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      DEATH OF CHATTERTON . Scexe . —A Garret in Broofc-s £ ree » , London . —CHATTERtqx discovered seated at a table , his face white and iioQotc , a . Td his triioJe jxrrson anadaied . Ghat . —How eniel is the -vrcrld-which crashes irorCi , Jtod cells tne guilt blind destiny ! O lie ! Bl-feted -world , "which makes the fate it mourns I Ah I iirrilixo ) " EcrL tb » e back thy scora : " let me live yet . To speak the bursting passions of my soul [ Writing . ' ] " Ere ^ ieath shall dose his'teu . " God ! that I could But spread before mankind ' s besotted eyes The "half that springs up in my bosom now ! Tmrald set so black a stain upon their hearls , As \ reeping Charity could never Trash a-sray .

      ZPaese—irrillnp opting " While ye -vronld -watch and pity m » in decth . " - Ttfy Tvrongs ' be on ye r 0 poor out thy grief , Jly soul , cr send that haggard spirit forth , "VWich once Ambition was , but vrhose proud throbs , And soarings -vreariless , an icy -world "CnpUying restrained , that back the spirit shrank A blasting tiling , and mourned , in broken sisrhs , Its beggar ed state to stark and holla-tr solitude . O for the fire of feeaven ! that T might burn Each fearfal -word into men ' s shrinking hearts I { ilfler ajxiusi , icriting i » m « Hj . ' . j " That yet shall ten yon ho- * - a poet died ! Why should I cater to ye , - wolves r [ Writes apaln , ihn aVdradedlii reads aloud what he has teritzenS ± " O -world of icy-Iiearted men .

      Tardy to aid bat 5 peedy to destroy . "Wrong -with Tnnnerited neslect , his pen , Dipped in his proudest blood , that boy—Who to thy love or justice -whispered "when Prond soaring honours vrere his dearest joy—Bas roused to tell thee he has changed since " then , ¦ Aliil tori tliee "back tliy scorn ere death shall clos his ken . " Ignoble souls ! ye fancied I could stoop , In miserable ignorance , and feed - TJpoa the vapid praises of your breath ; Telling my heart that it nu ^ it swiftly bleed , TThfle ye vrould -watch and pity me in

      deathly "wrongs be on ye ! I can swoop , JE ' en as the fuD-plumed earfe soars oirhijih , And vratch "where such as you amid earth ' s ¦ deserts lie , " - - ligtt up my heart , O God ! that it may never droorc ; My soul still tells me I ' m above the clay ; It seeks its upv ^ vrd home -while here compelled to stay , ** Ye miserable babblers , knovr , I dare to die , And scorn ye , though ye value me so lotr : \ VIiere 5 ceble nature "binds ye jrrovelliEi lii ; He sordid earth ' s to yon . the strongest tie : ~ Fot me , -whtrever scared my soul , 1 go ! I leave you that -which ye may know me by ; It is your otto—the niem " ry of mv woe !

      "I ccnld crush down my ever-rising pride , And -with a throbbing bosom oim That -trhicn icy Lreath has erst d-. nied ; IBui , si , ye" ! find the ^ secret in the croon , Which yet shall tell yon how a poet dieii ! Why should I cater toyv , solves , full-supped "With blood moreprecions thnn the crystal drops Trom pitying angel ' s eyes ? " - iCastino dourn the paper , and starting to hisJerL ] ~ be still , unyielding heart ! Why should I croadi And kiss low-humbled the contemning foot ? They tell me I am proud , and -walk on earth . ' like one -wiose proper borne -were "baaveu , or one TThose tray led over nations * neefcs ; ray God ! Thon ' st niade my tsart so , and I fh ^ ny thee for ' t ! It is the nob ? st attril-nte of lp *™ , That -while he -walks on eanh he looks on heaven

      , Scorning to bend bis eyes upon the sod . Down earth ! thus could I spurn thee . O thou . Pride , IV ho fly ^ srmid-sraj- between the earth and sV-r , ! Tby look Still upward tcrn'd . -while tv-iti thy feet lion strik ' st the ground to raise thee in thy ' flight Thy vest of glowing red ;—thy heart «* n through Thy crystal breast to throb with blood of fire ; Thy streaming locks unto the sunshine bare , And to tie fcovrling tempest ; and thy hands . All -weaponless , still clutching at the sky ; O God ¦ thus figured to zny Lnming sicht , ~ Be stni nj- guide , as thou hast cru been . And let me shoot along thy rapid way , Thy second self ! lly soul is -trith thee , Though 3 clogging -srorld still -warps around "With heavy suffering my shrunken form , - And dross my feeile limbs to « arth .

      TThrotrs Mntffl /' again into hU scat , and buries his face in his baJidsJ } (¦ dfter a pause . ) O God I to starve—to starve ^ —like any Trorthless -wretch , "Whom God and men bave left to die unkno"wn 1 Ah , -why did I not drop into the grave , 3 fy blood parch'd up by ceascItES fever , Tim there i = a no drop ¦ within my -withering veins To let my spirit live I or "wiiy not d 5 e Sliin by the northern wind I or like a floweret Blasted by the sun ! or ctV a hollotv victim " To some unkno-wn ill pt ^ st all mtn ' s cure 1 Or never Kvc-i—or died a -whimpering infent ? O God ! anything but starve—to starve like to 3 hunted dog !

      Bow nappy -was I -when I lired and draam'd How sweet a thing it yns to be h . man And earn mars pssises ! Ho-w 1 lored To look-with lorward eye upon the -world , "When , flushed isd heated -with the burning things , 3 Jy soul -would tell me I could jive to life , They'd rash to heap those honours on my brow A country ' s heroes only -wear . Miserable hops 1 TJesfroyic ^ xsiuty ! .-waSch , 'blasted , l > aci Comes CTeepinf to the -wounded Hearr , to seek . Tliat liappy home -which ne-svmy breast is not . "Why shccld I have respect unto the "world , Or to its cnsto 3 js , since it is not just . And stili denied that -which I have bravely won ? "Why should 1 falter to destroy that life

      \ T&zrs the p-jper he has ¦ uritleti . } It ? 5 hecxtlessnessBiakes miserable ? Thou earth , 111 give ray fiesii to thee ; Tny spirit goes elsewhera-\ Hc takes the opium from the table , hut pauses as he if about io rwallvu- iX } O^—b ! This is horrible ! 1 ran remember "When first T knew what blighted yearnings were ; "When firet unkindness co « led that feVrish glow "Wiich erst -vms Troct to light the glitrerinij path I thought my own—bat Triudi , indeed , -was nought But lifc le&ectfcd beaming of ihe light 2 Jy own soul shed . In deep despondency , Stung by s present wrong , and spiritless To losk to future years for mv reward ,

      I penned that last sad testament cf : a ^ 3 , Sly »\ 13 , and Isade mylieart prepare ta beat so more . H ow imacb more sunken am ~ l now I when f oo-l , Wbich soolless creatures have ousocgiit for , givey 2 \ 0 TLaoYSiJDZ impulse to mr iimla : ?—^^ v-lten wild And furious Kiy spint grows , wliili : binks , In sitklhst decay , each unstrap . "anew , And my pining flesh J—and yet ' tis horrible to die ! O Go-i 1 is there : no other way ? nothing but death—STotliiag but grave ? My modier- ^ ali , good 45 od ] V fhzzZ ? inyAnother ; asidtdvsister T they 2 vow f-. y ~? I ' trjiaaph 7 mt in the good 3 fen slower upon the -srorthy . I shall kill them toe . "VT litre are my boastings cow ? Oh , I had hoped To Leap -et > Lills of riches at their feet ,

      A . nd count zl \ vLlutles . except for them . Oh . how I sink into a worn to think I liva And sxa a ceotar to the kindest pair That ever r ete to csrth 3 touch of iieaTen ! J—J—that Tery J . who was" to cLange Earth's dust to goid , sad bring the wond ' rmg world To look upon my fs . ee ! Thank God ] they know not all ; ¦ . Tnank G « d ! for now I seem as I should shTvnk . A -withered corpse before their eyes , did they But knovrliui ^ lf of wLat I hoped to do ,

      And see me now : —Why Ehoul'l I seek to livel 2 ve lived already loug enough to know I cannot lire for that I love the best . Curses—curses—curses ! wliat is the "world But a huge sluggish lute , where all that ' s light And frivoloas floats jauntily above , IVTiIle priceless worth sinks dsrkly , swiftly do-Wn IT 1 be its slave no more;—I will not lie , And rot , and ^ nt into the clay unknown Through weary rolling years ; or let the heel Of courtly worthlessness crush me to dust Pardon me , God _! 'tis heaven and thee I seek !

      THe tirau'sirs ike opium—a pause Tis Sane , my soul-thoa srt aTenge ' d . ' I pine DO more . Ah , -sraat a wori 3-of sorrow now is ^ cst . And . vhat sn easy thing it is to meet with death ! V / hy did I waver ? 'twill be over soon . Now it is done ^—I value life no more ; It was the having it that nade it precious . Now ' tis gone^—for I am ns a tiling of dsath Still K = Ecnns on the verge—it is a uream . Tv hich : ' liie a -wiking man , I sii ^< i to air . How Iicaw are my eyelids—they are weighed

      3 ? v r- ; uth"shand downi snd every luto Se - ^ 3 Icsdctl with iLa clods that «/ rer graves . . TLauk God , I shall not see life got I sliil iSe sleeping ; die—die—ah 1 for what ? To live r .. £ m ?— ah , let me oing to " uat , For thee . " wi 3 i fiesh , wither to dastl-die—ecrUiJ V . Qvr oukt is tlie woridl lte&ai-dE = ± h—d « oh i . God ht ? i » lay mother . ' Oh , bo ** Oiraos my heartF ily hnin seems swelling in its scanty cell As iL ^ 'h " iwould bnKt swsy ? my mctuer , O C ^ hl death I [ Sejulh bad ; in a ilvjvr . l CEcrsi-

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      Ccxrzr&A -nny . —Tuc p&iver-of co ^ vcr ? : ^^ tt ^ -: pr « = r ^ it » r -rtat temptaTion to a vs .: n wcisiu xo u ? e n :.. r : ¦ : - ;_ ~ aiiic : itieii t-i her st : f-coi « vl £ . e :-ai-y . _ - ihcre uro " f >— of the miccr circus ta ^ ccs or H y iccrem . ir - } f \ ing-th " an to fsd ,-lliat ivh = n yau ? i > i ?^

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      do one listens to the end of your story or remark ; so , there is no kind of flattery more irresistible than to find that your conversation others ' hearers , more and more ; and women are but tpo quick to detect tueiuterest they excite depicted upon every face . . There is , however , a -wide difference between the moral state of the woman -who converses -well in company , solely for the sake of obtaining admiration , and of her who converses well for the sake of making the time pass pleasantly or profitably to others . Ine former will he sure to be found amongst the ™ fher ?!^ ^^ I ± 1 ^^ I ^^

      gentlemen , especially if she be pleasing in her appearance , and she will have -wholly overlooked the neglected or insignificant individuals of her own sex , who may happen to have been present . The other will have-sought out the silent stranger—the poor relation—the plain woman—and all the most insignificant or unnoticed persons in the party . Especially she Trill have devoted herself to her own sex , and afforded to the company ¦ - that rare but noble illustration of female benevolence—a fascinating woman in company choosing to make herself agreeable to women .

      Jf any action arising from vanity could be either commendable or great , I am disposed to think it would-be so , for a woman to show that she could afford to tear herself away from the attentions of men , and devote her powers of pleasing to her own ssx- The woiaaa we have described , however , has feelings of a higher order . Her object is to use every gift she possesses for the happiness or the benefit of her fellow-creatures , and her benevolence prompts her to seek out those who are most in need of kindness and consideration . Forgetful of herself , she regards her ability to please as one of the talents committed io her trust , tor the employment of which she mast render an account at tiiat awful tribunal where no selfish plea vriil be admitted . And thus she cultivates the an of conversation for the sake of increa ? inn ; her usefulness , of consoling the disrrcssei } , of instructing the ignorant , and of beguiling of half thc-ir heaviness the necessary cares of life .

      Pooe Relatives . —Ithappens to almost all families , in the middle rank of life in England , that they are directly or rtmotdy connected with relatives whose pecuniary means arc much more limited than thc-ir own . To these , as well to persons of recently decayed fortune , it is generally thought highly meritorious to extend the common courtesies of society . It implies no disrespect to this class of individuals , to call them poor relations ; since the poor are often brought into a state <> f wlolesoiae discipline , which eventually places theai higher than the rich in the scale of " moral worth . The p «> or relation may possibly hare known ju very early life what it was to enjoy all the comforts that ample means afford ; bnt she becomes at last a sort of useful appendage to an uncle ' s or a brothers famllv , or is invited , by her cousins whenever they happen

      to be in arreais with their plaiu work—wheu one of the f a ' . nily wants nursing through a teJious ill .-, e ? sor when xl ; ey ire uoing abroad , and require some one to overlook thelioiihehold in their absence . The poor relation , in the first place , is shown upsiairs into a kiud cf tolerable attic , "where the walls are -whitewashed , and where a litile bed with blue-check curtains is _ prepared for her accommodation . They hope she Arill not mind sleeping in the attic—indeed they are sure she will not , she is such a dear good creaxure ; besides , they all like the attic for the vLw it commands , and mamma says it 1-5 the most comfortable room in the house : yet , iomehow or other , the young ladies-never sleep in the attic theuisc-ives ; and considering it is the most desirable room :: i thehoa > e , . and commands so exctlleat a vievr , ; t is astoaishiugly seldom occupied .

      Ihe poor relation is then introduced to company without a name—is spokea of as the person staying at ilrs . So and So ' s ; and , after being tolil that A \ c need not sit longer than is agreeable to her after meais , i = fairly installed into ofiice , by being informed , that the south chamber is very warm with-Dut a tro , and has a good light too , so t ! : at she can sec au hour longer there than iu any other .. Here-the < ilifcre-il lacnibers of the Srniily bring their -work ft-r her to no , looking round every umo they cater , with a hops ihat slie does not fee ! cold . Frvm the Soung

      ; ady of twenty to the child of three , a ucmand is iaauc upon her for the supply of all ' ausent buttons , and all broken striup ? . All " the stockings hoarded up agsiust her coniing are brought to her to be dam-. -d—all Lortk-rs to qu : l '—all linen to be mended and liiis innadatl : ;;} of work is the natural con ^ eouejiccof her having > howu s-ynsptoui of a desire to be "eists-ally agrceai >! e ; but " if no such desire has U-cn exLibiteO , woe betide tha poor relation who proposes to vkli a rivh oue , where kindly ' feelings and habits of consideration have never been cultivated .

      Brothers a >~ d Sisters- —Brothers and sisters are so a ^^ ciatc-d in JEn ^ lkli homes , as materially to promote each other ' s hapiiness , by the habits of kindiieis and consideration which they cultivate ; and when a strong friendship can be formed between such parries , it is perhaps one of cio ^ t faithful and disinterested of any which the aspect of human life presents . A young man of kind and socicl ft-eiings is ^ oftc-a glad vj Had in his si ~ icr , a suLsiitute for what he afterwards ensures moro pcrniaiieutly in a wife ; auJ yunng ¦ women arc not backward inreturning this aifeciion by a luve as confiding , aiid almost a » lender as they 3 re capable of ieeling . Their intercourse Las also the endearing charm of early assocations , which no later-formed acquaintance can supply . They iniTe shared the siiiiuy hours of childlivoU xo ^ txhur ; and when the- young man goes ibnh into thu ATorld , Ihe love of his sister is like a

      talisman about Ills hean . Wunjen , however , mu .-t be watchfnl and studious to e = tablish this intimate connexion , and to keep eutire the goldc-n chord by v . hich they are thus bound . Aii ' ectiou does not come by rclatiourhipalone ; aud never yet was the affecti o n of man fally and lastingly engaged by woman , } rithout s-omc meaas beiuj ; adypted ou htr part to increase ur preserve hk iiappiu& ^ . The cliildish and most uiitatisfactory foiiUn es' ^ . tlrat means nothing but " 1 iove yon , "' g-. vs bm a litile way to reach the heart of man ; tn : let- his home be made more comfortable , iet his pcL ' . iliarhk-o -oi' habit and temper be stu-iioa-ly cou ; nlteu , a ^; d socialand familiar gratifications provided ior his daily u = e ; and , unless he is uugra-it-fill beyond the common average of mankind , hc-vrili be sure to r « . 'gai -il tlu source from -vvlicncc his coiafons flow - . vith euircsie complacency , and not unfroquemly withaifwiiou .

      U ' oha : ; at Home and Abroad . —After aeknowledgii ;^ these instances , I nrnsi suppose a case ; and for the sake of argument imagine vrjiat would be the feelings of a husband , wiio-in mi-ied society , should = ee tis ivif " e the centre -i an animated groupplca-cd Lcrself , and g- "h-., ? pleasure to all around her —me exprc- _< -iou * -f ia ; .-: i < c interest depicted on her coantenancc , ? .-j « i ja : r ; 'ied with an-app ' reh .. i .. s : on so livciv aad vivi- ' . : > s almost to aicount to yresentiment Gf c . ' -T / pri " . t' 3 i . » i »; turn in the discourse ; her eves ligiuid ;•] . -witb animation , r «; . d her cheek . ; dimpled over with the piay of suniiy taiiles—what would bo the feelings of a husband who should havo marked all this , and vrhe ; : st his ovn < fireside he felt , tlicwaut of plca ? ant converge to beijuile the vrint-cr ' a evening of its length , should be answered by that peculiar tone of vi / jvc , that dtpressica of conntcsance , and that forbidding mAnnc-r , which are _ more powurful in imposing gifcnrre than the mast imperative commanii i

      Asttfictax Ma >~> "krs . —We are all too much disposed to put on what I wonld describe as compauymanners . Not only are our be .-t dresses reserved for wir visitors , l-ui our bt = t bchavbnr too . J iiavc often been struck ¦ with the bland tiuiles that have been put on in . w .: ! c jiaiag gf-cst , raid the appearance of extreme inier <~ t v . ith whicli guests have been listened to ; when , ii re minutes after their deparrcre , the same subject having been taken up by some unfortunate EJen ; ber of ti : e family , i : o intei-es ' t vrliuicTer has been elicited , no smile awakened , and scarcely so much as a patient and respectful aaswer drawn forth . 1 have observed , a ];< . > , v / iih wiiat ferbearsnee the absurdities of a stranger have . been ectiJired : the Tvvke-teid isle , vrlien belniJ again "in

      eornpanv , lias appaxeutly been as iresii auu ciitertaining as the first time " it was heard . _ Tas ibliy of ignorance has then had no power to disgust , nor the impertinence of curiosity to offend . when I have niarked ' ali this , I have thought , if we could but earn- a-. ray our company-smiles to the home fireside , speak always in thu gentle and persuasive tones made use of ' ni liic evening I > ui " iy , ii- '^ d niove along the duicesric rralk vrith tuat suavity of mailers which characterises our intercourse with vrhat is caHed society—haw pleasant woul . 1 those hocics become to the friends -who lock for their hours of refreskmeijt and relaxation there ; and how seldciu should we have to complain of our -companionship hc ' ii-- ' nc-Accn-d for that " of more brilliant circles aud

      moif iuicr-jsiiagscciii ^ l Morjs . L Courage . —For vrant of pioral courage , lao-rt - uo we sink , and see oiners 5 i ; : kiug every tlay , uader the pressure of ibose pecuiilary diinculties vvhicli I have already described , uiitii we are guilty of almost every s-peeies of paltry nicanue- ; , to support na appearance of respectability betc-re . che wc-rid , fui-gctting t ; -at the graV ;< l ibuudatiou cf all rcspecrabBiiy or cLsractvr , is an honoujatlo . iuue-X > eiiuor ; t , mid uprigut zaiiid . Tor - » va :: t of invral co-irage , i . ovr oi ' ieii do v . « sloop and ci-iugj , aud submit to toatuiuvly » 2 nd cat tiic . brttd of iininiiuition , cv . d wear the lich garments ' that or . ^ ln to cover tis with shame , because we are despicable enough to live nii-jn \ "Ii 3 t is not la-ivfullr car o . va , and wlmi is often gniiited wiiliout good vrill , Mid i-eceived vriibcVit ' EatisfwCliOn .

      Oh 2 ihat tli 2 v / jiaeu of England would ronse themselves v . itn one accord , iv u / eak tliese galling cliains !—to exemplify in tlicir ovu co ; : du- ; t , aud to teach their daughW . - . . : i : a ; there is no enrtlily e ; ijovmc-Bt , bo p .-rioiiui cm " Lc-: r .- "i'iiient , no seliiih jputiiication , worth th-e sacriikc oi ju-t aud'li' .-iiSHH . 'blc feeling—that the humblest occupation ^ unat * Ou . ktn fron a tec ; e c'f » i ; : ' . T , Lewises ennoM ^ d in ilie lao ve by viLkh h i « { . vo 2 ivt-: d , RrA L ^ t ll , :- -vcit-: solf-e ^ :: ^! Er ; - "be Mes-Ci ) . -ud honoured by iLc iatber or cirri :.:--, if c : ; durtd io preference : o a ;; infrii )' raei : t u ; . on tho ^ e Itv . vj -wli :-- ! : lie l : r ^ jskI dy-raiW the Goreraiaci . i cf i ! : ? busau faniiiy . — Mrs . J £ lii / s Women in E » o < t ; i --

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      PROTEST . Friday , September 6 , 1839 . - IN GENERAL CONVENTION . Mr . O'Brien moved , and Dr . Taylor seconded -,- ^ - "That this Convention be dissolred on or belora ' ,. the l-ith instant" . ; .- ' . On a division . thenumDerswere—For the dissolution , 11 ; against it , ll . The Chairman gave the casting vote for th « dissolution . . .. DISSENTIENT . l . —Because the Convention does . not posseas the power of self-dissolution , inasuiueh as it was created by the constituencies of the people in public niettini assembled ; and no ther pow » f tlian that which called it into existence is sutneien * to « les > tr » y the same . ; _ ¦ ¦" .. '¦ ¦ . PROTEST . ¦ ¦

      2 . —That the Convention- having adopted tho JOcm » - ermiie principle in its fullest extent , as the foundation of its proce ^ ings , and l > yall its previous acts ' endeavoured to carry it out , hare , by this proceeding , renounced that prinei 2 > le , and established , ; in ita stead , tho olifjuTdriaiL : . . - . 3- —Tlut the constituencies ought to have been consulted as to their wishes for dissolution or coutiinuvuee , and the result been in accordance with tli » decision « f the majority of such constituencies , which wiis not dona . ¦ i —That the Delegates present b . cin . 2 only twentythree , which being a minority of the nicKibers o ' f-. tliat body , the dissolution was , in fact , carried by only a fraction of the Beleiatos . 5 —That a measure of this vast magnitude aud importance being carried by the casting voto of the Chairuisfcu only , ought not to have passed , but at once boeii referred to the decision of th « people .

      e- —That no provision having teen xiiado by the appointuicnt of a Councilor other ' nucleusfor conducting the correspondence necessary , to sit till the assembling of a Convention , every tie lias been broken viiidi held the people and their choseu representatives iii ; i sacretl bond for the accomplishment of their wii-lks , and the recovei-j- of their loug lost rights . 7 . —That the Convention being elected amongst ether purposes to carry out the People ' s Charter , till it became the law of the laud , and such important object not being accomplished , it is desertion of the ciitwc oi Chartism , especially at this most important crisis , and an act of cowardice , if not crime . ; tending to create distrust and suspicion in the minds of . the people , anil to impede , if not to destroy tho progress of Reform . T . It . SMiRT . ClIAS . H . NKfcSOil . J . Jackson .

      September 14 th , 1 S 30 . The above as signed , was entered on the Minutes of the Convention . Names of the members and their votes . For Dissolution . CAgainst it . Messrs . 35 uesc-y , Jlcssrs . liurns , Pkevington , Lowry , liicLards , ' Xecsinn , liin ? -, Hart will , Dr . Taylor , O'Connor , Messrs . Joues , Wolstynhobnc , CUTi-o , ( . ' axpPiitijr , Wttethly , Jackson , O'Brien , Siuiirt , Harney , J . as . ' T : iylor , Hetherington , JJcegau , . IIr . Frost in the chair . London , Sept . 1 ( 5 , 1 So 9 .

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      MR . FLETCHER , OF 13 URY , TO THE CONVENTION . TO MR . SMART , SEC 11 ETARY 01 " TOE COXVENTIOK . Bury , September V , ih , 1-H 30 . Sin , —On Friday evening , I sav . - in the Hun : i report of the discust-ion on Dr . Taylor ' s ihart ' os against the Council , of -vvliich I was unfortunate enough to be a member . There is only one in which I fetflany particulr . r iut crest—the -imputation of (!;; > honesty ou the part of the . Gouncil , in voting "into their own bieet-hes jio-jicts"' a sum -larger tlian had been allowed by the Convention . I am willing , if the other delegates implicated in the charge wiil permit me , to take tl-. e whole responsibility of thi > transaction on ' myself , as 1 certainly took theinott prominent part in it . I should havo "Avritto-i to von

      on thei _ subject on Saturday , had I not scon in " the ChamjAon a brief statement that you had dissolved . Considering the way Sn ' which , you are employed , 1 should regret to tind that your sittings are to 6 e pi otracted another w « c ? k , but that it enables me to convey to the parties concerned a flat and contemptuous denial of . the gross misrepresentations contained in the report I-have " referred to . Dr . Taylor probably knows nothing about the business , which he has thought fit to notice in such strong terms ; Mr . Feargus O'Connor docs , and the very discreditable character of his whole line of conduct in the affair might have rendered him more cautious , if not more honest , in his remarks . . 1 refer those vrho were absent during the week

      previous to the adjournnv . -i ! t oi" the L ' onveiuion to tho minutes , and they v . 'ill find that ( on Thursday i believe , ) a resolution was passed , on tho motion ot Mr . O'Connor , that" tho wages" of the members ot the Council should bo paid out of the rent . The words of Mr . -O'Connor , were " the Fame :. = alar : cs nrthey received from tlieir constituents . " The terms in which the secretary entvrrd the resolution ait sufficiently explicit ; but I advise all who have to depend on any proposition of Mr . O'Connor , to take care that he givea it in writinir . It may secure them , if lie finds it convenient to shu { llo , fiomanyattempt to fix ou them the stigma of his own trickery , though « ven its being in print is not .. always to he , pledge oi its fulfilment . We miss en this occasion , the correct and business-like habits of Mr . Lovctt .

      There was not a delegate present , 1 am convinced , who understood the vote in any other way than 1 have stated ; but in order to place Mr . O'Connor ' s subsequent conduct in a cle \ rer liglit , it is proper to noticotliat the motion was made in conformity with a recommendation of the committee , which suggested the appointment of tho Council . ' In that committee Mr . O'Connor made out a list of names to be proposed t « the Convention , to form the Council . Min » wa « one ; 1 objected , having a decided wish to be iii my o ' . v . i district at that crisis . Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Ncf-som urged that it would bo shrinkhig from responsibility to decline . I then mentioned that previous to the re-assembling of the Convention , I had announced to my constituents that I would not stay more iliau a month , unless it should be . . their decided

      wish ; that the month was expired , and I would no longer call on them for my salary , uiiloss tliey considered it advisable . . Mr . OCoiii . or then said that the salaries of the Council would , of course , be paid out of the rent ; it would not bo fair thai ' a-few constituencies should bear this burden and the rcut could not be applied to -a better purpo .-c . This is the substance of the conversation , and it was decided that Sir . O'Conner should report thk , as on * of the j > ropo 5 itions of the committee . Even on tbetctcrms 1 would ninch rather hare gone horde ; ou any other 1 positively refused to remain . I .-do ' not deal so largely as some persons in public proiri-scs and pledges , but when I have made them I think it » eceiitry to keep them . When tho motion -was

      discu ? sed i made some remarks similar to the above , and it cannot be forgotten . b y all the delegates prescnt-at the time , that when it passed 1 recurred to the fact that , for reasons I had before stated , my allowance had been much larger than Hint of someof the members of tho Council , but I would take as little ^ from the rent as possible , a promise vvhicli I kept . Does this leave a doubt as to . - the nature- of the vutel : There would never have been even the preience of a doubt , had it not been for the paltry iutriguc which I pliall uoiv detail , first noticing that immediately on the passing of the resol ; Ui-.- ; i I vrrote to my constituents , stating my reason- for remaii . ing in London , and that I . sliouu ! Tenure no fiinner aiiowanccfroni them .

      - sow for the origin of the "two pounds . " The next day ( Friday ) I had occasion to leave the Couyentiou for a short time , and oil my return looked into the Comniittee-roorn . I found several delegates sitting , as I afterwards fonndj ' pn some business eonnuctcd with Loyc-tf * trial . Mr . O'Connor told me that they had determined " not to make flesh of one and risii of another , and that each of-, the-mem-. btrs of tho Council Avar , io have two pounds a week . " Supposing—what--vise could 1 suppose?—tl&i they had been appointed , in my absence , to revise tV . c vote of the preceding day , I mado no reply . It was not ray pait to beg from Mr . OConi :- > r , the ¦ C ommittee , or the Convention ; I knew my course . Mr . O'Connor went ivuo the Convention ur . vi reported , along , with the other businessthat

      , tue lw - . im .-i ! ,. an < ltiie delegates going to the couutrv were each to have £ : ! u week and traveliing expense- - . The only reaiaik I made was , when a delc-. iratc complained , too , that those going down would be iu a better iiuatiun than tiio Council , that I could x ct do with £ 2 a week , and nmst throw in-yscli " on my cunstnuviits . But the sitair was promptly settled , by Mi > Uunean "denouncing in strong terms the . impertinent htterfv . reiico of Mr . O'Connor ' s CemjEUtse , and reminding ti : o C .. u \ ention thathe illr . Du » cau ) vras oue of a e . yiamittee appointed to settle the allowance to ti : c ; cieieira-tes going into the co-nli-y . The .- ; ra - genei . s of this trausactioii

      and the silence aud shevp ^ h look with which Air . o'Coisot snbinitwd . to Mr , Buncau ' s lebukoj led iBe to suspect something dirry at tlie bottom . Will Mr . OToimor or Mr . 0 'iirieii . infurm . - tho .. Couycntioii'Avi ! at \ va = the i : a ! i : re of the conveiv-ation iu-the Comiu .-ieeoii Mr . Lovett ' s caw , v .-lneh led to tlieir unauiiionsrd intwivrence ? We biovr tl ; at tlj ' e effect of thtfr i-eliCBie viciud h : ? vc been , to pnt iu Mr 0 IJi-iti ! " .- i . o- ; -ktf . 4- a vrcoi ; , . vhlchiiow , iiaviiig had sn allov . - ai : i' » froh : iiis iiumo : uiis constitiitu ^ iu ? . Uc could not claim uuue-r iho o :: ; , i : ; ai vct-e . ' Mr . Duiioan "< : coir . iailtc-e r ^ ' ^ amended tlie c anje aLo ^ vaucc ^ ti : c < lcio . ^ ii-g ^ . h : . tivm-. ' iis ' Mv . ( JT '

      uni : or ..= -a ., UvJiC-. inn 3 % . j ; - . r i . v . i ;; : ;;^ cj ;> .:- ' v - ¦< : : ¦ Vij - 0 " . C ..-: i : ior ; .-: i ; . ^ jx . ' . val , _ rcn-lorcJ i : voHriUlvi ' taatalio c . ::: ] -.-: ! liiij ; . :: os sii ; . 'p ; c-j < i io tti iicii ; JutJ . 1 n . t . ; i--zz \ : ;^ x fi ,: u there i- " - ; uU : u ! ji .-: ixi :: ai . } .: i -. dc- ' . il : '! . !; . ); , ? , sui-jectj being rcsclvcd , if ev _ : i a uirbrcuce exiJt ^]

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      among the delegates is to our claim , my constituents sliould either pay my salary or recal me . I sliould : aye advised tho latter course . On Saturday , therefore ( the last meeting of the ConTentioh ) , I put the sueation , whether the report of Mr ,: Duncan ' s commvtteo . had ^ aiiy reference to tho ; council . Mr . Duncan said it had riot ; they were appointed by a distinct vete to determine -what should be paid to tho delegates going into the country , and had no power tp ^ nterfere with the s £ tlari « a of the CftUncil . The delegatespresent exposed their opinion to th « same efieet .- 4 did think tliaitliabusiness Was noyr settled , audnothiug but the unparalleled impudenceoftheintngue 1 have just detailed could have suggested the propriety of : taking this step . ito prevent any further ¦^^^^;^* 'S ^ ^ - ^ i ii 1 h

      attempt to evade tlio order of the Contention ,: and Kiipject me , as it might haye dona others , to the imputation 6 t double -ilealiug with my constituonts . " ' On the Gth of August , On going into the councilroom , I waa . informed that iVir . O'Connor said I miist only have 2 / . a-week , I replied tliat Mr . O-Connor- shoulduot dictato to mo . After tho other business was disposed of * this affair was brought forward , iho minutes were rofcn * e . d to , : aud the decision - ot ¦ tho ¦ ¦ C onvention , at their last meeting , stated . Mr . O'Connor asked if there were any minute of . lt- * / eP li 4 « iit thore was not likely to bo a nnnutepta question put as t « a previous specific vote . lie said it would be better to leara it to the Convention , when they reassembled . I said there was nothing to leave to

      them / Mr . O'Brien suggested that the nioney should be adyrinced to me , subject to the discussion of tho Convention . Tasked him why he made this proposal to mo , and not to tho other menibers ! I told him I wanted ¦ : iio favours , and would accept none ; 1 demanded that the sum I had claimed should bo paid unconditibuially , or refused . -If . was perfectly ¦ indifferent t » mo which course they inlgJit take ; tho affair .. was . between them and my constituents ; they might act as th « y thought iitj and 1 should take my coiirso accordingly ; 1 then asked what right the cominit'teo on Mr . Lorett ' s case had to iuterfera in tho business . Mr . O Councr yaid , " It waa you , O'iirien , who proposed it . !? Mr . 0 linen said , "No , it was you , O'Connor . " Mr .

      1 ulictlily vwho made him a member of the couu « il {) then came in , and objected , of conrsp , to the payment , his solo , reason being , that Mr . 0 'Co ;; nor had said it was ivot io bo paid . Air . Iiurus remarked , that if Mr . O'Connor thou ght to domineer over hini ( or sonic such ¦ expros . sicii ) , he would -. find himself mistaken . . It waatheu understood that the ' saUt-ies claiined eliould bo paid . I believe no voto wad taken on tho matter , and the incomprchensiblo minute , v .-itliout mover or seconder , Tyas dictated by Mr . O'Connor to the Secretary ; no one else , 1 believe , tliiiiknig it wbi-th . while to read it , or iieai- it read . And this is what Mr . O'Connor callH : i" dilfereiicc of opinion about the policy—the policy , forsoothof raising our salaries . " Mine wns decreased . Ho

      is reported to lutvo said , that " . \ ve Would have to an . 'nver" to the Conveutiou . He said nothing of tho sort . Ho may talk big now ho was qftiet enough then . I am perfectly cbnviirwed tliat ' - thbro " was never a real diifereiico of opinion about the matter . Tho ttisputo originated ; in a . paltry intri ^ uo , on which moro light may . yet-be tln-o \ vn . Tiio remarks of Mr . O'Connor on Dr . Taylor s motion conveys a foul and barefaced slander . Those may submit to it who choose , I will not . He says he can defend every act ot the council but the voting money to themselves , not allowed by the Coiiwition . Can he defend , the yuivrnWii of £ to iMr . M'Crea \ I , for one did not voto that . Wo unanimously voted Mr .-. AJ . ' 1 ' r . ca ' s travelluig expenses home , whidi had been allowed to every o . tjicr delegate . Wiien ' - -was that vote rais c . dl \ Probably Mr . O ' Connor can explain tins ; ilr . M'Crea , is" one of tho statf , " I believe , iho real- question to bo decided is the " policy" of

      allowing Mr . O'Connor to give and to take a \ vay at his pleasure- ; - of porniittin j ; UicMont to bo " a bribery tniid , ;; udtopurcliaKe ] iini ; ull ! erents . ¦ Thh-eavcothcr-t . hi !! gs .. v ,-hicii 1 might notiee ; and 1 could llajy'O offered still , more evidence in refutation of the calumny ,. " which I think 1 have snffidently exposed . But it is iinpossible , ; in oiie letter , to fy-How ; all the . twittings and wriggling of tlie tortuous system of iutrigvre whith Mr . O . Couitorcjtlls v centralising agitatio : i . " Sum ? of these may : he matter tor future discutsion . Tho trado of . agitation is , I sut--pect , dc ' .: liui ' . ig . The time is coming on wheii men must work more with their brains an J less with their tongues to obtain the coiiiideu . ee of the peoplethe tsnic when sense and knowledge will-bo preferred to . boastin * and cminiiig . The squabbles in the Convention , if they done some liarisi , have , in my opinion , eifocteda lasting good . by exposing all that is rotten i :-i the .. party . Tho War with corruption will bo renewed under better auspices .

      It is the wish of -myconstHvicnts that the re ? iduc ui the Kent should bo appropriated to the support of ; ur iniprifioned friends ! . They think it right , top , that we sliould have soiiyc ' wliere . in Lanc ^ liire a copy ci tlie minn . tcs , or a copious abstract eontamiuj ; all the important matter . When slanders arc so-reck- ' lc > sly disseminated , it is ri ^ ht that every :-delegate ' sliould have aeeeKii to tho Only authentic rpoord of our proceedings that exists . Other districts ca « have the tame privile-o allowed . I tan ouly Say ,. in conclusion , that however yrarmly , I may at -tfines have resisted what 1 epiisidered injurious measures , 1 have hitherto carefully avoided any imputation , either , on tlv-j Convention ¦ . generally , or on indiTidi : al delegates . To per .= overe in tliis-coarse under the CU'cumii ( ailC ' e 8 I liavo dctuilud would be sevvile . - . vfCakiicss . ' - I am , dear Sir , Very sincerely yours , Matthew Fletciieb .

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      TO MATTHEW FLETCIIEli , BURY . Sm , —I havo read your very curious letter , . which you will see in this week ' s Star-. I \ vi * h you had sent it to mofbr insertion , or rather for inspection , in theiirst instance , as I think 1 couid have fcaved yo-. ; the trouble of nnikiiig so many charges against yo :, rse . lrV"Jthd thrustii-: g . so many crooked stabs at me in the shape of iimendos . Let mo first inform you tliat you have not iu your , many statements stated o . i c sing ! : ; fact , as 1 liopo . ' . to provo toi .-you by a rei-y cahii rcciiu-1 of circumstances - of whieli you appear to bc ; wholly ignorant ; although in-all ' you were the principal u » e : it ; nor do i chai-go you , in the recital , with | ' ii single wilful error . You uavc so-complicated , confounded , aiid mystified tho train which yonv ideas rapidij led you into , that I must bring you back loa cii ; - ? ideration of the facts : — - ¦ ;

      Upo . itho 2 uth of July , the following committee sat aud reported as I shall- pi ! ese » tly -stata—Messrs 0 Comior , Fletcher . O'iirien , il'l > ouall , Neesoiu , aud CI tumk ) 1 'iikethly . W * agreed Upon some resolution ; upon- tho appointmont of the Council ; npan an address ; upon ; ui » ilayment ¦ ¦ of Delegates ; and npoir the paj / meni of ihe ( Joimcil . When discusciiigtlio latter ( luestioi ! , ! ( if you . v / ill hare it EO ) but-1 tm ; i . k O'L !> ien , propps . ed ' that- all should bepaict alike , / ou stafod , tluvt if you wctc one of the toancil you ~ would ha ' Vo r . 6 objeetiou ; and , -ibr-tlto first tniie , I lear edfroiu your own Iip 3 ^ that , tvs onu o . t the i etuion Curnmiltce , you received £ * 2 per week fr om- the , rent , : uui tiio aifference from , your con-6 tU ucnts ;" , ai _ id it -w as agreed that tho : same scale should be observgd iu ilio payment oi" missionaries the

      and - C ouncil . 1 was -the- ' chairman ; - -and- , when reporting tipou -tiic-pay-incut of tlie Couiieil you said thaf you had no objection , i'i order to insure . unifQV-mity ^ as youi-cpiistijuciUH would make up the difrereiicL ' . . -Su : , this fact had been repeated by several del egates since tho re-ti ^ spnib ' Uiig of tho Conyention in London ; bucif it wanted your own coufirination ; yoif liavo nio-t effectually yjpplicd . it , and mark ' . iuvr ' . You suy tliat wiian I reported upon the subject , Mr . Duncan ' s re ' j > i oof . made me look sheepisii . Jf 1 did look sheepish- ; : itr , wliielv 1 don ' t recollect , tile isliame ' was upon ¦ yo-. i l <> r ! having ram'i iue into the position . Now , observe , an Chairman , t was merely- l-eporting wluit yon had ' -dpciilod npoii . You wre ouo of tho Committee , aud surely I Was not so farefactd , and siaoly yovvvrore notso Servile , as to sit by and allow me to fabricato , a report for you My report as to tho payment of iuissi 6 narie 3 stands

      upon tlie miiiutes ; and what was it that , Duncan objected to ? why to my reporting upon the payment of tho Council , which v . a ; a a duly imposed upon another Committee ; and . st > far from Mr . Duncan : making auo look fibcepisli v I pleadod ig \ iorancofor you , myself , and llio Committee , : aud rociuestedi in ovtier-thut the question , ni . i > -ht bo settled ; , that the f , M ^ . ^ Utee sliould , iustantly retire and report , lhey diu so , not aa you say . the IJimeah Committee , tor he v , - . as not upon the Counnittee , but iJussoy , bmart-, and--Ivnox , aud they returued and reported thaU . heCvn-. ucil should Lc paia at the sanic rate as tl ' . c liclcgares , and upon winch I congratulated the Coiivcntiou upon the Uiiiiniinity of tho Committees , rvow , fcir , for tiie truth of this , 1 iX'fcr you to Messrs . Kuox . » nd Bv-sscy , who both havo a perfect rccol-Jcctl ° , ° * l : ie iadt ; and let me ask you - vfho ' how snould look " siieepitfhI "

      I next come to the question as it was di * c . us £ e . ( l . "in" f tho Council , ; Fir ^ t , let inc savj there was no iuiuute . It happCTed , in coiisi * - qufcuto of Mir . Saiart , the SetretarYj being one " of the cpmintttee , M .-idiu hid aba-i ' -Ce tho miauls were kept oy-AlivJJiii - ijs . upon serai . ^ ' of paper , iiv . t to Uio . - Uwbcu . . Wiicn-jt was introducti , 1 opru-ed it , and . stated the rp oii ;!; ioii ^ yaieh wa ^ iidopted . 1 . received--a , ciiequc lor -1-iaO froni Mr ; l-itkcuj'ly , arc ; ^ pon paym- the Council , ! requested . tiiiu yov , Mr . Burus , a » u our . Wman , Would bo satisKed with £ 2 . as I cotud not hwiio i ; tc 0 ot-tho vote of V ^ CV «" veiitian pay move ,- Tiien , ior the lii-st f jac , - - liic ^ vd of the moaoti uudci- which you claimed ^ otir usual salary . Jir . "¦ l itnuB . " . vvvra it ivoia mcinory , he Dcing : the than maw of the ConvcnU' ; : ; \ it tiie- ' > J 7 t-h . '

      WilCll . it-Wa ^ -rirfiM in im -.. ¦ Ji'hod It ,,..,.. _ .. l ... whciut wti ^ aid to bo paisea . It wai ., ; act . ™ -bv iiuyrs ,. although- you siy it . was dr ; v > vn no ' h \ iue \ . wmc-lvyou-icviov , - cOuki not be trae . Jt was i '^ cd by Lunis , chaivmiin , and fiiiiart ,. secroisrw '' v < W-io iUo- . iuat { -. r . ended ,-not one ' ww-d . of aii' ) -. ¦ ' .-. - . ¦ > ev . r liaysng ujkciv vb- ^ ol ., mv i-vCr ^ ce , S /> " st-n ^ ' ¦ fei- t . ^ Urn and iv ( r ; ]; :: ¦•;•; :-. ; V , y ii : , % - bj ,-jLou - ^ : m \ aiiniyat ¦ pi-op . ei ; in : i .: . . i \\ : - ^ : i 0 v , : bxii not . - ¦¦¦( . ' <• . ' ; - •;! Wuicli yw . s-Ar . to-ovcr took ^ e iu j av pve -i ;\ ;< vk ^ as 1 . c-v tr .- [ li-osent- at tlk- Jrtrsi -disa ^ -e ^ -- " ; -t : ¦¦'¦ - rween tho liujubcri ' -oi' .-tiie Couucii . L ' p ; 6 ii JVoi <;; - •"

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      the 2 d . of August , the report was -brought up iipon tho proceedings of the Council , and this being the irst part , I reqiiested ' that its oonsideratibn should be postponed till you were present . . I . objected ovjer and dyer to your ¦ nanie being mentioned in tho debate , and defended your , conduct j stating the impression that you were under , but still maintaining that you were wrong ^ and standing bV tho resolution or the 2 Cih of July . : And novr ¦ " Sir , observe what the character of the resoltition waJs under whith you wished the Council to act . I can only speak from hercEay as I left the Couyeiitiou on l nday , the ' 2 Gth of July , after all was douc , except the payment of monies ; It was alleged thai ? tho resolutiohof the 27 th drawn up by Mr . Burnsand ho ^ August , report was brought nn ^

      , signed by him as cliairinan , was not ati act of . the Contention ; that a few members had beeii brought together , m tho purpose of passing the resolution It did - uot ' -iippeai- upon tho minutes . Jlr . Jaihes J . aylor , of Rochdale j t-aid he recollected that it-did pass .. I was not in town , I could know nothing of it . Mr . Wetheringtou moved that the spirit of the resolution of tho - ' ( ith should be observed , namely that the Council should receivo £ 2 per week each Many douliued to vote . I voted ( as I never enco declined to vote ) for Hetheriugtuirs resolution , ' the niiitibers were 5 , and 5 for au- amendment to pay tlie usual salaries , and the chairman , as well as I recollect , gave the casting , vote for tlie £ 2 per week . Now Sir , 1 had less to do - \ yith the transaction than

      almost any Other member . Tho vote of tha Convention was clear , and you voted £ 2 per week , as a member of that Council upon which you had the " misfortune" to act . I don ' t" und . ersiain [ this child ' s play : who forced you \ Why . ' not object when the Council was assembled , and Avhy wait till the Convention had dissolved to vent your spleen upon me t I opposed your application for funds , when you vent in the Spring to liiriiungham , and yet you niado no charge . You dcai in inuendoes , as all men must do , when they have no direct charge to make . In speaking of filr . il Cvea ' s salary aud expense . ! ,, you say you only voted for his oxyencc ' s , perhaps Mv . 0 Connor can givo sonio informatiou as to the remainder . 1 can ; Sir , it is this ; that 1 neither voi&d

      for sxpeusos nor salary ; thorcibre you hay « more information . ; upon that point than I have . You talk about pinning Mr . O Conner by vi-ritin ' " ' ' although that you say is not . sufficient . ;; - here again you seem to be wool gathering , for you ascribe to me what you know to liavo been written by-Sir . Hnrns ; but , Six ; I imagine that my word or my ¦ writing ,-is just as bindiiig as that ef any other mun m this , world , and . presently 1 shall put you upon your proof . You speak of the benefit of the vote to Mr . O'Brien . Sir , when you have done one twentieth part-as much for the " benefit , of Radicalism sus he Las done , no . working-man in England Will hear you taunted for having received i . 10 ' 'for tw . cnty-eiglit weeks Kervic . es . Yes , Sir , about £ 10 was ail that 0 Brien received froih lua numerous

      constituencies , which you are pleased to noti-e in derisiou , while in the iamc , period you received tor salary and travelling expenses between i 200 and £ ' 25 Q , ' and I uever thought , nor did I ever hear OJ 3 rie . il Bay ., that it waa more than you were -worth . ; but really , Sir , when you force comparison iipou me , 1 must make it ; and when I find thei man . who has left more good matter upon our minutes than the rest of the Convention put togetherV'it is rather hard to taunt him either with receipt of i 4 fl » r two weeks , or with popular neglect . Sir , thero is not one man in England who has suffered half so much in the cause oi' Radiealism , or who has served it with more zeal and devotion than him , v . liam . you would hint had put your nioney intohis pocket . What , in God ' s name , mado you this great accuser of all other men s acts , and without the slightest

      knowledge of the facts ! I should tell you that the resolution of ilr . Hethcringtoh was carded , in cousequence of ]\ ir . Burns stating , over and over again that both ho and you would prefer it being left to your constituents ,, and that I never heard ono word said about voting money into your breeches packets . Yefcj Sir , you have takcu tho report of tho iitin as gospel , while you seem to forget that you were cue ' Of tliose Who charged the Birminghammcn withthe impropriety of acting upon newi-paper reports . 1 have never yet seen the report to wlhcli your letter refers . Sir , among other clumsy thrusts , you bay that the trade of agination is going du \ vn , lam glad you think so , for SO long a . 3 we hav » the trade of agitation more beneficial than other pursuits so long shall we have plenty of Irauesmcii . But , Sir , I meet you upon theproiit and loss ; 1 never blink any question .

      FEARGUS O'CONNOR'S PROFIT AND LOSS . LOST By the General Convention and the Cause generally since it met : — ¦ ¦ £ Stephens ' s Defence Fund . ) s 54 National Defence Fund ; . '' ...- 20 To wo I ' lieuds of the Cause GO To keep up the Operative newspaper 16 To Dclcud Iluddersfield Guardians ......... ! ... ; . 5 Twenty times going to Convention , including expenses of Whitsuntide-Mission ' . ; ; . . 2 G 0 Expense in Agitating England and Scotland for Defence L ' uud 40 Expense of Agitating and Travelling Sixteen Days , when tho Council broke up , in Scotland aiid Engtend ......:.......................... ¦ $ - Refused from my Constituents Thirty Week ' s

      Salary , at £ ' A 10 s . per Week .. ., 10 o Refused from ditto £ 7 , when Convention met > Refused alliny Travelling Expenses , which to them for Convention business would be about £ 35 , if paid by scale of . other Delegates ................ .,...,.........,. ; .,.. 35 Paid for tlio support of Wives and Families of IiK-arcerated Chartists ....,....:...... 10 Expciises in bringing Dr . Taylor from War-. wick ......:.......... ; .... .. ' ,. ; ... .. \ i ] Sundries , at least 100 profit . £ 707 Travelled 510 miles from London to Leeds : and ba . el : evpry week ; eat up ' three nights ; two intra ^ veiling , one in tranisactiiig my bushicss . Stood oiio trial at York , and novr , Avhilc I write , apprehensive of a visit from three policemen , who have been Avatching me since Sunday .

      > etaiul my trial upon iive indictments at tho next Liverpool AsMzes . To receive judgnnent from the Court of Qucen S Beueh iu Novcmoev . . Abuse from all the press of England ; from all the classes , except the working classes : and slaiidered by a brother . Delegate . ' . :

      DR . FLETCHER'S PROFIT AND LOSS HIOFIT . Received from £ 200 to £ 250 as wages .

      lost—His temper , when there was not the slightest occasion for it . ; Sir—1 am no paid agitator . I ana an unflinching patriot , who never received one forihiiig'for ' any service 1 have ever rendered to the cuAiijc , and I do not begin to pick holes just when I should'be healing breaches , l . haye never quarrelled with a siuglo delejcatc . i have never produced a quarrol . I have endeavoured to do my duty honestly and fearlessly , and I defy you .. What do you meau about bribery fund for my adyantago ? Aro . you not iwave that 1 became security for ± : 200 tor the Defence Fund btfortt 1 had recoivGd one penny , and the pressing necessity rendered it imperative to borrow that sum fi'om the reiit , and is this my thanks ? Sir , 1 havo now iii my hauds , ready to bo handed overj every single . farthing collected , without a

      penny expenso except'to : my . inysoif , and it amounts to between £ 200 and A' ; 500 . In what , then , -consists the bribery ? You say that , henceforth , men must depend less upon tho tongue , and : move -upon tho brain ; Sir , 1 w-ish you had acted upon the maxim , when you proposed the health of the people as chairman of a dinner given : to . mo at Bary in 1835 , in a speech of two hours and twenty minutes , without mentioning one of the people except . Dr . Fletcher , and you would ha . vojjoue on till now if you . bad not been 'reminded that f was tlio guest . . You require tho minutes for reference . . I shall endeavour to funiioh them gratis to . every town in England ^ S cot - land , and AVaies , and also the accounts , in whicK you will . find my name not mentioned once ; and I defy you to prove that I have ever '' intrigued , " as you call it , from the hour tlio Conveutiou met till its dissoiutiQn .

      Row , Sir , as my readiness to meet oyery charge in the outset has cost me nio ' -ey , defending myself against Dr . Br ' ewst-or , ' in Scotland , a-d the Birlaingliam traitors , at Birmingham , you will re ^ ollect that I -established , a tribunal , before which alone I will be tried , and to whose deoision and judgment I v . 'ill evcrhow . Tiier . efore , as my time is too much taken up to correspond with you , aud as I do cot wish to remain for a . week under side-thrusts , whenever you have any charge , ever so triliingVto bring against mo ., draw up : your indictment , inipanel a jury of twelve of the working men of Biiry , at a public , meeting , give me notice , when all other faii ' siuesa buing . laid aside , I Ayili attend , and : wliat :-ever may be . tlieir verdict , I hereby pledge myseifto obey it . -You may charge ; but you never : can convict me . . . . ' ¦ . ¦¦ . ;

      , : ¦ Assuring you , Sir , that your very intemperate lotto ? had Kot , ju the slightest degrcv " , altered- ' mv oi > . i m ion of ¦ yo u , and still bcliovissg you to be a ' vei- " ' utotiil aad a very good kind of mauy

      I' £ Hn > ' .. Very faithMI y yours , ¦' ¦ ¦ Fearovs O'Co-n . vor . Konhor . 1 Sbr Office , . & > : ; . 17 , -iiiSfc - . . . . ¦ ¦ : ¦ ; . ¦ , P . ¦> . - _ Sii ^ r— Y e . ii seetti . to aava fey > Ueu iVun -: Ui > is <\ -Tiiat ( Tia-jvevd- of . Mr . ' iiariii-. < t :-.: u ; . i bs t-i-idn .-, ^ , il ; iho resoM'tio v , which as wiatvkiiu iiu ^ vo-; ' . ' - ,. ? ha ^ l ( V , baUclC ; : i ( ;! i ^ j . fiy ^ £ to i . ' -,: c cousiile , K . i . j .:: ... i t .-ie (> t ; . ; . c _ l Y wuvcutio ; .-., and v / likli . t :: ej > \ .-. r- 'Cv :: ¦ ¦ ¦ : , ; .:::,. a :. u dyclaie not to have loon the aci Oi-t : ic't « iiv ;' : " : rioi ] . ¦ ; ' ¦ ; -

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      THE PAGlIEitREQTYTE . ¦ We were vesterday present at the first series of e * periments that have been mado in England by means o £ this most intefesthig invention , and tlie result has highly gratified wbl They -were conducted by M . d » Si Croix , a friend and pupil of M * Daguerre , who lias just arrived in London from Paris , aiid toot place at bia private apartments in Piccadilly , a . sltuAtion very yell adapted for obtaining good architectunil tfibcts . A small sheet of copper , slightly plated with silver , ( dry rolled ) forms theAground / on vrhich th& incturp i ^ to b « representea . . This ; ia first of all , cleaned and aiighly polished > yitk rcry fine pummice and nitric acid , diluted in the proportion of one part of the acid to : fiitecn parts of ¦¦ water .- . The plate is thea . warnied . tbove a ; spirit lamp , to produce the voltaic , action necessary for assisting the effect oi' tha iodine , to which it is utxt sub-, *„» . ^^«^^ : - J

      untted . When ¦ warm : enough , the room is , tiicn carefully darksned to exclude the solar ray , and .. tl : » plate is enclosed in a , boi : ; the polisIied . euvfaceexpoWtV to tlie action of tDTiouine lieneath , to enabie ife to receive th « colour . After an interval of about a quarter of an hour Or twenty m ; inut&g , Jfc ' . is , theh . t ^ ea-out ;^ nd - ' pjac ^ d--. itt thuxatnera-obscuTft , -u-Iiich has beeii : adjusted by ineaiis o ? -a mirror at the back , so as to prepare the roflev'tion of t ^ he best point of Tie * of the lan ^ stai > e . Th-i lighi is then admitted , and thoplato remains in the caiacraobacura , a longer or shorter time , according to tha degree of heat or brilliancy of the sun— & period -whicll vanes irom ten to twenty-fiye minutes , or even half' an hour ; it . then lindergoes the ; last precess , '' : thai of bein ^ exposeil to tlie actipn of the vapour of v-iotcv . ry , tobring out the ( irav / iug on v / hat appears' to the ey < i to ' -e only surface

      a plain , no outward effect luvving y ^ t becii produced . The plate is transferred to a bos ; , cout ; iiuiu > a small well which holds the mercury , shU is placed over the latter at an angle of 45 deg ., and the spirit lamp is applied bcueath to raise the mercury to 45 dsg . of -iW contigKKle ; thermometer . After exposure to the vapour for a ruihute or tworr—the" duratioa being lv ^ uiittcd by tiie . apptaraucc © f the image on . tlio pl . -itc , asseeu tljTOiigli a window in the box , it is fiiuilly wiliidrawn , aud the success or failure of the experiment becomes manifest . The plate is then ¦ vrashed . in : d ' i . sUHi ; d water , saturatcil y .-i £ h . suit , and placed ; in tlie sun ' to Ui-y-, and : as it dries the vsirious foaturcs of the dniwiiig define themselves with accuracy ,. until a . perfect pictura reinains fixed ou the RUTface . This was tlie pioccsi exactly observed yesterday , and , altboUiU the uay was

      partially unfavouKible , an admirable . result was obtoihed . At tho mo : uent of placing the pinto in the cament-oivscura , there was a brilliant ray of sunshine , which , gave the first impression , no doubt , slroniiy ; but the sky soon became clouded siwl dull , ariii coiitmuod so duriag the reinaiticier of the experiment ; a shower of rain be ^ an also io fall , and -il ; : de St Crbix , ' fearing ¦ tha . t- . it -aa ^ iit be injurious tolthc delicate quarty of tha . ipdinp , rcnioved the plate at-tbe . expiration- of twentytwo and a hall" minutes . The capabilities' ef ¦ tbii process were , tiicreforo , tested somewhat ¦• severely , for a dry atmosplicfe , a clear sky ; and a brigKt sun , are t b * chief adjuncts to a successful experiment " . but > 7 e were delighted to sue ho-w great a triuuipli Bad been .: accoml ) lished . _ Tlio yic-w chosen from , the window , of M . da iit . Croix ' s apartmehtV embraced the upper part of

      Ktgaut-street , from PiccAdilly ,. towards jcniiyii-street , aud it was reproduced on , th » plato witli ' -ali tlie fidelity of nature / livery stationary . object , however . minute , fcvery tone of ligLt and shade , every variety of surface , all , in fact , that the clearest mirror . could prodiu-Uj waa here caught and rendered permanent . But it : > v ; i . s . not tho niero deliiitatioh of outline or general -forin ., or light and sli-ide only there > ras colour , pali » aVie . -a « u bright ; tl ; o . clear blue sky as it showed itseif at thu -commence * ment of the experiment , aad the neutrei . fint of the houses exactly as ; tbey appoar . '' to . tho 6 ye : 1 'hW latter resBltgoes astepbeyoid that which has . been reached by M . Bagutrre , and , ehould t ' iis wt ^ ther ' peniiit , we nialce ho ; d 6 ubt that Al . dd > 't . Croii , " euthuMnistic and zealous as ho is in .. ehdoayo . uriiig to ucrfvet ' the invention , wiil obtain tho most be ; iutifui coloitred vieivs in aU hia

      cpicr . in the eaTly part of the morning , befora the arrival of any yisitors , that guitleimiii hau occupied himself by attciapthig a tableau d'Meriair ) feiucd by phicing-a washhand-stancL with : chiua uud glass , yascs , a hassock , a towc ^ and cttei . objects preselitiiig ( i iS ' erent surfaces , and had been- ' . quite- as successful as iii the trial which ho made before us . The texture of the linen , the ;; rain of the carpet , the polished suDacc of . the china , vi-ere all represented v 4 th the' iiidst -woilderfuli amaacy , and the whole i ' onned a picture of more than Flemish merit , scarcely excluding cblouTi ' Since tlie developntont of this invention , tho progress

      which it has mado has been rapid , and we do ^ not doubt of seeing it very shortly applied to purposes ^ of pnvcticalutility- ^ -the tost to wliicU every tiling no-w- ar days is subjected , and which every one . demands . 'Iho image obtained by the Daguerreotype -is / susceptible of being i : nmediatcly fixed by a . solution of gum , and in . th ^ t' state can bo as easily engraved as if triced on cojiprr ia the ordinary Rianncr . . It is , we unuerstand , W .. . dc St . Groix ' 3 intaiition to mate pictures-with the Dty Uerrotype of the finest eailices and relics ' of .. antiquity vriich : -vro possess ia' this . Jangdora , and . that he may Le enabled to do so -we only hope that tlio sun niiy siiiuc upon his labours .- —Momiing . -Herald .

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      - . - » --- ¦¦— -w- ^ ^ ' ^ U ^ . ' - ^ T ^*^* - * f ^ r * . * yr > # ~ . \ ¦ ..- ¦ . Accidunt . —A most Kerious accidbtit happened at btroxton , near Graiitham , on Saturday morning , to W illiam Wiiig , son of Mr . Clayton ,: wno was ,. with a number . or .- a , harvest inen , preparing scythes to > mo-. v wheat , when , in stepping over OHO of thein which lay upon the ground , his foot unfortunately became entangled in . what is called the rake , whicli caused the blade of the scytha . to spring up with great force , and to penetrate the thick part of . tho ¦ ' , thigh , ¦ ¦ :. mak > nig a wound of fearful extent . lvertuhatel y the men liad tlio presence of mind to immediately ba n . c ! age ' -. ui > 'th efpa ri ' : With'th 6 iF : clpthes-M ^ , h ' andkerchiefs , > vliieli in some / de ^ rco Stopped tlio . effusion of blood untu tuo arrivalof surgeons from Grantliam , underWiiOFe judicious treatment hopes are n 6 : w eutcrtaincd of his recovery . —Stamford ^ Mercury ¦ A-WFiriL Effects of an EJCTRAOBDjtXAKY Sprin » 1 iDE . fr- ; \ Ve stop the . press td announce the eflect of

      an extraordinary spring tide , accompanied with a south-v ,-eit gale , to . bo compared only with the humcauo of the 7 th of January / last . Tho gale hem m a kr # e coffer dam of : our new docks , within about an hour of high water , and / filled th » baaia-in an incredibly short period . to within tea inches of the coping . The devastation Wrought by tho raging -clement . - . was majestically terriiicV Tho irumense pieces of calk used as piles , were shattered to pieces , and nothing could withstand the force with ' . viiich tho tide rushed in . Tho gate ' fortn ; - natcljV . cscaped injury . The jnea employed by Mr James ^ Stephens were , happily , removed froiri ; the works before the tremendous ( we may say ) catastroph « , Tho works must be retarded for . abaut a fortiiignti Stones of a ton weight wero rolled forth as pebbles Dy this destructive tid ^ and should the wind continue in the same ; point , tlie coping of ; tlie 4 ock must bo coverod by tho . succeeding tides . No lives were lost ;—C ' alwqu Advertiser . ¦ At

      ^ Uttering ^ Ase- Cots—; the Guildhall , ' on Ihursday , Llleh Miles , was charged ' -with passing a counterfeit half-crown to a shopkeeper in Ilu ' g scil-^^ JBF- ^ icld , Inspector from , tho Mint , said tui 3 « ppwas one of three sistefa , whose mother was aiRa , all notorious ^ utterers . " lillen Miles had been in custody thirty times , and Was Olily discharged on Thursday last .- - She had bqca convicted at tlio Old Bailey ; and , if convicted , aj < ain , would be liable to traiispoi-tation . Her father s : ud hocould iioteoutrel her , and •• it-might bo ahactoi' iuereyto transport her- Alderman . Lainsoii , liowexer , discharged her with a warning . : ;¦ ScotcKi ^ o a Wnie .-on the Manchester

      hustings ; , Mr , Dixoh ( a Radical ) , addressing Sir Georee Murray , Kaid , the iawy as it-now stood , ; allbweti children of nine ycara of ago to be worked -eight hours a-day ; and young persons from thirteen to eignteen years of ago wero . worked : twelve hours a-day . Mow , ho tlionglit if Sir George -would go into a cotton-mill , . ho would find that a cllild tliirteca . years : of . ago was hot ¦ "' - ' capable of working iii the mill twelve hours , and making a soldier after he had : speW ; the . Tmmb ' ¦" ¦ o £ youth at the mill . At all events he thought if wo had such soldiers-, now , the . British army would conquer no more such enemies as the FreHch ' whom thcy . bcat at AVatcrioo . ( Loud applause . ) Mr Br : outi 6 p--a -Wliig rencgado from KadicaliSBi)—So mucii oeiicr

      me . . vibreat disapproDatiou , ) Mx Dixon- ^ And they would not makegoodbluebottlea ^ »?" -, ttoeat laughter and applause . ) To this the Whig had no response . . :, ' " _ -: ' ¦'' .. ' .. - ' . ¦ : ¦ . " ' \ ¦' . ' ¦' . It i ^ reported of a Cornish clergyinan , that after an earnest exhortation against plundering wrecks his Congregation , oh hearing the signal -of a ve s sel bo : ilg : thro ^ yn on the coast , made a rush out of the church ,-vvhen , annoyed at the advautage his hearera had OTer luia iroin his position , he exclaimed , Come , lot us start fair . " , A . clergymah : in the neighbourhood /' of . the . tournament" was , it seems , not iuueh behind his . - Cornish btothev . After preaching for . several ^ icpessiTe " Sundays against this . uiigodly , sporty on learning that ati Ilia neighbours were ¦ making large sums by . lettinc ' their ^ houses , he let ii < s own :, to a jady of a pre ^ possessing exterior , for noless a sum , it is : said , 4 aa ^ . a weeky ., ^ ut : « : om - ofaih ; . it-iurfied cfit : t 6 l-he " no small discomfort of tho thrifty clergyman , that the lady wao had got pos ^ ssi on of his % busei had lett lwlmb . ui-gh , where she carried on dn avocation less honourable . than profitable , tp obtain a share of the treasures oircukting , at the : tournament , aud that Jit s raanse was filled by _ a numerous train of ladies Proi-. yht trom her establishment in the Scottish capitals—Scotch Paper .: ' . ' ¦ . :: " ¦ / - LEcruitE . —Sunday , the' . celebrated Mr . Owen loctured iu Glasgow ,, on- tho riaturo of his New ivioval-Woiltl , tOKaveial hundred ' : i > ersohs of both

      i > oxes , in a large room recently- opened mTroagatei doiion-inatcd t } is Hall of Science . " Mr . Ovyen , wd ivayc been- informodi lectured iii the ; forenoon and evening / . and-,-. ' at , three o ' clock , aitornoonj ' a tea party ,-admitted at 6 d each , met iirthe same place ; and Vrqre ' iiistructe' -l in tho' doctrines oi ^ OwQuism , besides being treated to ; musiq ; both v . ical ; and iu-¦ it raHie . itaLAbauf 400 ^ :-ft said to ^ have be ^ il pro-, > cii ; j :, the . imvjority of v .-li . oiiian ' iKt have beeri ' -attracfecl by curiotity . r The " Spaiiilists , ? as'the party is valltid , are sr . id to have taken the " Hall of bcienca " ibv . tlu ^ c . - - j- ^ ri :, . at . a rental of £ 70 . pei > anuu ni ^ ScoltishPairiot . ' ¦ ¦'¦ :- . .- ' - - ¦ , ¦ . ..: ¦ - - ¦; . '/ .:.: ;

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 21, 1839, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1075/page/7/