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      s- ^ --¦^ TT ^ etheri ^ gton , and his new »*¦ MOVE . " 3 ^ , * « e pvs Mr . H . Hetherington ' s second letter Y ^ O'Connor , the paragraphs of whieh are num-* ' c onvenience of reference . We give the letter th at Mr . H . may have no cause of complaint on Z ^ aA ; though he has not yd . give * in Aw paper Mr . Z / Lgor ' sa nswer to his first letter . An answer from ( jConiior te the letter now inserted immediately _ - Will Mr . Eetheringtan publish it ? We "W perh aps he srill pnblish both toother . He ought *^ jo—» nd to get both the Sun and Leeds Timo to , ** Be interest at both places . We hare not * ?¦ ^^

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      . T rtiBQUS O'CONNOR , ES < i ., ONE OF THE JO *** ABISTOCKACY . " »< Thrice is he armed -who hath his quarrel just , indbe but naked , though locked up in steel , irvL e conscience with injustice is corrupted . " w Shakspzee . Queen ' s Bench , May SO , 1841 . m—Yon hare acted dishonourably . You hare J ^ ed the character of those who are seeking to * L kthe Charter by adopting what appeared to them rrT judicious me&rares ; you and your Editor , £ Tl » w expended nearly twenty columns of vitupe-? L na tter against the originators of the " New KIT in which you hare designated men who hare J ^ my year s struggling for political justice—in fact , La * princ iples of the People ' s Charter—as" trum-JLJv uassassins , " "conspirators , " "traitors , " and SjBB-iaU onJ ; " and when 1 vindicated the conduct of and

      T ^ jje tei myself friends , you postponed the Srtion of my letter for a week , that yo « might nea-Z $ Zitt effect by accompanying its publications with T gTaXenn * of mystification from your own pen j ^ r perverting w » d falsifying the truth ; and in the L-Tpaper we are informed that this is hot a faction" of your answer to my letter , the Editor JjL , that " the remaining portion of Mr . O'Connor ' s SjgjtoJIi . Hetherington , being a development of plots jSj ^ jnd c onspiracies , we chose rather to whithhold San next , than to place it at the end of that portion S &jiwe bow give . " In your last week * paper , how" " instead of the " remaining portion , " out comes a f ^ jjpjedFear gusO'Connor . notdeTBlopingthe " plots , ^ b ^ sad conpiracies , " but hypocritically pretending rT tander the olive branch to all who wished to unite ! U him afiinst the oppressor . "

      j . After the recent development of your unprincipled g ^ aA , who would unite with you , Six?—who would fgt yoa who knew your character ? What must the -grie think of the character of a man who could talk STjenderiBg the olive branch" to "traitors" and i aspirators ? " You must first , Sir , acquit us of the ^ j esyoa have unjustly preferred against us , or acpledge yon have done us a hasty injustice . On no ^ conditions can you expect the public to believe pt sincerely desire to promote the success of the ( jgrSst cause . For several weeks past , you have pub-^ gd the most unblushing falsehoods against me and gr itendj ; and yon pretended w appeal to *• public -anon , " through the Star , to decide upon the merits

      4 tfcU " new mrre . " How de you seek to ascertain % t pobSe opinion ? By calling upon your hired tools pa paid correspondents of the&ar , at meetings held in feTbeeahops and public-houses , to pass resolutions confcsHoiory of the " new more ; " and the few rational fff tbat you have are constrained to admit that it resolutions appeared to partake more of the Hpsfjing quality of the beverage consumed , than i troth and reason . If you could see the jjp ™ " ^ 1 * l etters received by Mr Lovett , all highly BfTOTing of the ' New Move , ' and would contrast its with the resolution of your party condemnatory i £ , you woold see reason to regret the unjust and as » s wQl doubtless find it , unprofitable course you jjrepnmied .

      2 . What is your position ? You are in the position iu unprincipled footpad that h&s attacked , wounded , si robbed an honest traveller , who , when detected ed about to be brought to justice , strives to avoid the nosireand punishment that a waits him , by endeavoursgto effecthis escape- If I can prevent it , however you M not escape . I will compel you to retract your jimmies— confess your error—or I will bo dearly faa £ t yoor true character , that henceforth you shall be jcvsteat for humbug and mischief . 4 . >' ot , sir , come back to the question in dispute , liplifiations and mystification will not do so . Yon ¦ at that Messrs . Lovett , Collins , Hetherington , tare , and those who act with them in forwarding sa " Kew Move , " are " traitors" and " conspirators . "

      Ifcdsreyou are a false calnmrnat / ir for so saying ; and aa * h ss I am anxiously awaiting your proofs , the iaiot kindly leaves out that " p « rtion" of your letter Tikh contained a " development of plots , plans , ¦ d etmsprracies , '' till next week ; when lo . ' b £ behold , next week , you withdraw that portion of 3 tetter altogether . You know that you are a vile ¦ w « i » f W ; bit it answers your purpose to publish iaefcoocU against those whom you can neither dnpe b istimidale ; and then , when called upon for proofs , s tadine to proceed further in the matter . You did it si&e a short time back . In the Siar of Oct . 10 , & $ , you charged the committee-men of London with n lilo-ring & public subscription to progress on a ks scale under their management , ""!««« tiiey

      re-Kicd a per oentage profit on the amount of the subeip&m ; and when you were written to by myself o £ Evenl other active committee-men of London , tefiatuug you to name the committee , or the men who ompcsed it , that ever took a commission upon a public Bbeaipdon , you basely shrunk from the proof , in the kpe that roar false and wicked assertion might be be-StTed , and that the imputation might rest upon those ^ o vould not be your tools for « nju » t purposes . In TRrktter to Be , in the Siar of Hay 8 th , is this pas-¦ P- — " I defy you to charge me with ONE , even OXE , angle dishonest , inconsistent , unpatriotic mean , » BBgeatlemanly-liie act , during the whole period , ' $£ is to aj , the eight years you have been before the SgidL people .

      i I do charge you with an act that is all these 2 asp—it is dishonest , inconsistent , unpatriotic , mean ' ¦ d ra $ entlemin-liie , to publish in the Northern Star Sa « the Committee-Dien of London received a per cent-^ jro Si npo n the public su bscription they managed , fcJ'rtien called upos to prove your assertion or retract i , Skea ibtffling coward you had not honour or courts a do enter . I now dare yon to let the readers of & HorQieni Star lead the correspondence that passes ¦ CTeen jou and the London Committee-men on the ** j «» I thi ^ lf-ngB you to give me the opportunity of MSsting that correspondence in the Northern Star , ^ thsn le ; the publie pronounce upon our respective

      t Having now , I trust , shown that you are an uni ^ spled toaducer of the characters of honest men , 1 * 2 bntfij animadvert upon one ur two points in your ^ 7 to my letter . Let me call your attention to the fe ^ vas instance o f your inconsistency , shnSiBg , and jTtt ; tn . i I will place the passages in juxtaposition , ^ the public may gee how deeply F . O'Connor , at *•*? Kep he takes , involves himself in inconsistency : * £ hitg , by having departed , ia the first instance , from ;* G £ nidii £ c * rity . i ^ wilieni Star , May 5 . Northern Star , April 24 .

      3 , * IvU Ecppose that tie "I call upon Messrs . j ^ - ? ot the Siar , when Hill and Hobson to siy , on J ^ = g auidlv on the 10 th their word of honour as ip ijcl , -was in posses- men , ¦ B-hetber or not I inf ^ & . ' tas iaeLE -sruicii I formed them of ibis pre-: pSdon-Jie 24 i ; betras cise ilOVE , and of the y ^ tsr c % e of ' Jtem" precise parties who iceie lo ^ B . ^ Vb U'C 0 >> " 03- make it , MONTHS AGO ; and ¦ whether or not 1 put Mr . Hill on his guard , before Ctnsimas . I know

      i it wxs be / ore Christmas . f * ? * 1 ask him if 1 j did not tell him Vie names j of the prime movers , and , the very plan which icouid be resorted to . " FiAKGUS O'COXXOR . ¦• 0 a rhe 26 th of February you appear to have enter- ! ?^» faTourable acii very aiffta-em opinion of Wm . ; fsato -vrtat yon have recently expressed ; for in the r lf 3 ffs Siar of that dsie , you dtdar ^ d that Mr . ! i ^ fead " nnheKtatiEgly , aniquivocally , and Indig- ; " - ^? Tfcfnsed to join in any agitation wliich had fori ' -s ^ . f ^' -a ; olbpr prir-dple than that contained in tb = i - -- "Jki Ch&rtcT . " i

      * 4 em S- ^ r , Feb . 20 th , Northern Star , March 6 th , lsil . 1 ML - , « justice to some of "Let Lovett and Tin-. * it exst o ? he * , cent's speecbea be read ^* 7 Hr . Hcnis ' 8 at » er- also ; to which we shaii ^ Sat the leaders of return next week , and * Rkicg classes , gene- again let the faction * trem-7 ; ^* d screed to join ble ; and here let us ob-^» definition . I ass ert , serve , that LOVETT was :. _^» k&disg men cf Lon- ferred to in one of Mr . fcL *^ * ° 'PP ^ * O'Connor ' s recent letter * ^ to them , sad that iJf . S . Feb . 2 ») , as having y GX HESITATINQ- indignantly spurned all ofi i' ^ EQtlYOCiLLY , ten ot com promise . Again ¦ ij ^ DlQ ^ ANTLY , hurrahr ZZ ^ Zv to join ia a » y Editor tf Northern Star r * * TThifth >> . H tnm

      * Mi- " -1 ^^ *>** tS" * 1 directly or ia-^ 1 . Ou eUtUUhvutii e / jj * ff principle Hum V , ^ ^ « the P » . ^ « arter . N 0 Wj i m £ H op 011 ^ tttbority , ^ ^ were two who | * ^ Ae Charter . " ^/^ * ' a ' 0 Te potations yon assert that Mr . Lovett bior ^ ' ^ ° ia ( ii ? n * Bt 1 y spurned tbe ifiea of a $ itat-^ so ^ CJ " kbill « less than the principles of the Charter ; LiLj * -61 had bis excellent Avidress made its

      ap-* bit v *^ 3 ? aJSd ^ associates were ' Honsehoid ^ y ^ tobags , " and you labmxred to turn the cur-Ijj ^* * 0 " 1 ^ opinion ugahiss the * New Move , ' and Ntnrh ° - are < i il > b ? ^^ IUiJ 8 t arUul perversions k tejv ! r \ ra ^ e ^^ following as an example , where " « iDtra . fcjy aad onhjEshingly attempt to mate it

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      appear that I looked upon " Household Storage and Triennial Parliaments « the Charier in all but the name . " northern Star , Map 6 . " Mr . Hume ' s plan of " You know that every Household and LODGER Chartist in England would Suffrage , Triennial ParlU- be rejoined at any extension ments , Voting by Ballot , of the Suffrage in which No Property Qualification , they were not compelled to Payment of Members , and sink the only just one , by Equal Electoral Districts , joiningforaclap-trap ; and

      * * * I thought Mr . yet you insolently teilvs that Hume ' s proposition so good you look upon Household and so extensive , that , SvfrigeandTrientualPar though I would sever aban- Uumenis as the Charier , in doa the agitation for the all but the name - Charter , if I saw any pros- Fs . as . gvs O'Comjvob . pect of carrying Mr . Hume ' a plan » 7 un « ita * e £ jr , " Iwould give it my best exertions , as I considered it , in fact , the Charter wish another

      name . H . Hethekiugton . 9 . Who , after reading these passages , can doubt for an instant that this ia a wilful misquotation on the part of Feareus O'Connor ? What will his poor dupes think of him , when they hear that thia great stickler for their rights—this leading member of the first General Convention—was deputed , with Messrs . Rogers aad Whittle , to wait , upon the proprietor of the Sun , for the purpose of Inducing him to report the proceedings of the Convention ; and as they were proceeding to the office for that purposethis chamion of " Universal

      , p Suffrage and No Surrender , " exclaimed , " If we keep up the steam a little longer , by Gxl ! they will be forced to give us Household Suffrage . " "And would you take it ? " said Mr . Whittle . " Would I take it . ' I would go down upon my knees , in I » arli * ment- » treet , and kiss the of every Honourable Member as he passed along , if they would give us Household Suffrage . " And yet you can now basely traduce the characters ef those who have strenuously opposed Household Suffrage , merely because they are honest and independent , and will not be precipitated into acts that judgment disapproves .

      10 . Now , Sir , in conclusion , I call upon you to answer plainly the following questions : —I want no amplification—no mystification—plain categorical answers either affirmative or negative . 11 . First—What is the NAME of the gentleman of " wealth , of honour , and of station , " who told you that this " New Move" was concocted at Mr . Hume ' s , "by Mr . Hume and Mr . Francis Place , on their part , anfiby come of the signers of the New Prospectus upon your part ?"—that is , on the part of the "Fustian Jackets . " WHAT IS HIS NAME ? 12 . I affirm thst the gentleman of wealth , of honour , and of station , is a LIAR , if he made the assertion ; and that you axe a liar if he did not . Neither Mr . Place nor Dr . Black were present at Mr . Hume ' s with any of the signers of Lovetfs Address , and neither of them knew of it till it appeared in print

      IS . Secondly—What is the name of the London Committee that charged a per cent&ge profit upon a public subscription ; and who were the persons who acted on that Committee ? . 1-4 . Let me have no shuffling . Be explicit The public should know who those base men are whom you charge with plundering a public subscription . I never knew a London Committee that ever acted so dishonestly , and shall be curious to hear the names of the parties to whom you allude . 15 . Thirdly . —What did the ^ reo / Radical Association that you established in 1835 , ever do to restore the Dorehester Labourers , or te reduce the Newspaper Stamp Duty ?

      16 . 1 know you did comparatively nothing . The struggle had been carried on by others for years , and yet you would now basely appropriate the glory of success to your own efforts . Your vanity is inordinate ; bHt you shall -not deceive the young men wko have entered upon the struggle for liberty since our untiring efforts were erowned with success . The persons who deserve the thanks of the country , for their indefatigable exertions on behalf of the Dorchester Labourers , are the members of the Dorchester Committee . They conducted the subscriptions for years ; they superintended the petitions for the restoration of these honest labourers to their homes and their country—the Committee , composed exclusively of working men , made great sacrifices of time and money , and you would now arrogate to yourself the result of their noble exertions . No , Sir , the Dorchester Labourers and the working classes are indebted te the exertions of Mr . Hart well and the members of the Dorchester Committee , and not to Feargus O Connor and the great Radical

      Association . 17 . I think your readers must have laughed outright when they read your claim to the honour of repealing the Fourpenny Stamp duty on Newspapers . S © then Watson , Hetheringtoa , Cleave , Dr . Biack , Mr . Place , Mr . John Travers , Dr . Birkbeck , and many others , who expended time and money in upholding the cause in every possible way-, are to yield the palm of victory to Feargus - O'Connor ! These good men , who paid the expense of public meetings , headed deputations , and Watson , Cleave , and Hetherington , who sustained repeated fines and imprisonments , and miaous seizures , till victory crowned our efforts , are all to be thrust aside , and the wreath cf laurel is to be torn from the brow of those who have honestly earned it , and placed on such an empty vain boaster as Feargus O Conaor ! Ne , no ; all men are entitled to respect for their exertions in a good cause ; but one man has no right to rob another » f the merit he has honestly acquired by disinterested and persevering exertion .

      Is . Answer these questions honestly . If you find your precipitancy has involved you in difficulty , be an honest man—make all the reparation you can by acknowledging your error— do jostice to the characters of the honest men you . have calumniated , and then hold out the olive branch , and I for ene will seize it with pleasure ; but I will hold no communion , nor will 1 act with one who has not the courage to be honest 19 . 1 am , Sir , notwithstanding the vile calumnies with which you have -assailed me , a taithful friend of truth and liberty . BESSY HETHERI >< "GTCOf .

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      TO ME . HENRY HETHERINGTON , ONE OF THE SHOPOCRACY . " The higher a monkey climbs , Tee more be shows his " York Cattle , 7 th 14 th Month . Sip ., —You have- written a aecondletter tome , in which you address me as "Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., one of the aristocracy ; ' and you commence with a quotation frum Shakspeare . You appear very outrageous because your Tirst letter was withheld fur a week , in order tLit what yon are pleased to designate " my

      fonr columns of my * iificatic > n" might appear in juxta-^ xjsiuon , and "which fuur columns you complain neutralised the prodigious effect ¦ which jour letter -would otherwise have pn > duced . ' So doubt . Sir , you wouid have much preferred a dignified silenee upon iuy part ; aad very litue doubt but the plea * of " guilty , " implied by that silence , ¦ would have been more to your taste . As to tbe " mystification , " it extended no further than in showing 5 ourbclf to Tourscif ; in holding up your own mirror for self-rtfivcUon .

      You appear to forget that my letter was a reasoning upon a portion of ycur own which I reprinted . But , Sir , what must eVtry luvcr of justice think of the Honourable iJr . Hetberington , so " anxious for inquiry , " and so clamorous for publication , when it is known that the said Mr . Helheringicn never published my arisuxr iw his if ;' ier at a I in his own paper , though lie gave insertion to his own . ' ! . ' Sir , your second letter is such a compound of folly , viiity , and balJerdasb , that 1 scarcely know how to comnience- ^ nanaljtica ! reply . In truth . Sir , yonr mysterious appjrLionni-.-nt of facts , charges , incidents , anil complaina , very forcibly reminds me oi tbe exulting bousewife , who boasted that sbe had fco artjulp concealed the pea , the wedding ring , and the bean , in the twelfth-night cake , that the parties were ail obliged to submit to a course of mcdicine . before the lucky fiader could be discovered . Sir , I def > any man , exctpt on « ¦ who knows your propensity for mischief making , to guess at your object

      I shall , ho-sreTer , attempt to snatch a line here and there , for comment You say , " What must the people thii-k of the citaracttr of a man who could talk of tendering the olive branch to traitors and conspirators ? '" Sir , as an Irishman , allow me my country ' s privilege of answering your question by asking another- What must the people think of tha character of a man who invited " one of the greatest political humbugs that ever , appeared on the public stage " as a director of public " education , " morals , and politics ? Such , Sir , is your position ; while to prove the sincerity of mine , I have actually shaken hinds with those of your original party , who had no fcuch objection ¦ to urge against the proposed terms .

      You next say , — " What is ysnr position ? Yen are in the position of . an unprincipled footpad , that has attacked , wounded ,, and robbed an honest traveller , who , when detected and about to be brought to justice , strives to avoid the exposure and punishment that awaits him , by endeavouring to effect his escape . If I can effect it , however , tod shall not escape , " Will you be kind enough to ask Dr . Black to define what yew mean by the us * of the term " unprincipled footpad ?" and in the mean time , as there must be more than meets tbe vulgar eye at a first glance in every thing coming from the " educational" depot , I shall affect to consider you as an assassin upon prittcipl * , who

      way-lajs his victim ; and who , when discovered with his dark lantern in ambush , defends himself by saying "it was a most ' unprincipled' thing in whoever discovered my privacy , and still more so in you who took advantage of it" But , Sir , Itt me speak to you in language which children may comprehend . I was once prestnt when a very fond mother called her eldest son , about nine years of a ; e , to her side , for the purpose of a ' iiowiiig his youngest sister , a baby of four months , to amuse herself by pniliug his hair and scratching big fars . The boy himseif had been for a long time a volunteer in tbtf mutual sport ; till at length the little nails got . so sharp , and the " r * w " became so sore , that JJ cc&sed to be fun , acd the boy grum-

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      blingly refused ; when the impartial mother boxed bis ears , and said , " Get away , you nasty disagreeable brat ; see how you have mada y » ur little sister cry . " Now , Sir , for yean you haTe been in ambush , aiming the assassin ' s blow at me ; and I have , like the boy , ' allowed yon to pull my hair and scratch my face till it ceased to be fan , and unt il your nails grew too long and you had nearly " established a raw" in my face ; and now I am * nasty disagreeable brat , because I kick against the amusement ! I go on , or rather I go about ; for I'll be hanged , if the meat tender nosed fox-hound , or blood-houud , can have a fair run at you , you have bo " foiled" the seent as you dropped your stink .

      wu ^ uaTuiguau w rcayv the " new move , " and yet you bitterly inveigh against the Editor of the Siar for having suppressed about four more , in which the " plots , plans , and conspiracies" were detailed . You write , in fact , as if you were the " new move" yourself , and as though you were to keep up the battle upon your own account However , Sir , you shall have all in good time . I am pledged to tbe country , and my failure will be your acquittal ; but , abtful as you are , you shall not be judge , jury , wit- ness , and accuser , and then force the accused into your own time and terms of defeace . I next reply to the allegations contained in paragraph 1 numbered 5 . Read it—and then hear what I have to | say upon it

      Now , tkis is something tangible and substantial , and just mark how I meet it I adhere to every word in my letter of the 10 th of October . You , and five ethers , wrote to me tor an explanation . 2 gare you that explanation , refusing to retract or qualify what I had said . You asked me for my authority , and 1 gave you Henry Hetherington , and mentioned the two specific acts of defalcations of which the said Henry Hetherington complained , in person , to me . You say that " I basely shrunk from the proof . " If giving mj proof , and refusing to qualify or retract , is shrinking , then I did shrink . Bat with respect to the publication , just observe your nasty , dirty , shuffling , shrinking , lying , schemlngmove . You say " you dare me " to the publication of that correspondence in the Star .

      Now , I dare you to the publication of it in your paper , and as you have all the correspondence , and 1 have not , I dare you to its publication in the Star . You foolish man , have you not copies of your two or three letters ? and have you not my original answers ? while I kept no copies of my answers . You haTe a paper ; you are not scrupulous about publishing one side of a question ; and why not have published yonr ;> wn letters , or mj answers , which ever served you best , in your own paper ? But Bend my original UtUrt , of which retain copies , and send copies of your letters to the Star , and I pledge myself that all shall be published . This is the first complaint I ever heard about their non-publication . You have the documents ; publish them . I dare you ; and then we shall see who Is the ahufiler .

      You next proceed with what you suppose to be two faces under one hood . You try , in paragraph numbered 6 , to fix upon me a charge of " inconsistency , shuffling , and lying . " Read that paragraph again , and then say , ceuld anything be more ridiculous ? Before Christmas , I mentioned to Messrs . Hill and Hobson the circumstances connected with a " move" for the purpose of insuring a junction between the middle and working classes . I reminded them of the previous " move" in 1839 , when the Birmingham Coancil , the Scotch moral philosophers , Daniel O'Connell , and the London Working Men s Association , did , as if by magic , turn simultaneously upon the same pointa denunciation of Oastler , Stephens , and O'Connor , and the torch-and-dagger-men . I mentioned other circumstances , which left no doubt upon the minds of Hill or Hobson , as to the attempt being made ; and , just

      for one moment cast your eye over the events immediately preceding the meeting at Leeds , which was to have been tbe " precursor meeting , " for the purpose ef effecting a union ; read the history of tbe whole affair , and ask yourself whether or not circumstances justified the precaution . But , although I was sufficiently aware of the fad , and in possession of much more information upon the subject , I neither mentioned to the ob 6 or the other moTe than to put them upon their guard . Moreover , 1 was not myself aware of all the faMs which were connected with the circumstances . I was not aware of the secrecy by which a council was to be appointed . I was not aware that I was to be shoved out of the door that admitted the honest middle classes . I was not aware , till subsequently , that Mr . Hetherington hod told a deputation that waited upon him in tha Queen ' s Bench , that " F + xrpw O'Connor and ike Northern Star must be put down the first thing . "

      Now , what do I say on the 2 < th April ? I say , " call upon Messrs . Hill and Hobson to say on tbeir word of honour , as men , whether or not I informed them of this precise move of the precise parties who were to make it , months ago . " Now , what was the " precise move" ? A move to unite the middle and the working classes for a bubble cry for the real Charter ; aad who were the parties ? Daniel O'Conn . 1 , Mr . Hume , and Place , the Scotch philosopher , and the London Workingmen ' s Association . New , here again , you assume , frem your forner

      truckling career , that in every charge against a whole body you are individually meant ; but , here again , for plainness sake , just read over , f » r the twentieth time , the declarations of Messrs . Hume , O'Connell , and Roebuck , male at Leeds , on the 22 nd of January , as to the concurrence of the leading' working men , and Mr . Roebuck ' s assurance that such an association was in process of formation ; &ad then read your own irst letter , in whieh you relieve the matter of all mystery , by telling us who the precise men of the precise party were , while you affect to inform us of the precise move also : —

      " Mr . Hume was tailed upon by the Chairman to state bis opinions on what he considered to be the best means of producing » uni » n of tbe middle and working classes , and carrying on the movement . Mr . Hume remarked tint one of the first things the Association ought to do , was , to put oat their definition ef Household Suffrage , as few were at pres « nt agreed upon what that ought to be . Mr . Hume submitted a definition of what he considered Household Suffrage ought to be , which was to be taken into consideration by tbe Association . He stated that the leading men of the working classes generally concurred in the definition , and had promised to give tbeir assistance , were an agitation for such a Household Suffrage to be set on f * ot

      " Mr . O'Connell cordially conenrred in the suggestions of Mr . Hume . He considered it as of the first importance , that the reasonable portion of the Chartists should be g « t over to the aid of the rational reformers . He urged the necessity of some central body being established in London , for the diffusion of knowledge upon political subjects . The public mind should be saturated with facts bearing on the present gross defects in the representation of the people . " Mr . Roebuck said that such a body was at present in contemplation in London , and he trusted that it would very speedily be set in operation , so as to act in concert with tbe Leeds Association . Now , Sir , what say you to that ?

      But , Sir , I now charge you with having gone further . I charge yon with having bten parties to drawing up , or agreeing to , an entirely new draft of political principles . I « all for thit , with the APPRENTICE CLAUSE and all . I know more about the whole affair than you imagine , or than you could desire . You next quote my praise of Lovett and other of the " prtcise parties" from the Star of the G : h of March and 20 th of February . Why , to all that I sorrowfully plead guilty . My instructions to Mr . Hill were : " Give no man a chance

      of retreat ; k « ep them up to their tracts ; call after tach who steps ont of the Charter road , but not till he has crossed the bounds , and tben wam him beiuie yon txposf him . " 1 am the person who picked up every word flatterine to Lovett . Co'Iins , and all others , and who communicated it to Mr . Hill , with directions to communicate it to the country ; but , bear in wind , that both tbe 20 > h of Feb . and 6 th of March are days previous to the 10 th of April ; and it was not till the latter day the " move" was placed before cither the Star or the country in a tangible form .

      No-w , just suppose that the Editor of the Star , or myself , with a knowledge of both circumstance ! and facts , had opened a battery against tbe precise parties , before their circular had appeared ; what would have been Hit result ? Why , a just denunciation for having strangled what would then have been suppressed , or presented in so formidable , altered , and popular a forwi , as to have cast odium upon me , and credit upon the concoctors . Yet , again , I plead guilty to the charge of having praised you all , while you were secretly stabbing me . I ^ id so to divert you from your wicked co urse , and I failed : so ends that portion of jny fully .

      As to jour mortification about Household Suffrage , and my acceptance of it , just allow u . e to Bet you right as to tlie difference between agitati > g fur a measure and accepting the same measure . 1 have always told the people that " there was no such thing as a Household Suffrage party , upen principle , in tbe countrytl . atif the praters aboutthat measure weresineerein their advocacy , they could carry it of themselves without our help—that so far from opposing them , I f « r one , would take off my hat and make a low bow , if it meant the vote to every man who inhabited or dwelt in a house ; but that , upon the following day I would be at them for Universal Suffrage . But / have also always told the people that if we , for a moment , joined in the agitation for Household Suffrage , that and Universal Suffrage would be buried in the same grave . "

      How do you prove my inconsistency ? Why , by qvoting my words from tbe Star ot the 8 th of March , which prove they are in precise accordance with those expressed at hundreds of meetings for years past ; and let this be , in part , my answer to Mr . Whittle's information—upon which just a word . I did not say what you attribute to me in paragraph numbered 9 , to Whittle , and I will tell you my reasons for not having said so upon the occasion referred to . Firstly , then , I did not walk one step of the way with Messrs Whittle and Rogers upon the occasion referred to . I vras of the deputation ; and when we had nearly perfected our arrangements in the Convention room , AUlerman Scales came up and entered into a long dissertation upon thu Charter , ¦ w hertupon I observed to Messrs . RogtTs and Whittle , "Well , Gentlemen , if you are going to remain vmh Alderman Scales , I ¦ wil l go on and prepare Mr . Young for your arrival . " I went on , and I met Mr . Youd # between Somerset House and your shop , wten Mr . Young told me that the Attorney General had moved for for a rule against

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      me in the Warminster case ; and , after announcing the coming of Messrs . Rogers aud Whittle , I returned with Mr . Young to his office and remained there till they arrived , and remained with Mr . Young after they departed . If that is not enough , hear a further reason . From the time that James Paul Cobbett left the Convention , to this moment , I have not opened ray lips , except upon duty in the Convention , to Mr . Whittle . < Again , for the last six months , while the Champion was on its death . bed , Whittle was trumping up every possible charge against me ; and , do you suppose , he would have preserved suca a plum , aa he thought it , for you ?

      * * vi n * o p I U si c : n si These observations , observe , are only to prove that I was not guilty of the meanness of speaking to Whittle ; while he was a filthy dirty beast for saying it , and you were a filthy dirty brate for printing it ; but the people must think me most sincere and devoted to their cause , wken I was ready to advance it upon the performance of such service J J But why not ask Mr . Rogers , who is said to have been present , if I did say so , or walk with them ? If he says I did even walk with them , I will believe myself mistaken against my memory and judgment ; and then I shall plead guilty of having spoken to Whittle , and take credit for having said , in 1839 , what you buow I have repeated in 1841 , and what , in substance , ( barring the smack , \ I have said at various public meetings .

      Just let me direct yeur confused thoughts to the difference between accepting a thing and agitating for a thing . I have been abused for not agitating for & separation of Church and State , and yet , think you , that I wootd not kail the divorce as a boon , if forced upon us ? I would not agitato for Annual Parliaments ; but do you suppose that I would refase tke change ? I would not agitate for the sponging off the National Debt ; yet would I leap for joy at the news . So with many other measures , for the accomplishment of which I look to the Charter ; but to agitate for which , would be the surest means of putting the Charter to sleep for the present .

      You then go on , and ask me three questions . To the first I answer you shall know in time ; but , for the present , rent satisfied with the fact , that you have more than corroborated every word he uttered . To the second I reply , you have the whole correspondence ; I dare you to publish it ; and , till published , I answer : — The name of my informant is , Henry Hetherington . T * tbe third I answer that I , single-handed , in the House of Commons , kept up the agitation for the Dorchester labourers , till June , 1835 , and when the Radical associations were established , in September ot the same year , they pushed the agitation to its consummation , and they , the associations , not Feargus O'Connor , but the associations in conjunction with the committee , had , before your working men ' s humbug was in existence , insured the restoration of the men .

      With regard to the remission upon newspaper stamps ; again , you write in ignorance and talk nonsense . I did not claim credit for myself in forcing the Government to a reduction of stamp duties ; I claimed credit for the Radical Associations , and I do so still . We had accomplished it before your Association was in existence- Dr . Wade , Mr . Bell , and myself , with three thers , composed the last deputation who waited upon Spring Rice . I think your readers must laugh out right at your catalogue of sufferers , when they find the names of Dr . Black , Mr . Place , Dr . Birkbeck , and Mr . John Travers , among the list of suffering victims , and those of John Bell , William Carpenter , Joshua Hobsen , Mrs . Mann , Messrs . Brady , Tinker , Ibbetspn , and others , who " braved the battle and tbe breezs , " while you were sure of a happy result from the undertaking .

      Sir , you may vrlth as much propriety omit the name of the Duke of Wellington from an account of the battle of Waterloo , or that of Nelson from tbe battle of tbe Nile , as omit the names of Bell and Carpenter from an account of the unstamped victims ; but your reason , I presume , is because they were two who failed to make a good thing of others' sufferings . Do not now mistake me . I not only do hot wish to strip a single leaf from the laurels of those who braved prosecution , even with the hope of gain before their

      eyes . Such hope , ia one shape or other , ever has been , and ever will be , a strong incentive to noble actions . I am actuated by a similar hope in my present career ; but , I trust , it is not a selfish one . I honour those who struggled , and respect those who suffered in tbe straggle , whether they won or lost ; but when one man assumes all honour to himself , or to a few , which is due to the Radical multitude , then do I waver in bestowing upon him any praise . I have never assumed more praise than is due to one man ' s exerticn , and even that I don't ask for .

      Sir , you speak veryboastingly of the numerous letters and resolutions received by Mr . Lovett , upon the subject of the " new meve , " while you insolently call its opponents my " hired tools , " aud " paid correspondents . " Let me tell you one fact I never , in all my life , wrote a letter to an individual , or body , to back me in anything ; and , as to paid correspondents I have yet to learn it is dishonourable in a journalist to pay for the information he receives . Further , let me assure you that I have a number of highly-paid correspondents whose faces I sever saw , and from whose pen I have never , personally , hud a line , and to whom I have never written .

      I do not doubt that Mr . Lovett has had many such letters as you hint at He knew who to ask for thembe has been drugging the " moral-force Chartists" with appeals , and be was sure of a favourable response ; but why not publish them in your paper ? If your modesty forbids , send them the best , that is , the most effective , to tbe Star , at tbe rate of one column per week ; and let the tame approvals appear alonaMst ^ ie wild and drunken reproofs of my aasociates . ^^^^ M ^ Sir , you are just now in a sad prediaraJH ^ K all thought to swim on the surface of the tide that vRls to have Bwept me from tbe helm ; and , being disappointed , you are trying to make an under-current which you hope wiD guide you to some safe port .

      Believe me , you are mistaken . I never expected any thing from you . The fustian jackets never expected any thing from you when the tug came . The storm is now about to rage , and , before it lulls , you will stand mute on London Bridge , while you , who have saved yourselves by taking to the long boat in the first squall , will see me steering tbe good skip , Charter , without a river pilot , keeping her head up to the wind and upon the flood-tide , running down every Whig and Tory craft that comes in my course , i and mooring my vessel at the choice berth , while the ^ wild" crew and their '' wild" pilot shall land in safety in that metropolis , which but for the rottenness of its leaders would long since have been the seat of national independence .

      bir , it is laughable to read your folly , directed against me at a time when the "traitor" aud ' " political humbug" is giving practical proof of bis devotion to the cause , and you are literally impeding its course . What hare you done ? what has your whole party done In our lute glorious struggle , beyond an endeavour to create a suspicion against tbe Convention ? Is your name to the " master roll ? " O , perhaps , you may say you were in prison . Well , so was I ; but I contrived t » smuggle my name out , and to have it pasted at tho end of the York petition , -while you were at large in the Queen ' s Bench , to hold meetings there if you pleased , and to sign petitions . What have you dono ? Nothing , nothing , nothing !! I Who prevented you ? O , " you were so disgusted with Feargus O'Connor . " Sir , if all the world were abusing me , I would still stand by tbe people ' s rights and the Charter , and the more 1 was abused , the more would I rebuke my accu- ers by redoubled exertion . :

      Sir , 1 l . ave served an apprenticeship and worked some journeywork at the trade of Chartism . In the coujse of my comparatively brief career , J have effected what no mortal before uie has ever done . I have united the whole working population of this vast empire into one body—I have made them political inhabitants ef each town— I have tuned the public vulce to one note , tho note of liberty—I have , in my " wildest" moments , kept an anxious look out , while others slept on their watch—I have been the first to announce the appearance of "Breakers a-nead "—1 saw my danger in every step I moved ; but I am not afraid to " reap the whirlwind , " or to " ride the storm , " in pait of my own creation . I love my monster , and fear him not ; for be will be a tyrant to the bad and vicious only .

      I am now , from this dull spot , looking through the telescope of reason , and I see thu whole course of the next three months before me , which will set at nothing all previous changes . —For that also I am prepared . I have bad no support , in my arduous undertaking , from a single newspaper or great man ; but , on the Cbntrary , opposition from all ; while the disappointed mercenary now swells the ranks of the infuriate and beaten faction . My every act is before the public ; and when I come to be judged , believe me , that a slight crime in me would meet with excessive punishment ; but I have prepared a fair and impartial tribunal in an improved public opinion , which will not allow disappointed vanity to charge honest service with delinquency . Although you do not observe it , I am now upon my trial ; and yet I am net trying to appease those who will be my judges . No ; let the past speak for the future .

      bir , 1 shall now conclude with a bit of advice . If you really profens to be honest , do not publish a parcel of foolish letter * to me in ycur paper , and insist upon their publication in my paper also ; while you do not publish my answers , and yet complain of those answers being published at all in the same number with your letters . Where pray so fit a place for the defence , as joined to tbe accusation ? But you are not fond of indiscriminate publication . I recollect you once wrote to me in 183 « , demanding

      an explanation of words which I was reported , in the London Mtreury , to hare used , relative to your speech at a meeting in the Theatre at Bamsley . I replied , and you did not publish my reply ; when I Saw you , some time afterwards , I asked why you had not , and you answered " O , daamit , ix would hot suit ; it was a confirmation of what the Mercury skated . " My crime was in having called your speech " a most artful speech ; " and , from that hour to tbe present , I have never locked upon you in any other light than a most artful man .

      You contrived to swamp both the London Mercury and London Dispatch , by your art , your cunning , your grovelling and mischief -making ; but , believe me , Sir , yon shall not injure the Star , as the present number is the last which shall contain a word from either you or me upon what you would gladly Bwell into a -weekly squabble . You have filed your Bill , and your amended

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      BilL I haTe answered both ; aud , now , rest satisfied or continue to scrawl away ; and as you invariably best answer yourself , I shall be satisfied , that , like tke Irish attorney , you are employed by the plaintiff and working for the defendant Now , Sir , I think you will admit , upon ft reconsideration of the whole matter , that you hare climbed too high , arid the bump you have raised npon your own forehead justly entitles you to the same of" Silly Harry . " Ism . Sir , " FeargusO'Connor , Ebq . One of the Aristocracy ; " apropos , the use of the term , Esq , rendered further designation unnecessary !

      P . S . —Virtuous patriot 1 so thoroughly armed in this your just quarrel . ' since writing the above I have just received a letter from an honest high minded independent working man , from which I submit to yonr notice , the following . * extant : — " Four -of the fustian petition carriers were in the Qaeen ' a Bench with Hetherington , and he swore to them THAT HE WOULD DESTROY THE STAR A 3 SOON AS HE GOT OUT OF PRISON , " Now , " 8 illy Harry " what say you to your forehead and your bump . Write no more to me , " Silly Harry ; " «'? Silly Harry" write no more to me . F . O'C .

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      DEFEAT OF THE WHIG CORN LAW RE PEALERS AT EAGLESHAM . The supporters of the Whig Ministerial scheme of Repealing the Corn Laws being defeated in all the large towns where they have attempted to carry popular feeling in favour ef their expediency movement , have reaolvad to see what can be done in a quiet way with the smaller towns and villages . The village of Eaglesham had , accordingly , been pitched upon by the Ministerialists of Paisley for the first of a series of meetings to bring over the people of this quarter to support the Russell and Melbourne proposition fora Repeal of the Corn Laws . The inhabitants here were

      warned by public announcement te attend a meetieg on the subject , in the Dissenting Meeting-House , on Wednesday evening ^ last , which 4 was to be addressed by Messrs . Henderson and Brewster , from Paisley . Determined not to be gulled by these parties , the Chartists requested the presence of one or two Glasgow speakers to ducuss the question -with the above-menkjonj ^| 6 ntlemen , on tho night specified , and to test fain ^ EB& opinions of the men of Ea glesham . The meeting was called for seven o ' clock , but it was eight o'clock before the business commenced .

      Dr . Paton being appointed to the chair , introduced Mr . Henderson , who , we believe , writes the Paisley department of the Saturday Evening Post , to address tbe meeting . The Rev . Patrick Brewster not having arrived , according to expectation , Mr . Henderson c :. niu forward , and after a few preliminaries , entered into an exposure of the operations of tbe Corn Laws . After referring to the misery and destitution existing in the country , to the dull trade , and the general depression of commercial business ; he spoke of the comparatively comfortable condition ef the foreign artizan . He drew a number of illustrations on this head from Syinond's accounts of the state of manufactures on the continent —and the habits and condition of the artizans ; and

      after contrasting these with tbe working classes here , he came to tbe conclusion that these things were chiefly brought about by the effects of the Corn Law . He advocated the necessity of the people supporting the Whig Government in their late movement for a fixed duty on Corn , and for any agitation that would bring about a modification of the present system . After referring to the Chartists as opponents to the Corn Law repeal movement , and as men blind to their own interests , he concluded by declaring his anxiety to see the people in possession of tbe franchise—his willingness to aid the Chartists , and his hearty approval of their viewa—but his opposition to their present course of proceeding , and sat down amidst loud applause .

      Mr . Malcolm , Jan ., of Glasgow , said , although a Chartist , he did not come forward either as the advocate of the return of the Tories to power in preference to the other faction , nor as the direct or indirect opponent to the spread ef knowledge in reference to the operations of this law , but to state the real grounds upon which the Chartists stood in reference to the agitation attempted to be got up by the middle classes , to support the present Ministry , at tbe expense of sound principle and the cause of popular right ; and he would premise that Mr . Henderson had done wrong in talking of the Chartists as the opponents of Corn Law repeal . AlthougL the Chartists did not see the propriety of joining this agitation , for the Ministerial scheme of repealing this law , did it follow that tbey were less zealous

      repealers ? He held that they were the only reasonable aad determined repealers of any party in the country . While tbey endeavoured to spread , and were anxious to receive , every sort of information relative to the Corn Law—while tbey thanked the middle class for the pains they were taking to enlighten them , they also pointed out the only way by which they were to be repealed . ( Cheers . ) They very properly considered , that those who called themselves Corn Law repealers , had advanced the strongest arguments in favour of their standing by tbeir present movement Why , members of their leagne had unhesitatingly declared , that until tbe constitution of the present House of Commons was changed , they bad no hope for a repeal . Others of them , and be was glad he could number amongst them

      his moral force friend , the Rev . Patrick Brewster , had declared that they did not expect the House of Landlords to yield that measure to any appeal short of one of their fears ; and it was only by beiog frightened they would accede to our just demands . ( Cheers and laughter . } Now he entirely agreed with these opinions ; and knowing , from past experience , that without the aid of the masses , the middle class would carry no great measure of organic reform , he was for his Chartist brethren standing by their present position , and selling their influence at the proper tithe . He ( Mr . M . ) knew that united the middle and working class could effect anything , but he was opposed to a junction which would not guarantee to the unenfranchised a full measure of justice . They had ne guarantee that in supporting the present Ministry in this late movement of theirs , that they would not be aiding their return to power , with the prospect of misrepresenting them for

      other eight long yean . ( Hear , bear . ) He woald nave them to bear in mind , that although tbe middle class now came a little way and shewed their anxiety to have a repeal of the Cera Laws , that they had not done so until the shoe which had been pinching their workmen began to pinch themselves . But , at the same time , he could not deny a fact , in connexion with tie circumstances of these men , that although some of them were reduced to bankruptcy , the great proportion , even while loudest about dull trade and most zealous in reducing wages , had been adding flat to flat , and factory to factory , had built hon *> e 8 like palaces , and enjoyed all the comforts and luxuriea of life in abundance , and if they were pinched a little now , it was no more than they merited . He did not mean , however , to base his argument upon this point . He cared net what were the motives that induced these men to corno forward for Cora Law repeal . The question with him

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      was , could the masses , by holding to their present agitation compel these men to come a little farther , ia a word , come along with them for the People ' s Charter ? They had already brought them a little way , and he felt fully confident that thty would come further . At all events , he argued in favour of working men refusing their influence to any agitation which did not go to place them in their legitimate position in tha House of Commons , as tax-payers and citizens . He argued for their standing by principle in preference to expediency , always bearing in mind that the gain of the Charter to the people at large wa ^ au amplu guarantee that they should have not only the Com Laws , but every other iniquitous monopoly done away . While , on the other band , by a repeal of the Corn Laws alone , they had no pledge . that tbey would obtain

      the Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) " But Mr . Henderson talked of their taking or refusing a good measure as glibly as if the repeal of the Corn Laws were now offered them , and they refused to have it Who offered it them ? O , says Mr . Henderson , the Whige offer it ! Aye , they promise as liberally as ever ! But wiien . their purpose ia served , dluBl for the performance J They wish to maintain power just now at the expenoe of popular rights , and by the offer of a measure which they have not the power to give . He was glad , however , that , while the people received with gratitude theinformation of the Corn Law repeale : s , they . bin ! sense enough to hold fast by principle , and refused to budge from the only course which would enable them successfully to assert and obtain their political freedom . He would wish his Chartist brethren n . ver to forget that ,

      in agitating for the Charter , they were agitatiag for » repeal of the Corn Laws , and thit every argument brought forward to expose the system by which they were oppressed waa just an additional argument in favour of their being proptiriyrepresented , and an additional reason for their continuing to agitate an . I unite until they had raised up such a power aa would force tbe aristocracy to yield to their just and legal claims . After one or two illustrations in corroboration oi whit had been advanced by Mr . H ., as to the effect ot the Corn Laws , Mr . M . deprecated the sentim ^ nU so earnestly put forth by that gentleman , that tbe Government and the middle class brought forward this measure , more on account of the suffering operatives , than for their own benefit ; and after a fling atMr . Henderson for his physical force notions of former times , nnd bis inconsistent conduct now in abusing and attacking the

      physical force Chartists through the organ in wlach he writes , for doing less than be himseif had cioue on former occasions , he concluded by expressing a hope that some inhabitant would not allow the opportunity to escape without bringing forward a resolution denouncing tbe Corn Laws , and declaring their adherence to the Charter , in favour of which he hoped they would also get up a petition . He sat down amidst load cheers . Mr . Henderson again- rose , and made a lengthened response . Instead , however , of taking up the arguments of Mr . M ., he confined himself to a history ot his own exertions and sufferings on behalf of R > Ucalism , and to an exposure of the doings of the . Xorks since the time of Castlereagh and Sidrooulh < ir . wnwardB . After a species of special pleading in favour of Whiggery and the Ministerial Corn Law scheme , he sat down .

      As the hour was now pretty late , on the suggestion of Mr . Malcolm , a gentleman in the vicinity ixse to propose a resolution . This the Chairman , Mr . Henderson , and tha manager of the Kirk who chanced to be present , objected to . Mr . Malcolm called upon them to hear what was tbe nature of the motion first During the time that Mr . Malcolm stood up calling upon Mr . Henderson if he was a Chartist , as he professed , and also a Corn Law repealer , to allow a motion to be passed in favour of both views , a person near bint asked in an angry tone , " Will you sign a petition for a repeal of the Corn Laws V' Yes , said Mr . >! ., with all my heart ; will you turn and sign tbe Ch .-irter ? This declaration seemed to put the meeting right as to tkenature of Mr . Malcolm ' s opposition , and lorn ! calls arose from all parts of the house to Mr . Henderson to support this view .

      Mr . Henderson tried to get out of the business , by declaring , that although he was a Chartist , as the Church had only been given for the delivery of a lecture on the Corn Laws , he could not consent t « the passing any resolution . - In defiance , however , pf the wry faces of the Chairman , and the croaking of the Kirk managers , Mr . John Hunter moved the following resolution , which was seconded by another inhabitant : — " That this meeting looks upon the Corn Laws as one of the greatest evils that have ever afflicted this country , and is , therefore , anxious for their immediate removal ; but having no hope of ever accomplishing their abolition , while the landed aristocracy have their presemt preponderance in the legislature , we petition for the Poople ' s Charter , ao that the people having power , may remove tbe Corn Laws and all ether monopolies . "

      As tho Chairman still refused to pub any resolution , Mr . Malcolm stood forward aud took a show of bands for the motion , and nearly'the entire meeting held up their hands . He then took the opposite—all against the motion , when only two bands were held up . The result was greeted with great cheers . Ou the motion of Mr . Jack , thanks were voted to the Chairman . On tbe motion of Mr . Gardner , thanks were also voted to Mr Henderson for his address , so far as it related to the Corn Laws ; this -was seconded by Mr . Malcolm , and responded to with cheers . Three cheers for the Charter cloatd the business , when the meeting quietly dispersed . —Abridged from the Scottish Patriot .

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      THE NEWS FROM CHINA . We have been true prophets as to the course of events in China . The settlement announced in April , bad as the terms were , has proved , as we predicted , no settlement at all ; it was repudiated by the Emperor , recourse was again had to arms with brilliant success , . the Bogno forts were captured , and all the Chinese defences forced up to Canton , which was thus placed iu tho power and at the mercy of cur Torres . Tho union jack was hoisted on tne walls of the British factory , which had been the scene of the wrongs aud insults provoking the expedition .

      We are , however , in all probability , far from the settlement of the dispute , tor all iha -, is gained by arms is likely to be , ] cr-t by negotiations with so crafty and faithless a people ; Captain Elliot ' s infatuation in having supposed that matters were permanently settled , and directed that the troops in Chusan evacuate the island and withdraw to Calcutta , is perfectly wonderful , and the sooner the negotiations are iu the bands of an officer less the dupe of the Chinese , the belter will bo ihe prospect of an advantageous termination of the war . Sir J . Bremer observes , as to the forbearance * exercised towards Canton , — " It was at our irercy , and it has so remained , a monument of Bmish magnanimity and forbearance ; I fear , however , that the forbearance is uiisunderstood , atid that a further punishment must be resorted to bttfore this arrogant and perfidious Government is brvuyht to reason . "

      Then follows the old story as to the Plenipotentiary ' s propensities to temporising , and trying what paper would do : — " Her Majesty ' s Plenipotentiary being , however , desirous to trj / the effect of another proclamation , and to show his detiie for an equituble adjustment of cflairs , addressed the Major-Geaeral and in ; self , requesting that we would make no further movement totrards the city , until the disposition of the provincial Government officers wereput to the tat , as faras regards their non-interference ; and we have , consequently-, remained in statu quo , but reports ( on whieh u-e can rely ) are daily reaching us , which state that Jire vessels are fitting out about seven miles above Canton ; forts , in tho rear of the city , in course of erection , and tke people are forbidden to bring us supplies , while the teas and silks , and every other valuable , are removing from it " The fulminations of the Emperor against the English are curiosities of an'Imperial style : —

      " ' They are , ' says be , like dogs and sheep in their dispositions . It is difficult for heaven and earth any longer to bear with the English , and both Gods and men are indignant at tbeir conduct' ' I have heard / s . aya tke Emperor , that for months past they have debauched men ' s wives and daughters—made captives —carried away property—built forts—opened water courses , and set up a counterfeit public officer , who issues proclamations ordering the people to pay the duties . In sleeping or eating , I find no quiet . " The blood of the Tartar rulera is excited by these enormities . Keshen is ordered to be delivered over to the board of punishment— . still , however , retaining his command ; and the Admiral Kivan , though descended from the God of War , i $ to lose his button "—Examiner

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      Queen Square Police Office , Londox . —The BiST Defekck and an HoNE&r Declaration . — On Saturday , Edward Thompson , a very fashionably dressed man , but whose manners indicated that the dress and the proprietor but ill corresponded , waa charged with attempting to pick the pocket of Mrs . Louisa Godwin Wyse , a lady residing at Greenstreet , Chelsea . Complainant stated , that on Thursday evening she was walking along Beauford-row , near the foot of Chelsea-bridge , in company " with her little boy , who was about seven yean-of age * when on a sudden she felt * hand in her poofcet , ana turning round found the prisoner close . Wlkind her . She immediately accused him of attempting to pick her pocket , when he said it was quite absurd to think of such a thing . On a policeman coming up , she gave him into custody . He no sooner saw the police

      man advancing towards him , titan he set off running , and after a pursuit of ten minutes was captured . Mr . Burrell inquired what he knew of the prisoner , if at all acquainted with him . Gough said he had known him for two years as the associate of common thieve ? . . Prisoner expressed a wish to Bay something , and Mr , Burrell desired him to go ou . Prisoner" I wish to say something . " . That officer ( Gough ) is the ¦ rascal in England . There isn ' t a man in London as lives by the ring but what has to pay him money , or eke they gets taken into custody . He has had money of me frequently , and all the thieves will tell you bo . He comes up to them in the street and asks them for something , and in course tbey gives it him . " Mr . Burrell thought these observations proved , at any rate , what the prisoner was . He was then removed to undergo the puouluaeat .

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      TO THE EDITOB OF THE WOBXHEKN STAR . Mr . Editor , —By your inserting the following address in your next , with corrections , if required , from your hands , you will greatly oblige the Chartists of York , And yours , &C . E . BURLET . York , 25 th May , 1841 . LIBERATION OF FEARQUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . TO THE CHARTISTS OF GEEAT BRITAIN . Brother Chartists , —The duties of our office prompt us to again bring under your aotice the necessity of bestirring yourselves on the occasion of tbe release of our glorious chief from the fangs of his and our merciless oppressors , and show to the world that you are determined to do honour to him to whom honour is due .

      Fellow-countrymen , every day brings us greater proofs of his devotion and value to our cause , that although he is immured within the cheerless dungeon , his heart is still panting for the success of the cause for which he is suffering , and that neither the cupidity and slander of false friends , nor the persecution of the open enemy can turn his mind from the great and glorious objects -which he is struggling to achieve , namely , the emancipation of the whole human family from political bondage , degradation , and misery , and the establishment of the principles of truth , justice , and happiness .

      Fellow-slaves , you have lately been called upon to express y « ur feelings between Mr . O'Connor and the leaders of tbe " new move ; " you nobly answered that call by your assurance of your attachment to him and your determination to stand by him ; we call upon you , therefore , to prove that attachment by Bending your delegates to welcome him to your ranks on his emerging from the dungeon . Brethren , the men of London have nobly expressed their determination to send a d « putation . The men of Stcckton have nobly answered our first appeal ; and will the men of Manchester , Birmingham , Sheffield , and other places , holding a proud position , be left in the back ground ?

      Fellow-countrymen , O'Connor deserves much at your hands ; he will accept no other favours : how , then , are you to repay him for his sufferings in your cause , for the persecutions he has endured by open enemies and false friends ; how better than by being present on his again obtaining his liberty , and there seal the compact with him to stand by him as he has sworn to stand by you until death . Let your cry then be—to York ! to York ! and there let your voices rend the atr with your shouts for joy at again beholding your chief once more free . Then , hurrah , hurrah , hurrah , for O'Connor ; down with the cjck-tailed gingers ; up with the Charter , and down with all humbug .

      We are , fellow-countrymen , on behalf of the Demonstration Committee , Yours , truly , Edward Burley , Chairman . W . Cordeux , Secretary . York , 25 th of May , 1841 . P . S . The men of York hope the next week ' s Star will convey your determination to do your duty . All correspondence to be addressed , post paid , to Mr . Wm . Cordeux , 20 , Micklegate , York .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct383/page/7/