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      ORGANIZATION . f Concluded from ctrsczcnth page ) " I sei nebS glsd to find that 'sre are fEttiug about the rt-orgsal ^ tum of rcr movement in gopd earnest 4 5 s ? the trant of it tas laiers rendered car- € x . ertkns comparatively ineSfccioal , and giTen us the appeanoce of -sresknes at a time "ss-hen -we might have Tendered jnore effectual service to onx cause , and isve become a more potysrfal body than at any former period . We irsoTientlvliear ova enemies say that * Chartism is goinjr down ;* ana yet thronghont the extensive districts to TFiich any ccenpstion takes me , I have never seen so

      much inalErials Itar Ch&rBim hb at the present time . Hechanics , agricnllnrlsis , Whigs , and Tories , are alike suSerinj from and disgusted ¦ with , the < jnackery of factions , and ashamed to own themselves cf either party ; ar& ready to embrace principles ; and as onr principles are . based upon the lights of all , and tare ior their object . She good of all , Trith a proper Organization there ib not anything that can prevent their progress and speedy triumph . How , then , shall ¦ wb iSc& this ? "We Trill Srsfc look nt tiie obstacles wMchjstsEf ? in the -say , and by asccrtainiDg how they * an be remedied , " » e dull discover how it can be effected .

      " The first and great difficulty Is that of setting the machinery in motion ; Tshen this 1 b accomplished , all other aifficulSes mest yield to the united perseverance and talent -which -will be brought to bear upon the question . Bnt to accomplish this , we find that one proposes fiat fee Conference * shall }> e held at snch a place indroch a time ; a second proposes another place and time ; and a third diferent to either of the former ; and others , that an Executive ahonld be first elected ; tax aa eKbrf these are indivIclnBl or local prepositionB , there ia seme means -wanting to ascertain the sense cf Iha "whole body nporj each , ssd con-Text soas of them from local to general resolutions , Vhich might be acted upon . To effect this I -would suggest the following

      P 1 A 5 . 1—" Thaiall propositions as to -where and-when the Conference shall be held , and all other matters relating to the same be sent to the Northern Star offict ¦ $ in time far publication in the Northern Star cf August 5 . 2 r— That the Totesof the -rarioBB localities be then laken upon them and returned to the Northern Star Office 'within s fortnight from such publication . 3— li That ths -rotes and decision bs pnblished in the Korihers ^ iar , the "week succeeding that on -which they sue sent . 4— « The dtciskm of the majority « f ths localities * to be acted upen .

      " Tins I believe -wonld opiate t £ e diffienlty in wbich Tears now placed , and leave the question fairly open to sIL As to the circumstances under vhich wo are About to . loim an Organization , they are most favourable — -even that which , to a casual observer , might appear to t > e against ns , is decidedly in t > nr 3 avonr , viz—the G > - Texnmentpersecniaonsand their seeming resolution to patdoTn agitation , for it-will mats us cautions and arouse thought that -will enable ns to make onr Organization snch a one tlb "will hsar any fature storms . Hoping and feeling confident that it "Bill be so , and teat each of ns -will maidfeEt-cEre , prudence , ?* i ^ at the game time , decision and perseverance , " 1 remain yonr faithful friend "And brother Chartist , " B . T . Jdoasisos . '' Nottingham , Jnly SSh , 1853 . " Mi . Habxet says : — "THH . SCOTLAND WITH EXGLA 2 TD TN 1 TE ?

      K TTTg EDITOS . OP TEE SOBIHES 5 STJLJU " TXTBJOTIC £ m , —I « as -reiy glad to see > Tt . O'Connor ' s adnce to the t 3 jartists , in his letter in tte Star -of -July 1 st , -warning them of the attempts that Twmld be made by tired villains or brainles enthusiasts to seduce them into fresh strikes * and turncots /* - * louts , riots , rebellions ,-and insurrections . * *• The advice -was good . Let it not be forgotten ! "But , Sir , -while TT 0 very properly « -watch that -we jnay overcome , * doss it not behoTe ns to take advantage of present cmuEstanccS to pod onr cause , bo fhst if lite chaos , of -which -events seem fast accomplishing , should come , -we may be prepared for it—prepared to aalse successful * ? the banr > £ r of the Charter , round "Which -nprififiTi millions may rally , and fi ^ d in the legal adepQoh of ifa principles thB baaB of a system of equal right and eqoal justice , to take the place of that ¦ w hich Is assuredly last hastening to its dissolution . '—* a consummation devoutly to be -wished . '

      "At the present tim ? , -whenan agrarian insurrection is Dot only existing , but daily acquiring strength , in "Wales 5 -when Ireland , from centre to circumference , is heaviag -with ^ Evolutionary excitement ; and -when in America - * re find the plainest predictions and fiercest threats held out that the domimoas of * onr Sovereign lady the sQneen" -will and shall be rent asunder , and torn © Ten by * bloodshed , pikes , and projectiles / from $ he-grasp of our nilers—amidst these startling i S-mrpi . stances , Sib apathy cf the Engl sb and Scottish Chartists is to all superficial observers most astonishing .

      " That apathy can only be accounted fvir on the suppesmon that the people are for the moment exhausted by the injudicious movements into -which they have allowed iiiEmsEivcs to bs precipitated beforetime ; asd by the not less injurious blckenng cf * leaders / by irhich the CJtarfist movement b * " been so remsrkably cnified . But , psrhsps , at this moment , the great canse-of the Existing apathy is the -want of an aim—a plan , -which , taring the consurrertce and ruppurt of lie mojorlry , wonld afford hope to the despairing , infuss vigour into Sha councils of cur leaders , and union and -energy among Win scattered mssses cf onr friends .

      «* The necessity of a thoroughly fffident Plan of Ozg&oiza * don ib muTezsaQy admitted ; and as- ^ e are to bave published immedi&Uiy the plans and suggrBtions of-different persons -who have paid attention to the subject , 1 "would implore of my Chartist' brethren to give to them their mo « t seriou 3 e&nsfleaScz , and-where neeezsary to suspend s 9 meetings tut those called for ^ f ^ f * rvra ^ T ^ g frp fhp « a sufejeets -only , -ixxioua as I -a . ™ to Bee a good Plan of Or £ amz \ ticn in working order -with de least possible delay , still the doing of onr -work Trellj -when it is done ,- is so important that for the reasons stated in last Saturday ' s Siar by the Editor , I bope that the country generally -will concur-with the proposal to make Uitjirdweek in Sqplmiber the period tat -the -commencement of the proposed Conference ' s attinrs . Let the data be decided en immediately .

      "A question arises -whether under all circumstances Birmingham "would be the best place of meeting . If the Conference is to be ecufined to TlngHwh delegates , then I a » y , —7 e »;—bui if thB peoplfi of Scotland -wsnld unite Trith us to form a stand Organization for the entire Ialand , then in my humble opinion , Keweastleon-Tyne -would be tha most fitting place . " And "why should -we sot have the two nations united In all their moverneuls for a common redemption ? "We -want a -oxaon of the Scottish judgment "with the lean discreet and mere exciteable English mind . I speak from Expsrience . There ib a xlegrse of education tfrpoHed to some extent by the humbug philosophy of Chambers' Journalism ) , a mental advancement , a hightoned morality , and self-desying spirit to be found

      Minong Sis people of Scotland to a much greater extent dan among my o-hti countrymen . At the same Tome ths English character has in assie respects its points of advantage over the Scotch . TVhy should -we not reap the Immense advantages to be derived from the junction of the Vwo ? I am sure -1 may say 2 hst a xinion in one Organizifion of the two countries -weald be hailed "ffith delight by the English Chartists ; and 1 think could not-fail to be agreeable to to the Scottish democrats . Mr . O'Connor gave expression to a complaint in his Excellent letter of last ¦ Week , that the Scotch had not -well supported their English brethren during the recent trials . . There is a esase for Oils . All tfce persecutions since Chartism -was first agitated , havs been , -with a few trifling exceptions ,

      3 n England and Wales ; and I must say , have beehbrought abend ~ by Bie sol ray wist counsels of English leader * geotlandhas not been the theatre of these movements ; jet Scotland has been Expected to pay a share of the piper ' s expenses , and Sir . O'Connor acknowledges . fiid pay her share , snd handsomely , too , in the case of the Newport rfFmr . But the Scotch have gjo-tro -weary of the iaaxdixm xesul ? ang from these movements -which they think ought never to have taken place . Let the Scottish Chartists be represented -with their English brethren in the chief council of the movement ; let tht sense of both nations be taken on all movements projected for the advancement of our cause ; and this diszatisfaetisn -W 31 be unknown . As before remarked , division among leadeahas been the great bane of the movement . This , to a certain extent , is true of Scotland as

      ¦ well as England . "Would not a union of the two conntdes go far to extinguish the accursed jealousies and plottingB ol one man asainst another , TEhicri £ 23 bo iufamou-sly ffiBgraced , and . miBer-34 ^ Ktasfisa onr « aaee ? Of coaise , I am not ^ Uto pian aa to suppose that any measure ttat the -wisdom of man could devise -would lemove ths viperous spleen and gna-Ring envy -which is corrodm / f the breasts of some men vcho once figured in the movement , but -whom the people have very properly xepnd ^ tad . I Ti e rthe r iope nor desire this . The « £ Btaio&B - nara vo-w&tess im ndsctatl , and tha lies -rtueh » which they indul ge are harmless becaune iZ Jttdybeheves them . It -would therefore be s pity to spoil thai presjut employment . -T hsy are ^ q ^ Tiper in the iable ,: gnawing at a file »

      "To me itappearsmostdeErr able-aiat ScaUand thoald t 2 sepreseatedIn ths approaching Conferaus , in that event , 2 have susgested Ifewcasfle as the mostpioner place of jmeefing . Possibly for economical reasons Xjxierpool -would ba jaefeable -, fcnt erenif so these I 88 K > ns 4 loniaBot , 1 think , -Wfiigh against ihe Eighty msrsl effects to be expectsd from the delegates of the two ConntiiBB -UKmbling at the former place . One effect Tshonldliope far , vould bs the effectual rousicg of the ¦ noble ' ^ men cf the Tyne , from that despairing spatby into-wlileh UieyhaTB generally been plunged anca ths fatal events of 18 S 9 .

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      « * Ihaj ; a Conference ia to be held is both absolutely necessary , and ! believe unanimously agreed upon . " ¦ J-Thia proceeds-upon the supposition that the Editor of theNorOiemSiar -would take the trouble to arrange ^ - nfl j mKHKh ^| Ka propOSUlOnB . 4 TheTotes might be takes in the sama Banner &s loran ExscuHve . My only reasons for having the Totes taken in localities as a -whole , are to save time and trouble , and at the same time to have the general wnse cf tts -whole body . *

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      " Again , -what a glorious sight the meeting of the two nations , through Oreir delegates , on the battle grennd of eo many border fights 3 n other days , to r ^ rear eternal union -with each other for the subversion of that principle of aristocratic ] oppression -which in the olden time too often arrayed man against Ma brother , and prodnced hatred and war , where frateridty and peace should instead have reigned ! " Men of Scotland , brother Chartists , yon and I ' were ance acquaint ; ' -will you consider my humble suggestions ? If Glasgow , Edinburgh , Aberdeen , Pundee , Paisley , Qreecock , and the Yale of Leven say tea—all Scotland-will follow . ! " I am , Mr . Editor , } " Yours , fai&fally , " G . J * jxi . " iS Habney .

      " Sheffield , 94 , Sheaf Bank , lead Mill Boad . July 10 , 1843 . " " P . S . I see that O'Connell , In a ^ peech made by him in Dnblin , on the 4 th July , states ( that three Scotch Chartist * have been engaged in promoting Ribbon Societies in the North cf Ireland . { This , I have no donbt , is a vile Ue , only used for the base purpose-of preventing the people of Ireland listening to the truths of Chartism . What Bay the readers ef tte Iforfhern Star in Scotland ; do any of them know anything of these * three Scotch Chartists ?'" [ We have thus placed before onr readers at one view the substance of nearly all 1 the communications which hare been made to ns on this most

      important snbject . We commend them all to careful deliberation . The leogth of space [ already occupied prevents the possibility of onr commenting upon them , or giving any suggestions of iour own at preseat . This we shall do hereafter ; perhaps next week . Meantime let the people think .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS—Monday , July 10 . The Honfe passed the second reading of Lord Campbell' s Law of Libel Bill ; and the third reading of lie Limitation of Actions Bill . The chief portion of the sitting was occupied with discussing the Church Endowment [ Bill , the care of which has been in the hands of the Bishop of London , The bill was read a third time , but some additional clauses are to be added , ! which are to be di-cussed to-day . I After some other business the House adjourned . TUESDAY , JCLT 11 . The bnsineES consisted in passing lord Brougham ' s Slaye Trade Suppression BUI through committee ; adding an additional clause to the { Chnrch Endowment Bill , and passing it ; and in carrying the Scotch Church Bill thrcngh committee , which was reported with amendmentB .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Mo . \ dat , Jclt 10 . Mr . Tira > -EE requested information as to whether or not the Government were prepared to advise Her Majesty to visit with \ her signal displeasure all persons engaged in duelling , or if they wos'd bring in a measure next session on the subject 1 : Sir It . Peel was alive to the importance of the rnbject , but wa 3 not prepared to make any declara tion without , due and mature consideration . The adjourned debate on Ireland was resumed by Capu Bebhal who lamented , as one main cause of her evils , the absence of landloTds ; and the ejection

      cf tenants . These subjects , he said , had been character zed by Sir Robert Peel , as belonging to the head of morals rather than of lesislaticn ; but law was only morality shaped by Parliament . We had a strong Government , no doubt , but it sate wi'h folded arms , impotent for good , and irresolute for evil . He would recommend the abolition of the oSbsof Lord Lieutenant , an office useless to all but those numerous young soldiers ttho aides-de-camp ) who wishi d to avoid the du'l routine regimental dnty . He begged the Government to remember the answer given by Charles II ., when [ some one asked him the best way to pnfc down rebellion : " Why , " said the King , " to remove the cause of it , "

      Sir Howaed Douglas reprobated the interference of America in fomenting Irish movements . He defended the Union , and showed , in detail , the commercial and other advantages which Ireland had derived from it . He lifted his voice against all kinds of political agitation ; and concluded by moving , rather unexpectedly , that the House would entertain no Irish question until the agitation now in progress should have been discontinued . No seconder was found for this motion , which wa 3 received by the Opposition with sarcastic cheers .

      Mr , Ynxi £ ss Sttjart was of opinion that snch an amendment , if entertained , would have done very little to put down agitation . He attributed the over-population and general wretchedness of Ireland less to the misconduct of landlords than to the want of any employment for the people , except upon the land , and the consequent subdivision of occupations The great grievance which was at the bottom of all was that badge of conquest , the Protestant Establishment .

      Captain Rots said , thai but for the bigotry of the Scotch and English people , some great boon , would long since bare been £ iven to the Irish Chnrch ; bai no Ministry who should propose that would stand four-and-twenty hours . The principle of the debt to the Roman Catholics was acknowledged in that instalment , the Emancipation ; and" the remainder must be paid sooner or later . The war cry had long been " No Popery , and Protestant ascendancy ;" yet the Papists were doubled , and the ascendancy was descending .

      Sir W . Somet . villk charged the present disturbances of Ireland on the Ministerial party . The Attobxbt-Geseral for Ireland made a long , dull , ineffective speech , which the House endured with a passive toleration . He defended the judicial appointments of the Government ; spoke of himself , his opinions on education , and his canvassing of Dublin University ; and , amongst other topics , came upon the subject of the Church , and told Lord John Russell that Mr . O'Cpnnell hadssid tbe Whigs could not expect to regain office , or his support , withont a readjustment of the ecclesiastical revenues of Ireland . As to the Repeal of the Union , if there were any looking to foreign assistance to effect it , he hoped and he trusted there were enough , both Protestant and Catholic to maintain it .

      Lord Howick thought that the adoption of Mr . Smith O'Brien's motion would be the regular Parliamentary mode of intimating to the people of Ireland that something more effective was about to be done for them than had ever yet been attempted . The agitation excited in his mind great alarm and terror ; not that he doubted the power of Government to put down any insurrection ' , but because it afforded proof of the growing alieniation of the Irish people , and showed * that in our hour of danger and difficulty , Ireland would be our weakness instead of our strength .. The meetings for Repeal were dangerous , and the motives of the agitators censurable ; but he shrunk from the prospect of an attempt to pnt these meetings ! down , without

      doing something to allay the discontents of the people . Is o direct interference of Government or legislation could immediately remove the wretchedness of Ireland ; all they could do was to remove the obstacles which interfered with ihe development of industry , Bnt in thi 3 respect they could do much ; the country had stores of mineral wealth , magnificent rivers , and fertile soft ; and the people , as evinced by their conduct , either in America or England , showed that they were an industrious , cheeifnl , and active race . English capital went to Chili or Pern , and could not be wanting for Ireland ; all that was required was security ; and wretchedness was the moving canse of those agrarian outrages by which capital was

      deprived of the assurance of security . The people , looking to the land as their only resource , clung to it with the tenacity of despair ; the legal power of the landlord had frequently been harshly and cruelly used ; and though -what was asked ; under the name of " fixity of tenure" appeared toi be inconsistent with the rights of property , something like what Mr . More O'Perrall had recommend , securing the tenant in outlay for improvements , " ought to be considered ; fie Tespombiptr of it lay on ihe Govern ment , in whose hands it ought fhly and only to be placed . By removing the discontents of the people , tranquillity would be restored , sad capital would flow in , paving the way for more extended application of labour in public worka . \

      Mr . Gally Ksight was willing to give the Catholics all he could get for them ; hut be it bigotry , or what yon please , the people of England and Scotland had made np their minds , and any attempt to subvert ibe Established Church in Jre ' aud would not only cost any Minister his place , but even the Sovereign the Crown . He loped Sir R . Peel wonld keep the middle course in his policy , avoiding extremes . Sir Besjamis Hall considered that the Government did not dare to put do ^ m tfce agitation in Ireland for tworeasons^—fear of the Orangemen . and fear of Mr . O'Coinell .

      Lord ^ JocKtTx condemned the agitation , felt that something must be done to abate tbe alarm which , it created and to preserve the peace , and declared that he had too good an opinion of his Roman Catholic countrymen to think that they would be parlies to any measure for the spoliation of the church . The objects of the Repeal Association were revolutionary , and sufficiently warranted the resistance of tne motion , The debate was then adjourned . Toesdat , Jbly 11 . The adjourned debate on Ireland was resumed by Mr . ] BoiGijj Johh O'CosHKLL ,-who urged the necessity or the motion , and tomplained of the abstinence of Ministers in refraining from indicating their policy with respect to Ireland . He reviewed the SW tap * tn »«* .-Md thepreBentposi-«™ t t ^ ! ^ wiffi respect to that country ; reminded them of the obstructive ! spirit

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      which they had evinced on municipal corporation reform , and the extension ^ the franchise ; and gave reminiscences of the bigo ' try of the party , when they went the ; length of threatening the Sovereign with the fate of James II ., because Mr . Sheil had been made a privy ^ ounsellor . Concessions must be made ; let them bo made in that generous spirit which would unite thel two countries , not by the parchment bonds of the union , but with the more lasting ties of equality and brotherly love . Mr . SariHE said the difficulty lay not so much in tho " Popery' , as in the * No Popery" of Englandthat bitter spirit which still lingered in the classic precincts' of Exeter-hall . This session there had been thirty-nine petitions against Maynopth : thenumber seemed sacred in the annals of ecclesiastical bigotry . If , instead of treating Ireland with the grudging

      parsimony of a stepmother , they had . governed her with justice , she would at this moment have been a nursery of loyalty . After expressing something Hke pity for the fate of Lord Eliot , in being doomed to be the organ of the Irish Government , the honourable member , j who Bpoka throughout with apparent warmth and feeling , sat down amidst cheering as loud and long as that which greeted the no iless remarkable speech of Captain Rous . ou the preceding evening , from the same benches—ibe Ministerial . Mr . Hawes denied that these Irish debates had retarded f other business—the Government were themselves responsible for the delay of the Ecclesiastical Court 3 or the County Courta Bills . The condition ; of England , no less tlian of Ireland , called on the Government for decision , instead of drifting on without chart or compass .

      Mr . CoiQuaora attributed the present condition of Ireland to the rapid increase of its population , which had doubled within the last forty years , and outrun all means of suitable employment . The Highlands of Scotland , not distracted by religious or party strife , presented a somewhat similar spectacle in its social condition . He was prepared to give the ^ Government new and additional powers , if the existing law was not sufficient to maintain tranquillity , and suppress the present movement . ' Mr . S ^ ahman Crawfobd , amongst other enumerated causes of irritation , particularly dwelt on the consolidation of farms , which could only be accomplished through the ejectment , rain , and starvation of the small occupiers . United legislation was the blest for the empire , if based on equal rights and impartial justice ; but though desirous of maintaining the Union , he contended that it possessed no moral power , and under the present system was -worse inaii separation .

      Mr . Bateson said , the real evil was absenteeism ; if the landlords were to reside , and set a good example , there was no country ia the world where the lower classes were more easily tonched by kindness , more easily managed , or who looked up with more respeot to . the higher classes , in some piaces almost with feudal feeling . The opposition knew all this very well . He would , therefore , tax tho absentees , and apply the proceeds to tho improvement of the country , jit might send them to their estates , where they ought to be in the present alarmirg state of Ireland .

      Mr . Ross , as an Irish landlord , concurred in the sentiment that the Irish people were easily managed by kindness and conciliation—but the experiment had never yet been tried . Mr . Mo . nckton Milnes thought that the present debate afforded ample proof that Ireland waB not neglected in the Imperial Legislature . The question with which they had to deal was as embarrassing to English statesmen , as that of slavery to American statesmen . —( This admission was reoeived with much cheering from the opposition benches ) .

      Mr . Roebuck did not think that the debate reflected much credit on those in whose hands the government of thi 3 great country is placed . The only leading Minister who had spoken wa 3 Sir James Graham ; and the conclusion of his speech seemed to indicate that the Government could neither retreat nor adiance without danger . The calm and temperate tone in which tho Irith members had ; adduced their grievances contrasted strongly with tho petulant and party replies of ministerial members , who had given to the Government their imbecile support . It was admitted by tho Home ; Secretary that the very existence of the empire was at stake ; yet he , whose power of language , of argument , and of sarcasm were

      unquestioned , grew frightened by the subject he was handling , and lost power , not only over the House , but himself . The next member of the Government who Fpoke , was the Attorney-General for Ireland , and he , to illustrate how that country was governed , at a time when it is on the ver ^ e of a civil war , harangued ' the House about his graudfather , and how he was not elected for the University of Dublin . Sir Robert Peel wss like an inactive general iu his camp , receiving intelligence of one successive defection after another . Mr . Smythe , who had - made his speech that evening , had spoken with great apparent feeling , as if he were ready for any sacriSca of friendship ; he hoped his feeling speech would be followed by the right vote .

      Ireland must be governed either with or without the Orangemeij—either as a conquered country , by the aid of the garrison we had placed there , or oa broad and liberal principles , seeking the happiness of the millions . The Protestant party were eight hundred thousand to eight millions ; and in no well-governed country could eight hundred thousand possess the wealth and the » land in a community of eight millions . But the opposition party had hitherto treated the question in a party way—he hoped for larger and more generous views from Sir Robert Peel , whoso fault was , not that he had dose worse than his predecessors , but that he had not shown himself equal to the sew exigencies of the case . No people had combined against a government without being

      impelled by physical suffering ; in addition to wretchedness , the Irish had degradation and wrong . Mr . O'Connell , in the course which he had pursued , had no doubt done much mischief , but he had also achieved much good , and had obtained for the people what they would otherwise not havo gained . Like all enthusiastic men who governed enthusiastic people , he was alternately dupe and impostor—the glowing and graphic descriptions of the wonderful benefits to result frprnf the Repeal of the Union he could not himself believe . But he had done thiB—he had made them decent in their language respecting Ireland . The Church was the badge of conquest ; if not reformed by some Government , the people would destroy it . Mr . O'Connell had but to add tbe non-payment of rent to that of Tithe—( hear ! hear !)

      •* Ay , ay , you may cry hear , hear—for don ' t think we are whispering secrets to one another ! " Were they to bel told that the Protestant feeling of this country would prevent a minister from undertaking this great , act of justice—from rising to this great emergency ?! Was dismissal from office so great an evil , that they would rather risk civil war than encounter it 1 The Tithe was national property ; it was created by the Catholics for Catholic purposes ; it was diverted by the will of the nation to other objects , and by The will of the nation may be diverted again . It Was as sacred then as now—neither more nor less . He did not attackthejaith , but the money of the Established Church . Let them deal with all the grievances of Ireland , and s ^ ve it from becoming an eating ulcer into the heart of England .

      Sir R . Peel then rose . He was anxious , m the first place , to obliterate all personal or party recollections . He would vindicate his own course , but he would not recriminate . The question was of too deep an interest for that . Tho real object of this motion was not an inquiry into possible remedies , but an expression of opinion adverse to tho Government . If the Government did appear to the House unfit , from party connexions , or from other reasons , to govern' Ireland , this vote ought to be against him ; for certainly the tenure of office by any party was a consideration of no value in comparison to the welfare with a kingdom . He then addressed himself to tho speech of the mover , and defended the Government from his charge of parsimonious

      treatment to Ireland , referring to documentary evidence , land observing that Ireland pays no assessed taxes , no income tax , no soap duty , no duty on spirita . He adverted , with some indignation , to the charge that official appointments , particularly judicial and ecclesiastical ones , had been made nnfairly , and read tho letter containing his instructions to the Lord-Lieutenant on the subject of patronage He justified the proceeding on the mail-coach contract , observing that it was a disparagement to Ireland to treat that trifle as a grievance . Perhaps the most' ungenerous charge of all was on the snbject of education . It would have been highly gratifying to tho supporters of Government , and consequently conducive to its interest , if

      on this point a different course had been resolved on by the Cabinet . The general intention of the Go- ^ vernment had been bonafide to fulfil the principle of the Relief Bill , which established equality between Protestant and Catholic He showed the absurdity of the allegation that Irishmen bad not had rtheir fair share of Irish patronage , and citfcd several instances where Irishmen had been , appointed to employments in England . Tho attention of tho house had been called to three sorts of Irish grievances , the social , the political , and the religious . The social or agrarian , were not new grievances ; nor was it possible for the Government to devise any immediate remedy for them ; but if a committee had b $ en proposed for inquiry into the , law of landlord and tenant he would gladly have

      agreed to that . Next , a 9 to political grievances . He fuily admitted , and had admitted long ago , that religion ought not 10 operate as a disqualification for office . He then proceeded to the question of the church . On this head , he would not consent to give the pledge required of him by the Opposition ; he would much rather choose the other alternative suggested , —of leaving offioe , and taking tho chance of what some other Minister might do . The proposition was , that as the Protestants are not a sixth of the population , Ihey ought to possess but a sixth of the Church endowments . Must they also retain but asixth of the churches 1 Must the Roman Catholic Bishops sit equally with the Protestants in the House : of Lords ! This was a somewhat larger change than had yet been contemplated . Again , what was to be the state of the Roman Catholic

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      religion in England I Thus there was much beside revenue to bo considered , in order to produce perfect equality . He knew that such contracts as that of the Union could not be maintained iu case of an adverse necessity ; but they were not to bedepartedfrom unless that necessity were reall y paramount : any such departure tended toshake publicconfidencemost injuriously to national welfare . How strong were the assurances given at the time of the relief bill to the reluctant people of England , that it would not impair but inorease the security of the Protestant Church I Tho subject of a provision for the priests from any other source , waB one upon which he was not disposed to make any declaration of opinion thus incidentally in the course of a general debate . He

      now approached the question of Repeal , as to which he had said that he was prepared to use all the powers of Government for the maintenance of the Union , and in that sentiment he believed there was a ; very general concurrence on the other side of the House . . He was sorry to have heard it argued that the Repeal of the Union Btood upon the same footing with the repeal of any other act . On no other apt would the Crown have made the declarations whioh it had made on this , in the times both of the late and of the present Ministry . He pointed out the practical absurdities and inconsistencies which must follow a severance of Ireland from England , with separate Parliaments , revenues , armies , and navies . Such a severance could not last a single year without a conflict . To prevent such an evil the Government had , without asking for any new measure , resolved to rest upon the existing powers of tHe law and constitution . He was asked vrhab course

      he was prepared to take ; he was prepared to govern with justice—to maintain civil equality—to consider the franchise , and the law of the landlord and tenant , striotly preserving the principle of the right of property ; and , on the subject of the church , to maintain it inviolate . { It was made a reproach to him that he hod stood with folded arms and had asked for no new laws , whioh he believed would not have strengthened the ; Executive Government . He relied on that abstinence for attaching to the Government all who foresaw the consequencos of assembling a new Parliament for Ireland alone ; and then , if , at length , necessity thould arise , tbe claim for new powers would be the stronger for tbe past forbearance . In his reliance on the loyalty ot the Irish people , he made no distinction between Protestant and Catholic . The Catholics could not want motives for rallying round the union ; the events and enactments of the last fourteen or fifteen

      years had made a great social and political change in : their favour , and the favourable feeling to them still subsisted in the Imperial Parliament . He appealed to these considerations , to the long connexion of ( he two countries , to their common interests , and to their common dangers . LordJoha Russell had not beard with satisfaction the speech of Sir R . Peel . It was more like the speech of a member finding fault with the proposals ot ' la government , than like the speech of one who was tho head of a government himself . After

      enlarging upon the magnitude of the present danger , he acknowledged that he approved of the forbearance to ask for any new law of coercion . But the course on which the government seemed to rely was that of doing nothing at all—of waiting to hear the propasals of other members , and then commenting on the insufficiency of one suggestion and the doubtfulness of another . To him this appeared to indicate a want of capacity and of energy in the Ministers . If they bad been afraid to- propose measures , it was not because there had been any violence on the part of the Irish members to deter them . He denied that

      equality of civil rights existed between England and Ireland ; in proof of which denial he referred to the numbers of tho Parliamentary constituencies , and to the difference between the English and the Irish Municipal Act . He then camo to the question of the Church . Oh this subject ho desired to explain the opinions expressed by him on a former evening , by which he had meant to intimate , that though favourable to the principle of establishment , hto though it a principle much misapplied to a church like that of Ireland , which had no connection with , nor influence over the bulk of the people : and

      it was requisite , in order to make such a principle available to its real purpose , that it should be extended in a mannor which might put the religion of the majorii . y on the same footing with the religion established in favour of 1 the minority . It was half-paat two o ' clock when Lord John Russell concluded , and Mr . Sergeant Murphy moved the adjournment of the debate . A somewhat lively discussion ensued , Mr . Wallace stating that he saw sixteen members rise at once to catoh the Speaker ' s eye , and Sir II . W . Barron adding that he had risen nine times ineffectually . After a triumphant but useless division , the adjournment was agreed to .

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      Z 7 *! 5 teas adopted unanimous ' y , as was also a reso l ution determining to hold a great public meeting of the Boi'onyh over which Sir B . Hall was elected to preside , on Monday next .

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      CrLASCrOW . —Awful Thondfr Storm . —On Saturday afternoon this town and neighbourhood was visited with ] a thunderstorm , tho like of which has seldom been witnessed in this quarter , and I regret to say accompanied with loss of life . In the village of Camlachie , a young woman , a handloom wtavcr , while id tho act of borrowing a bru ? . h from ashopmate , wasjstruck down with the electric fluid ; yet her neighbour escaped untouched . The room is what is calle | a '' four-loom shop" ; the whole windows of which , excepting three or four panes , wen ; shattered tjo pieces . At Mile Ead , the pott

      of a gate was torn from top to bottom . At Portdundas , the mast of a vessel v / a 3 completely destroyed ; but the most extraordinary instance of the kind that ever came to our knowledge , is the miraculous escape of Mrs . Fane , who liy . s near Portdundasj during part of the storm , the under sash of one of her windows wafa up , we presume accidentally , and while in the way of crossing the room with is , bowl in her hand , the bowl was knocked from her , yet she sufferedjno harm . This statement wo have from her own son , Isaac Face .

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      THE LADIES' WORK TABLE BOOK ; containJne clear and practical instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework , Embroidering , Knitting , Netting , Crotchet and Tatting , with numerous Engravings illustrative of the various stitches ia those useful and fashionable employments . Second Thousand . London : H . G Clarke and Co ., 66 , Old Bailey . An exceedingly neat well got up volume , which should ba in the hands of every female ; not lesa bandy for the educated woman of superior circumstances than useful for the neglected child of poverty and labour . The author has a happy knack of put . ting every thing , even the most simple , into pleasing language and an instructive form . The following extracts from the introduction will shew the reader something of both the plan and character of the work :

      " If it be true that ' homo scenes are rendered happy or miserable , in proportion to the good or evil influence exercised over them by woman—as sister , wife , or mother '—it will be admitted as a fact of the utmost importance , that every thing should be done to improve the taste , cultivate the understanding , and elevate the character of those ' high priestesses * of our domestic sanctuaries . The page ot history informs us , that the progress of any nation in morals , civilization , and refinement , is just in proportion td tbe elevated or degraded position in which woman is placed in society ; and the same instructive volume will enable us to perceive , that the fanciful creations of the needle , have exerted a marked influence over the pursuits and destinies of

      man . " To blend the useful with the ornamental , and to exhibit the gushings forth of mind , vitalised by the warm and glowiDg affections of the heart , is tb . peculiar honour and sacred destiny of woman . Without her influence , life would be arrayed in sables , and the proud lords of the creation would be infinitely more miserable and helpless than the beasts that perish . To tender , then , those . * terrestrial angels' all that our fondest wishes could desire , or our most vivid imaginations picture , must be , under any circumstances , a pleasing and delightful employment ; while , for a father or a brother to behold her returning all the care bestowed upon her by the thousand offices of love , to the performance of which she alone is equal , is doubtless one of the most exalted sources of human felicity . "

      Then follows a dissertation on the ases of the needle , concluding thus : " Tho needle is also capable of becoming an important monitor to the female heart ; and we would impress this truth seriously upon their recollection , that as there is ' Sermons in stones , And good in every thing , ' So the needle they so often use , is , or may be , a silent but salutary moral teacher . They all know that however good the eye of a needle may be , if it were rusted and pointless , it would ba of little use . Let them also recollect , that though it may possess the finest point and polish in the world , if destitute of the eye , it would be of no use at all . The lesson

      we wish them to derive from hence is this , that as it is the eye which holds the thread , and that it is by the thread alonji that the needle becomes useful , so it is the eye of intelligence , directed to the attainment of useful ends , that gives all the real value to the point and polish , which is so much admired in the educated female ; and that without the intellectual powers of the mind be engaged in the pursuits of goodness , all other endowments will be useless to their possessor . Let them' learn also , not to despise such of their companions aa , though intelligent and useful , are neither possessed of wit or elegance equal to their own . Circumstances may have rendered them , like the needle , rusty and pointless ; bat the eye of intelligence is there , and they may still be useful .

      " The want of a work containing clear instructions without unnecessary diffuseness , and by which the uninitiated may become their own instructors , has long been sensibly felt ; and this want , the following pages are intended to supply . Our aim is , not to make young ladies servile copyists , but to lead them to the formation of habits oi thought and reflection , which may issue in bigaor attainments than the knitting of a shawl , or the netting of a purse . " We are anxious to render elegant amusements conducive to the attainment of moral ends ; and to lay that foundation of intellectual superiority and

      affectionate regard , for the comfort and happiness of others , which cau alone give light and animation , sweetness and blooming freshness , to the interesting scenes of future life . All engagements , which are calculated to elevate , soften , and harmonic the human character , have this tendency ; and it is in the assured conviction that the employments here treated of , are , when cultivated in due subordination to higher duties , well adapted to secure these objects , and to promote these domestic ends , that the Ladies ' Work Table Book has been prepared , and ia now presented to the lovely daughters of England . "

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      , Dy JOSHUA HOBSON , at his Printing Offices , Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggatei and Published by the said Joshua Hobson , ( for the said Feargus O'Connor , ) at his Dwelling-house , No . 5 , Market-atreet , Briggate ; an internal Cemmunication existing between the said No . 5 , Market-street , and the said Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Bxiggato , thus constituting tbe whole of the said Printing and Publishing Office one Premises . All Communications must be addressed , Post-paid , to Mr . Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leeds . j Saturday . July , 15 18 * 3 .

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      THE STATE OF IRELAND .-METROPOLITAN SYMPATHY . On Monday , a meeting of Influential electors of tbe borough of Marylebone , convened by Its P . trli . injentary representatives , took place at the mansion of SirB . Hall , iu Porttnan-square , for the purpose of considering the propriety of making a public demonstration , with reference to the present state and future prospects of Ireland . ¦' Sir B . Hall was called on to preside , and was surrounded by a large number of Irish Members of Parliament .

      The Chairman having read a number of letters from Members of Parliament apologising for their inability to attend , but expressing their hearty concurrence in the objects of the meeting , said—a strong feeling was existing in Ireland that the English people bad no sympathy with the sufferings of thu Irish people , and it was the opinion of most of the IriBh Members of Parliament that if a demonstration in this metropolis wen made in favour of justica to Ireland that feeling would be allayed , and a tone and TEMPER . WOULD BE GIVEN TO ALL DEMONSTRATIONS

      WHICH MIGHT FOLLOW THROUGHOUT THE COUNtry . He and bis colleague ( Sir C . Napier ) had thought it better that a meeting of tbe present kind should take place , and to invite to it parties of all shades of politics , in order that they might understand each other ' s opinions upon so important a question . If there was not complete union on such a question , and if OTHER MATTERS WERE INTRODUCED , THE O 11 JECT sought would be frustrated ; therefore , it waa most desirous that they should boar what those opinions were , in order to see if they could co-operate in doing justice to Ireland , and in preventing the results which its present state was likely to lead to .

      Mr . S . 'pHAWFORD said much good would result from a metropolitan demonstration in favour of Ireland . It would in the first place sbow to Government that they could not rule the people of Ireland but upon the same basis , giving them equal rights and privileges with those of England ; and secondly , it would afford a prsetical proof to the Irish people that there was no hostility existing towards them on the part of the' English—( cheers ) . [ Lord Clements asked why should not one nation enjoy equal privileges with the other?—( hear , hear ) .

      They could not shut their eyes to the fact that it was the bad government of Ireland which had raised the question of Repeal , and for all the grievances which Ireland laboured under the remedy proposed by Minister ? was no other than fin Irish Arms Bill —( cries of 11 Shame" ) . Could the Irirfi nation look upon that measure in any other light than that of a disgrace ?—( No , no ) . L « t Ireland be governed by good , by equal laws , and no one could doubt but she would add considerably to England ' s greatness , but it was utterly hopeless that either peace or prosperity would prevail under any other circumstances .

      Mr . Wise then catue forward . —He said the Irish members of Parliament , and , indeed , the Irish people , would hail with joy the sound of co-operation in their cause emanating from the metropolis of England , for it would at once disptl the erroneous impression in Ireland , that there was a want of sympathy on the part of the English people—( hear ) . It was not merely an Irish question ; for , in all probability , tbe system of coercion adopted towards Ireland would , in course of time , if successful , extend to England also—( hear ) . To maintain their character for moral excellence and Christian feeling as a nation , Englishmen were called upon to vindicate it by wiping out the stain of oppression which had been so long exercised towards Ireland .

      He , could assure gentleman that the state of Ireland was exciting the attention in France almost to an equal extent as in England itself . In Belgium it was tbe all-ahsorbiiig topic ; and the result would be , that thu peace or the disquiet in Ireland would , in all probability , affect the destinies of Europe . What was nu w wanted was , that tho English people themselves should step in between the oppressors and the oppressed ; that they should demand from the Government , without reference to party , equal rights in franchise and religion ; and decide whether Ireland should be a province of England , colonial Ireland , or whether it shonld bo Erigiaml itself in every particular— ( h 6 ar , hear , Now was the tiree for Englishmen to speak out ; but unless it ivasthe wealth and ^ intelligence , tee ! ' as the

      numbers , IT W'OVLU BE BETTER NOT TG MAKE THE AXTEMrT . He cordially approved of the proposed dtmon 8 traiiuH ; for with all the power of iho presect Ministry , taere had never been one so completely , awed by ( public opinion , and , if united and determined , ha beliuved the people of England could secure equal lights and equal "iberUes-for Ireland—( cheers . ) Geufral Evans , and ; a great number of gentlemen connected with the Borough , severally addressed the meeting , the general tenor of their observations being , the impolicy of petitioning Parliament , as at present constituted for any redress ef the grievatces of Ireland ; and suggesting the propriety o £ calling upon the Queen , by | a constitutional appeal to her Mnjesty , to dismiss the present Parliament and Ministry from power .

      Sir B . Hail conaurred in thinking that it would be a most proper and dignified courseto petition the Queen to direct her Ministers W adopt some measure of justice towards Ireland , and if they did not , to diamias not only them but even the Parliament . Tbe Hon . Baronet here read a memorial expressive of alarm at the state of ( Ireland and of indignation at the policy of the present Ministry towards that country , and appealing to her MajsBty in the event ot tbeir refusal to do justice to the people of that country , at once to dismiss them from her councils .

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      " REBECCA" IN WALES . . Carmarthen , July 8 . Since my last ] communication I am happy to say that there has not been any interruption of the public peace , but at the same time the destruction of obnoxious gates } by ?• Rebecca" and her daughters is carried on with unremitted industry . It has , however , now extended itself to the borders of Glamorganshire . (!) n Thursday night they assembled in large numbers at the little village of Pont-aa-Dulais on tho Swansea-road , and having marched to Belcoid . they destroyed the tollbar , and then levelled the tollhouse with the ground . After which they proceeded to trie Cross Hands , on the same road ,

      where they destroyed the two tollbars . There are houses within a jsrery short distance of each , of theso gates , so that the whole proceedings must have been witnessed by some of the inhabitants ; yet such is the sympathy felt by them that I venture to state my belief that no reward would induce them to identify a single person engaged in their destruction . In a former communication I stated that , although special constables were [ sworn in , a respectable magistrate had stated that they were uselesp , as be did not think a constable could be found who cither could or would execute a warrant . This appears to be the case not only with the special constables , bat with the police also . I On Thursday a meeting of the watch

      committee was ( held at the Town-hall , Carmarthen , for tho purpose of inquiring into the conduct of the police , at which ! it was stated , that when the police were required io , | go to Tallog to execute certain warrants , some jof them had been been taken suddenly ill , and others had refused to go altogether ; and that warrants against certain persons had been in the hands of Ithe Superintendent for the last fortnight , who had j not , however , attempted to execute them , although | the parties were to be found every day . The mayor also stated that it was a somewhat singular fact that during the whole excitement consequent upon ihe late disturbance , he had not

      obtained one particle of information from the police ; all his information had been obtained by his own individual exertions , and that coo at a time when information might have enabled the magistrates to prepare for the coming events . The Superintendent , in justification , said that he could not execute the warrants , as no -one would give tho slightest | information as to where any suspected party was to be found . One of tho magistrates having declared that it was useless inlthem to grant warrants if the police refused to execute them , it was determined that the Superintendent should be dismissed , and the Secretary of State applied to to recommend an efficient officer in his place .

      Iu Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire the iron trade still continues in a state of hopeless depression The Dowlais Company aie about to discharge between two and three hundred bands , and other companies must j also , we believe , reduce their make , as there is an almost entire absence of demand for iron of any description , and no companies can stand the ruinous lossj at which the make of iron is now oarried on . —Times Correspondent .

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      SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAVE . GENERAL DFFEJiCE AND VICTIM FUND . £ 8 . d Previously acknowledged 536 14 ! £ Banbury * ... j 2 0 0 Proceeds of a lecture by Mr . G . Harrison , at Sat ton Forest Side , per Mr . Sweet , Nottingham 0 4 0 £ 538 18 . 14 * Received some time back , per Mr . Philp , but letter mislaid until now .

      FOR DR . M ' DOL ' ALL , Carlisle ... ... ... ... 2 14 " 6 Collection at meeting , Leicester ... 0 10 0 Mr . Swtet , NottjiDgham ... ... 0 2 0 Female Association , Nottingham ... 0 2 0 Shoreditch Locality ... ... ... 050 FOR 3 . WILD . Red Lion , Soho ... ... ... 0 2 6 FOR LEACU , OF HTDE . Shoreditch ... ... ... ... 0 5 0

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      Stealing a Silver Spoon . —Oa Monday last a woman of notorious character , named Mary Alorgan , was charged at ] the Court House , before Messrs . Wright and Markland , with having stolen a silver Bpoon , the property of Mr . W . Brook , the secretary of the Commerpi'al News Room . The prisoner was employed by Mrs . Brook , on the 23 rd of Juno " , to clean the house ; on that occasion all the silver things vrere out ] and when they were next wanted , the spoon in question was missed . Suspicion did not attach to the prisoner ; but having gone to offer it for sale at Mr . Lerra ' s , on Saturday night , she was given into custody . The spoon was identified by Mr . Brook , [ 33 his property . The prisoner was committed for trial .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Wednespay , Jllt 12 , The protracted debate upon the state of Ireland has been at length brought to a conclusion . The House divided , when tho numbers were : — For the motion ......... 164 Against it 243 Majority 79

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      TO THE CHARTISTS ' OF GREAT BRITAIN . Friends and Fellow Slaves , —You all know as well as I do , that great objects have never yetHbeen achieved without great personal sacrifice . You may reply that you have already suffered much . I admit it . I feel deeply for your sufferings . I admire your perseverance and indomitable spirit . Few men amongst you felt more poignantly than I did for the bloody and cruel fate of the martyred Clayton and

      Holberry ; forjtha unlawful and uojust expatriation of Frost , Williams , and Jones . I hope , therefore , that you will not deem it presumption in one who has been so seldom amongst you , and so humble an individual as lam , to thus address so vast , so enlightened and so powerful a body of men as the Chartists of Great Britain . But to whatever motive you attribute it , I cannot resist the impulse of doing my utmost to promote , by all the means in my power , the great object of aB our hope—the People's Charter . I shall spjeak to you freely . I shall test your souls , and if you be really the men I have ever taken you to be , you will carry into immediate effect the propositions which I shall now submit to

      you-If you wish to be revenged of your tyrant taskmasters—the perfidious Whigs and truculent Tories —if you desire to avenge the murders of Clayton aad Holberry , and ( the expatriation of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , you will take the advice which I now , in the sincerity of my bouI , tender to you . It is in your power to do it ! and eyery man of you will be better , in every respect , by taking it , adopting it , and persevering in it , than you would be should you reject it . Well , then , tliere are 3 , 500 , 000 of you , or more , who , on the average , jexpend on useless , pernicious luxuries —tobacco and malt drink , at the very least sixpence a woek . If you have the spirit of men in you ; if you true Chartists

      are , you will give up the use of those useless articles . Give them up at once and for ever ! Put by a similaT Bum of money weekly to that which you have been in the habit of spending upon those articles . Keepjit safe and dry , in hard cash , for twelve M 0 NTU 3 ' , by doing which you will all be richer and better than you are now . B&sides , as a body , you w , ill have accumulated the enormous sum of £ 4 , 534 , 333 , in the shorS term of oDe year !!! Begin at once , j Keep the money . And with , the blessing of God | I will come over to see you in September , 1844 , and lend my aid to show you how to carry the teop e's Charter , which you can do by simply taking care of your own money . Mind that !

      Remember that for every thirteen pence you lay out on tobacco , you get but one penny worth of the stinking weed U The remaining twelve pence goe 3 , in the 9 hape of duty , into tho coffers of your eatmies 1 Permit me tojsay another word in conclusion . The food , the pious , the amiable , and kind-hearted ' ather Mathew , an Irish Catholic Priest , is now amongst you . Go to him and take the " Teetotal pledge . " Never mind his being a priest . Think of uothing but hojw to promote your own happiness , overthrow your enemies , and get tbe Charter made the law of the land . I am , truly and sincerely yours ; j Patrick O'Higgins . ~ So . 14 , North Anne-atreet , Dublin , July 11 th , 1043 .

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      The Heat in Paris . —The heat of the ' sun on Wednesday last was so intense , that some of the asphalte pavement of the squares and boulevards exposed to its almost perpendicular rays became much softened . The Courier 'Francois , alluding to this fact , goes so far as to relate that a lady elegantly dressed , on passing , about two o'clock , before the Cafe de Paris , was suable to extract her shoes , which were of white satin , and was obliged to leave them behind her , glad to return home in a citadine , which a gallant gentleman called for her . —Galig ' nani's Messenger .

      Value of Health , —How valuable then is health ! and yet how little is it studied ! perhaps this results from its being considered a difficult and complicated subject , whereas the contrary is the case—nothing is so simple ; its very simplicity is doubtless one cause of its being neglected ; what say the wise old men ? one , the venerable Parr , tells us to "keep a coil head and warm feet . " He looked upon herbs of the field as all-sufficient for every medical purpose , and made these his study ;—long practice demonstrated the correctness of his theory , and the world is now blest with his incomparable and invigorating medicine . The proprietors are receiving daily , the unsolicited testimonials of those who have been benefitted bv the use of Parr ' s Life Pills .

      Syceb Silver—By the statement of the account between tho Master of the Mint and the Lords of the Treasury , relative to the Sycee silver remitted from China , it appears that the total value is £ 1 , 334 , 485 12 s 84 , the freight and other expences connected with which is £ 19 , 291 I 83 2 j , leaving a balance of £ 1 , 315 , 118 9 s 5 d , the above-named eum being equal in Chinese value to 6 , 000 , 000 dollars , the first instalment under the treaty of Nanking . Of this amount , £ 1 , 281 , 406 13 * lOd has been paid into the Exchequer , and £ 53 , 073 13 s 9 d reserved for defraying freight , charges of preparation , contingent expenses , allowances ,. &o ., subject to the approbation of the Treasury .

      MonjlONiTE Superstition . — On Sunday last a blacksmith , residing at Cl'fcon-on-Teme , named James Jopes , died under circumstances which hare since originated investigation , and an inquest wag accordingly held on the body on Wednesday last It appears that deceased was taken ill about three weeks ago ; but a young man of the " Latter-day Saints '" persuasion , who lived with the family ( which consisted of the man , his wife , and three daughters ) , persuaded them to have no medical advice , saying that " If it was God ' s will ho would dio whether he was attended by a doctor or not , *" and so the poor people , acting on this fallacious mode of reasoning , neglected to apply the proper mode of treatment , and the invalid died , the neighbours

      having been refused permission to see hitif during his illness . The casg excited considerable interest ia the neighbourhood of Clifton-on-Teme ; and at the inquest on Wednesday , the deceased ' s wife and a bricklayer named William Allen deposed that the deceased had been solicited to have a doctor , but that he himself refused , and threatened to throw away the medicine if any were sent to him . Mr . Shelton , surgeon of this city , gave evidence that ths death had been occasioned by inflamation of the bladder and adjacent parts , which had mortified ; there was no doubt in his mind that if the deceased had received medical assistance in pToper time , he would have been alive now . Verdict— " Died by the visitation of God . "— Worcester Guardian .

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      8 THE NORTHERN STAR , ] ^^^^

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 15, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1221/page/8/