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    • Cfcarifet 3EmrItf&*nc*
    • #oft|)comtus C^atifet ip&eettnctf.
    • TO DANIEL O'CQMHELL, ESQ^ MJ.
    • THE ENROLMENT.
    • DEATHSi
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      « H ereditary bondnnen , know ye not , ¦ ppio-jrDclfl befree , tiieEselYea mart strike the blotr . " Ir f me hare a pbHUot signed fcy fivB bunarea g ^ nsand fighting men , and Jet the House ofOoaimons knair tbit ibs ^ -wHl figik- ^ paae * O'CoKxeU . W e tsa make a mJffioB pikes in » ?«* . — Thomas Sfede . Str , —I *« bow seven years since I addressed a jeritsof letters to you npon the subject of yonr Parliamentary conduct during tie four previous years . That commtmication iras dragged from me fcj your own follyin not aTaiKng yonrself of the oppammm&ai I afforded you to explainsome charges jrathongbt proper iohring against ine in your association of that day . The facts contained in those letters , wluch remain unshaken and oncontradicted io the present inoBKsrt , should have mide yoa cautions in ajraui .-charging me , directl y or- indirectly , iriflj politics ! tETpItude ,, Yon must have been aware

      fiat the improved mind of Ireland had , from that , period , constituted a Dew censorship for the inves- ? Ration of all matters connected with the character j df pahacans ; and my former letters isaTing con-Bflerabiy camaged ycor reputation in thn days of i Irish darkness , when your magic pow « r controlledj all -Hithout question , it was the extreme of iblly to 1 lope in these more enlightened times that you could I convict without trial . However , itnotnniregnentiy iippenstbai the possession of great power is used j as aset-off against miner disadvantages ; and may- ' hap you calculated upon your present position giving I yon an irresistible dictatorial strength ; and there- j upon yon foundeda belief either thav I would quietly ! Buccnttb , or that any defcnee against charges bionght ? by you in your present position -would be fuiileand : unavailing .. - i

      tir , I am now preparing io reply to your recent attack upon me , not eo much with the view of de- ; fending myself , as for the purpose of explaining the i general tendency of the mode of making that attack , and the object with which it was made . In one of ! your recent speeches / delivered in the Corn 3 £ x- ; change , yon took ' Ae opporhinity of commenting ; upon some informatjBn eomanmicaled to you by aj correspondent of tbe \ Morning Chronicle , in the " course of which yon nsed tbe foBosring language . I shall first select those portions which will best I serve to connect yonr reasoning upon the subject , '

      and I isball then comment npon them as . a whole . * Heantinse . sir , do ^ not char ge me with any desire to arraign yon npon garbled extracts ; for bear-in : jnind . that your whole speech was printed ia tie ' Northern Siar of Saturday last . The firs * extract . which I quote is as follows : — " That some hundreds j of men , or may be thousands , did not get drunk , did ¦ Dot fall out and fght , and cause general riot on ; Tara Hill , to which the military and armed police ! would hare soon been summoned , was rot the fault ¦ of the persons alluded to , nor the fault of thoje who j paid them to come here j who have alEo paid the * Eame men , and some others , to follow Mr . Cobden

      from town to town m England , from Norwich to t London , from London to Maidstone , from Maidstene ! to "Winchester , and several other places to get np a j riot , and upset his Anti-Corn Law meetings . " ! B Is ow this deserved the most serious consideration , j This was a snbjtct that could not drop ; and they , j 2 u = t know from this gentleman who they were , aud j who hired them . Could it be possibly supposed ] ihat they were hired by the British Ministry ! and yet if they were sot hired by the British Ministry , must they not be hired by some person in the confidei > efi of the Minister - *** j " TfiXT CmjlDXOW SEE BOW TBTB CXVSE OTSXFOSX } BAD BEES PCT 3 XJW 2 ? IS ESGLAXD BY THE 1 STER- '

      FERENCE OF PERSONS PRETENDING TO , BE CHARTISTS ; fox "the gkeat Tsxrdrys or ; chabush was not io allow any public meeting io , take-place undisturbed . " " They Eionld wori , not by pbysic&I force , bnt by . the moral force o ? public opinion , ihtX elfrctricity that ] lands ax mflliona of people in one unanimous Benti- ! jnent . And vss-ali this to fee thro-sm away by tbe acts ] of hired « a « MTP 8 brongbt ever from England—for be j ¦ would call them assassins ? There "wsa no nation in '

      Europe in "B-Juch assassination would prevail to such as extent , or where zuch an set ef assassination would ' be perpetrated as in Ireland if tb&tpl&B encceeded . It ] ccnld 33 ot reinain a » it wss . They abonld probe it to j the bottom . He cared not wha tbey were—tbe manj •» bo -ms at tbe tottom of such a plan as that , w a * a wretch that should be dragged to tie KtnVid- —( loud cheering ) . Fesrgua O'Connor , when the Chartists were sore btset in England , proposed tbe absurdity of wb&t be called " a sacxed month , " by which lie meant a ! moEfb during the continuarce of which all tbe working ¦ eluses in England were to throw np their employments , and remain idle . What a notable piece of ingenuity wm this I —{ loud lau ^ itei ) . "Wbo , he shcmld like , to biow , was to feed the tradesmen and their families daring that month ?—( bear , bear , hoi . ) At j the end of the month the somber of the oppressed ; would so doubt h * TB sensibly diminished , and for this \ T £ 77 4 > bvurBs rr—rm . that JDXIkJ « f then in ttw » tcrim . j would ba ^ e gonei to aootba world . tEhere would be but fewsurrrrors aX the end of the month—{ bear , he&i ) .

      Hs < Mr . O'ConneC ) proposed no preposterous Utopian meuare like that proposed by Feargus . He did not want a rtTolntion—enless by sncti a name an attempt to procure aietarn to th « former tuces might properly besodasiimatecL EewniteA such a rerointicn a * th ^ t of 1155 , oribat of 1829—( heal , bear , and cheers ) . It » 4 S a bloodless , stainless resolution to which he a ? rored ; a political change for tbe better , brought about without injury to life or to property . " Who Vould say tTmy the Irish people bad not sufficient cosstitatJoaal zerourses to fall back upon , ertn if thai present plans were defeated I , Sappcsing a tEtj extreme case—supposing that the plans now proposed for the achievement of our national regeseation were fsctiouBry thwsxted and defeated , might not ae Irish people acknowledge the wisdom ol fcettkirg ttifemselTea exdusiTely to their potato crops , and leaTing the harrest of IreJand nncut ? Who

      * onld tell him that the Repealers might not unani-EouSy come to tbe determination of discontinuing altogether tbe ' eonsomption of all tariseable commocitia ?—( lend cfceers ) - Tbe barrest tu already cut , jo that when be alluded to that , he waa speaking a tisy tfter the fair —( laughter ) . The resolution for the uon-conannption of EZeuesbls articles was not now proposed , nor would it until a Hiore nrgait emerfeney Jbottia arise ; bnt iben be was Tery far from saying that it might not be proposed one day or otter—( heafl . Be would jiot shrink from anything that tbe Jaws of € iid 2 nd man would approTe fox 1 ^ -f restoration of bis I tonntry ' s right * He trusted that the meeting would parara him tMs digreaaron , but the paragraph which I bad giTED rise to it was-of * o important a nature that be vss jure tis Irish people would acknowledge that be "B-ss doing nothing more than bis duty in offering t isese remarks .

      Barag so far , Sir , given that portion of yonr speech which refers to the Chartist body generally , and to myself as one of the body particularly , 1 shall now proceed to conneet it as a whole j ibis establishing my assertion made at the out-Kt of tbe present agitation that ultimately you would seek to saddle its failuTe either npon the indiffireaee , or the treacHery of the EDglish Chartists . In msny of yocr pre"rions orationB you have charged &c CSsanists with opposing Mr . Cobden and the Corn law league , and funher you haTe charged trerp as ** Tory-Chartists / ' and Tory-Spies , " receiTiEg ibe pay of GoTernment ; while yon now ^ tate ihat the Hepealers " could note see Acir the

      cause of Reform Tuid been put down in England 6 y t * f interference of persons pretending to he Charthtt ; I for the great principle of Chartism tras not io allow onti public meeting to take place" ( I presume jon fcetned to proceed J ** undiiturled . In tbe last paragraph you proceed thu 3 : — They should probe it to the boUom . Be cared not who they were , tb&man who is at the bottom of such a plan as that , was a wretch that sbonld be dragged to the scaffold . Peargns O'Connor when ihe Chariists were sore beset in England , proposed ^ the absurdity of what he called a sacred month . * ' l * ow , Sirconnect your Epeech as a whole , and conld any

      , ofjosr hearers bare come toother tonclusion , than tkaj tou meant your hearers to infer tfeat the dis-I tcrbers of the Tara Hill meeting were Cbartists , hired by the goTernment for the purpose of carrying fHsennon and confusion into the Repeal ranks ? tod from the sW and - pointed manner in which you Hake my name " follow ** tbe -rrretch that should be ffeapeed to the scaffold , " is there a man who beard &—is" there a man who reads it , but must come to the conclusion that Teargus O'Connor ib to « cfered up as the Eacrifice whereon the pre-* tat adtaticn is to be immolated !

      Sir , if the agifation of Mr , Cobden and hiB de-BGlsiiDg fraternity was calcnlated to serre the cause oMris h liberty more tian the agitation of Feargns O'CoiiBofandthe English Cbartists , bow happens ? liai in the midBt of improred opinion , you d « m I ^ necessary tobe MJent npon the principles ot the twiner , while you find it indispensible to advocate «• « arly as possible tnose of the latter ! B » tb you ^ ^ agth niseoVered that ihe Irish people , like the f ^ flisfljwaieontend for principle alone ! Do yon "ttsore that the day of juggle and deception has * J ^ «* ay 1 Are you mortified at being diacged r ^ dB in the conree of liberty , at a s peed which p ooped , butEOTf find it imDosable , to retard 1 «* , i ! jon haTfr reeeircd a Etrength beyond your " ^^ t expectation ; -if yon haTe embarked m a

      project which joh boped indifference to haTe BancuoBed ilre desertion of : and if you haTe not the ? ° ^ « h »« b to idotb onward with yonr strength , ™ ooQ ^' nuae , rather prodaim yOBT own tunioity , ™» . « tk to coTer your retreat by the fonlest km to and defamation of others J " rYiul * haye proeliimed youxBelf flie adrw ^ e ef the Irish CathoBcs , xcd the defeadw of the Irish vtorcn , y ^ t y properly censuring ^ ie high ones of iwa own weed , who haTe degraded tbemselTes by Ptodemgto State church authority , how 3 I ask , wa the redoalialle Mr . Cobden escape ' your centre for the publication of a . book , in which "he «>*»*? Gofi- ihat fee was not born a Catholic ! " and ?™? *¦? 1 ^ iis matchless acdaciiy to auri-T ? J . - ^^ Sth , English debasement , aid Eng-•* a aHLua& y , to ihe mixture of Irish'Catholics

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      with the English pwple" ! !! In dent . an < m > g EBglish prejudice against theCatholio people ° . Ireland , why had you not the manliness to hold fhij Cobden np as ihe re-riler of onr eoantry , the defame . " ° f her people , and the denouncer of th " eir religion ? Why ask ub to follow at his back , to cheer him in h » follies , and to aid him ia his projects * Why ft ^ so tenderly towards him and bis order , not one o / whom that would not resist your agitation to the i death ; while to dignify and glorify them , you heap ' slander npon millioBS who hiTe resolred upon aiding ' the Irish people in their noble struggle for liberty . ! The fact is , Sir , you court weakness , and dread i strength ! j

      If I felt inclined to raply to your charge against me for haTing proposed the Sacred Month . " I need but turn to a single passage in that speech from which I haTe quoted ; and there I find you actually urging tbe possibility of the Irish people having Tecourse to what , with reference to me , you call " an absurdity . " You say— " Supposing that the plans now proposed for ihe achievement of our national regeneration were factioasly thwarted and defeated 3 might not the Irish people acknowledge the "WISDOM of betaking themselves exclusively to * heir potato crops , akd leaving the habvest of Ikexxkd trxcxnr" 1 Here , then , Sir , we find that expediency changes English absurdity into Irish WISDOM . You propose , not a sacred holiday , bbt a toiai

      ; CTEaAtlo * cej XABOxm w lBKUtra >; for as Ireland is wholly an agricnltHral country , if the harveai of 3843 was left uncut , 1844 would be a year of total cessation from labour . But even this forebodiDg of another year ' s delay to the great question of Repeal , is not so ominous as the following : — " The resclution for the non-consumption of excisealle articles was kot now proposed , nor would it until a more URGENT EMERGENCY should arise ; bnt , then , he waa very far from saying that it miehi not be proposed ONE DA ? OB OTHER . " Now , Sir , as an ardent lover of Irkh liberty , anxiously desiring to fee the Act of Union repealed , I ask yon how I am to reconcile the "¦ UBGENT NECESSITY , ' and the " ONE DAT" OE OTHEK , " and " THE

      ALLOWING AN IRISH HARVEST TO RESIAIH TJNCTJT , " with your solemn declsration ihat this , 2843 , should bo the " REPEAL YEAR" ? ! ETcn yet , Sir , with such strong feeiinss of indignation , and snch alarming forebodings of retreat , I am poi disposed to weaken your hands ; while I have bo inclination to sit tamely under jonr tyranny , of which the foregoing is but tbe beginning . I defy yoa to point to a similar instance of resignation tinder Elander , to that which I have evinced towards you . I haTe allowed you to deal uninterruptedly in BhaUow personal invectiTe . I have allowed the distaat yelpings of your cowardly staff

      to pass by me as the idje wind . I have endeavoured not only to account for , but to justify your devious and meandering course : upon the presumption tbat the . end to be obtained being great , it justified even yourmeans for accomplishment . ButySir , when 1 discoTer that your intention now is to sow the seeds of disseJision more profusely than ever between the English &nd the Irish people , I cannot longer abstain from pointing out the errors of your way , and the folly of such aa undertaking . / am no political trafficker ; and therefore I neither courted nor sought your approval of my conduct ; while now , I am justified in asking , if the publication and dissemination of Ireland ' s wropg was , aa you have

      stated , necessary for the achievment of Ireland ' s rights , how happens it , disseminatator of knowlege , redresser « f grievances , ** Liberator of Ireland , " that while the Argus-eye of your several associations was abroad searching the English pres 3 for even toleration of your principles , and the admission of your gr ievances , that it never bt upon a single line in tbat paper ( the Northern Star ) which has illuminated the mind of England , and is illuminating the mind of Ireland , even amid the gloomy atmosphere that yon hare cast around ? From the moment that that paper was established , now nearly six years , English prejudice began to fade , until at length Englishmen are as much alive to Irish

      sufferings as they are to their own grievances . In 1841 , when the whole press of England assailed you , and whilfil was a »» 7 * " '" ** " » fgJ"Vfl ^ nPff ftfln T tjuai . tended against tie English press ; and from ihat period down to the present , I have never loFt an opportunity of advocating the claims of the Irish people to liberty and independence ; while since the recent agitation commenced , can you point out amid your cuckoo-press a case so strong , and argumen ; s bo convincing , as I have adduced in favour of a repeal of tbe Union 11 No , Sir , I defy you ; and 1 now prondly inform you tbat the hand that writes tbis letter has written nearly every single leading article tbat has appeared in tbe Northern Star , upon Irish affairs and a Hepeal of the Unioni

      The charge of physical-force made against mem your Epeech iB best answered by the quotations that stand at the head of this letter . Bat if I required stronger proof , or if I would condescend to argue against the right of an oppressed people to have recourse to arms for their liberation , I conld multiply instances from your recent speeches which , gloss them over as yon may , are threats of physical-force Didnot your son , Mr . John O'Connell , in reply to Mr . Connor , say , ** that if the alternative should come , the leaders of your Association should take the lead ia a physical encounter" ? I should not for a moment . norindeedUo I now , dwe ll angrily upon those puffs , was it not necessary to remind you of the old adage that one man may steal a horse , while another dare not look over the wall . "

      In the speech , however , to which I allude , you charge me and the English Chartists , as yon have frequently chargedus before , with the crime of beinj ; ToTy spies , in the pay of the Tory government ; and that our opposition to Reform has now extended itself to Ireland . Yes , Sir , yon have stated that the same men who followed Cobden went to the Tara meeting for the purpose of creating confusion . You have stated many limes that those men were in the pay of the Tory Government , and that I was their leader ; you have further connected them with the wholfc Cnartist body by BtatiDg" the Repealers could now see hou > the cause of Reform has been put down in Enpland by the interference of persons pretending

      io be Chartists - " and you sweeping add " j > or the ? BEAT FWJSCn'l . B 07 CHABT 1 SH WAS KOT TO AXXOW AST PtTBUC UEEH 5 Q TO TAXE PLACE CKD 1 STORBED . " And then . Sir , as I before ob-erved , you slily introduce Feargus O'Connor a » " the wretch who Ebonld be dragged to the scaffold . " As the good opinion of my countrymen is dearer to me than life hself , 1 challenge you to the proof . You say , * it mnst be probed to the bottom . ' For years you hav « mixed my name up with vile transactions , until at length you have associated it with ** tbe scaffold" . Sir , although I have not many friends in your association , yet have I that firm reliance upon Irish

      honour aiid integrity , that 1 am willing to aid in this desireable and necrwary inve ? tigation ; akd , to that em ) , 1 DARE YOU TO THE PKOOF . 1 todebtake , if your ** whistler" or your " correspondent" dare to mix my name up with such an act of treason , to meet tou as my prosecutor , with your wilnt&ses in your own court , is thjs CobnF . xchaj . ge , and to submit the question to an im partial J ury ot Irishmen . And upon behalf of the English Cbartists , as a body , I undertake that they will give every facil itj to tbe investigation j and that upon their part they will disprove that aDy one of iheir body has ever received pay , or been the hired tool of the Government , or any other faction .

      Wien it serves yonr pnrpo . ee to rpvile ns , we are a weak and insignificant body , but when it suits you tocfeaTgeTas , ihen every Eiyfiisbman , as if by magic , becomes a Chartist . Sir I dow propose to meet my assailants pingleband . 1 dabb totj , a > t > them , to peove onb single act fcP tbeachebt agaisst me ; unless indeed there is treachery in having preserved the consistency for many years , that presents an unbecoming mirror to those who see their own delinquencies reflected in itTb * shall not put us doxm- For years we baje haunudyouasthe real advocates of ieal liberty ; while for years you hare changed your shape and Sag ? I . Tfe ^^« f « gyst ? sstsw as sa ^ K B

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      indictment ; you calculated upon my further incarceration ; yen hoped for unopposed sway ; you raised a hope for a concealed purpose , wiih an ostensible bearing ; and the laxity of the law , which declared my liberation , caused you such discomfiture and consternation , that you seized the moment of my triumph as the fitting one for renewing your deadly hostility 1 ! Always bear in mind , Sir , that yon told the Irish people , in 1832 and 1833 , that it WAS H 0 PKLES 3 TO EXP £ CT A RePBAL OF THE UwiOW xjiv"til the English people joimed is the demand ; onoj mind , that from that moment to the present you have vsed y ° ur every energy to DEFEAT THE OBJE . CT which you declared to be indispensible TO TOL-K 8 CCCEES J ! i

      Sir , hoj . * e DOt either to arrest or much longer to retard tho growth of democracy . You have bad a quiet sunnier unopposed by legal authority . God send tha , * the coining winter may baas calm ! We have had a lifeless summer , and will have a quiet and a bloodless , winter ; and as men must be judged by their a . 's ts , whatever the spring-yield of your present agitation may be , I pledge myself that by tbat time , either . yon will be forced into thu fulfilment of your pledgO . OB THE WHOiE IRISH WATION WILL BECOME CONVERT ^ TO THOSE PHINCIFLES WHICH roc PB 0 FES 3 to admibb v but which you have lost no opportunity to destroy . ' I You have strength at your back , Sir , such as no , qkq of ancient or modern times ooald . boast of j and yovrgreaiest consists in the

      sympathy of the Jury class % while I have no power but that which abjeot poverty can give me : for the Jury class consider my destruction necessary for the preservation of their order . Beware how yo 7 t iriflo wiih such power ! Build not upon / the prejudices of former days . Hope for no great lenity , if disappointment should lead to its aspiration ! And , above all , do not tarnish your fame by saddling your weakness npon other men ' s shoulders . The nation has given you the support tbat yon asked for . It has proclaimed its willingness tis one man to stand by you to the death ; while it has profusely furnished you with all the meauB of agitation . Hope not , then , so meanly of Irish pride , Irish hope , and Irwh resolution , as that all will be allowed to vani . « h as the mere dream of enthusiasm , leaving nought behind ,

      " But the wreck of old opinions . " It is now eleven years since I told yon at a publ ' c dinner in Cork tbat , like Frankenstein , you had created a monster which , if thwarted , would destroy you . Since then you have occasionally nurtured it , and put it out to nurse : but it has grown in ihe time ; and ere long yon will behold it , terrific in its maturity if opposed . Or fond i » its embraces if cherished' BUT TOO CANNOT DESTROY IT I And although you have rocked it to sleep now and then , lest in its growth it should interfere with " corporatereform , " " the registration , " or " tithe reform , " yet the full grown beast cannot NOW be lulled to rest with so poor an opiate as thtee or four hired English Chartists , causing confusion amongst a million and a quarter of thoroughly organised and well disciplined TraAmen , met upon the spot of Ireland ' s former grandeur , and commanded by Ireland ' s present Liberator ! No sir ,

      " Lay not the flattering unction to your sonl . " Thins not so badly of our brave countrymen . I at least entertain no fear that a passing rumour " whistled" at the base of Tara Hi !} can divert six millions of Irishmen from their darling purpose !! Sir , I understand that you have written a History of Ireland . I have not yet read it , bat I learn that it is to be sold to tbe several districts at the low price of . twenty pounds .. But let me hope that it is not written upon those false assumptions which are everywhere to be found in your recent speeches . If however ; you have erred from your thorough ignorance of the History of Ireland , I trust tbat those errors are confined to those dark times when mere assertion will go for the establishment of fact . But

      pray do not seek , as you have in your several speeches , to convince the Irish people that in 1782 the sun of Ireland rose ; for in reality what you call "theglorions achievement of the Irish Volunteers " was the commencement of Irish debasement . I t is but right , sir , that the History of Ireland , and especially of that time during which the cravings of what iB called her "free Parliament , " furnishedthe English prwea with euob jaat cause of vituperation * should be thoroughly understood j and in order to illustrate that portion of Ireland ' s history give me leave to inform yon that the period from the passing of the octenual act during the vice-regency of Lord Townsend in 1768 down to the Act of Union in 1800 , were the very darkest days of Irish history . Up to 1760

      the price of a seat in the Irish House of Commons , was £ 500 per life . By the octenual act a seat waa made worth £ 800 for eight years ; a price subsequently raised to £ 2 , 500 ; and afterwards ihe title was purchased for from fifteen to twenty thousand pounds . The establishment of " free trade , " as you are pleased to term it , in 1782 , having caused the second rise ; while the latter purchase-money waa paid as compensation to the borough-mongers for the purpose of carrying the Union . You should tell the Irish people tbat that freedom of which you boast , in 1782 , consisted in the INCREASED power vested in the

      hands of ihe Irhh Pbot £ Stant Parliament by tbe repeal of Poyning ' s Act , and the triumph of the Volunteers in 1782 , to make themselves , not serviceable to the Irish people , but dangerous to the English oligarchy . You should tell them that as soon as Lord Charlemont , the Generalissimo of the Volunteers , had achieved all the objectB of hifl own faction , that the Irish Catholic Volunteers petitioned him to proceed for " a full , free , and fair representation of the whole people in the House of Commons" ; and to wbich demand the Generalissimo returned the following answer : — That howjsteb DE 5 IBABLE PaBUAMENTART ReFOBM MIGHT BB , AND

      WAS , IT'WAS ADMISSIBLE OSLT ON THE BASIS OF PHOTESTANT ASCENDANCY . " The Irish people trom that moment deserted their Protestant leaders , and established ihe Society of United Irishmen ; while Charlemont and his facuon directed their untiricg exertion to spoliation and Parliamentary pl under of every kind , making the most of their own independence of England . Their patriotism was never evinced except for the purpose of evincing that independence on their own behalf ;

      until at leDgth their peculatious , delinquencies , plunderings , and constant draws upon the temper of the English oligarchy , suggested to the English Minister the plan « f gorging them to repletion , the repast to be furnished out of Irish patronage and the English Exchequer . Such , Sir . is the true history of those rampant days of Irish aristocratic Protestant ascendancy , when the Irish Volunteers , having achieved the triumph of their Protestant taskmasters , laid down their arms in disgust , and betook themselves to a combination of " United Irishmen . "

      Bear iu mind , then , the fact , that the first Organization of that body was formed for the purpose , not so much of ridding Ireland of the British yoke , as to destroy the domestic corruption of the English settlers , who never lost an opportunity of taking advantage of the weakness of their own countrv , as a means of aggrandising themselves upon the spoil in their adopted land . If you expect to make the Irish people in love with a domestic legislature , you must not hold out the acts or deeds

      of any previous Irish Parliament as an inducement ; you must tell them as I tell them—that Ireland never had a Parliament , from the first day that the foreign invader set foot upon the land ; and that Ireland never will have a Parliament until the Commons House of the- people , is the true reflex of public opinion : and that will be when , but not till , the Irish people are represented upon all the principles contained in the People ' s Charter . I am , S . r , Your obedient Servant , Feabgus O'Cona'OB .

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      H 0 XAIMWO 0 D . —Mr . A . F . Taylor , of Royton , delivered a most animated lecture in the Chartist Room , Pew Nook , on Snnday evening last , which gave great satisfaction . The Chartists of this place have lately opened a Sunday school , which is rapidly progressing . CHELTENHAM . —Mr . J . Mason delivered two lectures in this town , on Monday and Tuesday evenings . There is every prospect of Chartism again flourishing ia this aristocratic town . Mr . Mason gave the greatest satisfaction to all present . as&ton .-A meeting took place here last

      Sunday , to hear and read the New Plan of Organaation , which was well attended . . After the KewPIm had been read , a discussion took place on the . Laud question , which waa carried on Tery Bpintealy by Slesaw . Storet , Pilling . , andim * others for some time . At the conclusion ot the diwuasion , seYeral new members were enrolled , Borne orVthem old men from the school of Cartwright and Hunt , who had neTer joined us before , bnt said ; that seemgthe New Plan of Organization , was coupled with the . Land question , they determined at once to come forward and assist us by every means in theirpower .

      * KOTTU * GHAM . —At » meeting of the Female Chariists , held on Tuesday last , a resolution was Da £ = ed declaring that , in the opinion of themeetiBg , nS shorTo f the People ' s Charter would benefit th « condition of the working classes of this country .

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      Balance Sheet of the Metropolitan Defecate Meeting , from the 1 st of February to the 10 th of September , 1813 . —February 1 st . —Baiance from last quarter , 83 . 4 ^ d . ; Standard of Liberty , 2 s . 6 d . ; Buck's Head , 2 s . 6 d . ; Crown and Anchor , Cheshire-Btreet 9 i . 6 d . ; Finsbury 2 s . ; Brompton 3 s . 3 d . ; Somerstown , 14 s . ; Star Golden-lane , £ 1 Us . 6 d . ; Golden Lion , Dean-street , 12 s . 6 d . ; Camberwell , 8 s . ; Bermondsey , 2 s ; 6 d . ; Bloomsbury , 10 a . 6 d . ; Marylebone , 8 i . i Flora Tavern , Barnabury-Park , 8 s . ; Clerkenwell , 4 s . ; Hatters , 2 s . 6 d . ; April 9 th—Collections at publib meetings , £ 1 17 s . 6 d . ; April 13 th—Collection at public meeting , 13 s . 5 ^ d , ; Receipts for Victim Books , 10 d . ; Sale of Addresses , 11 s . 2 d . ; August 28 th—Collection at public meeting , 7 s- 6 ^ d . ; Total £ 10 3 s . l £ d . Six subscription books , Is .

      Expenditure— Printing Reoeipts , 2 s . 1 jd . ; twenty three weeks rent , £ 2 6 a . ; Secretary ' s wages £ 1 Is . ; hire of Hall for public meetings , £ 3 ; postage and paper , 7 d ; printing bills for public meeting , 16 a . ; one dozen postage stamps , la . ; advertisement in the Morning Advertiser , 53 ; printing addresses . 143 ; expences attending public meeting , Is 4 d , ; Wheeler , for postage , 33 i 2 d ,. ; bills for public meeting . 14 s ; postage and paper , la . ; Chartist Circulars , Is . 4 d . — Total , £ 9 63 . 6 $ d . Sept . 10 . —Printing bills for Birmingham Conference 3 s . ; postage and paper , Wheeler ls lOd .-Total £ 9 11 4 A . Balance in Trea

      8 urershand 8 , 10 s . 9 d . Debts due from Mr . D . V .: ten weeks rent of Hall £ l ; thirteen weeks Secretary 19 ^ . 6 d . —Total debt due , £ 1 19 a § d . Audited and found correct . Wm ^ Mathers , Wnj . Davoc . John Simpson , Treasureri ^ DERBY . —Balance-S ^ st , op Mr . West ' s Detencb . —Income . —Derby , ; Jg 4 0 i . 6 d . ; Ilkestone , 13 s . 6 d . ; Borrowasb , IDs . ; Shoemakers of Leictster , 63 . ; Belper . perViokers , £ 3 10 s . ; Swadlincote . per Mr . Hawley , £ 1 63 . ; Burton , per Mr . Hall , 18 s .: Star Ofiice , los . Total , £ 11 19 s .

      Disbursements . —WitBeBses' expenses , £ 5 53 . 4 id . ; paid to Mr , West , during Trial * £ l 5 a . 6 d . ; ditto , board and lodgings , 18 s . ; Addresses , 10 a . ; collecting books and postage , lid . ; paid to attorney , for drawing up brief , £ 2 7 s . ; paid to Mr . Wildgoose , 63 . ; paid for report of trial , £ 110 a . Total , £ 12 Is . 9 Ad . Income , £ 11103 . Balance due to Treasurer , 2 s . 9 jd . Auditors , John Moss and Enos Ford . COVENTRT ^—At the weekly mooting O . f the Coventry Chartists , on Monday night last , the buio of thirteen shillings waa handed in for the Victim Fund .

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      MB . O'CONNOR'S TOHB . On Saturday , the 7 th of October , Mr . O'Connor will address tbe people of Salford at eight o ' clock precisely . On Sunday , the 8 th , be will addresB tha people of Manchester , in the Carpenters' Hull , to aid iu the preparations for the reception of tbe glorious Duncombe on tbe 9 th . On Tuesday , the 10 th , he will address the men of Huddersfleld ; on the lllh , tbe men of Bradford ; on tbe 12 th , the men ot Halifax ; and on the 14 th , be will be at Newcastle , to aid in tbe preparations tofreceive Dancombe on the 23 rd . Daring h ' stay at Newcastle he will address the taen of Sunderland , South Shields , and sucb other localities as tbe committee shall decide npon . On the 25 th , he will be

      in Aberdeen to aid in preparing for the grand Duncombe demonstration , on the 26 th . On the 27 th , Mr . O'Connor will address the Chartists of Aberdeen . Ob tbe 29 th , he will be in Glasgow , there to aid in preparing for tbe reception of Duncombe on the 30 th . Throughout this tour Mr . O'Connor will be provided with lists , and will remain to any hour after eaeh meeting that is necessary for the enrolment of names tor mem . bers . He will also be prepared with books for the conducting ef the business of the Branches . When bis work iu Scotland is done , he will return by Liverpool , where he will address tbe Chartists of that town ; and then take bis place at the Executive Board to aid in making the New Organfzition as perfect as possible .

      Mr . O'Connor has again to say that he will not be answerable for any funds that ate not sent by post , office order made payable io himself , and addressed to Feargus O'Connor , ; care of " John Cleave , No . 1 , Shoelone , Fleet-street , London . " He will not have double entries and complicated accounts ; one at the Norhern Star Ofiice , and the other in London . London . —Golden Lion , Dean-stteet , Soho . — Mr . Preston vfill lecture atthiB locality on Sunday next ( to-morrow . ) London . —The members of the late National Charter Association , meeting at the Black Horse and Windmill , Fiftldgate-street , are requested to meet on Sunday evening , October 1 st , at eight o ' clock .

      Someb ' s Town Locality . —On Sunday evening next , Mr . Mantz will lecture at Mr . Duddridge ' s , Bricklayer ' s ArmB , Tonbridge-street , New Road . Mb . M'Gbath will lecture on Sunday evening , at the Political Institute , Turnagain Lane . The General Council of the Tower Hamlets will meet ou Sunday afternoon , at fire o ' clock , at the Crown and Anchor , Waterloo Town . All persons holding tickets for the late excursion to the Nore , are requested to settle for the same on Sunday morning , at Mr . Knighton ' s , 115 , Blacktriar's road .

      Tower Hamlets . —A general meeting of the members of this locality will be held at Mr . Wm . Drake ' s , the Standard of Lvbarty , Brick-lane , at eight o ' clock on Sunday evening , Oct . 1 st , to take steps to form the locality under the New Organization as soon as enrolled . Bbadfohd . —The Chartists of New Leeds have resolved to hold a publib meeting on the 8 th ot October , when Messrs . Dewhiret , Hurley , Smyth , and others , will address the meeting , and take names to be enrolled under the new plan of organization .

      A Public Meeting will be held in the Chartist room , Bowling Back-lane , on Sunday , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , Messrs . Smyth , Hurley , and others , will address the meeting on the Land question . The Chabtjsts of New Leeds ^ will meet on Sonday morning in their room at ten o ' clock ; The Chartists of Little Horton , will meet m the School room , Park-place , on Sunday morning at nine o ' clock . Pbesto !* . —A meeting of the members will take place on Sunday , to take into consideration the propriety of applying for a Charter and proceeding under the Wew Plan of Organization , and also for the purpose of affording relief to the victims . OLDHAK- ^ -On Sunday , ( to ^ morrowj Mr . William Dixon , of Manchester , will lecture in the Chartist Room , GreareVstreet , * t six o ' clock in the

      g . WAHWiCK .--Tbe Chartists of thu locality are requested to meet at the Saracen ' s Head , Parkstreet , on next Sunday , Oct . 1 st ., at seven o ' clock in the evening , i © decide upon the formation of a branch under the New Plan of Organization as soon as enrolled , and to dispose of the funds in hand . Stocktort . —Oa Sunday next , Mr . Jeremiah J Lane of Manchester , will lecture here at six o ' clock iuthe evening .

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      Sheffield . —On Sunday evening next , Mr . West will preach the funeral sermon of James Duffy , iu the Fagtree-lane Room , at half-past six o ' clock . On Momdat Evening , Mr . West will deliver a lecture on Labour and Capita ) , real and artificial to commence , at eight o ' clock precisely , after which a new enrolment of members will take place . A Ball every Tuesday evening , and an Harmonio Meeting every Saturday evening , in the above room , under the superintendence of the committee . Dewsbub ? . —Mr . David Rioss , of Leeds , will deliver two lectures in the large room over the Gooperative Siore * on Sunday , ' Ootober 1 st ' , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , and six ia the evening . Heywooix—The Chartists ] of this place are requested to meet on Monday ) night next , at eight o ' clock , in the Association Room , Hartley-street , for the purpose of taking into consideration the New Plan of Organization . ;

      Birar . —Mr . William Bell , ! of Hey wood , will deliver a lecture on the 2 nd of October , in the Gardenstreet lecture room , Bury , at eight o ' clock in the evening . j Mr . Datid Ross , of Leeds , will deliver two lectures on Sunday , October 8 , h , j at two o ' clock , in the afternoon , and at six in the evening , in the above room . , 1 Mb . Doyle ' s Route for the ensuing week : —Mansfield , Monday ; Sutton-in-Ashfield , Tuesday ; Skegby Wednesday ; and Silston on Thursday . Birmingham . —A lecture ia delivered ia the Pecklane Room , every Suaday evening at seven o ' clock precisely . j Mossley . —Mr . David Ross ; of Leeds , will deliver a lecture in the Association Room , on Wednesday Ootober 4 th . Subject , " . Local and National Reform . " Admission , one penny . i

      Macclesfield , —A tea-party will be holden in the Chartist Room , Stanley-street , on Tuesday next , at five o ' clock in the evening , for the benefit of Mr . Samuel Bentole , who is now suffering for advocating the rights of the toiling millions in August , 1842 , and will shortly be liberated . j Halifax . —The Chartists of this place will meet iu their room , Pelloa Lane , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at two o'clock in the afternoon , for the purpose of reading and explaining the New Plan of Organization . In the evening , at six o ' clock , a lecture will be deli * w « 4 by Mr . Hanson . j CoYENTRT .. —The members ] ano-friends ar * . requested to meet ia the Association Room , on Monday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock , to arrange for the formation of » : branch , in accordance with the New Organization . I

      Hollinwood . —Mr . Thomas Clark , of Stookport , will deliver a lecture iu the j Chartist Room , Pew Nook , on Sunday evening nex . t , at six o ' clock . On Monday Evemhq next'j , Mr . Ambrose Hurst , of Waterhead Mill , near Oidham , will deliver a lecture in the above room , on the subject of total abstinence . j Ow Monday Evening , Oetl 9 th , a public supper will be hoiden in the Chartist Room , Pew Nook , Hollinwood , in honour of the liberation of Mr . Joseph Hitchen , who was [ sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment in Kirkdale Gaol . Tickets , males 8 d ., females 6 d ., each , may be had of Messrs . Thomas Stotp , John Tayior , sea ., James Taylor , Robert Whitehead , and Thomas Dyson . Supper on the table at eight o ' clock . j Honlet . —A general meeting of the Chwtists of the Hudderafiald district will be holden on Sunday , the 8 th of October , in the Chartist Room , Honley , on matters of the greatest importance to the Chartist body . Chair to be taken i at two o ' clock in the

      afternoon . j Huddebsfield . —On Monday evening next , the 2 nd Ootober , a lecture will be delivered in the Guildhall , Huddersfield , by Mr . David Ross . —Subject" Local and National Reform . '' Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . ; The South Lancashire Delegate Meeting will be held in tbe Council room , 43 , Garret-road , under the Carpenters' Hall , Manchester , on Sunday , tomorrow ) , at one o ' clock in the ! afternoon . It is requested that those places who ! have not paid their quota of the expences for sending the delegates to the Birmingham Conference , will bring the same to the delegate meeting . i Rochdale . —Mr . James Mills , of Whitworth , will deliver two lectures iu the Chartist Association Room , Top of Yorkshire-street , on Sunday next , at half-past two o ' clock ia the afternoon , and at six in the evening . . !

      . _ . „ Yobk . —The Chartists of York meet every Tuesday evening at Mr . Hall ' s , ihh Ebor Tavern , Foss gate . i Mottram . —The Chartists of Mottram are requested to attend a meeting oil Sunday , Oct . 1 st , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , ] at Mr . Wm . Wildgoose ' s , Mottram-moor , to take into consideration the New Plan of Organization . ] Liverpool—A soiree aud ball will take place iu the Nelson Assembly Rooms , ] Lord Nelson-street , oa Tuesday , October 10 th , in honour of Mr . Witliam Jones , who was liberated from Leicester gaol on the 21 st of September . Tea on the table at eevea o ' clock . Doublo tickets , & . 3 d . ; single tickets , Is . 3 d ., may be had of Mr . Gootffeilow , Temperance Hotel , Tarleton-street . i

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      Drowned while iJATHiNe .-r xne toiiowing paragraph , headed as above , has appeared ia an Edinburgh paper : — " Mr . Edward Pollin , of Paisley , — late of the Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle and Newcastle Courant offices—while oil hie way to London trom the latter place , ventured j to bathe while the vessel was riding at anchor off the mouth of the Thames , and , we regret to add , was unfortunately drowned . The deceased was well known in Paisley , and his death is lamented by not a few who knew his worth . He has written a iiumber of . beautiful pieces , several of which have appeared in the columns of newspapers , periodicals , and annuals . ' --The writer of this knew the "deceased before his

      connection with either of the above papers , at a time when Mr . Pollin was to all intents and purposes the " leader" of the Paisley Chartists . In private life he was all that was amiable and endearing to those who had the good fortune to be ranked amongst his friends ; and the productions of ; his pen published in ihe Scottish Chartist Circular , Scottish Patriot , mi other publications devoted to the cause of democracy , testified his ardent love of freedom and bis earnest desire for the restoration of the rights of tbe millions . As a poet , Mr . Pollin gave promise of a bright future , had he lived to duly cultivate his talents and enlarge bis mental capabilities . ! We know not his age , though he must hftve died but young . , Most sinoerely do we lament the death of one so highly

      gifted , and so well fitted to—with " pen of fire " ,- ^ unfold the wrongs and vindicate the rights of the enslaved and suffering people , j Died , on Thursday , September 21 st , at the very advanced age of ninety-one years , Samuel Roland , of Nottingham . The deceased was a frame-work knitter by occupation , and was the inventor of several important improvements in his } trade . These improvements , however , did not enrich him , for he continued to work in the frame down to last February . From 1778 to 1814 , be was rather noted aa a "Jacobin , " and was a prominent character in all elections . When the "Anti-Jacobin" fever was at its height , Roland was with many others a sufferer for his political opinions . On ope occasion he had his windows broken , damage \ being done to the amount of £ 26 , He vf as also sUot at by some of the j

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      * Sing and Constitution ! ' men , who , iieWtfftfi'jRA ' not succeed ia their diabolical intention . He "Aft left a numerous family of children , grand-children , gre ^ -grand-ohiidren , andgrcat-great-grand-children to the number of one hundred and fifty-five ! Ha was borue te his last homo by seven grand-children and one great-grand-child .

      Died , on the morning of Monday last , at Hull , after a lingering illness , Mr . Holder , chemist , of that place , aged sixty-two' years . The deceased was a warm friend to the Chartist cause , his purse being ever open to advance the principles of freedom , or to succour those of its advocates who fell victims in their struggles with nnrJghteous authority .- Hospitable and affectionate , he will long be deplored by a numerous body of friends , and a family by whom ' 'e was truly and justly idolized .

      DK vth op Sir Matthew Wood , M . P . —This on « e hijrhlf v ° P ular P uWi < 5 character died at Matson , near GlWesW * , sea k oi W ? «> n-in-law , Br . Maddy , on Monday had e * n fiu " ering for sdma time past fros wate T . the ohest- He was " »' & » seventy-sixth « O hw been bora on the 2 ad of June , 17081 Fore */ 6 I "" 5 aquarter o £ a century Alderman - Wood fe » been one of the most conspicuous members ot t&d . Londo ? Corporation . After filling several offices ef fc ^ T , impottance » &e WM chosen at a comparatively eh . t a p . an Aldermaa for his ward , and was twice eldb * ca 'J ? o « noe-of Lord Mayor . He sat in abeaaeo ^ TQ ™ amenta as one of the members for the cfty of . l « 0 i ; don , ; ia the representation of which his death , of c < . W 3 e , causes a vacancy . On the question ol the trial « . tf the hte Quean Caroline , the deceased Alderman Josfc an

      active and decided par > in support of the QueejiV *^ was in consequence , fcr a considerable period , * k © most popular manthat h % d appeared in London eindtf the time of Wilkes . His cMne was & popular watchword with the •*¦ Queen ' s party , " and many a time has been shouted applaudingly by those very voices which in the same breath were showering groans and curses on the head af that personification of purityv ( !) that •' Defeudes of the Faitb , ( I > JFom thfr Fourth . " Aldermaa Wood was a * Raformer , ' / that is ta . say a Whig ; and , as a polivioiau ^ too only be regarded withr contempt '¦; . . but the larg ^ space h © once filled in the pubKa eye justifies this lerjjjtheriod notice , which we shoutdnot : think of giving to- Whiflf politiciaus ia general itvthe columna-of the Northe rn Star .

      Died suddenly , of apsplexy , on Sunday morning last , John Skene , painter Manchester , member of the General Council of the National Charter Association . He retired to hi ? bed at half-past elevens o ' clock on Saturday nighty and was a corpse by halfpast twelve . He was interred on Wednesday last in the Rev . J . Scholefield's bbrial greund , in the sam © grave with Duffy ; the painters testifying their regard to his memory , by accompanying his remains to the grave in procession . 2 o poor Skonehis wifehas lost an affectionate husband , and his children akind and indulgent parent , and the Chartisrs-one of their most useful and efficient members . He wa » highly respected by all who knew him , and deeply lamented by a large circle of friends .

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      Since we went to Press we have received the following communication from the Executive pro . terni * By ia , it will be seen that Tidd Fbatt has refused Ho do for us , what he his twice before done for others * He has twice before certified thut the self-sameqmecis set forth in our rules are i n aocorda nce wiih law . There we hate him 1 He is now compellable to do for . us what he has done before ; and a » Mandamus from the Court of Queen ' s-Bench will soon teach him this . Let no one relax for a moment . The Enrolment is sure to be had I Tidd Pkatt may think to shave us off ; but he will find himself mistaken .

      He wilt have a tougher job than he has calculated on . He . has already buok . sh the law . He is bound ? by the Act which appoints him to point out what part or parts of the rules laid before him are repugnant to the statutes . This * he hasnot done . This he will have to do ; and he will there have a job : for he has before certified ; an exactly similar plan , Objects , Organization , Benefits , aud all , to be " in accordance with law" !!

      We cordially approve of the determination of the Executive to go on . Let the people go on , Una Get lists of names ready ; and the other machinery for working out the Plan , as soon , as it is enroled ; WHICH IT IS SCBE TO BB . TlDD PbATT'S Conduct will only delay it n . bit ; and the pt < 6 ftc * &-th&t bJ 3 conduct will gire to out deBira to ^ faew a u ^ wy ^ rg

      Association , for the proseeutioa of ourYaM / tt / oBJKCW—f lawful , even according to his own opinion , formerly certified)—will do us much good . It will call public attention to what we ate doiug ; and cause hundreds to join us who otherwise might not do so ! TO THE CHARTISTS . Fbienps— We feel ourselves called upon as-yonr elected officers to lay before you the resnlt of oar several communications with Mr . Tidd Pratt , the certifying barrister . We called upon him by appointment on Tuesday last , and received back the copies of our rules , objects , and regulations , with the following notice written upon the margin : — " CertiBcate refused -, — I am of opinion that tbe objects of tbis society * as stated in the rules , are not within the provisions of the 10 George 4 c . 66 , as amended by 4 and 5 , William 4 , c 40 . 25 th Sept . 1843 . John Tidd PeaM . "

      In consequence of tbe above notice , Mr . O'Connor called on Wednesday , in compliance with the instructions given by the delegates at Conference , when he learned from Mr . Tidd Pratt ' a clerk , that ho ( Mr . Pratt ) was prevented by indisposition from attending to the duties of his office . Mr . O'Connor again called by appointment alt twelve o ' clock today ( Thursday ) , when he learned from the Clerk , that Mr . Pratt had refused , and persisted in refusing , to certify the rules of the Association . Whereupon Mr . O'Connor wrote to him , complaining of the manner in which the applicants had been treated , different to all others who applied for similar . purposes , ' and requiring more definite and

      explicit reasons for refusal than those set forth ia the margin , and requiring of him to point out any objection to any particular clause . To that letter we ha \ e have , not as yet received an answer ; nor do we hope to have one ia time for post to-day . Under those circumstances the duty devolves upon us , after having put yon iu possession of the above facts to state briefly tha course which we have resolved upon pursuing . We are anxious to bring our objects and rules within the Btrict'limits of the law ; while at the same time we are determined tbat tbe trickery of officials shall neither deter us from doing our duty or give them that triumph which they anticipated from a

      violation of their own . We have the admission of a majority of the Judges that the Charter is a perfectly legal docunxent , aud that the people have a legal right to- contend for its enactment . Where then , would be the uae of its legality or the discretion of judicial opinion , if there was no way under the law whereby it could ba legally contended for ! We shall be prepared'wivh cards and Charters nexh week ; and on the following Monday we shall enter upon our orBceasaa Executive Committee , with the determination of appealing , as we are authorized by law to do , the Middlesex Quarter Sessions against the decision of Mr . Pratt ; aud should we be equally unsuccessful there , we shall prosecute our appeal to the utmost limits that the law will allow .

      Meantime , tbe Organization under the plan may go on , with no other alteration than merely avoiding the establishment of Branch Associations . We must remain as one general body , and all your meetings , correspondence , and local arrangements must be headed and transacted as under the old system ; all . for the present , being members , not of Branch or District Associations , but of the National Charter Association ; and when our resolution , not to be intimidated , shall have compelled legal functionaries to perform their duty , your several localities will by tbat time be prepared with the necessary machinery for constituting their Branch Associations and District committees . Lecturer may be appointed by the several districts just as though the rules bad been enrolled ; and the missionaries may be appointed by the Executive , as prescribed by the rules .

      We are now about to submit the Plan to Counsel , with a case to advise upon ; tha result of which we shall be aWe to laybefore you next week . In the mean time we shall proceed with our labours , feeling assured that this pitiful attempt to crush the people , under cover of the law , will have tho effect of rousing them to increased exertion , which will be manifested in applications for Charters and Cards , all of which will bft ready in the coarse of next week , together wiih books arranged in a uniform manner for keeping tho accounts of the Association , and which may W had npon application to Mr . WheeUr , No . 243 ^ temple bar . - ... - ¦ . . ' ¦ - . .: ¦ ' : ¦ . ¦ . - ¦ '¦ , For the present , localities may apply for Charters * , as prescribed by the rules , while in the terms ander which those rules will be transmitted by the Executive there will be a slight variation discernible , * s they will be granted not to branches , but for the enrolment of members of tho general body .

      Signed , Philip M'Grath , President , Fkargus O'Conneb , Treasurer , Thomas M . Wheeler , Sec . N . A . v .

      To Daniel O'Cqmhell, Esq^ Mj.

      TO DANIEL O'CQMHELL , ESQ ^ MJ .

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      SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEITED BY MR . CLEAVE . i VICIIMS . £ s d Arbro * th ( per Anderson ) 1 7 0 A-W- ( perRidley ) ...... 0 0 6 M »® . End Locality 0 16 RW .- 0 16 Mr . Richards ............ 0 10 Sutlori-in-Ashfield 0 10 0 Mr . Roylance 0 10 Mr . Manor ... 0 0 6 Mr . Pike . «„ ......, 0 0 4 Mr . Rathbone 0 10 £ ¦ *>¦ _ •• 0 2 6 Mr . J . Overton 0 10 Mr . Hennin .. ; 0 1 0 A few wire weavers ... 0 3 2 Mr . G . WhiteXQaeen ' s Bench ) ..,.. ; . 0 0 6 J . F . ( Shoreditoh ) 0 1 0 Collection at Mile End , Sunday , Sept . 24 th ... 0 7 0 Chelsea , do 0 6 10 City Political Institute , I . Do 0 8 2 Greenwich and ^ Wooir wiph * , 0 12 0 Mr . H . Kussell . 0 0 6 Mr . Wbiddon '' . ;¦ 0 6 0 Female Chartists Bristol , viz . — Mrs . Ann Miles ... 0 11 Miss Williams ' . 0 1 1 Mrs . Rogers Oil Mrs . Gibson 0 0 2 Widow Brills 0 1 1 A few friends 0 10

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      The following per Miss K . Williams Bristol , viz : — Mr . Williams 0 11 , Mrs . Williams 0 1 1 Mr . Winter ., 0 1 0 Mrs . Coates 0 1 f '' Mil's S . W . 0 1 1 MissL . W . 0 11 MissK . W . 0 11 FOR EXECUTIVE . Mr . Hennin 0 10 Mr . Whiddon 0 1 0 Mr , Galpin 1 0 0 FOR DEFENCE . Mr . J . Overton 0 1 0 Fi'R MR . M ' DOrjALL . National Charter Association council , Carlisle 0 5 0 FOB BAILTON OF MANCHESTER . Golden L'on Locality , Soho 0 13 0 FOR W . WILLIAMS . OF OLDHAM . Harmonic meeting . Feathers , Warren-st ., St . Pancras . 0 12 0 MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR . FOB THE EXECUTIVE . From the Chartists £ s d meeting at the Crown and Anchor , Waterloo Town , London ... ... 0 10 0 George Thompson , Halifax ,..... _ 1 1 0 James Moir , Glasgow , 0 10 0 Ruffey Ridley 0 3 0 George Wood , Coventry 0 11 0 Per Mr . Croft , London 0 2 0

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      i From Khightsbridge ... 0 5 0 Bristol , T . T , sen 0 1 0 C . Clarke 0 1 0 S . Jacobs 0 1 0 ! , ' . FOB THE VICTIM FUKD . Patrick O'Higgins , Esq . Dublin 10 0 From the Chartists meeting at the Crown and Anchor , Waterloo Town , London 0 10 0 From Carlisle . „ .., 0 10 0 Coggbshill 0 5 0 Cap of Liberty , Brighton , per Mr . Flower 10 0 Ruffey Ridley § 1 0 Black Horse and Windmill , Fieldgate-street , Whitechapel 0 7 0 Mr . Brown 004 From Chester , W . Ruseell ,... L ~ , 0 2 6 W . Speed ; 0 2 6 Mr . Louch ., 0 10 Mr . Parry .,. 0 1 0 Mr . Gouoh 0 0 6 : Mr . CharleB Hughes ... 0 06 Mr . D . Robetla d 0 6 Mr . George Edge ......... 0 1 0 Mr . John Roberts ...... 0 0 6 Miss Edge ......... 0 0 1 Mr . Thomas Jones 0 & 6 DEFEJfCE FUND . The subscript ions of seven Chartist friends transmitted by Mr . Bolwelli Bath 0 H & FOR ! GEORGE WHITE . Per Mr . Parker 0 2 &

      The Enrolment.

      THE ENROLMENT .

      Deathsi

      DEATHSi

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      YOL * YI . $ O . 307 . SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 30 , 1843 . PRICE «*»« H *****»?* * ¦¦ —— ¦ . — ; ' > - ¦ " P"lvo 3 &tiXinga per Quertftr .

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      : AND LEEDS GENERAIi ADVEBTISEB . 1

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 30, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct670/page/1/