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      REPEAL ASSOCIATJ Off . An adjourned meeting of the me jfogn of this Association -was held on Wednesday , id tjje Com JExchange Booms . Shortly after two o ' clock ^ " 3 ^ . o Connell -entered the meeting , haviBg just si Jived from attending the late great Repeal demonstra j ^ QU at Llsmore , and jnoved < : ounsellor Scxjixt to the cfc ^ Mr . JUT lead tha minutes of foe previous meeting , after -which Mr . O'Conseli said he -wished to begin the . business of the day by giving sotica of a motion for ihe next day « f meeting , nair ^ y—to t ^ e j ^ o consideration the report made np , n air . Smith ' s case , as investigated by the committ ^ of g ^ Association , relative

      to the lands of T >* rr " igtown and . Paristown , in tha county Jieath- Ee ^ ^ a move ihat on Monday next { unless the other bus jiggj of # & < iay wenM occupy too Bmch Cine ) that the jeport -would be fully considered ; snd if not thtn . nf ja the following day , to which they wonld arjcnrn if * jecessary . He ( Mr . O'C . ) estsf , with some surprise , tl j ^ t several gentlemen in the connly Heath considere- ± ¦ $ & matter was at an end ; but snch -waa not the cas j , as it "was only In a course of an in-TestigatioB , v ] jieh -would , perhaps , end in his being © buged to ^ c pt a measure for the benefit of the poor © f Ireland . The Secrf j&Iy ? && a letter from Mr . P . Donohoe , ^ proprietor of ^ he Boston Pilot , enclosing £ 29 from "West Stc ekbndge and Lee ; from the Savannah Repeal Ass edition 500 dollars . Pitkfleld , Mas . £ l 0 j Hartfon i , con . £ 67 ; 2 Jeirark , JJew Jersey £ 30 25 s . ; -Joseph M . 3 > oraa , Philadelphia , £ 50 ; John W . James , of tie Boston Association , "which stated that be tronld

      have tent 1 , 400 dollars ( the amonnt collected ) " bnt for fee uncertainty as to the tern -which events might taka in Ireland "; New Brunswick , £ 40 ? the St . loois ( Missouri ) Repeal Association of the Friends of Ireland , £ 174 . In fee letter of the last body 1 b the feUowmg passage- — "Deeply -wounded as the Repealers of St . lonis are by the late nrjcsfifiable attack made by Mr . O'Connell , in the name of the Repealers of Ireland , upon the American people and their institutions—indignantly as they spurn the sentiments and opinions of 2 dr . O'Connell on the subject of domestic slavery In America , and despicable as appears to" them a conise on his part so "wantonly ungenerous , so Tingratuitously insulting , and so unwarrantably malign nTit —still , at this moment , -when the British Ministry is aiming a deathblow at the dearest hopes of the Irish people—the friends of old Erin in the -west cannot , on account of the fanaticism of one man , desert a glorious cause in the henr of peril and need . "

      Mr- O'CossEiL said he ~ -was accused of fanaticism ; and he certainly -was a fanatic , if tie term applied to * me -who desired liberty for every hnman being ,- bnt he did not understand the appeal to the God of justice in one of the sonthem communications , nor did he like it , because it locked blasphemous . 'Was not a black man born on the same equality frith the -white ? And -were all the cruelties that could be conceived to be put on his person , and then an appeal to be made to the God of Justice 1—{ hear ) . No 1 such an appeal was blasphemous ; and the men -who protested in those countries to let every man have his liberty , and broke that pledge , were perjurers—perjurers upon every occasion that they made their fellow-creatures the objects of tnffic , in which situation they could be sold to pay their pretended owners' debts —( long-continued cheers ) . To be the enemy of such a system he ( Mr . O'Connell ) would willingly bs called a fanatic Several letters were read containing remittances , and amongst them one from Connemaia containing £ 109 .

      Mr . 0 * C 055 ELi , said that he understood a Rev James Xowry , a dissenting minister , had gone through the North of Ireland , and was then going about Scotland lecturing in favour of Repeal ; and he wished it to distinctly known that the Association did not recognise him in any way , or place any confidence in him . Mr . Steele , Mr . John O'Connell , Dr . Gray , and other gentlemen having handed in vario&s subscriptions . > Tr- ^ fATfK CALLAGHAa sai d he was prepared to gi ve a ' contradiction to the statements made by Mr . Smith -against Mm , all of which were untrue , Mr . OCossell objected to the question being brought forward until the day for which he had given notice of his motion—Monday . Mr . Caxlaghax persisted for some time , bnt nltixnately consented to let the matter pass for the present ; however , he said he would see that it should get publicity in . another way—{ bear } .

      . Di . Gbat said that he had to report fram the arbitration committee , that several letters were received from various parts of Ireland , from gentlemen willing to be appointed arbitrators—and he had to move the appointment of Major Nicholson and Messrs . "James Nugent , Matthew , Moriarty , and James O'Brien , as the arbitrators for the Kingstown district—( bear ) . Mr . Scuixt ( the Chairman ) was then appointed an arbitrator for Dnndram , and both be and Mr . Nugent setuxn&d ftiy" ^* for the honour conferred upon them . A letter was read from James' Napper , Esq ., of lAugherew . The writer aid , " being no psrty man myself , and having been a resident "landlord for more tkan & quarter of a century , experience has taught me that faction and party are the bane of my country : and

      now allow ms to declare that during that period I have sever yet seen the political and domestic affairs of Ireland correctly governed by the cabinet of London . Alas , it has been too frtqnently the policy of ttie xdnixttra of the crown—be their political creed " what it may—to purchase , by its patronage , the leader or leaders of those parties whose opinions appeared in some degree to coincide with their own ; the consequent result has been , that those laws which most affect the social system of Ireland , have become constant patchwork legislation , unequal to support and protect the interests and welfare of a people rapidly increasing both in numbers and intelligence . On speaking to the tout which I have frequently given— " Success to Paddy and his spade *—I observed that it was a mere mockery constantly to utter this sentiment , unless we could practically bring Paddy and his n ade to work ; and went

      on to suggest , that , as ow agricultural societies have in the last two years gained much knowledge as to the management of small farms and spade husbandry , we should endeaveur to procure such an alteration in our Grand Jury laws , as would , by Tn » lrmg { he T 04 < i cess as much as possible the means of giving employment to labourers , throw its amount directly into their hands ; whilst the « maTl fanners being induced to lay aside their horse and dray and substitute a couple of cows and the spadewoik of the neighbouring labourers , a second means of employment might , be afforded them . The / present Government beine pledged to Mr . . S . Crawford to consider the principle of his Landlord and Tenant Bni , I cannot feel that I stepped out © f my place by advocs&ng the interests < A the poorest o ! the Itisb tenantry . Educated in England , 1 have learned to think for myself , snd say what I think ; and now in thanking you for the courteous manner in "which von have

      communicated to me the wishes of your leader , and called my attention to tha attracSioiis of the Repeal Association . I must be » to observe that , I have been far mere interested in those of a still later date , where I nnd that the constant appeal to the prejadicea of Irishmen againBt every-Qungthat i * English , and in favour of everything Irish of however remote a period , has produced those results Which every impartial observer must long have expected Best assured that the crownetl heads of Europe are AnxiouBly watehing the transactions of an assembly of Which , Sir , you are secretary ; fully determined to pre-Tent our at present comparatively prosperous island from being made a stepping stone , at probably no Tery distant period , to forward the ambitioui -riewB of republican America . *

      Mr . 0 "C 055 ell moved tfee insertion of Iheletter upon file minutes . Hr . Napper had referred to a notice of motion attempted to be given in by a person wbj > had been a member of the Association ,- bnt be ( Mr . O'Connell ) wished to say that he was no longer cenaected with them , and all he regretted was , that he had been treated with so much conrtesy . If he had been present ho woaid have put | hhn by the shonlder out of the loom , or pnt their hands under him and conveyed him Saietiy oui-in that way—( cheers and laughter ) . Snch eonduet a 3 Mr . Connor pursued could not have been pursued honestly : if he was honest , could ? he not have Raited until he ( Mr . O'Connell ) was present , whom he saaw took all the legal responsibility on his own perwn m . tha fcrmaUon of the Association . Be threw ont as it were ppBUeal claptraps ; and thought t » make an

      impression upon that assembly which w ^ uldhave been UI successful ) destructive of ths great causa of Repeal : SS' ^??™ ° * thsre *» honest attemptto tong * t inward in his absence . He ( Mr . O'Connell ) fcBte ££ eatwmM-asahuttha person in question when ^ J ^^ v member ; fcut ha ««» " £ " be cJul § do no harm if he was well watched . His . Mr . O'Con-^* T ^ XSS Z 2 ?* Z ^ ssages from a speech of the Marquess of Londond ££ tt which be spoke of the manner in wMchhe iispWd file condition of his tenantry , aaS continued to * £ yS 2 ff perfectly agreed with him , and prayed God to iless hnnfor advocating the system of continuance of tte land m the possession of father to Bon at a fair eqcitaVe

      After some few more observations npon Mr Connor ' s conduct , Mr . O'Connell concluded by moving his ^ erpnlsinn from tha roll of the Association , and the in-* erfion of Mr . Napper * s letter upon the minutes of the Association . _ Dr . Mcbpht seconded the motion , which passed Jdanimously . ^~«~« i Mr .-SiKELB moved , that as in the case of Higgins , 2 h Chartist , thai vagabond liar and cahtmnalor Mr ! Connor ' s money should bs returned . Carried nnanimoaily . Dr . Qslxi wai called to the chair , and the m » eting eparated at fivB o ' clock .

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      - BEPEAi ASSOCIATIO 2 f—TBUBSDAy . . A second ad jonrnsd meeting of this Association took place to-day . At half-past two O j dock Mr . O'Connell entered tile room , and was enthusiastically applauded . On the motion of the Hon . an . "l Learned Gentleman , J . Ifagle , Esq ., 1 LD ., xrts called to the chair . Mr . O'Cossell rose and Baid he would now direct tte attention of the Association to the object for which he had moved the adjournment to thai day . He was I anxious that-a declaration sboald be ma'de by the As- j eociation fiat feey eontina&d ia the thoroogb fcoyic- j

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      ti » n that there was no progpect of redress or relief from tbs British Government —( heat , hear , bear ) , — and that nothing but the dar ^ oaess of despair would surround them if they depended on any other resources but their own patriotic exertions —( cheers ) . The slightest intimation of an alteration in those measures which had produced such , just discontent had not been made by the British ministry . The system of Government did not appear to be relaxed in the slightest degree , and there was not the least prospect held out of the slightest relief—( bear . ) ; More than thirty of the Irish members in the English House of Commens had , at the conclusion ot tha session , declared ttext the grievances of Ireland were most oppressive , and drew up an address embodying that

      sentiment ; but the declaration was not sufficiently strong : the grievances were more afflicting than they described them to be ; they mitigated facts Instead of describing them accurately . They called upon the peopte—( hear , hesr )—of England to coerce the Administration to xedress those gtitvances . The people of England hud not done so ; and the address of those Gentlemen had fallen still-born from the press—( hear , hear , hear ) . The signatures to that document contained some Repealers , but the great majority of them were never Repealers , and several of them were anti-Repealers—{ hear , hear ) . The address was dignified and its object patriotic ; and he would now remind those gentlemen that they promised to leave no stone unturned to obtain justice . They had appealed to the

      English people—their appeal was In vain ; there was no public meeting called , no dub formed , no committee set to carry the as drees into effect ; he ( Mr . O'Connell ; doubted if it was ever inserted in the ministerial newspapers , and he would ask Mr . Smith O'Brien , and the other gentlemen who signed that address , could they deny that there was not the least symptom of impregnating the English mind with the truth of their grievances ? and that their address was now as much forgotten as if it never had been written—ihear , hear ) ? No , they had no chance of redress . They spoke , and they were not listenf-d to ; they cried aloud , and were not heard-, or , if tbey were , there was some English sbent thatdrowaed their voices^—there was some shout for the voyage to Eu or Brussels—( hear , hear ; . The

      Repeal Association had followed up that address by another address to the people of England , bntbotivaddrasses had been equally abortive and ureless ; he had been amused at finding that the English press , having exhausted its vimlence , had handed them over to tke government of France—( hear , bear , and a laushj . The Times copied an article from the Journal des Debate , an article which seemed as if it had been written by the editor of the Slandard—{ a laugh ) . The writer made this statement , that if Ireland were separated from England by the Repeal , England would become a third rate power ; only think of a Frenchman , if he was a Frenchman , holding out that as a reason —( laughter ) . No , no , Eays the Frenchman , dont Repeal the Union , for if you do you will make England a third-rate power— he

      confessed he never before heard a Frenchman express such sympathy for Engl&Bd —( laughter ) . He was much obliged to Mr . Frenchman—( renewed laughter ) . The Journal des Debate , to wcich he had already referred , was the personal paper of Louis Philippe . It wsb supported by him , and it was his organ ; and ho ( Mr . O'Connell ) charged it with bribery aud corrnption . The Journal des Debate firat stated that the Repeal cry was perishing , and in the latter part of the same article it stated that the Repeal cry was so Btrong that he iMr . O'Connell ) was completely terrified ; that in fact , he was in a position like Frankenstein—he had » giant of his own creation over him —( bear , bear , and langhter ) Then , » gain , it represented him as having lost the confidence of the people . What a comical way they had

      of shewing that—{ enthusiastic applause ) J It represented that the people did not believe him when he stated that the late royal speech was merely a concoction of the ministers . What a curious mode they had of Bhewing that they did not believe—( hear , hear , and laughter ) . Why if the Queen was even in her own person to declare that the Repeal agitation ought not to continue , he would not be daunted by it —( hear , hear , hear ) . The constitution did not authorise her to prevent them petitioning for the repeal of an act of Parliament ; and much as he revered her , and much as the people of Ireland revered her , is would not Btop their career one half minute—( loud cheers ) . They were ever loyal to the Sovereign ; they were loyal to George L , the first of her family that reigned in England ; they were

      loyal to George II ., a stupid German of the same stamp ; to George III ., that bloody tyrant ; to George 1 TM who blubberingly granted Catholic emancipation ; and to William 1 Y ., into whose mouth his ministers put a base , bloody , and brutal speech—Ihear ) . They were and would be , loyal to the Queen ; but they would not give up their country , and their constitutional rights and privileges to any King or Qaeen that ever lived—r ( enthusiastic cheering , which was again and again repeated ) . The Journal des Debate Went on to say , that be ( Mr . O'Connell ) knew the Repeal to be an insane dream . Why , what a blockhead the fellow was ; ctuld any one suppose , twenty years ago , that Louis Philippe would be king—ihear , hear )? Louia Philippe was only known as an avaricious man ; and yet he contrived

      to turn the battle of July , 1830 , and the blood that was shed , to his own advantage ; and he turned his relations eS the throne , aud laid hold of the throne himself , as he said for the good cf the people—( a laugh ) . Well , if the Times had produced one document from France , it had also produced one of its own—( hear , hear ) . It had addressed the Repealers on , as it said , the folly of TBpealing the Union , inasmnch as they had the honour of being British subjects—( laughter )—the honour of being British subj ects— ( laughter ) 1 It began by stating how much the Irish were disrelished in America , and it called them white negroes ; and in another place it went on to say , We do not offer a reproach to a people whose virtues we respect "—( laughter ) . He thanked the Times—he never could have roused Ireland to this

      agitation were it not for the assistance it gave him . It called Hie people , " whose virtues it respected , 'a felonious multitude—( a laugh ) . The clergy—surpLced ruffians—( bear , hear ) . It meant to win to their side English fanaticism ^ eat it bad roused Ireland te indignation—almost to revenge—( cheers ) . The Times took up the address of General Jackson in 2832 to the peop ) e of Carolina , and asked why Ireland was not content with her connection with England , as Carolina was with Philadelphia and the other states ? Let it be remembered , * that when the American Congress imposed taxation on British manufactures , so high as to be very nearly a prohibition , Carolina resisted , and the Tariff was ultimately reduced . It was after this that General Jackson

      addressed the inhabitants of that state—( bear , bear ) . Bat what a contrast to draw . Sure Carolina bad her own Parliament ! How the Times vagabond could think of drawing sueh a comparison , be did not know—( bear , hear , and a laugh ) . There were 4 , 000 houses in Dublin , the occupiers o ! which were entitled to vote . There were 16 , 009 other houses , the occupiers of which could not vote , because of the amount of taxation by which they were burtbened —( hear , hear ) . Carolina had nothing of this kind to complain oL She had do Church of the minority to support . She had no Poor Law ; she required it not— ( hear , hear ) . What was the case in Dublin ? Why , such was the state of the law , that Judse Jebb , who died before the Poor Laws were established , was put upon the roll : he never was

      subject to the Poor Law ; and if his ghost appeared tomorrow he would be entitled to vote—( laughter ) . They had put Sir Michael OXoshlen upon the rail : to be sure he deserved to be immortalised—he was in a happy home ; but it was a horrible system which placed a man ' s name upon a list as if he were still living—( bear ) . But the writers for the Times talked about Carolina and Ireland , and he confessed that so great were their lies , that they astonished even himself , who knew the vagabonds well—( laughter ) . Were the rents raised in Carolina spent in Carolina ? Were nine millions drained annually from her ? Ireland was drained ; but , oh 7 she had the honour of being British subjects—( hear , hear ) . Give Ireland a domestic Parliament , what Carolina had , and the would never dream

      of separating—( cheers ) . A few month * only could elapse before the tff-ctupon Europe—upon England—upon the Ministry , would become so powerfnl and vivid , that the Government would be glad to continence the treaty of an arrangement satisfactory to the Repealers , and useful to the entire empire—( cheers ) . He had detained them —{ cries of " No , no ") . He had to pour those expressions off his heart He need only remind the people of Ireland and > Ir . Smith O Brien , that their addresses had fallen still-born—in fact , the faded leaves that fell off the autumnal blast , were not more insignificant in the order of nature , than their addresses were in the political state—( cheers ) . Ob ,

      people of Ireland , rally with him . Let him take bis stepB , step by step—ihear , hear ) . He read in the newspapers the roost absnrd accounts of his plan . He had too much legal experience to fail into any such error as that of getting up a convention , or things of that kindthear , hear ) . He promised them his steps Bhould be free from legal objection ; and he knew that his countrymen would repose in him that confidence , that would enable him to work them out—( cheera ) . The Tt 77 ies said that a council of i three hundred bogtrotters were to aeet in Du&lin—( laughter )—this was the country whose people it respected—( hear , hear ) . He declared to heaven thai he had a srind ± 0 call the Preventive

      Society the Bogtrotters * Society —( cheers and laughter ) . One more cheer lor the bogJrotters—( cheers and roars of laughter ) . Yes , he did admit that his spirit was high , and he felt the moral elevation that Ireland had attained , and he felt pride in thinking himself one of her leaders— ( cbeers > She would disregard the launta of her enemies ; she would disregard even the advice of her false Meada ; and progressing intbe peaceful movemen ., she coald not fail to work her regeneration—< eheers ) . They would never strike the first blow , nor » ise their arms , unless in self-defence . He asked their confidence , and assured them that neither friend nor ™ 2 J " ^ ***** P « x » ed farter than he thought . « ^ , ST ^^ " 4 moved that the Editor of the bloody old Ttaa- & eonriieration of hU services to ££ ? £ . i ? uS 5 appoiated *¦* ^ Wafdea - The meeting adjourned to Monday

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      ^ W ... REPEAL MEETING AT MULLAGHMASl . Mtjia&ghmast , Sunday Nighi Another of Mr . O'Connell ' s 'monster" assemblages took place to-day at lire Rath of Mullaghmust , in the county of KUdare . Tha matter had been much spoken of beforehand , and consequently a vast concourse of people were assembled . With the associations connected in the Irish mind with the locality of MullaghHiust— the alleged massacre of 400 of the principal persons of the district in the early period of English rule , the public must be by this time familiar , as the subject has recently given rise to much controversy . The place was avowedly selected for this meeting on account of these popular recollections , which are so ealculated to excite the national passions . Every available appliance Was used to give unuBual

      effect to the demonstration , and to make it what the leaders de&ignated , " The Leinster declaration for Lepeal , " in allusion to " the declarationi" heeded , in former years , by the Duke of Leinster against Repeal . MuUaghmast is Bituated in a very central situation , about thirty-seven English miles from Dublin . It is within a mile of the town of Timeline ; and in its neighbourhood are also the towns of Naas , Kilculbn , Athy , Ballitree , KilUare , Monaatereven , Carlow , aud Maryborough . It is also contiguous to the counties of Carlow , Wicklow , Dablin , Queen ' s County , acd King ' s County . From the favourable nature of the situation a large assemblage was counted on , the more

      particularly from the proved zaal of the " KUdare boys" at that troublous period known among them in this country as * ' the tLae of the hurry . " In Dublin the meeting created great interest Post horses to go to the scene of action were not procurable for some days previous . Vehicles of every kind were put into requisition , and so early as five o ' clock in the morning the ; were on the road . Mr . O'Connull , accompanied by Mr . John O'Connell , M . P ., -Mr . D . O'ConneU , jun ., Mr . Steele and Mr . Barrett , left town yesterdayfor Kilcullen , fVom which he started at twele o ' clock , in a procession , consisting of bands , banners , horsemen footmen , and carriages , gigB , jaunting cars , &c .

      Mr . O'Cannell sat on the front seat of bis carriage , dressed in the scarlet velvet robe , which he wore as Lord Mayor of Dublin . He was immediately followed by the majority of the mnnicipal corporation of Dublin , who al&o wore their official robes . The scene at the point of the road called "The Long Avenne" was extremely beautiful . The avenue , amply wide , was lined on either side -. with ancient trees , and at its extremity arose the ascent to the path , which was crowned with gaily-coloured banners , fluttering in the bretza . The surrounding prospect from the summit was of great extent , and most picturesque character . The platform was erected , not upon the rath in which the dinner

      took place , but on an adjoining hill . Among those on it voe noticed Mr , Huglies . one of Mr , Guniey ' s shorf . hand writers , xrho attended on ihe part of the GovernmenL This is the first occuaien on which a professional gentleman was deputed by the Executive since the commencement of the present agitation . At a quarter past two , Mr . O Connell reached the platform . When be presented himself in his robes and gold chain to thej assemblage , the acclamations were enthusiastic . On his right hand , in front of the hustings , stood , in a continuous line , the members of the Dublin corporation , in their scarlet robes , the aldermen wearing their chains and cocked hats . They seemed to ba objecte of great curiosity to the peasants .

      Mr . J . Cadlfield said he hart the high honour of moving that the illustrious father of his country , Danibi O'Connell , take the chair—( cheers ) . The Rev . Dr . Murtagh seconded the motion , which was carried with loud acclamation . Mr . O'COMNELL then came forward , nnd said he accepted with the greatest alacrity the high honour which had been done him in calling him to the chair at that majestic meeting—( A band here struck up , when the speaker said , '' Tell them I am speaking and not singing , so : they cannot set my words to music , " and then continued)—and he felt more honoured than ever in hie , life , with the single exception of the great Tara meeting ; but he should say that if any comparison were to take place it would require a more discriminating eye than his to discover any difference . There were the same incalculable numbers—the same firmness—the same determination—the same exhibition

      of love for old Ireland—and the same resolution not to violate the peace , and the aauie determination not to be guilty of the slightest outrage , nor to give the enemy power by committing a crime , bnt peacefully and manfully to stand together in the open day to protest before men , and In the presence of God , againBt the iniquity of continuing the union . At Tara he protested againBt the union , and he repeated his protest at Mullaghmast —( cheers ) . He delarcd solemnly his conviction as a constitutional lawyer that the union was totally void in point of principle , and that no portion of the empire had the power to traffic upon the liberties of the people of Ireland—( cheers ) . The Irish Parliament was instituted to make laws , and not legislatures ; to act under the constitution , and not to annihilate it The

      delegation of the people was confined within the limits of the constitution , and the moment the Parliament went beyond that , it destroyed the constitution , and annihilated their own power ; but they could not annihilate the immortal power of liberty which belonged as a rightful inheritance to the people —( cheera ) . They might take it that the union was void . He admitted the force ef the law , because it was supported by the policeman's truncheon , the soldier ' s bayonet , and the horseman ' s sword—by the courts of law , and those who had the power to adjudicate ; but he said solemnly , not from constitutional right . Tke union , therefore , was thoroughly void , and he availed himself of the opportunity to announce to several hundred thousands of his fellow-subjects that the law was fated not to last long .

      Mr . O'Connell then denounced American slavery , repndiated French Republican " sympathy , " ridiculed the Dake of Wellington , and freely denounced Louis Philippe . Alluding to the place of meeting , he said , he selected that place for an obvious reason ; because it was tbo precise spot upon which English treachery , ay , and Irish treachery too , committed a massacre unequalled in the annals of crime until the massacre of -Mamelukes by Mahomet AIL It was necessary to have Turks to commit a crime which would be equal to the crime of the English ; no other people could be wicked enough to commit inch an act but the English —( cheers ) . But they should not think it was a question between Roman Catholic and Protestant The murdered people , it was true , were Roman Catholics ; but a great number

      of the murderers were Roman Catholics also , who were traitors to Ireland , and there were some Catholics of the same kind now , whereas they had many Protestants joining them heart and hand , and struggling for old Ireland and liberty . He thought that a fit aud becoming spot to evince their determination in the open day not to be misled by any treachery . O , he would keep them clear of the treachery . There should be no bargain , no compromise—nothing but the Repeal and a Parliament of their own . They would never , by his advice , confide in any hopes which might happen to ba held out to them until he said that be was satisfied ; and be would tell them when he would say he was satisfied—near the statute of King Wiliiani , on Collegegreen —( cheers ) . They came there to txpresa their

      determination , ' if necessary to n man , in tke cause of Ireland . They came to take the advice of each other ; but , above all , he believed , they came there to take his advice —( hear , hear ) . He had the game in his hands . He had the , triumph ' secure . He had the Repeat certain if they obeyed bis advice—( hesr , hear ) . He would go slowly . One of his reasons for calling them together was to proclaim that he -wished to arrange that before he went any further . The Conciliation Hall would soon be finished ; and it would be worth their while to walk from Mullaghmaat to see what a beautiful hall it would be—( a laugh ) . When this hall was completed , hewould call together 300 gentlemen—or , aa the Time ' s called them , bogtretters , but better men ntver stepped upon pavement —( a laugh ) . He would have the 300 and no thanks to any one—( loud cheers ) .

      O . ' he delighted in the scene he that day witnessed . He saw the active and stalwart men of KUdare , and his old heart grew young and warm again when he gazjd on the daTk-eyed beauty of their women . It was impossible not te be animated by tke star-like beauty of tbeir beaming eyes . Yes , the men and women of KUdare were at all times eminent for their virtues . Their county was remarkable in the history of Ireland for its misfortunes in the hour of national trial , and its fame was associated with the glories of Ireland . In " Kildare ' s holy shrine , * ' the fire which burnt before the altar of their cathedral was kept unextlnRuiahed for agea by attending votaries—the unquenchsd flame illustrating the religions zeal shown In after times by the men of Kildare^—( cheers ) . Stand by me ( concluded the Hon . and Learned Gentleman )—join me , I will say , obey me , and Ireland shall be free—( loud cheering ) .

      Mr . Dunne proposed the first resolution , appointing Mr . Gray and James Caulfield , Andrew R . Stritch , and D . Walsk , secretaries to the meeting , which was agreed to . Mr . Aylmeb proposed the next resolution , declaratory of loyalty to the throne . Mr . Hackett and Alderman Keshak proposed the next resolution , pledging the meeting to usa every constitutional exertion to promote the Repeal of the Legislative Union , Both resolutions were carried unanimously .

      A curious scene took place at this period of the proceedings . "The national cap" was presented to Mr . O'Connell with an address from the Committee of Management . The material of the cap is green velvet , turned up with light blue , and it was richly ornamented ' with gold lace . The form , as described in the address , is that of the eld Milesian crown , to which is added , a wreath of shamrocks on a white band . When the cap was placed on O'Honnell ' s head , the plaudits of the people rent the air . The address was signed , among others , bj Mr . Hogan , the sculptor ! .

      Mr . O'Conhell « aid be aceepted with pride and pleasure the national cap as well aa' the address which they did him the honour to pjesent to him . He perceived at the head of the list of tboce signed to the address tb « oame of the flrtt iwulptar of ttie day , Mr . Hogaa , the fame of whose genius was spread whereever art was known . The cap he would preserve through life in recollection of its having been pivssented to him at the Rath of Mullaghmaat ; and when he * died it should be burled with him in his grave—( oheera ) . Mr . Ababxn , J . P ., moved a resolution of confiden *» in Mr . O'Connell , which , with other resolutions 0 ' course was carried . —Cheers were then given for ' the Queen , o-Conntll , ar . d Repeal ; after which the nieethia , separated in an orderly manner . j

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      Repeal Association—The usual weekly meeting of this body was holden on Monday Iwt , at the Corn Exchange . Daniel O'Connell ^ j un . , Etjq ., was called to the chair . Tha proceedings were of very little interest . . On the petition of the Hon . M . J . French , the unfortunate town of Ahascragh was allowed by the " Liberator" to be " restored to the map of Ireland" t Mr . Mark O'CalUghan handed Mr . O'Connell a letter which his brother had received fWm-America , signed by two persons , of whom he knew nothing whatever , and wished to know nothing .

      Mr . OConneli—I have been handed this letter , which is signed John Arlington Bennett , major-general , and John Clinton Beckman , adjutant-general , offering me military organization to assist me . Of course I spurn it ( tearing the letter in pieces ) . That is the way I treat their military organization—( cheera and laughter ) . I have ft trick worth two of that—( enthusiastic cheering ) . A letter was read from Mr . Smith , against whom the charge of extermination of tenantry was brought , announcing his withdrawal from the Association . The Repeal Rent for the week was £ 814 7 s . There were two Government reporters at the above meeting .- This was the first time since the dissolution of the Catholic Association that Government reporters attended in the Cora Exchange .

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      airdiue . —A delegate meeting or me Coal and Iron Miners was held in Airdrie , on Saturday evening last , at 103 , Chapel-street , Jamea Baveridge in the chair , Air . Claughan acting as secretary . The objects of the Miners' Association were then brought before the meeting , and a report of the various pits given in , which showed that the men were in a miaerablo condition . One of the delegates from a coal-pit declared that they were working from fifteen to sixteen hours per day for 2 s . 6 d ., whilst they were subject to many off-takes , by their coals being condemned if the hutch did not please the eye of the pit head man . The delegate from the Gabble Ironstone Miners reported that they had when last employed only Is . 8 d . per day , and no weighing machine on the hill ; but they had struck work , and , after standing only one week , had that day

      got a settlement , with Is . 4 d , per day of advance , so that they would now make 3 s . per day , and had got a weighing machine on the hilL Messrs . Andrew and M'Donald , from Cumberland , addressed the meeting on behalf of their brethren , who bad been turned from their employment . It was then agreed that a public meeting be held , on Monday , at Pottery Quarry , and that Messrs . Andrew and M'Donald attend it ; also that a district delegate meeting be held tn the following Friday . Several members were enrolled . The meeting , after giving a vote of sympathy and promise of support to the Cumberland delegates , and also a vote of thankB to the National Delegates , broke up in the . hope that better tihiea were in view . Messrs . Embleton and Claughan addressed s public meeting east from Airdrie on Friday evening .

      Hanley . —Mr . Swallow opened a society at the Plough Inn , on Saturday . Snyed Gate . —Mr . Lomax also established a society on Saturday night , when a goodly number of members were enrolled . Bishop Auckland . —Mr . Andrew Fleming has been lecturing to the miners of the above district Meetings have been held at Winterton , South Church , St Helens West Auckland , Evinwood , and other places . The best spirit prevails throughout the district A public meeting oftheminers of the Potteries will be held on tbe Brown Bank , Hanley , on Monday 8 th of Imt , chair to be taken at three o ' clock . A delegate meeting will be held at the conclusion of the public meeting , at the Plough Inn , Hanley , each , colliery to s « nd a delegate .

      Blve Q 0 A « ErES . —A public meeting of the grind-Btone quarrymen waa held in this place on Monday , Sept 25 th , according to announcement Mr . William Beesley waa there to address them on the utility of union . After an energetic speech of upwards of an hours length , to the general satisfaction of all present , the quarrymen retired to the room , and enrolled twenty-L > ue new members ; 60 that the whole of this body of mv ai « j now united .

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      BUR 8 LEM . —On jWednesday night , Sept . 27 th , a public meeting of the Barslern colliers wss held at the Potters * Anna , Buralera , when Mr . John Lomax addressed the meeting at some length , pointing out the advantage of union ; Mr . Swallow explained the rules . There was a goodlyj number of colliers , who repeatedly cheered both speakers . At the close of the addresses a aociety was established . TfNSTALL—On Thursday , a large meeting of colliers waa held here , Mr . Stevenson in the chair . Mr . Swallow read the rales , and explained them to the satisfaction of all present , } and sat down loudly cheered . Mr . Lomax also addressed the meeting in bis usual style . The following resolution waa passed unanimously , — " That it ia the opinion of this meeting that sectional ot partial unions can be productive of no good , and that nothing short ] of a general union will ever better the condition of the miners generally . __

      Chbdle . —A public meeting of colliers was held on Friday , at the Black Horae public-house . Messrs . Lomax and Swal ^ w addressed the meeting ; afterwards arrangements were made lit Mr . L . and S . to attend again on Saturday , the 7 th ( to-day ) . The colliers in this district are working twelve and fourteen hours a days and at Woodhead colliery , the men and lads are compelled ! to take three shillings' worth of Butchers' meat or cheese instead of wages ; if they do not take the goodaitbe money ia stopped . The Potteries!—The Minere of Longton assembled In large numbers , on Monday , to hear the discourse of Messrs , Swallow and Lotnax , the authorised agents . They were both well received , and the men went away , with the determination to join the Association , and cause the whole of I the Minera to join in this district . The Colliers are requested to meet at the Cock Inn Folay , on Saturday night , and take out their carda of membership . i

      Potteries . —Lane ends—A public meeting of colliers was held at two o ' clock on Monday , on the apace ef giound opposite the Wheat Sheaf , John Neil in the chair . Mr . Stevenson moved the fiiat resolution . " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the hoars of labour in thia district are too long , and that the present rate of Wages is not auflicient to support our families . " Seconded by Henry Hollina , Mr . Loteax addressed the meeting at considerable length on the evils of long houra . It was also stated that a pit at . Lane Ends , belonging to Mr . Sparrow , had fired on

      Monday , but happily no lives were lost . The reason it fired waa , that the ' ie are three pits all connected with each other , and nothing in operation to cause a steady ventilation . Mr . Geo . Hudson moved the aecond resolution : — " That it is the opinion the miners present that it will be the ; intereat of the minera tfeneral ! y , to cordially unite with each other , for mutaal protection , and that we highly approve of the rules aud objects of the Masters Association of Great Britain and Ireland . Seconded by Mr . Swallow , who delivered a lengthy address on . the objects of the society . Doth apeakera were loudly cheered .

      Bukslem . —Oa j Monday evening , a pubHc meeting of the colliers of this place was held in tbe large room of the Black Lion Inn . Messrs . Swallow and Lomax addressed the meeting . Afterwarda a aociety waa eatablished apd twenty-three members took out carde . This is theisecond society in Buralem ; it will hold its regular weekly meeting at the above ina every Monday night , at ; seven o ' clock , for the purpose of enrolling members and transacting ail local business .

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      j * p INFAMOUS FALSEHOODS PROMULGATED BY THE MANCHESTER PRESS . TO THE EDITOR . OF THE NORTHERN STAR . j SIR , — The Manchester Courier of Saturday last , in its report of the late ! meeting of Minera held oa Aspel Moor , near Wigan , has promulgated certain falsehoods , which I consider it to be my duty to contradict . The following is a correct copy of the Courier ' s report : — 11 Colliers' meeting at Aspel MooR .-r-On Monday , according to public announcement , a meeting of the working colliers of Aspel , Ince , Hindley , Blackrod , Wigan , &c ito ., waa held on Aspel Moor , near Wigan , for the purpose of taking into consideration the

      necessity of the colliers of Lancashire uniting with the colliera of the neighbouring counties in their strike to obtain an immediate advance 0 ' wages . It waa announced that Swallow , the well-known advocate of tbe strike , would attend and addreaa the meeting ; but it was also announced he could not attend , beiug at the time ia Staffordshire . The meeting was addressed by a person named Grocott , Secretary to'the Society , and a person named Dennett The meeting broke up without any disturbance , after the various speakers had addressed the assemblage . "

      Now , Sir , thia ] report i 8 a tissue of grosa and infamous falsehoods . Swallow is not an advocate for / strikes ; on the contrary , be ia a determined opponent to them . Neither waa the meeting on Aspel Moor sailed fur any such purpose as inducing the Lancashire Colliera to leave their employment , or become connected with a strike either in their own or any other county . In the next place the Courier says that I addressed the meeting , which ia Incorrect I never did address one word to the persons there assembled . Neither am I the Secretary of the Coal Miners Association . I am only the Secretary for the Lancashire Chartist District .

      It , however , " w even possible for liars to speak the troth by times . JTbe Courier , has spoken the truth aa to the peaceable nature of the meeting , and that they dispersed in an orderly manner . And this ia another mark of the growing Intelligence of the people , who are determined that neither oppremion nor calumpy shall force them into a breach of the peace . Hoping that jou will give this insertion , j , youw ia tbe cause , ! WM . GBOCOTT . Manchester , October 3 rd , 1843 . 1 ^ ¦

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      Sir Jakes Graham has arrived at Netherby ., He is very busy , we hear , preparing for the presa a new edition of his celebrated work on " Corn and Currency . "—Gateshead Observer . —With alterations , it may be concluded , —Manchester Guardian . ' ]—[ Aa soon as the "Ki ^ ht of NetherbyV pamphlet makes its appearance w ; e BhaH publish . Cobbett ' s reply to it — £ d . W . S . J j

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      THE HUDDERSFIEtD MEETING . PROTECTION TO LABOUR . At the request of many friends in tbe Hnddetsfield District we present the reader with an extended report of this most important meeting * We : were unable to do so last week . Notaniioipatinff that th& meeting would present any point of unusual interest , we-had no Reporter present . -There w » 3 bnt one there ; a gentleman from the Halifax Guardian f and though we tried to get a report from him , offering to pay for it , we were unsuccessful . By dint of great persuasion , we understand * Dr . 5 teigh managed to get a report of his own speeeb , ( most imperfectly

      given);—and because this was inserted in bneTime& before the Halifax Guardian bad appeared , all the " fat was in . the fire" with its disinterested proprietor and conductor . Such little-mindedness is contemptible . ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ''' It is from the Times and Halifax Guardianih&k we give the following report : Dr . Sleigh ' s speecb as it appeared inHthe Times , Blightty corrected'by himself ; and Mr . Hobaon ' s speech , from the Halifax Guardian , with our corrections . As it originally appeared , it was most shockingly incorrect : many sentences in it having never been uttered at all ; ana others turned into complete nonsense .

      GREAT MEETING AT HUDDERSFIELD . It having been announced by large placards on the walla of this town for several days , addressed to the clergy , merchants , manufacturers . Sec , that Dr . Sleigh , of Brill-house , Buckinghamshire , Would submit to them , on the 25 th nit , a memorial to her Majesty ' for the protection of labour , considerable excitement prevailed throughout the town . The Philosophical Hall was crowded to excess . Oa the platform we perceived several of the leading manufacturers , merchants , clergy , and other gentlemen of the neighbourhood , with no small number of the Coxa Law League . The High Constable was unanimously called to the chair , but net being able to attend all the evening , he merely took it pro forma , and requested of the meeting to allow Air . W . Stocks to officiate for him . Mr . Stocks , therefore , took the Constable ' s place .

      The Chairman commenced by reading the placard , calling the meeting , announcing -the purport of Dr . Sleigh ' s visit « n the question of protection of labour . He thought they would all agree with him , on taking a view of the state of the country , that it was absalutely necessary that something should be done to better the condition of the working classes . The labouring claasea created the wealth of the country ; and if they ceased to create that wealth , the higher classes must falL They saw what waa going on around , and they beard of misery and distress in all quarters . They heard also of immense business being done in certain districts . These were anomalies which wanted explanation , and were

      circumstances that ought not to exist together , 'Distress and bard work should not go together . This , he believed , was now the case with many . Bat the oijecfc of Dr . Sleigh ' s visit was to consult them upon the " propriety , of petitioning the Queen , to command" her Ministers to take into their serious . consideration the state of the working classes , with a view to the amelioration of their condition . The Doctor , however ; would state hia views on this important question , which was , indeed , one of the moat important questions of the day . If they raised the labourer to a proper condition , they would increase the prosperity of the country to a great extent He now called on Dr . Sleigh .

      Dr . Sleigh then came forward amidst much cheering to address the meeting . He said , perceiving that session after session of Parliament , whether under Whig or Conservative management , terminated without doing anything to relieve the wants and necessities of tbo great masses of the suffering population of these realms , he had determined to take a tour through tha manufacturing districts , in order to submit to them a measure which appeared not only to him , but to many others more experienced than he could be , the only efficient means under Heaven of rescuing not only the operatives of the land , but the manufacturers , merchants , and tradesmen from the impending ruin which threatened Lo overwhelm them . He had paid Hudderafitld the first visit in his tour , not only Because the

      inhabitants were in the centre of the manufacturing districts , but because he felt he owed them a debt of gratitude for the handsome manner in which upwards of 3 000 of them spoke of him in the unsolicited requisition they sent on bis behalf to the electors of Aylesbnry . He now begged to return them his best thanks , and to assure them he valued that unsolicited declaration more than he would a seat in Parliament obtained from the influence of the greatest man in the realm —( applause ) . He was not sent there by any party or by any man—( " hear , " and cheers ) . He hai not one shilling contributed towards tbe expence * of his tour ; nor did he expect one It would be much more agreeable to his feelings to go . through the fields of Buckinghamshire with his gun upon bis shoulder ; but bow could he do this with the

      knowledge be had of the distressed state of so many of hia fellow-countrymen ?—( Cheers . } He stood before them for the purpose of soliciting their opinion ; and , if they agreed with him in the coutBe which appeared to him best calculated to accomplish his object , ! they would send him back with their voices and support , which was the only reward he sought—( Applause ) . Nor did be come there for the purpose of advocating the interest of the operative to the detriment of hia employer—( cheers ; .., Neither had he come for . the purpose of exciting unfriendly feelings between them , or making them discontented with their employers . God forbid . No ; his only oV-ject Was , that the working classes of this country might have a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work —( " that's what we waut ' );—and If- 'they

      did net obtain this , it would be because they were not sufficiently united amongst themselves ; because if they joined hand in hand in sending their voices te tbe throne , he had < every reason to believe the petition would be most graciously received . They would thus clearly perceive that he was not going by any meana , directly or indircctedly , to incite them to acts of insubordination —( cheers ) . No ; while the people pursued constitutional courses f * r obtaining their rights , he trusted they would ever find him ready to go hand ia hand with them , so far as hia humble abilities would allow him . He need not take the troable of proving to the working classes the advantage of good Wage ? . Hia business was to prove to the manufacturer ,-as well aa to the agriculturist , whom he was almost forgetting

      —for he was not merely the advocate of the cause of the manufacturer , but also of the agricultural labourer —for let him tell them , he was not come to condemn the conduct of the manufacturers more than that of tbe landholders . There were good men among both classes ; and there were some avaricious men to be found whose only idol was self . Ho hoped , therefore * they clearly understood his object ; and that he was anxious to to prove to the manufacturer , the agriculturist , the merchant , and tbe shopkeeper—that their common interest was to act liberally , to devise liberal things , and that by liberal things they should stand ; for they might depend upon it , those who devised illiberal things would bring ruin upon themselvea and the nation— ( hear ; . Various measures had been proposed

      for the purpose of meeting the embarrassed state of the country . Why had they not succeeded ? Because they did not go to the root of the evil ; because they merely lopped off the branohes , which caused the tree to take deeper and more substantial root in the ground . Take away the root of evil , aud the effects will quickly follow —( cry of " What is the cause ? " ) He was asked the question aa to the cause of the eviL He would state the cause in a very few words—it was injustice to the great masses of the people —( loud cheera ) . While he wished justice to be done to the mass of the population , he did nob wish injustice to be done to any party . Having made these preliminary , observations , he thought it would be better for him to read the preamble of that petition which he intended to propose for their consideration , in whioh was embraced certain

      principles which be defiad all the philosophy ; all the sophistry , and ail the ingenuity of the House of Lords or Commons to overturn or gainsay . All knowledge and talent were not concentrated is the two Houses of Parliament ; for they found it necessary sometimes to receive knowledge fram their humble constituents . If he were supported , he would go from town to town , and from village to village , till at last he would have a waggon load of petitiqna laid at the foot pf the throne before the next session of Parliament This petition was for the advantage of the employer aa well as the employed ; including the right of protection to all . He should make &Iew observations on probable objections , and then go into satisfactory proof that a newy large ) and valuable market was to ba obtained by merely doing justice to their fellow men—( loud cheers ) .

      [ Dr . Sleigh then read thepatition , which appeared at full length iu our last ; and which most admirably and most strongly prefers the claim of labour to protection . ] Dr . Sleigh then resumed his observations :, they would perceive that he had based the whole of the petitiou upon this one fact , namely , that labour is the great and original source of all wealth , both individual and national-Hhear ) , If this position which : he had laid down was correct , it necessarily folio wed'that the petition could not be rejected , especially if he were supported by the voice of the people . Lajtwofs then , was the source of all wealth . Even if he referred to land , the moat difficult point to prove , it must be evident that its value was vastly increased by laSpur . The labour spent upon it increased its value , by ptodncine proportionally more abundant ornnn . ThAn . Ano . tir

      derived from houses was attributable to manual labour . The produce of mines waa obtained by manual labour ; the same principle applied to shipping , niheries , &c ; labour being ihe source of all th < rwealth created } therefore it was all important that that source should be duly protected . --.-It individual ! wore onlyibarel * able to keep soal and body together , they would hare nothing to spend eitberjpn B ^ caltnrai productfons or manufactured goods thus destroying that which of all marketa la the mostimrwrt&ntlothemtoufftcturer—the home market . He weuldnowi ? go into the-evil of bad wages , and the benefit of just wages . ¦ ¦ rSnppose ; for the sake of the argument , a redaction ef 5 & aiweeic on » working population of S . otO . fltftj , the loss to the home market is no lesB than £ H ? , flr , 0 b 09 ' a-year , which ia four time ? greater than tne foreign market of the whole world ; and yet they heard gentlemen crying out fora foreign market . Oar home market was four-fifths ( Continued in our Seventh pagej

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      The Rent Movement . —The anti-rent movement has extended its operations still more southwards . A district in the county of Cork has " pronounced" in favour of the movement ; but the first g / actical attempt to carry it into effect , although conceived with sufficient audacity , baa been , it will be seen , so far a failure : — " On the nifiht of Friday , the 22 ad inst , " Bays the Cork Constitution , " thirty or forty persons , with their faces blackened , armed with sticks , forks , and firearms , went to the lands of Ballymacaak , near Youghal , where two men were placed aa keepers on a quantity of corn ,

      distrained for rent by Mr . Spottiswood Bowles , and , after tying the keepers , they loaded several cars ( which they brought for the purpose ) with the corn ; but , hay approaching , they threw off the eorn from the cars and decamped , leaving the keepers tied , who immediately set up a cry of murder , and were released by the people of the neighbourhood . On hearing of the outrage , head-constable Coe immediately proceeded to the scene , and from inquiry made by that active officer , he was enabled to arrest three men , who , it is said , were actively encased in the outrage . "

      The Nenagh Guardian thus reports progresB in the North-Riding of Tipperary : <— "A respectable furnier , named Laffan , who holds a large tract of land in the county of Limerick , and being in possession for some time past of the lauds of Ballynahinch , in the barony » f O wney and Arra , in this county , came over for the purpose of collecting the rents due on his property . Oa Ftiday night last , about midnight , the house of his bailiff , named Fat Tiffy , was attacked by three men , armed—one fired a shot at bis door , another remained outside , and a third struck him on the arm with a bludgeon , and beat him otherwise severely , threatening him not to warn any of the tenants in future to pay their , rent to Mr . Laffan . ''

      Resistance to the " Law . " —On Thursday , the 19 th inati Mr . John Atkinson , coroner , proceeded to execute a writ , at the suit of the National Bank , at Cionniore , at the residence of Mr . Phillips , one of the dismissed Repeal Magistrates . Mr . Atkinson was accompanied by Sub-inspector Kelly and eight policemen , and by as many bailiffs ; but on reaching Clonmore , they found the premises well guarded by about 600 abut men , armed with pitchforks , large sticks , or rather pieces of timber , with sharp edges , aa if cut for the purpose , &c . This force waa drawn up in two divisions , and were , no doubt , marsbailed and held in

      proper command by their wardens . The coroner and Mr . Kelly remonstrated with them on their illegal conduct , and recommended them to disperse quietly , and allow the writ to be executed . But noj ; they would do no such thing . They , or perhaps their leaders , declared that they would rather lose their lives than permit one article of Mr . Phillips's property to be seiz-. d . It waa reported that there were 100 men more concealed in the plantation , as determined as the others to prevent the seizure of the property . The coroner and police-officer seeing the formidable array , and considering that they had not an adequate force to execute the writ , thought it more prudent to retire .

      GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION TO THE REPEAL Reni . —The Longford Journal , a Tory pap&r , contains the following curious paragraph : —" The expense of the fortifications and other works now carrying en at the barracks in this town , when completed , will amount to between £ 100 and £ 200 . A number of masons and labourers are employed , and we have no hesitation in saying that a portion of the wages received by them on Saturday finds its way info the pockets of the Repeal Wardens before midday mass on Sundays . Are we , then , not justified in stating that the Government are contributing , although indirectly , to tbe Repeal funds ?"'

      ' Father Mathew Afloat . —The Cork Examiner says , "Admiral Sir Josiae Rowley , the distinguished officer in command of the Channel guard fleet , now at Cove ,, accompanied by Captain Rowley and Lieutenant Prevost , of the flag ship , ; paid a formal visit to the Rev . T . Mathew , the apostle ot temperance , who received his gallant visitors with his wonted winning urbanity , and on taking their leave , presented each of them with a silver modal , a compliment for which they expressed themselves in the most grateful and flattering terms .: Father Mathew proceeded to Cove this morning to return the admiral's visit on board the St . Vincent , where his reception was of the most eomplimentary character . " [ No more " grog" for " Jack" ! 3

      Death gp a Relative of O ' Conneli . —Died , on the 28 th ult ., at Rathminea , Mrs . Avis Nuttal , cousin-germau of the Liberator , sister of the late Col . M'Carthy , of the Irish Brigade , and relict of the late Captain Nuttal , whom she survived upwards of seventy years . She died at the advanced age of 101 , having retained her mental faculties With perfect distinctness to the last . ; The band of the 52 nd , at Nenagb , waa allowed by the officers to perform fur the benefit of the African RoBciua , and , after the usual tunes , not complying

      with the clamour fr <» m the gallery for " Garryowen , White cockade , and the Green Flag , " they were saluted with cheers for Repeal , a groan for the Orange soldiers , and a cheer for "the soldier breaking stones in gaol for reading the Nation . " : The officers , military , and a respectable portion of the audience were assailed with missiles , but quittly retired without resenting this conduct , after which there were groans for the officers , Dufce of Wellington , and Sir Robert Peel . And , aa a finale to the night ' s amusement , the temperance band was introduced to indulge them in tbe tunea which the 52 ud declined playing . —Limerick Chronicle .

      Attempted Murder near Ables . —About one o ' clock on the morning of the 27 tb instant , as John Nowlun , a farmer residing in tbe Queen ' s county , waa on hii way home from the fair of Athy , on coming near Aries he waa pounced upon by about fifteen men from tbe side of the road ditch , who stzad him , placed him on hia knees , and said they would shoot him for proceeding against the Carrolls , for whom he bad gone security at the Crettyard Loan Fund , and who were defaulters . Happily for Nowlan the outrage occurred in the vicinity of tbe residence of a farmer named Kelly , who , hearing the noise , came out to see what was the cause of it . The parties made away the moment they heard Kelly coming towards them . —Carlow SenlineL

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      THE MINERS OF CUMBERLAND TO THEIR BRETHREN i IN GR 3 AT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . ! Brethren and Friends . —Our taskmasters but more especially John Peite , of Whitehaven , are stretching to its fullest extent the power that capital has over unprotected labour . Not only do they continue to enforee the " teati" but the moat arbitrary means are resorted to , in order to fill up the cup of injustice , aad to force the starving miner to give up hia right aa a Batleb . subject , and be to them a slave . Joiners , smiths , masons , and a host of understrappers , have been sworn in as special constables to keep the peace , or rather to deBtroy it ; for the lowered and coarse lafiguage used by . those ruffians to the men who are

      struggling against the imposition of John Peue . jp indicative that they are peace-breakera and not ~ peacepreservera . The soldiery have been called out to keep us in awe ; but from their actions we may conclude , that their prespneejin the town was to promote drunkenness and profligacy . There was no occasion for either specials or soldier ^ , unless to drive the poor men into compliance by fear , which has not as yet been accomplished ; and we may conclude that if the cause be lost , it will not be for ] want of spirit on the part of the men , nor for the want of moral courage and talent in our excellent lecturer , P . M . Brophy , whose conduct throughout baa been such as to gain for him not only the good will of j the whole of the miners , but the working men in general have become converts to hia doctrines on " labour , and labour's remedy . "

      We are now in our seventh week ' s strike ; our means of Bvpport has been but small ; yet we have ao far triumphed , aa to be able to withstand the imposition of our employers , and are willing to suffer still more , would you bat help ua . "An empty sack cannot stand : " nor can a starving man with a starving family hold out against the cries of his children for bread . Help us , then , and freedom is ours . The following are the auras whioh have been received for the relief of those who refused to sign the " Test , " up to the present time , Sept . 3 9 th' . —

      Haswell , £ 2 7 s 01 ; Bedlington , 183 ; North Hetton , £ l 19 s 9 d 1 South Hettoo , £ 2 la 3 d j Hoffal , £ 1 0 s 91 ; South Moor , 43 ; Spittle Tongues , 103 9 d ; Farn Acres , 16 a ; West Holywell , 15 s ; Hetton-le-Hole , £ 8 Is 214 ; Workington , £ 1 19 ; Mtckley , £ 1 O . s 9 d ; Wallbottle , £ l la 8 d ; Andrew House , 10 s 9 d ; West Moor , £ 3 8 s 6 d ; Hartley . 16 s lOd ; South Shields , 13 s 6 d ; Percy Main , £ 1 U 8 d ; Edmondaley , £ 1 ; Backworth , £ l 13 s 6 d ; Earaden . £ 2 1 b 3 d ; Sleckburn , £ 1 3 s 9 d ; West CramlinKtonj £ 3 3 s ; Cowpen , £ l 7 s ; Seghill , £ 1 9 s lOd ; Kelloe , £ 1 7 s 5 d ; QoBforVU , £ 1 12 s 6 d ; Sbotton , £ 2 17 s lOd ; Derwent , 8 s lOd ; Sheriff Hill , £ 2 8 a ; Jamea Poworoft , 5 s ; Heugh Hall , £ 2 18 s 10 A ; Sherbnrn Hill , £ 2 ; Pittington , £ 1 2 s 61 ; Coxhoe , £ 2 ; West Hetton , £ 2 7 s 7 d ; Trimden , £ 3 53 6 d ; Springwell , £ 1 la 3 d . Total , £ 64 10 s 10 £ d .

      Sept , 26 th . —South Elswick , £ 2 2 s ; Netherton , £ 1 10 s 9 d ; Wylam , 17 s 91 ; Black Boy , £ 2 9 s ; Wallridge Fell , £ 1 ; j Hebburn . £ 1 14 a 7 d ; Girsfield , £ l 6 a 6 d ; Oakwall Gate , 12 s ; Heaton , £ 6 18 s 9 I ; Felling , 10 s 6 d ; King Pit , 13 s 6 d ; Haswell , £ 5 6 s 3 d ; St . Helen ' s , 10 s ( id ; North Hetton , £ 2 la 6 d ; Castle Eden , £ 4 11 s 6 dj ; Co » sop , £ 3 16 a 3 d ; Newbottle , £ 1 4 s ; Shotton , ! £ 3 17 a ; Leasingthorne , 19 s 5 d ; Cockfield , 4 s 6 d ; jEvenwood , 7 s 4 d ; West Auckland , 8 s 5 d ; Hoffil , £ 1 ; Bellmont , £ 1 149 7 d . Total , £ 44 16 a 7 d ; from which haa been deducted for the men of Percy Main and Blagdon Main , £ 9 13 s ; net amount , £ 35 3 s 7 d . These are the whole of the items ; and we ask you , brethren , to be up snd doing for us . Do not allow us to sink at the eleventh hour : show to the world that you feel indignant ] at the treatment which we are subjected to by our unmerciful tyrants .

      We appeal to you in behalf of the destitute an < i suffering . Shall we suffer- ?—shall we sink into slavery greater than that ! to which the African ia subject ? Forbid it , justice . I In the hops that your exertions will be doubled , and that we shall triumph in establishing our principles of union . ¦

      We are , brethren and friends , yours , faithfully , The Miners op Cumberland . ( Signed ) John Madine , White Ljon Inn , New-street , Whitehaven . To whom all subscriptions are to be sent

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      i , SBffMaS NoTicB . r-Jar . Thomas Gratton , of Phillip £ -town , has been served with a threatening notice , to the efieci that if he did not discharge the steward in care of hia property at Londonderry , he -would get a horrible death . Government has offered a reward of £ 20 for the discovery of the writer of thia notice . —Leinster Express .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 7, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1233/page/6/