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      teests and your nun , I Tfitt bare renderea yon a veiy great pieceof service . Because , when you once learn dearly that Mr . O'Connell has never done anything foryo * , and never intends doing anytKng for you , so long as he can make use of you for his own purposes , you mav perhaps think of doing something for yourselves . ' Bear ttoin mini , that the moment tou begin to form societies , or join societies already ionned , for the purpose of promoting your owninterests , yon will find men like Mr . O'ConneU to come forward and pretend to patronize you-to give your movemen a proper , and , as it were , a strictly ¦ .-

      leeal airection-to keep yon from violating the la ws—a thing yon have no notion of doing—to tell you thathewho commits a crime gives strength to the enemy . But the moment he finds that he cannot monld yon to his own purposes , he will then join any « nemy , whether "Whig or Tory , to crash yon ; and at the same time tell yon it is all for your good ; that { here must be spies and informers amongst you . And very probably there were , for he and his friends -would take good care to send them there ; hut what seed you care for them , if you have the common sense to be guided by your own roles *

      I s there a man amongst you that does not know -that the condition of the working classes has been -worse and worse every year during the last Thirty jears ? And why is this the case ? "What has brought it to pass ? The fault is not yours ; yon work as "hard as yon ever did ; yon are sober and careful . How comes it then that your condition is more -wretched than that ofany other class in Europe or America ? There must be a cause for this some -where . Where is it ? There cannot be a doubt in

      the mind ofany rational man , that the whole of your -mhfortunes are entirely and exclusively owing to " the policy practised apon you by Mr . O'ConndL It il -surprising that you have not seen it long ago . You hare felt its effects with a vengeance , but I fear that you have not yet discovered the immediate cause . Yon have seen in the Star of the 8 th instant how Mr . O'ConneU laid the plan for the disfrauchisement of the Forty-shilling Freeholders as one of the conditions upon which Catholic Emancipation was to "be granted . They were disfranchised . Three hun--dred thousand families were turned adrift on the wide ¦ world , one of the effects of which was that England became crowded with Irish labourers . The wages of the labourer was pulled down in England .

      Wages fell from 20 d . &-day to 10 d ., and in some -places as low as 6 d . The poor creatures who were driven out of their holdings soon spent all they had , and were glad to work for anything that would keep them from starving . Brother Chartists of England , this is the primary cause of the presence of so many of my poor countrymen amongst you . Treat them kindly , forgive their errors ; they are misled by false , cold , hard-hearted knaves . They have been taught to tiate the very people amongst whom they live ; but the fault is not theirs , but the knaves who mislead them . The day is not distant when , with the blessing of God , we shall all be united for one common object ; an object in which all shall be equally interested .

      Uow , then , my countrymen , I am sure that you will admit with me that Mr . O'ConneU has been the -acknowledged leader of the Irish people for the last for ty years , that he has had more popularity and more political power than any man , or even any ten men ever had before ; that he is a most profound "lawyer , and that he has often said that there never was a lavr yet passed by the Eng lish Parliament through which he could not "DBIVE A COACH AND SIX HORSES . " I do believe that he could drive a coach and six through any statute that ever was made . But how comes it to pass that with all

      his unparalleled popularity , with his transcendant eloquence , with all his legal knowledge , that he has ; not driven a coach and six through the Act of Union ? That is the question for yon to consider . He < has always said that it was but a parliament union , brought about by force , : raud , and intimidation , which is a » i *»** trne ; but why has he not driven a coach and six through it long ago r Tne ] answer is obvious ; because he has been making j about £ 30 , 000 a-year since the year 1830 by the ] agitation of it . Have you ever leard of any one de- j straying a trade by which they have been making j £ 30 , 000 a-year ? If you haveit is more than eve I heard of . I see you are begnning to open your

      « yes a little now ; hut you mist open them wider . Now , rtouM it not he indicative of the greatest folly on the part of Mr . O'Con : ell to destroy a trade which is the source of such an enormous income Depend upon it that he will tie good care that the Union shall not be repealed thile he lives . Everybody knows that the tribute as it i s called , would have died a natural death lag ago , had it not been kept alive by the REPEAI AGITATION . And it is curious to observe with That vigour the Repeal is agitated every autumn til' Tribute Sunday passes over , and then , as the assmbling of parliament approaches , the agitation cools down into a horror of some local grievance .

      Look at the enorreous sums collected annually -since 1840 , under the pretence of carrying on the Repeal movement , which sums have nothing to do with the tribute . The two sums are distinct . Tne tribute is given to Mr . O'ConneU for his own use , and no one has a right to ask him what he does with it . But ths money subscribed for Repeal , the . Repeal Bent , is quite a different thing : you have a right to know how that monev is laid out . The

      accounts should be audited half-yearly , and a balance sheet published . The subscribers should know what has been done with their money . The amount of each week ' s rent has been published in lie Weekly Freeman ' s Journal , and other paper * . However , I shall quote from the Freeman ' s Journal , which is not a bad authority in the present case . Ja round Hiirabers . omitting shillings and pence , the amount received annually by the Repeal Association as as follows : —

      1840 ... £ 2 , 634 1811 ... 8 . 615 1342 ... 5 . 179 18 « ... 49 . ISM ... 44 . 272 1845 ... 17 , 970 £ 123 , 361 . The Secretary and other deputy managers , of this enormous Revenue , say that the cost of carrying on the agitation is nearly £ 4 , 000 a year : that

      the state Trials cost £ 9 , 000 . But suppose that we say the expenses of the Repeal Association are £ 5 , 000 a year , and that the state trials cost £ 10 , 000 , there , will remain an immense sum not accounted , for . Now , a 3 I am a very good accomptant , and as 1 have the amount received for six years , and the manager ' s account of the annual expences , and the cost of the state trials before me , I shall endeavour to throw a little light upon the subject , by the simple operation of a debtor and credit account .

      Dh . The Repeal Treasnrer . Amount received by the Repeal Association £ 12 S , 361 Cr . Six years' expences at £ 5000 per annum £ 30 , 000 State Trials 10 , 000 Amount lent to Mr . O'Connell , at £ 4 per cent ., to pay his debt due to the National Bank of Ire * " land 10 . 000 Amount lent to Mr . O'Ccnnell , to pay arrears of rent dne to Trinity College , for his holding at Derryaane Abbey 8 . 000

      £ 64 , 000 Balance not accounted for ... £ 04 , 361 Not , my countrymen , there is a pretty little balance not accounted for . I t is a long time since I told you that Mr . Secretary Ray could make any

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      ___ .. . account straight ; anrl , althongb it is said , that as far as accounts are concerned he knows the use of " Gohaun Leaur's Cam-deeragh , " which made all things strai g ht and ri ght , he cannot balance this acconnt withont implicatin g his patron , the Libera tor . Yoa may observe , and no doubt you hare observed , that there has always been a regular row kicked up in every association , whenever any one asked for an account of the receipts and disbursements . The pretence for withholding the accounts from the public now , is that , indeed , some of the money was employed unlawfully . Just think of that excuse . I am sure you don ' t believe a word o The Liberator is sole treasurer . Would he emp loy the funds for any unlawful purpose ? Nonsense . He only wants to conceal them .

      There was a balance of . £ 11 , 000 of the funds of the Catholic association , after the Cire election , which never was accounted for . There was a balance of £ 1 , 500 in hand when the National Political Union was broken up in a row with O'Gorman Hahon . There was a balance of £ 2 , 000 belonging to the Precursor Association , which was screened through the old expedient of a row with the late respected and universally beloved Peter Purcell . And now , a regular row is kicked up with Mr . W . S . O'Brien and Young Ireland for no other purpose

      than that of avoiding the disgrace and exposure -which the publication of the accounts would exhibit ; and to give professing Patriots the opportunity of taking places from the sworn enemies of Repeal , which could not be done without the public hearing of it , had not Toang Ireland been driven out . It is now plain enough , according to CoxcihatjonHall tactics , that a man can be your friend and your enemy at one aHd the same time . The Whigs being the sworn enemies of Repeal , are therefore the best and truest friends of the Repeal Leaders !

      e I must now entreat you to return with me to the mosey matters . The O'Connell Tribute commenced in May , 1829 . I was the first to begin it . and subscribed £ 10 that year—God . forgive me . From May , 1829 , to November , 1845 , inclusive , is seventeen years . The lowest average of the tribute for those seventeen years was £ 30 , 000 a year . Nnw , £ 30 , 000 ayearforseventeenyear 3 fg ...... £ 510 . 000 Balance of Catholic Rent . . 11 . 001 ) Balanceof National Political Union 1 . 500 Balance ot Precursor Association 2 , 000 Balance of Repeal Rent , from 1840 to 1845 . . . • • < M . 38 *

      £ 588 . 861 There is a sum for you , every penny of which has gone into the pockets of the Liberator . You have one consolation for your money at any rate . You have all been liberated from the land of your birth , never to return to an Irish home ; an Irish fireside—a happy merry Irish neig hbourhood , —all , all are gone—blotted out for ever . To be sure , you may range the wide world , and for this privilege pou have paid yonr fair proportion of the £ 588 , 861 to your Liberator . How grateful you should he for this great boon . You got leave to quit your countrv !

      If your eyes are not open now , you may as well close them for ever , and continue the dupe 3 of every knave , and the scorn of every sensible man on earth . Having now disposed of this part of my subject , I wish to draw your attention to another , in which yon , and any of your friends alive in Ireland , are deeply interested—I mean the Tithe question . I know , very well , that you are not aware of the part which Mr . O'Connell acted with respect to that question . Several things occur in the House of Commons whic h never appear i n the newspapers , but which we ought to know .

      The votes and proceedings of the House of Commons are published daily . The price of the publication is l * d . per number . « - - a week , when tlwi hou , c sits every day . This paper contains a short abstract of each day ' s proceedings . It is printed by authority of the House . If you get it during the next session you will see some strange voting . The following motion and division are taken from it : — TIouse or CoiM 0 S 3 , 1 st July . 1846 .

      Mr . Crawford ' s motion . — "That it is expedient that Tithes and ' all compositions for Tithes in Ireland should cease and determine , and bo for ever extinguished ; compensation being first made for all vested interests , whether lay or ecclesiastical , and that it is also expedient that measures should be adapted to render the Revenue of the Church Lands more productive , and more available for the support of the workin * clergy of the establishment : and that all peraons not in communion with the Established Church of Ireland , should be relieved from all assessment for its suppport . " The House divided . For the motion 18 , against it 61 . Majority 43 .

      LIST OF THE DIVISION . ATE 3 . Blake , MarKn Joseph Grattan . Henrr ( Jfeath ) Bodkin John James Musgrave , Sir Richard Bowrinp . Doctor Vagle , Sir Richard Brabazon , Sir William Pease , Joseph Brady , DsnU Caulfisld Power , James Bridgeman , Hewett Buthven , Edward Butler . Hon . Price Thompson , Colonel Callaghan , Daniel TValksr . Charles . A . Finn , W . Francis Westenra , Hon . J . C .

      TslleM , Mr . Crawford and Mr . Browne . KOXS . Aglionby , Henry A . Moreton , Hon . Auguitui H Salfour , Thomas Morpetb , Lord Tiicount Barclay . Charles Murray . Bt . Hon . John A . Barnard , Edward George O'Brien , W . SmjtU Bentinck . lord William O'Connell , Daniel Bernal , Ralph O'Connell , M . J . Bares , Thomai O'Connell , Morgan Blamire , William Parker , John Brodie , W . Bird Tenny , William Brntherton , Jo ^ epU Plumptre , John P « mbertoa CampnsU . Sir John Poultsr , John Saysr Crawl-j . Samuel Pnn , Sir Robert Dillwin , Iewi 3 Weston Prinjle , Alexander Dunbar , Georgs Pu 3 ey , Pbil : p

      Entwwle , John Rocfca , David Ferguson , Sir R . A . ' Rundle . John Ferguson , Hon . R . Cutlar Rushbrook , Colon-l French , Fitzstephen Hiwsell , Lord John Hardy , John Scott . Sir Edward Dolman Heatlicoat , John Shaw , Rt . Hon . Frederick Heothcote . Gilbert J . Smith , John Able Hecton . Cornthwaite John Stanley / Lord Howard , Ralph S tewart , Yilliers Howard , Pni ' . ip Henry Tancred , Henry William Hoy , James B « low Thornley , Thomas Jephson , Charles , D . O . Vere , Sir Charles Broke Jones , T 7 ilwn TTakley , Thomas Jomes , Theobald 'Walkar , Richard Lister . Ellis Cunliffis Warburton , Henry Manglis , Jaraei Ward , Henry Georga Martin , John

      Teller * , Mr . R . Stewart , and Mr . Stanley . Who would imagine that Daniel O'Connell , the Liberator , would be found voting against his country , and in such company ! Voting with Frederick ' Shaw , John Hardy , and Lord Stanley ; against the abolition of Tithes in Ireland ; while at the same time , he had a vow registered in Heaven against the payment of one penny of the unholy impost ! I heard this man swear , in the Corn Exchange , Dublin , an oath , in the following words . — 'I NOW SWEAR . IN TflE PRESENCE OF THIS MEETING . AND BEFORE HIGH HEAVEN , THAT AS GOD IS MT JUDGE I WILL ROT IN JAIL SOONER THAN PAT ONL PENKX OF THE UNHOLY IMPOSI .

      Now would you not think that that oath was binding ? Inde ' ed , you would think so ; and so did I . But , my countrymen , it was no such thing . It did not hind the patriot who took it , one hour beyond the time he found it convenient to break it . " However , it had the effect of rousing the people to resist , by open force , the payment of Tithe . This voluntary oath , which was soon after broken , and the following denunciation huried-by the " Liberator , " on the devoted heads of all who should dare to pay Tithes , roused the people into something approaching to madness . "Let no one walk on the same side of the road , either going to Mass or returning , with , any man who

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      pays Tithe 3 , if such a wretch as a tithe-payer ever goes to Mass , which I very much doubt . Should he ask to shake hands with you , tell him that you learned to shake your own lutnd latterly , ( holding up his hand and shaking it , amidst loud cheers and roars of laughter . ) You are neither to bBat him nor abuao him , but the women may spit upon him . " Soon after this solemn oath , and this advice , there were fourteen persons sh&t dead at Newtownbarry , including Mary Mullroony and her unborn babe . There were nineteen persons shot at Carrickshock ,

      six at Moncoin , ten at'Wallstow , three at Rathcormac , and a great many more at several other places ; besides the numbers who died . in prison , as Tithe martyrs ! And now , forsooth , after all this bloodshed for nothing , we are told by this wicked old man , " that his peaceful career was not desecrated by the loss of one drop of human blood . " Do you believe him ? If you do , you are beneath the notice of the poorest man on earth . Y * u , who believe him , are the meanest , the blindest , and most credulous dupes on earth .

      What did he ever do , or propose to do , for you : He told you to bate the Saxons amongst whom you live , merely on account of a difference in relig ion ; a difference which could not exist unless it was M « e will of God . Was that advice of his founded in Christian charity ? Some of you had the misfortune to follow his advice . What good has it done you ? I know it has done you no good , but on the contrary , a great deal of harm . Now , as his advice has done you no good , it might , perhaps , be well to try mine for a year or so , and then you can compare their relative merits ; and adopt that which you have found to be best calculated to promote your own interest , peace of mind , and happiness . Whether you adopt it or not , I shall give it honestly .

      1 st . I am a Roman Catholic , and so are most of you . 2 ndly . Attend to the duties of your own relig ion , and do not interfere with the religion of the Saxon or any other man . You have not been appointed judges in the matter , so leave tliese things to God who is the only judge . 3 rdly . Be kind and obliging in all the relations of life , towards every sect and denomination of the people amongst whom you live . Tin ' s line of conduct will soon gain for you the respect and good will of everv one .

      4 thly . Do not adopt hastily , or without due consideration , the politics of any party . Deliberate coolly ; weigh every word , and be sure before you join any society , that you clearly understand the plain and obvious meaning of the rules and objects of such society . 5 th ' ly . Join no political society ; subscribe your money to no political society , unless you see clearly ,

      and without any manner of doubt , that the immediate object of such society is the achievement of some direct and unequivocal right for your own order . In such cases you are bound by the laws of nature , by your own common sense , to give your utmost aid to throw your whole weight in the scale ; to embark heartily , sincerely , and thoroughly with those who are seeking for rights in the benefits of which yon will be participators .

      6 thly . Pray to God , night and morning , to protect you against the machinations of Whigs and Tories and their emissaries , aiders and abettors . Keep as clear of them as you would of a pestilence . Both factions despise and hate you ; and only look upon you as dog * to be hunted at each other whenever it serves their purpose : the only difference being that they do not treat you half as well as their dojjswhen thev get the work done .

      This letter has extended far beyond the limits I prescribed for myself . I must , therefore , take my leave for the present , and shall in my next letter lay before you a few extracts from the speeches and writings of Mr . O'Connell , which I hope and trust will have the effect of satisfying every rational man amongst you that you need never expect any amelioration of your condition at his hands so long as he can make use of you for the promotion of the interests of his own order . Bear in mind that to get any good of Mr . O'Connell you must withdraw from him altogether , and set up for yourselves . It is high time that you should do so ; yon have been long enough the tools of others . Patrick O'Higgins . Dublin , August 16 , 1846 .

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      . . .. ... .. ... e complete in all its details is too much to expect ; but so far as we can see . iti leading provisions Beem to aim fairly and honestly at the avowed object Thenris one thing , however / that may have helped the Whigs in their hasta to carry this measure : with a prudent eye to their own interests , they have sought to reconcile the public welfare with a large incrett * of patronage . The new judgeships to be created under the Act will give no mean accession of power to their party in any coming struggle . ~

      While thus busy in creating new commissions and new judgeships , the House has taoitly acquiesced in the condemnation of a very notorious commission . The administrators of the New Poor Law are doomed to ignominious dismissal ( report says they have resigned ) ; but base , inhuman and disgraceful as their condnct has been in carrying out an inhuman and abominable latr , we must not suffer the infliction of condign punishment on them t » divert us from the real question at issue : the law which gave them the power to degrade , oppress , brutalize and murder the poor of England .

      The resolutions proposed by Mr . Hume merely went the length of transferring to the Commission , that blame , which ia rightly due to the law itself . From an old and firm gupporter of that law , that is perhaps all that cm be " expected ; but the question must not be allowed to rest in such hands . If the present Commissioners' Secretaries , Under Secretaries , and Assistant Commissioners , were sweptaway to-morrow

      and replaced by a new set , they would , by the very routine of the law they had to administer , be rendered incapable of acting otherwise than Mieir expelled predecessors have done . The root of the ovil is to be found in the law itself . It is a monstrous abortion , born of a shallow selfish philosophy , which for twelve years has cast ito shadow over the poor of England ) and must be uprooted entirely , and consigned to limbo .

      The deliberations qF Lord John , and the promised inquiry into the matter , would be materially aided by a smart agitation just now . " Strike while the iron is hot , " is a good old adage , quite applicable in thii ease , while the disclosures before the Andorer Union Committee are yet fresh , while the public mind is yet full of the disgraceful and unprecedented revelations which have been made by these parties as to their own condnct . Now is tho time for those who marshalled the hundreds of thousands of Yorkshiremen who assembled at Peep Green in 1337 to express their detestation of this law , to come forward again . Let them them rally around them again the strength and

      determination of tho eountry , > nd auccess must attend their efforts . They can now take the high ground that all heir predictions as to the consequences of tho 3 aw , hare been fulfilled—more thsm fulfilled—because even the most fervid imagination failed in conceiving that it wa 3 possible human nature could be sunk so low , finding in the lowest depth a lower still—as it has been by the operation sf this iniquitous measure . For prophecies they can now substitute historyhistory , in fact , composed of their former predictions , « nd from t' : at high ground they may demand in n voice not % o )> o resisted—at least not by " Little John "—the total and immediate abolition of the Poor Law .

      The expositions of Mr . Wnkley , as to the conduct of the Commission in connexion with the Ilaydock Lodge Lunatic Asylum , horrible as they are , seem almost a gratuitous addition to the mass of eridence which all points to the one and inevitable conclusion . There are other p » rt 3 of the same organised and philosophical-looking system of soHisliness , inhumanity , and mammon-worship , which are now a 3 much lauded as the Poor Law was not long ago

      which will , in their turn , meet wiih public reprobation , and undergo the same fate . " To bay in the cheapest and sell in the dearest market , " will not always be considered aa including the " whole duty of man " —as embodying , in one short sentence , the whole philosophy of life , of society , and of international intercourse . At present , by dint of reiteration , that creed seems a 3 though it were so firmly rooted , so devoutly and widely believed , as if iteould never ba overcome . " We bide our time . " It is a

      shorf-sighied , and , as applied to the intercomse of nation with ' nation , of man with man , an essentially false doctrine ; and our faith is , that no sham or delusion can long maintain its place in this world of every-dar realities . Anti-Corn-Law humbug will Follow in the wake of Poor Law humbug , in due season . The case of Mitchell , dismissed from his situation in ! the Post-Office , for having had thp honesty to expose the mal-practicea of his superiors , which was brought before the House of Commons by Mr . Duncombe , in one of his telling and masterly speeches , ia a melancholy instance of official corruption , tvranny , and hypocrisy . They did not dare to

      discharge a man who for ten years had performed his duties without any complaint , on the ground that he was too honosfc ; but they vamped up a charge of want of respoct and insubordination , upon which , without one word of warning or sympathy , he was at once deprived of his situation , and reduced , with his family , to beggary . The matter , as Mr . Duncombe intimated , cannot rest where it is . The general management of this most important Public Department , appears to be undergoing progressive improvement , thanks to Mr . Duncombe ' s watchful vigilance —the only regret is , that public improvements cannot be made without being accompanied by private

      wrongs . There has been a talk about Ireland , in both Houses , in which the fact that the potato crop is totally destroyed was fully admitted ; and the necessity for talcing the most effectual and prompt measures to meet the impending calamity , was strongly stated by the Government itself . The nature of the measures they have adopted for this purpose we explained last week ; our views as to their inadequacy remain unaltered .

      At the time we are writing ( Thursday ) it is understood that the Prorogation will take place on Friday . Till we receive the closing Speech , to be delivered by Commission , which liberates the few romaining Members of both Houses , and witness the formal closing of the Session , we are not in a position to write our pr miscd resume of the Parliamentary Drama of 1 S 46 . Next week will give us space and time for the task .

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      Aciucola . —On application to the secretary of the Land Plau will reenive all the information he desires . B . F . T . —AH applications tor schoolmaster and school , mistress will be submitted to the director * in proper tim « ttnd through the directors to the occupants , who will hare tl } e ri g ht of electing by universal auffrnge . Nzyitom Akbott . —E . Jones , E ? q ., will be attfc » vton Abbot , early on Monday , thu 7 th of September , and it is requested thntthe committeos of the surrounding district , will make the necessary preparations for making Mr . Jones' visit as tam-fieinl Jo the causu , ami ! as comfortable to himself , as possible . Sakdel Bubbeu . —Shall receive thedowtment to wftiijh his letter refers , and we would reeommond hint to

      consult Mr . Roberts upon the » ubject , a 3 Mr . O'Connor ' s time is too much occupied to give opinions upsm . complicated law ea 3 ee . David William * . Stockport . — "Will receive att tti 8 information ! ho requires upon application to 3 Iiv 'Woodhouse , secretary to the Land Society , he ) . i iia Stockport . T . U . Smart . — -May rest assured that Mr . O'Connor hns not forgotten him , and that he will take the very earliest opportunity of complying with tha wish of his Leicester friends , when lie will be very happy to rejiew Ilia Sil'tmaitttance with the veteran . However , Mr .

      ©• 'Connor is determined not to stark upon any touv , however pressed , until he has first discharged his ¦ obligation to the land Society , by the purchase of wither estate , and which ho i 3 in hourly expectation of being able to accomplish . Tho directors must now doTotu their whole energy to having asmaay housc-i iis possible built during the autumn , so that the joiners ' work can be proceeded with in the winter . Mr . O'Connor trusts that this will be received as a fair apology for temporary disappointments , as upon integrity and good faith the release of labour from bondage now depends . A . B . H ., Auebdein . —Thanks £ > r the Free Kirkdocu .

      ment , Martin Gude . —The letter fram the Keiucastle Guardian wilt appear in . our next number , , ' S 3 __ ,

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      J . S ., Somers Town . —Next week . William Raw dih . —On Monday next the first of a series of metropolitan meetings will take placa , for the pur pose ef carrying out the resolutions of the Convention . Tne Eseeatire intend that these metropolitan meetings Shall be fallowed by similar demonstrations throughout Great Britain . You may rest satisfied that the heads of the Chartist organization will do their part , towards ensuring the return of Chartist candidates at the next election . When you say , "I would vUllingly pawn my shirt and go naked to assist in furnishing funds to secure the election of Chartist

      members , " you gire evidence of a sincerity and zeal which , if generally felt , cannot fail to secura the victorjr . Much dependo—almost all—upon the people themselves . Bradford . —To both parties we any , the tiorthern Star caubs much better employed than in giving currency to youp criminations and recriminations . If you cannot agree , and must call in a third party , the Executive is your legitimate Court of Appeal . A Corbispondent wishes to know the address of George Thompson , the Free Trade and Anti-Sl « very orator . William Berwick , Belfast . —The pamphlets shall have our oarly attention .

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      Many persona haying expressed " a wish to be possessed of an engraving of O'Connorville , which may he framed and kept , we haTe now the pleasure to inform our readers that we havcengaged the first artist of the day to furnish us with a correct sketch of the People's first Estate , in which every house and every important object , with a view of the surrounding district , will be faithfully represented . The engraving will be of a forge size , and will beexecutcd with great care and in the best style , so as to make it worth the keeping and framing ; to be given to subscribers

      only , from Saturday , the . 12 th of September till the plato ia ready for presentation . It should be boine in mind that , in order to give a sketch of the farm in the Star containing an account of the Demonstration , it was necessary to commence the work long before it was in a finished state , and , therefore , the same exactness could not be expected as can be now secured . However , we pledge ourselves that full justice shall bedone to the enzraving aboutto be given , and that it shall be superior to any thing ever presented with a newapaper . It must be distinct ! v undeM-ooA that none but subscribers from the date we have stated , will be entitled to the plate at any price , as we shall only print the number ordered .

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      PER MR . O'CONNOR . SECTION No . 1 . 9 HABKB . £ »• d . Burrowash , peril . Bosworth ., .. ,, 2 7 ( i Birmingham , per W . Thorn .. .. .. 0 15 0 Norwich , per J . Hurry . * .. .. 2 0 I ) Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. •¦ 1 15 6 Halifax , per C . W . Smith .. .. .. 10 <> Exoter , per P . Clark •• 2 18 4 Tnvistoek , peril . Holl .. 0 10 0 Salford , per J . Milling-ton .. .. 8 17 o Ashton-vmder-Lyne , perE . Hobson .. •¦ 0 10 G Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. 3 17 G

      £ 24 11 10 SECTION So . 2 . SHIMS . Burrowash , per II . Bosworth .. .. .. 070 Birmingham , per W . Thorn « .. l * j > Norwich , per A . Bagshaw ,. .. .. 520 Stockton-upon-Tees , per T . Potter .. .. ! S 9 Banisley , per J . Ward .. .. .. .. 500 Nottingham , per J . street a 2 6 Ila'ifax , per C , W . Smith 3 8 G Kilmnrnock . per J . Died .. .. .. 18 f ! Exeter , per P . Clark .. .. .. .. 378 Tavistouk . peril . Holt 0 8 0 Salford , per J . Millington H 3 « Ashton-under-Lyne , per K . Hobson •¦ .. lo «> ¦ 6 Chepstow , per C . NY alters .. .. .. 3 o . o Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. 24 C 1 « Ml J 0 Sfr . Murray ' s letter , aeeompaning tho Manchester , remittance , contains the following postscript : — " Tho Society of silk and cotton smallware weavers , sent for mo on Saturday , and announced that they h ; id dissolved their souifty for the purpose of joining th « Chartist Co-operative Land Society , when twoiity-tn-o became members of our body ; eleven enrolling i » the Manchester district , and paying the sum of £ 19 12 s . 4 d ., and el-jven In the Salfwd district . "

      PER ' GENERAL SECRETARY . SECTION No . 1 . s : ui : E 3 . £ 8 . d . ?¦ «•

      RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION PEH OENEBAL 8 ECKETABV , FOB KXECCTIVE . Newport , Isle of Leicester , jS ' o . 1 - 0 1 0 Wight . - 0 3 4 FOB CONVENTION . Hull ... 0 2 0 VF . TKHAN , 03 PIIAN , AND VICTIM KDND . Newport , Ule of Martcs , France - 0 13 6 Wight - -032 FOB MS . FROST , Two Chartists , Hull - - - 0 C 0 Gainsborough - 0 I 0 £ 079 Thomas Martin'Wweeler , Secretary .

      TO THE WINNERS OF THE ALLOTMENTS AT O'CONNORVILLE . Friends—In consequence of one of the holders on tin above e * tato . durinj ! the last week , coming to take posses- 3 ioii ofliis ullotmcut , suid tho disappointment resulting from its non-pn > p ; tration tov his reception , you are hereby positively informed , that on no pretence whatever can any of the parties be permitted to occupy the s : \ id holdings until February 1 st , 18 i 7 , when the whole of the funriliis will take possession , during the interim the ground will by cultivated , a suitable system of cropping pnr .-ucd , and every preparation made to unsure a prosperous result to the experiment . Tnos . M . WiiEEiBit , Secretary . To sub-Secretaries of tho Land Society . Tuesday , September 1 st , being the d .-i . v appointed for tho quarterly re mittauce of the Directors and Coiiforcnce Levy , you are tiquc 3 teil to sbo to its punctual transmission ; is jfrcnt nsdisencc has liitWto prevailed ; all monies fin Levies must be sent to me , either in postage stamps or momy orders , if in money orders tlusy must tie payable to F . O'Connor , at the General Post-office , London . Tuohas MARTi . t Wheilbs , Secretary .

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      Tho excitement created in tho towa of Bi < rw > sknpon-Tweed ,. by the robbery of the JN * . rth-of Ewsfonti Joint StOKlfc Bank , »»» 'won sustained l > y the discovery ftb intervals , dnrtiig tbe course of ilia i-Sgid investigation which bus been pursued , ofcircuntstancas which seemed to indicate very clearly that the plot wa&circumscribed by the scene of its execution , anrt did not extend beyond the Batik premises . It bss been-already stated thai a ladder was found plutwl against the ' vard wall , as if for the purpose offsetting ¦ -, Ycr the wall , but as no impress from the Inddevwns discovered in the soil upon which it was rested , and it having been ascertained by expcrimei . ' t thst ti > c weight of an ordinary person on it caused it to sink to a considerable depth , it was at once concluded that no one hnd passed into or from the ya « l in that direction or by means of it . Even then suspicion was not at once directed towards the inmates of the

      house . In the course of Friday , howcTer , Mr . Cameron , the police officer at Twer-dmcmth , who in conjunction with Mr . 1 'roiKiibot , o * ' Berwick , was , iiilin » in U ) D investigation , happened to look into n water butt in the yard , and observing the water had been disturbed , he put his stick in , find found something soft am ) bulky at the bottom . He drained the water off , a » d then he discovered two packages in strong brown ; paper with a coarsu towel round them . These turned ; out to be parcels ol silver which had been luadft up I in the bank on the afternoon of Thursday . Mrs . , Thompson came into the yard with others when it j was known these parcels had been found , and , among other remarks , said , " sho hoped the whole of the I money would be fcuud . " After deliberating ou theBe

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      circumstances , it was determined to search the house , which was done by Mr . Cameron ; im 6 nothing w ^ found to throw further light on this mysterious affair . Mr . Thompson having only returned home on Friday night , could of course throw no light on the transaction . Mr . Short / the bank cleric , said he baanced th ^ books as usual at four o ' clock , and left the bank at that time . Mr . Watson , tho bookkeeper , being engaged some time after that in making up the books . lie dosed the safe , and attached the bolt , so I , tr ithin ? WM safe , no returned to the lious * about eleven o'clock and went to bed immediately , and knew nothing of the robbery till he was awoke next morning by the servant girJ , who told him the bank had been robbed . Mr . Watson ssiw the safe bolt secure whan he left tho bank , and after dosing all up he gave the keys to Mrs . Thompson .

      I sabella Lamb , the nursemaid , gave a very unsatisfactory account of the matter , so far aa shu was concerned . She slept in the same room with Mrs . Thompson , it being on the same flour as the dininjj room , into which the safii bolt passed . She aai ' d she was awoke by her mistress about 'half-past one o ' clock , when her mistress said she heard a terrible noise . Her mis tress ' got up , and said sho saw two men in the next yard to the bank with a lantern . She went to sleep aaaiu and slept till rooming . Mrs . Thompson went to bed about ten o ' clock , and

      heard Mr . Short come in at eleven . Between twebe and one she staid she heard a noise , and got up and looked out of the window into the yard , when she saw two men in the next yard . Sho said ahe awoke the housemaid , and asked her if she was to ring tha bell ; but the girl said , " JS ' o , n' > , if there is any one in tho place we shall be murdorcd . " She accordingly did not rin ^ . but la y still , . 13 she said , till the perspiration poured off her . This part « f Mrs . Thompson's story was contradicti-d by tho ' drl , and indeed the whoie story seemed quite improbable . of

      At this ata ^ e the proceedings it was deemed necessary to institato a more strict examination of the house and premises than hail been niaile in the first instance , and the result was the discovery , of nearly all the property . A quantity of gold ami ' silver was found hid undur the collar stairs . The bank note 3 ware found iu Mrs . Thompson ' s bud and pillows , and in tho pillow of a small cut bed , which had teen opened out to conccul the . property and sewn up again . In short one discovery succoeded another , till the entire property missing was found wkh the exception of two sliiliinus .

      Mrs . Thompson , on Jearninsr the discovery of the property , Ml into hysterical fit * , in which siie continued for some time ; and irom her dangerous situation , she being at clie time c * ceintc , it was nob thought , proper at the moment to taky her into custody , but she was placed under the surveillance of the matron of the gaol . What future seeps may be taken will depend upon the decision of the banlc directors . The greatest credit is due to Mi ' . Stephens for the manner . "in which he lias investigated the affair , arid succeeded iu recovering the whole property , - ' a '"

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      CROSSBY HALL . We had tho pleasure of witnessing on Wednesday evening the successful debut of a iu-w candidate foe popular favour in the pet son of Mr . Thomas Denhain , a Scotch minstrel , who bids fair to rival , if not towel his counJrymon Wilson , Teuipleton , and others who for some yea » pa * fc have di'ii .-hteii our Ei ) gliih public with the sw « et and immortal strains of their father-land , Tiio entertainment took place at Crossby Hall , liishopssate-strcet . Tho seats ( vere pretty fully occupied by a highly respectable audience , including several literary characters , amongst whom we noticed William " Thorn the pout of Invermy . Mr . Dejihan ) is . we undei-stnnd , an . author , haying published a little volume of pcems

      which have been kindly spoketi of by the great critis . 11 Christopher North . " Mr . Deiihaus ' s nr . it appearance was undertaken , a * ho himself said , " with , fear and trembling" as au experiment , we are happy to reoord that the experiment whs perfectly successful , lie sunn alternately Scotch and Irish sonjis , and was equally happy in giving expression to the pathos of the former and the humour of . the Iattor . Every son . ; was most heartily applauded but " The Mitlierless Bairn" ( from the pea of the lnverury bard ) and that sweet ballad , "The bonnie house o' Airlie" elicited raptur ous applause . Mr . Denham Una a voice of much

      nweetness and considerable power , and accompanies ill ' s songs hy a natural dramatic expression which adds greatly to their effect . " Comparisons are odious" as . d we will not , therefore , enter into them excepting to say that in personal appearance , address , language , vocal power , and dramatic ability , Mr . Denhum may compete with any of his predecessors . Weshall watch his progress , and shall most likely have something further to say on the subjsct iii our next number . Mr . Denhatu repeats his entertainments at the same pl . nco on the evenings of Monday , Wednesday , and Friday next ; we trust that '* ¦ crowded houses" will reward his exertions .

      Mr . Dunham is , we believe , an Aberddniair ; Aberdeen has produced many abl « ami tnlentcd men , to the list of which we shall be glad to see add > : tl the name of Mr . Denham . Our numerous readers in " the northern city cauld'' wiil be glad to hear of the success of theii * townsman .

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      CORD WAINERS' ASSOCIATION . TO THE EDITOR OP TI 1 K SOUTHERN BTAH . Sir , —Iii answer to a paragraph which appeared in your paper of August loth , under , the head of " Trades Movements , " purporting to corns from the " Society of tin City of London Boot and Sl / oe Makera , " and stating that 1 , 100 members had leffc the "' General Mutual Assistance Assueiation , " we , the undersigned , desire on behalf of tho two sections of the associations iu the City , to inform you and your readers , that the said statement is untrre . The number of men in London ;' . t tin : time of the meeting of the conference was as follows : — West-end Men ' s Men ... 457 City Do . ... 457 Wost-end Woineni'Men ... 318 Strong Trade ... 164

      ' s ] ' 1 , 420 The number at the present time is—Woat-ead Mens' Men ... 317 City Do . ... 250 West-end Womens' Men ... 313 ¦ Strong Trad « ... 040 y& 5 Decrease ... 441 By what kind of calculation they have found 1 , 100 as bavins left the association , is not ea .-y to discover . As a aet-iiiFaaainst this acknowledged decrease in London , wo have an increase in Liverpool of 120 members ; Dublin , 40 ; Bristol . 50 ; Wbclic ter , 30 Waterford . 13 ; Bilston , 24 ; Ashford , uumfcer un

      ' , ' ' I \ [ , . ' * 1 c known , possibly 20 . N . xt . Sir , the gecedors deeply doploro tho great injury their secession has inilscted upu : » their autnrtu nine tramps , seeing they cannot reasonably expect t " bo relieved by the association after their thacrtionO yet their sympathy . * or ine ' «»/ ortKti «/ wisitisiifii- » meat , to stimulate them to pay their just snares ot the debt ( contracted when Iwion ^ iiii ; to thn Astoria - tion ) to the "Tramps Relief Fuiid , " they having ; left unpaid the following sums , all of wjjicli motioyi owinjc to poor working men liku ourselves t—West-end Mens' Men ... 30 7 51 City Do . ... 51 7 10 Strong Trade _ ... 15 ( i Gf Borons )) suspend srior tu tlie

      ° ' t ( uiaetiug of Conference ... 8- 1 o JL $± 17 0 * Our shopmates in the country may satisfy th » mselvvs-oj the corwe-tiu'ssof our statvuient , by p reference 'o the balance sheet . 'FuvsIssr , sir , it U a . query wl-wther one section lifts wall ? Ml the association or not , namely , the 3 th of tke el ? Mciis Men ; for n&t one-half the members n-f that section know , at the-presest thr . e , their own position . A ' . -mural mooting was called- to know whether they would ! i-svo tho association or i » U i « tlittt mmm * 31 Yuicu fW reaiiiiiiing i « the »? socii ) iii « i , ; u d -a for Irnvinc Tina

      vnfi thu vntc of a wmtntcd general meeting . On t ! : a $ > Mowin » ordinary meetsiiu niaiii , it w .-i . t moved l > y iwo ot thv t oav fliswjiticnU , Uiai thw « oi'tii ) H yo with , the majority «> f the trmlo . whit'h was earrivd . Now , through the City trndo , thero were 220 votes for tho association , amVUGO against it ; ecuisuijurntly , and in accordance-with their o \> n vote ? on h : > th occasion * , they should pay wp their levies , and continue in the association . J . \ V , M . KEKDI . \ E . ( J . . M'Cakthv , T . UlELY , D . S .

      BARXSLEY . The turnout of the Power Loom Wearers of Messrs . ri ){ Ot ami Newton has tvnnin » t « .-i ! , the men havo success , fully conibatted the grinding nvarfcc of their employers tmd for the present li : ivesuco . ; - ( lc > l in mniiitaiiiiu ;; their tniamiblo pittance , nnJ return their best tlmnks to tilt ) shopkei'iK-rs , butchers , publicans , &c ft > r the support remleml during thu struggle , hue above all the bravo men of the Sheffield traucs ' iiKril tlu-ir lasting gratitude , mid which they sinuui-ely tender , to the following j , -=-mlemeii of Sheffield our ttianks arc preomiuoutly due , vis : : — Messrs . Sturk . CuUedgo , Drury , ttooth , and Uiackhurst , although the trade of the town wns never known to p 8 in a more depressed state , yet with tiio wry adverse circumstance * the men hn . ltooonten . 1 with . •>» " ? « found to take the work with the exception ot n ten crawl . in S reptiles , whom every body shuns as common pwti . MaL . » , Mr . C . BolweU . ddMt 8 O «« «•« Mr . T . Bobre 11 . 1 altowar-taiMiii * .. Jterfa , to Miss i ' nnuy Ball ot th « same city .

      O'Connorville.

      O'CONNORVILLE .

      Receims Of The Chartist Co-Operative Land Society.

      RECEIMS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY .

      The Bank' Robbery A'P Berwick. Discovery Of Tue Money.

      THE BANK' ROBBERY A'P BERWICK . DISCOVERY OF TUE MONEY .

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      Musical Entertainment.

      MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT .

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      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The wrek has been again characterized by much work mi some useful talk . If our " collective visdom" could only be as sparing of the latter , and as rapid mth the former , in the month of March as thej are in August , it would be a decided improvement in Parliamentary practice . Among the more important of the measures dispatched this week , may ba enumerated the Railway Commissioners Bill , and the Small Debts' Bill .

      The manner in which the Railway business of the house has been conducted , hai formed a standing topic of animadversion and of censure , ever since that kind of business began to increase so enormously , as it has of late years . Every body admitted its defects , its liability to abuses of the grossest description , whether as regarded the cost to Companies , or the interests of the public , but none were bold enough to propose a decided remedy . Even Feel , who indicated clearly enough at the commencement of this session that he saw

      where the shoe pinched , and wa 9 desirous of doing something in the way of amendment , shrunk from the task after he got a committee ofliis own naming appointed to undertake it , and we venture to say that the proverb of the mountain in labour , was never more aptly typified than by the ridiculous and paltry report of that Committee , heralded as it was by such magniloquent preparation and sounding of trumpets , as if something really important was intended to be done in a really important branch of national economy .

      Dropped by Peel , the matter was taken up by a prirate member . Mr . Morrison got another Committee appointed , which after long hatching brought forth their chicken , i . e . repert on the 1 th of August , just about four months too late to do any good this Hession at least . While they were deliberating in one part of the house , other committees wero busy granting bills to all and sundry , without any clear or systematic views of the requirements , or moans of the country , or the sligbeat idea how these various Iine 3 will dove-tail into each other . The expenditure of capital , not much under £ 150 , 000 , 000 , has been authorized in this hap-hazard sort of style , and now the mischief ia done for this year at least , the committee bring forth their report , sagely shutting the door when the steed is stolen .

      One only of these recommendations has been adopted , and adopted in the Railway Commissioners Bill , by which a new department of the Executive , specially charged with the superintendence of railways , has been created , and invested in the meantime with all the powers formerly lodged in the Board of Trade . It is anticipated that Lord Daihousie will be at the head of the new commission . His conduct while at the head of the Board of Trade , as a member of the late ministry , showed him to be possessed of rare administrative talents , and his appointment , if it takes place , will be a guarantee of great improvements in this department ,

      The Small Debts Bill ia , perhaps , ot even more importance to the great body of the community tha& that just noticed . For many years , the w $ . nt o § a cheap , summary and efficient mode of settU ng pscuniary claims of a small amount has been ' mucla felt , , but the attempts made to supply ( he < Jcf / cieney h&ve from some cause or other never sues ceded . The present government , taking up the | B , ] i prepared by their predecessors , and adding some amendments of their own , have at length legislate d upon the subject . That a Bill on suoo an r . nportant matter , passed hurriedly at the very end , / jf ? thej session , can

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 29, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1381/page/5/