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      ON MONDAY , SEPTEMBER THE 20 TH , 1841 , IN HONOUB OP FEAEGUS O'GONM % ESQ ., THE UNFLINCHING AND UNCHANGEABLE ADVOCATE OF THE RIGHTS OF THE TOILING MILLIONS J ! ALL Persons wishing to join the Procession , and do honour to that unjustly persecuted Friend of the People , are informed that the Procession will form at HOCKLEY HILL , at Half-past Tem O'clock , precisely , and proceed in the following Order : — 1 st . —Two Marshals on Horseback . 2 nd . —A Body of Females . 3 rd . —The Council of the National Charter Association . 4 th . —Brass Band . 5 th . —Tho Tbichphal Cab , drawn by Six Grey Horses , in which Mr . O'CONNOR will be seated . 6 th . —The Executive Council of the National Charter Association in an open carriage . 7 th . —Members of the National Charter Association , Four-a-Breaat , followed by a Splendid Green Flag , bearing the Motto of the Association .

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      WELCOME TO THE IfOBLE PATRIOTS !! THE Trades and ths Public are respactfully Informsd , that oa MONDAY , the 27 th of Sepiembeb , 18-11 , there will be

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      LIBERATION OF THE PATRIOT CAPTIYE !

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      ACCOUNT OF MONIES RECEIVED AT THK NORTHERN SfAR OFFICE , AND PAID OiN ACCOUNT OF THE LA . TE CONVENTION .

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      2 XBHXN 6 BA 2 E . —Bjkkax . OF TH 1 TJlflftH . —An extraordinary scene took place at the meeting of Repealers , beld a * Mrs . Gateleg OM Meeting Street > on Sanda ^ r evening last . Mr . Morris was < alled to the ehair , and , after a long address had been delivered bj Mr . Mumj , the servant of the Anti-Corn *¦** Leaene , in which he wined the Irishmen present to mm their guard , and gave modry broad bints concerning the Chartists , Mr . Gafcdey , the Secretary , read a long letter from Mr . R * 7 > Secretary to the Repeal Association of Dublin , warning the Repealers of Dublin against ioining the Ch&rtists , and stating that no member of i Chartist Association could be admitted a member of the Repeal Society . He thtn stated that ail

      members of the Chartist Association ooold have their money returned , Mr . George White protested against such an unreasonable proposition , and insisted on the proposition contained in Mr . Hay ' s letter being submitted to a rote of the members . He could not see anything in Mr . Ray more than aay other member . His letter did net state whether he had taken the opinion of the members who resided in Dnblin on the question ; the letter should , therefore , be received as the mere opinion of an individual . He , therefore , wished that the opinion of the meeting should be taken . The Secretary objected to a vote being taken , and said it was against ; he rules . Mr . White then requested that the rules sionM be produced , and told the meeting that if they agreed to the substance of Mr . Ray ' s letter , that ihev "would destroy the usefulness of ihe Association hi Birmingham . Mr . Gateley informed him that

      they had no rules , but that , he might procure a copy by applying to the parent society in Dublin . A scene cf confusion then took place ; several Irishnjen present demanded their monej back , and a large number left the room in di ? gnst , declaring their determination cot to be dictated to by Mr . Rav . Si-renl Englishmen followed their example , deelarirgit to be nothing more than a Whig society particularly &s Mr . Murray concluded his long speech by proposing a person who had taken an scute part on behalf of the Whigs at the late electioa . A number of Irishmen afterwards assembled , and determined that the liberty of their natire land should no longer be left to the guidance of a few tra £ : kiag politicians ; they resolved to form a Repeal Association which should embrace all true friends of Irish liberty . Furiher notice will be given next week .

      O'COXSOB , DEIIOXSTRATIOS , WEDXESDAT EVZ . Ni > -g . —The committee for conducting this important business haTe been exceedingly active during the week , deputations were appointed to wait on the various trades , all those applied to have given their con 5 ent , and ; also agreed to subscribe towards tho eipences ; several of the Hirrounding towns have seat word of their intention to honour the people's champion , and from the friendly assurances of assistance received frcm various quarters , the display is Eire to be the best ever witnessed in this

      neighbourhood . All friends at a distance are informed that the procession will form at Hockley Hill , at halfpast ten o ' clock . The members of the Executive are requested to be in Birmingham on Sunday if possible ; all delegates will be pleased to do the same . Fsosr , Williams , a > d Jcses . The General Restoration Committee of Birmingham held its zszal weekly meeting on Tuesday evening last , Mr . Richard Thompson ia the chair ; when it was agreed for this coaimifcee to aid the demonstration on Mondsv sext , by all means in their power .

      DEPTFOBD . —The brothers of the Deptford locality met on Sunday , read the minutes , and confirmee them , transacted some business relative to ifae visi : of Feargus O'Connor , Esq . to this place , and adjourned till Wednesday , and to meet on Sanday next to hear lectures . KOTTtNGHAK . —On Wednesday evening , a second glorious meeting was held in the Marketplace , for the benefit of B . O'Brien ; Mr . Cooper iddressed the meeting at great length , and a collection was made in support of the object of the Eeetisg .

      BUSTOK . —Mb . Masox lectured here on Thursday to a numerous audience , who ware much delighted with his discourse , and several new members if ere enrolled . We still keep increasing .

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      IMBEDS . —Two able lectures were delivered on Sunday , by Mr . Martin . On Monday , at the usual weekly meeting several new members were enrolled . The cause is thriving here , and looks well . Mr . Jones has been appointed oa the East-Riding delegation . Highway Robberies is the Town op Leeds . — Are tae Watch Committee , and are the police aware , of the numerous cases of highway robbery thai have occurred is the toxen of Leeds , within these six weeks last past ? And if they are , what are the police doing ! We are informed that not Ies 3 than a dcz 2 n persons have been stopped on the road leading frva Hunslet Lane into Pottery Field—the new roadwe mean , made by the North Midland

      Rail-, way Company—and robbed of different articles of viiiie , money , watches , provision baskets , and provisions . On tbi 3 road there are no lights after the entrance to the goods depot of the Railway is passed ; and there the road makes a turn at a right angle . A more secluded place for a thief conld scarcely be jcace . On the one hand is a high wall , round the Railway Company ' s station , nine or ten feet high . ' 2 * o lights , no police or watcbmeD , ani every means of escape—on the other hand , ovtr the fields into Hunslet Lane , is affoided . The nlace has accordingly been frequented for the last six weeks , by a gang of four or six individuals ; aad though we believe scarcely a nigkt has passed , but some one has been stopped , and in many cases

      robbed , yet not a single policeman has been ordered to dike that road his " beat . " It is time that both the Watch Committee and Improvement Commissioners s £ Tv to ibis " ma : t * r . The Railway Company , ci the proper pariies ought to be called upon to finish tie road—the Improvement Commissioners ou ^ h ; to see to the Ianps being placed there Lmmediavely—aiid the ¦ Wa .: ch Committee ought immediately to see te both day and night police perambulating that road , as a " best" to itself . We give the following cases which have reached U 3 , so that they may inquire imo the matter . On Wednesday nigh ; wttk , William Brown , an elderly person , and a resident of Pouer ? field , was returning home by ihe read in

      questicr , between the hours of seven and eight , When yi-i past the turn above spoken of , k ^ arsa agl ; £ s : by one person and instantly felled t-y another . While down he was kicked and otherwise ELaitrei . ; ed by the whole four , vrho had made their appearance . His pockets were rifled , and they toc-k from hid thirty-iive shillings , all he had in ( he world . He is a poor man , a woollen-weaver , and has been " gui of work ?> for many months , ihe mam of lie mosey he had was borrowed from agreed , to edible him to begin & little trade in the huxteriu 2 line ; and it all went ! leaving the poor man in 2 wor ^ e Cunoiti- 'it than before . Wh ^ a tn ^ y lef i him , ihev took nv .--r : Ke wall and fields into Hunslet-laT . e he

      and tLvH ^ n followed sorae distaucc , eaiii-g cut '" cratch ' " as load as he could , no help came Liar . With difficulty he crawled home , suffering from the kick 3 and blows he had received . Tee week before this two other men , inhabiants of Pottery-2 = * id , were stopped in the very same place ; aid from cue hi ? week ' s wages were taken , and from the other I 73 ^ d ., all he had . ikverAl women Jivumhii ! from Lseds market hare "been stopped , * 2 i ' . hiir pr-. Ti _ -: o ^ s zzd provision ba-ktts taken irum tiesa . Lit the police go into Pottery Field , and Eake iLqairies , and they will find more of this kind of cases than we have spokea of : and let the

      Proper parties see to due measures of protection tei 2 « C immediately taken . Pottery Field is a thickJyp = op ! ed district—and though the dwellers there bs " humble" and poor people , we opine they musf be protected . Property to a good amount , we believejias been missed cut of the Goods Railway Station , whica immediately adjoins the road spoken of : and that the Direciors have a suspicion that it has been received by parties in this very road , Eay be inferred fiom tie iact , that they have latterly ra : ? ed their wall from seveii feet to ten feet high - They t » k precautionary iiieasure 3 for themselvrs . Let the Watch Committee ai . d Improvement Comaiissioners do the same for the poor people .

      ASHTOK-TJKBER-LYHE . —Cotton Tt-£ asst . —Mr , Editor , ; he following is a specimen of the desire the cotton lords manifest in this neighbosrho'j'i : o mend the condition of the working class . I wekt inio a public house on Saturday ereaiEg , where a naiaber of operative spinners atuuded to arrirge their affairs , it being their reckoning . I hearu tiiter complaints of bad usage , aid npoa ircfciriDg ivh ^ t was frron ^ , the following notew&s handed to me bv a steady married workuaa : — Mr . TnoB . yield , Bj W . audJ . Warbrick , b . d . Sept , a , To a carnage arm acti brass bust 1 2 1 asked the meankg of him showing me thi 3 invoice ,

      ana he replied , iha : tie aniele mentioned in the P ^ per was part of a spinnuirg frame that broke wmle working , and ah ' nouch he had nothing whatever to do with the accident , vet he had to pay for « 5 and another man prefect " stated that he was employed in the same mill , srd had to pay Is . 3 d . for a cast iron plate being broke , and which is still aetnaUy working . There are hundreds of instances of this kind of oppression that never come to light ; cut whst are the factory inspectors doing ? there is p l enty of work for them in this Be ghbr > iirhood , if they would attend , such as running over-time , working children at meal hoars , itc , tech is their liberality . —Correspondent .

      2 iOCKX > AZJ 3 . —On Wednesday week a public meeting of the electors and non-electors who supported Shaman Crawford , Esq ., at the recent general election , was held in the Charter Meeting noom , School-lane , to express thtir approbation » nd gratitude for the noble conduct of t ' acir esteemed * aa troly popular representative ; snd also to ^ ora thinks W ikt tkizty-aine members who sup

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      ported him ' -tipon the occasion . Mr . James Taylor , Jan ., was unanfwonsly called to the chair , who in * n appropriate address opened the proceedings of the meeting . Mr . Jamea Taylor , delegate to the old Convention , proposed in a lengthy and able address , and Mr . Thomas Lrrgey , one of the most influential 8 upporte » efMT . <> awford , 8 eeondedthere 9 o } ut'oo > " That th « thanta of this meeting be given to Wm . Shaman Crawford , Esq ., M . P .-for thia Borough , for bringing forward his motion in fhe House of Com mons on the Address to the Throne , as also to those members who supported hhn on that occasion ; and this meeting hope their eondact may be taken as an earnest that those members will , on * U fitting opportunities , and by constitutional means in their power , aid the people in their present struggle'to obtain their dne share in the representation—on the principles of Universal Saffrsge , £ qual Representa

      tion , Annual Parliament ? , Vote b y Ballot , and No Property Qualification ; and that the eensnre of this meeting be passed on Messrs . Roebnck , Ward , and others , who , professing themselves the friends of the people , refused their snpport to the above-named motion i and left the House . And this meeting is further of opinion that the introduction of the New Poor Law Das greatly aggravated » the distress so much deplored in the speech from the throne , and that as it is more than probable that that law will come under discussion in the House of Commons during this session , this meeting EtrongJy arges upon those Members who supported Mr . Crawford ' s motion to fe-ive that measure their most decided and unqualified opposition . " It was also aereed that printed copies of the resolution should be transmitted to the glorious thirty-nine ; and , after & vote of thank 3 to the chairman , the meeting broke up .

      SHEFFIELD . — Mitigation op Punishment . —Same months ago Thomas Booth aDd John Gregory , were tiied and convicted on a charge of wheelrattening , and sentenced to seven years' transportation . A memorial in their behalf was transmitted , through llr . Parker , M . P . for the borough , to the Home-office ; an answer , bearing date the 26 th of August , has been received by Mr . Parker , stating that that gentleman ' s application having been considered , the prisoners will be liberated after one year ' s incarceration from the time of their conviction . Oratory . —Professor Calvert delivered iwo of a course of six lectures on oratory , in Surrey-street Chapel , en the evenings of Tuesday , the 7 th , and Wednesday , the 8 ih , asd the third on Monday evening , the 18 th .

      FifiE . —On Saturday night , about twelve o'clock , the neighbourhood of South-street , in the Park , ira-s thrown into a state of alarm by a discovery that the Low Ropery , occupied by Mr . Mudford , sacking and oil-cloth manufacturer , was on fire . The engines were sent for , and about two o ' clock the fire was ? abdned , -after property to the supposed amount of £ 200 had been destroyed . Death by Drowsisg . —Ou Sonday morning , a promising boy of the name of Robert Eyre , apprenticed in the office of the Sheffield Independent , was unfortunately drowned while bathing near Attercliffe . The Hok . Joirs Stuart Woktlkt . —It was stated in the last number of tha Star , that this gentleman had- been appointed one of the Secretaries of the Brard of Control . In the Sheffield Mercury , of last Saturday , appeared a letter from Mr . Wortley , denying the truth of this report .

      Inquest before T . Badges , Es < 4 . —An inquest was held at the house of Mr . A . England , the Middlswood Tavern , on view of the body of John Fawcett , painter , Charlotte-street , Sheffield , who had been / onnd hnng to a tree , in a coppice , near Middlewood , on the morning of Sunday week . He had used his handkerchief for the purpose , and appeared to have been dead two or three days . On the Thursday previous , he was seen in Middiewood Forge , and appeared in a very dejected state of mind . Verdict of the jury , " That the deceased hanged himself while labouring under a fit of temporary insanity .

      -BIRMXPrSHAai . —Chcbcu Rates . —One of the most uproarious meetings ever held in Birmingham took place at the Town Hall , on Friday last , at which the base Tory faction made a desperate effort to saddle the people with a church rate . Large placards were posted through the town a week prcvious'to the time of meeting , informing the public that none but burgesses would be allowed admission to the Town Hall . Counter-statements were issued by the Anti-Church-rate party , informing the inhabitants that all hou ? eholdera had a right to be present . The people , however , determined to be present , and on the doors being opened thousands presented themselves for admission , and although a strong body of police guarded the doore , a tremendous rush took

      place , which bore down all opposition , and in a few minutes every part of the immense hall was oecnpied by the Sovereign People . " Mr . Bouchier , one of the Churchwardens , endeavoured to take the chair , when it was moved that Alderman Weston should occupy that situation . After an indescribable scene of uproar and confusion , a poll was entered into , in the course ol which a polling booth , which was erected in the body of the hall , was broken down , when in rushed a large posse of police , bludgeon in iand . They were received with tremendous yells and Ehouts of defiance , and had tbey attempted to

      strike , serious results would have followed . At the close of the poll it was ascertained that somewhere about seventy voted for Bouchier , and nearly 3 , 000 for Weston . Whilst the polling was goine on , the meeting was addressed by Mr McDonnell , Mr George White , Mr . Collins , and others . After which Mr . Bouchier attempted to read something from a paper ; but was received with such a torrent of groans that not a single word could be heard . Mr . Weston was afterwards conducted to the chair , amid loud cheers , and asked whether any person had s proposition to make , and none attempting he declared the meeting diissolved .

      UTTItSTOWN . —On Sunday last , a sermon was delivered by Mr . Braithwaite , a Wesley an Minister from Bradford , for the benefit of Sunday schools In his discourse he made the following assertions : It is the duty of parents to keep their children from two 'isms , viz : Socialism and Chartism . The Socialists destroyed the Bible , and the Chartists pro perty ; they fired stacks and shot their neighbour , aud when , they had made themselves destitute by their own misconduct , they wanted to divide what others had accumulated by industry .

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      Oa Sunday last , was christened in All Saint's Chareh , > r = wcastle-ou-Tyne , Maxcaret O'Connor Bell , daughter of James and Mary Bell . The sou of William Smith , of Knowlewocd , TodinordeB , was christened David O Connor Smith , at the Primitive . Methodist Chapel in that place , on Sunday last . On ihe 2 Cih cf August last , Ellen , the daughter of William Holt , of Iwchdale , was delivered of a son , which was duly registered in the name of Feargus O'Connor Holt . Christened in the Roman Catholic Chape ! , Glasgojv , on Snnday last , by the Rev . Mr . Lacg , the son of John and Elizabeth Chisholm , and named Feargus O'Connor Chicbolm .

      Robert Emmet , son of Joseph and Hannah Cotton , was baptized by the Rev . Jdi . Schofield , at Manchester , on Sunday last . On Sunday last , was christened , in the Pariih Church , Sheffield , Feargus O'Connor Wallace Holm-Ehaw , the son of George and Henrietta Holmshaw On stating the name , the Vicar grimly asked the father if £ e could not give his child some other name 1 ll J » o , " was the repl y ; hearing this , his " Reverence" proceeded with hia unpleasant ta = k—

      " Fe&rgus . O'Connor , I baptize" " Stop , " says the father , " Feargua O'Counor Wallace is the name . " His Vicarship , thus corrected , got throcgh his job , but whether the names of O'Connor and Wallace bad frightened him and made him forget a portion of his duty , or that he deemed the Chartist babe unworthy of being touched by his sacred finger , we know not , we only know that he omitted to mark the cross upon the forehead of the child , which is , we believe , part of the ceremony .

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      Hackney . —The Chartists of this locality meet every Tuesday night at eight o'clock , at Mr . Weston ' s Temperance Hotel , Mare-street . Haupax . —Mx . B . Rushton will preach in the Charter Lecture-room , back of Swan-yard , to morrrow at six o ' clock ia the evening . Arkold , NornsGHAitHHiBE . —On Sunday next , two sermons will be preached in the Chartist Chapel , Meadow- » ide , Arnold , by ilr . Dean Taylor , ( of Birmingham , ) for tbe benefit of the Chartist Sunday School . Services to commence at half-past two in the afternoon , and at six o ' clock in tho evening . NomxGHAK . —Mr . Harrison will preach on the Forest next ; Sunday afternoon , at half-past six o ' clock , if weather parmit ; if not in ihe chapel . Caxvejeiion . —Mr . Dean Taylor lectures hero on Monday next , at half-past six o ' clock .

      Cablton . —Mr . Dean Taylor lectures here en Tuesday next , at half-past six . Basford . —Mr . Dean Taylor lectures here on Wednesday , at half-past six . Newark . —Mr . Dean Taylor lectures here on Thursday , at half-past six . Maoclesfield . —On Sunday evening next , Mr . Chandiey will lecture oa the " Evils of the Factory System , " in the Chartist Rooui 3 , Watercoates , at half-past six o ' clock . A pubhc meeting of tha members will b « held on Monday evening , at half-past seven o ' clock , ou business connected with Mr . O ' Connor ' s visit to Manchester . It is hoped ail will attend .

      SHEVPiELD . —Mr . Otley will lecture in the large room . Fig-Tree-lnne , at seven o'clock on Sunday evening . Subject : — " The life and character of Washington . " Eccles . —Mr . Bell of Salford , will lecture here on Monday evening . Uppeh Hanley . —Mr . Joseph Copper , of Tunstall , will deliver two lectures on Sunday , the 19 th of September , at Mr . Pepper ' s Association Room , Sniortuern , at half-past two in the afternoou , aud at six in the evening , ou the necessity of uniou to obtain the People's Charter .

      Hanley . —A tea-party and ball will take place on Sept . 27 th , at the house of Mr . Wm . Hall , George and Dragon Inn , New-street , to commemorate the release of their consistent , indefatigable , aud talented patriot , Brouterre O'Brien , ifrom Whig torture nad persecution , Slaitawaite . —Mr . Thomas Vevers will lecture on Sunday next , the 19 th , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , at the house bt Air . Wm . Rollitt . Mount Pleasant . Mr . Morgan ' s Route for next Week . —Long

      Bcuton , Suuday the 19 th , at one o ' clock , pan . ; Bonton-square , at four ; Westmoore , on Monday , at seven in the evening ; New Quay , North Shields , on Tuesday , the -2 ht , at halfpast six o ' cleck ; Market-street , South Shields , on Wednesday the 22 nd , at seveu o ' clock p . m . ; Walker Iron Works , on Thursday the 23 rd , at seven o ' clock ; and at Mr . Hall ' s long room , Goat Inn , Cloth Market ; Newcastle , on Friday the 24 th , to celebrate tho release from the Whig dungeon of that uurlinching advocate of justice to the industrious classes , James Brouterre O'Brien , Esq .

      Holmpirth . —Mr . Edward Clayton will lecture on Sunday next , the 19 : h , in the National Charter Association-room , at three o ' clock in the afternoon . Ma . vciiester .. —Mr . Griffli will deliver a lecture in Tib street , on Sunday morning , on the truly alarming state of the nation . Lancashire , —Mr . Richard Marsden will visit the following places , according to the dates : —Pieaton , Monday , Sept . 2 O . h ; Tuesday , 21 st , Lancaster ; Wednesday , 22 ad , Cmhero ; Thursday , 23 rd , Barnowldswick ; Friday , 24 : h , Colne ; Saturday , 25 ih , Acrington ; Monday , * 27 ib , Blackburn ; luesday , 28 th , Padiham : Wednesday , 29 th , Burnley ; Tuurs-50 th , Bacup ; Friday , Oct . 1 st , Darwen ; and Saturday , 2 id , atChorley .

      Selby . —The delegate meeting will be held at Mr . George WoodalFe , Temperance Hotel , Andus-street . The delegates to meet at the above place on Sunday morning , as early as possible . Any Chartist wishing to seDd by letter , must address to the Secretary , Wm . Sutherby , shoemaker , Gowthorp .

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      TO THE FUSTIAN JACKETS , THE BLISTERED HAXDS , AND UNSHORN CHINS . ( From ihe English Chartist Circular . )

      MY VERY DEAR AND MVCH-YALUED FRIENDS , — My time now ia very precious , bnt I must iu a hurry say ft few ¦ words t » you . 1 nave Veen , since Monday week , in a state of nervous excitement , such u I never before experienced . This has been entirely occasioned by the heavy load of responsibility which your much increased strength as a party , and increased affection for myself , has Imposed upon me . W « hare now arrived at a period of our history , when to lo ^« the people and advocate their cause will be dangerous . I am of an enthusiastic and excitable disposition ; and I only pray that I m 3 y be gifted with prudence and judgment to make me useful without rendering me impractical . I see the obstacles against which we have to contend .

      I bave attended seven or eight of the most glorious meetings ever held in London and its environs within the last ten or eleven days—meetings which , if giving to either of the monied orders their couutenance and snpport , would of themselves be sufficient to awe their opponent *; but as the proceedings were for the advancement of those principles which must crash the monopoly and unjust poweT of both factions , they were , ¦ with the aingle exception of the Crown au < l Anchor Meeting unnoticed by the whole press of Lund on . By this dastardly conduct of the press , which should be the true reflex of public opinion , we are compelled to seek other means of communicatiou than Uiionnh the prvfligdte columns of the faction journals . This wo very pereeveringly accomplish , but at great expence and trouble .

      Our labours -wonlJ be considerably lessened if the press stated fairly to the upper classes the principles which we seek to establish—the means by which we hope to enforce them , and tho universally beneficial results which we anticipate from their adoption . But the silence of tho press leaves our intentions open to tbe assaults of any interested knavo or fool who cliooaes to ccneure or abuse . The only manner in which we can meet the hostility of the newspaptrs is by nuw and then taking steps so decided and general in politics , aa to force notice of our proceedings id tbtir columns . Had we not resisted the injustice of Whig chairmen during the recent Anti Com-law Meetings , the press would have J ^ st Bieht of Chartism altogether . Had we not to

      forced our 2 , 100 , ^ , 00 names the II juse , previous to the dissolution . Chartism would have been hhaten eonsuierabiy . H id we not taken a prominent part durinj ? the recent eli cHon contests , we should be still luufced upjn as a mere appendage to Whiggery—taken up at will and laid down at pleasura The Tories ; iff ; cted to beiieve that we were about to turn Tories : then the Times newspaper courted the people : but finding \ hsX we used its proprietor merely as an emblem of hatred of Whiggery , not as a token of affection for Toryism , that Protean organ very speeJuy Kegau to spit its vnom once more upon the people ' s canse . >' ow , my friends , tiiis blinding of miniaters , of juci ^ es , of Ja . ; ycrs , and of juiors , is both unsound , unjust , a-, d very dangerons . Oar union , our strength , and our resolution , is the only force which at present we can present to unconstitutional power and the law ' s caprice . What then should we do ? We should make London the

      he ? d qnarters of some representative body , as Manchester is of an executive body . Yon know we cannot stop now , neither can we recede a hair's point from oar declared opinion ? . Tin ' s representative body shouid , in my opinion , be instantly formed , and might consist of a member from each district of the i .-ieircpolis . Their duty should be to force a . consideration of our principles upon tbe upper and middle classes ; to organise the metropolis for petitioning ; and , above all , in conjunction with the Trades , now so nob ' y coming out , to prepare for a scraad demonstration through London , cf the Chartists , —merely to show the Btrength of the adherenta of our principles . Tiny might also act as & eemmittee of review ; to comment upon public men ' s ecu , and discuss the nv-a-Eures lecommended by the several leaders of the people . Such demonstration and organizition must keep forcing oar principles upon tbe enemy ; aud that is all -VTd want .

      But above all , and before all , my dear friends , preserte vsios ! not only among yourselves , lut uitwipj your leaders , making them puil togsther , or depart iu P- -ace ; for , believd me , that our disstnsiun is \ h < i one thh-. g now relied npon by the faction , as their title to rule \ is by taa swqid . So man in his senses can doubt , but that vre are ou the eve , of bob ** great cimnge ; and no thoughtfnl man bnt must look with certainty for a union of ail plunderers , before they will surrender what we seek for . This , then , is my position . The Whigs ask .

      us to join in order to aid them in s constitutional assault upon the present administration ; without any , the slightest , intention of making a single organic change in the system which just sends ost one batch , and puts in another batch of weli-paid placemen . Now , to meet their union , we haTe no other means than the formation of as close annioD , —rendered more powerful by our numbers . To this end , then , let all , one and all , struggle Let " union" be our watchword , and " liberty" our war cry ; and let our motto be " onivard , and tee conquer : backward , and tee / all . "

      I shall , from time to time , contrive to eay a harried word or two to yon , through the name channel in which this appears ; and shall at all times be ready and willing to aid to the fullest txttut In the glorious cause in which we have embarked . We must now be Chartists—and out and out Chartists . No shams . ' Ever your faithful friend , FZABGVS O'COJTOB . London , Sept . 15 tb , 1 S 41 .

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      LATESt FROM AMERICA . The packet ship New York , Captain Cropper , arrived at Lirerpool on MontUj oreolsff . She sailed fiom the city oa tho 20 th alt ., and has brought papers six days later than those brought by the laafc mail steamer . Their contents are important . . - ¦¦ ' ¦ ,. ,, The President had , as it was expected he wonld , vetoed the bill to incorporate the Fiscal Bank of the United States . In a message , dated on the IGUi ult ., and transmitted to Congress , he stated at length his objactious to tho bilL The Daity Exvress circs tho following epitome of Mr . Incra VUW iWAAVUUJV | fitViMV

      £ Jt ** OtM f ^ i | V 9 (^ ^» »—— - — ^ - - — objections :-- ¦ " ¦ " The President argues that' the Bank * is an « n « settled question , bnt add 3 that , for twenty-fire years his opinions have been nnrebotyedly expre ^ jdfirst , in the Virginia Legislature ; next in the Houso of Representatives ; thon in tho Senate ; and lastly before the people , in the lato canvass . " With such opinions , he reasons that he could not sanction this bill without a surrender of religious obligation , of all sdfre&peot , and tho actual commission of a crime .

      " The President first objects t ) a bank of discount , which , ho argues , Knot necessary ' to collect , safely keep , and disburse the public revonne . * The power of discount 'which the lato United States Bank had , ho reasons , was very mischievoas and Uje ' csj , while its power to deal in exchanges was eminently useful . " From this we are to infer , we presume , that tbe President would approve a Bank Bill'deali ^ iu exchanges , but &ot a bill having the power to discount . ' The President then objects to the ompromiso item in tbe Bank Bill . He reasons that the

      proposition construing the silence of a state into an assent for thecsta'bliihuioui . of a brauoa is but a subterfuge , and he then insinuates that ho would rather sigu a bill with ample powers to establish branches . Thus it appears that 'the compromise * but made the bill more objectionable to the constitutional scruples of tbe President . " The President then reasons at some length npon the conflict which this bill is calculated to cn * 3 < : e between the States aud the Federal Gorernnieat , as to this disputed power of establishing branches . " The President does not state what kind of a bank he would approve , if any .

      " An inference , however , may be drawn from the message , that a bank with no power to establish branches but by tho assent of tho States , and no power to make discounts , would find favour with , the Executive . "The President insinuates that there are other objections to the bill than those he states , of which he waves the discussion . " The message bears internal marts of having been written in haste , or rather in the natural afjit&tion of the mind the President must have felt when thus compelled to differ with his friends .

      " Perhaps a more signal instance of the impropriety of the absolute 'veto' power in a Republican , form of government cannot be found than in this of President Tyler . Seventeen out of the twenty-six States of the Union elected a President with the belief , if not certainty , that he would not exercise the veto power upon a Bmkbili . That President is removed by death , and tho constitution which makes the Vice-Pre « ident , hia successor , ' tho Executive , ' clothes that officer with the power to veto an act congress passes , and which the Executive whoa the people elected would have signed . " Thus , under President Tyler's const : uctipn of his duty to exercise the veto , an accident converts the Republic into a Monarchy , in spita of the people

      and upon a matter the people considered adjudicated in the election of the Executive they voted for . President Tyler thus , no matter what he tbinkaof the voice of the people , is bound to exercise the veto by his oath , and this in a case which even he must own the peeple did not reflect or decide upon m voting for a Vice-President , who , it was quite improbable then , would become tho Executive . " The rfjection of the bill , which having passed ttw Senate aud House of Representatives , was a favouri ' . 3 measure of thp majority , had produced a great sensation at Washington , and had given rtso to % variety of rumours . At first the act of vetoing the bill would , it was thought , cause the breaking up of

      the Cabinet ; but men ' s miuds had begun to cool , and at the date of the latest accounts from Washington , no apprehension was entertained that the rejection of the measure would cause any resignations on the part of members of the Administration . The Bankrupt Bill had been the subject of singular treatment . In the House of Representatives , on tha 17 th ult . a motion to Jay the bill on the table was unexpectedly carried by 110 to 97 . On the 18 th a motion was made for the reconsideration of the vote of thtf preceding day . The motion , alter some delay , was carried by 108 to 98 . The Tote was then reconsidered . Ultimately the bill was passed by 110 to 105 .

      A Bank Bill , in * modified form , would , it was Believed , be brought forward in the Legislature . The money and the stock market had not undergone any material alteration in the interval between the sailing of the Acadia and tbe New York . The exchange ou London for the packet was 108 | . The Bhares in the Bank of the United States wore quoted at Hi . The Canada papers do not contain any news of importance .

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      REPEAL OF THE UNION . MR . O'CONNOR AND DR . COOKE . TO THE KEV . DR . COOKE , BELFAST . Reverend Slr , —Having learned , during my incarceration ia York Castle , that Sir . O'Connoll declined your challenge to discuss the merits of the Repaii of the Union , and fearing that more importance than was fair has been attached to his refusal , and knowing tint a bandits has buen made of it to the prejudice of the question , anJ \ -e \ ag in iuy heart a sincere advocate of the measure , I do hereby invite you to a free discussion on the subject . at Belfast , or at any other place which may better suit your taste or convenience . Your acknowledged high character leads me to believe that

      your sole .. objsct in challenging Mr . O"Conneli was prompted by a desire to arrive at just conclusions after fair argument . In order to accomplish so desirable a purposB , I have held myself diaengaged for the first week of October , the four first days of which I submit to your judgment as the time for cntertaftiiag the subject . Ail arrangements sball be left to yen , as to t'ae hour \> l uitetlnsj . ' tho order of speaking , an-. l tho time f"i- a- 'j < jurnmt ; r . t . I merely require free admission , the doors to hi open one hour pruviou 3 to the chair being taken , the discussion to take place in the largest room that can be procured , that you appoint one Chairman , I another , ami tfeese two gentlemen select an umpire , to whL « e judgment and final decision all disputed points fhaM be referred . Tha following proposition to be submitted , ef which I undertake to prove

      thd afiL-uiatiVfj— " Tlr . it the Repeal of the L ? gislsti / o Union between Great Britain and Ireland would , abova ; ..: y ouiK-r uua&uie , V-juvI to ir . croaso th& vealth and develop © the hitherto neglected resources of the ' attar country ; that to a native Legislature alone can the Ivish people look with certainty for peace , and with confidence for national aggandizement and social improvement . In it we would recognise the only just and certain means of checking absenteeism , of improving nioials , of advancing agriculture , of dispensing education , of protecting ' trada , ar . d of psrpeiaating a real build uf ir .-uu ' -c . ' -iu with our English neighbours . " I have tha-honour , Reverend Sir , to remain , Your obedient humble servant , Feakgus O'Conkok . London , September 11 , 1841

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      TO THE WORKING MEN OF MANCHESTER . Englishmen , Irishmen , and Scotchmen , — Those noble , undaunted , and unflinching advocates ol your rights , Fergus O Connor and J . B . OBrien , Esqrs ., will enter Manchester , on . Monday the 27 tb , and yoa will havo tuo opportunity cf seeiag those unchanged patriots 'whom you have rep ^ atedly cheered loudly and enthusiastically ; at tho clasa of your meetings held since their incarceration . You who have so ciany times nis . de Ihe welkin ring -with your stentorian voices , will oa that Ua 7 Lave a chance of shewing your personal rtspoct to those gentlemen . Come forward , then , in acclaiming thousand ? , and let them havo clear and demonstrable proof , that aa they

      are not changed after all the tannts , sneers , persecutions , and prosecutions of their and your enemies , that you are the same as when they were dragged from you by the blood bounds of class made law . Let Uitia tee that they have not suffered for an ungracious people . Let them not be discouraged by your apathy and indifference ; Lut convince them that they yet livs in your breasts anrt that they will do , so long as they inaiutaiu their ground , as t&ey hitherto have done , firm !/ , consistently , and honourably . O'Connor is again rousing the dormant energies of the people , and the encouragement he has already met his and

      with has stimulated him forward in career , prompted him to visit tbe length and breadth of tho land , even befora ho lias had time to recruit his health , crushing both factions by his talents and elcqaence . Then , again , we shall have the well-tried bnt unwearied champion and schoolmaster of the age , the companion of Feargus , the talented an * indomitable O'Brien , to expose the present corrupt , artificial , and falling sj&tem , holdiag it up to the blsza of open day and showing its deformities ; and we shall have proposed a plan by which our empty-headed , Bhort-i . sighted , and imlwciio rulers may save the wreck fwm £ » i » HPyo r , S sac& ' men as these , who hare made great sacrl ^ . ^^^ -r ^ i . ^ and bid deHuica to all olotidea and dangers thatflSflf . ^ A ^ i / J * . ^ them , deserve your confidence , and support . " EfthMtA ^ . " -v \ ' expects every niun to do his duty , " and certain IFgfcS ^/ y ; £ . i . \ .- •' that you will do yours . * pV > W ^ V" ^ Youia , in the cause of freedom , \ a ^ t ~ t- » ¦ ¦ ' ' : : , WnwA » «*»^ 5 ^ n 7 A- ^ No . 34 , LoTOaB-street , Bank Top , | * % r' * i < & ' Maaehe&tsr . lElt& » *^» if **"

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      70 THE EDITOR O ? THE SOSTHEEN STA& . Sia , —As we cannot at present conveniently convene a public meeting , you will much oblige us dj giv : Eg publicity to the following balance sheet—the iitnia bxiii £ UK ) numerous to expect that you would occupy so much & [; ace as they would take lor a mere local concern , we have condensed them inU > the following form . ¦ Any of the Wigton frier . ds can see tLe proper balance sheet on applicatioB . Your's , re ? pectfully , Edwakd Mabk , Sub-Sec . Wigton , ' S : pt . 23 : h . liiiO . SECEIPTS . l ^> . - £ s . d . Sept . 13 : h till March 7 th , 1841 , & 3 per Bsiince Sheet 5 } 8 7 March 7-h till Sept . 12 th , 1841 ( as per Receipt Book ) 1 11 < U 7 10 ii Expenditure ~ . 7 0 4 . \ Ia Treasurer ^ bands 0 9 ' J John Betce , Thomas Bak . vfathsh , Auditors . ZXPEMMTtSE . 1840 . £ s . d . S- ^ pt . ! 2 : h till March 7 th , 184 ] , as per Balance Sneet 4 9 5 . j March 7 ; h till Sept . lith , 1841 , as per Book of Expenditure 2 1 « 11 7 0 4 } E . Mask , Sec . H . Gate , Treasurer .

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      NORWICH . —The Chartists of Norwioh , haying determined on openiug their rooms near St . Martin ' s Gates , for the purpose of meeting the friends of Bronterre O'Brien , at six o ' clock in . the evening of Monday , Sept . 27 th , they wish to inform their friends that every means will be exerted to amuse , instruct , and delight them , and that Uckcts of admission may be had of Mr . S . Goat , St . Augustine ' s—gentlemen , 91 ., ladies , 4 jd . ; two-thirds of which will be expended for the accommodation of those present , and the remaining third to be sent immediately to that champion qf liberty , Bronterre O'Brien , as an acknowledgment of . the high estimationin which he i ? held by all who have read the productions of his powerful mind .

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      Paris , September 13 . An attempt to assassinate the Duke of Orleans was made this forenoon near to the Rue Faubourg St . Antoine . His Royal Highness and hia brothers , the Dukes de Nemours and d'Aumale , preceded by a brilliant staff , were riding at the head of the 17 th Light Infantry , which was about to make its triumphant entry into Paris , coming from Algiers ,

      and had reached the spot just mentioned , when a man presented himself before them with a brace of pistols , which he attempted to fire at the Duke of Orleans : only one of these went off , the ball from it missed the Duke , but severely wounded the horse of Colonel Levaillant . The assassin , a journeyman sawyer , wai arrested , and the column moved forward under the escort . of Beveral hundred Municipal Guards and Cuirassiers , and of as many of the secret society men ( Republicans ) in blouses . No further incident occurred .

      This atrocious attempt is connected with emeutes which took -place in Paris on Friday and Saturday nights , but which had not attracted much attention . At Clennont Farraud rebellious movements oocurred on Thursday and Friday lasi , in which several soldiers were killed and wounded . A large number of the rebels fell in defence of the barricades the ? had erected . The pretext for this insurrection was that which was used at Toulouse—the census .

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      Jiot withstanding these unpleasant occurrences , the Paris Bourse was affected only in a trifling degree on Monday . The National of Sunday was seized for an article on the disturbances at Macon , in which it says that the Government neglects no opportunity of bringing the army into collision with the citizens , and of habituating the army to shed the blood of tho people . There were four persons killed at Macon , two mortally wounded , and six others more or less severely injured . P . S . —The author of tha attempt is named Nicolas Papard ; he is 37 years of age , born in the district of the Vosgsa , and established at Paris about three years . Tho horse ridden by General Schneider was also wouaded . The disturbances at Cleimont were completely appeased .

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      ' TEKt ihtiT ^ &Ktf ^ Vk& 5

      Grand Procession At Birmingflim,

      GRAND PROCESSION AT BIRMINGfliM ,

      Attempt To Assassinate The Duke Of Orleans.

      ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE DUKE OF ORLEANS .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 18, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct862/page/5/