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      DAN "BOTHERED , " YEXED , AND TJSDOJTE . CHARTISM IN IRELAND . Our readers must hare attended with great pleapare to the weekly reports of the progress of Char tism in Ireland ; but more particularly to the mighty advances made by right principles in Dublin , under lie very nose of the arch enemy of the poor , Pan . the apostate , and in spite of all the counter-exertions of the " Loyal Royal ? . " But , perhaps , the most gratifyingproof of she progress wespeak of , was the public proposing and admittance of the Rev . Father Ryan , rector of Donajbate , as a member of the Dublin Universal Suffrage Association . Tke labours ana worth of the ReT . Father are not unknown to many of our readers at Bradford ; and the reasons assigned by Mr . O'Higgvus , when proposing the Rev . Gentleman , prove tEat Mr . Rjan has not forgot the many acts of kindness he met with in his official capacity , fr *» m the Radicals of Bradford . O ! how it must h 3 Te gratified the'heart of the honest Chartist

      carpenter of Bradford , to find that the good action bis ' 1 principles led him to perform , in providing a place j of meeting for the despised and persecuted Catholics ; of Bradford , when every one else had turned their backs upon them , had sunk so deeply into the heart of the good and faithful shepherd , * 3 to lead him ' to investigate into the principles which prompted ¦ such conduct—and , by such investigation , to be led j to adopt them because of their simplicity and truth ! snd O ! how much more gratification must have been yielded by the fact , that the Rev . Gentleman tad the honesty and moral courage to come forward j and bear tesumoDy to the truth of those principles , ' and speak with admiration of the particular action ; resulting from them , at a time when , ( to serve the ) purposes of needy and " trading" politicians ) thnj once despised and persecuted Catholics are led on to ' denounce and persecute those who stood between them and oppression in the days of adversity ! j

      ' Cast thy bread upon the waters , and it shall be found after many days , " are the words of Holy Writ ; and seldom has the beautiful imth contained in them been more strikingly exemplified than in the instance before as J Tie honest Chartist carpenter of Bradford did that which hi * love of justice told him was right to be done ; he found a portion of his fellowmen persecuted by the ascendant party of the day j he found them without a place in which to meet to worship their God in the mode their fathers had said was right and worthy ; he found them repulsed on every hand—as a baud of worshippers homeless —ALiABLtss—despised ! and he opened his door wide onto them , and said , " * Enter here ! This shall bt : a resting place unto you ! Here erect your altar !

      Here worship your God after the honest dictates i of your own hearts ! Here attend to and receive ! the ministrations of your own priest ! -1 / y prin- ' ciples lead me to discountenance and resist oppre ^ - ! Eon in every shape . I find you are oppressed . As : far as I am able , I will ward off the oppressor ' s i stroke ; and all I ask in return is—that you will ) examine the principles which lead me to this course : of action ; and if mie , to adopt them ; if false , to reject them / 7 Tie honesr , hearty , and upr i ght con- ¦ ' duct of the Chariist sulk deep inw the heart of : the faithful minister of tfce persecuted Hock I He did as he was desired . He examined for himself , i He found the carpintei wa 3 right ; he found that , the principles he had imbibed , aid which led him to i shield the defenceless and protect the oppressed , were the principles of justice to all—the principles j

      of universal philanthropy and good -will . He adopted them ! And when the carpenter asd his brethren - | came to be persecuted by those who have ihe least \ reason for doing ii . tie upright man of Goi refnsed ! to take part with the interested aad the mercenary ; ' ; he lifted up his voice against the oppression : he ' openly joined the ranks of the persecuted , and boldly testified to their worth and good works ! Yerily , the i bread is seen after many days ! \ But hereupon great was tha dismay of the in- ' ieresied ! A panic w&s struck into the rank ? of the < expediency-mongers ! The " Loyal Royals , " who \ feed upon the miseries of the poor , and whose efforts are ever directed to keep them within their own clutches , J * ffe struck mute with the daring of the faithful minister of God ' s word , in being honest to his own convictions ! The arch-apostate , who had ¦ " dismissed the Chartiscs from his mind with the

      most sovereign contempt ; who had " determined that neither they cor their doings should ever again arrest his attention ; " nay , who had determined that " even their name should noi again pollute hisiips ¦ " the arch-apostate , who had so lately affected all this , found it necessary 10 take a decisivs course . Accordingly some of his creatures received instructions to proceed toilie meeting place of the Charnsis—there " kick up a row" —rais-j a disturbruice , and then get the paliee to inzerfer ? , iind apprehend trie Chartists on a charge of holdm * " illegal meetings " How iiiat plan failed we " uave elsewhere shewn , in our last "week's repors of the Dublin Chartist proceedings ; and we no .-r purpose : o lay before our readers that ¦ which will gratify them to their heart ' s

      eore-At & mealing of the Lo \ al Royals , held on Monday , Aug . Sin , at which Dan was present , he , after ih ' e Secretary had read a letter from the pries ; of Clocluff , handing in several subscriptions from Dr . Blake , tha Catholic Bishop , and some other Catholic clergymen , spoke as follows . Our report is from the Freeman ' s Journal : — •' Whenlsee » ui clergy thus coming in with tLeii subscriptions in aid of the cause of their country , I catmo * . help t- * t"Tg seme nonce of what appears to me a very cngular circumstance . Feargus O'Connor has got up a newspaper to praise himself : pen and ink are at full ¦ work , and types are set up to praise FeargU 3 in his own paper , because do other would do so . ( A laugh . In this paper thera is an account of a Chartist meeting ; it is not , however , called a Chartist meeting , for that iroald not do la Dublin , bnt it is called a meeting for Universal Suffrage . This rating , it » os 2 d appear , was held in thi 3 city , in the back room of the house of a . persm of the name of 0 Hisgtas . in Abbey .

      street . " A Toica ~ Se , Sir ; not in Abbey- * trfcel , bet in >" erth Anne-streeu "ilr . O C-jnnell—In Nsr-. li Az ^ : s--tr ?« t ; I beliire it is so . Feargas says in hi * riper thai th ' . Rev . Mr . ByaD , Catholic rector of Dauybau , hi * jointd in this universal Suffrage Ciartis ; societj hsr =. . Gnat BensatioiL "A voice—I besrd the R * t . Mr . Ryan proposed as a member of tie society- O Hi ^ eics -w ^ s thn proposes ard a person nasi ^ d W » i * seconded the motion for his admisEka . We write to the Rev . Mr . Ryan on the rotjsii ; h * < ii-i t ' - -t an * - **! oar letter , but O'H : ggirj said hi wy ^ li ti 7 c sire in the chair at their nest izhflzz H « ar , tfrr . T . Myself and some others opposes O * Hi 5 JciB * . & = < S ii ^ *» id he wcuid apply to the jcigi * iratfe * -A ' BjiBTi- * a < tr - - . police-efiica agahis" . two of n » . \ aagz . < ii . )

      " Mr . O OauiU—Tius O'Hijgins doe 3 well to establish hi * Chartist soettty in ti .- ant instance ; it is a good beginning . . Increased lia ^ al = r . > " The sime voice—I to . d the people that went to Jc : n OHiggins tint they were WTOD 5 in doing so—that euch mefctings were decidedly iliegal , aad that Mr . O'Connell had denounced them as being so . ( Cheers . ) " Mr . O'Connell—I feel much obliged to you , Sir ; I ^ r&g not aware , when 1 commenced noticing the fubjeet , that I could get all this information . Ytu acttd perfectly right , Sir ; and you ihail be protected in anything which O'Higgins may attempt against you in eonseqaenee of this your conduct ( Cheers . ) What a rery pretty plan it w&s , to be sure , for the encouragement of free fcxp * e « sion of opinion , that the proposer of

      it , -when contradicted , threatens his opponent -with an application to the magisterial authorities to punish him Jot doing so . I take the present mode of noticing this matter in reference to the Rsv . Mr . Ryan , as the best calculated fur its coming to the knowledge of that gentleman . If he be rector ot Donybrook , as it is said , be must have been recently appointed , and by the meat Rev . Dr . Murray , within whose archdiocese tha parish lies . Now , it is known that our venerable and most estimable archbishop would not confer such an appointment npon any clergyman whose character was not per fectly exemplary , so that in the present case I must take tfe&t of th * Rev . Mr . Ryan to be entirely so . I thertf- > re , in any observations of mine , spea"k of Mr .

      Ryan with all the respect dae to his sacred character , and only for the purpose ef affording him an opportunity for answering 'what has been thus reported of hini . There is a person of the name of Brophy who I am told acts aa secretary to these Chartist meetings -of O'Higgina . He , it is said , had been a Catholic , but abandoned that religion and became an Orangea ^ n . 1 ¦ weuld not say that if he had turned from a Catholic to be a Protestant that the ReT . Mr . Kyan -wonld not associate with him ; but would he , he having become from a Catholic an Orangexan ? ( Hear , hear . ) By the way , I have been informed tint thia Mr . Brophy presided lately at a meeting of silk-treavers , at ¦ which resolutions were passed against dealing with Catholics . ( Hear ,

      " A voice—No , he wa 3 not in the chair ; It was a meeting of Bilk-wearers—a person named Davis presided , bnt he was at the passing of the resolution . " Mr ., O'Connell—Well , these persons not having dared at once and openly to take the name-of Chartists , bni assuming Universal Suffrage as their denomination , is became they veil know the deeply-rooted hatred ¦ which Irishmen t > ear to the very name of Chartists . But we must not ^ we will not let it spread ; no matter tinder what fictitious designation it may seek to screen

      itself we » hi" check it in the bud , and cut it off before ; ¦ we saffer it to spread its delusion in this country , i ( H « u , hear , hear . ) I rose merely for the purpose of itating »>«*¦ -which I have heard , in order to its reaching ' the ears of the Rev . Mr . Ryan—not by any means to call * n the gentleman to render an account to me—he has no right whatever to do so , nor have I any right / to ; expect that he should ; it is merely f 01 him to answer i for himself to the publU . ( Hear . ) Let it be distinctly ' understood that I speak of him with all the respect ' , due to his sacred character u a pri&st . " - !

      Ah ! Dan , "Feargus O'Connor has got up a news-I » per r" and right well you know it I But , Din , shere is this difference beiwe « n Feargu 3 O'Connor and yourself : he haa the honesty and the courage to proclaim himself the Proprietor ofhi 3 " ows" newspaper , and w suffer imprisonment , & 3 proprietor , for wnat appeared in the paper without his knowledge 1 whilst you are dastard enough to have a newspaptr

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      —ton the sly—and whether to praise you or not , let the public judge )—and were mean enough to allow anotner man to g 0 to prison for what yon had written yoursf If in yoor * own" newspaper ! Dan , say no more abont " own" newspapers ! " Comparisons are odions" J In the Morning Register ot Aug . the 11 th , there appears the following letter from Mr . O'Hias «" in reply to Dan and Mb bousebreakf > — "TO THE EDITOR OF THE HOBNTNG BEQISTEK . " SI& , —In the proceedings of the "Loyal National Repeal Asoociation of Ireland , " published in this day ' s Register , I perceive that a person , whose name is not mentioned , said— ' That he attended a meeting at Mr . O'Hi £ « iB £ fe of Korth Ann-street , -who said that he could have the Rev . Mr . Ryan chairman on the next night of meeting . We said he could not , and he vent this day to Henry-street Police-office , to take out sum-• m ouses against us . ' Whereupon Mr . O'Connell

      said' 1 am obliged to you ; do not be afraid ; you must be protected . ( Hear . ) You did nothing illegal . The Universal Suffrage men first invite discussion , and the moment a man opens his lips contrary to their way of thinking , Mr . OHiggint applies to a police magistrate , ' " Mr . O'Connell rays that these men must be protected ; that they need not be afraid ; that they did nothing illegal "Is it legal to break into a man ' s house against hii will ? Is protection from the legal consequences of such conduct to be publicly held out to men by an association composed of lawyers , clergymen , and others ?

      Xow Sir , when the persons * ho forced their way into my house on Sunday last , and "who refused to give their names , said that they were authorised to do so by the advice of Mr . O'Connell , I did not believe them ; and I could scarcely believe my own eyes when I saw it reported in your paper this dny , that Mr . O'Connell said that those men thould be protected from the legal consequences of such conduct Can it be possible that Mr . O'Connell holds out protection to men who break into other men ' s houses , under the pretext that there is an illegal assembly there ? Who made the men who broke into my house on Sunday judges of an illegal assembly ? I do not blame the deluded men ; but I do blame those 'who sent them .

      " It is not true that I went to Henry-street police , or any other office , te take out summonses . It is not true that I invited the public to discuss propositions , long since agreed to—nor upon the propriety of establishing an association airer . dy established . But it is true teat a meeting of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association fras held at wf bouse on Sunday last , and upon several other occasions . —It is also true that , with the blessing of Ood , a meeting of the same association ¦ will be held in the same place on Sunday next And if so humble an individual as I am may offer a legal opinion in opposition to that of so profound a lawyer as Mr . O'Conneli , that opinion is , that I have a lawful risht to protect my house from being forcibly entered by any one ; and that I can invite whoever I please to meet me in my own house . I am glad to see that Mr . O'Connell identifies

      himself with the deluded victims who made the attack upon my honse on Sunday , and that he prom-sea protection for any service they may fender in a similar nianntr ^ hereafter . Those persons read si > me papers , ¦ which tfity said wc-re given to them at the Coru-Exchange Rooms , and which papers pronounced a ceuaure npon me , and was signed by Mr . O'Coiuieli and every member cf his family , eight yeara ago . This censura was passed upon me because I refused , to be a member of the committee of Irish Volunteers with a man through whose instrumentality 1 lost the snm of £ 750 . I take this opportunity of informing Mr . O'Connell , and those whom he proftsses to protect in their premeditated attack upon my house , and upon my friends in that house , that I shall resist such attack by every means in my power , even in the event of the assail' * ants being led on by the '' Liberator" himself . Patrick OHiggi . ns .

      > c 14 , North Anne-street , August 10 , 18-51 . The Freeman ' * Journal of the same date , Autf . 11 th , also contained the following letter from Mr . Michael Brophy , in which it will be seen that he successfully disposes of the trumpery aDd lying j charges brought against him hj the " Great Liberator . " TO THE EDITOR OF THE FKESJJAS ' S JOCIXAL . I " SIR , —In your paper of this day , August 10 th , I have read a speech of Mr . O'Connell's , in whita I find ! him , in his usual strain and without any just ground , '• calumniating me as as Orangeman , aad as one who pre- j sided at a meeting of silk wearers , at which meeting he

      says certain resoluti&B » were passed against dealing with Catholics . Sir , I entirely repudiate the charge ef being an Orangeman ; I have never been in an Orange society , ' nor in a secret society of any kir . i ; but have at all , times declared such societies iLimieai to tke iatertsts j and freViB £ ; 3 of the great bnlk of the Irish people ; though a Protest-ant , I have ever opposed that which 1 thought might be escalated in the least degree to ' mar the progress of the liberty of Irishmen , without reference to creed or party . Riliaious animosity 1 have ever looked upon as the bane « f this country , anil to ] these facia 1 con giTa ample testimony . I most pesi- ' tively deny that any sieetin ? of silk weavers was ever held for the motives you have assigned , or that I ever attended a meeting where such was the object ; and I wish it to be distinctly understood taafe I am b « t a pour working man , having a wife and three children

      dtpendlng on me for support , and that I consider tbe present attack of Mr . O'Conaell as anti-Christian , and calculated to deprive me and my family of the weans of support , by pointing me out to a populace who parnaps might be my frieBds , but whom bo has excited and enraged against me ; and that I will hold Mr . O'Connell accountable for the injuries that I may suffer in my person or calling . In conclusion , Sir , let Hie tell 2 ilr . 0 Connell that I have had the honour , and a high honour it was indeed , to be introduced to the Rev . Mr . Rjan . of Donabate , and who after a cordial shake of hands tola me the reason he joined the Irish UmTersal Suffrage Association was , that it was for the political emancipation of the whole people , and not for a sectien of them . Hoping that yon will give this a place in your Etxt paper , I am , Sir , yours respectfully , ' PETEH MlCHiEL BROPHT , " 6 , Wormwood-gate . "August 10 th . 1 S 41 . "

      In addition to the above evidences of right feeling and rectitude of conduct on the part of the Dublin Ch : ir : isi 3 , evinced in their determination not to be put down by bullying and brute force , even if used by those who clasp iheir hands , turn up their eyes , aiid piously exclaim , " 0 God forbid we should ever countenance physical force" 1 Gq dforbid that a single drop of blcod should be shed in the prosecution of our glorious cause . " In addition , we say to the above evidences , we have the high gratification to prc-s-jiit our readers with the following able bu ; mild , firm but temperate , reproving but charitable , letter of the Rev . Patrick Ryan , which we extract from the Freeman ' s Journal of Friday , August 13-h . Dan ' s power for mischief is seme ! The Christ : a-S-like rebukes so mildly administered to the apostate , by the excellent priest , for his " uncharitable aud twcHRiSTUN denunciations

      pourwd upon the heads of the devoted" Chartists must have an effect upon the minds of the , Irish poor , if they have none on Dan himself ! Yts ! , his day for misc hief is gone ! Head the excellent letter of the right-minded _ and bold man i of God ; and then join in thanks to Ali mighty God that he has raised up such a servantone who dares to be honest—to stand up for the poor j and reluke and beprovb these , who have been ; "' excuing the people and agitating the country from centre to surface , without one practicable object in view , and without oue solitary effort to bring forwaid any measure to ameliorate the condition or relieve the saffarings of the poor hard-working but ; deluded Irish . " Ye 3 ! . God be thanked ' . )—the ; cause of the poor in Ireland is now safe ! Reader ! treasure up the following letter in your inmost heart —and 3 Kiin thank God for the servant he has raised ]

      TO THE EDITOR 0 ? T 11 E FEEEJiXK ' S JOURNAL . ' Sir , —It appears by the proceedings of the Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland , which are reported in every newspaper in Dublin , that I have been arraigned by that association , and dragged before my countrymen in an insidious light , for having joined the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , while my reasons for having joined it have been studiously suppressed by the party who laboured hard to plaea me in a false position before the public , while , by his own Bhowing , he was in possession of sufficient facts to justify me in the step I had taken , even had I committed an error in judgment .

      '' The Irish UniTersal Sufirsge Association appeared to me to be an association eminently calculated to promote amore kindly feeling , and a more general interchange of good cfiices between the labouring classes of Great Br itain and Ireland , than had hitherto existed ; and I did believe , and still do believe , that it is absolutely unecessary to take some effectual means to counteract the evil effects which are likely to result from the vaunted and anti Christian boast of Irish Catbolica having shot down English Protestants ; and the threat held out that five hundred thousand Irish Catholics would be brought over from the county Tipperary to slaughter English Protestants who are » ft « fci"g for those measures cf reform which I * ee in a- paper called the People ' * Charter , and to which I conceive the people of this empire to be jostly entitled . As an Irish Catholic priest I repudiate the uncharitable and unchristian denunciations which have been for the last few years poured upon the devoted heads of these ill-used people .

      " When I saw an association established in Dublin , embracing , as it does , the political emancipation of the whole people of every rank and degree , and of every religious denomination , I did , after mature considera tion , consider it a solemn duty to afford it all the assistance in my power ; and with that view I requested my friend Mr . O'Higgins to propose me as a member of it ; and in doing so I Bald that I should feel obliged by his mentioning the kind , and hospitable , and never-tobe-forgotten treatment which I experienced at the hands of the Radical Reformers of Bradford twenty years ago . And as I am aware that several of those kind-hearted Englishmen are still alive , and active , and efficient advocates of the " People ' s Charter , " I knew it would be exceedingly gratifying to them to learn that 1 was still the supporter of tbese'principles of common justice to vrtich they are so devotedly attached , and to which they are justly entitled .

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      " It has been a fertile source of pain and affliction to me that great numbers of my brethren hare been for several years an wittingly led from one association to another , each and all propagating a delusion , exciting the people and agitating the country from p * nt « . + ~ surface , without one p » - » ' «*« i ooject in view , and withont o = ° eontary effort to bring forward any measure to ameliorate the condition or relieve the sufferings of my poor bard-workiubut deluded , countrymen . " It is but too tru » i 6 at there are ribbon societiss in some parts of the country . The trials at the present assizes in the North prove it ; and I nave no hesitation in declaring it as my firm opinion that the propagation of the principles and objects of the Universal Suffrage Association -would , like Aaron's rod , 'devour tbem all ; " because the most i . norant person would soon see that he had something to agitate for in which he was deeply interested , and woulfl therefore at once and for ever abandon all wild and unlawful projects and societies .

      It is melancholy to observe the diabolical spirit of ill-will and hatred which , has been recently infused into the minds of some ignorant persons in this city . I have , I regret to say , experienced this personally . A man , whose name I shall now forbear to mention , but who is the same person to whom the " Loyal National Repeal Association , " promised its protection against the legal consequences of his violence and misconduct , told me to my face , after he had been informed by myself that I was a Catholic priest—that if I should presume to take the chair at a meeting of the Irish

      Universal Suffrage Association , he would seu » me by the neck , and drag me out of it , even if I were clothed in my robes . Now , Sir , permit me to ask you when such a threat has been made to a priest , what is a layman to expect from such characters , particularly when they are encouraged in it by an association upon whose protection they rely with the most implicit confidence ? " I am your obedient Servant , "P . Ryak . Donabate , August 12 , 1841 .

      There is one thing which we must enjoin upon every English Chartist this week as a » uty . As soon as each one has read his Star , let him fold it up , wrap it in a coyer , paste the end of it down , address it " Patrick O'Higgins , 14 , North Anne-street , Dublin , " and then put it into the nearest Post-office . Let this be done generally , and before Saturday next . It is important that the Iri ? h poor should be enabled

      to see and read the excellent letters of Mr . O'Higgins and Mr . Brophy ; and above all , that they should know of the admirble defence of the poor , by Father Ryan : and the Irish poor will value the production none the less when they know that the paper containing it comes from some poor English workinsr man ! This , in itself , is a drawing together of the bonds of union ! a union for " practicable objects , " aud for " measures of amelioration for the sunerings of the poor" of both countries . Let thia be done , then , and leave the rest to God !

      Since writing the above we haye received a letter from Lougnrea , not less encouraging as to its bearh . g on the state and prospects of Chartism than the excellent letters « ivoo above . This letter was not intended by the writer for publication , but we venture to take the liberty of Jaying it before our readers , as a most certain index of the state of fetiing in respect to the rising cause of real liberty in Ireland . Loughrea , August 11 th , 1841 . Sin * —I take the liberty of addressing yoa o » the part of the Chartists of this town , to request your \ advice as to measures in contemplation amongst Boma of j its members ; but before I proceed to lay before you the rule which some of them want to adopt , I ] likewise consider it prudent in use to state to you the i reason why I differ with a part , a small part , of them < in opinion . !

      One of the Chartists of this town , a respectable man , ! asked my liberty to get placards printed , calling on i the friends of the Charter in this town , to assemble on a certain day , when be would introduce to them a \ Methodist preacher , to lecture to them on the principles ; of the Charter . I sought the adrriee of some of my Chartist brethren on this occasion , men of learn- \ ing and talent , snd well versed iu political affiira , and likewise burning with a pure aeal in the hoi ; cause j of liberty aad the Charter ; and they told me if 1 sane- ; tioned such proceedings , I should be the means of retarding the progress of Chartism in thia town ; but ; should there be a proper lecturer , having bis creden- ; tials frem any of the Chartist associations of either ;

      England or Ireland , then would he have their support , 23 the atj : iour . oem « nt of such a one making his appear- ' ance amonest the Chartists of th : » town would cause ¦ . such 3 cry of " liberty" amongst them as could uuveri be stifled or put down by the policy ef either Whig or > Tory . Such then b * ing the case , I expect your * advice as early as possible , so as to- prevent any disu- ' . nion arising amongst any of the members ; for I \ assure you they are vary numerous , and if once I was- ' allowed , by the lovers of liberty in England , means to-i enaVle me to rent a room for their accommodation , 1 would at once have an associataoa formed that would , spread the love of liberty , and the knowledge and i benefit of the Charter through thia extensive county . \

      I sow beg leave to call your attention to the part ] have taken sinee I became a soldier of liberty in th » Chartist cause , likewise the ^» at straits I was put to , in being bereft of friends for a length of time . Iu the j month of November last I was appointed to circulate i thtj Star in this town and neighbourhood , and I do- j assure you that I have done so with the greatest fidelity and success . I also circulated them through th « , respective towns , viz . Galway , Gott , Ballinasloe , j Eyrecourt , Portumna , fcc . ; and in all those towns ' I was received with great eivility , with the excep- ; tion of Ballinasloe , where I was shouted aud | hoy ted througk the streets by a party of ignorant : country people , who was employed on that cccaMon by 1 some villians , who , in order to stem the voic-j of truth : and the cry of liberty , thought it a proper way to cry me down aud thereby prevent the distribution of the i Star in that town .

      When I commenced circulating tha Star in Loughrea , , the people looked on me as a rtbel—such they called the Cuartists at that time . I was forsaken by all my , friends , so that I was put to great straits to support a ' large family : but now , thank God , it is far different !' for the greatest enemies I had ate now become the b-st . of friends , and the firm supporters of universal liberty— j which liberty they say , they can never attain , unkssby i means of the Charter . j I shall be very happy to receive any conituunication : from you , which will enable me , still further , to advance , the cause of the Charter , and With the greatest respect . I be £ leave to remain , Your very humble servant , BERNAKD AI ' -DONNELL .

      "With respect to the matter on which our opinion and advice is asked in this letter , wo say at onco that no means fehould bo omitted of drawing the attention of the Irish people to the gloriou 3 principles of liberty contained in the Charter through any unexceptionable medium . It would certainly be bet'er to have lecturers accredited from the Chartist bjdies ; while , at ihe same time , a truly honest and talencci man should not be repressed in hi 3 efforts to do good , because circumstances may have prevented him from having such credentials . This would apply more particularly to any native or resident of Ireland whose attention mi-jht have been recently drawn to the principles of Chartism . A stranger , and particularly a clerical stranger , could not expect to be received with perfect conh'deuce unless he either had credentials , or was introduced by some prudent , coolheaded , honest Chartist , who was well known , and whose judgement and honesty were perfectly

      undisputed . It is necessary to be very cautious in putting men forward in an agitation , watched with such fiendish malignity as that which glares on Chartism in Ireland . A single traitor insinuating himself into the body , and making his way to a prominent situation , might do incalculable mischief ; aa all his violent and illegal balderdash would be charged upon the Chartist body , while he would bo " protected " from the legal consequences of his own rascality . We think it very likely that this mode of procedure will be resorted to by Dan . and his myrmidons , now that they feel the failure of their efforts at open intimidation . We think , therefore , that in the matter of strangers especially , too much caution can scarcely be exercised . Discretion is tho better hall of wisdom , and while we abhor the cowardice which Bhrinks from an avowal of its principles in favour o ! danger , we would always recommend prudence and caution to our friends .

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      YORSHIRE AND LANCASHIREDELEGATE MEETING . This important meeting took nlaro > <•*¦ Yc iT ¦ a ~ Ao ~ . — a j-j a * ¦ Ai eleven o ' clock , the following delegates were present : — YORKSHIRE . York , Mr . Cordeox . Leeds Mr . W . Brooke . Bradford Mr . Arran . Halifax . Mr . Crossland . Huddersfield Mr . Clayton . DewsburY ; Mr . MoselyStott . Barnsley Mr . Julian Harney . KE 1 GHLEY ... Mr . Bottomly . Sowebby Mr . Wild . Thornton .. Mr . Grey . Midgley Mr . Naylor . Hebden Bridge ...... Mr . Midgley .

      LANCASHIRE . Manchester Mr . Swallow . Colne Mr . Mooney . TqDMORDEN Mr . R . Brooke . On the notion of Mr . Stott , Mr . Edward Clayton was elected chairman . On the motion of Mr . Mooney , Mr . Julian Harney was elected Secretary for the day . A letter was read from Manchester , and one from Sheffield , stating that the men ef Sheffield , though unable to send a delegate , approved of the meeting , and would abide by * any decision the delegates came to . Mr . Swallow , delegate from Manchester , stated that he had been at Middle ton ; the people of Middleton , approved of the meeting , and would abide by the orders of the delegates .

      The Secretary read and commented upon a paragraph which appeared under the head of Oldham , in theater of Saturday last The Secretary showed that the Chartists of Oldham had quite mistaken the objects of the meeting ; he had originally suggested the calling ofthemeeting for the purpose of malting arrangements in the two counties for the distinguished patriots shortly to be liberated—his object was to prevent the clashing of arrangementa . His hope was that this meeting would bu conducive of preserving harmony in their ranks , such w as his object . ( Hear , hear . ) The West-Riding delecau- » h » d been pleased to approve of his suggestion , and tbt : meeting was called , but not a word had been said by him or any other parties about " county demonstrations . " Ho was at a loss to conceive

      how any such absurd idea bad ever entered the heada of the man of Oldhan . ; most certainly he was not responsible for it . ( Hear . ) Again , with respect to a National Petition , it wua true that in a subsequent Jetter of his tbat was published in the Star , he had recommended that the dolegates should come instructed as to whether aye , or no , their constituencies approved of a National Petition ; if so , that the delegates ' should suggest to the Executive Jh » propriety of getting up such petition j but it was never contemplated by him , nor he believed any other person , that thia meeting sbouid get up the petition . It was then perfectly ridiculous for the men of Oldham to find fault with tho

      intention of this meeting interfering with the powers or prerogatives of the Executive when no such intention existed . ( Hear . ) He maintained it was the duty of the country , it was the duty of any portion ot tbe people to , from time to time , offer any suggestions to the Executive which they the people might think fit to offer ; and quite sure he was tbat that talented and patriotic body woald be ever ready to receive any suggestions the people or any portion of tbe people might think fit to faveur them with . He thought he need say no more , assured as he was that evesy delegate would be satisfied with the explanations gives . ( Hear , hear . ) On the motion of the Secretary , seconded by Mr . Swallow , tbe delegates unanimously resolved ,

      " That the first demonstration take plaee at York , on tho day of Mr . O'Connor ' s liberation . " Moved by Mr . W . Brooke , seconded by the Secretary , " Tbat the Leeds Demonstration take place on Friday , Kov . 12 th . " On the motion of Mr . Cordeux , seconded by Mr . R . Brooke , the delegates resolved , " That toe teat of the places be named in rotation—that is , the order in which the demonstrations shall be held . The people of each locality named to arrange with Mr . Connor and other patriots they may invite , the day on which-they will hold thtir demonstration . "

      The following is a list of places at which- the delegates agreed demonstrations should be held , and the order in which theyarefixed to tokeplace : —1 st , York , Thursday , Nov . 11 th ; 2 nd , Leeds , Friday , Nov . 12 th ; 3 rd , Sheffield ; 4 th , Manchester Sth , Colne ; 6 th , Keighley ; 7 th , Halifax ; Stli , li'adfori ; 9 th , Todiaorden ; 10 th , ttolton ; lltu , Stockpoit ; 12 th , Huddersflold ; 13 th , Duwsbury ; 11 th , BarnaJey ; 15 th , Koehdale ; 16 th , Middleton ; 17 th , Bhckburn . Tho following resolutwna were agreed to : — 1 . Moved by Mr . Cordeux , seconded by Mr . Stott , " Tbat the d < 'legates ufc present a . s . « embied do recommend to the Ciiurtiats of Great Britain and Ireland to send deputations to York on the release of Feargus O / Connor , Eso ,, with assurances of their unabated coniWence in him , ami of their firm adheseuce to those principle * t '» v which he has so long and unjustly suti ' t > rtid . "

      2 . . Moveil hrt Mr . W . Brooke , secontled by Mr . Stott , " Th-it i .-i aJ :,. >!/ im to his credentials , each delegate sent to York have wiui him a green silk banner , bearing the name of the place for which he is delegate . " ( Description : —A yard of green silk will make twodivided so that the staff end be the full width , tapyring to a point ; silver lettered , with the name of the place , to wit , " HivddursfieM . " " Dewsbury , " 4 c . J 3 . Moved by Mr . Swallow , seeonded by Mr . Bottomly , " That in consequence of 3 Ir . O'Brien not wishing any txvsnsa to ! : e incurred on his account , we recommend that the demonstrations got up shall be for Missrs . O'Cuiiuor . O llrien , and Bonbow , conjointly . "

      4 . Movcl by the Secretary , seconded by > lr . Mooney , " Tbat thia meeting suggest to the National Executive-Council , the propriety of drawing up a National Petition ft > r 1842 . demanding the adoption by the Legislalatura of the People's Charter ; tbe Hepeal of the Legislative Union of England and Ireland ; the liberation of all political prisoners ; the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones . And this meeting respectfully suggest that the s-aid Petition shall be drawn up by the Executive at tbeir meeting at Birmingham , on the 2 nd of September . "

      5 . Moved by Mr . W . Brooke , seconded by Mr . It . Brook , " That this meeting do recommend the Executive to take into their consideration the propriety of calling a Convention for 1842 . " (! . Mov « d by the Secretary , seconded by Mr . Cordeux , " That tkU meeting cannot separato without markiDg in the Hti-ohgost terms their detestation of the atrocities pmc : ised iu the gaols and houses of correction in this country uuder the fiendish silent system . The barbarous cruelties known to bo committed upon the political and other prisoners at present confined in the

      gaola of Wakefii-ld , Beverley , anil Is onhallerton are revolting to humanity , and disgraceful to the people ¦ who have up to this time suffered such deeds of devilish darkness to be perpetrated unpunished , —unavenged . Wo hereby call upon the country to immediately prepare petitions for presentation to the Parliament about to assemble demanding an inquiry iuto the present prison disciplinu , and the liberation of our suffering friends and br-Khcrs confined for no other crime but that they have sought the safety of tbe state , the rights of the millions , and tbe prosperity and happiness of the whole community . "

      7 . " That to carry out so far aa in their power lies , the foregoing resolution , the delegates present pledge themselves to get up the petitions recommended in their several localities . " Moved by Mr . Arran , seconded by Mr . Swallow , " Tfiat the Secretary be requested to draw up a copy of the proposed petition for an inquiry into the prison discipline , ikr ., fur publication in the Northern Star . " Agreed to . On the motion of Mr . Bottomley , the Secretary , together with Messrs . Arran and Swallow , were appointed a committee to draw up an address to the Chartists of Yorkshire and Lancashire . " The committee retired , and returned in a short time with the address given below , which on being read was unanimously adopted . Mr . Cropland moved the thanks of the delegates to the coinmitteee . Agreed to .

      Mr- Stott moved tbe thanks of the delegates to Mr . Hurney , for his efficient services as secretary . Carried . Mr . Harney moved the thanks of the delegates to the council of the Hebden Bridge Association for the use of the room . Curried . Mr . W . Brooke moved the thanks of the delegates to Mr . C ayton for his excellent conduct as chairman . This closed tho proceedings : the room Was crowded nearly to suffocation by z alous friends , who from all parts of tho West-Riding attended the meeting . A number of the fair sex from Keighley , Halifax , &c ., wereprestnt—they appeared deeply interested in the labours of the day . ^

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      York on the day of Mr . . O'Connor's liberation . The second will be held at Leeds the day following . Some time in the ensuing week Mr . O'Connor will probably &" ~ ¥ JZ v" * * rt' ^? U ! d Ji " ^ fa * & likelihood Saturday , Not . 20 th , -will be the fia , « . « .. Manchester Demonstration . We have not fixed the dates of thesti < x > ove —~* meetings ; we have simply enumerated the order in which they shall be held , ii will be for the Council or Committee of each locality to make arrangements with the patriots as to the date of their visit . Brother Chartists , —We appeal to you to be up and doing ; long enough , too long , have we submitted to oppression ' s rod—martyrs have perished on the scaffold —philanthropists have dragged the exile's chainpatriots have pined in tbe loathsome cell , too long— 'tis time we did our duty— 'Us time we rallied round our

      leaders , and , strengthening their hands , enable tbem to put an end to the present unrighteous system . Friends and Fellow Countrymen , we implore you to remember the wrongs of those who have suffered , and are suffering in your cause . Welcome in your thousands , and tens of thousands , those patriots who will shortly be among you . At . the same time , ( orget not those whoso sufferings are destined for a longer period—cotae to their help at once—pour your petitions into the House of Commons about to assemble , demanding a cessation of the hellish cruelties inflicted upon your brethren . Last , not least , prepare for the struggle of 1842—prepare by extending your organization , and

      giving to the Executive on efficient support Let zeal be combined with prudence . Let energy be united with wisdom . Let unalterable determination characterize all your proceedings—show to your oppressors that you are sternly resolved to obtain your rightsprove it by your numbers in union . Then will the patriot not have suffered in vain . Then , with the blessing of God , will you establish your liberties , and posterity shall honour the men who successfully straggled for England ' s redemption . Signed , on behalf of the delegates , Edward Clayton , Chairman . George Julian Harnev , Sec .

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      ADDRESS FROM THE OPERATVE STONE MASOXS IN LONDON , MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTIST ASSOCIATION , TO THE TRADE-UNIONS IN LONDON . Brothers in Bondagk , —We appeal to yon with confidence on a subject of more importance to the welfare of our ordor than any that has engrossed our attention since the day we first dared so far to assume the rights of men as to think for ourselves . We have been now engaged for a number of years , in battling with a monster , which , although we have at times rendered powerless , yet have we not been able to conquer . Fellow men , we adopted the system of Trades' Unions in tbe full hope that by th / ik means we could defend ourselves agtiinst the ferocious monster , capital , who is at all times eager to appease his greedy appetite upon the very miseries of the sons of industry . From Trades' Unions- wo have derived many , very many

      benefits ; and aa we have found from them a protection for the past , let us ase them as palliatives for tbe future , until such time aa we can render them useless by removing the cause of their existence . Fellow men , to accomplish that most desirable object is our reason for addressing yon at present . Having duly considered the address of eighteen of our own trade , who earned the People ' s Petition to th « House of Commons , on the 2 » th of May last , wo ba-ve adopted ita objects in all their bearings . We have formed ourselves into a Chartist Association to act in strict accordauce . with the rules laid down by the Executive of the National Charter Association of Great Britain and Ireland , and we now call upon you , tho tirades of London , to embark with us in the sacred cause of human regeneration , by adopting a similar course , in oider that by our united exertions we may establish tbe Peopl e s Charter as the law of this country .

      We deem it almost superfluous to expatiate upon the principles of tbe People ' s Charter , being aware that the principles contained in that document are all but universally known amongst the working classes generally ; but iu order that our intentions may not be misconstrued either by the ignorant ot the self-interested , we beg leave to give a few of our reasons for adopting tbe leading principles of the Chatter ; and first , Universal Suffrage . We demand Universal Suffrage in order that the whole people may be able to gi » e practical effect to their wishta in framing tha laws they are called upon to

      obey . We dtsmaud tbat the working man shall be consulted in the institutions of his country , as well as the useles * and profligate lord , or the fraudulent and scheming pront-monger . Wa demand that those who raise all the food , make all the clothes , build ail the ships- and houses , construct all the canals and railways , work all the miuea , collieries , turbaries , and fisheries , vho , iu addition to all tliese worts , tight all the battles of ova country , shall be the foundation of all authority , as they are actually the foundation of all power : and we \ uitie » itntingly declare , the man who wishes anything contrary to this to bu an unprincipled and dishonest UlilU .

      Ho who would give a vile falsifying attorney , or an unprincipled swindling ptutit-uujnger ft vote , and keep it iroiu an honest tailor , shoemaker , smith , mason , carpenter , &c , is a scoundrel , and ought to be looked upoa as such by all honest men . The man who , by a property qualification , would disfranchise nearly all men that are sound , trustworthy , aud really valuable iu tho country , is a being for whom no epithet can be too harsh—n < - > puuishiuent too s ( i » eie . If any man doubt this , ltt him only abandon prejudice , and look with an impartial eye at the constitution oi England , as it al preseut exista , in which , by virtue of property qualifications , the upper and iuiddle classes , as they aro termed , are armed with an unlimited power

      of murder and robbery uvcv the rust of the population . No animal in creation , wild or domesticated , ia half bo miserable as the so-called upper and middle classes have rendered the working people of this country from birth to death . They are cither the victims of want or the victims of overpowering toil . There may be solitary txjeptions , but the general vule is certainly as stated . So long as th » profit-mongers cangetaproflt out of us , they make us work like galley-slaves , and call it giving us employment , aud for which they say we ought to b « th-. ioktul ; but when no profit is to be derived from our labour , they turn us off to starve with as little ceremony as a publican would turn out a penuiless sot at midnight .

      Would this be our condition if we had a power over the laud aud circulating medium of our country ? Would this ba the case if we had a power to raise food for ourselves , and sell the surplus prouuee of our own industry ?—a power , in short , to make the laws and insticutious by whic ' u our employment or nonemployment is determined , and by which the proceeds of our skiil and labouv are distributed . They ajay din our ears with corn monopoly aud non-monopoly , but what difference is it to us whether com is cheap or dear , so long as We aro neither suffered to raise it nor given tho means to buy it ? They may talk about the Wings being opposed to the Tories , aud the Tories to the Whigs , and ¦ while both factions pretend that it is our interest they have at heart , th-j villaius are perfectly agreed upon

      one point , a ;; d that is , that we shall have nothing to say in the arrangement of our affairs ourselves ; on this point the plunderers nre perfectly unanimous , knowing well , that had we the power , the fruits of our industry would at all times be administered to the wants of our fellow-men , rather than to the fcuperfiuous use of royal dogs and horses . Fellow men , knowing these to be mere items of the abuses under which we labour , let us unite as men determined no longer to submit to the usurpation of the plundering crew . Remember , they only hold it by the right of usurpation , and any class ot men holding a certain amount of property can havo no more natural right to

      uonuueer and oppress than any other class of men would have , bad they strength on their side to wrench it from those classes , and use it for their own particular interest ; but , in conclusion , let it not be our determination to deprive any man ot set of men of tbeir rights , but establish our own , for which purpose let us , as before stated , unite as one man , to cause the Peopled Charter to become the law of this country , in which cause you will find none more ready to co-operate than the operative etone masons . Alexander Wilson , Chairman , pro tern . Asscciation-rooin , Craven Head , Drury-lane , August 10 th , 1841 .

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      ten and watermen , £ 400 ; comptroller of accounts 4 c , £ 3 : 110 ; governor of Windsor Castle and depuCT ditto , £ 1 , 293 ; retired pensions , j £ 7 , 656 . Details of the Master of the Horse ' s Establishment . —Master of the horse , £ 2 , 500 per annnm ; chief equerry and clerk-marshal ! , £ 1 , 000 ; foot equerries , £ 3 , » ut >; tutu-page * of honour , £ 460 ; secretary , clerks of stables in London , Windsor , and Bri ghton , £ 1 , 590 ; inspector an 4 veterinary surgeon , £ 600-equerry of crown stables , £ 4 * 5 ; master of the buck hounds , £ 1 , 700 ; coachmen , postlliona , &c ,, £ 12 , 563-retired allowances , £ 2 , 766 . '

      Details of the lord Steward ' s Establish-MENT . ^ Tae lord steward , £ 2 , 000 per annum ; treasure £ fl » 4 ; comptroller , £ 904 . ; master of the household £ 1 , 158 ; secretary , paymaster of the household , clerk ' &C £ 2 , 920 ; ranger of Windsor home park , £ 590 ( iis Royal Highness Prince Albert ); domestic servants cooks , &c , £ 9 , 938 ; knight marshal , marshalmen , and expences of the Marshalsea Prison , £ 1 , 824 ; Cham ] Royal , chaplain at St James ' s , Whitehall chapel , and Lutheran chapel , £ 3 , 535 ; allowance in lien of ' table money , £ 1 , 676 ; superannuations , bounties , and retired allowances , £ 6 , 365 .

      Expenditure of the lord Steward of the boyae Household fob 1840 . —Bread , £ 2 , 350 ; butter , bacon , cheese , and eggs , £ 5 , 150 ; milk and cream , £ 1 , 500 ; butchers' meat , £ 10 , 000 ; poultry , £ 4 , 250-fish , £ 2 , 180 ; grocery , £ 5 , 000 ; oilery , 1 , 850 ; fruit and confectionary , £ 1 , 980 ; vegetables , £ 520 ; wine , £ 5 , 250 liquors , &c , £ 2 , 000 ; ale and beer , £ 3 , 000 ; wax-canl dies , £ 2 , 150 ; tallow-candles , £ 750 ; lamps , 4 , 950 - fuel , £ 6 , 880 ; stationery , £ 870 ; turnery , £ 400 ; brv ziery , £ 950 ; china , glass , &c £ 1 , 576 ; linen , £ 1 , 998 washing of table and other linen , £ 3 , 250 ; plate , £ 355 ! Total annual expenditure of the royal household ' £ 69 , 765 . '

      Salaries to Ambassadors at Foreign Courts . —Ambassadors ; France , £ 10 , 000 per annum ; Russia £ 1 , 376 16 s . 5 d . ; Austria , £ 9 , 900 ; Ottoman Porte , £ 7 , 000 . Envoys and Ministers : Spain . £ 5 , 750 ; Pru * sia , £ 4 , 124 15 s . 7 d . ; America , £ 5 , 0 « 0 ; Two Sicilies , £ 3 , 757 2 s . 10 . ; Portugal , £ 3 , 658 ; Brazil , £ 3 , 010 . Envoys Extraordinary : Holland , £ 4100 ; Belgium £ 4 , 000 ; Sweden , £ 2 , 271 19 s . 5 d . ; Denmark , £ 3 , 140 ; Bavaria , £ 4 , 0 » 0 ; Sardinia , £ 4 , 10 »; Wurtemberg , £ 2 . 000 Is . 2 d . Ministers Plenipotentiary : Frankfort , £ 2 , 960 83 . per annum ; Hanover , £ 1 , 457 2 a . 10 d . Saxony , £ 2 , 188 7 a . Id . ; Tuscany , £ 1 , 948 7 s . ; Swiaa Cantons , £ 2 , 366 ; Greece , £ 2 , 800 ; Mexico , £ 2 , 200 ; Columbia , £ 3 , 100 ; Buenos Ayres , £ 3 , 300 4 s . Charge de Affaires : Florence , 246 ; La Gaayra , £ 365 ; Rio de

      Janeiro , first attache , £ 1 , 002 ; Bogota , ditto , £ 8 12 s . 5 d . ; Peru , ditto , £ 188 03 . 8 d . Total salaries of ambassadors , secretaries , attaches , &c £ 129 , 398 12 a . 8 d . per annum , Consuls abroad : The annual salaries of consuls abroad is £ 103 , 618 . —Pensions to ambassadors who served tinder the Tory administration , some only for a few months , £ 182 , » 28 123 . per annum , amounting to thirty three in number , of which five receive £ 2 , 058 each , viz .,. Sir Robert Adair , the Right Hon . Charles Arbuthnot , Lord St Helens , Lord Straagford , and Lord Stuart de Rothsay ; six , £ 1 , 786 each . Earl Cathcart , Lord Cowley , Earl Elgin , Sir Gore Oiiaeley , Sir C . H * . Thornton , and Sir Arthur Paget ; two , £ 1 , 700 hoii Heytesbary and Sir Charles Bagot ; three , £ 1 , 516 ; one , £ 1 , 336 ; four , £ 1 , 300 ; six , £ 1 , 066 ; the remainder

      receive from £ 300 , £ 88 « , £ 706 , £ 550 , £ 436 , and £ 300 each , fo ; having opposed the liberties of the people of this country and general freedom abroad . Pickings of the church out of trjb People's Pockets . —The number of parishes in England and Wales is 14 , 482 . There are sixty-two rectories , sinecures , whose net revenue amounts to £ 17 , 095 ; net income of collegiate churches , £ 208 , 289 ; net Income of dignitaries and other spiritual persons , £ 66-, 465 . Total number of benefices , 10 , 550 ; net revenue of benefices £ 3 , 004 , 721 . Total numb * of benefices attached to other preferments , exclusive of those above , £ l » , 718 . Net revenue , £ 3 , 05 & , 450 . Curates employed by nonresidents , 4 , 224 ; annual stipends , 337 , 620 . ' Toby Spiritual Peers taxed on the Natiok . —Archbishop of Canterbury , £ 19 , 182 per annum ; Archbishop of York , £ 12 , 629 ; Bishop of Asapb ,

      £ 6 , 301 ; Bishop of Bongor , £ 4 , 464 ; Bishop of Bath and Wells , £ 5 , 916 ; Bishop of Bristol , £ 2 , 351 ; Bishop of Carlisle , £ 2 , 213 ; Bishop of Cashel , £ 3 , 276 ; Bishop of Chichester , £ 4 , 229- ^ Bishop of St . Da-vid ' s , £ 1 , 897 ; Bishop of Durham , £ l » , 066 ; Bishop of Ely , £ 11 , 105 ; Bishop of Exeter , £ 2 , 613 ; Bishop of Gloucester , £ 2 , 282 ; Bishop of Hereford , £ 2 , 516 ; Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry , £ 3 , 920 ; Bishop of Lincoln , £ 4 , 542 ; Bishop of Llandaff , £ 924 ; Bishop of London , £ 13 , 925 ; Bishop of Norwich , £ 5 ., 3 » 2 ; Bishop of Oxford , £ 2 , 648 ; Bishop of Peterborough , £ 3 , 108 ; Bishop of Rochester , £ 1 , 159 ; Bishop of Salisbary , £ 3 , 939 ; Bishop of Sodor and Man , £ 3 , 555 ; Bishop of Winchester , £ 11 , 151 ; Bishop of Worcester , £ 6 , 596 . Total annual amount received by the bishops , £ l , ISO , 292 . Total amount of the revenues of the establisLed clinrch , from vaTkms pickings , £ 9 , 450 . 585 .

      Tort Pension List The annual amount of pensions to protegees of the Tory clique is £ 130 , 638 Is . 6 d . Pans ions aud sums received by his Grace the Duke of Wellington , £ 4 . 000 per annum ; also , by 53 Gee-. III ., c , 4 . £ 100 , 000 ; amended by 53 and 54 Geo . III ., an annuity of £ 13 , 000 , or £ 400 , 000 ; also , by S 3 Geo . III ., clSSi £ 200 , 000 ^ as constable of the Tower of London , £ 950 per annum , and patronage ; as culonel of the rifle brigade , £ 238 ; as colonel of 1 st grenadier regimeufc of foot guards , £ 2 , 695 ; as lord warden of the cinque ports , £ 474 , 10 a . per annum patronage , and Waliner castle . Salaries aud Exigences of both Houses 01 Parliament , £ " 7 , 000 per annum ; treasury , £ 40 , 0 * 0 ; secretary of state for the home department , £ 30 . 060 ; foreign offices , ditto , £ 87 , 006 ; colonies , ditto , £ 87 , 000 ; privy council and board of trade , £ 24 , ( 00 ; paymaster general , £ 36 , 000 ; commissioners of poor laws , £ 65 , 080 pur annum .

      P . S . There are two ex- ! ord chancellors receiving an annual pension of £ 5 , 000 , Lord Brougham and Lord Lyndhurst ; and two ex speakers of the House of Commons , Lord Canterbury and Kigbt Honourable Jama Abercromby , £ 5 , » 00 . Weekly Chronicle . „ . ^ fc . ., ,,, ^^ . ^^^ - - *

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      The Livebt of London fob 1841-2 . —The following statement exhibits the number of liverymen in the city of London belonging to each company , as also the aggregate number who « c qualified as such to vote for members of Parliament to represent the aaid city : —Armourers and brazieri ! , 73 ; apothecaries , 26 ; barbers , 116 ; baker ? , 225 : basket-makers , 6 ; blacksmiths , 94 ; bowyers , 47 ; brewere , 46 ; brodereurs , 28 ; butchers , 163 ; carpenters , 111 ; clockmaiers , 99 ; clothworkers , 123 ; coach and coach harness makers , 66 ; combmakers , 15 ; cordwainers , 97 ; coopers , 239 ; cooks , 136 curriers , 98 ; cutler , 91 ; distillers , 38 ; dyers , 282 ; dyers , 117 ; fanrcakers , 19 ; farriers , 80 ; feltmongers , 83 ; fishmongers 5 217 ; fletchere , 18 , framework knitters , U ; fruiterers , 41 ; founders , 70 ; glass sollera , 58

      ; girdlers , , 8 ; glaeiers , 57 ; glovers , 119 ; goldemiihs , 151 ; gold and silver wire-drawers , 48 ; gunmakers , 29 ; haberdashers , 368 ; innholders , 307 ; ironmongers , 78 ; joiners , 116 ; leatherseUers , 106 ; lormers , 234 ; playing-card makers , 68 ; merchant tailors , 236 ; mercers , 77 , masons , 42 ; musicians , 72 ; needlamakers , 332 ; patternmakers , 115 ; painters and stainers , 111 ; pewterers , 64 ; plasterers , 26 ; plumbers , 50 ; poulterers , 28 ; saddlers , 60 ; salters 131 ; scriveners , 35 ; shipwrights , 91 ; silk throwsters , 7 ; fkinners , 125 ; spectacle makers , 81 ; stationers , 381 ; tallow chandlers , 117 ; tin-plateworkers , 43 ; turners , 63 ; tilers and plasterers , 108 ; vintners , 282 ; upholsterers , 86 ; wax chandlers , 68 ; weavers , 86 ; wheelwrights , 117 ; woolmen , 17—total , 7 , 782 . N . B . A gTcat number of citizens have taken up their livery during the present year .

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      ADDRESS TO THE CHARTISTS OF YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE .

      Friends and Fellow Couktryhen , —Assembled to take measures necessary for the reception of the patriots who , about to emerge from tyranny ' s cells , have proved , by tbeir unflinching devotion to the people ' s cause , how vain have been the efforts to crush them by torture and th » chain , we briefly address you upon the topics that have engaged our attention . Some misunderstanding appears to have existed in the winds of our Oldham friends as to the objects of our meeting . We met not to thwart the Executive Council , but to assist that talented and patriotic body . In the report of our proceedings thi » day , it-will be seen that while we have respectfully suggested certain things to the Executive , we have ordered nothing it may be their duty to command .

      Again , we must set the men of Oldham right with respect to " county demonstrations . " Nothing of the sort was contemplated by those -who suggested the meeting , and called the delegates together ; nothing of the sort has been proposed by us . The preservation of harmony and unity in the ranks of our patty has been the object of our meeting ; we trust our exertions will not prove fruitless . It will be seen that the first of a series of popular demonstrations , or meetings , is arranged to be held at

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      LIST OF THE ANNUAL SUMS TO HER MAJESTY AND OFFICERS OF STATE , AMBAS&ADOKS . BISHOPS , &c , IMPOSED

      ON THE PEOPLE . As a change of Ministry is now certain , a list of the salaries granted to her Majesty ' s household , foreign ambassodors , &c ., in which establishments a change also takes place with the Administration , and shows the good pickings of office , will no doubt be read with interest—Her Majesty ' s privy purse , £ 60 , 000 per annum , his Royal Highness Prince Albert , £ 30 , 000 per annum ; salaries of the great officers of the household , and officers of state , and of the establishments of the 'various departments of the household , including retired and super-aunuation allowances to old servants iu those departments , £ 131 , 260 ; expenses of the household in the departments of the lord chamberlain , lord steward , master of the horse , and master of tbe robs s , £ 172 , 500 ; royal bounties and charities , and special service , &c , , £ 23 , 200 ; pensions , £ 75 , 000 ; unappropriated money , £ 8 , 040 . Total , £ 500 , 000 per annum .

      Details op the Establishment of the Lord Cham uerl . un . —Lord Chamberlain , £ 2 , 000 per annum ! vice-chamberlain , £ 924 ; eight lords in waiting , £ 5 , « 16 ; eight giooms in waiting , £ 2 , 685 ; first lady of the bedchamber , £ 500 ; seven ladies ditto , £ 3 , 500 ; eight maids of honour , £ 2 , 400 ; eight bedchamber women , £ 2 , 400 ; corps of gentlemen-at-arms , £ 5 129 ; corps of yeomen of the guard , £ 7 , 100 ; ordtr of the garter , £ 502 ; order of the bath , £ 419 ; kiugs and heralds-at-arms , £ 356 ; sergeants-at-arms and offisers of ceremonies , £ 1 , 556 ; chaplains at Windsor , Kensington , Brighton , and preachers at Whitehall , £ 1 / 236 ; medical establishment for her Majesty and the royal household , £ 2 , 705 ; gentlemen ushers , grooms , pages , &c £ 7 , 570 ; masters of music and band , £ 1 , 916 ; officers caving charge of firniture , < fcc , £ 5 , 800 ; surveyor of pictures , tuy , £ 162 : barceoms

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      MILITARY EXECUTION . We have received the following letter , dated Gibraltar , 29 th July , 1841 , from a soldier : — " Being aware that a military execution has in it something awfully impressive , I therefore send you an imperfect account of one which took place in this garrison . About half-past three o ' clock on the morning of the 23 rd instant , the troops in garrison were marched from their respective bairacks to the neutral ground , to witness the last act of the law being carried into effect upon the person of a private of the 7 th Fusiliers , for the wilful murder of a young woman , a servant of the officers' mess , to whom he had beenipayin ^ his addresses , aud at one time had

      been favourably received , but latterly she had rejected his overtures and given preference to another young man of the band . Hence the fatal act . Ea ^ h regiment and corps formed close column upon the front division , the whole formed three sides of a square , the temporary gallows occupying the fourth . Colonel Sir C . Smith , Royal Engineers , adorned with military honours , and staff , soon after rode into the square , the prisoner following in a sick waggon , strongly guarded . The words " Attention , " . and " Shoulder Arms , " having been eiven , the prisoner standing uncovered , the Town Major , in an impressive manner , read the minutes of the Courtmartial , which were as follow , viz .:

      —At A General Court-martial held at Gibraltar , on Saturday , the 17 th day of July , 1841 , and continued by adjournments until Monday , the I 9 th day of July , 1841 , private Robert Gartou ( No . 1388 ) , of the 7 th or Royal Fusiliers , was arraigned upon the following charge , viz . —For having , at Gibraltar , on or about the morning of tbe 5 th July , 1841 , feloniously , wilfully , and with malice aforethought , stabbed with a knife , Elizi Kelly , a female servant , employed at the mess-house of the 7 tn or Royal Fusiliers , thereby inflicting a mortal wound , of which she , the said Eliza Kelly , died on the lOtb

      of the same month . The Court having matnrely weighed and deliberated upon the evidence produced before them , are of opinion that the prisoner , Robert Oarton , (> o . 1388 ) of the 7 th , or Royal Fusiliers , is guilty of the charge preferred against him ; and they do therefore sentence him , private Robert Garton , of the 7 th , or Royal Fusiliers , to be hanged by the nock till be be dead , at such time and place as his Excellency , the Lisutenant-Generai , Sir Alexander Woodford , K-C . R , and C . M . G ., Governor of Gibraltar , shall appoint ( Signed ) J . Carter , Col . and President .

      The unhappy man then passed in front of the troops , the Fusilier band playing the Dead March . This was a very affecting part of the proceedings , and local circumstances rendered it peculiarly so . There was be , in company with tho garrison chaplain , keeping step to the beautiful but melancholy strains of musioj which were reverberated from the contiguous mountains , the glorious orb of day rising , as it were , out of the bosom of the Mediterranean Sea , dispensing gladness to a happy world ; but , alas ! bringing certain death to this truly infatuated and miserable young man ; the grave yard just immediately behindi in which rest so many of our brave countrymen , ana in which the material part of himself was soon to » e laid . The enormity of his crime was forgotten , pity

      alone was depicted in every countenance , and 1 oo believe every person present would have been g l ^ i had justice been satisfied short of death . A ciyii execution has something coarse and brutal in it compared to a military , although they are both alike in the end . The prisoner having again come to tne centre , the Town Major read the warrant for hia execution . He ascendea the platform with considerable fortitude , placing himself upon the drop , the chaplain kneeling in prayer . The satellites of the Provost Martial adjusted the rope and drew » cap over nia face . Upon a signal from the front being given , tne Jcev was knocked out . the droo fell , » nd the worio

      with all its pleasures and pains closed upon bio » r ever . He hung for about a minute without showing the least sign of volition , struggled fora minute or two afterwards , and then gently vibrated in tne morning bretze . After the body had hung foi » o ° ?» three quarters of an hour , it was cut down and law upon the lid of the coffin , with the faco nncoverea from the right in singlo rank , arms reversed , ban *™ playing the Dead March , we passed ^ t in slow tim * which took above an hour . We were then mir ? ° : " home , tired enough you may be sur

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      6 THE NORTHIRK STA 1 ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 21, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1123/page/6/