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      fiEPEAL OF TBE ^ MAI / MIAX . —BG ? ORTA 2 iT MEETING AT C&OXDOX . Csofpos , Satubdai Ersspfs , Dec . 7- —A numerous and Mghbr important meeting of the gentry and m-SneainaJ firmers and agriculturists of the county of Sum ? , took place this afternoon ^ pursuant to a numerous !? signed requisition in the Towr * HaD , ^ Croydcn , for the purpose of considering the propriety of ta fcfng steps romrging on her Majesty ' s GoTernment a repeal of the Malt-tax . Mr . Bleados was , atone o'clock , nnanrmously called to the cfiair , and baring read tie requiition , calling

      the meeting , he said lie felt great pleasure in being © ailed on to preside orer so numerous and so respectable a Bieeting , assembled , aste considered , for a most laudable purpose . He felt tnat an article of general if not of universal consumption , liad been raised to such 2 . pr ice by the Government duty , as to be beyond ibe reach of tlie labouring classes , irMch demanded , in Ms opinion , an immediate amelioration ; lie ( the chairman ) , thought that if the Malt-taX was abolished the Minister could do-without it , and that the labourers , ¦ who were entitled to consideration , would be benefited . ( Hear , hear . )

      Me . » EAii proposed the first resolution . He said this was a subject not only of importance "to the farmers , but to the labouring men of England , and no greater benefit could accrue to the farmers or the la-Dourers of the country at large than a repeal of the Malt-tax . ( Hear . ) " The effect of a repeal of the Malt-tax would be to call into operation the use of second-rate lQarley , "Vfliich , because it was not grown on the genial lands of this country , was precluded by the Government taxation from becoming amalting barley . All therefore that could be done with sueh

      bariev was . to the disadvantage of farmers ,-who conld only " sell it at the rate of 10 s . per quarter for the feedinjT of pigs and poultry . It -was not the price o land that tended to increase the price of malt , but the Government taxation . The average price of land was sixteen shiilin - per acre , at the outside twenty shilling ? , and that land it was presumed would grow five quarters per acre . The Government tax was twenTy-Twoshillings per quarter ; thus , whilst the acre of lanu at twenty shilllnss srew forty bushels of barley , iive 3 > ounds ten shillings per acre was levied by the Government . Sonis time since the Government took oft the tax upon beer ; and , ii was said that it was a boon to the farmers of the country . Now , as one of-that body , he ( Mr . TVeafl ) denied that it was a boon either to " the farmers or the labourers ; for it had created those sinks of iniquity anil infamy—the beer shops—which had not only injured the farmers ,

      but ruined labourers and their families . Many schemes had been proposi-d for the benefit of the agricultural labourer : some ^ aid the allotment system , others the system of emigration would be best ; but he thftnirhi that the effiplcynieiit of labour was the Only remedy for existing evils — ( cheers ) — but what with the existing Cora Laws , the late Tariff , and the infamous Canada Bill , the farmers were unable to-jive employment to labour . ( Hear , hear . j Ait . r expressing his conviction tliat there was not mor ¦ labourers than were actually wanted in England , 2 dr . YWsil ] t-onrfniled bj moving a resolution—** Tnat in iho « ,-. > : jiWia of tLe meeting the Malt Tax was unjust In its - rhiciple an-1 oppressive in its operation , inasun-c ' a as it imposed tntirely upon the Labouring ffia . . -j of this country , vrho are thereby taxed to sucL : ic extent as almost to prohibit the use of the beversst- best adapted to their Tracts . "

      Mr . lU ) LA 3 ii > seconded the resolution ,- vhit-li , on bel-c i « ui from the chair , was carried uuaniniuush , aai- ^ 1 l > . mi acclrjuations . Mr . I ^ oiiAs Ellmas moved i ' is second resolution , '" Tiiit the ^ lalt-tax having Ixxn submitted to during a I .- ; : jjtruxi , while hopes w ^ rv Ui-id out that when th . i- Bar * -eased thnx tns should be removed ; and tii 2 » me . 'iL ^ iZ ha \ i . T ^ witnessed il-si -Ixtrt-n : nilL on » of ti-xaik »; : hza I- eii removed whilst the Mail-tax n-maiiis , a « d thai a iiioletv on the durr of wines ha > sho been

      removed , is i > f opinion that the time has liovr wlicii tliis severe impost on the comfort and ut-Lt- * - sitie > i » i" tlie people should at once tvase . " linows . wiis at once agreed to . and a eoniniitteo was appointed consisting of the gentlemen who had signed the requisition convening the meeting , to carry out its oKcfta . Thanks were subsequently voted to the chairman , and tie meeting separated .

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      SHLPPIXG INTELLIGENCE Lxon > * s , Fsisllt Night . — The brig . JThomas , of SuaJerlsnd , was wrecked at Skerries on Sunday Bight . All the crew were saved . On the same night a wrevk l ^ ppened off Bilsby-out-end , on the lincoln-Ehire coast . The vessel proved to be a schooner , called tlie iEthers , of Dunbar , laden with oats from Konigsby , bottud for London . There wa ? a heavy sea at the Tr » - ? e ; so niuc-h * o that no sooner iras the boat got overLi » ard for the crew tosave themselves than the waves dashed hertoatoms . The wreck being shortly seen from the adjacent town , the life-boat was immediately got ready , and the poor creatures saved .

      — . A distressing shipwreck took plaee on Tuesday ¦ week , © 5 the Northern part of Scotland , of the schooner Bates , of Maryport , which was lost on some rocks situate about ten miles from the shore , between the villages of Haris and Skye . The crew were saved , bat the vessel has become a total wreck . The other Teasels are the Jane , for London , lost in the Swiii , at the mouth of the Thames ; the Victoria , Emack . of Liverpool , wrecked off the Skerries ; the LeopoH , of Peterhead , lost 65 Lessoe ; tlie Albion Seho-Jiier , stranded on Prince Edward Island ; and the schooner l rince Oscar , lost on the coast of

      Germany . Thkee Vessels E . rs Bows . —On Monday evening about six o ' clock , a collision occurred near Beachy Bead , by a vessel named the Plow , belongins to Tanaoiith , being run down by another , which proved to be the Hebe , of London . The crew escaped in t ' ue boat . Another collision happened on Tuesday morning , off Holyhead , which yeas attended by the total li > ss of the schooner , Portmadoe Packet , Mr . W . Jones , master . She was from Liverpool , for Carnarvon , with a general cargo , when , during a deiise fa ' . ] of sleet , some onlmo-B-n vessel , apparently a brig , ibout 300 tons burthen , run into , and stove the bulwark . " is to such an extent , that the vessel sunk in the r : > m > e of a few minutes into deep water . The erew saved themselves by their own boats . Another Tes . -s . 'l is reported to have been run flown between Lai ::: nard-fort and Aldborough , oh tLe ; i > a ?> t of J ^ uffolk , In one of the Scotch steamers , but the fate of the crew we are vet unable to learn .

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      REPEAL IN" LONDON . Thuespat EvEnsG , Dec 12 , 1 * 44 . —The-Inspeetor-General has returned to London , and his appearance does not indicate that be Las suffered much from his late illness in Dublin . At the TTardmote , on Thurs day last , "he announced his intention of visiting all the wards m sui-eevi'jn—a plan which , if carried out , will remove inudi uL-satisfaction which has been hitherto occasioned "h y some wards not having been " visited ai alL An extraordinary placard was put into Tirrulation at tho close of last week , calling upon the

      Inipeeior-VTeneralby name to meet Messrs . Hyde and Bussev at the Westminster "Ward , relative to certain alleged attacks made upon them . Some " misunderstandiEj : ha ? also arisen id Liverpool amongst the Repealers . These dissensions are neeply to be deplored . The project for establishing : reading rooms in Ireland 3 s warmly recommended by tie London Repealers , and they are beginning to " , whv should there not be si-rmW reading rooms established in England i If ihey were established , great good would follow , and person ? would spend in profitable reading the time which is now worse than lost in augry discussions and bickerings .

      G 2 att . ax "Wabi > , " Whitx Lio ^ ItentT-LiXE . —On Sunday evening last the larire room was resj > ectably atteuded . Mr . J . Eugene Cavanagh , son vf the celebrated translator of Moore ' s Melodies into Irish , was in the chair , and addressed the meeting in a speech which elicited the warmest applause . The Rev . 3 Ir . J . Furlong followed , depicting the various modes of persecution resorted to by the English f to-Yernnient against the Irish priesthood , and said a

      new era was dawning upon Ireland , and the time was not iar distant when liberty would l > e proclaimed throughout the length and _ breadth of the land , and Ireland would then be anation . Fifteen were enrolled . InBEaiTOB ' s ViKB , Ij ove-Laxe , Shadtveix . —In this ward the wardens have established readme rooms , which are well attended every evening . They are under ihe superintendence of those inestimable een-¦ fle men , the Rev . Messrs . Moore and Folev , and alreadv are the beneficial results beginning to be felt .

      Gray ' s Isrf Wakd , Albert , Geit ' s-ixs-lase . —On Sunday ereniag last Mr . Burke presided , and the meeting was addressed by Mr . Collins . Several were enroBed . Rotbebhtthe 2 vzw WjkBD . —At the meeting of thL « -ward on Sunday evening , at the Rose and Rummer , Paradise-street Eotherithe , ilr . J . Roach in the chair , Mr . Casserly read the proceedings of the last meeting at the Conciliation HalL Several able speeches were delivered , and twenty persons enrolled themselves under the banner of Repeal . LrsFBCTOB-GxxEBii ' s Wabd , Pkiscb ' s Heap ,

      Stoxxt ' b-Gaie , " Wesmetsxeh- — On Snnday evening , December the 1 st , a meeting , which was well attended , was held , Master J . Riordan , in the chair . Mr . T . Daly , R . W . and V . ( Dr . Gray's Ward ) ,- addressed ihe meeting at great length , and highly complimented the parents of their youthful chairman for instilling patriotic principles into his young breast . He theu aweh upon the present prospects of Repeal , and emphatically caHea upon those present not to relax in their efforts for fatherland . Twenty-one persons were enrolled .

      Db . Gbit * b WiBD , Bruish Qceex , Whizecboss-BTBkbt . — At the last meeting of tins ward , Mr . 'Ustdej , if , presided . Mr . T . Daly , R , W . and V ., addressed the meeting . Several -srere enrolled . Ths ilHBFXCTOB-GrETEBiL visited the following Trards this week : —fhe Aldersgate on Sunday ; the St . Patrick ' s wuMondav ; and the O'Connell on Tuesday .

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      Bbightox . —Cokciuatioh WiBD . — A meeting of this ' ward ' wasTield [ on tiielst'inst ^ , "Mr . BaTamantan Engliahinan ) presiding on the occasion , who , in an eloquent speech , declared Ms sympathy for Ireland . Messrs . Butler and M'Gornick addressed the meeting at great length upon the question of Repeal . Extracts from several journals were read , ana the meeting adjourned .

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      0 T-0 XX 0 B A 2 TD CHAMBERS . "H " e last week assigned a sufficient reason -for not having sooner noticed the tract , entitled the " Employer and the Employed , " recently published by the Messrs . Ghahbxxs , of Edmburga ; anu we trust that the first part of Mr . O'Coxkox ' s reply to that document , which vrtil he found in our sixth page , win amply compensate for the delay . "We received scores of letters from all parts of the country , directing our attention to the tract ; and , having perused it carefully , we cannot come to other conclusion than that the Messrs . Chambers have been made

      the instruments of the Free Trade party , the manufac turing class , and the Poor Law Commissioners , to devote that power which their long services had procured them , to the destruction of anj little self-pride and esteem that their former advocacy of Labour had raised in the minds of the working classes . The masterly , familiar , and convincing manner in which Mr . O'Coxsob has handled the first branch of the subject leads us to anticipate , when the replv is conduded , one of the most able and Taluable defences of the cause of the working classes that has ye been submitted to their consideration .

      3 r . O'Coxkoe ' s minute calculations , as well as the close manner in which he keeps Mr . Smith to the points urged by his antagonist , ar « .- set forth clearly—and though in a familiar , yet in a " slashing ' style . Comsgsbt , the hero of Mr . JVlsaAru ' s last novel , i ? made to attach all importani-t- to a good " rrj " and a " slashing article . " So doubt thi- ca ^ e made out by the unopposed Mr . Smith would hate furnished a valuable " cry" for the Free Trade school , and would hate afforded ample justification to tJi .-ir representati-rcs for purifying tlie labouring classes of those manv " excesses , " and that great -iraproiidence , " of

      rrhii-n the Messrs . Cbambebs complain , as the necessary preliminary to the enactment of such measures as would be satisfactory to the ' master" classes . When the people " rioz" and demand redress , their advocate * contend for tlie ¦ r . ecrssitj of nrst disarming : and then legislation can be temperately deliberated upon . After the same fashion the Meters . Chambe&s point out the -several obstacles which stand in the wav of popular redress , —the greatest Wius Labour combinations ; and thus hint to a class , — uho . a ^ Mr . Chjlhbebs very candidly info rm s us , ] ia > e no . thing iv do with ' feeling , " but consider all as matter of " business , "—the necessity of destroying combinations

      bt-f ^ re redrew .- can be administered . > uch is tlie *• cry " * rt-lii-d upon to carry the '" sympathizers " th : un ]> luiutly through the forthcoming . session of Parlian > . ut ; while we hate hope enough yet left to bebvve tliat die " slashin ? article , " intended as an answer to . the '• cry , " Mill stide tliat mocV sentimentality about to be off .-red as a substitute fc-r substanti-al relief . We are led !„ thr l > e ! iei , that , " haterer the iatvntions or prospects iiiiglst Law betn which iuduc-.-tl th-. M-j . -.-rs . Chambees to fulminate their dreadful anathemas against tlie Iabourii : c cla = £ t-s , the masterly , convincinjr , and triumphant Tf-l-h . rvh ' u-h it is our jiride this week to publisli , will

      cau ?« - hem to abstain , iu futurt . from striking a blow st -Liat hand by Trlrieh thi- ^ have been raisea nvm jM >\> . r » j !¦> aiSuent-e . As long as the Messrs . Chambers remained ra ^ rt compilers of interesting works , —as guagers sucking the brains of others , —they stood high in the world of literarr compilation . They were free from criticism ; while their happy selections gave them a character for taste which insnred them a certain amount of well-merited popularity . They have now plunged into the troubled waters of authorship ; and , according to the raging fashion , would assume originality a ? their introduction . In this new character ,

      however , they have signally , totally , and disastrously felled . There was a time when the hard blows of " buffer" Smith might have told upon the unresisting - mummy " Jackbos ; and if the previous teaching of tlie Messrs . Chambers has led to that nice criticism , which has tausrhi the working classes to distinguish between matters of " feeling" and matters of " business , " we trust that its proper exercise upon their recent tract will convince them that the labour bestowed upou the enlightenment of the working classes has not been lost , and that the vupils are worthy of the masters .

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      O'CO >"> "ELL AND THE " WHITE BOYS . " Te have read somewhere an account of a practised pickpocket , -who , having relieved a gentleman of his purse in a crowd , and being pressed , took a knife out of his pocket and cut his fingers across , and then holding them up streaming with blood , screamed out murder , and succeeded in diverting the attention of the mob from the cry of " Stop thief . to that of "Murder , murder ! " Thus he escaped , taking with him the sympathy of the bystanders , as well as the purse of his victim . At the last

      meeting of the loyal Repealers at the Conciliation Ha . ll , Mr . Gbattas . M . P ., was at great pains to justify the agrarian outrages uow becoming prevalent in Ireland . He adduced very good authority to establish the fact , that as the Government broke the laws by day , the people were Justified in breaking them by night ; in fact , the general admissiou that the administration of all law in Ireland is a farce , should at least insure some kind of consideration , if not toleration , for those who , in the wildness of despair , are compelled to execute for themselves that justice w hii-ii rbe laTrs of their conntrv withhold .

      « e have laboured industriously and incessantly , and we flatter ourselves not ineffectually , to prove that every act of agrarian outrage committed in Ireland is a consequence of oppression and misrule , and not a characteristic of the Irish people . At the same meeting Mr . O'Connell issued a commission to Mr . Sir . n . T ., the head pacificator of Ireland , to hold special commissions under the loya ] royal seal of the Kational Conciliators , for the trial of the White Boys of the counties of Leitrim and Cavan . We have always deplored those occurrences of a pnedial nature , because thev must inevitablv injure the people ' s

      movement . We think , however , that upon examining the speeches of Mr . { yCoxjfELi ., the most censorious trill discover some justification for those acts of atrocity so universally complained of ; vthile we assert without fear of contradiction that the " hope deferred" by Mr . O'Cossell himself ; the many juggles by which for a time he succeeded in allaying that thirst for vengeance for personal wrong which the law refused to redress , has now caused the long pent-up passions of the Irish people to bur ^ t forth , and has induced them to put a literal interpretation upon Mr . O'CoxyxLL ' s

      motto—*¦ Hereditary bondsmen , know je not . Who ivvuld be free , themsrlres must strike the blow . " The Irish people , long accustomed to look upon Mr . O'Cossill as the embodiment of their every hope and every wish , supposed the word " themseh es" to mean Mr . O'CosstEi-L . who w-as to strike the blow for them . Disappointed at last , however , they have now *¦ taken their affairs into their own hands . " The " repeal year" of 1843 has

      passed and gone , while the Saxon sway is as powerful as ever ; the " clenching year" of 1 S 44 is drawing rapidly to its close , to be succeeded by 1845 ; and the Irish people are now told , " WHO ISOBS BUT THE EEPEAI . MAT COJtE AT LAST . " Hotvevex . Mr . T . Stxilx is to add the hononrable office of " Government Spy" to that of " Head Pacificator . " The consequent cold-blooded sacrifice of innocent Wood , which Mr . CCosxzll assures us will be shed upon the scaffold , is horrifying to contemplate .

      Admitting the act of an oppressed people taking the law into their own hands , under the name of White Boys , to be wrong , because likely to be unsuccessful , yet we ask Mr . O'GosjfEU ., and his commissioner . Mr , Steelb , whether the odious duty of bringing the thoughtless , the confiding , and the injured to justice , might not be safely confided to the jpjardianship of the " strong Government" aud the police arrangements of their local minions ? Mr . O"CosirELL cannot set up morality as his creed—because he rejoiced

      in the Rebecca outrages , as a means of compelling the Government to do justice . Mr . O'Connxll boasts of having been mainly instrumental in carrying the Emancipation Bill : but we tell him that had not popular discontent , marshalled under the name of White Boyism in 1823 , couipeUed Mr . GorLBtis ro saddle the Protestant landedproprietors with their share of the tithe , and thereby weakened that link which bound them to the outward and visible sign of Protestantism . . Emancipation would not vfct have been achieved .

      As we are told that all Catholic Ireland is associated as one man of one mind in the determination to accomplish a Repeal of the Union , it is no great stretch of fancy to conclude that the body of Cavan and Leitrim Whitebovs consists of a number of Repealers ; aye , and of Repealers too . who have largely and deeply contributed their share to swell the immense revenue of their Liberator .

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      And should they be called upon to expiate « n the scaffold ¦ with theiriives thecrime of " striking QiebloYr ' tiusmiSliiea , " which they paid Mr . 0 "Cokhei , l liberally to " strike " for them , we trust that tis " Hxacskan , " Mr . Thohas Steile will render a faithfml account of , the Several amounts paid by the several victims to their own confidence . In the speeck to which we refer , Mr . O'Connell invokes the aid of 900 , 000 men of fighting age : and , merciful Providence ! what inferences are the poor deluded Irish to draw from such bombast and gasconade . Let him talk as he will—let him preach as he may—and declare his adherence to the principle of Repeal as best he can ; yet we tell him that his riding-off on the Catholic Bequest Bill , and crying out " blood and the scaffold , " while he has picked the pockets of the sufferers , will not satisfy the Irish people .

      Ilis denunciation and threatened destruction of the poor White Boys , is in perfect keeping with his desertion of the Dorchester Labourers and Glasgow Cotton Spin ners—with his crusade against the Dublin Trades , his de- " nunciations of the Rechabites , and his exultations at a handful of Irish beardless recruits having slaughtered the people in the streets of Newport . Labock is getting too strong forMr . O'Comkell : and as he was never the friend of Labour , he dreads its vengeance when the day of retribution shall come . He mouthed his lamentations and

      heaved his sobs over the Gatholic blood slied at Rathcormac , which , in his several associations , he has oftjenitmes declared yet cries to Heaven for vengeance ; but while the straw in the widow ' s haggard was yet crimsoned with the innocent blood of the widow ' s son , and while the event was fresh and feverish , and before the just excitement had passed away , when Mr . O'Connob gave notice of motion upon the subject in the House of Commons , Mr . O'Conkelx requested him not to " embarrass" the Government with the question !

      Is it wonderful , then , that the poor Irish , deserted by all whom they have paid and in whom they have faithfully confided , should look to other than hired advocacy for the correction of their grievances ? Again , we say , that while tve lament this recurrence to outrage and the necessity which leads to it , tve look with loathing and detestation upon the man who oifcrs his services to ferret out victims for the Saxon law . Nor will it satisfy the Irish people that the act is superinduced by the necessity of preserving perfect tranquillity as a means of

      accomplishing a Repeal of the union . W hat we say is , that if it is necessary , Mr . O'Conneli , is the last man living who should enter upon the task ; while , perhaps , Mr . Steele will bo ' found the most efficient to discharge the painful duties imposed upon him by hits new office . So doubt , the Irish Catholics will yet continue to furnish " blood money" for the persecution of their own tie&h a . vid blooA . If so , b * it so . We only hope that tin ' time is hot far distant when the disciples of a Matiibw will see the juggles lit which the coufidinj Irish have been so king amus « d .

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      ROBINSON CRUSOE , AND HIS MAN FRIDAY , AGAIN . ' Me . J 03 EPB Stctbge lias some general notions of rnili tary tactics , but is deficient in the art of bringing his troops into the field . Just about this period of each year , Mr . Stxrge starts on the recruiting service , aud his battle-field being very extensive , he reviews the outposts , commencing " far north . " We learn from the Scotch newspapers , as well as from our Glasgow correspondents , that 3 Ir . STfBGE has been recently engaged in the fruitless endeavour to take the Chartist garrison of Glasgow by storm . Mr . Stcbge , with characteristic obstinacy , ap . pears to be resolved on a renewal of last sessional folly and again his ' man Friday , who has so signallv failed as

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      leader of ^ the IrhJi ^ c ^ eraUBtSj ^ tp lead ori it . he , '' . fqrlora hope" against the " strong cheat . " To aid in this project , our present harmony is to be disturbed ; and all the competitors for popular support having failed to get a " bid" for working men ' s support by " wink or nod , " Mr . St ? ubqe and his staff see the necessity of being less reserved with the Chartist body . Hence we find Mr Malcolm , one of the keys to the Stdbge bugle , sounding the new conditions on which the units of " CompletUm" will condescend to fraternize with the hundreds of Chartism .

      We have silenced the " physical force " key-note ; and Mr . Malcolm tells us , that we must also give up the note of " obstruction , " as far , at all events , as regards opposit ion to jjho Free Trade party . This young jackanapes has been " all things to all men , " and no doubt his teeth are watering for a snap at the Free-Trade cherry . Mr . Stukoe , however , should bear in mind the several lessons that the Chartists have already taught him ; and by this time he should understand , that if the ocean and the streams are to unite , the streams must run into the ocean , and not the ocean into the streams .

      However , if in these days of novelty and invention , the universal waters of Chartism are to be turned up the hill into the narrow streams of Sectionalism , Mr . Crawfoud is not exactly the engineer to direct the new course , or to apply the several "locks" to the establishment of the new level . Mr . Moib , Colqchocn , and others , notwithstanding the results anticipated from the apparent apathy of the Glasgow Chartists , appear to have been watchful sentinels , wide awake on their post , and therefore not so easily reconciled either to become passive instruments in the hands of the League , or to be dragooned into a preference of Whiggery to Toryism , Our preceptors tell us , that on two conditions only can we be admitted into fellowship with the wanderini ; minstrels

      of ' Conipletism— the one , that we are to prefer the League to every other thing in this world ; and the other , that we are . upon all occasions , to give the preference to the Whigs in contests between the two rival parties . It is strange that the position of Mr . Stiege at Birminghim , and his frequent denunciations of the League , did not serve as a curb to tho flippant tongues of his obsequious followers . HiKvever , for ourselves , when tve daily discover such discrepancies between the theory of the soldiers and the practice of the Generals , we are irresistibly led to the conclusion , that with such : in army we can enter into neither contract nor i ^ iion , until they arc first tmiW amowiat tkemsebvs . ' Ak to tlie part that poor Mr . Crawford is designed to play in the revi \ i . 'd firce of " Stopping the Supplies , " he is old enough to know that an ? advantage that coulct ho derived from

      its revtvil , has lost its electrifying nowlty by the total failure of last year ' s expi-rinient : and to adtertize it " for representation this year , " tviiJ be but to confirm the public in a belief of his uivtHness for that jj > st of leadership tv ' iich Mr . Storge is so anxious to confer on him , n * th < preni ht ») ijii ) ir ^ Jsstlnrd to ob / mrc the FiNSurar Licnr : In nothing hiivc- either Mr . STinot or his party !> uvn ;? hene < l the hands of Mr . Uencombi : ; but , on the coiitnry , there lias existed a perceptible desire on their \ y . \ rt 1 > weaken Iriv itiUuew-o arnl to substitute their own leader in his stend . It in murvellyus that u < nu-n grow older they do no * , grow wiser : fnr if those , two poutlemcn possessed one p . irticlc of renertm' power , they might have d . seovered by this time , that the Uh < nir of ilislurbh' 5 Di'scombe from the affections of tlie -working classes , was a ta . sK wholly beyon I their piirmy power .

      we ' .-itimoi , in a'lditivn t « thii oariiiiiir »« 1 t <> Messrs , St-l'boe unil (' BAtvioRD , conclude without noticing the I'laini . - of MoRsrs . Mom , ColquiioI'n , ami the £ ' " ant Cliartiits of Glasgow , to the gratitude of tlie working olasso in general . Tlu-y ire ever ready at their posts , when danger threatens , or when treachery assails their principles . Wo piv < uuie that the failure of the attack on the " oatpostK" will save tlie " citidel"Crom sueli another assault ub was made upon it lust year by dissenting parsons , trafficking " pedlars , '" and masked LoaaruerR , under the guis-J of Labour ' s friends . However , should the attenift be repeated , we shall be at our post , t » add another victory to the many that the united Chartists have achtei-ed over their disunited opponents .

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      Specially to Agents .- —The agents , whose accounts have been sent in , will please to remit the amount before next Saturday . . Notices of Forthcoming Meetisus . — All notices of forthcoming meetings , to secure insertion , must be in the office by Wednesday mornings , excepting such as are arranged for after that day . Several came to hand last Friday , which were necessarily excluded . Reports of Scnday Meetings . —All reports of Sunday meetings in England . must be iu the hands of the editor by Wednesday morning , or they will be excluded . Our Scotch friends must write su a * to reach on Thursday mornings . The bad Postal arrangements makes it necessary to give them a day ' s grace . In all other places t 2 ie time named , Wednesday , is late enough : as late as the other duties to the paper will allow us to iri * e .

      Mb . T . Clask would oblige by writing sooner . A . (' . A ,, Islington . —Refer to the *> 'far of August 31 , 1844 , and you will there find your subscription acknowleged . " Politics and Pauties in Switzerland . "—We were requested last week to notify to our readers thnf the edition of the Journal de Genera has for the presi . > . discontinued the articles " on the state of Parties in Switzerland , " owing , to circumstances of a local character . H . Lunn , IIampstead . —Get a copy of the last Tariff , from the Parliamentry Publisher , Hansard , of Parliament-street , uud Great Turnstile . Holborn .

      T . FATHILL . —Tho last National Petition , signed by 3 , 500 * 000 tax-payers , and presented by Mr . Duncotnbe , had in it a clause pleading for , and praying for , a repeal of the Irish Legislative Union , j

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      Mb . Patrick O'Higgihs , akd Chabtisk ix Ireland . — A good ' deal of ' anxieij * nas been " manifested by bur English friends to learn the present position of Chartism in Ireland , j They missed the reports of the meetings of the Irish TTniveral Suffrage Association from the Star ; and numberless have been the applications to us , to learn the reason why . This Uformatioa we were not at the time in a position to impart ; but we are now glad to ; have in our power to set inquiry at rest , by publishing the following letter from Mr . O'Higgins himself , a copy of which has been kindly forwarded to us ; . There are several other matters included in the letter , to which we invite attention : —

      "Dublin , December 3 d , 1844 . —Dear Sir , —A good wafer is better and safer than a bad seal . It is right to mention this , as your letter of the 2 d instant came to hand open ; the seal having been broken apparently by the carriage , orj perhaps , tossing from bag to bag . Doyle called here on Monday , but I did not see him . I understand that he has gone to some part of the country . There has not been a meeting of the Dublin Chartists since August . They will meet early in January . The weekly subscriptions here did r > ot cover a twentieth of the expenses . I carried on for four years at

      an expense out of my own pocket , of from £ 60 to i-83 ayear . This was j too much to fall on one individual ; besides being maide a target of by the O'Connell party , without auy means of defence except througji the columns of the liorthem Star , which was of no use to me here . The ] Chartists either in England or Ireland do not support their own principles . My opinion is , that he who smokes tobacco , or drinks intoxicating liquors , while funds are wanted to carrying out Chartist principles is more a Tory agent than a Chartist . Half the money spent in filthy , stinking , tobacco-would , if subscribed honestly and manfully to Chartist purposes , place it upon a footing that could not be resisted for any length of time . What right have the working classes to make victims of those , who for pure love

      of justice and right , step out of their ranks , cut all connexion with their former friends , with a view to promote the happiness and comfort of the oppressed millions who make ; ivo sacrifice to promote their own welfare ? It is melancholy to see how in every age political knaves ; who flatter and cajole the people succeed , while hottest men are allowed to perish by the vury men for whose interests they sacrificed everything . Look at the history of the O'Connor family ; see how they have always taken part with the people of Ireland—alwaysjadvocates for extending the Suffrage to the working classes—even from the earliest period to tlie present time ; using their most streuuous efforts for Universal Suffrage . See how they have been persecuted , their property confiscated , their houses burned , a price

      set upon theu- heads , and for what ? For their devotion to the interests of their poor , persecuted , and oppressed countrymen . Well , see , on the other hand , how the bitten si t ' ue , tlnj moit malignant enemy ever the working classes had ] drains , by flattery and cajolery , some thibty thousand poi : nds a VEAB for his own use and benefit , from his miserable dupes : and upwards of £ 50 , 000 a year , { in addition , from the same creatures , for the sole purpose of restoring to potter their insidious foes , the " l ) hse , bloo'Iy , and brutal Whig ; ,. " Many a truly lunust liian is deterred from taking that part in the Chartist movement which lie would wish , in consequence of tho apathy of the Chartists themselves . They iln not support their oimi cause—they do not support their utt u leaders , or rather , political teachers . I

      for unv , will never tiesceuu to flatter men for the sake of popularity . ] And I t » -ll you hom-stly and candidly , that it . ii >;> . ui-s to me Loth l-idleulous and dis ^ uwting ro see a iiian dci'laimiug upiiinst a Government with a pipe , in his jau . Ic is just s :. \ ing to l . is enemy , *' Here good sir , I knott you are my oppressor , and that you could n > it opprcS .- > me uiiKss iik' and my class furnished tou with the means . Mv ivitV is sicl ., and my children are lnmirn ; jiL-rll will laj uu : il . is thiiteuii pence , tvhieb i * all I li . u ., ia iuliacco , because 1 am well aware thac , b > doing s >> , , wu , my oppressor , \ wll get twelve pence out of it , as diCty or o \ i : ise , tWiile I get not one halfpenny worth , u-. i [ atiotln-r grinder of the poor must have

      hi . s profit out of'the pe : iuy . " I a ^' i \ ou , Uow , is not this tne true sfatc t 4 ' ; In case { Bear in mind , tliat the trst uf devoti'iii to a cause is tu be found in the wav it is sustained jby tin : > kit _ -wo of war , and these alone . Hear also ia mind that ivi ' ry j ») Uiid you save from tlje excise and Kub .-Cribe to thu charter , deals double blows on tin- heads of your enemies . —I am , faithfully yours , Patrick Cllir . ti . Ns . —Mr . Thomas Webb , Stockport . An Old Srnsaunp , Stockport , cannot compel the Board of Guardians to do any thing , iu the way of relieving the poor . They are elected , and selected , to starie the poor ; and if they only allow Is . 6 d . per w « ek for an old woman , seventy-two years of age , whv

      " 'Tis their vocation , Hal . " They could refuse oven that starvation allowance , and also admittance into their " house of horrors , " and who is there to call ] them to account ? The protection of the poor has been taken away : we are trying to have it restorer ! . \ Charles Gwilliam , Liverpool , need not be under no alarm about the splenetic effusions of the wincing " Lietor . " Fie : is powerless , either for good or evil . Like the venomous scorpion , he has been made to bite himself ; and his own destruction has followed by his own virus . A . C , AuBRoATHi We really cannot answer his query- * - for tve cannot understand it .

      Cautio . v againsj isrposiTiotf . —We have been requested to caution the public against an attempt which is being made in certain parts of Ireland , by a set of unprincipled men who are going about with petitions , craving charity for thetnankeen weavers of Wigan , without the consent or knowledge of that body ; and beg to state that they discountenance such proceedings , as being calculated ro rnisiead the charitable and humane part of the community . They deem it prudent to lay this statement before the public generally , in order that the individuals goling about under false pretences , may be dealt with according to their merits .

      W . VlHOS AND THE ifANCHESTER " GCAKDIAN . " In Wednesday's Giut-rdian-thvre is a report of a miners meeting at the Old Mess-hbuse , Oldham , at which Mr . Dixon is represented as speaking . The fact is , Mr . Dixon was never out of Manchester on that day . This is an old "dodge" of the Guardian , as it respects Mr . Dixon . During the Plug war , it represented that gentleman as a speaker at a meeting in Titikers ' -gardetis , putting into his mouth a must naming speech . Mr . Dixon , in that case as in the present , was never near the . meeting at all . He wrote to the Guardian to contradict the misrepresentation , ( error it could not be called , because so oft repeated ) —and no notice was taken of his letter . What can be the reason for such conduct ' . Is it paltry spite , because Mr . Dixon is a reporter for the SUir t If so the Guardian is a mean dog . John Roberts . j Shrewsbituy , oterlooker in the Flax mill of the Messrs . Marshall , of that place , writes to

      correct what he calls a " gross misrepresentation and libel" in a paragraph inserted in our last , stating that , " . sixteen hands had struck work on account of severe fines ; " but injwhat either tho misrepresentation or the libel consists Sve confess ourselves unable to discover ; for Mr . Roberts distinctly says , " that such a strike did take place , I admit . " Hed ^ fends the act of " arbitrary fining" on the grounds , first , that those he inflicted wen- snviU in jntnount " — only two-pences and threepL-ncos ; and often times onl y one penny ; and second , that it is necessary to p rotect the character of the manufacture of the Messrs . Marshall from the effects of " unjustifiable indolence and carelessness . "' lie also vouchsafes the information that he "fears God and honours the Kintr , " both of which he may do as Jong as he likes ; but ho should not " rob the " labourer" either for the benefit nf thi 1 'Messrs Marsluill or anv body else .

      ifn .. Robekts ' . s i Addhess . —TVo often lvceive Jotters for Mr . Roberts , with a request that tve will forward them , the parties writing not knowing where to addross . To save ourselves trouble , aud to impart information to many who may need it , we here give the several addresses to which commuuicatidiis for the " Attorney-General" may be sent : 11 , Royal-arcade , Newcastle-on-Tyiio : M Princes-street , Manchester ; 2 , Robert-street , Adelphi , Lotylou . At each of the above offices Mr . Roberts , in hi . s absence , is represented by an efficient clerk . | " - To the Chartists of the West Ridi'mu of Yorkshire . —The Chartists of Wakefield , deploring the total want of organisation in the West Riding , and ansioua tocooperate with their brethren in raising a sufficient

      fund to secure the services of an efficient lecturer to agitate the Riding , and make known the glad tidings of ( L'hartist principles , appeal to their brother Democrats of the Riding to lend their assistance to the good work of revival . Tht'V particularly appeal to the Chartists of Dewsbury , Heckmondwiek . Little-town , Cleckheaton , Birstal , liatley , Horbury , Osset , Earlsheaton , Dawgreen , and Gatvthovjie , to take this appeal into their serious consideration . The Waketield Chartists suggest the calling of a delegate meeting as speedily as possible , to ± > e held at Itewsbury . aS the most central place . In the meantime they request ) communications from the places named , to be addressed to Thomas Batty , Wildes' Yard . Kirkgate , Wakefield .

      J . B . L . —We are again compelled by press of . matter to withhold UiS j first communication . That received this week will be ] found in another column

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      j FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THK DOVER j RAILWAY . ¦ Wednesday morning , about one o'clock , a iuo * t frightful and fatal accident occurred on the Dover Railway , near the Bricklayers' Arms station , GM Kent-road , by which oneinan , named Robert Buckley , an enginedriver , was killed on the spot , and Aaron Wilkinson , the stoker , received such extensive injuries that his recovery is utterly impossible . Several other

      persons were also seyorelv injured and conveyerf to Guy ' s Hospital , where they received even- attention from the r ^ ident house-surgeon . It appears that about twenty minutes after midnight the goods train destined for Dover , left the station at the Bricklayers ' Arms . The- engine ( a new one , manufactured by Beny , Curtis , and Kennedy , of Liverpool , and . named the " Forester ") was attached to the trains , consisting of several tracks heavily laden . When the train was ready for starting , the engineer , Robert Buckley a

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      fine young man , and Aaron Wilkinson ;; 'the' stoker , beingtold " ^ all tra ^ right , " proceeded onwards with it along the line , and it was obserred by the men on duty that " she ran beautifully . " Unfortunately , however , before the train had reached more than halfway to the junction of the wooden with the earth-raised line , and just as it had passed the timbev-built viaduct near the Blue Anchor-road , the engine exploded with a report which was heard for some miles distant , the police stationed as far off as Woolwich marshes having heard it , and the reflection at the moment caused by the fire and steam was so strong , that Deptforddockyard and the station at the Bricklayer / Arms were ( juite illuminated . There were three guards at the time with the train , and upon recoverine from

      the stupor into which they were thrown by the occurrence , they discovered that the engine had leaped completely over the side of the railway , and that the tender had broken through the latticed work fimning the left side of the line , on to the ground , a depth of nearly eighteen feet . By the aid of their lamps thev immediately began to search for the engineer and stoker . The latter they found about twenty feet from the train , bleeding most profusely from an extensive wound in the head . lie was also so much scalded by the sudden escape of the steam that his flesh peeled off upon their attempting to touch him . The most judicious measures were used , and Mr . Harvey , the deputy superintendent * of the luggage department , having now come up with assistance from the station , tlie poor fellow was without delay

      conveyed to the Bricklayers' Arms station , and thence to Guy ' s Hospital in a cab . Search meanwhile was made for Buckley , and he was first perceived by the wluteness of his trousers , the knee of which lay exposed from beneath one of the luggage trucks remaining upon the line . By great exertion the load was lifted from the body of the unfortunate man , but he was dead , being literally crushed to a mummy . The scene immediately after the accident baffles description . One of the trucks , piled full of bales of merchandise , < fec , having by the violence of the shock been shattered to pieces , the various articles were forced from their enclosures , and strewed all over the line . The engine lay in the field , several yards from the snot on the line where the accident occurred , the wheels deeply embedded in the earth , and the body , boilere , and the machinery literally splintered to pieces . The side of the railwav , which consists of a

      latticed work of wood all along the inclined plane , from the Greyhound-bridge to the junction with the New Cross line , over which the engine and tender fell , is torn away for about eighteen feet . Upon instituting further inquiries , we found that that intended journey of the t orester engine was only the fourth it would have made . It was considered a very good one up to tlie time of the disaster . What caused the . explosion has not yet been ascertained . The poor fellow Wilkinson was said to be so seriously injured that his recovery was considered hopeless . No information as tu the probable cause of the accident could be gleaned from him . It is most providential that at the time of the accident no passengers were with the train . The authorities of the railway unite in declaring that the unfortunate deceased was a most sober and steady man , and respected by bis employers as well'as by afl who knew him . Both he and the stoker were

      unmarried . Fuhtuer Particulars . —As soon as possible the line was cleared of all obstructions , so that the regular traffic might not be impeded ; and at an early hour the directors who had assembled on the spot , with Mr . Cubitt , the 'lomocotive engineer , and Mr . Gregory , of the Croydon line , considered it necessary to forward immediate intelligence of what had happened to Colonel I ' asley , the inspector-general of railroads , and who arrived soon after nine o ' clock , wb . p . 1 a strict examination was gone into , the result of which is as follows : —The bursting of the locomotive being the supposed cause of the accident , their first object was to examine the engine as it lay imbedded in the earth . After getting off the

      viaduct , it had pitched head foremost into the earth a depth oi' tour 'feet , then turned over . They found the fire-lwx was blown out as well aa the whole of the fill' hiiiv , and the inner casing , between which and the outer easing the steam generated , was also torn away . The next point was to examine what effect the explosion had had upon the viaduct , and the probable cause of her getting off the same . They found , uDon inquiry , that there had been two explosions , the hrst apparently took place about eighty feet from the spot where the engine was lying . The fire-bars at the bottom of the fire-box had

      been blown completel y through the viaduct into arch No , 134 , making a hole three or four feet square . The second explosion not only blew the fire-box through the arch No . 133 , but such was the force of the steam , that the engine "jumped , " and descended partly on the rails and partly off , a distance of eight or ten . yards , crushing the immense pieces of tHnber that supported the viaduct . The front door of the smoke-l ) ox was discovered about 100 yards distant . Although General Pasley ' s opinion was not publicly made known , we understand that he attributes the cause to a flaw in the copper , or a defect in rivetting the easing .

      T-UE LATE DREADFrL EXPLOSION ON THE DOVKR Railway . —Additional Particulars . —This unfortunate occurrence , which is unparalleled , it is said , in railway accidents , has attracted the most serious attention of the offieei-s and directors belonging to the line , as well as of the other metropolitan railway officers , several of whom have inspected the spot for the purpose of collecting information ; for it hasi not previously been known for the boiler of a locomotive , while running , to explode and cause such havoc as on the present occasion . It has been stated , that Colonel Pasley examined the shattered engine a few hours after the accident , and he has since sent his report to the Board of Trade . We have subsequently learned that other circumstances have since transpired which

      will throw , it is said , additional light on the cause of the explosion . In the examination of the engine by Colonel Pasley and the engineers , on Wednesday last , part of the inner casting round the fire-box was found to have been blown away , aud the same piece to have been forced through the viaduct into the arch beneath , a considerable distance _ from where the engine lay . The current opinion then was that the explosion had been caused either by some flaw in the copper casing , or else from some defect in rivetting it . Yesterday , however , upon further search being made by Mr . Cubitt , the engineer of the line , Mr . George , and other gentlemen , it was discovered that the safetyvalve was " hard down , " from which it was inferred

      that the explosion arose solely from the circumstance of the engine-driver having neglected to open it . The steam then having no means of escape , had caused the casing to collapse and the explosion that followed . Upon further consideration , this might have resulted from the engine capsizing and making a double turn over , as she must have done previous to going off the viaduct ; the drum of the engine it is quite certain , struck one of the iron rails , for the indentation is still clearly perceptible , and this might have driven the valve into the position described . The most unaccountable circumstance is , that the engine was found with the steam shut off , by which some of the railway officers conclude that the driver had suspected rfmnething was wrong , and had shut off the steam . The body of the engine-driver , which lies at the Bricklayers' Arms station , is that of a finevoung man , upwards of six feet in height , and from the appearance it is probable that death was instantaneous .

      ihe neck was broken , and also the left arm where the wairsron wheel passed over . A very remarkable circumstance is , that he was not in the least degree scalded , whilst his unfortunate companion was severely so . During the time that the men were employed in removing the waggons off the line another accident occurred , which nearly cost an excavator his life . He , with several other men , was clearing the line , when a waggon fell from the top of another one , and to save himself he ran forward and fell through one of the holes to the bottom of the viaduct . When picked up he was found to be perfectly insensible . Without loss of time he was conveyed to Guy ' s Hospital , where he received surgical assistance , and he was enabled in tho course of the morning to walk to his own lodgings . Upon inquiry on Thursday night as to the state of the stoker Wilkinson , we were told chat a change had taken place for the better , and that the surgeons entertained sanguine hopes of his ultimate recovery .

      Death or Aarox Wilkinson ' , tue Stoker . —The young man , Aaron Wilkinson , the stoker of the enpine w-hose explosion on the line of the Dover road , on Wednesday morning , has led to such lamentable results , expired at a late hour on Thursday night in Guy ' s Hospital , The unfortunate voung man , who was only 20 years of age , ever since his admission lav in a hopeless state , from the fearful manner in which he was scalded all over liis body , besides having his skull fi-aetui-ed . He received the most unremitting attention from the principal medical gentlemen ot the establishment . He was in a state of stupor from the time of his admission until his death .

      The Inquest on Robert Bucklet , the E * } ' ; xeer . —On Friday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr . Carter , coroner for Surrey , at the Brietlayers' Anus station , upon the body of Robert BucKley , who met with his death by the explosion of the boiler of the engine of the luggage train last Tuesday night , the particulars of which will be found m another column . The evidence's mostly a repetition of the details which will be found in our account ot the accident . We give the following from the evidence of Mr . Edward Berry , of the firm of Berry , Curtis , and Kennedy , engineers , Liverpool , where tire engine was built : — " I am an engineer , living at Woiverton , and having heard of the accident I

      proceeded up the line and examined the engine and tender , endeavouring to find out the cause of the explosion . I found the engine on the ground very muca damaged . One end of the fire-box was driven out , a piece of plate about three feet and a half by three teet and a half , extending from the fire door to the point where it is fixed to the tube plate . The cnimney was broken , and the smoke-box end was blown out ; tne upper part of the dome and the safety valve were much injured , the former having an miuression . « tho rail upon it . The front axle was broken and ope wheel off . The tender and engine were lying aW » six yards apart from each other .. The connection between the two consists of a screw and two stro » : »

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      T . S . UrXCOMBE , M . . ¦ VVnii . E the -. wtivc gvtitus th-. it ri ^ irestn vs mom s is -trained towards every point of the compass in quest ol " safr investment" ' or " profituW ^ speculation , " while the snrplus of Labour '» produce ha » madf money a- well 3 s other indigestible tiling , a drug in tho market , its vnJue becoming dail y diminished by n-aevH of iis wrongful distribution ; while landlord is ready to devour landlord—Church to vat Church—rival manufacturers devising the sur » -st moans of making themselves " safe" without rufert-nce tu anv sinritf -vonxidvralion save that of

      sflfprotection ; und while the liovi-rnmtuvt , which should udjust all these differences , looks tamely on at this ganiu of " Dog eat Poo , "it is some consolation to find the sharpened intellect of Lahouh directing its energy , not to the correction of any one of these abuses , which would but confer advantage , on one section of a class to the prejudice of another section , but to the remodelling of the present 3 j / sU > n . in that shape and form from which all would be reciprocally benefitted . The present state of the combinations of the labouring classes is somewhat analogous to tlijat of a stagnant "pool , which tlie several competitors for Labour's support are afraid to disturb ; each being fearful lust the slightest pebble should cause an unlooked-for commotion .

      Hence , we find bishops and parsons , landlords and farmers , manufacturers and free-traders , constantly treail Lng on the brink , but fearful of too near an approach . Lord 1 ' LrNKETT , in commenting on loose pleadings , once observed , " that counsel sometimes went about the thing , and about the thing , but not a bit nearer the thing . " And so , in truth , we may say , ' all classes of sympathizers , renovators , regenerators , and agitators are going about the question of Laboub , but have not come a bit nearer to it . " Each , in its own peculiar way , would take that burden off LiBotB ' i shoulders which would be least injurious to the patrons ; but none will allow Labour , thai feels * M jnnch , to rescue itself .

      The movements of the money-party are active , aud consequently produce their effect upon Government . Those of Labour are sullen , and scarcely conspicuous . However , as a party , though ever so strong , must be represented in one shape or other , that its strength may be developed , to its opponents ; and lest our present quiescence might lead to the false notion that the people have embraced Sir Robert Pfel ' s " no politics " policy , it is indispensable that Laboce should have its demonstration in some manner which will exhibit its strength , without the violation ef its principles , or of even a pledge of its leaders ; or without violating the deliberate injunction of its representative in Parliament . Seeing the manner in which the . petition of 3 , 500 , 000 working men was treated by

      the Committee of Capitalists in the House of Commons , arranged on both sides of the house , Mr . Duncombe very properly told the people that " they might petition THAT PARLIAMENT again if they pleased , but he would not be made-the instrument of then- folly ; " and , notwithstanding all that has been said and written about the "dangers of Leadership , " we have considered that the people were bound by this injunction of their " Leader ;" aye , their great and triumphant Leader . At the same time , we have racked our brain to devise means , by which the people could obey the commands of their g-eneral ; and at-the same time convince then * opponents that the determination not to be again wantonly insulted was not to be taken as the triumph of the enemy .

      From this dilemma we have been relieved by the proposition of Mr . O'CoSNoa , made at the tea-party on Tuesday nigbt . To meet the difficulty , he proposed that on the day of opening Parliament , while the Capitalists were accompanying their Queen in triumph to open the session , in which their interests would be discussed and protected , the sons of LasoCS should meet in Finsbury , and accompany TUEJB . champion to the arena . It would be imiJOssiblc to convey the faintest notion of the enthusiastic manner in nhich this , proposition was received by every individual present . All rose simultaneously , as if electrified by the thought , and cheered and cheered again : and when it is borne in mind that the tea-partv to welcome the Star to

      London was the most numerous and by far the most respectable that has ever taken place on any occasion in the metropolis ; and when it is understood , as observed by Mr . O'Connob , that every district of London and its ¦ vicinity , was fairly represented in the vast assembly , the manner of receiving the proposition gives us strong hope Yor the success of the plan . There is just time enough to carry it into effect ; and if , without at all interfering with the route of the gingerbread coach and the armed outriders , Laboub shall on that occasion do its duty to itsel £ the demonstration will be worth five millions a ( signatures . To work , then , let us go ! Let each district appoint its committee , and as Dcncombe is in the hands of the Trades , let them take the initiative .

      tv e iiope in our next to be able to report that a general committee has been appointed to make the necessary arrangements : and that the several localities will vie in supplying the small wheels to work the machinery . After the procession , let us have a Tea-party at the Crown and Anchor , and invite to it all those members of Parliament who will pledge themselves to resist further encroachment on the rights of the working-classes , and to confer on them the power of self-defence . This may be made & powerful auxiUiary to aid our chief , who will be strong within in the exact proportion in which he is supported without . Let the " Man ' 3-men" then at it , in right good earnest .

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      4 . THE NORTHERN STAR ) - " December 14 , 1844 .

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      FRO * T . WILLIAMS , JONES . AKD ELLIS . The following correspondence from and with " Secretary Sir James Graham * shows that the " pressure from without" is not yet . sufficiently strong to cause the " unbendiug Minister " to yield to public demand what he has so often denied to justice . The people , therefore , must make the " call" a little louder , and more earnejtful . Let them tr \ what petitioning Parliament will do . It will give Mr . Dunoohbt . an opportunity , at all events , of seeking in " the House" for more " reasons" from tho Home Secretary , for his determination , than he vouchsafes in bis formal , cold , official , refusals . Tamfcock . Devon , Nov . 9 , 1844 .

      . Sir—At a numerous public meeting , convened October 30 , Itk-t , in the Guildhall in the town of Tavistuck , in the couuty of Devou , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of memorializing her Majesty for th « restoration of John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones . The accompanying memorial waa unanimously adopted . IU > iiing you will Accede v > thereijuest of the mooting , aud feel it consistent with j uur jiublic duty to lay the said memorial'before her Majesty : I am , sir , your obedient servant , William Welch , Jun . The Right Hon . Sir James Graham , Uart .. Tavistuck , Devon , Nov . 9 , \ Mi . Whitehall , lUth Nov ., 18 « .

      Sis—Secretary Sir Janies Graham having carefully considered your upplicationiti behalf of John Prost , William Jones , and Zephauiah Williams , I a in directed to express to you his regvot that there is no sufficient ground to justify him , consistently with his public duty , in advising her Majesty to comply with the prayer thereof . : I am sir , your most obedient humble servant , J . M . I ' iiillips . Mr . William Welch , junior . Tavistock , Devon , Nov . 21 . 1844 . Sib—I beg to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from yopr secretary , J . -M . l'ldilipps , stating that there is no ' sufficient ground to justify you consistently , with your public duty , to advise her Majesty to grant the prayer of rny application on behalf of John Frost , William Jones , and Zephaniah Williams .

      ' Sir—1 beg to state that my letter did not request you to advise , but to lay the memorial before her Majesty . It appears evident to'ine , from the tenor of your letter , that the memorial sent by me has not been presented to her Majgsty ; considering you , sir , as the public servant of the State , I beg , with due respect , to state that it is your duty to lay all appeals from the people before her Majesty wheu requested to do so , ¦ Waiting your answer , before the atli . ption of a petition ti > the House of Commons , and believing that the same will be adopted throughout the country , I am , Sir , you humble sen ant . William Welch , Jin . The Hight H >> u . Sir James Graham , Dart . Wliitehall . Nov . 2-Jrd , 1 * 44 .

      Sir , —1 , un directed l > y Secretary Sir James ( . tmliain to acknowledge thf receipt of your letter of the Itith inst ., transmitting petitions from liilston , Kirniiugham , Holton , Carlisle , Congleton , Dumfries , Livevsedge , Newport ( Isle of Wight ) , Nottingham , Oldham . I ' en / . ance , itnd Queenshead , on behalf of John Frost , William Jones , and Zephaniah Williams : ami to acquaint you that Sir James Graham cannot advise Her Majesty to mitigate the sentence of these Convicts . I am , Sir , your most obedient humble servant , T . S . Duncombe , Ks . | ., M . I ' . J . M . Phillips . Whitehall , 2 ord Nov ., 1844 .

      Sib , —Secretary Sir Jaines Uraham having carefully considered your application iu behalf of William Ellis , I am directed to ctpress to you his regret that there is no sufficient ground Cu justify him , consistently with Iuk public duty , in advising Her Majesty to comply with the prayer thereof . 1 am sir , your most obedient humble servant , ( . i . M . 1 ' hillips . ¦ Thos . Duncombe , Esq ., M . I \ , Ac .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 14, 1844, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct517/page/4/