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      HASMOirr HALL . LET 1 £ S TL 10 XHB EDITOB OP THE JfOBTH £ B 3 S 2 JLB . 5 rR , —la my l * ^ ^ £ tter I stated that I tronld lay wa ^ yi mrresa ' ezs t&e outline of em Organization which amIo ** cap * 115 of speedily « shibifing the power & 1 Slp& . plB 0 I ) ^ a ^^^ qoEstion , to an extent , that jtiJtiivm the tide of public opinion , now setting in lLjj tie necessity of some kind of colonizstion ieing *^ ted . to the unpexior advantages of home colonies ^ _

      \ ajthose -wiiich » ay be established "by emigration . ° By Tonr p 3 per of to-day , I am glad to see that this ¦ WA is Doi 0 I ^ y * ° ' Tece ^ Te ^ r- O'Connor ' s powerful * * d ? id a ktJ 65 ° * Otters , "which I look forward to fSl > jnuch pleasure , bnt also of receiving the atten-« ob el many oajer enligntentJed" friends of hnmanitv . There is ons laafling principle of Inestimable value , ram glyj that union is strength ; and in nothing ia nnioD , nullity , ' ' bo much required , as in directing the ^ iraa aod energies of the people , to those objects

      which Si 811 secure at tee earnest moment it is prac-K-jae , the cordial union and « o-operation of all , who iSri the removal of vice , crime , and misery from smsng mea , for ine purpose of -effecting their object It will oe of little importance whose plan shall be - rated , provided we have perfect freedom of famjrj into every sngjesfi § n of importance ; the Erne will Stanch better spent in such inquiry , than in acting Mohasty or ill-digested schemes , which wh « n applitd Sl jaetiee ** H * be ^ onn ^ Inadequate to the production rfSewiriUantidpatedfrom them . It will , I tnioX be agreed by all parties , that one fan and adequate colony , placed in operation on a selfsmrorting ^ asai that will shew that it i » capable of i Growing lh B condition of every individual who shall fetaOTiM-wiO ^^ 181 ^ 81 ol giTHif Permanent bene-SsjCTp loyiDent to those who compose it ; and a ^™ a taactical education to every child , on terms of

      Zm&& equality for ali ox them ; and these combined ?«* sneh reereation and amusement as shall be neces-« r to « 5 re a zast and cheerfulness to their occupation , rmoliafl » t this moment to stimulate the attention of Sf ^ piSaiistei , ana to induce them to seek xucb . an snTesbsent as Ehall procure for them a return not now ^ £ ~ He , Dat by the wildest and moat hazardous yfl ^ jsbfuue , it is the duty of all who desire to lead - -TOjfciiig classes through their present low and Jwr&aed postion to cm of superior comfert and eajoy-^^^^ tolc « no time & *^ estabUahaieiit of one such colony as a nucleus irom which any number may nffiste as rapidly as the public stall provide the means jostaHidsiBl thens . »©

      , ± m I siated in mJ former letter ¦ have now prac-HaHT estabEsoed the meral fact that men can live together with one common interest , in peace and har iraBy . We hare also proved that * ueh a icode of gringinstead of bang dnll , tiresome , and mondt * noas , » same pre-Mgued it would be , is a life of exciting and ^ muliSng activity ; that the persons so associated are iSmnlated by more than ordinary industry ; and that eicii day tends to give them a much clearer conception rf whst they have undertaken , and consequently greater paver and ahQity to perform it Tf union be strength anywhere , it wil ] be in bringing

      together under one common tie , the whole human fjsilly , and this may now gradually , but rapidly be dons . All that is wanting is the discernment-on the p&rt of the people generally that all interests are truly jaeniiaed , ana jw soon as this is seen , the practical steps sre dear , plain , sad simple . Whilst , however , we can be contest with pursuing , I will not say personal inierats , but anything short ef universal ones , we shall be msting fiat time and energy , whiehiif directed to the saSn . object , mQ sot fsH to Mcompfiih what all will Koa desire .

      "What I would then propose to the Chartist body , and sore especially to their leaders , is , that as many of gtgffl as possible should , % \ the earQert period they gin , Tini ISj place , and ascertain for themselves what we sn really doing , and how fat oux members as a bedy jre E ^ irSed and have confidence or the reverse . I am She more -desirous that they should do this , as the Congress of the national Society is now fast approaching tit ji to bt held here on . * K * XOth . of the ensuing msnthj

      aaS ii this Congress we should be glad to hear how far a otherwise our Chartist Friends are satisfied with lint we are doing . If they shall report that colonies cfimiied interests are easDy practicable , and that they will compete with any plan of business now in existence as a means fox tmploying capital , then 1 believe Shoe win be f osnd among the working classes alone , if it should be required , all the money that will be lequisiB , to fairly establish the one full and adequate Colony , to which I have referred .

      It was stated in your paper a iew weeks since that Sis CaarSst body alone could readily raise among themselves , -without inconvenience , one million of pence weekly ; and this was intended as a donation rather j > r" » a sum for permanent secure investment liave no doubt that if the minds of dU . the icorking dosses can be aroused to a sense of the importance of toil matter to them , not only that this sum , but one jnsny times larger , may be soon placed in the lands of any body of men in wkom they hate full yyifia ^ mw , that they will vpplj it ~< rith judgment and cacreSon te the ebjecta for which it is forwarded . Xakbgior granted , for the moment , what I have little fewl * but serious-investigation would confirm , that the

      psseswbocame here to examine our position , were to be 'gtfoS'tf * that it woald prove lugily remunerstiv * , in proportion as it should be extended , a 'very much less sm than what 1 have named would enable us to proceed on tfee work with a vigour and energy that would iskjriish all yanVw and classes throughout the stated Zrea&swe are now situated , & eompaiatively small tear , in opposition to many of the prejudices of every as sect , and party , held together by principles which laTe'betn not only vilifitd and abused by out enemies , bs * which even some of oar professed friends have baa unable to set upon ; principles which allow of the BMtperfesifreedom of thought , of expression , and of v&xi , but principles which will prevent any true

      discplt of them from obtaining the popularity of the Eumcit by bending in the slightest manner to the pqadlees and ignorance which they contemn ; princigaf * iicn have b 3 tt » erto let * theii followers exposed to JB the ridicule which minds incapable of conceiving gSBiand enlarged truths can so liberally heap npon those' who , for a time , stand above public opinion ; BfoSftntaMing all these disadvantages , we are doing more daDy snd weekly is sound practical measures of H 5 ef than ill other parties combined . We haTe lirtady many hundred acres of land on leases of such fet ^ asj to be quite equal to freehold ; we have a buildas | capable of euntaining a nucleus of mind for the

      onjing fonrard the organization folly adequate *> &e Direct to be secured , and what is of still vi &a Tslne , -sre have already so far associated ffia nucbas , &at a greater unity ef mind and devotion a purpose exists among us , than has ever done among "y bpfly » f people bef ^ ei © . associated lor any ofcject or P " !*** . WithUnsland we are prepared to unite as apffl ? aa prtiper circaajstances can be provided lot H-jem , a population equal to the number » f zcrea w * MTem occnpition ; and , from the manner in which we fiSTe conducted ourselves as tenants up to tiis period , tk hsre no feat but Oat -we may TesfiSly haVB any fcraier qasaUty of land that we shall require .

      D the ffijin body of the Chartists are disposed to join ni rais naiicnisQ organi ^ tion , on a purely nnsectarisn khj , xlbTriEg egaai m > eitj of thought , feeling , and etum to every individnal ; and trm show tbeir readi-^ i calmly ani serioiuly to discuss and explain bU P ^ rfQifierei-cs , wia theTiew of adopting such a ««* w shall appear most practical aid straightfor « Mto theaccoEjpiishment of the object we all seek—^ MiJ . the eatli ^ t possesaon of the land—there can « sa fioabt but they will soon be enabled by their « afc « to obtain the assistance and eo-operation of all ™ "sr parties . yoo ihe the

      ^^ outline of organ ' jition of which jj J ** » " » hich , in accordance with the suggestion eon-^ w a a le ading ai « ele inserted in your paper of ?* £ )> I should wish to see considered ana amenaetl by rf ^ ffiOB of others being brought to bear npon the « ae sabject , I would propose that a society be formed , S ~ *•» "friendly Societies Act , " whose declared ^ j WssonU be to e 4 ucate and employ the people by ^ saag aem in Home Colonies of "United Interesta . r f ^ w ^ x ^ ety should consist of a centre , composed fifl * 8 Ow » , Tiaa&entin aU parts of the United King-^« n » aed in boeks kept at the orSce of the Central r * f « . ana each paying one pound or npwardB annually ~ * adfand . a * J ®^ branches composed of members enroll ed in 8 fcbanV ^^ cum P os&a oi EiemDers enroueo in OBe

      .-ar J ™ ? ™ ^ 8 branch to -which they are attached , LW ^^ V *™* ^^ awards weekly , to the rrf ™ . in addition to any local chafes that may j T *** 1 ? to defray the expences of the branch . ii ^*^* * ° ^^ OT ^^ aiade € Ten Powwk should jJT ^ * tbe credit of the individuals paying them , n J ^^ Jnterert as , in the epinion of the dele-^« eaioled periodkally in Congress , shall be « omd-^« ewisistent TriOi the interests of the society ana * ^ - ^ lamessubsenbmg . jftaSr ¦ Preserve eonsiBtenry and unity in all the ¦ ai t oltZ ! . web * « ety it should T » placed nndeT T ^ S !^ ait of a President and a Central Board of ^^^ wbo shoold be located on the land of the first ^ r f « T ^ T ^ ey ^ y aeqnire that pnicttral knowaetto ^ lz ^ * the proceedings necessary to eor-^ sdadf ^ 1 ^ 1 Aonia » tain M « office « j long as he w !«« tae ^ Ssbs lo the « atisfectton of aeaociety ;

      ^ ntojTvT diss&aj ^ ction , the Congres * to hate aa ^ j . J ^} ™** appointmsit , and to call a spedal ^ tori ^ , *^ " ^ to consider the necessity of this Wtf ? ^ V ^ Jonty may 4 eem it necessary . l ^^ «™ dbe one or more Trea « are » ana Anditow , U ^ Sj ^ toal Board of Directon . ^ 9 * Cm «^ ° **** B ?***? Aiovid . also be elected jy ^ r | f ' " ^ be persons ef high moral worth . fci ^ ija ^ rr * bedy of Central Officers , a good active *** « St 5 aftV ° diaeminai « tfce objects « ontemplated , fiao ^^* " ^ eJ-orgamzad branebes , in tictire operation ^ Wn ^ T * ^^ ^^ breadth of tt » land , all ** sSiedMA ° " ^^ tMs ^^^ e- » power jnay soon J 6 * kaaU m * v ^ ^ eK ias never yet existed , and these * e ^ -hs £ u mbe'btoag ~ st' **> & * iber without one mo-^ n ^ Sr ^ ' *** *** " ^ e ** ^ !*«» l ^ ajS-23 ? K , ai 5 « ™ l *! cto ^^ ected with this « ^™ o J -sfcdi ftrquire » tre&t oftut I imj

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      that I have already occ ^> r © d usnsal tpace I allot i o tkese Mlera , and I will therefore break off for the pr ' tsent and resume the subject in my next I am , Sir , Your obedient servant , William Galpih . Harmony Hall , Hants , April 15 , 1843 .

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      TO THE MEMBERS OF THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND . " Hereditary bondsmen know ye not , Who would be free , themselves must strike the blow ?" Isishmejj , —In my letter of the 25 th nit , I endeavoured to point ont the absurdity of your aiming to Rtrike a " blow" tot liberty in alliance with the Whigs , and at the same time set before you the document of the People ' s Charter , as the only tffident remedy for all your political grievances . I itare again taken up the words of my former text , and trust that my bumble efforts to assisl you in striking that essential " blow which is to dethrone tyranny , and establish justice and happiness amongst you , may not be altogether fruitless . Honesty of intention and consistency of principle are

      the-mast admirable qualities political men or parties can possibly possess . Without the first , a nation ' s energies may be so improperly directed that , instead of obtaining the object sought for , it may not only be retarded , but an accumulation of evils may be prodnced by the very means used to diminish them : ¦ whilst ¦ sritnont the second , the energies of a people , although ever so well directed , will most certainly fail to prodnce favourable results . We kave seen how far inconsistency on the part of yonr leader has injured the prospects of Ireland , and blighted the ensanguined hopes of thousands -who lived but for the union ; and I had begnn to examine the honesty of intention evinced by the ulterior measure Chartists , who exclude from their meetings ion their leaders duriij men who are xnown professors of his leadership ' s admitted principles . My last words were " the Whigs would , like the Orangemen , ratner

      tnan assist you to build up your political temple , sooner pull it down , and bury you in the ruins . " I now repeat it . There ij no hope , no mercy , no friendship , no benefit to be derived from such an unholy alliance And yet , with tbjs glaring truth before your eyes , I find it , as an Lt-iilunan , to be my duty , after so many years of sad experience to warn you of yonr danger , to open if I can , your eyes to your folly and your ears to truth , and 1 trust your heart * to conviction . Althongh "A Known Chartist '' is not admitted into the xmtiian scuidontm of yonr multifarious named Wnigling Household , Manhood , Complete Suffrage , humbug assemblies , Btill the words of * ' Known Chartists , " and ** Enemie ' s to Political Dishonesty , " will reach you even within yonr bolts and bars , and will ultimately , aided Vy trnth , and strengthened by the mighty moral voice of the millions , plant the standard of liberty , "the Charter , name and all , " on yonr very platform * .

      Irishmen , I know yon are sensible and capable of jndging fairly betwixt right and wrong ; allow me , therefore , to put a case in point . Suppose a parish in Ireland , say by -way of distinction , the parish of Iveragli , " •» infested with a gang o ! honBebreakera , and pickpockets , and , that the inhabitants were , from their peculiar circumstances , unable to defend themselves from the attack of the plunderers , and obliged to submit to be robbed and ill-treaUd , -whenever they had anything to lose . Suppose things te be in this sUte , the inhabitants hold a council amongst themselves , for the purpose of adopting some remedy or means of prevention ; all givetboir opinions , but one man rises and in the-wisdom of his son ! very discreetly (?) proposes that as the robbers are so strong , and the people used

      to their attacks , it would be perhaps u geod to let matters stand as they are , for fear of making things worse . This , however , meeta with dissent , and then the wise man is constrained to prapose a better remedy , ¦ wbicn i » , that in future , the people shall , instead of fastening their doors with a "bush" fasten them with a " latch , " very wisely keeping out of sight anymention of the string to be attached , and whith the gentlemen of all work , knew very well how to pulL " Dnfortonfctely fat the -wise inventor , some hot-beaded fool fit an Irishman finds fault with this wise plan too , and sets the inventor upon a new discovery ; nor is he long about it , he proposes as a safe a » d certain remedy , that henctf ortb the doors shall be all built up with stones or mud . and the windows be left open to admit the inmates

      as well a « Ihe light ; this plan also fails , for tile same hot-headed fool , who * bjected to the fastening with a latch , obtrudes his senseless remark that the rogues might go in as well the day light . What think yon is the rezmdy ? 2 f otfcing more nor lest tfr ^ n that no inhabitant of the parish is to be allowed to give an opinion , unless he is a man !' . ! unless he can prove he is of the genus homo , be is not to dare to lift his voice against oppression . This was proposed as a certain remedy , and might have bad some weight , if some fooUsn wag bad not remarked , it would be hard to prove who might be fumlifled , m there were at present so many old men in petticoats and old women in breeches , there would be an endless task in examining the claims of the candidates . This we suppose

      was the position of the pariah of Iveragn ; and the Solon who proposed the foregoing remedies we will suppose was the landlord . Well , having had a peep at one parish we have an exact resemblance of all the parishes of Ireland . The aristocracy and class interests leagued against the rights of labour , and wrung the last penny , and the last drop of sweat from the browB of toiling industry to satisfy the cravings of avaricious tyranny ; every means which could be invented to grind the starving population was resorted to , in order to break the proud spirits of a liberty-loving nation . Coercion , imprisonment , gagging , banishment , and death were lavished with reckless proftuion on the unhappy victims of class-domination ; bat tyranny strore in vain , the voice of the oppressed caused itself

      to be heard above the din of persecution ,- the suffering millions -felt that they were men , and demanded justice as their right ; the fright startled their oppressors , and fearful lest the storm should burst upon their heads , considered how they could avoid the threatened fate-Yes ! the cowards who wielded the iron sceptre of despotism were driven to seek measures of expediency , bat not before they felt that the people whom they crushed could crush in return . They who in power could bestow nothing but stripes , were now willing to assist t ?) the working classes to obtain their enfranchisement . But mark the shuffling mode they adopted , and couplo it with promises of by-gone days , and say if you can , were they , or are they , sincere ? The principle of

      "Universal Suffrage is very plain and Bimple in itself ; it requires no flourishes of oratory , or laboured comment , to explain its meaning ; its utility is apparent , and its justice unquestionable . " Tuat every man of sound s ^ ase and uncouvicted of crime should , at the age of twenty-one years , be entitled to have a voice in the making of the lavs which -govern iim . " This you will admit is no more than what he is entitled to , and consequently might expect to be awarded him . Bnt how was it met by the woald-be-sympathuers with the people ? Did they raise their voices in aid of the measure so necessary and so simple T O yes ! the honest hypocrites , they agreed that a man ought to Jiave a voice in making laws to govern him , but they could not , or would not allow him to hare such a

      powerful ierex at his command , unless subject to their own controlling influence ; they feared a just retribution , and , dreading th <* prospect of equality ¦ witii tieir former slaves , sought to destroy the spirit in its infancy . I have punished , says the once bloated , but now " hungry wolf with the teeth , " that poor widow , and if I help her sen to the franchise , he will use it to keep me out of place for having murdered his brother-I bare burned the * ' stack , " Bays the Parson , and , if I assist the fraudulent U ) debtor to my Godi ?) be will overmm the Constitution ; and , if that falls , so must the Church , and mayhap I shall be buried in the ruins . I have shed the blood of my countrymen , and done the dbty w /» rk of the tyrants , ssvb the «> ldier ; and if I Taise my voice in his favour , I will meet the worst fate

      of & 1 L Aa a soldier , I &sk no mercy , but , should he succeed , I will be struck not only off duty , but the pension list will be abolished , and then , indeed , I will have a hard campaign . But I have a thought , says the soldier , -which , like ' reynard *» shifts , " I will turn to some advantage . I will flgbt for the present and every future Government that may pay me ; and I will pray , says the parson , as devoutly for the salvation of the present church , as I would , if chance or the Chartists should gyve us a dissenting , or eves a papist , ascend * aney , in lieu of our meek and evangelical Mother (?); and I have a thought , says the welf , with a smile , that showed his " great teeth , ready to eat yon up in a bite , " I feel myself growing hungry , and all the soisy little cabs are squalling for •¦ tciitais . " tcezefore I will dissemble

      a bit , and try if cunning wont serve my purpose . I have-tried the Red Riding Hood method long enough ; I will now assume another species . I'll become amphibioos and cry a few crocodile ' s tears for the poor dupes whom I would devour , and who knows bat I may jet a dinner for myself and a bone for the f q nailers . N o sooner said than done ; in pops the tmoi with the teeth , and begins to cry so piteously that immediately he 1 b surrounded by numbers of sympathisers , who wail as loudly aa himself , bnt unfortunately , like the ass . in the lion ' s at in that was knows by its braying , the foolish wolf epe ned-his mouth sowide that be shewed Ma monstrous masticators , and judging from such as appearance and tbe portentous passage beyond them , the victims who had already been allured by the cry were frightened into a retreat . Asd so they should 2 Tbe beaten , detested , and defunct Whigs , feeling as they did , the loss of office , found it convenient to declare the people should

      be free , but they dreaded te be instrumental in obtaining that freedom , lest they should , as they deserved , be repaid In their own coin . If we can , Bald they , divert the people's attention , and-wean them from that « madman O'Connor , " we shall succeed ; asd as Ireland is the hot-bed and stronghold of Whiggery , and as O'ConneU is one of ourselves , and the Irish are used to Ms blarney , we will use him to further our designs , whilst our agents in Great Britain will be up to the mark , and w& can meve quietly and unobserved behind the scenes ; we will so confuse the question of the Suffrage that the ignorant Paddies will not be able to distinguish our real motives , and cannot resist tbe influence of Until darling D jn ! In tiiia way did Itiey conspire to strangle tbe mighty principle which was intended to be tbe redeurptioH of the half-starved population of these countries . The work so vilely concocted bevan by lopping the Suffrage of its most essential qaaiitics ; various modifications of tbe principle were

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      presented and nefariously recommended for the adoption of the people , and objections started aa simple in their value ss contemptible in their intentions . The original Universal Suffrage became a mark for the enveoomad shafts of WoigHng malise , aad in its stead was endeavoured to be introduced suffrages of the most ridiculous and unmeaning pretensions . Amongst the list we find those of Educational , Household , Manhood , Complete Saffragea , or as they have been very properly called " Humbngs "; these and such like were offered as baits to lute the people from their darling object , the Caarter , but as you may not generally he acquainted with the nature of such terms and the evil tendency which would result from their adoption , I will in my next endeavour to explain why they would not be calculated to farther the cause of liberty , Repeal the Union , or strike that blow ¦ which is to set the bondsmen free .

      Until then , I beg to subscribe myself , Your very obedient Servtnt , VEE 1 TA 8

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      TO THE EDITOK OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SIR , —I have" witnessed with sincere regret tbe necessity which too often exists for calling npon the people to contribute towards the defence of their persecuted brethren , and I know from the extreme indigence and numerous privations to which from the present system of Legislattgn they are subject , they can ill afford to meet the pressing demands for assistance so indispensible upsn such occasions . It not unfreqaently happens that a few individuals in the various localities have almost uniformly to meet such demands , whilst the greater number , it is to feared , render no more practical proof of their sympathy than the mere expression of regret that snch circumstances exist

      That much of this is , I grant , attributable to the poverty of » he parties , but I cannot help thinking there is also a degree of apathy evinced , by no means creditable to parties professing Chartist principles , for if ail are to receive equal political benefits as the result of our agitation , so all should , as far in their power , lend assistance , parMculaily in timeB of need . But it is not only to meet present difficulties I would hare tbe people address themselvea I would remind them of the wise maxim , that " prevention is better than cure . " and would , therefore , with your permission , submit a plan for their consideration , and which I have little doubt would , if carried into effect ( and mark it is possible ) in future enable them to meet any difficulties which might arise in a pecuniary point of view , and at the

      same time ensure the sarvices of tbe most able legal advocates whenever prosecution for principle sake would be instituted by political opponents against out " good men and true . " There can be no doubt that a properly organised defence fund would be invaluable to our cause , and would not only be relief to the anxious minds of men who might unfortunately be placed in cirenmstiucea of prosecution by the Government , but would tend to diffuse a degree of confidence in the Chartist rank * which there is too much reason to fear they have not heretofore felt when they had to contend against the wealth and influence of tbe crown . The very fact of having funds at their disposal available to meet

      cases of prosecution would ef itself be a means to check the spirit of oppression , and disarm might" of much of its terrors , whilst it would place the people in a position to demand justice , -and u Mr . O'Connor sajB , enable them to " fight every inch of ground" to obtain it When we see the vast sums expended by the Government to procure the conviction of our friends , and contrast it with the comparatively small sum which we have had to oppose them , and daily witness the exertions of men who are left to their " own resources " to fight our battles , it is really time we Aid something for the general good , and the removal of a burthen so onerous from the shoulders of our friends ; and in order to do so , I wonld respectfully Bubmlt : —

      1 st . —That although , there is a vast amount of poverty and distress existing amongst our members , still if we are Chartists in principle as well as name , it is possible for even the very poorest to contribute one penny per week for so desirable a purpose ; and certainly if men be patriotic , and truly desirous of carrying oat their principles , they would contrive to s&ve that small sum ven out of tbe most scanty pittance . Although I am not a professor of " tee-total" principles , I would nevertheless beg to suggest , that if only the price of one half-pint of beer was saved weekly for so desirable a purpose , it would be an easy and by no means painfnl sacrifice , and one which no Chartist and lover of bis country could possibly object to .

      2 nd . —That it only 5000 ont of tbe many thousands of Chartists in Great Britain were to contribute one penny per week , it would amonnt to the very handsome sum of £ 20 16 s . 8 d . weekly , or £ 1083 6 s . 8 d . annually , a sum which would not only be adequate for the purposes intended , but would be a guarantee for fair piny and provide a dear stage and no feveur , and give the working classes a feeling of independence , wiiUst U wonld redound to the credit and success of their cause . 3 rd . —That if this suggestion meet with the appro * bation of the Chartist public , that a committee , » ecret * ry , and treasurer be appointed to manage the same , consisting of such persons , and located at such places , as may be deemed most eligible ; and that such funds , during the period of agitation , be solely devoted to the purposes of a defence fund ; bnt , if fortunately , when the Charter sbaU-feecome the lav of tbe land , a balance Bkould be remaining on hand , such balance to be applied to any other purposes the people may deem fit

      I know not , Sir , what reception this suggestion may meet with from my brother Chartists ; all I can say is , it is the result of many reflections , and submitted with the fervent hope that it , or some more efficient means , be adopted * to remedy the present evil and obviate future difficulties , and as a mighty lever to make our principles as triumphant as oar title to liberty is just . Trusting that I have not submitted anything bat what is consistent with the general good , and anxious that our friends will turn it over in their minds ,

      I beg to subscribe myself ; Sir , Your most obedient and FaitWul Bervant , Justice

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      EMIGRATION SOCIETIES . SET ? SCHEME FOR PROFITING BY THE PEOPLE . To Ihe Editor of the Freeman ' s Journal . SIR . —In my last letter , published in yonr paper of tbe 3 lst ultimo , I gave the extracts from the evidence of Lord Stanley , who originated the plan of forming Emigration Societies . You will see that he was afraid of the effects ef a wholesale ejectment of his tenantry on the Limerick property , but with snch an alternative aa an Emigration Society he means that "heshonld feel no scruple in asserting Mb tight" All the sympathy which he expresses for the fate of tbe unfortunate Emigrants on their arrival in Canada , is mere affectation . The only danger he apprehended was that some

      of them aiight return , and make known the fate of their companions . But he bad no danger of exposure even from this , as the ejected tenantry are uniformly in such an impoverished state ' that they have not the means wherewith to pay their passage home again . Besides the passage to Canada is not more than two or three pounds a head , and sometimes as low as thirty shillings . The Canadian vessels come here with timber , and the captains are giftd to get Irish Emigrants by way of ballast , and if the vessels be old and advantageously insured , they are frequently wrecked within sight of some of the seaport towns of Canada , and we read accounts occasionally that the captain , the mate , some of the craw , and a few of the passengers were saved , but all the rest perished 2 No matter , they were all Irish emigrants , ejected tenantry from Lord Stanley ' s

      aud other estates . Now , when Lord Stanley gave evidence before the parliamentary committee he was aware of the deplorable state of the emigrants in Canada . Mind that neither Lord Stanley cor anyone else can give grants ef land in the United States , and when they talk of land , fertile land in America , it is done to dklnde the ignorant and confiding , as neither Lords nor Emigration Companies can give , any more title to land in : the Illinois , nor in any other part ei the United States , than 1 can to the Pt ceaix Park or Regent Park . Lord Stanley knew this , when he and his agent asked the tenantry upon the Limerick property , " who was ready to volunteer for America ? " The poor people thought they were going to the United States of America , but it was to Canada : they were sent , there to die quietly out of the hearing of their heartless landlord .

      Lord Stanley , and every other man connected with these cruel emigration schemes , are aware of the evidence of Mr . M'Taggart , a civil engineer , la the employment of Government He , states , " That the emigration is planting misery in Canada ; that at Sydney and Halifax the wretched emigrants were rescued from starvation bj issues from the public treasury ; that at St John ' s , a cargo from Kiliala had arrived , sixteen of whom bad died on the passage ; that the vessels in which emigrants go to Canada are of the worst description , calculated for the carriage of timber , and that in one of these , five hundred Irish emigrants perished by shipwreck . *'

      In speaking of those who go into the interior , in the hope of locating themselves comfortably npon rich , fertile land , which was promised to them , and to which tbe Irish are still lured by Irish patriots , some of whom ¦ would not shed one drop of human blood for the worid ; but sending their confiding countrymen to perish in Canada is not shedding human bloed , forsooth ! Mr . M-Taggart sajs , « that the Irish absolutely die by tbe dos ^ n of disease in

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      winter by frost bites ; in summer by malignant fevets of » U kinds ; but that those who own wild lands In Canada , encourage this emigration by these falsehoods . " The ^ medicai report of the Quebec Emigrant Hospital , dated 13 th August , mi , saya"That on the arrival of emigrants from Europe ; many of them ate obliged to be out in the streets and on the wharfs all night , causing the most distressing scenes , and absolutely dying in Ithe 8 tre « tB and on the roads . " j Bat encouraging the poor Irish to quit their country and go to Canada , whwe certain death awaits them , is not shedding human blood . It is too bad to take their money from them under the pretence of giving them grants of "fertile land and comfortable homesteadB " in this unxenial clime .

      When I had the honour , aud a high honour I shall ever consider it , of accompanying the late William Cobbett on bis tour through Monster , in September and October , 1834 , be was invited to spend some time at tbe hospitable mansion of the parish priest of Abingdon , the Rev . Mr . Costello . While there , we visited Lord Stanley ' s Limerick property , and heard from the lipB ef some of those who had volunteered for America , and returned home again , their own history , and an account of the melancholy fate of their companions . I have often seen my never-to-be forgotten friend Mr . Gabbett shed tears on hearing the recital of the sufferings of the deluded victims of those unfeeling landlords . TeatB dropping down from that good man ' B eyes until they blotted the paper upon which

      he was writing . Oh ! what a case he would have made ont before Parliament if the Almighty had prolonged his life bnt for another year . His very heart and bouI were full of the hope of bringing the hard fate and cruel treatment of the Irish tenantry and labourers before Parliament , with a view to better their condition . No man ever stood by the working classes so determinedly aad unflinchingly as he did . He always maintained that it was In their condition , and there alone , that men of sense and integrity looked for the character of a government , and not in the palaces of the rich . The object of that great and good man , in coming here was just as he stated it First , to Bee a country of which he had heard and read so much . Secondly , to see with bis own eyes the effects of the rack-rent landlords upon their tenantry , with a view to either force

      them or shame them into better treatment And thirdly , to put the Irish people on their guard against the introduction into Ireland of such a measure as the atrocious Whig Poor Laws Amendment Act . He was no advocate of emigration . He was no advocate for benefiting a people by lowering the wages of labour , and keeping up tbe price of food and racfe-renta by issuing one pound notes . No , he adhered all bis life to the advocacy of the rights and the promotion of the interests ef the working classes . Bad as the case against Lord Stanley is . it is not quite so bad as that against Thomas Spring Rice , to please "wkom an Irish patriot said , in ray own hearing , in his place in Parliament , in the session of 1836 , " That the name of Ireland should be blotted out fur ever , and that henceforward it should be called West Britain . "

      it woald extend this lettei to too great a length were I to state half the appalling cases of tyranny and oppression either on Lord Stanley ' s estate or on tbat of Thomajs Spring Bice . However , 1 shall mention one which occurred to a family on Lord Stanley's estate who " volunteered for America" rather than be turned ont pennyless npon the wide world . This family consisted of a man , his wife , two grown up daughters , and three sons , the youngest about eleven years of age . Their forefathers had resided on the same estate from time immemorial ; but " rack rent , " the weapon of the wily tyrant , forced them to " volunteer for America . " They embarked on board of one of those Canadian timber vessels ; but , before she got half-way to Quebec , the mother of these five children

      died . Shortly after having landed in that land of promise , the father and two sons died of fever ; tbe other soon followed . The two daughters were soon reduced to the utmost state of want and destitution . The Captain of a biig from Waterford , who knew their father , offered tham a free passage home again . They were landed safe on tbe quays of Waterford , bnt the younger one , who , it was said , was very handsome , fell a victim to some of those idle red-coated gentry , who prowl about , like Satan , seeking whom they can destroy ; the consequence of \ rhieh was , that the elder sister became a maniac , and was wandering wildly about the ' place of her nativity , when Mr . Cobbett vlstsd tbat place . He saw her himself , and heard her story from others , for she , poor thing , though decently

      educated , knew nobody , looked at everything with a wild vacant stare , and ran up to every stranger , asking " What did yen do with my father ? Where is my sister ? " Others , who were once in affluence , were there begging , with ulcerated legs and arms , brought on by frost bites , while the tales of tbe horrid death of their companions , made them forget their own sufferings . This is but a brief account of the state and deplorable condition of those who emigrate to the North American Colonies . Notwithstanding those facts , which can be verified , if necessary , and the Parliamentary evidence , which requires no verification , is it not melancholy , heart-rending to Bee a society formed

      in Dublin , and advertised in the most fascinating terms for the purpose of Inducing the Irish to quit for ever the land of their birth , and emigrate to Canada ? And this society , bearing the name of the " Catholic Emigration Society , " and purporting to have a capital of £ 200 , 090 , while In another part of their prospectus the ; say that the capital is all to be raised in shares , and that the shareholders shall have no other security for their money than the waste lands and the labour of the unfortunate slaves wno become tbe dopes of this nefariouB scheme . The prospectus of this accursed society also state that the plan has met with the decided approbation of the Irish Catholic Bishops , and tbe very Reverend Theobald Mathew .

      I hope that this latter statement is a wilful misrepresentation ; because if it be trae it is utterly impossible that any boneat , educated , or intelligent Catholic can feel respect for any Catholic clergyman who directly or indirectly sanctions this emigration scheme ; but it has always happened , and ever will happen , that there are some persons , both lay and clerical , who think it no crime to adopt any scheme which may present to their views a short , ready and easy way to make money ; and this emigration scheme is one of them The trufltei-s to this Catholic Emigration Society are set forth in the prospectus in tbe following order ;—

      TRUSTEES . Daniel O'ConneU , Esq . M . P . Emanuel Ltrardi , Esq . Keliett Green , E-q . Henry Green , Esq . Charles Matthew , E ^ q

      COMM 1 TTBB OF REFERENCE IN DUBLIN . Daniel O'ConneU , Esq . The Very Roverend Dr . The Rev . Dr . O'Connell . Tore , V . G . Patrick Vincent Fitzpa-Christopher Fitzsimon Esq trick , Eaq . The prospectus sets forth , by way of inducement to sordid jabbers to become shareholders , that" This society is the only one hitherto established that can secure labour at a reasonable rate , as it will do under a pledge for a limited period from men who have already proved how they can remain faithful . "

      Now , Sir , for sheer , cool , heartless , sordid villany , this beats Lord Stanley and Thomas Spring Rice together . The devil himself never entertained a more infamous scheme than tbia . May I beg of yeu as yoa value the lives of your countrymen , to lend me the use of an occasional column in the widely circulated Freeman , and with the blessing of God , humble as I am . I shall knock tbia bell-bom project on the bead . It has been eoncocted by the perfidious Whigs and tyranical Tories of England . Let us crush it in the bud . Let us save our fellow countrymen from certain death . Where does this society purpose sending the people ! Let Mr . O'Connell ' B admirable and just description of the country and the climate to which be advises the Irish labourers to go , and in order to induce tkem to go ,

      places himself at the bead of a society to send them there to rtie quietly : — :. " Let them look at the two vessels opposite the quay —large and extensive as their accommodation * werewhat were they there for ? Did they bring wealth into Ireland ? Would they take away her manufactures or tbe prodnce of their labour ? Oh ! no , no , no ; bnt the blood , and bone , and sinew of the Irish people ! They would take these things away to foreign countries by an unwilling emigration from the green isle of theii birth—they woald sever for ever the connexion between the mother , who consoled herself with the fond idea tbat her son wonld close her eyes in death—between the sister he should never know again—the brother he Bhould never Bee , and ' the father , who wept in vain over his child whom his i « yes should never again behold 1 Were they guilty of any crime or turpitude ? Oh ! no ; they left Ireland by means of this traffic , with eyes full of tears and hearts bursting with

      regret and sorrow ., They go to an ungtnial climate , where , for many , many months of tbe year , they would be exposed to all the rigours of a dreadful winter , and when the heat came on , surrounded by Insects and crawling creatures , which absolutely made life Itself disgusting . How few would thus emigrate if they knew that the approach of spring in these foreign climates brought myriads of insects at the Bight of which the very flesh crawled npon the human body —where that spring was followed by the beat of a summer as dreadful In Its effects , and as injurious in its consequences , and where they lie after these sufferings in a foreign grave , unwepfc and forgotten even by those who watched over their Wrly childhood ( cheers ) ? ' Oh ! it is a miserable traffic ; yet it was the only one left them . He { Mr . O'Connell ) saw a great number of hlgk Tories the other day petitioning Peel for an extensive plan of emigration bnt the Irish people wanted no snch assistanca There was abundance of land

      unreclaimed in Ireland , and why ? because there was no capital to do bo . " ' Sorely after this eloquent and true description of the ; country , to which the Irish labourers are to be eeut , and tbat too by Mr . O'ConneU himself , it is not asking too much , to implore and beseech the Irish Catholic Bishops and Clergy in general , and the Very Reverend Theobold Mathew in particular , to publicly Vritbdraw their approval of this wholesale transportation of their faithful teetotallers and confiding flocks , to an ungenial clime which has been so justly , so peacefully , and so feelingly described by Mr , O'Connell himself Patrick O'Higgjns No . 14 , North Anne-Street , April 1 st . 1843 .

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      An Extensive Beizure of tobacco was made in Belfast on Wednesday night , by tho chief officer , who arrested a man driving aoaxtcontaiuing 2 , 5001 bs weight . The map , beins unable to give a satis * faotory " account of it , was committed to prison . The Li verpool Assizes . —The heaviest and blackest criminal list ever disposed of in this place , was brought to a close on Saturday night , after three weeks of incessant labour on the part of judge and juries . Of the prisoners , two are left for execution , without hope of a reprieve , namely . Batty Eecles , for poisoning her three children , and Wilmofc Buckley , for the murder of his wife ; and at least ona other has had a narrow escape from the same

      punishment . Glodcestershire Assizes . —Seduction . —Grinm-LL v . Wells ( S . J . )—This was a very extraordinary and a very revolting case , and preaen ed a novelty at the very commencement of the proceedings , which were not drawn up in the usual forrb of a father claiming compensation for the loss of his daughter ' s services , bat w > -re specially drawn up and founded on the old poor law of England , the act of Elizabeth , under which ( as woll as by tbe present poor-law ) a father is cotnp'Hed to maintain his daughter when she is uttable to maintain herself . The cause of this novelty was , that the youn ^ girl who formed the subject of the inquiry was not iiving at home at the time of her alleged seduction , but

      was iiving m the servioft of her alleged seducer ; and , therefore , the father could not plead the loss of services on his own part . The plea was , that the daughter of the plaintiff was unable to maintain herself ; that she was seduced by the defendant and became pregnant , and was delivered of a obild ; and that thereby the plaintiff bad been obliged to maintain her and her child . In this case the plaintiff , John Grinnell , formerly lived at Broadway , Worcestershire , on the borders of Gloucestershire , where he was one time a schoolmaster , then a shopkeeper ; and he afterwards obtained the situation of National schoolmaster at Prestwieh , near Manchester . The defendant , Robert Wells , was a farmer , in . respectable circumstances , also living at Broadway—a

      widower , whose wife , when alive , was from her youth on terms of friendship with the plaintiff ' s wife , Mrs . Grinnell . On the plaintiff , early in 1841 , obtaining the situation of sohoolmaster at Prestwieh , he removed there with his family , which consisted of six daughters , with the exception of the eldest daughter , Alice Grinnell , who still remained at Broauvvay ; Mrs . Wells , the defendant ' s wife , having received her into hor house as nursery governess , she being at that time under fourteen years of age . The arrangement was made on the LSih of February , 1841 , but in less than eight weeks afterwards Mrs . Wells unfortunately died in childbirth ; this was on the 9 th of April , 1841 . The little girl , Alice Grinnwell , continued to live in his house , and to have charge of two of the defendant ' s children till tha night of the 27 th

      of May , 8 ev * ii weeks after the death of her mistress , when , on this night , her master , Mr . Wells , came home at a late hour aud found her sitting up for him , and then he committed the offence for which damages were sought . Mr . Justice Erskine , in summing up , said that this was the mo 3 t distressing ease ever , in his experience , brought before a jury . It was one . of those cases which might induce any one sitting in iiis situation to rejoice tbat the decision w is cast upon a jury , because it resembled charges brought in a criminal court , where nothing but a jury was competent to do justice between the parties . At the conclusion of the summing up the jury requested to retire , and in about a quarter of an hour returned a verdict for tbe plaintiff . Damages £ 300 .

      Pjirt of a Wreck has been washed ashore at Duggernah reef , Kilkee , consisting of the after part of a deck , with deck timbers , a ship ' s bucket , painted green , and two empty casks . They have been secured by H . Baldwin , Esq . chief officer of coast guards , bat there is nothing in the materials to indicate the vessel ' s name , &c . The White Quakers are going about Waterford distributing printed papers , to the effect that it was a very wrong thing to imprison their leader , Joshua Jacob , and that tbe present poor-law is not the right way to relieve the wants of the destitute .

      NtwaY . —A Good Example . —Thomas Fortescue , Esq ., of Ravunsdale Park , formerly member for Loutu , who lately succeeded to the extensive estates of Sir H . Goodricke , has published the fallowing announcement to his numerous tenantry : — "Mr . Fortescue , having taken into consideration the reduced prices obtained for agricultural produce during the past season , takes this means of informing his tenants that he intends to make an allowance of 20 per cent , on ! the gale new payable , to all persons holding at will , as well as to those whose leases do not coufer a beneficial interest . Ravensdala Park , April 6 , 1843 . " *

      Charge of Bigahv— Important Queston . — -A . man , named Burke , was recently tried at Cork for the above crime . It appeared in evidence that his first wife w » s his own second cousin , and that the parties had been married under a falsa representation that they wercfri » $ so nearly related . The marriage was , therefore , considered null and void by tha Catholic church , there being a pre existing impediment between the parties . The question raised was , whether , a marriage , which was void by the discipline of the Catholic church , was equally so by the law of ( he land . After coasiderablo discussion , it was agreed that a special verdict should be framed , and then have it removed to the Queen ' s Bench , and ultimately ( if the crown or the prisoner thought fit ) to the House of Lords . The Right Rev . Dr . Crotty

      has written a letter to tbe Cork Southern Reporter , in which he states , " Had the jury found Burke guilty of bigamy , the law would compel him to re-Bounoe the wife to whom he was united by the indissoluble bond of matrimony , and to adhere to a woman , by cohabiting with whom he would of course live in a state of adultery . So it is decided by the rules of faith and discipline of tho Catholio church . No bishop or priest of that church could obey such a law . Trjey would , on the contrary , be guilty of a flagrant dereliction of duty , did they not require of any Catholic , subject to their spiritual jurisdiction , to suffer exile , or even death , rather than comply with what I suppose the law would require of Burke to do , had the jury found him guilty . " ¦

      Waterford . —The opposition to tho payment of the poor-rate is greater , if possible , here than ever . A few days ago the newly appointed collector for the county of Waterford , Mr . Fit ^ oaaurice , who has been elected in the place of Mr . Fleming , the solicitor of the board , was surrounded by a large number of the country people in Gaultier , whither he went , unattended , who threatened him with death , and but for the interference of one amongst them who possessed some influence over them , they would , it is said , have put their threat into execution . However , they contented themselves with swearing him

      not to go there again on the same errand . It is also said the figure of a coffin was affixed to the chapel gates of that district , which was pulled down by the police . A meeting of the magistrates took place on Wednesday at tbe Court House , when another proclamation was agreed upon . The police and military are in readiness to be called out at a moment ' s warning . The proclamation of the magistrates cautioning the country people against their present combination not to pay poor rates , aad warning them against the disastrous consequences that may ensue , has been posted about town .

      Barbarous Murder and Robbery in the County Kilkenny . —Friday morning as Laurence Koynes , a farmer , living at Rathculban , near Newtown , and within two miles and a half of Callan , had been engaged in sowing cabbage plants , assisted by two labourers , ho was interrupted in his bnsiness by the sudden appearance of two men who pretended to be looking for employment , and asked some questions as to whether he would hire them , to which he answered in the negative , stating that he did not want them , particularly as the weather was broken , f n an instant they threw off their guise and looked as fiends in human shape . One of them told Hoynes to go on his knees , pointing towards him the deadly weapon , butthecontenSsof which he contrived to avoid

      by letting it escape under his arm , which was slightly wounded . The poor man now fought hard forhia life , and by the blow of apiong knocked down ona of his antagonists who , thereupon , called aloud upon his brother assassin for assistance , the fellow being at the time in pursuit of the two timorous labourers ( who were strangers ) with a brace of pistols , to scare them away . They ran off on account of his menaces , leaving their master in a situation in which two native workmen would not have left him in tha hour of peril . The villain having come up , both assassins " soon succeeded in despatching their victim . They fractured his skull in a most frightful manner by repeated blows inflicted with the above prong which they had snatched ud

      curing the struggle . Supposing they left him dead , they walked iuto the dwelling-house , coolly and deliberately broke opeD a box in one of the rooms , and took the sum of £ 100 , a lease , and various other documents . They also took away a gun , a piece of linen nearly bleached , and some articles of dress belonging to the deceased , including his riding ooafc , which one of them flung on his shoulders . They walked away through the Btr > efc seemingly in not the least hurry . The unhappy man lingered in tha greatest agony , until ten o ' clock oh , Saturday night , wbx-n death terminated his sufferings . An inquest was on Monday held befoTe the oonnty coroner , WIzad , Esq . ; and a verdict returned of wilful murder

      by two persona unknown . Deceased has left behind him a poor decrepit wife , of unsound mind , with two children to lament bis loss . Since the foregoing was in type we ( Kilkenny Journal ) bavS learned npon good authority , tbat one of the murderers , whose name we understand is Delany , was arrested on Saturday , by a sergeant of police , in Thnrles , having tendered a ten pound note for change , for a oae pound , which induced suspicion , and led to his apprehension . This was a portion of the money taken from the hou-e of deceased . The unfortunate wresch had £ 43 wore . He has offered to become aa approver , and it is said several oihers are involved iu a charge of conspiracy to murder .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sib ., —The subjoined letter was sent to the Freeman ' s Journal for publication on the 1 st instant , where it remained till Saturday last , -when it was returned to me by the Editor , not that he disapproved of it or was opposed to any fact or opinion it contained , bnt from downright apprehension of exposing their paper to the attacks of Mr O'Connell , -which no doubt would damage the paper to a very great extent Now as yon have no such fear in your heart , I hope yon -will publish it in the Northern Star , and you -will oblige me and render a great piece of service to my poor duped , deluded , and confiding countrymen . Patrick O'Higgins . Dublin , April 17 , 1843 .

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      TO THE SUBSCRIBERS JTO THE NATIONAL DEFENCE IfUND . Friends , —I have ever held it to be essential above all things , that those who are entrusted with the expenditure of publlo funds , should , not only be economical in laying them out , but that they should be prepared to give a clear account ; pt how they have been laid ont ; and , as I am not able to give that d etailed account of the expenditure of ] the funds on the late trial of our fcienda Coaper , i Richards , and Capper , which is necessary for public satisfaction , owing to the enormous amount of labour imposed on me , I must here appeal to tae friends in the Pojbteries who were at the trial , to give you the benefit of { their opinion , as to the manner in which I disposed of the funds .

      It will be seen by a reference to the balance sheet , that tho amount received by me was £ 25 16 s . 6 d . ; that the amount expended was £ 27 16 s . 6 d . Thus v ? Ui appear to be a large sum expended on one trial , particularly as none of it has been expended in law ; but whtm you reflect that the trial lasted ten clear days , being longer than any trial on record ; in the Courts of law hi this town ; and that about sixty witnesses were here for the defence , whose expences were paid out ef the above Bum , ( if I except a patriotic few who bore their own expences ) , I think yon will conclude there has not keen any extravagance , on the [ contrary , you will wonder how it has been done f or so small a sum .

      The first five days I keptadailyjaccouat of the expences , but the last five days the labour I had to perform so multiplied on my hands , that itiwas impossible for any one man to keep account of ev ^ ry thing , aa It chiefly went out in small sums . I attended at eourt with our friends , every day , as their assistant ; or , if you like it better , as their attorney , And certainly it was a novel scene to see two " snobs" and a blacksmith aa defendants , and another " anob" ! acting as attorney for th « m in a civil court of law , opposed by one of febe mast talented advocates at the bar .

      Cooper ' s defence , which occupied twelve hours iu delivery , was , in my estimation , [ the most noble defence ever yet made in a court of law in defence of our principles . I can only add , in conclusion , that if our persecuted friends generally will follow the noble example set them by Cooper , Government will not be so cagtr in prosecuting " seditious conspiracies" as thef have been . * Tbe Court was nothing less than a respectable Chartist meeting from the beginning to tb . e end . I have it from good authority that ithis prosecution cost Government upwards of two thousand five hundred pounds ' ¦ '¦

      Yours ever faithfully , ; " In the good Old cause , " WB , PEPLOW Friar-street , Ststford , April 8 th , 1843 .

      RECEIVED . : £ s . d . From Mr . O'Connor ... _ 25 0 0 From Mr . Baily , tor defence of iJinooh Hurst 0 15 0 A Friend 0 10 From the writer of an anonymous letter , London . •¦• 0 0 6 £ 25 16 6

      EXPENDED . For defence of Enoch Hurst 110 For witnesses subpeened for Cooper ' s defence ... 3 5 0 Witnesses train fare from BiTiningham , on behalf of Richards , with messengers' expences , &c ... ¦ 4 0 0 Food to witnesses , with beds , &c . for Ihe same ; Messra . Cooper andiPeplow ' s expences to the Potteries ; express to the Potteries for Mrs . Yates ; messengers ' expences ^ paper , &o . •• 19 10 6 £ 27 16 6 Dae to Treasurer , to pay out-standing debts 2 0 0 Wm . Fkplow .

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      The most celebrated iron mines of Sweden , those of Danemora , tho greater part of the produce of which , comes to England , have yielded during this winter no less than 90 , 000 ship pounds of ore . Sweden , with a population of scarcely 3 , 000 , 000 persons , supports not less than seventy political journals , exclusive of others of a religious or scientific character .

      A Great sensation has been oreated in New York , by the circumstance of a gaming-houBe keeper , named Cor Us , having beon bhot dead in the street , about seven o ' clock in the evening , by a female . It appears that an improper intercourse bad beeu kept , up between Corlis and the wife of a Mr . 'Corlton , as well as with two other women , and that Corlis's life had been threatened several times before . The assassin had not been discovered . Wb have seen a letter from a Scotch Cockney

      to his "friends in the north , j in which he Bays , " Dinna come up hero just noo ; ye'll find it very dangerous , as it disna matter whether ye look fanny or sad , if ye happen to b « Scotchi you will be sure to be tafeen up for daft . Since M'Naughten ' s unfortunate affair , there have been nae less than five of my daft countrymen before the magistrates for naethmg ava ; so ye dinna need be surprised if you phoul see me some of these days figuring in the Loudou prints anither daft Scotch monomaniac .

      The Iron Trade in Wales . —fOn Saturday we k a meeting of the Incorporated Company of Copper Miners was held at their office , iu Old Broad-street , London , when the Guvernor of the Company , after stating the object of the meeting ( the eleotion of officers , &o . ) and noticing the proceedings of the company , thus spoke of its prospects , arising from the discovery of the black band irpnore in Wales—a disoovery likely , it seems to be agreed , to produce a great alteration in the iron trade : ~ "I may here refer to another subject of the greatest inter eat to tbe future prospects of the company , although not immediately affecting its present trade—I mean the discovery of

      veins of iron ore in the Welsh mineral basin , analagous to the black band in Scotland , which will in all localities where it is fonnd , reduce the coat of pig iron 203 per ton . ( Hear , hear . ) j These veins have been found to run through the whole of the Cwm Avon , Byrn , and Oakwood takings ; it is , therefore , quite clear by reference to a map - < of Wales , that at no placa can it be produced with greater , nor , in fact , as regards the contiguity to the shipping ports , with equal advantage to the Cwm ! Avon Valley , aud that it will form an object of serious attention on tho part of this company , how soon it may be advisable to avail ourselves of this discovery .

      United States . —The British and North American Royal mail steamer the Columbia , Captain Judkins , arrived at Liverpool on Saturday last . She sailed from Boston on the afternoon of the 2 nd inst . ( the mails not having arrived , in consequence of the stormy weather , on the 1 st , ) and Halifax on the evening of the 4 th ; and has made the passage in thirteen days . She has brought fortjy-fonr passengers . Her outward passage from Liverpool to Boston occupied fifteen days and twelve hours . The papers by the Columbia are eight days ] later than those received by the Virginian . Their isontents are quite unimportant . No change of importance had occurred in the money , stock , or produce markets . The rate

      of exchange on England still stood at 105 A to 106 , at which a fair amount of business had been transacted for the steamer . United States Sixes were quoted at 107 £ ; United States { New Loan bad advanced J . There were some sinster reports relative to the Bank of New Orleans . Great exchement had been produced on the border in consequence of the arrest of Daniel Savage , an American citizsn , by a British officer on the j Arooatook territory , on the south side of the St . 'John River , and within the limits of Maine , as defined by the late treaty . A publio . meeting had been , held , an ^ i strong resolutions passed . The trial { of Commander M'Kenzie had closed , but the finding of tho courtmar tial wonld not be publicly known until the

      verdict was published at Washington , j It was supposed that the verdict was one of acquittal . Accounts from Hayti stated that the Jacmeijhad declared in favour of the insurgents . The accounts from Canada mention the arrival of Sir Charles Metoalfe at Kingston . The health of Sir Charles Bagdt was still in a state not to hold out any hope of his recovery . The riots of the Lacltine Canal labourers had been re newed . Advices from Guadaloope to the 25 th uk . state , that up to that time 4 , 500 bodies had been dug oat of the ruins of Pointe-a-Pitre , jand 2 , 200 of the wounded were in the hospital at Basseterre . Five Bhocka of earthquake , it is added , had been felt sines the shook which proved go destructive . The papers do not contain any intelligence either from Mexico or Texas . !

      Am Exciseman Frightened . —A ? few days ago , the inmates of one of the inns in the village of Beauly were suddenly alarmed by an unaccountable aoise , vf hioh took place in one of the apartments of the house in which an exciseman had been laid up , and was under , medical treatment , for a few dayB . With all convenient speed , the host of the house , &o ,, betook themselves to the scene of action , where , to their astonishment , they saw the invalid in great trepidation , presenting a pair of pistols , minus shot , at a terrible-looking object which stood between his bed and tbe _ fireside , aad which to him appeared

      supernatural . Upon further . investigation into the cause of such an unusual seine , it turned out to be , that a harmless maniac , well known in the neighbourhood under the cognomen of "Foolish Kate , " had quietly stepped upstairs , and having foand the door of the room open , slipped in to warm her limbs at a comfortable fire which she noticed in it . This unbappy mortal was , nine or ten years ago , a blooming and handsome maid ; but having trespassed a little on the Excise law * , Bhe was incarcerated in Inverness gaol , since which time reason has left her empire , never to return . -Ross shire kdvertiter .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 22, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1209/page/7/