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      J ) KMOSSTBATI 0 N AT CHELTENHAM . "t > n Monday evening last , a public meeting of the working classes of Cheltenham , was held at the Imperial Emporium , in the Promenade , for the purpose of adopting the National Petition and the People ' s Chatter , W . P . Gaskell , Esq ., was in . the £ hsir . "The Chjlirxax observed that the meeting had been called for the adoption of what was called the People ' * Charter and the National Petition . The latter document wax proposed to be signed by all the « nale adults in the kingdom , and to be sent to the ifiouse of Common * in the course of the next » es « on « f Parliament The People ' s Charter was a bill nrhich it was proposed should be brought into the House of Commons , embodyin * the princiDlea of

      ' the National Petition , and showing in what manner "its provisions were to be carried into effect Both of them had been drawn op by working men ; and ut was of great importance that working men should give their moat strenuous support to these two object * . The people generally -were now beginning to f-el ¦ th at what was called the Reform Bill nu , as it had been termed by Henry Hunt , ** an utter and complete failure . " He thought such was the nature of man , ihat it was impossible to put down the various euls mhich afflict society without Universal SjjaBrage . { Cheers . ) Those who had published the Charier did cot say thai it wan perfect ; but they stood by the great principles of Annual Parliaments and linker-* al Suffrage , as being necessary to any representative - * y * tem whaterer . Hi * advice to working men wasexamine well the People ' s Charter and the National ^ Petition ; if they approved of the principles contained in tbem , let the working men stand by them

      and them alone . Those who thonght that the Ballot , wan beneficial , oaf " ut likewise to work for the attainment of that object . It appeared to him that the middle classes generally did not understand the importance of the Ballot , ' if they did so , he would venture to say that the Whigs and Tones were just « s mnch opposed to the Ballot as they are to the -Charter . Were they in favour of the abolition of tte -Corn Laws ? Were they in favour of the placing of taxation on those who were best able to bear it ? So that both those who advocates the Ballot , and those who held with the Suffrage , shoald work as hard as < hey could for the « objects . His adrice was , to -stand firmly by the Charter . They needed not to look forward to physical force ; for if they wrnt on their demand would not be refused . The agitation was but begun , though they had got tliree million * of signatures to their petition . ( Cheers . ) Their success would depend upon their owa exertions and -determination .

      Mr . Staxbcrt moved the first reselunon . After file passing of the FUf » rm BiB , observed Mr . S ., n . great evil had been committed in the disbanding of -the Political Unions —{ hear)—to which those persons ¦ -who had possession of their franchise , aad who exer-- « ised it so badly , were indebted for their privileges . VHad these Unions still remained , and used active exertions , much labour would have been saved to the workiag classes . Tno working classes haviDx i > een deserted by those to whom they had entrusted . their power , found it necessary net to trust to any party , but firmly and . determinedly to Uke the bu « - . ness into their own hands . This circumstance led to xthe establishment of Working Men ' s Associations , which , he hoped , would not be disbanded as sooii

      as they had ebtmned the Ckarter , but continue to . watch over the interests of labour and of society at large . It was oa the principle of justice that hcontended for the Petition and the Charter . There . needed no other argument than that . That was ail that was necessary in any other case to obtain au object ; and why not in this ? Why should not the interest of labour be recogniseJ and respected as well as any other interest in the state ? Mr . Stan-BBrr concluded by reading to th « meeting the National Petition , which was received with trefnen dous bursts of applause . Mr . Beacham . Secretary of the Working Meu > Association , of Cireacester , seconded " lie rttaoiotion . v . .

      Mr . \ incest then presented himself to the meet- ! ing , and was received with , a most tremendous burst -of applause . He said— - "Brother Radical * of Ch * l-• tenham , I caD you so because 1 know that yo » a » e so , though there may be in the coraewof the roorff -one or two Conservative or Wiag toois ^ - ( groan *)—who may have come to hear what a Loodoa democrat nu got to say . " In what be had to say , he wished to app « sl to ewry da «« f poliBciaas- ^ froia . the deep blue of Toryism % o the pale while of Wbi $ - ^ ferj ; and he wished above all to appeal toihe working classes , -whose labour x&d strength coaftitair 5 the strength of the country . He ; wouM * gt ost . wiifa a proportion , which would be very unpalatable tothe Tories , who he thoughUshoold Lave been bom a-

      thousand years before tbe Flood—same ^ r , that no Government , morally speaking , was entitled t « the obedience of any people unless they nave the control aad the making of that Government . If any section -had a right to govern another , then there wa * no -argument in favour of despotism . Why were they there ? To tell those persons who had now got votes that the workiag classes kad as much right to ¦ arotes a » they had . ( Cheers . ) When they looked at the condition of the people •! England and any other nation that exists now , or any one of the nations that existed in past times , they would find that the ^ conning and corrupt few had monopolised the Legislature , while the great mass of the people who had toiled for their benefit had in it no share . Tbe ^ K

      pe jda of England had for a long series of years suffered under the bondage of aristocratic rule , "tons previous to the p ** riag , *{ the Reform Bill—long- before the French Refafatmt in . if 93 » there were raised through tii 6 ju ^ pm . i ^ i ^ : JA' Mg jiaxtj the ¦ very same principles nVw ' contended for in tie -Charter—the * priodfte * of -Univeral Suffrage Annnal Parlianientsy * nil VoW fry Ballot In nftw months he had so-doobt-boia W-higg aad Tories -would find thenWv ^ a a * a dijcosBt in . Cheltenham . There waa a power now in England greater than those peoptesffieejkt * r . - Let them loot at the myriads daily , ri « Bg . * j > fr < ttith « rsk « p , and proclaiming that the pnaod ^ wnot far distant when politi--cal pewer-wwtM ^* e possessed by alL The

      nrinapte or y nrrtrsal ^ utfraje . ought to be understood , should be ttn 2 et « tbo ^ . « admu 3 t be understood , by every man , womsia , , aod ckild . ( Hear , hear . ) What wa » the ufincjsle of Universal Suffrage : It m »« itib » 'ngfct wfcicfc every man in this conn " try , who should have attained the age of 21 , who was not insane , and not convicted by a jury of his countrymen © t aay- crime , had to a voice in the election of the-menwho were to make the laws by which life , liberty ,- and property were to be pro--tected . "Do you understand that , men of Cheltenham ? " { Cnes of * yes , yes—we do , we do . '") *? Do yon recognise the justness of the principfe " (•* Yes , yea , w « . do . " ) ft they have a right to vote , jou hare . If yutt have no right to vote , ( hey have

      no ngat to vote . Tb » title deeds of their suffrage were their own existence . Not only had they ~ a right to possess taal power , but till they did poxsrss it , there was no security fw liberty or labour , or for property . ( Hear , bear , and loud cheers . ) If they would le * k « t the number of hooses and cot--tages in Great Britain , and the number of inhabited houses in the towns of this dutrict , they would find that th * agricnUurisU had the decided preponderance . Tka being to , Household Suffrage would bnng into play tax immense mass » f agricultural ignorance , and take off a large mass of the intelligent men who occupied lodgings and aparrments , ¦ many of whom were among the best informed men in the country-rbecanse they had had the advantage

      © I uierary ano saentino lnsatntisnd , cheap literaiore , cheap printing , public meetings , and all die ¦ otlitr mode of enlightening the mind that men did net posse * fifty year * ago . Say what they might do what they might , they would still find the Aristocracy swaying the whole of that class . The only thing under these circumstances which they could -do , was to convince themselves of the justice of the principle that every man who Itad bo vote should have oce . He iu > ped yet to see in the Market-place oi Cheltenham , au iilostratiun of the glorious principle of Universal Saffrage . He was for Universal -Suffrage , because it was the people ' s rieht—and

      be--canse without it the people could not remove wious grievance * . The Aristocracy , when the £ 10 clause was hinted at , said thev would not give the l ^ irV ^ ^ cWs ' !»««« they we 4 4 £ o ignenmt to be trusted with political power Thu , orcumstanced , the middle ckWametothe ftMlfPi «» of the ~ or ^ cl ^ Jd t ^\ £ b f d the courage to carry thsir JbT ^ J ^ A

      ueappeaiea to the chairman , *^ to t he eleemV ; J £ « eut , whether it were ^ T ( Ye * , rel ) uJS ^ ese arca amances , he tuon « ht it rather Lftf < W the working closes sh « Sd be ^ J ^ aS h ^ th « e who hadly their means acVuirid ^ ne ^ ri 7 ^ . iHe ^ . WO . T ^^ peAerihen p'S ^ d -to take a compreh ^ Mwe nmew-of the varlou ^^ «^» wh ? f h ^ J »*? BJ »»* fd since the £ rk PaTii ^ **** - . ^ « 0 n « tor to l& conduct of Govemmett x * twusing the Iraih Cpereioa Bill , be proceeded to au » kesooie « aBwreB » ari » . oo : tIto » ode mwlachtbey fead _ pat ma end to the Political Union * . How did »« y *«? They * ent down « p- « j to a little vfllsge m . Dorsetshire , and selected as their Tictims six men S ? ^ ^ 1 ^ ° * ** **; but * who were sS . ^ jSf ™^ PmTw ofj ^ aang . * redncUonof izSLT ^ m ' *• & *• a »<* k ; and who , afanost OtJore Utecorotry w * re made aware of it , were tried and Miai to Botasr Bar for seven tmal Rnf tha

      p « p * e ^> f EBgfxad taffieA , and sent 20 HJ 30 O men wtt ^ a p * tmca down to the door of fie Houae of ^ wnmwtpdemairftteir Kberatioii . They accom-« fa&bedti > eir ^ ect . Botkow ? Three year * after *»!»* ««** «* a name-i Cumberiano , of whom « By aad peraapc heard somet 5 ing—a man whose * l * Wf ^^ pgf e and spotiess as the driven snow , on mbate pmste character so * nmmm suin erer

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      rested , smd "whoie ^ nbtic eharacter ^ wai beyond dispute ! This great man happeaed , somehow or . other , to be connected with an illegal society , and'hid 'aimini ^ tered illeg al oaths , much wor » e than , the other . When this was discovered , tnia ' great mart wte ' nat brought % efbn ? n jury of his conntrymen , bnt'before tbsHigb / Cottttef Parlrament , where they * mantifdctored laws , and in that High Court of Parliament it waa decided that the conduct of the > aid great man was tathet-naughty and indiscreet . When the Whigs found out that unless they brought the Dorchester

      labourer * back they would ha « e to transport Mr . Ernest , np got J . Russell , amiable man as he was , aud stated that he had consulted with the King , and from the statement made to his majesty , he was graciously pleased to pardon the Dorsetshire labourers ( immense cheers ,, and laughter ) . Mr . Vincent then took a view , in succession , -rfthe conduct of the present government with regard to the Pension List , the New Poor Law , the Appropriation Clause , and the affairs of Canada , and concluded his speech amidst loud aud long continued cheering .

      The motion was put by the Chairman , and carried unanimously . Mr . Spackman mov ^ d that Messrs . Vincent and Collins be chosen delegates to the National Convention . With regard to the qualifications of Mr . Vincent he need fay nothing alter what they had just heard . The motion was seconded by Mr . Davis , and carried unanimously . Votes of thanks to Mr . Vincent , and to the Chairman , were then passed and duly acknowledged , and the meeting separated . —Bath Guardian .

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      O'CONNELL AND HIS SATELLITES , v . THE DUBLIN MONITOR . * In oar paper of la « t week , we gave , from that truly independent journal , the Dublin Monitor , a string of queries , relative to the disposal of the funds of the late Catholic Association , calculated to be exceeding bothersome to Daniel . Tbe Netcry Examiner , evidently at his dictation , has attempted a mi-erable defeuee , which is thus cudgelled by our talented contemporary : — We address ourselves to the examination of the answers given by the Newry Eramitier to the Jew queries which we submitted to it ou Saturday last . \> e had , we confess , some jni > givings as to whether the . Exavtiner would have temerity sufficient to

      hazard a reply ; but it appears that Mr . O'Connell , being determined to crush the Liberal press ol Dublin , has taken the Examiner iuto his peculiar ke *> piag ; accordingly , it whs ordered to " admonish" us ! Mr . O ' Connell has never exhibited much nutuvaise hotite in the adoption of mean * , provided the end was attained ; it will help then to elucidate the subject , if we oousider his fate bitter denunciations of the Dublin prints , in connexion with the ex-raurdinary praixj recently bestowed * o lavishly on the Examiner . Instant in sejison and out-of seasou , uo upi » irluuity h ; vs been allowed to escnpe without paBs and eulogies . The Examixer is proclaimed u one of tuebe&i . piiperV '—not in comp irisun with those of Ireland , or Eng ; auJ , or Scotntri but ki nt or

      lund ^ -oh th * -wide exu- the " liritich -Jomiuioui !¦ " Mr . OX ' onnell " bowt to its opinion !" Dietatorirtl favour ht « -mspirfd the thing with wondrous n < itions of its own self-importance , and it >* ruu with ludicrous air * of lnueied K ^ e , ltIle ^ s , beoizsned in its [ neretritSotw plumes * f it swa ^ jjers as the repraaenurtiv * of *? U ' CuuueiU" not Air . O'Conn < ± u , but einphrttkally aud familiarly O'Connell ! O ' Cunnell theo , we presume , qjw giveu Ueliuue instructions rej > gecti > g its line of defence—aud truly a pretty exhibition it makes—for a more bullyin . . . shidlow , spacjal-pleajiug production we have ^ el Jom beeo doomed to peruse ! ¦ Befbre noticing out k- iusidiou * queries , " * he Rrniui / ter indulet-B in a theatrical burct ol vapounng insolence , Vv » arv " the stsif-con > tituted tribune ol tue people—demanding information which they do not want ¦

      , and suggesting suspicioni « which their aones ; hearti aqiudiateJ" The people ure perfectly « msfied . W 4 th tbsirpresent bliwfttl slate oi iguorane ^ reacting the idbcatiou of tue Catholic Rent !" f ^ ie- Examiitrr it quite oysterical that tbe " geuergu * Iruh Tiatioti" should be supposed capable of such meauues * as to inquire respecting the appropriation ef their monies ! > Ve _ are set down ( as ' trad , qcers " - ± 4 s * ii&& "insinu ' ators " - -st'pkmg * to gain nn ephemeral importance" by-cinrtitatitig " groimdles * caluowjies" and " jiniuerihablH -murepj 5 » eufcuivii »" —a ^ td then the U'Connellite exoaim ? , " good Monitor , be manly , and , consistent . " . V \" e * tialL , aood K + tixs& ) ier , aha * pr 6 mis »» ' before we have doue with it , to give it * arrogsLnf 8 elf- » ufficii-ncy a good chastis * ment , -eaii it » -: ignorance aad iatpudenee-a .-good gibbeting , and expo **? its .-tashy rhoJomontadc after * u < & aJ ^ sWon ^ . that i ^ s jeri * jit , tantiny # halj pitT' rt ! aad ao « » work .. .. . . -.. , . . .

      We giva , termlbn , J 3 ut interregatories of the 19 th , and the Examiner ' s answer * o ( the 23 d inst . : — ^ 1 . Did irot MK . VCbah ^ H , qn tha dissolution of tne Catholic Asiocwvdon in 1829 , propose that £ 100 should be expended in publishing tu « accounts in the shupe of a pamphlet : Why has that not been done ; Firrt—O'Connell did propote tb » t jflOO » hould be « xp « uded m publishing ihe sccoubi * of lh » Attoctation . Wbr th » t bu aot b * en done , ke explained distinctly in tiu arv ti ** ch to

      • CMCA ike Al » ruLor OKiAei rr / rrtucr throughout its article . He Mated thxi b « did more tke n ^ uiwn ; . but lb » t iju . fl ' g—i . t twn found tbe cost too trat * ^ 4 O 0-rthat » n * brvdgn »« t oi the » eeoanu wonlJ b * w Wn a * eIe « , "kLni th » t , Hntfbrc , tUv pnbUaoan did ttot Uk « ia « . 'tbil eipl ^ iu * tbX * UwMV b * a befort lU » m wlm it ppt t % ^ afjbf . ^ . HoK Mi ' ikjfi *« soant to Ciir aad candid men ( of « u > pr «« iin ' g all alhiiion to ' it ? It w »* coorcaient to mzke rtjexhaf | r »; it ntwt conveaient to publub . the dfie * e « .. , Iiuit dMia-jM , m *» tfocUv ui-Tunpb * Bt ; » nn »( y « MXHt X ^ iTjiM ^ iSVt ^ j , & flagrmat tujprettk *? nuof wJucbii ^ Hwb f «*«^ t * .. -fc £ . n '

      We shall justify oBrseJvesj arid Iri" * ' rnabriei . 'i&t Master Special Pleader BftU aftam » ° Jf : - XTX ^ neTr never really endea » om » si to -poWiths < h » r »« o » oi > t ! , and the £ 400 spectre was * rt » # re « b ^ tobw ! AV < f qnertjoned the Examiner ' is" to * ii * rhiin fjtfeL W ^ truth of which it h « l not the ainriiiica % denvj Oar first query , then , u antwetdd . ui '" $ & . -afliru ?* tifB — £ 100 was to be expended , ia pablishi&g th * accounts—0 'Conuell wu piedged to 4 i * ve < he « r published—they never n » i * been pn bus he J , ' consequently O'Connell ' s - pledge " i * i ' tSf - this hour , unredeemed ! As tu the XiOO excuse ! w ^ r ^ p ^ sat , u is a shallow evasion . ' Had not Ahe AvwcintttiB , a » the Exathiner acknowledge * , £ 13 , 000 on ^ aud-iU balance , on the dissolution of the-Catholic A « socia > tion in 1829 . Conld the paltry tfum of £ 400 not be i pared by the voracious patriots df those dav * . in orSer

      to a : euce calumny , and establish tlie . mthudo . oftheir condnct before the Irish nation ; Wba the attempt ever made ? If so , refer us to the record . O'Connell knows right well , and * o doeshia satellite , that he could have had the accounts published if he pleased . Is it to be supposed that the proud " setter * up and puller-down" of A * j ><> ciations aud Societies , who can mould their constitution and alter their form—who can invest their funds and rale the cash accounts according to his sovereign will and pleasure—couM not , if be so pleased , command the expenditure of a trifling £ 400 , out of four times as many thousands , in order to show to the world that there bad been no unfaithful stewards of the people ' s money ? Is it to be said that while the Irish nation . with

      unparalleled gratitude and exertion , kave been supporting O'Connell in affluence , and depriving themselves of mauy necessaries to respond to the calls * o repeatedly made upon their industry , by subscribing their thousands aud tens of thousands in support of his agitating schemes— i * it to be said , we ask , that not a paltry £ 400 was even forthcoming , to publish the accounts ?—thus convincing the Irish > eopl « that their hard earnings had not been arisap prop riated ; and removing irom a name they have been taught to venerate , the foul taint of suspicion ? li this the defence those interested wi « h to go before the public ? Is this the manner in which the Examiner pleads according to its instructions ? I * this the creature ' s " perfectly triumphant defence "" Pshaw !

      2 . Did not Mr . O'Connell then declare that the books of the Association were public property , and should not remain in the hands of any individual , however trust-worthy r Have they not remained in hi * posiession ever since ? Second—The Monitor exhibits a wofal igaoranee and eon . fasioa of idea * with respect to thr miltei of iu second qqe » - tioa . Tne AsaoeiationSHL two aeia of booki—iU accountbook * and Uj transac ^ w . oka . O'C « nueIl detlxnsi tb « tnmsaetion-bookt publiepropertT , and urged that no indlrUaai shonid" retain tbem . Those tfan « action-booiu ruter were in

      tax fooaoon at all . They wer » « ei » rd and retained br Mr . N . r . ^ OGonnan . Th « acaniut-bookt remained with Mr . Dwyer , who aerer w »» asked to part with the m nntU tlie dar of ku death ; and let xm note , in paasing , aa we ( peak of munev auHe : * , that Mr . Dwrer wa « supported for years by an aannitv of - / 3 uO from Mr . O Conn-11 , and that hi * wife , at thU moment , eoatinuw to receive ardsUnee from tbe same beneficent haibd . Hi . Dwjet kept tbe acvnnl-imkt ; on bis deatk they were removed Into , hu aouae , and grrea to Wt . Rar ; and they are now Jyinx , ( » r tht inspect Un » f « nj mm who care * to » ee tUem , at the Corn Exchange . WUknoae oi tkucb « uk » h a * O'Coonell had anything to do . ....

      We shall , before we conclude , leave the pnbHc to ascertain to whom " woful ignorance" and con « fusion of ideas" is peculiarly applicable . -The Examiner quibbles on the distinction-. betweuMhe ' books . " W «) admit the distinction ; but vhat avails it ? We assert that O'Connel ! dedar « a the u accmtntbookt" to be public property—that he prp .. P ° sed to publish them—that he proposed to lodge them - m a place of perpetual preservation * n < reference "—we quote Ins own words—that h » hu not = done » o , and that from ] 829 till thismoroentthey remain under his own » ol « will and autborrW ! ' We

      admit that Mr . N . p . O'Gorman retained fte * iraii . sacuon books , ' about which wedid ^ nat » p « ak ; it was the- account books "—the money document * , to which we Eluded , as the Examiner well knew , only it wag desirable to mystily the mb ^ cX . The I ne Jucatntner h& » the presumption to declare that iT vZ ** " ?^? 00 ** " remain ^ in theposscssionof iir . Mward Dwyer until his death-that then they were transferred to Mr . JUy , ^ d , hat " viiA m » e these hooki < Aat 0 CuuuU hud auyt / n , tg io ' ^ v " Thun , say we , O Counell must havu staled a slranga nntruth , when , on Tuesday , the 15 th iu * t ., at a Precursor meeting , he spoke the following words ;—

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      aoeounted for op to tbe prwent fcy . / Aaee brought her * «** m * ii » AGGOVIit&i > / tkt > t rmU . a HdU * tiOOKS ^ tlm Calk ** Jnocietmt r Irmvnpueitotbow , **; iOn wh »« J » rle is llow worn i gnorance" and confused idea *? " How could O'Connell bring witk him the * account * of the rent , " and the " books of the CathoHC ApSnaciation , " if they we /»» uot in hu posMMsion ? . Let tbe Exnmhier Beetle the matter ' with it * . master , who ordered ; it to " admonish" as ; bat , for the future , let it not presume no much <> n the credulity of the public , nor trust so much to its own manor-court pleading abilities , in making truth falsehood , and the reverse . We cannot sufficientl y admire the admirable taste and good feeling of the Examiner , in parading O'Coimell's bonnty to the gifted dead—inmakinr aft

      ostentations boast of what is notoriously incorrect . At the dissolntion of the Catholic Association ih 1829 , lie late Mr . Edward Dwyer got a vote of £ 300 for hiii services—eui to the £ 300 » -year from O'Connell , all w « « ay is prove it ! Let O'Connell assert it , and then we will bo ready to consider the matter . In one thing , certaiujy . O'Connell was extremely munificent—in fanciful promises . He fed the hopes of Edward Dwyer with delusive picturing * , he promised to make him nthtrofthe black rod ! or dosr keeper of the Irish House of Commons tc / teu tue repeal wu carried ! This was certainly magnificent id prospect ; but Edward Dwyer is dead , and . repeal agitation Teposes in the silence of tha tomb t As to hi- * widow , the can be * t auswer respecting the extent of Mr . O' € omnt \ V » »? beueficente-,,. It . nnfortunately happens , bowsver , to bti weil known , that the utmost act of that ** bene » ticeut hand " was an allowance of £ 50 per animm , M oft condition" . that she would give np " all the

      privateJetter * and papers" belonging to her late husband . ! We . hate a . knowledge oi facts , which , were we notT reSttrained' by other motives than tkuse which have led the Examiner to invade thfe privacy ofdoiifbstio Ufa , in or 4 « rrto mislead the publican to the real qne > tion at Lwue—exbibitiug te the Tude g&ze of the multitude the private affair * of ( be . widow < of ho honourable man , whose , boat years , were de- > voted to the cause of his country-r-w . e could detail some facts which would give another complexion to the affair . But we have no mean or party purpose to serve , and we forbear . We leave it to the Examiner to proclaim such deeds as worthy of O'Cuunell to be blazoned forth by a piirtizan press , to delude the people as to the true nature of the matters upon which ihey are to decide . Was it ouly by such a mean and paltry subterfuge—by bragging the widow ot an honourable man before tbe public—that the Examiner could hope to wvaUe our interrogatories aud shield its own iguorancu ? The public will judge .

      3 . Did not Mr . O'Connell then propose to have tbe books lodged-with the Dublin Library Society ? Has taut oven dottu ? Third—Tha ignor-mct and confusion of the Jfom ' fnr eontinnc . O'Conucil did move that Uw TBJiS&J . CI'lOX-HOVKS thua'd Vw lotted at the Uublm Library ; he never urupuaed tuat the ACCOLTNT-llOOKS , which were properly kept by one uf the m . utl luuht ' al and accurate public servant ! that Ireland ever hid , cbould be lodged there . Hut , whj were tu . ' tra . iis : ictiou-tooka nut lodged Y V o < ball tell the Monitor . Mr . t- i'Uoriuan came down to the Corn fcxchiinge one evening .

      • rapped in a largo cloak , collected together tho « e unp » rt . nii d ^ xumenta , and earned them ufl to hu own botue . No entre . ii / or reiuoiHttrauo : would induce him to rent ore them ; auil then O'Coun ^ li mured hU compuUury reaulultun , dec ' . a-( in * lU » t they » hould remain at the Dublin Library . Still Mr . O'GormaB wu obninate ; hu * et the bod y at deKuntc ; ^ iid to UiU hour , he ha * actoally managed to hold the book * U > hk uto harvd * . He claimed tneui , a 4 Secretary to the irUh (' alhoiica . At to the validity uf the Uatui , we need not hertt « t » ui yur opiniou . The facts ate as we hare given them—aud now , U tkf J / vnUor au . wered ?

      J ^ ow for the consummation ignorance , impertinence , and contused blunderiug ! O'Couuell , quoth the oracle . " never proposed that the ACCOUNT BOOKS should be lodged iu the Dublin Library . " Again we shall confront O'Coneli with his creature . In a letter to the Frieuds of Ireland , " dated , Merrion-square , 30 th December , 1 S 29 , aud published in the Morning Register of January 2 nd , 1830 , O'Counell declares that the *• lluokt" should be so lodged . " This pian" contiuae * O'CouuelU " icvuld insure preservation and p ^ ictty—ui sjuiuld thereto huve sa ved j £ iOO , tnJiwH tee iuu * i , now expend in publishing the ALLOUSTS in shape «/ a jnmphlet ! " What s * y you now , good Examiner ? VVho w now the 1

      ' wilfully ignorant ; . ' 15 ut . O'Counell continue . *—l * Tiiis plan his uot met Mr . O . 'Gortnuu ' s vaucdou —theri remains tiolo uf all Ihe duties qf the finance committee ., only these ttco things ; Jirst , to publish ALL ACLOISTS qf receipts aiuldlsOussfUHent ^ ^ pten to place ALL i / tf p { tjL %$ t $ ja § exclusive uf the ttco booA ' t— thei Traniicnou Booics . which Air . N : P . O' 6 orHan reraiued Hxn'M toos ^ sion—m ~ a place of perpetuaipretervdlib H 'UniTrrnrlthdei"' 'Now , ' what tfoestfep EJtvm iher tfeinV orlis Hubd ^ rtnfigtior ancer With what unblushing iRtpbderice does th ^ ' Uiing prejnine to tliat O'Couoell a » eerr" prx > po (* e that tbe " account books" should be lodged'in tlie 1 Dublin Library ? Who now possessen the Mraag * claim to " wolul ignorance , " and ' confiue 4 ideas ? . ''' Poor creature , it has not been sufficiently achoolrtr iu it * Dart !

      4 . Does not Mr . O'Connell admit that the balance on Uaud in 1829 , amounted to £ 13 , 000 ? >" oarta—Ye * . How emphatic this Examiner is ! we acknowedge one satisfactory answer . 6 . Doe * he not assert that the Clare -election only cost £ 16 . 000 m all/—aud that * 7 , , with " two ; dr three-riddidoiadihouiumdj ^ " . were collected byj " ? ubiwTivtoQttfe' ^^ sesJ- 'j" ^ - v / ¦ ' ! - -.- ¦ i : 4 »^ Qoa » t « j ^; as *^ h ^ t ^ lOJ »(» waa » ehtd 6 kD , i ^ njdjafj" p « t ? flf ti | eb § ianca ^^ J a ^ lQO , « o mvet thi-; ex pejQ * : ijpftb . e , sfad « J » ctjWn , which , with the f 10 , 000 i # g ^^ f ^ i W 5 ^» . ^»^ ^ , ( k ) Q ? Jlow comv * ; it p ^ fetf i thit £ &&v was net ^* ary to defray expetisea 1 imiefi Mr . ' O"CBttnen' Wr ( s opiy amounted to i £ lSjOtiQ } . '" tytfait bfebaitte or the surplus £ 5 , 000 » and wbar be ' cadie of ih ^ fU . OOO rekt which still . remained onhairu *? ¦ * ¦ " ¦ - " '

      ' FnVh - aitdSitih , for fte qteitiolu relate te the nine mattar , and art -only pastdod tlnu , to fraln a little iaipurtance tor tu * th * rn »—OV qonril d « ea not a « wrt that the Ciare « Wtiou e »« t x \ i , 0 Q ^ in . all . He would « Ule a perfectly nuloriuiu untruth , il he did » o . He & !** tba yer / contrary , anointbV vwy ( pe « eta 6 * ' wbAea the 3 / ohiVor U commtimnp . •' The Clare rfoctioB , " he a » y « , " eost a * . r 15 , © v > 0 at Out ting , sz * SIDES ^ 7 X > 00 raised in irahscription for the occaaWmT' >< uwv read th » Monitor ' t qoution a ^ ain , and wonder lu > w it could po ** ibly br pnt , witu these wiord * before the writer . The fuel u , axA wf « art propami to » hoir H , that the Ctare pleciioii * - f » r tkem were »* o ot vheiu—eo * t about j ** 9 , 000 , t » which the Association contributed , but the grrater part of whi « a nai rained'bv public uUsCripliun . And who will not m . with

      CrConweU , that \\ l * j were not " well worth the aioriey ?" rbe Jtmitor's qwrrj about tbe ^ -5 , < K » is diupoied of ; and if he wauu further information , Wi him apply to the CUrc vlectiun commuUe , for that election wa * managed by agency al tether dUtbet from the A « ociation . Tben . at to aiiy balance or the Catholic Rent , how could the Monitor presume to suppren O'Counell ' n Ktatement . that th « claims npvn the body amounted tu 6 * . bd ^ ia tha pouad more than the fund *; that it eumpounded with iU crejitora kr J 3 * . 4 d ; and that tben the account * doted * the money being exhaunted ? . How could the Monitor dare to p&as thi * statement utterly unnoticed , and coniiuue to uk idly about tbe funds " which atill remained on lunds ? " Let it Justify this al ^ o , to id cunscirnce , and to the public

      This whole reply hinges on one point—the cost of tbe Clare election . u O'Coiinell , " qnoth the instructed deputy , "do . s uot assert that the Clare election c < n \ £ \ bjiW in ait . And then the Examiner gives a version of his t-peecb , tramped up for the occasion ! We a * s « rt . Umt O'Connell did say , in the Corn Exchange , o » Tueiday , the 15 th instant , that the Clare election costn * arly : £ 15 , 000 in utl "—that ' £ 10 JXX > was sent down iu drafts tor its uses "—and that •' j CJ ' . OOO , with twow threeudttional thousands , " wrre . snbitcxiDed lor iu pnryomM—thud makini ?

      £ 20 , 000 n » ce » iarytu defray expense * which itttue samii . breath j JbsuUji us-only amounted to"X 15 , 000 iu&lL " - Js . ^ t not a . le ^ itim » ta -question to askwhat became of the balance of £ 5 , 000 ? Surely , it i«—and oar asstrtioa , our report of the words upoken—is , in all conscience , as worthy of belief as tue Examiner ' s . Bot w * will not justify ourselves by our uirn repert . Let ihe Evutniner refer to the f reeman ' s . hurnal of Wtnlaesdny the 16 tk instant , and it will find a report of the Precursor meeting held the previous day , which contains the following version ol" O'CounelTs words : —

      "On th « 20 th of Kubruar ? , 1 S 29 , the accounts of the Catbolic AaanciatipB wrte Ba »)\ r clobed , havi ng been agaio aueited and verified . The baUaee on baud at that timed tie CathoUs rent wa » ^ IJ . OW , and tW . Clare eWction c « u n « rlyjri 3 , (» 9 m «« £ > - . ^ Then the report goc > on to say , th « t £ 10 , 000 wan « ent down for the uses of the Clare election , as we ha *« stated in Qur ^ xJ ^ . quijry ; and that £ 7 , 000 , with two or three additional thousands , were subscribedfu ll y jubstaudatiug our report in every particular , which will be louruT in the Monitor ol the IJth insrant . The only other Duulinpaper of that date to which we can convenletiUv refer is tbe Evening Packet ; we give its report at follows : — "t > B the 2 dth of February , the accounts of the Catholic A » oeiation were finally clotted , having been again audited and verified . Tha lulanc * on hind at that time of the Ca * ikolvcReut waa ^ 'l ^ O'JO ; and tkc Clare election eos t nea rlr ^ ' 12 , 000 in all . It was at lent worth what it Cost . The sum f * HQ < xn waa *<* it down iu dralt t * r it u * e * . WeraueU . bout jft , Q 0 v hy ittbucriptjon * , rnni two or three thousand * ware added" .

      This , then , disposes eStctually of the Examiner ' s vapouring . Let that print prove that the Freeman gave af * l «? report , and that tue Packet did the wme . Two jonrnal *—« n O'Connellite aud a Tory—join in giving the pern sunte version of his words . Prove now , ii tanmer that they gave a false one . Respecting the ttco Clare elections , we simply remark that O'Couuell only referred to •«? , and we consequently only remarked ono «* . Let him come out respecting theother , and we shall be prepared to give him the . fall benefit of his statements . . . As to the parade the £ xa » uwer makes about our not noticing the insolvency of tlie Association , we amply reply that vse doubt the things stated iu ihe speech to which it refers , sume of the statements being uotorionsly untrue !

      rirst , O'Counell is made ti state , respecting the Catholic rent , that k -up to tue c ] oic of the year 182 i " we had received £ 4 . 534 . : > We are prepared to

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      nwWK Wgnei ^;^^ ** ^ t 8 n 0 d >« erence— -no discrepancy here , good Examiner ? ¦¦ ' ¦ '¦¦¦ ¦ . ' -- . r- ¦ ¦' ' " > - Second , O'Connell i » also made to state , thai tbe ** receipt » amonnt at th « end" of the year " --182 y , when the Association wa » dissolved— "to £ 28 , 841 10 s . 6 d , " We are prepared to show that they amounted to £ 54 ^ 000 and upwards ! , r i It waa this kiiowjedge that led us npt to notice the 13 » . 4 d . m-the-pound trashovtr wuichtheExamvter exulta » o rampantly . Le ^ it shew , on its own statement , that O'Counell did not atrfte" a perfectly notonoas untratrv" wheuhesaid , that the Claire election cost nearly £ 15 , 000 in all . We nave * at lettMt ^ jus tified our ( statement . t , 7- Haa not Mr . O'Connell repeatedly boasted that allhia agents atthwCUtBelectiona officiated

      without fee or reward ? How , then , was £ 20 , 000 eipeaUed ? Thu is on&part-of our case : r » w |) ectiqg the other » we challengei . . tb ; ' e Examiner to produce ttu * uuDlic documadt . that satisfactorily accounts for the muds of the societies and associations , formed subsequently to the dissolution of the Catholic Association in 1829 . Let not our ootemporary get" iiato vi ban about our * in * mavtiwu "~ wi ; despise 4 nsinua > tion * . Let him not par < ad *» t the . ft integriijt" of Mr . ? O Coiinell , which w « do cot . impeach . ~ i Our argnmeat is , that the CatholiiRWiit wWubscribed by the Irish people fqr public purposes , and that , tberefore , a public account should be rendered of the manner in which the funds were expended . It is idle to evade argument , and disregartr facts , by an appeal W the sympathies and gratitude of the people , and by an attempt , a » weak as it in wily , to enj istthe passions and pr-judiews of the unthinking against us em the personal calumniator * of Mr . O Conoelll The thiug isridicHlous !

      Se + thth—We refer the . Monitor to the Clare election centluiUee , to aceauat lor itti expenditure ;—but what an innocent enjature must our coutetttporary be , if he think that Menu alouft edit tuonqy at * n election . ' Why , the ouUar at Clare , merely Ik bringing the forty- * hilling frenholdem—who were thvir , we all knbvr , m <* l numerpM—to th « hosting * , wi »» in » rn » nae . ilut every one , who ha * s « en a co « n t > « onte » t , w » ll laugh at the quwstKin of tbe Monitor . And the Examiner repheu , that tho * a dneuinenu are at thi * hour to be Hound iu Ihe C « m Kxchanga ; ' and that they , a * well m the account book * of the Catholic Association , having been kept by Mr . l > wyor during hi * Ut « , and transferred to Air . Bay , on hi * diuea »« , aroi > pen , we doubt not , to the in » p « ction of the public . Is the challenge fairly met ?

      Our seventh and last query ban been met in a manner nimilar to all the others—mere froth and bombast , in place of fact and argument . It requires no tthat an oracle should travel up from Newry to tell us that" Clare Election Committee" could " account fur the expenditure ! " Who disputed it ? Our r « plyiu—have they ever done so ? That committee was O'Connell ' * committee , formed for his purposes , and acting under his control . Me boasts tftatno ugent received "fee or reward "—that there was '" no bribery , nodrinking , no h , ou « e « of refreshment kept open . How then , we repeat , was the £ 20 * 000 expended ? As to the documents being *' at tuia hour to be found ia the Corn Exchange , and that they , as well as the account books of the Catholic Anpciation , are open to the inspection of the public , " we will

      , at present , only remark thnt O'Connell stated himself that the books were in his own possessionthat the Com Exchauge rooms are rented b y O'Connell , thut they are u > 't / ree to the public , and that after the exhibition ot Precursor liberty at tbe dinner ou Tuesday evening la » t , whe . i Mr . Stauntou—one of th « oldest and most taithlul advocattii of which the popular cHu . * ecan boast—was absolutely obliged to seek the protection of the police , to nave him from personal vi < ileuce .. We have no wish to subject our-? elve * to auy outrage on our person , by bearding the lion of tbe Com Exchange in his own rooms ! This , then , for the present , will be our answer ;—we have made appltcatitm to Mr . Ray on tliis subject—we have been put off—l » ut our npplication is under considt-rfttiou , and when we receive a definite auswer , the Examiner shall hear from us .

      \ Ve have now noticed , seriatim , the replies of the Examiner , aud we confidently ask , has any one of our interrogatories been met in an open , manly , aud consistent mauuer ? We have no wish to descend into petty personal altercation with the Examiner ; but that print should be cautious in h : \ zardiug statements that have not the slightest fonndation hi truth—iu imputing motives which are wholl y inapplicable— and in rashly attributing t <» as sentiments and feelings which we reprobate and despise . We have shown that O'Connell did p ledge hinuelf to publish the l > account-books , " which has uot been done ; thnt h « declared that they should be lodged

      m a " place ot perpetual preservation and reference , " while at this moment they are in his own possession : and , in one won ! , we have substantiated nuroriginai position , that " not one shilling of the public monies / au ever been openly and satisfactorily accounted for !'' It oor jjnat aud present remarks induce O'Conuell t' , wn u « w to publish the accounts , and tree his name from theUiutof suspiciuu , then we shall have contributed nipre t « the ieul elevation , of O'Conuell ' s ctarapter than the Examiner aud the whole horde of tfprVile prints that exist in fear—slaves that " eat thelr . puadiiig aud hold thetf tongue *!"

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      Porttjqal . —If ! s « aid that the lonp-pendTng question of the claims of the ! British' ofneer * . and men who serred in Portugal under Don ' Pedro is about bein ^ forthwith fcnd aatwfactorilj adjusted . The Government' agrfces to a fair " compensation ' provided the Cortes will sanction the saint . '

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      MEfTlJlG AT MABYLEfiONE . ^ msms ^ s ^ « bgttey » -room 8 , . F 6 ley . 'rtreet . & £% **?« tSS ^^^^ J " . * h » nfcinirftitt fcrtae honour they had done him in p !« cfn » him-iirthe tgj £ * i ~ && % ** the > JroSiS ^» he meeftngjfQuld be characteriied-by thai ^ ojjAAel 'UWjfltu ^ ' was so necessary in ^ SSSSS ^ - flu ^ hc meeting . The princiulp ^ S ^ rSng »^ " . ^ ter had been often eiplained > . ^ Si 5 that place , and tUereiore it was unnec ^ M ^ lrnm to enlarge upon its merits . The ^ aSSt ' offfi Houer of Lords and Commbn * would « ool be assembled , and no deubt their proceedings' wt > uld b « opened , by ihe _ Queen in pewSn . AttheS time ^ another Parliament , the People's -PariiainenC wouldba ^ assembled , us proceeding woald not b 2 opened by her Majesty , and they did not wirt , \* .

      Were vwiuw it > e mere what was of much mpre consequence— there would . be ther « the spirit of the English people . ( Cheers . ) The members of that Parliament were only forty nine , and he urged hia fellow-workmen to give them every support in the arduous task they had undertaken , or they would be put down . He thanked Government for tha arrest of the . b * st friend of the working- classes , the Rev . J . R . Stephens—it had shown the people their own strength , and the manner in which they were to be used . The powers of the Government were already immense , aud they were about to add to them by the neiarions introduction of a rural police—^ that force was intended to put down the people , and it would be their duty to oppose it to the last , and the blood that might be shed be on the heads of those who pressed such a tyrannical measure .- A cry had been got up for th ^ reoealol

      the corn-laws , but it was au interested one , and was artfully intended to . lower wages , not to benefit the working , men . As many were going to address tbem , he would say no more , but oaly exhort them to peace and quietness . ¦ .- ' ¦ " Mr . IbuUnd then rose to addresi his fellbwworking men and broth .-r deinocrab . He held a resolution in hut hand to which he hoped to have their eu'ire sanction , it was one pledging the meeting to that which thev had before sanctioned—viz ., to support by their aid and confidence those honest men who would soon meet at the people ' s parliament . They would , indeed , be the parliament of the people , and he felt quite certain would do more good in a week than the other in years . In order that they might be able to do thut good , it was necessary that they Htumld have , the support of the people , and he felt quite certain that would not he wituheld . Bemamiu Franklin had

      snid—* » That he who by the plough would thrive , " ¦ ¦ ¦ Himself must either hold or drive . " So jt was with the people , they must do their own work by their own representatives , but tueymust uLso leud them their utmost support . The resolution ^ passed , pledged the meeting to support their ownmeiribeni to the general couveu tion individually , and the other members , collectively , as circumsta « cs . bUpuld : require or necessity demand . That necewjuy , ho had no , doubt , would Arise ; and it was the . duty , ol the people to be prepared . Alter a lengthened eulogmin , upon the character of Maxi-J ^ , ^ - Hobejfpierre , iia pourtrayed by Broiiterre O mien ( which elicited much disapprobation ) , he concluded by proposin g his resolution to the meeting . ' '

      Mr . Whittle seconded the resolution . He thought the allusion to Robespierre by Mr . Ireland was rather out of place ; the character he had said belonged to him had not beeu established . The character generally recorded against him was , that hw was a weak governor and bioo-dy tyrant . ( Cries » f That ' s not true , aud Englishmen kuow better . ") He did not mean to say that it was true or false . What he meant to say was , that whether Robes pibrre were misrepresented or not , that was Robespierre ' s character with ninety-nine in every hundred , who heard his name ; and the praise of Robespierre , therefore , to English ear * , sounded like the pruise of wanton bltfodshedi If any gentleman thought that Robespierre wa * maligned , the iim- » ti ^ of

      gatwn hia real oliaracter might be a . eery > fittingsubject for diligent inquiry ; but that was a-different tiuug from applaudiu * hi » » connexion iwitii ihe quesuon of Eiujlah . Refopn . ^ Wfrwafttedjw Jfrerujh examples ' K ana , if 4 he conduct ar ^ tjtiftcjrcunisfances of Robespierre ^ . ere ''^ b ; tV" ^ ndy / ; u ^ dewj ^ oji )^;; that veiy cjrcumstancft . made u ^ k pDpiafefo ; th , at Tus example cotld" be' it . ' nW to' its , We , his name , unquestionably ; , ijrould injn ¥ e ' oar ' character . To mix up thB'jiifbceeaing « ror the present ihe&irig wrtli hid nome ( bhowetf a' ' weftknefc ? ' 'H « wav <' not a preacher op of « moral forcB J ' Whae-he # aid "« r « , if ihe people had'the means of puttittg doWa'tyr * nts"by force , the sooner they did « o : the better . I . ' ( Cheers . ) There was no . creatures whom he , scorawLmore than tbe pratiug coxcombs of the present day , <* ho assumed that their intelligence , forsoothgave-them

      , a ngbt to make it a reproach to the memory of v > ashuigton that he had fought for the liberties of his country . We needed no rightiag . but the rights of the people would sever be granted except through fear of the people ' s resentment . ( Hear , hear . ) The people ought to do all in their power to show what their opinions were , and if they acted with due courage and zeal they were sure of success . ( Cheers . ) The agitation on the Corn Laws increased his hopes for their success . The object of those who had brought it forward would not succeed if the people were prepared to do their drity . ( Cheers . ) He feit convinced the peoplb would not be deterred from the object they had in view , of obtaining Universal Suffrage , by any such trick as the agitation of the Corn Laws . ( Cheers . ) The

      WhigHhadthe power , and . if they chose , let them repeal the Corn Laws ; but let the people go on in their determination to have ; Universal Suffrage , and put an end to the vile Poor Law Bill , whictwould lead , under the sanction of the Whigs , t j wholesale child murder . ( Cheers . ) With respect to the work on thatsubject by MarcuV he ( Mr . W . ) had taken means of letting Lor'lJohn Russell know that such a work existed , and bad apprised Mm of the names of the publishers . That little malignant reptile , Hushed with venom , which had been fed to overflow , ing with the spoils of the people , had held Mr . Stephens to bail iu £ 1 , 000 on the alledged charge of inciting , by spoken words , acts which might endanger property . But here were word * in nrinr .

      approving the act of murdering infant children , and teaching English mothers how to stifle their newborn offspriuK scientifically . Here was the author calling himself the co-operation of the New Poor Law philosophers . Lord John Russell knew the book . He knew the publishers . Would he hold them to bail ? ( Great Cheering and confusion . ) Was it doubted that such a book existed ? If it was , he would produce it . He pledged himself to that meeting and to the public , that the publishers should be prosecuted , and that LordJ . Russellshouldpunish these voluuteer allies , or avow them . A book more atrocious he had never heard of , with the exception ot the one written b y Malthus himself . ( Cheers . ) He was . in hopes that the career of the' present luiqmtous Government wasnearlv brought to a . cln * R .

      pJwiJj ? b fcnninat »«> n . ( Cheers ) He hoped he should be excused for speaking warmly when he was denouncing a publication ihat encourages the wives uri .- P , orka } ea to murder their children . Mr . W hutle concluded by seconding the resolution . Ihe Chairman put the lesolution , anddeclared it ro be earned unanimously . Mr . Ravneb proposed tlie next resolution for the a ppomtraeut ot a committee to collect funds for the support of the delegates for Marylebone . They had elected a working inan to represent them , and having done so they must support him . If the people were determined to have Universal Suffrage they must support their delegates . The people had a right to iadge for themselves , and he trusted that they would not allow any Whig trickster to cheat them out of their rights . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . Coosj be seconded the resolu tion . The time of the workiug classes ought to be employed in endeavouring to accomplish union among themselves , in order that they might be up in arms to protect themselves . He recommended that they should spread the alarm as bees did . One announced an alarm to two others , by a push of his horns . Each of these did the same to two more—^ ach of these to two more , and , by this rapid multiplication , they soon had the whole hive alarmed . Without a union upon principle they coald never conquer . ( Cheers . ) He was oue of those who would rather go with 60 inen , who , were united lor the accomplishment of an objecU than 600 shufller * . ( Great cheering . ) If any

      uidivianai had refused to sign the National Petition , in the hopes of first obtaining u repeal of the Corn * Laws , he trusted they would reconsider what they ' had done , and see the necessity of having UnirertaV Suffrage first , and the repeal of the Corn Laws w * uW toUow as a matter of course . ( Cheers . ) Thdo / rh he wan in hopes that peaceable means would-prev yaUj yet , sooner than the people shouldnot auocSd * if he had tbe arms of Samson , he would nuUithb pillar of the .. Constitution , as it was called , otttbeir enemies . ( Great cheering . ) The resolution was earned unanimously . ~ ^ Mr . TuoMas proposed a resolution deprecatory of theconduct of Ministers in arresting Mr . Stephens , amid much cheering . r - '

      Mr . Lee seconded the resolution , which was earned . ¦ . „ After it had been announced that it was the inten-Uon of the Northern Otar to present their readers with a portrait of M r . Stephens , and the camntittke to collect tie rent had been appointed , the meetinr broke op by giving three cheersfor Mr . Feargiq O'Connor . Mr . B . o'Urien , and Air . WbitOeTthe editor of the Champion . : ' ¦ " VT "

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      XkKGE Stork . —Some amusement was excited on V- ne ^^ , mornin 8 week , about eleVen o ' clock , , u Whitehall , by the somewfcaAmKS oireumstance of a large ? tork being perched ^ UBWt the tap of the telegraphing apparatus at theAdmiraftr s ^ h ^ r ^ pluDai 9 g ¦* um ** ^

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      WGOtW ^ H ^ fcTTr SESSldNft .

      m - iBejbri'&J ° * n JPiUm , Ch ai ™^ ^ n * C ^ fo . yf Torm / pi ^ d P . Smith , Esq . ) ' ATTEMPTE © HP *! 11 ?** •?* [¦*¦ fEK&U . ' AT WOOLWICH A soldier , of fik * iwtoe of Thomau Warden Wonging ^ to the KojrK 1 ^ pew-aad ^ liaewi now stationed at tbe Barr « ks > at W 6 oIwich , wM brooKht np under a strong guard , chaffed with th ^ foJio ^ , ^ brutal outrage on a yonng wdi ^ wi of the name of Maithia , on the night of Sunday la « £ ;—The first witness examined wag . i .-.. . Ann Maithia , a yoang female ofdeHoate conritenance , and very ill , who utated that she was a single woman , and lived with her parents in Water man ' s-fielda , near Woolwich . She was a teacher to the Sunday Schools at Providtoce Chapel , in Qm iNew-road . The prisoner she had been acquainted wita

      gome months . He was a bugleinan in th » oaad of the Royal Sappers and Miners . He had been paying hia addreuse ^ to her . On Sunday night last , she attended the service at Providence Chapel . After itwau over and she was about quitting W spot , she met the pnnoner , who Was standing it the ^ f : f J « proposed taking a walk , which she cSa ™ ' ^ * v bol \ liii ** chapel and pro-R » rrt i * P 1 iH ^ -road . On arriving at the Barrack field , he prevailed on her to have some refresbrneat at W *« mk Tavewf . She repUed * He Sid vL ° \ in ^ w ^ e I haVebeen to night ?" ilt /" yf » fiedid . She then said , « A publicpK woran ^ hS mS « « Sh ^ howefer , m consequence of ^ fr ^ v f ^ - nt "nto the public-honse , and drSik ? ^ Wefab .--Wliat did he give you first to

      Complainant . —He gave me some rum , and after-^ S ^ e ^ : ^ . Wnness j in continuation of her evidence , said t hat they remamed at the . public-house . till after nine o clock . She , on leaving that place , said that she must go home , when the prisoner consented to see her home safe . They proceeded down t » itchwaterlane , and p assed Nightingale-lane . When they arrived atthe back of the mansion of the late General Millars , the prisoner commenced taking improper liberties . She rebuked him for it , but his conduct became violent . She screamed out for assistance , when he caught her round and said , u— d—n you , hold your tongue I" She was then hurled to the ground with . « uch violence that she

      was completel y stunned , and lost her senses . From that moment t . ll she found herself an inmate of the workhouse on the followiug day , she knew not what had taken place . John Conuor deposed that he was a labourine man , employed at the Royal AnsenaL At an early hour ( seven o ' clock ) on Monday morning last , as he waapassiftg along Waterman ' s Fields , oh his road to work , his attention was attracted by a substance , lying in a ditch , which had the appearance of a dead pig , bnt to his utter surprise aud astonishment , on approaching nearer , discovered it to be a female , apparently dead . Her limbs were contracted , her head and shoulders were bare , her longhair hanring over her tace , tilled with gravel and water , and her skinwnnkled with cold . He ( witness ) took her np in his arms , and called for assistance . In a short time a man . came Up , of the name of Mayer , who procured a wheelbarrow , in wliith the untortnnat »

      einale was laid , and conveyed to the workhause of Woolwich , where she was admitted . The Chairman : Is that the female in qnestion ( pointing to the complainant ) ? Witness : Yes , sir . w Cuaibhan : What was the stat * of her clothes ? NVttuess : lorn and covered with mud and gravel her bonnet was off , and found some distance from the spot . :: ¦'; ¦ Mr . Watte , constable of Woolwich , stated that when the complainant was admitted in the workhouse she was in the deplorable state described by the last ¦ witness she was perfectly insensible . He lost no time in applying the necessary meani tisnal on . auch occasions , like the means to restore animation by patting her into a hot-bath , and nonrin *

      torandy . and hot water down her throat . "We . Wlength lirtcceeded in restoring her to a state of consciousness , when she deUiled the charges against the pntoner . ; ' On bearing her story he went to the barracks , and saw the commanding officer of the regiinent * wfca , on being acquainted with the outrage , placed . ? he prwoner under arrest The complainant remained in a very bad state , and had not vet recoya ? ed suuiciently to be . reslered to her home . L- ^ flepnjone ^ en being aske . w hat he had to say Jor , himself ,, stated , with much iadifference . that ha

      recolfactVd going into the public-house with the cprflolainant , but after leaving there he was so drunk » hat na had not the slightest recollection of what h » d ! 9 £ cmred .. ; ; . ^ S ^ r Johh W ^ bb : Hav e you any evi dence toprove : that you were so tipsy as not to know what you were about ? -Pnvoner : Yes , Sir , I have . The prisoner then called three witnesses ; one of them was the waiter at the Fortune of War publichouse . He saw the prisoner between the hours of ten and eleven . He came into the Fortune of War . He seemed to have been drinking , but was not drunk . °

      Benjamin Brooks deposed that he saw him at the public-house , and he could positively state that the prisoner was sober . His clothes were . girty with mu , ? . and it appeared that he had fallen down . , 1 he Corporal of the guard stated that on the night in question the prisoner cameinlo the barracks between ten and eleven . He appeared perfectly 8 ° Ber , and ' wasawwe of what he was doing . Mr . M . Donald , surgeon , was understood to say tn&the had examined the complaiuant when brought into the workhouse , but conld not say that a capital ollence had been perpetrated . i Sir JohnWebb , haviiig had some consultation

      ^ Jj j r , rothe r magistrates on the bench , addressed the pnspner in tome few observations . Not the slightest doubt could exist in the mind of any person who had heard the evidence as to the motives which had prompted his conduct in bringing her into Ue condition by drink , asstated , although there was no legal prv > ol suflBtcient to justify his committal te prison on a criminal charge . The sentence m consequence wonld be , that the prisoner pay a fine of £ b to the Queen , or to be iiiprLsonedtwo months m . the House of Correction . The decision of the magistrates , and the lenient sentence created much surprise to a crowded ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦

      court . — The fine not being forthcoming , the prisoner was marched to Maids tone gaol , followed by a laree assemblage of people , Whose yell * and groans were mostdealening . : The affair has occasioned much sensation in that part of the county of Kent *—Chronicle , of Tuesday .

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      Jodgbship . —Mr . Baron Bolland ' i resignation has b « en at length formally received . . Tht- Learned Baron had expressed his intention to retire for several weeks previously . Mr . Maule , M . F . for Carlow , and of the Oxford circuiti is confidently spoken of as thenew Judge , ; ^ The Great "Wkstern SrEAHEBi-Thisgiant of the we * tern wave having undergone the miraculously-tnfling repairs rendered HecesBarv by her

      unseasmg ccupabats with the elements during last season and being ; made , if possible , more comfortable than previously , was to , start on a new series of voyages for the trans-Atlantic world on Monday inorniDg She Had niuety- « ven berths , besides a freight of 600 packages , . onsisUng of articles of value-silks j woollen , linen , and cotton manufac-S ^ n SS * " * 8 tufls > J » e « 7 , &c . to the ralue

      . Dreadful Destittjtion . — John Jones , a journeyman tailor , and his * o , a boy 12 years of age , both of whom appeared to be steeped to the lips in want and wretchedness , were charged on suspicion of having committed the following felony : -It appeared that a master tailor , named Marks , left home on Saturday morning , and on his return , some time afterwards , he found that bis shop-door bad been broken open , and some wearing apparel carried i % ; . V WsW inquiries he ascertained from one . of nisj odgehi that the younger prisoner had called to ^ PP- 'y " or work in his absent . * nA h * A k ^ n ?„! - ! * -

      • A ~ W& H $ P - 1 ? the P ^ age , b «>* he had taken hia < 2 oS ^ J ? & ^ sP ^™^ « . »» applied to , whoappre-SM ^' Pl ?^" - * Aeir lodging , when the M ^ r one told him , that he waited ullhedespaired . jJiSr ^^^ W '^ " ^ w > d then left . The ap-& \ £ ffi' & $ * J ^ ¦ '& **** to * l *» t degree of ^ l 8 ^ ^ W ^^ VVnuti hb wife , ^ ¦ . ^ ^^ aBa . weakly children , were hud-;^ f ^ ' l ^ tNr in a wretched room , ehtirelv •* *? !^ ? £ furniture ih «^ graft without ' firZ f «»« fialf-naSed * iU 4 reB lying . hivermg on . h « of jKRato Wr ^ gs , whidi coSiUtoted ^ e sole *«»>»« # relatwg to utfdw of lamitare and t | U . npthinjr remained to m- * . ? . . vi- If' ^

      _ i ^ i ^ i s : ^ 'JW ^^ ° ^* « S ^^ -g »^ - two 1 mS ^^ ° ^*^ 54 p «» : reuVve their wSf ^ vlv * ' wd ^ froWfoT th « r admission W ^ ^^? 4 »\ ^ e morning . Mr . Brougbg ^^^^^ X ^^ niinsetfin terms of « £ m ^ hT ^^?^ ^ * e ^ optaneotu . hamanitr with '• I ^ &S ? " * >« n W prompUy met br the S " ^ ^ reliewog f « cer , dWrg ^ d tU ^ S ' ¦ th « ?> g n <> e ^ dence t « warrant their detifttum . a « d they Repaired to theworkhouw t « rejoin their oahappy relatiTe ? .

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      DANIEL AND HIS DARLINGS THE LIBERAL PRESS OF IRELAND . On Tuesday evening week , a dinner was given to the "Liberals , " in the Abbey Circus , Dublin , at which , of course , he spouted his usual amount of blarney , ; but which w » u principally remarkable for a . ., tierce aud . scurrilous attack upon the Liberal press of lr <» land , that press by which the viper has been fostered iuto life , which he now characteriittically resolves to sting to death in return . It seems that ipuffiUifpRragraph , written by the Liberator , of some ' oF his to » 3-eaters , and t > ent to the Dublin / teyrsftrfor insertion . previous to the meeting , had been neglected—wWrimpon the man wot eschews nidence diijonnced the whole Liberal press of Dublin , in a Wyle ot tierce invective . The proprietor ofthe llegisUr , Mr . Stauuton , endeavoured in

      to obtaia ^ liearing his own eiefence ^ whvn he was a ^ a 4 ) lwd with the most opprobrious epithets" put ( i 4 > n , out % the ^ lwkguurtt ! " ' who is he t" "how darehejscl up ?" frJUid such like indications of Corn Exchauge liberty of speech ! Thus treated , tht > proprietor * , withdrew from the diuner table . Dan ' s rage now became nngovernable ; he " dared the paltry press " to omit the proceedings of that meet-Jiig ; the reporters instantly indignantly threw down their pen * , aWleft the " presence , " amid the vilest hootiogs nnd exclamationsi of rage and defiance . ThtJpolice hnd to interfere in order to protect them ! rum personal violence , and undvr their au « pices they eventually effected a safe retreat . The reporters immediately hold a meeting , and passed the followiug resolution : —

      "That inasmuch as Mr . O'Connell , at the Metropolitan diuner this evening , used , in reference t » the members of the Dublin puna , terms as insulting « s they were unjustifiable , dared the omission ot the repert of the proceedings—Resolved , That having respect to our own character , and holding the ludependence of the press ; o be the foundation o ! public liberty , and considering that a mean submission , undtr these circumstance * , would be a surrender of those principle * which Mr . O'Connell professes a dertre to establish , we hold ourselves jnstitied in a total suppression of all the proceedings that took place up » n the occasion . " " J ames Coffey , CharlesD . Duffy , Martin Haverty , John Flanedy , S . Corcoraq , Andrew C . Elriui { ton , J « hn Morgan . " "January 22 , 18 . 19 . "

      An extraordinary general meeting of the Irish Press Association was held on Wednesday , in the soci e ty ' s rooms , Snckville-street . Stephen N . Ellington , Jun ., Esq ., in the chair ; when , after suitable speeches , the following resolution was adopted : — " That we deem it due to our own characters to place on public record this expression of our entire approval of the course which the gentlemen connected with the Liberal Journals of Dublin ( conceiving they were insulted ) adopted iu reference to Mr . OCoiinell ' s uucalled tor language towards the press , and thnt we feel impelled to tender these gentlemen our cordial thanks for the promptitude and energy with which they repelled the attempt made on the privileges of our body . " Upon this " very r ) retty ^ u , a" * l '' our excellent contemporary the i / uofin Montnr \ from' whom we have borrowed some pcttidn » of our-account of it , has the foliowinjr comment oq timfntear . , - ¦ - v "

      What ,. tbe pub , u « iw » U . ask , was 4 be T cattse of MrJ Ououuells attack on hia dear friends xjf hi * own prws ? We regreo to find that it was one totally unworthy of his great name—vauity ! -r-disappoiuted , upgratined vanity I \ iQ , reat n » en are not infallible . ^ apoleon had his dreams of ambition disturbed by the scenip triumphs , of 1 * alma ! An unbounded rapacity ior popular applause , is usually characteristic of men whoh ^ ye won a name by years of strife in the field of political warfare , while a total absence of " ce ] fi « h greediness of praise" is most commonly the distinguished attribute of minds grrat in the consciousuess of their own power . The Washingtons , Franklins , and Newtons , wore children iu

      trn « simplicity of character * -widely different from the great couquerers ot public opinion , whe would fa ' x a nation ' s hopes on themselves , and concentrate thegratiude and applause of a people in neverceasiDg peals of jeiT-adulation . The vain mau would rather be revilwd than unnoticed , says La Bmyt re , anp we regctt to find Mrv O'Connell reuaering himself liable to sach imputation . The Register , Freemati , and P-iht , declare that the reasou why Mr . O'Connull . *> iiercely attacked thsm , wait , because they did not aiifliciently puff and truuipet lorth ' the approaching dinnerL ^ Whata siat <* of miud to liuiGint thi ; abiorice of fulsome adulation ! - . ¦ -: - - .-.. ¦• > --

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 2, 1839, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1043/page/6/