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      3 Jy Fbiesus , —Having deToted more than ten years «» d a half of the best of my life to the exclusive service of the indusfcrions of all classes , and luring denied myself during the whole of that time every single enjojment to which my situation in life -eati'Jed me , and having expended every single farthing of m J fortune during the whole time for the fnrpose of farthering the interests of your ofder ; aviDg borne more persecution , insnlt , and indignity jjjaa any man of my class wonld have borne ; and having ibrougli all preserved a- consistency which I tmst will bear fair eqmpanson with so mnch of the He of aayodier public man that erer lived before gje , I think it is high time thai you and I should settle aceo _ : s , and come to a proper understanding « s to our respective positions . last thirteen

      for the ^ months the Chartist cause las been hrfd * n abeyance . It got a severe blow m August 1842 , not from the indiscretion of the Executive Committee as some -wonld foolishly allege ; not from a want of foresight of the ; Manchester dele **** * as those "who see through stone walls eoDl * nd ; butfrom the heavy arm of Capital which ]_ d been raised against it for many months previously to &e strike . It was that , that struck you- It was against its strike that I cautioned yon for four months before . Ii was a part of its ploi , not of our plot ; enrs was the counterplot 5 and I assert , with ? e-nt fesr of contradiction that had it not been for ihai counterplot the master manufacturers , with their power over your labour as capitalists , with power over your lives and liberties as justices , would have used -yon as tools for the accomplishment of Free Trade , a change which wonld have placed yon for an incalculable number 01 years wholly and entirely at their mercy .

      I am engaged in preparing an affidavit , should it be nee- ssary , for the defenee of the men included \ a the fourth count , in which I shall prove npon oath that every man charged in that count with having conspired to create revolution are wholly innocent of the charge , and furthermore , that but for" their interference the town of Manchester , and the snr- j roanding towns , would most probably have been ] imrned to ashes . The reaction caused by the prompt 1 interference of the trades of Manchester , and the I Manchester delegates , compelled the masters to 1 change their tactics j and from the announcement of onr counterplot , the mills , S 3 sworn to by every one ! of the witnesses , became gradually opened until the j operatives had all returned to their work ; whereas , I

      had the conspiracy . to repeal the Corn Laws been ' allowed to progress , they wonld never have opened a ' mill nniil their object had been achieved , though by i _ bloody revolution . I have thought it necessary to j -dwell briefly upon thi 3 subject , for the purpose of ; laying clearly before yon the causes which led to a ' temporary cessation of the Chartist straggle . j Uoiwiihstauding the temporary check sustained ' through the unconstitutional conduct of the Secretary i Sot the-Home Department ; the rigour of the law ; I the vigour , or rather the spleen of the village Bog- ) berries who execute she law ; the malice of the jury j class ; the thunder of the whole press ; the frown ; of what is called " respectaM . " public opinion ; the tyranny of the law ' s executors j the frightful threats I

      against those who dared 10 profess Chartist princi- pies , and the disregard by all , of our appeals for a ' jnere hearing of onr wrongs : I say that , noiwitb- standing all , it is as I haie more than once predicted ;' that although agitation has bees more eircumscribedj yet ihe mind has been more active . Thought has gone : os , whiie ibe body has been coeTct d ; and the impel- j ling reason for my writing this letter is , the practical ; ¦ proof that 1 have received of this fact from the Con- ference recently held & * Birmingham . 1 do assure ; yon , my friends , that I attached an importance to ,-and felt an anxiety abon ' , th % t Conference which no pen can describe 1 and the result of the delibera- ] tions I caaaot myself adequately pourtray . Prom the intrigues of many whose bad condnct had caused a dismissal from our ranks , we had rea- ;

      son to suppose that enough of angry leaven would ' _* t * been introduced to have rendered onr work , if ! not wholly unsatisfactory , at le _ -t incomplete . I i have served upon nearly all the Conferences and i Conventions that have been bolden by our body ; and IJ can eonTientiously and proudly affirm that of all thoscgaifcerings none equalled the last , in jndgment , j discretion , anxiety to do right , courage , caution , prnderce and unanimity . The conduct of those excellent men convinced me that the pnblic mind \ has made a rapid advance within the last twelve months , during which time the cause has been wholly maintained by the Northern Star , a few _?_ Ious , honest , badly paid ltcturers , and my own personal exertions ; and znj astonishment is , not thai we are stronger thi 3 year than last , but that we have lived a > a p&ny through the quiet . The conduct of every individual delegate during the whole time of

      deliberation is beyond all praise . The object of each appeared to "be , the eliciting the will of the majority , with a determination to abida by that will . Throngbr . nt , thers was not a " speech " made ; and the B&me work performed within the time would have occupied a Convention of other materials than working men , for fall / six weeks , making due allowance for the usual amount of Epeechifying . So overjoyed , then , am I with the prospects presented through such a popular representation , that J am now abont to enter into a re-acknowledgement of a solemn League and Covenant with the working -lasses during th » t period for which they have imposed upon me duties and 3 responsibility which nothing but their own good condnct wonld hare induced me to undertake . I will enter into this leagu * acd covenant for a period no ; exceeding my tenure of * fiee ; iiB renewal to depend upon after

      contingencies , At the solicitation of many of the leaders of our party , and in direct opposition to my own opinion , I nave been unanimously elected as one of yonr Executive Committee 5 to hold that office until your first Convention shall assemble in April next . Having previously refused to allow my ? elf to be pnt in nommaiioir , I was persasded , in iheirst instance , by an appeal made to me by Sir . Mason and Mr . 2 So __ Ids © n , __ d subsequently backed by one coming from the whole l > ody . I saw ibe force of the reasoning of those gentlemen so clearly , that I should have looked npon my refasal as cowardice . My reasons , then , for accepting the office for a limited period were as follow ^ -Firstly , the choice being to be

      Biide by the Conference , —their choice was eonsidentbly limited , in consequence of the fate of a namber of our best men being yet nndecidfd . Secondly , because the legality or illegality , of our Organization has been a fruitful theme of dissatisfaction raised by our enemies and do ; wnlont irs effect apon our friends ; and , if there was any responsibility attached to the party , it Weald cevolve in a greater degree upon those who had Become willing officers to see ii carried ont . I thonght trat it would be cowardly to give my sanction to a plan of Organization , and then to evade the responsibility of working it . I thought that assu ming that re = ponsibiiity myself wonld give an increased confidence to the whole p&Tiy . Thirdly ,

      being compelled as I before stated , to make our election from a limited number , I was conscious that the whole country would not be satisfied with the appointment of a body , when to some ef whom many parts of the country might be wholly ignorant , and in seme of whom , all might not have implicit confidence ; while J bad the vanity to believe that , in my ap poitiment as Treasurer with a seat at the Board , - H "Rou 5 d believe that I wonld see to the proper administration of the funds , and to t > . e faithful diichsr ^ e of ou r duties 1 indeed that I would have * pride in receiving , together with my brother officers , a uaanimons vote ef thank 3 and confidence

      from the first Convention , to which our conduct inurt be tnr mined for the most rigid investigation . Fourthly , that being an unpaid servant , 1 wonld be ible to save the conntry thirty shilling a-week , thereby in the on ' set rendering our machinery le » 3 expensive ; and . Fifthly , because 1 have made up Iny jniDd to give to the working of tbe machinery , the fairest chance and trial till April next , ih _ t it -Bill admit of , taking upon myself the responability o ! discharging the duties of my tface , as well asiea ] , nntiring energy , honesty and determinBtion , to make the people the party of the State . Snch then , are my simple reasons for allowing the delefites to put fresh harness on mv Back . much

      Having given tbe ^ uestion thonght since my appointment , 1 have come to the conclusion that the delegates acted ennningly , if not wi 3 ely , in the matter ; while 1 -am convinced that my refusal wonld tot oi ; ly have created general dissatisfaction , but slj-o a considerable amount of distrust . Such , working mm , are my reasons for accepting office ; acS now hear the term 3 upon which , and upon which * hnt , 1 consent to remain an active member of the Chanisi bt ; dy afier our new Organization shall have kid a fair trial . Yon are not to expect that I am to impair my health and fortnne in afruitless struggle to-accomplish for others that about which they tbem ? tlves are wholly indifferent . If the condnct of &e Executive is in every way ruch as will ensure the pnaDimou 3 approval of the first Convention , and if UslalHaal to produce-a suitable response from the wbolepeople , THEN SHALL I CONSIDER

      MYS 1 LF JUSTIFIED IN ABANDONING THE ACTIVE PURSUITS OF CHARTISM , AND RETIRE INTO PRIVATE LIFE . If I am w-Ten to this alternative . I shall quit > he J ^ inp as no man ever quitted it before : I sh all abandon my eoBHnbaon , reduce myself to the ranks , renew mj card of-admission , pay my subscriptions According to the terms of Organization , conform as a tttaber to all the ruleB , fcnt Irre in retirement " BDtil &n improved opinion dull again call me into * oje active life . If . npon the otherhand , our energy *> a exertions shall bo met with eorrespcndiir

      « uvuy on the part of the country , then in April ¦«*« resignmy irui ; and , if nay services * re wanted , *?>* U be prepared to continiia the struggle in * ny ttuMiun ^ wnjch it faft pie , ^ fte peop lB , throngh fcnr representatives , to impose npo * me . I do not wink-that any living man wil consider my terms ajast , while I undertake to pledge myself , npea fctbaif of » lf and colleagues , that with moderate oergy upon the part of the people , we will place we Chartist canse in & position before April next , "at will delight our friends and astonish our enemies .

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      to speeahtc upon the funds ; and , indeed , it would be as well if the accounts were instantly submitted to public meetings ; and if , whenever , the sums collected amounted to a . pound , they were converted into a post office order , payable to the person whose dntj it may be to receive the same . This would always protect the body from any , the slightest , peculation ; while the frequent opportunities of hearing all about their own funds would inspire them with renewed confidence . For my own part , I must inform you that as your General Treasurer , I shall place all the funds sent to me in the Bank of EDgland , to the credit of myself and two of the trustees , whom the Executive shall have confidence in—Mr . Duncombe , for instance , and another , merely Yt . — - * f c * ^ _ _ _ . _ _ *^

      withholding a sufficient amount to defray our monthly expences . Here , then , I also set the example of placing our funds under vigilant popular controul . Let us bow see how our outworks Btand . That is , from whence we can draw our twenty district lecturers . I will give you a list of those in my memory . Leach , Bairstow , Jones , West , Doyle , Mason , Clarke , Macartney , White , Ross , of Manchester , Bell , Gammage , Bolwell , ManU , Ridley , Dixon , Kydd , Mead , Dewhirst , Stallwood , Donovan , Morrison , Davifs , Skevington , Gill , Barber , and Smyth , of Bradford . Now , there are twentyseven , and there are many others well capable of discharging the duties . Next week , I shall address you upon the question of the Land , and

      I undertake to satisfy , every man of common sense that had it not been for directing publio attention to that subject , we would have utterly failed in reorganising the publio mind , while we should still have remained a prey to the law . I shall then write to you npon the present position so nobly achieved by the colliers , under the able management of one man ; and by that time I trust that the Executive will be in a situation to lay some of its measures before you . Upon the whole , then , my friends , it rests with you , to say whether or not we are to stand as a party , wkile it is my determination to work as man never worked before , during the seven months that I have named , during which I will hold office upon trial , and after which my further arrangements will be wholly guided by your conduct .

      upon my own behalf 1 have told you of the example that I mean to set , and in the hope that all that is good may be followed , 1 hereby head the subscription for carrying out our New Organization thus : —

      From Feargus O'Connor , first subscription # 2 . Now , to all I eay , " Go , do likewise ; " and mind , as your Treasurer , 1 will not be answerable for any fund 3 , not to the amount of one farthing , which are not transmitted directly to me , post paid , and to the following address , until we have an office for the Executive : — " Feargus O'Connor , care of Mr . John Cleave , Publisher , 1 , Shoe Lane , Fleet Street , London . " This must be observed in all cases , as I will not be accountable foi any funds transmitted through any other channel . Hoping to present a fair specimen of your improved confidence in next week ' s Star , to which I shall send weekly an account of subscriptions . I remain , Your faithful friend and servant , Feargvs 0 'Cownob .

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      LOUGHREA MEETING . Loughrea , Sunday Nigbt . —The repeal meeting took place here to-day . As this was the first public meeting since the Queen's speech , much interest was attached to is , and even more than the usual excitement prevailed amongst the thousands who attended it . Mr . O'Connell , accompanied by Mr . Stcele , and other friends , arrived in a carriage and four , at Ballinasloe , yesterday evening , and was received with great cheering by the people who had assembled to greet him . He slept at Ballinasloe , which is fifteen miles from Loughrea . Loughrea itself is a town in the county of Galway , nearly ninety miles from T ) n Win . :

      Mr . O'Connell left Ballinasloeabpat twelve o ' ejock this morning , and arrived at Loughrea at three o ' clock . At various points along the road groups of people were assembled , who hailed Mr . O'Connell with all that enthusiasm which is the characteristic of the Irish people . Multitude ? , accompanied by bands and banners , went out from Loughrea about four mile 3 on the road to Ballinasloe , to meet and escort Mr . O'Connell to the meeting . A device on one of the banners is worth noticing . It was a painting of the bank in Dublin ( formerly the Parliament house ) , with the motto , " Our old house at home . "

      The platform was erected on the market ground on the outside of the town , and there was an ample space for the accommodation of a numerous assemblage . Just as the first detachment of the proceEsion reached tbe ground a heavy fall of rain took place , which induced many of the crowd to take to their heel ? . The more ardent Repealers , however , stood firm , and shouted in derision at their comrades ' disinclination to face the shower . The rain continued during the remainder of the day , and caused the proceedings at the meeting to be very br ief . Mr . O'Connell came on the ground at half-pa st eight o ' clock , and was received with loud acclamations . : Mr . Bodkin , M . P ., took the chair .

      Mr . M . J . Ffbe . nCh came forward to more the first resolution , and said that in consequence of the .- tate of the weather he would not trouble the meeting with any address . He moved the resolution as follows : —^* That while we recognizs , as the only constitutional doctrine , that the speech delivered by her Majesty at the close of the late session of Parliament is not to be considered as conveying her personal or individual sentiments ; but is to be taken aB being in every respect the speech of her ministers , we deem it right to condemn , in the most emphatic terms , the foul and false charge of disaffection put forward in that speech by a selfish and degraded administration , who , having got into power to serve an unworthy party seek to continue that authority by exciting the anti-Irish passions of the English people against this oppressed nation—a nation that does not yield to any portion of her Majesty ' s dominions in generous and unaffected loyalty to her persoD and her throne . ''

      Mr . Dolphin seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . P . Daly , of Daly ' s Grove , moved the following resolution : — " That whereas the legislative union between Great Britain aud Ireland has been effected by the most unjust and nefarious means , and has entailed npon its population all the evils of the most abject poverty and destitution , it is our boundea duty and firm determination never to relax in our peaceful and constitutional efforts , till we obtain a full and unqualified repeal of that odious measure . " Mr . J . Dillon , of Caber , seconded the resolution which wa 3 agreed to .

      Mr . P . Skkrkitt , of Loughrea , moved the following resolution— " That we can command no language capable of conveying our feelings of respect for thfl illustrious liberator ef our country ; the exquisite tact aud wisdom , combined with the astonishing powers of mind which he has brought to bear upon every subject regarding Ireland , particularly on the great absorbing question of Repeal , must naturally excite the gratitude of every class of bis countrymen . '' Mr . Asthont O'Kelly seconded the resolution , which was agreed to .. Mr . Fahet , of Loaghrea , moved the last resolation— " That tbe principle and preliminaries adopted by the Repeal Association for tho restoration of oar native Parliament , has met our cordial concurrence , and that we are determined to afford them all the facility in our power . "

      Mr . Patbick Blase , of Frenchfont , seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . The whole of the resolutions were moved and seeonded without a single observation , in consequence of tbe unfavourable state of the weather . Mr . O't ' osiTEii now came forward to address the meeting , and spoke from beneath an umbrella . He said that the state of the weather would compel him to limit the expression of his gratitude . There was high authority for saying that it rained on the just as well as the unjust ( hear , hear ) . But though he wished to be as brief as pospible , he could not avoid expressing hi * delight at the splendid spectacle of that day . Connaught had done well ( cheers ) . Connaught had exhibited a right noble spirit ( cheers ) .

      Connaught was determined that Ireland shoald be free ( renewed applause ) . He had Been assembled that day the population « f several counties , and their peaceable and courteous demeanour might serve as an example to those who were called the higher orders . The higher orders—bah ( oheera and laughter ) . He had seen a peasantry with physical force sufficient to achieve the greatest revolutions ; but who were as submissive as an assemblage of children . The men of Connaught showed their determination to join with him , and their other leaders , in insisting on Irish nationality ( cheers ) . How feolisb it was to suppose that the Irish were a fickle and a changeable people . There never was on the face of the earth a more persevering people than the Iris > j . For three hundred years they had been subject * . o persecutions

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      of every description , the object of whioh was to uproot the ancient reiigion in Ireland ; but they had come out of the persecution more numerous than they were when it Commenced . The inhabitants of every other country disappeared before their conquerors ; but the Irish had conquered their invaders by absorb-1 ° * ?' them . He was restraining hia feelings , and abstaining from aiming at anything eloquent , beoause hewoaldnot detain them in their present predica ^ ?! # ( " W&B no « r raining in torrents . ) But could Insamea forget that they ono $ had a Parliament , and that wey-had- the same ri # frt to it as England had to hers ? Iho Irish Parliament , even in the worst times , was protective of the interests of the people ; whilst the English Parliament had plunged that country _ jt __ .- ^ .-. * ' _ -

      into debt . tothe amount of £ 45 (^ 000 , 000 ! At the time of the union , the Irish Parliament had incurred a debt of only £ 20 , 00 (^ 000 . He then briefly contrasted the condition of Ireland before and subsequent to the union , and apologised for passing so briefly over topics oh which he would have dilated for an hour and a half under more favourable circumstances . If they had tho repeal of the union , they would get rid of the incubus of the church—each man would pay his parson as he paid his tailor or his lawyer . They would not have to pay the Trenches ( groans ) . He wished he had time to speak about their landlords . Lord Claucarty was guilty of a cruel violation of conscience in compelling his tenants to send their children to his schools to be taught the doctrines of a religion whioh their parents believed to be untrue

      —( groans ) . Lord Clon brock was equally guilty of a violation of conscience , in compelling his Roman Catholic labourers to work on hoilidays . He thanked the people of Loughrea for ihe show which they had made in the presence of their tyrants and oppressors . Let them confide in him ; repeal was coming on—( cheers ) . Let his advice be followed , and before many years , ay , before many months , they should have a Parliament in College Green—( loud applause ) . Their motto muat be peace , order , and law . There must be nothing but constitutional exertion : not a blow , no drunkenness , teetotalism for ever—( cheers ) . Believe me , my friends , continued Mr . O'Conneil , that if you follow my advice , the day is not far

      distant when you shall have your Parliament restored in Ireland . 1 am working the plan out . I have it in detail . I will have this protective society of 300 sitting before Christinas , and I hope to be able to give you as a new year ' s gift , a Parliament in College Green—( cheers ) . People of Ireland , you deserve it . Brave , noble-minded people of Ireland , you deserve it . Faithful , religious , moral , temperate people of Ireland , you deserve to be a nation , and you shall be a nation—( much cheering ) . The Saxon stranger shall not rule you . Ireland shall belong to the Irish , and the Irish shall have Ireland —( hurrah ) . I will not detain you longer . May the blessing of God light on you . My temperate , generous , affectionate friends , you shall have liberty —( cheers ) .

      Thanks having been voted to tho chairman , the meeting dispersed .

      THE DINNER . In the evening upwards of 400 persons dined in the Linen-hall . Mr . Bodkin , M . P ., was in the chair . On his right sat Mr . ' O'Connell , and on his left sat Dr . M'Hale . . As soon as dinner was over an address from the inhabitants of Loaghrea was presented to Mr . O'Connell . Mr . O'Connell , in reply , said that he would continue to exert himself in the cause of his country until his labours should cease in the Parliament house on College Green—( cheers ) .

      Another congratulatory address from the Town Council of Loughrea was presented to Mr . O'Connell . Mr . O'Connell briefly acknowledged the address , and said ho could promise them nothing in reply except his unremitting exertions until his countrymen should see that novelty in Ireland , justice , administered by the hands of her own children . Letters of apology were announced from Dr . Higgins , Sir V . Blake , Lord Ffrench , aiid others . Tho Chairman proposed the usual loyal toasts , which were drunk with all the honours . The Chairman then gave " The People , tho only true source of legitimate power "—( great cheering ) . Mr . Barrett having been called upon , made a few observations , in the course of which he declared his devotion to the cause of Repeal , and highly eulogised Mr . O'Connell .

      The Chairman next proposed " The health of Mr . O'Connell , " which was drunk with enthusiaatio applause . Mr . O'Connell said that as he was coming there yesterday , at Athlone , a worthy and honest Repealer , with a good deal of anxiety in his countenance , but a happy facility of Irish diction , asked him this question : " Shall I be afraid of the Queen's speech 1 " He replied at once he saw no objection to his being afraid if he were so timid as to be terrified by the ghost of a speech —( laughter ) . The Qieen ' s speech was the speech of her Ministers . The people were not always so ready to make the distinction ; but it

      was his solemn duty to point it out to them to make them understand it . It was his duty to diminish as much as possible the tendency of tho speech to create an unpleasant feeling towards the Severeign—a result which would be as wrong , constitutionally , as it would be melancholy in point of fact . The Queen was beloved in Ireland . There , indeed , the Queen ' s name was a tower of strength . Until her accession to the throne , Ireland had received nothing but insult and injustice from sovereigns of the House of Hanover . 1 n her case it waa d ifferent ; and for that reason there was a personal affection mingled with the allegiance which the Irish people bore her— which they bore still , for they

      were" True as the dial to the sun , Although it be no 5 shone upon . " The Queen ' s speech was the last card ministers had to play . The majestic movement for Repeal was in progress ; and they came out six months ago , when the movement was 100 years younger—tor , in a national cause years count by minutes—with bullying the people of Ireland . They talked of civil war . Did the people crouch—( cries of ' no , no ")! It might be vain in him—for they made him proud—but he would ask did the leader of the Irish people on that occasion conduct himself otherwise than as the leader of such a people ought—( oheerB ) . Lot him not be mistaken—he claimed no merit for himself . It was the people who inspired him—it was a

      knowledge of the sentiments of a noble and majestic ppople ; it was the knowledge that they might be slaughtered , but could not be intimidated . He hurled back a proud defiance on thorn in a voice of thunder—( cheers , " and so we will ") . They would not have to do it again ; once at a time was enough . Ministers did not repeat their threats , but spent the best part of the session in forging an Arma Bill , which excited general ridicule . A friend wrote to him the other day to ask whether he should allow his arms to be branded ; and he replied that ho did not like to advise in such a case , but that he intended to have his own branded , in order that they might serve as a fresh' proof of the insolence and tyranny of the Saxon—( cheers ) . After the Arms Bill , ministers

      had but one arrow left in their quiver , but one stone unflung , one trick untried , and out they brought the Queen . All Europe was to be astonished by her speech against Ireland . Oh what a trick . It was even worse than a scolding match between two fish wives in Billingsgate . They were obliged to hear one another in reply ! but here the scolding match was all on one side . It was an unfair advantage that Judy took of them—daughter ) When ministers talked of beating them , they were ready with their Bbilielagha , and if they would give them fair play at scolding , there he was ready for them —( cheers and laughter ) . He remembered a phrase of Castlereagh about a man having his throat cut behind his back . Now , ministers , in their scolding match , had

      cut his throat behind his back , without giving him tbe power of reply . Who was afraid of the Queen ' s speech 1 —( cry of " no one . ") No ; but they had cause to rejoice in it . Ministers would not have U 3 ed so rotten a weapon as that if they had any better . If anything could resist a Repeal of the Union , it would not be putting a few paltry words into a respectable lady ' s mouth . Peel supposed that the Irish wore a changeable nation , and that they would soon get tired of tbe Repeal agitation ; but he was grossly mistaken . How many hundred thousands had assembled that day . The meeting of that day was one of the most magnificent and numerous he had seen . It made his heart throb with delight , and he exclaimed to himself , " This is an answer to tho Queen ' s speech "—( cheers ) . He had lately read an article in the Times newspaper , which

      said , " Does not Mr . O'Connell know that of the large multitudes he calls to attend him , there are few that would not shrink from actual danger !" He could tell the Timts newspaper that the reason why he called large meetings was , that tbe people might not be tempted , not to shrink from , but to dare danger . He called those meetings to revive hope—hope that stood between the people and despair , and the want of whioh eoon drives them on hostile bayonets . So far from shrinking from danger , did not hundreds call oat to him , "Sir , when will you lot us at them !"—( much cheering ) . These mighty meetings were the safety valve through which the boiling courage of Ae people evaporated . After Borne further observations , he announced that he would old meetings at Connemara on Tuesday next ; at Lismore on Sunday next ; at Mullagan on the 1 st of October : and Clonturf on the

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      8 th . In this course they would proceed ; but their measures were not limite "i to the mere enumeration of the national will in Ireland . He was making averagements , to have his ParlisAWentary scale complete and ready against accidents' ; for who could calculate how soon they might haT * their Parliament \ Let England be iu ' yolved in say awkward dilemma with oao of the slates of Earape—let any other country on the face of the earth att . sck her r and in twenty-four hours they ' would have their own Parliament . Ireland had bjs plan before it , and he was going on with it . He ihoped that every town mentioned in his scheme would furnish two-persons to act as Repeal wardens , for the purpose of enumerating voters . When that ; was done , he would call his Protective Society of three hundred Irish

      gentlemen about him . More thaa one Member of Parliament had offered himself as a member of this Society already . He would proceed cautiously ana deli beratoly . with an eye to the breakers ahead , and with a full knowledge of the shoal-water , steering the bark of Irish liberty through every danger , till it should reach in safety the port of Repeal—( cheers > He called on the people to rejoice . The day of deliverance was not distant—the day when the country should be a nation again was not distant—( cheers ) . Liberty and prosperity should be the motto of her new Constitution , aud her people under its shade should be " Great , glorious , and free , " the " first flower of the earth , and firat gem of the sea "—( load cheers ) . The Hon . andiLearned Gentleman concluded by proposing " The health of the Chairman , " who returned thanks . i

      The Chairman gave the ( health of Dr . M'Hale , which was drunk with three times three . Dr . M'Hale returned thanks . The Chairman next proposed the healths of Dr . Coen and Dr . Ffrench and the Roman Catholic hierarchy of Ireland . j The . toast being drunk , Dr . Ffrench returned thanka . Tho health of Lord FFreuch was next toasted , and Mr . J . Ffrench spoke in reply . Various other toasts were drunk , and the company broke up about half-past eleven o'clock .

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      " ' ¦ " '• 1 ' BRADFORD . —On Monday evening a meeting was held in the Large Room , Butterwortb's buildings , to hear the delegates to the Birmingham Conference report tbe proceedings of that ^) ody | Mr . Heaton was called to the chair , who briefly introduced Mr . Dewhirst to tbe meeting . Mr . D . went over the Plan as adopted by tbe Conference , explained various clauses , and urged on the meeting to aid in carrying it out Mr . Smyth spoke ol the manner of setting the machinery to work , explained tbe constitution , and modes of redress incase of wrong or fraud being committed by any members or officers of tbe Association , and ; called on tbe meeting to support the Plan as adopted by tbe Conference . The meeting separated satisfied that something substantial would now be pnt in operation .

      DBW 8 BUR . Y . —On Sunday evening , a meattag was held in the room over the Ce-operative Store ^ to hear tbe report of the Conference proceedings from the West-Riding Delegates . Mr ; George Sykes WP 3 appointed to the chair , who called on Mr . Smyth to state the nature of the plan the Conference had adopted . Mr . Smyth described the constitution and mashinery of tbe plan , both for tbe agitation to carry tbe Charter and the means to get the land . Several questions were asked respecting tbe manner of f-iking tbe land , the persons first to be put thereon j and how allotted , all of which were satisfactorily answered . Mr . J . Oewhurst followed , who pressed on them the duty of using every exertion to carry out the plan , and declared his intention of doing his utmost to have it carried into effect A considerable number of persons gave in their names to become members of the Charter Association , declaring their intention of subscribing to the Land Fund . Dawsbury is rapidly advancing to its old position in the struggle for the Charter . I

      HEYWOOD . —Two lectures were delivered in the Chartist Association Room , on Sunday last , by Mr . J . Leacb , of Manchester , on "the necessity of the people receiving a mort extensive moral and political education . " Tbe lectures were well attended , and were listened to with that marked attention that tbe magnitude of the subject demanded . PLYMOUTH—At the usual council meeting of the Chartists of the National Charter Association , resident in Plymouth , the following resolutions were agreed to unanimously— " That we heartily approve of the truly philanthropic and democratic feeling displsyed by pur Manchester brethren in the late funeral of our depar ^ td , brothers , Duffy and Lomas , and return our heartfelt

      thanks to our Manchester brethren for setting this noble ex-jmple to the Chartists ot < the United Kingdom . " " That we feel gratified at the unanimous conduct evinced by the members of our Conference , and we trust that the same spirit of union ! may actuate the body generally , to carry out their plans . " " That 5 s . 11 sent to the Victim Fund ' It may- ba well to inform our brothers that Plymouth has had a display of Free Trade principles in a ticket meeting at tbe Mechanics ' Intitatuta of this town , oa Tuesday last , when Mr . Blackmore , a Chartist , stood jforward to reason with them upon the fallacy of tbeir iplans , and was assailed with " pull him down , he is a Chartist— turnl him out " However , he uttered a few plain facN which uiey dared not attempt to answer . j

      MERTHYR T 7 DVIL .-fAt the usual weekly meeting , held on Monday evening , Mr . Evan Williams in the chair . After the usual business was gone through , the delegate proceeded to give an account of his journey , and also a short account of the proceedings of the Conference , which highly satisfied all present . A vote of thanks wad tendered to the delegate for his honest services . BURNLEY . —Oa Tuesday evening , a public meeting was held in the Chartist room to hear the Burnley delegate deliver his [ report . Mr . Holland presided . Mr . Place ' s statement gave universal satisfaction , and a vote of thanks was given to that gentleman for his services . One poand was voted to the Defence Fund . i

      BIRMINGHAM . —On Sunday morning , Mr . Mason , held his naual open ] air meeting at Duddeston-row . Great interest was manifested by the assembly to learn the issue of the Conference deliberations . Mr . M , read the j" Address , " and gave a brief outline of the new position which the cause would bow hold in influencing public opinion . On Tuesday evening , Mr . Mason held his usual meeting in the Hall of Science . He giro a report of the proceedings of the Conference , which called forth much approbation . At the conclusion , Mr . Davies moved the thanks of the meeting to Mr . Mason and Mr , Eames , for their services in j the Conference , which was carried with acclamation ' .

      STOCKFORT . —Mr . Thomas Clarke lectured here on Sunday evening last to a numerous audiesee . His report of the proceedings of the Conference w as received with universal satiafaotiQa .

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      Bradford . —Mr . Smyth will visit the Chaftfste of Bowling Pick-lane , oa Sunday at two o ' clock . The Chartists meeting in the Council Room , Bafteiworth-baiJdinfifs , aro requested to assemble &t nine o ' clock on Sunday morning , to make arrange- ? menfs for carrying the new plan into effect . The Chartists of Little Horton will meet in the Sshool Room , Park-place , on Sunday morning , at nine © . ' clock , 10 take into consideration the plan adopted by the Conference . The Chartists of Daiaey Hill will meet on Sunday morning at ten o ' clock , to- hear the report of the Conference protn-dings . The Chartists of Manningham will- meet at two o ' clock , on Sunday afternoon , to discuss the proDosed plan of Organization . The Chautfsts of the central locality will meet on Sunday morning , at tea o ' clock , in the Council Jtaom .

      The Chartists of New Leeds will meat on Supd&y morning at ten o ' clock , to arrac # & to carry out the-Plan of Organization , - The Chartists of Idle , near Bradford , will meet in ; their Room , on Sunday affceraoan , v ? h « n the proceedings of the Conferenae will be read from the Star . The members of the Coancil will meet in their room , Butterworth Buildings ,- on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . Leeds District . —A district meeting wiir be held in the Chartist room , Cheapside , ou Sunday , Sapt . 24 ih , to commence at ten o ' clock . Leeds Mcsicipal Elecuions ?—Lectures Trill ba delivered in the West , North-Easfc , North-West , East , Holbcck , and Hunslet Wards , in the course of the ensuing weak . Further notice will be given by placards . London—King of Prussia . Tooley-street ;—Mr . M'Grath will lecture here on Tuesday evening .

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      Wahepielo-. —The coal miners lately in the employ of Air . Charies Locke , of the Snapithorpe Col - liery are onetrike , on acoourit of an attempted farther reduction of wages . More than two yeara' ago , the men ' s wages were reduced 6 * d . per day . True it vnn promised at , the time that less work should be required for the reduced wages , but which promise was not kept . Subsequently further reductions , and more vexatious regulations hive been imposed on the men , and for nearly two yeara paat , the wages of the men have not averaged more than from 2 i . to 2 X 3 d per day . A further reduction to the amount tof from 8 d . to rDd . per day being now attempted , the men have struck . Truly , the " money-mongers" are bringing things to a pretty pass all over the country .

      Mr . S . Diiv-i * visited the following places last week Adwalton , public meeting , on Monday , at Fout Lane Ends : formed a society . Dudley Hill , on Wednesday ; but , in consequence of a misunderstanding , the men had gone to another place .. Low Moor on Thursday ; Bradford Moor on Friday . After the lecture , thirtyeight colliers came forward and enrolled themselves as members , and paid their entrance money . To the Colliers o » North Stamordshsm D . . Swallow and John Lomax . two of the author » dd

      agents of the Society , are appointed to visit the Potteries . As they are both strangers to that district , they will be much obliged to acy of the colliers if they will be so bind as to give them all the information they ean , addressed to the following agents of the Start—Mr . Pilgrim , Haaley ; Mr . Brown , Lane End ; Mr Twist , Walsall ; . Mr . Nicholson , Longton ; Mr . Simpson , or Mr . TFates , Shelton , and they will be promptly attended to . The lecturers will commence their labours about the 20 th instant .

      Leeds . —A camp meeting of colliers will beholden on Sunday , 1 st , on Hunalet Moor . S . Divis , from Newcastle , and other friends , are expected to address the meeting , on " the hinderance of the moral and intellectual improvement of that much oppressed class of men . * ' The meeting to commence at two o ' clock . S .. Davis , from Newcastle , will lecture at thefol lowing places nexi week : —Monday , Low Moor , near Bradford , at four in the afternoon ; Wednesday night , Huuslet Catr , near Leeds ; Thursday night , Belleisle ; and on Friday night , at Kippax , or Kippis .

      Minors Association . — . David Swallow will deliver a lecture upon the necessity of Union , at Dean Church , Over Hulton , oa Saturday evening , ( to night ) . He . will also address tbe colliers of Bradford and Clayton , at the Forester ' s Arms , Oldbam Road , Mancheater , on Sunday , the 17 th , ( to-morrow , ) at bix o'clock in the evening . Mr . Swallow will address hia Pendlebury friends on Monday evening , Sept . 18 / at the sign ' of the Lord Nelson , Pendlebury . A Public Meeting of miners will take place at the Snipe Inn , Duken&eld , on Monday evening next , September 19 th . Chair to be taken at five o'clock in the evening . The meeting will bs addressed by Mr . J . Auty and other friends .

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      Arrival of the Great Western . —Liverpool , Thursday Morning . —The steamer Great Weterc , Captain Ho-fcen , from New York , arrived at th ' -j port at four o ' clock this morning , with ceventy-are pa' sengers , all well . She brings no news of importance . The Murder of Mr . Gilmour in Renfrew-. — Arrival of the Allegfd . Mujujeress at Liyebpool—Christiana (^ jchrane , alias Gilmaur , the woman respecting whom &o much has appeared in the newspapers of the United States , arrived at Liverpool on Monday evening , on board the Liverpool , from New York . She came over in the custody of Mr . G . M'Key , a police-officer from Scotland , and , after having ben confined in the Bridewell of

      Liverpool during tbe night , sailed for Glasgow at twelve o ' clock at noon on Tuesday , under charge of the sama officer . It will be remembered that Mra . Gilmour is charged with the murder of her husband , by poison , at inchinnan , Renfrewshire , and that immediately after the death of the unfortunate man she abeconded from Scotland , and arrived in Liverpool on the 1 st of hnt May . Information having at that period been forwarded to Mr . Dowling ,. the Commissioner of Police at Liverpool , it was toon ascertained that she had sailed for New York on the day' after'she reached Liverpool , in a vessel called the Excel . Mr . Dowlin ? then urged upon the Scotch authorities the expedienov of following her , and accordingly constable M'Key was dispatched by the Acadia , which sailed on the 19 ; h of May , and arrived at Boiton on the 2 d of June , fourteen days before the Excel , In the interim he had

      obtained a warrant from the authorities , through the British minister ( Mr . Fox ) , but upon the arrot of the prisoner , she manifc 3 Ud an extraordinary , spirit of contention , and , amongst other pleas , alleged-that she w .--i insane . This occ ? iionc i Lome delay . To decide the question , thrca mriical men on the part of the court , and thr : 3 on that of the prisoner , were dire :: tcd to examine and report . They having decided that she w ? 3 not insane , Bhe waT eventually ordered , by warrant of the tcsretary of state ( Mr . A . P . Uphar >" to be delivered to whomsoever the British minister might appoint , ?^ re ^ ably to the 14 th article of the . treaty re rently entered into between Great Britain and the United Statci . Mrs . Gilmour is a fine youn * woman , of fair complexion , apparently not more than twenty-four years of age , and is the first person who has been givon up by the government of the United States under the late treaty .

      Box Drowned . —On Tuesday , a little boy about eleven year 3 of age , belongmg to Mr . Win . Drako , of Batley Carr , shoemaker , was . drowned while bathing in the beck betwixt Batley Carr and Dewsbury . Determined Suicide . —On Saturday last ,, a man named Nathaniel Burnett , residing in York-street , Clitheroe , was arrested on a cnarga of stealing some brass taps , castings , &c . He was lodged in the lockup , where he was visited by his wife , who brought

      him his food , leaving with him a knife aud fork . On Sunday morning , betwixt fire and six o ' clock , ( according to his own confession ) , the unfortunate man inflicted a dreadful wound on his throat with ihe knife left with him the previous day . It was not until eleven o'clock that hia awful situation was discovered by one of the constables , when he was removed to hia own home , and surgical aid instantly proaured , but all was of no avail : * the unhappy man could take no food , and finally , after much suffering , expired on Tuesday morning , about four o ' clock .

      btEAMEB Sunk off Sfuhm . —Hhi& 4 Wednudat Evening . —Considerable anxiety has been excited this evening by an announcement being posted in the windows of the Telegraph Office , stating that the Duncannon , Bartca and Hall steamer , which lef port this morning with a cargo , of about 120 pleasure passengers fi » r Spurn , had filled -with water off Spurn , and thai the passengers bad gone on board of a small vessel coming ta Hull . No statement is made as to vsaether any ol them be lost . Tarious rumours are rife in the town as to the cause and ciroumstanefts of the accident t but as the passengers , have not jfet arrived , 1 deem them all to be mere rumour aod conjecture

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      Fmday , Septb « 9 * b . I 5 iH . —The barteat in ifca park of the country is now nearly all sewed * with ' 'the exception , of Beans . To this days Hiarkefc there is a large arrival of Wheat , , W « fly small of other Grain . The finest samptoa of old Wheat sell freely , at an improvement of Is to 2 s . per quarter , and the best samples of New fully support their value , in Barley but little parang .

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      YOL' JI ' -SO ' . 305 . SATUEDAT , SEPTEMBER 16 , 1843 . ""¦ ™« !«» £ > . » u » nm' „ ' y Fiv * miUls ^ 'a per Quarter . ¦ ) i

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      I *• «*•«—i ^» x l _ »* _* « h ^ b—a * h z __ ___ 3 J 1 . \~ . _ 1 . _ . 1 . _ _ 1 ^ r ^ _ . _ It must be borne in mind that the present Executive is bnt a temporary body , merely holding fcrnst until the conntry will be in a situation to choose its officers from a more extended source ; and npon that account it was not only wise upon the part of the delegates , but indispensable , that the majority of the body should be chosen from the metropolis . And for this reason , few persons in the provinces wonld wish to break up their little establishments , and come to London upon so short a tenure as six months ; whereas it is highly possible that if an increase of salary Ehould be required as an inducement , and if our exertions should warrant a belief that the labour is worthy that am » nnt of hire , ihe Convention wonld hold ont tnat inducement , rather than allow any obstacle to remain in the way of free election .

      Let me now lay before the cenntry a simple statement of what will be required for carrying out our Organization up to that period when our conduct nrnst be submitted to a National Convention . The first settled cost is , for tbe General Secretary one pound a week , the other pound of his salary being paid on $ of the Land Fund . Salary of three other officers at one pound ten shillings each ; four pounds ten shillings a week . The other officer , nothing . Total for the Executive , five pounds ten a week . Now it may be presumptious in me to say , and yet I guarantee , it that in London alone , aye London , so

      much reviled , we will by our exertions , not only raise that amount , but also a sufficiency to pay our missionaries for the Enrronnding counties . I can always insure £ 16 anight in Manchester , over and above all f xpences ; and at a night a quarter , that wonld be £ 64 in the year . Other towns of course I shall occasionally visit , without leaving any of my duties as Treasurer undischarged ; _ nd I merely mention those things to shew wbaj one man can do when he is in earnest . But let me go on with my calculations , as to the whole expence of working machinery : —

      Salary of Executive , £ > 10 s . per week . Say twenty district Ieccurers at £ 1 10 s per week . Six missionaries for breaking up new ground , _ tl 10 s . a week . Stationary and place of meeting . and other incidental expences of the Execuiive £ 2 per week . I do not include postage , ag | -J is quite right and just to th « whole body thai ^ every letter written to the Secretary Bhonld contain a postage stamp to frank the answer ; while the Secretary should invariably refnse all letters that are cot po 3 t paid . This rule will pot only be just , but will save an immensiiy of trouble ; while it will also prevent persons from playing off hoaxes at our expence . The total expence , then , per week would be £ 46 10 s .

      Now I will estimate the number of paying members , out of tbe 3 , 500 , 000 who sinned the National Petition , as low as 25 , 000 , making a weekly sum of _>]{) 8 6 s . 8 d . ; not making any allowance for proceeds of tea parties , or public meetings , donations , or large E ^ bstriptions , or tbe amount for cards at entrance . Let us then deduct the cost of our establishment from the small amount at which I estimate the spirit of the body , and see how the balance would stand;— £ s . d . Weekly amonnt collected ... 108 6 8 Dnie expended 46 10 0

      Balance £ 61 16 8 per week . Now , while there is so much talk about the expence of carrying out our plan , and especially as regards the Convention , let us see the situation in which even such an enrolment would place us . There are now thirty weeks betweeD the present time and the time appo : nted for the meeting of the first Convention . Tnat is little more than one-half the year ; and within that period we should have thiny times the weekly balance , er of 1 . 855 , in hand . Now , suppose that we felt it judicious to consolidate our whole Excheqner ; and suppose our Convention in April to consist of fifty delegates , representing those districts that had employed lecturers ; and

      suppose onr delegates to the Convention to be paid 43 per week for a whole month , their Balaries woald amount to £ 600 , —their constituents merely paying their expences to and from London , which in the poorest wonld be accomplished by a tea party and voluntary subscriptions at parting , and another on returning to give an account of their stewardship . Thus the salary of the delegates for their wbole services wonld amonnt to £ 600 , leaving £ 1 , 255 in hand for a law fund , a victim fund , and a carrying-ont-ofthe Charter fund . In this calculation the subscriptions for only thirty weeks are estimated ; while the expence of the Convention , which is only to be annual , is al = o taken into account . But let us see how we wonld stand npon a balance of the whole

      year : — £ s . d . " Weekly expences at £ 46 II ... 2415 0 0 Expences of Convention 600 0 0

      £ 3 . 015 0 0 Weekly subscriptions £ 10 * 6 a . 8 J . £ 5 , 632 0 0 ¦ from which deduct expenditure , and we find an annual balance in our favonr of &' 2 637 , as a law fund , a victim fund , and an emergency tund ; to be applied to . c _ lling , if necessary , special Conventions , Conferences , and so forth . New look at Ireland , and her poverty ; then at England and her poverty ; and I ask you soberly , honestly , and fairly , whether or not we are entitled to the Charter , or worthy of the name of ChkrtiEts , and whether or not the Government is not fnlly justified in prosecuting us as turbulent and dissatisfied vagabonds , if ont of ihe whole population there are not 2 i , 009 , or one in every 680 , ready to pay one penny a week , or four and fourpence a-year , for

      the pnrpose of testing their love of the principle . It is all nonsense to say that the country is too poor to pay Euch an amount for its redemption , when thousands npon thousands are squandered weekl y professing Chartists upon puffing tobacco , and drinking intoxicating drinks . 1 don ' t mind this letter being a very long one , and therefore while upon the subject of abstinence , I shall speak my mmd very freely ; and tell you that wherever I see tbe necessity of Surrendering a habit for the good of my fellownsan , I will shew tbat I have the firmness to set tbe example myself ; and although 1 never will consent to Christian Chartism , Teetotal Chartism , or Knowledge Chartism being mixed np with the real Chartism , which is the Land as a free market for labour

      and the vote to protrct it , yet , I am resolved to set an exsmpJe in all instances in which its following can lead to our ultimate objrets : and with that view it is my intention to propose , a the first resolution to the Executive body , that we shall sign a total abstinence pledge , until we lay our accounts before the first Convention : and I would strongly recommend the several districts to ref aire the same pledge during office from their several lecturer .- ; while I trast that the Executive will rf-quire ihe same from their missionaries , and that drunkenness and dissipation will be considered Fcfficient grounds for rejection ot dismissal . My fnends , it is high time that we reform ourselves , while we are eD ^ aged in ihe geod work of reformin g others ; and let me tell

      you that dissipated drunken lecturers have brought mere disgrace upon our cause than any other evil that we have been subjected to . aye , more disasters than the law ' s persecution . Some few men have told me that if I recommended total abstinence , the Star would be kicked out of all the beer-houses and Tom and Jerry shops : my answer to that is , that by no possibility could they confer a greater pleasure or honour upon me . That man is a bad man who dreads the exposure of vice lett he should suffer pecuniary los ? in doing so . Suppose for a moment that any of our enemie 3 had ever seen me even tipsey , or spending my time unlike a gentleman , will any man say , or venture to calculate upoa the amount if loss that such conduct

      would entail upon our cause ! and give me leave to tell you that , in his locality , a district lecturer is of mnch more consequence in that locality than I am ; and therefore should he be equally particular in bis condnct . 1 regret to say that , in more instances than one , 1 have been shocked at the account given of the beastly habits of some of our district lecturers . Let us , my friends , put the stamp of onr reprobation upon such conduct at once ; and let us feel assured that the example tet by our officers would" go far to insure improvement amongst the body . Although Scolland has not joined in our present plan of Organization , yet we may rest assured that the Seotch people only look for an example worthy of being followed . Let us set them that examrjle : and then call them factious if they

      don ' t follow it . Another thing against which I wonld especially direct the attention of the Chartist body is the underhand , . age&tlemanlike practice , of writing eecr « t Jetteri fer t _ # jwpose of forming the mudeuB ef an voden _ . » iB&aftpping and mining party , BovetiBes fall of moral phrases , and _ ftetw _ T _ a stronger p ) irasea j just lie our Government , who fint get % vote for etUUit&Bg the Irish polioe , and then a Tote for arain . them . Besides , an honest man or a gentleman u n » match for the mining corps , as he will never tondescend to enter into controversy with ftem . I shall now direct your attention to another important subject , namely , that of the management of the local funds by tbe local officers . In many townB we know of immense receipts , tut of very capricions disbursements . Now , I donot think that localbodies have any xiftht whatever

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      REPEAL ASSOCIATION . —Mondat . The weekly meeting of this body was hflld at th& Corn Exchange to-day . ¦ William Connor , Esq ., in the chair . Mr . Di / pfv handed in £ 7 f > from the North and West of Ireland , and moved the admission of members aud associates . j Mr . John O'Connell handed in £ 40 from the parish of Kill , County Cavan , collected by the Rev . Mr . M'Quaid . He moved a vote of thanks to the Rev . Gentleman , and said that the sum was of double value coming from such a poor parish , and contributed by many respectable Protestant gentlemen —( hear , hear ) . Jn faoti the Protestants were beginning to see that it was as much their interest to joia the national movement j as it was the interest of their Catholic fellow countrymen—( hear , hear ) .

      Mr . O'Mahohy moved that the speech of Mr . O'Connell , in answer to what was called the " Queen's speech , " should be published and circulated . —Agreed to . i Mr . O'C _ llaohan gave notice , that the next day of meeting he would move that an adequate number of copies of Mr . O'Conaell ' s " Memoir of Ireland , Native and Saxon , " ] be purohased by the Association , and distributed as rewards to such Repeal Wardens in Ireland , aud in England and Scotland , as have collected £ 20 for the Repeal Treasury . ;

      Mr . John O'Conell read ia letter from the Head Repeal Warden of England , Mr . William John O'Connell , forwarding 42 , the subscription of three Euglish gentlemen . £ 1 of that sum was from Mr . Baldwin , an extensive papeir-manufacturer , of New Hall-street , Birmingham , and Sherbourne ; and it was his opinion that Ireland would be of greater benefit to England in the full possession of her domestic legislature than she was at present . It bad been said ( observed Mr . John O'Connell ) that

      agitation kept capital out of Ireland ; but it was , after all , a mere miserable paltry pretence to say so—( hear ) . Why was it , if capital had been kspt away by agitation and disturbances iu Ireland , that capital had gone to the States of South America , where peace was not the order of the day , but where revolutions occurred within six mouths of each otfctr—( hear , hear )! j The Repeal Rent for the week was announced to be £ 735 . The meeting thenjadjournedto to-moirow , when Mr . O'Connell is to attend .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 16, 1843, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct819/page/1/