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      DAJT "BOTHERED , " TEXED , AXD UNDONE . CHARTISM IN IRELAND . Our readers must have attended with great plea- i sire to the weekly reports of the progress of Chartism in Ireland ; but raore particularly to the mighty j advances made by rignt principles in Dublin , under j the very nose of ihe arch enemy of the poor , Dan . ] the apostate , and in spite of all the counter-exertions , © f the " Lojal Royal * . " Bat , perhaps , the most graiifyingproofofthe progress we speak of , was the public proposing and admittance of the Rev . Father Ryan , j rector of Donajbate , as a member of the Dublin : Universal Suffrage Association . Tbe labours and ; worth of the Rev . Father are not unknown to many i of onr readers at Bradford ; and the reasons assigned j by Mr . O'Higgins , whea proposing the Rev . Gentle- j m * n , pro ve that Mr . Kjan has no ;; forgot the many ; acts of kindness he met with in his official capacity , j tr » m the Radicals of Bradford , O J how it must i hare gratified the heart of the honest Chartist car- < penter of Bradford , to find that the good action his , principles led him to perform , in providing & place 1 of meeting for the despised and persecuted Catholics j of Bradford , when every one else had turned their backs npon them , had sunk so deeply into the heart of ihe good » nd faithful shepherd , as to lead him 4 o investigate into the principles which prompted such conduct—and , by such investigation , to be led to adopt them because of their simplicity and truth : ' and 0 I how much more gratification must have been yielded by the fact , that ihe Rev . Gentleman bad the honesty and moral courage to come forward and bear testimony to the truth of those principle ? , and speak with admiration of the particular actionresulting from them , at a time when , ( to serve the purposes of needy and " tracing" politician ?} thr ? once despised and persecuted Catholics are led on to denounce and persecute those who stood between them and oppression in the daya of adversity !

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      " Cast thy bread upon the waters , and it shaft be fonnd after many days , " are the words oi Holy Writ ; and seldom has the beautiful truth contained in them been more strikingly exemplified than in the instance before us ! Xne honest Cnartist carpenter of Bradford did that which his love of justice told him was right to be done ; he found a portion of his ieilowjnen persecuted by the ascendant party of the day ; he found them without a place in which to me « lo worship their God ia the mode their fathers had said was right and worthy ; he found them repulsed on every hand—as a band of worshippers bojlellss —altakless— despised ! and he opened his door ¦ wide unto them , and raid , " Enter here ! This shall be a resting place unto you ! Here erect your altar I

      Here worship your God after tae hontst dicatts of your own hearts ! Here attend to and receive the ministrations of your own priest ! My principles lead me to discountenance and resist oppression in every shspe . I find you are oppressed . As far as I am able , 1 will ward off the oppressor ' s stroke ; and all I ask in return is—that yon ttiii examine the principles which lead me to this courss of action ; and if true , to adopt them ; if false , to reject them . " The honest , hearty , and upright conduct of the Chartist sunk deep into the heart of the faithful minister of the persecuted Hock ! He did as he was desired . He examined for himself .

      He fonnd the carpenter was right : he found tha ; the principles he had imbibed , and which led him to shield the defencele-s and protect the oppressed , w « re the principles of justice to all—the principles of universal philanthropy and good-will . He adopted them ¦ And when the carpenter and his brethren came to hi persecnted by those who have the least reason for doing it , the upright man of God refused to take part with the interested and the mercenary ; he lifted sjp his voice against the oppression : " be openly joined the ranks of the persecuted , and boJdJy testified to their worth and good works ! Verily , ihe bread is seen alter manv davs !

      But hereupon great was the dismay of tbe interested ! A panic was struck into the ranks of the expediency-mongers ! The " Loyal Royals , " who feed upon the miseries of the p ? cr , and whose eSons are ever directed to keep them within their oven clutches , wrre struck mute with the daring of the f&ithml minister of Gol ' s word , in being honest to his own convictions ! The area-apostate , who had " dismissed the Chartists from his mind with the most sovereign contempt i" who had " determined that neither ihej hot their doings should ever again arrest his attention ; " nay , who had determined that to

      ** even their name should not a ^ aic poll a ) i ; 3 ] ips ; " ' the arch apostate , who had so lately a ffected all this , fonnd it necessary to take a decisive course . Accordingly some of his creatures received instructions to proceed to tbe meeting place of the Chartists—there ** kick up a row" '—raise a disturbance , and then get the police to interfere , and apprehend the Chartists on a charge of holding " illegal meetings ! " How that plan failed we have elsewhere shewn , in our last ¦ week ' s report of the Dublin Chartist proceedings ; and we now purpose to lay before our readers that which will gratify them to their heart ' s core .

      At a meeting of the Loyal Royals , held on Monday , Aug . 9 . a at which Dan was present , - he , after th " e Secretary had read a letter from the pries ; of GonlniF , handing in several subscriptions from Dr . Blake , the Catholic Bishop , and some other Catholic clergymen , speke as follows . Our report is from the Freeman ' s Journal . - — " When I see eardergp thus coming in with their subscriptions in aid of the cause of their country , I cansnt help taking soros notice of what appears to me a very

      singular circumstance . Feargus O'Connor has got up a newspaper to praise himself : pen and ink are at fri'i irori , and types are set up lo praise Feargus in his Cwn paper , because no other wenid do so . rA laugh . ; In this paper there is an account of a Chartist meeting ; it ia not , however , called a Chartist meeting , for that ¦ would not do in Dublin , but it is called a meeting for Universal Suffrage . This meeting , it -would appear . "Was held in this city , in the back room of the house of a person of the name of O'Higgius , in Abbeystreet .

      " A Toice—No , Sir ; not in Abbey-street , but in North Anne-street " Mr . O'Connell—In North Anne-street ; I believe it is 50 . Yestgaa sajs in his paper that tht Key . hlr . ' Ryan , Catholic rector of Donaybate , has joined in this ' universa l Suffrage Chartist society here . iGnat sensa- j tion . ) " A voice—I heard theRev . Mr . Ryan proposed as a ' . member of tlie society . O'HiggiEs ¦ was the proposer , . sad a person named Woods seconded the motion for his admission- We ¦ wrote to tie Rev . Mr . Ryan on the subject ; he did not answer our letter , but O'Higgins said he would have him in tbe chair at their next meeting . ( Hear , he&r . t Hyseif and some others opposed O'Higgins , and he said he would apply to the magistrates of Henry-street police-fcf&ce against ' . to of VS . iLanzhter . j

      " Mr . O'Cszmell—This O"Higgius does well to establish bis Chartist society in the first instance ; it is a good beginning , iIncreased laughter . ) •¦ The same voice—I told the people that went to join O'Higgjas that they -were vrrong in doing so—that such meetings were decidedly illegal , and that Mr . O'Connell bad denounced them as being so . ( Cheers . ) " Mi . O'Connell—1 feel much oVliged to you , Sir ; I irss not aware , ¦ when I commenced noticing the abject , that I could get all this informatiuiL . You acted perfectly right , Sir ; and you shall be protected in anything which O'Higgins ma 7 attempt against you in consequence of this your conduct . ( Cheers . ; Wfcat a Tery pretty plan it -was , to be rare , for the encouragement of freetioression of cminion , that the proposer of

      it , when contradicted , threatens his opponent with an application to the magisterial authorities to punish him for doing bo . I take the present mode of noticing this matter in reference to tbe Rsv . Mr . Ryan , as the best Calculated for its coming to tbe knowledge of that gentleman . If he be rector of D ^ nybrooi , as it is said , be must have been recently appointed , and hy the most RtfV . Dr . Murray , -within -whose archdiocese the parish lies . Now , it is known that our venerable and most estimable archbishop would not confer such an appointment upon aiiy clergyman -whose character -was not perfectly txemplary , so that iu the present case I most take that of the R ^ v . Mr . Ryan to be entirely so . J therefore , in any observations of mine , speak of Mr .

      JBvan with all the respect due to his sacred character , and only for the purpose of affording him an opportunity for anstrering wbat has been thus reported of Jiim . There is a person of the name of Brophy who I am , told ac ' -s as secretary \ o these Chartist meetings of O'Higgins . He , it is said , had been a Catholic , tut abandoned that religion and t > scanie ac Orangeman . I ¦ weuld not say that if he had turned from a- Catholic to be a Protestant thxt tiie Rev . Mr . Ryan -would not associate with him ; bat would he , he hiving become from a Catholic an Orangeman ? ' . Hear , hear i Ey the 'way , J have been informed that this Sir . Brophy presided lately at a meeting of silt-weavers , at vrhieh resolutions were passed against dealing with Catholics . 'Hear ,

      " A Toice—N 0 , he was not in the chair ; it was a meeting of alk-wearers—a person named Davis presided , bnt he was at the passing of the resolution . " Mr . O'Connell—Well , these persons not having 4 ared at once and openly to take the name of Ch&rtbts , bat assuming Universal Suffrage as their denomination , it because they -well kno-w the deeply-rooted hatred which Irishmen bear to the « ery name of Chartists . Bat we must not—we will not let it spread ; no matter voder what fictitious designation it may seek to screen itaelf we shall check it ia the bad * and cut it off before -we suffer it to spread its delusion in this country . { Sear , hear , hear . j I rose merely for the purpose of 2 tatin £ that which I hare heard , is order to its reaching the eao of tbe Rev . Mr . Kyan—aot by any means to

      call en tbe gentleman to render as account to me—he has no right whatever to do so , nor have I any right to expect m * t he should ; it is merely for him to answer tor himself to tl » publi * . ( Hear . ) Let it be distinctly understood that I speak of him with all the respect due to his sacred character -as a priest " Ah ! Daa , "Feargu 3 O'Connor has got np a newspaper " and risht weD you know it I But , Dm , there is this difference between Tt&Tgns O'Connor and yonrself ; he has the honesty ana the courage to proclaim himself the Proprietor of his " ows " nevr :-paper , aad to s-iffer imprisonment , as proprietor , for what appeared in the paper without his knowledge : whilst you are dastard eaough to have a newspaper

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      —( on tke Ely—and whether to praise you or not , let the public judge)—and were mean enough to allow another man to go to prison for what you had written yonrsrlf in your " own" newspaper ! Dan , say no more about li own" newspapers ! ' Comparisods are odious" ! In the Morning Register of Aug . the 11 th , there appears the followiuu letter from Mr . O'Higgins in reply to Dan and his housebreakers : — •' TO THE EDITOK OF THE M 0 R . KIXG REGISTER . " SIB , —In the proceedings of the " Loyal National Repeal Asoociation of Ireland , " published in this day ' s Register , I perceive that a person , whese name is not mentioned , said—* That he attended a meeting at Mr . O'Higgins ' i of ^ orth Ann-street , who said that he could have the Rev . Mr . Ryan chairman on the next night of meeting . We Baid hs could not , and ho went Ahis day to Henry-street Police-office , to take out summonses against us . ' Whereupon Mr . O'Connell said' I am obliged to you ; do not be afraid ; you must be protected . { Hear . } You did nothing illegal . The ITniversal Suffrage men first invite discussion , and the moment a man opens bis lips contrary to their way of thinking , Mr . OHiggint applies to a police magistrate . " Mr . O'Connell says that these men must be protected ; that they need not be afraid ; that they did nothing illegal " Is it legal to break into a man ' s house against his will ? I ; protection from the legal consequences of snch conduct to be publicly held out to men by an association composed of lawyers , clergymen , and others ? Now Sir , when the persons uho forced their way into

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      my bouse on Sundsy last , and who refused to give their names , said that they were authorised to do so by tbe advice of Mr . O'Connell , I did not believe them ; and I could scarcely believe my own eyes -when I saw it reported in your paper this day , that Mr . O'Connell said that those men should be protected from the legal consequences of gnch conduct Can it be possible that Mr . O'Connell holds out protection to men who fcreak into i ^ tber men ' s houses , under the pretext that there is an illegal assembly there ? Who made the men-who broke into my house on Sunday judges of an illegal assembly ? I do not blame the deluded men ; but I do blame those who sent them .

      ' It 13 not true that 1 went to Henry-street police , or any other office , te take out summonses . It is not true that I invited the public to discuss propositions , loug since agreed to—nor upon the propriety of establishing an association already established . But it is true that a mcetisg of the Irish Tniversal Suffrage Association was held at iny bouse on Sunday last , and upon sevtrai other occasions . —It is also true that , -with tie blesalsg of God , a meeting of the same association will be htld ia the sarue place oa Suuday ntxt . Aud if so humble an individual as I am ni 3 y offer a kg 3 l opinion in of position to that of so profound a lawyer as Mr . O'Concell , that opinion Is , that 1 have a lawful right to protect my huuse from being forcibly enteredby any one ; and that I can invite whoever I please to raeet rne in my own house .

      I am glad to see that Mr . O'Connell identifies himself -with the deluded victims who made the attack npon iuy house on Sunday , and that he promises protection for any service they may rentier in a similar manner hereafter . Those persons read sguio papers , which they said were given to them at the Cuin-Exchange Rooms , and -which papers pronounced a ceusurt upen me , and was signed by Mr . O'Connell and every member of his fanuly , eight yeaTS ago . This censure ¦ vra 3 passed npon me btfwcss I refused to be a member

      of tbe committee of Irish Volunteers -with a man through whose instrumentality 1 lost the Eum of £ 750 . I tike this opportunity of informing Mr . O'Conneil , and those whom he professes to protect in their prtmeditated attack upun my house , and upon my fritnds in that house , that I shall resist such attack by every me 2 ns in my power , even in the event of the assailants being led on by the " Liberator" himself . Pi THICK OHlGGI . NS . Xo . 14 , >? orth Anne street , August 10 , 1 S 41 .

      The Freeman s Journal of the same date , Aug . Ilth , also contained the following : letter from Mr . Michael Brophy , m which it will be seen that he success ' ul ] y disposes of the trumpery and lying charges brought against him by the " Great Liberator . " TO THE EDITOR OF THE FRF . EMA . VS JOURNAL . " SIR , —In your paper of this day , August 10 th , I have read a speech of Mr . OConnell's , in which I find Lim , in his usual strain and -without any just ground , calumniating me as an Orangeman , and as one who presided at a meeting of silk weavers , at which meeting he says c-: r * . ain rtsolutitrs were passed against dealing with Catholics . Sir , I entirely repudiate the charge of being ac Or 3 ngemsn ; I have never been in an Orange society ,

      nor in a secret society of any kind ; but have at all times declared such societies inimical to tke interests and frelin » s of the great bulk of the Irish people ; though a Prjtestant , I have ever opposed that which I thought might be calculated ia the least degree to mar the progress of vhtj liberty of Irishmen , without reference to creed or party . Keli >! ieu 3 animosity I have ever looked upon as the bane ef this country , aud to ttese facts I can give ample testimony . I nioit positively deny that any meeting of silk weavers was ever held for the motives you Lave assigned , or that I ever attended a meeting where such was tbe object ; and I ¦ wis h it to be distinctly understood thai I am but a poer workiru nian , bavir . g a wife an i three children depending on ice fer support , aud thai I consider the present

      attack of Mr . O'Cuiinell as anti-Christian , and calculated to deprive me and my family of the weans of support , by pointing me out to a populace who perhaps inighi be my friends , but whom he has excited and enraged against me ; and that I will hold Mr . O'Connell accountable for tbe injuries that I may suffer in my person or calling . In conclusion , Sir , let me teil Mr . O'ConDell that 1 have had the honour , and a high honour it was indeed , to be introduced to the Rev . Mr . Ryan , of Donabate , and who after a cordial shake of hands told me the r < ioson he joined the Irish Universal Suffrage Association was , that it was for the political emancipation of tte whole people , and not fur a sectien of them . Hoping that you -will give this a place in your next paper , 1 am , Sir , yours respectfully , ' PETZii Michael Brophy .

      G , W&nnwoed-gate . " August loth , 1 S 41 . " In addition to the above evidences of ri ^ ht feeling and rectitude of conduct on the part of the Dublin Chartists , evinced in their determination not to be put down by bullying as , d brute force , even if used by those who clasp their banas , turn up their eyes , and piously exclaim , " 0 GcJ forbid we should ever countenance physical force" ' God forbid that a single drop of blood ehould be shtd in the prosecution of our glorious cause . " In addition , we say to the abeve evidences , we have the hi » h gratification to present oar readers with the t ' oiiowiug a ' oie but mild , firm but temperate , reproviu ^ but charitable , Jetitr of the Rev . Patrick Ryan , which we extract from the Freeman ' s Journal of Friday , August l ' 6 : h . L » 3 n s power for lii . seiiisf is gone ! Tup Christiae-like rebukes so milciy administered to ihe apostate , by the excellent , priest , for his

      " uncharitable and unchristian denunciations poured upon the heads of the devoted" Chartists must have an effect upon the niinds of the Irish poor , if they have none on L > iii himself ! Yes ! his day for mise hief is gone I Read the excellent letter of the ri ^ ht-mi nded aud b-jld man of God ; and then join in thanks to Alraii . hty God that he has raised up such a servantoae who dares to be honest—to stand up for the poor and nluke and reprove there , who have been " exciting ihe people aud agitating the couutrv from centre ; o surface , without oue practicable object in view , and witaout oue solitary effort to briug i ' oiwind auy measure to ameliorate the condition ur relieve the sufferings of the poor hard-wi > rkin « but deluJcd Irish . " Yes I 'Gad be thanked ¦)—the cause of the poor in Ireland k now safe ! R-ader treasure up the following letter iny cur inmust heart —and again thank God ior the servant he has raised

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN ' S JOURNAL . " SIR ., —It appears by the proceedings of the Ix > yal National Repeal Association of Ireland , which are reported in every newspaper in Dublin , tint I have been arraigned by that association , and dragged befoTe my countrymen in an insidious light , for having joined the lmb "Universal Suffrage Association , while my reasons for having joined it haTe been studiously suppressed by the party who laboured hard to plaee me in a false position before the public , while , by his own showing , he was in possession of fcufSc ; ent facts to justify me in the step I had taken , even had 1 committed an error in judgment .

      " The Irish Universal Suffrage Association appeared to me to be an association eminently calculated to promote amore kindly fctlinz , and a more general interchange o ! good offices between tbe labouring classes of Great Britain aud Ireland , than had hitherto existed ; and I did believe , and Etill do believe , that it is absolutely uneoessir / to take some bffec' . ual means to CGiznteract tLe fevil effects which are likely to result from the vaunttd and anti-Christian boast of Irish Catholics having shot down English Protestants ; and the threat held out that ' five hundred thousand Irish Catholics would be brought over from the county Tipptrary to slaughter English Protestants who are Becking for those measures of reform which I see in a paper called the People ' s Charter , and to which I conceive the people of this empire to be justly entitled . As an Irish Catholic priest I repudiate the uncharitable and unchristian denunciations which have been for the last few years poured upon the devoted heads of these ill-used people .

      . " Wben I saw an association established in Dublin , tmbraciog , as it does , the political emancipation of the whole people of every rank and degree , and of every religious dcnomLiation , I did , after mature consideration , consider it a solemn duty to afford it all the assistance in my po Ter ! ^ d "WlUl that view I requested my friend Mr . O'fli ^ V l 0 propose me as a member of it ; and in doing so I . » id that I should feel obliged by hi 3 mentioning the kin . % irjd hospitable , and never-tobe-forgotten treatment \ hich Iexperiencedatthehands of the Radical Reformers of Bradford twenty years ago . And as I am aware that 5 t ^« al ° * those kind-hearted Englishmen are still alive , a . "" * * £ & * et and efficient adroeates of the " People ' s Cha . rtep » " l tnew it would be exceedingly gratifying to taeL i to l ** - m tiiat I ^ as still the scppDrtet of those principle * «* « QBunon justice to which they we so devotedly at . * * db £ 4 - tfld to which t \ e / are justly entitled .

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      " It has been a fertile source of pain and affliction to me that great numbers of my brethren hare been for several years unwittingly led from one association to another , each and all propagating delusion , excitiDg tbe people and agitating the country from centre to surface , without one practicable object in view , and without one solitary effort to bring forward any measure to ameliorate tbe condition or relieve the sufferings of my poor hard-working but deluded countrymen . " It is but too true that there are ribbon societies In some parts of the country . The trials at the present assizes in the North prove it ; and I hare no hesitation in declaring it as my firm opinion that the propagation of the principle * and objects of the Universal Suffrage Association would , like Aaron ' a rod , ' devour them all ; " because the most ijnorant person would soon see that he had something to agitate for in which he ru deeply interested , and would therefore at once and for ever abandon all wild and unlawful projects and societies .

      It is melancholy to observe the diabolical spirit of ill-will and hatred which has been recently infused into the minds of some ignorant persons in this city . I have , I regret to say , experienced this personally . A man , Wboj&nante I shall now forbear to mention , but who is tbe' ^ me person to whom the " Loyal National Repeal Association * " * promised its protection against the legal consequences of bis violence and misconduct , told me to my face , after he had been informed by myself that I was a Catholic priest—that if I should

      presume to take the chair at a meeting of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , he wonld seise me bj the neck , and drag me out of it , even if I were clothed in my robes . Noir , Sir , permit me to ask you when snch a threat has been made to a priest , what is a layman to expect from such characters , particularly when they are encourajed in it by an association upon whose protection they rely with the most implicit confidence ? " I am your obedient Servant , ? 'P . Rtah .

      Donabate , August 12 , 1841 . There is one thing which we must enjoin upon every English Chartist this week as a dvty . As soon as each on « has read his Star , let him fold it up , wrap it ia a cover , paste the end of it down , address it " Patrick O'Hiegius , 14 , North Anne-street , Dublin , " and then put it inio the nearest Post-office . Let this be done generally , and before Saturday next .

      It is important that the Irish poor should be enabled to see and read the excellent letters of Mr . O'Hig-# ins and . Mr . Brophy ; and above all , that they should know of the admirble defence of the poor , by Father Ryan : aud the Irish poor will valua the production none the less when they know that the paper containing it comes from some poor English working man ! This , in itself , is a drawing together of tho bonds of union ! a union for " practicable objects , " aud for " measures of amelioration for the sufferings of the poor" of both countries . Let this be done , then , and leave the rest to God !

      Since writing the above we have received a letter from Loughrea , not less encouraging as to its bearing oa the state and prospects of Chartism than the excellent letters given above . This letter was not intended by the writer for publication , but we venture to take the liberty of Jaying it before our readers , as a most certain index of tho state of feeling in respect to the rising cause of real liberty in Ireland . Loughrea , August 14 th , 1841 . Sir , —I take tbe liberty of addressing yon on the part of the Chartists of this town , to request your advice as to measures in contwupl&Uon amongst some of its members ; but before I proceed to lay before you the rule which some of them want to adopt , I likewise consider it prudent in me to state to you tbe reason why I differ with a part , a small part , of them in opinion .

      One of the Cha-tists of this town , a respectable man , asked my liberty to get placard * printed , calling on the friends of the Charter in this town , to assemble on a certain day , when he would introduce to them a Methodist preacher , to lecture to them on the priuclples of the Charter . I sought the advice of some of my Chartist brethren on this occasion , men of learning and talent , and well versed in political affairs , and likewise burning with a pure zeal in the holy cause of liberty and the Charter ; and they told me if I sanctioned Buch . proceedings , 1 ahouW be the means o ! retarding the progress of Chartism in this town ; but should there ba a proper lecturer , having his credentials from , any of the Chartist associations of either

      England or Ireland , then would he have their support , as the announcement of such a one making his appearance amongst tbe Chartists of this town would causa such a cry of " liberty" amongst them as could never be stifled or put down by the policy of either Whig or Tory . Such then twing the case , I expect your advice as early as possible , so as to prevent ^ any disunion arising amongst any of the members ; for I assure you they are very numerous , and if once I was allowed , by the lovers of liberty in England , means to enaMe me to rent a room lot their accommodation , 1 would at once have an association formed that would spread the love of liberty , and tbe knowledge and benefit of tbe Charter through this extensive county .

      I now beg leave to call your atteution to the part I have taken sinco I became a s » ldicr of liberty in the Chartist cause , likewise the great straits I was put to in being bertft of friends for a length of time . In the month of November last I was appointed to circulate the Star in this town and neighbourhood , and I do assure you that I have done so with the greatest fidelity and success . I also circulated them through the respective towns , viz . Galway , Gort , BulUnasloe , Eyreeourt , Portunina , &c ; and in all those towns I was received with great civility , with the exception of Ballinasloe , where 1 was shouted and hooted through tbe streets by a party of ignorant country people , -who was employed on that occasion by some villiaDs , wbo , in order to stem the voice of truth and the cry of liberty , thought it a proper way to cry me down and thereby prevent the distribution of the Star in that town .

      When I commenced circulating the Star in Loughrea , the people looked on me as a rebel—such they called the Chartists at that timo . I was forsaken by all iny friends , so that I was put to great straits to support a large family : but now , thank G-od , it is fur different ! for the greatest enemies I had are now become the best of friends , and the firm supporters of universal libertywhich liberty they say , they can never attain , unless by means of the Charter . I shall be very happy to receive any communication from you , which will enable me , still further , to advance the cause of the Charter , and With the greatest respect . I beg leave to Teiuain , Your very humble servant , Bernard M-Don . nell .

      With respect to the matter on which our opinion and advice is asked in this letter , we say at once that uo means should be omitted of drawing the atteution of the Irish people to the glorious principles of liberty contained in the Charter through any unexceptionable medium . It would certainly bo better to have lecturers accredited from the Chartist bodies ; while , at ihe same time , a truly honest aud talented man should not be repressed iu his ifforts to dotjood , beeause circumstances may have prevented him from having such credential ? . This would apply more particularly to any native or resident of Ireland whose attention mi ^ ht have been recently drawn to the principles of Chartism . A stranger , and particHlarly a clerical stranger , could not expect to be received with perfect confidence unless he either had credentials , or was introduced by some prudent , coolheaded , honest Chartist , who was well known , and whose judgement and honesty were perfectly

      undisputed . It 13 necessary to be very cautious in putting men forward in an agitation watchtd with such fiendish malignity as that which glares on Chartism in Ireland . A single traitor insinuating himself into tr . e body , and making his way to a prominent situation , might do incalculable mischief ; as all his violent and illegal balderdash would be charged upon the Chartist body , while he would be * ' protected " from tha legal consequences of his own rascality . We think it very likely that this mode of procedure will be resorted to by Dan . and his myrmidons , now that they feel the failure of their efforts at open intimidation . We think , therefore , that in the matter of strangers e ? pecially , too much caution can scarcely be exercised . Discretion ia tho better half of wisdom , and while we abhor the cowardice which shrinks from aa avowal of its princi ples in favour of danger , we would always recommend prudence and caution to our friends .

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      Y 0 RSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE DELEGATE MEETING . This important meeting took place at Hebden Bridge , on Sunday , last At eleven o ' clock , the following delegates were present : — YORKSHIRE . York Mr . Cordeax . Leeds Mr . W . Brooke . Bradford Mr . Arran . Halifax Mr . Crossland . HUDDEBSFIELD ......... Mr . Clayton . Dewsbury Mr . Mosely Stott . Barnsley Mr . Julian Harney . Keighley Mr . Bottomly . SowEhBY , Mr . Wild . THORNTON Mr . Grey . Midgley .. Mr . Naylor . Hebden Bridge ...... Mr . Midgley .

      I LANCASHIRE . Manchester Mr . Swallow . Colne Mr . Mooney . TODMORDEN ............ Mr . R- Brooke . On the motion of Mr . Stott , Mr . Edward Clayton was elected chairman . Oa the motion of Mr . Mooney , Mr . Julian Harney was elected Secretary for the day . A letter was read from Manchester , and one from Sheffield , stating that the men ef Sheffield , thwgb unable to send a delegate , approved of the meeting , and would abide by t any decision the delegates came to . Mr . Swallow , delegate from Manchester , stated that he had been at Middleton ; the people 4 f ., Middletfep , approved of the meeting , and would abide by the orders of the delegates .

      The Secretary read and commented upon a paragraph which appeared under the head of Oldbam , in the Star of Saturday last . The Secretary showed that the Chartists of OWhani had quite mistaken the objects of the meeting ; he had originally suggested the calling of the meeting for the purpose of making arrangements in the two counties for the distinguished patriots shortly to be liberated—his object was to prevent tbe clashing of arrangements . His hope was that this meeting would be conducive of preserving harmony iu their ranks , such was his object . ( Hear , hear . ) The West-Riding delegates had been pleased to approve of his suggestion , and the meeting was called , but not a word bad been said by him or any other parties about

      " county demonstrations . " He was at a loss to conceive bow any such absurd itlea had ever entered the heads of the men of Oldliam ; most certainly he was not responsible for it . ( Hear . ) Again , with respect to a National Petiti « n , it was true that in a subsequent letter of his that was published in the Star , be had recommended that the dslegates should come instructed as to whether aye , or no , their constituencies wpproved of a National Petition ; if so , that the delegates should suggest to the Executive tb « propriety of getting up such petition ; but it was never contemplated by him , nor he believed any otktr person , that this meeting should get up the . petition . It was then perfectly ridiculous fur the men of Oldham to find fault with tho

      intention of this meeting interfering with the powers or prerogatives of the Executive when no such intention existed . ( Hear . ) He maintained it was the duty of the country , it waa the duty of any portion of the people to , from time to time , offer any suggestions to tbe Executive which they the people might think fit to offer ; and quite buto he was that that talented and patriotic body would be ever ready to receive any suggestions the people or any portion of the people might think fit to favour them with . He thought he need say no more , assured as ho was that every delegate would be satisfied with the explanations given . ( Hear , hear . ) Oa the motion of the Secretary , seconded by Mr Swallow , the delegates unanimously resolvtd , " That tbefiist demonstration take place at York , on the day of Mr , O'Connor ' s liberation . "

      Moved by Mr . W . Brooke , seconded by the Secretary , " That the Leeds Demonstration take place on Friday , Nov . 12 th . " On the motion of Mr . Cordeux , seconded by Mr . R . Brooke , tbe delegates resolved , " That the rest of tbe places be named in rotation—that is , the order in which the demonstrations shall be held . The people of each locality named to arrange with Mr . Connor and other patriots they may invite , the day oa which they will hold their demonstration . " The following is a list of places at which the delegates agreed demonstrations should be held , and the order in which they are fixed to take place : —1 st , York , Thursday , Nov . 11 th ; 2 nd , Leeds , Friday , Nov . 12 th ; 3 rd , Shefnthd ; 4 th , Manchester ; 5 th , Colne ; Oth , Keighley ; 7 th , Halifax ; i > th , Bradford ; 9 tU , Todmorden ; 10 th , Bolton ; JltU , Stockport ; 12 tb , Hudilersfibld ; 13 th , Dawsbury ; 14 tb , Barnsley ; 15 th , Rochdale ; lGth , Middleton ; 17 th , Blackburn . Tile following resolutions were agreed to : —

      1 . Moved by Mr . Cordeux , seconded by Mr . Stott , " That the delegates at present assembled do recommend to the Chartists of Great Britain and Ireland to send deputations to York on the release ef Feargus O'Connor , Esq- » with assurances of their unabated confidence in him , and of their firm adherence to those principles for which he has so long and unjustly suffered . " 2 . Moved by Mr . W . Brooke , seconded by Mr . Stott , " That in addition to his credentials , each delegate sent to York have with him a green silk , banner , bearing the name of the place for which he is delegate . " ( Description : —A yard of green silk will make twodivided so that the staff end be the full width , tapering to a point ; silver lettered , with the name of the place , to wit . " -Huddersfield , " " Dawsbury , ' < kc . )

      3 . Moved by Mr . Swallow , seeonded by Mr . Bottomly , " That in consequence of Mr . O'Brien not wishing any expense to be incurred on his account , we recommend that the demonstrations got up shall bo for Messrs . O'Connor , O'Brien , and Benbow , conjointly . " 4 . Moved by the Secretary , seconded by Mr . Mooney , " That this meeting suggest to the National Executive Council , the propriety of drawing up a National Petition for 1842 , demand ing the adoption by the Lcgislalature of the People's Charter ; the Repeal of the Legislative Union of England and Ireland ; the liberation of till political prisoners ; the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones . And this meeting respectfully suggest that the said Petition shall be drawn up by the Executive at their meetiog at Birmingham , on the 2 nd of September . "

      5 . Moved by Mr . W . Brooke , seconded by Mr . R . Brook , " That this meeting do recommend the Executive to take into their consideration the propriety of calling a Convention for 1842 . " ( i . Moved by the Secretary , seconded by Mr . Cordeux , " That thia meeting cannot separate without marking in the strongest terms their detestation of the atrocities practised in tho gaols and houses of correction in this country under the fiendish silent system . The barbarous cruelties known to be committed upon tbe political and other prisoners at present confined in the

      gaols of Wakefield , Beverley , and Northallevton are revolting to humanity , and disgraceful to the people who have up to this time sufferedsachdeeds of devilish darkness to be perpetrated unpunished , —unavenged . We hereby call upon the country to immediately prepare petitions for presentation to the Parliament about to assemble demanding an inquiry into tbe present prison discipline , and the liberation of our suffering friends and brothers confined for no other crime but that they have sought the safety of the state , tbe rights of the millions , and the prosperity and happiness of the whole community . "

      7 . " That to carry out bo far as in their power lies , tbe foregoing resolution , the delegates present pledge themselves to get up the petitions recommended in their several localities . " Moved by Mr . Arran , seconded by Mr . Swallow , " Toat the Secretary be requested to draw up a copy of the proposed petition for an inquiry into the prison discipline , < fcc , for publication in the Northern Star . " Agreed to . On the motion of Mr . Bottomley , the Secretary , together with Messrs . Arran and Swallow , were appointed a committee to draw up an address to the Chartists of Yorkshire and Lancashire . " The committee retired , and returned in a short time with the address given bolow , which , on . being read was unanimously adopted . Mr . Crossland moved the thanks of tbe delegates to the committeee . Agreed to .

      Mr . Stott moved the thanks of the delegates to Mr . Harney , for his efficient services as secretary . Carried . Mr . Harney moved tho thanks of the delegates to the council of the Hebden Bridge Association for the use of the room Carried . Mr . \ V . Brooke moved the thanks of the delegates to Mr . C ayton for his excellent conduct as chairman . This closed the proceedings : the room was crowded nearly to suffocation by z-alous friends , who from all parts of the West-Riding attended the meeting . A number of the fair sex from Keighley , Halifax , &c , were present—they appeared deeply interested in the labours of the day . '

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      ADDRESS TO THE CHARTISTS OF YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE . Friends and Fellow Countrymen , —Assembled to take measures necessary for tho reception ot tbe patriots who , about to emerge from tyranny's cells , havo proved , by their unflinching devotion to the people ' s cause , how vain have been the tfforts to crush them by toituie and th » chain , webritflv address you upon the topics that have engaged our attention . Some misunderstanding appears to have existed in the minds of our Oldham friends aa to the objects of our meeting . We met not to thwart the Executive Council , but to assist that talented and patriotic body . In the report of our proceedings this day , it will be seen that while we have respectfully suggested certain things to the Executive , we have ordered nothing it may be their duty to command .

      Again , we must set the men of Oldham right with respect to " county demonstrations . " Nothing of the sort was contemplated by those wbo suggested the meeting , and called the delegates together ; nothing of the sort has been proposed by us . The preservation of harmony and unity in tbe ranks of our party has been the object of our meeting ; we trust our exertions will not prove fruitless . It will be seen that the first of a series of popular demonstrations , or meetings , is arranged to be held at

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      York onjhe day of Mr . O'Connor's liberation . The second will be held at Leeds the day following . Some time in the ensuing week Mr . O'Connor -will probably arrange te visit Sheffield ; and in all likelihood Saturday , Nov . 20 th , will bathe day of the Manchester Demonstration . We have not fixed the dates of the subsequent meetings ; we have simply enumerated the order in which they ahall be held . It will be for the Council -or Committee } of ' each locality to make arrangements with the patriots as to the date of their visit . Brother Chartists , —We appeal to yoa to be up and doing ; long enough , too long , have we submitted to oppression ' s rod—martyrs have perished on the scaffold — philanthropist * have dragged the exile ' s chainpatriots have pined in tne loathsome cell , too long— 'tis

      time we did our duty— 'tis time we rallied round our leaders , and , strengthening their hands , enable them to put an end to the present unrighteous system . Friends and Fellow Countrymen , we implore you to remember the wrongs ot those who have suffered , And are suffering In your cause . Welcome in your thousands , and tens of thousands , those patriots who will shortly be among ; you . At the same time , forget not those whose sarrerings are destined for a longer period—come to thej *^ feftp " ' * t onee- ^ pour your petitions into tbe H 6 trse--oT 6 amnioiW about to assemble , demanding a cessation of the hellish cruelties inflicted upon / your brethren . Last , not least , prepare for the struggle of

      1812—prepare by extending your organizitiou , and giving to the Executive an efficient support Let zeal be' combined -with prudence . £ et energy be united 'with wisdom . ' Let unalterable determination characterize all your proceedings—show to your oppressors that you are sternly resolved to obtain your rightsprove it by your numbers in union . "Then will the patriot hot have suffered ia vain . Then , with the weeding Of God , will you establish your liberties , and posterity shall honour the men who successfully struggled for England ' s redemption . Signed , on behalf of tha delegates , Edward Clayton , Chairman . George Julian Harney , Sec .

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      LIST OF THE ANNUAL SUMS TO HER MAJESTY AND OFFICERS OF STATE , AMBASSADORSjBlSHOPS . &c , IMPOSED ON THE PEOPLE . As a change of Ministry is now certain , a list of the salaries granted to her Majesty ' s household , foreign ambasBodors , do ., in which establishments a chau ^ e also takes place with the Administration , and shows the good pickings of office , will no doubt be read with interest—Her Majesty's privy purse , £ 60 , 000 per annum , his Royal Highness Prince Albert , £ 30 , 000

      per annum ; salaries of the great officers of the household , and officers of state , and of the establishments of the various departments of the household , including retired and superannuation allowances to old servants in those departments , £ 131 , SCO ; expenses of tbe household in the departments of the lord chamberlain , lord steward , master of the horse , and master of the robes , £ i 72 , eoo ; royal bounties and charities , aud special service , &c , £ 23 , 200 ; pensions , £ 75 , 000 ; unappropriated money , £ 8 , 0-40 . Total , £ 500 , 000 per annum .

      Details of tiie Establishment of the Lord Chabbeslais . —Lord Chamberlain , £ 2 , 000 per annum ! vice-chamberlain , £ 924 ; eight lords in waiting , £ 5 , 616 ; eight grooms in waiting , £ 2 , 685 ; first lady of the bedchamber , £ 500 ; seven ladies ditto , £ 3 , 500 ; eight maids of honour , £ 2 , 400 ; eight bedchamber women , £ 2 , 400 ; corps of gentlemen-at-arms , £ 5 , 121 ); corps of yeomen o £ the guard , £ 7 , 100 ; oidw of the garter , £ 502 ; order of the bath , £ 419 ; kings and b . erald 8-at . arni 8 , £ 355 ; sergeants-at-arms and officers of ceremonies , £ 1 , 556 ; chaplains at Windsor , Kensington , Brighton , and preachers at Whitehall , £ 1 . 236 ; medical establishment for her Majesty and the royal household , £ 2 , 705 ; gentlemen ushers , grooms , pages , &c , £ 7 , 576 ; masters of music and band , £ 1 , 916 ; officers having charge of firniture , dec . £ 5 , 800 ; surveyor of pictures , && , £ 182 ; burgemas

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      ters and watermen , £ 400 ; comptroller of accou nt-&c , £ 3 . 110 ^ governor of Windsor Castle and depofv ditto , £ 1 , 293 ; retired pensions , £ 7 , 566 . * Details of the Master of the Hoese ' s Es tabushment—Master of the horse , £ 2 , 500 pep an nuuf ; chief equerry and clerk-marshall , £ l , ooo four equerries , £ 3 , 000 ; four pages of honour , £ 46 b ; secretary , clerks of atables in London , Windsor , and Brjgh . ton , £ 1 , 560 ; inspector and veterinary surgeon . £ t ; oo * equtrry . of crown stables , £ 445 ; master of ihe buck hounds , £ 1 , 700 ; coachmen , postilions , Ac , £ 12 , 563 retired allowances , £ 2 , 766 . '

      Details of the Lord Steward ' s Establi shment . —The lord steward , £ 2 , u 00 per annum ; treasure * £ 904 ; comptroller , £ 904 ; master of the household £ 1 , 158 ; secretary , paymaster of tbe household , clerk &c , £ 2 , 920 ; ranger of Windsor home part , £ 50 * ( Vis Royal Highness Prince Albert ); domestic servants , cooks , &c , £ 9 , 938 ; knight marshal , marabalnien , and expends of the Marehalsea Prison , £ 1 , 924 ; Chap el Royal , chaplain at St . Jamss ' sj Whitehall chapel , and Lutheran chapel , £ 3 , 535 ; allowance in lieu of table money , £ 1 , 676 ; superannuations , bounties , and retired allowances . £ 6 , 365 .

      Expenditure of the Lord Steward of thb aovAL Household j OR 1840 — Bread , £ 2 , 350 ; but . ter , bacon , cheese , and eggs , £ 5 , 150 ; milk and cream £ 1 , 500 ; butchers' meat , £ 10 , 000 ; poultry , £ 4 , 250 i fish , £ 2 , 180 ; grocery , £ 5 , 000 ; oilery , 1 , 850 ; fruit and confectionary , £ 1 , 980 ; vegetables , £ 520 ; wine , £ 5 , 250 * liquors , kc ., £ 2 , 000 ; ale and beer , £ 3 , 000 ; wax-canl dlea , . £ " 2 , 150 ; tallow-candles , £ 750 ; lamps , 4 950 fuel , £ 6 , 980 ; stationery , £ 870 ; turnery , £ 400 ; hral ziery , jgtf 50 ; china , glass , &c , £ 1 , 576 ; linen , £ l , 99 S j washing of table and other linea , £ 3 , 250 ; plate , £ 1155 . Total annual expenditure of the royal household £ 69 , 765 . '

      Salaries toambassadoes at Foreign Courts —Ambassadors ; France , £ 10 , 000 per annum ; Russia ' £ 1 , 376 J 6 s . 5 d . ; Austria , £ 9 , ^ 00 ; Ottoman Porte ' £ 7 , 000 . Envoys and Ministers : Spain £ 5 , 750 ; Prussia , £ 4 , 124 153 . 7 d . ; America , £ 5 , 000 ; Two Sicilies , £ 3 , 757 2 s . 10 . ; Portugal , £ 3 . 658 ; Brazil , £ 3 , 0 » o ' . Envoys Extraordinary : Holland , £ 4100 ; Belgium £ 4 , 000 ; Sweden , £ 2 . 271 19 s . 5 ^ - ; Denmark , £ 3 , 140-Bavaria , £ 4 , 000 ; Sardinia , £ 4 . ; "Wunt nibcr ^ £ 2 . 000 Is . 2 d . Ministers Plenipotentiary : Frankfort , £ 2 , 960 8 s . per annum ; Hanover , £ l , J 57 2 s . iod . j Saxony , £ 2 , 188 7 s . Id . ; Tuscany , £ l , 948 7 a ; Swigg Cantons , £ 2 , 366 ; Greece , £ 2 , 800 ; Mexico , £ 2 , 200 j Columbia , £ 3 , 100 ; Buenos Ayre 3 , £ 3 , 300 is . Charg « de Affaires : Florence , 2-16 ; La Quayra , £ 365 ; Rio (! & Janeiro , first attache , £ 1 . 002 ; Bogota , ditto , £ s 12 s .

      5 d . ; Peru , ditto , £ 188 0 s . 8 d . Total salaries of ambaasadors , secretaries , attaches , &c . £ 129 , 308 12 s . 8 d . per annum , Consuls abroad : The anuu . il salaries of consuls abroad is £ 103 , 018 . —Pensions to ambassadors who served under the Tory administration , some only for a few months , £ 182 , 028 12 s . per annum , amounting to thirty three in number , of which five receive £ 2 , 056 each , viz ., Sir Robert Adair , the Right Hon . Charles Arbuthnot , Lord St . Helens , Lord Strangford , and Lord Stuart de Rothsay ; six , £ 1 , 786 each , Earl Cathcart , Lord Cowley , Earl Elgin , Sir Gore Ouseley , Sic C . H . Thornton , and Sir Arthur Paget ; two , £ 1 , 700 Lori Heytesbury and Sir Charles Bagot ; three , £ l , 5 lti ; one , £ 1 , 336 ; four , £ 1 , 300 ; six , £ 1 , 006 ; the remainder receive from £ 900 , £ 880 , £ 706 , £ 550 , £ -136 , and £ 300 each , for having opposed the liberties of the people of this country and general freedom abroad .

      Pickings of the Chuiich out of the People ' s Pockets . —The number of parishes in Eugland and Wales is J 4 , 482 . There are sixty-two rectories , sinecares , whose net revenue amounts to £ 17 , 035 ; net income of collegiate churcht'S , £ 20 S , 289 ; net income of dignitaries and other spiritual persons , £ ( j 6 , 4 G 5 . Total number of benefices , 10 , 550 ; net revenue of benefices £ 3 , 004 , 721 . Total number of benences attached to other preferments , exclusive of those above , £ ltt , 7 l 8 Net revenue , £ 3 , 055 , 450 . ' Curates employed by nonresidents , 4 , 224 ; annual stipends , 337 , 620 . Tory Spiritual Peers taxed on the Nation . —Archbishop of Canterbury , £ 19 , 182 per annum Archbishop of York , £ 12 . 629 ; Bishop of Asaph ) £ 6 , 301 ; Bishop of Bangor , £ 4 , 464 ; Bishop of Bath

      aud Wells , £ 5 . 946 ; Bishop of Bristol , £ 2 , 351 ; Bi .-hop of Carlisle , £ 2 , 213 ; Bishop of Cashel , £ 3 . 276 ; Bishop of Chicliester , £ 4 , 229 ; Bishop of St . David ' s , £ l , 897 5 Bishop of Durham , £ 19 , 060 ; Bishop of Ely , £ 11 , 105 ; Bishop of Exeter , £ 2 , 613 ; Bishop of Gloucester , £ 2 , 282 ; Bishop of Hereford , £ 2 , 516 ; Bishop of Lich . field and . Coventry , £ 3 , 920 ; Bishop of Lincoln , £ 4 , 542 ; Bishop of Llaudaff , £ 924 ; Bishopol London , £ l 3 , y 25 ; Bishop of Norwich , £ 5 392 ; Bishop of Oxford , £ 2 , 648 ; Bishop of Peterborough , £ 3 , 103 ; Bishop of Rochester , £ 1 . 450 ; . Bishop of Salisbury , £ 3 , 939 ; Bishop of Sodor and Man , £ 3 , 555 ; Bishop of Winchester , £ 11 , 151 ; Bishop of Worcester , £ 6 , 596 . Total annual amount received by the bishops , £ 1 , 160 , 292 . Total amount of the revenues of the established church , from various pickings , £ 9 , 459 , 565 .

      Tory Pension List . —The annual amount of pensions to protegees of the Tory clique is £ 130 , 636 Is . 6 d ; Pensions and sums received by his Grace the Duke of Wellington , £ 4 , 000 per annum ; also , by 53 Geo . III ., c , 4 , £ 100 , 000 ; amended by 53 and 54 Geo . HI ., an annuity of £ 13 , 000 , or £ 400 , 000 ; also , by 53 Gio . III ., c . 186 , £ 200 , 000 ; as constable of the Tower of London , £ 950 per annum , and patronage ; as colonel of the rifle brigade , £ 238 ; as colonel of 1 st grenadier regiment of foot guards , £ 2 , 695 ; as lord warden of the cinque ports , £ 474 , 10 s . per annum patronage , and Waltuer castle . Salaries and Expences of both Houses op Parliament , £ 77 , 000 per annum ; treasury , £ 40 . 0 CO ; secretary of state for the home department , £ 30 000 ; foreign offices , ditto , £ 87 , 000 ; colonies , ditto , £ S 7 , 000 ; privy council and board of trade , £ 24 , 000 ; paymaster general , £ 36 , 000 ; commissioners of poor laws , £ 65 , 009 per annum .

      P . S . - There are two ex-lord chancellors receiving an annual pension of £ 5 , 000 , Lord Brougham and Lord Lyndfcurst ; and two ex speakers of the House of Commons , Lord Canterbury and Right Honourable James Abercromby , £ 5 , » 00 . Weekly Chronicle .

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      The Livery of London for 1841-2 . —The following statement exhibits the number of ] iferymen in the city of London belonging to each company , as aho the aggregate number who ar ( qualified as such to vote for members of Parliament to represent the said city : — Armourers aad braziers , 73 apothecaries , 26 ; barbers , 146 " ; bakers , 225 ; basket-makers , 6 ; blacksmiths , 94 ; bowyers , 47 ; brewers , 45 ; brodereurs , 28 ; butchers , 163 ; carpenters , 111 ; ciockmakers , 99 ; clothworkers , 123 ; coach and coach harness makers , 66 : combmakers

      lo ; cordwainers , 97 , coopers , 239 ; cooka , 136 curriers , 98 ; cutler , 91 ; distillers , 38 ; dyers 2 a oPPl 117 ' fanvcakers » 19 J farriers , 8 iJ ; felttuongers 83 ; fehmongeR 217 ifls ! chcrB , 18 , franiework knitters i 4 ; fruiterers , 41 ; founders , 70 ; glass sellers , 58 girdlers , , 8 ; glaziers , 57 ; glovers , 119 ; g 0 Jdsmiths , lol ; gold and silver wire-drawers , 49 ; t-unmakers , 29 ; haberdashers , S 68 ; innholders , 307 ironmongers , 79 ; joiners , 116 ; leathersellers , 106 loriners , 234 ; playing-card makers , 68 ; merchant tailors , 236 ; mercers 77 , masons , 42 ; musicians , < 2 ; needlemakers , 332 ; patternmakers , 115 : painters and sta-ners , 111 ; pewterers , 64 ; plasterers 26-plumbers , 59 ; poulterers , 28 ; saddler 3 . GO : r ^ Wc '

      131 ; scriveners , 35 ; shipwrights , 01 ; tiifc throwsters , 7 ; Pkmners , 125 : spectacle makers , 81 stationers , 381 ; tallow chandlers , 11 " ; tin-plateworkers , 43 ; turners , 63 ; tilers and plasterers 108 vintners , 282 ; upholsterers , 86 ; wai chandlers , 68-weavers , 85 ; wheelwrights , 117 ; woolmen , 17— ' total , 7 , 782 . N . B . A great Bumber of citizens have taken up their livery during the present year

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      ADDRESS FROM THE OPERATVE STONE MASONS IN LONDON , MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTiST ASSOCIATION , To THE TRADE-UNIONS IN LONDON . Brothers in Bondage , —We appeal to you with confidence on a subject of more importance to the welfare of our order than any that has engrossed our iittoution since the day we first dared so far to assume the rights of men as ta think for ourselves . We have beea now engaged for a number of years , in battling with a monster , which , although we have at times reudered powerless , yet have we not been able to conquer . Fellow men , we adopted the system of Trades' Unions ia the full hope that by tb . it means we could defend ourselves against the ferocious monster , capital , who is at all times eager to appeaso his greedy appetite upon the very miseries of the sons of industry .

      l-roni Trades' Unions we have derived many , very many bentflts ; and as we have found from them a protection for the past , let us use them as palliatives for the future , until such time as we can render them useless by removing the cause of their existence . Fellow men , to accomplish that most desirable object is our reason for addressing you at present . Having duly considered the address of eighteen of our own trade , who carried the People ' s Petition to the House of Commons , on the 25 th of May last , we have adopted its objects in all tUeir bearings . We have formed ourselves into a Chartist Association to act in strict accordance with the rules laid down by the Executive of the National Charter Association of Great Britain and Ireland , and w <* now call upon you , the trades of London , to umbark with us in the sacred cause of human regeneration , by adopting a similar course , in order that by our united exertions we may establish the People ' s Charter as the law of this couutrv .

      We deem it almost superfluous to expatiate upon the principles of the People ' s Charter , bein ^ a ware that the principles contained in that document are all but universally known amongst the working classes generally ; but iu order that our intentions may not be misconstrued either by the ignorant or the self-interested , we beg leave to give a few of our reasons for adopting tho leading principles of the Charter ; and first , Universal Suffrage . We demand Universal Suffrage in order that the whole people may bo able to give practical effect to their wishes in framing tho lawa . they are called upon to

      obey . We demand that the working man &kall be consulted in the institutions of his country , as well as the useless and profligate lord , or the fraudulent and scheming protit-monger . We demand that those who raise all the food , make all the clothes , build all the ships and houses , construct all the canals and railways , work all the mines , collieries , turbaries , and fisheries , who , in addition to all these works , fight all the battles of our country , shall be the foundation of all authority , as they are actually the foundation of all power : and we unhesitatingly declare , the man who wishes anything contrary to thia to be au unprincipled and dishonest man .

      He who would give a vile falsifying attorney , or an unprincipled swindling profit-monger a voSe , und keep it from an honest taiior , shoemaker , smith , mason , carpenter , &c , is a scoundrel , and ought to be looked upon as such by all honest men . The man who , by a property qualiflcation , would disfranchise nearly all men that are sound , trustworthy , and really valuable in the country , is a being for whom noejsithet can be too harsh—na punishment too severe . If any man doubt this , let him only abandon prejudice , and look with an impartial eye at the constitution of England , as it at present exists , in which , by virtue of property qualifications , the upper and middle classes , as they are termed , are armed with an unlimited power

      of murder and robbery over the rest of the population . No animal iu creation , wild or domesticated , is half so miserable aa the so-called upper and middle classes have rendered the working people of this country from birth to death . They ave either the victims of want or the victims of overpowering toil . There may be solitary exceptions , but the general rule is certainly as stated . So long as the profit-mongers can get a profit out of us , they make us work like galley-slaves , and call it giving us employment , and for which they say we ought to be thankful ; but when no profit is to be derived from our labour , they turn us off to starve with as little ceremony as a publican would turn out a pouniless sot at midnight . < ,

      Would this be our condition if We had a power over the land and circulating medium of our country ? Would tnis be the case if we had a power to raise food for ourselves , and sell the surplus produce of our own industry ?—a power , in short , to make the laws and institutions by which our employment or nouemployment is determined , and by which the proceeds of our skill and labour are distributed . They may din our ears with corn monopoly and uon-monopoly , but what difference is it to us whether coin is cheap or dear , so long as we are neither suffered to raise it nor gives the means to buy it ? They niay talk about the Whigs being opposed to the Tories , and the Tories to the Whigs , and while both factions pretend that it is our interest they have at heart , the villains are perfectly agreed upon one point , and that is , that we shall have nothing to say in the arrangement of our aftaira ourselves ; on thia point the plunderers are perfectly unanimous , knowing well , that had we the power , the fruits

      of our industry would at all times bo administered to the wants of our fellow-men , rather than to the superfluous use of royal dogs aud horses . Fellow men , knowing theae to be mere items of the abuses under which we labour , let ws unite as men determined no longer to submit to the ueurpation of the plundering crow . Itemember , they only hold it by the right of usurpation , and any class of men holding a certain amount of property can have no more natural right to domineer and oppress than any other clas 3 of men would have , bad they strength on their side to wrench it from those classes , and use it for their own particular interest ; but , in conclusion , let it not be our determination to deprive any man or Bet of men of their rights , but establish our own , for which purpose let us , as before stated , unite as one man , to cause the People ' s Charter to become the law of this country , in which cause you will find none more ready to co-operate than the operative atone masons . Alexander Wilson ,

      Chairman , pro iem Association-room , Craven Head , Drury-lane , August 10 th . 1841 .

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      MILITARY EXECUTION . Wo have received the following letter , dated Gibraltar , 29 th July , 1841 , from a soldier : —" Beiuj ; aware that a military execution has in it something awfully impressive , I therefore send you an imperfect account of one which took place in this garrison . About half-past three o ' clock on the morning of the 23 rd instant , the troops in garrison were marched from their respective barracks to the neutral ground , to witness the last act of tbe law being carried into effect upon the person of a private of the 7 th Fusiliers , for the wilful murder of a young woman , a " servant of the officers' mess , to whom ha had been paying his addresses , and at one time had

      been favourably received , but latterly she had rejected his overtures and given preference to another young man of the band . Hence the l ' atal act . Each regiment and corps formed close column upon the front division , the whole formed three sides of a square , the temporary gallows occupying tha fourth . Colonel Sir C . Smith , Royal Engineers , adorned with military honours , and staff , soon after rode into the square , the prisoner following in a sick waggon , strongly guarded , 'ihe words ' Attention , " and " 3 houlder Arms , " having been ^ Yen / the prisoner standing uncovered , the Town Major , iu an impressive manner , read the minutes oi' the Courtmartial , ' which were as follow , viz .:

      —At a General Court-martial held at Gibraltar , on Saturday , the 17 th day of July , 1841 , and continued by adjournments until Monday , the 19 th day of July , 18 * 1 , private Robert Garton ( No . 1388 ) , of the 7 ' . h or Koyal Fusiliers , was arraigned upon the following charge , viz . —For having , at Gibraltar , on or about the morning of the 5 th July , 1841 , feloniously , wilfully , and witu malice aforethought , stabbed with a knife , Eliza Kelly , a female strvant , employed at the mess-house of the 7 th or Koyal Fusiliers , thereby inflicting a mortal wonnd , of which she , the said Eliza Kelly , died on the 10 th

      of the same month . The Court haviDg maturely weighed and deliberated upon the evidence produced before them , are of opinion that the pristner , Kobert Garton , ( No . 1388 ) of the 7 th , or Koyal Fusiliers , is gniity of the charge preferred against him ; and they do therefore sentence him , private Kobert Garton , of the 7 tb , or Royal Fusiliers , to be hanged by the neck tillhe be dead , at such time and place as his Exc ^ lkccy , tba Lieutenant-General , Sir Alexander W . podforJ , K . CB- » and C . Jd . G'i Governor of Gibraltar , shall appoint . ( Signed ) J . Carter , Col . aud President .

      The unhappy man then passed in front of the troop , the Fusilier band playing the Dead March . li )> was . a : very affecting part of the proceedings , and local circumstances rendered it peculiarly so . Tbero was he , in company with the garrison chaplain , keeping step to the beautiful but melancholy straius oi music , which were reverberated from the cotititfUQ US mountains , the glorious orb of day rising , as it werflt out of the bosom of the Mediterranean Sea , dispensing gladness to a happy world ; but , alas ! briuuiug certain death to this truly infatuated and" misera ble young man ; the grave yard just immediately behindj in which rest so many of our brave countryme n , ana iu which the material part of himself was soon to w laid . The enormity of his crime was forg otten , pijj alone was depicted in every countenance , and 1 < j ° believe every person present would have been # 'ao » had justice been satisfied short of death . A civil execution has something coarse aad brutal in it comin

      pared to a military , although they are both alike the end . The prisoner having again com e to tna centre , the Town Major read tho warrant for « 13 *>*¦ ' ecution . He ascended the platform with considerable fortitude , placing himself upon the drop , the chaplain kneeling in prayer . The satellites of tho Provost Martial adjusted the rope and drew a cap over nts face . Upou a signal from the front being given , too key was knocked out , the drop fell , and the worn with all its pleasures and pains closed upon hiin . ior ever . He hung for about a minute without showing the least sign of volition , struggled for a minute or two afterwards , and then gently vibrated mm morning breeze . After the body had hung for about three quarters of an hour , it was cut iowa and iaia upon the lid of the coffia , with the face nPw ere ?" From the right in single rank , arms reversed , banas playing the Dead March , we passed it in slow m « t which took above an hour . We were then ? ar ^ home , tired enough you may be sure , having oeea about five hoars under arms . "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 21, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct563/page/6/