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    • T. DUNCOMBE, M.P.
    • FEARGUS O'CONNOR TO HIS BROTHER " CONSPIRATORS."
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      With the Northern Star of this day , the subscribers will receive a most excellent likeness , got np in first-rate style , of the Presenter of the Ki xioxal Petition- of 1842 , signed by 3 , 500 , 000 British subjects . To make that memento of the form and figure of the Chartist M . P . as valuable as jnay be , we hare procured from a friend the following notice of the political labours of Mr . Dcncombe ; so that the reader will have his life in words along with , the pietoral representation of hb person .

      PUBLIC LIFE AND SERVICES OF THOMAS SLINGSBY DUNCOMBE , ESQ ,, M . P . " Though born of the aristocracy—he belongs to the people . " The Honourable Member for Finsbory is one of the few who prefer the approval of the people to the follies of party . Spurning to soil his hands -with the misdeeds of the aristocracy , he has left their ranks , in -which by birSi he was placed , and be is bow the pride and the hope of democracy . He is the eldest bos of Thomas Dancombe , B * l-. ol Copgrove , a very small villaae in Yorkshire . His father is the only brother of Loru Fevershsm , of Dancombe Park , and his mother was the eldest daughter of Doctor Hinchlifie , late Bishop of

      Peterborough . Tho founder of the Buncombe family apoeaxs . to hare been Sir Charles Duneorabe , who was Lord Major of London ia 1709 . In 1747 Anthony Daccombe was created Lord Fcversham , but the title became extinct in 1763 in consequence of his dying without issue . The present Lord was created in 1826 He married the daughter of the Earl of Dartmouth . Two of Mr . Duncombe ' s brothers are in holy orders , ard Lord Fevt rsham has considerable church patronage . Several -of the family have occupied seats ia Parliament . Thf Hon . Capt Arthur Duncombe Bat for East Rstford in 1330 . He was rejected afterwards f er his opposition to Beform ; but in 1835 he was re-elected . Major the Hon . Win . Dancombe represented North Yorkshire for some years ; and at length for his violent Tory politics be lost his seat Surrounded with relatives such as these

      whom we have enumerated , educated in the lap of luxury and fashion , gifted with great personal attractions , and witb a disposition lively and social , it might have been expected that other pursuits would hare entirely occupied Mr . Duncombe ' s mind , and that the protection of the poor woald sot haw been the object of his care . This , however , has happily not been the case . He entered Parliament for Hertford in the year 1826 , together with Mr . Byron , and from that period he has been the unflinching advocate of everjthicg conducive to the public welfare . Before the election his opponent was Mx . N . Calvert , the late member for the Borough , but ie withdrew ; and on the day of no-BiL-auon , the candidates were Messrs . Byron , Duncombe , and Bulwer . There were 393 Totes for both Dancombe and Byron , and 301 for their opponent .

      At first the Hon . Member spoke but little in Parliament , alihongh he voted very regularly . With tbe exception ef presenting petitions , his debut in the House was on January 31 , 1 S 28 , when be defended the conduct of Sir Elward Codriugton at Navarino , although he considered that engagement an " untoward evert . " Oa this occasion he spoke very briefly ; but in the following month he made a boldtr tff jrt It was concerning the mysterious ihange in the Ministry , which took place in 1 S 2 S . This speech , which

      provoked Sir Robert Peel to attempt a reply , at once stamped Jlr . Danccmbe as a formidable opponent of the aristocratic party . It was one of those trite , dastiing , independent speecht-s which characterize the subject of our tketch . The next effort was in favour of Catholic Emancipation , for which he pr = sented a petition in March , 1 S 29 , fiom Sheffield and the neighbourhood , signed by 32 , 000 adults . Upon the introduction of the Ministerial plan of Parliamentary Reform , in May , 1831 , helgave it his strenuous support , ailedging that it was the commencement of the downfall ef mo

      nopoly . About the middle of the Session of 1831 Mr . Buncombe toee rapidly inte notice and estimation . The borough of Aldboron&h wai originally placed in Schedule A of the Reform Bill -, ia other words , it was to be disfranchised ; but the Tories made an effort to place the borough in Schedule B , which would leave it with the right to return a member . Mr . Duncombe , on the 27 th of July , showed up this job , and moved that ¦ witit he called " the rottsn stinking borough" be placed again in Schedule A . He proved that it was a me : e nomination borough , the only real elector being the Duke of Newcastle . Lord Storacunt said Mr . Daneosbe's own brother was one of the constituency

      of Aldbcrough , and be asked the Hon . Member for Hertford , if be meant to include him , in the charge of corruption which he had ma . de against the borough gettraUj ? Mr . Duncombe replied in gallant style ; and after a sharp debate , bis motion was of course lost In fae following August , an affair took place in the House of Commons , which showed the bullies and plunderers that in Mi . Duncombe they had caught a Tartar indeed Goal bourn brought a charge against Lord Durham for having acted improperly in respect of a northern election . Mr . Dancombe , as Lord Durham ' s friend , said he would not sit still and hear him traduced ; and he added that "he woald meet the side-wind

      charge m it deserved to be met , and pronounce it to be a base and wicked calumny . " Amidst roars of " chair , chair , " and other Babel-like noises , the chairman told Mr . D . that " la la * ar . nier and more sober maroeau be would not use such terms . " Duncombe nobly replied " that he was cc ' m aid sober eneugb , and that he meant what he said , " Peel , Hsxdinge , iBflis , and a host of others , fell foul upon the Hon . Member ; bat he would not budge an inch . He declared that " nothing should induce him to retract the sentiment he had uttered , until that which produced it had been withdrawn . He cared not what penalty he micht incur . If that penalty were imposed upon him tat tailing the truth , by that troth be wia nevertheless

      ready to abide . " Amidst all kinds of threats and intreatics to " explain , " Mr . Duncombe stuck to his text even to the last ; and , from that day to this , does Gonlbsm stand accused , without any palliation , of hvtiDg altered " a base and wicked calumny . " It was a glorious triumph for the young member , and it caused the brawlers of faction ever afterwards to observe towards him a respectful silence . Such a man was not likely to find favour in the eyes of any of the aristocracy . The Marquis of Salisbury , who had great irfbtnee in Hertford , was much annoyed that Mr-Daccomt * fchtuid represent it ; and this annoyance was greatly increased by Mr . D's . bringing the conduct of the Marquis before Parliament , for illegally interfering in t-lrciioLS .

      A » VJotig coriempl of the assumption of merit when it dots not exist , bis ai all times been a strong point in Mr . Dancombe " a character . On Lord Ebrington's cele brated motion , just after the Lords had thrown out the Rrft-rm Bill , he delivered a speech , at which the hair of Sir Char ! e » Wetheral fairly ttood on end . Whilst ridkuL-Lg the ptvrs , he ( Mr . Duncombe ) was called t » ordtr-, and therefore , he said , " as he might not talk aboat tte peers of the present day , he would say what D ; Foe said of th * . m , a century and a half ago , viz . — 11 Wea'th , however got , in England , makes Lords of mechanics , gentlemen of rakes ; Antiquity aad birth are neediess here , Ti « impudence and money makes the peer . "

      Ee followed up this attack upon the peerage by exs > 0 Bing Kme discreditable trick of Lords Salisbury and Yeru ' . um . r = ' ntive to a pretended address frcm the CouDty Lf Hertford , to William lYth , by which it was soniLt to represent that county as bou-jle to rtform . The rxp ^ ure of the practical falsehood of which the two rab ' . t Lords were guilty was most complete ; and their ire against Mr . Dancombe knew no bounds . He made himself still farther obnoxious to this " order" by ifiing the most searching questions re l ative to the intri £ UfcS which Was carried on May 1 S 32—and be ridiculed the idea that any reform was to be expected from the Tories In exposing their imbecility , from tbe ijj&l D ~ kes downwards , be Epoke of the il lustrious Cumberland and the sapient Gloucester—and amidst tbe fieics party contentions ef the day , Sir . Duncombe ever occupied a foremost part , true to his principles and the people

      Lite in 1832 a Bill was brought before the House to prevent Bribery at Elections , into which Mr . D . vainly endeavoured to introduce clauses which w * uld materially have improved it He sought also to prevent Peers from interfering at elections , —and with these labours his career as Member for Hertford closed . A general election took place , and it pleased the Harqu-. s of Salisbury that Lords Mahon and lngestrie should sit fir the town which Mr . Dunccmbe had represented to welL Their l / ord * hips were returned accordingly , the numbers of the votes being , for

      Lord Ing « trie ... ... -432 Lord Mahcn ... .... 3 S 1 Mr . Buncombe S 29 ^ l r . Spaldiog ... .- 1 & 6 'Mr . Dcncombe petitioned against this return , and the two Vrciir . gs were declared to have been not duly elected . The Committee also reported that bribery and tre&tir- !; had been much resorted to at the election . Tbe new -writ for Hertford was for some time suspendtd ; and a formal resolution was passed by the Hsnse of Common * condemning the corrupt practices hi the town . Mr . Duucombe being relieved from Parliamentary dntit * . showed by his attendance at public meetings , * £ ., that his most ardent desire was still to serve his sub try .

      A vacancy occurring in the representation of the eniahtened and liberal borough of Finebury , by the departure cf Mr . Grant for Bombay , in 1 S 34 , Mr . Duncombe was most honourably elected to succeed him ; and ne * et wan a representative more beloved by his oonstitoenU He was no sooner in Parliament again than be corcmecced his former vigorous onsliaght upon cornrptlon . In July he assailed Church rates : he op-P * sed and defeated an attempt to carry a robbing tithe BUI for Upwell in the county ef Cambridge : he also krcaght forward a metion sgaicet logging in the aimy , *» d be spoke in favour of a searching inquiry into the corrnptkm C { ^ lcr ( Jly boroneb of Warwick . In 1835 oe ipeke very &bly in tavon ? of Lord Morpeth '« amendment upon the addrtM in reply to his Majesty's speech : toe object of the ameocnitnt being the extension of

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      reform ;—and during the " Subbath Observance Bill " be resisted a canting attempt to close the coffee houses on Sunday . The Spanish mission of Lord Elliot was exposed by him : —he espoused the . . ease of Colonel Bradley , and he opposed the Lords amendments in the Corporation Reform BiU . In a feeling speech on Foreign affairs , in February 1836 , he recommended the EngliBh Government to urge upon the French Ministry to grant the prayer of Prince Polignac , for his liberty , upon condition that he , his wife and children expatriated them-Belves . He &aid that that wife and the mother of those children was a British suVjsct , and consequently had an additional claim upon British sympathy .

      From this period ( 1836 ) Mr . D . has spoken so often in Parliament , that it must suffice to notice some of the more imp -rtant measures in which he has been engaged . Foremost amongst these must be placed his continual remonstrances against the manner in which magistrates are appointed , and also against the fantastic tricks ; and odious injustices , which they perpetrate with impunity . The trickery of what was called " a Parliamentary Survey of Church lands , " was laid bare by the Hon . Member ; and ever since May , 1836 , the New Poor Law has had iu him a resolute foe . Again

      and again has he endeiv . ured , though in vain , to improve ths Registration Courts . No man laboured more strenuously against tbe Btamp duty on newspapers , and he has done his utmost to shield benefit societies from the disastrous injuries which pragmatical legislation has inflicted upon them . The exposure of jobbing in railway shares was a subject to which he successfully applied himself in 1837 ; and whilst supporting the Seer Bill , he told a humourous anecdote of a Yorkshire parson , who let his parsonage bouse for a beershop .

      Mr . Duncombe began the session of 1839 , hy moving as amendment to tbe address , in reply to the Royal speech . The amendment was seconded by Mx . Ward . It was to the following effect;—" That the amendment of the representative syBtem , enacted in 1832 , had disappointed the people : that it was not and could net be a final mtasure , and that it was the duty of the bouse to take immediate steps towards its farther improvement " He supported this amendment in a most powerful speech , and after a long debate , only 86 members voted for it , whilst 426 recorded their votes against it . At the commencement of Lent in the same year an obscure attempt to suppress theatrical reprea . ntations on Wednesdays and Fridays in Lent , was made by the Lord

      Chamberlain , at the instigation of the mawworin ecclesiastics , who delight in curtailing the happiness of the people . Nothing could exceed the folly of this attempt ; for , as the Lord Chamberlain ' s authority extends only to Westminster , all tbe theatres beyond that district might be . open as usual February 28 th , Mr . Dancombe made a motion in Parliament by which this foolish endeavour was npset . On behalf of the acton he said , " he did not see why , if Mr . Rice , of Downing-street , received his salary on Wednesdays and Fridays in Lent , Mr . Rice of the Adelphi ( Jim Crow ) sbouifr be deprived of his . " So completely did Mr . Dancombe turn this humbug into ridicule , and so thoroughly did he display its caut and hypocrisy , by enumerating the Lenton dinners , &c ., in which the clergy and others indulged—that he carried his motion by a large majority , much to the joy of the Thespians . But her M » jesty " s Ministers , did their best to prevent tbe resolution thus passed from being acted upon .

      Undaunted by their petty intrignes , and firmly attached to the independence of Parliament , Mr . D . on the 11 th of Mtrchjinoveda resolution , condemnatory of the conduct of minis ' ' en ; But he withdrew , on a pledge being given by Lord John Russell that all he wanted should be conceded . Frequently did Mr . Duncombe urge upon Parliament tbe necessity of further reform , and , in March , 1836 , he did bo in a speech which may be considered his masUr piece . Only eighty-one voted witb him , whilst more than one of the pretending Reformers strongly reminded him of " the impolicy of takiug such a course at the present time . " After holding up to scorn the bungling and dangerous nature of the City and Metropolitan Police Act , he resisted an attempt to get £ 10 , 000 for the police in Birmingham , and only found two others to support him ! In Stock dale ' s celebrated case , he showed that tbe House stultified itself at every step , and that it ' was afraid of coming into contact with the Courts of Law . It was Mr . Dancombe who first

      called tbe attention of Parliament to the atrocious case of J # hn Thorogsod , whose cruel imprisonment for several months for non-payment of 5 s . 6 d . church rates , will be fresh in the memory of alL Tbe House lamented this imprisonment , and pledged itself by a solemn resolution to amend tbe laws concerning Church Rates ; in the following session , Mr . Dancombe introduced a tmi to effect this amendment , wnicii w « w thrown oat hy a ruajjrity of 117 to 62 . He was- equally unsuccessful in his opposition to the Poor Law Bill . In March , 1 S 40 , Mr . Leader m » ved an address to the Queen for a free pardon for Frost , Williams , and J ones ; and Mr . T > uccojnbe supported it As a question of law , he held that tbe statute of tbe 7 th of Anne , e-12 , with res ard to Vbe delivery of the lists to persons

      accused of treason , was so clear that it only required a reference to Johnson ' s Dictionary , and not to the fifteen Judges , to understand it It was so plain that the feeling of the country was " that if these unhappy men eow ' d not be legally execmimi , they could not be legally trajtsporitd . " Only seven members voted for the motion , viz . Messrs . Leader , Hume , Duncombe , Fielden , Disraeli , Hector , and Wakley . The protection of individuals has ' always been a feature in Mr . Dnncombe ' s conduct . When a poor man named Cone was sent to prison under circumstances of unprecedented cruelty by % parson justice , Mr . Duncombe voted for a Committee to inquire into the case ; and he exerted himself nobly t » rescue Lsvett and Collins from the hardships they endured in Warwick gaoL In May , Mr . Dancombe presented a petition from a large meeting at Brid worth ,

      in Yofkshire , complaining that Mr . Feargus O'Connor Traa treated in Torfc gaol the same u burglars , felous , and jeputsd murderer * . They stated the indignities be had to endure , aad contrasted his treatment with that of Sir F . ; Burdett , Cobbett , and others . The facts of this odious case are well known , and will never bu forgotten , ao long as a hatred of oppression lives in the bosoms of Britons . The trsatmtnt of Henry Vincent was also denounced by the Hun . Member for Fin&bnry , and the tyrants who were its authors were made to quail before his sarcastic and powerful eloquence . — When the petition of Mr . Baines , the Leicester Cburch Rite martyr , vsa * presented , and the Whigs wished to rtfU 3 e it , Mj . Duncomfee gave it his support , and warned the House against persisting in making further encroackments upon the right te petition , which he said the people would not and ought not to bear .

      To Mr . Duncombe were entrusted an immense number of petitions for the release of persons in gaol for political offences , in 18 * 1 . On the 25 th of May , ho called attention to these petitions . One had 1 , 300 , 000 signatures of tbe industrious classes . There was also another from Manchester , with 9 997 signatures , and othtrs from sundry places with si ^ nutnrts to tbe number of 4 S bSi . These prayed , first , for the liberation of the political prisoners confined in the gaols of Great Britain -, secondly , for a free pardon to Frost , Williams , and Jopes ; and thirdly , for the Charter . The debate upon the Hr = t of these three prayers -was so recent that ¦ we need only say it wao lost by the casting vote of the Speaker . Mr . Dnncombe's exertions fur facilitating the registration of voters arts well known .

      Having been again triumphantly rctarned for Fmsbury , he elicited from Sir Robert Pesl in tea first debate of the session , that there was alarming distress in the country . In February he voted against there being any duty on corn , and he voted also against a twenty shillingB duty . Well aware of the dreadful abuses of tbe gaol system , be moved for a committee to enquire thereinto , but without success , —although recent disclosures must now compel the legislature to take , the subject up . To the Income Tax he gave all taa opposition in his power , —and also to the Rural Police . Of the " Gilbert Unions" he has been the uncompromising friend , and spared no pains to rescue them from ' the merciless grasp of the Poor Law

      Commissioners . Of his more recent proceedings it is unnecesszrj to speak further , for they are frtsh in the minds and bes . ru of tbe public In Mason ' s case he behsved noWy— the insulters of M'Douall , at Deptford , were duly cbasiued by him—and when he stood in the House of Commons , presenting the great National PETliies , he occupied a position which he would not exchange for all the money which corruption could collect , nor for all the tinsel honours which power could bestow . Throwing to the winds the sneers of the " ignoble great" who surrounded him , be proclaimed himself the champion of tbe poor . He forced upon their " dull ears" the heart-rending tale of public suffering , whilst grateful thousands of those upon whom affliction had fallen learned to pronounce hia name

      with respect and affection . The above statement of the services of Mr . Duncombe relates chit fly to those which he has performed in Parliament . But in point of fart these are only the key to the great exertions which he has unceasingly used for the public welfare . Tbeie is no great question affecting public liberty to which he doei not devote himself , by attending public meetings , by giving audiences , and holding a very extensaae correspondence . One of the best testa of bis popularity is tbe amazing nnmber of petition * with which be is entrusted for presentation . Courteous and accessible to all , he is a general favourite . Even his enemies in politics give him the praise dne to a kind , gentlemanly , sincere , and upright man . His personal appearance is greatly in his favour , —and whilst the aid of bis tailor and of the toilet are not diaregarded by him , he is anything But a fop . A « a speaker he is fearless , but composed ; and . it u impossible U turn him from tna

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      purpose . Whenever he speaks he takes care to understand bis subject . He uses facts with great adroitness and applies sly sarcasm with immense effect Tnt renegade Sir James Graham baa had most paiuful prool of this . The popularity » f Mr . Duncombe ia rapidl > increasing . He is in tbe prime of life , and much ma ;> yet be expected from him . There is not in Parliament a more sincere and determined friend of the peoplt than "HONEST TOM DUNCOMBE /'Finsbury ' s Pride and England ' s Glory .

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      Bsoiher Conspirators . —Yon who have " conapired" with me for now more than seven years tv propogate the glorious principles cf democracy by argument and reasoning , and who met on the 17 th of Aug ., at Manchester , and there " conspired" to save lifc and property from destruction , an to guard the pooi fr « m the snares that were set for them ; you , " conspirators , " who were unknown to each other until you met upon the 17 th ; you , " conspirators , ' who were openly elected in July to meet on the 1 nh ; you , " conspirators , " who are charged in an indictment for having originated routs , riots , and tumults which took place on the 1 st of

      August and previous days ; you , " conspirators /* wbo sat with open doors , and admitted every person who chose to seek od mission ; you , " conspirators , " who refuse to receive a deputation from tbe Trades' Commute because it would be illegal ; you , " conspirator * , " whose manly address had tbe magical effect of turning what threatened to be physical revolution into a sadden calm ; you , '' conspirators , " who were compelled to abandon a pub'ic place &f meeting , lest tbe flocking of crowds about yon should lead to a breach of the peace ; you , " conspirators , " who are all honest men , and many of whom , to my own knowledge , have walked ten miles in pelting rain , and in the dead of night , in hunger , refusing a purse of gold from the League ; you , " conspirators , " Authority is greatly alarmed at you !

      I learn that many poor fellows wko have been served with a l * w process which they did not understand , went off to Liverpool under the apprehension that they were to be tried there ; and I write this letter to set your minds right upon the subject The effect of the paper with which you kave beeen served is to remove your trials into tbe Court of Queen's Bench ; not that you are to be tried in Westminster Hall , but that you are to be tried at Liverpool in the Nisi Prius Court , and by special jury instead of being tried in the Criminal Court by a petty jury .

      Now , you . " dirty devili , " what do you think of yourselves and your leveling system ? There ia elevation for you . ' bringing you nearer your peers . This course , however , enables me now to answer many applications which before I could not reply to . As a matter of course , you who have families will be anxious as to the probability of being tried at a Winter Assizes ; and as you suppose I can answer everything , many look to me upon the subject ; and one querist actually atked me— " are you going to have another special commission to try us" ?

      Tbe effect of this process is , that we cannot now be tried at a special commission , as the Queen ' s Bench has not jurisdiction over such a tribunal ; we must now be tried at the General Ats ' zi , or at the bar of the Queen ' s Bench , befwre the Judges of that court I have complied with all that the law requires for those under ball , and those in the indictment who have not yet been taken . 1 have so far saved them from being attached and imprisoned

      without trial . M Douall and all hare complied with all that is now required of them ; and , although I am very cautious about giving advice , I would strongly recommend every man , against whom true bills have been found and who is now in tbe country , to procure the required amount of bail and surrender , in order to save themselves from being out-Jawed , the effect of which would be to deprive them of all their civil rightswhat & loea . '—and to place them in a much worse position if taken .

      Many parties write to me to know how they are to get a copy of tbe indictment The way I got it WSS by pay * ing te > ' poukds . and I know of no other means . I cannot spare it for tbe present , but on next Saturday it shall appear in the Northern Star , For my own part , except for tbe enormous expense , I should be well pleased with the dodge ; although tbe object is to make much ado about nothing . It is evidently done with the intention of making scarecrows of us , to frighten the League upon the one band , and to

      unite the landlords and money-lords upon the other band , by showing the great importance that Her Majesty ' s Government attaches to the affair . For myself , I would much rather be tried by a special jury , than by a petty jury for any other political offence than that of opposing the League ; and I would much rather be tried at Westminster Hall than at Liverpool . However , you may rest assured that the best defence that the profession of tbe law will admit of shall be made for you all .

      I have no more to say now , but to call on you to set to work for the Birmingham Conference . The elections have commenced well at Birmingham . I thaiik my friends ; and assure them that , with my consent , they shall not be sold to the League . Let every delegate elected be a man of sound head and honest heart , incapable of being tempted by money , or swayed by "b ' . amey ; " men who will come Chartists , and go hoinu

      with their NAME . " THATS THE TICKET FOR SOUP J" Mark , again I tell you , that in my opinion Mr . Sturge is a man who would make any sacrifice to see his fellow men happy ; bnt then it ia not with tbe man , but tbe party , tliat we have to deal ; and they are " free-traders '' to the back bone in every thing but legislation . Your faithful friend , Feargus O'Connor .

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      insidious rascal , who chooses to play the part of spy under the mask of monitor . No , no ; I am not going to aid villains in the support of tyrants . Surely you must see tbe plot ! at leaat I do . But observe how this poor oilly man blusters away about what he knows uothing . He ravea about minorities being governed by majorities , and about the propriety of men acknowledging their own acts , and rants away about tbe cowardice of O'Connor and the Executive repudiating tbe " Extraordinary Document ; " and receives tbo evidence from the examination before the Manchester magistrates . Now , Just hear this one fact .

      The placard in question never was , dieectly or indirectly , passed or adopted by the delegates ! and yet this silly fool is raving away . But , don't yon see that he la just looking for that which he shan't have ? evidence to back Mr . Griffin , correspondent and reporter for the Statesman . Ff ow , Brook , hear another thing . So far from repudiating the "EXTRAORDINARY Document , " the Northern and Evening Start were , I believe , with few , if any exceptions , the only papers in the Kingdom that did not even publish it ; and I never , in either , wrote a word , not one word , of comment upon it !

      Now , then , I trust , I have said enough upau the subject to set it at rest as far as I am concerned ; but L cannot allow a false impression removed from my wSH ^ fcboulders to fall with increased weight upon others . I never shrink from more than my share of responsibility , and 1 will net stand justified at Mr . M'Doiuairs expense . The flight of Al'Dauall , and the pitlfbl insinuatiens and denunciation of him by the Statesman , are breaking his poor wife ' s heart , and arming authority for his destruction ; while the resolution which you transmitted to the Editor of the Statesman would lead to tbe belief that M'Douall had

      flad the onntry in consequence of the " extraordinary document . " It is too hard that I should be thus dragged into a controversy about such matters . Why , the Government could not have applied any portion of the secret service money to a better purpose . But still you shall know h . M'Djuall did not fly the country in consequence of the "extraordinary document . " Mr . M'Douall fled the country upon MY ADVICE . M'Douali fted the country , because four honest working men had given bail in the amount of , £ 600 or £ 700 tor his keeping the peace ; and I knew , had he been tried before a jury of tbe League ,

      while the public mind was mad , that he would be convicted , und four honest men reduced to beggnry ; and besides my regard for him and them , I did not wish to have all future Chartists prisoners , a portion of whose sentence may be to find sureties to keep the peace , obliged to rot in gaol ( or want of such surety ; and I will undertake to say . that when the public mind is purged from that prejudice created by Lord Abinger and \ h * Statesman . that be will come and boldly ataad his trial , und establish his innocence . M'Douall deserves the thanks of every honest man for leaving wife and child , and country and home , with a broken heart himself , rather than break the hearts of those who placed confidence in him , and whoaa ruin would have been

      a certain consequence of his facing the raging fury of a disappointed faction . I am sure that your own good sense and the good feeling of the delegates whose resolution you transmitted , will point out the injustice , indecency and impropriety of allowing our enemies to make tools of you for the furtherance of their own base and mischievous ends . Oue thing I must assure you of , that , as I have carefully avoided every topic and expression upon which controversy may be based , not one single line of further comment upon the subject Bhall be admitted in the columns of the Star with my consent . Mr . Lovett need not explain , as I am wholly indifferent upon the subject ; and if he should feel any desire to do so , it must be in hia own paper , the Statesman .

      Mr . Cleave has denied the charge in the most positive terms , and I give him perfect credit I have kno-wnbim for nearly ten years , and I never yet knew him to be guilty of a single act of meanness . Incenciusion , I must say , that I hive heard and read of many , very many strange and curious things , but never one at all comparable to this NEW MOVE for destroying , YBurs , truly , Feargus O'Connor .

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      HUPDEhSntLD . —Mr . T . B . Smith of Leeds , preached three strmons in the Association room , Upperbead-row , on Sunday last They were attentively listened to by a numerous audience . A Chartist Delegate Meeting was hold at Yew Green on Sunday . The greatest unanimity was exhibited . Tbe meeting was a very animated one , and a more determined spirit in favour of the Charter couid not be deBired . The' following resolutions were passed : — ' That tBe secretary be instructed to correspon 4 with T . S . Duncombe , Ei . q , Inviting him to Visit Huddfeff-flsld tb « first opportunity . " " That Mr . James Luach be aent for to take a fortnight ' s tour in HuddtrafieW awl district . " " That a levy of twopence be made throughout the whole district , to cover the late expenses .

      SHEFFIELD . —Lectures . —Two crowded and enthusiastic meetings were held in Fig-Tree-Lane Raom , on Sunday and Monday evenings . On Sunday evening Mr . Sjfltuel Parkes delivered a lecture on ' " Prison Discipline . " Mr . P . delivered n most interesting and eloquent address . On Monday evening , Mr . Evinson having bee i called to the chair , Mr . Edwin Gill read tue Editor ' s address from the last Saturday's Northern Star , on the threatened new Special Commission ; Mr . G . afttrwprds delivered an impressive speech , urging his hearers to take up the caso of the victims . A number of collectors were appointed to receive subscriptions for the Defence Fund . Mr . Hamey then addressed tha meeting and was followed by Mr . Parkes . The inteting concluding by singing the old favourite " rally around him , " and giving three hearty cheers for the Charter .

      Chartist Ball . —The first of these entertainments came otf ' ou Tuesday evening , and was well attended , by a highly respectable company ; dancing was kept up with great spirit until near twelve o ' clock , when the Histtnoe of the musicians warned the light-hearted and light-heeled votaries of this'fascinating * amusement , that it was time to resume sober thoughts of home ; the bint being taken tbe company separated highly aeiighted with the evening ' s pleasures . Another ball will be held on Tuesday next , and every Tuesday during the winter , in tbe Fig-treo-lane Room , in aid of the local defence fund . So luudible an object will , we are certain , ensure the attendance of ail well-wishers of the cauae . DEFENCE FUND FOB MESSES HARNEY AND PABKES , NOV . 15 , 1842 .

      £ S d Cash in hand , November 8 th . 112 4 ^ Collected by Samuel Dale ... l 4 AFnend ... ... 0 1 0 Mr . H » ole ... o 0 6 llurmonic Meeting 0 4 5 j Mr . Cariledge ... o 1 ij Collection in Fig Tree Lane Room , Nov . Uib " ¦ " ; .. 0 7 3 Collected by Samnbl Dale ... ... ... 0 1 4 Small sums under sixpence ... 0 1 CJ Charge Green . ,, - . ,,, ... o 0 6 AFrifeTid ... ...... ' .... ' 0 2 Proceeds of the Ball Nov . 15 th ... ... 0 8 5 £ 3 o 0 Samuel Claytoh , Secretary .

      The " Plague" And the "Press Gang . '—Tbe Independent of last Saturday contains the programme of the " Great Anti-Corn Law Damonstration" which will come off ou the 23 td instant . Mr . Richard C 9 bdeu , M . P ., Mr . John Bright of Rochdale , Mr . Rawson of Manchester , and Mr . R . R . R . R . R . Moore , of the same place , are announced as the evening ' s attractions ; nothing is said about our " liberal" M . P ' a , " This splendiferous affair is to be held in the Music Hall—the tickets for the tea to be one shilling and sixpence each , the " dons' to be accommodated witb reserved seats for

      two shillings and sixpence . The mobocrary of Complete Suffragists , &c , are to be admitted to the gallery at sixpence a-head ! Of course we , Chartists knew better what to do with our sixpences than to replenish the pockets of the Stephensons-aquare hordes with them . The Independent In the first place announced that on the day following , namely , the 24 tb , there would be a private meeting in the morning , of the principal merchants , * c , to hold a confab with Cobden and Co ., and in the evening ' a meeting of a more public character . ' This would just have suited

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      the Chartists ; bnt , well says the proverb , ' blessed are they that expect nothing , for they will not be disappointed ; ' for , 'tell it not in Gath , ' -. theIndependent of last Saturday announces that tbe intended ' public ' meeting had been abandoned ; the reason assigned for which was , that 'that the gentlemen from Manchester could not slay in Shifield a second night' (!) Hal - ha I very good—very , of course , " Breakers a-head" bos had nothing to do with it ! That discretion is the better part of valour has often been asserted ; the Sheffield Free Traders show that they understand its force and propriety by acting upon the good old adage— "He that fights and runs away May live to fight another day . " Our Chartist f riendB may be on the look out , for , if all ' s yrell , wall find them better employment on the 23 rd , than giving their sixpenoea to hear the humbugs of the Free Trade jugglers .

      The Iris of last Saturday contains the correspondence between the'Home-office * and the ' authorities ; of York Castle , touching tbe death of ths martyr Samuel Holberry , published by the Government as far back as lust July , shortiy after the disease of the murdered patriot , and lately republished by those Whig sympathisers , the Morning Chronicle and Leeds Mercury . The Iris has now joined the yelping pack of Whig hypocrites , and , in a leader on the subject , strongly denuunces the treatment of poor Holbsrry , winding up thus : — " We trust the whole affair , both as it affects the surgeon , the visiting magistrates , and Sir James Graham , will be properly sifted fcy Parliament , and th ; it the country may be shown that the law does not sanction the retaining of a man in prison , even as a criminal , when a premature death , at variance with his sentence , can ba the only result "—Byron says" O for a forty-paraon power To sing thy praise , hypocrisy . "

      We have not forgotten , if the Iris has , ^ that was while Lard Noruianby presided at the Home Office that poor Holberry ' s health was destroyed in Nortballerton House of Correction ; and so long as bis Lordship was in office , prayers and petitions were all tried in vain to procure the removal of the sufferer to a better prison . Oa the present adrninistation coming into power , Sir James Graham ordered the removal of Holberry to York Castle , —no thanka to him for that , the victim of Whiggery was only removed to York Caatle there to perish an * i expire , with none but " filthy dungeon vilhiina" to receive his last breath and close bis sightless eyes . Aye , in God's lame , let the whole affair b « sifted—but let it be the whole affair ; let the comlucC of the " liberal" Lord , as well as that of the renegade

      Baronet , bo sifted to the bottom . A word with the Iris : How is it that this correspondence was not published in its columns in July last ? Parliament was sitting then ; and if any good was likely to be effected by the publication , that was the time . Moreover , Holberry ' s death was then fresh in the public mind , —why did not the tender-hearted conductors of the Iris publish the correspondence at such a time , when pointing it out to the attention of their readers they might have appealed to them to help tbe widow , and thereby save from distress the unhappy partner of the unfortunate victim assassinated by Whig aud Tory tyrants ? O no , that would not have served any party purpose ; and notwithstanding the mocksentimentalism of the many-coloured " thing , " we

      know that the parties ( or one of them at any rate ) connected wth it are not in the habit of extending the hand of benevolence , even though the object be the widow of the very man whose cold ashes are now disturbed to serve the purposes of bis vile Whig persecutors . Is proof required ? When the publisher ( who is also , we believe , part proprietor ) of this refuge for the literary destitute was waited upon by persons author ) a id to collect monies to defray the charges of the funeral and fur the assistance of the widow , insult , not aid , was tbe donation of this "Liberal . " Faugh ! the whele thing is loathsome and

      revolting , but for the sake of bringing the Tory Government into farther odium , the sympathy of the Morning Chronicle , the Leeds Mercury , and the Sheffield Iris fur poor Holberry would never have been beard of . The people understand this , and while they bate and detest the brigand faction at present in power , they , if possible , still more loathe the infamous crew whose tools "conspired" ( a fashionable word now !) against poor Holberry , plunged him into a horrible dungeon where they destroyed his health , and then handed him over to the tender mercies of the Tories to finish the murder they ( the Whigs ) had in the first instance made sure and certain .

      liONDON . — -Mr . Whitehorn lectured on Sunday evening , at the Eagle , Exeter-street , Kaightsbridge , to a good audience , on the benefits of co-operation . Several members took shares , and tbe lecturer was much applauded . MR . COOK lectured on Sunday evening , at the Gold Beaters' Amis , upon the influence of prejudice . The audience was crowded , several members were enrolled . Considerable discussion ensued regarding the accounts oft' 3 Executive , and several items were deemed very extravagant Mr . Gardiner addressed tbe Chartists , meeting at the Flora Tavern , Barnsbury Park , on Sunday evening . Mr . Knight was to have lectured , bat , owing to a mistake , did not attend . A subscription was entered into for the victims , and a box for that purpose purchased .

      Sr . Pancras . —Mr . Fussell delivered a mest able lecture on Monday evening , at the Chartist Boom , Tottenham Court Road . Mr . Boxall occupied the chair . The lecturer showed the advantage of a firm union amongst the Chartist ranks , and the impropriety of attacking any other section of the body for a mere difference of opinion . He earnestly advised them to look well to their own organization , to keep a watchful eye on all attempts to subvert it ; aud , while they showed hy their conduct that they were anxious for a union based upon principle , and calculated to promote their ijrand of ject—the attuiument of the Charter . After the lecture , a discussion took place on the suljec : of union with the middle classes in which the lecturer , a middle class gentleman , Mr . Qoodfcllow , Christie Wheeler , Cohen , and several others took part The minutes of the lost meeting having been read and confirmed , Mr . Lucas reported from the metropolitan

      delegate meeting ; but , owin ? to the lateness of the hour , the subjects of the report were deferred . Mr . Breckhall reported regarding the taking of shares for the erection of a local ball . Mr . Humphreys attended as a deputation from Somer ' s Town regarding the formation of a borough council . A letter was read from Mr . Gammage , of Northampton , stating his intention of lecturing there on the Friday evening ; but , on the motion of Mr . Farrar , the Secretary was ordered to instruot him to defer it to Monday . A committee was formed to get up a weakly harmonic meeting , for the benefit of the victims . Mr . Lucas brought forward the Deptford affair , aDd the conduct of a . member in reference to that subject , ami , after on explanation from Mr . Weceler , the member alluded to -was ordered to attend , and explain , on the ensuing meeting night Tbo victim-money iu hand was voted—one-half to Ellis , and the other to the General Fund . The meeting then adjourned .

      The Committee for arranging regarding the approaching Cjuference met on Sunday morning , aud agreed upon certain resolutions to be laid before tbe meeting on Wednesday evening ; and Messrs . Black , Wheeler , and Neesom were instructed to prepare an address to be laid before the meeting for their approval previous to issuing it to the public Working Mens' Hall , Mile End Road . —The council of this locality m ^ b on Tuesday evening , when it was resolved that wa should get up a public dinner , concert , and balL Mr . O'Connor has consented to preside on the occasion . Messrs . Bradford , Frszsr , and Shaw , were appointed a sub-committtre , for the purpose of carrying the above proposition into effect . The entertainment will take place at Mr . Hemingway'a Saloon , King ' s Arma , Mile-End Road .

      Crovdon , Surrey . —At our meeting , held at the Bald Faced Stag , on Monday evening lust , Mr . Segrave in the chair ; the following resolution was passed : — " That the forthcoming great Birmingham meeting is of paramount importance to the Chartist cause , and as this meeting is fearful the ultimate measures of the Complete Suffrage Association may not be in union with the strict principles of the Charter , it is therefore adviseable , at this all-important juncture , the friends of universal liberty should use every exertion to maintain their prominent position in the country , by not

      admiting interested parties to swamp tbe opinions of the working classes . " As a means to this end , it ia resolved — " That we , the Chartists of Croydon , are willing to open communications with any society , or societies , in the county « f S « rrey , for the especial purpose of uniting their sibeoriptions to defray the expence of a delegate , or delegates , attending the aforesaid Birmingham Conference , men who will not compromise any part , parcel , oe name , of the People ' s Charter . " For this purpose the treasurer is authorised to receive subscriptions .

      RSADINC—The Chartists ef this place have decided that th « Executive who are at large , with the assistance oe tbe Executive pro Urn , are sufficient to manage tbe affairs of the Association until the period of time fixed by the organization for a new election . EOWSRBT .-Mr . Barker of Manchester , preached at this place oa Sunday the 13 th instant , from these words , — " Remember those that are in bonds . " The attendance was more numerous than for some time past .

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      ¦ / Ztstsi / feJ- (/ ££ joLjj , ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ /? // > / Y / ¦ . (? : . ¦; ¦ '¦¦ SALPORD . —The Chartists of SJford are d-ingtheir work nobly ; they are determined to crush * ha present system of misrule and oppression by every l-s » al means in their power , a 3 t&ey have proved by ti . 'Ar indefatigable exertions at the late election for the Commissioners of Police . And , notwithstanding the mnny obstacles thrown in their way by the factions , th-jjr finally succeeded in returning seven thorough-going : democrats . They have also commenced a 8 yst » m of exclusive dealing , which ia fast bringing the shopocrats to their senses . The plan is a simple one , and at the same time one that is working well , inasmuch as it is affording tbe working c asses the opportunity of

      purchasing flour at twopence per dozen lower than they can got the same article at the shops . They have opened two houses for the purpose—one in Dawaon-street , Broughton-road , and the other in Kaflk-street , near Garden-lane ; where they sell flour at the first cost , with the exception of one halfpenny twr dezsn as an acknowledgment to the woman of the houee for cleaning ; and during the last week they weighed oat nioeteen sacka of flour . The consequence of wbich is , that the shopkeepers in this neighbourhood have been compelled to come down te their prices . The reason for glvim ; this publicity is , that the working classes may see whit they can do if they are . determined ; and we hope thtjy will adopt this or some similar plan , to teach the factious that they are not the powerless things that they imagined , but that on them and them alone have ' the shopkeepers-to depend for their 11 vines .

      BRADFOKP . —The Chartists of Manchester-road met on Sunday morning , several strangers werepr 339 r »' The principles of the Charter were explained , V discussion took placo on the best means of obtainU . . the mtasure . Five new members were enrolled . The Cu artists of Goodmansend met at the house of Mr . Goiusborough on Monday , and enrolled three new members . Various Chartist papers are read every Monfiny . fvoning .. They adjourned to Monday evening , when a . fiiil attendance is requested as the subject of a dtlecUtj to the Sturge Conference will be . cousidered . The Cxiautists resident is the central part of Bradford , met in the Toom , Butterworth ' s-buildinga , on Sunday morning , at ten o'clock , when seventeen namea were cuttrje . i . the principles of the Cuarter explaWd , and a nnmbtr -of tracts were sold . This locality promises to flourish , as the members are all very auxioua fov political information .

      The memdebs op thr General Council held their meeting on Monday evening , when there wasa very full , attendance . Several sums of money to reliove the vicHniV families were paid in . nearly all the localities are-wt : l attended , and Chartism is again erecting its democratic head iu Bradford . The following resolution was adopted : — " That our Secretary , Mr . Smyth , be requested to correspond with T . 8 . Dancombe , Em-j , JV 1 . P ., aud Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., invitiuj ? them to a festival to be held in Bradford on tie 20 th of December . " ; ThJs motion was received -with joy by all present . All persons holding scarfs belonging to the Chartists of . Bradford are requested to bring the same to tlu- conncil on Monday next , at eight o ' clock .

      Jlr . Kitchin preached in the Chartist Room , Bradford , on Sunday evening , and notwithstanding tae storm of -mid , tbe room was nearly filled . Three shillings and threepence was taken at tfce door , after the sermon , for the victims . An interesting discussion took place on tbe benefits of Chartist preaching , when it was aijourned to Sundiy next , at ten o ' clock a . m . Great Horton . —Mr . John Walker , of this place , has receive ! the sum of ten shillings from Mr . Isaad Wilsou , of Brompton , near Northalleitou , for the family of Mr . William Brooke , of Northallerton Bouse of Corrtction .

      Little Town . —On Tuesday evening last , Mr . T . B . Smith , of Leeds , delivered an excellent lecture in the Cbaruat Association Room . He gave a very humourous account of hia arrest and subsequent imprisonment , and advised those present to act the part of men and be determined never to rest satisfied until the PeopieV Charter be made the law of the land . A vote of thanks was given to the Lecturer , when the meeting separated highly delighted with what they had heard . Mb . John Walkzrj of Great Horton , received from Isaac Wilson , of Brompton , the Bum of tea shillings , on behalf of Wm . Brook's family . DUDLEY . —Mr . Samuel Cook has received for Mr . Mason , 6 s . from the shoemakers of Nottingham , and 4 ? . for the Difjtfce Fund from the Chartists of Greta Bridge , and 2 d . for Mrs : Mason , from a friend .

      BRIGHTON—Mr . Gammage , of Northampton , gave two lectures at the Cap of Liberty Inn , Portland street , on Wednesday and Thursday week , on the principles of tho People ' s Charter . ACCEUNGTON . ' —A delegate meeting of this district w ; is held at Blackburn on Sunday . Delegates were present from Accrington , Sabdin-Bridge , P . ; dlham , and Harwood . The following resolutions were agreed to tbut William Beesley shall lecture ... at each locality in Nwrth Lancashire district , to commence his tour on Monday , the 21 st That the next delegate meeting be held at Accrington on Sunday , the 4 th day of December next , when each locality in the district ia particularly requested to send delegates ; the meeting to commence at one o ' clock . The appointment © f a district lecturer and other business of great importance to the district-will be considered .

      LEWES , Sussex . —On Friday last we were visited by Mr . R . G Gammage , of Northampton , accompanied by Mr . Allen , of Brighton . Mr . G- lectured to a delighted audience , and excited tbe admiration of all present . Mr . G . concluded an able and argumentative ( fcctnra by appealing to his audito r * inn very powerful man nor , to support by svery means in rheir power , tho Northern aud Evening Stars , and the Chartist Circular ; those enemies to abuaa in every form , and noble advocntes of tho liberties of the people . At the conclusion , a vote of thanks was unanimously carried to the lecturer for hid address , also te the Chairman , after which tbe meeting broke up . SOUTHAMPTON . —On Monday evening last , according to previous announcement ,. a public meeting was held at the Long Rooms , to hear a lecture on the present state of society , and the People ' s Charter , by Mr . K . G . Gammage . who gave every satisfaction .

      BILSTON . —A ball was held on Monday night , In the Chartist Room .- A very oomlortable party assembled on the occasion , and a merry evening was spent . The Chartists of this locality held their u < ual weekly meeting in the Association Room , Staffordstreet , on Thursday evening . Mr . Froggat occupied the chair , and ia a . very excellent speech explained the objects of the People ' s Charter , its merits , and the necessity of union and perseverance to obtain it . The worthy Chairman concluded by introducing Mr . Thoraasun , who , in a most able and explicit address , which lasted an hour and a half , set forth in a lucid manner

      the numerous evils that are the consequent attendants of laws made by a class possessing privileges from which the great bady . of the people are excluded , and tljti beneficial eff . cts that wou d be the result , if the people of this country were invested with the right to txcrcise their legitimate power in the choice of the Legislative body , that until they possessed that power which is their just and unalienable right , there was not the least prospect . of any amelioration of their present degraded condition . Mr . T . concluded by most impreabively imploring they would never cease agitating until the Six Points of the Charter , whole and entire , were made tho law of tne lasc * .

      Sunday Evening . —The meeting was numerous and a most attentive disposition was evinced by all present . Mr . J . Cidley was called to the chair . Mr . Thomason delivered a very instructive discourse , wherein he depicted theevila iiifl . cttri on this country by the Bystem of money-mongeriii < 5 , the frauds of unprincipled capitalists and gambling speculators , the grasping avarice of inillocrats and their tyranoy over the working class through the deairu of accumulating wealth , the poverty and misery the working class were subjected to in the producing of that , wealth , aud the m . joat means used to prevent them enjojing that which their severe and unmitigated toil produced . The facts related by Mr . T . hi the course of hia address excited the most lively syiupt - > nis of feeling in all who heard him . After the lecturer concluded , a collection was made for i / lt , Linney , which amounted to 3 s . 8 d .

      WARWICK .. —At the usual weekly meeting of the Chartists here , sevt-ral encouraging letters were read , one containing £ l 12 j . for Defence Fund raffle tickets from " the Chartist friends of Stratford-on-Avon . " 9 a . 6 d . was handed in to complete the engagement of 5 s . per week for White ' s support , leaving a balance doe to Mr . French , from the Birmingham funds , of 13 s . 6 d . for that account . Airangtment * were made that a party should attend at the Saracen ' s Head , from seven o ' c . V'Ck tilt ten , every night during the week , to read tbe Evening Slur London paper , after which , an Interesting liiscnsaion -was held on the " Sturge Conference question , " and ultimately the following resolution wai unanimously adopted : — " That this meeting deem it the duty of the Chartists to send delegates to the

      Conference at Birmingham , not as factious oppositionists , " but as firm and rational patriots , who are resolved to maintain und gu&rd the principles of the Charter from any sectarian innovation that would weaken the confidence , destroy the hopes , or forfeit the co-operation of the working classes . That we recommend firmness of Blind , with gentleness of manners , honesty of purpose , and sound experience , . as qualifications essential to b * sought for in the selection of delegates . That in reflecting on the present anamolous , artificial , and distracted state of society , on the evil efforts of prejudice , and the baneful Influence of the aristocratic predictions and vanity that unhappily operates upon every class of society , not excepting the working men themselves , i »

      its tortuous ramifications , we are led to think that th » formation of a society as an auxiliary to the ' National Charter Association , ' , is a subject requiring the griw « consideration ot our Chartist friends , as oar great political agitation , under existing circumstances , may require more than one wheel in it * machinery ; at ths same time we hope and trust that no consideration of expediency , will ' ever induce the working classes to relinquish their own organization , or to agitate for any measure of reform less than ' the People's Charter / whole and entire ; and as t « the name , we hold it now , as sanctified by the blood of our martyrs , and tbe continual persecution we yet endure , hence we claim it M a virtuous designation which shall yet be the pride of oar children , and tbe glory of future posterity .

      T. Duncombe, M.P.

      T . DUNCOMBE , M . P .

      Feargus O'Connor To His Brother " Conspirators."

      FEARGUS O'CONNOR TO HIS BROTHER " CONSPIRATORS . "

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      MB . OCONNOB ON THE " EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENT , ' - AND THE XAST ' NEW MOYB " TO DESTROY CHARTISM .

      TO WIU W 1 I , BROOK , LEEDS . Dear Brook , —You will believe me when I assure you that had it not been for Mr . Cleave , your letter to the editor of the Statesman would most probably never have reached my eye , as I neither read or hear anything about that paper . I shall now do merely enough to satisfy the meeting of delegates , who , in my opinion , would have done wisely not to have meddled with the question , and would thereby have deprived mischievous persons from raking at it under the pretext of reply ng to questions or resolutions , I now learn that the editor of the Statesman asserted on the fifth of November that

      I was the author of the " extraordinary document , " and on the twelfth the same gentleman charHex me with repudiating the " extraordinary document" in the Northern Star . Had he charged me with the authorship alone , and had my attention been directed to it , I should have left it unnoticed , and bad HE charged me with authorship and subsequent repudiation of the " Extraordinary document , " I shonld have still left it or him unnoticed . But wLen it appears that Mr . Lovett , who is now I find manager of , and one of the Provisional Committee for keeping that paper together , is given as the author , I shall say just enough to satisfy the public , without opening a loop-hole for controversy , which , after all ,

      appears to me to be the object aimed at I was charged with the authorship of the National Petition . I never saw that document till it was in print I never suggested a line in it , nor did I bear of it till I saw it in tbe columns of the Scottish Patriot . I am now charged with the authorship of the " Extb . xordivas . 7 Document . " And now hear my reply . So help me God , I never saw it in manuscript , nor did I ever bear of its existence until after it was in print ; nor do I think that tbe delegates were justified inattributing it to one wb » is now out of the country . The editor says that I should have contradicted tbe rumour , or have acknowledged tbe authorship before . Upon what grounds , pray ? What I contradict eytry guess of the Statesman—every fabrication of Hr . Lovett and every searching of ereiy

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      AND LEEDS GENERAL ADYERTISER .

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