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    • n ENDOWMENT OF MAYNOOTII.
    • -n -un JASES BRONTERRE O'BRIEN.
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      en , _ In t ^ ? mfis rf poetical quiet , my name J * ^ of considerable value to you . You could ^ bSaftoiihaHm Tawell , Tapping , Hocker , or ^^ jj as your National Roomer was " cen-*? T « \* & inasmuch as " a live dog is better than a Ealion , " y < " » bare attempted to substitute Kearj ^ Q'Connor on the gibbet for the murderers on the la © now going t » deal very plainly with you ; and vL I shall have strung my beaded facts together , I S « u ffffl apP ^ Ukf a dog with its tail in its « 2 n- * P **** arde of M ^ l shaU ™» q » ic % JL tour vagaries , since I first knew you , in 183 C . S * « f tiie "J- Bs f aBd " J " B - O'BV ' of the hail ** ***•»• J . ' . » r as yon could , established 'ZHfoitimtsitts"foe press , and made a precedent ^ Uk unlimited abuse of every man who differed in

      ^ Bion wthyou "Caitiff" murderer , " " villain , " S ** " " robber / ' and " assassin , " were the -ijert terms used by you , as descriptive of those who ^^ ed youin anyway : wUUe remonstrance was met Z soth a «*«* to correspondents as follows : — " t K ., Bimingham .-Wehave received a communion from thiB caitiff , but we decline publishing it " saa uswertoourcharges ; for thevillainknows that ^ * e saul w as trne . " The London Mercury was ^ e Uic vehicle for expressing your hatred towards ^ « M associates of Birmingham who could not Vet with you , and who therefore kicked you out of jjfir « unp . In 1837 and 1838 you wrote for the -Star , jjj received a gomeaa- « olumn fora pack of rubbish -ar " pay" sometimes amounting to three cuineas

      ^ ahalf perweefc . iou gotinmydebt £ 4 G ; andthen , nthoa t a moment ' s notice , you ceased to send pmmunications . In 1839 you were a delegate to the C onvention ; and your neglect had so damaged the Optative , that you were compelled to raise subscriptions to keep it on its legs . You applied to me even cpr you had served me as above , and I gave vou £ 10 . In 1839 the Convention removed their sittings jfllJimungham at a time when perfect unanimity « jb , of all things , indispensable . You went to BhniinghamfuU of jealousy towards the Rev . Mr . Sirens , whose ruin yoa would now fix upon » You trumped up a most filthy and beastly scry about him - and a very amiable little prl Your false representation so worked on

      the feelings of MTtouall , as to induce him and Pr . Taylor to repair to London in search of Stephens They met him , and received from him an explanation ^ satisfied them . Foreseeing that great damage wa !<] acoroe to the cause of the peopleif this quarrel jhoaM be made peblic , I begged of all three—Dr M'lteuaB , ytfaraflBVaad Dr . Taylor—tokeepTtwittun jonr own breasts . Each and all promised—you jHioiig the number . In fact , we were all pledged , for the good of the cause , never to mention the circumstance . You went the week after to Nottingham , and from thence to Barnsiey . While at Nottingham yea complained bitterly that Stephens was absorbing jjl the popularity that belonged to the Convention , and that his popularity must be 'destroyed . To

      ac-( Bnjilish that purpose , you told the beastly lie to Sejilicns ' s mostdear and intimate friend . You then tok to Bamsley : and , though pledged to secresy , wa told the whole story to Joseph Crabtree . You iaitumed the circumstance to every one that you jboaclitwould give it wind , without implicating you : arf irimyou TOtmsEtp went to Dukinfield to ifr . ^ j inn ' s haute ; partook of his hospitality ; choused jumoutof £ 7 : andabsolutelywould notgotoaddressa yalilic tateting , to be held that night , unless he would jo and introduce you ! The poison vou had thus so insidiously , but so OTsehcrousIy , insinuated , did its work . It took tfcet against "Stephens ' s popularity . " Crabtree , of tiamsley , having occasion to go to Ashton . spoke of

      w * r rcvealuients to Duke and to others . lie gave j . .= a as tJieauthority for his statements . In a moment jB" the fat was in the fire . " Meetings , were holden jn AMon , at which Stephens was denounced . Invj < ad of boldly meeting his accusers , as I would have done , and as I am now doing , Stephens refused to £ nv aur explanation . To some extent this course ins justifiable—for the " explanation" that he had prcu to Drs . M'Douall and Taylor was on the &iinct understanding that no use whatever should be made of it , nor the affair allowed to go i wlut further . However , to prevent that ennsement ^ m being kept , you took an effective worse . Thus Stephens was placed in a most painitf , and indeed crcel position . There were but

      tw courses open lor nun : the one to explain the Tsholi- matter , and throw himself on the people , who « mid have visited the acts of treachery committed jsuttsthini on the doers thereof ; and the other , that * M ch he did take—a gloomy , moody silence on the { sljjcrt , relying on the character he had beforetime aoiuired with the people . Both , courses would have ife-nhtd in misddefte the cause : and it was to prewtiUHiT , that I made all that then fcneiu ofthedra # > Mice promise at Birmingham that it should nevw Le mentioned . Yodb treachery , however , prewital my desire from being accomplished . The mklrief was done . Stephens ' s silence was construed ioinst' him . Denunciation and division , in ianks 'Jl lhat moment unbroken , was the consequence 3

      ial then , the "harpies of the law" had full play' . In less than " a mouth from that date nearly « ht prominent man in the movement received intiwation that the Government had institousl proceedings against him . Up to that mosseai Stephens was the only one proceeded against ; awl the manner in which the attack of the Government was met by the people in his case had nr afoscd the effort , llad Stephens been sustained & & : oul as in the beginning , and had he performed i ' w part in court which the people had a right to cxyi « of hun , the Whigs would have had more than a uSyiul of . their prosecution . That he was not so fassained , and that he did not so act , was the effect < i Tor * hateful jealousy and deadly ENVY . You

      fc-MiinMufy communicated that which you had enpifl to keep secret . That treachery warped th « auDilof both Stephens and the people . The latter fitltk-U support—and . the former foolishly endea-\'< m * d to uuiJt Ms hands of them at his trial . Diviswi jLus reigned supreme , and the Government took M advantage of it . Prosecution after prosecution - oLWea : and to wou , and to no other man on earth , wal ! the disasters of 1 S 3 S 4 W 0 owing . . And yet , after all this , with a full knowledge of it u . Mr . Stephens ' s possession , you had the hardihood " ' » write that gentleman a letter from Lancaster Utle , while he was in Chester gaol , declaring ast your principal desire for liberation was to meet , and expose the Httle Doctor , " who had broicm faith

      ith Mr . btepnens , by making public use of a docuatm obtained on thepled ge that it was to be strictly Kivate . If you could but have seen the look of inffial . lt : scorn with which Mr . Stephens handed over "" i letter to a friend of mine for perusal , you never ** u . d have forgotten it to your dying day . Believe ffif , Mepbens fully appreciated your Van act , as well fcTourformeract , of "friendship . " JnJ&O , you established the Southern Star , in con-Mfuon with William Carpenter . "When you could E « no other person to become your security at the ^ lamp-offiee you applied to me , * and I cheerfully acjoesttd . In that year I was sent to prison for eigh-•« n months , for vuOishina wr sivwlipe and . at

      F « w request , I paid your family a pound a week "firing the whole time vou were in prison . When J « n . and Carpenter fell " out , you attempted to" as-« 5 inate " him through the Xmhera Star—but you »«? toiled in the attempt You were plotting the " Me time you were at Lancaster against the man 1 » kept your family from starving . In June , 1841 , J&ur ndieulousWhi g policy presented an opportunity - '¦ fan open rupture .. You vainly thought the Vflags * -- » ld toy you . William Martin was a fellow prifaa- of yours . He was liberated before you . While * ceiher , he asked you , " what course you would purj * on leaving Lancaster ? " You answered , "By " •! , Martin , I must down with Feargus O'Connor , *¦ ' t'trt is not a Md for us loth ?'

      I'ariug the latter months of yonr incarceration I 'ss eternally annoyed by bickering and quarrelling taween you aud HilL I knew what you were pre-?* riiig for ^ and . l was determined to * give you no ttuse of complaint . After my liberation you and I cw at Ecdes , at the public breakfast : ami 1 never ' " ' ¦ ' ll forgit your kang-gallous look when I first saw J ' ja . " We journeyed on together in the same carriage * * Manchester , surrounded by thousands . You were f t > i * 6 rtiiig what you would say in Stevenson ' s-^ 'luat e ; and as we were turning from Piccadillv into ^ buHtreet , within a few yards of the square , I * J 4 you that I had received an anonymous letter J » f ? - ^^ Castle , stating that the Irish would * '" •• -T ! , « , y J attempted to address the vcovle in die

      \ l , tr'Ji e instant I said so , yon called Bernard - wurtuey , WLo was in attendance in Manchester to ^ you to ii Verpool to a tea party there ; f ' fjj "" . tlie agility of a clown , you jumped out r << r " <{ ' ' Js wi ran aivay as fast as your legs could Uiuf '"" wen * ° * ne S 4 uare "iimounced the inln- , * ^ anonymous letter ; opened my * fli ~ and " x « w strike who dares ! " Yon ,. ™ « ni a ltwwards why I mention this act of itm * !?• , ' , SQme time after that , on my retarn jS *^ Birmingham , you dined with me ti , " , ^ ^}' Arms Inn , in Manchester , andmen-: o eStai vi mtenti <»» of making a tour , to get funds * as at new ! paper . I told you that the Star « Trim . y < IUr ^^ ice , if you would send reports afv vrdif ** " - You said y ° vm i but ou an , i 5 « .. i' ^ y ° u had but one soeech for Endand

      T ' ine » - - oa took care however , to announce wer a ! S * tte lSter - ™ at night we talked Printing W : m - differences . You said that your w »« Mi ' ? T ? of "" nplaint against me was , that I 3 allowed fl ^^ P ; " whfle it would be better if " dictatn ^ S- -. others to impose it upon me—as and ~ , S mvist exist I repudiated the offer ; k pmfif r f rffP ^ good friends . About the doing all tw uetob » yon started on your tour—° f ow oSf . ^ S ^ doto destr ° y thenationality manner amonoS ^ . r ^ nEnie i in the most ferocious friend ^ ' whn tF ^ those who yon supposed to be your In leg xLm CTei i » mostplace ^ rebukedyon . mingha ^ . ^^ ted yourself for a time at Birme Watunj ? V «> spityonr-Tenoinfliickiipwi atttiu pudtj ^ ii ¦** frst Sturge Conference , and at ilr . Porhv yourse lf and the Cfertcr . I met ydtt l « -8 , at dmner , when youespressed afea *

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      . , misrepresent your proceedings at the Conference , i told you to write vour on * v < f . str an Yn ! ^^^ ordof it should * go into the Star , ^ ou promised to do so , but vou never did In the Star of Saturday the 16 th April , there a ^ ed three columns and a half under the heatlof S New "New Move » from Mr . Hill ' s pen , devoted to what you called " misrepresentation" of your conduct at the Sturge Conference : and on the Mowmg Saturday , the 23 rd of April , there appeared a letter from you in the Star , complaining of the grievance , and denouncing Mr . Hill . And I now be » of you to read the complimentary notice that your present-FRIEM ) " appended tothatletter ! Thus we parted friends m April , 1842 ,-you subsequently violating every promise that you had made me " After intriguing with every delegate on the Convenl tion that was then sitting to present the National Petition , you took your seat during the last week of our sittings ; ami from the moment of comin

      your g to the moment of our dissolution , you occupied our whole time with bickering , denunciation , slander and abuse . I explained my whole treatment of you in full convention , and again shook hands with you but that was not what you wanted . On the nick of thatsanie : day , we both attended a public dinner at White Conduit House ; and , after had left , you launched out in more bitter vituperation than ever when fte meetinglussed you and groaned you down ! Ishau . nptnowreferto the ] etter writtenbythe" 01 d Chartist , and published by you in the British Statesman as I shall reserve comment on that document lor a "finisher" for your reverend FRIEND : but I come now to consider you as the editor of a " national" organ , situated , as you say " in the centre of the three kingdoms " - ^ -antt heaven knows that the extension of your sphere , notwitnstanding the limitation of your space , has not much reduced your enmity to the man who fed you .

      Before you received your commission from your present masters , they offered to make the Northern Star the organ for the promotion of their schemes for tlte Emancipation of British industry . I received a document from their secretary , with a most flattering notice of my exertions in behalf of the labouring classes , and a request to give publicity to the document . Subsequently overtures were made by the same party to Mr . Pitkethl y and other gentlemen in whom the people had confidence : but to their

      Uonour all declined as I had done . Spottiswoode , Hie concoctor of Hie conspiracy to unseat the Irish members , and Wilson , Clowes , and Taylor , four iubid tomes , constitute the head of this Emancipation-of-Industry Society , and their principle is an extended paper currency . They looked about for a tool—and they found a ready one ia you . As they were not aware of the disgust that you had created amongst the Chartists , you persuaded them that you could rally a sufficient amount of popular support to constitute them a national party .

      It was necessary to prepare the public mind for their views by a series of lectures ; and to that end you were started through England and Scotland to propound the principles of your masters '—principles that were at variance with your every previous expression on the subject . You had to recommend yoursel f to your masters ; and if there was not the substance of popular support , you were determined to furnish them with a shadow of their coming power . The Chartists suspected you , and would not call meetings to hear you ; and wherever you failed in procuring an audience to'listen to your apostacy , you saidtotheleaders , "Damnit , Idon ' teareaboutameetintf ; BCT I WASI A BILL ASXOUSCEJO IT , PRINTED . TO SEND TO PARTIES IN LONDON , to let them see tliat I am doituj sometiung . " Amongst others , you made the declaration to Mr . Webb , of Stockport , when he told you that the people would not hear vou .

      Now , to whom did vou send those bills ? Who

      PAID THE EXPESSES OF TOUR L 0 SIXG TOUR ? Who supplied the means of starting you in your newspaper crusade against your old faith ? And why did they establish you upon a rock in the midst of the ocean ? Did you send the bills to the Chartist Executive ? or to any popular body in London ? No ! You sent ttieni to the Tory conspirators , whose tool tou Are S Who paid your expenses ? The same Tories . Who found you the materials for your " central" journal ? The same parlies : Wilson , the type-founder , being one of them . He sent you the type : and the reason why they established you in the Isle of Man was , because there is no stamp duty payable there upon newspapers : no aivkivardregistration of proprietors ' names : and because they could not trust you in London

      , as the rcghtcredproprietor : and it would not do to allow any inquisitive applicant to know that James Bronterre O'Brien was the editor of a paper registered as tlic property of four Tory conspirators ! What was your conduct throughout your tour of probation ' Did you not work heaven and earth to break up the Chartist movement , and to destroy Feareus O'Connor ? And what has been your most prolific subject since you were placed in a situation to give vent to your spleen ? Has not your small space been almost exclusively devoted to the ravings of those against whose jealousy I defended you for years ? Can you consider , without blushing , of the infamy of the dishonest knaves upon whose word you now place the stamp of truth ? Search the whole

      Chartist body , and where will you find so bad a man as the best of your present lot of correspondents ? Who christened you " the starved viper ? " Who charged ME , in the Nortiiem Star , with having prevented his earlier destruction of you ? Who held you up on the 16 th of April , 1842 , as a renegade and a traitor ? With whom have you been in perpetual warfare for the last seven years ? Who has characterised you as the most dangerous villain that ever lived ? And who noio is your esteemed coadjutor and your honoured "FRIEND ? " Why the parson without a flock!—the man who met me in my own office , in London , in January last : aye , in January last , when he came to town to prosecute his old friend and constant companion , T . B . Smith , for a

      publication charging on him a senes of most foul and disgraceful acts , but of which prosecution I have not since heard . I say I then met him on visiting my own office ; and he advanced to meet me , saying : " How are you , sir ? I am glad to see you looking so well ; may I take the liberty of having my letters addressed to your office ?" In the Reformer of the 19 th of last month , you vauntinglysay : "Perish 500 , 5000 , 5 , 000 , 000 Sational Jlefortncrs , rather than allow such men as Mosley and Ashton to be ruined ! " My good sir , you are playing on velvet . Whatever becomes of the property of your employers , tod will not perish while there ' s a job to be had for a hireling . Do you ever reflect , sir , that the people will understand that he who complains of starvation in one week : who is glad to

      receive 4 s . 2 < L for a lecture at the South London Chartist Hall ; who starts the next week upon an expensive tour ; and who subsequently establishes one of the most expensive things in tlie world—a newspaper—could not do so without aid ? And will they npt inquire from whom , and for what , that aid is given ? Sir , 500 , 5000 , and many 5000 National Reformers , are at this moment piled up in the shops of your agents as waste paper , whose orders for reducing their numbers are invariably neglected , as Spottiswoode and Co . have to stand the expense . Do you suppose that the far-seeing people will tolerate such an abuse ? Will they not draw a contrast something like the following ?— " O'Connor came amongst us a rich man . He has worked as never man worked

      before . He has remained firm as a rock to his principles . He has never condescended to intrigue . He has preserved his consistency and character through the trying period of political cahn . He has suffered , without complaining , for the faults , ifie follies , and cowardice of others ; and he is now a poor man : while O'Brien came amongst us a pauper ; lived upon our means ; watched the turn of fortuue ' s wheel to injure our cause and stab our friends : became an apostate politician—a false friend—a vindictive enemy—a suspicious fool—a pulinu coward , and secret tool of the people ' s bitterest iocs . " I shall now revert to a subject which you should have been the last man in the world to have touched unon—I mean that of personal couraec . After vonr

      publication of the letter of the " Old Chartist" in the Statesman , you called me a coward : and since then von have harped upon this expression , until at lengtli your new associate , the parson without a flock , reiterates it in his letter to you last week , with reference to the Manchester Conference . He says : "to me , I repeat , he showed in the light of an arrant coward , shrinking from the pinch ; a mastin " , cowed and scared by the barking of his own pups . " I have shown you " who killed Taylor , " and the others that yoii have buried in my cemetery : and next week I " will make an exhibition of this defiled parson . Meantime , on the question of ' personal bravery , I'll Drove YOU to be a coward , personally , sectionally

      nationally , and universally . In 1838 , Mr . GlenDj was proprietor of the London Dispatch ; and he published a very insolent paragraph , reflecting on my conduct with respect to Mr . O ' Connell . I instantly wrote to you , requesting that you would take him a message from me—a challenge : that you would keep the matter secret , and communicate to me the time and place of meeting by return of : post . Itold you that I had no other friend that I could trust . Your answer was , that " you were not a > fighting man ! that you couldn't think of meddling in the matter , as you didn't approve ofduellingor fi ghtingztaHi " This was before yon tested the people as to -whether ifoey «« * tt " yst it > the Hiss" or not 1 " ¦ 'Wheffl-en-

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      listed as an Irish volunteer , and paid my guinea to Mr . OGonnell whe . was the colonel of our regiment , John Lawless dined with me the sameday ; andS $ 5 te i- - ^ volun teen . he sail , ' ^ WelJ lnnteh' ¦ S " ? ¥ : the Colonel of th eIri 8 h Vo 1 Rvfe ™ * ? & iV ow in h ^ not tofight ! By God , I think the Colonel of suefc acorps should fight every man thataskshim . " Now , Idon'tgoouite so fan but I do think that a man who wouldS 8 E torn up to the mark » should not left * to itand by hisfriend onapomtofhonour . Youiid . Inl 839 , after you had got the people " up to the mark" against the introduction of the London police into the manufacturing . districts , you attended a meeting at Bury , and told the people that "they should resilt suefi act of tyranny , even to the death : that for yourself you were wilhns to die in snob ¦ , ninn : nn . « .... a »

      Having roused your audience to thelighest pitch of » 2 E u d ? f { mst Mn /^««« t % and unseasonably , that a detachment of police did at the wZS ^ ^ ^ " ? : and the scouts ! who witnessed the skirmish between the people and ft ^ i " ? down t 0 tte tall for their leader who had got them " up to the mark . " Of coarse the LEADER said : '' Follow me I wiU S ^ S ««« P * r 2 - " Notabitofit ! He said instead : Shut the door ; shut the door ! for God ' s S feV JII l ° out ! Seet » e . 8 ituationyouwould SSLVT ? "S ° ™* " «* ' M » T . SB CONSTITUTIONAL . , Now , wasn't that pretty well for a leader who was " up to the mark ? " toujranaway ff Stevensons-square , when you knew that flano ™ .

      threatened You blubbered like a great school when the judge passed sentence upon you , and adust hun , for God ' s sake , to transport you : You were in the same ward at Lancasterwith the Hon .. Mr . Plunkett , a htae fellow not up to your shoulder , who thrashed you until you were obliged to call out for mercy . 0 , what a hero you are ! Now , sir , I have been on the ground four times , with good marksmen , with loaded pistols , within twelve yards of me . I have invariably fought every man that asked me . I nave been fired at , but never returned my opponent ' s w } Y . t ? * fiinclx from tlie clian ce of a second shot : but I have a great horror of taking awav life 1 have been on the ground with two of the " most celebrated duelists . I fought for my life against a band of armed assassins at Manchester . I fought

      S ? uJ ™ locked down five times , and renewed the battle until every man of my partyl myself amongst them , was disabled . I faced the threatened attack of the same party on the following night , refusing the protectionof the police , or to allowasingle man to accompany me ; I fought in Nottingham marketplace against fearful odds . I would have fought in Manchester / in 1842 , if there had been any occasion to fight , but there was not : for those who declared that " all our machinery was to be ready in eight days , " excepting James Leach , were , in less than eight hours , scampering off in all directions across the country , in search of hiding-places . But ^ sir , damigas I may be where my own personal safety is only concerned , I am not " coward" enough , with aknowledgeof my own weakness , to rouse a national fury which may end in the sacrifice of

      millions I 1 ou , sir , are a coward—a , slavish coward , louhave resorted to the meanest , the basest , the most cowardly subterfuge to justify your hostility to me . Well knowing that I had left you no political fc ^ H n ^ pfpT ^^ S v 6 WhiS P ered B 0 ME CAUSE for PRR ArE PIQUE . Name it , sir , ' I defy you . You say that " after the revelations of Moslcy , Ashton , and Hill , I ought to transport myself to some foreign land . " No , sir ; . I will remain here r- here , where I have raised an . honest fame—where 1 have gained an irreproachable character ; where 1 have ted the poor , clothed the naked , fought for tue oppressed , and nourished the vipers who would now sting me if they had the power . You , sir , have taken the first step in a dishonourable retreat ! You have banished yourself to a rock . / nrenavatorv t . n

      taking shelter in the wilds-afraid to meet the odium that youhave created in the sphere of your turpitude and apostacy . Your whole life has been one of whining , crying , puling , complaint of conspiracy against you .: Your whole thought has been absorbed m intrigue .. Youhave exhausted the little stock of novelty that you had . You have lived to be despised ; and you will die dishonored , ' As this is the last letter that I shall ever ' condescend to write to you , I shall , before concluding , notice a paragraph in your last number , in your comment on Mr . Hill ' s letter . You say , ' "Nay , he ought to have gone , before his friend , Sir Frederick Tollock manufactured the 5 th count , for ; his . ' convenience ; or at any . rate , while his Lancaster jury was deliberating on their verdict . He ousht to have

      set ott tne moment Sir Frederick Pollock whispered into his ear ,- ' Take care O'Connor , that you are not m court when the jury returns ; for should the verdict be against you it will be my duty to move that you stand committed . '" Silly fool ! do you suppose that governments spend thousands for nought but the honour ef being ' defeated ? Your parson ally has not told you , that when pressed to speak , he assigned as a reason for his silence ,, that if he were not so , he should commit the wholeparty ! What , now , do you think of your coadjutor ? Wasn'the " a pretty companion in arms ? " But then to be in conspiracy . \ vi . th Sir Frederick Pollock ! You unfortunate stumbler Listen to the easy solution that an honourable man can give to the most suspicious charges . The defendants were all tinder heavy bail to attend axd

      take their trial at Lakcaster : but when they appeared at the bur , that bail was discharged ; but if they were convicted , they were compelled to find fresh bail , to appear when called on to receive judgment in the Court of Queen ' s Bench . You ignorant fellow j The trial being an issue from the court of Queen ' s Bench , the jubqb ai Lxscasteb had so tower to pass sentence !! I was prepared with bail ; and perhaps was the only man that was : but my solicitude was for those with whom I had embarked . 1 said to Sir Frederick Pollock : " In the event of the verdict being for the Crown , will you insist upon the defendants giving bail NOW to receivejudgnient , or will you allow them to gp home and find bail , which can be taken by the magistrates , the judge ruling the amount" ?" , Sir Frederick PollockreDlied : "If

      they are in court when the verdict is' delivered , I shall be obliged to insist upon bail being given NOW ,: but I have no desire whatever to' inconvenience the poor fellows , if you will undertake that they shall g ive bail . " 1 replied , "I will : " and instantly turning round to my co-conspirators said , " Follow me every man of you , before the jury returns , or you may all be committed for want of bail . ' ' ''/ ' " . „ Now , you stupid fellow , whocpuldhavetold that but myself ? I did tell it to my compaaions ; and proudly boasted of the inconvenience I had spared them . You heard the story that has redounded to my credit , and ; like a rascal , you would pervert it to my dishonour . There is one thing that you and your parson friend have wholly forgotten : the number of witnesses both at the Manchester Conference and the Lancaster trial

      who can bear testimony to all that occurred . Now , sir , I have shewn that as a journalist you are disgraced , and as a man you are dishonoured . You have done more injury to the people ' s cause than any man that ever lived . You have become the base tool of a base faction ; and as Ward , of Barnsley , told you last week , you have attempted' to effect what neither the . Whig nor Tory press could accomplish . In vain , however , have you endeavoured to injure me . . The popular love and affection that is . entwined round my heart defies the entrance of your poison . Even in the cahn , when nothing can be done , they honour me for what I have attempted '; while they righteously despise those who would snap the link that binds us . ¦ - .: i F' : a'u . i : s O'Coxkoh .

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      : FRANCE . The Jesuits . —The Fortifications . — In our seventh page will be found a brief article explanatory of the debates in the French Chambers on the Jesuits , and the fortifications . The Paris papers of Tuesdav refer to the mission ofM . Rossi to Rome , which , if we are to credit the Qmstitutimnel , has . not only failed , but by its failure is likely to lead to the retirement from the Cabinet of the Keeper of the Seals . M . Rossi ' s mission was supposed to have had for object the interference of the Pope with the General of the Jesuits at Rome , relative to the , proceedings of that society in Switzerland and in ' France ; and , furthermore , to induce his Holiness to exercise his influence over the French bishops , whose abuse , of authority , in . . regard to tlieir defiance of the Council of ' ^ tate , their denunciation of books , such as that of

      . JJupm , « c . ywas causing much agitation of a most serious character in the minds of the French people . M . Rossi had hardly set his foot in Rome , when his eyes met a proclamation announcing thatM . Dupin ' s book , among others , had been condemned to a place in the index : and the battle of Lucerne following hard upon , was an event not calculated to lower the crest , of the Jesuits . Thus the double object of his mission seemed tohavebeen anticipated and' answered by the Pope ' s marked adherence to theviewsofthe French bishops , and by the om > nous « rent which the Jesuits regarded as a signal intervention , of Providence . The debate upon the Fortifications Armairienit Biil'ljiasgiven M Aragp an opportunity for ' astonishiiig ' the people by a difipwy of verypeoubATinformation . M-. Arago has 4 ' plan in taB ' neaftfor pumping the Seine into the trenches

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      around the walls , and . for making artificial bad weather , by causing it to vain perpetually upon the besiegew . As the ; present st yle of cannon ¦ will , he thinks , soon be exploded , he opposes the armament of the walls .. For the moment he leans to Perkins ' s steam-gun , but has not made up his mind ; but the Deputies . will not . wait the result of the philosopher ' s meditations , and the , bill is galloping through the ilOUSCt , , . . Deaths of Emisbct Frenchmen .-The National announces the death ofM . Cavaionao , a . heavy loss to the republican party , ; whose courage , talents , and fortune contributed to sustain it in , many trials . IneGmrner Francau announces the death of a former member of the Council of . Five Hundred , M . Chabert , Lieutenant-General on ' the retired list at Grenoble , in the 87 thyear of his ago . M . Beyer Fonfrede , brother to the illustrious Girohain fe . & * $£ * $ *"• died atBagneres de Bigorr '

      m SWITZERLAND . , J !? * i ? *? F 5 ?* - > k letter frwn Berne > ° f the 30 th ult ,, states , that in the sitting of . the preceding day the Grand Council , on the proposition of the Executive Council , adopted the following resolution by , a majority of 159 votes to 25 : —V AlLfurther . pKoceedings against the free corps are stopped . ' In themonth of June the Executive Council will present ' a bill against the free corps ; but , should fresh expeditions take place , the Government can interfere , " . A correspondent from Argau states , that the Grand Council of that canton has voted the sum of . 10 , 0 , 000 francs , to be paid to the ^ Government of Lucerne ; and that *¦ tes . decireed , a full and , free . amnesty of all political offences committed since 1841 .

      J . he Libkrals in Luobbne . —A letter from Lucerne , of the 1 st , informs us that the elections for the Grand Council of that state had commenced , and were proceeding in favour of the , Liberals . In . the town of Lucerne 6 nt of seven members returned , six are of tue Liberal part y . Tlie same letter gives an account ot a curious sentence , at Nidwald , upon a Lieut . Aerniaun , who had joined thefreecorps in the attack upon Lucerne . .. He is condemned to stand . in the public market-place for four hours with a . rod in his land , then to be flogged with it , and afterwards to De imprisoned for six months , during which he is to receive " religious instruction . "

      „ POLAND . AloRE Ruffianism op Victoria ' s Russian Pet . — Aletterfrom War 8 aw , of , Aprir 23 , states that the Emperor of / Russia has published an ukase , declaring tnataU JewsmusJ / lay . aside their costume , and assumo the national one . No one can escape from the effects ot tins decree longer than for five years from the present time , and even till thenoaly by paying a sum , MOROCCO .. Abd-el-Kader . —A letter from Toulon states , that tne Emperor of Morocco was ,, at thed ? ite of the last accounts , earnestly endeavouring . to capture Abd-ol-Ivader . The brother of the Emir Sidi Said , who had been sent to Fez to calm the anger of the Emperor , had been killed there—some accounts say by order , of the Sovereign , others that he fell a victim to the populace . ' ' . INDIA AND CHINA .

      OVERLAND MAIL . The Overland Mail has been received . The dates are , from- Bombay to the 1 st of April , from Western Australia to the 24 th of January / from China to the 7 th of February , from Calcutta to the 21 st , from Madras and Delhi to the , 23 rd of March . So far as Gangetic India is-concerned ; ' the mail has been in part anticipated by the dispatches of the 6 th . The troubles in the ' southern Mahratta counti-y were over , avast number of prisoners ofthe baser sort having been taken . The chiefs at length surrendered themselves . The troops are now nearly all withdrawn . The last detained detachments ave hastening into the cantonments . In Scinde matters in the main are peaceful . Sir C . Napier , with a force of 7 , 000

      men , still continues beyond the desert . There is a rumour , but of doubtful . credibility , that the . maraudineichiefshave surrendered themselves . The troops will in all likelihood return as fast as possible to Sukkur . The hot weather is at hand , and they have been sorely pinched of late for want of provisions . The Punjaubcohtinues the sceneof outrage , treachery , and' intestine war ' ; it seems to have been resolved to let the Sikhs settle their ,, own . quarrels , without our interference .. ; The Governor-General continues at Calcutta , from which it will be impossible for him ¦ now-to move till tlia . end . of August . H 5 b

      Governmentis reaming the expectations formed of it from the beginning , of being most perfectly pacific . Everything is tranquil throughout India . Cholera prevails amongst . some . of the Madras troops , but tlie health and condition of the people at large is satisfactory . The Bishop , of Calcutta is obliged to return to England on furlough for ' the benefit of his health , The government efMr . Davis , at Victoria , China , seems to be unpopular . He appears to have fallen into the error of considering the chief function of < governor to be the collection of taxes . [ An " error " which all govemorsand governments invariably fall into . ]

      Affairs in the Punjaub . —More Slaughter . — Bombay , April 1 . —The events in the Punjaub during the past month have been of the most extraordinary nature that can be imagined even by tlie reader of Oriental history . At the date of our last , troops were marching towards Jumboo to attack GoolabSing . Rajah . Lall Sing had been appointed commander of the assailing force , which amounted to about 10 , 000 in all , with about 50 guns . About the third week of February negociations were in progress to avert a conflict . Goolab Sing undertook to give an immediate gratuity of £ 60 , 000 to tlie soldiers , promising a gift of halfa million to be afterwards received b y the State . The deputies sent to Jumboohad received the money , and were on their

      way back again , ' when they were set upon , robbed , and murdered , by order of Goolab Sing ! As might have been imagined , this act of unparalleled treachery infuriated the army , who resolved to proceed immediately to punish its perpetrator . They were met , however on- their way , attacked , ; or ; defeated by the Jumbootroops , with theloss ofabout 2000-killed and wounded .- Afraid that . victory might desert him , Gdolab Sing forwarded a sum . ofjmoney as < a-peaceoffering to the defeated soldiersytwho readily accepted it , and agreed that no furthor . notice should be taken . What may hapMnnextlt is impossible to conjecture . The Governor-General maintains a strong forcealong bur frontier , but seems determined . that the British Government shallnot , until .- compelled by the most imperious necessity , interfere .

      Loss , of the Ship Inglis . —t /< mki Courantt , receive *! since our last , supply accounts ofthe loss of the . Inglis , near Anjeer . The Inglis , Isaacson , 1600 tons burden , sailed from Bombay on the 14 th , of . December ,, for China , with , a cargo of 7 Q 0 O , balesjof . cotton , < fcc , andi on the 10 th , . of . Ja , nuary . last ,. during aheavyN . W . storm , andt n ' ckfog ,. joton . 8 ho . ra .. Eyery ^ excrtion was made . to get her off by throwing cargo overboard , and carrying out the anchors for the . purpose of warpr : ing her out , but the . chains of both anchors , broke , from the strain . upon thorn , and she only became more firmly fixed- ' .. The . masts , were cut away , but without effect , and the vessel remained on the sand , in 11 feet of water , she drawing 23 feet in the after part .. The Dutch government , steamer . Heda was

      Oispatehed from Batavia on the loth , immediately on receipt of the news of the Inglis ' s condition , and arrived at Anjeer on the 14 th , after encountering very bad weather . The Hecla rendered every assistance , and the Dutch authorities at Anjeer were also equally active . During five nights and four days the crew of the Inglis , assisted b y 200 natives of Java , with about 30 prahus brought by the assistant resident of Anjeer , worked without intermission , in the midst of a constantstorm , in trying to save the ship andcar » o , but owing to the small size of the onl y boats obtainable at Anjeer , and the heavy surf , winch rendered it difficult to approach , so much was not accomplished as might otherwise have been done from the ' activity and good-will with which all exerted themselves .

      About 1200 bales of cotton , the guns , the greater part of the sails , and some articles found near at hand , were saved . The weather havingmoderated , there were some expectations entertained that by cutting into the vessel on the side next the shore a large part of the cargo might be got but , the wreck not being more than 50 or 60 fathoms from the shore , but we have not yet learned whether these expectations were realised . The vessel will in all probability go to p ieces , as she was much injured by the gale and the heavy surf which broke over her . On the 17 th , the captain and crew , - consisting of 160 hands , left the wreck and went to Anjeer , where they were taken care of by the assistant resident . On the 19 th , Capt and ' 23 of the

      Isaacson crew proceeded to Batavia in the Dutch vessel Maximilian Theodore , where they arrivedI on the 26 ttv January . Captain Isaacson has since died , no doubt from the fatigue and anxiety undergone by him . We also learn that a vessel has been chartered to bring , the crew to Sincapore .-Singapore FreePresi , March 6 th . . ' ' A OBBAT , FiBEV > y > hicli 800 houses tfere consumed , andmuc * priwrft ^^^ . but lthas igd . tiie m&M timing : ^ ... overgrown place , wmc ^ wilj be , r ^ hu ill on a better-prjnciple and on more open ground . ' ' . ' " ^ w I 2 ^ ^ HiOHUNDEns .-I am sorry to : see that the- 7 Sfii ; -wKch ^ rrived at Bombay from Scinde , somewhat recovered by the sea trip , is again

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      in a miserable state with dysentery at Bombay afnterv being the consequence of the Scinde fever ! WJiat Tvill be done with the remains of this late splendid corps of Highlanders does not appear , but ttieirfateisa miserable one to think on . —Correspondent of the Times .

      WEST INDIES . Sjouthamp tox , Monday . —The Clyde , Roval Mail company ^ steam-ship , Capt . W . Symons , ' arrived uua evening at nine o ' clock , bringing the usual West , w V ? u' J ; . , tes of ( 1 ° P « rt"re are from Honduras 20 th March , Tampico 26 th , Vera Cruz 2 nd April , La Guayra 3 rd , Deinema 4 th , - Trinidad 5 th , aarbadoea and Jamaica 8 th ,. Grenada 10 th , St . lliomas ' s 15 th , and Bermuda 20 th . She brings no news of importance from the . British possessions . „ " ? . «•? " » from Jamaica , that the ex-President of Hayti Herard had sailed from that place for Hayti , "J t « e Columbian ( schooner ) , El Grenadina , purchased for the purpose of the expedition . His motives are strongly suspected , and it is much to be leaved that this enterprisewill once more plunge that uniiappy country in all the horrors of a civil war .

      MEXICO . Unsettled State of toe Country . —The Clyde wings advices from Mexico , down to the 2 nd of April ine whole country is represented as being in a most unsettled and disturbed state , and from this fact may be attributed the comparative small shipment of dollars on account . of the dividends . Nothing is yet decisive as to the- ultimate fate of Santa Anna ; He was still confined in the Castle of Perote , the existing Goyernment being by far too insecure and on too fragile a footing to adopt any measures recarding his future destmy Nearly tlie whole population are much disappointed m the . advantages which they anticiuBlcd from the . lopuaitim , of Santa Anna . They had begun to lose confidence in their present rulers 1 he mercantile community , in particular , were highly dissatisfied in regard to the promised alterations in

      the tariff , which had not yet been ceded to them . A large military force was ready to support any movement—in short , another civil war was considered inevitable unless a more energetic Government came into power . A plot had been discovered amongst a portion ot troops for declaring in favour of Santa Anna and a federal Government : it was , however , suppressed for the present . Business in any shape was in a wretchedly dull state , and complaints were not without reason . U p to the date of the sailing of tlie Clyde the Government had not taken any steps m regard to Texas , nor could anything be learned as to whether it was probable a war would be declared against that country . Gomez Farias , formerly Pre-Rident , who has been inbanisliment for some years lias returned to Mexico , and will probably be elevated to the presidency , instead of Herrera , who was too aged to hold it .

      BUENOS AYRES AND MONTE VIDEO . # Liverpool ; Mosday Afternoon . —We have intelligence that the government of General Rosas had issued the following decree for the purpose of distressing Monte Video , and forwarding the views of Gen . Unbe : — "Argentine Republic . " Buenos Ayres , Feb . 13 , 1 SJD . " Tlie government of Buenos Ayres , charged with the exterior relations and the affairs of peace and war by the Argentine confederation , decrees" 1 . That the communication with the city of Monte Video shall he closed from the 1 st of March next . " 2 . That the captain of this port shall not give right of entry to any vessel coming from Use port of Monte Video , whenever it shall have come from there directly , or shall have touched there on its course , for any reason whatever . " 3 . Orders exception to he made in the case of English packets from Europe , and of the vessels of war of friend ) j nations . . . - .

      " 4 . That the decree it , torcmainin force so long as the city of Monte'iVideo shall continue-in the power of the ruthless Unitarians ,- and shaU cease from the entrance into that city of tlie army of operation . ( Signed ) ¦ "Y ROSAS . " The above decree is an indirect way of establishing , the blockade of Monte Video , in the place of that winch the French and English commanders have reiused to recognise , and there can be no doubt that , if recognised ; it will produce extreme inconvenience to trade and commerce . All the vessels conveying salt to the River Plate discharge part of their car " goes at Monte Video , and many of those convevine

      Manchester goods do likewise . This clause , if recognised , will put an end to this trade , and will have the effect of excluding . them absolutely from tlie west or good side of tho rWei \ We believe , however , that it will be found to be totally unauthorised by the law of nations , and that its onl efiectwill . be to hasten the interference of England and Franco . The new French Minister had been at Buenos Ayres ten days when the last account left that place . A private letter states that lie was so disgusted with tho conduct of General Rosas , in refusing , or rather avoiding , to give an audience to him , that he had intimated to our Minister that if the audience was postponed any longer ho would quit the Republic .

      GERMANY . Reported Murder op the Celebrated Reformer John Ronoe . —( From a Correspondent . )— " A friend of mine has seen a letter from a clergyman at Berlin , who states that M . John Ronge , of tlie German Cathulic Church , has been murdered by tho Roman Catholics ; that they have shot h . im . " -Mominn Herald . J

      GREECE . Unsatisfactory State oj , the Country . —The following is from the correspondent of tho Momma Herald : — J Athens , April 21 . —For several weeks past the country has heen kept in a feverish state of apprehension . Reports have heen industriously circulated of dark conspiracies and approaching insurrections , and the most fearful alarmists have been the agents and functionaries of the government . "Whether their fears were simulated , and their intention was , by such imputations , to excite the enmity and indignation of all those who are interested in the maintenance ' . of order and tranquillity against their political opponents , whom they accused of a design to revolutionise the country , or whether they felt that tlieir

      shameless violations of the constitution , their scandalous waste : of the public money in the corruption of the representatives of the people for the purpose of obtaining and securing a venal majority in the chamber , the cruel persecution of their , political adversaries , and the horrible oppression and tortures employed against them and their families , might at length have exhausted the patience of the county , and that the hour of retribution was not far off , measures were taken both in the capital and in the provinces , as if the danger were certain and imminent . Proclamations were everywhere made , calling upon the people to place their confidence in the patriotism and firmness of the government , and the means they would employ for the preservation of the constitution and of tlie public tranquillity . The garrison here was reinforced bj

      200 gensdames and a battalion of irregular troops ; while two companies of the line were detached to Tripolitza , the uniform of the regular troops being distasteful to the ' eyes of Royalty ever since they surrounded the -palace under their gallant commander Kalergi , on the memorable night of the 3 rd ( 15 th September ) , and no less disliked by , Coletti and his colleagues , who reefer support entirely upon the Palikari and the brigands lately amnestied , who now swarm in our streets , There is , indeed , an evident intention on the part of the ministry to rid themselves entirely from all apprehension of the regular army , by the natural operation of the law of conscription , which limits the term of service to four years , so that one-fourth of the troops is renewed every year , to supply the place of those who retire . But this year the

      conscription has not been put in force , and in the month of June the regular force will be reduced to little more than 1200 men , , and will be about as effective as the Greek marine , now dwindled down to one corvette and half a dozen gun-boats . Having by his alarming demonstration successfully imposed , as he flatters himself , upon the fears of the people , enjojingat present the favour of the King , whom he has conciliated by the promiseof obtaining from tlie chambers the grant of a splendid civil list , and supported , as it appears , by the ministers of France and Austria , he seems naturall y enough to calculate upon the retention of power for some time to come . In the meantime he is preparing himself to accompany . the . King and Queen on a tour they are about to make , and for the

      purpose , it should s « em , of winning the Royal smiles for noble horsemanship , he is daily practising riding on a horselatelyseHttohhn from Egypt . As for the graver matter of the demand presented by the ministers of the ailws -with reference to the payment of the interest of the loan . it troubles him very little ; and to the intimation that it is expected that the interest be paid regularly in future , his answer seems to be a mere paraphrase of that refined expression so much used by a certain class in London streets , " Don't you wish you may get it V In fact , if the allies do ' not'take some effectual measures to help themselves , they may he assured they never will get one fraction either of principal orinterest , atleast as long as such persons as Dr . Coletti , and the Moscomangite faction are ministers of Greece . The chambers have now

      been open more than seven months ; and not one measure of publio utility has yet been enacted ; but Coletti has at length succeeded by hiff venal majority in excluding Mavrocordato , although he had been returned by four constituencies . By the-Same means he has prevented the re-; election of GeiWE&lilando and the deputies of Hydra / protracting the . onewng of the baUat . upon the most frivolous pretexts , . - ;; UNITED STATES , London , T ' HtisBit , Mat 8 . —The fast sailing ship 'Sea , Captain Edwards , arrived ' at Liverpool jesterdaj evening , having left New York on the 14 th April .

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      DBJADHJl F « B Al :. PlIWB 0 » Oh .--t 0 BS W ' llFE AND Immense Dmwcnojfror Pbop » ti . —TFehave received by this arrival distres ' siug ' accountB . ofam ^ d&aitrous ,, fire at Pittsburgh , a rising' and important effy in J ' eniil ' svlvania , 'destroying twenty squares' of the city , comprising nbout l ; 206 houses , the ] oi > 6 of'Which'is estimated at £ 2 , ( 100 , 000 sterling . It is the next largest city to PIiU « . delphia in the State of Pennsylvania , its populaiib ' i : ' i < about 25 , 000 ,-and wns'becoming' a place of great commercial importance . There had also been great lire ' s af Boston and Nc , v York . The following account of this tronu'inlous conflagration is taken from the PltteWrgh Post of tlio 11 th April }—

      It is our painful duty to record one of the most terrible J"'es that ever devastated any city on this continent . A great portion of our busy and populous , town is h ' iruinf . Jo destruction of property is said to be about ' twenty "luares , and comprising from 1 , 000 to 1 , 200 houses ; many thevl ! r ^ contaln ^ goods of Immense value- : andtLrsr ' l dry sootis . an < l commission houses , SiSWa'C * ? < " » J »« laid in . The tal ^ s ^ Jt ^^ s ^ t ? R ^ -5 teff-S « about twelve o ' clock , and was nol ™ ater & £ T ^ t ^!^ cuncUsmS ^ f

      ; ~ ^ 5 ** -y * t . devisesomemean ; ^ 5 ™^ ilff 71 ¦ flamcS ; th 0 ^ liberations , however , were neflectual m results , and we believe but one o- two 5 K ?? W 6 Ve blown UI ) - There is abun < la » t ™ »« to thankfulness that so few lives were lost . "There are many rumours of men being killed , and burnt , and wounded—but they are not > uthenticatod . One woman » s certainly burnt , aud we saw a poor old mail tottering along with the help of two friends , his face badly burned , inei loss of hfe , however , cannot be learned iu the awful tomuszon which prevails . The following art theprincipal public buildings , manufactories , and offices that were destroyed : —

      Globe cotton factory , corner of Second and Ferry streets . Fire Navigation Insurance Office , Market between Second and Third . ' ¦¦¦•¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ Third " " 8 lMsnrance Office > corner of Muvket and Bank of Pittsburgh , Fourth , between Market and Wood . Office of Daily Chronicle , do . Job printing-office of J . B . Butler , Third , between Market and Wood . Merchants'Hotel , corner of Third and Wood . - ' .. Kiauiei ¦ » I 3 AcJ . ou b-a _ ofiiKp do Jones and Sibbett ' s Kxchangcofficc , corner of Fourth and Wood .

      Wm . A . Hill ' s Exchange-office , between Fourth and Diamond-alley . R . and R . Patterson ' s Eagle and Bazaar Stables , Diamond-alley and Fourth-street . Associate Reform Church , Fourth , near Grant-street . Uaptist Church , Grant-street . Blackwell ' s extensive Glass Works , Water , above Grant . J he Monongahela House destroyed , with all the furniture , The Monongahela Bridge entirely destroyed . It is rumoured that several lives were lost on the bridge . The Dallas Iron Works in Pipetown entirely destroyed ,

      The loss sustained iu the destruction of buildings is immense , but it ii imall when compared with the destruction of merchandise in tlie warehouses on Water , TVobS ; First and Second streets . The merchants found it impossible to attempt to save anything ; whole blocks were destroyed in a few minutes , and the most they could do was to make an effort to save their books , and but few of them succeeded even in that . It viUbe many yews \> rfore' our city can recover from tlie effects of this dreadful calamity ; it has cast a blight over the commercial and manufacturing enterprise of hundreds of our most worthy citizens , and in an hour has swept from them all the profits of years of toil and industry . ' ¦ '• '

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      un iucsuay night a numerous meeting of the electors and inhabitants of Finsbury took place at White Conduit-house , to protest against the Maynpoth BilL In addition to the other speakers of the ni ght , Mr . T . Duncombe , M . P ., took his seat upon the platform . Mr . R . 11 ESLKY haying been called to the chair , stated briefly the principle -which guided him in bis opposition to the grant . Those \ vho thought with him did not participate in the "No Popery " cry , nor did they object to the endowment of Maynooth for auy reason that was not . equally applicable to the appropriation of the public money to tlie support of the Protcsstan t , " Presbyterian , or any other faith , or of that class of Dissenters ' who . received a grant from the State under * the name of Reyium

      donum . ( Cheers ) . The chairman called on Dr . Epps to move the first resolution , which was a general condemnation of all State endowments of whatever creed . After supporting this principle at some length , the speaker denied that the opponents ot the grant to Maynooth were acting in an unfriendly spirit towards Ireland ; It was his belief that they could not render Ireland a greater service than in resisting the measure of Sir R . Peel . ( Hear , hear . ) The Government had discovered that Ireland ' s greatest grievance was the Protestant Establishment ; ithat country , and Mr . Macaulay—a man whose opinion on such a subject was worth having—had

      called it a bad thing , " and a " very bad thing . " ( Hear , hear . ) Such being the case , it would occur to an unsophisticated man , that the best course to pursue would be to remove that great grievance ; but this was not in keeping with the policy of Sir R . 1 eel , - % vho preferred conciliating and quieting the Irish people by the paltry "instalment" which England had been surprised to find so acceptable to O Connell . If this was justice to Ireland , it was also injustice to England ; and , therefore , everv honest man would , consistently with the utmost regard for the true rights and interests of the Irish , refuse to give it his sanction .

      flic resolution was seconded by Mr . Billingham , a Weslcyan : and when put by the chairman , was carried unanimously . Dr . Phice moved the second resolution in an eloquent speech , declaring that if the State determined on endowing anything , he would rather see error in the enjoyment of its bounty than that truth should be shackled by the unholy connexion . The resolution declared the sympathy of the meeting with the Irish , in their struggles against the Irish Church , and athrmed that , in tlieir opposition to the grant , they were not actuated by any hostility to the Catholic Jaith . The doctor , in referring to the " No Poyety " cry , pronounced it to be the resuscitation of one of the most dangerous principles that ever operated on the dCStinieS Of the nation . 111 ( 1 nmfor whiKh ' nirna nf

      injustice _ had been perpetrated . ( Cheers . ) ,. . !' vV Vincent , in an emphatic speech , which elicited the approbation of the meeting , seconded the resolution , which was put and carried unanimously . Air . J . II . Parky , barrister , proposed the next resolution , which was as follows : — ' That this meeting declares its solemn opinion that he Anglican Protestant Establishment in Ireland is a national nuisance , and is , beyond every other religious endowment in the world , opposed to every principle of justice , while it is , and always has been , the principal cause of discontent in Ireland . And this meeting pledges itself to support the Irish people in every constitutional effort to abolish it . Mr . Parry ably addressed himself to the subject of the resolution , which was seconded by an elector , and earned by acclamation . • ....

      A petition in favour ef Mr . S . Crawford ' s motion was then put to ; and confirmed by , the meeting , with a request that it should be i ) rescntcd by their representative , Mr . Duncombe . Mr . Duncombe was received , on rising , with loud cheering . He had attended the meeting because , in Parliamentary language , tliere was " no house" at St . Stephen ' s that niglit ; and looking at the manner in which the people of England were represented at this moment , ne apprehended that it would not give them much concern if they heard that it was not going to meet again . ( Hear , hear . ) He would certainly present their petition , but he could tell them that it would net have the slightest effect upon Sir R . Peel , who did not conceal his determination to regard the " ferment" against his bill , as he called it .

      as a stimulus rather than an obstacle to him in pushing it through Parliament . ( Cries of "Shame . " ) He cordially approved' of the speeches made ' that evening , and was rejoiced to find that the c ' oursVhe had adopted was so strictly in accordance with ' their views . Would this measure tend to redress tlie grievances that Ireland had so long endured '? It might have the momentary effect of making the Catholic population of that country forget for a > while the wrongs , she had suffered at the hands of the present Government party , and it might even secure Sir R . Peel and Sir J . Graham a reception in Ireland when accompanying her Majesty to that country ; but in six months time they would be hated again as much as ever , for Ireland would learn how much she had to be thankful for . ( Hear , hear . ) They

      had been taunted with hostility to Ireland in opposing the Maynooth bill , but nothing was more unjust . Had they ever been hostile to Ireland ? - ( Oheers . ) Did they not demand justice for O'Connell when he sought a new trial ? ( Hear , hear . ) Did they not shew their disgust at the packing of his jury , "and , above all , of the exclusion of the Romati'Catholics ? ( Loud cheers . ) Why , then , were they to be told that they were unfriendly to . Ireland and hostile to the Roman Catholic faith ? But who had been the enemies of Ireland—who did sanction the packing of the jury 1 Why , those very men whom O'Connell was now fawning upon and ! flattering ; although in that very

      place he ha « affected to despise their' assumed conciliatory tone towards Ireland . ( Cheers . ) He thought better-bf the Irish than to suppose that they would ever suffer their ' real wrongs to be buried in the repairs" 6 f Maynooth College ; for Which this ' beggarly grant had been proposed . ( Hear , hear . The hon . member , after shortlf expressing himself m fevour of the abolition of-ailtState . endowmentB , sat down amidst loud applause , " - > ¦ ^ ¦ The meeting then resolved to memorialise the Queen / or thed psQiutioisof ParWnt . in theevent of their , petition proving inetfeotuaUfte * which it I dispersed , soon after ten o ' clock . " ^ " ' ¦

      N Endowment Of Maynootii.

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      -N -Un Jases Bronterre O'Brien.

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 10, 1845, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1314/page/1/