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      " ^ TilB- O'MALLEY . OF THE DUBLIN CHABTIST ASSOCIATION . „ ffBTedi t » y donkeys ! know ye not , Ji&Ki ride * ,-yoomlTea must bear the toadr drib O'MiU-s ^ i —Of comae yon bare stood ** ^ rijor » in »« fcann , * nd « sen the wave t&Xt l ?* j lecl unbroken for mmr » leigae upon the surface ^¦ nsiieep . iSlpBiteditlv ^ u it bjmiglc bj aome jj-jit ; jcstM itb . « d nearly terminated its race"T jggn ^ jiTe af ter w » Te broken in the same spot , 2 ° ? suited wd dashed ^ to foam , none escaping ; and h * re powSered at « like fate happening to each and 7 * » . ..:. » - <«* wW 1- Ton h » TB Vent vnnt in adc receded bare kept eje

      T ii *« , yon your tia opoa the ipot , and , tt length , discovered a little i « biefr , ike ** " buried and hidden from the light , -c ^ erihfiteOi •*• fixed , motionlen , immovable , ¦* owfrisif irkUIty' ^ 2 ttto *** irMlike 't 511 Trnth , and the ^^ , 8 v « r like rodlaona froth y Fiction ; r \ » i 2 e > fi ^ w ^ ^ troth , but when the rage w i * aed *«» y > W " 3 tie * tonn h * a abated , fiction fled ~ j trcti W " > iffi ^ nnshttnn . Snob , O'ilalley , has jgatbe state of agitated Irelaad for the last twenty 1 Th e swell opon the surface has "been kept raging tet £ e mere purpose of obsraring truth , ¦ but , alas . '

      Smite are berinning t » break upon the immutable « jjj rock—tie tide is receding , and those with A jjpjCt vision upon tile shore are beginning to aee tejh jtid b *» and ancovered . n-MaSey , ""n ea a man of mind reads the history of wfoae diys -, the exploit * and noble deed * , the aelf-^ oa and self-rwgnation of a Wallace , a Brace , a jsipden , » Washington , a Harvey , aa Emmet , and a j ^ -nfcl , aake the patriot ' s cheek glow , his blood ns otki <*^ k ° *> ^ * " * DerT ea become elasiic gja ta * t t hey liT 8 d ' * ° d were read * ° d ^ t - is toemBelres , nor yet for an afe , but f « a prin-^ toJerre all agei . He is bnt a poor philosopher * L Mrs see * life in death , or worse than death in g ^ . He i » n ° tetter th * the beast tliat t > e " * " * vrffflwlK * e appeCtc and mind are one .

      , \^ ^ letter I drew a aad , bnt true , pietnre of jj ^ a- let Binow , mrfrieni , caving travelled ronnd her -sal , We » review of the principles of her " patriots " gtk !«; ten jean Let us sink all that happened jgfca ^ Befem . " fcat ccane t 0 thit P * * ' andeodeaToui to to r » ck now that fiction has sp-nt its foam . Ko * Sk ° . Cilalley , I take the one great priaciple toT&b tla micd ef Ireland was to be directed , " the -naJ d the Union , " and I ask you to follow me

      $ & £ a stoKment of plain and simple facts , which B 5 » S ± iatr 7 c * n mnch lon S erbide tTOm tbe ° P eBin ^ J " j ^ jg eMoes . Those little stubborn facts must be jgjTOsd . ItwiQ not do to cover them with "the ware gai cam « mbrolien from the coast of Labrador ;" UgSp on Ihej b « much longer obscured by " the TT * Be * hill * , " or the " Hill of Howth ; " nor will , the « po fields , " " the rippling strtams , " or " Terdani y £ sf iltnet attention from them . for ten Ireland is now

      ]^ aA has beanmad years . in , jjdd interral , and she beg ins to reason with herself ; Bii K > w , O'iialley , hear me upon the Repeal . I pit jaa . om Charter in my last ; it was fuller than ^ Bs ^ iA Char ter , inasmuch a s it contained the « bte ^ naop le , TBiTersal Suffrage , Annual Pariianaa , icd Yute by Ballot , together with a large JEMS U detail , such as the abolition of tithes , apposBMiit of nagistrates by the pedple , but aboTe all aod before tlL " cheap GoTemment . "

      KoT , youwhohaTe heard the storm rage full many a cm and oft , will remember rude Boreas whistling afl ta v 2 d notes through eTery creek , cranny , nook , acd sffTice in Ireland , » na tow each pale one rrrelled loHstiiijocand ssmd : 70 a -will remember tliat Uie Bqwlcry tt » s waffced throughout tbe land upon each pa ! Et | kreiR ; abore all , bear in mind that the motto W 4 s— " No matter what a foreign Parliament felt indiad to do , or no matter , howerer kindly it may be disj-csec tewardi Ireland , noUiing but a domestic legislatare an . goT&rn Ireland for the benefit of Irishess . " You will recoEect that the people were told that " Jamaia , ^ ewfoundlsnd , and Prince Edward's lilmd bad xheir separate legislatures , and why should not Trtlind hvre hers ! " You will recollect that we

      were told tfcst " it was impossible for Irishmen ' s » us 3-nesa to be as well done abroad as at home ;"' in short , Iti : B . -pesJ was tie panacea for all our woes . Kow , O'ilillej , bear all that in mind : that Repeal was the prisdple ; snd being agreed upon the principle , we ike cone to the practical means of accomplishing it . Ttszi were two Trays , then , of aeeompHihiEg Se-TliL , Htba iy loree , independent of Parliament ; ot by i Tote of ihe House of Commons ; by physical rerohSsa crmorsl f ^ ce . Physical force is denounted , and by

      no tat more sirongly than myselt I denounce it from E 7 sou , before erery moral effort of which msn is Otaiii hu been tried , and perseTeringly tried , and has fiSrf . I flenoTHice it , except where right conspires wii iJ , aad makes it a moral obligation for the supissaaa of a combination of might and wrong . Physioliaa utTer need be tried , except for lack of moral must by moral cowards . Phy > ical force , then , is out of is question ; and we must next fall back upon nun ! fcree ; that is , upon 3 combination of light and Eino , morillj EarehsHed , and tffrctnaDy directed . S !< zii forte , poartraying wrong , while physical energy nabs tie -wrong-doers * pjrebend the most effectiye of *^ ^ scr » cdois , that wherein might and right

      con-^' . "s , then , upon -whom is this moral power to "P ^ ra ? Itit question is at once , and satisfactorily » = " 3 sd lv > ir . O'Connell'B sppeal ftr " petitions , PKL ^ dl , petitions . " In fact , there s only one point te ' t 5 ci ; < aabe diracted , namely , to the House of C ^^ sa- What , then , follows , as a natural inference ? " ^ Hffidosbtedly , that the p £ titioners are , by all ^ sa , in their po-srsr , to strengthen the hands of those fca * bm they sick a faTourabU response ; that is , 'Qie&iendi in the House , through whose interest ^ SKriEt ioa , moral courage and agency , the petition-2 £ bxy sm to b = encouraged in their wort .

      - s » a dsba « each session , with facts brought to k ^ tpoa tie justice of Ireland ' s demand , and reported PJ « ifflperia ] press , would giTe moral life and moral ffiE U to the morsl force applicants . In order to »« cja 82 : this , thea , the ons great and all-absorbing ° ' - - & . } t 4 rtz tare been to ke * p the conrtitnent snd the ^' sSKiTe mini in perfect harmony , by adding , ^ eac debate , new eonTerts ; and , upon each election , " ^^ old offenders .

      - ; ffiy triesd , let us see if *> " « course has been ^ - ; ssd , that we may arrive at a fair conclusion "ii-: m £ acts , yon must now accompany me in a " - xq . VTe leaTe the horrid scenes which I have ¦ ^ o& sd within seTen mile * of the " improred " ?^ ° f " urproTed Ireland ; " and ire will traTerse "''fifc ' Jiiinsaarsh of this combination of right EUit a support of the Kkpeal of the Union . ' ^ i , Tre diyided upon the question , and had a ' ^ minority of forty-two . SeTen years have tysA ¦ mz i 6 t ^ g enqnire -what has become of £ , . f ^^ sy ^ acd what now would be the result of a £ ** - *>* £ : » thousands , and tens of thousands , and " ^ ai of thous&niis of pounds hare been paid for the "T ^ of tw *™ ?

      ^ ^ ffi fr st Bet forth the places which returned I £ *** a xS 3 i , which do not return Repealers now . - ** tiis Liberator ' s own door of his own country j ^ ttl 2 ai * b . ed at the door of his town bouse in my ! i * ni < at in K erry county , Hullina ; Cork county , jj " ^ bcaougbs , —city , Dr . Baldwin ; Mallow , q j Ton ^ aj , John O'ConneU ; W& '^ rford coaaty , ^ p ^^^ w an , Jacob ; Clare , Macnamara , jun . ; g ^ 7 county and borou ghs , —county , the R ? ght ^^» i » aichardLa lor Shiel , < " WTto it ihe traitor V ) O ^ T *** Clonmei , E ^ ayne .

      lj ^^» ^ ts become tbe Ga ttoa and Old 8 arum of fcj . T ' * ^^ d of nmshroom-bed for growing pl » ce-U »^* a , Jon think 0 * Clonmei sefcnrning I > r . ^ : iLD -tf Trinity Colleg *! My God ! XjJ ? ** * ° ° » regularly ttooagh eTery coonty from J " aai . ^ klia ' not » "J ^ e turn . Kilkenny county , l ^ J j ^ keany oty , Snllhran ; Cariow county and eo tad beie we hiTe dreadful , 0 ! dreadful haTOc , ) * b&lj ^ * 5 kee " ^ Blickney ; borou gh , Yigora ; ( aad ^ gJJf S in than » tead ? Ashton , Yatea , and bsj : ^ f * ' ^» Tory Bruen . Shocking , ahocktittqj . ^ , ^ ' d « adfol I ) KingTs county , FU 2-»„ . ' ^ Seo ' s county . « ¦ hnnaxi . - -p ^ t . tjlI'y . . xrnrt « To

      l > a » ' ^ 11 Ten Jna' '• Ihlblin eoanty , Fitzsimon ; Cte ^ q ^ Rtt ^ Te n , » en . . Loutt county , I > rogheda , ^ Wsl * *' ' Meath eoallt : 7 ' Morgan O'CkjnneU ; * 7 i ^' ewry , Brady -, Armagh , Dobbin .

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      Tcss , O ^ alley , since 1634 we have lost twenty-four , or the biggest half of our minori ' y of forty-fwo , without one single man of those I have mentioned beiDg replaced by a Rtpealer ; no , not one ! I dont mention myself , because I so fortified Cork county as to close it against all but Repe&lsrs ; there Roche , a Repealer , and in erery way bb Iriahmsn and a gentleman , has taken my place . Now , O'ilalley , take the Baroneta , the expectants , the Commis-ioners , aod all those ready to be # oppedoff , from the eighteen remaining of the minority of 183 < i and you may safely estimate your strength apon the next drrision at eight at the very outside : and ( hit it ihe PBOGKESSiox of Repeal . '

      Now , OMalley , let the whole rotten prew oflreland , the " Liberator , and the Corn Exchange " patriots , " answer these facta by facta , and not with " old Cumberland , " "tbe Qneen , " "Sergeant Jackson , " or " Mr . Litton , " or " O glory be to God , and blessed be His holy name , I gained a bloodies * triumph . " Let us h&ve facts . Ireland is beginning to ask ter her whistle ; she must , at ill erenta , haTe a tnne or two npon it Now , O'ilalley , I co me to another rock , one upon which I mean to dash another of fiction ' s wares to atoms , I hare Bhewn that , physical force being

      abandoned , and properly abandoned , an abandonment aanctjoned by Ireland ' s moral strength , that her moral energits wer « not " practically , " honestly , efficient ^ , or indeed at all cultirated ; and that all the moonshine err of the " patriots , " to " * ave them from Stanley , aod Jackson , and Litton , and the Orangemen , " is sheer humbug—tliat , in fact , the Tery griey&ncas of -which they complain are the effect of causes prodnced by the " patriots" themseltes . Here , then , I proceed to another mountain of facts ; and f-icts which , sooner or later , must and shall be answered . Now , attend to me , 0 'MB . Uey .

      In 1 S 32 , we furnished tbe Irish con 3 titnenclea with a bill of pwticulars . We said Repeal of tha Union will gire you a resident fostering landed propri etary , who will be spurred on by emulation to give you encouragement , and who will be a check upon any inclination to tyranniu , from the iulertst which each will have in appealing to bis conduct as his tide to your suffrages . It will give yon men for local administrators of the lawwho b&Ye u interest in the peace , the fcappiness , and the prosperity of Ireland , instead » f tbe present race of bloodsuckers , who make your pretended crimes a justification fur their real iniquities . It will give you Irish laws , made by Irishmen in Ireland , for the government

      of the Irish people . It will jjve you a national stomach to consume the produce of your land , and backs to wear the produce of your hands . It will make the owners of property look into taxes which they mast pay , if their tenants cannot . In short , it will restore Ireland from a state of provincial degradation to national independence . We said you are a Catholic people , and sfcould not pay a shooting church ' s parsons , and we want to abolish tithes in nzme and nature * and to give the amount , now paid to the said parsons , to the people to whom it belongs ; we spoke not of a scaie of grievances , but we complained that the

      payment of a farthing was unjust , and tithes should , therefore , be abolished in name and nature . We said the magistrate * have cruelly oppressed the people , anJ we see no remedy but in allowing the people to appoint their own magistrates , subject to the proper tribunal for the due execution of their office . We said every man of twenty-one years ef age is entitled to a vcte , and should have it We said Annual Parliaments are part and parcel of tbe constitution , and cur Irish members require but your countenance and support , to give them strength to acquire this and all other things to which they hereby pledge themselves .

      Well , O'Malley , no man in irelanJ , no twenty men , no thousand men in Ireland , worked as I worked for the accomplishment of those thing * . We were mutually pledged each to the other , by a solemn bond and covenant We , upsn our part , said , we know your sufferings will be great in resisting your landlords , by v » ti » g f » r men who promise so much ; but you have the Bill before you , and it is for you to say whether or no the advantages held out will more than counterbalance the sufferings

      to be endured ; and the people , from tlia Land ' s Eud to Cape Clear , with one voice answered , " we agree , we will endure all for our country ' s good , ¦ our families , our homes , and our altars . " Be it so , " aaid the " patriots , " "and cursed be he who first strikes tbe national colours from the Irish standard . " Well , to work we went , and tte poor / but honest and confiding people backed us ; and and I for one , stood fey them in return , and resisted every act of aggression consequent npon their oppostion to their landlords .

      Well , OMalley , " patriotism" is a fine thing to talk of j but , in my opinion , there is more real devotion to country , which is patriotism , in the poor man , who , with a wife and a house full of children , bravely risks hi 3 all for bis country ' s good ; who defies distress for rent , ejectment , persecution , and prosecution ; than there is in the man "who makes no Btxrifice , and runs no risk , but fattens and grows rich upon the misfortunes of his country . Now , O'ilalley , let us analyse the effect produced by the desertion of the people by the " patriots . " Here it is , then , all of a heap , like Brown ' s cow , and from the Morning Chronicle , ¦ which has the following as a j unification of Irish indignation against Stanley ' s Bill , while it furnishes the most damning proof of the villany ef the " patriots . " The Chronicle says : —

      " In the Chronic t of Tutsday last appeared a communieatioxi from our DuViiin correspondent , in which be gave an-abstract of the returns , showing the decrease of electors , on a conj > aris : > n of the register in 1 S 35 with the register of 1 S 41 , which we here repeat : — Antrim .... 677 : Leitrim - , 17 Armagh 902 Limerick ( County ) 1 . 221 Bandon 10 Limerick ( City ; ... 1 , 128 Cariow fBoruuth ) ... 57 Longford 130 C * Tan " .. 150 Mailow 1 SS Clare 9 S 3 Mayo ..... 7 CG Cork " 27 > ieath oio

      Cork ; Citr ; $ 73 >* e * T 7 135 Donegal 320 Queen ' s County . ' ,. oil Boto .. 1 , 102 Koscommon 605 D _ . sr : i patriot 2 oi Tral-. e « 3 Duueannoii 2 Waterford ...... 632 Dnsgarvan 257 TVaterford ( City ? ... 151 Eanis 8 Westmeath 53 b Ennl > kulcn 133 YTextord 1 , 173 Galway ( County ! ... 1 , 470 W . ictlow 252 Kiidare 2 * 9 Kilkenny iCity ) ... 77 17 , 243 King ' s Gounty ...... 511

      " In the counties and boroughs , not in this list , there has been some very slight increasemtnt , or tbe eonstituenc-, has been stationary . There are no retnrns from the counties of Monaghan or Dublin ; but Mr . Grattan , in a letter to the electors of Kiidare , which appeared in ins Chronicle of Tuesday iast , estimates the ) r * B in both at 2 75 ? voters , wlreh gives a grand toial decrease of 20 , 000 for all Ireland . " Now tlierr , OOIalley , " are you satisfied ? "CptOl 835 tiie tenants resisted tasir landlords ; allowed their

      families to be driven from house and home , in expectation of the boons promised by the " patriots ; " but after three years of " hopa deferred , " of anxious seeking and heart-burning , they said , " we have had enough of bumbug ; we have done our share ; "we have outraged our landlords ; ten thousand have been ejected , ten thousand more , rather than appear to vote against Ireland , wont register at all ; by that means we shall save ourselves the disgrace of voting for the enemies of out religion , while our landlords 'mil be satisfied with our neutrality . "

      Now , O'ilalley , tave I or have I not fully , fairly , and justly accounted for the secrease of the Irish county constituencies , and are not the poor people fully justified . ' Had we gone on , year after year , adding something to OUT moral-force power in the Honsa of Commons , standing by our every principle , and had we established our general associations for the protection of voters and tbe exposure of tyrant landlords , Ireland would now have had an increase of 50 , 000 voters more than those registered in 1835 , instead of a decrease of 20 , 000 . Tfcoy saw Lord Duntannon , Sir H « nry

      Parnell , the Hon . Bobert King , Mr . leader , Mr . Wyae , and Mr . Jephson , with » corea of others , not up to the mark , hooted from tlie hustings ; and they aow see Lord Duncannon , Sir Henry Paroell , and Mr . Wyse " in the best ministry' that Ireland ever had , and they see Mr . Jepbson transformed into Sir X > enliam Norreys , and they ask , bow is this 1 Now , Mr . Wyse and Mr . Jephson are as honest as any two men in the House , and , instead of changing one jet of their principles , they Btuck to them , like gentlemen , but the "Liberator " has melted down to their temperature .

      My majority in 1 S 32 , for the county of Cork , was 812 . In 1835 , my majority would have been above 1 S 00 , but the enemy stock , and we stopped at 660 of a majority : but ray -majority would have been a ^ riy double what U mu three years before ; and . « by ?

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      Because I Btood fast by my every pledge , tested the House upon Repeal , opposed eTery humbug , and would not listen to the deceitful system of taking an instalment of twenty-five shillings rent for twenty shillings tithe ; because I risked my life and everything , jbi exposing every act •{ persecution i and , in Justice to the landlords of the county of Cork , I will s » y that there were fewer in Out eonnty than In any county In Ireland , though the largest and mostariBtocraUe . / Welf , how is Cork situated now ? Why it has lost 727 of ! $ constituents , and 727 of the remainder will never again vote against their landlords ; whereas , if the measurei , for which they made so many sacrifices , had bees honestly maintained in the House of . Commons , Cork county would have added more than 3 , 000 to its conititaeiiey , instead of having a decrease bf

      727 . O'Malley , my services in that county , which gave the tone to Ireland , have yet to be published . I registered the county—I roused the county and Ireland , all Ireland , through the county of Cork . " I rode and drove thousands of miles by night and by dsy . I have paid eight and nine pounds a day for posting , always doing all the work myeelt , and galloping . froa town to t « wn as fast as four horses could lay leg to gronnd . I have ridden miles fast asleep and wet to the skin . I have slept in dninp beds in rcozna that never were sjept in before . I have changed my clothes at Mill-street , and again at MacrooD , on my way from Kantuck , home , fifty

      miles in a gallop . I have left home again in an hour , at midnight , to ride thirty miles more in pelting rain . I have had notice from servants to quit mj service , ai they could not keep up with me , although always mounted on thoroughbred harse * . I have tumbled down in the hall of James Redmond Barry ' s house , fast asleep , while his butler was lighting me a eandle ; and I have been in tbe saddle in five hours to ride seventy miles , and address three publio meetings . I paid for the reporters , who reported our proceedings at meetings , three guineas each , and then got but a corner , I was arrested for attending and taking the chair at seven meetings , and refused to make any compromise , lest I should appear to compromise my party for my own liberty . I prosecuted

      General Sir G « orge Bingham for ordering the military k > ride the people down ; and , aa counsel for the Cro-wn , the Crown refusing to prosecute , I used my privilege of setting every Orangeman aside , till I got a fair jury to eonvict , and I did get a conviction . The "Liberator " was leading counsel , but he ran away while I was doing the work ; while the very judge who was to try me , perhaps , next , was fuming and raving for abusing ( as he called it ) tbe privilege of the Crown ; but I went on ; the General was couvictad , and fined sixpence ! I was counsel and agitator for every one who pledged himself to Repeal . I never took one farthfng from any one . I posted fifty miles in the dead hour of night , with four horses , to conduct Mr . John O'ConneU ' s election at Youghall , and made my way through drawn SUbreS to the hustings and returned him .

      That was the way to get an Irish constituency ; and the best proof is this , that ten millions of money would not have beaten me in the county of C ^ rk . Let m » bnt get another pull at them , and I will put them in the same proud position once more , and humble the devils again in the dust . When they do see me again , it irill be with the old flag Sying , with a few new demands , equivalent to the times we live in , upon it ; but not one single ensure ; asd they shall see me again ! O'Malley , I have accounted for Irish apathy and the decrease of tbe Irish constituencies , sxd now I come for one moment to a consideration of tbe charge of encouraging the English people to use violence to Mr . O'Connell .

      O'Malley , as a lover of fairplsy , you will hear both sides of the question . You will look on both pictures . Look then On ihis tide , And on ihit . "I will meet you in "Ol Mr . O'Connor , Dublin , London , Cork , and his torch and dagger Belfast , Birmingham , Man- ChartisU , wont Jet any Chester , Newcastle , and man be heard , or bold a Glasgow , to discuss the meeting , but themselves . " jnstice of trades defending . —D . O'Connell . their property by unions of "I mat Feargus O'Contheir order . I will pledge nor at a meeting at Preamy * elf to restrain all per- ton , last week , and I had sonal feelings eo strong a great mint ! to kick him . " against you . I will also —Some bully at ihe Corn ¦ discuss with you the seve- Erchanoe .

      ral questions upon which " You never would have you profess to differ from been more right in your the English Chartists . I life , my friend , than if you will pay all the expences ; had kicked him well . "you shall make all the D . O'ConneU . arrangements ; I merely "O ! IfFeargns O'Constipulate for free admission nor was to come to Dublin , snd no packing . "—F . OCon- the boys would treat him noft Letter to D . O'ConneU . to a swim in theLiffey . "" Let no man be drunk ; D . O ConnelL Jet no man riot ; if any should , let him be instantly restrained . "—F . 0 Connor ' s Ltlltr on ihe Leeds Meeting of 21 st January , to tchich O'ConneU tvas expected .

      Now , O'Malley , lotk on those two pictures , and say who is afraid of argument , and who is the bully ? can only say of my Preston friend , that be has good luck on his side not to have gratified his inclination ; for , although I hive never seen the hero , I would understake to thrash him and another or two like him . We ll , again , I chalh nge Daniel to meet me in the very Corn Exchange , for the first place ; and there I will defend Chartism and O'Connor against humbug and O'ConneU . I will pay my own expences ; I will go alone ; I ask but free admission , and no silver tickets and kid-skin gleve " patriots . " I must have the blisters and frkz 3 coats , and then I defy mortal man to beat mo upon Irish cronnd .

      O'ilaucy , I mtan to make this a great day for Ireland . I have started early , and written this letter before breakfast . I will write for fifteen hours to-day , all about Ireland and the Irish ; my observations may not be published just now in a book , but they vfill in time to come . This is my last day , as to-morrow the Assizes close , and all hope of convoy will be gone . 1 ^ 0 man shall affect ignorance of Ireland after he has read my present strits af letters ; he shall see the very grass growing , and hear tbe vallies ring with the sound of Ireland ' s real gTievaacts . I will let you and tbe world know whether or not I understand my country and my countrymen .

      O'Malley , I said , from the commencement , that Repeal would find an opiate in some new-forged counterfeit . My next shall be npon the last twenty-four pounder fired from the humbug camp , as an address to the Irish people , in which the anti-Catholic prejudice of Sergeant Jackson and Mr . Litton is administered to the uneasy and sleepless repealer , as if it was all new , or , as if those Orangemen had told us anything that we didn't kno-w before . Humbug , all humbug . I am , O'ilalley , Your faithful friend aud countryman , FEARGUS O'CONNOR . P . S . I will show yon what the "lion" in his net can do for his country in one day .

      O'Malley , just take my letters to the liberal Irish papers and ask them to publuh them , even as advertisements , and to name their owi price . I dare them—1 dtfy them ; aye , an < l I will make them do it yot , in obedience to public opinion . F . O'C

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      TO HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN . MA . DAM ,- ~ The next institution « f society which we have &&id requires reorganization , in order to its becoming really brneficial to the community , is the Church—a very few wards respecting which will suffice to place the matter in its proper light and importance . It is a fact , declared by two eminent divines of the Church of England , that religion , as connected with the state , is established , not because of its truth , but because of it * utility . Thus , then , I us saved . aU the tzouble of demonstrating the anti-scriptural nature of our National Church as to the doctrines she inculcates Warburton and Paley have taught me that tbia is a test to which I have no n » ed to subject the state machine for the coercion of conscience . She exists on aeooont of her pnblic utility , and if she does not answer that end , then ihe has no claim to exist at all .

      By the Church is not meant the people who belong t , e her communion ; these are ber children , who , ac cording to the sentiments of the Archbisbop of CantW bury , in his primary charge , are expected to crowd , with pious affection , to the altars of their mother j nor dees the Church nnsan the places dedicated to the per- ^ formance of tho national worship . These ar » only tbe temples in which her publie f unctions are performed ; the Church it . in reality , the established priesthood , in

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      connection with those who have the distributi 9 n of ecclesiastical good things , and a standing army , and a numerous and rigUant established police , to enforce the claims of the said priesthood , by the whofe-• ome and Chriatian mean * of coercion and compulsion . This is really the Church of England m established by law . She Is , hi fcot , a chartered , company , with yoor Majesty at her head , possessing a monopoly of religious wares , and pnnUhih g , when she can do m > with impunity , all who refuse to use or . purchasa her marchandise . This is her corporate ckaracter , and I beg your Majesty to bear In mind thji . I am only now speaking of her la her secular capacit y . I waive all investigation into her right to be considered , apart from her connection with the rtate , as a section of the universal church « f Christ

      Now , In thw her state character , ate ^ supported attH e public expence , as one of the institution * of the conntry , and she is so supported on the supposition that she renders to the community certain important service * in return fer the support tana afforded her . I am not prepared to oajr that she does not render » me important services , I believe she does ; but the two most important ends for which every state church exists , she is , by her unhappy organisation , almost wholly prevented from accomplishing . These are , the guardianship of public morals , and a maintenance of a spiritof gortd will amongst the people . As to the first of these

      subjects , it is notorious that , wherever her Influence is the most predominant , there is the state of public morals most deplorable . For s > proof of this we have only to look at the Universities and at all Cathedral towns . Nor i * this at all a matter forsurprise aud wonder , when we tee the manner in which the patronage is distributed . In 1831 , the total number of livings in England and Wales was 10 , 872 , the distribution of which was as follows : —In the gift of the King and Government , 1 , 014 ; lay Nobility and Gentry , 5 , 030 ; Bishops , 1 , 304 ; Daanj and Chapters , 1 , 042 ; Universities , 794 ; Private Ecclesiastics , 1 , 423 ; Corporations and Charitable Institutions , 197 ; Inhabitants ,

      68 . We all know that a vast proportion of these livings are given to the creatures of the minister or the < 1 < J > J ; to younger sons and brothers , who are more intent upon killing game than curing souls ; and to persons who purchase them in direct violation of the regulations of the Canons , but who are permitted to hold them notwithstanding . Can anybody wonder that when the patronage is so corruptly distributed , the Church ' s guardianship over public morals should be only a mere name '

      The case is just as bad if we turn to the other branch of the Church duties : —That of promoting good will among the people . Alas , she is much mote likely , in her present form , to stir up strife and contention . Here sending a conscientious Dissenter to prison , and there refusing th « ritea of burial , not to ft person Ullbaptised , but to some infant whose parents had chosen to have it initiated into tho Christian fold , according to the forms of their own communion . On * day driving off a poor widow ' s cow , and leaving her son in bis blood , for daring to defend it ; and the next engaged with a refractory farmer , who had neglected to pay due reverenoe to his spiritual guide . Truly , the sooner your Majesty begins to exercise your powers as head of tbe Church , the better . If something is not done to reform the Church , in a * ew years we shall not have a Church

      to reform . Lastly . —The constitution of Parliament muBt be entirely reorganized , or peace and contentment can never surround your throne . The very notion of representation is inconsistent with the present constitution of the House of commons ; nor can genuine liberty be secured until sucb changes OS the altered and improved state of the puMic mind clearly indicate to be necessaiy , be effected in the constitution of the House of Lords . Only think of men in the nineteenth . century , being deemed and declared competent to legislate for a great empire , solely on the ground that their fathers did so before them . If the nonsense by which the hereditary House

      of Legislators is supported , had been applied to the business and operations of common life , we should have been now dressed in the skius of beasts , and liviDg on acorns and roots in the woods . All has been progressing but the science of Government ; that has stood still , or if moving at all , it has been in a direction directly opposite to tho real interest and well-being of the nation . Depend upon it , Madam , the House of Lords must be brought into a state of accord with the spirit of the age , or , by and by , an insulted people will arise in their moral majesty , and , in the face of their power , the House of Lords will cease to exist as a legislative assembly .

      But defective as the constitution of the Upper House unquestionably is , it is perfection itself \ rhen compared with that which claims to be the people ' * representatives . Even tho very forms of the House are at variance with common sense , and would not be eudured a month by a really free people . Just , for example , look at the fact that the men who pretend to have their power conferred by the people , refuse to receive a notification of the people ' s wishes except in the shape of a petition couched in the most abjact

      terms , if it be upon a particular subject , and concluding with a promise which they well know the petitioners ntver intend to keep . Then , again , the petition may be presented ; they are not always received , an « l still lets attended to , while measures of the most grinding oppression , and on which the pablio disapprobation lias been unequivocably expressed , are passed with the most provoking coolness ; and the hard earnings of the people are voted to maintain a system calculated to undermine the very framework or society , and to destroy every ve 8 tige of liberty , except in name .

      The same atrocious system of ink-rule pervades every department of the state , and ia especially observable in the appointment of Magistrates and other Executive officers , and ia the powers entrusted to the Lords Lieutenant of counties . The former are m-.-n having generally no sympathy with the people , no knowledge of the law which they are appjintod to administer , and an utter recklessness as to the consequences of the acts tbey may feel disposed to perpetrate ; and the latter , instead of being compelled to convene public meeti ^ -a , when called upon to do so by a given number of the inhabitants , can refuso to do so when the object is oae which it suits their viuws of interest , or of prejudice , to

      refuse ; and thus tostifl . * , in a considerable tlogree , tho legitimate expression of the popular voice , in matters of paramount publio interest . These , and they are but a few among the multitude that might be adduced , are some of the instances ¦ which prove beyond reasonable question , that thesa most important of our socitl institutions need a searching aad practical reform , and that reform we must and shall obtain . The people must be fully and fairly represented , or it will be seen at no distant day thut further forbearance is impossible ; ami consequences will follow , 01 a nature aud extent that is quite out of the power of huiaaa piudenceto calculate or foresee .

      Thus , Madam , have I taken a concise view of such preliminary matters as pw-mtU essential to be known , in order to the clear undemanding of our subjtct . We have inquired into the various duties devolving upon the Government , and have examined them at considerable length . We have seen thu vast importance to all ranks and classes of such a system of criminal jurisprudence . 13 sliail tend at ouce to prevent the commission of crime , and promote the reformation of the criminal population . We s !; all now proceed to examine whether , and how fax , the present system of prison discipline , as existing iu this country , ia calculated to pTOniote , hinder , or prevent the realisation ot these iwportint objects .

      I am , Madam , Your Majesty ' s faithful and obedient subject and servant , NUMA . London , March 3 rd , 1841 .

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      a general cry of these mirtdle men , " turn him out ;" a counter cry . of a few fustian jacket riisn wa ' hear him ; " which e . ided in those men bein ? expelk-d by 1 orco , anil myselv * tkreatuned to soon follow ; bat they , finding that I w . u not to bo intimidated , allowed me to remain . A » soon as order w&s restored , the liberal Sydney Smith stated that he would not answer any questions which iMr . Neesom might ask , and he felt it his duty to infon . a the meeting who that gentleman waa , in order that ; the ; might be on their guard . Mr . Neeaom wa » the persoft who waa umin ! y instrumental in upsetting the Anti-Poor Law meeting at the Crown and Anchor , the other day , by taking the chair and putting an amendment' favourable to his views j and further , he had been one of the foremost to attead similar meetings , and to strong was the opposition of that individual , along with others , to hie ( Mr . Smith ' s ) views , that they bad completely destroyed his attempt * to get for the poor a cheap loaf ; that they could not holds meeting in any part of London without the certain

      defeat of their objects . But the Northern Star newspaper wa * the moBi to blame , aa it gave weekly reports of those meetings , and the proprietor , F . O'Counor , a man whom he as Much despised as he did Mr . Neesom , applauded the doings of those men . He begged to inform the meeting , tliat it was the intention of those with whom he had the honour to act , to use the strong arm of the law in future ; therefore it is necessary for the London Chartists t * look out . As Mr . Smith is a reader of the Star , I beg to inform him that I fear not Ilia threats ; bludgeon men or sabres will not intimidate me from doing niy duty in exposing the vilu cheat , and where ever . Mr . Sydney Smith ia , tuero am I also . Allow me , Mr . E > litor , to say , I am ana . lvocate for free discussioif , and do not approve of noise and clamour instead of argument ; but after what passed iast night , we may expect knock-down arguments from tlicas i-anting knaves , the Ctrn Law Repealera . As far iw London is concerned , tho League is dead without the hope of a resurrection .

      My next business in this affair will be , to preach Mr . Smith ' s funeral sermon , of which I shall give public notice . Should you be able to find a place for the imertion of the above in your forthcoming Star , you will oblige , Sir , Yours very respectfully , C . H . Neesoh . 76 , Hare-street , Bothnal Green . j P . S . —I may just add , in reference t « Mr . O'Connor's wish , for another Convention , lie ., I am most ready to do all in mj power to forward his views .

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      * w RELIGIOUS FKEED 0 . VI (?) TO THB EDITOR OF THK NORTHEUN STAR . SIR , —On Sunday , the 15 th instant , a written bill was posted on the Joint Stock Shop window , to the following effect : — " A sermon 'will ba preached on behalf of John Clayton ' s family , ¦ whose death was caused by Whig persecution in Northallerton gxol , at five o ' clock this afternoon . " The religious churchwarden gave orders to Ward , tbe policeman , to pull is down , which he did . It -was then written en -with chalk , when the aforesaid worthy came and rubbad it off . The room is not licensed , nor the parson who was going to preach—so there was no sermon . The abova is a strong proof of O'Brien ' s statement in his last letter . People would become religious , but the tyrants will not allow it

      Good heavens ! we have eoma to a pretty pans . We are denied our political rights—also our religious rights . A man cannot now teach tho doctrines of truth , love , and justice , without being licensed . In hnsto , Yourt , in the canso of free-lorn , John Davison . Stockton , 16 tb March , 1841 .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS , Friday , March 19 . Petitions fwr tho total abolition of church patronage were prcseut-d ; in favour cf the Cijvii Laws , from C « rk and othur plaoea iu Irelaad ; aud in favour o Church Extension . The E * . rl or Aberdeen presented a petition from Newfoundland , similar In many respeota to one which he lisid brought under tlie consideration of the House in 18 . 'i 0 . The petition sat forth that it was the most distracted and unhappy colony under the dominion of Grrealfiritain , aiui that of late its condition had become much worse . Jta greatest evils bad arisen from an ubuse of the constitution granted to it in 1831-2 , and tho House of Assomi'ly wis at present constituted in such a manner that it was iiiiposMibln it could discharge its legislative functions with advantage to tho colony . Tire Detitioners prvtd for parliamentary inquiry .

      The Marquis of Nobmaxby said , in the early part Of tho session the governor had stated to the House of Assembly that tho matter wan uuder the consideration of the Government at home , but the Noble Earl appeared to have overlooked th * t point . An amendment of tlia election laws had also been recommended by the govern- > r , Mul in t ' . ie event of their refusing to < io bo , h « iiaii stated liia intention to suspend the issuing of writs uatil he h& < l received the instructions of the Government at honu-. Uuder these circumstances , he hoped tho Noble Karl ¦ would not press the subject further ut present .

      Mr . Nicholas , the resilient Irish Poor Ln \ r Comraissio'ier , was thon called to the bar and examined . He admitted' that great irregularities had taken place , but ho could not well account for them . He also bore testimony to the high characterj > f Mr . Stanley for integrity and voracity . After a lengthened examination , tbe witness was ordered to withdraw , and their Lordaliips adjourned till Monday .

      Monday , March 22 . Mr . Phslan was examined at great length relative to th « returns from the Poor Lavr Union of Ciontnel . Mr . Peiid--r , an attorney , residing in Clonmei , was- also examined , ¦ after which it was resolved that Mr . Hall , from the Oflke of tlie Poor Law Commissioners , should b « ordered 11 attend at the bar on Friday next , aud M . T . Hawky ( one of the Assistant Poor Commissioners ) 011 Monday .

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      HOUSE OF COMMOiNS , Fbidat , March 19 . On tlie motion of Lord John Russell , tbe House went int * committee on the grant from the Consolidated Fund to the South Australian Company . Sir W . Molesvtortii did not think the gra ' at went far enough to meet tan justice of the case ; it ? ppeared to him that the debt due by tho Commissioner a to tbe Emigration Fund , amounting to £ 56 , 000 , o « ht to be included in the present vote , or a supp ' ej lental one ought to be taken to that amount . The Chancellor of the Excbeque ' r explained that the present vote waa not a final settle ment of the matter ; it was merely to provide for the repayment of bills advanoed upon the faith of the col * my , and from which parties were now suffering uo ' Jer very great inconvenience and difficulty . The resolution to appropriate a er am of £ l 5 S , eoo front the Consolidated Fund , by way of loan , was then agreed tp ..

      Ou tke motion for going into Cor umUtee on the Poor Law Continuance Bill , Mr . WAKLE ? moved an instruction to the Committee to , divide tbe Bill into tv o parts . He proposed to separate the clauses relating to tbe law itself , from the clauses relating to the v / ntinuance ef the Commission ; and thus , he said , f ae gave an opportohfty to those who wished to render . , the measure permanent , without prolonging the O jtnmisaion beyond the flve years . Mr . Wakley indulged in a denunciation of the cruelty of the law as f i 8 at present administered . He told a story of a t hM - ^^ q foad died while its mother was in the Wo- Chouse ; it had been taken from her to bo weaned , aw i < ii © d ot convulsions ; its death was concealed froir . the mother , until she heard it accidentally : she ran aftt-r the body to the burialground , aud there , the ftrst thAng that she heard was that it could not _ be taken into the church , because it was supposed r 0 kave died ; of th » smallpox He warned

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      the lauded arittocrRc ? -that this law wouM . end&oget th ^ ir seuts ; anil he pronounced the House—the Reformed , he could Hot call it the amended Hotted of Commons—tbnt-could sanction such a msasure , WOIM than tho old Boroughmongering House Of Commons . * Lord J . Russell , had listened in vain for any argument in support of the Hon . Gentleman ' s motion . They had bsen favoured with a dissertation on th » Reform Bill , nnd he recollected , wb . cn that m-asure was before the House , it w £ s alleged by some that if tb * right of returning members vu conferred apon th * metropolitan distriet * , they would have sent int 9 that House rash who ou « Jit never to have been

      there—mie-Chievous dewagoguesy- having no regard fer the real interest * of the people , and who , if they happened to be lawyers , and sat re court * of justice , would tarn them iato arenas ftr political discussion , and pervwfc the povren conferred oa them to their own purpose * ( Cheers aadlaughter . ) With respect 6 a the child alluded to by Mr . Wnktey , Lord John had been told that it was kept from the mother in order that excitement ; might not aggravate its malady ; bnt tba concealment of its death was exceedingly blameabhv lord John reasserted the priaciple , that » PoarUira meant toprovide simply for destitution .. Mr . Fieu > en opposed the bill .

      Lord CkSoBERSsr objected to the Bill betag divided imto two pans , although he-was strongly opposed to several of Its clause * . Colonel Sibihobpe expressed his determination to givo the measure iiis most strenuous opposition . Sir H . Vernev believed that since it had come into operation tUe wages of the labourera-had been increased , and tuat the general feuling of the country was in its favour . After some further discussion M » Wakley withdrew hia amendment Mr . T . Parker then moved , as aa amend meat , that the Bill Iw committed that day six months . The Hon . Member reserred t » returns of the amount of poor rates levied ia various agricultural and mannfaeturlng districts , in order to show that of late years they had considerably increased , and tliat , therefore , the argument upon wliich the supporters of the Bill mavnly tested , vis . that it would eifeci a conslderabto saving in the amount of poor rates , was of no value , Mr . CrRltoSDITCH seconded tha amendment

      Atter some further discussion , the Bouse divided , when there appeared , for going into committee , 247 j for the amendment , SI . The House then went into committee . Lord J . Russell , in answer to Col . Sibtborpe , stated that it vr ; is bis intention to proposa that the number / of asaistant commissioners be reduced to twelve . sir . B . WOOD moved that the number of assistant commissioners bo reduced to flve , and aftsr the 31 st of Dcci'iuber , 1843 , that no assistant commissioners do continue in offi « e . The Hon . Member ultimately ¦ withdrew his amendment , but Col . Sibthorpe insisted , on dividing , tha committee on the amendment , when there appeared—for the amendment 46 ; against it , 191 . On tlw motion of Mr . W . Atxwood , the Chairmaa reported progress , and asked leave to sit again . 4-djourne . d at a quarter past twelve o ' clock . Monday , March 22 .

      Lord J . Russell in ' reply to a question from SirR . Peel , 8 uid he sh juld proceed with the early clauses of tho Poor Law Amendment Bill that evauing , in erder to give an opportunity for diacusaing the various amendments , of > rhicii notice had been given . He should thea propose to resume tke committee on Friday and Monday next , after which he intended going on with £ k de die in diem . On the motion for resolving into Committee , on the-Poor Law Amendment Bit ! , Mr . H . Hinde said he hoped there was no intention to hurry the Bill through the House befoaa East « r . Lord J . Russell snii there was no such intention . He thought , however , that in Committee , long interva l * between eaeb sitting were detrimental .

      Sir E . Sucden hoped that some clause would to introduced to enable married couples to live together in workhouses . The separation of man and wife created a strong feeling against the Poor Law . Colonel Wood said that in the Staines Union aged couples were not separated , but were allowed a room . to themselves , with a fire in it , where they might live comfortably . Mr . Wakley quoted a correspondence respecting th « Uxbridge Union , where the Board « f Guardians had refused to sick paupers the diet ordered for them by the medical attendant . In gaols tbe medical officers had always absolute power in this respect . Mr . DA . UHY said , that under the Old Poor Law tho order of the medical attendant must be confirmed . If the articles ordered were withheld there was an appeal to a magistrate , and aothere was Bti ' tl .

      Lord ilowicK said that no Board of Guardians would ref iiso to attend to the orders of a medical attendant without strong aud just grounds . Ic might happen that a msn professing a medical education might also possess an anxiety to acquire a low and despic&Wo popularity , and might be capable of abusing a trust rtposud in him . If the Beard of Guardians suspected a medical ofHcor of an attempt to set aside the regular sjstem of relief they woufd ba quite right to sot aside his orders . He could scarcely credit it to be a fact , so discreditable to tho gentlemen of England , as that a Board of Guardians would refuae articles really necessary -when ordered by a medical man . ; Some diseussion followed , in the course of which , General Johnson said that it was with great pata he h id hoard whit had fallen from Lord John Russtrti on Friday night

      Mr . Grotb contended for the propriety of a cheek , on the part of the Guardians , over the medical attendant , because , atherwise , the whole controul of the Union , would rest with the latter functionary . Mr . Easxhope contended that there was ample security against any improper interference on the part of the medical officer , who might be discharged by the Guardians ; but it wasnot right that he should bi limited in what he thought proper to order . Mr . W . Attwood said , the lives of tbe paupers could not be considered safe if tho medical attendant was not to be entrusted with any discretion as to their diet After some further discussion , in the course of which s '> me warm observations passed between Mr . Ward and . Mr . W . Attwood , the Houae resolved itself into Comruittee .

      Lord John Russell moved the first clause , fixing the period for which- the Poor Law Commission should exist . Mr . Exsiuope thought five years too long a period for the prolongation of the commission , aud moved , as an amendment , that it should extend only until

      1843 . Mr . GROTE was of opinion that tbe period should not be shorter than five years . He denied that tha powers ef th « commissioners were arbitrary , although they certainly were large , because the importanfc duties they had to perform required that they should be so . Mr . Wakley said the Hon . Member for London had not , advanced a single , reasor . why it was necessary to renew the commission for flve yaars . Mr . HaWES said he had known the -workhouses under the old law , and he bad a good deal of experience of union workhouses , ani he solemnly declared that

      under the old svatem many of the -workhouses were as bad r . s gaols , in which treatment was experienced by the p » upers which ini # ht justly be called torture ¦ „ and yet Hou . Members now s . m ? lit to destroy the only system which had ever grappled with the enormous evils of the old law . He denied that the present system could be fairly < ks /* nated harsh or oppressive in its operation , and ; said he was willing to share all the unpopularity which might be incurred by the Hon . Member for the city of London , for defending this bill , having neither wish r » r desire to Bit in that House upon such popularity aa might be acquired by opposing this bill . . ¦ . .

      Mr . T . Duncombe said the question really at issue was , the extinction of tho Goramiasien , or its perpetuity , afld contended that th « law could be better administered without a Cautral Board , by leaving its provisions to be carried out by the Boards of Guardians throughout tlie country . She Hon . Member thea quoted instances of great cruelty which , had been gaipetrated in Union Workh » usea , and asserted that uudetthe old Uw no » uch casts bad ever eccuned . Mr . Darby supported the amendment . Mr ^ Hamilton contended that the Peor Law Bill bad failed in oue ef its main objects , that of raising wage * On the contrary , it might easily be shown that its effect had been to reduce them . He admitted that nothing could be worse tha * the old system ^ but it did not follow from that , that they should " go the whole hog" with this measure , and have " the Bill , the whole BUI , and nothing but the . Bill . " He thought it might be necessary to continue the Commission , but be : should vote for its eontinusnea for the shorter period .

      Sir G . Strickland would also vote for the shorter period , and was of opinion that , unless some material changes were made , the present system could not continue to bfe the permanent law of the land . Mr . Tiutbrs supported toe clause . Mr . W . Attwood supported the shorter period , in order to give a more frequent power of revision to the H » use of Commons . It was said that thi * was done indirectly , because in the estimates the question nught be brought annually under consideration ; but if to , there could surely > * ° objection to do Jta & rectly which was not deemed injudioions when dona indirectly . „ _ » Mr . MuHTZ tbought it might baas well , in accordance Wtth V 0 » priacipk or voting the contmttance of this commission far five yeaw , to similarly vote th » Mutiny BUI and the-estimates for five years . _ . On a , diriaioa . the wuemimeflt waa negatived by «

      majority of 1 . 74 to . 135 . '¦'¦ ..,. « . " . j Colonel SiaiaOBP *» id lie should tMi ^ f ° SJ ^^ the House upon the reduction of tb * fiW'S *' SffTOv Commissioners , from £ 2 . 000 ft year OT ^ gnM * @V . their travelling expenses , from ¦ ¦^ uee : fffmj ^^ fr ^ m ^ A guinea a day , which he thought < &W&g&gim ! ffiP& : . W them in " good working <» nditiQj ^»« lgg > Jff *«? - , ^/ £ move to reduce tho salaries of ty § &JfmH ft \ r ffaynjifey feg ^ q sioners from £ 700 a year to £ so 0 && 6 ?/ jrjj& } X % &i ; ^^ T On the motion that the clattaa ^ fc ^ 'i ^ BWi ^ fcw ^ f ^ Mr . j ' . Fielden moved ^^^ V * vi W ^ W §^^^ ^ y O f-The committee again dvyWed , *« kyM ^ ?^ W ? y iy was negatived by a majority of lfi » ^ WptgTrw : ^ S •; The clause -was then agreed to , tiie ^ lMJgfc | J ^ IW « 2 fo ported progress , and obtained leave to At ¦ gain . w *

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      ? "THE LEAGUE" ARGUMENT . Mb . Editor , —If anything further is wanted to prove thai tbe professed advocates for a repeal of the Corn Laws are a set of dishonest and vile hypocrites , the following foots , will settle that question . . I attended a public meeting on Monday evening , at Deptford , in Kent , for the purpose of meeting the great sophist of the day , Mr . S- Smith . I found that , gentleman at work amongst a room full of middle men , with a few exceptions , endeavouring , as usual , to maSc them believe that the working cltiaaea were bo completely dead to theil OWI interest , ibat they allow themselves to be duped by a Bfct Of fellows , called Chartists , who were paid by those who were opposed to the repeal of the Corn Law * . That fcartfaced falsehood compelled me to break sileaoe , anaut-klf , at the close of Mr . Smith'sremarks , I nught be allowed to correct some statements mad > j by that gentleman , which were at variance with truKi . Instead of receiving an answer , there was

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      MRS . CLAYTON . CO THB EDITOR OF TUB liORTHEEN STAR . Sir , —As your valuable paper has ever been the medium through which the rights of all , without exception , have been fairly advocated , but especially the working classes , I feel it to be my imperative duty to thank you for tbe interest you have taken in my personal Welfare , under my unprecedented :. fHiction , I mean the loss of my husband , who died in the cause of chartism , and for that prompt attention you have paiii to communications frem different parts of tlie couatiy . Though he was a pour man , and of few abilities , compared with others , had he been a rich man—a

      Collins or a Lovett—you couid not have shown greater marks of respect , or have spoken o * him in terms more affecting , or have bien more ready to assist his helpless wife aud childven . Other friends have followed your example , aud lent me their pecuniary aid , to enable me to gain an honest livelihood , that I may not be left to the mercy » f oppressor * , or the frowns of tyrants . I sincerely thank all persons wh # have used their influence in tbe cause of the fatherless and widow , and should any Chartist friends grant me their support , i trust tbey will fee satisfied tliat the same Is not misapplied , as it is my intention to acknowledge all gums received by ma , be they ever so small , through the medium of your paper .

      Sir , I take this opportunity of most gratefully acknowledging the sums already received from the following places : — £ s . d . Manchester Tlctim Fund 200 Members of the Christian Church , Birmingham 13 9 Ba ' . h Female Radical Association 0 11 8 Murylebuue ami Paddington Victim Committee 2 0 0 Sir , by Inserting these few lines in your paper of Saturday next , with the sums above named , you will greatly obligo , Yours respectfully , Sarau Clavton . N . B . All communications addressed to Mrs . Clayton , No , 87 , PojUr-strtet , SliL-flield , will be promptly attended to . Sheffiuld , March , lClh , 1841 .

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      - THE NORTHERN STAR ! »*

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 27, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct372/page/3/