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    • HELEOURXE, RUSSELL, A2*D CQ.'S IlsSOLYESCY.
    • — "— THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1841.
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      THE GOOD OLD CAUSE . A > " ELECTION BALLAD . Hurrah , bvrrih , for the good old cause ! lis a starring sound to bear ; var it tells of the rights and franchises flinch oar fathers bought so dear : It brings us back to the ancient times , When , like -valiant men , they stood , jo spriaile ooi infant liberties TTlti tlie baptism of Wood ; ¦ p ^ ijlst mailed baron and mitred priest Came riding o ' er the lea ,

      jo wring b ° m ^ tyrant ' B palsied band Tie darter of the free ! pie good © Id cause ! it is still the same , Though parties haTe changed their hne ; ^ 55 the ca use of the right against the wtod £ — Of the many against tlie few ; lis the cause of ali that -would dwell at peace Oa a free , untainted sod ; Of the poor , that -weep in their foodless homes—Of the people and their God ; R"e haTe still the brave ol i work to do , And the selfislffcate to dread Of ii&T&s that once would have forged us chains , jtnd now ¦ would deiij "Qs bread ! The coward slave ( if snch there be )

      Tkat «¦ ould sell his birthright now , Ftr & flowing cup , or the chick of guld , Or tie smile on a lordiing * s brow , Jlav his neighbcnrs ehrini from his profiia'd tiEd As though it were soiled for aye . And may every woman torn her ci&tk From bis perjured , lips sway ; 3 Jay his country ' s curse be on his head , And may no man ever see A gentle bride at the traitor ' s side , Or children about his kcee !

      And soiae will menace , and some will csjoie , And some will entreat with tears j VTe tare scorn for threats , and laughter for lies , And pity for idle fears : We look on our vote as a solemn trust , For a mighty purpose given , Acd will answer the nse we m ^ e of it To none but ourselves and heaven : We have no less stake than the proudest peer Id our country and its laws , Aid s single voice may incline the scale To the side cf ihe good old cause : —TaUei .

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      Tie extensive establishment of tills Erm for the jcs ^ i-cture and sale of paten s methcines , vulgarly cilled qnack medicines , is well ktowB . h is boi less toiorkns that the aSairs of tbe hoase have long been 22 an embarrassed state , snd nun oar , with her ihV-sand tonnes , has even ventured to assert that » treat-up of the concern is inevitable . It has , fcdeeJ , been matter of surprise 10 mauj thai the jL-s has been able t-o keep up appearance so long , snd i ; was cocS-ientlv believed ihat a Sat of bankru ~ : cT would have bean issued during the Ja > t wetk . For Jbrio ^ s reasons , we forbear from offering any OTslaiin ^ * ° in * accuracy of these reports ; but vre ire esibled , bj -he favour of a conespondeiit , io lay before our readers the particulars of & discussion which took piace at a general meeting of the proprkv ? rs , held & « iheir ofaees in Downin ^ -strcet , on Thsrsiay vreek .

      Ttc bnsincrs of the day was commenced by the head of the arm , 5 ir . Melbourne , who briefly stated iha : : he meeting had i ^ en convened for the purpose cf isrin ; before the proprietors & statement of the tiuJi of -. he house , which , he regretted to say , were in a tzdr deplorable coDditioD . It would be for the eo 2 scer * a : i :-n of the partners , whether it -would be more espe ^ tni to continue the business of the house for ar . oihcr sessoii , cr to bring it to a close at once , bj & dsclarauon of insolvency . " It is clear &s the re a *» awn-day , " said the unfortunate gentleman , "ih * t to this complexion we . must coaie at la-si , and Boter . n Rtuc ' ci . d ( Hiii )' a Enlydor can protect us fcom it much loneer . "

      0 ! tba ; justly popular cosmetic he oould not , howerer . sp ? ik too highly , as it had saved the concern from sinking long ago . It had t&ktn ¦ with the public iEmensely , —the sale had been prodigious ;—and it hsd cibtaloed for the concern the tram support of tin . amiable poriioa of the community of which he ( uie respecuble gentleman himself ) had ever been a most devoted admirer , —he need hardly say thai he meant the ladies . Moreover , since the introduction of the new envelope , embellished with an elegant medallion head of her most Gracions Majesty ( Hea-Tea save the mark !) ihe sale of the article , Rovcland ( Hi . ")' s Kalydor , had very much increased . Of the sitking-plaisier , somstime 3 oolled coort-plaister , he c ; uld not jceik so favourably ; the sale was large

      erso-jifn . but it wa 3 not so much is lavoar with the P-l "' c , a : leas :, that portion &f ths public with whom ts capp-iied to be acquainted . It has , however , riven -rery exien ^ ive popularity to the bouse , and is I evea been the intans of giving a very appropriate Kiibr-nuet io the firm , which was now very gener-»" y Ciuomir . ated the sticking plaister concern . ' ^ ' erer ^ eieis , " continued the wonhy gentleman , * h wi : I hardly be requisite for me to inform my jartneri ihat : his sptculauon Las turned out a _ bad one . JVoJirithstaiiding me compiimenss that have fen piid to us respecting this article , 1 regret to TiY . i . is ji the paymeuLS in cash iiare not been so itundiut ; and , as " smooth words batier 1 . 0 pirst : ps , " we are daily losing enormous sums of money bj the md ; nikicg .

      Mr . P-. i-nerstoa next addressed the meeting . He fcLjcji-.-arred in ali tha : hid fallen from the last £ > :-ke ? , aid was even prepared to go farther . He < £ d tx-a : rnk that it was merely a question of wheihtr iLzi cr zhzz paieu : medicine were best adapted to ; he r . ixlc-. a ] oossiitnjion . He radiy feared that ail rech spe- 'if .-s had had their day , and that iir . Bull Esd his numerous family were now sick of qvickr . ciLcbe ~ a :: o <;« her , and were determined to isaTe rtco'OTse t-o ihe regular practitioners again . He was indased to form this opinion chiefly from the failure of many notable articles which he had hiaself ii . socuced ; o the notice of the public . He alluded : o his well iruown " American Soothing Sjrnp , " '— " The Syrian Powders and Pills , " and , ^ o'fi a ' .:, the '' Clzmesa Cement . " These had a wierably jco-i'd nil a : first , and the affairs of the ioiae bciSD to look up ; Lnt it was how found out thu none of rbe-e wonderful things produced the ef ^ ct for wnicii they were intended . Cavillers

      crevsL'tn toat the " Seining Syrnp only "produced peiter irritation , —thas ihe M Syrian Powders " »« not eiacscloa ? , —and that the " Chinese Ceaent" wouldn ' t h-Al . Mr . P . finished by stating , tfiii ' aewas afraid u would be eniirely out of his Peer to introdac-.- auy other novel ' 7 . as he had tt » lij exhausted his inrentive faculty by previous ttertion ; and , much a 3 he should deplore the Wzrrence of tuch a catastrophe , he feared that tos vanhilarlcn of the conct-rn could pc % ouch ioiger be delayed . . Hr . Melbourne then requested the serious attenfisn of ihe members of the Srm to the balance-sheet « their affiirs , by whieh it appeared that a most *^ rmpg dlsaepAncj existed between the account « ieir assets and liabilities . He then earnestly to

      ^ jea ibera reflect on the c-cnseqnences a eon-? f 2 iLce cf such a state of things , and stated it to ba * s opinion that , unless one of the partners could ^?? ea ; he introduction of some noitrum to cstch ft mUiian , and turn the ebbing tide of popularity s ¦» i » dd be better to give up the concern instanler . ,- ^ . a £ ^ ort silence , Mr . Russell ro ? e , and from ^ ictiTB part which that gentleman has taken in ta iffarri of the house , a breathless anxiety was * sctfes : ed to hear him address the assembly . He tt « aafcaced by rebuking the previous speakers for J « 4 e « pondiB 2 tone of their adc ' resse . s , and declared

      ? ZTlI L C 0 I ! fidence in his own ability to overcome «« tnculties by which they were surrounded . M l ?' ^ " ^ tte littIe gsatleman , " that ^ JJttil and his family may begin to get sick of our orjTaCij I tm ij no means of opinion that they ™ . J em stiil fce prevailed on to try ethers . The , *" . inirg tsieatial to success is unblushing efr ^ -. rT- We ejes : not go timidly up to the old |« -iieaiaa aad entreat him to ^ ive us another trial , iid * ttI ^ boldly insirt that his life is in dauber , rt ^ t . "f iailsre of our preriona endeav-c-ura 10 ^ r ^ s- altered cons :: tntioa is £ 0 be attributed " £ ' ; ¦ ; f caf act having attacked the foundation cf t ^ I , Gentlemtn , when men are in sUuaticns cf ? . ¦• , 4 « geEeralir . to fret out of them , take the &J the

      •^ horns , buz we inust go lower , —we must ^¦^ bull by the cor ** . Yes , gentlemen , the foptT ^ w ^ jeh I propose 10 recover our ialltn ao ji' ' t 0 restore ns to ilr . Bull ' s good graces , i * r ^ Sffiore or Jess than a' corn plaister . ' I know the £ r ^ onc old boy ' s weak point , and shall Have no diffl-^ apersuadinghim that my miraculous application ^ T : w * panacea for all his bufferings . What can be ^ ft Pi ^ scie i if tbe foundation of an edifice b-? 0 Zl ^ ' kew can the eupergtruciure be Bound tSaiu Cc « - ieaTe lte rest to me , and be assured 5 ^ Jj :. 'Jj ? ibe well Let not despair get posj ^ r ^ w j toij us , but pat yonr shoulders to the w £ > u ?; CfS £ j ' Lice men , and give me your cordial ^ v * r « ici ; to cav -rr out my project . So shall ren JT ^ Pfpal arity rt'astate us in prosperoas trade , j ^ fci our exbansu ^ coffers ; while the fame of p ^^ iti .-:- chiropodis ; , JEt € nds from " Indu 3 to the

      ** ¦ Easseil ' s address wa < 3 greeted a-i intervals l « tnii 2 . anc ! 2 rs of aPpianse , and the sombre counpge- « . ci the pannera asnm / ed more cheerful as-^ » proceeded . itjttS ^^ ou . a loDg-eontiD -oed cheering an-1 ^^ Batisf 3 clioa il product -d , and many of ^ w ^ bers of the firm rose and * b °° k their co-^^^^•^• . ¦ ¦ caH y ty the hand , .. telMing it to KixCi f « mita : ion to support him . * nd his pro-^ « w tag last

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      The chairman of the meeting complimented Mr . Russell highly upon his skill and perseveranoe , asd it was resolved that the plan propoied should be adopted , the management being entirely left to that gentleman . After some other forms ! badness had been gone through , Mr . Melbourne , lak ng out his watch , observed that he had an engagcneni to dine at Windsor at seven , and must consequently take his leave . This be accordingly did , and rhc meeting then broke np , Mr . Russell , and otherB of the firm , adjourning to the laboratory in Old Palace Yard , for the purpose of commencing operations —Morning Herald .

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      BRADFORD ELECTION . Want of space last we ' ek prevented us giving a particular account of this election ; howerer , it is not too late to make up for the omission . Our readers will recollect that the Chartist election committee first invited Captain Wood as their candidate , a man qualified iu every respect to represent the Borough , as aduitted by all parties , but who , by Whig intrigue , was prevented ! Mr . Simpson , of Hammersmitn , was then called upon , who readily consented to pu ; himself upon the list of candidates for the honour of representing th : a essentially Chartist borough , whose excellent address appeared in our papci , &u ; who , under like influence , was , much to the iiiEsappo : n ; mtnt of his numerous supporters and friends , itciuced to withdraw .

      At a large out-door meeting , helu last Wednesday evening , which -was ably adu . re = » ed by Mr . Jlirtin , ihe Qniiist electors , ou the proposition of Mr . ClarfcOD , took the opinion of the non-electors as to the course to be pursued in the event of the Chartist candidate giving way , ( it having been ascertained that JLr . Simp ^ Ws appearance was doubtful , ) when the following resolutions were uninimoasiy put and carried : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that under present circumstances it is do » advisat / ie for the Chartist electors to remain neuier ; " ami " That they be recommended to vote for a Tory in preference to tho Whigs . " On the following evening ( Thursday ) , at the close of ilr . Buckingham ' s second lecture on free trade , » n amendment was proposed and 5 econced , during which the lecturer , Chairman , and his partisans retired a . niid

      confusion" That commercial reforms would not confer a lasting beiic-at upon ihe people -without being > eeurtd by Parliamentary reforms , based upon the principles of the Charter . " " In the meantime , Mr . Simpson having tendered his resignation , a meeting , convened by placard , "was held on Monday evening week , iu the most public place in the borough , between the hustings of the Whig and Tory candidates , when Mr . Clarkson went iuto tin explanation of all the circvunsiances connected with Captain Wood and iir . S : mpsoa . He stated that , in consequence of the peculiar situation in which thc"ChariUt Committee were pkced , in regard not only Vi the withdrawal of their iurmer

      candidate , but to the defeciion , no doubt induced by undue influence , of Mr . Simpsoij , au expliinution wti due , partic ' ularly to those electors who had pledged ana others who * had promised him their support , as well as t-o the non-electors aud inhabitants of the borough general l y , therefore that opportunity had bbon chosen as tbe be ? t means of giving tne untoward affair publicity , ilr . Ciarks . u then read a letter received from and cimciudiug the correspondence frith the Captain , and detailed ihe eircumstciDoes connected therewith , by which it appeared thai positive proof existed that before the Ciiartist Comtaittee had reiinqui .-hftd their claim upon him , the Whig Coniaitiee h ^ d basdy intrigued to frustrate tberr call .

      One iauividuaJ , who volunteered ( we cannot learn that be held any official situation ) to distinguish himself above rfce rest iu the disgraceful cff . » : r , by lending hiiaseif a . s " the organ of the Wnig Co-. amit-toe , " wain charged with tae intrigue by one of their own party , in his endeavour to remove the foul charge fros his o » vn shoulders actually affixed it irrevocably open the Whig Committee , who , or whose aiJierentr , . isseabled within hearing at the very time uublicity w 3 j given , determiiied to maintain tr . eir Whigg ^ .-n oasisieney , &uilei ) ly preserved a mosi piofcuad silent- ? , and never once ventured either to refute , or even to explain away , the lasting di-grace into which the Whigs of Bradford , by their own acts , or the iDdi = cret : on of one of their own

      party , are irretrievab : ? plunged . The individual above alluded io , Judas-like , pretending great sympathy for the Chartists and admiration of Mr . Simpson ' s principles , subsequently attempted a feeble vindication of his own treacherous conduct which , poor simpleton , only the more confirms tha guilt of his parry . Mr . Clarkson then proceeded to detail Mr . Simpsons ' s introduction through Mr-Edmund Stallwood , an acknowledged leading Chartist in the neighbourhood of London , and showed , from Mr . Simpson ' s correspondence with the Com-BT . ttce * his readiness to folio w up the publication of his address by an early personal canvass ; when , much to their astonishment , on his being apprised of tee intention to give him a public reception , be unexpectedly declined the honour . Iu this dilemma , Mr . Martin , personally known to Mr . Stallwood ,

      and psrfectly acquainted with the Chartists' proceedings , was immediately dispatched , as the most likely person , to Mr . Simpion , to confer with him on the propriety of a public entry , and furnish him with every information relative tc the political position of the respecnve parties . He would leave the narration of that interview for Mr . Martin , who had returned and -srao then present , and go at once to the unfortunate result . Mr . C . then announcedMr . Simpson ' s formal resignation , and read his friend S&Hwood's addres ? , and which we are glad to Eaywhilst it completely exonerates the Caartitt Committee from ail biame , and justifies their subsequent determination—clearly traces ths cause Jo the improper interference of the Whig , Whig-Radical , and Malthoiian mischief-makers .

      " The Late Election . —In reference to the defaultuie of Mr . Simpson , the Radical candidate for Bradford , whom the Whigs succeeded in choking off , Mr . Stallwood , by whom he was introduced to them , has issued the following address to the electors , non-e ! ectorr , and inhabitaBts of the borough of Bradford and its vicinity : — These are the times that try men ' s souls . " from an address that appeared under my signature , in the people ' s own journal , the Koriitern Scar , to the Cuartists of the United Qaeiuaom , and ; o which Bradford , as well as most of ihe populous boroushs responded , Bradford was pleased to accept William Simpson , Esq ., of Bracmoro Hcuse , Hammersmith , 33 candidate . Implicit confidence having betn placed in me , and

      the extraordinary termination of the affair having prevented me introducing to you your accepted candidate , I feel that an explanation is demanded at my hands , snd which I feel bound to give . Mr . Simpson is my personal friend , and has , 'ere now , done me many favours , for which , I trust , I ever shall feel grateful ; but in times like the present , private friendship must give way to the public good First , tnen , let me tell you , you do not owe your disappointment to any intrigue or dishonesty oi your committee and friends at Bradford , nor , may I be permitted to add , me or my friends ; on the contrary , your committee and friends , at Bradford , deserve t cur warmest commendations , having coudncted this important affair in a talented , patriotic ,

      nd praiseworthy manner ; the whole of the corespondenoe rcdoucding to their ionour , they having ngaged to contest the election with care and conomy . Mr . Simpson wa 3 not frightened at the ttormity of expecce , but unfortunately my honest riend Simpson , ( for honf-st he undoubtedly is , ) is orrounded by Whig , Whig-Radical , and Maliusfan politician ?; some of those axe bia intimate cquaintances . These crotchet-mongers , the wellj ; own and worst enemie 3 we have , with the coniDuous cry of '" Reform" on their lips , and espolum in their bosoms , have incessantly earrig £ ed Mr . Simpson erer since they learned he was candidate for your suffrages , on onr glorious rinciples . I need not tell you how well they have

      acceeded . We are still further in the Whig debt ; ; t it he recorded in your note-books , in order that it lay be paid with interest . Bat , my friends ^ if we ave cause-for regret we have also cause to rejoice ; le preseiit contest has called cut many unknown dvocares cf the Charter . Proceed in your lorioas career , and at another election W 6 shall ot waiit fcr legally qualified candidates . L » t our ssociatioas raise an Election Fund—forthwith elect treasurer—( and fortunately we possess a man rell qualified for that office , to whose fingers not a articie of the money will stick)—form permanent orninittces , and then , posseting the means and

      taking the business of the election jijio our own hands , we shall not again be dlsappo . nted : acting tbus independently ourselves , we shall _ obiain independent representatives , and with only six such men in St . Stephen ' s , that is to _ say , six elected by aurselvesjfiom ourselves , we might bid defiance tu the efforts of the common enemy . Then hurrah for ap Section Fund : Hurrah . ' for Bradford Slid real independence J Tot Bradford and our Charter , burrah J Thanking you for the confidence you have placed in me , and trusting I may ever prove worthy H the iacie , I beg lesve to subscribe myself the people ' s devoted servant and friend , Edmund St * 12 . -WOOD . "

      Mr . Martin then came forward . He addressed the leeting as CUartisi electors and non-electors cf the loroogh of Braciford . He could not find within the 3 znpas 5 of the English language , words to enable him > expres 3 himself for their kindness , i » selecting him ¦ 3 represent them in Parliament . As it was usual for mdidates to issue an address containing a statement f those principles which they were prepared to scport , and as he ( Mr . M . ) bad not bad time to write ne , be wonld proceed to state , in the presence of that ast assembly , tte course whieh be intended to pimue -ikear , iesr , aD < i cheers , )— " to R ; ure to the greater nmber of banian Leir . ga the greatest amount of hapiness " was in his ( Mr . il . ' s ) opinion , the first and iort ipoxtsBt step that cugbt to be taken by GoTern-

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      ment , and as the New Poor Law had a contrary effect , it baring been enacted to enable the rich to oppress the poor ; he pledged himself , if returned to Parliament , to bring in a bill t » repeal that odious nitasure , aud to restore the abbey lands , and the other property ot the poor , of which they had been robbed by the Whigs at the time of the Protestant Reformation . ( Hear , and cheers . ) He would likewise have all the waste lands , which are public property , farmed by the Government , for the good of the whole people , instead of allowing them to be inclosed for the benefit of a predacious aristocracy . ( Hear , he&T , hear , and loud cheers . ) The banking system , -which placed in the hands of a few individuals , the entire produce of the country , to the great injury of the labouring classes , he would do away with altogether , and would establish a national

      bank for the benefit of the producer . ( Hear and cheers . ) As to the absorbing topics of religion , he would make bvery man pay towards the support of his own church , for it was ¦ unjust to tax a man for the payment of a priest in whose doctrines he did not believe . ( Cheers . ) Mr . M . next proceeded to explain the Charter and advised all those -who had not yet joined the National Association , to do so without 3 elay , for said he , " he who would be free himself must strike the blow . " — ( Immense cheering . ) Mr . M . having been appointed to wait upon Mr . Simpson , of Brad .-nore House , then : stated to the meeting the result of his interview . In I justice to that gentleman , he most admit that he was a person well qualified to represent Bradford in Parliament , bat though Mr . S . was an unconi prom ' . sir : g Chirtist , he ( Mr . M . ) was sorry to say that he bad Listened to the tales of an old intriguer , whom he 1 Jit . . >! . ) , from what he hail beard , had every reason to b& lkve that he had been employed , at the suggestion of

      j the " organ of the Whig Committee , " by tlie Reform j Ciub of Pall MalL ( Heur , hear . ) The intriguer was an old Malthuiian of the name of Lauiattr , living at Goose Green , in Hammersmith ( laughter ); he was the j person who caused the duel to take placo between Sir i Francis Burdettand a patriotic gentleman of the name J of Paul ) . ( Hear . ) He jMr . M . I would refer them to j the 226 th page in tho Memoirs of Mr . Huat , where ! they would have an opportunity of making themselves I acquainted with the wkole affair , and find that it was a 1 triek of the aristocracy to ruin Mr . Paull , who was ex-! eiting himsslf to bring before tha public the Marquis of j Wellesky ' s conduct in India by inipeachmen" . ; and had j it not been for this Mr . Lamat ^ r , who , it is evident , has j always been a tool of the aristocracy , Mr . Simpson i would have been in Bradford . He ( Mr . M . ) would now 1 aik thtni . after -whs . t they had heard from Mr . Clarkson

      , relative to Gapt Wood , and from what he ( Mr . M . ) bad jnst stated , even if it were not expedient to turn tho Whigs out of office , would , thsy not be justified in joini U-. i ; the Tories to upset the sham Radicals . ( Yes , and cheers . ) Mr . Martin wis put in nomination on Wednesday , as stated in our last , and tie returning oSicer de-¦ clareil that Mr . Hardy and Mr . Martin wore duly : elected ; wehavenot-theieastlieiU&tioninstatingthat j Mr . M . had the preponderance in the shew of handn , I for m 3 iiy conscitoscious men amo ; j ^ 'st the orange I party held up their hands for him in addition to ' all the blue and green who shewed for Mr . Hardy . ! Mr . Martin , the successful candidate , returned i xbanks for his election , and afterwards addressed the congregated masses from Mr . Ibbctson ' s hustings , al the c'oge of which he was chaired with due honours , amid loud acclamations and every possible

      i respect , foilowed by a numerous train of devoted 1 admirers of tLe cause which he so nobly advocated . I In accordance with the unequivocally expressed 1 opinions of the noD electors , the Chartisi voters ! almost to a man , with the exception of the neutrals , plumped for Hardy , in order to expr- ss their utter detestation of Whig domination and to convince both factions , at least in Bradford , that they aro by electoral and popular influence under Chartist controul . This was plainly acknowledged by both members on the declaration . Mr . Hardy returning thanks , not only to his immediate friends but io many electors of whom he had not asked a single voe ; and Mr , Lister taunting his coileagne with bci ;» g returned at a former election under the wing of his father , and st the present gaining his election by the voluntary aid of the green banner .

      ; \ ve are not sorry that Mr . Lister , jun ., is substitn-- ? dforMr . B'i ? ne ! d , although che latter gentle' man voted for < h » liberation of the " victims ; " yi > t j he was a Ru ^ seliite do-nothing-finaiity-man . Mr . ¦ ¦ Lister prompts b ? : ter , and as there is yoiiih on his ' side , wt irssi thaf ho will see into '' free trade ' fal-\ Jacie ? , and become & really useful member , and that i Mr . Hardy w , U not rely upon " epeciou = pretences " : to represent the wants and wishes of hi ? purely j democratic constituency ; both these gentlemen may j rely upon being reminded of any political deliuquen-I cies they may commit . ! The position of our Chartist friends at Bradford j assumed , not only a question of local strength , but ¦ being one of tho earliest election ? , the triumph ! gained here by the exclusion of a mere Whig through , ' Chartist strength , has become & national object , by j setting a noble example of independence of eiily

      • adhesiou to petty faction by at once shaking off the I trammelis of Whig delusion . I The brave men and women of Bradford , ( for the j fair sex contributed m-t a little to the glorious tri-, nmph , ) arc perfectly justifiable iu exercising their ; legitimate infiaenco and adopting this bold , deteri mined , and decisive course , and by a fair trial of i strength , at ouca convincing both factions , that ! they do indeed and in truth hold the ' balance 0 / power . "

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      Lamentable Scene . —Mr . F . Ratchford , an instructor of tho blind , residing in Britannia-street , City-road , gave information at the Statiou-house , Featherstone-street , London , that a poor blind girl , named Elizibeth Clumber , had died suddenly at her father ' s bouse , under circumstances that called for immediate investigation . He stated that the address of her father was No . 7 Type-court , Fmsbury , whither the inspeotor instantly proceeded , and on obtaining admittance he found the body of the unfortunate girl stretched on the bare floor , in a state of decomposition . Her parents were lying en each side of her ; and in another part of the room three squalid children were huddled together with scarcely a rag to cover them . A

      sickening effluvia pervaded the place , and not a morsel ot food or a vestige of furniture was to be found in . tho apartment . Upon being asked the cause of the girl's death , and the wretched condition to which the family were reduced , thefather informed the inspector that he had obtained a scanty subsiatance for his family by labouring at tho docks , but for somo time past ho had been unable to procure work , and they were all starving , His deceased daughter expired suddenly oh Saturday last , and to increase the horrors of his situation , his unfortunate wife was suffering under aberration of mind . He could not account for tho suddenness of his daughter's death , as she appeared as well as her miserable situation

      would admit of on the day preceding it . Mr . Leeson , the divisional surgeon of police , was sent by inspec * tor Shackell , and upon examination he discovered some traces of congealed blood , which had Apparently flowed from her mouth and nose , but the body presented no other appearances to justify a suspicion that any violence had been offored to the deceased . M . r . Biwgham inquired of the inspector whether auy application for relief had been made to the parish authorities by the unfortunate family prior to the girl ' s decease . Inspector Shackell said , that from all he could ieara they had never made known thyir wants to any ono . Tho magistrates desired the Inspector to sto Hanalin , and requested him to pay immediate attention to the case .

      Ivevkr Satisp jed . —Last wet k , as a entleman iu the neighbourhood of B ramp ton was examining an ol . i desk which has stood in an oat-building for a long time , he found a small bag , which he thought was a , bhot bag ; but on taking it up , the bottom came out , and to his great surprise out roiled five hundred spade-ace guineas . After CuUHthlg them , aud stbhix that they were all good , he said he was sorry he had not found them twenty years sooner , iiim he might have bad the interest on them also during that period . The Armt . —There are six regiments ordered homo from Canada this summer . Orders have been issued , tfivin # any soldier who may wish to stop iu North America permission to volunteer his services to the following corps : — viz ., 234 Welsh Fusileers , Bih or King's , 32 ad , 3 G ; b , and 69 th , and the 70 th , 71 st , and two other regiments coming from the West Indies .

      Duhing tho last fortnight there has been nearly six hundred thousand ounces of silver entered for bh > pment from the port of Dover , for the opposite port bf France . The French opposition journals have discovered that , Marshal Soult is not very serious in continuing or rendering s -lid the works of the great wall and ditch which are to surround Paris , whilst all hie attention is directed towards the forts .

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      MR . O'CONNOR AND THE LONDON COMMIT PEE MEN . The following is tho correspondence on the subject of London Committees , aiiuded to in the recent correspondence between Mr . O'Connor and Mr . HETUEiuxGrr-N ; and which we have received from Mr . Hethlkington ' s shopman : — " London , 14 , Wine-office Court , " Flbet-street , June ' 22 d > L 8 U . " Sir , —Enclosed isemHhecom'sponaencementioned iu Mr . O Connor ' s last letter to Air . Hotherington . I can assure yon that they are truly copied , aud I hope t hty will bt itistrttu iu the next Htur . " I ttiu , yours truly , " i ' HUS . POWKfi . "h melon , October 13 . 1840 .

      " Sin , —In your letter to Sirs , / rcat , published in last week's Star , there is this statement advanced by you : — " Tb : \ t 110 subscription will be allowed to progress upon a large scale iu England unless a London Committee ia allowed a percentage profit upon the receipts . In my account you wili find neither postage or deductions . Have you ever Been tho account of London committee ? If not , pray get one , aud see ttie difference . " " Iu another part of the same paper there is a reported conversation between you and your puWlsher , in which

      you are represented to have said , ' But burely , Hobson , you cau understand the disappointment and murtiticatiun of the London traders at being baulked of their commission on so large a charitable a fund as a £ 1 , 000 —Weil enough to utsu tha splcan of the jobber tiirough the afl « ct « d sympathy of the patriot Those very fellows would kill Mrs . Frost if they could make anything of the hide aud fat , und would then debit her executors with the expeucts , which would bt > sure to exceed the imipts . "

      " Now , Sir , we deem this demands our immediate notice . We have taken part iu alnu . Bt all tha committees appointed for the collection of money for several years pust , iu Lundon , aud aro utterly ignorant of any such bave , dishonourable , and degrading prautico having taken place . We therefore request that you will , at once , name the persons and tne subscriptions from which any such percentage was deciueteu . "If there be guilt anywLeru of this kind , let the persons be pointed out at once , that tho public may not confound the upright with the guuiy , which , from your geueral charge , they may do at preatnt . "By an early compliance , you will oblige the under-» ig " . ed , "James Watson . " Kicuabd Mouhe .

      " Henry Miiciibll . " To Ftargus O'Connor , Esq ., " York dstle .

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      • 'With singular inconsistency yon tell those who called upon you to explain ycunself that "you uW not exactly comprehend the meaning of their appeal to you , your notice referring to Committees not to individuals " You then attempt to justify yourself by referring to aconversation in my shop about the conduct of an individual , Mr . Hartwell's alleged Replication with the Dorchester Committee . That gentleman has , I hflieve , since given proof of his integrity , by discharging in full all claims made upon him . " When I expressed my regret to you that he should have placed himself in a false position with the Dorchester Committee , considering the prominent part ho bad acted , 1 little expected that you would have been guilty of so gross a perversion of the truth as from that circumstance , one individual's alleged misconduct , to fix a charge of peculation upon London Conmii'tces generally , for it would , in my opinion , be little less than robbery for any committee to take a free per ccntage upon public subscriptions .

      " f deny , therefore , most emphatically , that you over had grounds for making this sweeping ctnrge against the men of London from any conversation with mo , or from any hint or expression on my part in any of our numerous conversations . I cali upon you not to reply

      by dashes , but by names , times , piaceB , and specific circumstances , that I may have a fair opportunity of refuting the aspersions you have attempted to cast upon myself aud others , with , whom I have acwd , in common with the men of London generally . •• I am , Sir , "Your obedient Servant , "H . Uetherington . " To Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., " York Castle .

      " P . S . You state that you do not exactly comprehend the meaning of the j lint appeal made to you by the parties signing the former letter . Thi 3 is the meaning : —the parties signing that letter desire you should name the committee , or of the persons who composed them , who ever received or proposed to receive a per centage profit upon , any subscription they managed or wero concerned with—or an explicit avowal from you that you have hastily cast imputations upou men which the facts did not warrant .

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      BLOOD OR SUFFRAGE . When the ministry raised the flag of revolt against everything that was constitutional , aad when they made a parade of appealing to the new-mado electoral body against the loss of confidence of their old Association ; when they professed a willinguess to abide by the verdict which a reformed constituency should return , after a long , a patient , and an indulgent trial , and thus set an example of obedience and constitutionality to the electoral body , the organ of their war minister , alive to the danger of

      treasonable recommendation coming from her Majesty ' s servants , but also alivo to tiie necessity , placed the real motto of the party upon their bauners . " Bread or blood" quoth the Globe , will be the war-ery . For a long time we did not notice the abomination , nor should we now have defiled our peaceful columns with it , but for its realization in the Manchester butchery . We uow head our article , "Blood or Suffrage ; " and we do ho for the purpose , not of inducing those in quest of the Suffrage to shed blood ; but to assure faction that by shedding blood only can they much longer withhold the suffrage , and hold power by usurpation .

      The struggle for tho moss is now over to all intents and purposes ; and the Tories will have some little trouble in replenishing the trough , for , in truth their restoration just now is a God-send ; and their opponents boast may be , "As we've eat up the mess ami left the trough bare , The Tories may come the day after the fair . "

      This would be a consolation , if stratagem had not been exhausted , and if one tuck in the royal garment capable of being let out for Whig shelter yet remained ; but having exhausted invention , sod torn expediency to tatters ; having paraded royalty till the mummery has lost its novelty , and the queen much of her dignity , we are at a loss to discover what the nest rallying cry of reform is to be .

      Already has the Chronicle given tongue upon the hit that" Reform" has failed of produoing the " promised results "; we wish our friend had used the more significant term , anticipated results , and then we could have fully comprehended his meaning . It has failed to produce every one of the " promised results ; " but for nine years it has produced , for the Whig party , all the anticipated , all the desired ,

      all the wished for , all the intended , results—place , pension , office , and emolument hare followed in its train . While it was thu 3 working well , we heard of nothing but the lasting and might ; benefits that it had conferred upon her Majesty ' s loring subjects , both abroad and at homo ; it was then z . " final measure ;" but , alas ! no sooner has the very machinery which it created made one single counter revolution , than we are told that the whole is delusion : thatiiaerer ma

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      a perfect pieco of workmanship ; it has disappointed , ia a moment , all the wisha ? , hopes , desires , ; vnd anticipations of those who , for nine years , worshipped it as England ' s idol , and a 3 a perfect pieee of political mechanism . Well , but after all , the question , —the only question , — -for solution cos ? is , Is it a final measure I aad will the Noble Member for London bow declare that " it is not a final measure ; " and that when he said it was a final measure , he merely meant that it bad insured Whig ascendancy ? This will be Lord Russeil ' s pill , which , no doubt , Lord Russell will swallow ; but he must prepare to have it presea ted to him in all sizes , shapes , and forms .

      Can he now propose a measure which is to be " final —that is , one which will renew tenure for nine years , for the benefit of his Lordship , aud his Lordship's associates ? Or cau he even hit upon any device by which he can confer a tenancy tironi year to year upon his "haud-to-mouth" party \ No , he cannot . What , then , must he do ? He must proclaim the Reform Bill- in its real meaning and

      essence , tobea "final" measure ; aad we will back , sad the country will bjck him . He must pick the pin from the bundle of straw . He must clear the chaff from the corn . Ho must clear the site of the rubbish , and build his house upon a firm fouclatwn . He must select for practice all tha 6 was valuable in the " whole Bill . " Ho must give to the people thafc for which , and for which alono the people struggled , the one jewel of HeForm—HX

      MUST MAKE TAXATION AiiTy REPKES 2 NTATI 0 N CO-EXsive . He must do that , or be prepared to uphold a military despotism as long as a brave , starving , industrious , peace-loving , and united people will allow him . Thus , he must be prepared to withhold Reform by Blood , ox to give all that tho Bill promised ; for Reform meant , and Reform promirtd . Universal Suffrage , Payment of Members , aad N © Property Qualification . It promised it ; inasmuch as if A . leases to B . a portion of ground , in tha centre of his park , without any expressed

      condition of right of approach ; and though the avenae to B . ' s house should -be tec miles long , ar . d although it might be injurious , yet does the contract imply , and the law will award , a right of approach , and justly ; upon the principle that when you grant the right to anything you alf . o graut the means of its full enjoyment . So with the Reform Bill . In the equitable terms that taxation and representation shall be co-cxtensive , we recognize the legal claim to its full enjoyment ; and we deny the right of the lessor to impede , molest , ot

      disturb the lessee in his possession , by enacting a £ 0 ' 00 a year toll-bar , and a £ 500 a year toll-bar , the tax-payers thereby destroying right of p&ssago to his castle . We also deny his right to interfere with the fulltst enjoyment of that right by makiug the poverty or ' one , by the constituents thought worthy of tbe trust , incapable ' of discharging the dutiea of office , for a want of the means of support . In fact , auy Suffrage , or right , even tho most extensive , may be frittered away by thus imposing barriers ta its free enjoyment .

      Suppose that the people had joined ia tho insane and clap-trap cry for Household Suffrage , might not ihe practical moulders of that measure have given to it , as they hive giren to the Reform Bill , the detailstampof" Whig finality ; " and after experimentalising for nine yeare , tni ^ ht its supporters not then discover that that also was not a final measure whoa superior Tory tactics , wealth , organisation , and watching , added to public disappointment , had made a second transfer from Whig to Tory hands ; and may not society be thus kept in a constant alarm by a perpetual fishing for the minnows of Whig finality ?

      Have we not stunned the Whigs with the assurance that any money standard of franchise , however nicely it may suit them in the outset , will , by degrees , lapse into Tory possession , and be used feat Tory preferment ? Have they not had full and ample proof of the fact , in the re-action which has taken place in ths constituencies of their own creation since 1837 , ( four years ); and , during that t' ! me » have they not had all the odds of possession , royal

      favour , secret service money , and all the means of suppressing the very power which gave them birth , and which they have most brutally , unscrupulously , and unmercifully applied ? and have they not had an unopposed reign , a clear stage and no favour , except to damn them ! and , having failed with such od . Is , what now is their chance against the representatives of that body to whose decision they so confidently appealed on behalf of our beautiful young Queen !

      Will it do now to say , " We will not abide by the decision V How can they back their objection ! Can they say , '" The country is with us , and a large minority aud the country , that is , the people , ( not the ten pound houses , ) should have more weight than a majority" ? Such may be sound doctrine ; but when one honourable gentlemen counts for more than two millions of the said people , what then 1 Why , then it will require ten millions to balance even a minority of five ! Alas I these are awkward precedents established in the dying movements of the Whigs .

      Well , bat the Queen may again use her constitutional prerogative , and appeal to another and a belter people ; but here again we find a stumblingblock . Who is to interfere with the royal prerogative ? To recommend this course is unconstitutional . The Tories in office won't do it . The Whigs out of office can't do it ; and the people cannot bo admitted to the presence of Majesty ; therefore , for all these reasons , is Majesty , for a time , placed upoa the shelf by Whig precedent . But who knows { may-hap , as " a cat may look at a king , " the W ^ igs in distress may now invite her Majesty ' s dirty subjects to present their own petitions , asking for an extension of her Majesty ' s gracious mercy on behalf of

      hor unemployed MINISTERS . Ah ! it iB a foolish thing for man to fall out with his bread and butter I and , in truth , our old and , violent opponents have furnished so many unfortunate precedents against free action , interference with royal prerogative , right of discussion and publication , that it will require no small taot , and , not a little drilling and training to bring the awkward sqnad up even as a decent reserve ; for bey ond the shafts in the " Reform " waggon they need never again aspire . We have tried them as leaders , and they kicked over the traces ; so henceforth we must pat them at the wheel and run them in kicking straps , keeping them well in hand and np to the collar .

      The " finality" of Lord John Russell may be thus interpreted : where opposition to Whig power commences there * finality" perishes . The Bill ia " final" only so long as it confers and perpetuates that power upon Lord John and his wild associates , per fas aut nefas . The name of Whig has now perished ; and let Mr . Macauley be assured that however tight and sea worthy his bark , and however compact , united and trained his crew , which , as he says , are now likely to occupy tho left ot the speaker ' s chair for the next six or seven years , yet will they not receive one single cheer from outside to aid them ia their " practical" and place- hun ting endeavours torepossesa themselves of the mess : and however philanthropic

      enduring , and patient the Indian exotic thought it necessary to appear before the Northern stoics , we further assure him that seven moons , much less seven harvests , will not have passed away before-th * enduring constitutionalists will make a most rabid organic charge upon the mess-pot . The Whigs will now find the necessity of undoing much that they have done , with the manifest intention of strengthening prerogative in the hope that they may slide unperceived into legitimacy . The constitutional mode of ouster and occupancy would be too tedious and tardy ; and hence tkey . mnst abandon the old , glow , and tiresome process of notice of ejectment , and proceed at once " ti ei armis" ( with bone and arms ) to oust the present occupants from the sight ot the Speaker ' s chair .

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      Heleourxe, Russell, A2*D Cq.'S Ilssolyescy.

      HELEOURXE , RUSSELL , A 2 * D CQ . 'S IlsSOLYESCY .

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      Edward King , in the Bedford gaol , charged with housebreaking , lass two wooden legs , haviug lost his own in the infirmary ! The Revesve . —The revrrnie accounts for the years acd quarter ? ended oh July , 1840 and 1841 , ha \ e been published . The quarter ended . 5 th July , ] 841 , as compared with tho quarter ended oih July . 1840 , exhibits a decrease of £ 3 , 661 . But-, taking the ordinary revenue , there is an increase of £ 14 P > , G 89 . In the Cu .- ; omj there is a decreaso of £ 289 . 348 , in the St ? nip 3 a decrease of £ 48 . 830 : is

      while in the Excise tl ^ io aji increase of « £ » S , 3 fjf ) , in the Taxes £ 382 , 883 , and in the Post-office i' 19 , 000 . The year ended 5 th July , 1841 , as compared with the year ended 5 th Jciy , 1 U 4 U , exhibits a decrease of £ 524 , 640 ; but , takiDg the ordinary rereBue , only a decrease of £ 287 , 407 . The decrease on the year ' s revenue 1 ? , in the Ctisfoms £ 851 . , in the Postoffioe £ 54 . 5 , 000 ; while the ijierea *« e id the Excise is £ 431 , 020 , in the Stamps £ 31 t ? 64 , and in the Taxes £ 649 471 . The decrease in tho Post-office lor the year is easily accounted for , the reduction havh ; g commenced with the third quarter of che y jar ended 5 th July , 1810 .

      MAMryjicTrBiNG ax AmsTOciuT A James M'Nally , of IS ' o . 13 , Wink ' a-building ? , Chelsea , was charged , at a London Police Office , a few days a ? o , wi ; hobtaining £ 2 . los . undir false pretences . Mr . Taylor , the inspector , made the following extraordinary statement : —He received somo private information at the station , that a man named M'Nally was about to seli his child , just fcorn , to some ladies for £ 3 , and that the moj . t-y would be >{ iven and infant taken away at two in the morning . He accordingly went to the place where M'Nally lived , and concealed himself near the house , bo as to have an opportunity of observing any person who passed in or out , and remained there abore an hour without ascertaining auything more than that the party were carousing , and that the woman who

      had been recently confined was lyiDg in one corner of the room . Tninking that he might have been misinformed a 3 to the exact time at which the bargain was to be concluded , ho knocked at the door , and called M'Nally out , and put certain questions , which drew from him the admission that , about three weeks siucc , a young lady aud an elderly lady called at his house , and made proposals to purchase the child with which his wife was then about to go to bed . She consented , and the price agreed upon for the inf-int was £ 3 . The young lady , who was dressed stoutly , and who was made to appear in the last stage of pregnancy , declared it would be necessary she sheuld have tha child the very day it was born , and ahhou ^ h they ( M'Nally and his wife ) would never see it a ^ ain they might fetl confident

      it would be handsomely provided for , as , if it were a boy , it wonld from the moment of its birth be entitled to the sum of £ 300 per year , and if a girl , £ 20 Q . The ladies called two or three times , End expressed much anxiety as the time approached for the child to bo born , the elderly lady recommendiug strong exercise to accelerate the birth . Oa a further question or two being put by thft inspector , M'Nally said the timo at which he was to receive the bundle and give up the child was three that morning , when bo was to meet the ladies ia Sloane-street . Mr . Taylor immediately ordered a constable in plain clothes to watch the parties , which he accordingly did , and about a quarter to three M'Nally left his house with a bundle and proceeded to SJoane-street , where he was met by two

      ladies , who , after two or three moments of hurried conversation , gave him £ 2 10 s . M'Nally then refused to give np the child , aud the ladies called a policeman , and gave him into custody t ' oe obtaining the £ 2 10 s . under false pretences , aud he was brought to the station . The lady who charged the prisoner was Mrs . Ellen Andrews , of 38 , Commercial-road , and that of tho Jady with her Sarah Smith . Circumstances which had since transpired induced him to beHeye that the satne 3 and residences were both false . The object of the prisoner appeared to have been to get the money . He hftd altered bis mind about parting with the child . Mr . Burrell declared ,

      that in the whole course of his experience he had never met with a case like this . The peculiarity of the circumstances left him fair gronnd to suspect that this child was to be palmed upon some person as supposuious issue of one of tho ladies . There wa 3 no cb 2 rge against the prisoner , but h « would have him be for the futnre most careful how he lent himself to assist in frauds of this description . Persons of weahh did , occasionally , adopt children oi poorer persou ? , _ bat it was never done in ( his way , atd the feeling in his mind , frtm the account given , was , that Eome very scanda ! ou 3 trick had been contemplated . The prisoner was thea liberated .

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      " York Castle , Oct . 18 , 1840 . " Gb . ntlemen , —I should ha vereplied more promptly to your letter but for the absence of the Governor , who has been since Wednesday last at Waketield with debtors . His absence did not stop my correspondence , but J have au objection to any ether officer reading my tetters , and , therefore , write as fuw as possible during his absence .

      " i do not exactly comprehend the meaning of your appeal tt > mo . My notice refers to Committees , yours to individuals , not one of whom was mentioned or hinted at by me , and two of whom , Mitchell and Dyson , I never before heard of . Should you desire any further information upon the subject of London Committees generally , 1 beg to refer you to Mr . Hetheringtun as u > y authority , for much of what I stated , and to prevent any misunderstanding , I beg to remind him that , upen my return from Mownouth , I went one evening to

      his shop , aud found him in conversation with a person whom 1 supposed to be a news-vender . Upon the person retiring I observed , " Well , Hetheriogton , great London now conies out but poorly in the Frost Defence Fund—only £ 100 . " " By God" said Hatheruu . ton , " you should wouder that it is so much ! " That was just what we were talking about They can't get Mr . , to settle bio accounts as to the National Kent Fund , the . Agitating Fund and many others in one . He is now £ 40 wrong , and we bhall have a precious blow up yet about the Dv Chester Labourers . "

      " If Mr . Heiheruijton has auy fancy for » libel he may mention the individual , or if he procures an undertaking that the person will uut prosecute me , he shall have his name . " Gentlemen , I am quite sure that you will have no difficulty in convincing the country that your motives and actions as committee men have been pure , but it is rattier too much to ask me to subject myself to an action for libel for your gratification .

      " 1 find in the Star of the 9 th July , an account of the Agitating Committee which runs thus : — " Expences of getting up meetings £ 32 ; received at ditto , £ 20 03 , ; balance to be paid by the Convention . " Gentlemen be satisfied with your own good characters , but take « are in answering for all London that you do not find yourselves the worse for your too active phnanthrophy . I assure you , 1 did not even hint at any person wUoae name appears in your letter , nor did I hint at any individual in particular . ' ,

      " I am , " Your obedient servant , " Feargus O'Connob . "To Mr . John Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street , "London .

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      " irfmdon , 128 , Strand , Oct . , 18 * o . «• Sib ,-Your letter of the 18 tb instant , in answer to one addressed to you on tha joint names of several men of London , whe have for years taken an active partin ali public movements in furtherance of the people'a causa , has jast been handed to me ; in which I find , to my great astonishment , you refer the gentlemen demanding an explanation of jour false imputation upon London committees to me , " as your authority for much of waat have

      yon stated . " I fell indignant at the gross imputation yoaha v * indiscriminately cost upon the active committeemen of London , ond I deny most nneqmvocablf that you ever had a tittle of authority , directly or indirectly , from me for your unjust aspersions of the character of the men of London . I cowider that you have treated me in thia instance , with great injustice , and I , therefore , in my own justification , call for an explicit statement from you , of any one London commiuee that ever obtained one farthing per centage pront upon any subscription they were concerned with . You never had a shadow of authority from me for any such statement Within my knowledge or belief there is not one instance of such a thing .

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      " London , 126 , Strand , Nov . 12 , 1841 , " Sir , —A fortnight has now elapsed since I -wrote to you in reference to the charge you made against the London Committees , of receiving a per centage profit upon the public subscriptions thsy managed or were connected with . Having quoted my same as your authority for the above statement , I beg to know whether you received my letter datotl Oct . 23 , and When it will be convenient to you to favour me with an answer . " I aru . Sir , " Your obedient Servant , " H . HETHEUINGTON . " To Feargus O'Connor .

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      " York Castle , Nov . 17 . "Sir , —You mustnotattvibut *) iny silencetoany desire to treat your communication with disrespect , but the fact is , that I gave the only answer which I can give , in my former letter j aad ia yuurs , which is very clever , as you dislike the word " artful , " you throw upon me the charge of having upbraided Uartwcll wich a defalcation in the Dorchester Labourers' Account , the fact being that I did not know that you hinted at him when you made the remark , in addition to the Agitating Committee and National Rent Fund . It was you who mentioned the defalcation in the two latter accounts and not me ; and it was nota private * t' ansaction by auy means . You must be aware that iu an epistolaiory squabble you would have much the a < 2 v : tuv . ' < g < t over me , as you can w .-itowhat you please , wuilo I a > : i tiud by rules and am not allowed to write anything rfflectius ; upou any one ' s character , though I got many letters reflecting upon my ovtn .

      " You appear to forget that , in my letter to Leech in July last , when speaking of London committees , I said that no observation was to be supposed to attach to Cleave or Hetherington , and yet you take it all to yourself , as the otiier five appear satisfied with my explanation . If you require a negative or an ; . mmiative , I give it freely , and at once say that I do net think yon capable ol doing an unfair act , aad I am at a loss to know the drift of your Later . It appears by Mr . Hartwell ' s letters . , relating to Mrs . Urown of

      Birmingham , that he has already suffered from misrepresentation , and those letters were published before our correspondence took place ; therefore , neither you nor I can be the authors of that ,- I stin holding eiumon of London committees in general , but capable , I hope , of making a distinction between the good and the bad . Qjod God ! did I not frequently object to the immense posters inot yours ) paraded in the Convention Room for calling meetings in mere pot housas , and admired for their size .

      "I am , " Your obediont Servant , " Feargus OConnor . " To Mr . Hetherington .

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      " December 4 th , 1840 . " Sir , —Wehave seen your letter to Mr . Hetherington . and beg to undeceive you as to our being satisfied with your first letter to us . Such is not the fact . " Tho matter in dispute ia this . You have charged the London Committees with taking a per contage oa tha subscriptions they have collected for public purposes . We have , individually and collectively , been connected with nearly the whole of the subscriptions carried on in London for several year 3 past , and we deny the truth of your charge .

      " We request , therefore , from you , a statement of the subscription or subscriptions , with the name or names of the persons constituting such Committee or Committees guilty of tho dishonest acts you have imputed te them . And , in the absence of such proof on our part , we require you to give a public contradiction through the same channel ( the Northern Star ) as conveyed the charge to the public . " Whatever opinions you may entertain of London Committees , as regards public proceedings , is quite another matter : in this case , you have made a direct charge against them all , and we ask for proofa ; and , in the absence of this proof , we leave the public to judge what value attaches to your opinion , good or bad . " We are . Sir , " Yours , &c , 11 J . Watson , &c . &c . " To F . O'Connor . "

      — "— The Northern Star. Saturday, July 10, 1841.

      — " — THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , JULY 10 , 1841 .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR . 3

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 10, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1117/page/3/