitutional rights cannot be exceeded in enormity , or length of continuance ; and the Tories are as ready to commence them again , as it they had never sinned against mankind—in fine , the dark and ensanguined history of Toryism is not illuminated with one single ray of light , of grace , f

      or ogoodness . ToryLsm is a . monster not redeemett from its vices l > y one single service in the cause of liberty or humanity . We are not the enlpgists of the Whigs , and we freely . admit that they have unjustl y and absurdly halted in their career of pnblic utility , especially upvn the all-important question of the Ballot ; but at the same time we hold in . utter scorn those public men who will not do : them justice when thev are putin contrast with the Torie * . We do cot pretend -that the jWhigsare efiul gent Ughts of liberty , but w « 'do insist that they are as superior to the Tories as ihemoon on a clear night is more brilliant than the lesser stars , though fated to fade into obscurity in the presence of the risiri « un .

      The injustice which youTb to the Whigs demonstrates .-your want of igrnip-aUiy with Ireland , and would alone be sufficient to justify our refasal to co-operite with you ; but we are compelled by the same sense of justice and love of truth to reprobat « , in the strongest term , * , the mode in which many of your public meetings are conducted . Weentirel y disapprove of the language oi intimidation and violence—the incitements to arms—the aspirations for . revolution—the total contempt for the legal and constitutional bounds within which poh'ticai Miution should be restrained—the sangmnary ^ ferocity of your Oastlens , O'Conaors , and Slephenses—shouted for and responded to by the dupes of " a -useless and insane declamation . t mist

      » sacu conduct is pursued at yourmeetings , you cannot expect countenance and co-operation from U 8-3 % e not only abhor the illegal and criminal nature of such proceedings , bat we are disgusted wiA their folly and fatuity . For what , after all , can be more foolish than your miserable threats of armed violence and bloodshed ? Unorganised" masseB may commit outrages and murders in particular locairtie . * ,: but the disciplined icax « of the State would . soon scatter them to the winds , aided as that force would be by all the property , and by all the wise and good menin the nation —nay , Ireland alone woold famish a sumcii-nt force to crush for ever any attempt at Violent revolution .

      > V east you earnestly , why do yoa not oisclaim and disown the men who thus wickedly and fooli shly injure the cause of reform ? They justly alarm all men of property , and throw them into the ranksof the opponents of-reform . They also range against yon . the-sagaewns multitude of persons who have learned from history and experience the enormous ^ mjbchiefe Jwhich result from tumultuous or sanguinary changes in the political state . Again , we denounce not only the wickedness but the extreme / folly of the conduct of your li ^ dersthat folly Is ' exhibited in their not knowing that there is no conntry on the face of the earth in which it is so impossible to effect a change in the government by a civil war as in England . The social state

      there is too complicated—man is too dependant on his fellow-man—the operative and his family are too dependant for food and raiment oh the wages of his employer , to render it possible for a rebellious outbreak to subsist in England . Consider Jot . on « moment the number of operatives in Manchester , Birmingham , Leeds , Sheffield , and in hair a doien other great manufacturing towns—reflect that there are Irom two to taree millioni < of human beings dependant for subsistence in these towns upon tlie payment of weekly wages . If in all these towns the factories were closed , and the workshops and manufactories all shut up for the space of thr »» e or four weeks—if there were no wages longer paid or earned for these three or foor weeks , how could the

      myriads of operatives and their wives and families subsist ? They might perhaps live one week upon the plunder of their wealthier neighbours , and thereby reduce them to the same state , of misery with themselves , but after that week , itunine would lift its head on every side , all resources for subsistence would be cnt off , and the countless multitudes would inevitably perish—the deluded victims of criaiinal incitement of men who ought to have known better . & Abandon then , we conjure you , your absurd as well as criminal menaces—you have a strong case , nay an irresistible case for the extension of the Suffrage , and above all for the Vote by Ballot , if you will but allow that cause to be conducted within

      the bounds ef law , order and common sense . The best of the Reformers of Birmingham have already set you the example—Schelefield and Thomas Attweod , Muntz and Edmonds , and Salt and Dougla * , and HadLjy , and other excellent Radicals , have set you a brilliant example—they have expressly and in the strongest manner condemned all excitations to physical force , for the purpose of procuring Universal Suffrage—they have with equal emphaMK condemned all proceedings calculated to produce any breach of peace , law and order ; and they have m the loudest manner anathematized all encouragmentto civil war . . ¦ . The patriot hand of Thomas Attwood has inscribed on the Birmingham banner , " peace , law

      ana obdeb —under that banner we are ready to content for the greatest possible extension of the suffrage that can practicably be obtained , for the shortening of parliaments , for the vote by ballot . Our wise policy is to make the most of existing means , and to do the best which present circumstances allow . It is upon this account that we cordially support the Whig ministry , though much dissatisfied with its backwardness in some point * , and wecordiall y support them rather than suffer the incalculable evil ol admitting the Tories to power through a breachin the ranks of the Reformers .

      " e confidently trust that the good sense of the great majority of the working classes will prevail over the harsher and more violent counsels of the unwise and the nnwary .- Common sense has an almost magical power in politics , and as common sense pointsoutthe pathsof "law , peace , and order , " as the only route ^ that leads to security and success , we confidentl y anticipate the abandonment of all foolish and wicked courses , and a perseverance in that alone which shall , have the sanction of the wise and the good , and the firm support and ardent co-operation of all sincere lovers of liberty in- the united kingdom .

      _ Continue to countenance the emissaries of riolence , civil war , and bloodshed , and you will merit and receive our reprobation and unequivocal opposition . Abandon the foolish and wicked men— -dfaniss the O'Connors , the Oastlrrt , and the Stephenses , and imitators from your meetings and connseli—confine yourselves within the limits of peace , law , and order ; but within these limits exert yourselves strenuously , actively , energetically , and above all . contimionslyand you will deserve and ensure the . cordial * copperaaon ^ and ready asxistance of the generous incorrnpuble , high-minded , and troe hearted people of Ireland , -. ¦ ' - * . ¦ ¦ ' / . i ^ :- ]^); ^??^ ^ ON ^ ELT ^^ - . V : . Chairman ht the Committee . Cojn £ xchange , 29 thNo 5 ivl 8 ^ .: ; ' : I

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      ; 5 X > JOA 1 ? IEL ; O'CONNERL , ESQ ., M . P , 1 Si ^ Xwas ^ tfeawa ? eia ^^[ rcumstaaces would ever ' reqiarelthat I should again ! be ' your « orrespondent ..: ; I haw thiimoment ,. in . Thetime * newspaper ^ read an addresd from you , as chairman of a committee of ^ the Pfei ? oi * 6 r ^ S ( iciery , toth »^* Radicals

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      "'of England , " in answer to one which , it seems , th ^ y had written to ^ ^ tt the peoplei of ^ Ireland T . " I Kave Z not seen their addre « , and a ? I am not in the secrets of the " Radicals of England , " .-1 only know of yoiir quarrel by the addreu which you have published to them . ' : " - ¦"¦ . -, . . ¦¦ ,: ¦;/ '' /; : // : ¦ : :: \ \ - ¦ _ ¦ ' . i ^ : \ ' :. ' Ihare observed that , during the rent agitation which yon have been maintaining in Ireland for some weeks past , yon have done me the honour , before your andienceiv in different Irish towns , ti ) abuse me in that . O'Connell style of blackguardism which is so peculiarly your , ewn . I was proud and happy to think that 1 had deserved yonr hate , remt-mbering that I was the person who bad published the awful tact that O'Cennell had sold his conscience , "' — -- ^ : ienth * w « ireS > iaSASSaiSS

      hUavowedpnncjples ^ andthoostands of poor factory children at the price . of jtl / WO . ; But , tintil I read your let ^ r to the "Radicals of England , " I was not aware that even you could hive . a&Jerted that which yon knew—evervbody-inew— -to ^ ^ be . false—Uiat * I was a leader of the . Ridicals . Why , Sir , it was but the other day that yon made Ireland resound with your reasons for denouncing the English Radicals ; and the first of these was that they had no leaders . ; and now the same man , Darnel O'ConnelU denounces the same men , the V EngUsh RadicalH , " arid abuses them to his heart ' s content . Why ? Because he has been dreaming that they have chosen mysell , un ultra Tory , for their leader . What the English

      Radicals may say to you in answer to your denunciation I cannot tell . It should seem that they know nothing of their own concprns , and that you know everything . '' .. They deny that they have leaders : and you unblushingly assert that they" ought'to bliiaii for shame at such denial ; " and that the truth is that they h&ve leaders , and they , know they have , and thai they are ashamed to avow them , and that they ought to be a ^ uamed to give them any coun :-tenance ; and then you tell them that which every man ; of them knows to b « false—that 1 am their' ^ le ader ; " and that I "take thensbst active part at their public meetings ; " and that I " propose , or at least support , all their public resolutions" and

      , that in doing so I am " applauded to the very echo that applaud * again . ' ^ Now , Sir , I do not know what the English Radicals may say to nil this rhodoniontade , but 1 know that ^ every ^ wofd of it is a falsehood ; and both , ; froaa ., the notoriety of the facts and the character " of the person I am addressing , I have a . right to say that you know it to be false also . Whetiier the Radicals have leaders or have not is beit known to tbemselyes ; but wLen you assert that I am one of their leaders , you assert that which , if you know auythiig either of iue or them , yon must know to be talse . I have taken no part at their pnlilic mt-etihgs . I have not prod h 1

      pose , nor » ye supported , any of their resolarioris ; and bo far from having been ' ii pplauded to the very echo that applauds again , " 1 have heard many regrets expressed by tbe >* English Radicals" tUut I did not support them in their great dttuonstratiOuy The fact is , Mr . O'Connel ! , and you know it , tUat so far irom being a h ? ader of the Radicals , I am no Radical ; 1 never pretended to be a Radical . I am what I always professed myself to be , an ultra-Tory ,- So lar , therrtore , as I am concerned , the Radicals are not open to your charge of uuplicity and shameless tlislionfsry in disayovring me as a leader ; but , however rthat is a matter which I leave iheni to settle witnvuu .

      I have told yon that lam an ultra-Tory . Understand me , Sir ; 1 believe that , under the constitution , _ of tbis country , the rights , privileges , -liud happiness of every class , and of every individunl , were intended to be , and ought to be , aud might be , secarv ; that tht-re L * a capability in the institution- ? of this uaiion , when they are pniperly dir » -cted for the public weal , to security , comtort , aud pk-nty to-all ; aud the reason why we srt so much op . pression and cruelty in the land , I brlieve not to be a consequence of the institutions pi the country , but incident to the fact that men obtiiin power surreptitiunsly , who are willing to sell thy lives , and hb ^ rtiw ; , and Jortuu ^ s ot their fcllowmen for " £ 1 , WKJ . " These being my princijjlf « , 1 have not thought it to be my duty to propose , or to counteuance , any alterations in . the co ' n ' a ' titution , but I have fearlessly , constantly , and enereeticallv

      attempted to procure those ameliorations in the condition of tn& factory chiliiren aiid the working classes which I believe the cousutution is intended to gnurantee . And 1 do thank Gou , i \ lr . O'Counell , that although I have haa Whig bribes offered to me to a larger amount than you accepted in the case of the factory children , i have hitherto been disinterested ehongh to reject them . But it is not nccessiiry ; that 1 should pursue this topic further . It is not I who am oh my trial , but the "English Radical * , " whom you have arraigned , as dishonei't , ignorant , and blood-thirsty , Hbweve r ^ since you are the accuj » er , perhaps these " English Radicals " will allow me * o far " lo exorcise the province of the judge as to determint ! , fiomycur own showing , whether , on the tiiree points of your charge— -di ^ hont-sty , ignorance , and blood-thirftiuess —you come into court with clean bauds .

      . And . tirat , Mr . O'Counelr , as ' to your honesty . Have you not , over aud , over again , at English meetings , and especially before the working men , at the Crown and Anchor , relerriug to your evidence before the- Lords' Committee on Catholic Emancipation , to prove that it whs to your mind no new i-ea , avowed yonr inalienable attachment to the principles embodied in these words ' , " Uuiveral Suffrage , ' which have now , nlas , no mituicin them r" Did you not then avow yourself as the very apostle of the Universal Suffrage creed ? And

      pi ay , Sir , how have you redeemed your pledge in ' the House of Commons ? Before the people you were wciferoos for Universal Suffrage . In the Honse you have been silent . And flow , ' in redemption of your promise to the W higs , you quarrel with the very name , and tell the "ignorant Radicals of England , " that Universal Suffrage only means "the greatest possible extension of the Suffrage that cau be practicHlly obtuiiied . " Why , Sir , you hurry me onwards in my careeri I set out under this head to prove you dishonest , and you have proved your ignorance as well . But 1 will quote your own words in full for the benefit of the English Ra-jicals .

      'J hH Precursor Society , with Daniel O'Connell at their head , authoritatively aunouuee to tha "English Radicals" thai Universal Suffrage is henceforward to be understood in no other-sense than this— " to give every legal and constitutional aid t j obtain for all parts of the empire the greatest possible extension of the Suffrage that can practically be obtained , " Why , Sir , there is not a Whig in your own Cabinet that would not swear allegiance to Universal Suffrage upon these terms . Nay ,- Sir ^ if this u all you mean by Universal Suffrage , tlie only reason that could prevent a Tory from joining in the cry of Universal Suffrage would be his disilain -of the thought of joiuink Daniel O'Cohnell in

      cheating the people . Have I proved you dishonesf v Mr . O'Connell ? Yes , every honest Radical will say that trickery cannot go bwyoud thii . X > th « rwine I might allude to the tears which I saw you shed , to the heanngs of your bosiVm which 1 wiuuvsed , and to the plaintive accents "imploring mercy for the factory child , which 1 heard dropping from your lips , all dried , all subdued , all silenced by the fatal £ 1 , 000 squeezed by your patrons out of their life ' s blood . Oh , yes , Sir , if it were needful , 1 could heap proof on proof of your dishonesty . But I leave the base , brutal , and bloody Whigs to unfold thegrest . Now , Sir , for your ignorance—not ignorance like that imputed to the working men , ignorance of what

      is out ot tneir reach , and beyond the sphere of their experience and intormation , but ignorance on matters in which you have the presumption to set yourself up as a teacher . You draw a contrast between the conduct of the TorieB and - the conduct of the Whiga in several particnlars , and first as to the question of Reform . You -say that the Tories " stood by Gatton and Old £ arum and all the other rotten-boroughs with desperate tenacity , " and that the Whigs at a single blow obliterated 115 of them . You conclude from this that every honest men must prefer WhigstoTories . You are a very superficial man , Mr . O'Connell , or you would know that the Whigs actually Created the rotten boroughs , for which fact I refer you to a hi gh Whig authority , Sir John Cam Hobhouse ; and that they pertinaciously adhered to them till me Tories , obliged to follow

      their courses , had got a preponderating influence in the boroughs , and bad beaten these corrnpters of public morals with their own weapons . But 1 atu afraid , Mr . O'Connell , that 1 have here taken you moch beyond yonr depth ; let us return , therefore , to the shallows of * recent history , " in which we shall find you eqnally floundering . The Whigs in 1798 , finding that the Tories , by means of the Whig instrument—rotten boroughseffectually excluded them from place and pay , proved : ( at least : to their own satisfaction ) that reform was abttolutely necessary : In 1806 , they came into place , but then they never mentioned the word " reform . " They were ousted wiib . the conenrrence of every party , and it is hardly an exaggeration to say , of every man in the kingdom—ouswd , Mr . G'Counell , because they were execrated as false professors of the name and creed of Reformers .

      In 1827 . parts of theirbody crept into office under Mr . Canning , who , at the moment that he to 6 k them , and while the Whig phalanx stood athis backy declared that he would resist reform to the last hour ol his life . While this disgraceful scene was acting m the House of Common * the Whig Lord Lansaowne was taunted in the Upper House with taking office as an op&onent -of all reform . The taD » l ? ^^ . whig feadervLord Grey , who jastiiied- his noble fnend upon the ground that if that noble friend had ever been a Reformer ^ at all , he bait beefii a- Reformer - of the most ^ moderate J * aisffotidn ; "'' ;? ¦'¦ ; r . . ^ - ¦ ,: ; -- w ^ . > ¦ ; ...,- i . -V ^ : ¦ - - ; : '¦ -. ¦ - ' ' rltf ^ fiBW i-rae Wh ^ s came ^ into ofidce again ; ' Tmt mj e&m : mrat' « ' thne of ejedtemfeatrand % otenc »» that cobW not brook p « lteri « ij ^ nd iri « ttoerity < arimb ^^ -jequired-. mw | gureij and immediate ones ; and , a « the profession of the Whigs : q « t ; of * qffice , ywere BUAtable / to tha-violenceM the timlesi they fell into place , " aEnd' Having tftu ^ ff the ^^ p W to believe that a reform ' wasthe rem ^ dVfor'Uifc * confusion that then

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      £ S * j }^ V ^ e / wereo ^* to Propose asweeping *?"> " *• * AW , p idisgraceful A exposnreB of ^ one ^ ot £ 1 1 »;»* 1 d the nndergame that wasplayinjtin the x ; abinet ; to cheatytue people out otXSa . t very feform which they had persuaded them to think nece ^ ry- these are welj known to all the world . £ ° ? » r ^ , V *? J ^ . * Z * mg ^^ ^ the discussion of the Reform Bill , and , ignorant as you are , yon cannot be ^ ignorantof ^ tbis fac t , that whei the \ fbi ^ leader , U > ra John Russell , brought in ^ the bUl dM teratine the close borough , a member of the honse read to ^ 1 J or ^ J ? f P ^ sage out of his 6 Wn solemn book oft the English CoMtifation v in which , speaking of those very ; boroughs , ; he , Vth « Whi ^ says that to obliterate them would be « a remedy ^ orse than the SSS 5 L ; J ^ j ^} ^^ » si ^«^; yoO must alrememberthat the iflect of this - ¦ -- ¦ - ---.- ¦ - ~~ . ~ ¦ TS& . ^ iSfeS . ffEwS'M ?? 8

      so ^ ; hnmihating fexposure ^ Irove his / Lordshipffor he had some skame > out of the House ; and made him give inn the baimto thehandspf Lord AlthorpiSSJe ? clefftngiblebyhnn . -A s to the daimsof the WhiirS on ; the gratitude of the Radical Reformers , ortbe working classesj there is another fact of which even jour lgnprance i »; not unconscious—that the WlnW H ^ forni Bill went ; to confine the re presentation e » firely to property , and that the ! TerieirinsiiJted on theur preswvmg the existing rights of freemen , ^ of - ° I ^ ^ ^ ^ *^ t even this Whig biA is indebted for all its exclusive brick arid : mortar character ^ to ^ -Whigs . and for all that ; eavorir ? ofpo , pular suffrage to Jtfae : Tories .: 1 leave it to 5 ie Radicals to determuie whether theWbjgs or Tories , eren on tW ^ pet subject ; have the better claim te the respect of / »* honest men , " , a phrase which , like ^ conscience , ' * " religion ; " and ^ loyalty , " is fre - nyOT

      n ^ v o r iips ,. Dut oi wmch , I verily believe , you have never formed a definite idea . w * to the ^ P ^ ! 0118 ^ ?? ft a statesman , " are not ashamed of twitting English working-men with ignorance ollrelaridj though you do not « how even that / your charge has any foundation | but how possly ignVjrant must you oe of English feeling not to know that the corporatipn question is in England a mere struggle , on the part of the Whigs to disposses 8 the . lories of pdwerjin the boroughs ; that the Radicals , having ho share in the power , know nothing of the Reforin , as you call it , but that it has occasioned an enormous addition of expense and an annual cause of strife , and that they are actually now in many cases , returning Tor ? corporators on the single pledge that they wSl put an end . ^ at le ^ to check Whig municipal extravagance and jobbing . Howeyer , it is only among a wise and vyelUiuformedpeop le , HHch as yon have to deal with , that this can be made aqiiestion of importance , and so let us leave it . . r '

      . Y 6 ur . . ignorance with reference to the slave questiou wilL reqjiire very _ few words of exposnm ; though , doubUess , this is a question on : > hich you are shidlow-enough ; to think yourself completely lutrenched behind your phalanx of 800 , 000 living witnesses , You would have the Whigs thanked for the Mnancipatioir of . the negro slaves ; arid the 1 ones blamed for keeping them in bondage . The truth is , Sir , though it will probably come as a surprise on your ignorance , the condition of the slaves , and the questioniof their emancipation , were luipre-eedupou the public mind for nearly half a century by the Tory Wilberforce , who , in the House of Commons , backed by a . smali'baud-of ' 1 pryfrieridf < , tailed not , session titter session , to demand liberty or the . slave . You forget , sir , that Wilberforcrt was .

      HUH myself , a Yorkshireman , and that ihe question of nugr ' o emancipatidn was not always a question for claptrap popularity . . -: Perhaps you do aibt know , either , thautwas the Tories ; in Yorkshire who , in many Parliaments , returned that champion of the . black slaves , in defiance of the Whigs . Perhaps you never heard of the ; great contest for Yorkshire in 1807 , When the Whigs moved earth and hell , and parted with hundreds of thousands of poundi * . for the purpose ot ejecting Wilberforce frpiri Parliament . Ah , Sir , 1 remember that conflict well . The . ' Whigs were notfeonteut with using all the power which wealth and party gave them ' against- VVilberforce , but they pelted Jiim with : stories ^ and dirt , ¦ •" arid / used

      every means ot annoyance which the bitterest malice could invent . In spite of all , however , the Tories > eturiie . U him triumpharitly to Parliament ; and it was in that position in which the Tories placed him , that he , the Tory Wilberforce , broke up the ground , anrt tilled tho soil , and so wed the seed , the harvest ot which you and the Whigs have reaped arid : would monopolise to yourselves . Arid about this time that grand Whig quack Mr . Brougham j whomyou call the most dishonest living politician , and who , perhaps , i s ^ 6 , withi pne Hibernian exception , waspublishing a book to prove to the riegroea as you would prove to the factory childreri , that it vp as for their own interest to remain in slavery .

      It wm pny pr ide , whin Wilberforce Was traversing toy natire county , to stanfl by hiu side to rth £ » re in the contempt which the Whi jjs were then pouring upou the friend of the black blave . 1 Have ^ ince been airuck by the warning oi Kousseau— " Always diatnist those cosmopoliteai who wauder to the end wf the earth to confer benefits on the Tartars , to t-xcuse tlumalelvefi firom their duty to their neighbouw . " Findiug iuyjeit' iu the ranks oi tke emancipators , gurround ^ d by men «« the dc 8 cri )) tioa agaitirt which 1 Was cautioned by iVottsmati , i determined to look at home , and when Hound that we had in Kn eland a raceof slavi >» mnr >> niiuii . mn ;_ mf , r »

      oi » pres » ed , more fajnUhid , harder worked , and more cruelly tortured , and infinitely less rewaided ikan the negro » Uvea , I deemed it to be my diityto make England listen to the w * iimgg of hundredH of tkouaand * of her n » tive slavea . 1 / orcodKnglahd , in spite of herwir , to set ? the beam in her own e > . e , 1 thought at one tinm that you were helpintr me . Yon wade uiBweop , and hunilreda u well as ine . We thought that you were sincere . You Baiiigo—you seemed so ; Dut aince then you have found it . more profitable , by ^ 1 , 000 , to saciilice the facti-ry childrer . than to umancibate them . ¦ . . - ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ / . .-' ¦ . ¦ •¦ . ¦ . ;¦ ¦ .. .-. ¦ ¦ ~ .

      Now . Sir , appeal to Heaven again . Wilberforce is there ; badler u there , Let them answer . Are theWhi ^ s to be honoured inor « than- ' thu Tories on the qneation o " f Megro Emancipation ? 1 appeal to the Englwh Radicals ^ and leave it to them to mete out the true iiu-aaure of praise and cenaurc' between the two parties , who are both opposed tothem ¦ :. ¦ ; ¦ . ^ . And noWj Sir , for your ignorance oflruh history . Alack-aday , that a Yorkahire Tory , after being twitted with his ignorance , should ihavd to come out unlearned , aa he admite tiimself to be , to give Daniel O'Connell letlson * upon Mali

      histor /! Now , Sir , 1 must request you to be calm . I would not ruffle the most placid wrinjele in your forehead . It does seeniodd , but youhave forced " y ourself into the poRition that ( Jamt 1 O'Counell Hhc-uld be my schoolboy in the 'Irish- clas * . The tiwt lesson ahull be one that yon will tind ni ) difticulty in ruhearsiu ^ i ; You want the V English Radicals'' to believe that the 1 ones areihe eniernies of Ireland , and that the Whigs are Ireland ' ' riendr . Nb » - it was bat the other day that a namesake of yours , one Darnel O'Connell , of Derrynane . beuii ? on oath before a Tory Comniittebfllthe ' Houseot : Lords , took God to witness that . every wofd ' which ' 1 am now about to quote from him-was truth :- ^ . ' - . "'•' ' s . - ' ' '

      " Are you of opinion that the Roman Catholics of Ireland , so united ' us you nave described them to be . are afthe present inoiuuot mure dUpoged to go consideruble lengths lor the purpose of c < iiuing .. to ; a fair and . equitable arrangement with the Protestants , than they have been a ' t . any former period ?—1 am quite sure of it ; aiidi , ifl > may be permitted to say , 1 believe I possess a good deal of influence myself ; and I certainly came to England with a notion that many , and even highnumes / thathiive opposed the'equalization ol civil rights , gave B 8 rcastins ( I hope 1 shall be pardoned for expressing my Opinion ) what ! I would call without smy reserve pretexts ; Prom what Ihaye sefiii inEnplanti , I ani conyinced 1 was in error ; 1 have no . doubt in my own mind upiinth ; U ; awd the circumstances which now' lead nie tOtho firin b ^ liel- that those were honourable and conscientious bji-ctions are very likely to make the « amo impression upon the neotile of Inland :

      and-1 . cenainly , whateyc-r may be : the event of the present p rospects of the Catholics , niu » t , for th ^ rest of iny lit ' " ! , havmj { arrived at that conviction , speak of it , and treat Of it with the Catholic .-i in public and in private as niy conviction ; ut far aa n > y inlliwnce givBs v therefore , I will extend that nentiuicnt , and the reasons that convince tne will be likely to convince lniiny other Catholics , " : Here 1 have yoti telling the Tory Lords on your Bible : path , that you didforinurly believe that thuy had been cruel towards Ireland by drsign , but that ( upon your oath ) you never would think so again , andj mornover ( so b . elp yon God ) , you wonld go back to Ireland prawinjr the Tory Lords to th ' owe niultitudes over whoui you had influence ! Why now j you ignorant quackish jbribed lmpoHtor—yon whining , cajoling , plausible j cap-in-hand . Vbeggar ; -what ' .. evidence can . you -give stronger than your own oath that you are now faUely , agaifist

      your own sworn promise , against your own conviction , assailing th » Tories ? . . ' ; But I forget Wysftlf . It was your ignorance I waahnnting down , and your dishonesty crog-es my path to buflde me . You say , keeping ntill in the shallow water of recent history , that the conduct of the Whigs towards Ireland is better than VVv « . t . of the Tories , mid here again you show your ignori . nce . Yoo say , that the Whigs did , to be « ure , pass the base and b oody Coercion Acr , — . " a cruelty , which we can never forget , because it svmewhat resembled the consUnt conduct of the Tories towards ouiVttnhnppy country . " I pass by the baseness of your reasons for resenting what is v base and -bloody , " though that might be : a subject for indignant commenUwy , hut to say that the Coercion Bill is formnd on a Tory model is an instance of your gross ignorance of even the " recent ¦ hUtOT ? 'of :. yonr ' own-. cohnfeyi : . '¦;¦ ¦ •' - '¦• ¦¦ : '¦ .. . . . ¦ :-: ' : •• ' - ¦'¦ ¦¦¦¦" . ' :.

      The original Coercion Bill was invented by the Whig Cabinet . iu . 1808 .. ; 1 ' t wag prepared ¦ and ready to b « proposed to Parliament when the proved falseuess of the Whigs arove ttein out of office . ' The Tories , it is true , took the measure a » they had found it proparfid in the Whig secretary '« office ; and among th « most curious of the . pages of " recent history " is that in which we find the Whigs on ttie Opposition benches in 1807 compelled to uccede to thtv passing of this act ( which ; some who had not been in the secret of their cabinet were rash ehoHgh to oppose ) by the proof ; laid before the houae that the draught of thu BiH « u their own . So that it was the Whigs , and not the Torivs , as you ignorantly assume , * ho originated the idea pf goyermng a country by making its inhabitants prisoners in their ownhounea between snnset and sunrise , and if yori will sicpept froto a Tory , the suggestion ol a rational : motive for keeping thevTories out of office , it ought to be , lest they should again imitate the Whigs , aa you now find they didin 1807 . " ; - ; If you can exenae me for going beyond the lirnitaofyeTy ' . ' recent history , '' i would propose a question for you and yonr Precursors to answerT-whetlier ol tfc . t -penal code , of wlllftK Vnil N < vnftpn rnmhlfiin ttu q ' MtialA « a « nnla ¦ nt * f * rt * cr Arv _

      presjion , there was one single line that was not written by W . higG > verhment 8 ? : . S v . ' ' : :. ¦ Vpi . aw » noi better intormed on thehiatory of pur foreian wars . Indeed , it would be » reproach if you wero , because there wold be an inconsUtency even in your'ignorance .. ; AstothennforVunate quarrel with the now United States , you will learn with astonishment , what tjeverthelfS 8 is fact i that though power had changed hands before the quarrel , came to extremities , the war originated in' a tax suggested by » < WhigV to pay the expenses of European wars , carried on by . Whigs .: . ¦ ¦ : -.- \ - ' ¦ : --::- / . ; :.:- . vj .- ~^ j . i v ; . ; ' ¦ v ; :, :. ; : x ; ' ; As to the French war , I must retnark , that you really . seem rrior « ignorant as orir hiRtory ^ becomeu more recenti YojaMyy that tlie Tories wet « the fiiBt to v , foment the revo ' titionary mania in France , an ^ ajterwurd * to prevent ita settling down ititur ^ ce ^ ' ndconsututionalfreedom . V '^ ow , no doubt , you . irttenae'dj-pril y half thii witrthce i ^ o be , * !^; but n .-ither ^ W */ pisiticn is teue ^' - Atl ^ ' riA now ; while : aiCoTy : « hti ^ htfci *;^ m ] f igiM ^ ircevL ; ini ^ u » t ) i » r ; tali | ht and pollticilfittauqr ! , burke , art ' . J ^ rish ; Whig patriot ^ , you kuow , was one qf the most cpnspicuuusmenol' those timesv 'Now * . ; burke fratfrnised . witt Paine "to foment Ittae revolutionary mania in France } " and

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      proDably was WpopuUr with tiie Frenck democraU a * you wwe two > year * ago with ike ^ English JBtuHaia . flat m Whigs of- . ilimt ^ und > rsto <^ tt % nMtliejrao iiX , ^ cottuufcndiiig force of goldprer Iruh patriotism ; W the ^ hk Lord Fitewifliam , mthLordSp « nceri . khd theDukeof NottelK ^" i . *?^^^ nobles , having determined to ; force thJ BMhsh into > vary in order to save the rotten boroughs , of 7 . ^ we were jus t now talking , tried this intense « nTspYen did Irish humbug for the job of raUing tfaeflame of ^ iscora between the two ^ countnes . The ^ FPitt wt « thenllu ^ ter , and these Whigs were in oppoBifion . He was for *««* ¦ ^» & ^>> iE 8 ift «! S «** i s » t 5

      and they contrpued Pitt and ( oriei him into war , h a * in * first excited thepeotile ^ by delusion . A . section of-the Whi « : }• / iv pt P ? . " ° rt f opposition to th * war tiU they had forced ) themsehres into office } and then ihey voted thaTftwas their duty to ^ contiitae the waf , ana they ' did continue it a ^ cordingly . ^ So much for thb inforrnadon which you have volunteered . tojrive ^ the BngUsh Radicaia" on thVfonien tBtlon ^ ip * ^ * jench revolution and French war-a matter on which I reaUy must believe you could not havefeeriw ignorant as you seem , unless you were a very unlettered inaa , - ¦ ' . " . ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ . .. " ¦ .. ' ¦ ' '" . ¦ . " . ' ¦ ¦ " . ' - ¦ .. - . - ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ . -

      You next talk a deal of nonsense aa little accurate about tiw suspension of , the Habeas Corpus Act and thTltfaneh ,, W i e e- ^ ' . JHT' > ^ ** " anything at auafcmt tb * matter , ; youshwud . know that when thes » matters are aUuded to among us , Lord . Alelbpurne ' a name is of aU others most familiarly associatedjrith ihericblltetidn of them ; aM th ^ the last Uine the Habeas Corpiw Act was suspended In En £ ' ¦ n < l » Jt' J ?* do"e on his r ecommendation ; and as to the Manchester Massacre , if you look to a list of the master manulaci turers wha were . the ; chier actors in itj and compare it you wdl find some strange coincidences which will add to your stock of information for your next display on mas-. , ** £ * % * ' $ ? i * think : I have waded through the mass of falsehoods winch you have ^ ^^ i gnined with : th 7 name of facts . I now leave the whole juestion between Whigs and Tories m the hands of the "English Radical . " £ & ' -. r 2 * . " ™ award at the a 7

      rSf' ^ £ Tories are Buperi ^ J in hohe ^ ! ° * if . ^??' , ^ the 8 ta / 8 » *» » riHiancTwhen cempareS to the p ale-facedness . of the moon ; though you , beWnir nature , herself , to make the absurdUy of tout iUustrafi ^ f ^^ * J >* theiyseness . of your argument , » S English clodpoles that an Irish moon is more brilhaht than There is , ; Sir , now only que expression in yoar letter left far jn « to . ^ not ke and U ia ' a ^ i gfty one . I ^ bSli adv ^ f £ "English Radicals , " every one of them , to read it three times over , and to meditate the while ; " ¦ cewmes . Here itis :- ^ - " Ireland alone . wbuld fiirnUh a sufficient force to crush for ever any attempt at a violent revolution . '' In order that the English Radic ' aU may understand thV « preT 8 ww ° ^ , ece 8 sa ^ thjit I Should relate an ™ Se which Iheard a few days ago in this city from the lips of a m » IT vrhn unrolln ,., «!! : ' il" j . l . fit * .... ,:-tT- Ufvl * . /¦ D lue ecrei 01

      i ? 7 . Tr * ¦" ™ - " " * . " mo » e wno nave power . He said | and , you mO . know whether what he said b £ true « ir iV ^ ri * plan was already **** & * between yourself ana the Government j to introduce into Eralana verv many thousands of your poor unfortunate famishW coufr tryinen , and to form them into a rural poUee , " anoVthisv ^ ypu-wv «^ to crush for ever" the last ^ emaining hbpe " for fcugland ' s freedom . Your denunciation or m ^^ ncTanfl blood-thirstihess , doep , ; make me gmile . What ! should we notbefriends if I wereof that complexion ? Oh ! you death ' s head end croas-bones bloody monster—yon eater of tke flesh aiid drinker of the blood of my poor factory children ! Trulv S roveS ° Umak ' ? jTfl *' - Sa ^ > W ¦ *™ attem Pt *•> . Out of your own mouth I have proved you to be dishonest , ignorant , blood-thusty , and perjured . I snail not trouble myself utrther with your punishment , leaving it in the handsXf the Knghrth Radicals , to

      Lash you naked through the world . " Commending this letter to the / study of the Precursors In ° Sn ^ have uldHced ; t ° m 8 uU aud derame Ae people , of I remain , Sir , ; . The unflinching Torr , London , Dec . 3 . R ^ W OASTLER . ; P . S .-Mr . O'Connell , what the "English Radicals" may say ol you and the , Whigs I know , riot ; but one thing I am sure of-if ever the Whigs did a truly ; patriotic ^ ctf it was when , in the King's speech , tuey ! denounced you as a " traitor "; if you ever spoke the truthf it was whe / youde * c ared , on your solemn word , that the Whi g * were a "base bloody , and brutal" crew . - - •*" ?» " . ¦ ¦'¦ •¦ ¦ ¦ : - ' ; ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' Veo '

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      Devpnport , Dec . 1 . FEfcLOW CITIZENS ,-I have just returned from one of the most numerous » nd enthusiastic meetings that I ever attended . It ^ a ^ ^ held in the town Hall of this important and populous Uorough , for the porpoae of congratuiating Lbra Durham on his safe arrival from Canada . " One feeling pervaded the assembled crowd ; and that was admiration of his humane and liberal policy in Canada—of hia eloquent and able exposition of his views withregard to the government of that Province , and of his manly couragej when thwarted in his projects by faction and treachery at homei in , at once throwbg himself upon the people of England , arid from them claiming that support which the ignorance and self-seeking policy of our rulers denied him . ' :

      You cannot doubt that I sincerel y sympsthised with that meeting , as on the appointment ofXord Durham , I expressed iu the . House of Commons , in my own , and likewisei 1 believed , in your name , a firm conviction that j amongst all our statesmen , he was the one best quuliaed to restore peace and tranquillity to Lower Canada , b y reducing the people of that ^ Province to > astate of coatenteai allegiance ; that he alone could ayort the disasters with which our country was menaced at the commencement of this year , and could save us , both from the horrors of ¦> civil war , and from an equally deplorable contest with men of our own race—with the highminded citizens of the United States .-

      In this belief I have neither wavered nor been deceived . The course that Lord Durham has pursued , and the measures that he has proposed , have won him ; the good will arid approbation of all the more intelligent inhabitanta of North Americaj whether citizens of the nei ghWuring Repiiblic , or subjects of the British Crown , The confidence of the latter he has completely gainied , and in him alone they now place reliance , to make known . their interests and their wants , as yet . unknovrn , to the Imperial Legislature , and by appealing to thS sound eenso and sympathieaof the British people to obtain jbr them ; uiany and much needed reforms . They iopkferward , therefore ] with eager expectations to the next meeting of Parliament . And I would cail your attention to the ( strange fact , that since t

      > was known that Lord Durham had arrived in a port of this kingdom , before , however , the tremendous storm would permit him to land , the Ministers / with , breathless haste postponed the meeting of Parliament to the latest possible period , without waiting for the disclosures , to make which he was hurrying across the Atlantic , and which universal and not unfounded rumour declared to be of immediate concern to . the integrity of our empire V truly may it be said , that they are determined , ajk whiftt cost to the nation they care not , to hide aB long as possible from the public the' full proofs that awaits , of their folly and iiicompetency . T } ie ^^ opiriidris , that I have formed , a'fter much and careful rejection , and the information , ' that Thaye received within the last few months with regard •'¦ to Canada , make nie believe , ^ that when Lord

      Durham shall lay his plans befom the tw-o Houses of Parliament , I , ; for one , shall be able to . giye tkem : my most coriial . support ; and that all real iiberalB \ viil equally be able to rally round the Noble Lord , arid with justice acknowledge him to be their leader . Thn Inhabitants , of this populous town have acted wisely and well in greeting him as such ; they have set an example which , 1 trnst , ' .. will be imitated by all , w-ho , despising faction / and free from sinister interest , have but one political object , namely ^ the steady advancement of progressive reform , I cannot but hope that you my : constituents , than whom none in this great empire , are more enlightened as to the objects of good government , or more ^ eager for their attainment , will cordially approve ; of the conduct

      of your Representative , in supportiiig both against theopen attacks of jnanly foes , and the ; base machinations of false friends , a statesman , to whose conduct Onmany occasions , and to whose declaration ¦ on the present ; one , " I : can : point hi order to show ' . hat , in addition to ; his-othcr ' clpiirii ( oh the public , besides his acquaintance with ^ the commercial interests of this empire , and his enlightened attachment to the sound principles contained in the old sayuig . of ^ 'Ships , Colonies , and Commerce , " lie is favourable to those improvement * in our representative system , the support of Which in no small degree induced you to confer the . honour of being your Representative , - ' ' ¦¦¦ .. ' : . > : - : - . . " - J' .-- ; . ' v ; v- ¦ ,: ' ¦' ' ' .-.-: ¦ On your obedient Humble Senrant , ; WILLIAM MOLBSWORTH .

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      - , -.. ... ' TlliUTOULTay . vi' ;• , ' :- - \ % RiDtcAL A 8 So : ctiTiON .- ~ At a verjitill meeting of our Association , held oa Monday , tlje 26 Ui KTiltinio , was read , the circular addressed ; to the . ! . ' VF 6 ) rk ^ ag Men's Associatiori :. ; of ; TilUicdal . tify , r ^ questing . ttli ^ ir ; opinion upon a proposed meeting of delegates , from ' all . ' the ^ Working Men ' s AssocjaUonsof Scotland '; ' ito be held in Edihburghytbe 4 th ^ De ^ mter ; jiiat being taken into consideration , it ; was movefl r seconded ; an 3 unanimously agreed updn-r- ? That no delegate be sent , npr iuoy countenance gkyenifc su ^ Vj i meeting . " It was alsoAmoved * seconded ^ ? nd . carried unanimously- ^*' : That the above reswwutLoni ; with the iollbwiriffreasons for sucuresolutibubeaeiit

      for insertion to ^^ the True Scotsman and iywfAmi' : Sftar . ' . newspapers . —Ist . M' That we caii concei ^ uo ^ ejwfits that could arise from the proposed ; mts et ^ ift either to ^ t he country or the Convention peleg ^ tea . ' . ' ! , Sndi- ^ - " That Mr . Halley ^ our delegate t « the Londop GonventioBi ppssessesy ( in oor opinion , ) tKequali- ; ficatidn 8 ^ hich ^ we : Hieem necessary ifo r ^ ^^ im p drant dffice , and that tobfler any direptioi ) S ; ai ;^ ttte course he > should pursue , v ^ buld be premature anld , unnecegsary . " 3 rdl ^ 4 kThat if any d ^ ereiiceL dtjes " esdst among the English Radicals ^ asitate 4 i-lgy , Mei 8 ir 8 ^ FraHer : and Puncan , ^ riieeting as in proposed , would not ^ ¦ iiyi our ) opinion , settle that difference : but would rather hii& a ^ tt ^ -l dency to make a division where no division may ' exist . " '¦ ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦' ' " : '¦ ¦ ' >¦ " ¦ ¦¦ y- ¦• '' : ^ - 'Hbw » Y vG | 4 ^ , '' ' >^ TUlicoultry > l > ec . 3 , 1838 . /; i . ^ cr ^ ajry . ;

      8 UTTON-IN-ASHPIELD . . ; ! W 6 ; BKIN « . tt ^ S'A ^ $ 0 C jiTIONi , -AAt'W 11 UB 1 « S ously \ attenaed : ^ e 0 a ^ ^ the ^ rking Men ! 8 Aaspr ; ciatiorii the iejUowing iresinhitibn ; ^ sur flajrriedLwith Acclamation * -fffThit tibia Association : haii with ; de ^ ii ^ ht this vreconciljation which has taken place ; between'Feargoai O'Connor , ; E # qij-and the 9 irnnngham Council , and we-= pledge ou rselves a ^ Jmuoh ^ af possible to conform to the recommendations ; which taay hereafter be issued by the iNatiorial CoigefiS lion , '' The KationaV Rent fa being ; co ^ ectea : l | ft ^ ani the-: j ^ p ^ ;; ? f «^ ^ ^^ ^;^ y ^/ b )«; papst anxtou 3 ' exDectation , , ¦ , ; ^^ . ^ ' ^ yj ^

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      fl ^^ iiife ^ mmmm&m ^^ mWi SiiM T ^ Li ? o # ,- _ thg price or rough Tallow i . Leeds , » ^ per atone , being an ^ Sv aiSS «^ per stone , with a brukiemani ^ * ^ * ^ ^ m ^ m ^ mM

      Leeds FbRTkioHi Fai ^ Dec . V—ThW p ^^^ s ^ i ^^ lSi m ^ ^ - ^^ M following are the prices t ^ Beet 6 e . to 6 s ( £ p « r stone ; j B 4 utton , ; 6 d . io 6 ^ d . ' pirlb * V ^ fe ^^^^^^ i ^ S Howdkn Coik MxaiBiv Pec i Tom Quantities * Pr ^ ToiJ ^ nt , Imp . Measure . £ . s . d . £ . , j Wheat .... 287 .. 3 J 6 2 ., ; . J 023 ! & ' o ' Barley .... 174 , . 1 14 7 ; ... ^ oi 4 0 Gats ...... 317 . > 1 l 6 ..., 16 0 Beans ..., HO ., 2 5 2 .., > 248 10 6

      ^ Bradford Wooe Market . -D ec . 6 *^ - s ^ . s ^* ssf ? dfe * st % SK ^ If ^ g S ? ^ greater jirattnessvinihis brwica of trade ^ ii ususlly experienced at this season of the ^ ear ^ . ; Bradford Ya ^ n MARKBT . ^ -Ykrn ' ^ > tinnes to be Mgpod demana , with a tendency ud . wards as respects prices , - ¦ . / " ^^ i ^ . v Pibcb ^ MARXET .--L 0 W ^ six ^ uarter merinoa have been much wanted since oar last , at an advance . Middle qoahties are ^ in feir ^ demaid at % tationarj prices : and better Qualities are hvnn t ^™ . ~~ J

      to Bell , JNtoreens ; are rather higher , and in looi request . ^ Laatings havie : alae been tolerabl y brisk . Plains cbntinie very duU , at old prices ^ Wit £ TstoS mcreasing where ^ parUes are unwilline to submit to areductaonj and , figures , thoughstfll in demani are not fetching the same qiiotaifons . ^? ^ Kq chdale Flannel Market , Dec : 3 rd . ^ - yv . e . have , had a good average market toiday . Tha demand for low goods continues brisk , and pricei are the same as last week . The wool market hai been rather heavy , but prices are « rm . •¦; ' ~* : 0 i ; tEv .--There was an average quantity of Shelhng ,: but owin to ran influx ol buyers , it was all sold ^ at an advance ^ df from 3 s . to 4 s ' per load . Shelhng , per load of 19 stone , 37 s . to 41 s . ; PotatcS pwload , « . to 9 ^ 6 d . ; Butter perToll ( 24 oz ) 21 d ; JEggs , 13 for a shilling , : ; i : . y *

      - ^ BoRbUGHBRipeE Corn Marblet . Dec : 1 -i Wheat , 77 s . ^ b 8 0 ^ . ^ r qr .- Barleyy , 35 s . t # 37 s . per qr , ; Beans , 5 s ., 9 d . to 6 s . per bushel ; Oate 13 d . to 14 d . per stone . / v ' ¦ JOROTJOHBRIDQE AORICULTURAL MEETINtf will be held to-day ^ a quantity of prime stock m the Heig ^ pu rhood wil compete for the premiums to be awarded The whole ( or nearly ^) bf the sain ? wjlLbe shown xm Thursday next , the revived fiu ^ at Boroughbndge- . ; ¦¦ C V * V \^^ f S ? ? l J « WT , © ec . L-At qif market , this ^ day , there ;***; a : fair ; average nuriber t ^ "Pfe f ™ ^ feripg , at a great advanced prices-Wheat wasiullyfis , per qrAi gher ; Birley , from 1 » . to , 2 s . _ per qr . adyance f and Oats td . per atone d ^ re r . The foUowing are tne , average ^ prices Wheat , new , from 76 * : to 88 sl { per oL of

      * u Biqne ; qiko , ; old , 80 s , to 92 s ^ per do . ; 3 arieT . from 328 . . to 38 s , per qr . of 32 stohe ^ Oats frbni 13 d . to 14 d ; per St . ; Beans , 60 s ; to 54 s , per on of 40 stone . ¦ ¦ :. '¦ . ¦¦' , ; :. ¦ v , ¦ - \ ^ v * . ^ Mal ton ^ Piq Market , Pee . ;> L-Takeu altogether , there was a strong show of Piga at thfo market , amongst which were many / smaH-ones ; a fair show of strong Bacon Pigs ; and but few £ ork Pigrc ^ pnces for which were a little : in advance . Pork Pigs , 6 s . ; Bacon Pigs , 5 s .: 6 d . to 5 s . 9 d ;; Greenilams , 7 s . 6 d .- to 8 s . j Cnred Hams ; Ss ; to 9 s . 6 d ; Baconj 7 s . 6 d > perstpne . ; : V ; ; ' Youk Corn Market ^ Pec . 1 . —In our last report we , stated ^ ait a considerable inquiry hid arisenfor Wheat , at imprbVing pificesj ^^^ and thii hag been followed up ; durina theweet .- ' . hV flt >« . nlo >«« i

      as well as millers , = and the censequeuce ha ^ been that much higher rates have been obtained for ill descriptions of Grain .: At ioday '? markpt Wheat w again in short supnj y , ^ nd « s ; per qr . dearerj Barley , of which more via offering is Is . to 2 s ; f Oate fully l £ dper stone ; and Beans ; Is ; per qri higher than last ; notea ^^ Ther e is a greater dispbsii ' tibnto thresh out , and we are ! now looking tor mucn ' better supplies of eyerythihg . : Stamforb Bridge Fair . —This fair , whicli was held on Monday / last , was not very numerously ; attended ; butthe sho'w of agticulferkV hors ^» sne * P » and cattle , was better th ^ ' commbii , and tbiy respectiyel y met with a ready sale at good prices . ; '

      Nkwcasixe Corn Markbt > Pec , i . —Wi had this ' ., week , moderate' arrivals -of wheat coastwise , hut the farmers continue tp supply our market ; yery sparingly . ; Ovring to the ; high prices . nov * demanded for wheat , the mil ^ rs wer ^ > ery reluctont in purchasing , still a" fair extent , of business "> * & transacted at an advance of 4 s . per qr . on old , ani Samper qj ; on new . Itye is in great demand , trad ;

      , tau :. 2 s . to is . per oj . dearer than last Siatunlayi [ The arrivals of Barley continue moderate , and prices imay be quoted Is ; to 2 s . perqr . hi gherthanlastweek . ^ Peas and Beans are scarcel y to be met with and wll at high Tate < > : Oats were in good request , at an iadvance of Is .. per qr . Arrived this week ; Coaafc . \ wise , ^ 10 , 253 qrs . Wheat , 24 qrs ; Rye ; 1 , 316 qrs . Barley , 1 , 180 ; qrsV ; Oats ^ and 1 , 773 sacb Flour ; Foreign , l , 690 qrsVWheat ;

      State op Trade . The centinued advance ia ; the . price br cotton at Liverpooi ^ as / of course , rendered the ; spinners ; un ^ UUng improved fa ^^ to be ^ blitaihed , arid , cotiseqiientiy ^ very little bask ness has beeh dbne . Thb bpyers of twist generalljf seem to ^ feel id ^^ ^ confidenceV 4 ^^ e ' 'S ^ aainess .. of . ih 9 cotton niarketi and , trchseq ^ etiUy liuy onlj to supply itheir absolute ^ an ^ : ^ hich , iat t ^ areiYery smalL , In ^ manufaictofed'go ^ there is sw a fair businesiardbingj and ^ at preity satisfactory prices , - ^ Manchester Guardian ^ bi Wednesday . ; - -

      I . IVBRPOOL . CATl-iB JtfABKJBT / Pep . 3 i ^ Tl » supply of Beasts at market , ; fo-day , has been rather lar ^ ge . for the season , of th > year , ) $£ those of good quality werb ^ rMEer : scarce , andjit * sales have beea vety dull j hoI ^ eM of ' Cattle : asWng an advanced p . nce , ; iaj ^ bjdy . en ; . no ^ . ' ^ i ^ sg- ^ accede to it ; there , has , been ¦; a considerable number left unsold . Tie

      ^ P ^ ^^^ epiias ^ also been tolerably large j'and ' gpod q ^ ) l ^ iftutteia ; h ' aa been sold iat high pricet . The ^ est ^ nayvb ^ |^ uotea ; a | 5 | d ^ and-varying from that d g ynijxi , 4 $ d . vper }^ tnt few at the latter price . GpbQ % ether ; inuiton m ^ 6 | d . y : ordinary 6 d . per lb ; There wrffre a good few sheep left ^ iosold at the close of the market . Number v of CatUe : —BeastBj y ^ atej Sheep ; 4 , 554 : Calves , 2 . v ¦' . - -- ¦/¦ - ¦; " ¦ , ¦ ¦ ¦^; , . ^ , ;¦ ; , ; -: ¦ ; :- ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦'

      -v . LiYEBPpot Corn M ±#$ xj ! i '¦ ' j > & - i . ^ There was a fair retail detatnd for Wheat this morning at ^« e . q ^ ia ^ M o |; lart ^ qe « d »^ | ^^ samples of English wtote-realized 12 fl / 6 dv to ; 1 ^^ per 7 Qlbs . ? , The free foreijrDywMckpbon « fitnte » the bak ^ of , He ; supply , ; w * s held trn ^^ g ^ partif thejsoppj ^ jof . oats found' boyew MM ; : prbtMhel ' a ^ vjjnce , ' Ba | leyiwijuj aiwrWd y ^ i ^ j ^^ i ^ pTOY ^ ; m ent 0 ^ 28 , ^ 6 ? quarteT . ; Naohsngeinr . the value of either Flour or Oatmeal . , ¦ ' v \ ^** t <> - Wti ^ ¦ ¦ . ' ^ -H " ' .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 8, 1838, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1035/page/8/