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      FRANCE . jhk TmrBsos . —Lotus Philiws . —The eorres-&i » nt of the Dispatch writes : — fbere j 3 inib . e south-eastern quarter of Paris a ^ j adid edifice in the same style , though not upon Srgs a scab as St . Paul ' s Cathedral in London , Lfciovni as the Pantheon . In thi 3 superb temple ^ monnmen tai memorials of those patriots and j ^ s es who fell dining the three days struggle in 10 , which crushed ih « hat « d dynasty of tbe elder B ^ rb ons for ever . Since that memorable Revoluggj , tha Pantheon , ( or previously inown as the jarehof St . Genevieve ) has been regarded merely s a temple dtvoted to the tombs of the migb ty and be 5 lnstTioii 3 dead . Bat Louis Philippe is anxious

      f destroy all tracts of the Revolution by means of fjjich he obtained his crown , as wellas to crush all js fire « and salutary iustitutions which the charter I that period was supposed to confer upon Franca . &e Pantheon is to be restored to Catholic worship : [ is to resume the name of a church ; and instead of jing proudly pointed out to the citizen and the pauger as the temple sacred to the names of tb # $ ots of Jnly , it will in fntHre be mentioned simply Tine most suptrb , although not the most ancient ace of worship in the French capital . The mere ks of restoring religious ceremonies to the jjstheon would be totally unimportant , were \ bo ! a portion of the one grand system of . the the

      fE « 7 ^ o obliterate from public memory the 1 & io which ie isindebtedjorhispresent eleTation . i » k 2 ow 5 that the people who raise monarchs by pus of Bevolntions , can dethrone them by Bevolujss ; be feels that he hhnself has recogniBed the ^ reignty of thepeopJe by accepting the Crown « j 3 B tie nation ' s delegates ; and he is well aware & such a recognition admits ( evtn if there were grsoodin dhpnting ) the right of the millions of fa sce io remove their tyrants at will and pleasure ja sad experience of mundane reverses which la ss PhiHpps has acquired in his life-time , when , g « xile and penniless , he taught languages for his rad at ilheingan , in S Switzerland , on the banks of

      k Thames ^ t Richmond , or in a humble lodging at * cT York—that experience of ths vicissitudes of ^ sb existence should fears made him a friend to s smnrry and a philanthropist generally , instead " as oppressor of ths people , to whom he owes so uja , . ilie enemy of civilisation , and consequently a Ea theh » ppineS 3 of the world . This very despoas on his pars is only sending io prepare exile and isderings for Ms own finally in its turn , Thongh isnoJonger the scboolmaster of Rbeingan , his 25 msy within a little while become so . Assuredly -. dynasty cannoVbe perpetuated on the throne ; for cceforth the name of a Bourbon , and the idea of \ iag , mast alike be odious to the Frenchman . Ihs Fbekch Pcst Optics . —At the conclusion tee debate a conversation took place between

      51 de Leon , de Malleville , and M . Gnitoi , in jrsiea to a remark made by Mr . T . Dnncombe in ilisment , that the privacy of letters sent through ; T « Et ~ ofiice was not respected in France . M . iiti was enabled to state , and was loudly cheered jaSing the statement , that in France " the pri-V ef letters was sacred in fact as well as in law , Juan this applied to strangers and foreigners . " i Ss TmJounais of the 25 th . publishes accounts a Algiers of the 20 th ult , announcing that Abdgsderhad re-entered the Algerian territory at itadof 1 , 500 horsemen , and executed a razzia iss country of the Bbrgias , twenty-five leagues iaai from Mostaganem . Tbe Emir was said to ebeen appointed Kalii 5 & of the eastern provinces Morocco , and to be accompanied by several reginS of the Imperial black cavalry .

      SPAIN . i feeling of great uneasiness prevails in the capi-, sad it seems to be generally believed that a great as is a hand . Barcelona may for the time be contrad the seat of Oorernment , the Court and all Ministry being now assembled in that city , and m iJ the long-threatened coup d ' etat will most baily be sHuck . l letter from Barcelona of the 24 th stales that El « , the last of the Carli 3 t rebels of Maestrasga , been taken and shot . All his companions , to amoon ; of nearly one hundred and fifty , had been ritmdj taken and put to death , and great was isgret that he should have escaped- Narr&ez is r . liDTreTer , satisfied : for once he has made a dean

      UMA papers of the 24 th state that the capital is ftsf troops , brought there in anticipation of therewp jkf to be sttuck at Barcelona . On the 23 rd great pas of . cavalry paraded tie streets , in order to fe a "demonstration of the force which , in case of fcsaij , coald be brought against the people The ¦ ssikls inhabiiants were greatly alarmed .

      I PORTUGAL . I ! b correspondent of the Chrpmsle give 3 the folio ^ ' ad ditional particulars in relation to the wuesi recently condemned to death for blasphemy m Jiideira . Tae name of the woman is . Marie otpbe . Her trial and condemnation took place ira aonths ago . The sentence wac appealed from , id carried before tha Superior Court of Relacao , Issbon ; the case la still before that court , and s so ? been referred to ths Minister of Justice , in isselands it ultimately restsj and from his characit may be fully believed that the sentence , even Knsfemed by the superior court , would never be tried into execution , and that the Queen's prerodre would be exercised in respect to it . In ard to the legality or illegality of the sentence ,

      : foEomng articles of the charter have to be concred . Tin third article of the first section of the charter dare " the Roman Catholic religion to be the xess of tie sjsta . " the second article of the third section deelar * s » ^ no person can be persecuted for aorives of fcits , so long as he respect 3 the state . " ¦ ir . John Alfred Tojkt , the British subject imprifed in diis city without legal process ^ and i » confraition of the privilege secured to British subfc cf isiag placed under the jurisdiction of the ftg ? CoBserrador . appointed and paid by the Briw GoTemment , in cases of a similar nature of ¦ s ehages brought against British subjects , has ¦^ been in confinement seventy-fo nr days .

      is ^ swrrzERLUO ) . » Hs S ^ riss Extraordinary Diet met at Lueerne , Kit 25 : b , whenthe snbjeci of the late insurrection Hp Taiais was immediately taken into consjder-&He President mace a speech , in which he praised E * aadnet of the inhabitants of the Hieher Taiais , s eoBoenmed that of the Lower Taiais . The ^ decided unanimously , that the law of the land « jj S 2 sa federal intervention in the canton oi Taiais 11 fe of necessity .

      ITALY . IW has been received at Trieste , from Corfn , * ts that forty Italian refugee , among whom C ^ D . More and the brothers Bandiera , naral -Ess , embarked in ths night of the 12 : h , in a ¦ NStaa or Roman vessel , with the intent of land-, fc *« aE point on the coast ef Italy . It was be-¦ fff ^ . h a * they had steered their course towards the fttSil Calabria .

      )¦ TUEKEY . sl WSiismoytE , Jr > £ 1 " 2 . —The Sultan returned 1 M ^ sairiraople on the 18 ih- —The entrance of tha , p * Umio Brusa , that ancient capital of the Ottowp aspire , was very interesting . Deputations i » ffl ; he four n&dDas—Turks , Armemans , Greeks , # . Jsw 5—went cu ; some distance to meet bi 3 [ fchas , and then followed him in procession into ' ¦*?? ' ^ heu the Sultan entered the Ivouak tBcniad been prepared for him , he admitted to ! presence tie principal people of the four i » ° Bs , tt > whom he addressed iimself in the follow-Sworts : —

      Jgl ani come amongst you as amongst my children , 3 ||; look upon yon all as srfch , whatever your origin Tgour beiief . You enghi to love each other as "gjers or the same family , for areyounotbrotherSj ^^ m not I your father ? I wish that my coming 3 » P » yon should be the cause of uniting you more J |» y in fraternal love . Musulmans , ChristianSj | T » you are all dear to me , yon are all my ehildem . ln ? re be one amongst you who ia oppressedj ^^^ corns forward , snd justice shall be dose him ; K ^ ish thas the laws which are made to the

      ^¦ £ g lives , the properties , and the honour of TCgjsets be faithfully administered . Mussulman , m ^ in , or Jew , rich or poor ; soldier , priest , or ' rB fe , confide in my love mid in my justice j you ^ t ^ iqaalinmy eyes , as yon are equal before the T « * £ J 5 aj&all bs all treated a 3 such ; and theAl-° * r » -sri } l reward on the jadgment day the honest fX \ ft £ faithful servaHt . " ^^ feamer from Sal onica ^ nica arrived here the ^ K ^" * yesterday , brought eighty-six of ihe rjK ^ SJ Albanian rebel chiefs ; they have since t ^^ ned in ch ains to the Saraskier ' s prison . iuw * r : ]? rc geat ^ ^* j """J 30 ^ e those just arrived ~^ down their arms and been made prisoners " X' ^ t ted daily .

      ? Jj INDIA AXD CHINA . 1 ^>_ 0 TKRLAKD HAIL . l ^ fcc ^ raordinary express from Marseilles letters «» 5 *? sb have beea received from all parts of the *?« 7 £ apire . SliTfflBpil intelligence brought by the Indian "" K . ^ S OJJi-of . May relates to the state of the - _ BnWaich appears now to be more distracted " ¦ JT ' A bloody fight is stated to have taken flHsL ? the 7 th of May , l > etween Heera Singh " ^^ fcfimt Prime Minister , and the party of the 7

      ~ y » £ xui ! yeet Singh , who are opposed to nun ^ M ^ h y Ittur Singh , a chief of consider-; rm ? 2 aence . in September lasi , when Ajeet ^*^» d niurd ered the then 'Blng , Shexe Singh , " *^ fc * rrime . Minister Dhjan Singhj he was him-^^^ jn ajght with Heera Singh , who avenged - Map 1 of BSiather , Dtyan , by ordering all the , Basf Ajeet to be bntchered . One boy of nine * fcrja ^ loffed to live , and an uncle , named Ittur ¦ ' - - 'me Singh , escaped into the ISikh states , pro ^ ?! the Briush , After seTei aoniby te ^ denoe ,

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      he went back on the SOth of April , and joined the party nnder CMbxneera Singh and Peahora Siugh j both sons ( thongh of minor ranks" ) of old Rnnjeet Singh . They proceeded to attack Heera Singh , and a bloody conflict took place , in which Heera was said to have been wounded . Ittur Singh was considered by some of thepartisMiB of Heera as being supported by the British ; and they therefore have threatened to invade the territories of the latter , to reveDge themselves on those who had countenanced the proceedings of Ittur Singh . The threatened movement of Akbar Khan on Peshawnr had not taken place . The position of his father , Dost M * homed , was by no meanB satisfactory ; his age , his infirmities , and the complicated state of the affairs of Caubul would , it was thought , induce him to resign his sovereignty into the hands of Akbar .

      Two large bodies of troops , numberi n g 80 , 000 men , were to be collected on the Sutlej , intended , it is stated for the conquest of the Pnnjab . The other " parts of I * dia were tranquil , and expected to be bo curing the rainy season .

      UNITED SrATES . Liverpool , Saturday . —The Boston and Halifax Royal mail steamer Caledonia , Captain Lott , arrived here at one o ' clock this morning , with ninety-nine passenger ? . She left Boston on the 16 th , and Halifax on the I 8 ; h instant , and has therefore made the voyage in twelve days eight hours . We are mainly indebted to the New York Weekly Sun , of the loth uli ., for the following important intelligence j—Rejectios oi thb Texan Treatt . —The Texas treaty was rejected in the Senate , on the 8 th instant , hy a majority of 35 to 16 ; it would have required a majority of two-thirds to ratify it , and it is thus rejected , by more than that m&joritv against it .

      The Presidest had sent a message to Congress on the same subject , stating hia views , and calling on that body to forward the Annexation Scheme . He comments on the Bpeeches of Lords Brougham and Aberdeen in the House of Lords . The motion that it do lie on the table was negatived by a majority of 118 to 86 . On the 11 th Mr . Adams presented the following resolutions : — Resolved—That by the Constitution of the United States , the power of declaring war is expressly and exclusively delegated by the people of this Union to the Congrtss of the United States .

      Resolved—That any attempt by the President of the United States to place them in a state of aotnal war , with apay foreign nation , with or without the advice and consent of the Senate , would be a flagrant usurpation of the powers exclusively delegated to the House of Representatives and requiring of them ihe exercise of all their constitutional authority to vindicaU their lawful powers . The House refused to suspend the rules to receive these resolutions . Asothkb Assexatios Piuwrcr . —On the 10 th ult Mr . Bcnton introduced in the Senate a Bill for the annexation of Texas . The Bill provides for abolishing slavery in the western half of the territory . It further creates one State forthwith to be called Texas ; tbe iemainder is to become a territory .

      On the 13 th this Bill was discussed , and rejected by a vote of 35 to 30 . Congress was to adjonrn on tbe 17 fb , The "Obecon . —The Oregon question Bleeps for the present , except in the minds of the Democratic party , whose banners bear the following inscription : —

      " Polk , Dallas , Jackson , No Bank , Oregon and Texas . " The Native . Americans . —The Correspondent of the Chronicle writes . The "Native American " party continues to gain immense strength in ihe large cities , and very little is now said of the Repeal Associations , the vote of Irish citizens , &e . For example , on the 14 th of June last , a public meeting of " Native Americans , " was held in front of Independent-hall , consisting of from 15 , 000 to 20 ^ 000 persons ; the largest meeting ever held in Philadelphia . Indeed it was found necessary to divide it into four meetings , with regular officera and

      speakers to each . Strong resolutions were carried , asking an extension of the period of probation to become an American eitiaen , to twenty-one years residence ; and nearly all the speakers denounced the practice of putting foreigners , especially Irish Catholics , into government , state , or municipal offices . Meanwhile a number of journals , on both sides , teem with exciting and inflammatory articles —articles eminently calculated to deepen the feeling which already existB between Protestant natives and Catholic foreigners . It is to be feared that these appeals to popular prejudices m&y lead io seriool scenes on the eve or pending the next elections . '

      Attempt to Revoltionise Mixjco . —The New Orleans Picayune of tbe 2 nd instant contains the following startling account of a daring enterprise :: From a Spanish paper published in this city called La Indiana—a , journal edited with _ taste , spirit , and intelligence—we learn that T > n Monday last , the 27 th ult ., Gen . Sentmanat embarked from this port , on board- the William Tono , with a band of ihardy followers , engaged in an expedition intended to revolutionise Tobasco , one of tbe Mexican department . Gen . S . was formerly Governor of that province , and abont this time last year we are aware that he declared against Santa Anna and raised a-revolution ; but he was * oon overpowered by the superior forces of Gen . Ampudia , hi 3 followers were dispersed , and he himself took refnge in Yucatan . From Campeachy , Sentmanat embarked for

      Havanna , whence , about two months since , he came over to this city . Of all these fact 3 , so far , we are aware , and according to La Indiana it would farther seem that Gen . S . has employed his time in this city in collecting a body of men to accompany him on an expedition—we measurably translate from onr Spanish contemperary—as perilous as any which fable or history recounts . It is asserted that it is the purpose of those engaged in it , upon having effected their landing , to set fire t © their vessel , and then , in emulation of the first conqueror of Mexico , wage war against the existing powers . [ It was the duty of the U . S . Marshal to have seized the vessel the moment he heard that she was fitting out to make war on a friendly power . If the adventurers fail , they must prepare for the consequences . —New Tork Sunl .

      HAYTI . Order has been in some degree restored . Advices to the 30 th of May , stated that various parts of the island were giving in their allegiance to the new President , Gen . Gurriere , and a division of the island into states jwere about being adopted , the Spanish portion to be snbdned by force of arm 3 , if it should still hold out . Later advices to the i ' . h oi June , announce that ex-President Herard had escaped on board H . B . M . 5 . Spartan , with a few of his followers , in the nightj and the vessel immediately departed with . them for Jamaica ,

      CUBAThe letters from Cuba paint tbs proceedings of the government there in the most frightfnl and tyrannical colours . Englishmen are in gaol as well as Americans ; some , it is said , for having expressed opinions abont Cuba , while they were in the United States . Hundreds of negroes have suffered , and many are said to have died under the torture of the lash . Mosey is mulcted from the accused by the officers , who make a trade of threatening planters and others with accusations , One acconnt says that feonie English men-of-war are on their way to ,, Cuba , to protect British subjects .

      FOREIGN MISCELLANY . Doijigs in " the New " Wokld . —Several Texan citizens have been massacred by the Saoo Indians . Burleson and Jones are tbe rival candidates for the Texan Presidency . There has been an earthquake at Porto Rico . Ponce and Guayama hate suffered much damage . A few showers had relieved the drf-adful drought of all the West Indies . Port Famine , in the Srraits of Magellan , has been colonized by Chili . At Monte Tideo the besiegers have had the worst of it in several encounters . Venezuela has lowered her duties on the imports of cattle and produce . At Caddo , Texas , a man was taken , charged with murder , and hnn » by the people without trial . Ho confessed that he had been hired by some Texans to murder five men for 1 , 000 dollars . He deserved to die , and as the settlers there are very scarce—why , there is some excuse for Lynch law in such a case .

      Good . —A memorial from Cecil Connty , Maryland , was presented by Mr . Pierce , which created not a little merriment among the Senators . The petitioners pray the Senate not to annex Texas to this Union , bnt at the yame time express their decided opinion that the people of the United States would not object to the President ' s annexing himself to that Republic . A Slave Whipped to Death . —A man by the name of Lamb (!) was recently tried at Charleston , South Carolina , for whipping a negro to death . Though it was proved tkat he inflicted 350 lashes we ll laid on , -in iwenty-foar hours , and that the slave died soon after , the jary found him Not Gnilty ! And such aro the tender mercies of slavery—the institution of the patriarchs!—Anli ~ Slavery Reporter .

      Riot ahosg Wohxmeh Abboad . —Pba » ub , Juke 10 . —For some' days past several thonsand workmen in the coiton manufactories belonging to the Jews in this city , who have rtduced their wages beyond all moderation , are in a state of open tumult . They meet by night in the quarries near Prague , and in the daytime these inen , infuriated by distress and misery , destroy' the machinery in the manufactories . VVo have just returned from a walk outside the gates , where we saw that a whole regiment of soldiers had to march out to restore order . Psacto , Jtibe 19 . —Thongh the machinery in some manufactories was destroyed , the display of a sufficient military force and earnest remonstrances , have succeeded in restoring order among the workmen . "Without being obliged to employ force they have returned to their work . A strict inquiry is instituted by the judicial authorities in this deplorable circumstanee , andtheguilty will doubtlessbeponished * s they deserve .

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      THREAT OF THE COAL KINGS TO EXTERMINATE THEIB MINING SLAVES . ( From the Weekly Dispatch ) The Goal Kings ue adoplng an Irian mode of redressing grievances . Their panacea is extermination . In one of their organs their resolve to exterminate the recusant colliers who have the spirit to resist tyranny is ttrasatatedi— " Tbe collieries are being rapidly filled up with fresh man , whom the owners are determined to keep in preference to those whe have inflicted so much injustice upon their masters and themselves . Ejectments are becoming more numerous , and as tbe collierita ax * filled op these ejectments will become still more general , until all tha recusants are turn » d houseless into the lanes . " What a Christian proceeding I How truly benevolent and highly philanthropic is not the heart that planned Oils project i Se , because tbe Mintrs will not allow tbesstlves , thtir wives , and their ebildrtn .

      to be the victims of rapacious tyranny , and to be bowed down to the dust by starvation , they are to be cast upon the earth houseless waodtras . But there must be two parties to this proceeding . One ( the tyrant master ) will be easily found . Will it be so easy to find the second . ? Property has its duties as well as its rights . That the working slave—the producer of wealthknows : and he also knows , that . while he grants to property its rights * that property must discharge its duties towards tbe men by whose exertions it is accumulated . The masters boast that " their long pones will beat the hungry guts . " Tim * will tell whether they are or are not true prophets . At present thirtynine thousand colliers have signed a petition , praying tbe interference of Parliament in their behalf , and have also expressed their readiness to collect in the space of two days , £ 2 , 000 for any trade that might require their assistance . All that the Colliers seek is to obtain their

      legitimate rights , which they snail obtain , despite of the threats and frowns of their masters . The Marquis of Londonderry thinks to intimidate the men by issuing a proclamation as " Lord Lieutenant" of IhirhamJ What has the offioa of Lord Lieutenant to do with a disagreement between himself and his own workmen . The next act of this very silly nobleman : will be the calling out of the yeomaary to drive his men at the sword ' s point to the pits , there to labour at any price he may choose to name . The Colliers begin to know the value of their own industry ; they begin to think they belong to the human family ; and that they have a right to

      make tbe best market of their labour . Tbe iron yoke baa been round their neck long enough , and now they wish to get rid of it by peaceful and lawful means . The Marquis of Londonderry abuses bis office , by issuing » proclamation , ordering ail men who object io his terms , to turn out ef the hovels he has erected . Verily , this is a Christian method of settling a disputed question . This folio wing ia the proclamation referred to . It affords ample proof of tbe capacity of Lord Londonderry ' s mind , while it shows that his Lordship is by no means intimately acquainted even with tbe first principles of grammar . The majority of his own slaves would write a by ia better proclamation : —

      ( copt ) Wynyard Park . Jane 16 , 1844 . " The Marquis of Londonderry directs Mr . Hunter immediately to call the viewers , overmen , and deputies together , and acquaint them that he sees with the deepest regret his deluded workmen have now been near ten weeks in open defiance of the anxious , just , and paternal consideration of their employer , and of his anxious desire to meet all their legitimate demands Hejgave them due warning , two weeks ago , that if they did not return to their work , they would compel him , in spite of himself , to take the most painful and energetic measures to rescue his property from destruction .

      The time has now armed when be can be no longer kept in jeopardy by their caprice , and by the insidious advise they are following , to flight up the grievances of others , having admitted to him they have none themselves . He therefore directs Mr ; Hunter and tbe viewers to take measures , immediately , to remove from bis bouses such men as refuse their work , and have no possible right , after ten weeks' patience on the pare of Lord JUmdonderry , to eccnpy his premises , and keep possession of his property . Lord Londonderry will be at Penaher in the course oi to-morrow to see these orders carried into effect .

      "( Signed ) Vase Londonderry Lord-Lieutenant . Thoknlet Colliery . —The masters have turned twenty families into the streets to find tfc&t sorrow which Mr . Wood assured tbe men he had for them when ha was turning them to tbe door . Mr . Thomas Wood has rendered himself notorious for his cruelty and persecution towards the Thornley men , bnt there is no doubt that he has learned a good lesson during bis last thirty weeks' tnition . Ever ? scheme is resorted to herb by the brutal spsciaia and the more ruffianly police to get up a breach of the peace ; bat , alas , poor sordid wretchfes , thby have hitherto tried in vaia . We wish that all pitmen would take notice that Mr . Johu Jennings , sign of the Greyhound , Durham , has befriended the Tbornley men to a very large extent We also wish to tender oar sincere thanks to that and other gentlemen for their kindness to us .

      Wakefield . —Ou Mouday forenoon last , the Coal Miners on strike held a large meeting in tbe open space of ground , Wood-street . The meetiDg was ably addressed by G . W . Harrison , Esq ., corn factor , of Wakefield , Messrs . D . Swallow , T . Shepherd , J . Fretwell , and others . Oldham . —On SuDday last , Mr . F . A TayJor delivered a very euetgettc awl instructive lecture on the relative posuieu of the Government and the governed , -which gave great satisfaction . Pkndleion Miners . —Please to insert in your next , the undermentioned donations : —From Mr . Araitage's men , PeDdleton 10 s Id ; from W . M'Naughton P . Coates' men , Pendleton 4 b 9 d ; Wyate ' s men , Whit-lane . Pendleton 3 b 94 .

      Miners' Executive . —All communications to the Jlinera * Executive during the Conference , ¦ which ¦ will take place in North Staffordshire , on the 15 th instant , Hiust be addressed—John Hall , General Secretary , to the care of Henry Thomas , Peel-street , Burslem , North Staffordshire . P . S . —All letters must be prepaid , otherwise they cannot be attended to . —John Hall , General Secretary . The Babnsley Miners return their sincere thanks for the following turns : —Peas Hill Is 6 d ; Low * Side Green Is lOd ; a few friends 3 s ; Smithy friends 2 s 10 £ d ; Worsbxo' Common 9 s ; George Mitchell la ; George Buckel 2 s 6 d ; Berry Row 3 s 10 d ; Shamble ' sstreet , Kingston-place 5 a 2 d ; Old Town Is 6 d ; Wilson ' s Piece , and Newland 12 s 9 d ; John Bodgeson Is ; Barnsley Butcher 2 s 6 i ; a few friends 2 a ; a friend 63 4 d : small Bums Is 5 d .

      Newcastle . —I am requested by the subscribers of the undermentioned sums , to forward the same to you to be inserted in your valuable paper . The following sums have been collected for the Miners of Durham and Northumberland . From I > evon 8 lde Mills previously omitted , Mr . Monteath ' e mill lla 4 i ; Mr . Morrison's do 4 s Id ; Walker and Henderson's do 6 s 9 d . June 27 th , received from Lancashire , Darcy , and Little Lever districts , No . 1 Lodge £ 3 15 s ; do 2 , £ 2 ; do 3 , 19 a 6 d ; Top-of-the-lane 19 s 6 d ; No . 6 Lodge 14 s Cd ; do 8 , £ 1 6 s 9 d ; Boar ' s Head 11 s 3 d ; No . 0 , Lodge Ss 9 J ; do 10 , 4 s 10 } & ; Balshaw-moor district , No . 3 Lodge 12 s 6 d ; Dean Church district , No . l , £ 1 is ; Bolton district , Ne . 1 Lodge £ 5 ; No . 2 , £ 5 ; Queen Anne , LUtie Lever £ 1 13 s 3 d . June 28 , the Tiades in Edinburgh £ 1 Is ; from Tong Lane Colliery , Lancashire £ 2 ; from Bickersbaw Colliery , Lancashire . £ 3 . John Clark , District Secretary .

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      A great meeting of the inhabitants of the City of Westminster , was held en Monday afternoon in Covent Garden , for the purpose of taking into consideration the proceedings of the Government for the Bubjngation of Ireland , and the persecution o * O'Connell and others for their support of the rights of Irishmen , and to petition Parliament for tbe immediate release of Mr . O'Connell and his brother martyrs , now confined in the Richmond Penitentiary , Dublin . The meeting had been convened by the High Bailiff , Francis Smedley , Esq ., in conformity with a requisition , most numerously and respectably signed , which had been presented to him for that purpose .

      The . hnstings ¦ were erected rather to the left of the Cburcb , instead of being erected in front of it , as hereto fore . { T Mb arrangement -was most judicious , as it afforded standing-room for at least three thousand people additional in front of the hustings . The hour appointed for tbe commencement of tbe proceedings was two o ' clock : but the people began to assemble as early as twelve o ' clock . The numbers present were variously estimated at from ten to twenty thousand persons . Never have we known a meeting in Covent Garden more numerously and more respectably attended , and the

      behaviour of those present vr&s beyond all praise . A more orderly , wsll-conducted assembly , never congregated together . At two o ' clock precisely the High Bailiff took the chair . On the platform we observed Sir R . Bulkeley , M . P ., Colonel Rawdon , M . P ., T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., E . D . Davenport , Esq ., Summers Harford , E 8 q ., FeargU 8 O'Connor , Esq ., F . Tucker , Esq ., T . M . Smith , Esq ., J . Duncombe , Esq ., J . C . Child , Esq ., tbe Rev . Dr . Wade , the Rev . D . M'Gse , &c &c fcc The appearance of T . S . buncombe , M . P . and P . O'Connor , Esq ., on the . platform , was the signal for loud and long continued applause ..

      The High Bailiff , who waa received with n > nch cheering , then came forward and said , that having received a requisition from the householders , ratepayers , and electors of tbe City of Westminster , most numerously and respectably signed , requesting him to convene tbe present meeting , he had fixed upon that a » y for tbe purpose— ( cheers ) . The object ef the meeting was to petition Parliament to present an address to Her Majesty , praying that she would be graciously pleased to exercise the prerogative of her Crown , and to direct tbe immediate release of Daniel O'Connell , Eeq ., MJP . —( immense cheering )—and the other State prisoners confined in the Richmond Penitentiary , Dublin —( loud cheers ) . He had no doubt but that they would give every gentleman who was desirous of addressing them an attentive hearing , and that their proceedings would be conducted with the g » od humour which they had invariably displayed whenever he had had the honour of presiding over them —( cb / tn ) .

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      Mr . T . DUR cokim , M . P . . who wa » received , with tfce most entbVMiaatic cheers , which lasted several minut ^ then ca me forward for the purpose of proposing the first resolution , but before he did ao he would take that public opportunity of expressing , on the part of those who had signed the requisition to the High Bailiff , their gratltncM to that gentleman for the prompt and courteous manner in which he had acceded to the wishes ofthe requisMoniats , by convening the present meeting—( cheers)—and thus affording to them the opportunity of exercising one of the proudest and dearest rights of Englishmen , tUat of meeting together in publio meeting assembled , tor the purpose of discussing the grievances of which they had to complain , and of calling upon their repris&utatives in Parliament to

      redress those grievances , as far as it was in their power bo io do—( cheers ) . He would also , before he proposed tbe resolution , congratulate- the friends of Ireland on such a large , numerous , and respectable gathering as that which he had then the honour of addressing —( cheers ) . It was a proof that tbe city of Westminster waa beginning at last to arouse itself from that apathy , that indifference to poblie questions which he was sorry to soy had hung over the eonetituency for so many years —( cheers ) . Thi * meeting would prove to the world that the oitiaana of Westminster were still the friends of the oppressed and the enemies of persecution—( loud cheers ) . Westminster had never before met in her thousands and tens of thousands in any cause which stood more

      in need of her sympathy and support than the cause they wer& met to advocate . What was the question they were met to discuss ? They had met to consider the treatment which Ireland had experienced for many years—the tyranny and misrule under whicb Ireland had suffered , and which had nearly driven the people of that country to desperation , which would undoubtedly before this have shown itself in acts of violence , and in the destruction of property if it had not been for the energy exerted in the cause of pacification by that individual whom a contemptible Government bad thought proper to place in the Richmond Penitentiary—( hear , hear )—and who now suffered with those gentlemen , his 'brother martyrs , merely because tbe Irish people bad exercised , for many

      months , totally uninterfered with by the Government , that very privilege which they were thai day met there to exercise—that of meeting in publio to discuss public grievances . The Irish met to take into consideration the Act of Parliament under which bo much iojostice had been perpetrated—the Act of Union—( Cheers ) . He was not there to express asy opinion as to tbe Act of Union ; but in consequence of the treatment which they had experienced , and the misrule under which they had suffered , the Irian people bad a right to meet , to discuss , and to petition Parliament to Repeal that Act He was nob there for the purpose of disgusting and wearying them by going into the details of tbosa trials with which they were all no doubt , well acquainted . State trials , indeed tthey ought to be called State farces—( loud cheers ) . There was not an honest man in England who would come forward and say tbat O'Connell and his brother martyrs had had a fair trial—( cheers ) . He would not

      disgust them by going into details . They were as well aware as be was how ' the jury had been packed—( cries of " ah , ah ! " groans , and hisses)—how certain sheets of the jury list , containing the names of Roman Catholics , bad been conveniently lost—( renewed groauing )—how every impediment had been thrown in tbe way of Mr . O'Connell and tbe others in makisg their defence —( renewed groaning ) . They all knew the contemptible and partial conduct of the Lord Chief Justice—( renewed groaning)—who acted as Counsel for the Crown instead of Counsel for the prisoners—( continued groaning and hissing , and cries of " shame" ) . They knew these things , and did they suppose that the brave men of England , who warmly sympathised with their Irish brethren , would tamely submit without an effort to rescue from the fangs of a powerful tyranny the individuals now in prison , on whom the hearts , tbe affections , and the hopes of the Irish people were settled?—( immense cheering ) . He would , therefore , propose tbe following resolution : —

      " That we , the inhabitants of Westminster , in public meeting assembled , do hereby protest against the prosecutions which b&ve recently taken place for what Is called sedition and conspiracy ; and more especially against the illegal and unjustifiable means resorted to to procure the eonviction of O'Connell and his brother martyrs , now undergoing imprisonment ia the Richmond Penitentiary . That , as rational men , we feel called npon to declare to the ; world our convlctien that the Irish State prisoners have not been Ugally tried , and are consequently unconstitutionally deprived of

      their liberty ; while we further assert that had the laws been duly administered it "would have appeared that neither O'Connell nor the otber prisoners bad violated any statuary enactment nor : oSeuded against common law ; and therefore this meeting resolves to petition Parliament , to take such steps aa shall insure the immediate liberation of tbe said prisoners , and prevent a recurrence of those acts of persecution and despotism , whicb , whilst resorted to under tbe pretext of law , merely uphold the ascendancy of faction by tbe prostration of national feeling , aud tbe suppression of public opinion . "—( Loud cheers . )

      Mr . T . Duncombe said he hoped they would unanimously adopt that resolution—( loud cheers , and criee of " We will-J ) . If so , be felt confident that there was not a single enlightened , constituency in England which would not follow such a noble example ; and if it were so followed , tbe release of Mr O'Connell and bis fellowprisoners would be certain , and they would eventually seenre to tbe Irish people that that justice would be done them which he hoped they would never cease to require . Mr . Summers Harford seconded the resolution . He had been told tbat morning that he must not come there to-day , because it would not be a respectable meeting . He would ask any one who saw them assembled there if such a body of persons as he saw there

      assembled before him were respectable or not —( bear ) ? He was glad to see a meeting so numerous and so respectable assembled to asssiat others in vindicating tbelr rights —( cheers ) . If tbey did not vindicate tbe rights of others , let them look to their own , or the unconstitutional principles which were now adopted in Ireland would soon beadoped here— ( loud cheers ) . As an Englishman he had always felt deep sympathy for Ireland , and he was prepared to come forward and vindicate tbe rights of tbat country as willingly as he would those of bis own—( bear , hear ) . He was aware there were others better qualified to address them on the subject of Ireland ; but , aa an inhabitant of Westminster , he could not refuse himself tbe satisfaction of coming forward to second this resolution —( cheers ) . He hoped this was only the beginning of a demonstration which would extend to every part of England ,

      Scotland , and Ireland !; and would sbow that the people were determined not to b » trampled under foot by any class whatever . It was absurd to expect that the Members of Parliament would stand up for the rights of the people unless tbe people told them , in language tbat could not be misunderstood , that such was their duty , and tbat they expected them to perform it—( loud cheers ) . He hoped that in a short time they would effect the liberation of Mr . OConnell and his friends , who were tfao victims of an act of extraordinary tyranny —( load cheers ) . He , would not detain thorn longer , bnt would content himself with saying that there was no one more attached to the cause of civil and religions liberty than himself , and be should , as an bumble instrument , be always ready to raise bis voice in favour of tbe people whenever hucould be of tbesligbtest us * to them —( cheers ) .

      The High Bailiff said that Colonel Rawdon , M . P . for tbe city of Armagh , in Ireland , was desirous to address tbe meeting in support of tbe resolution . Colonel Rawdon , who was received witb vehement cheering , said , tbat be was not in tbe habit of taking any share in the political proceedings of the City of Westminster , but he attended there tbat day , as an elector © f that City , to protest with bia fellow aitiesns against an attack which bad been made upon the Constitution—( cheers ) . He was also there as one of the representatives of tbe Irish- people , calling on the people of England to express to the Government of this " country their sense of tbe : : nsnit whicb had been inflicted upon Ireland—( great cheering ) . H « would here emphatically state to the meeting , that trial by

      jury had been tampered with—( renewed cheeringand nowhere was it better known than in the city of Westminster . Now greit were the benefits which arose from that institution . The electors of Westminster knew , and featl often proved , that trial by jury was tho bulwark of their liberties—he would not say of their lives , for he knew that they agreed with him in valuing more tbeir liberties than their lives . He bad told them that the constitution had been invaded , and he would tell them why—( hear , hear ) . Magna Charia , of which every Englishman bad heard , atd waB justly proud , enacted that by the right of trial by jury it was meant that every Englishman should be tried by bis equals . That was tbe opinion of an eminent lawyer , \ Judge Blackstone . Magna

      Cbarta stated farther that no man should be imprisoned without a lawful judgment , and equal justice should be done to every man . ' He believed that this provision of Magua Charta was confirmed by tbe Bill of Rights ; and he now stated in the presence of tbe English pre&s , and in tbat great meeting , that the Bill of Rights bad been invaded . It stated moBt expressly tbat juries should be duly empannelled and returned—( cheers ) . Now , the Lord Mayor and citizens of Dublin , and numerous other bodiea , bad petitioned the House of Commons , and complained ( he believed witb justice ) tbat the jury had not been properly empannelted—( cheers ) . He thought it was so , and he believed that all the meeting thought so too- —( oheers ) . Was he not right then in saying tbat the BUI of Righto bad been

      invaded—( cheers ) I Well , then , they knew that this might be only the first step —( hear , bear ) . But it was In the power of the constituency of England to put a stop to the inroads upon the Constitution —( cheera ) . He was convinced of this as much aa of any fact recorded in history , that tbe liberties of this country were maintained by , and were based upon , free discussion . But there had been in Ireland an attempt to suppress free disoussion ; and it was for that meeting , and meetings like it , to ' say whether the same thing would not be done shortly here—( loud cries of " no , no—never more " and vehement cheering ) . There had been a new construction of tbe law of conspiracy—in fact , it was as much a new law as a new construction of the law . He did not know bat that by tbat new law the Government might not make bis Hon . Friend , tiw Member tot

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      Finsbury , as groat a conspirator aa Daniel O'Connell-( great cheering and laughter ) . That was the fact ; for mind , if they took this meeting , and ] pat to tbat tbi dinner which be ( 91 r . Dancombe ) attended tbe othei day not far from ibis market , and on the same sub jeot )—( laughter )—and . if tbey wore to pjut this meetinj and that speech , ana or * e dinner and another speech—( a laugh )—they might , m'der tbeir new law , make uc a very good case of conspiracy —( cheers and great laughter )—and tbe Hon . M ember for Finsbury migbl be indicted and imprisoned . He knew that the people of England were just ; and ti ^ at tbe people of Westminster were pre-eminently intelligent , and no attack upon liberty conld be . made wi thout tbeir protesting against it , in tbat place —( Covent garden Market )—and

      they were assembled there bow to protest against an encroachment on tbe trial by jary- —( hear , hear , hear ) . It might be proper for him to ah uiiej shortly to one Dame which waa introduced teto the ; resokition—be meant tbat ef Daniel CGonn «)>—( ia raenso and tangcontinued cheering , with waving m' hats asd baudkeicivtefs for several misntes ) . Be ( Ccli R ) wished to tell the meeting tbat he was no ttfikmexi of Mr . d'Connell ' s . He did not belong to him . He had ntr party , but bier country —( hear , bear ) . —Tbs country , and , indeed , mankind were under a deep dsbt of gratitude to Mr . O'Connell , who had ever advocated the rights of freemen , whatever their coJour or religion might bs—( cheering ) " —and were they , now that ] be was-in prison , to heaitate in coming forward in his cause ?—( cheers )—It was because he was in prison that he ( Colonel Rawdon ) raised his voioe in his favour . Hv had never dene so before . But a » s member of Parliament—a representative of tfc » Irish people—and also

      as an elector of the great City of Westmieler , be should be ashamed oi himself if he did not denowee the unconstitutional proceedings of the-Grovornmest—lebeers ) . Sir T , Wilde , a lawyer of wbom they bad all heard , defended the agitation for whroh Mr . O'&mnell was imprisoned , and be defended it upon tbe ground that no redresa of grievances was ever obtained without agitation— - ( bear , near , hear ) . It was for tbat reason they were assembled there this day , to agitate and disousfr their grievances } and ' | l » eend their petition to tbe House of Commons . He thanked them for the manner in which they had heard him -, and he congratulated the country upon the generous sympathy whieh had been evineed for the oppressed in Ireland , which would do much to pro uce harmony between the two countries—( hear , hear ) . Let them not stop to see what had been done in Ireland repeated I in England ; but if they -were not both watchful and energetic that would be done . ( The Gallant Colonel retired amidst loud and repeated chews ) .

      The resolution was then put and canted by acdamations vehement and long continue * . Mr . Davonport , lat « Member for Cheshire , came forward to move the naxt resolution , which was , that a petition founded on the resolution juet agreed to be presented to Parliament He thought that the whole country , and more especially the constituency of Westminster , were under great obligations to the distinguished and patriotic Member for Finsbury , for baying directed the attention of the electors of : this city to points , which for some eause or other had been suffered to sink Into apathetic desuetude ^ - ( hear , hear ) . Thai had not always been so . Some years- ago such conduct on the part of tbe Government aft tbey were now assembled to consider would have kindled a &iine in Westminster that would have aroused the whole country . The most distinguished man in ; Ireland had been subjected to imprisonment at the very { time when a vrrlt of error waa pending which might declare him

      innocent ; and we had scarcely recovered from our aboek at this , when we discovered that tbe Government was reading our letters in tbe Post-office —( cheers ) . As far as the f tiUion went , be thought it waa- extremely good , and he felt extremely honoured in being called on to propose it But he urged the meeting not to think that by this petition they would strike at the root of the evil . Tfiere were two machines of legislation , and they might as well petition the two Bands of a watch to set tbe works right , as petition those machines to cure the evils of Government . They had themselves the construction of one ef those machines ; and if they had made for themselves a bed of thorns they must lie oa it—( cheers and cries of 'Urne , true ) " The only way , as we understood the Hon . Gentleman , to obtain a redress of grievances was , that the people should properly exercise the power of electing tha House of Commons . He concluded by moving that ! the petition be adopted as that of the meeting , \

      Mr . M'Leod , in seconding the motion , said that the last time be had tbe pleasure of meeting his brother electors in that place was on the occasion when Sir F . Burdett was defeated . Sir Francis was ! now in bis grave , and tbey might let bis faults sleeplWith him—( hear , hear ) . But be ( Mr . M'Leod ; never felt aa much pleasure in coming before them as be did in the cause of . Mr . O'Connell , a man who deserved so much of his country , and who bad committed no offence , and broken no law—( hear ) . The very Judge tbat sentenced him shed tears whilst he pronounced the will of the Court , and observed that the most remarkable part of Mr . O'Connell ' s conduct was bis constant and successful endeavours to preserve tbe peace and prevent disturbance . Well , tbat might be Irish law—to send a

      man to prison for keeping the peace—( laughter ) . Would they let him oat boob it he promised to kick up a row ?—( cheers and laughter ) . It was a dangerous thing for Englishmen te look on quietiy at such things—( cheers ) . The Government who had acted so in Ireland would send every man in that meeting jto prison if tbey dared—( cheers ; . In seeking the ; redress of grievances thu people bad no right to destroy property , to be riotous , or to commit depredations upon each other ; but they had a right to meet in thousands and tens of thousands to petition Parliament tor redress —( cheers ) . Ha was satisfied that England and Scotland had been too remiss in not seeing justice done to Ireland , and that the ; would suffer for their remi .-snvss , unless tbey

      came forward now , and eatd to Ireland " We will see justice done to you , when we see tbe most just , wise , aud humane of men sent to prison . " —( bear , bear , and cheers ) . For bis part , be ( Mr . M'Leod ) declared , as a Scotchman , that if justice were not speedily done to Mr . O'Connell and the people of Ireland ,: he himself would become a Repealer —( great cheeriDg ) . Indeed , he was not certain bow far he might go yet —( a laugh ) . At first he bad a drop of the Whig pyison in his political constitution —« , a laugh)—theu ha became a Radical—and now he was happy to say that he was a thorough Chartist ; and if the Government ; went on in the same manner , he must go on in his own course ,

      and be a Repealer —( cheers and laughter ) . He was inclined to believe that Lord Howick was going on the same road with himself , and he thought ! that Lord John Kussell would not be a very long march behind them , if he bad not lost bis love of place —( cheers and laughter ) . He bad never seen assembled there so magnificent a meeting as tbe present , nor ever one more orderly . He was proud of tbat , for nothing the enemies of the people would desire more than to see rioting . "If we wore 30 , " said lie , " they would drink our health and bad luck to us "—( a Iaut > h ) . He concluded by seconding ths resolution , and reading the petition , which was adopted unanimously , jamidst the most enthusiastic cheering . :

      Mr . O Connor then presented himself , amid deafening shouts of applause to move the next j resolution . He addressed tbe meeting as Irishmen , Englishmen , and Scotchmen . The resolution which he had to propose was big with importance . It was that tbe petition tbey hud just adopted be presented by tbe Earl of Radnor , to the House of Peers ; and by Thomas Slingsby Duncembe , Esq ., to the House of Commons . Ho was not sure tbat on tbat day be could have been able to stand before them -, but on an important occasion like that be could not resist the temptation of having a flying shot at corruption —( laughter and cheers ) . It was said , and said truly , that when bad men conspired , good men united—( continued cheers ) . So it was then . Bad men in this country , as well as in

      Ireland had conspired against the liberties of the people . They bad tried to confine within improper limits the time-honoured liberty of free disoussionf-tcheers ) . They were there met tbat day to demand justice , as we ^ l as to preserve a sacred right No doubt their presentspy Government thought that by their oppressive application of a bad law to Ireland , they might in time communicate the same to England also —( cries of " No , no" ) . Ireland had been now persecuted for upwards of seven centuries . This day ( some of them ; might be aware of the fact ) was the anniversary of the battle of tbe Boyne . They ware that day to declare that tbe Irish people had recognised a great principle promulgated by their gre ; tt leader ; and they were there alao-to express the opinion that when that leader was imprisoned

      within the walls of the Richmond Penitentiary , it was notouly an insult to tbe people of Ireland , but tothoso in this country also who recognise tbe same ] principle . They bad read in the daily papers of the disgraceful tampering with the jury list ; of the impediments thrown in the way of tbe travelers' counsel ;; and tbey bad read also fche charge of the Chief Justice j- ( cries of "O , O" ) . Yet , notwiths t anding all those lefforta to crush and destroy the spirit of liberty in Ireland , it had arisen , and would farther rise , in spite of all opposition—( great cheering ) . Many Irishmen bad been transported for leas—offences they were called—than that tbey were then committing : many Irishmen were then strangers from the land of tbeir birth for less than tbat . And he ( Mr . O'Connor ) , for one , if marked for transportation to-morrow for a similar offence , would etili discuss the advantages of a sep irate Legislature for Ireland —( cheers ) . They would ultimately be able to achieve that great object If they followed Oae maxim

      of their incarcerated leader—if tbey remained tranquil they would assuredly beat the Iran Duke , " and Sir J . Letterbox into the bargain —( great laughter and cheers ) . The very judge who had passed sentence upon Mr . O'Connell said that he , and he only , had preserved the peace of Ireland—( immense cheers ) . It was an event in the history of the times to see Englishmen , Irishmen , and Scotchmen meeting there that day , and uniting as one man in denouncing the wrongs ] that bad been inflicted on Mr . O'Connell . And why were those wrongs inflicted ? Day after day the Legislature were repealing Acts or Parliament standing in the way of their own licentiousness , and was it more difficult to Repeal the Act of Union than any other Act ? It nad been well said by gentlemen " that three million Irish ulavea could rivet England's chains , " and now they had eight millions of those very slaves . He ( Mr . O'Conno ) doubted much if Mr . O'Connell would recewe witQ pleasure an account of tbe proceedings of that day , if some expreaaiou o ! faith In the . principles hslad 80

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      lOij and so consistent . / idvosa ^ d , di l not awomsaoy tbat account . He belfevid tbat if Westminster that day expressed in favour of Repeal , that neither Sir Robert Peel nor Sir James Fouche—( great laughter " and cheers )—^ wonld carry on their war further in Ireland —( cheers ) . He bad never attended a meeting with greater pride or pleasure than he had that ; bat one thing he would request of them . When Mr . Smith O'Brien was addressing the persons net in tbe Confiliation Hall in Dublin , he said that one petition " wanted the principal merit , because it did not speak of the Repeal of tbe Union . " Let them not forget to speak of it . He had to announce that a meeting would be held that evening in Brovhur place to petition

      Parliament in time far B ? r . Dancombe to present ic on the morrow , not to allow Sir James Graham to open all their letters—( great cheering , and loud cries of ' shame , shame ") . He would remind them tbat every fortiflortwB was defended by its lif . te bastions ; and if they wisbstJ to overturn the great citadel of corruption , they mast first sap She little bastions . They ouaht to loBfc opon Ireland and' Repeal as man and wife ami to say witb Holy Writ— " What ( ftxl hatbfotaed let so tyrant jgot asunder . " Be would again remfnd them that his 1 'resolution was to tbe . effect that IiokI Radnor should preieat their petition in the-fiords-, and tbat Mr Duneohtbe , the Membar for all England-- — ( cheering )—shcuid do the same is the Comcaons . Mr . O'Connor retired amidst great appTanse .

      The aev . Dr . WiM said that be bad for twenty years attended meetings in Coven&garden , but never bad he with more pleasure than on that occasion risen to address a few wonte to the audieuoe . He had never seen a larger or a mare-respectable assemblage , and they conducted tb « inselves-wrth the propriety to be expected from the friends of jtwtfee , of good order , liberty , and humanity—( great obeeiing ) . He only vrished that that great man , @' £ onnell irimself , was there present to « eer tbem . It would do hie-heart good . BSrt although' hewas not there-with thest-iftsat day , if they but put theif shoulders maafnlly to tbe wheel of liberty- they would soot see his ( tee and thatof the other TraTWsers amongthen } . They t * oald hear their voices discussing and 1 advocating the principles-of liberty over the world ( great cheering * - He ( Mn Wade ) appeared on tha £ platform more particularly'its bis character as a clergyman of the Chursb of Bnglaod , yes , and a-benefloed clergyman too —( hear , ami Janghter )—» n 3 he was

      neither cautious nor afraid" to pay his tribute of respeak to his fell-sw-elergyrosa of the Roman Catholic Church—( great cheers ) . Mrr © Connell bad laid down a rula of action excellent is tbe highest degreenamely ) moral in opposition' So physical force . That line of conduct did much credit to the clergy of tha Catholic Church aad to him . Tbe Roman Catholic clergy had set a noble example f . and he was proud to see that one of them , Dr . M'Crhee , was on that platform —( great cbeeriag ) . He was glad to hear that in tha churches of Ireland prayers were offered for' Mr . O'Connell and the otber traversers . He trusted the meeting would join with him in a similar duty . Tbe Rev . Gentleman then , in a very- expressive manner , said , " may our hearty sympathy be with our fellowmen ,. the millions of Ireland ; and m&y * God Almighty , who is the GhsS of nations as well as of individuals , free them ( the travarsers ) from < their present situation , aad bold them up as martyrs for onr good example '"

      The resolution was then ' put , and carried amidst acclamations . . Mr . O'CeMNoa then read and moved the adoption of the following address : —

      TO MI * . O'CONNBlIi . Slit , —We seize tbe first opportunity of testifying our abhorenoe of the charges preferred against you , of ' the manner in whicb you have been tried , the evidence npon which you . have been convicted , and tbe punishment to which you have been subjected . To offer yott < oar sympathies would be but to proclaim our weakness , while to tender you our condolence would be to cast Badness round the house of joy ,, and to throw a gloom over the bounding and hopeful spirit of " Young Ireland . " We therefore , Sir , neither sympathise nor condole with you ; , but we join our congratulations with your ' s and those of Ireland npon the exalted positionthat you have achieved for your country , and the

      humiliation to whicb you . have consigned her , and your , and our oppressors . To separate your name from tbe future destinies of Ireland would be as iwpozsiblei » 8 to stem tbe tide of ocean , or to turn the sun from . its course . Knowing the valour , the enthusiasm , the indomitable courage , and tbe patriotism of Irishmen , and also aware of the burdens , the grievances , the hardships and tbe injustiees to which tbey have been subjected , we know not whicb most to admire , their forbearance , or tbeir discretion . Valour , that great characteristic of tbe Irish nation , baa aforetime been their mia , — -while tempered ss it now ic with discretion it becomes a virtue , and a force against which the old oppressors of Ireland must contend in vain .

      True sir , the mastery of brute force and the ascendancy of tbe cannon and tbe sword over common sense and public opinion , may hold their sway for yet a little longer , but in the end when tbe minds of Englishmen are led to tbe conviction that the degradation of Ireland is rather a consequence of English aristocratic and middle-class indifference than even of the will and the power of tbe English ministry to insult and oppress , then will the twin countries , rising in their united strength , proclaim to tbeir rulers tbat the days of dissension , division , and misunderstanding have passed away , and the hour of retribution to both has arrived . Even in onr congratulations . Sir , we must not commit

      the blunder of passing over the cause for the advocacy of which you have been consigned to a prison . We muck doubt tbat our congratulations would be pleasing or satisfactory if we omitted to tell you that wo , as well as a large majority of the industrious classes of England recognize the justice of those principles for which yon and Ireland are contending , and that tbey too as well aa their Irish brethren , are sincere and unflinching advocates for a total Repeal of tbe Act of Union : while like our Irish Catholic brethren we equally protest ngainet tbe sinful injustice of compelling Catholic Ireland to pay tribute to tbe representatives of a pslluted political State Church .

      We join you in an appeal to tbe Irish people to rely upon tbeir united moral strength as the surest means of overcoming and finally destroying tbe brute force ascendancy of tbeir oppressors . We trust sir , that henceforth yon will be enabled to distinguish between tho English people and their oppressors ; and that you will instil into the minds of Irishmen the truth that the English people , tbat is , the industrious classes , who constitute the nation ' s wealth , have ever sympathised witb their sufferings and remonstrated against the acts ol their rulers . Recognising the equality of man as we do , we nevertheless make tbe proper distinction between you as the moving power of Irish agitation , and those who by co-operating witb you have likewise insured the honour of martyrdom .

      To those also , aa soldiers in the good fight , we tender our congratulations . And we trust air , that even , Bhould the reign of despotism continue until you and them 8 ball have eked out your respective periods of captivity , tbat the loud and ~ universal Bbout of gladness which proclaims your ' s and tbeir liberation will ( should the hydra-monster Toryism live so long ) also proclai nx its downfall . Thus fully illustrating the truth of your prediction contained" in the short but pithy words" J n violis : " " Woe to the conquorer . " We have not , Sir , although invited to the invidious task by a servile press , contrasted the persecution of English patriots with tbat which you are now suffering . No , Sir ¦ we are too well schooled in tbe machinations of

      faction to induce us to insure its triumjh by a comparison of respective sufferings . Enough for us that you have fought the battle of Ireland ! without flinching ; and that if our English brethren have unjustly suffered from the dominion of class-made laws , you have suffered from the perversion of all law . Trusting , then , Sir , that this tender ef our hearty congratulation may add to the comfort , consolation , and solace which you may derive from your past exertions and future anticipations during tbe term of your unjust captivity , we have empowered our friend aDd advocate , Dancombe , to convey to you personally this free expression of our hearty congratulation when by universal adoption it shall have assumed the character of national

      representation . The address was written upon vellum , and was surrounded by a beautiful illumfhated border in scroll , or rather arabesque , representing the shamrock , its stem , leaves , and iiower entwined . The manuscript is surmounted by a neat drawing of the ancient harp of Ireland * and another ancient harp of a somewhat different form was placed at the bottom of the page . The address was seconded by Mr . Wheeler , and was carried unanimously .

      Mr . T . Duncombb then said that it was hardly necessary for him to assure ihemeeting , that if honoured with the presentation of their petition to the House of Commons , he would do it with the greatest pleasure . He could not * , however , help expressing his regret that neither of the Honourable Members for the City of Westminster were there—( loud _ cries of " shame on them' *)—to receive the petition from their hands . But in that business he would aot aa their organ in the House of Commons . He ^ should have ereat oride in doing so , as it would moot bo

      only fdlulling a pledge he had given to Mr-voonneu at a dinner given to that gentleman at a theatre not far distant . He { Mr . Duneombe ) then said that m the event of Mr . O'Connell . being uoptiMMd , the people of England would rise in their thousanda , andf compel a venial Government to set him at libartv He was clad" to see that the city of Westm& badiSSSi risen in fulfilment of hispledge and he hoped the enthusiasm would soon . become a nation—( cheers ) . He begged to propose * vote of thanks tote ' High BailiFof Westminster for h * courteous and admirable conductlnthe chair seconded Qbeeand

      " The motioiTwas by Be . M' , carried unanimously . . " . . The High Bailiff returned thanks , and said , that as long as he waa honoured with the situation he held , he should have no hesitation in calling frequent meetings if all conducted themselves in the same orderly manner as they had done that day . Three cheers were then given for the High Bailiff * three for Duucombe , three for Mr . O'Connor ,, three for Repeal and the Chafer . , . . The HigkBailh * deolared the meeting dissolved . Mr . Dnncombe and Mr . O'Connor preceeded down Hewietta-Btreet and Bedford-stteet , followed M thousands who made the Btreeta resound with theit loud hurrahs .

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      Monster Meeting In Behalf Of Ould Ireland In Covent Garden Market.

      MONSTER MEETING IN BEHALF OF OULD IRELAND IN COVENT GARDEN MARKET .

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      jgr 6 , 1844 . THE NORTHERN STAR 7

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 6, 1844, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1270/page/7/