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      **""" " ACROSTIC . f ^ f ^ Whip baTe tnade i tso ; i locals on their heads ; and weeping i «* bedew the sod , where deeping ISsTictim- Hark ! thatery ! t -is from a Toioe ^^ c "" 10 * **« 5 y ouihfnl , smiling , LIBEBTY . James Clakke . Ctoton Wert , May 19 th , 1641 .

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      ANSWER TO ELLIOT * CHARADE . « . dew friend Elliot , yonr charade , as you call it , t viU w ^ - thongh il ** but shy ; t ™ mistered by time , and I am no hand at ryhme ; J £ ?? gnessed LIBERTY . ^ " Philo . TjjrliBg ton .

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      Sg ^ DFOBD . —Chcsch Rate Meeting . — isoiber attempt has been made to lay a church-Zi > ¦ th ousands of rate-payers were present on the f-Ljon . The m eeting was adjourned from the iSrf to the church-yard . The Vicar occupied the }« £ aEd read a something called a monition , purf ^ ri ng to have come from a Rev . Father in God at E ~_ v A great deal of hubbub and nonsense ensued . Tt was then moved that a rate of one halfpenny in a « pound be laid . As an amendment , it was moved jvft-o rate should be laid , which was carried by fm » j ority of at least twenty to one . The Rev . TWr next inquired in what manner , and by whom , L dd ediSce was to be repaired ; when immediately

      g was mofed and cameo , mat tne neeaiui snonid Lnised by voluntary subscription , in which the iL e aconisis promised their utmost support . Howler nothing would suit but a compulsory rate ; aud hjccor d&nce with the monition , the churchwardens Wd & rate , A protest was then entered against the jroceedings of these individuals , and a fiery disijjsion ensued as to whether i ; should be inserted in fa town ' s books , which ended bj its insertion , tf d was afterwards signed by a large number of the JBh abitaiits . _ gf AVCHESTEB . —On Sunday last , a pro-—son of Modern Druids was formed in Manchester , jo accompany the remains of a deceased brother to Ws resting-place . It was truly cheering to witness < jO working men assembled to pay the last tribute of jgpeet to one of their own order , and to see the juJann decorum manifested by all the body during the whole of the proceedings .

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      Emigkatjos . —Three hundred agriculturists from limerick , Tipperary , and Kerry , embarked kit ireek at Cork , for Sydney . —Dublin Plht . Ii is reported that the proprietors of the South ^ Tettern Kailway hare taken up the subject of a jilbraj to Salisbury . Ths tids of emigration still runs strongly towards the L ' uied Stales . In . the absence of goods , the liips £ 11 with steerage passengers . The Augsburg Gaxette gives a frightful account rftbe atrocious massacres perpetrated by the Turks ipon the Christian insurgents of Bulgaria , Ths Consixtutionnel has a letter which says , ¦ We know not on what authority , that another great Russian expedition is on its march against the

      i . steam frigate has been built at Bordeaux for fl » Sp auKh Government , and is just completed . As swfl as some guns expected from England arrive itt Tessel will be ready to sail for a Spanish port . Teb Ikoxhastess of Staffordshire and Shropshire £ nd it necessary to blow out forty-two furnaces , by likh many persons will be thrown out of employ-Biflt . Coloxel Pallet's operations against the wreck rf ibe Royal George are now going on with great icarity under Lieut . Hutchinson , as the executive eBgmeer . The competition among the steamers has become jo great , and their numbers have so much increased of lit * , that seventeen vessels are daily engaged in conveying passengers between Gravesend and

      Lon-Deaths is the Metropolis . —The weekly state-Beat of the number of deaths , registered in the BEtropoliian districts , shows a considerable decrease compared with the weekly averages of 1835-9 40 . We ase informed that the magistrate who , it was Slid , offered to procure the remission of the sentence of the convict Medhurst for the sum of £ 3 , 000 , nss been struck off the commission of the peace . —Times Correspondent . La France states that M . Goizot had applied to 2 ie Court of London to unite with France in aslanbling an European congress , but that the British government had refused to accede to his request .

      Two corporals belonging to the 2 tkh regiment , gartered at Eysses , near Agen , fought a duel a few days ago with swords . They wounded each other it the same moment so severely that one died on the spot , and the other ' s life is despaired of . Is tes French Chamber of Deputies the question of & uniform postage was brought forward , when the Minister of Finance declared that the Government had no intention of introducing such a measure into Prance at present . Fxmalz Lectcees . —Last week two stranger ladies ddiyered lectures on Tee-totalism in the South Seeesion meeting-houfe , Perth , and so successful had they been in miking converts , that at the conclusion of one of the lectures 200 females enrolled themselves mder the banner of total abstinence bv signing the pledge .

      A SExsATios has been created in Madrid , by a rnmour that an English Tessel , captured for smugging by a Spanish preventive-service beat , and carried inso the harbour of Carthagfna , had been cut oct of : be harbour by two English brigs of war . A lettzb dated Bremen , states that a vessel belojjging to that port had jost arrived there in the ehsirge of a British naval officer , who had captnred her eff the coast of Africa , suspecting her to be fitted up for the slave trade . The merchants at Bremen , it was said , were indignant at the bare suspicion of being engaged in such a diabolical commerce .

      Sib Johj Beckett of Leeds , says the Manchester Guardian , Mr . George Jackson the Mayor of Preston , and Mr . Robert Gladstone of Liverpool , have each been named as the second Tory candidate , wi : h Mi . Parker , for Preston . As rfsrsBEGTiox against the oppressive taxation of the Porte in Bulgaria , according to the I ^ eipzic Gtxttte of M&y 16 th , is a very serious affair : there b a general anarchy ; and out of 150 Tillages near XU 5 S& , only twenty have escaped destruction . Soxk smugglers on the Swis 3 frontier have adopted the plan of conveying light parcels of valuable arti-« ks over the frontier line of customs stations by means of a balloon . They freight the aerostatic HaeLiae with a load of from 160 to 200 English POMd ? , and then , guiding it by a rope , take advant * jje of a favourable wind , and walk with their lerial vehicle into France .

      It "will be gratifying to those who have correspoadeir . s in India to know , that a great inconvenience inllbe soon done away with—viz ., the obligation of J * ynig the postage on this side , and that in a short ™ e postage may be paid both . here and in India , » nd bath on the transmission and receipt of the letters . Tbejsukb Fou ? td . — Property to a considerable enent has been found lately on the beach near Wey-Sputh . George Trent , in proceeding homewards J an bis cart last week , saw an old pair of cloth fronsers

      lying on the pebbles . He put them in his c ^ rt , and on pTunim ng them , found in one of the Epckets a leather note-case , containing four Bank of ** zwid notes to the respective amounts of £ 5 , £ 20 , " ^ and £ 1 , 000 . The man got the three smaller £ «* 3 cashed the same day ; but the £ 1 , 000 note ^ g much defaced and torn , apparently by long * ctK > n of the sea , has . been sent to the Bank of Engj * sa , by whose means , probably , the note may be " ^¦ d . There was nothing about the trousers or we note-case to afford auy clue to the owner .

      A Patriotic Bill-Sticker . —At Marlborough-« tmt , on Saturday , John Speechley , one of the ttwernity of external paper-hangere , vulgarly called * £ " ^ ickers , wa 3 charged wiih having plastered the alters of an empty house in Oxford-street with ^ placards . Having been detected in flagranti « ne . ' o , the policeman took him at once into custody , "nen called upon for his defence , the bill-sticker « s ? med a tone of lofty indignation . He said , " I'm tni , Englishman , and I ' ve a right to stick ™« where I like . " Mr . Long- " You haTe no 2 f « to gtick bills on people ' s houses . " Defendant Km ni haTe & ri £ nt » M one ° f tne people , to stick ^ s . They didn ' t put np a notice to ' stick no bills , ¦"• Ida right to exereise ths nrivfleces of tmr

      nro-T ^ ° \ i ^ » PQbUc duty to perform , and in these « mes England expectB every man to do his duty . " Jifl - ^ Bg— And I h * Te a public duty to perform S £ » -to prevent the law from being broken . " MVTOSf " " n bill-sticker to Mr . George Robins , ** ' fillips , and Mr . Simpson , and all the great wrooneers ril do my pubUc dnty or I'll sacrifice ¦ jwf on the altar of my country . We are all g ™» JOTi're my brother , and I can prove it . " Mr . " » g- Well , but I wish my brother would behave * n ^ n more moderation . Will yon promise not to «« a « again V Defendant- " I'll stick to my rights . ' « . . Ung- " Then I fine you a shilling . " Defend-JSTj K wod * P » J Jon * farthing . " The defendant irom tne

      r- ~ bar with the air of a political marihrJ ^ ^ wnfinement in the back cell cooled ^ patriotism . Having consented to turrender his ^^ ata , ne yt ^ released .

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      Fcas . —We haTe the painful intelligence to communi « ate of the total destruction , by fire , of Tetcott hoose , the property of Sir William Molesworth , BarU , on Friday afternoon last . The house , which was built about seven years since , cost upwards of £ 5 , 000 in * its erection . A report was spread ascribing the fire to be the work of an incendiary , but it has been ascertained to have been purely accidental , resulting from an accumulation of soot in a crack of the flue taking fire . The furniture and papers were saved . —West of England Conservative .

      Covmcnos op Teetotalers tor Stbekt Preachimg . —At the Longton Pottery Police Conrt on Wednesday , Thomas Hurley , William Asbford , Richard Horn , and John Kent , four members of a Teetotal Society , appeared to answer an information , laid under the 68 th clause of the Stoke Police Act , which charged them with creating or causing a nuisance , by preaching in the open air , at PenkhuTl , on Sunday last . James Hope , a policeman of Stoke , said on Sunday morning last , about half-past ten , he was at PenkhulL , and fonnd a large body of people congregated together at a Teetotal meeting . The defendants were all there . They had a waggon and a cart . Huxley was preaching , between the pool and the bam . on the left-band side of the barn . The

      preachers did aot obstruct the way , being on private property ; but the crowd did . There was no noise exeept ** laughter , " " hear , hear , " and general approbation . Nothing likely to cause a breach of the peace occurred . The topic generally was to abstain from strong drinks . Mr . Williams inquired of the Magistrates if the defendants were called on to offer any deferes . They had a host of witnesses to prove that there was no obstruction in the road , or breach of the peace . He could show that they were on . private land , and that they had leave of the proprietor to use it ; and that he also lent them the cart and waggon used to preach from . Mr . Alccck and Mr . WilliamB then called witnesses for the defence . The first was Mr . John Rathbone of Norwood . He said he was a member

      of the Teetotal Society , and presided at the meeting . They h&d leave to use the land from M » Rhead . He would swear there was no obstruction of the road . Heard the policeman say , they came by Mr . Rose's order "to disperse the meetiDg , and an answer was made , that Mr . Rose must send a note . Mr . William . 3 said , if the singing in the streets were declared a nuisance , the children of the charity and Sunday Echools , in which they ali felt great interest , must be stopped , which would be a circumstance much to be deplored . Mr . Joseph Davenport said , he was employed in keeping the road clear . There was room for a carriage to pass . If any one stopped on the road , he requested tb-m to move nearer the

      waggon . Now and theu a few stooJ , but they were not generally on the road . There was six or seven yards between the waggon and the road . Messrs . Wm . TamSj John Brooks , Wm . Wooiliscroft , Wm . Cotton , Luke Carter , R . Vivian , George Salt , and Thomas James , were successively called , and spoke to the orderly state of the meeting , that they did not consider that there was ai . y obstruction of the road , or ar . y nuisance whatever . After a short consultation with Mr . Broade . Mr . J . Harvey said the magisirates were of opinion that the defendants were guilty of creating a nni ? anee , under the provisions of the Police Act , and they must pay a fine of Is . each , and the expenses .

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      spoke to , nor do 1 personally know him ; bo much for me being connected with any part or portion of men in new moves , cliqaes , or factions . Your letter makes the foulest charge against me that one man could make against another , if yon will insist that in giving in a report , I make a charge 1 I positively deny it . You have the portion in the statement that bears honour to you ; that clears yon . Is it not in the question put , " what did he think Mr . Frost would say now , when he heard yon was in prison , under the power of the same Ministry ! The reply was , he doubted not Frost ' s opinions were altered before this . He heard something to that effect before he left New South Wales for tho East Indies . " After this explanation , it must give on its own bearings of merit or demerit the truth of my intentions .

      I now with pain touch on Mrs . Frost ' s letter She does not consider my intentions good . Morgan , of Bristol , and Morgan Williams , of Wales , I doubt not will prove the desire of my intentions for good , if they appear to have worked evil . Now , Sir , you have received the whole statement—the true statement ; and if you require any information regarding my character , private or public , 1 shall , on being requested , gladly refer you to persons of standing and reputation in society . If yon can receive at my hands any other service to do justice and honour to your name , pray put me in the way to perform it . The only circumstance that I can call to your mind regarding me is , I took the chair at a public meeting in Chelsea , for your attendance , sixteen or eighteen months back .

      To oonclade , onr eanse requires union . I feel proud , in one respect , that my statement haa drawn forth a glorious account of your exertions on that unfortunate affair . Yeu have laid before the public a statement that will give fresh vigour to our cause , fresh excitements to our principles , and remove from the minds of many doubters , entertaining suspicion . Your account of that trial will rodound to actions there stated . Now , Sir , to conclude , I belong to no faction—you ask for an answer , aud you have it . I do not ask for grace or favour at your hands ; let my actions stand on their own ground . I request you to disprove the truth of my statement , if found , on investigation , incorrect , and remain Your ' s , respectfully , Ruffy Ridley . May 25 , 1841 .

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      " ¦'" ' " ^ ~ " ~ ~ -n - " ~ - " ¦ V ^ u ^ - ^ J >« i ^*»^^^^^^ w ^ . J-V'j * s ** "V"V- ^^ J rj-. i rv BALANCE SHEET OF THE NATIONAL VICTIM FUND COMMITTEE . From the 23 rd of February to the 20 th of May , 1841

      X- > 1 . £ . s . d . Feb . 28—Money in Mr . Hey wood ' s hands as Treasurer 0 18 „ Ratcliffe , after a lecture by Mr . Leech , per Richard Hamer 0 7 2 ~ Newton Heath , per David Whittaker and Edward Travis 0 5 2 March 2—Nuneatou , Warwickshire , proceeds of a few Sunday eveaing ' s readings of the Northern Star , per T . Winters 0 10 0 A Republican at Castle Dorrington 0 10 „ Mr . Hardy , of Stapleford , per Mr . Sweet ... 0 0 6 .. 3—From Irvine , proceeds of a lecture , by Dr . M'Douall 0 15 0 -. Trowbridge , and the Chartists of Warminster , per John Moore 0 4 9 - 4—Tenth subscription of Smiths and Engineers of the East District of London , per an enemy to oppression ... 17 0 _ From Sunderland , per J . Rainsley 0 16 6 - 13— MaryleboneandPaddington Victim Committee ... 0 14 7 Collected by Mr . Churchyard ... 0 10 0 - Profits of a Concert on Thursday , Feb .

      lsih , lVil , ... 5 li 1 4 12 B ,. Fourth subscription of a few flint shoe-makers of the East District of London , per Wm . Holliday ... 1 0 0 ~ 26—St . Pancras Political Victim Committee , per Mr . Wall 5 0 0 „ Mr . Arnold , of Nottingham 0 6 0 From N . C . A ., of Middletbro' 0 15 0 „ 30—From Westminster Victim Box , per W . Y . Souter 0 10 0 „ Proceeds of a tea-party at New Pellon . near Halifax , per John Cockcroft ... 12 0 April 11—From E . Clayton , of Huddersfield , per Mr . Campbell 0 6 0 -. Eleventh subscription of the Smiths and Engineers of the East District of London , per an enemy to oppression * ... 1 10 3 - From Burrhead Benevolent Chartist Society , per Mr . Pearson 10 0 From Worcester N . C . A ., per J . Blackwell 10 0 - From Leicester , per John Seal to Mr . Heywood 0 10 0 ^ From Chambers ' s Works , Carlisle , per John Bell .. 0 7 6 Stroud N . C . A 0 3 6 Per Mr . Bartell and a few friends ... 0 0 6 From Croydon , per W . Hodges 0 6 0 ~ Norwich , per Samuel Goat ... 0 14 0 „ Birmingham , collected from a few friends , per C . Steward 0 3 6 Trowbridge , collected by E . Payne , per J . Biggens ... 0 7 0 - Trowbridge , by the members of the democratic chapel 0 3 0 -. Honley , by J . W ., from five friends 0 2 6 Honley , the Easter penny collection 0 2 6 From Mr . Maddock's Bale of Mr . Cleave ' s pamphlets ... 0 2 0 May 5—Westminster , the penny subscription 0 18 0 ~ From St . John ' s , in Westminster , per George Taylor ... 0 5 0 ~ 14—From Northern Star office ... 76 0 2 Total money received by the Committee 101 15 10 Total money paid by the Committee . 44 4 1 Money in Mr . Heywood's hands , as Treasurer ... 57 11 9

      Cr . March 9—Mrs . Hawarth , of Denton ... 1 0 0 Mrs . Armitage , of Stockport 10 0 Mrs . Burton , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Whareham , ditto ... 1 0 0 Mrs . Johnson , ditto 10 0 _ Mrs . Livesey , of Manchester ... 10 0 Mra . Barker , diito 10 0 - Mr . Timothy Higgins , of Ashton-nnder-Lyne 1 0 0 ~ 30—Mr . Howarth , on his coming out of Chester Castle ... 10 0 Mr . Harmatage , ditto ... 1 0 0 _ Mr . Johnson , ditto 10 0 Mr . Burton , ditto 10 0 Mr . Whareham , ditto 10 0 Mr . Livesey , ditto . '« ... 10 0 ^ Mr . Broa dbent , of Ashtonunder-Lyne 10 0 Mr . Duke , ditto 10 0 Mr . Carrier , of Trowbridge ... 2 0 0 Mr . Crabtree , of Barnsley ... 1 0 0 Mr . Hoey , ditto ... ... 1 0 0 Mrs . Ashton , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Smethies , of Bradford ... 1 0 0 Mrs . Hutton , ditto 1 0 Mrs . Holdsworth , ditto ... 10 0 Mrs . Brooks , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Walker , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Benbow , of London ... 1 0 0 „ Mr . Charles Morris , of Bolton , ( released from Kirkdale ) 1 0 0 Mrs . O'Brien , of Lancaster ... I 0 0 Mrs . Peddie , of Edinburgh ... 1 0 0 Mr . W . V . Jackson , of Manchester 10 0 Mrs . Foden , of Sheffield ... 10 0 Mrs . Booker , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Clayton , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Holbury , ditto ... ... 100 Mrs . Penthorp , ditto 1 # 0 Mrs . Duffy , ditto 10 0 Mrs . Marshall , ditto 10 0 „ Mrs . Bennison . ditto ... ... 1 0 0 _ Mrs . Barker , of Manchester ... 10 0 _ Mrs . Roberts , of Birmingham 10 0 Mrs . Brown , ditto ... ... 1 0 0 « . Mr . Weevers , of Maooleafield 0 10 0 Mr . Dan . Bell , prisoner , Kirkdale 0 10 0 „ Expencea of Committee in rent , paper , &c 14 1 £ 44 4 1 Audited and found correct by James Leech , Robkbt Green , Thomas Datis , Abel Heywood , Treasnrer , Samuel Chamberlain , President , Petes Shoeboc&s , Secretary .

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      A VOICE FROJ ^ WAKEFIELD HELL . House of Correction , Wakefleld , 16 th April , 1841 . Dear Bib , —Being permitted only once a month to haTe any communication with my friends , I am , as may be expected , nearly ignorant of passing went * However I am informed that that curse of Chartism , disunion , exists to a deplorable extent This ie precisely as the enemy could desire , they know that union is Btrength , and therefore will exult in our disunion . I have long lamented this evil , and wonld most willingly sacrifice my own feelings on particular points , to obtain onion m our ranks . Of this the enemy in Barnsley are perfectly aware , having dragged me out of my own house there in 1829 , under a charge of sedition , for at

      having a public meeting recommended union as the only mean * of destroying tyranny , and having at the sametimeproved the necessity ofsuch union , and referred to history for glorious examples of its uprooting despot > ism and oppression . Admiring as I do your unparalelled exertions to ameliorate the condition of the working classes , and feeling conTinced that those exertions emanate from the purest and best of motives , I deeply regret that the bitterness of your confinement should be augmented by the insidious conduct of pretended friends . I must confess that I have not agreed with eTery action of your political conduct , but I have never for one moment doubted the purity of yonr intentions , and the greatest fault that I have been able to detect , has been what I tben , and at this present moment consider , a too extreme desire to conciliate men , who haxeon all occasions evinced any thing but a friendly

      feeling towtrds you . I watched with painful feelings the conduct of Lovott , and the Working . Men ' s Association , during the late agitation , every action of which exhibited a SECRET , but persevering and implacable enmily ttwards you . Whether you observe 1 this or not I am unable to say . However it made a deep impression upon my mind , and when I visited London , whilst the first Convention was sitting , I embraced every opportunity of satisfying myself why such feeling did exist . I shall not refer to the many convincing proofs I received of their malignity towards you , and will only add , that after remaining in London altogether about three months , and associating during that time with a great number of as good Chartists as there are in England , I was extremely glad to find that this ungenerous and unjustifiable feeling , -was confined to Mr . Lovett and a few of his immediate friends .

      The above remarks apply in port to Mr . Collins also , as the whole tenor of his conduct , afttr the Birmingham rupture , was any thiog but generous or friendly . Being extremely desirous , Sir , for union , I rejoiced exceedingly in your noble and disinterested conduct on their behalf , when they were committed to Warwick Castle , concluding in my own mind , that the exertions you made on that occasion , would obliterate from their minds any petty feelings of jealousy that might have biassed their bettor judgment . But , 'Sir , judge of iny surprise , on learning through the medium of my friends that these two individuals , backed by a few others , have most treacherously concocted a plan for tho ostensible purpose of knowledge Chartism , but for the secret purposo of removing you out of the way of Judas O'Connell .

      I have been nearly ten years a prisoner under this and my former conviction , during which time I have suffered every privation and hardship that the refined cruelty of man can devise , yet I solemnly declare , that with the exception of what I have felt on account of my family and relations , that I have experienced more regret on this base attempt , than I have on any circumstance that has occurred during the whole period , excepting also , of course , the unfortunate Wel&h affair . Peeling confident that the ingratitude of such conduct must wound , to a curtain extent , feelings Already harassed and oppressed by dreary confinemerit , ( and I know that no man living can be more sensitive than yourself , on questions of honour , consistency , and independence of character , ) and , having witnessed ycur extreme desire , by indefatigable perseverance in the most disinterested actions , to keep the hi above suspicion ;—I know Sir , that you must have felt inUns-.-ly on the subject

      I do not , Sir , write to flitter ; it is a mean and grovelling despotism unworthy of a man ; but I think that it is equally mean and grovelling to withhold the sentiments of one ' s mind , because in giving utterance to them we are compelled to speak in praise / neither do I write to have iny opinions published . My only motive in writing is to express my indignation at the base conspiracy , and to assure you , Sir , that it is my firm belief few men in England could be found to possess such unworthy motives , as Lovett and Collins appear to be actuated by .

      I regret such disunion occurring , not because I think they possess any interest to injure you , but from a conviction that such divisions retard the cause we all profess to admire and advocate . The real intentions of those individuals must be manifest to all , since the old crotchet of sioral and physical force has been so very properly buried in oblivion . Hence they are compelled , for the effecting of their sinister designs , to introduce some new subject of contention . That their principal object is to ruin if possible your bard-earned reputation , and universal popularity , I cannot for one moment doubt , neither can I imagine that they will succeed . The base attempt will recoil on their own heads , or I am much deceived in my opinion of the Chartists of England .

      I have above expressed my pleasure , that the old bone of contention ( about moral and physical force ) is buried in oblivion . But although I am pleased such is the case , I cannot admit , what may be inferred by such a confession , that I imagine moral force in itself , can or will be sufficient , taken in the sense that some people define it in , to bring about the objects we all have in view . My sentiments on the above foolish distinctions , remain precisely the same as when at liberty , from a conviction , that the oppressors of the country will never do justice to the working classes , only through the fear of something worse ; yet such is my ardent desire to witness the downfall of the present odious and exclusive system of class legislation , that I am as willing as ever I was , to assist in every moral effort that is made

      to accomplish it , without any regard to my own judgment , which tells me that the people of England ( and when I say England , I mean the whole empire ) must be prepared to take their rights before the " powers that be" will grant them . And this is what I call moral determination , and not . moral * and physical cotvardice , about which so much has been said , to answer certain purposes . And yet , although I am become , through continued oppression , almost impatient for retributive justice , and my soul pants to avenge my own and my country ' s wrongs , and , as God lives , I would prefer a glorious death , to a life of wretchedness and slavery , still I am willing and desirous to bury my own opinions for the sake of union with those who may entertain different views , and who may , in consequence of never having been subjected to the same insults ,

      degradation , and refined cruelties as mysoif , be more patient Perhaps I have already occupied too much of your time ; nevertheless I must draw your attention to a subject that I think might be attended with very beneficial effects , if carried out Men unacquainted with the social and domestic condition of the working classes , imagine that they , as a body , are contented with the present state of things , and if left to their own judgment would never contemplate a change . I have been told so by many respectable individuals . And this opinion is formed of their contentedness by their apparent apathy in not enrolling themseves as members in Chartist Associations ta any extent . I must confess , the objection at first view appears somewhat plausible , but when we enquire into causes , we discoTer the injustice of such a conclusion .

      We all are very apt to say , that man is the lord or master of all created beings ; whereas were we to speak the truth , ( but this would be confessing our own weakness , ) we ought to say that woman is . It is true , man is the ostensible being that encounters the toils , dangers , and hardships of this life . But , Sir , woman is the secret influence by which men are propelled onwards , to brave dangers and even death . This I think few men will deny , but some I know will exclaim , " O but I never allow my wife to exercise any centroul over me . " This may be true in a few instances ; but take the great body of mankind , and we shall find that woman , bj her endearments , and timid , but fond and unaffected solicitude for our well-being , directs or controuls the whole of our actions .

      This at once accounts for the apathy that so many men unfortunately manifest towards their permanent interest And when we examine the social condition of the working and middle classes of society , we find that the poor man is entirely dependent upon the middle class man for employment , and consequently for his bread , of which the oppressors seldom fail to deprive them , should they dare to think and act for themselves ; and we know also , that the middle classes of society as a body , are as deadly enemies to the poor man ' s rights as the worst of the aristocracy , or our base and vacillating Government .

      Now , Sir , being aware of this , and knowing also , that a number of individuals , in consequence of daring to profess Chartist principles , have been deprived of employment , and left to starve , surrounded with famishing wires and children , unassisted , allow me to ask , is not this quite sufficient to deter others from becoming members of a body so persecuted , and so regardless of each others ' wall being ? This has created a feeling of dread in the minds of wives and motheri lest they should be subjected to the same hard fate , and therefore they exert all the influence they possess t « keep their husbands from joining our ranks . Hundreds of individuals , in all parts of England , have confessed this to mo , and very naturally expressed their fear of bringing ruin upon their families .

      But , Sir , all this might be very easily remedied , and an irresistible impulse given to the cause . In no former period of the wcrld have the working classes possessed such means of accomplishing it ; many persons , were they to hear this assertion , would doubt its correctness i but they must be very ignorant of past events , not to perceive that it is strictly correct ; in the possession of a newspaper , regardless of frowns or persecutions , that fearlessly exhibits to public view and contempt , private oppressors ai well as public despots . This mighty defence of industrious poverty , backed by a fund to relieve the victims of petty tyrants , would speedily remove this great drawback to union ; and . a very small sacrifice , if we can toll such a trifle a sacrifice , weekly from each individual , would provide an ample fund , to afford a comfortable and sure mainte

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      nance for all who may in fatnre be thrown out of employment , or persecuted purely for their political principle ! . • ?¦ . '• I am given to understand that there Is an Executive Committee in Manchester , belonging to the Chartist body of England . This Committee could transact this additional business also ; and the Chartist ' s associations in each town could stand for local committees , to investigate and report , to the Executive Committee , any circumstances of local oppression that might occur in their different localities , and which report should be a sufficient authority for affording relief according to the nature of the case . This simple plan would also instantly do away with the necessity of so many different collections , which in themselves are a grtat

      injury to the cause ; as all persons who may havo a claim n ^ on the sympathy of ' their fellaw Chartists for assistance under oppression would find no difficulty in obtaining such . The Star would give publicity to all the transactions ; and thousands who are now held back , through fear of starvation , would Immediately join our ranks ; and those women who have hitherto kept their husbands at home , when they saw that their children and themselves were not likely to want for bread , would urge them to join their fellow men in obtaining justice from the common enemy . Assistance should be extended in the same manner to eur persecuted brethren in ill used Ireland ; when we should be able to give the death blow to the further deceptions of the charlatan , O'Connell , as our principles would rapidly gain ground under such circumstances .

      This plan may appear impracticable to some , bat I am confident it could be accomplished with the greatest ease imaginable , if the Chartists are willing . [ Ashton next proposes a plan of raising money for the above desirable object , namely , by a penny subscription , and then concludes thus ] : — ' Trusting that what I have aaid will be sufficient to draw your attention to the subject , and that you will triumph over all yonr enemies , and live to see all your benevolent intentions towards the working classes carried into effect , I remain , Sir , Your uncompromising and sincere Friend and Admirer , Wm . Ashton . To Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., York Castle .

      [ I have read the above letter with great pain and pleasure—pleasure , in deserving the confidence of my old friends ; and pain for the keen and cutting censure which it conveys . Yes , it is keen , and for this reason . The very day before poor Ashton ' s trial , he made a tenth attempt to put me on my guard against several parties who have since tried to injure me ; and , instead of thanking him , I rebuked him most severely , when he turned and said , " Well , Sir , you may live to repent . " I have lived to repent ; but it is of my injustice to poor Ashton , to whom I cheerfully tender my contrition . —Feargus O'Connor ]

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      DUFFY , THE LIBERATED CHARTIST . The following letter from Duffy , to his son at Carlisle , has been sent to us for publication : — Sheffield , May 16 th , 1841 . Mr Dear Son , —I have the gratifying pleasure to inform you and my friends in Carlisle , that I am ( thanks be to God ) once more enjoying the fresh and cooling breezes of liberty ! having been liberated on the 12 th instant , on account of the bad state of my health . I had been confined in the hospital , as an invalid , since the 10 th December , 1840 . I am happy to inform you that I am fft a fair way et recovery , and what is still better , that after being confined in silence aid having had to endure most cruel hardships for the space of fourteen months and seven days , and although I am much debilitated and all but dead , my persecutors have not been able to obliterate from my heart and mind one single

      letter of the glorious Charter ! Ho ! never , never ! I repudiate the new Whig movement of Lovett , Collins , and Co . and will , as soon as my health permits , boldly take my stand on the rock of liberty , advocating until the death the rights of the people . I am , my dear Son , most thankful to you for your noble and patriotic efforts to rescue me from my late bastile ; an event which will make you still more endeared to me than ever ; and though you have neglected me by letters , you have nevertheless done your duty nobly and affectionately . I hope you will excuse the shortness of this letter , as I assure you I am scarcely able to hold the pon through the weakness of the nerves . , Believe me to be , my dear boy , Your affectionate and distressed Father , Ja si es Duffy . Hurrah for the Charter !

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      ADDRESS OP THE IRISH CHARTISTS OF MANCHESTER TO THE CHARTISTS OF NE WRY , AND , THROUGH THEM , TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND . Fellow-Slaves and Cotjntbi men , —We , youi brethren , exiled from our fatherland , deem it to be oar most sacred duty to address yon on the reasons why we are become proverbial for being wanderers over the face of the whole globe , and also to endeavour , in the plain and homely language of truth , to point oat to you the causes of the distress and misery that stalk with fearful and destructive strides through the length and breadth of bur unhappy country . ¦ : ' , ¦ We are ef opinion that every eTil to which the Irish working classes are subjected to arises from the fact that a few concoct and enact the laws under which the whole of the people have to live . Having set out with these premises , ire shall proceed to demonstrate them .

      It is hardly necessary to revert to the invasion of Ireland in the twelfth century ; we will pass over all the evils to which our country was then subjected , and at once come to the period of what is Jalsely termed Irela > id ' s greatness ; premising that , if there is any greatness , it ought to be . that which would place the producers of wealth on an equal fosting , in the eye of the law , with the proudest and most haughty in the land . Fellow-countrymen , was that the case at the epoch of the volunteering ? Were the producers of wealth , we emphatically ask , treated as men or as slaves 7 The question is easily solved .,

      We are continually told that under an independent Parliament Ireland progressed in wealth to an extent unparalleled in the annals of the country . Again we ask the question , did the men who grew the food , who built the bouses , who manufactured the clothing , who manned the fleets , who filled the armies , aud who protected the nation , participate fairly in the wealth which they produced ] We unhesitatingly and decidedjy answer no ! If they-did , '' why were not tho Catholics emancipated ? why were they allowed , by this very independent Parliament , still to labour under their disabilities ? and why was it left to the United Parliament to remove these disabilities from the wealthy Catholics , while the poor and oppressed portion of that large and numerous body still labour under them ? Why , we ask again and again , was this the case ? Simply , because the people of Ireland had not a voice in the making of the law .

      We now proclaim to the people of Ireland that a more venal set of miscreants ( with some very few honourable exceptions ) never existed than the nicknamed Irish independent Parliament . True , they were very independent , very patriotic , when their own interests were concerned ; but as to emancipating and elevating the condition of the labouring population , such a thought they were never guilty of . In the midst of-this a few noble , during , and genuinely p .-itriotic spirits conceived the project of making Ireland a really independent nation . The result of the plans of those ardent minds led to the unfortunate insurrection , and treasonable , too ! Why treasonable and unfortunate ? Because unsuccessful . What was the difference betwixt Hnnnet and

      Washington ? Simply this : —Emmet failed : Washington succeeded . The one was lauded U the skies as a patriot ; the other was hanged as a traitor . But so long as the human race shall exist , the name of Emmet shall go down to posterity in company with those of Epaminondas , Leohldas , the twa Gracchi , Rulla , Bolivar , Washington , Tell , Tyler , Wallace , and other noble and benevolent minds who could feel for the misfortunes of the' great family of man , and shed a halo all around them . And execration shall ever be the lot of the wretches who would dare to breathe a sentence against their immortal reputations . Well , now that we have cast a glance at the insurrection , ( and masy of us witnessed its failure , ) we ought next t # inquire , has the condition of the working men of Ireland been beneflttert by any change that has taken place since ? Let the present condition of the people

      answer . . . But , some of you may say , what has this to do with the question ? We answer everything ; because our object in addressing you is to congratulate you in your sacred struggle for liberty , and to show you that there are many of your countrymen in tho country , who are sincerely anxious to assist you in propagating tho principles of eternal truth and justice . Do you imagine that if the people of Ireland had had Universal Suffrage they would ever have allowed the Parliament to leave the country ? Do you think that if the people had Universal Suffrage , they would endure to be plundered by a bayonet supported State Church ? Do you think that if the people bad Universal Suffrage , they would permit £ 125 , 000 , 000 sterling per annum to be spent by

      the absentee nobility of tha country , in the purlieus of St Giles , or the brothels of the . continental cities 1 Ho you think if the people had Universal Suffrage the State Church would have in its possession 669 , 274 acres of the best land in Ireland ? Do you think that if the people had had Universal Suffrage , parson Ryder would have escaped the hand of justice ? Most certainly not Do you think if the people bad Universal Suffrage they would have to live on a sort of sea-weed , called wore , and on nettles , and . other unwholesome herbage , while the very same year there arrived from Ireland into the port of Liverpool alone 98 , 00 t fat oxen , -128 , 090 fat sheep , and 370 , 000 fat pigs , upwards of 12 , 000 cwta . of flour , besides oatmeal , eggs , and various other sorts

      of good and wholesome provisions ; and the real owners of it , the working . men of Ireland , and their families , were actually perishing from hunger in the midst of the provisions which they themselves toiled for ? Most decidedly not . Do you think if the people had Universal Suffrage , they would toil for a cruel , antichriatian , and unjust task-master for 4 d ., 6 d ., 8 d ., or lOd . per day ? Certainly not . In fine , do you suppose that , if the whole Irish people had tho power to choose their own Parliament , they would not compel the Parliament to moke good and just laws for all the people ? Certainly this would be the case . "TLs for this reason the Chartists demand Universal Suffrage ; in order that that which concerns all shonld be transacted

      by all . We demand Animal Parliaments in order that we may displace the bad servants , and retain the good enes . We demand the Ballot to protect the poor man in the exercise of his vote . We demand that there be no property qualification in order that we may have the power to choose our servants from any part of the community we think fit ,- and that a poor man , if he be virtuous and honest , may be chosen in preference to a rich man if he be an immoral character ? We demand that our Bervanta should have a salary commensurate with their services ; because no person will perform his labour so well as the individual who is paid for it We demand equal electoral districts , in order that there may be a member for an equal number of inhabitants . Such , fellow-countrymen , are the principles laid down in thai

      everlasting doenment the People ' s Charter . Its views extend alike to England and Wales , Scotland and Ireland ; to Protestants and Catholics ; to Methodists and Calvinists ; to Christians and Infidels ; to Jews and Gentiles ; to the Black man and the White man . In fact it says to all men , " You are all children of the same Almighty Father , and therefore you all ought to be protected by the law ; and that you may be protected by the law you ought to have the power to make the law . " By Universal Suffrage is meant that eTery young man of twenty-one years of age , and unstained by crime , ought to be eligible for any political office in the state ; that the poor men , as well as the rich men , ought to

      be fit to serTe as Jurors ^ Magistrates , Town-Council-Men , Mayors , Boroughreeves , Sheriffs , Members of Parliament , or any other office , from that of Prime Minister , or Attorney-General , down to the most humble office hi the state . In fact , the reason why wo are contending for Universal Suffrage , is , that the labour of the working-man may be protected ; in order that poverty , vice , immorality and crime , may disappear from our beloved country ; in order that , under proper institutions , we may be restored to our Country ; and tkat when our spirits shall have returned to Him who gave them to as , our bodies may be consigned to the bosom of our Common Country .

      " Is there a man with soul bo dead , Who to himself not thus has said . This is my own , my native land ? " You are told that if yon had the Parliament in Dublin , all things would go well again . Have not we the Parliament in this Country ? And what the better are the labourers ? The condition of the working classes in this Country is getting worse and worse every week , although we have the Parliament . The fact is , the interests of the working classes are never thought of in that house . And we would wish you to bear in mind that the interest of the producer is the same in Ireland as England . The working man ought to have what he produces ; the beautiful principle laid down by Saint Paul , ought to be carried out , viz .: "He that does not work , neither shall he eat' . " Also bear in mind that a great deal of the miseries of Ireland have been brought on by renegade Irishmen themselves .

      We can mention one as a specimen—the infamous Castlereagh . 'he of whom the immortal bard of liberty , Byron , said , in speaking if Ireland gaTe him existence" If she did , let her long-boasted proverb be hashed , Which proclaims that from Erin no reptile can spring ; See the cold-blooded serpent , with venom fall flushed , Warming his folds in the breast of a King I " In conclusion , allow us . Chartists of Ntwry , to remark , that some of the most ardent spirits in the Chartist ranks are Irishmen . We , therefore , tender you on

      heartfelt gratification ; and not to yon only , bat also to the men of Golden Lane , Dublin , who have raised the flag of democracy once more in Ireland ' s metropolis . Go on as you hare began ; agitate , agitate , agitate , until tte knowledge of oar holy Charter—onr immortal Charter , shall wend its way over every plain , Taller , bog , and mountain , into eTery city and town—until Irishmen shall be what they ought to be , freemen ; arW then we Trill realise the wish of Ireland' s bard , Thomas Moore— " That Ireland most be First flower of the earth , and first gem of the sea . "

      . We remain , ¦ " . ' ¦ ¦ " ¦ - Fellow-countrymen , Your sincere well-wishers in the Holt Cause op Chabxism . Chartist Association Rooms , Tib-atreet , Manchester , May 5 th , 1841 ,

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      FROST , O'CONNOR , RIDLEY , AND THE MANDARIN AFFAIR .

      TO F . O'CONAOB , ESQUIRE . " False accusations can be nobly cleared . " Sir , —In the letter addressed to me in the Star of the 20 th inst ., if you received mine of the 18 th . you have allowed your feelings to overpower your judgment or not allowed justice to take its true course . ¦ ' London , May 18 th , 1841 . " DEAR Sir , —In compliance with your request , I send the particulars of my interview with the steward , Mr . Douglas , of the ship Mandarin , in St . Katherine ' s Dock .

      " It was" on Tuesday evening , the 13 » h instant , at the Social Institution . Whitechapel Road , biing delegated to a public meeting there ; Mr . Djuglas sought an interview to gain Mr . Lovett ' s direction , he having a private verbal message to Mr . Lovett from our friend Frost I did ask Mr . Douglis if Mr . Frost had not sent a message to any ether person except Mr . Lovett ; and , in particular , I named you and your conduct en Mr . Frost ' s trial . Jlr . DougUs replied no ; for it was Mr . Frost ' s opinion , on gcing out , that you was in the pay of Government . I ssked what did he think Mr . Frost would say now when he heard you was in prisoD , and under the power of the same Ministry ? Mr . Douglas told me he deubted not Frost ' s opinion vras altered before this : he heard something to that effect before he left Xew South Wales for the East Indie * .

      " This is all that was stated concerning yourself , and I thought proper , in justice to you , to have the first opportunity of making the statement , because I felt sure thai Mr . Lovett , on seeing the steward , would make all inquiries about Mr . Frost ' s opinions on that unfortunate affair , which cost him bis liberty . " The steward requested me no * to make any statement abeut him in public , because it would tend to injure him in his employ : that is the reason I was not at liberty to state the steward ' s name or occupation on board the ship in Convention . I was at liberty to tell

      a-aj of them in private , and have done so . Morgan Williams , of Wales , wen ; on board the ship with me on the Thursday following , and heard from the steward the same : Dr . M'Donall has been since ; and I feel convinced , if you hnve a defcire to know any further regarding our unfurtunate friend Mr . Frest , the steward will answer if you write to him . The ship is fitting out to carry emigrants to Xew Zealand : it goes from thence to New South Wales . Mr . Douglas offers to taka out to our friend Frost any parcel or any letters that may be entrusted to his care .

      " Mr . Frost had about fifty letters he intended t « give to the care ' of Mr . Douglas ; but the doctor of the ship , from hia kindness , gained on Mr . Frost ' s feelings , and he gave tbem to the care of the doctor . Ton may guess who hari them from him , he being in the employ of Government . " 31 r . Douglas stated that Frost , Williams , and Jones were well when he left them ; they were well treated out by all , and well received by the Governor . Frost is a clerk , Williams an overseer , and Jones a

      schoolr . " I hope this will find you in good health , and shall feel happy when yon are again among us . " I remain , " With all respect , " Truly yours , " R ¥ 7 F"X Ridley . " 55 , Old Bailey , and 19 , D'Oyley-Btreet , Sloane-Btreet , Chelsea . " Since writing that letter I have obtained the name of the introducer of Messrs . Smart , Skevington , and myself , to Mr . Douglas the said steward , which introducer is James WilkinB , 18 , Vincentstreet ,-back of Shoreditch Cburcb . Remember I have not seen him to hold any conversation , and remember he was present with the Steward before I saw him and after I left him to address the meeting .

      I appeal to all men present at that meeting if I did not dwell solely on the injustice done by a base Government to Frost , O'Connor , O'Brien , and all our injured brethren . You may ask why did not ill . Smart or Skevington hear the conversation 1 The answer is , the meeting was waiting , and they the " country delegates appointed to address it . Now , Sir , to your letter in the Star . I will not enter into controversy with you , the injured person , about blunderbusses or infernal machines at work against yoH ; let them be so . Justice is your sword ; love to your unfortunate and degraded fellow men your armour ; noble actions and imtentions your shield ; with cheee will you gloriously triumph . You say I am your accuser , and

      your feeling 3 being wonnded with injustice , you direct a plain statement given word for word as it took place , in order to _ make _ me so . Did I not con-Eider you firm in your intentions I Did I not consider you to be surrounded by foes ? Did I not feel convinced I have taken a true course to stay all that may be made a handle against you ! Did I not know what ever may be the opinions formed now , I have done good for the future , I never would have given the statement publicity . You say I interrupted the business of t > . e Convention upon almost the last day . This I deny . I was called upon twice to maka a statement of my interview , and lastly , the Chairman stated he was ready to receive it . If I was not in order , the

      Convention could not be so in allowing and calling on me to make it . I say after they entertained it , they were much to blame in not allowing me to finish . After the word horrid in your letter , you gay why not state that first ? My answer is , it was my duty to give the report word for word , after the manner the conversation took place . Now , if the statements of Mr . Frost ' s opinions be tree or false , you and the world have them just as I received them . What is m the private message I know not , it was thoughts on that and the position of all parties that brought me to a determination to give my report pnblicity , and I did it , knowing I may stand repudiated for the present , but no one can handle it to repudiate you for the future . In your Jetfcer you go overall the actions conpl » d

      with Tourname , that prompted me to ask the question , Be it judicious or injudicious time will show I have no desire to support the value of my information . I have given the name of my introducer ; I now ask him , through this letter , if I have made a false or just statement of the interview , I request him to affirm or deny it . You say you will give j £ 1 , 000 if I prove to the patisttetion of Collins , Hetheringtos , or Lovett that yon have ever in your life been guilty of one act of deceit or treachery to your own party or your political foes . My answer to that is , let those who have' a desire for your £ 1 , 000 and to destroy your fame do it . With respect to the three names quoted , Mr . ColliHS I never saw to my knowledge till he appeared in Convention ; Hetherington I never epoke to four times in my life , was never in a fcbo-p of hid in my life ; Lovett I never

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      IRISH " REPEALERS" AND IRISH CHARTISTS IN MANCHESTER . On the subject of the late disgraceful physical-force exhibitions in Manchester , we tiave received the following correspondence for publication : —

      TO THE EDITOR OF TUE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Will you have the kindness to give insertion to the address sent you , and to the enclosed letters ? to prove to the enemies of Universal Suffrage that we want fair play and free discussion . Your obedient servant , John Campbell . Salford , May 14 th , 1841 .

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      Salford , May 8 th , 1841 . StR , —I address yoa as an Irishman by the request of the Irish Chartists resident in Manchester , to know whether the Repeal Association of Manchester approve or disapprove of the brutal conduct of the parties professing to be Repealers . The Irish cannot for a moment suppose that such conduct meets your sanction ; the conduct alluded to is that Messrs . Doyta , Donavan , Connor and others were brutally and violently thrust off the platform when about to move an address to the Chartists of Newry , and threats at cold-blooded assas sination thrown out

      Hoping that you do not identify yourselves with such proceeding , you will immediately answer this letter , in order that steps may be taken to prevent an improper impression going abroad . The Chartists of Manchester would think themselves disgraced if they would attempt to disturb a meeting of Irishmen seeking a Repeal of the Union . The Irish Chartists could not take more honourable steps than these . Let your petition for Repeal but come out , aud you may calculate on every Chartist signing it . I remain , my dear Sir , A sincere loTer of liberty And your fellow countryman , John Campbell . Mr . John Kelly , &c , &c .

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      Manchester , May 10 th . Sir , —I hare the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter bearing reference to the meeting that took place in the Chartists' Rooms , on Wednesday night . As to any disturbance taking place in any meeting in which the Repealers are concerned , I assure you it bears as injurious a tendency upon the Repeal Question , as to any other , for all the repealers require is , a fair field and no favour , and an open , manly , and rational discussion ; but this I assure you , wherever there is an attempt made to vilify , calumniate , or otherwise injure the sacred name of Daniel O'Connell , Esq ., we are determined to attend to rebut such infamous charges by eTery legal and constitutional means , and then appeal to the sense of the meeting . You mention that

      we may calculate upon having the signatures of the Chartists ; we would naturally expect that they would sign any thing that would benefit their fellow men . Allow me to men tion that the repealers signed the petition for the Charter , and also in their meeting rooms introduced the petition for the liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and had it signed by eTery person in the room . Any further information that lies in my power , you shall have any time , and I have the honour to remain , Your most obedient servant , John Kelly , Secretary , 34 , Cable-street , George ' s Road . Mr . Campbell , Salford .

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      Salford , May 12 th , 1841 . Sir , —I reply to your letter of the 10 th inst , and agree with you that violence most injure alike the cause of Chartism or Repeal ; but , Sir , your letter is both vogue and unsatisfactory , —inasmuch ss you do not repudiate the Tiolence before alluded to , you neither sanction nor censure the proceedings which took place on Wednesday evening hut . I can only say that I am almost confident you disavow such brutal conduct

      Large bludgeons were brought , and I verily believe had I not told the chairman that he would be held responsible for any Tiolence that might occur , I do sincerely consider that aome of oar lives would have been sacrificed . Hoping that you will send me an immediate and explicit answer , is the request of Your Tery obedient serrant , John Campbell , Secretary . Mr . John Kelly . P . S . —Oar correspondence will be published .

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      March , May 15 th , 1841 . Sib , —I am rather surprisod at yon not understanding my letter ; allow me to toll you there is nothing more repugnant to my feelings than seeing any meeting disturbed ; bat I am sorry to say that is net the case with the Chartists , for they never seem to be in their element , unless when disturbing meetings . Yon mention there were bludgeons in the meeting on the night ; if there was , they were in the bands of your party , for I am confident there were none among the Repealers , for I was there from the commencement until it was concluded . Yoa mention that our correspondence will be published . I am qnite agreeable , bat I hops yoa will publish it in fall , and not omit a word of mine . And I remain . Yours , most respectfully , Joh it Kelly , Secretary . To Mr . John Campbell , Salford .

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      THE NORTHERN STAB . ; . . . : ,. ., - .,.. :.. ; .,- ¦• ' ¦ , . ., 3 . .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 29, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct551/page/3/