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      TO THB SWTOt OF THX HOITHERK STAB . Mb . Editos , —Ybn "win pardon my intrusion at the present time pa youi "widely circulated journal , but the time has come ¦ when it b * oomes neoeasary that erery man shonld speak ont , tmmpet-tongned , of , the most deplorable condition to-which the aeeoraed Whigs bare brought the country . I hare wandered with Daniel O'Connell throngh the countless schemes he has projected , for the purpose ( as he said ) of redeeming Ireland from the oppression which &be bore , and , S-r , now we are at present farther feack in political freedom than when he started to do so . Away then with Daniel ' s blarney ; there is nokhlng left fei the people of Ireland to redeem them from the oppression which we labour under , bnt the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing bnt the Charter .

      Why do I intrude myself on yonr valuable journal at ? he present ? My reasons are these : it is the only paper that erer attempted to vindicate the labouring f ! ng « from the reckless tyranny that has been practised on them , for I might sa > these centuries , and when we see such pure minded patriotic men as Feargus O'Connor standing by the people and the Charter , they have nothing \ o feir . He has been tried fey the accursed ¦ RTugs in the dungeons of York Castle , and has come out purer and firm . tr to the people ' s cause t han when he was sent there .

      Yes , Sir , -when the Israelites in their greatest mistry bad been cast down and their freedom seemed never to be rescued from the iron grasp of their oppressors , Providence in his allwise ways of working , seat unto them Hoses , who burst their chains tnd . brought unto the promised land ; so has he sent us a second Moses in pearzus 0 Connor , to burst the chains that have long J > oiini us down , and the day iB not far distant when we will in Ireland again hear his powerful eloquence , until he makes the Charter in this county allied to that of Repeal ; all we want is that Feargus should let his principles be wider circulated in Ireland . It was only last week in reading in the Weekly Freeman ' s Journal I saw some of Daniel ' s blarnev , that he would

      oust Chartism out of Ireland . Poor foolish man . ' that never can b * accomplished ; the more your paper is read , the more they appreciate your principles , unt il it has gone the length and breadth of our land , from the Giants Causeway to Cape Clear . And in that same paper , the Rev . Mr . Ryan is charged by Daniel tor becoming a Chartist , and he hoped his Bishop would interfere in the matter . O yes , this is Dan ' s liberty of conscience ! tii * is the way that he would let every torti do as his conscience dictates to him . Yes , Mr . Byan has spoken out fearlessly and boldly , after so miny twistings and changing , that there was noiking left to free Ireland from her present condition , but the Charter and Repeal ef the Union .

      We only want about half-a-dcxsn of priests with Mr . Ryan , in thl « country , yon would have before six msnths two millions of Chartists in Ireland . But , Sir , why do I wish this ? Sooner or later it must be so , for they might as well try to stop the trsubled waters after a mighty storm , as stop Chartism here , I will dash down every barrier that impedes its way , until it has found its way to every city , town , and village , in the Emerald Isle . I at one time thought that Daniel was sincere in his jBtentien , until I read your valuable paper , when the scales dropped from my eyes , when I saw him jnrnp Jim Crow from the Precursor Society to I can't tell you what . Yes , many men have seen his inconsistency , and have joined the Chartist principle . But Sir , as this letter is coming from the ? f orth of Ireland he may denounce me as he denounced Brophy in Dublin , that he was a turncoat

      >* o , Sir , I us a Catholic and an Ulster one , the very kind he so much applauded when he visited Belfas *—one wfcese heart is in the right place , to use his ewn expression . ~ You , Mr . Editor , will pardon ay first production , if too think it would tend to show how the cause is progressing , you might insert this letter after your own corrections . Hoping , Sir , to hear of Mr . O'Connor soon standing ob his native land propounding the doctrines of the Repeal and the Charter , which ii my constant prayer , I am yours , Sec , ROBKBTVS . Coleraine , Sept 8 th , 1841 .

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      Js r . cr 2 ! -jJcs : / s Principal Sf-cnlary of State jor : he He me Department . Tie > Ie : scrlal of the Citizens of Bath , agreed to at a Public Meeting held ia the said City , September r , i * 4 i , RESPECrFCI-LT SHX ^ XTH , That Kjban Peddie is a political prisoner , in Beverley Hour-e of Correction , Yorkshire . Ths ; Robert Peddie was sentenced , at the March Asrz-js . fcoMen in the said county , in l-A'J , to three year's imprisonment . That the charge against him , ¦ ¦ rioting at * Bradford . > was founded oh the evidence ef one James Harrison , who was admitted as witness on the par : of the Crown . That this James Harrison was , at the time , a notorious informer against poor pablieans , and continued to be such , till tee 1 n 2 . 5 istra . tes iefas-rd to take his evidence ; that he left his trife and family to the care cf the pariih ; and that he is now in Prrston Gaol , waiting " to take bis trial for horse stealing , under the following dissraceful circumstances : —

      Harriion stole the horse , hired two beys to Uke it from Preston to Blackburn , in the county of Lancaster ; gave iricrmation to the police there , to the effect that " he txv-ected a party oTer to Blackburn with some stolen property , s ~ d that he would give 3 sharp look ou '; . ' ' That the boys -were £ ub = * quently taken before the presiding magistrate at Preston , Mr . German , when they told Mci tow they came by tie horse , which was in the " manner aforesaid . That Harmon told the police that " it was a fabrication , " and that , " if they waited awhile , -when a reward would be effered for the mare , they w ... ula rcike a good job of it" That Harrison was , however , taken into custody , and fully committed to tike tis trial st the tzuzir . g Quarter Sessions for Presv . n , up-jn the charge of " horse stealing , " as aforfcsv . d .

      That your Memorialists submit these facts to your Lordsh * p , ia the hope that they may induce yenr Lordship to r * cominen 1 the Cise of Robert Peddie to Royal favour , he harirg been convicted upon the evidence of so bad a character as ths said James Harrison . Ar , d we will , &c .

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      ^ m N ' OTEER VOICE FROM : SORTHALLERTO >" BELL . Sept 8 th , 1841 . DzaS MaRT 1>\— I received your kind and interestirjg letter , and have the pleasure to inform you that I have no pain on me at this time . Bad digestion and bad appetite is only part of the blessed effects of eighteen months close confinement My braath , Sir , smells intolerable ; an evident sign that my ineiue is not what it ought to be . "What else can 1 txpect , Sir , when I tHak of the quantity of medicine that I have taken

      since I have been here , ( for I never bad any doctor ' s bottles in my life before , ) for my legs and back pains , that were brought on by nothing else but close confinement I told the magistrate so , ard I have told the surgeon so many times ; and I think former letters are to ' the same purport I have had an opportunity of puiting it to the test since I have been in hospital these four weeks . I have had no medicine for them , but have had plenty of exercise , and the consequence is that my legs have not swelled . Neither have 1 tad axy pain in ay back .

      sir , I do not blame any one here- The surgeon did his best , I believe , to keep them from swelling . Ttu aay depend that I shall not be EstisSt d by being told that it is rheumatic , if they are bad tgain . It is krewn to no one but myself what I Lave suffered these last twelve months , with my le ^ E tw dlitg every day foi ** b * of exercise .

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      Sir , yon ask for a glimpse of oar dietary tabls . Snch was the wr itched state of my appetite for three months before I etas into the hospital , that half of it was sufficient form ?; and since I came up stain I have had plenty of good wholesome food ; so I think it -would be unreasonable to complain of anything that I do not fee ! the direct effect of . Sir , believe na » after reading your letter that tbe rascally Whigs were out of office , 1 went to bed and I do not know that I ever slept so sound since I have been in prison , so well pleased wai I that tbe Government of this country was no longer in the hands of bo worthless and detestable a faction . Sir , I am sorry to see by your letter , that there are so many as twenty-four # f ug left in prison yet What ! not release Ashton and Crabtree ! Scandalous . How can I complain whea they are in prison ? From the tender mercies of such miserable wretches as Normanby and Co . rood Lord deliver us .

      Sir , you say you hope my principles still remain firm to the Charter of our liberties . Canyon doubt it ? Rest assured , my friend , that I shall neither flinch from , nor deny ,- my principles , If they keep me in prison till I rot . It would be an easy method of putting down Chartism if sending men to prison could make them foreg » their right of thinking for themselves . Sir , your letter informs me of George Henry Ward not Etopping to vote for Mr . Sharman Crawford ' s addition to the amendment on the addresi ; what can you expect from such milk and water fellows ? He is neither a gentleman nor a conscientious man , or he would not have said what he did about me -when 1 was in prison and could not answer far myself , ( I mean , of course , what he said to the deputation , ) which was as great a fal&eboud as ever was uttered , wholly without foundation , and I defy either him or any one else to give proofs of my making use of any such languge .

      Sir , I was highly pleased with the account you gave me of Mr . O'Connor ' s liberation and reception in York ; and from what you say in y « ur letter , I conclude you intend seeing him when he visits Sheffield , if so , tell him that I am alive and should be glad to see him when he comes into the North . The time of visiting is from twelve to one every day . The railway runsclose by , so that it will not detain hiia long . I can then talk to him freely about prison discipline . You can say that I have seen no one these sixteen months . Should he be in the Xorth when you receive this , have tbe kindness to write a note in my nam © with the foregoing re-• rsest

      I was not surprised at your account of Harmon , the Bradford spy . In ray opinion , he is not so much to blame as the villains who first taught him to get money by such knavhn tricks ; but I think he will not finu his speculation in horse-flesh to be so profitable as being fugleman for the Bradford Chartists . No , no , Sir , he will n » t have the Government to back him ; but it is a pity to see a man lost for the want of a friend , and I think my old friend , Harrison , could not do better than memorialise his late employers , the Whigs , and remind them of the inestimable service be rendered to them when they were attempting to immortalize their names by putting down Chartism . Stealing horses , Sir , is , only a slight offence when compared to sedition , or attending what the Attorney-General calls illegal meetings ; and , surely , when a man has rendered such important services to his country as Mr . Harrison , it ought net to be forgotten .

      Sir , I shall petition the Home Secretary in a short time , I think of waiting a short time to see if anything will be done for me . Having to make one sheet of paper do for you and my beloved wife , I must conclude ere I scribble it all over . ' I have not room to say all I could wish . Give ruy respects to Mrs . Martin , and all Chartist friends . Let me have a long letter ; write it close . Let me know all Chartist news , what places O'Connor visits , aad if O'Brien is coming to the Sheffield meetisg . I loek for yoar letter * as regular , and with as much anxiety , as the Whigs did for quarter day . I am , Yours truly , Samtel Holberuy .

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      FALSEHOODS OF DANIELL O'CONNELL , AM ) GROSS PARTIALITY OF THE

      " DUBLIN WEEKLY REGISTER . " TO THB EDITOB 0 ? THK NOETHEBJi STAll . Sib , —Allow me , through the columns of your widely circulated a journal , and more especially as it no wcirculates pretty extensively in Ireland , to expose the barefaced lying of Ireland's greatest enemy—the arch agitator , Daniel O ConnelL , and tbe shameful unfairness of the Editor of the Dublin Register . It appears from the conduct of the Editor of that paper , that he considers it all gospel which Daa preaches , and that he is to be privileged to abuse and beiie the English Chartists with impunity ; for whatever may be his charges , this mast upright Editor considers it to be his duty to suppress any answer which may be sent to him to Dan ' s vile operations .

      In consequence of two dastardly and lying attacks , which were made by Dan on the Carlisle Chartists , at Dublin and Drogheda , I sent tbe following temperate letter to the Editor of the Dublin R&jister , in which paper Dan's attacks appeared , but which has not been noticed at all by the Editor . Nothing shows tie absolute necessity stronger of the Chartists supporting an independent paper , which will not only proclaim their ¦ w rongs , and boldly assert theiT rights , but which will take care that neither the Whi £ nor the Tory press shall abuse them with impunity .

      By yonr giving a place to the following letter , you may be the means of removing a very erroneous impression from the minds of many , which has been made by tbe unfounded and caiumnioas assertions of Daniel O'ConnelL I remain , Sir , Your ob « dient servant , James ARinrK . Carlisle , Sept 14 , 1841 .

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      TEE CHARTISTS OF CARLISLE AXD DAMEL O'CO . XXELL , ESQ . TO THE EDITOR OF THE " DTBI . I * "FTEEKLT B . EG 1 STEIL " Sin , —Allow me to correct some gross mis-statements wh " : cb appear in jour paper of August 21 st . They occur in the speeches of Mr . Daniel O'Connell , at the great Repeal Meeting at Drogheda , and Loyal National Repeal Association , and involve the character of the CUaxtist body in Caiiiisle . Doubtless , Mr . U Conueh mu . t have been misinformed on the subject of "which he speaks , for he was not in Carlisle at the time ,

      and must Lave received his information in a secondary way ! Whether Mr . OConncli has exaggerated the . infunnatii > n he may have bad , I am at a loss te know . 1 trnst as a public journalist , and one "who has given DQjiicity to Mr . O ' Conuell's assertiun , > uu will aKow me to correct hiia , and thus remove the stain wticb Mr . O'Connell , through the Chartists here , wishes to fis on thai boiiy generally . I will here quote the statements I allude to , and then answer them in as mild ind brief a manner as possible . The first is from a speech of Mr . O'ConneU's , made at tho Lujal Nativn-i R-peil Association , and the other from another speech aia-ie at ii fc rtat lirpeal Meeting a ! Drogheda : —

      " What was the course pursued at Carlisle at the lule eis . cli .-Ii ? ilr . HuVTard , a iil £ h-iia ^ Ll ! . a . ii ,., j , / j | . otic gentleman , a Roman Catholic Liberal Reformer , and Mr . Marshall , of Leeds , were the candidates on th-. liberal side ; but the chivalrous Chartists , instead of allowing these gentlemen to get the votes of the electors , for they ahe Chartistsj had bat few among themselves , turn their backB traitorously on the friends of liberty , tbe Queen , and the people ; use every unholy influtnettbat could be devised , to deter the liberal electors iroiu oUpf-oniLg them , iikd ^ aVe Wi . alcVcr V ^ tfca Wde at tLeli own disposal to Sergeant Grouiburn , the Tory . "

      " I will tell 50 U iow the Chartists acted at Carlisle . Mr . Howard , a man of ancient family , is one of the members , and Mr . Marshall , of Leeds , is the other member . What did the Chartists do ? Did they join the Reformers ? Xo ! they joined the brother of that swivel-eyed fellow who was Secretary for Ireland , and who let no man , when he was in Ireland , got office but an Orangeman . There is the man whose brother the Chartists support against the Reformers . During that ejection one of them killed a man , and was to be transported for fifteen years ( Hear , hear . )" to whic have

      Thtse are the pasia ^ ca h I alluded , and I isust say , a grosser tissne of falsehoods I never before saw put together . The facts are as follow : —Previous to the late election the Chartist body here held a pubiic meeting , at which they formed an Election Committee , for the purpose of bringing forward a gentleman of more liberal principles than any of the three gentlemen to whom Mr . O'Connell has alluded . To accomplish that vtJect , the Committee immediately put itself in correspondence vfith a gentleman in London , who professed very liberal principles , and who was willing to come forward , provided there was a probable chance of success . Tbe Committee instantly canvassed the electors in his behalf , but owing to their being late in the field , most of the electors oh

      whom they waited , had already promised their votes , bo that the Committee Boon ascertained , there . would be no chance of success . This fact they immediately announced to the electors , vrho had promised them support , and left them to act for themselves . The Committee strictly refrained from giving any advice as to how the electors should vote , but left them entirely to themselves , to act as they might deem proper under the circumstances . In regard t » the "few" Chartists voting for Sergeant Goulburn , I can only Bay that they did not tote at all , for they considered they could not consistently support either faction . I myself was one of that small hut honourable band : and , were it necessary , I coold give

      you the names of twenty more who acted in the same way . So that so far from supporting Sergeant Goulburn , they did not vote at all . Had they done so , and used the influence they possessed , I have little hesitation in Baying that they could have returned Mr . Goulburn , for he vras only in a n _ inority of about forty ! It is true that a man was killed , aad it is a pity it is so true , but this unfortunate circumstance arose from the forwardness and want of discretion on the part of the policeman who was killed . He was striking violently about him with a great bludgeon , in all directions , paying no regard to age , nor sex—having knocked down a woman and two little boys , and struck several others ; te then aimed . two blows at the piisonrt Kilpatrick ,

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      who warded them off , and , in setf-defenee , struck % Wow at the policeman , which knocked him down , and caused his death . What I haTe here stated are the Teal facts of the case , which can be folly borne out by men ot all parties . When Mr . O'Connell sees this statement , I am bhtb he will regret having been so f » r misinformed in regard to facts , as to hsve warranted him in going to so great a length In abusing the Chartists of Carlisle in the ( speeches alluded to . I remain , Sir , Tour obedient Servant , James arthujl Rickeygate , Carlisle , Aug . 24 th , 1841 .

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      TO MR , PATRICK O'HIGGINS . Sir , —As you have been so plentifully supplied with Stars , and as we have got a few here , may I beg you will let us have some —» ay half-a-dozen every week . You can have no idea of the effect , which they have upon the mind of every person , who reads them , the most prejudiced is obliged to acknowledge the bitter truths which they are so fearlessly promulgating , and which are so strikingly manifest The exposure of those hollow principles , by which he has been governed , needs only to be read by him , to be certain of his ignorance ; and proves to him the necessity of obtaining a knowledge , which , he thought , he did not want . Every person who reads this journal , even only once , looks for it with avidity again ; and as he increases in the political knowledge be naturally detests those plausible , but ill-defined and lucrative opinions , which have kept him in blind and wilful subjugation .

      The most straight forward , and csrtainly , the cleverest man in our city , has , upon a Iato occasion , recommended the unfortunate people of this country to make common cause with the much-calumniated and persecuted Chartists of England , who , as may be observed , are more active and practical repealers than his own fellow-countrymen in general , and , I might say , his auditory in particular , He is blamed very much for patting forward such valuable sentiments ; but on looking to the past and the present system of agitation , we find an ample apology for those who believed him te be their enemy ,

      But if tno mists of ignorance and prejudice were once dispelled , there 'would not be a town , a village , or a hamlet , orevsn a valley or a hill , from ' Giant ' s Causeway to Cape Clear , " or " from Connemarra to tha Hill of Howth" that would not reverberate with the sound— " Tao Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing bat the Charter . " Permit me Sir , to subscribe myself , Your obedient and faithful servant , John ORoibke . Cork , Sept 11 th , 1 * 41 .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . London , September 10 , 1841 . Sir , —You will oblige me by inserting the following in the Northern Star : — CHALLENGE TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . The intolerant and unjust proceedings of the London Members of the National Charter Association ( about 300 strong ) have determined me to challenge Mr . Feargus O'Connor , or the best man they have in their Association , to a discussion of the merits of iJr . Lovett ' s

      Chartism ; in v ? Inch I will undertake to prove that Lovett ' s Chartism is as superior to Feargus O'Connor ' s Chartism as the conduct of tbe professors of the one is , in moral and intellectual fitness , superior to the conduct of the intolerant adherents of the other . Knowing that it is only by fair , and open , and searching discussion that the truth can be elicited , I fearlessly invite Mr . Feargus O'Connor and his friends to defend themselves and their principles . I am fully aware that I place myself in a disadvantageous position in meeting my superiors in tolent and scholastic acquirements , butil am more than compensated for this disadvantage ia the fact , that

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      te a * Is inTindble , and will prevail ; and it is an exhihratlng consolation to the humbl » and honest advocate 01 trutn , that she was nerer yet vanquished "inm fair ana open encounter . " I am willing , therefore , to meet Mr . Feargus O'Connor , or any other capable member of the Association , to duenss the comparative merits of Chartism as respectively advocated by Messrs . Lotett and O'Connor ; or Lorett , Watson , and myself will meet « ny three of his supporters ; or , if he prefer it , we will discuss the sn&ject in a public meeting , in which the discussion shall be open to all competent persons . I am , Sir , Your humble servant , Henry Hetheuington . P . S . In the event of thi * challenge being accepted , each party shall appoint two or three friends , or as many as may be agreed upon , to arrange the proceedings . *

      H . H . TO MR . HETHERINGTON . Sia , —I accept your challenge , I shall letmn from Birmingham on Tuesday , after the Demonstration on Monday , that is , on next Tuesday , and shall be ready to meet you , with Messrs . Lovett , Watson , and any other friends you please , to discuss the proposition contained in your letter . You must have free admission , a large place of meeting , and doors open in time . You may make all the arrangements about chairmen , &o . ; and 1 meet you on Tuesday , at nine o ' clock—Tuesday , 21 st September . Pleaaa to leave word with Mr . Cleave of the placo of meeting . My time , save that night , is filled up . Your obedient servant , Feargus O'Connor .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brother Pfmocrats , —I wrote a short letter about a month ago , requesting the various Chartist Associations to send me the name of the sub-Secretaries . Business is often retarded by my not having the addresses of the sub-Secretaries ; for Instance , I canuot write a letter to Bradford , because I do not know whom to write . I cannot get an answer from Sheffield , although I have written four or five times to that town . In Derbyshire there are only two or three towns that I can write , tis the same in Nottinghamshire . There are now nearly 200 towns in the association . I think a great deal of good might be done if the district councils would take this matter up . I have seen an account in this week ' s Star ef a lecturer addressing

      audiences in four towns ; there were good meetings , and yet there is not an association in any one of those towns ; there are at the present moment ten persons engaged lecturing , now if these tea formed twenty associations weekly , or two each , that would amount to about 40 t associations more with those already formed , before the Convention will meet in February next , and this I am sure can be done ; what might not the people do with 560 associations ia England and Wales , backed out by Scotland , and also by their friends who are taking a stand in Ireland ? why , any thing and every thing for liberty ; let therefore all these towns where tbe Star is taken in , and who have not enrolled themselves under our sacred banner , immediately communicate with us . We have one powerful advocate unchained ,

      who does the work ' of half a dozen men without fee or reward , namely ; F . O'Connor , and by the 24 th inst we will have another who will assist by his energetic pea to crush tyranny and establish liberty , namely . J . B . O'Brien . Then you have M'Douall , Leach , Pnilp , and Williams on the Executive ; these backed out by such talented men as Bairstow , Vincent , Bolwell , Ridley , Wheeler , Binns , Williams , Morgan , Morling , Wilkinson , Bell , Doyle , Mason , Clarke , Marsden , Harney , Pitkeithly , Clayton , Arthur , Cooper , White , and a host of others , may guide successfully the greatest agitation that ever took place in England for democracy . Hoping , my friends , that you will not lose time in writing to me for cards , and joining the National Charter Association .

      I remain your brother democrat , John Campbell , Gen . Sec . Salford , Sept 14 , 1841 .

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      Cfjartf # $ nUXH % ence .

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      CXTT OP LONDON . —The City members of the National Charter Association held their weekly meeting , as usual , on the evening of tbe 8 th instant , in the room 55 , Old Bailey . The members expressed a wish that their delegates of the County Council could make it convenient to attend their weekly meetings ; they particularly wish to know in what way they are to assist the Council in defraying the expences of the public meetings held in the metropolis . Mr . Cater introduced his motion , of which he had previously given notice , viz . to form a City Political Loan Tract Society , to saturate the city with a knowledge of the doctrines of tbe People's Charter . The motion was seconded by Mr . G . Wyatt , who hoped the plan would be carried into effectual operation . After some excellent remarks from

      the rnembeiB it was agreed to , nem con ., and a Gomtnittee was appointed to prepare a plan to bring the same into effect—On Thursday evening , W . D . Saul , Esq . merchant , delivered a very excellent and instructive lssture in the sane place to a very attentive audience . Subject —the social and political condition of the country . Mr . Cater said , that in rising to propose a vote of thanks to their excellent Lecturer , he must apologise for the absence of most of the city members , who had availed themselves of the pleasing opportunity of going to hear their much beloved and patriotic champion , F . O Connor , Esq . in the White Conduit House , but trusted that the excellent Lecturer will again visit the city locality , when be would guarantee that the Hall should be rilled te overflowing . He ( Mr . C . ) begged leave to inform the

      Lecturer , as he had in his lecture made allusions to what took place in the Hall of Science , the other evening , that that disturbance had its origin through a sermon preached in this room , which he ( the Speaker ) considered disgraceful to the Chartist cause . Ho ( Mr . C . ) could assure the Lecturer that the managing committee of the shareholders of this Institute were totally ignorant that that sermon would be of a personal nature ; that they do not encourage personal bickerings ; and that he , as well as many otker members of the National Charter Association , were ready to forgive and forget the opposing party , if they would cease their endeavours to stop the progress of Chartism . The vote of thanks being seconded by Mr . Kuox , was carried unanimously . The Lecturer , in returning thaoks for the same , stated

      that when he came into the room he expected to meet with much opposition , but it was pleasing to him to have to say that be never attended a more ordtrly ami rational assemblage of working men before , and that he would pledge his word to give them a lecture once a quarter , and that his next would be on Geology ; and invited the company and their friends to visit his great Museum in Aldersgate-strtet , any Thursday morning , at eleven o ' clock , free of auy expence , and that at that time he is always present—On Sunday evening , in the same place , Mr . Williams preached a short sermon from the commandment , " Thou shalt not steal , " after which a discussion ensued . Mr . Cater delivered the following notices . That F . O'Oonuor , Es = q . had promised him that , after he had visiteu Brighton , he will attend a publicmeuting in this Hall , due notice of which will be given on Thursday evening , the 23 rd of September . L . T . Clancy , Esq . Founder and late Secretary of the Dublin Repeal

      and Charter Association will deliver a lecture for the benefit of poor Robert Peddie ; subject , Chartism and Ribonism in Ireland . Next Sunday morning will be the monthly meeting of the shareholders of this Institute . In the evening of the same day Mr . CameroD , of Firs bury , will preach ; and the Sunday evening following Mr . Balls will preach . The City members of the National Charter Association will hold their weekly meetings on Tuesdays instead of Wednesdays for the future ; and the concert is put off from the 13 th instant , on account of the benefit for Mr . O'Brien , till the following Monday , in this Hall . Mr . C . also observed , that on the previous Sunday evening Mr . Neesom had publicly read a letter to the congregation in this Hall , which is thought by the Committee may tend to create in the minds of many a false impression , and get the place into disgrace , if the following answer is not publicly read also : —

      "TO MR . CHARLES H . NEESOM . " " Sept . 12 , 1841 . " Sir , —The managing Cemmittee of the shareholders of the Political and Scientific Institute , 55 , Old Bailey , have received your letter requesting to be allowed the privilege to preach a sermon in the above place , in reply to a sermon preached by Mr . Watkins on a previous occasion . " Sir , I am directed by the above Committee to inform you that , previous to the preaching of the sermon you allude to , they were totally ignorant that it would be of a personal description ; neither did the printing and

      publishing of tbe same receive their sanction . With this declaration the CommiUee feel themselves exonerated from the supposed encouragement of personal vituperation ; and as they value the keeping in a respectable manner a placo of meeting of their own , the important responsibility the shareholders of the above place have committed to their care , and the momentous objects they have in view , the said Committee cannot comply with your request « r any other gentleman ' s that may be of a similar character ; with this explanation , they trust that , for the future , their meetings will net again be interrupted by personal bickeings and slander .

      "Joun Dale , Sec . pro tern . " CAMBERWEUi & V 7 ALWORTB .-The Chartists of this locality met last Monday evening at the Herse and Crown , Walworth . The meeting was well attended , and great enthusiasm prevailed among its members . A letter was read from Manchester ; the contents were soon discussed . An order upon the treasurer for 8 s . 4 d ., to be sent forthwith to the Executive , was made . The cause looks much bettor in London—the principles of the Charter aeeni to be better understood among what they term middle-class men . Daniel—the once " Great Dan "—will find that the hour of delusion is gone by ; the People will not believe him again . The calumny which that fellow has heaped upon the Chartists , by calling them blood-thirsty , and torchand-dagger-mes , will recoil upon his own head at some future date . We are for equal justice to Ireland—the same liberty for Ireland as we claim for ourselves .

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      TRO WBRXDGE . —On Saturday last , ft public Urn meeting was held at the Democratic Chapel , to celebrate the release of Mr . Wm . Carrier from the tyrant ' s dungeon . The chapel was decorated , as on former occasions , with portraits , garlands , and other devices . Over the portrait of John Frost was thefollowing : — "A nation of sober and intelligent men cannot be slaves . " At six o ' clock , upwards of two hundred sat down to an excellent tea , which did honour to the committee for the tasteful manner in which it was served up . After tea , Mr . John Moore was called to the chair , and after making some remarks he gave the first toast , " The sovereign people , the legitimate source of all wealth , " which was ably responded to by Mr . Hawkins . The

      next toast was , " Prosperity to all true Chartist victims , may they still continue to be the terror to our enemies , and awning ornaments in society . " Responded to by Mr . Tucker , of Westbury , and supported by Mr . Carrier in a long and able address . Mr . Cluar , the Chartist teetotal lecturer , next addressed the assembly in a most eloquent manner . The band was in attendance , and played several patriotic tunes . Three cheers were giveu for the restoration of F . O'Connor , Esq ., to the ranks of the people , three cheers for Mr . Carrier , and three for Frost , Williams , and Jones . A vote of thanks was also given to the thirty-nine M . P . ' s whe voted for Sharman Crawford's motion . The meeting broke up highly delighted with the evening ' s entertainment .

      LEICESTER . —The fine weather , last Sunday , was highly favourable for our camp-meeting . The audiences on the recreation ground , in the morning and afternoon , were very large . Mr . Harrison , of Calverton , near Nottingham , spoke from a figurative passage in Revelations , iu the morning , and Mr . Dean Taylor preached from " Seek ye first the kingdom of God , " &c . in the afternoon . Each speaker was listened to with absorbed attention , and produced hearty convictions that the whole truth of Christianity , and its applicableneos as a system of relief for man's political as well as moral condition , is only now beginning to be understood . In the evening , the Market-place was made the field of operations . Mr . Bairstow addressed an immense and highly-gratified audience , with his usual eloquence

      from " crucify him , crucify him , " &c . Mr . Cooper commenced and conclnded each service with giving out hymns , and prayer . The day was one of the most interesting ever experienced by Leicester Chartists . Collections to a pleasing amount were made at the close of each discourse , the surplus of which , after travelling expences of the speakers are deducted , Is to be forwarded to the treasurer of the fund for O'Brien ' s press . A collection is intended to be made next Sunday , for the augmenting the aid for Chartism ' s schoolmaster . Nothing can be more gratifying than the excitement now prevalent in Leicester . In addition to the sixtytwo , the whole number of new members received last week , thirty names have been received by Mr . Cooper ,

      the eecret&ty , during the time intervening from last Saturday morning to the present evening ( Monday . ) Tonight , Mr . Cooper has been addressing a crowded Guildhall , on geography . Mr . Bairstow , who had been over to lecture at Anstey , ( a little village near Leicester , distinguished for its true Chartist spirit , ) entered the Guildhall towards the conclusion of tho lecture , and was received with a spontaneous burst of clapping of hands . He addressed the audience for a short time , and remains in Leicester , with the intention of lecturing during the race week , in some of our streets and squares , and thus contributing to help on the glorious movement which is taking place in the town where he is so heartily respected , and where he has so often and so effectually laboured .

      GLASGOW . —Toll Cross . —A large meeting ef the inhabitants of Toll Cross was held ia their own Hall on Thursday night week , and was addressed by Messrs . Colquhoun , Brian , and M'Kay , from Glasgow , when the meeting agreed to meet Mr . O'Connor in procession and demonstration when he arrived in Glasgow . Cumlochie . —A crowded and suffocating meeting of the males and females of Cumlochie met on Monday night , in their new Hall ( all the Buburban districts having now got Hails ef their own ) , Mr . Mushat in the

      chair . The Hall was decorated with Scotch thistles , laurel , and evergreens , and on the walls hung portraits of Feargus O'Connor , Emmett , &c After a number of sentimental and comio songs were song , the meeting was addressed by Messrs . Cullen and Moir , whose sentiments elicited the most rapturous cheering . The two speakers then left the meeting amid the most deafeniBg cheering . The singing a » d other sentiments connected with the now glorious march of tbe movement were kept np for several hours , when the happy assembly broke up , cheering for the safe arrival of their glorious , talented , and honest chieftain , Feargus O'Connor .

      Chartist Church , Giieat Hamilton-street . — A lecture was delivered here by Mr . James Walker , on Priestcraft , after which a hot discussion ensued , notwithstanding the numerous meeting departed with tbe best of feelings , after having given three regular rounds of cheering for the Chartist cause and its friends . BRIDGETON . —The Chartist drummer of this populous suburban district announced after tuck of drum , that Con Murray , the Irish Chartist and Roman Catholic tramping nailer would deliver a lecture on Irish politics , and of course it being a district which contains upwards of 7000 Roman Catholics , the hall was crowded to excess , besides the numbers who congregated outside . Mr . Black was called to the chair , who

      introduced the witty and talented lecturer . When he was introduced to the meeting , accompanied with a number of his Irish friends , both Catholic and Protestant , one simultaneous burst of feeling flowed from the whole assemblage , after which Con proceeded and showed up tbe old humbug O'Connell in most glorious style . He was followed by a Mr . Shufflston , from Birmingham , in a strain of the most eloquent declamation , every other sentiment calling forth bursts of cheering from the previously excited audience . Mr . M'Kay followed , backing out the statements of Con . When he sat down Dennis M'Millan , another Irish Roman Catholic , thundered forth in a strain of Irish eloquence and humour , which completely electrified the Scotch , English , and Irish present This speech , so

      damning to the great humbug , called forth a defence from a young satelite of Dan's which produced mucli jeering and laughter . Mr . Rodger , who had just urnvtil from a meeting in the Calton , and whose masttr miuil at once grasped the subject of dispute , cut up Mr . O'ConneU ' s past career in a genteel , though sarcastic style , which perfectly electrified those within and without . The discussion was kept up for at least nu hour after Rodger had spokeu , every ouo whom we apuki with acknowledging that they had never got so much fun in one night . Dan ' s backers shook hands with the kind-hearted and conciliatory John Rodger , and stating at the same time that they were now convinced that they were , as Con , their countryman , had alattd , nothing better than stagulls , crows , and sea-mawa , vrho supported Dan . A vote was then asked for a procession or demonstration when O'Connor camo to G . iuwow ,

      • when the entire assembly voted for a procession and demonstiation . Cheers , of course , were given for O'Connor , the Charter , Chairman , &c , after which a large party , after the Irish fashion , arm in arm , cleekua Con to a house , where he got his Irish whistle wot with a glass of good Scotch whisky . I have , however , forgot in writing uut the above that Con , seconded by myself , moved the following resolution , which was cauie .-l with clapping of hands , waving of iuta , stamping of feet , and the usual bursts of approbation which proceeds from a well pleased meeting : — " That this meeting sympathises with the Irish nation , an < i that they ought to be no longer a province , but a Republic , having legislators sitting in Dublin , elected by the voice of the people in accordance with the principles of the People's Charter . " This was carried with great cheering . —Correspondent .

      Extraordinary Meeting of Delegates in St . Ann ' s Cuukcu . —The largest meeting of Delegates everhelilin St . Ann ' s Church , Glasgow , took place on Friday evening . No less than eighty-nine shops , tfietricta , and factorieswere represented by somewhere about 200 delegates , to discuss the manner in which they would receive that great and good man , Feargus O'Connor , when he came to Glasgow . After a brief discussion , seeing tbat each delegate or delegates were furnished with instructions from the various bodies ¦ which they represented , the vote was taken for tho following motion : — " That in order to insure the largest possible meetiug on Glasgow Green , where the powerful voice

      of O'Connor will tell upon the vast number which will then assemble , each district , shop , and factory thai 1 proceed with their flags , bands , and other insignia , Btraight to tho Green , the samo as was done when the delegates from the Convention came to Glasgow ; and that the vast multitude of Chartists shall leave the Green accompanying O'Connor to the Bazaar Hall , where the Soiree is to be held . " This resolution of course was carried amid tumultuous cheering . The Secretary of tho Local Universal Suffrage Association then read O'Connor's letter , stating the time he will be in Glasgow . Votes of thanks were then given to the Chairman , cheers for O'Connor , and tbe glorious cause of Chartism , when the meeting broke up .

      GLOUCESTER . —A public meeting was held at the Democratic Assembly Rooms , Worcester-street , on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock ; Mr . Thos . Sidaway was called to the chair . Mr . John Sidaway gave a lecture on the right of the working classes to the Suffrage , and which was the best calculated to benefit the community generally . Household or Universal . The lecturer entered into tbe various arguments in favour of Household Suffrage , which he completely dissected . He concluded a very powerful lecture amidst the plaudits of his hearers , carrying the whole meeting

      with him in favour of the Charter , and urged them never to cease agitating till it waa proclaimed the law of ihe land . The Chairman then introduced Mr . Kicbard Herbert , of Birmingham , who addressed the meeting in a brief , but able manner , showing what the power of the people could accomplish , if they were but firmly unitad . The Chairman then dissolved the meeting , by informing them that a meeting would be held in that room , which is capable of holding five or six hundred persona , every Sunday morning at ten o ' clock , for reading and instructions ; and every Monday night , at eight o ' clock , for lectures .

      BUPSER 5 FIE 1 D . —The members of the Association met , as usual , on Tuesday night , and appeared in good spirits , after having heard read several letters from various { places , paid their contributions , and the extra levy , with great good feeling .

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      MACCUBSFIELD . —On Sunday evening , Mr . West lectured on the "Errors of onr Commercial System . " Ho proved that the great evils we have to complain of originated in a fake dread of foreign competition , which caused our manufacturers and the Government to Coiee dowm the money price of British productions to the level of . what the produce which might be obtained in return would realise ; and that , consequently , we have been exporting increased quantities at decreased value , until the labourers ha » e been ruined , and the manufacturers fast following them ; from 1783 to 1816 , the value of export * to Europe , Africa , and America , exceeded the imports from thence by £ 33 , 000 , 000 , - and since

      1816 , we have enabled the federal Government to discharge the greater part of their debt of about £ 27 , 000 , 000 ,- by reducing wages bo aa to enable other countries to levy 50 , 75 , and even 210 percent , on the products of oar labour , so as to enable them to erect joint-stock manufacturing establishments and publio improvements ia canals , roads , &c , and thus establish that evil so much dreaded . Mr . West entered largely into the subject , and from tables and documents proved that our trade was given away to foreigners ; and that all the efforts of the free trade party cannot regain it . The subject created considerable interest , and Mr . West will resume it ia his next lecture .

      BAWICK . —At an adjourned meeting of the Hawiok Chartist Association , held in the Chartist Hall on Saturday evening l » at , the follow ing resolution was agreed to , and ordered to be pent to the Northern Star and Scottish Patriot . — " That this meeting cannot but consider the conduct of those individuals professing Chartist principles , who can . allow mere personal reasons or motives to keep them from joining the great body of their fellow countrymen in their exertions for their political emancipation , as having a tendency to weaken the sgitatioa for , and retard the attainment of , the object they profess to have in view , and , { consequently , detrimental to the Chartist movement /'

      NOTTINGHAM . We have just concluded a splendid and most enthusiastic meettag , held in our Market-place , the object of which meeting was to make known the present circumstances and situation of James Bronterre O'Brien , of him who , for years past , has been the political schoolmaster of the age , and to shew that the poor man ' s guardian , for his powerful advocacy of riqht against might , has by means of Whig prosecution and torture , been made poorer than the poor man himself . At the close of Mr . Dean Taylor ' s lecture a collection was made , which amounted to £ l 0 s . 7 ^ d . Mr . Taylor then announced that Me . Cooper , of Leicester , Editor of the IUtmincUor and Whig Extinguisher , would address them on the same topic , and in the same place , on Tuesday evening , at six o'clock . After a vote of thanks had bean awarded to Mr . Taylor , and Mr . J . Bostock , Chairman , three

      tremendous cheers were given for Messrs . O'Connor , the uncaged lion , and for B . O'Brien , who leaves his dungeon on the 24 th instant ; three cheers were given for Frost , Williams ,, and Jones ; and three more for the gallant Sharman Crawford , and the glorious 89 , when the meeting quietly dispersed , and parties adjourned to the democratic chapel , to hold their usual weekly meeting , and several new members joined the association-Petition sheets were also plentifully distributed amongst the members , both male and female , for the Charter . A vote of thanks was proposed by Mr . Russell , and carried unanimously , wita great applauao , to Mr . O'HiggiuB , for his clear amd dispassionate answers to the questions of a Mr . Toole , and also to Mr . P . M . Brophy , and all the other members of the Natiom&I Charter Association , Dublin , for their steady , persevering , and uncompromising line of conduct towards the Liberator himself , and every other tool he has

      made use of . BARNSIiEY . —The Odd Fellows' Hall was crammed to suffocation to hear Dr . M'Douall lecture on the principles of the People's Charter . The Doctor wag received by tbe meeting with losd cheering which lasted several minutes . Mr . Peter Hoey was called to the chair , and was received with long continued cheering . Dr . M'Djuall delivered a soul-stirring lecture , during which he was frequently interrupted by the plaudits of the meeting . He demonstrated to the entire satisfaction of the people present , that nothing short of the People ' s Charter would benefit the whole community , and concluded amidst loud and long continued cheering . A vote of thanks waa given to the Chairman , toree cheers for Feargus O'Conner , three for William Ashton , and all the other imprisoned Chartists , and the meeting broke up . *

      ACCB 1 NGTON . —The Chartists of thia place held a public meeting in the large room at the sign of tbe Wheat Sheaf , for tho purpose of hearing a lecture from Mr . Tattersal , of Burnley ; Mr . Wm . Beesley was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Tattersal delivered a most heart-stirring address , showing up the Whigs in their true colours , and severely lashing the Tories . He encouraged the people to come forward and join the National Charter Association , showing them that if the people of this country were united all the powers upon earth could not stop them from obtaining their rights . The lecture occupied about an hour in the delivery , and gave universal satisfaction .

      hiVEKPQOL . —The Chartists of this town met en Monday last , to receive the Secretary ' s report for tha quarter , and eleGt officers to conduct the affairs of this Association for the ensuing quarter . The following persona were then elected to serve as Councillors : — Mr . James M'Kenna , Mr . Charles Gwilliams , Mr . John William Magee , Mr . Thomas Ash with , Mr . Thomas Lindsay , Mr . Edward Benbow , Mr . John Cowan , treasurer ; Mr-Ewaa Daviea , sub-secretary , 42 , Gerardstreet Ma . Doilb lectured here on Wednesday , the 3 rd innt The room was crowded , being by far the most numerous meeting w « have had in this town . Mr . Butterworth , of Manchester , briefly addressed tbe meeting . Several nv > w members having been enrolled , the meeting broke up—three hearty cheers having bten given for Mr . O'Connor , the Chairman , and lecturer .

      TODMORDEN-The weekly meeting of the National Charter Association was held , as usual , on Monday night , when the number of members increased aguin , and ii was resolved to take the lecture room of tiiu Mechanics' Institute , and the abseut members are requested to . attend there on Tuesday night next , at eight o'clock . SOWERBt . —Mr . Leach , of Manchester , lectured berfi on Mondny last , to a crowded audience . At the conclusion , thanks were given to Mr . Leach , and the Chairman ; three cheers for Feargns O'Connor , three for the Executive , three for the National Charter Association , and three for the exiles of Cambria , Frost , Williams , and Jones .- After which the vast assembly separated .

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      NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL

      COUNCIL . KILSTOH . John Sttran , tallow-chandler . J'thn Cadley , cordvainer . Joseph Jarvis , moulder . JosepU NicuoUb , screw-turner . James Dam&ine , cordwainer . JuL . 11 iN iCliulia , sub-Treasurer . James Moseley , cordwainer , s ^ ib- Secretary WALSALL . Thomas Almark , tailor . William M'Cuilum , tailor . James M'Minn , tailor . Richard Huatj spur-maker . Joseph Craddock , snaffle-maker . John Griffiths plater . James Scholefield , sub-Treasurer . K'sbert Valoise , sub-Secretary .

      . Jlobert Anderson , bookseller Henry Breeze , tailor . James Bunn , carpenter . Henry Carman , shoemaker . George Bruce , ditto . Thomas Howitt , ditto . John Day , ditto . Saundbrs Cheney , tailor . John Finch , shoemaker .

      ' " SORTHAMP 1 ON . William HaUewell , shoemaker , Tedd ' s Lane , Nor tiiamptoa . TUOWERIDGE . John Stevens , weaver . Wrn . Barnes , ditto . Wm . Vince , ditto . Henry Lamb , stay-maker . Jacob Moore , dyer . Arthur Heath , grocer . James Has well , cordwainer , Mortimer-street . Thomas Carpenter , weaver , sub-Treasurer , Mortimerstreet Daniel Lukes , carpenter , sub-Secretary , Mortimer street .

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      Departure of Lord Forxescue . —Hia Excellency the Lord Lieutenant held an undress Levee this day , ( Thursday ) which was numerously attended . From eleven o ' clock , carriages continued to arrive until nearly twelve , at which hour his Excellency appeared in the Sate apartment , accompanied by the officers of the Household . In the course of the presentations his Excellency conferred the honour of Knighthood upon Nicholas Fitzaimon , Esq ., Magistrate of Police , and formerly M . P . for the King ' s County . Shortly after one o ' clock his Excellency left the . Castle on horseback , accompanied b y his Aides-de-camp , and followed by a train of private

      carriages aud gentlemen on horeback . The cortege , composed of a vast number of carriages and other vehicles , arrived ai Maretim ^ , the seat of Lord Cloncurry , where the Countess of Fortesoue and the Misses Geale awaited his Excellency ' s arrival , and then proceeded with it to Kingstown . Opposite the Jetty the Shamrock steamer was ia xeadinesa to receive their Excellencies , who immediately went on board . Lady Burke , of Marble-kill , and several other ladies were also on board to take leave of the Countess Fortescue . At a quarter-past three o ' clock the steamer left the quay , amidst tbe cheers of a numerous assemblage on the beach . —Dublin Even ' ing Pe $ t .

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      TO THE EDITOS OF THE XORTHERK STAB . Sir , —Allow me to congratulate O'Connor on his release frcm his Whig dungeon . Long life and happiness to him . ' In his intended tour , 1 trust that his political utility will not be destroyed by renewing old disputes amoDg ovx own party . It is with pleasure thv . we hear that it is his intention to visit Bath ; we have never had the pleasure of seeing or hearing him . He will be warmly received here . The Cvuncil of the National Charter Association requests you to insert the subjoined memorial to her Hajestys Principal Secretary of State , respecting the case of poor Peddie . The cause is going on well here . We held a large out-door public meeting here last week , and it was very well attended . The speeches were of the most prudent kind ; they produced a powerful impression . Every tnirg augurs well for the cause . Onward , onw&rd , is tbe err .

      The advent of the Tories to office is tbe beginning of a new era in British politics . The Whigs having , in the f rst instance , been intrusted with too much power , eat their own throats . The Tories will do the same , ultimately . They must not rely on middle-class juries . I fear theiD not in regard to persecution . In that respect they are is ¦ weak as lambs , though as voracious is wolves . Let the Charter agitation be carried on with renewed vigo' ^ r . Xui conies the tug uf war . Let all Reformers become united under the resplendent banner of Chai-Hsm . Constitutional reform is the desideratum . Koihing less wiir be of the least avsiL Then , " To your tents O Israel ! " Let every Bodety be active ; let there be eo new outbreak , no factious bickerings about Christian CLartism , or Bible Chartism . Our grand po'itical olject is—Censtitutional Reform . Obtain that , and all other matters will be speedily settled ; and settled , tco , in the best possible manner .

      I am cf opinion that the plan O'Connor intends to carry out in his lecturing tour , vrill be productive of incalculable good . Let ererj society assist h m in that g&t-d wcri . Le " . none keep aloof now from feelings of dislike , price , or jealousy . The cause we must look to . By following a proper course of action , the cause "srill sc-gd be rendered ali-pewerfuL TVe need not fear the Tories ; tar they fear us ; they fear O'Connor . Agaicit our united poirer they cannot stand . Tben nucn , uni-jn , ruist be our raotto ; the Charter , the "Biiie Charter , cu £ t be our rallying cry . Tours , in haste , J . M . BaaTlitt . Bi ± , 5 eit . j , liil .

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      TO THB EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN 6 TA . R . Sir , —You will not only oblige me , bat sone of your English readers , by publishing the enclosed letter . It was written in answer to a letter which I received on the 24 th of July last , from Mr . Alexander M'Kenaie , of Bristol . It lay the usual time at the Post-Office , and was returned to me from the Dead Lstter Office , on Friday , the 10 th instant My object in writing this letter to you is , to acquaint all those who may be kind enough to favour me with letters , that iny general habit is to answer all letters as soon as possible after the receipt of them ; and that those answers will be found at the Post-Offices of the towns from whence the letters have come . I am . Your obedient servant , Patrick O'Higg ^ s . Dublin , Sept . 12 th , 1841 . Dublin , July 28 th , 1841 .

      Dear Sir , —Be so good as to accept of my most sincere thanks for your kind and nattering letter of tbt 22 nd instant . 1 really feel wholly undeserving of tbe high compliments which you are pleased to bestow upon me . I do assure you , that in refusing to vote for Mr . O'Connell at tbe last election , and at the election of 1837 , 1 felt that in refusing him my vote upon those occasions , it waa refusing to vote for the Waigs , whom he has justly described as a base , bloody , and brutal faction , and , he might now add , the most treacherous and deceitful faction tbat ever ruled the destinies ef a nation .

      You are not aware that it was I who first prevailed upon Mr . O'Connell to stand for the city of Dublin , with our late revered and respected representative , Mr . Rutbven . It was I who wrote the address from Saint Michan ' s parish , requesting him to allow himself to be put in nomination for the City of Dublin , in 1832 , and it was I who wrote his answer to that address , in his own house in Merrion-square ; and , it is not saying too much when 1 say now that be would not have been Member for Dublin , bad I not forced him forward . And at the election of 1835 , he was obliged to acknowledge that I was mainly instrumental in securing his return upon that occasion . But when I saw how he voted in 1835 , 1836 , and 1837 , I could not conscientiously support him longer . In fact , I had made

      up my mind to oppose him , and in 1837 had actually arranged & very formidable party to oppose him ; but the bigotted and virulent speeches of his opponents , West and Hamiltoa , saved him from tbat opposition and exposure which were prepared for him . In tke interim , between 1835 and the election in 1837 , 1 had witnessed his desertion of the people ; his complete abandonment of the very principles which induced me to support him , as it is well known I did—when I saw that he voted for The Irish Coercion Act ; The EDglish Poor Law Amendment Act ; Against a legal provision for 2 , 358 , 000 of his countrymen , whom the Commissioners of Inquiry reported to have been in a state of starvation ; For a Rural Poiice Bill :

      Against Hi . Crawford ' s motion for the Total Abolition of lithes ; Against Mr . Crawford ' s motion for the Repeal of the Coercion Act ; For procuring a charter for the North American Colonial Associatiun , whose duty it . 8 to skip off tho tenantry whom the Irish Protestant Colonization Society turn off their estates . ^ YhenIsawnimmultiplyi ^ gvotesinthe House ofCommons against the Repeal of the Union , while he at the sanie time led his deluded followers \ o believe that he was working heaven and earth fur ttic accomplishment of that measure . When I saw that hia sole object for agitating that question was to make it the means of obtaining places for his relations .

      When I saw his son-in-law sell the County Dublin to a non-Repealer for a situation iu the Hanaper Office , a . R (\ another son-in-law give up the Couuty Kerry to a nun-Rtpealer , and his son . Morgan O'Connell sell the County . Meath to anotbtr non-R pealer—when 1 saw these things , and -when I saw the authors of the Coercion Act giving him £ 9 , 000 publicly through the fcaiids of "honest Joe Hufne , 1 could no longer vote for him , as I considered that , by doing so , I should be voting my opproval of all these misdeeds , and a thousand others , 1 therefore did not vote for him in 1837 . SkiCe then he has become the veriest Whig hack tti&V ever crossed the Irish Channel . He baa sunk his cjuulrjtucn , those who trusted him , below tiegrailatioii itself . Tbure was scarely a public meeting held in Ireland , at which he attended , during the last four years , at which the eternal gratitude of Ireland was not voted to " her Majesty ' s Ministers , " . the authors of the Irish C-. ercion

      Act-How could I vote for the man , and he too a great criminal lawyer , who pronounced tbe GUa > g < . » w—the ii ; r . ocent Glasgow Coitou Spinners guilty beiore they W-. ie tried ? How could 1 Vote fur the man who calltu out , loud and long , for the b ^ ood of the Stephens , the Oastlers , and the O'Connors ? How could I vote for ttc mau who threatened to bring over 500 , 0 » 0 Tipperary bojs to cut the throats of Englishmen who were seeking for their just rights—rights in the benefits of ¦ w hich those very Tipperary boys would be equally participators ? How could I vote for the man who drew up the Charter , signed it , told the people to agitate for it , and then turned round and disowned it , and vilified its peaceable advocates ? How could I vote for tbe man who joined the Whigs in sending spies amongst the Chartists for the purpose of entrapping their leeders in some crime , or supposed crime ? I thank God that I did not vote for him .

      He says now that he will not bring forward the Repeal qnesfon until he has two millions of shillings fiom Hepealere , and four millions of signatures to a petition for Repeal . He knows right well that these two conditioES cannot be complied with ; but Mb dupes do cot see the utter impossibility of complying with these conditions . He might as well say lhat he would never briug the question forward , because he never can get i two millions of shillings , nor four millioES of Irish names to a petition for any measure . It is absurd and ridiculous . Truly yours , P . Q ' HlGGINS . iir . Alexander M'Kensie , Bristol .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 18, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct721/page/7/