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      * J ^ E ~ ARE TWO MILLIONS ATO SO 2 E&THHrG MOBJB . . iet » e bsve two mffiions of MgHatnre * , snd then « jare mtbority te act *—Thomas Attwood . * Q pre me tw » millions ef signatures , and "who can m oor demand- "— -Daatrf OCotauHL TO THE FUSTIAN JACKETS . u leaf ttt , and at last , my dear friend * , year own ^ fcM done your own work . fleeter I "write upon the question of Universal ^ j — I feel more or lea excited , ud if I be now j *^ n uiu * Dj so it may be surely considered

      justij ! frisidfc the first petitjos of the working £ this country eTer presented to the House of J ^ saaf * otf »>)«*> whiie **» magnitude , aad the brief ^ Jsp iaaive manner in -which it ra got up and * L ( o its destination , command aome obserrxtions Bb tie originator of the project * L * i 31 recollect that I waa charged withan act of ^ jgs . is lading mentioned some of tbe materials " T jkigi tie country could hastily form a CMrren-• rtiie Jlr- Httherington and Ma friend * did not ^ Lji to deBgu&te tbe body as my " hired toola " vj Jneod * , let ay firs * act of despnium now speak jjjgj . Bat I have yet to learn why one man alone , * L w otu » much in a cause , is to be the only

      _ j sdnded fr » m eren recommending -what to him r prudent—for such is my case . jr , t pu too * that erery invention , every change , it » re , i « at first suggested by one person . Ten ^ at tea « ame moment , aay , " O , w e have just wj-fcl of a plan . " > * o ; one must suggest , and the jgjanrt decide- Well , Martin shewed the neceatod * Cosveation ; I said these ought to be a ConfS ~ 9 ; tot aid there shall be a Convention , and God Hn nrf the Convention ; while , as regards my influ--nBj orintiinacy with , that body of thirteen mem---. I betbt set eyes upon more than Dr . M'Dooall , ¦ ^ pittethlj , Smart , and Ckerisgton , and I -was vfl ^ person whose name was assailed . So much for

      . tosr tani - ^ pr for our glorioui triumph . We must contrast ti Tiih the petition presented in 1839 , and rejoice in fcifruce of our position , demonstrated by the comgaoa . Firstly , then , tbe former petition was aided ^ ispported by Attwood and party , by the moral fat ( Jiqus and their party , by tke London Working is ) Association and their party , and was so cautib ! j Torded ai to ba » mere declaration of general , jgmirail . and manufacturing distress , which could fiteie » ored by the Charter . The time allowed for

      panics signatures was from October 1 SS 8 to June j 3 j ; i powerful Convention was elected for tbe gj i * purpose of adding to its numbers ti magnifying its importance . A . large porj * of our funds went to pay missionaries , im sole object it was to propound the Charter , with iw » to the acquirement of signatures . The whole of ^ Bsfavpolis was agitated by the Convention , in per-B , for six months of the most propitious season . ImI money was spent in getting up public meetings , aSjrtenring signatures . Indeed , in London , we paid 'ao dear for our -whistle , " as reference to the balance

      fes d the Pii > 'Ti . \ G and postixg for convening jrrtrnn will show . It not unfrequentiy happened U &ere was a large balance to be paid to iome Kife printer , over and above what tha subscriptions BdHfid at meetings ; bat then we got the signaisk We had the coaxtauutce of two iLP . 's in our lac undertaking , and , after all , we got about ntt&t * too hundred and thirty ihexsang siffTialures ; sdjoT , bear in mind , that was the whole nest of fcsiat egp laid for the whole season , from October ,

      23 , t » Jnne , 1 S 39 , mat so single petition was preezi ; and that time was given , from week to wsek , bpS the very last name , and that the very last name nfead , aad them a supplement , and then a codicil , £ fhn a postscript , and all this before any disunion fctpbee . Tp to that period there were no Govern-¦ tfpreeecutions , but , on the contrary , the people were iaM 'by the Right Bon . aud Noble Secretary for tbe hm Department , to meet , proclaim their grievances , ¦ ipeaiioa for their redress .

      Km , observe the distinguishing features in ors lea&B . It-was got up in a hurry ; not more than a full itts ^ t being allowed for its completion . The wh ole ? ace did sot amount to £ 100 . We bad no assist-B » from any ctap-irap party or Association , but the triable ladies aud gentlemen of the industrious order , gibad no assistance whatever from the metropolitan BJas-np (^ meetings sad petitions . Oar petition had as ting of Frost , Williams , and Janes restoration in i , fet the moal philosophers . I had numerous letters , B&g Out it -would be much better for the prisoners ' epos to unit thai aad the Ch&rter , but I was

      rend thai m our short cruize , -we should all sail in the axboai Thousands of puling , smooth-faced bypoatxslaim&d , oh > sign a petition for those traitors seret I -rill sign one for the liberation of all polijla&ndea , because I think they have already sufraiaioueh . " V « - » £ re all at sea about the last moment for s « nd-5 fcmrd petitions , and weeks were lost by not being k to communicate at shorter intervals with the ^ fc ; -while , in 1839 , we had the columns of the 3 y jresj at our hired service .

      ¥ » lad a party reviling the Convention and calling saiEiy "hired tools , " and every attempt made to s&KS their objeet and impede their progress . We > ij * nonssent back , and petitions not Bent We ? & Ssuao&s upon thousands of signatures to different ^ presented from the Petition Committee , and sent iP . ! from different localities , -moving in all , in the * f Ijase of Ifess »^ a . n six weeks , above 2 , 200 , 000 P ^ feres in im . To these drawbacks add the threats fc'SEiEeiit , the la-w officers , asd the press , against T fears Convention wbieh sheold dare to assemble :

      " FWecutioiis for attendance upon public meetings ; « cssissal from employment , in times » f unparal-* & ¦ Sstress , of every man who dared to attach his ^ tere to a petition , oz to lake any open part in " * - ** sgitatioc I say , add all these thiegs toge-^ ad ay Aether or not the country has a right to : j * sb 4 of my fygj g ^^ iagt act of despotism . ^ xaetha t the present crisis had come uyon Us ^ " 0 suti a mardfe ^ taton of public feelinr , and vtie that Hon . Gentlemen had been allowed once ^ io retcrn to their constituencies -with the pleasing

      -Sate of " O , you see -we have put the torck-anila Ss-mea down ; you hear nothing of the Chartist * ** * TThit , I ask , must have been the effect of such * 3 p ession , especially in Ireland , -where the infant ' ^ in cr easing in strength and loveliness ? Must it " ¦ "T » piralj ^ rd the energy of our friends , and have * *> i the confidence and overbearing of out eue-^ Si much for the impediments against which we ** * Rraggle in procuring signatures for tbe Honour-* House . : * . for what is much , very much , more important ; ^ 'saer in -which the petition wss carried

      TO TKE HOUSE . c this subject need I do more than remind you 2 * J » ct that iGHTm MEN U FUSTIAN ^ ti » soul of their own body , and deposited

      * HE BAR OF THE HOUSE . _ * Ql remind yon that the real petition or the real ** j * 8 men contained , in 18 * 1 , nearly oDe million ^ a , from Irst to last , over tbe petiti # a oi * Bo not coming events cast their shadows before ? **• it tot ominons that such a body should be the p ° f « ueh a message to the very bar of the House ? , 1 * ^ dumb , but eloquent advocate , in language | ** a to be misunderstood , say to the intruders , " I ^^ gite X 0 T 1 CB To < jcit . " Yes , that above ¦ " * aa , ii the important feature in our " new move '

      *" > » au te say another word upon it , would bat ^ tbe fact * » o » come to the debate . That occupies a much * J » time of their honourable consideration tfr » m a ^* aade upon a petition for the release from gaol agle individual , ( Mr . Thomas Thorougood ) and vtt&a comparatively insignificant matters , last ^_ -- Psjhament . I pass over the laughter and ^*! fta < -rill shortly be psid off upon the hustings , , * " grjanegogs - come to grin through the collar ^" eet voices , " *^ t come to the division , and here is the mort £ ^ t YksH . of bH . The House divides 66 and 60 , lacisded , and , as is nsual in such cases , the $ Tei bis casting v ^ ts for negativing the

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      proposition upon which tbe House 1 m balanced . This , which appears as an aet of tynray against «* , was intended as some kind of protection against Ministerial corruption . It is a custom for the speaker , in such cases , to negative tbe proposition , althrcgh the Leeds Times says it does ' nt envy bis feelings . The Speaker had no other course . But then tke question arises—is there upon record any precedent for following such a course as to hold the parties in custody after such a division ? And , while npon the subject , give me leave to offer one word in opposition to what has been so frequently urged by the sleek and oily Baronet , against Interference wiuh the prerogative of the Crown , and the trash about want of precedent . I can famish them with a precedent

      In 1834 , I moved-an address to the Crown for the liberation of Grant and Bell , proprietors of the True Sun , then confined in the Queea ' $ Bench for libel , and who do you suppose seconded that unconstitutional appeal ? Why , 8 ir Henry Hardlnge , Sir Robert ' s right-h&nd man , and a member of bis Cabinet , in 1835 . Now , -what think you of the precedent and " unconstitutional interference ?" I now come to the division ; the most immediately importint part to as poor devils , pent up this roasting weather in Whig ovens . Now , then , I declare to you a fact , and in corroboration of Thleh I give you the names of the parties , and this one instance will prove my present state : —

      For more than ten days 1 have been eonflned to my bed and cell with a violent rheumatism in my back , not able to stir . I have had-the Doctor twice a day , and boen drenched with drugs . Well , this is Monday morning , the last day of my thirteenth monthi aad this very moment I have returned to my bed , 'where I now write , propped up , after being roused by the whacking , knocking , and thumping of the attendant of a poor fellow , I believe in the cholera , and ' within four yards of me in the under hospital 1 was obliged t » get up , and go down to desire the T > octor to be sent for , and I met the T > octor , his apprentice , and the turnkey , just at the entrance .

      Now that is a pleasant situation in this weather , aud in my condition ; and I merely mention it to show the value of every vote for our relief- Now then to the division . It was sixty and sixty . Every man who was pledged to support us did , -with one . single solitary exception , redeem that pledge . Who was that mm »

      SANXEXi O'COHKIILZt . Yes , fustian jackets , who subscribed your money and your names for our liberation , we are not now the laws prisoner *; we are not the Speaker ' s prisoners ; we are Dasibl O'Consell's victims . Just follow me through a bit of plain argument , too clear even for the Corn Exchange earwigs to misunderstand . A deputation of Members of the Convention waited upon Mr ^ O"ConnelL To them he promised his speech , his support , and his vote . At the meeting in Covent Garden , he was extremely loud and

      vehement in his good intention—yea , quite valiant , He said he would liberate ' all , even O'Connor and O'Brien . " He received the petition from working men in company with Mr . Dan combe ; he said a few words upon it , just to have an opportunity of boasting that there--were no political prisoners in Ireland . The answer to which is , that there is no opposition to tyranny in that country . Well , be spoke , aad feebly , and -what then ? Why , just as the division was coming on , our pledged-supporter " cut ajjd kunj" he , O'Connell , left tho House , and left as , who had the misfortune te have his support , still in dungeons .

      My friends , is this not very like the abandonment of the Canadians , and the casting vote against the operatives , and his speech against the T > orche 8 ter Labourers , and then his denial of the report ? But he shall not have a loop-hole , to creep ont of here . You must know the custom and practice in all cases of any importance , when a membw desires to vote . It is this . Those intending to support a motion request of a friend to send for them , nhen Mr . A or B commences his reyly , or when signs ef a division are at hand . When the division is about to take place , the galleries are cleared of strangers , and all the bells of tbe House communicating with the several waiting rooms -where members lounge are rung .

      Each party has its rendezvous . The Reformers , as they call themselves , use the Reform Cinb , and the following is tbe usual injunction left with some friend upon retiring to the " haunt . " " John , my de » r , or Maurice , my dear , or some one my dear , send a cab for me to the club before tbe division . " Now , there is a cab stand at the very doer of the House , and the whole process of going for , and returning with , an honourable gentleman / does not occupy more than eight minutes . 'But why leave th » spot for a moment ! Had tbe Bank of Ireland Charter been the subject , he would have remained stuck to his seat .

      But , my fnen = s , why waste a word upon this disgusting piece of treachery ? Is not the fact just this ? —that this man was trebly pledged to- support us—that he injured us by his speech , aud did not vote for us , ¦ while his vote would have given us a majority ; and , consequently , the prayer of your glorious petition wonld have been granted , and "we would have been released by yon . llj friends , is not this last act of refined treachery more than flesh and blood can bear , and are we not now tke victims of

      DANIEL O'CONNEIi ? This is not the ordinary ease of balanced parties , ¦ where it might be urged . O , if any other one had vot « d with you , the question would have been carried . Here we had a . man pledged , offered , forced upon us , and we were abandoned by him—so much for the vote of oae , and now read the following list . of the division for and against tbe motion . 3 Iotion made , and Question put , " That an humble

      Address be presented to her Majesty , humbly praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to take into her merciful consideration tbe cases of all persons confined in England aad Wales for Political Offences : "—; Mr : Thomas Duncombe . ) The House divided ; Ayes 58 , Noes 53 . And thejiumbers being tqual , Mr . Speaker stated , that he considered that the Vute , if carried , would interfere with tbe Prerogative of the Crown , aod , therefore , dtcl&red himself -with the Sots .

      AYES . Aglionby , H . A ., Cocktr- Lansdale , Hon . C , mouth Knaresboiaugh Barnard , K G ., Greenwich Leader , J . Temple , West-Berkelty , Hon . F . H ., minster Bristol Lushington , C , Ashburton Be-ffes , Tl , Plymoutk Moleswortb , Sir W ., Leeds Bridgeman , H ., Eanis Muntz , G . P ., Birmingham Brodie , W . B ., Salisbury Muskett , G . A ., St . Albany Brotherton , J ., Salford O'Brien , C , Clare Buller , C , Lukeard O'Connell , M . J ., Kerry Bul-wer , Sir E . L ., Lincoln Pechell , Capt , Brighton Busfleld , \ Y ., Bradford Protieroe , E ., Halifax

      Bntler , Hon . P ., Kilkenny Prymo , G ., Cambridge Co . Roche , E . B ., Cork Co . Callaghan , D ., Cork City Bundle , 3 ., Tavistock Collier , J ., Plymouth Saiwey , Lieat-CoL , Lud-CoHins , W ., Warwick low Currie , R ., Northampton Sinclair , Sir G ., Caithness Denistoun , J ., Glasgow Stewart , J ., Honitou Dnke , Sir James , Boston Strickland , Sir G ., W . R . Baithope , J ., Leicester Yorkshire Ellis , Wypn , Leicester Talfourd , Mr . S ,, Reading Evans , Sir G . Da Lacy , Tborneley , f ., Wolver-Westminster hanipton

      Ewart , Wm ., Wigan Yilliers , Viscount , Wey-Fielden , John , Oldham mouth Gillon , W . D ., Liulithgow Wakley , T ., Finsbury Greg , R . H ., Manchester Walter , J ., Nottingham Hall , Sir B ., MaryleboHe Warbarton , H , Bridport Hawes , B-, Lambsth Ward , H . G , Shtmtia Hector , Cortkwaite John , White , A ., Susderlaud PetersEeld Williams , W ., Coventry Hindley , C , Ashton Wood , B ., Southvraik Hodges , T . L ., West Kent TELLERS . Bumphery , J ., Southwark Duncombe , T . S ., Finsbury Jones , J ., Carmarthenehire Hume , J ., Kilkenny

      NOES . Adam , Rear-Adm . Sir C , Jermyn , Earl , Bury , Sof-Clackmannan folk Antrobus , Edmd ., Surrey Kembie , H . East Surrey Baring , F . T ., Port * Knight , H . G ., Nottingmouth hamshire Bentinck , Lord G ., Lynn Lucas , Edward , Monaghan BetheU , Kd . Yorkshire Macauley , T . B ^ , Edinburgh Broadly , Henry , East Mackenzie , Thomas , Rosa-Ycrkshire shire

      Bruce , C . L . C ., Elginshire Maryland , T ., Stockport Buller , Sir J . Yarde , Uaule , Hon . Fax , Elgin Devonshire Burghs Ciay , Wm ., Tower Hamlets Morpeth , Lord , Yorkshire Clerk , Sir G Stamford Pa ' mer , George , Essex Ciive , R . H . South Strop- PalmerstonYisct ., Tiverton shire Peel , Right Hon . Sir R-, Darby Geo ., East Sussex Tamworth Denison , W . J . West PI GOT , D . Rl ., Clonmel Sussex Plumptre , Jolin P ., Bast Eiliet , Hon . J . F ., Rox- Kent

      borghsaire . Pusey , Philip , Berkshire Estcourt , T . G . B ., Oxford Richards , Rd ., Merioneth-University shire Fort , J ., Cl tberoe Rose , Sir George , Christ-Frexoantie , Sir T . Bucks church

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      Goulbun , Right Hon . H ., Russell , Lard Joa , Stroad Cambridge University Rutherford , Right Hon . A ., Graham . Right Hon . Sir Lelth J . R . G- Bu , Pembroke Sandon , Lord , Liverpool Greene , T . G . > TAn « nn tTy Sibthorp , Colonel , Lincoln Greig , David , Perth Slaney , R . A ., Shrewsbury Grosvenor , Ld . R , Chester Smyth . Sir ( J . H ., Col-Halford , Henry , Leicester- charter shire Stuart , Villiers , Waterford Harcourt , G . G . Y ., Oxford- County shire Teignmouth , Lord , Mary-Herrie * . Right Hon . J . CL . lebone

      Harwich Wilde , Mr . Serjt , Newark Howard , C . W . Q ., Cum- Wood , Charles , Halifax berland Wood , T . J ., Middlesex Hurt , Francis , South Derby Wy « e , Thomas , Waterford Inglis , Sir R . H . Oxford tbli-bbs . University Stanley , E . John , North Jackson , Mr . Serjt . Bandon Cheshire Bridge Parker , John , Sheffield Having read that list , I would ask the Corn Law

      Exchange patriots whether or not they perceive any thing in it revolting to their Irish patriotic blood , disgusting to them as Irishman , and insulting to them as Catholics ? Do those who comment so freely upon unnatural alliances and acquaintanceship , see any cause te blush in reading the name which stands next to that of Sir Robert Peel ? Now patriots , Catholics , Irishmen , what say you to this union of the Orange Premier , that is to be , and the Catholic Liberal Attorney General that is .

      But stop , stop , the English People who have been so vilely and cruelly slandered—as tbe enemies of Ireland— aust know who and what this said Right Honourable David Pigot is . He is , then , a county of Cork man , nobly sprung from the people ; he has honourably , honestly , and most highly creditably worked his way up to his present position . Thus , I admit that there breathes sot a better private character on the earth than Mr . Pigot , but , melancholy is the fact , that so good a man should be found in such society . Pigot is the Member for Clonmel , the most Radical Borough in the county of Tipperary ; he is a Catbolio ; he is a brother barrister of mine ; we go the same circuit , are members of the same bar mess , and to tke hour we parted , were personal friends .

      And , 0 , Pigot , Pigot , Pigot , why tarnish your laurels so nobly won and so dear , by such an act of wilful oppression ? Will not the Irish people now begin to test your position by Mr . O'Connell ' a own rule ? " What was that ? " you ask . Some few weeks ago , when the repeal fire required slacking , poor Jackson and Sutton , the living ghosts of departed Orangeism , were thrown over it as dampen . They made their usual speeches against Catholicity , upon a motion of a mani&o Scotchman , aad in those speeches O'C » nnell saw quite enough to render their appointments to the Irish bench a question of importance—of greater magnitude than even Repeal fob THE PRESENT .

      0 yes , what security could the Irish Catholics have as parties in a Court of Justice from such Judges ? They had the security of a Jury . But , I ask , what security for liberty , or justice , can they have from your appointment , who , as a juror , have given such a damning verdict ; and let it be borne is mind , that almost as a right , Mr . Pigot is now entitled to the first vacancy upon tbe Irish Bench ; and , upon behalf of my Chartist countrymen , who ARE TO BE prosecited . What security , I demand , can they have at your hands ? By a parity of reasoning , is not this a fair question ? "Tia , and one which you must and shall yet answer .

      Again , Sir , do we net find you in company in this division , with the said Sergeant Jackson ? and is not a man to be known by his company ? 0 how often does it happen that a young politician rashly commits an act which years of strained and studied policy cannot obliterate ! With thesa few observations I leave you , Pigott , to that sorrow aud remorse which a foolish act must ever create in tbe good nan ' s mind . And , my friends , I leave you also , having thus contrasted our present position with our position when we were thought more formidable , but while we were literally weak in the perfidy of brooding treason , which , thanks t « your discernment and the over anxiety of the traitors , has been blown into air . I have also shown you that we no w are the prisoners of DANIEL O'CONNELL . Ever your faithfol Friend And brother Chartist , Feargl's O'Connor .

      We are 4 , 000 , 000 —So No Surrender I P . S . Let me not in my general duty forget that which is duty to a good individual . My friends , our g » od brother , Peter Hoey , has lost a leg in the service . An appeal has been made to yon to know whether his life is also to fee sacrificed for want of the poor means of visiting his native land . I have no response . Is he to die ? I now invoke you—I ask you to send me your pence . I will be treasurer . None shall stick to my flngers . It will gladden me to receive the good man ' s bounty for the sufferer , and when Hoey comes for it I -will have much pleasure in not diminishing it . Let each send a letter direct to me , to York Cistle . Give me something to do in my solitude . Yours , _ F . O'C .

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      FEARGUS O'CONNOR TO DANIEL O'CONNELL . " Hereditary bondsmen , know ye not , Who would be free themselves must strike the blow . " TO DANIEL O'CONNELL , ESQ ., M . P . SIR , —I have very often marvelled at the frequent use you make of the above neble sentiment of Byron ' a I am at a loss to discover your application of it . However , I use it , as we are over 2 , » 0 » , t 0 » , to remind you of the moral blow wd gave physical tyranny on Tuesday , tbe 25 th of May ; a day ever to be revered in tbe annals of the country . While I truly deplore any circumstance tending to hold my frienda and brothers yet in bondage , I cannot too fervently return thanks to providence that I have been spared the infliction of owing my liberty to you , even in the remote degree which

      your name , standing among 12 » others , would imply . Upon my own party , I maivel not at your perfidy , but I beg to remind you of tbe analogy between your condnct and that of our degenerate countryman , Lord Carbery , upon tbe question of Catholic Emancipation . That Noble Lord spoke in favour of the measure , and voted against it ; upon which you very justly observed , that you trusted in future he would speak against you and vote for you . I wish moBt sincerely , Sir , that you had been governed by your own recommendation ; though , in fact , tbe little that you did say was calculated , as it was intended , to injure us .

      Sir , many who do not yet understand you , will suppose that some reason may be assigned for your absence , after your thrice-pledged vow to set the captive free , but I feel convinced that you , like all other politicians who look to resclts only , -would have given the casting vote against us , rather than let us loose . Yes , Sir , you would prefer another torrent of that popular indignation to which your recent perfidy must subject you , to meeting us once more in the field .

      How is it , Sir , that absence of Irish Members upon all paltry divisions has been so savagely commented upon by you , while you thus dare to outrage a nation in the very press nee of nearly 2 , 000 , 000 of its people . It is not many days since tbe absence of Sir David Roche , upon a government measure , was accounted for by you in a letter to the Horning Chronicle . You stated that the expected death of his amiable wife was the cause of his absence , but you have given no excuse for your

      absence . Base perfidious man . ' You rejoice in the result : you have obtained your « bjeet ; but you shall answer for it For some daysyou were foolishly tolerated in public upon the presumption alone that you were going to take a lead In behalf of your victims ; but I , who know you better , assured every friend of mine that you would again betray or desert us . You have done so ; neither you cor one of your s » us , nor one single joint of your tail , voted for us , while many , very many , voted against us .

      Sir , I dimiss this disgusting part of my subject , and come to a question of much more importance . You have recently done me the honour to call me the " wild F « argus , " and my brother Chartists " miscreants , " my " wild associates , " while you have surfeited us with the repetition of "I am a practical man . " So now , Mr . Practical man , as " Words are but wind , And actions speak the mind , " give ear to the ' wild Feargus , " while he reasons calmly with the " practical" Mr . O'Connell . You are perhaps sufficient of a gardener to know that the method of producing tbe best apple is by engrafting a tame scion os a wild stock , and let me see whether vaj tame graft

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      upon th « wild stock , or your wild g » ft u P ° n tbe taiB » stock has produced the best fruit It 'ate your political existence from about the yew 13 . U , and from that time to the present , a period of over thirty yean . You have raised millions of pounds upon » the poo * Irish for the purposes of agitation , and tl ie fruit of which was to be found in the camber of 1 signatures attached toapetitlon for a Repealof the Unlc n . Sir , I rejoice to be able to test your prae tieeand success by some recent declaration . You canm *> you shall not , fly from it , because it constitutes my whole triumph . You have said over and over agaim , w ithin tke last six weeks , that 2 , »| o , 000 signatures w oukl

      carry Repeal . You demanded a shilling a head' " " blood money . " Yen haye not yet any signatui 68 You have never , for thirty years , with all you * perfe , * practical machinery , gob up one petition with 2 e « , 0 < fc > names to it You have never got up petitions upon any subject with one half the amount of signature * attached to our last petition ; and mark , the 200 , 000 , at one shilling a head , is to be the test of your practical agitation , and is to entitle yon to a Repeal of ttw Union , while our petition , got up at an expenceless thanaweek ' s ' rent /' with over 2 , 000 , 000 , commands but three columns of a debate , and does not insure your vote . . . .

      Now , Sir , reflect npon that , and think that while you at large , at the expence of millions , with a people more masters of their time than the poor English , and with an able agitator in each parish , have not been able to get half a million of signatures for a great national purpose , aud while no impediment or obstruction was thrown in your way , yet have I and my wild associates , while I am in prison , at an expenoe short of £ 90 , not one week ' s " rent" of your Association , in one fortnight , produced 2 , 000 , 000 signatures .

      Now what say you to that ? And again , Sir , npon the question of physical force . Thanks be to God , and as you profanely say , which I devoutly pray , glory be to His holy name , no Chartist has ever yet , in general conflict , row , or single combat , shed one drop of human blood , while streams of Irish blood on both sides have freely flowed in furtherance of your practical , peaceful , divine agitation . Da you suppose , Sir , that in the long run , these startling foots will not tell ? or

      do you imagine that because you have hitherto had a hireling press at your back , to circulate your slanders , and fire its batteries at your foes , that trutk can be much longer held in abeyance . No , Sir , for believe me that the day is fast coming , when my voice will , and shall , be heard throughout the length and breadth of the land , notwithstanding the many , the mean , the low , the lying , and the dastardly methods resorted to for smothering it

      Yes , Sir , our day is coming , and upon that 4 ay Feargus will be found , with , his wild associates , fighting the battle of justice , equality and right , against all tyrants , morally if we may , physically if we must . Who i » now the practical man ,

      DANEBXi OB FEABGUS O'CONNOR ? P . S . Every machination that the wicked mind of wicked man conld invent , has been put into full operation to destroy me ; but , Sir , I hurl defiance at you . I live in tbe heart of every working man of the land ; he inhales my spirit with his breath ; we are flesh of the same flesh , and bone of the same bone ; and all your sophistry , and tbe sophistry of your tools , can never , never , never , eradicate the name of the " wild Feargus" from the memory of his " wild associates . " With them I will die , or with them I will conquer . F . O'C .

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      HOW TO CARRY THE CHARTER IN THIRTEEN MONTHS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —Will you allow me , a working man , a corner in the Slart to suggest a plan for the obtainment of the Charter - . one which is perfectly legal , and weuld most certainly carry it if prepeocly managed ; it is as follows : —For every working man in the country to save by every sixpence he can scrape together by every means in his power , to get as much as would keep him for one month , by making every sacrifice the cause demands . Surely this might be done in one

      year ; then every man having saved enough to keep him for the said month , for the whole working population at one and the same time to strike work and take holiday for one month ; then for a great meeting to be held in every town , under the direction of the General Councillors of each town ; then for the Executive , accompanied by a million of men , to wait upon the Queen , to acquaint her of the just demands of her people . This would most certainly carry the Charter , and also restore Frost , Williams , and Jones , if fully carried out Youra , respectfully , Robert Lott . Bermondsey , May 31 , 1841 .

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      CHILD STEALING-SINGULAR DECEPTION . In the course of last week , a-female , from the Highlands , called at the house of a sailor , named M'Lachlan , at Port-Dundas , and inquired for lodgings , -which , however , it was not found convenient to grant her , but as she seemed to be a stranger , and scarcely able to speak English , lodgings -Were got for her in the neighbourhood . She returned next morning , and asked libertyto make breakfast for herself , and permission was given her to do so . Mrs . M'Lachlan bad in her arms a fine male child , about four months old , which the stronger began to fondle , and latterly offered to take it to the

      door to give it the air . The unsuspecting mother made no objectitn to this , and tbe female left the house with tbe child , to which , however , she never retnrned . The affliction of the bereaved mother at the loss Of her infant was boundless ; and , after four days and nights bad transpired , all hopes of recovery -were almost given up . On Friday evening , however , the child was restored to her , and a plot of the most remarkable character laid bare—the thief being , at the same time safely lodged in the Police Office . The following are the circumstances of the case : — !

      The name of tbe woman referred to is said to be Kirsty Ross . She had been for some time servant with a farmer in the parish of Buchanan , Stirlingshire , where she contracted an intimacy with a shepherd on a neighbouring farm , and who , previous to this , had been a fellow-servant on the same farm with herself . At Martinmas last , she gave up her place , believing , or pretending , that she was six months gone with child to the young man , who concurred in some arrangements which she suggested to conceal their , thaote . She took

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      an affectionate leave of her paramour for a time , came to Glasgow , andat the proper period made It known to him through their correspondence , that he was to consider himself the father of one of the finest male children he had ever seen . ' : Tbe young man seat her a little money ; but , it is alleged , not quite so much as she considered he might have done . And now comes the story of hei child-rtealing . She was out of place from Martinmas to Candlemas , the quarter-term , when she entered into an engagement here for half-a-year . At Whitsunday , she employed a woman to do her work for a few days , until she wonld see her frienda , and left her master ' s house , it was understood , with that intent On Tuesday last , she went to the sailor ' s house at Port-Dundas , and entered into a confabulation in

      Gaelic with the good wife of the honest tar . She got the child in her arms , fondled it , and afterwards was intrusted with it to the door to give it an airing , and thus found an opportunity to complete her design . Every publicity -was given to the drcumstance . and means were taken to discover the wicked offender . A gentleman , who bad taken a deep interest in the case , gave information at the police-office that a woman with a child , answering the description given , had been . seen walJMng a ' ong GFarscube Koad , and inquiring for . means of conveyance to Aberfoyle . As this was ascertained tebe in tbe direction where she had formerly oe rved , u Higbisadman , named Ewe * Kennedy , was daipatcbul Id ponnit , in the hope * of getting the waman in the neighbourhood of Aberfoyle . He found

      » necessary , however , to proceed to the parish of Drummood , and * at the fans where her sweetheart , ' whose name is M'Sfeil , wa * employed as a shepherd , she was found feeding : the stoles infant with a spoon , its dress having been almost entirely changed . It appears that , before her capture , tb * -female had been at the ruling elder of tbe garish * to-whom she stated * that M'Neil was the father of the child , expressed penitence for her offence , in order to-be sui ^ eeted to Chords ensure , ' and expected to have the child baptised on the following Sabbath . The * arrival of tbe persons by wiom she was captured , ho waver , brokeup her whole cJeslgn . Tbe child had readily- gained tbe affections of the- supposed

      father , and the reader can easily conceive th * ohange of feeling caused by the exposure . Campbell , the criminal officer , who had been likewise sent in puroait , came to Glasgow on Friday night last , with the-prisoner ? and , having lodged k * r i » the Police-office , took tho child home to it * mother , whose excess of joy- on the little one being placed in bar arms was bey on * the grief and pain she had suffered on account of its absence . Ross , who is a woman about thirty-five years of' age , of a coarse rustic appearance , was , on Saturday , remitted to the Sheriff ' s Chambers . Her object appears-to have been either to extort money from M'Neil , or to draw him into a marriage . —Scottish Patriot .

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      THE NATIONAL PETITION . Hail spirit of universal liberty ! glory to the- imperishable cause of immaculate truth ! Justice will soon assert her empire over the vile passions ot tbe spoiled children of luxury and pride . Class supremacy , class vassalage , aristocratic profusion , and plebeian destitution ; pampered idleness and starved toil ; are near-Ing their social dissolution . It was Bald a few months ago that Chartism was dead as a door nail—honest John Campbell declare that he bad killed it The Whigs spent many thousands of the nation ' s money on its obsequies , and their hirelings sung its dirge in strains of exulting merriment Poor animals , did they really think that the people's demand for their just rights wasbnt the effervescence of temporary agitation ?

      did their ignorance of human nature , and of the signs of the times , lead them to believe that because they had consigned to their bastiles a few mighty spirits , wuo bad contributed to tbe political storm , a dead calm was to ensue ? Abject miscreants ! they will now see that Chartism is immortal ; and why not ? It dates its origin at the creation of man , and the decrees of the eternal hallow its principles . Our national petition is the response . That glorious testimony of the people ' s will , and the harbinger of the people ' s power , will tell trembling cravens of corruption that there is an accumulating , a deep and sweeping under current of Radical knowledge , feeling , and determination among the millions ; it will gather strength as it rolls on , and at last carry every obstacle before it

      The National Petition of 1839 had 1 , 250 , 000 signatures . The agitation was then apparently in its zenith . Many of our noble-minded frienda , who are now exiles in distant lands , or languishing in the gloomy precincts of the dungeon , were on the field . Demonstrations were held in every quarter of the country for the purpose of getting up the petition , and abundant time was devoted to the neceEsaryarrangement ; but , in the pre : sent instance , it has been got up without any extraordinary effort—indeed without scarcely any effort at all —a few simple newspaper addresses to the country ,

      calling our unity of desire into operation , have , in the small tpace ef six weeks , affixed to oar National Petition of 1841 , 1 , 348 , 848 signatures , being nearly one hundred thousand more than that of 1839 ; besides , there are many districts that we'know who had not their signature sheets forward in time for presentation , and as we have no doubt but the same has occurred in almost every county in England and Scotland , we have little hesitation in saying , that had another month been allowed , an additional quarter of million of names would have been appended . —Scottish Patriot .

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      AN ECCENTRIC CHARACTER . The Glasgow Courier states that on a recent occasion , at the conclusion of tho business in the Police Court , Glasgow , John Macpherson was brought iuto the hall , and placed at the bar . His hair was long and matted ; aud he respectfully begged permission to retain his cap on his head , to prevent bis " roped" locks from falling over his face . The attitude he assumed was commanding , and even graceful—his brawny well-formed limbs being exposed below the knee , while his loins were girded by a piece of blanket , and over his shoulders , leaving his arms bare , was thrown an old sack—which completed his entire costume ! His dark shaggy beard gave a patriarchal cast to a countenance expressive of intellectual power ; and , except the oddity of his dress ,

      and a slight peculiar expression of his dark eye , there was nothing to excite suspicion of his sanity , when he was rebutting the charge of having a vicious dog in his possession . He gave a distinct account of having been in company with tbe men said to be bitten by the dog . They , according to his statement , had , on coming out of a house near Blue Vale , where they bad met on business , attacked both him and the dog—when it had turned upon the assailants—and the prisoner , in the hurry , had fallen down a steep place , and got both bis leg and shoulder injured . Court—Why do you not wear clothes ? Prisoner ( in a changed and hurried manner)—Because I gave them to others , until I had neither clothes nor money left . I fouud all those I assisted to be ungrateful—all

      ungrateful ! Court—You cannot be allowed to go about tho streets in that manner . Prisoner—Oh , no—I never leave the neighbourhood of Glen Park , where I reside with ray faithful dog alone , apart from ungrateful mankind . Court—Ho w do you support yourself ? Prisoner —I am a twister ; and in the gloaming , when no man sees me , I steal out to those who employ me , and in the dull leadeu hours of midnight , when all is hushed , I am busy twisting in the damp shops of the weavers , proud that there is none near me but my faithful dog . Court —Would you wear clothes , if you had them ? Prisoner —Yes , if they were my own —( emphatically )—if I purchased them . Captain Miller—I will present you with a

      suit of clothes if you will promise to wuar them . Prisoner —I have always heard of Captain Miller being a benevolent gentleman ; now I have proved it . I feel obliged to him , much obliged , but I would rather not ; I ¦ will have them ef my own . Court—Have you made any vow ? Prisoner—No , no ; three years have seen me in this garb ; the black ingratitute of mankind is as strong as a vow . But ( his voice softening ) even yet I extend my hand to the needy , and the cry of distress makes my heart thrill ! Court—We will continue the case in the meantime , and see what c » n be done for you . This singular character was then conducted out of the court , with a freedom of step and dignity of carriage worthy a chief of the desert

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      SrDNET Smith ' s " Last . "— " Sir , " said Lord Cto the Rev . Sidney Smith . " do you think Parliament will be dissolved V " Dissolved , my Lord ! Ic must be if this hot weather continues much longer . " United States . —We ( Morning Herald ) have received by the St . James , Capt , Sebor , which arrived at Plymouth on Friday , accounts from New York to the 4 th instant . The following extracts are all that we can glean from the papers brought by this arrival : — "Alexander M'Leod . —Unexpectedly

      to most of our citizens the city of New York is to bo honoured to day with the state prisoner whose name has excited so many remarks , a , nd bo much feeling on both sides the Atlantic . M'Leod was in Albany yesterday , from Niagara . We understand that M'Leod has been removed by habeas corpus from Lockport , to be placed in confinement until his case has been decided upon by the supreme court of tho state . " The above papers , vre are sorry to fay , bring no account of the President steamer . Moatrealpapers , received to the 30 th April , do not contain any news of consequence .

      A ' Romantic Tale . —A correspondent of the Toulonnais writes from Algiers : — " Amongst the female prisoners who have recently arrived at Algiers , and have just been exchanged , were three remarkable for" their personal appearance . One , in particular , was very pretty , and was attended by a riegress as her servant . This Arab beauty , attired in a black burnous , on arriving at Algiers , remaifletl reclining on her male , being wounded in the thigh by a ball . She excited the most lively interest amoDC the males , and the most romantic sympathy

      amongst the females . A tale has been told , of her which the habits of the Arabs tender not improbable . She was , they say , the wife of a Marabout , whose triee was pillaged , and put to fire and sword by our soldiers on the 5 ih inst . Her husband was mortally wounded , and her father used the greatest efforts to prevent her falling into , the hands of the French , but he himself fell in the rencontre . Her foster brother seeing the impossibility of saving her , and unwilling that she should bocoma a prisoner , tired at her almost ; point blank , but by some ehance the ball only hit her in the thiga » and ahe became the prize of the conquerors . "

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      A Rabbim , M . Kinn Moblao , died at Warsaw » short time since , aged 10 S . He leaves more than 150 descendants , and enjoyed taa intellectual facilities to the last . ¦ ' : ! r ' ' - ' . ' ¦' ; ''• • :. ¦ . - - ¦ ¦ •¦' . - ¦ ¦ ¦ : A Wit . — " lam striving to obtain * sufficiency ;* said a witness in the Court of Common Pleas . " And what is a sufficiency 3 " inquired the Judge . "A little moro , my Lord , ( replied a . witty barrister ) , than what a person has already got . " . . . Suitable Refkkence . —A petition was presented to the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania on . the 100 i iuat ., asking that * tax might bo imposed upon bachelors over the aee of 30 years . The

      document was referred to the committee ondomesiio manufacturea . —• PiUsville ( American ) Gaxette * Haymaking . —This important portion of the far- ' mer ' s duty has partially commenced in the neigfe- < bourhood of Sherborne , And in a few days will hare become very general . The crops are most abundant ' in their yield , and superior in quality : The crops of clover were never known to be so universally good , and the fragrance imparted from the beautifully scented flower of of this plant to the passing traveller ¦ ' is trulydelightful . —Sherborne Journal . ' ' ¦ ' The bat harvest has commenced in a few favoured ' spots in tho neighbourhood of Deviaes ; and' there is a prospect of an abundant harvest . —Will' paper .

      Berlih , May 16 . —Letters from Russia state that , with the beginning of the spring , the hostility of the Circassians recommenced with increased -violence . In ene of their late attacks Major-Ge » er » t Bfcckuniw , a nraoh-esteemed Raman officer , was killed by * musket shot . Cor » Laws . —The manufacturer whuy bawla for the total abolition of the Corn Laws really means nothing more or less than reduction of wages ; and the conclusion raust be cone to , at one leap , that if bread stuff values are to be equalised with the current rates of continental Europe , to al * 9 > must the rate of wages be . If 1 , 000 , 800 of rural workmea were ejected froa land upon the maoufaciuruur

      market for labour , would not the necessary effect be > starvation wageu to all ! Beware of the , monied traitors , who wiBb to fill their own ' pockets by reducing tke physical condition , of the Engiish artisan to the squalid wretchedness of the labourers in Russia or Prussia . When it ia said the corn is cheap—( mark this !)«~ m < mey to- you is , or may Imv the nominal price of com f bnt labour is the real price of corn . Never forget , al 3 o that the foreign is . only one-sevsnthot the home and colonial oonsump * . tion of your manufactures , and that aa land and labour are the only real values , agrieulture and manufactures must stand or fail togetherj—Mornina Herald .

      Fatal Accident—Twd > Lives LtKT . —On Monday evening , between sis and seven o ' clock , a deplorable and fatal accident occurred on the nver Thames , off . Wandsworth- meadows , by which two young men off . the namea of William Shield and Richard Cajpen- : ter , both lineudtapers' assistants out of situations ^' were unfortunately drowned . It appears that » - party of young men ,, their companions , were return * ; mg from Richmond in a boat , where they all had . been spending the day . On arriving off Wandawortbmeadows , all being partly inebriated , some proposed to bathe in the river ,, which being agreed to , Shield . and Carpenter undressed and plunged into the water , their companions for amusement rowing about , when suddenly Carpenter was seized wits cramp ; he called to hia friend Shield , who proceeded to his assistance , in rendering which be must havebeen fastened on by Carpenter , and both were drowned before those in the boat eould render any assistance . Neither of the bodies were recovered .

      On Sunday an unusual spectacle occurred on the banks of the Seine , between Charenton and AHbrt . The river , in consequence of some violent 6 torma cf rain in the middle of France , had risen suddenly to a height of 75 centimetres ( 27 inches ) . At the point of its juaction with the Marne 22 boats , laden with charcoal , were stationed , which were all forced from their moorings by the violence of the current , and driven with such a crash against the bridge at Ivry » that the whole of them sunk . A man who was perched on one of them , to fish , was with difficulty , rescued by some people who witnessed the accident . The colour of the river , near the bridge , for some hours after , was changed to an inky hue . The losa is estimated at 4 O , OO 0 f .

      Melancholy Suicide of a Religious Maniac . —On Saturday , an inquisition was taken before Mr . Payne , at the Brakenhead Arms , Bartholomew-close , on view of the body of John Goodchild , aged 5 S , * retired publican , who committed self-destruction under the extraordinary , delusion that he was past redemption in another world . James Goodchild , plumber and glazier , No . 52 , Bartholomew-close , deceased ' s brother , said that his unfortunate relative was of the most recluse habit , and would frequently remain in his bed-room the Whole day . The previous evening , witness had occasion to go up to his room about eight o ' clock , to induce him to go to the hairdresser's to get shaved . He had a great disinclination to be seen out during . the day . The door was .

      not locked , and on entering his room witness found him apparently in an attitude of prayer , at the foot of the bed , but , upon oloser inspection , witness found that he was suspended by a handkerchief to the rail of the bedstead . Witness had not nerve to out the handkerchief , and called for assistance ; a neighbour came , who cut the handkerchief . The deceased was laid upon the bed , and a medical man arrived , who opened a rein in the deceased ' s arm , but little blood , however , flowed , and the surgeon said that he had been dead some time . By the Coroner—Mr . Farr , the resident medical gentleman at the Alders * gate dispensary , advised that my brother should be confined in a lunatic asylum . He saw deceased three months ago , and then observed that he was

      labouring under a mental delusion upon the subject of religion . He has been very desponding for months past . Coroner—What has been the cause of his despondency ? Witness—He has been so ever since he has been out of business . Ho was a publican for many years , and Io 3 t two wives . He used ' to remark that he was a great sinner , and that he would never have forgiveness ; his conversation was always upon that subject , and he was bo much in the habit of saying when calling upon people that he was a bad man , and that there was no nope for him , that he was latterly afraid to go into the street . He

      has given himself up on charges at station-houBes , but was invariably turned out , and told to go home . By the jury—About three months ago , he tried te hang himself . He observed that he knew he must be hung , but that he had not the courage to make away with himself . The Rev . Dr . Lee , of the chapel , Aldersgate-street , has tried to alter his ( deceased ' s ) opinions . The coroner remarked it was to be regretted that the deceased was not p laced in some asylum , as , in all probability , this distressing event would not have occurred . Other evidence was adduced , when the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary insanity . " ,

      Violent Th under Storjj . —Last Thursday night , the Forest Division of Berkshire , was visited by one of the most terrific thunder and hail storms which this country has ever ' witnessed . The sky , which for the last two days had been unusually bright and sultry , began about eight o ' clock in the evening to present symptoms of a change , and to forbode the coming tempest . As tho night closed in , the atmosphere became more close and oppressive , and masses of dark and threatening clouds began to collect from tho south-west , illuminated almost incessantly with vivid sheets of lightning , accompanied by the most terrific crashes of thunder . About half-past nine , without a minute ' s warning , the most destructive shower of hail was discharged that it has ever been ,

      our lot to record . We have been favoured with an account of the storm by one family who were spectators of the scene . They were sitting at the teatable , and the servant , who had fastened the shutters in two of the rooms , was preparing to close the others , when a crash was heard , as if the side of the house had fallen in , and in an instant the shutters were burst open and the room covered with pieces of iee , many of which were found under the sofas half an hour afterwards , as large and nearly as hard as marbles . To close the shutters a seeond time was found to be impossible , and the lightning almost blinded those who attempted it , and the shower of hail was irresistible . In the bed-rooms where the windows had beeu left open , the chairs were thrown

      down , the beds drenched with hailstones , and the floors covered with ice and glass . After ragi&g in this awful manner for twenty minutes the storm abated . The chief weight of the tempest seems to have fallen on tbe country between Bracknell and Heading , a distance of about eleven miles . In Bracknell and Workingham the windows on one side of the street in each place were literally smashed in , and are likely to afford work to the glaziers for three months . At Easthampstead Park , the seat of the Mivquis of Downshire , - great mischief has beea done to the mansion andthe conservatories . At Bili-hilJ , the seat of Mr . Leveson Gower , the damage is immense , nearly all the windows on one side of the house being broken . At Bear Wood 160 panes are broken on one side of the house , besides all the glass in the conservatories and skylights . At Hurst House , the residence of Sir John Conroy , the damage is said to amount to nearly £ jL 00 O . At Sindlesham

      House , the residence of Mr . T . ttarman , Jdo panes are broken in the house , and the-glass in the conservatories quite destroyed . In the Berkshire Hospital at Reading , 150 panes are broken ; andat Purley , near Reading , we hear that , in addition to other damage , several cows have been destryed .. The ravages of tbe storm out » f doore are nofc less complete , and far more distressing than within doors . The devastation of tbe crops is immense ; whole fields of beans , peas , and turnips , besides wheat , are as completely levelled as if they had ' been out off by a scythe , and several small farmers will probably be ruined . The flower-gardens present - * most melancholy spectacle , being completely strewed with the wrecks of their late luxuriance , andthe shoots of the young forest-trees are in nrany places quite cut off . The visitation has certain' . y been most awful , and will be long and painfully remembered . We are thankful to add , that we h ?; re sot beard of the loss of any lives . ,

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      ADDRESS TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR . Bridgeton , May 17 th , 1841 . Honoured Sir , —At a meeting of the Directors of the Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage Association , held in their hull , College Open , Glasgow , on the evening of Friday , the 14 th May , it was proposed by Mr . Wright , seconded by another gentleman , and unanimously agreed to , that the Secretary be instructed to write to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., to inquire of him if , at bis liberation , he would make it convenient at the earliest opportunity thereafter , to honour Glasgow with a visit Sack , honoured Sir , Is the resolution of the Directors of the Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage Association ; and I am proud in being the instrument of conveying tbe resolution unto you for answer .

      True , Sir , there may be intervening causes between tlii s time and your liberation , which may frustrate the wishes of both you and your inviters ; but we must leave this to the will of Providence , hoping , however , that you will be spared to receive the congratulations of your friends , and they to receive the honour of their noblest friend's visit . But , meanwhile , it must be constling to the solitary prisoner to know that he lives in the sympathies of the best portion of the community—to know that he has their good wishes and their prayers , and that the grateful expressions ot their gratitude are before the patriots G « d for his welfare .

      And that you do so , I have only to revert to the unanimity , and sincerity , and impassioned manner with which the resolution of Friday evening was received for proof ; and I know that you will appreciate the tender regard which the friend * of freedom in Glasgow and Lanarkshire cherish towards you at their proper value . No , Sir , 'tis no flattery ; let no false delicacy obscure the truth . Such ia the testimony of public opinion towards your patriotism , that on all public occasions you have been brought forward as the lion of our cause—no meeting concludes here withontthe name of Feargus O'Connor , coupled with the Charter , receiving

      three cheers ; and , on all demonstrations , the " Caged Lion" is ueld forward as the pole star to guide to freedom . That you may ever merit this—that you may ever live , aa you now do , in tbe hearts of the people , as the friend of humanity , of truth , and justice —as the fearless and noblest advocate of freedom , of the people ' s cause , of the rights of man—is the prayer of Your ( Kimiring and wellwishin ^ Friend , William brown , Secretary of the Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage Association . Feargas O'Connor , Esq ., York Castle .

      P . S . —Let tbe people of England know that Feargus O'Connor is the admiration of the pesple of Scotland by this invitation . W . B .

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      THE NORTgERN STAg . , 7 /{

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 5, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct382/page/7/