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      DUBXJ 2 T . £ In consegneuce « f il « -being-anntmnced in all the . newspapers that the apostle , of Temperance , the good Patber il&thtw tras to preach a sermon in the Catholic Church , Upper Qardener ' s-atreet ) at two o ' clock , en Sunday last ; and as the great majority of tie members of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association sra teetotallers , the uenal weekly meeting of that Society waa ini thinly attended . ; Mz . Jjmes Hangbton , -who is Tery popular , and justly BO ^ invited all the Temperance ban&B of the city to assemble at two o ' clock , and wait tQT , Father ilathew had concluded Ma sermon , and then greet him with "Hearenly music , " which invitation SEa cueerfully responded to . At four o ' clock , the ( Sty of Dublin presented one ef tie most cheerful ,

      happy , ana aoul-stirring scenes imaginable . The sere-3 sl baxLas vere beautifully dressed . Father Matbew ' s has all the appearanee ef a military band . The dress is blue tionsfcis -with gold braiding from the hip to the andej blue military frock coat , bine cap and gold hasd . The bands . moved eff in good order from the -church to their respective localities , each playing some esiiTeclng air or piece ol sacred music . At six o ' clock Oia whole city was as tranquil , and as quiet as if the Bound of music iras never heard in it There never Iras since the beginning of the -world such : a reformation brought about in so short a time as Fatb-tt Jlatb . B'W has brought about is the City of Dublin . It is like & miracle . It ia amongBt the -working classes Ihat the great change for the better is so obvious .

      This reformation amongst the people is aVsource of Weil-founded bope to the &onnd-tbiiikirig portion of tne members of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association . In it they see the ultimate success of the sound political principle ! contained in the People ' s Charter . That ChartiBEi nm * t nltucately trhunph in Ireland , no senaible man , "who Jmosra anything about the question , baa one sbadov ol doubt . Chartism is yet in its infancy in Ireland . The -principles of Chartism have made far snore rapid strides in Ireland than did those of teeto taHam . And ft hat is rather a curious coincidence , they "Were both assailed bj the same weapons , and by the same inurvidnal . For several years the teetotallers vere obliged to hold their meetings in holes and corners . The "BindoOT of the bouses -where they assembled -were

      broken by an infuriated people , -who were led to believe that they were the enemies of their coantry and their creed . All the eloquence and ridicule which O'Connell could command were employed to destroy thB teetotallers . He "was then a practising barrister ; and bad , it ia sala , received large fees from the brewers and distillers of Dublin t » put down teetot&lism . Upon one of those occasions , he made a virulent attack upon Philip Cecil Crampton , who was then a King ' s Counsel , and who was the first man of note who countenanced teetotalism . Mr . Crampton , having discovered that temperance alone would never have the effect of putting a total end to drunkenness amongst the poorer classes ; in order to Bet a good example , destroyed all the wines and spirituous

      snd malt liquors in bis house , to the value of £ 1000 . Here was a sacrifice to principle . However , when Mr . O'ConneH heard of this , he turned it into the greatest possible ridicule . He described Mr . Crampton as an enemy to the Catholics of Ireland ; as a supporter of the base , bloody , and brutal Whigs ; as a man who was more fitted for a lunatic asylnm than a judicial bench . In one of his speeches against the teetotallers , he said ^ it was a sufficient Teason for the people of . Ireland to scout it , because PbiMp Cecil Crampton patronised it He said that he never was afraid of a ghost , but once in his life ; and that was a few iaja ago , when he met the attenuated form of bis old friend PhDp Cecil Crampton , "which he had not seen sinee he became a teetotaller ; that the Bgnre stalked abroad like a ghost since his

      learned friend bad ceased to support nature with potations of goo 3 old wine and double TTS * Mr . O'Connell subsequently beeame a brewer himself ; in which speculation he was -unsuccessful . He opposed teetotalism as longas be was able , and opposed it in Dublin successfully , until Father Mathew made his appearance in Dublin hi March , 1 H 0 , whea Mr . O'Conneil , finding that further opposition would be unavailing , became a convert to father Malhew ' s eloquence , and the millions who Hocked to bis standard . Judge Cramptnn was so longer described as "Philip the water drinker- ' His attenuated form no longer frightened the Liberator . 33 iere was an end to ridicule . The people began to discover , and did discover , that the teetotallers , whom they had previously beaten and abused , were not the enemies

      of their country and creed . Well , Chartism is winning its way to the hearts of the people throsgh the perseTer ance and indomitable spirit of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association . . It "was denounced even . with more -virulence than teetotaltiszn . Its members were vilified , traduced , and calumniated i yet it is thriving . Its progress is slow but zore . The spirit of Teal liberty is kept alive by this little band of sterling patriots ; and their proceedings find their way to the remotest districts in Ireland , through the medium of the Noraen Star and the brotharly frinrioem of the Chartists of Great Britain . A day win come—and that too at so distant periodwhen some political Father Mathew will arise amongst

      ns , and dispel the clouds of prejudice and ignorance is which the glorious principles of Chartism have been enveloped by hollow-hearted mock patriots , whose patrbtsss is pelf , and who keep- the people In political ignorance * in order to plunder them with . impunity Bat those deads will jet vanish before the bright rays of principle . As the morning sun tinges the tops of ¦ pinrmtMTiB on bis fiat appearance above the horizon , amrl drive * J the ^ WlTH **** of » m Tiiyht , and soon afrfnai tcrta is all his glory , —so will Cbartum overthrow prejudice and error , and appear in all its native beauty , "to the astonishment and admiration of the Irish people .

      Ths striking similarity between the progress of Chartism and Teetotalism , and the opposition to them , hasted to these preliminary observations by way of episoSe to the proceedings of the ' Irish Universal Suffrage Association . At half-past one o ' clock , Hl Patrick Moran was tailed to the chair . The Chairman said , that thennvsoal thiTmea of the meeting proceeded . from two causes ; the first of which was that a great number of ilitir members belonged to Father Mathew's teetotal Society , and that they had very properly gone to da honour to a thsti who bad conferred sueb . substantial benefits npon Stem especially , and upon bis country generally—^ hear ,: bear ) . Tbe second cause was , that several members , were afraid to come , lest

      they should be publicly denounced , and thus lose theis employment ; white others wera so full of the idea that this Association was opposed to the Repeal of the Union , that they , would not let any 6 » me , over whom they coold exercise any influence . Others deemed it quite enough to join the Association , take out their cards , and pay tbsir subscriptions ; and , as the ; were not good orators , they thought their attendance might ba dispensed with . He { Mr . Moras ) employed a great number of men ; and , . so devoted are Borne of them to Hi . O'Connell , that they have more than once told him that they would cut off their light arm , if he told them it was for the goad of their country ; yet they could not say thathe erex did any good for them , er was he ever likely todo them any . The

      factis / tbepeopledenptknowwbatgoesonin these rooms , 2 nd the liberal ires takes right good care that they shall not know . This Association cannot bribe the press . The O'Connell Repealers can ; therefore any lie may be , and veiy often ia , ; , told of as without our having the means to eontradiot it—( he&r , h «« 3—but out torn is coming . The -victims of Repeal , that is the victims of O'ConneS'B policy , are now complaining of the conduct « f the press . Lord Palmenton turned away a great number of tenants and labourers for having attended an O'Connell Bepeal meeting . AH that the poor fellows got out of the Repeal rent , as compensation far their loss was £ 26 . Shame , shame I £ 26 out of < £ 20 D 0 a week . Collections are made for those peox sufferers , and meetings are held at the Corn Exchange ai night in tbfiir behalf ; but as the Liberal press does not report the proceedings , none of the brawling patriots attend those meetings—( bear , hear ) . As there was a Tery important motion to be submitted to the

      TnpoKng lie shottld not trespass npon them bj any lengthened observations . He should only say that if ' . any stranger , and be saw some in the joom , had any wish to address tee meeting file ; should have a patient hearing , and should fee treated in every respect as if they were members , with the exception of Toting . The members were subject to the rales of the Association , and strangers should also be subject to them ; unless these roles were observed and strictly enforced bj the < 7 h » irm ^ n . aided lad supported by the good sense of the meeting , there could he no such thing as order , In that meeting he Was sure the Chairman would have but little trouble . There was no danger of unmannerly Interruptions . The aeampa and blackguards of the city had tried their hand * i thai aad failed . All that the advocates of Chartism required was free discussion , " adear stage and no favour "—( hear , hear ) . The Chairman resumed his s « at imidst the repealed plaudits of the meeting .

      Mr . W . H . D 7 ottiead the rules and objects of the Association ; the minutes of the last day ' s proceedings and several letters froa various parts of Ireland . A teSerfrom Mr . MfletDebbage , of Norwich , announcing that he hadf * rwarded for the use of tbe Irish Chartists iSiUfrOemSiars , BiZveaing Stan , 205 Chartist dr . « Z « v _ and four Na&mal ViPdUatort , wasiead asd beartCy cheered . ^ M ^ CHiggins j » d a letter from a gentleman in jTaothnster , who had never joined the Chartist ranks Imt who nererttMto » was like many other * in the jnfcHlrankB , thorough Chartisto-ibea , hear ) . The following passage * ia ^ the letter were loudly cheered bv 5 ? ' ^ J ^ 1 flPa politiol game on both lidesof the Irish eea is becoming so complex tint unless *»*«?* V ' ^ JBUM-JsOmmm with each other , we

      titaUJie utterly « naWe to understand the spparexttlv inoooaistect mov » - _ Fi » reBHT "TbaoBckoocPjiera U 'Chartismis sileep dead ertinet ? - FStoe l-it tteret was bo powerful . Nearly every "Eogkb woddng mas is a Chartist Whenever Bu fiee tadeB » or other Whigs attempt a ruBuc zneettngj sn oppoalUon , utterly overwhelming , sponta-» eoci } Tai > pe « ri , aad ttie ^ a » completely crashed . " But let tia leadert « aH a meeting for " Chartist pnrpost " » dlrtr oosapaiaavely win attend , It wifi-be well for ym , in 700 ptestut important positioa , to mark this distinetton well , or you will be deceived ; The genius d tKw ^ HtjiMh" Conittt « B 0 O , » mI nf -Rngl f ^ m yp Iji jj baanet all bosineai at home , in toir-fffiag ** , hamlets , » d to wW ; awl where all thbdc alike , as on the CBXSTMM j no : ftetfeer OrgsBlotion ft nqmnd to ¦ Bwri a&ttttaaeoM ttijoa , vbtimr tit * teae tot ft

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      "Your Irish leader , though he has dona far more than any other leader , of ancient or modern times , to forfeit the confidence of the people , still " retains / it , though apparently on the condition that be will keep moving towards RepeaL'V . V " - "His Arbitration Court affair , i / be ia fa earnest , iti magnificent move ; but has Jie the power and will to empty the Government magistrates' courts , and send ths people to seek justice from magistrates of their own choice ? " ,- ; _ "What Ib his Echeme about assembling a sort of Parliament in Dublin ? Will he really have-the spirit to elect a body of men to sit and make laws , aad act as a sort of domesUo legislature ? He cannot go on for ever demonstrating ; and it he does not advance he must

      recede . Your clergy snely will not let him halt and yet uphold him" —( hear , bear ) . He ( Mr . O'Higgins ) was of opinion that the Catholic -clergy would . not let Mr . O'Connell halt , and still uphold him . Should he attempt to deceive them or to make use of them to promote his own private ends , they will to a man abandon him . They are really in earnest : they have no private interests to serve ; no political friendB to promote by patting the Repeal in abeyance , lest it might , distomthe tenure of Whig power and Repealer patronage . No , they are in earnest It is to their country's welfare they look . They know better than any other men the truly miserable condition of the great majority of their respective flocks ; and it is w 4 th a view to ameliorate that condition , to make their people happy and

      contented , that they have taken so active a part hi the Repeal movement ; and it is becauae they consider Mr . O'Connell the fittest person in the empire to guide thaf mighty movement , and steer it safely through all the meshes and pitfalls of the law , that they have given , and continue to give , him their undivided and hearty support They care not abont faction , Whig or Tory : it is the well-being of the people , and that alone , they look to or care for —( hear , hear ) . There is not a man of them , from the highest to the lowest , who would not be thorough unnissbing Chartists , if they once knew the principles of Cbartism-. ( bear , hear ) . He had but little faith in the political integrity of Mr . O'Connell , whose pablio career be knew better than any other man living . He had

      implicit confidence in him for a long time , and he was slow to doubt—slow to withdraw that confidence from him . His disappointment and pain were boundless when he first saw Mr , O'Connell act openly , wilfully , and basely unjust ; when he saw him abandon every political principle for the sake of keeping the Whigs hi power , in order to get some pbcea for his sons and sons-in-law ; and when be heard him declare in the Heuse of Commons , on the debate upon tbe tithe question , that "should theBsitish min 1 kteb xeg 1 slatb in thai spirit for his codktkt , ^ hb wovlb blo i out thb name of ibe-Land pob . ever , akd glory in callimg himself a . West Beiton . " And what was this spirit of legislation which was to blot out the name of Ireland for

      ever , and call it West Britain ? The appropriation of surplus tithe , £ 50 , 000 a-year to the purposes of education , forgetting altogether the fact , that in order to create tbe surplus , the poor Catholic occupying tenant should pay the last farthing—( bear , hear ) . He , Mr . O'Higgins , hoped most sincerely that be was wrong , and that those who confided in Mr . O'CbnnelTs honesty were right He would be rejoiced to be fouod in the wrong , but he had not tbe slightest particle of confidence in Mx . O'ConnelFs political honesty . In fact , from all he saw and all he knew , he would not trust Mm with anything , and he was sorry for it His whole political career was a living lie , one part contradicting the other all through . In 1825 , he made an effort to sell the Catholic Hierarchy and priesthood of

      Ireland to tbe virtuous Qeo . 4 th , but was defeated by the late Dr . Doyle and the present Archbishop of Dublin , tbe venerable and venerated Dr . Murray . He succeeded in selling tbe forty shilling freeholders . He swore in March , 1825 , that the dlsfranchisement of the forty shilling freeholders , and raising the qualification to ten pounds beneficial interest , would be a great boon to Ireland , and wonld be generally acknowledged as such . The forty shilling freeholders were disfranchised ; banished from home and country ; three hundred thousand of them bunted off the face of tbe earth ; their wives and families died of want in the ditches ; and the man who stands guilty before high heaven of the wholesale destruction of fifteen hundred thousand human beings , ia the man whom he ( Mr .

      O'Higgins ) was called upon te trust ; a man whose whole political career can be traced through tbe blood and slaughter and destruction of his countrymen . Tracy , of Cork , was imprisoned , and died in prison for having published a truculent speech of Mr . O Council ' s , which be bad the baseness to deny . Magee , of the Evening Post , suffered fine and imprisonment for having published another speech of Mr . O'ConneU ' s , which he also denied . Barrett , of the Pilot , suffered six months' imprisonment for having published a letter of Mr . O'Connell s in the Pilot newspaper . In 1830 , the Repeal question and the total abolition of tithes were questions then got Tip for the purpose of thwarting Earl Grey ' s Government , because Mr , Solicitor General Doherty was placed upon Jie Bench , In

      opposition to the remonstrances of Mr . O ConnelL He said that the appointment would be unpopular in Ireland ; and he took good care to make it so . His recommendations to the people not to pay tithe led to the murders at Newtownbarry , Carrickshock , Moncoin , Wallstown , Ratbcormac , and several other places . Rielly and others died in prison , martyrs to his advice . After all this sacrince or unman lire puoirciv known , besides the thousand other eases of Buffering well knows , but not published , this great political leader compromised the tithe question and the Repeal question , for Whig places for such of his family as were fit to occupy them ; and this is * the man which he ( Mr . O'Higgins ) was called upon to trust It was bis solemn opinion , and that opinion founded on past

      experience , that Mr . Daniel O'Connell would sell tbe Repeal movement , Catholic Bishops , Priests , People and all , for some paltry privileges connected with the administration of the law in Ireland , in which thB great mass ef the peopla would have no interest , and from which they would derive u » benefit of aoy nature or kind whatsoever . This great statesman says he spent five long years in fruitless efforts to conciliate the Orangemen without conciliating one of them ; but the effort be says furnished with him an argument against them : ergo , there was no argument against them before But be forgot to tell bis admiring auditory that this childish attempt at conciliation forced the Government to re-embody and arm the Orange Yeomanry , leat some of them should fall into the conciliation trap . This

      great statesman ; this " Irish Moses ; " voted hi his place in Parliament for the Irish Coercion Act , and against Mr . Crawford's motion for the total abolition of Tithe for the Irish Municipal Reform Bill containing tig clause which made minister ' s money a municipal ta £ and anetber clause giving the power to tbe LonJ Lieutenant to appoint tbe Sheriffs , and , the Recorder . Yet this is the statesman whom he ( Mr . G'Hlggln ' s was called upon to trust 1 He had te apologise for taking up so much of tbe time of tbe meeting ; but the letter which they heard read , and the incessant applications which have been made to him to become tbe tool and slave of O'Connell , lei him into this lengthened statement of his views upon this great and important question .

      The notice of motion having been read , Mr . Wood , ward came forward , and said that he fait great difficulty in bringing under the notice of tbe Association the subject of which be bad given notice—an Address to the Chartists of Great Britain , requesting their assistance to obtain a repeal of the 83 rd Geo . III . cap . 29 , called the Convention Act This was a question more fitting for a lawyer to moot , than for a hard working man like him . But he felt the effects of this penal statute as keenly as any lawyer could . Some of the clauses of this despotic statute operated directly agsinit the tradesmen and mechanics ~ of Ireland . Suppose , for instance , that one trade met for the purpose of regulating wages , and that other trades approved of their proceedings , and sent delegates

      to assist them : the moment those meetings interfered with the interests ef the masters , or even their imaginary interests , that moment the master * could hand them all over to the tender mercies of tbe Attorney General—( hear , hear ) . In despotic Russia there was no such tyrannical statute as this . The Russian serfs , as they are called , are tbe peculiar care of the Autocrat It is to prevent the nobility from doing injury to the Russian serf , that the despotic laws of that country are enacted and enforced . He would read the whole Act for the information of the meeting , and should then leave them to judge of tbe patriotism of those who , when their friends the Whigs were in power , made no effort to have this most atrocious statute repealed . . Let it be borne in mind that this was not as English

      . statute . It originated in College Green , and was passed there —( bear , bear ;;—and what is there to prevent similar laws from passing in the same place , if the Union were repealed to-morrow 1 How can we , without first and foremost getting an extension of the franchise , send better men to College Green than we now send to Westminster ? The thing is impossible , Unless tbe people , first get the power to return men of their own choice to represent them , had law * could be made in College Green in 1843 aa easily as they were made in 1793 , when this wicked act became law . Mr . O'Connell has often said that Caibollc Emancipation , as it Is called , would have been obtained twenty yean sooner , only this very Convention Act having stood in the way ; yet when he got into Parliament he never made one solitary effort to repeal it —( hear , hear ) . He ( Mr . Woodward ) was at a loss to get any one to tell him what good he

      did , or attempted to do , all the time he was in Parlia ment , but more ^ especially during the time that his bosom friendB , the Whigs , had a majority of 137 upon every qnestion they introduced . Why not mike an effort' to repeal the Convention Act then ? Bat sow , "wben the hereditary and avowed enemies of public libcrtyarein power , he makoi a-great-fus » | abdut the Repeal of the Union , and puto the poor Anodates to the expence of building a house for the reception and aceommo&atian of three'hundred delegates , whom he knows In his heart and . Boul can never assemble there till ads Act is repealed—( hear , and cheen ) . H « waa as aaxions to see three hundred , real representotivas-of the people assembled to a » Conciliation Hall M MriO'Coxmell or ^^ any < m » vise . To he aurey three nundredmen may come then and read the newapapen j 5 ? ^ 2 J ^^ wy ean do till this statute is repealed . Mr . OtJonneU has already shifted his groan * , He now sayathat tberuesotto be AM f ^^ t , but a •*• ProtecttreS oekty , - I * pr * atfwt »* t be wiftbtf tofctf * .

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      But they cannot be elected even in that capacity The second section of this Act , which , ia as follow ^ wiJJL prevent them from meeting aa ^ delegates or representatives in any shape or under any name : — I " II . And be it further enacted , that if any person abaM givo or publish , or cause to b « given or published any written or other notice of election to be bolden , or any manner of appointment of any persan or persons to be the representative or representatives , delegate or delegates , or to act by any other name or description whatever as representative or representatives , delegate 0 * delegates of the inhabitants , or of any description 1 of the . inhabitants of any province , county , city , town , or other district within this kingdom at any such assembly ; or if any person shall attend and vote at such election or appointment , or by any other means vote or act in the choice or appointment of euob representatives or delegates or other persons to aetas such , everypenen who . shall be guilty of any of the said offences respectively , being thereof convicted by due course of law , shall be deemed guilty of an high misdemeanour . "

      This precious clause guards against the assembling of representatives under any name or construction whatsoever . He hoped that his British Chartist brethren would send petitions from every Tillage , town and hamlet , for the repeal of this odious law ; and thus prove to the O'Connellite Repealers , that the Chartists were teal Repealers . The petitions might be written in a good round-hand , upon sheets of middling siesd paper , signed by fifty or one hundred names to each petition , and forwarded by post to the member obesen to present it This plan will save expense ; and be as effective aa the moat ' costly method . Before he concluded be begged leave to explain what he meant by saying " what Is called Catholic Emancipation . " Now he , Mr .

      Woodward , was a Protestant ; and he should never look npon his Catholic countrymen as emancipated while they were obliged to contribute one farthing directly , or indirectly towards the support of the ministers of bis church— ( hear , hear ) . Mr . Woodward concluded by moving that the' address to tbe Chartists of Great Britain be referred to the Standing Committee for revision , prior toils being forwarded to the Northern Star for publication . Mr . Byott seconded the motion in an admirable peech , in the course of which he said that he fully concurred with Mr . Woodward in his opinion of Catholic Emancipation ; though not a Catholic himself , he

      , £ oked upon the exaction of tithe and ministers money disgraceful to those who received it , and degrading to those who were compelled to pay it the parsons of the Church by law established , knew fall well that they Mad no just title to the vast sums -which they forced an impoverished people to pay for vilifying and calumniating themselves , their creed , and the clergy of their choice . Ireland could not be tranquil , nor would she be tranquil , until such time aa this odious , degrading , and debasing tyranny was got rid of . The enactment of the People ' s Charter would soon throw these legalized clerical . plunderers upon their own resources . Well they know that , and hence their hostility to it

      The question having been put , and tbe motion carried , Mr . Manning was called to tbe chair , and thanks having been given to Mr . Moran , the meeting separated .

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      Fatal Accident on the Riveb . On Sunday morning three young men , named M'Dermott , M'Hew . and Killan , left the White House , Chelsea , for the purpose of bathing . Having reached a retired spot , they plunged in , M'DermoU previously remarking , that though he was going into the water he could not swim a stroke . His two companions , who were good swimmers , left him amusing himself by the shore while they Btruck out for the centre of the stream , which they had no sooner gained than M'Dermott cried out " I ' m going , help me for God ' s sake . " Observing that the peor fellow , though not many yards from the shore , kept ducking up and dorra , they made all haste towards him , but the tide , which was running strong at the time , carried them a considerable distance below where M'Dermott was stmceline . Youne Fhelps . brother of the

      celebrated oarsman of that name , happening to be passing in his barge , jumped into his small boat and pulled with all speed , leaving his barge to take care of itself , but all his exertions , as well as those of of others , were useless , as the poor fellow sunk for the fourth and last time before any one reached the spot . From the statement of the boy who was left in care of the clothes , M'Dermott was practising by swimming on one leg , which is performed by walking on either , and striking out with one , and was pot more than up to his chest in water , when coming suddenly to what is called a ballast-hole , directly facing Burton ' s-wharf , he lost his footing , and was immediately plunged into about twenty feet of water . Several attempts were made by diving and dragging to recover the body , none of which , up to a late hour , proved successful . The deceased was twentyone years of age , and the only support of a widowed mother and several children .

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      2 THE NORTHERN STAR I - , i

      J Oseph Hey, Waste Dealeb, Cablinobow, J Bat£Kt, Near Dewsbury, Will Not Be Answer-

      J OSEPH HEY , Waste Dealeb , Cablinobow , J Bat £ kt , near Dewsbury , will not be answer-

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 23, 1843, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct820/page/2/