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    • ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE DUKE OF ORLEANS.
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      . ON MONDAY , SEPTEMBER THE 20 TH , 1841 , IN HONOCE 05 FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., THE UNFLINCHING AND UNCHANGEABLE ADVOCATE OF THE RIGHTS OF THE TOILING MILLIONS U ALL Persons wishing to join the Procession , and do honour to that unjustly persecuted Friend of the People , are informed that the Procession will form at HOCKLEY HILL , at Hals-pas * Tsr O'clock , precisely , and proceed in the following Order : — 1 st .- —Two Marshals on Horseback . 2 nd . — -A Body of Females . 3 rd . —The Council of the National Charter Association . 4 th . —Brass Band . 5 th . —The Thuwphal Car , drawn by Six Grey Horses , in which Mr . O'CONNOR will be seated . 6 th . —The Executive Council of the National Charter Association in an open carriage . 7 th . —Members of the National Charter Association , Four-a-Breaat , followed by a Splendid Green Flag , bearing the Motto of the Association . 8 ih . —The Flag of the Hibernian Seoiety , followed by Irishmen . 9 th . —The various Trades will form in due order as they arrive upon the Ground , accompanied by various Flags and Davioea belonging to their Trades . Two Marshals on horseback will bring up the Procession . The Procession will proceed through the following Streets : — Great Hampton Street , Snow Hill , Bull Street , High Street , Bull Tt ng , Digbeth , Rea Street , Bradford Street , Bromsgrove Sweet , Pershore Street , Worcester Street , New Street , Suffolk Street , Exeter Row , to Holloway Head ; where Mr . O'CONNOR and the Members of the Executive Council will address the assembled Thousands . Men of Birmingham , —Shew by yoar conduct on that day , your love and desire for Liberty , and let both Whigs and Tories see that Persecution has not had the effect anticipated by them . Come forward , then , like Men determined to drive Slavery from your Homes and your Country . By Order of the Demonstration Committee , WILLIAM PARKES , Secretary . WALTER THORNE , Chairman . Mr . O'CONNOR Trill attend the Tea Party and Bill to be held at the Hall of Science , Lawrence Street , on Tuesday Evening . Notioe . —The Demonstration Committee" will leave the Committee Rooms , Freeman Street , at Tea o ' Clook , with Car , Fjags , Banners , Bands , &o . All Trade Societies , and Persona wishing to take part in the Demonstration , will join with the Committee , and proceed to Hockley Hill to form the Procession , &c .

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      WELCOME TO THE NOBLE PATRIOTS !! fTIHE Trades and the Public aco respaotfully laforawd , that on MONDAY , the 27 th of Septembbb , X 1841 , there will be A PUBLIC PROCESSION , To Welcome into MANCHESTER those Brave and Noble Patriots , FEARGUS CTCOMOR , ESQ ., J . B . O'BRIEN , ESQ ., ^^ MR . WM . BENBOW , REV . W . V . JACKSON , MR . JOHN LIVESEY , AND MR . BARKER , Who have Suffered Imprisonment for maintaining the Rights of Labour and the Principles fof the PEOPLE'S CHARTER . Me » of Manchester !—Y « Sons of Toil , show forth your Moral Strength !—Cheer on those Brave Patriots , who , whilst in their Dungeons , swore by the God of Justice , that they would leave their Prisons neither Silenced nor Dismayed . ORDER OF PROCESSION . To Meet at Twelve o'clock , in Stephenson ' s Square . To form aa quick as possible , four a-breast , and to proceed up Oldham Street , along Swan Street , Shudehill , Old Millgate , Deanegate , Bridge Street , Chapel Street , Victoria Street , Market Street , Oldham Street , and into Stephenson ' s Square , where those Brave Patriots will address the People . * The Committee solicit all Tradea who have not already given in their names to forward the same tothe Committee , at their Rooms , 9 , Whittle-street , where they meet every evening , so that they may be placed in the most convenient order in the Procession . FAVOURS TO BE WORN-GREEN AND WHITE . It is particularly requested that all Persona will strictly obey the Orders of the Marshals and sub-Marshals . JOSEPH LINNEY AND THOMAS RANKIN , MARSHALS . IN THE EVENING THERE WILL BE A TEA PARTY AND BALL IN THE S&XiXt OF SCIENCE , CAMP FIELD , MANCHESTER , Where the above named Gentlemen will attend . Tea to be on the Table at Savea o'Clock . Cliair to ba taken at Eight , and Dancing to commence at Ten o'Clcck . Gantlemeas' Tickets Is . 3 J . each ; L % die 3 ' 3 d ., to be had at the following places : — A . Heywood , Oldham-street ; Wroes , Ancoats-laue ; Hutton , Hair-dresser , Chester-road ; Holmes , baker , Broaghton-road ; Appleton , Hair-dresser , Bank Top ; at the National Charter Association Rooms , and at the Co-Operative Store .

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      LIBERATION OF THE PAT RIOT CAPTIY E ! WORKING MEN OF LEEDS ,-Your BRAVE , UNFLINCHING , and INDOMITABLE Friend O'CONNOR , Will make his FIRST ENTRY into your Town sinoe his Liberatioa from Sixteen Months of '' Solitary Confiuement" in a Whig-Dungeon in York Castle , ON TUESDAY * , THE 28 th OF SEPTEMBER , On which occasion it is intended to afford you an opportunity of paying that mark of respect to the CHAMPION OF YOUR RIGHTS , which his past Services and Sufferings in your cause ENTITLE HIM TO RECEIVE . The RELEASE of the Patriot from the clutches of Tyranny and Faction , will be celebrated by A SOIREE , IN THE MUSIC HALL , ALBION STREET , The following distinguished Gentlemen have been invited to attend : —Sharman Cbawford , Esq ., M . P ., and General Johnson . M . P , the Mover and Seconder of the late admirable Amendment to the " Address , " by which they obtained the votes of thirty-nine Members to the question of Uuiversal Suffrage ; Thomas Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., tue presenter of the National Petition signed by 1 , 400 , 000 Persons praying for the Charter and for the Release of the Political Prisoners ; John Fielden , Esq ., M . P ., the firm friend of tbe working people on all occasions ; aad Colonel Thompson the distinguished advocate of Free Trade and Universal Suffrage . A PUBLIC PROCESSION will also be formed to reoeive and welcome the Poor Man ' s Advocate and Friend , O CONNOR , Which will proceed through thoPrinoipal Streets of the Town . Place and Time of Starting will be i announced in future Advertisements . i On which occasion a substantial TEA SUPPER will be served up , under good arrangements , and the proceedings of the Evening enlivened by Music and Song . TEA ON THE TABLE AT HALF-PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK . Tickets , la . Cd . each may be had at the following place 3 : —The Northern Star Office ; tha Association Room , Shambles ; Andrew Gardner ' s , Nowa Agent , George-Street ; Frank Philips ' s , Hair Dresser , Kirkstall-ttoad ; James Illingworth's , Pork Butcher , Meadow-Lane .

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      DR . CR . £ 6 . a . £ s d March 20—To Cash noticed in the Star 3 16 0 „ —By Cash paid Mr . Pitkethly , ' ' * _ 27—Ditto 27 7 2 ^ per Order 39 6 0 April 3-Ditto 17 19 2 _ —Ditto , Mr . Cleave 30 0 0 „ 10—Ditto 9 11 6 ~ 28 10 9 „ 17—Ditto ... ... ... 7 5 « £ June 18—Ditto , Mr . William Martin , per „ 24—Ditto ... 4 5 6 M . P . M'Douall 10 0 May 1—Ditto ..-. 7 13 July 10—Ditto , Mr . Smart 10 0 „ 15—Ditto ... ... ... 5 13 2 ~ —Ditto , Air . Skevington ... 10 0 .. 22—Ditto 3 10 6 ,. —Ditto . Dr . M'Douall , per Cleave , „ 29—Ditto ••> ••? 5 14 7 for Wall and others ... 0 10 0 Juno 5—Ditto ... ... ... 2 19 5 Sept . 9—Ditto , Dr . M'Douall ... 0 16 „ 12—Ditto ... 4 2 6 ~ 13—Ditto , Mr . Rose , per Order of „ 19-Ditto 0 11 0 Dr . M'Douall 0 10 0 ~ 26—Ditto 0 16 ~ —Ditto , Mr . Ridley 0 10 G July 3-Ditto 15 6 ^ —Ditto , Mr . Wall 0 10 0 ~ 10—Ditto ... 0 9 0 ~ 17—Ditto 0 5 0 ~ 2 a—To Cash from Mr . L . Pitkethly , being balance in his hands at the time it was first intended the Convention should break up ... 6 18 4 By Balance to account of the Executive .. 1 » 3 11 £ 108 16 2 £ 108 16 2 j- ¦ ¦ - ¦ . . ...,.. ¦ ,. , , _ —

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      BIRMINGHAM . —Repsjx op the Uxi « s . —An extraordinary scene took place At the meeting of Repeaters , held at Mrs . Gateley ' s , Old Meeting Street , cm Sunday evening last . Mr . Morris was « aBed to the chair , and , after a Igng address had beta delivered by Mr . Murray , the Berraot of the Aria-Cora Law i / earoe , in which he warned the BiafeBKC present U be on their giprd , and gave -sr tndry broad hints concerning the Chartists , Mr . < 3 lieley , the Secretary , read a long letter from MrVlay , Secretary to the Repeal Association of Skft , warning the Repealers of Dablia against joKtog the Chartists , and stating that no member of a Chartist Association conld be admitted a member of the Repeal Society . He thea stated that all

      members of the Chartist Association oonld hare their money returned . Mr . George White protested against each an unreasonable proposition , and insisted on the proposition eon tain e < J in Mr . Ray ' s letter being rabmitted to a vote of the members . " He ooold not see anything in Mr . Ray more than any other member . His letter did net state whether he bad taken the opinion of the members who resided in Dublin on the question ; the letter should , therefore , be reeeiTed as the mere opinion of . an indiri&nL / -He , therefore , wished that the opinion of thei «* fing should be taken . The Secretary objected to # Yote being taken , and B&id it was against the rules . Mr . White then requested that the rules should be produced , and told the meeting that if they agreed to the substance of Mr . Ray ' s letter , that they would destroy the usefulness of the Association

      in Birmingham . Mr . Gateley informed him that they had bo rales , but that he might procure a copy by applying to the parent society in Dublin . A scene of confusion then took place ; eereral Irishmea present demanded their money back , and a large Bomber left the room in disgust , declaring their determination not to be dictated to by Mr . Ray . Several Englishmen followed their example , dedaring it to be nothing more than a Whig society particularly as Mr . Murray concluded his long speech by proposing a person who had takes an active part on behalf of the Whigs at the late election . A number of Irishmen afterwards assembled , and determined that the liberty of their native land should no longer be left to the guidance of a few trafficking politicians ; they resolved to form a Repeal Association which Bhould embrace all true friends of Irish liberty . Further notice will be given next week .

      CCbKKoa Dehoxstiutiox , Wedkesdat Eves-ISG . —The eommittee for conducting this important business hare been exceedingly active during the week , deputations were appointed to wait on the various trades , all those applied to hare given their content , asd iateo agreed to subscribe towards the expences ; several of the Furrounding towas have seat word of their intention to honour the people ' s champion , and from the friendly assurances of a&sistaace received from various quarters , the display is sort to be the best ever witnessed in this neighbourhood . All friends at a distance are informed that the procession will form at Hockley Hill , at halfpast ten o ' clock . The members of the Executive are requested to be in Birmingham on Sunday if possible ; all delegates will be pleased to do the same .

      Fboet , Williams , as » Jokes . The General Restoration Committee of Birmingham held its usual weekly meeting » n Tuesday evening last , Mr . Richard Thompson in the chair ; when it was agreed for ibis commitee to aid the demonstration on Monday next , by all means in their power . DEPTFORD . —The brothers of the Deptford locality met on Sunday , read the minutes , and confirmed them , transacted some business relative to the visit of Feargus O'Connor , Esq . to this place , aad adjourned till Wednesday , and to meet on Sonday next to hear lectures . lfOTTCNCHAML—On Wednesday evening , a second glorious meeting was held in the Marketplace , for the benefit of B , O'Brien ; Mr . Cooper addressed the meeting at great length , and a collection was made in support of the object of the meeting .

      BILSTOX . —Msl . Masos lectured here on Thursday to a numerous audience , who were much delighted with bis discourse , and several new members were enrolled . We still keep increasing .

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      XiEEDS . —Two able lectures were delivered on Sunday , by Mr . Martin . On Monday , at the usual weekly meeting several new members were enrolled . The cause is thriving here , and looks well . Mr . Jones hMifrm » appointed oh the East-Riding delegation .- * Highwat RoBBEairs m the Town op Lxeds — Are the Watch Committee , and are the police aware , of the numerous cases of highway robbery that hare occurred is the town of Leeds , within these six weeks last past ! And if they are , what are the police doing ! We are informed that not less than a do&en persons have betn stopped on the road leading from Hsnslet Laae into Patlery Field—the new road , we mean , made by the North Midland RaO > way Company—and robbed of different articles of

      value , money , watches , provision baskets , and provisions . On this road there are no lights after the entrance tothe goods depot of the Railway is passed ; and there the road makes a turn at a right angle . A mare secluded place for a thief eoiid scarcely be made . On the one hand is a high wall , round the Railway Company ' s station , nine or ten feet high . No lights , no police or watchmen , and every means of escape—on the other hand , over the fields into Hunslet Lane , is afforded . The place ha& accordingly been frequented for the last six weeks , by a gang of four or six individuals ; and though we believe scarcely a night has passed , but some one has been stopped , and in many cases robbed , vet not a single policeman has been ordered

      to make that road his " beat . " It is time that both the Watch Committee and Improvement Commissioners saw to this matter . The Railway Company , or the proper parties ought to be called upon to finish the road—the Improvement Commissioners ought to see to the lamps being placed there immediately—and the W&jch Committee ought immediately to see to both day and night police perambulating that road , as a " beat" to itself . We give the following cases which have reached us , so that they may inquire into the matter . On Wednesday night week , William Brown , an elderly person , and a resident of Pottery Field , was returning home by the road in question , between the hourg of Eeven and eight , when jost past the turn above spoken of , he was run against by one person and instantly felled by

      aaeiher . While down he was kicked and otherwise m<reited by the whole four , who had made their appearance . His pockets were rifled , and they took from him thirty-five shillings , all he had in the world . He is a poor man , a woollen-weaver , and has been out of work" for many months . The main of the money he had was borrowed from a friend , so enible him to begin a little trade ia xbe huxt-ering line ; and it all went ' . leaving ; he poor man in a worse condition than before . When they left h : m , they took over the wall and fields into HuaElet-lane ; aed thoagh he followed them for some dist&Bce , calling out " watch" as loud as he could , no help c&me near . With dificulty he crawled home , suffering from the kicks and blows he had received . The week before this two other men , inhabitants of Pottery-field , were stopped in the very same place ; and from ens his week ' s wages were taken , and from the other 17 ^ d- all he had . Several women

      returning from Leeds market have been Etopped , and their provisions and provision baskets taken from tieia . Lsi the police go into Pottery Field , and z&ake inquiries , and they will find more of this kind of eases thaa we have spoken of : and let the proper parties Bee to dne measures of protection being immediately taken . Pottery Field is a thicklypeopled district—and though the dwellers there be * humble" and poor people , we opine they muxtbe pro-Ucled . Property to a good Amount , we believe , has been missed out of the Goods Railway Station , which immediately adjoin 3 the road spoken of : and that the Directors have a suspicion that it has been reeevr&d bv parties in this very road , may be inferred from the faet , that they have latt ^ ny raided their wall from seven feet to ten feet high . They took precautionary measures for themselves . Let the Watch Committee and Improvement Commissioners do the same for the poor people .

      ASHTOK-UWBES-LTHE . —Cottc * Tt-£ asj « t . —Mr . Editor , the following is a specimen of the desire the cotton lords manifest in this neighbourhood to mend the condition of the working class . I went into a public house on Saturday evening , where a number of operative spinners attended to arrange their affairs , it being their reckoning . I heard bitter complaints of bad usa ^ e , and upon inquiring what tras wrong , the following rate was haaded to me by a sveady married "workman : —

      Mr . Thos . Siild , By W . and J . War brick , s . d . Sept . 1 , To a carriage arm asd brass bust 1 2 I asked the meaning of him shewing me tb '" invoice , and he replied , that the article mentioned in the piper was part of a spinning frame that broke Wujie working , and ahbosgh he had nothing whatever to do with the accident , yet he had to pay for it ; and another man present " stated that he was employed in the same mill , and had to pay Is . 3 d . for a cast iron plate being broke , and which is still actually working . There are hundreds of instances of this kind of oppression that nerer come to light ; but w hat are the factory inspectors doing ! there is Plenty of work for them in this ne i ghbourhood , U they woald attend , such as renting over-time , working children at meal hours , &c , such is their "berality . —Corresponden t .

      &OCHDALE , —On Wednesday week a public J * eetmg of th « electors aad non-electGrs who supported Shannon Crawford , Esq ., at the recent general election , was held in the Charter Meeting ¦ Koozn , School-lane , to express their approbation * nd gratitude for the noble conduct of their esteemed and troly popular representative ; and also to return thinks to tht thirty-nine members who sup .

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      ported him upon the occasion . Mr . James Taylor , Jun ., was unanimously called to the chair , who in an appropriate address opened the proceedings of the meeting . Mr . James Taylor , delegate to the old Convention , proposed in a lengthy and able address , and Mr . Thomas Lirsey , one of the most influential supporters of Mr . Crawford . seconded the resolution : — " That the rfianks of this meeting be given to Wm . Sharman Crawford , Esq ., M . P . for this Borough , for bringing forward his motion in the House of Commons on the Address to the Throne , as also to those members who supported him on that occasion ; and this meeting hope their conduct may be taken as an earnest that those members will , on all fitting opportunities , and by constitutional means in their power , aid the people in their present struggle to obtain their due share in the representation—on the

      principles of Universal Suffrage , Bqual Representation , Annual Parliaments , Vote b y Ballot , and No Property Qualification ; and that the censure of this meeting be passed on Messrs . Roebuck , Ward , and others , who , professing themselves the friends of the people , refused their support to the above-named motion , and left the House . And this meeting is further of opinion that the introduction of the New Poor Law nas greatly aggravated the distress so much deplored in the speecn from the throne , and that as it is more than probable that that law will come under discussion in the House of Commons during { his session , this meeting strongly nrges upon those Members who supported Mr . Crawford ' s motion to give that measure their most decided and unqualified opposition . " It was also agrec-d that printed copies of the resolution should be transmitted to the glorious thirty-nine ; and , after a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting broke up .

      SHEFFIELD . —Mixigatioh of Puxishuext . —Some months ago Thomas Bsoth and John Gregory , were tried and convicted on a charge of wheelrattening asd sentenced to seven years' transportation . A memorial in their behalf was transmitted , through Mr . Parker , M . P . for the borough , to the Home-office ; an answer , bearing date the 26 th of August , has been received by Mr . Parker , stating that that gentleman ' s application having been considered , the prisoners will be liberated after one year ' s incarceration from the time of their conviction . Oraiort . —Professor Calvert delivered iwo of a coarse of six lectures on oratory , in Surrey-street Chapel , en the evenings of Tuesday , the 7 th , and Wednesday , the 8 th , a&d the third on Monday evening , the 18 th .

      Fire . —On Saturday night , about twelve o ' clock , the neighbourhood of South-street , in the Park , was thrown into a state of alarm by a discovery that the Low Ropery , occupied by Mr . Madford , sacking and oil-cloth manufacturer , was on fire . The engines were Bent for , and about two o ' clock the fire wa 3 sabdaed , after property to the supposed amouut of £ 200 had been destroyed . Death bt Drowning . —On Sunday morning , a promising boy of the name of Robert Ejre , apprenticed in the office of the Sheffield Independent , was unfortunately drowned while bathing near Attercliffe . The Hos . John Stcart Wortlkt . —It was stated in the last number of the Star , that this gentleman had been appointed one of the Secretaries of the Board of Control . In the SJuffisld Mercury , of laat Saturday , appeared a letter from Mr . Wortley , denying the truth of this report .

      Isqusst before T . Baxk 3 ER , Esq . —An inquest was held at the house of Mr . A . England , the Middlewood . Tavero , on view of the body of John Fawcett , painter , Charlotte-street , Sheffield , who had been found hung to a tree , in a coppice , near Middlewood , on the morning of Sunday week . He had used his handkerchief for the purpose , and appeared to have been dead two or three days . On the Thursday previous , he was seen in Middlewood Forge , and appeared in a very dejected state of mind . Verdict of the jury , " That the deceased hanged himself while labouring under a fit of temporary insanity .

      BIRMINGHAM . —Church Rates . —One of the most "uproarious meetings ever held in Birmingham took place at the Town Hail , on Friday last , at which the base Tory faction made a desperate effort to saddle the people with a church rate . Large placards were posted through the town a week previous to the time of meeting , informing the public that Bone but burgesses would be allowed admission to the Town HalL Counter-statements were issued by the Anti-Church-rate party , informing the inhabitants that all householders had & right to be present . The people , however , determined to be precent , and on the doors being opened thousands presented themselves for admission , and although a strong body of police guarded the doors , a tremendous rush took

      place , which bore down all opposition , and in a few minutes every part of the immense tali was occupied by the " Sovereign People . " Mr . Bouchier , one of the Churchwardens , endeavoured to take the chair , when it was moved that Alderman Weston should occupy that . situation . After as indescribable scene of uproar aad confusion , a poll was euteted into , in the course of which a polling booth , which was erected in the body of the hall , was htakfiiulawB * when in rushed a l&rge posse of police , bludgeon in hand . They were received with tremendous yells and shouts of defiax . ee , and had they attempted to

      strike , serious results would have followed . At the close of the poll it was ascertained that somewhere about seventy voted for Bouchier , and nearly 3 , 000 for Weston . Whilst the polling was going on , the meeting was addressed by Mr McDunnell , Mr . George White , Mr . Collins , and others . After which Mr . Bouchier attempted to read something from a paper ; but wa 3 received with such a torrent of groans that not a single word could be heard . Mr . Weston was afterwards conducted to the chair , amid loud cheers , and asked whether any person had a proposition to make , aud none attempting he declared the meeting disssolved .

      3 LXTT&ETOWX . —On Sunday last , a sermon was delivered by Mr . Braithwaite , a Wesleyau Minister from . Bradford , for the benefit of Sunday schools In his discourse he made the following assertions : It is the duty of parents to keep their children from two ' isms , ' viz .: Socialism and Chartism . The Socialists destroyed the Bible , and the Chartists pro pertr ; they fired stacks asd shot their neighbour , aad when they had made themselves destitute by taeir own misconduct , they wanted to divide what others had accumulated by industry .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Six , —As we cannot at present conveniently convene a public meeting , you will much oblige us by giving publicity to the following balance sheet—the items being too numerous to expeet that you would occupy so much space as they would take for a mere local concern , we have condensed them into the following form . Any of the Wigton friends can see the proper balaccc sheet on application . Year ' s , respectfully , Edward Mark , Sub-Sec . Wigton , Sept . 13 ; h * . 1540 .

      BXCEIPTS . 1 & 40 . £ s . d . Sept . 13 : h till March 7 th , 1 S 41 , as per Balance Sheet 518 7 March 7 th till Sept , 12 th , 1841 ( as per Receipt Book ) 1 11 6 ] 7 10 I * ^ Expenditure -. 7 0 4 ^ ¦ In Treasurer ' s hands ... ... 0 9 9 John Brtce , Thomas Bakntathkr , Auditors .

      EXPENDITURE . 1840 . £ s . d . Sept . 12 th till March 7 th , 1841 , as per Balance Sheet 4 9 5 ^ March 7 th till Sept . 12 th , 1541 , as per Book of Expenditure 2 19 11 7 0 4 ^ E . Mask , Sec . R . Gate , Treasurer .

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      On Sunday last , was christened in All Saint ' s Church , Xewcastle-on-Tyne , Margaret O'Connor Bell , daughter of James and Mary Bell . The bob of William Smith , of Knowlewocd , Todmorden , was christened David O'Connor Smith , at the Primitive ilethodist Chapel in that place * , on Sunday last . * On the 23 ih of August last , EUen , the daughter of William Holt , of Rochdale , was delivered of a son , which was duly registered in the name of Feargua O'Connor Hoh .

      Christened in the Roman Catholic Chapel , Glasgow , on Sunday last , by the Rev . Mr . Lang , the son of Join aad Elizabeth Chuholm , and named Feargus O'Connor Ch , isholm . Robert Emmet , son of Joseph and Hannah Cotton , was baptized by the Rev . Mr . Schofield , at Manchester * on Sunday last . On Sunday last , waB christened , in the Pariih Church , Sheffield , Feargus O'Connor Wallace Holmshaw , the son of George and Henrietta Holmshaw . On stating the name , the Vicar grimly asked the father , if he could net give his child some other

      name 1 ** ho" was the reply ; hearing this , his " Reverence" proceeded with his unpleasant task"Feargus O'Connor , I baptize " - ^— "Stop , " says the father , " Feargus O'Connor Wallace is the name . " His Vicarship , thus corrected , got . through his job , but whether the names ofO'Connor and Wallace bad frightened him and made him forget a portion of bis duty , or that he deemed the Chartist babe unworthy of being touched by his sacred finger , we know not , we only know that he omitted to mark the cross upon the forehead of the child , which is , we believe , part of the . ceiemosy .

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      Hack . net . —The Chartists of this locality meet every Tuesday aigh $ *( ejgbi o ' clock , at Mr . Westoa ' s TempetMw HoieL / Mare-Bti-eet . Halifax . — M * B . Roshton will preach ia the Charter Lecture-room , back of Swan-yard , to morrrow at six o ' clock in the evening . Araou ) , Nottihghamshire . —On Sunday next , two sermons will be preached in the Chartist Chapel , Meadow-side , Arnold , by Mr . Dean Taylor , of Birmingham , ) for tbe benefit of the Chartist Sunday school . Services to commence at half-past two in the afternoon , and at six o ' clock in tho evening . Nottingham . —Mr . Harrison will preach on tbe Forest ; next Sunday afternoon , at half-past six 0 clock , if weather permit ; if not in the chapel . Calvkrtos . —Mr . Dean Taylor lectures here on Mouday next , at half-past six o ' olock .

      Carlton—Mr . Dean Taylor lectures here on Tuesday next , at half-past bix . Basfoed . —Mr . Di&n Taylor lectures here on Wednesday , at half-past 6 ix . Newark . —Mr . Dean Taylor lectures here on Thursday , at half-past six . Macclssfield . —On Sunday evening next , Mr . Chandley will leotura -on the " Evils of the Factory System , " m the Chartist Rooms , Watercoates , at half-past nx o ' olock . A public meeting of the members will ba held on Mouday evening , at halt-past seven o ' clock , on business connected with Mr . O'Connor ' s visit to Manchester . It is hoped all will attend .

      Sheffield . —Mr . Otley will lecture in the large room . Fig-Tree-lane , at seven o ' clock on Sunday evening . Subjsc : : —*• The life aad character of Washington . " Eccxes . —Air . Bell of Salford , will lecturehere on Monday evening . Upp er Hakley . —Mr . Joseph Copper , of Tunstall , will deliver two lectures on Sunday , the 19 : h of September , at Mr . Pepper ' s Association Room , ismorthem , at half-past two in the afternoon , and at six in the evening , on the necessity of union to obtain the People ' s Charter . .

      Haklet . —A tea-party and ball will take place on Sept . 27 th , at the house of Mr . Wm . Hall , George and Dragon Inn , Nosy-street , to commemorate the release of their consistent , indefatigable , aud talented patriot , Bronterre O'Brien , [ from Whig torture nad persecution , Slaitawaite . —Mr . Thomas Vevers will lecture on Sunday next , the 19 ; h , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , at the house of Mr . Wm . Rollitt . Mount Pleasant . Mr . Morgan ' s Route for xext Week . —Long

      B : nton , Suuday the ISiii , at one o ' clock , p . m . ; Benton-square , at four ; Westmoore , on Monday , at seven in the evening ; New Quay , North Shields , on Tuesday , the' 2 ist , at half past six o ' clock ; Market-street , South Shields , on Wednesday the 22 nd , at seven o ' clock p . m . ; Walker Iron Works , on Thursday the 23 rd , at seven o ' clock ; and at Mr . Hall ' s Jong room , Goat Inn , Cloth Market ; Newcastle , on Friday the 24 th , to celebrate the release from the Whig dungeon of that uuflinouing advocate of justice to the industrious classes , James Bronterre O'BrUn , Esq .

      Holkfirth . —Mr . Edward Clayton will lecture on Sunday next , the lD : h , in the National Charter Association-room , at three o ' clock ia the afternoon . Manch ester , —Mr . GrifEa will deliver a lecture in Tib-street , on Sunday morning , on the truly alarming state of tbe nation . Lancashire . —Mr . Richard Marsdea will visit the following places , according to the dates : —Preston , Monday , Sept . 20 ih ; Tuesday , 21 st , Lancaster ; Wednesday , 22 ad , Ciithero ; Thursday , 23 rd ,

      Barnowldswick ; Friday , 24 : h , Colne ; Saturday , 25 th , Acrington ; Moaday , 27 ib , Blackburn ; Tuesday , 28 th , Pidiham : Wednesday , 29 th , Burnley ; Thurs-30 th , Bacup ; Friday , Oct . 1 st , Darwen ; and Saturday , 2 jd , at Chorley . Selbt . —The delegate meeting will be held at Mr . George Woodall ' s , Temperance Hotel , Andus-street . Tbe delegates to meet at the above place on SunGay morning , as early as possible . Any ChartiBt wishing to send by letter , must address to the Secretary , Wm . Sutherby , shoemaker , Gowthorp .

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      TO THE FUSTIAN JACKETS , THE BLISTERED HANDS , AND UNSHORN CHINS . ( From the English Chartist Circular . ) Mt very dear and much-valued Friends , — My time now is rery preciotu , but I must in & hairy s& 7 a few words t « you . I have been , aince Moaday week , in a state of nervous excitement , such as I never before experienced . This hu been entirely eccasioned by the heavy load of responsibility which your much increased •*— "fT * •* " MTtTi ""* foff """* 1 af&cUaa for myeelf , baa impoeefl ^ npon me . TVe " Have- * ow arrived at a period of our history , when to lore the people and advocate their canto will be dangerous . I am of an enthusiastic and excitable disposition ; aad I only pray that I may be gifted with prudence and judgment to mate me useful without rendering me impractical . I see the obstacles against which we have to contend .

      I have attended seven or eight of the most glorious meetings ever held in London and its environs within the last ten or eleven days—meetings which , if giving to either of the mouled orders their countenance and support , would of themselves be sufficient to awe theii opponent *; bat as the proceedings wera for tho advancement of those principles which must crush the monopoly and unjust power of both factions , they were , with the single exception of tbe Crown and Anchor Meeting , unnoticed by the whole press of London . By this dastardly conduct of the press , which should be the true reflex of public opinion , we are compelled to seek other cleans of communication than through the profligate columns of the faction journals . This we very perseveringly accomplish , but at great expeucs and trouble .

      Our labours would be considerably lessened if tbe press stated fairly to the upper classes the principles which we seek to establish—the means by which we hope to enforce them , and the unirersally beneficial results which we anticipate from their adoption . But the silence of the press leaves our intentions open to the assaults of any interested knave or fool who chooses to censure or abuse . The onfy manner in -which we can meet the hostility of tbe newspapers is by now and then taking steps so decided and general in politics , as to force notice of our proceedings in their columns . Had we not resisted the injustice of Whig chairmen during the recent Anti Corn-law Meetings , the press would have lost eight of Chart ism altogether . Had we not

      forced our 2 , 100 , 000 names to toe bar of the House , previous to the dissolution , Ciiartisu would have been thai en considerably . Had we not taken a prominent part during the recant election contests , we should be still looked upon as a mere appendage to Whiggery—taken up at will and laid down at pleasure . The Tories effected to believe that we were about to turn Tories : then the Times newspaper courted the people : but rinding that we used its proprietor merely as an emblem of hatred of Whiggery , not as s token of affection for Toryism , that Protean organ very speedily began to spit its venom once more upon the people's cause . New , my friends , this blinding of ministers , of judges , of lawyers , and of jurors , is both unsound , unjust , aad very dangerous . Our union , oor strength , and our resolution , is the only force which at present wVean pfteent to unconstitutional power and the lair ' s caprice . What then should we do ? We should mike "Xondon the

      head quarters of some represeutatiW body , as Manchester is of an executive body . ^ o . o .-ksov ve can * not stop now , neither can we recede a hair ' s paint from our declared opinions . This representative body should , in ray opinion , be inat&ntl ? formed , and might consist of a member from each district of tbe « ietropon \ s . Their duty should be to force a consideration of our principles upon the upper and middle classes ; to organm the metropolis for petitioning ; and , above all , in conjunction with the Trades , now so nobly coming out , to prepare for a grand demonstration through London , of the Chartists , —merely to show the strength of the adherents of our principles They might also act as a committee of review ; to comment upon public men ' s acts , and discuss The iru-asure 3 recommended by the several leaders of the people . Such demonstration and organization must keep forcing our principles upon the enemy ; and that is aU we want

      But above all , and before all , my dear friends , rKEseeve vsios ! not only among yourselves , bul among your leaders , making them pull together , or depart in peace ; for , believe me , that oar dissension , is tha ona thing now relied upon by the faction , as their title to rule us by the sword . No man in his senses can doubt , but that we are on the eve of some great change ; and no thoughtful man but must look with certainty for a union of all plunderers , before they will surrender , what we seek fur . This , then , ia my position . The Whigs ask

      ut to join in order to aid them in a comiUiUional assault upon the present administration ; without any , the slightest , intention of making a single organic change in the bjttem which just sends bat one batch , and puts in another batch of well-paid placemen . Now , to meet their union , we have no other means than the formation of as close a union , —rendered more powerful by our numbers . To this end , then , lei ai ( , one and nil , struggle . Let " union" be our watchword , and " liberty" our war cry ; and let our motto be " onward , and tee conquer ; backward , and we falL ''

      I shall , from tune to time , contrive to say a hurried word or two to you , through tbe same channel in which this appears ; and «> iai ) at all times be ready and willing to aid to the fullest extant in the glorious caose in which we have embarked . We must now be Chartists—aad out and out Chartists . No shams ! Bra your faithful friend , F £ AK « r « O'Cea . voB . London , Sept 15 tb , 1841 .

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      LATEST FROM AMERICA , The packet ship New York , Captain Cropper , arrived at Liverpool on Monday evexdax . She sailed from the city on the KJthult ., and haa brooghfc papers etx days later than those brought . by tho last mail steamer . Their oontenta axe important . The President had , as ft was expected be wwld , vetoed the bill to incorporate tho Fiscal Bank of the United States . In a message , dated on the 16 ux ult ., and transmitted to Congress ^ he stated , at length hia objections to the bill . The DfttitrE * - nress crivea tha following enitome of Mr . Tyler S

      objections : — M The President argues that' the Bank' is an an-Bettled question , but adds that , for twenty-five years his opinions have beea unreservedly expressedfirst , in the Virginia Legislature ; next in the Houge of Representatives ; then in the Senate j aad kstlj before the people , in the late canvass . "With such opinions , he reasons that he cauld not sanction this bill without a surrender of religious obligation , of all self-respect , aad tbe actual commission of a crime . ~ -

      " The President first objects to a bank of discount , which , he argues , is not necessary ' to colleot , safely keep , and disburse the publie revenue / The power of discount which the late United States Bank had , be reasons , ' was very mischievous and ageless , while its pow « r to deal in exchanges was eminently a 8 efuL , _' " From this we are to iafer ^ ire presume " , 4 hai the President would approve a Bank BUI , dealing in exchanges , but not a bill having the power to diaceant . * - * - * "The President then objects-to the compromise item in the Bank Bill . ' He r $ saena that the proposition construing the silence of a state ioto an assent for the establishment of » branch is bat a subterfuge , and he then insinuates thai he weuld rather sign a bill with ample powers to establish branches . . Thus it appears that 'the compromise * but made the bill moreobjestionable to the constitutional scruples of the President . -

      " The President then reasons at some length npoa the conflict which this bill is calculated to create between the States and the Federal Government as to this disputed power of establishing branches . "The President does not state what kind of a bank he would approve , if any . " An inference , however , may be dragm fro » the message , that * bank with no powersj »> establish branches but by the assent of tnftJJiatea , and no power to make discounts , would . fiodffavour with the Executive . - ' < : "The President insinuates that there are other objections to the bill than those he states , of which he waves the discussion . -

      "The message bears internal marks of having been written in haste , or rather in the natuiflf agitation of the mind the President must hare felt when thus oompolled to differ with his friends . " Perhaps a more signal instance of the impropriety of the absolute ' veto' power in a Republican form of government cannot be found than in this of President Tyler . Seventeen out of the twenty-six States of the Union elected a President with the belief , if not certainty , that he would not exeroise the veto power upon a Bank bill . That President is removed by death , and the constitution which makes the Vice-President , his successor , ' the Executive . ' clothes that officer with , the uow «* to v « to an .

      act congress passes , and which the Executive whom the people elected would have signed . - - j ^ . " Thus , under President Tyler ' s censttuotion JJ ^ p his duty to exercise the veto , an accident oonxeaPP the Republic into a Monarchy , inspiteof the peoplel and upon a matter the people considered adjudicated in the election of the Executive they -voted for . President Tyler thus , no matter what he tbinksof the voice of the people , is bound to exercise the veto by his oath , ana this in a case which even he must own the peeple did not reflect or decide upon in voting for a Vice-President , who , it was quite improbable then , would become the Executive . "

      The rejection of the bill , which having passed the Senate and House of Representatives , was a favourite measure of the majority , had produced a great sensation at Washington , and had given rise to a variety of rumours . At first the act of vetoing- the bill would , it was thought , cause the breaking up of the Cabinet ; but men ' s minds bad begun to cool , aud at the date of the latest accounts from Washington , no apprehension was entertained that the rejection of the measure would cause any resignations on the part of members of the Administration . The Bankrupt Bill had been the subject of singular treatment . In the House of Representatives , on the 17 th ult . a motion to lay the bill on the table was unexpectedly carried by 110 to 97 . On the 18 th a motion was made for the reconsideration of the vote of the preceding day . The motion , after some delay , was carried by 108 to 98 . The vote was then reconsidered . Ultimately the bill was passed by UOto 106 - ..- ¦ ¦

      A Bank Bill , in a modified form , would , it was believed , be brought forward in the Legislature . The money and the stock market had notoadergoae any material alteration in the interval between the sailing of the Acadia and the New York . The exchange on London for tbe packet was 108 $ . The shares in the Bank of the United States were quoted at I 43 . The Canada papers do not contain any news of importance .

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      REPEAL OF THE UNION . MR . O'CONNOR AND DR . COOKE .

      TO THE RET . DR . COOKE , BELFAST . Reverend Sir , —Having learned , during my incarceration in York Ctstle , that Mr . O'Connell declined your challenge to duumss the merits of the Repeal of the Union , and fearing that more importance than was fair has been attached to his refusal , and knowing thit a handle has been made of it to the prrjadice of the question , aud being in my heart a sincere advocate of the measure , I do hereby invite you to a free discussion on the subject at Belfast , or at any other place which may better suit your taste or convenience . Your acknowledged high character leads me to believe that your sole object In challenging Mr . O'Connell was prompted by a desire to arrive at just conclusions after fair argument . In order to accomplish so desirable a

      purpose , I have held myself disengaged for the first week of October , the four first days of which I submit to your judgment as the time for entertaining the subject AU arrangements shall be left to you , as to the hour of meeting , the order of speaking , and the time for adjournment . I merely require free admission , the doors to ba open one hour previous to the chair being taken , the discussion to take place ia the largest room that can be procured , that you appoint one Chairman , I another , and tkese two gentlemen select an umpire , to whose judgment and final decision ail' disputed poiKts shall bo referred . The following

      proposition to . be submitted , of which I undertake to prove the affirmative—" That the Repeal of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland would , above auy other measure , tend to increase the wealth anil develops the hitherto neglected resources of the latter country ; that to a native Legislature alone can the Irish people look with certainty for peace , and with conscience for national aggandizement and social improvement In it we would recognise the only just and certain means of checking absenteeism , of improving morals , of advancing agriculture , of dispensing education , of protecting trade , and of perpetuating a . real bond of connection with our English neighbours . " I have the honour , Reverend Sir , to remain , Your obedient humble servant , FEAEGCS O'CoNJfOB . London , September 11 , 1841

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      Paris , September 13 . An attempt to assassinate the Duke of Orleans was made this forenoon near to the Rue Faubourg St . Antoine . His Royal Highness and his brothers , the Dukes de Nemours and d'Aumale , preceded by a brilliant staff , were riding at the head of the 17 th Light Infantry , tvhich was about to make its triumphant entry into Paris , coming from Algiers , and had reached the ' spot just mentioned , when a man presented himself before them with a brace of pistols , which he attempted to fire at the Duke of Orleans : only one of these went off , the ball from it mi ? sed the Duke , but severely wounded the horse of Colonel Levaillant . The assassin , a journeyman sawyer , was arrested , and the column moved forward under the escort of several hundred Municipal Guards and Cuirassiers , and of as many of the secret society men ( Republicans ) in blouses . No further incident occurred , . This atrocious attempt is connected With , emeutes which took place in Paris on Friday and Saturday nights , bul which had not attracted much attention . At Clermont Farraud rebellious movements oo- . curred on Thursday and Friday last , in whioh several soldiers were killed and wounded . A large number of the rebels fell in d efence of the barricades they had erected . The pretext for this insurrection was that which was ased at Tonlouse—the census .

      Notwithstanding these nnpleasan * oeonnmcea , the Paris Bourse was affected only in a trifling degree on Monday . The National of Sunday was seised for an article on the disturbances at Macon , in which it says that the Government neglects no opportunity of bringing the army into collision with the citizens , and of habituating the army to shed the blood of the people . There were four persons killed at Macon , two mortally wounded , and six others more or less severely injured . P . S . —The author of the attempt is named Nicolas Papard ; he is 37 years of age , born in the district of the Vosges , and established at Paris about three years . The horse ridden by General Schneider was also wounded . The disturbances at Clermont were completely appeased .

      NORWICH . —The Chartists of Norwich , having determined on opening their rooms near St . Martin ' s Gates , for the purpose of meeting tke friends of Bronterre O'Brien , at six o ' clock in the evening of Monday , Sept . 27 th , they wish to inform their friends that every means will be exerted toi amuse , instruct , and delight them , and that tickets of admission may be had of Mr . S . Goat , St . Augustine ' s—gentlemen , 91 , ladies , 4 jd . ; two-thirds of which will b 9 expended ' for the accommodation of those present , and the remaining third to be eent immediately to that champion of liberty , Bronterre O'Brien , as an acknowledgment of the high estimation in which he h held by all who hare read the productions of his powerful mind .

      Attempt To Assassinate The Duke Of Orleans.

      ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE DUKE OF ORLEANS .

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      TO THE WORKING MEN OP MANCHESTER . Englishmen , Irishmen , and Scotchmen , — Those noble ) undaunted , and unflinching advocates of your rights , Feargus O'Connor and J . B . O'Brien , Esqrs ., will enter Manchester , on Monday the 27 th , and yon will have the opportunity of seeing those unchanged patriots whom you have repeatedly cheered loudly and enthusiastically , at the close of your meetings he ' d since their incarceration . You who have so many times made the welkin ring with your stentorian voices , will on that day have a chance of shewing your personal respect to those gentlemen . Come forward , then , in acclaiming thousands , and let them have clear and demonstrable proof , that as they are not changed after all the taunts , sneers , persecations , and prosecutions of their and your enemies , that you are the same as when they were dragged from you by the blood hounds of class made law .

      Let them see that they have not suffered for an ungraciocs people . I »© t them not be discouraged by yoar apathy and indifference ; tut convince them that they yet live in your breasts and that they will do , so long as they maintain their ground , as they hitherto have don « , firmly ; consistently , and honourably . O'Connor is again rousing the dormant energies of the people , and the encouragement he has already met with has stimulated him forward in hia career , and prompted him to visit the length and breadth of the to reoruit hw health

      land , even before he has had time , crushing bath factions by his talents and eloquence . Then , again , we shall hare the well-tried bat unwearied champion and schoolmaster of the age , the companion ef Feargua , the talented and indomitable O'Brien , to expose the present corrupt , artificial , and falling system , holding it up to the blaea of open day , and shewing its deformities ; andwe pJiall have proposed a plan by which our empty-headed , shortsighted , and imbecile rulers may save the wreck from siskinc . •' ¦ . " . ' ' . " . ¦

      Such men as these , who have made great sacrifices , and bid deflancs to all obstacles aad dangers that beset them , deserve your confidence and rapport * ' Englaad expects every m : ; a to do Iii 3 duty , " and certain I ' am that you will do yours . Yours , in the cause of freedom , William Griffin . No . 34 , Lomas-street , Bank Top , Mamhester .

      Grand Procession At Birmingham,

      GRAND PROCESSION AT BIRMINGHAM ,

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      . . ' - ' THE NORTHERN Si' A R . , ' " " . .... / " ' ^ r ' / . j '

      Account Of Monies Received At The Northern Star Office, And Paid On Account Of The Late Convention.

      ACCOUNT OF MONIES RECEIVED AT THE NORTHERN STAR OFFICE , AND PAID ON ACCOUNT OF THE LATE CONVENTION .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 18, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct567/page/5/