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      Jdy 4 Vxh ? Hsis . FsiKHDSy—The all-mighty measure proposed by Sir Robert Peel as a response fo the caUdfireefiraae , strikes me , as I taut it will strike you , as an instalment of those concessions which , Eooner ' or later most , and will be made , to the demo , cratic mind of this country . Too must not expect to be dignified by Ministerial " notice , while you will derive consolation from the fact , that in every word uttered by him , and in erery clause of the measure proposed by him , you will ' recognise an apprehension , if hot a dread—a knowledge , if not an aversion ; -of

      our progress . He ' purposely , proclaimed a falsehood , ' when lie said that the demand for free trade was one in which , the working classes had almost unanimously joined the League . The sophistry was necessary , hot more for the purpose of parading our gigantic Strength to frighten the aristocracy , than to "withhold a knowledge of it from foreign powers , who are one and all haunted by the rapid progress of our principles . But this a an insult that we can afford ta bear and to forgive , the more especially as the measures , emanate from what influences they may , are pre-eminently calculated to advance our principles : ' "

      Mj-letterfoyon upon Sir Robert Peel ' s tariff of 1842 , 0 ! still fresh in your recollection . In that I predicted that further changes would be forced from the aristocracy in 1846 ; while I now assert that Ihree months will not pass-without snch a bidding forpopular support—which SHALL MEAN Chartist support—as will astonish , the most sanguine . Tke strength by which , any great' measure may becarried does not , and especially in our present limping representative state , predicate the satisfaction even of its supporters , and this rule holds good more especially in the present instance . It is not the Leagoe ,

      it is riot Tamir ie , it isjiot England" . alone , or English consideration ^ . aiat have induced Sir BoberfPeel-to proposeVme asurei which , I confess , staggers me : it is Prussia , France , America , England , = « rather GreatjBritain and Ireland , that have unitedly forced this timely concession from & reluctant aristocracy ; but , emanate from what source it may , there is not the less honour due to the man who has been intelligent enough to discover , and bold enough to act npon , the aggregate of opinion . In good truth , our complaint against jubEc men has net been so much of their ignoranceas of their reluctance to act upon

      vreU-fotmded convictions ; it is their custom to defer change ' until revolution enforces it , and then the change ends in retrogression ,- as the working classes , who invariably constitute the movement party , are ever sure to be the greatest sufferers from revolution ^ It would be very unpopularto make any confession of the popular strength , and would be considered unwise to make concessions to its will , and yet , by our prudent nurture , our systematic training , and proper direction ^ the national mind , ithasextracted a reluctant confession of its strength from the Prime Minister of England . Such mustever be the result of honourable , continuous , consistent ,, and energetic agitation . While ,. upon the other * handTlodk-to the

      degraded state of unhappy Ireland ; her agitators complain of abuse , blusterabout oppression , and fill their poc £ ef 4 out of popular confidence ,. whiletyranny . gams strength and the mtional wjU'dJil xbeoomes " more weat and imbecile . England , bythe straightforward policy and > manly : bearingpifcj&peoi » le , has at once triumpheffover tiie usurpations of the aristocracy , the monled power of the League , and the prejudices of the Prime Minister ; while Ireland , unhappy Ireland , as the tribute to her subserviency is threatened with coercion . Had Ireland warred for principlepastead of personal ambition , that idle ^ dTmprincipledJdanagognea may be distinguished Es patriots , die . would have been a nation long since , but asher leaders warred for pelf * she -is jet ' a de " - graoedpronnce > lmkedtojier oppressor by servile

      Now reverse the" " relafive positionsi'arid " suppose that the EntffcH leaders "were'in possession of somo £ 50 , 00 fra-yearto ' carry on the . war , of . progression , and suppose it to have been spent as honestly and effectively as the Chartist pence have been expended in the causeof freedom , where would League and aristocracy have been new ? While , with that command of money for nearly thirty years , the boastful

      patnots of Ireland are obliged pulingly to beg the co-operation of the Orange faction , whose unjust ascendancy was ths one thing to be broken down ; upon ihz other hand , suppose that the Irish mind had been tutored by honest poverty , and that the accomplishment of principle was the only object sought , can the mind of man contemplate a greater change than Irish valour and Irish virtue would have achieved ?

      It will be thirteen years on Tuesday next sinee I first came amongst you—a long period fora public man to serve a jealous nation , without more censure than the ravings of disappointed ambition , and the fears of the privileged order could fabricate ; and , although no man living can depict to his imaglna fion the political and social sufferings that I have endured within that period , yet I candidly , proudly , and taaufully confess , that the homage paid to the principles for which I have contended , in the speech and measures of Sir Robert Peel , would repay me for a whole life of greater suffering .

      You have not time to see the map of the world ' s mind before you at one glance , asl do ; you cannot discover thenewshoals , and rocks , and quicksands which are daily being presented to the terrorofthe old crew Of corruption ; nor can you see the bays and harbours that are opening their arms to receive the principles of democracy ; and yet strange , most strange , though we were foremost in looking for , and most inuf raniental in producing the great change , yet , of all nat ions npoa earth , we have received the least credit for any participation in it . The continental press of Europe and of America has been a great aur'liaiy to Irish freedom , while the trafficking jugglery of her leader has been able to withstand their influence , as well as the power of her own people .

      JVow , picture to yourselves , for a single moment , t he wide circulation that the opinions of Mr . O'Conndl and the Irish nation have received , and then flunk of the limited circulation that our opinions hare received , and you must come to the conclusion that the creation , organisation , and direction of the English mind has been prudent and judicious . I know that in perusing the complicated , but at the same time simple , propositions of Sir Robert Peel

      Inoperative may say , "All very fine , butwhere ' s MY SHARE ? " IwillteU him . ffis ^ are wm be found in the annihilation of those privileges which were based upon monopoly , and injuriously exercised against his interests , in order that the ascendancy Of others might be upheld . He will see it in the promised settlement of a long pending dispute , which promised to eventuate in a great national catastrophe , if not in the total undoing of his ord « r He for of

      Will see a ne ^ eld opened exercise his intellect , and a 5 Pwrfieldopeuedfortheexerciseofhisin auatry . Hewill verygpeedU ylearn , thatthecapricious protection accorded to agriculture led to that capricious use of the land , which made its owner a born tyrant , and it a sealed preserve . Had there never been more protection afforded to the landed interest than that which the improvement of the science of agriculture would of itself have conferred tht workingHdasseg of this day would have had precisely the constitution that so much time , and latour , and blood , hag been expended in endeavouring

      The very existence of a government is of itself a proof of the popularity of that government . It is a proof that thepeoplehave tolerated it , becauseatany Ei « n moment it is in the power of a wtion to demand a perfect reflex of itawilL A nation of thieves * a [ sanctionand will have a representation and a cabinet of thieves . A nation of lewd and dissipated ton will have a representation and a cabinet of lewd anddisapated men . Wehave had both ; but a nabonof sober thinking . nenwm havearepreseatation

      ssSfiSSNoir , these aretheadvantages which allof the pooSt * illreap from thought and wisdom , while our dofcous colony of landsmen will reap the benefit of cheap land , stripped of unjust privileges andprotec * we Prerogatives ; cheap . timber , cheap furniture , » je , even cheap paper . ckeap everything to lire upon " ™ oeT erything to ™* r . while , if their surplus produce fc ; eatapened , it willexchangefor asmueh of tkeother

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      neceaianesof lifeas the dearer produce will now procure . Asamatterof course , Idonotconsider Sir Robert Peel ' i measure as anything lika a final settlement of the battle between labour and capital ; for , despite of law , despite of tariff , despite of commercial regulations , and of acts of Parliament , represented capital will ever possess an undue influence over unrepresented labour ; and the reason 1 hail the Ministerial boon is , because it must inevitably help labour necessaries Of life M tha dearer nrodur . fi will nnw nm .

      to its fair share of representation ; and when labour is represented , it will see but one friend and one enemy—an enemy , however , which may be converted into a bosom friend-THE LAND AND MACHINERY . The Land , as a means of enabling the surplus population to live upon their own produce , and to coavert the surplus into a medium of exchange for that which they cannot produce ; and machinery to be converted into man's holiday , instead of being man ' s curse .

      Again , \ I say . ^ that'ttie . . se of machinery must he i ^ tri ct ^ . to ^ e / necessiuft 3 . of . the labouring population , kafcadofbeing ^ converted into a competitive pSfCTtoffcH ^^ foreign competition , whflethh domestic devil BtancH as the great o ^ i 0 ^ comoe ' ttorj | JIpon the whole , we have great treason to rejoice in the preposed changes , and-we have great reason to thank ourselves for having forced them upon the consideration of the Prime Minister—while it is no Blight enhancement of the value , that Mr . Duncombe has expressed to me his unqualified approval of them :

      but , notwithstanding the importance I attach to the measure , our apathy must neither allow the opposition to pluck a single feather from it , nor factioa to make a false use of it , before we become acquainted with its workings . Had we watched the progress of the Reform -Bill front its birth , * we might have made it a better measure than it is , and let us not lose the benefit of this NEW CONSTITUTION for want of a proper watchfulness in its infancy . I am , your faithful friend , and nnpurchasable servant , FsARQUS O'COSKOR .

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      FRANCE . '"~ ¦ - ~"" FRESCH LEGISLATION AND LIBERTY ftl —AP FALLING DISTRESS AND EXCITEMENT . We have no favourable news to report of our French nejghbours . As yet , the Liberal editors have not agreed upon the looked-for scheine of K toral Reform ; or , f they have agreed , tueVhattnbt rfi « ft of their dehWions !* Within Electoral Reform , proposed by M . Bechaud : could not find a seconder ! Never were congSd togevZTa FT ' - 8 et of knaTCS «» wftZ same French deputies . Guizot rules life * . < l c « . < uui w « i *« ia

      mamtauiing his power by . corruption and fraud . Himself a disbeliever in principles , he treats all men " . Sf who have their " price , " aud buys voices SJS ? ? 8 fy- Be is but too successk ; and noiwonder , when it is remembered that of thirty-five millions of people , only some two hundred thousand proprietors aHd profit-mongers-have the suffrage . How long is this odious despotism-thia infamous scandal , to be endured ? The Reforms , though no fneni to England , admits that France presents an . afflicting spectacle when compared W 1 . th . 9 f ^ it . Britain . Public opinion is aU-powerfttlan . England . "How is it , " asks the Jfome , that imbue : opinion , so efficient in Great Britain , is u ? K « W ) le in . 'France ? " It is because ita-Wrtv

      ofac ^^ Stisro ^ anglisn . have a" right to associate—to meet on the public spare , or in a field , v ; hen the town does not confain . a space sufficiently capacious to accommodate themeeting . In France , twenty persons assembling periodically in a saloon are regarded as conspirators . Young men proceeding to the house of a professor to compliment him , are charged by gendarmes as if they were rioters and revolters . Public life is everywhere stifled . LetussupoQsefor a moment that what has lately occurred it England was tried in France , and that , to effect the reform of a political or commercial law , an extensive association was organised , having its acknowledged chiefs , its orators , its treasurer , and its budget . Let us suppose that the association

      had convoked , at Paria and in the provinces , monster meetings of 20 , 000 and 30 , 000 persons , and levied publicly on its adherents a contribution of 7 , 000 , 0001 " . or 8 , 000 , 000 f . ^ with the avowed object of creating agitation and procuring the repeal of the law or the overthrow of the Cabiaet which supported it . Would not , we ask , all tife attorney-generals rthegendarmes , soldiers , and tribunes in thtf country be called out in such case to" nrosecute , disperse , imprison , and condemn the delinquents ? The noise of the fusillade and the / racaaof ^ requiBitbri es would Have drowned the voice of the popular , orators , and all tW . courts of justice in the empire , including the Court of Peers , would hasten to save the state by confiscating lirst the funds ofIhe association , and

      afterwardssendwg its chiefsiieaders , and adherents to rot in ' the dungeons of Mont St . Michel and Doullens . In England , the Government sees in these demonstrations of public opinion mere advertisements , of which itknow 3 how to avail itself . It resists as long as it can , but it yields when it considers resistance likely to prove fatal to it . Great distress exists in different parts of France ; a letter from the deDartment of the Lower Rhine says : — " This year , distress has reached the population of our mountains in ^ an tinusual degree . The population oi the six villages of the Ban-de-la-Rpche is 2800 souls , and ' of this number there ate 15 Q 0 ' who have no employment during seyefel months of the year . . In ah . ordinary year the

      pfltatoe cropTi the six communes amounts to 40 , 000 saclis . This yearit amounts to only 10 , 000 ; the disease has destroyed three-fifths of the crop , so that the sound potatoes amount to only 4000 sacks . In Paris the retail traders are suffering , and in nearly all the provinces similar commercial suffering prevails . ^ In Lyons , the small shopkeepers are bankrupt in means , and from being unable to pay their license duties are rapidly losing their privileges as citizens . At Avesnes several bakers have refused to bake bread , alleging that they have suffered loss by selling bread at the price fixed by the authorities . The operative classes are in many places withdrawing their monies from the saving banks . Considerable excitement prevails in all the provinces .

      SPALN . ARRESTS IN CATALONIA . Death op CALiXHiyA . —The news from Spain is not very interesting . Arrests contiuue to take place in Catalonia . The fathers of thirty-four young men , who had fled into the woods and forests to avoid being drawn for the army , have been arrested ; thus punishing the fathers for the acts of their sons ! The present unnatural despotism must , ere long , drive the people of Spain mad . Joseph Marie Calatrava , a celebrated leader of the Progressista party , formerly Prime Minister after the events of La Granja , died on Saturday last in Madrid . His funeral was attended by a vast multitude .

      PORTUGAL . An exact imitation of the squabbles carried on in the French Chamber of Deputies respectinggovernmental interference with elections is being gone through in the Portuguese Cortes . Cosia Cabral , too , imitates Guizot in all his tricky doings , and adds thereto all the brutal ferocity \* ichsb eminently distinguishes that pink of statesmen , the Spanish butehcr Narvaez . Force and fraud have enabled the minister to get together a chamber nearly wholly composed of his tools aud supporters ; the " opposition" being limited to ten members . The Perioidico dos Pobrea announces the fact of the opposition being active in their views of effecting a political revolution , in which several Spaniards are concerned , and warns them of the probability of falling victims themselves ; Matin " that the authorities are on the alert . -

      GERMANY . REPORTED REVOLUTION IN PRUSSIA . The Courrier Frau ( ait publishes the following intelligence , without , however , vouching for its authenticity : — " It was reported to-day , in the diplomatic circles , that the King of Prussia had been obliged by a popular movement to quit Berlin and seek refuge at Potsdam . Nothing precise has yet transpired on the gubject , but such an event would not be improbable in the present agitated state of the public mind , roused to the highest pitch by the religious congregations now assembled in council , at Berlin , and by the provincial diets , which were displeased with the reply returned by the King to their reclamations . "

      We doubt the truth of this intelligence , although such an event is extremely likely . Certain it is that the greatest agitation pervades Prussia and the whole of Soath Germany . In Carlsrhue a general storm was raised against the Minister of War , in the debate on the budget ; he barely escaped impeachment . The discussion still continues in terms of intense animosity . An event equally novel and surprising took place recently in the Upper Chamber of Bavaria , where Prince Wrede made at once six motions of the highest importance , attacking Absl , the Minister of the Home Department ; declaiming , with unheard offrankuess , agaiust the increasing number of monasteries throughout the kingdom ; demanding , in termB of open hatred , the expulsion of the

      Redemptonste—charging the Minister with Anti-constitutional acts , systematically exercised against the Protestants of Bavaria — accusing the Bi .-h » p of Eichstadt , one of the foremost men in the ulirmiontaHe agitation , of having , in the public prayers offered in his diocese , left out the Queen ' s name , in canseguence of her being a Protestant princess ; and , finally / proposing an act impeaching the Minister , and legislating anew in regard to the official responsibility of his office . All these motions were listened to with deep attention , the galleries being filled with people , amongst whom . were the Hereditary Prince , his brother Luitpold , and the whole diplomatic body . In the Chamber of Deputies the government obtained a majority of nine enly ( the numbers being 13 to 64 ) on the question .

      SWITZERLAND . SnoATiou of tub Canton of Berse . —Uttersfrom bwitrerland , dated Berne , 20 th January , announce that the primitive assemblies are convoked for the 1 st of January m order to decide in the affirmative or negative , if they agree with th « late decisions of £ . W Un ?) ' ^ ktive to the question of a revi-Tnw £ r }? ? tlon . M 8 Ued on t " 17 th inst ., of which the following is the substance :- " Taking into consideration the wishes expressed by a great ? i £ nf - Uens > . "Rising the necessity of terminating many inconveniences and vices in the Constitationof the S tate-we have resolved , in an extraordinary wtting , and [ after serious deli-^ Sph ^ w " ™ ft fi vision the Constitution - ^ i 2 SS 4 ° P $ cyes of ail Switzerland are nowduected towards Berne , for on the attitude it takes depends , ma great measure , the fortuneTof the Lioerai

      pany pt the Confederation . The foreign dinlomacyregards very attentivel y the marchof events , being quite aware of the consequent that may arise throughout Switzerland from the political organisation o * £ e canton of Berne ; for it must not be forgotten that the canton of Berne will take the lead in federal affairs from the 1 st of January 1847

      POLAND . POLISH CONSPIRACY IN POSEN Arrests are daily taking place in Posen ( Polish Prussia ) . The persons arrested are principally Poles . Some ot them have been conducted to Graudenz

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      The ^ intended revolutionary ' movement has seri ously alarmed the Prussian government ; ' It appears that a coup de mom was'positively lntended ' at ' tne end of 1845 , by a sudden attack ' on the two fortresses of Thorn and Graudenz . Thorn is completely Polish : all the country round , as far as Graudenz , dl 8 ta . seven German ( or thirty-five English ) miles , on the Vistula , is filled with Polish inhabitants . For some . time past a conspiracy of great -extent had organised iteelt m this part of the Prussian dominions , and hither . Duncker was sent by the government , wnere , for the last few months , he has been busily occupied in hur work of inquiry and discovery . It is said tuat the inquiry led to the . discovery of the existence of a secret' society , possessing a fund of upwards o { -a hundred thousand thalers ( £ 50 , 000 ) , to be employedin accomplishing its objects . On the 31 st ot December theoutbreafcVas to have taken place : > . < . . ; .... .. ... ;• ....... .. . .

      anwlf * ° i * » numerous arrests were made . on the < Hf tn , and amongst thosewho were seized were several military- men '/ Publio rumour . « iys , that not only ; were well furnished magarines of arms discovered ; but also a powder-mill to aid the purposes of the conspiracy . _ : Thorn has been officially declared to be in a 8 tate of sieee ; -anda military corps , eonsisting-of the 21 st | Regt . oflnfantry * the 3 rd Dragoons , - and a battery of six-pounden from the second'Brigadeof Artillery , have been sent by si Cabinet order into the Grand Duchy , and cantoned on the right bank of the Vwtula ^ betwe eH Thorn and Grauden ? , so as toforiri a ci | rps 0 f observation on both places . i . On the'Sdd of Januaryj the police authorities of Tlib ' rtfpWish ' ed an arder ^ directing the gates of the city to be shut at five o ' clock in the evening , and prohibiting the inhabitants from passing in or out after that time . Minutoh , the head of the police of the GrandDucliy , has since arrived in Thorn .

      THE WAR IN THE CAUCASUS . Another Defbat opthb Russians . —The last news from the Caucasus up to the 20 th December , informs us that the forts on the left wing of the Russian line were surprised by the mountaineers ; the Russian garrison , consisting of from 800 to 12 , 000 men , has been cut to pieces , or made prisoners ; the loss of the mountaineers was also very considerable A large quantity of arras and ammunition fell into the power of the victors .

      ALGERIA . THE "GLORY" OF WAR . —SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF FRENCH SOLDIERS FROZEN TO DEATH AND DESTROYED BY THE ARABS . X The French glory-hunters in Algeria have received another and a severe lesson , recalling the disaster * of the retreat from Moscow . The coftitan of General Levasseur returning from ' . one of those ; murdering , plundering expeditions ; our French friends call " razzias , " were surprised in the mountains of theBoutaleb , province of Comtantine , by a tremendous fall of show , yfhe General and his followers had been engaged from the 23 rd ult . to the 2 nd inst . in a succession of butcheries , burnings , the razing to tho ground of : every house and hovel , the cutting across

      of every fruit tree , the destruction of everyj monel of food , and other infernal acts of the like character , lhese " civilisera , " numbering about 2 , 500 , set out on the 2 nd inst . on their way back to the garriion of Setif . The weather was beautiful , and the troops were marching in high spirits towards their bivouacB in the douairs of thsir allies , the tribe of Msapud , when , at about three o ' clock in the afternoon ^ the sky became suddenly overcast , the enow began to fall , and , chilled by a cold north wind , it soon reached the height of a foot and a half . The darkness was in a short time complete " . " Tho guides lost their way , aud at five •' clock the soldiers bivouacked in tho snow . Already had a part of the rearguard fallen victims to the soveritv of the

      weather , and the mules carrying the provisions of the army having been unable to proceed , the men remained frozen with cold and without food . On the morning of the 3 rd , - ,-the column resumed its march . ( The snow still * mtiuued to fall , and the soldiers found the utmost difficulty in proceeding . AH dtvy they toiled on , advancing slowly . At midnight , however , they were still in the midBt of a vast plaiq ; , . where no sign of a tree was to be seen , dying from hunger and cold . Tho guides had agaid lost the direction . ' They Baid they thought they were distant about three miles from the douaira of Msaoud , but , after seeking in vain for the road , they were obliged to , igive up all idea of finding it that night . . Despair « ft « n took mstesdon of tin hearts of the menj ; disordejp was at its height ; there was no shelter but a few tehtsthe rest having been

      . abandoned theiday before . An immense . , number rushed pell-mell into their tents , at the risk of suffocating each other ; indeed , several thus met their deaUis ; the rest of the column remained in the snow , which still fell heavily , and waited till day-light appeared , amidst the shrieks and lamentations of the unfortunate men , who were dying every moment . ' Never had such a disaster been seen since the campaign of Russia . Day at length dawned ; agrwtpart of the men , with what remained of the baggage , began their march , the cavalry in front , tow-awls Setif , distant about twenty-five miles ; this wat the second day the ^ soldier * had tasted no food . The column became gradually thjnner and longer , as the weakest lagged behind , and at every moment several fell eehavMed by the eold , whilst their comrades passed

      on , unable to give them any assistance . At four o ' clock in the evening the cavalry reached Sotif , and informed the inhabitants" of the disaster which had taken place in the plain . The garrison immediately turned out , and several of the inhabitants accompanied them with carts , provisions &c , to assist the unfortunate men left behind in the snow . From that time till the 8 tli of January seme soldiers were seen coming in , led on horses , or brought in carriages by the inhabitants ; but up to that period there were 800 men still missing . It is supposed that thess 800 victims have fallen ; a still greater number have their hands or feet frost-bitten . The column has lost about 1 , 200 muskots , all its

      mules , provisions , canteens , tents , < fcc . " Subsequent letters state that the disasters of the desolating corps of General Levasseur had not been solely tho work of the elements . The Arabs hung upon his retreat , cut off by scores the unfortunate stray or weary soldiers , and captured immense quantities of arms , with all the baggage of tho column . Ths campaign against Abd el-Kader is for the present at an end . The splendid cavalry corpB of " the renegade " Toussoufi » a Abd-el-Kader terms him , had been so cut up and harassed iiitlie pursuit of the Emir , that it was found necessary to dissolve it . Abd-el-Kader had either withdrawn to re-organise , to observe hit enemies , or to take shelter in Morocco , for nothing certain was known of him .

      MONTE VIDEO AND BUENOS AYRES . SANGUINARY BATTLE AND DESTRUCTION OF THE BATTERIES OF ROSAS , IN THE PARANA . The steamer Cyclopsarrived at Plymouth on Tuesday from Rio de Janeiro . She brings the important news of the destruction of the batteries of Rosas in the Parana , by the combined fleets of England and France , in an engagement on . the 19 th of November , producing heavy loss on both sides . Month Video ; Nov . 28 , 1845 . —On the 20 th inst . the positions of the enemy on tho Parana were attacked by the Anglo-French forces . The resistance was obstinate . The combat lasted t ' rom ten o ' clock a . m . until 7 p . m ., when all the batteries had been taken , and the enemy cut to pieces , with considerable loss .

      On the occupation of the batteries 250 dead men were found in one , and 1 C 0 in another . Tho loss of the combined forces is , on the part of the French , 18 lulled , and 70 wounded . The English lost 10 killed , and 25 wounded . The morning of the 20 th was hazy , but cleared up about eight a . m ., with a fresh breeze from the south ; at forty-three minutes past eight o ' clock the aouthern divinon weighed anchor , and was shortly followed by the St . Martin , the Comus , the Dolphin , and tho Pandour .

      At filty minutes past nine o ' clock the batteries opened their fire on the Philomel and the rest of the southern division . That of the north lost no time in taking up its position j tho wind had begun to drop the moment the cannonade became general , and some vessels were obliged to anchor two cableB beyond the points assigned them . At hall-past ten o ' clock the action was general , and although" we may perceive , from the effect produced by the guns of the squadron , that the firs of the batteries was irregular , still the resistance was obstinate ; theplaoes of the gunners swept off by the fire of the ships wero instantly r * filled ; and , it must also be mentioned , that tlieencmy ' s cavalry concealed in the woods massacred without l&orcy the infantry

      who attempted to ny . At half-past twelve o ' clock the enemy ' s brig Republiciina blew up in consequence of a rocket thrown from the Dolphin . The fircships proved ineffectual in consequence of the stream . At this hour Captain Hope , of the Firebrand , manned his boat to cut the chains ; success crowned his efforts , and he opened a passage , through which the Fulton passed at one o'clock , and took the enemy ' s batteries in flank : she was speedily followed by the Gorgon and the Firobrand . An instant before that manoouvretJie fire from the shore had dreadfullymaulcd the San Martin and the Dolphin . It seems that the enemy fixed themselves with inveteracy upon tho first of these vessels , which , having had ker cable cut , drifted before the wind and received about 100 shot . The Expeditive and the

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      ^^^ ^ TS »^« f ^ inking StSi ^^?^^>^ ^^ >^ . The enemy ' s fir ^ aftraduaily begun" td ' slacko !^ At this hour the English . cpmmander made the si « nai to man the boats , which were to unite " alongside thf Gorgon and Firebrand . The French SSdor made at the same time arrangements to support tho landing' with intrepidity . At a quarter to six o ' clock CaptainHothara landed . with 325 men , infantry andmarines ; a detachment under the orders of Can . r . . » - . w :-- . , . < . «)«< .. v ... .. .. n ————

      tain bullivan was received at the summit of the hill by a very brisk fire of musketry , but . the arrival of the remainder of the force under Captain Hotham caused the enemy to retire . Almost at the same moment the French commander affected hi » landing and . took possession , of the first three batteriw whwh he'iaused to be destroyed forthwith . Tho next morning fresh forces were landed , and completed tho total demohtwn of the enemy ' * positions . Ton pieces of brass cannon were embarked , and the ' rest thrown mtt the river .

      UNITED STATES . THE ; OREGON QUESTION . —WAR!—INVITED ANvvv - ; ,-, ; . ; ^ NJIXAT ; I 0 iN > OJ ! , IRELAND ! ,, ... . ; . i > Adv wek-ham beett ^ 8 fch > , inst ; inclusive ' ; ' byj ^ ae . avriv alNb f the packe d ship 'Henry ¦ Clay . . , ^ he- qrej { n . que 8 tiprichas ^ beefr w taken up ^ the / Jjou ^ aiid ^ warmly debated r with a < WarliKe ' aspeot . , Onthe 2 nd ' insCMr . Adams gave his views at groat length in favour of promptly giving tho notice to terminate the existing joint occupancy of the Oregen territory . On the oth Hie Committee of Foreign Affairs recommended tiie adoption of that measure . The report was debated and adjourned on the 6 th , until the first Monday in February , by a majority of 102 to 82 . Some

      conversation then took place as to the time fixed for the special consideration of the Oregon Bill , reported from the Committee on Territories ; and , on the motion of Air . Douglas , the second Tuesday in Fob . was substituted for the" first for that purpose . A bill was introduced on the 2 nd instant , by Mr . Haralson , from the Committee on Military Affairs , tor the . organisation of two regiments of liflcmon ; and also for increasing the infantry , artillery , and dragoons , to be at the disposal of the president for the protection of emigrants to Oregon or the defence of the frontier . After considerable discussion uponthe question of making the resolution a special order for the first Tuesday in January , Mr . J . Q . Adams rose and addressed the house . He referred to the variety

      of bull providing for the defence of the country before Congress , ''aud asked wliat reason there was for increasing their military establishment wheri they were at profound peace with the whole world ? Three or four years ago , when the prospect of war was as great as then , they had reduced the military establishment by one-third ; but , he said , " I do not believe at all in any clanger of war atthistime . " If there was danger , the first measure should be to give notice to Great Britain of their desire to terminate -the existing joint-occupancy of the Oregon . Last session he had declared himself ready , as he did then , to give this notice . He hoped it would be given ; and that then they would proceed to a reataccupation of-the whole territory , lie w » 3 ' surprised the Committee on Foreign Affairs had not reported the notice in question , and he ¦ should deeply regret if a majority of that committee should

      not bo prepared to do so . If he hoped that a raa ^ jority of the house would support him , he would presB such a resolution that day . While the existing convention remained , he would vote for no resolution such as-that then before them . It did not follow that if th « y gave notice , there inust of necessity be war ; nor did it follow that they should then take possession . It would only be saying to Great Britain , " After negotiating twenty years about this matter , we do notchoq 8 e to negotiate any longer ; we shall take possession of what is our own ; and then , if to settle the question what is our own you wish to negotiate , we will negotiate as long as you please . " On the 6 th , Mr . M'Connell , of Alabama , asked leave to introduce a resolution , which thchouso allowed to be read for information . [ The reading was interrupted with laughter , and the whole thing was regarded by many as a fitting burleaquo upon the proceedings of , and speeches in , Congress ] : —

      Resolved , that we hail the elevated feeling which now utuiBuaUy prevails ini our glorious confederacy to strengthen and consolidate the principles of Republican freedom , and extend the blessings of our free institutions in every practicable quarter of the universe , in tho spirit of Christian love and peaceful brotherhood . ' Resolved , that while we hail thu admission of Texas ( which feuglit her way to independence ) as a sister state into our union , we now , with unaffected pride and satisfaction , hail the resolution of the Executive aud the Congress of the United States to uphold our title to Oregon ; and in the same spirit we observe the growing desire to incorporate Mexico , Yucntan , California , ibc , into the Confederacy ; and that Ireland is fully entitled to share the blessings of our free institutions .

      Resolved , that the Irish people , as a nation , have long been ground down by British misrule and njisgovernment , and while her people for centuries have been ground down by a monarchical yoke , they have always cherished the democratic principles of a republican governmentthe only government that has insured freedom to man . Resolved , that the house will receive with due attention and consideration any communication that may be forwarded by that high-minded and liberty-loving people , with a view to effect such an object .

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      The Teuck Sibtem . —At a public meeting held on ths 20 th instant , at the house of Mr . Richmond , Nag ' s Head , Urabley , it was unanimously resolved , ' . ' That this meeting appoint a committee of thirteen , to be called the ' Anti-Truck Committee , ' to be composed of six farmers and seven working-men , to watch the truck system . "r " That every bagman who deals in truck , shall havo fourteen days' notice given him to sell off his goods , and if any one be found practising the truck systsm after this notice , he shall be dealt with according to law . "— " If auy person be thrown out of employment in oonsequenea of laying the information against any bagman who deals in truck , the committee do pledge themselves to uge erery endeavour to find such persons work until he or they can find other employment . "

      An Addbess from the central committee of the Sheffield United Building Trades , to their fellow workmen : — Worthy Brothers , — The absolute necessity and paramount importance of union and co-operation amongst the sons of labour , for the maintenance of their just rights , is a fact never to be doubted : our unions art ) composed of persona living by the hard-earned wages of industry , and our sol » object is to protect the labourer from oppression . Labour is the primary source of all wealth ; had we mountains of gold , rivers of silver , and broad aud blooming fertile plains for agricultural purposes , thuy would be of no real utility were it not for the industrious hand of the artisan and th « labourer . In the present state of society , the three great elements of wealth are , land , labour , and capital ; without labour , land and

      capital would be unproductive ; and without land and capital , labour could not be employed : justice , then , sternly u » mandB that we should receive a fair remuneration for that labour . But we are gravely told that Trades Unions are monopolies , and , therefore , working men should not join them ! But why abuse the working classes for adopting what those above them have practised long ago 1 Yfhntis the "Shipowners' Society"but a Capitalist Union ? What are the various Agricultural Associations , but so many Landowners' Unions 1 What is the Bankers' Society ! the Attorneys' Society ^ the Licensed Yictrallcrs' Society ? and last , thongh no least , what is the " Carlton Club" but a Trades Union for those who nwlte a trade of Tory politics ? Why , then , should the working classes be denied the use of those

      institutions so long practised by their mis-called superiors t But what is the poor man to do ! He is shut out , " of the pale of representation , and buffettcd on all sides by the petty tyrants of the world . Have they not piled tax on tax , until the bucks of the industrious population are breaking beueath the cruel lord ! Restrictions , exactions , and extortions , framed into engines of plunder and oppression ? The loaf of the starving millions must bu halved , that luxury may be more amply pouted on ths table of sloth ; even the light of heaven must be taxed , that the lampn of our lordly aristocracy may throw a mere darzling splendour on the scenes of their felly . They have made the rich proud , profligate , and unprincipled ; the middle classes hard hearted and appressive ; courtiers smooth and deceitful ; merchants , avaricious and Belnsh ; the young profligate and the old severe ; religion lost in ceremonies , and its ministers iti search ot

      preferment : women , the gaudy puppets of show and vanity ; children , turned out utmducated upon the world to find their way as chance or p usion guides ; taxes oppressure , and . the poor starving ; the fruits of industry squandered , to keep tho world at war ; knaves fattening , while honest men starve and die # Seeing this , wo earnestly call upon every man connected with the building trade to join his respective union , and lend a helping timid towards bettering his physical , mental , and moral condition ; for let it be distinctly understood , that the wages of those who are not in union , are supported and upheld by those who are , and although they will not pay to the union , they are reaping its fruits from the forethoughtand industry of other men . But there lire some , who are not receiving full wages , may think they aw not benefited by union , yet they are grossly mistaken , for were the unions broken up , and the wages of the b »* t

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      ; - . s - ^ S " : ; ., ' ;\ ¦ . ;>!¦ . ; . ;; " ; i ^ - / - ^ ¦> . . ' ' ¦¦ / v . ' ^ ' '¦ . / ¦ ' ' ; : ¦>'"/; ¦" • . ¦ . ¦ ¦¦' workmen lowered , the ! r > "' wbu ^ ~ . < V still . Some of the best workmen also fancy " they will . ; ^ ' always obtain good wages ; union or no union ; they are ' equally wrong with tho others . 'forifis the '" inferior and .:, ; , \ unemployed workmen that too often fix " tHe" price " of thewoour market , and if the wages of those become miser-, . ^ ably low the others , if unsupported , must inevitably ' t $ ; . : . \ - v low ¦ Tnere wethoiB vJiajMjptfijjKa ^ do ^ to sick ' , " . ' . ¦ ¦ c ^ andott , er Societies / and 4 av io tK |; 4 fee fbV . * S yourenjoyments and comforts of , 1 ife - ( fcw : is tiw are ' ;; ' ?! yourwage 8 kept . u it ; nt ^ n «§ cu-tsto ^ our ^™ ' ^^ : - J ' V to the masonsuniott attache # ai ^ u .. . \ ^ ^^ ^^ ^« ^^^ itteri ' ° ^ " ' V fund-for > alHng . « gpo'd those ¦ He'avylOBses ' of tools which A - V A are sometimes the cohsequencs'offflrl ^ fier iibcident '"' ' : \ r to the bricklayers' and'laboffirers ^ er ^^ Van ' -a ^ cident ' '¦* \\ ¦ andfuneralfund ^ shert ^ ^ ¦ youto' 4 oin , andnohetp Svithhold you fvuai ear ranks . * f ¦ NoHhat we wish to U 6 e ' the'jipfef v . > , i ji-iijtsii , to en-. crbach on the justprerogdth : . or '; , ir , ; , st ( ' ) -, in iii .: ( Htirg v ! \ whom h » shall or may not cmpli y ; atiVt ¦ ., ; ai ; iv is , < . ^> . \ ' fair : day ? flwage for a fair day ' s wof k , V , ' » an . inn < i w > n- \ vine ed that every good master Ms-beaciitu-. " > y Trade ? , \ \ Unions maintaining a uhifwriiity of wagos . as it iheti \ ' depends on tho energy and enterprises oi' ra ^ rpv ? wVu > \ succeed . ¦ But where Trades Uuuuys dt . s « ¦?« . iri . ' s they { who can with the least scntjiSe of . coutcience . piv . A iM ^ faeo of t he poor man , will succeed , iiul a jjood uj-. i-ighi ; ^ » mi 8 torhasno chance of comiiefir . ' s with t ! i <; in ic the ' . ' . boat j 1

      market . We again call upon every one ' of you to come ' forward , whatever branch of the building trade you may / belong to , to join your respective union : lot us mutually I instruct and support each other ; let us understand our rOative positions and duties in life , for of what usc i 9 it that we are dail y compelling the various powers of ' v nature to serre us , aud administer to our wants ? -of > what use are all our mechanical improvements ? of what use are all our advances in the arts and seienees , if the ' great end of all be not that the millions who labour , and 1 who constitute the great majority of our race , are not to ' / be permanently elevated in . the scale of comfort and ' ' ease' , . Thus united lindtfnstnicted . our wive * «! ii = i : ' ; l . .

      ^ sOHs of ^ i f ^ ex ^ se ' uy- Let each and ' aSs ^ fe ^ '' ^ ' ^ continue to stir up the timid and the time wavering , and ' cheer on the brave , and , casting to the winds all past differences , unite in charity and brotherl y love , to remedy the mutual errors of past times ; let us peaceably yet firmly bind ourselves together , and the voice of our united numbers uprisen in their might , shall sound the death knell of the Oppressors o * Mankind .

      WilliamBabkeb , ( Chairman , ) _ . ' „ . ' ' ., \ , Geokge Thompson ............... B » cklayer « . •; . - . , ; ; Thomas Lee ...... ' ....... „ . ; ' . " . " - ' ¦ /¦ ' John Roddess ......... ' , ' . ' ^ sons . . * : ' JamebBinglet ...... „' . ' , ' . Chables Cowam ) ... .. . ' . " ' . Joiners > James 3 ? abba ..... "" Tiiokas Cook ' ... ' ..... . Labourers « Samdel Lookwood Thomas' Eaksshaw .... Plasterers .

      The Bwdgsobth Car ? et Weavebs havo been on ¦ ¦ strike-. for the last fivo weeks . The strike , commensed " ¦ •« withlhe carpet weavers of Messrs . M'Michael and Grier- ..: son ' s , who turned out on account of the bad materials ¦ - ¦ •¦ i . they were'suppliea with .. The men waited o " n- their em- - <•¦¦ -. ployers o ^ the . Sth and 8 th of December , and asked them' •>¦<• < to alter their materials , . which they would not acceaertbv ¦ >' . s . - ¦* On , the ; nth , of . December , tho . men-passed aresblution ^ nd-fV . f-. ' -: ¦ gave it to their masters ; the followingiis ^ cbpy ^ - . -v . * "Gentlemen , we , the carpet weavers in your employ , feel " ; * ourselves m « ch aggrieved and injured on account of the ' . * - badness of your materials , and we , as workmen , consider ' it tyranny aud oppression . We have appealed to you time alter tune , and can get no redress , and , moreover , you have told us that if we did not like it we might leava

      it ; we are now determined to do so unless you alter our materials forthwith . For the last five or six weeks w « have been labouring at a rate of wages worse than ever , ., and many families have suffered ; great privations , and ' unless you , comply with . , this , our request , we shallcease from labour' till you do . -, We subscribe ourselves , The Cakpet -Wbavebs . " . Ths-only answer from the em . ploycrs was ,, that they would , consider of it . The men struck aacoroingly , and have been out ever since . -. Last ¦ - week there were forty-nine summonses taken out-. by the . . masters against the men for violation of contract . Nineteen were sentenced to pay £ 1 fine , and lls . 6 d . expenses , or one month ' s hard labour in prison ; and eleven , Is . fine , and 10 s . 6 d . expenses . Two . were discharged , oue because he had a lame hand , and the other because-hev

      was ordered to stop . Seventeen wer . o had up on Monday * -..: . >! The first was fined £ 1 , and . lls . . 6 d < expenses ; the'next .: ' }¦> two ; were fined £ 2 _ and expenses ,. at ! the " solicitatiori ; 6 f ; ourV \"¦ -, attorney , who begeed of the magistracy tb- 'imposeva- 'V . -r ^ higher fine , on purpose that he mi ght remove the case to ' : '' . ¦ : ¦ tht quarter , sessions , and the men were bound over accordingly . The first nineteen were in prison a night and a d » y , and it cost upwards of £ 30 to get them out , but thero was upwards of £ 16 gathered in two hours amongst the town ' s people towards defraying the expenses of liberating them from prison , but still-it falls very . heayy on the poor men / . ^ On Saturday last " the masters inade a '" *" proposition that the men should go to work on condition

      of leaving the union for six months , and if they ilidnot go on better ini that time , they would give them leave to join the union again , but the men are determined tostick to the union , especially since the m « n of Kidderminster and Bridgnorth have come forward so nobly to support thsm in such trying circumstaHces . The following bill hss been circulated : — "To the inhabitants of the borough of BridgtiortU and its neighbourhood . We , the earpet weavers of Bridgnorth , feel it our bounden duty to return you , awl the public generally , our siuoere thanks for the kind and liberal manner in which you contributed to defray the expense of liberating twenty of us from prison , and hope we shall never forget your act of benevolence . — Low Town , Bridgnorth , Jan . 21 st , 1846 . "

      Associated Powe » -Looh Whavbss , — Tho central committee of the Asiocinted Power-Loom Weavers of Great Britain and Ireland met oh the 28 th instant , for the transaction of business , in a ichool-room » t Oldham . There were present representatives from fourteen of th « princip » l towHs around Manchester , and letters from GU » - gow , Ac ,, were r « ad . The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed , after which the rules directed to be drawn up were discussed one by one , and , with tome Blight alteration , agreed to , and ordered to be printed . It was then resolved to hold a general festivity

      on tho 7 th of February next , letter * from several parU of Yorkshir * have been received subsequently to the meeting of the central committee , all of which broathe a warm desire on the part of the writers to join in the gooi work . No branch of operatives connected with cotton manufacture has suffered more from unneeesiary reductions in rrtgeg tban weavers , and this solely beeauis they lave been reckless ai to th « ir fate , and tho grasping and avaricious hare token advantage of them accordingly . But it is to be hoped that th « dayi of apathy and lUvery are numbered .

      TO TH « MEMBIBS OF THE " COIDWAINEBS' MUTUAL * . 8 H 8 Tahoi Association . "—As number 23 of the Corduiaineri' Compmion , which will appear on the let of March , is to bo principally devoted to matters connected nitli tht necessary improvements in the present laws of th « Association , this is to request that the secretaries , or ny other member , who may wish to offer any sugg « 6 . tiom in furtherance of suuh a purpose , shall send the tame for insertion without , delay , io that the trade at large , as also tho delegates of Conference , before they next meet , may , in due time , have their attentions called to all such roasons as may be advanced in regard to many important particulars as bearing on the ultimate wellbeing of the Association . —Communications to be ad . drsised to me , in care of the printers , Messrs . Jone * and Paul , No . 3 , Smithneld , near King-Btreet , —Editor ot thi "Cosdwaikibi ' Companion 1 "

      Abkold FaiMiwoRK kMTTius . —Tho following reso . lutions were pasted at a public meeting of the frameworkknitters , held at the Druids' Tavern , Arnold , ou Monday , January 26 : — " That vre , the frnmework-kHitterf in public meeting assembled , do conceive that the locil journals do not advocate our cause , to the injury of the franiework-kuitters ; we , therefore , request admission to the columns of the Northern Star , for the purpose of shortly stating our grievances before the public . " " That no frara * Trork-knitters encourage those public-houaes when those journals are taken in that refute to advocate the framework-knitters' interests . " "That a three county iubs « ription b « immediately g » t on foot , in order that an honest lawyer may be employed ( say Mr . Koberts , the miners' friend ) , to advocate the cauie of the framework-knitters connected with the Ticket Bill , which Tre , the framework . kaitters of Arnold , are determined lawfully to carry out , Wo recommend the same to the adjacent villages . " " Thut the above resolutions be sent to the Nottingham papers and the Noithtrn Star . "

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      Smokb on Railways . —During the last few weeks , experiments , still ; in progress with a view to deraoi * strate the possibility of getting rid of the smoke fvoia tUe locomotive engine , have bein making on the Limerick and Dublin line of railroad , under tba superintendence of Mr . C . Wye Williams , of Liverpool . What they think of these Tiiixgs ix Fiuxck !—Tho following are the terms iu . which the National describes the opening of Parliament : — " The Queen i . f England opened the Parliamei t on Thuwday , witli the usual ceremony . The car of state , a magnificient work , but utterly devoid of taste , —eigh cream-coloured horses , —lackejs , halberdiers , and heralds-at-arms in the costume of the middle age ; the young Queen in that' interesting condition' in which she is accustomed to be . attired according to

      etiquette and receiving tho ltoyal rjbes from noble Lords , statesmen bearing te'bro her one a sword of state , another a terrestrial globe , a third a velvet purse , which signifies that England invades the entire world for the purpose of plundering it ; tho antiquated peers walking backward before the Quceu like Jbonzas before an idol ; the Lord Chancellor kneeling at the loot of the throne , and presenting to his gracious Sovereign a roll oi" paper , which she unfolds . In tho interior are more women than men ; more white feathors than handsomo facos ; and in the background , standing in rather a turbulent attitude , the members of the House of Commons preceded by the black gown and inimenso wig of the Speaker ! Such is the written , uniform , and immutable ipflctacle . "

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      BAXO ^ STMPATHI FOR CELTIC ¦ . wj ^ ; . JSUFFEI « NCr . v >; ¦ - . . The-LiBiHiL ^ lBMH ~ Paaa'hM , 'during the last eifht y « arv invariably nfaied to give publicity to Saxoa fentinnnta , similar to , the ! foUo ' wxng , on the grounds thtt tte gubjicatioa of _ iweb , Mntim « nt « would mar thVeads of Ir ' uh . tgi ( jition , &adplace th « agitaton . ia . ^ ; awkward position with tho Iriih Mopl « : « - - " " - :. . - ' ¦ ¦ . - < T ' " -

      , TO TATKICK O ' jnaailH , IS « . " , ' DDBlIIf . - . Kfis ^ rtck . Jan . 18 , 1816 . Dkai S » , —It is with heartfelt feeling * of sorrow and ympatuy for your persecution and-proiecutlon , I , a toted trang « p ,. « Saxon , write to you . ^ ^ . ; , I never saw sitker youor your persecutor , Mr . O'ConnelL I have read , carefully read , every ^ wordof the published dispute between yo . aandhim , andi « j . . coaicientiom oonvictioiiii . that his hatred of you arises . OUipf ^ the . tjantrast which yonr manly , upright , honest , . and ; conjiitent

      conduct bear * towards hU shuffling , truclding , and deceitfal conduct . . Now ^ a Whig , then a Tory ; again , a ' Radical , afttfrwardi ^ . Whig—the base betrayer of the In-Uepidf 9 rty ^ billing £ reehoideM , the real emancipaton . A Bepealer , widi again the foe of Repealer * ; ' . thi supporter of Baphael and Hanle , non-Repealeri . An Orangeman in i 83 0 ^ -siijBgain , therevaer . of . & Oranjemem ; and now , 1848 , an Orangeman , . We shall soon have the glorious , piona , and immortal memory from the lips of this " Knave in politics , and byprocrite in religion . "

      When will your poor countrymen open their eyea ? As I laid before , you and Mr . O'Connell are both personally stranger ! to me , although I spent five years in Dublin about twenty yean ago . I worked with that kind and good employer , the late lamented Ur . Burke , of Hifltown , woollen manufacturer ; and afterwards with Kr . W . Foley , of Brown-street , in ths Liber ty , who was alto e kind and a good man . 1 lived on the best of terms with my Mud and respected ( hopmateg , who were all Roman Catholics , except William Lambert , who , like myself , was a Protestant . I cannot new , at this distance of time , remember all their names ; but there were three hearty good fellews amongst them—namely , Pat Lacev ,

      Joseph : Diioo , and William Cain ; who , if alive , will not forget their old shopmate , David Johnston . These men will rall y round you for Universal Suffrage , as every Catholic should do , at any rate in Ireland , where you are nearly all Catholic * , and all trampjed upon , because—and only because—youhave not Universal Suflrage . I sever was in a Catholic chapel in my life , yet I respect every Catholic , and love him as a 'ChriiQan brother . What hare I to do rath their manner of worshipping God ! Kor ihould they bave anything to do with mine . Let us prove our Christianity by acts of mutual kindness and forbearance . I&t us jovn b « u& in \ axA , and struggle to * gether for our common right , Universal Suffrage .

      I am , sir , a Chartist of the O'Connor firm , and I am proud that you are at the head of the ChartisU or Ireland , where a man of sterling courage , firmness , and determination is so much required . Universal Suffrage ii my ' old hear t '? delight ; and , at O'Connor tayi , "xo von , no musket !" I am now upwards ef sixty yean of age , and have long beenin an infirm state of health . I cannot write now ai I could bave once done , ai my memory is beginning to fail me . I bare two soni unmarried , at home with me ; one of them ( the youngeit ) , a county Dublin boy , is twenty-three yeara of age , thi other it a Manx-man . They are fine young men , the maioitay of my old age , and a credit to m « and to themielves . But should they be torn from me and their aged mother , to be aent into Iraland to help tyranny to eppreis still more my beloved

      Irisn brethren , it will break my heart , and bring down my grey hair * with sorrow to the grave . May the great God , for his mercy ' s sake , avert such a calamity . Oh , may I never see thi day -when tyranny can force out the Saxon to shoot down the Celt , or tht Celt to » hoot the Baxon . The very thought is bursting my heart , and tears drop from my eye » * t the bars thought of such cruelty . Oh I where ara Irish Catholics , that jou do not rally for UnWereal Suffrage , and put an end for e « r to this erael system of ppressionS Where is tb « father in once happy England , that does not feel as I do ? Oh , great God ! in th y goodness raise up some Father Mathew , who will units in one holy bond of Christian brotherhood the oppressed Saxon and Celt , so as to render their jost and righteous combination all-powerful and triumphant .

      Fear not , O'Higgins ; the God of Justice is with you ; the triumph of those holy principles , for which you are the advocate and the victim , will soon become triumphant . When money is wanted my mite shall be forthcoming : th « men of Keswick will vit with each other im their efforts to tustain , support , and encaiirage tteir Irish brother . Wishing you health , happiness , and prosperity , and the speeay overthrow of all your enemies , is the sincere prayer of your frisnd and well-wisher , David Johmiok .

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      . Fhexch Tam . bt Juitr .. —A woman named Le Calvcz was tried last week at Quiraper upon a charge of having murdered her third husband , a farmer by strangling him whilst he was asleep in his comloft . The case disclosed remarkable atrocity on the part oi the prisoner , for her husband was a man of mild disposition , and had never given her any real cause ot offence . There had indeed been a quarrel just before the murder , but the fault was entirely on the side of the wife . After the commission of the act the woman sat down to dinner , and was quite gay .

      absence of her master , the prisoner replied that he was asleep , and observed that they could do very well without kim . Shortly afterwards a child came and said that the husband was dead , but the prisoner merely laughed and replied that he was asleep . When the servants and neghbours found the body the prisoner pretended to weep , but did not in reality shed a tear . The evidence against her was circumstantial , but so strong that the jury immediately returned a verdict of guilty , but with extenuating circumstances . She was sentenced to imprisonment for We , with hard labour and exposure in the Dillory .

      Accidixiai Death of ax Octogenarian Baptist MisistEiL-On Monday , Mr . Wakley , M . P ., heldan inquest at the New Tavera , opposite to the Clerkenwell police court , on the body of the Rev . Thos . Jonas aged eighty-three , a Baptist mhuster . Mrs . Elizabeth Elsaw , a young widow , said deceased had lodged with her for several years at No . 39 , f . Jt $ a , Th . ouSkso very aged he still perl formed his sacred duties , and on Sunday , the 4 th of January , was going te his chapel , when he fell down the door-steps , in consequence of the wind blowing his cloak between his legs . The neck of the left thigh bone was fractured , and although deceased had he surgical services of several gentlemen , in additouto Sir Benjamin Brodie , he died from exhaus'tSSSSF "'** 2 Utinst - Verdict << Acci -

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 31, 1846, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1352/page/1/