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    • SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR. CLEAVE.
    • TO DANIEL CCONHELL, ESQ., JLP.
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      Sib—Since I last addressed jon , the Grand « Tury iave ? s £ ar » ed a True Bill against you and other par * ties charged with lbs commission of those nndefinsble crimes called * aedii { on /' J —which means everyihing that the existing { fovernfiieni eiooses to allege as being likely to weaken their polities inflHeoce j and " conspiracy , " the meaning of which IharenererTieardfio well defined as by a Lancashire hand-loonrweaver , who ^ upon being asked the meaning of conspiracy , replied , "if yon and any body else agree to do , anything that I don't like , I eaU thai conspiracy /» :

      In ay former letter I told yon that the Goverainent would not allow either yon or the conntry to reap a triumph from an acquittal . And in many former articles that I hare written upon the subject , I told you that yon would find it impossible to separate your own responsibility from the acts of other parties contending for the same measure , Itoweyeryonand they might-differ in your courseof action . I mention that circumstance here for the purpose of commenting upon the following paragraph , which appears in yonr address of the 11 th of fins month , to the people of Ireland , That paragraph Tuns thus : —

      a But—attend to me—if there be during the trials the slightest outbreak of violence in any parish , it willibe my dnty immediately to abandon the Repeal cause , and to forsake a people who at such a critical period as the present , would not follow the ad-rice I bo earnestly jjive them . " Now , Sir , thai won'i do . Depend npon it , it will not . " What , Sir , ** to forsake a people , if there be the slightest outbreak of violence in a single parish . "

      Are yon not perfectly aware that such an announcement is pre-eminently calculated to caose violence and outbreak , not in one , but in many parishes 1 and that those who hare the power to purchase jour desertion at so cheap a price , will not fail to furnish you with an excuse 1 I most cordially join with you in desiring that unbroken peace may continue to reign ; because I feel convinced that in peace alone , calm discussion can be entertained ; and from discussion alone wholesome legislation can

      spring . In my last letter I endeaToured to set you Tight , or rather to set tie country right , npon two charges that you hare thought proper to bring against the Chartist body ; and I shall now mention a tidrd . In 1833 . you declared it to be impossible to carry a Repeal of the Union until the English people had co-operated with the Irish -upon ibat subject ; and that , to ensure such co-operation , you would make a 4 our of England . I confess to you that up to that period I was strongly imbued with tie national

      prejudice , and that I bad not then learned to discriminate between the English people sad the English oligarchy . Finding that you considered such a step necessary , and that for some years yon neglected the performance ot this promised duty , I , having lost all my former prejudices , set about the work of conciliation ; and I am bold to assert that , for the last eight years , I hare done' more tbaa all the writers and orators that erer preceded me , to destroy the anti-Irish prejudices which existed in the minds of the "KingKaii people .

      Yoa most hare been cognizant of this fact i and yet your conduct during the recent agitation must lead every rational man to the conclusion , that yon mot only desired to perpetuate disunion between ihe people of the two countries , but that you actually paraded your desire to do so , for the purpose of enlisting the sympathies , and of insuring the confidence of the middling classes , whom you know to be opposed to the interest of the working people . Such eonrse led me , and I think naturally , to the

      conclusion , that you courted individual strength , and sought for personal impunity , by a sacrifice of the interests of the people of both countries . I speak the more freely npon these bygone subjects , in consequence of the iLrmness of your present position . They are now matters worth referring to , because Ireland has proved that she lias a mind . And it is the duty of tier friends to inspire that mind with a , th . 0 T . 0 Ugh confidence in those parties , upon whose exertion the Irish people must rely for the accomplishment of instiee .

      Dur ing the recent agitation yon have attached great importance to the conversion of insignificant Individuals $ while yon hare heaped slander upon those whose co-operation yon professed a desire to court . You appealed to the English people against Tory domination : they answered your appeal from nearly eTery town in England and Scotland . You knew that they had done so ; and -yet from this national response yoa select the egotistical effusions of two powerless individuals , for extensive comment , thereby endeavouring to convince the Irish people , that there was no organized party in England

      capable of giving any strength or support to the Repeal cause . You knew , as well as I know , that nearly every town in England had held numerous meetings for the purpose , not only of expressing sympathy i > ut of co-operating with the Irish people , iB their demand for a Repeal of the Union . And yet notwithstanding youraTOwal of the necessity of such co-operation , yon pass over in silence , or affect to treat with contempt , the expression of national will ; while you treat the addresses of William Lovett and Joseph Sturge , neither of whom possess one particle of public confidence , with seriousness , if not with respect .

      Frem the commencement of the agitation the Northern Star newspaper has teemed with the expression of "Rngiiwh opinion upon the subject of Repeal ; all approving of the principle and acquiesing in the propriety of supporting their Irish brethren . At Newcastle , a xesolniion strongly expressive of "EngliA feeling was psssed at the largest in-door meeting ever convened in that town . A copy of that resolution , together with an abstract of the proceedings , was forwarded by Mr . Home , a most respectable man , for insertion in the Nation hewBpaper ; and short reports of the proceedings of several large meetings , together with resolutions , were transmitted to the Irish press ; and not a angle one has been noticed by any portion of that

      press . ThuB , Sir , I think that I hare clearly rebutted your charge of English indifference , and that if criminality exists anywhere it is with yon and the Irish press , which though cognizant of the fact , yet withheld it from publication for private purposes . If the same pains had been taken to secnre the co-operation of the EDglish woriing-people that have besa taken to-wheedle over a set of worthless , bizofcted ,

      pettifogging , orange Irish rascals , the two countries would hare long since pronounced for a full measure of justice , in terms which their taskmasters must have obeyed . And of this fact you must have been aware . Therefore , Sir , the eharges which I in turn bring against yoa , is connexion with the Repeal cause , are of . a precisely similar nature to those , which I vrge against the English Free-Traders , You know the power which can alone carry Repeal , bat yoa fear that eneh an accession woald demand

      a fuller measure of justice , than the ' middle classes are desirons or willing to confer upon the working people . So it i 3 precisely with the English Free Traders ; they prefer grubbing amongst the electoral body for sectional support , to gaining the co-operation of tbe "working classes , lest the latter body stonld claim political equality , as their share of the national triumph . Thus , Sir , we have discovered that for both purposes our co-operation ib merely sought , S 3 a means of ensuring a triumph to our oppressors . -It has

      often strnck me , Sir , as a Tery curious circumstance ihai , whDe you abuse the Chartist body , all of whom are Repealers , you should still continue to lavish praise and ecomiums upon the English Tise Traders , who are one and all anti-Repealers . You abuse Teargns O'Connor , who has been a consistent Repealer ; while yon eulogise Mr . Cobden , and designate him as a pupil of your own—who has " thanked God that he was not b # rn in a Catholic country , " and who has attempted to stamp upon the Irish Catholics the crime of having demoralised the English people .

      My object in addressing you i 3 to point out the errors iha \ you have committed , in the hops of convincing you and the world , that however you may for a season successfully delude the Irish people with regard to English feeling and Chartist tactics , that , nevertheless , mecd now thirsting for know-

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      ledge , and having burst from all those prejudices by which it has been long trammelled , will drink at the source , and be no longer satisfied with merely lapping the skim from the surface . Those superficial ideas which floated fantastically upon the imagination of enthusiasts will no longer satisfy that craving after knowledge to which vast improvements of latter years has led . The manner in which the English Chartists sow sympathise with you and your persecuted brethren , must put those Irishmen to the blush who designated me aa a convicted libeller , and the Chartist prisoners as offenders who had been mildly dealt with by the Whig administrators of the law , or rather by the administrators of Whig law . Another charge which you have bronght against the Chartist body la , that they

      were Tory Chartists ; whereas yon well knew that the principal cause of their hatred to the Whigs , was because they did not destroy Toryism aud for ever , while it was in their power to do so . You well knew that not a single Chartist supported the Tories from a love of Tory principles ; but that , on the contrary , they opposed the Whigs because the Whigs preferred conciliating Tory prejudices to relyng upon popular support for existence . This , Sir , is the reck upon which the Melbourne Administration was wrecked . With him , poor easy soul , the question was indeed a knife and fork one ; and as long as you could secure to him his place at the Royal Board , by the subserviency of the most servile place-hunting title-seeking crew that ever disgraced the House of Commons , ha was indifferent about the popular will . :

      Wo claim the merit of having destroyed the Whigs , while in truth , Sir , the trinmph really belongs to you . Their reign was one of treachery falsehood , hypocrisy , cruelty , deceit , persecution ^ fraud , weakness , cowardice , and bloodshed ; whereaB , had they relied npon popular support , instead of upon Irish subserviency , I doubt much that the question of Democracy would have attained its present eminence for yet many years to come . How forgiving , then , should you consider the English people , when , notwithstanding their thorough knowledge of all these faots , they are yet ready to forgive and forget , and still to throw round you the shield of protection , provided they find you making past errors beacons to warn you of the shoals , rather than lights to direct you in your future

      course . You must pardon me—you must indeed Sir—for speaking thus plainly to you . You have been & plain speaker yourself . Let me council you then sot to dream of abandoning the cause until you have achieved your object ; aud above all do not attempt to create a weakness in the hope of furnishing s justification for desertion . The Iri 3 h people have religiously obeyed your every command ; while the English people have far surpassed your most sanguise expectation by forgiving the past , and resolving to co-operate with yoa for the future . I gather this resolution from the sentiments that I have heard cheered and expressed at several large meetingB throughout England and Scotland . Upon my

      own part I can but speak for myself . Every man in England has a mind ; a mind that cannot be purchased , but may be won . Upon my co-operation as an individual you may fully calculate . I am the more anxious to be dear upon this subject in consequence of an announcement recently made by yon , of Chartist Bnppors having been tendered to yon , by one Galgin , or from a place called Galgin . I well recollect that when Chartism first began to shew itself in Longhrea , you assured your hearers that you had looked in vain to the map of Ireland for such a place ; and I may tell yon in return , that I have enquired in vain for such a man as Galgin , and looked in . -rain upou the Chartist map fur such a place , and well you knew it .

      Once more assuring you that the present Administration will not allow Ireland to make a triumph of your acquittal , let me implore of yon to put your house in order—to do something more than merely collecting tribute , or preparing for your defence , the latter of which I by no means recommend you to neglect ; but in the meantime be better prepared to meet the next step of the enemy than yon were to meet the first assault . Time runs on , Sir ; and one of the six months has elapsed ; and now your Bill , — promising Repeal , or your head upon ibe block , —is within five months of maturity . I cannot see any possible means of escape : there iB a watchfulness

      abroad which will see to the prevention of any general excuse ; while any local , sectional , or parochial squabble will not furnish you with such a one as will justify desertion . The awfalness of that responsibility which you have cast upon yourself , should now open your eyes to your position ; while the stand recently made by all . Ireland againBt compromise , should teach you that , ere long , the crisis must occur . Be prepared for it , and do not again be taken by surprise ; for , rely upon it , that , sooner or later , the people who have so nobly

      sustained you will demand a settlement , in which the debtor and creditor account must be set forth with mercantile precision : and if a large amount of money is found npon one side , and a large amount of defeat upon the other , the disappointment will be great ; while vigilance and honesty will enable yon to make a set-off of good deeds , which , however large the sum , will yet leave a balance in your favour . I am , Sir , Fkasgtjs O'Connoh .

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      which , in justice to Mr . Hill , I have set forth his rejected letter ? , as well as the whole of his comment . This pamphlet is the same size as the Lancaster Trials , contains 32 pages , and the price isfourpenc ©; and upon it I shall make no further comment in the Northern Star , than merely to announce my Borrow for being driven to the alternative , and to express my belief that every man who reads his , Will come to the conclusion that it rendered mine indispensable . Having now disposed of the disagreeabWportion of my subject , I have a word or two to sly upon our present position . Notwithstanding the artful attempts of dissatisfied parties , to create disunion in

      our rank ? , the several letters and communications that'I receive from various parts of the country confirm me in the opinion that the Chartists , as a body , were never more determined upon the question of re-organization than at the prssent moment . Many townB , even where I had enrolled a considerable number , have sent for a fresh supply of cards ; while similar applications have been made from many localities th inever before joined in the mo 7 ement . I have only then to ask all those who love liberty and hate oppression , to put their shoulders to the wheel for the next five months , in order that we may see the fruits of our labour in the maturity of public opinion . It is indispensable that

      we should avail ourselves of the services of such men as Leach , Doyle , Ross , West , Jones , Gammage , Mason , and others who have remained faithful teachers in the school of democracy . Those men have one and all closed the door of employment against themselves , while we stand peculiarly in want of their services . There is ample scope for their abilities—man ; places xeQUire their assistance , and the question is , whether or no apathy on the part of the body shall deprive us of their services . I would hold up Ireland as an example to the English people , and tell them that if they subscribed as much in a year as the Irish people subscribe in one week , the principles of Chartism would very speedily

      be placed in the ascendant . I trust , then , that this appeal will be responded to from all parts of England , Scotland , and Wales , so that those officers who you have appointed to transact your business may be made capable of performing the duty efficiently . Let us then hope that a day will be set apart for a national tribute—not to individuals , but to the cause ; and that every man will put his shoulder to the wheel , to aid in the good work . I addressed a meeting last night , ( Tuesday ) , in Tornagain Lane ; aud , though we were informed

      that Chartism was dead in London , yet 1 never in my life saw a finer or determined Bpirit manifested . Mr . MantZj the Chairman , opened the proceedings by inviting discussion , and challenging my traducers to come forward ; and although there was a call at the close of the proceedings for Lovett , Parry , Benbow , and Watkins ; and although I declared myself ready to meet them , yet not one of those gentleman had the manliness to attend , although I gave them a general aud timely invitation in my announcement of the meeting in last week ' s Stan At the close of the business . I enrolled

      one bundrsxi xnetnbcro } somo of whom were Irinh Repealers who had never before joined us , and one of whom previously to taking out his card , put the two following questions to me : — Mr . O'Connor does my enrolment as a member of the Chartist Association impose upon me a pledge to have recourse to physical force ! and Secondly—Does it bind me to abstain from or take any particular course with regard to other questions and discussions \ Having answered both of those questions to the satisfaction of the querist , he took out his card .

      Now I consider those questions being pat by an Irish Repealer more than equal to the enrolment of a thousand English Chartists , and I give you my reasons why ; because it informs us for the first time , of the real reasons why the Irish Repealers have refused to Join our ranks . HonesJ Rouse , the stonemason , who stood by me when the Whigs would have assassinated me at Birmingham , was still at my side , and I had the pleasure of shaking hands with very many of my old country friends who had been to London driven by machinery from various provincial towns . This is the

      manner in which machinery is affecting the metropolis ; it is driving men of all trades and callings aB competitors to the London market . And while the syBtem is thus centralising poverty in the metropolis it is also centralising universal opinion , as those provincialists are amongst the very best of our supporters . Tonight I go to Mile-end-road , where I expect to add largely to our numbers—and on Friday night to Tooley-street to hold a meeting in the house of one of the Irish Volunteers—as fine a fellow as ever lived .

      I need not trouble you at any greater length for the present , than once more to express a fervent hope that each will subscribe his mite to support the cause of all ; and further to inform you that I do not acknowledge any monies except those which are lent direct to myself . There was an error in one item recently published in the Northern Star—the three aud sixpence from two friends for M'Douall received at Sunderland , should have been two-andsixpence . It is of all things necessary that both you aid I should be most minute and particular upon money matters . I am , your faithful and sincere friend , Feargus O'Connor . London , Wednesday .

      Subscriptions Received By Mr. Cleave.

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      TRTJRO , ( Cornwall . )—At a meeting of the Chartists of thia place , on Monday evening , the 13 th iust ., Mr . F . X . Rowe in the chair , Mr . Longmaid strongly nrged the necessity of every exertioa being made by the meeting to make the intended visit of Mr . Clark as public aa possible , that he might be enabled to establish the cause on a firm and permanent foundation , for on those who were already Chartists depended the success of his mission . We hope , after the visit of Mr . Clark , to be again enabled to employ a district lecturer , through the co-operation of the men of Camborne , Penzance , and other localities . Mr . Edward Rowe also addressed the meeting . We are ready to prepare for the reception of Mr . Clark , and we trust that the County thr * ugbput may be found the same . HSBSEN BRIDGE , —Two lectures were delivered in the Chartist Association Room , on Sunday last , by William Dixon , from Manchester . The lectures were well attended ,

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      SPAIN . —Thb Attempted Assassination of Nabvaez . —The Times Correspondent writes : — . jfr . Madrid , Nov . 7 . In the baste of despatching my letter last night I was only able to state the fact of General Narvaez being fired at on his way from his lodgings in the Calle do la Luna to the Theatre del Circo , and his extraordinary escape from the shower of bullets aimed at him . It appears that'he proceeded in his coaob . thither about eight o ' clock , to be present at the representation of Gisela , in wbioh Guy Stephen performed before the Queen . On arriving at the Church of Poita-celi , the coach was fired at by two men , whose balls took effect upon two Ayudantes , who accompanied the General . One , Commandante

      Bason , who sat nearest the assassins , was mortally wounded in the forehead ; the other , Don Salvador de Castro , was also wounded ; though but slightly , in the forehead . Barseti fell on the breast of . Narvaez , exclaiming " They have killed me !" The General immediately shouted to his frightened coachman "Correar / " ( Drive on rapidly . ) The man lashed his horses , aad proceeded in safety through a continuous fire until he came in front of the guard posted in the convent ef the Basilios , where Narvaez and his Ayudante alighted and took refuge , bearing with them the wounded Commandante , who was immediately sent to the nearest hospital . He received speedy medical aid , and during the night an operation was performed with the trephine ; but

      the ball had deeply entered the brain , aud he died this morning . At the guatd-hftuse Narvaezprudently abandoned the coach , ( whioh on examination this morning was found pierced by twenty bullets , independent of those which entered by the windows , ) and sent word of what bad happened to the Queen and her Ministers , who had attended her to the Circo , and in continuation visited the barrack of the Princesa Regiment , and afterwards others , putting the whole garrison under arms , and marching strong patrols . through the streets . However , no further attempt was made against Narvaez or any individual .

      The assassins having failed in their grand object , immediately dispersed , and no one presumed to question , 'Btop , or follow them . They all were disguised , wrapped up in cloaks , to conceal their blunderbusses , and wore the ordinary velvet sugar-loaf hats , as if desirous to avoid exhibiting any signs which might betray them as military men or disbanded National Guards ; amongst both , or either of whom , Narvaez knows he has quite BofScient enemies to count upon , without being deceived into a search for the assassins amongst the class of quiet paisanos or civilians of Madrid . *

      At nine o'clock the General went to the theatre and showed himself , alive and unhurt , to the Queen and her Ministers , still wearing the coat , shirt , aud gloves , stained with the blood of the slaughtered Commandante Baseti ! ( Your readers will please to recollect that a style of presentation not impossible in the Royal dress-circle at an opera in Spain ! and that Her Majesty " came out" lately at a wholesale exhibition of blood and butchery by the serious and ¦ well-considered vote of the Provisional Cabinet Council . ) There are , a few words to be said in explanation of the possible motives of the assassins . . Naryacz shot five sergeants and three privates since his triumphal entry into Madrid , for demanding the inconvenient fulfilment of his promise , given on the

      field of Torrojon de Ardoz , to ailow them to go borne in peace with their Ucencia absoluta . He also disarmed the National Militia of Madrid , the day after he marohed bis victorious troops into tbe city , in utter disregard of the capitulation made with tha citizens by General Aspircz previous to his entry . To mark bis contempt of all the vulgar notions of honour and good faith whioh the silly Nacionales oi the capital imagined he was swayed by , he accepted Agpiroz ' s invitation to a grand banquet given the same day in honour of their mutual triumph over the credulous citizens , and thus completely identified himself with the success of the " stratagem" by wbioh Madrid was entered without a struggle .

      Whilst the victorious Moderados were exulting over their wine at that Feast , a company of the disarmed and outraged Nacionales were taking an oath " to quesada the four chiefs" amongst them who most excited their wrath . Narvaee was first on this list . Sarragossa . —In direct violation of the terms of the capitulation , General Concha has disarmed the milita . To accomplish this , he placed the whole of the troops of his division under arms , and

      declared firmly that such a measure was a violation of the articles of capitulation ; but Concha , who was himself present , said that the order had come from the provisional Government , and that he was ordered to see it executed . After some hesitation , the National Guards prepared to submit , and their arms and * equipments were then brought out and thrown together in a heap , in the court of the convent of " the Miaerioordia , " which was the place appointed for that purpose . Barcelona . —The Moniteur of Monday , publishes the

      following—TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES : — 11 Perpignan , Nov . 11 . " Yesterday Amettler quartered the insurgents who came with him from Girena in the town of Figueras and the neighbouring villages . " , "November 12 . M Nothing new from Valencia on tbe 8 th . The band of La Cova continued to traverse the Maestraz ^ o . "On the 10 th the insurgents of Barcelona were augmenting their works of defence . Yesterday the whole of the reinforcements received by General Sanz amounted to ten battalions ) . The troops of Prim arrived yesterday at , Bascara . " " Bayonne . Nov . 13 .

      " Queen Isabella II . took her oath on the 10 th in the presence of the two Chambers , assembled in the Hall of the Senate . " Sj > ain—Several insurrectionary movements have taken place io the South of Spain , but they have been generally suppressed . In Seville the Republican party was growing rapidly . There had been another attempted rising there in favour of the Central Junta , but the manifestation was suppressed by tho military . General Nogueras is at Gibraltar , and actively intriguing with the Spanish Esparterists . A large number of military officers have been arrested in different towns charged with conspiracy in favour of the " Central Junta . "

      The Lady Mary Wood , Peninsula steamer , brings an account that the insurrection at Vigo was at an end , * and that General Triarte with 1 , 000 men had escaped into Portugal . The Slave Trade—The Brazilian barque Confldentia , Marvel doa Santos Lara , master , which was captured off Quillemaine river , Mosambique channel , on the 17 th of March last , by her Majesty ' s ship Lily , was taken into Sierra Leone , on the 20 th of June , for condemnation . The cargo of the vessel consisted of farina , " leaguers , " &c . ; slave-irons and slave-decks were also found on board . The Brazilian : schooner Esperance , Antonio A . Gonsalves , master , whioh was taken off Pobbo , on the 20 th of May , by her Majesty ' sbrig Spy , was taken into Sierra Leone , on the 22 nd of June , and was found to be fully equipped for the slave trade .

      TORKET . —The German papers state that the Turkish population at Urania , to the south of Nissa , have risen against the Christians . The Turks pillaged tha churches , violated the women , and committed other excesses . The Russian Ambassador has demanded satisfaction from the Ottoman Porte . UNITED STATES . —Later Intelligence . — We have received copies of the Williamsburg Democrat , Albany Atlas , and New York Freeman ' s Journal . We give the following extracts . ;—

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      The Peesidesct . —The 4 / &any 4 Uas ctmtains reports of a number of county conventions at all of which Mr . Van Buren was unanimously nominated as the democratic candidate for the presidency . Tbe EtB € ? riONs . f-Tlie W . Democrat ' says : — ° ? b » election news is favourable since ova * last . Pennsylvania cornea oat well , and will maintain the Democratic ascendancy ; Conaeeticut increases her majorities of last year , which swept the state with a new broom . But New Jersey—we must have a special notice o ? the defeat wZaoh ihe Whigs have experienced therev 1 In that State-proper ^ , aad not men , possesses the elective franchise . A movement has for some time Been going on through the State to abolish this relic of Royalty , au * extend to every

      citizen tire undoubted right to vote as we do in > tbis state of New York . The Whigs—naturally and as a matter of course—oppose that right . Hence-fcba New Orleans defeat which they have met with' in New Jersey . Such ! also-was the proximate cause of their recent defeat in Massachusetts . They had held possession of that State for a long number of years- ; but when the Royal Charter question came up- ia Rhode Island they dame out as a party against tho principle of self government , and the . people hurled them from power at the very aexi election . These factsshow that a large portion of the Whig party are in favour of equal justice . And < yet they hang by that party which are always on the side of hoary abnse , against every movement that is made to elevate the people and extend their authority .

      Tbe Times correspondent gives the { following analysis : — j The elections in the several states which first took place all resulted in the triumph : of the Looofoco or demooratic party , while those in September and October , with the exception of New Jersey , were all favourable to the Whig cause . Of the 201 elected , the Locofoeos claim 138 , and allow the Whigs 63 ; Of tbe 22 to be elected , they claim 14 ^ and allow the Whigs 8 . According to this statement , the next house of representatives would consist of ; Locofoco or Dtfmocraticjmemberg ... 152 Whig ... j 71 Democratic majority 81

      From this estimate , the Whigs deduct some 8 or 10 , thus admitting a majority of about 70 . With this clear and undisputed majority of 70 , or twothirds of the whole house , the Democratic party in Congress , so far as the house is concerned , can decide all the great and important questions that are to come before ft , as well in three as in six months . In the United States Senate , during the next session , there will be— i Whigs .., . i ... 28 Locofocos ,. ... 24 Whig majority 4 Repeal . —A meeting of the Repealers of Albany was bolden on the 9 ' M of Ootober , and £ 50 was ordered to be seat to the Dublin Association . Thb Savannah Repealers held aa enthusiastic meeting on the ! 8 tb of September .

      A MEETING OF THE BROOKLYN RjEPEAIEBS Was holden on the 9 vh of October . The Boston friends of Ireland held a large and enthusiastic meeting ; on tbe 13 th of October . An enthusiastic I Repeal Meeting was held at Albany on the 23 rd of October , when 400 dollars was collected . [ Meetings have been holden at Buffalo , Baltimore , St . Louis , &o . &c . f Governor Pennington had addressed a message to the Legislature ef New Jersey , in which he represents the affairs of the state to be , in all important respects , in a prosperous condition . The Treasury is comparatively free from embarrassment , and its annual resources adequate to meet publio demands .

      After congratulating the Legislature on the prospect of returning commercial prosperity , the Governor proceeds to ascribe the revival of industry and enterprise chiefly to the protecting legislation of the last Congress . [ The protecting system should , be says , be considered the settled policy of the country , never to be affected by the progress or results of any of the struggles for place and power that might from time to time divide the people . He holds it to be the true policy of the country , to raise the means for the support of Government by the imposition of duties on foreign commerce , and to divide among the . states ftheir inheritance in the publio domain . i General Bertrand , in his travels through this country , is receiving a hearty welcome and the most respectful attention from all and every party .

      Texas and the Oregon Territory . —There is a storm ahead in relation to the trying question of the annexation of Texas to the American Union . Many symptoms of a premonitory character have been sufficiently developed to lead to a conviction that tbe subject will form a | prominent topic in the next session of Congress , j As a sample , the Charleston Mercury % Mr . Calhoun ' s organ , closes an article with these words : — " { We are not in the confidence of Mr . Tyler , but there can be little doubt , we apprehend , that tbe President of the United States who effects the annexation of Texas will acquire a renown in American history only inferior to that of Washington or Jefferson , and compared with which

      all mere party honours put together would be mere dust in the balance . " j On the other hand , Mr . John Qjincey Adams , certainly the most venerable , and one of the most distinguished of American statesmen , has just made agreat speech tohis constituents at Dedham , Massachusetts , in which he opposos the annexation of Texas , and the institution of slavery , with even more than his wonted power and eloquence . He stated that it would be a leading topic in the next session of Congress , and tbat be would oppose it with all the ! vigour that God had given him ' . What between ! Texaa and the Oregon

      territory , a stormy time may certainly be looked for in December . With reference to the latter subject , a Tyler meeting was held a f ^ vr days siuce at Cincinnati , in which , after resolving that the whole northwest coast , from latitude forty-two degrees to fiftyfour degrees , belongs of right to the United Stats , the following resolution was put and carried unanimously ;— { ' * Resolved—That we approve of the policy of President Tyler in relation to the just claim of tbe United States upon the Oregon territory , and we hereby pledge ourselves , if it Bhall become necessary , to maintain our right with the blood and treasure of the nation . "

      Blush , America !—An old revolutionary soldier named Jacob Lent , was found dead in his bed at Hyde Park . He was upwards of eighty years of age , and perished through want and neglect !! J CuRRENcr op Alabama . —Letters from Mobile say that , by general consent , the currency of that state , on and after Monday , October 2 nd , will be specie . All debts not otherwise specified , will now be paid in speoie , and the ourrenoj of the State be sound . j Another Algerine ! Outrage . —We are informed that West and Potter * who are imprisoned and indicted on the oaths of Shelly and Keep , were taken before the Court handcuffed and chained together ! This ignominious treatment' is one of tfee petty abuses of power which have marked ( he Whig party of Rhode Island , brought disgrace on the very name of the State , and will cover the authors with infamy . —Providence Herald . \

      BeeioN Semp 3 trbssb 8 . —At a meeting held at WashiDgtoH Hall , Boston , it was stated that one woman had to make oiled jackets for 16 cents a piece . Another was refased work because she would not take slop shirts at four eents a piece , and find the cotton and buttons . Several had worked on flannel shirts , with binding round the neck for eight cents . Ten would be a good week ' s work—eighty cents—working from six till nine o ' clock . The number of females enrolled is about 1000 ; full 300 were present , and the president reported that the earn ot eixty-tbree dollars bad boen contributed towards defraying tho ] expenses o' l the society by numbers of individualsIfriendly to its object . A Great Robbery in Cairo . —We copy the following from the St . Louis Republican of the 6 th instant i— ¦ ] ...

      _ . „ . u office of the Illinois Insurance and Trust Co ., and Cairo , waa entered on . the night of the 28 fch alt ., by means of false keys , and a large iron safe opened in the same way , and . robbed of about 8 , 000 dollars in notes of the Cai to Bank , 56 doUatB in Kentucky paper , a large lot . of jewelry , and several drafts . ' i Convicted of Murder .- -Wm . H . Comings was found guilty of murder i ? j the first degree , at the late sitting of the Cour ; in Grafton county , N . H . The Bradford ( Vt . ) Protector represents Comings aB beloBging to a res peotable family—that he is and

      about thirty years of a- ^ e ; that about nine years * ago he was married to * Adeline Tenney , of Hanover , of a reputable name and family in that town . She was some time , aboi \ t a year ago , found suspended by the neck to a be <* i post , and it Was supposed she had committed suicide . ] Suspicion was first raised from the accidental discovery of a letter which he had written to aD . other woman by the name of Abbot . A former intimacy was known to exist ; the correspondence was watched , aud was found to contain written admissions : on the part of Comings that all had not been rightj with his wife , it was for that ampler be was ; convicted .

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      / fc * , iA ^ /* ° *^ SD Jf&i ^ t . ^ n ^ ' Zo Steamboat AccibiST ,- ^ The steamboat Forrest , Captain HaZleifc , in her upward" trip , struck a snag at the head of Black ' s Island , aad sunk in five feet water—one man by the name of M'Clintock jumped overboard and was drowned . The ; boat will bo raised , and the cargo , which consisted of tobacco and copperas , will be saved in a damaged state . TheZinesville brought op her ^ passengers . —Pitl 9-burg Gag . The journeymen tailors of Cincinnati turned out for higher wages on the 10 th . The shoemakers were about to follow .

      The Wkathbb—The premonitions of winter are ahead j evident . The weather for £ week or more , lias be « a cold , vret and uncomfortable , and on the highlaads to tbe southeast , and in Cftttardngus snow Bas fslien t < t the depth of from oae ta fear inches . Last' Friday , along the summit levoP of th Ohio canaJ ,-soutb of Cleveland , a traveller inform ns that the snow lay on the ground two or tferee inches deep ~ - £ it 0 fa Cam . Adv . Skow Srosrt' —We have experienced this mornf ^ g an nnusually severe snow storm , which has dons

      considerable dasaage to fruitv And shade trees in thia vicinity . The depth of th' » snow was some five fnohes , and very damp aad heavy . The severity of thV storm' drove the Constitution Back to port last night—and ' the evening boats were kept over until this mornings The Samson is laving to siider Pi . Abino , ntwnseqaeBvte of tbe formidable white caps extending entirely across the lake . The-brig Boston with a full cargo * from the Upper Lakes , came in during . th * height of * the snow storm as did also some schooners . —Jftrtftifo Com . 17 fh

      instant . Mr . Pox , the British minister afr Wellington , has been dangerously ( so it is said ) 1 U < of the bilious fever . His health is non ^ iroproriugi Professor Dwight , of " ^ ale College ,, m ^ killed a few days since , by a student named Fak-sit . The cause was a sudden quarrel , and the student wearing aims . Bill Johnson , the so-called "hero" of tfco Thousand Isles , has been killed by * hfs own son > -m * law , in Iowa . ' A negro * named Giidfey , was hang by a mob , by lynch-law , and afterwards-burnt , -A / .. few daysBince , at Raymond , Mississippi . Hb-had committed several robberies .

      CANADA . —The Canadian news is HUiatereslung . The debates in both houses were upon miawwjfcjertts . After a long discussion in the House of" Assembly the bonding of foreign cattle clause inrthe Jfyfrieultural Protection Bill had been adopted . ' Meetings were still being held throughout the province isespectiDgtfae removal of the seat of Government ; and the correspondent of the Quebec Gazette !' mentions- that it was-an open question . Some attributed the sodden

      change to the receipt of despatches from Eng&nd , and others to a wish on the part of the Goveraer-General to have the question considered open . An attempt waa made about a fortnight since to produce a disturbance among the St . Regis Indians , in the late disputed territory , by exciting them against the British , and claiming a portion-of their village , which bad always been considered British . The attempt failed , and troops are to be- sent from Montreal , if required .

      Major Riohardson , editor of the Canadian Ley alist , and Stewart Derbyshire , Esq ., M . P . P ., fought a duel a few days since at Kingston , Canada . After the first fire ( ao harm being done ) , the parties-were reconciled . . WEST INDIES—A oounter-revolHtion in Si , Domingo has been attempted , headed by a Colonel Dalzon , who was soon shot , and thus the vfeak-iaffiir terminated . The new Hayti Coastituent Assembly has voted indemnities to the losers by the late revolution ; and the pressing demands of France for tha payment of instalments due to her by treaty ^ are under discussion . Hetrare , the president , in a message , recommends an amnesty for all political offenoes . It is expected by many that France wilt revive her claims to a portion of the island of St . Domingo , in the event of her demands not -being ; satisfied .

      South Aiwerica—The commissioner sent to * Mexico for tho purpose of entering into a treaty-of peace and amity with that Government have not yet returned . It was thought that another war between the two countries would be inevitable , as quite a belligerent feeling had begun to manifest itself among the Yu ' catecoes , in consequence of the tardy movements-of the . Mexican Government in relation to the proposed treaty , whioh had been increased by a late proclamation frodi the Mexican Government , closing the port of Laguna against all vessels belonging to > Yucatan .

      A revolution had taken place in South Fern , Witb the ex-President ( Torices ) at Ub head . The acting President ( Vivanco ) immediately sent a militarjr force from Lima by the English steamer Peru ; and * after a slight skirmish routed the revolutionists . The English steamer-of-war Salamander was at Callao en the 11 th of August . Bolivia had threat * ened war against Peru , and a formal declaration was daily expected . The ports of Cobija and Arica were under blockade to prevent the importation of gunpowder into Bolivia- It was rumoured that the natives had risen oa the French inhabitants of Senegal , and that twoof the French inhabitants bad been killed antiforty of the natives . Three French men-of-wftrv haa , it was said , been despatched to their assistance .

      BELGIUM . —The session of the Belgian legislature was opened by King Leopold in person , on-Tuesday , the 14 th . The " speech , " for a l > king /» was pretty good ; superior to our Royal speeches * Tbe following is an extract : —** Belgium , so renowned for her agricultural progress , oontaiBsnevertheless a considerable uncultivated territory ^ and my Government ; will ask you for powers to > enable ' them to afford new resources to the population . " Here isa bit of common sense , which , with good effect , might be copied by "Her Britannic Majesty ' s" advisers . Let Peel look to it !

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      Mb . Hitt purposes to be io Newcastle on Sonda ^ the 10 th of December , for one , two ,, or three sermo « ss . andbeattheserviceofihe . NewcMtlemeniOtMmi | ff evening , the Uth . On the 12 fh and . lgbjigl poses to be at Shields ; . and on ^ 13 tojMlgg 5 Sunderland . On the 16 th he will teWGg » M for Sunday and Monday j and for , «* : 8 M part of that week be ready for wZtTWBjmm . & « ts , alEpy ? * wM

      To Daniel Cconhell, Esq., Jlp.

      TO DANIEL CCONHELL , ESQ ., JLP .

      Sftweigpn $6lohemntfi.

      Sftweigpn $ 6 lohemntfi .

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      TO THE WORKING CLASSES . Mt Beloved Frikhds , —Every man who looks to passing events mu&t come to the conclusion , that the struggle is approaching between right and might . The state of Ireland , with rents reduced to the Tariff standard , religious dissensions , and centralization of power ; tbe state of South Wales , with increasing poverty and taxation * are oo-axisting circumstances which will require other machinery than tbat which has worked tbe old system to work them harmosionsly ; and in exact proportion as dangers thicken , in the exact same proportion do the enemies of your friends multiply , increase , and combine against

      yon . having stood amongst the foremost of your friends , I naturally expected to -be made the rletim of your enemies . Bat in all ay -forteer straggles against faction I have found ample sapport in your affectionate regard aad co-operation . 1 fight my own battles alone ; and recently , aud especially during my last tour , so many leaders of different sections have conspired to weaken my influence , that I feel compelled to meet them ia open combat . Some men say , " heed them not ; we know you ; and we know them f bnt as it never has been my policy to Eit tamely nnder abuse , my silence upon the several attacks that have been recently made upon me might he construed into an admission ef the truth of the several charges .

      Mr . Parry has addressed a letter to me full of matter condemnatory of himself , but profesiiig to be charges against me . That I shall answer next week to your entire satisfaction , if not to his . Mr . Watkins , a man to whom I have never afforded the slightest pretext , has perambulated the metropolis upon a tour of denunciation ; but thanks to the honest men of London he has been ronted and discojnfitted ; and in bis endeavour to destroy me and the best men in the movement , he has sealed his own doom . I could afford to pass over such ingratitnde in silence 5 but when I take the efforts of those parties in connection with those of another individual who has also joined them in their

      crusade , 1 feel myself called upon to meet the slander in its infancy , and to give the death blow to this new-born conspiracy at once . The last nublication to which I refer is a pamphlet published by the Rev . William Hill , purporting to be a comment upon two of bis letters whioh were refused insertion in the Northern Star . In that pampblet he expresses a Btrong disinclination to qnarrel with me , while he calls me hypocrite , faith-breaker , liar , and dictator ; words artfully glided in to what he would have me to believe was a very temperate appeal . However , as I have resolved that the Northern Star newspaper Bhall never again be made the vehicle of personal squabbles , I have replied to this printed pamphlet in another pamphlet , -which iB now published , and in

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      OASTLER'S LIBERTY FUND . [ We are glad to perceive that at last energeiifr steps are determined on , to procure the release of the "Poor man ' s friend" from unjust confinement . Most heartily do we wish the project all success . The labours and moral worth of Mr . Oastler demand from every man of heart , without reference to parly , a tribute of respect : and in what better manner can that respect be paid , than ia giving freedom to the confined ? We are sure that

      the working people will make this cause : their own : for they cannot forget the services of the "good Old King" to their order . . The project of holding meetings is a good oho : one that will bring the case of the incarcerated patriot before th& public at large ; and in those meetings we hope to see men of all parties advocating the cause Of suffering worth , and pleading the claims of an honest man to the aid and help of his kind . The following is the beginning of this good move . l

      At a central meeting of the friends of Mr . Oastler , held en Wednesday , November 15 tb ,. 1843 , at the Yew Tree Inn , Robert Town , in the West Riding of Yorkshire , to take into consideration the most advisable means of raising a fund for the liberation of Mr . R . Oastler . John Tweedale , Eaq ,, of Dewsbury , in the chair , It was resolved , —1 . That an effort , be made to . establish a " Liberty Fund , " for the liberation of Mr . Oastler 5 and for the accomplishment of such Eurpose , it is thought advisable that public meetings e held in every part of the Kingdom , and thai > commencement be made at Hnddersfield and it ia ordered that a publio meeting be called in that Utyftt

      on Wednesday , the 22 nd inst * at which William Busfield Ferrand , Esq ., M . P ., has promised to attend . 2 . —That William Beckett , Esq . M . p . be « quC 3 ted to aceepfc the office of General Treasurer ,, and Mr . L . Pitkeitbly that ef General Secretary . 3 . —That the various towns in which meetings are held be requested to appoint a loeai Committee , Treasurer , aud Secretary , to aet for their partUula localities . 4—That the Factory and other Operatives fcav-0 impressed upon them the necessity of subscribing t * the "Oastler ' s Liberty Fund , " to accomplish the release from a debtors' prison of their best and most

      zealous friend ; and that the higher classes of every political party be also requested to subscribe ; and . that the surplus after paying off the debt of Mr . Oastler , be applied to the purchasing an annuity for that gentleman . 5 . —That the thanks of this meeting are given to William Busfieid Ferrand , Esq ., M . P ., for his kind offer to aid the "Oastler Liberty Fond , by attending public meetings daily for one month , in such places and at such times as the friends of Mr . Oastler may deem requisite . 6 . —That John Walter , Esq ., having intimated his willingness to render assistance in this good work , be respectfully thanked for the sane , and nrged to attend

      the Huddersfield meeting . 7—That as the object of the Fond is the Liberation of Mr . Oastler , the Committee regret that under existing ciscumstances they have not the means to advertise the proceedings m the publio papers ; the press , ia however , thanked for its liberal assistance heretofore , and respectfully requested to publish the objects of this Committee gratuitously . John Tweedle , Esq ., having left the chair , it was taken by Mr . Titus * Brooke , after , wbieh it was unanimously carried that the thanks of this meeting are due to lib . Tweedle for his impartial conduct in the chair .

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      TOL . TIL SO , 314 . SATUKPAY , ^ 0 VEM | ER 18 , 1843 . ^^^ Su ^^ o ^ T

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      * ' i - ¦ } -LJr \ ^ y ^ S -Wr' . ¦ _ ¦ ; ¦¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦ . ¦' ¦ ¦ ] ¦ ' AND LEEDS GENElALiiI >? EBTISEB .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 18, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct677/page/1/