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      H*^^— —~ TO TBS IDIIO » Of THB-JTOBTHEBK STAB . Mb . Editok , —Yon will pardon my intrusion at the present Urns on . your widely cirealated journal , bat the time has coiffe "vrten it becomes necessary that every ; maa should speak- out , tnnnpet-toBguad , of the most deplorable condition to which the accursed Whi g * fcsTe brought the fcountry . 1 have wandered "with Daniel CConueH through the countless scheme * he has projected , for the purpose ( as he aaidj of redeeming Ireland from the oppression which she i » re , -and , Sj > , bow we are at praaent further ^ act in politicsl freedom than whea he started to do so . Avraj thui with Daniel ' s blarney ; there ia nothing left far the people of Ireland to redeem them from the oppression which we labour under , bat the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing but the Charter .

      • pThj do I intrude myself on your valuable journal at the present ? My reasons are these : it is the only paper that ever attempted to vindicate the labouring class from the reckless tyranny that has been practised on than , for 1 might sa > these centuries , and when we see finch pore minded p&trioae men as Feargus O'Connor standing by the people and the Charter , they have nothing to fesr . He has been tried fey the accursed ¦ RTugs in the dnngeons of York Castle , and has come onl purer and firmsr to tie people ' s cause than -when he tse sent there . Yes , Sir , trhen the Israelites in their greatest misery

      had been cast down and their freedom seemed never to be j rescued from the iroa grasp of their oppressors , Provi- J deuce in hia allwise ways of working . Bent unto them ) 3 Iu 5 c 5 , who burst their chains and brought unto the I promised land ; so has he sent us a second Moses in j Fesrgus O'Connor , to burst the chains that hare long S bounf . ns down , and the day 1 b not far distant j when we will in Ireland again hear his powerful j eloquence , until he makes the Charter in this country j aLieJ to that of Repeal ; all we want is that Feargus j should ltt his principies be ¦ wider circulated in Ireland , j It was only last wesk in reading in the TTeeldy Freeman ' s \ Jcvnuil I saw some of Daniel ' s blarney , that he would oust Chartism out of Irtl&nd . Poor foolish man ! that i

      never can b * accomplished ; the more your paper is I read , the more they appreciate your principles , until ; it has gone the length and breadth of onr land , from the I Giant ' s Caustway to Cape Clsar . And in that same i paper , the Bsv . Mr . Ryan is charged by Dxaiel for > becoming a Chartist , and he hoped his Bishop wonld j interfere in the matter . O yes , this is Din's liberty ! of conscience : tiit is the way that he would let every ; man do as his conscience dictates to him . Yes , i ilr . Ryan has spoken out fear ) e 3 sly and boldly , j after so many fwistings and changing , that there was j nothing left to free Ireland from her present condition , ; but the Charter and Repeal ef the Union . I "We cnly want about half-a-dc * 2 n of priests with J Hi . Kyan , in this country , jou would have before six j mentis two millions of Chartists in Ireland . <

      But , Sir , why do I wish this ? Sooner or later it j jcust be so , for they might as well try to stop the i troubled waters after a mighty storm , as stop Chartism ' here , I will dash down every barrier that impedes I its way , until it has found its way to eTery city , town , j and Tillage , in the Emerald Isle . j I at one time thought that Daniel was sincere is his ; intention , until I read your valuable paper , when the j scales dropptd from my eyes , when I saw him j Junjp Jim Crow from the Precursor Society to I can't ] tell you whit . Yes , many mea have seen his inconsis- i teney , and have joined the Chartist principla Buti Sir , as this letter is eoming from the North of Ireland he iaay denounce me as be denounced Brophy in Dublia , that he was a turncoat ' .

      >' o . Sir . I am a Catholic and an Ulster one , the Tery kind he so much applauded when he visited Belfas * . —one whese heart ia in the right place , to use his ewn expression . Tou , Mr . Editor , will pardon ay first production ; if you think it wonld tend to show how the cause is progressing , you might insert this letter after your own eerrecSons . Hoping , Sir , to hear of Mr . O'Connor soon standing on his native land propounding the dectzices of the Repeal and the Charter , which is my constant prayer , I am yours , 4 c , BOBZBTVS . Coleraine , Sept Stb , IS 41 .

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      m > 10 THE EDITOR OF THS K 0 BTHER 5 STAB . Sib . —Allow me to congratulate O'Connor on * his release frcm his Whig dungeon . Long life and happiness to him . ' In his intended tour , I trust that his political utility will not be destroyed by renewing old disputes among our own party . It is with pleasure tia : we hear that it is his intention to visit Bath ; we have ueT ' . r had the pleasure of seeing or hearing him . He will be warmly received here . The G-uucil of the National Charter Association requests yoa to insert the subjoined memorial to her Majesty ' s Principal Secretary of State , respecting the case of poor Peddle .

      The cause is going on well here . We held s large out-doer public meeting here last week , and it was very well attended . The speeches were of the most prudent kind ; they produced a powerful impression . ETtry thing augurs well for the cause . Onward , onward , is the cry . i The advent of the Tories to o&ce is the beginning of ' a new era in British politics . The Whigs having , in i the first instance , been intrusted with too much power , ; cut their own throats . The Tories will do the same , ultimately . They must not rely on middle-class juries . ' I fear them not in regard to persecution . In that i respect they are as weak as lambs , though as voracious I is WolTeS .

      Let the Charter agitation be carried on with renewed vigour . > " ¦ ¦ o comes the tug of war . Ltt all Reformers become united under the resplendent banner of Chairjgm . Constitutional reform is the desideratum . Nothing less will be of the least avail . Then , " To your tents O Israel ! " Let every society be active ; let there be no new outbreak , no factious bickerings about Christian Chartism , or Bible ChartiMn . Our grand political olject is—Constitutional Reform . Obtain test , and all other matters will be speedily settled ; and settled , U-o , in the best possible manner . I am cf ODinicn that the plan O'Connor intends to

      carry out . in Lis lecturing tour , will be productive of incalculable g < xd . Let every society assist Lim in that goid work . L = ; none keep aloof now from feelings cf diiliie , price , or jealousy . The cause we must Ieok to . B ; follo'siug a proper course of action , the cause will s ^ on be rendered all-pawerfuL We need not fear the T-jriei ; but they fear us ; they fear O'Connor . Agiiiit our united power they cannot stand . Then JLCivC , uu ' ^ n , i ^ ust be o ur motto ; the Charter , the while CLar . tr , Eiust be our rallying cry . Yoir 3 , in haste , J . 51 . Bi—Lrrr . B ; ± . 5 ri . L : < I HI .

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      > OTHER T 0 IC 2 FROM NORTHALLERTON HELL . Sept Sth , ISM . Dl . CS > lAP . n . v , —I received your kind and interesting letter , sjid have the pleasure to iuiorm ? ou that 1 have no pain on me at this tine . Baa digestion and bad appetite is only part of th « blessed effects of eighteen nivnihs close eoaacemeni . 21 y breath , Sir , smells intolerable ; an evident sign that niy issi < ie is not what it ought to be . What else can Aspect , Sir , when I thick of the quantity of medicine thit I have taken

      sacel have b » ea here , . for 1 never bad any doctor ' s bottles in my life before . ) for my legs and back pains , that were brought on by nothing eUe but close confine-Kent . I told the magistrate so , ard I have told the surgeon &o many times ; and I thiik former letters are to the same purport . I have had an opportunity of puuing it to the test sirce I have been in hospital these four "Weeks . I have had no medicine foi-. tiem , but have tad plenty of eserciEe , and the consequence is that mj legs have not swelled . Neither have J had any pain in ay bacL

      >'* r , 1 do not blame any one here . The surgeon did his best , I te ' iitve , to ke * . p them from swelling . T « u may depend tbat I Ehali not be Eatiififd by-being told iha ; i ; is rheumatic , if they are bad fcgain . It is krewn to eo one but myself what 1 isve frffere ^ . these last twelve mouths , with , mj . lep i-weliirg every day for ^ faiit of exerci-je .

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      Sir , yon ask for , » glimpse of ojjr dietary table . Snch was Uie irretched state of my appetite for three months before I earn ? into the hospital , that half of it was sufficient farm ?; and since I auoe up stain I hare had plenty of goad wholesome food ; » o I think it would be unreasonable to complain of anything that I do not feel the direct effect of . ¦ 8 fr , beHeve ne after reading your letter that tfce raically Whigs were ont of offiee , I webt to bed and I do not know that I ever slept so &onn 9 since I have been in prison , so well pleased was I that the Government of this country was no longer In the hands of so worthless and detestable a faction . Sir , I sun sorry to see by your letter , that there are so many as twenty-four ef u » left in prison yet What sot release Ashton and Crabtree ! Scandalous . How can I complain when they are in prison ? From the ten ^ er-mercles of such miserable wretches as Noraanby and Co . good Lord deliver us

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

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

      I was not surprised at your account of Harrison , the Bradford spy . In rny opinion , he is not so much to blame as the villains who first taught him to get money by such knivish tricks ; but I think he will not find his speculation in horse-flesh to be so profitable as being fugleman for the Bradford Chartists . No , no , Sir , he will n » t hare the Government to back him ; but it is a pity to see a man lost for the want of a friend , and 1 think my old friend , Harrison , could not do better than memorialise his late employers , the Whigs , and remind them of the inestimable service he rendered to them when they were attempting to immortalize their names by putting down Chartism . Stealing horses , Sir , is only a slight offence when compared to sedition , or attending what the Attorney-General calls illegal meetings ; and , surely , when a man has rendered buch important services to his country as Mr . Harrison , it ought net to be forgotten .

      Sir , I shall petition the Home Secretary in a short time , I think of waiting a short time to see if anything will be done for me . Having to make one sheet of paper do for you 3 nd my beloved wife , I must conclude ere I scribble it all over . I have not room to say all I could wish . Give my respects to Mrs . Martin , and all Chartist friends Let me have a long letter ; write it close . Let me know all Chartist news , what places O'Connor visits , and if O'Brien is coming to the Sheffield meeting . I loek for your letters as regular , and with as much anxiety , as the Whigs did for quuter dsy . I am , Yours trnly , Samuel Holberet .

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      FALSEHOODS OF DANIELL O'CONNELL , AND GROSS PARTIALITY OF THE "DUBLIN WEEKLY REGISTER . " TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERS STAR . Sir , —Allow me , through the columns of your widely circulated a journal , and more especially as it no ¦ wcirculates pretty extensively in Ireland , to expose the barefaced lying of Ireland ' s greatest enemy—the arch agitator ,. Daniel O Connell , and the shameful unfairness of the Editor of the Dub ' . in Register . It appears from the conduct of the Editor of that p 3 per , tbat he considers it all gospel which Das preaches , and that he is to be privileged to abuse and belie the English Chartists with impunity ; for whatever may be bis charges , this most upright Editor considers it to be his duty to suppress any answer which may be tent to him to Dan s vile operations .

      In consequence of two dastardly and lying attacks , which were made by Dan on the Carlisle Chartists , a * Dublin and Drogheda , I sent the following temperate letter to the Editor vf the Dublin Re-jis ' . er , in which paper Dan ' s attacks appeared , but which has not been noticed at all by the Editor . Nothing shows the absolute necessity stronger of the Chartists supporting an independent paper , which will not oaly proclaim their wrongs , and boldly assert th « ir rights , but which will tike care that neither the Whig nor the Tory press shall abuse them with impunity .

      By your giving a place to the following letter , you may be the means of removing a very erroneous impression from the minds of many , which has been made by the unfounded and calumnious asstiliens of Daniel O'CcnnelL 1 remain , Sir , Your obedient servant , James Autbvr Carlisle , Sept 14 , 1 S 41 .

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      THE CHARTISTS OF CARLISLE AND DANIEL O'CONNELL , ESQ . TO THB EDITOR 0 ¥ THE " DVBLI 5 WEEKLY REG 151 EIU " Sir , —Allow nse to correct some gross mis-statements which appear in your paper of Angust 21 s % . They occur in the speeches of Mr . Daniel O'Connell , at th « great Repeal Meeting at Drogbeda , and Loyal National Rr ^ eal Association , and involve the character of the CLajtis ; body in Carlisle . Doubtless , Mr . O'Connell mu t have been misinformed on the snbiect of which he speaks , for he was not in Carlisle at the tirue , and must have received his information in a secondary

      way . Whether > lr . 0 Council has exaggerated the infeiinatL'ii he may have had , I am at a loss te know . I trust as a public journalist , and one who has given publicity l- > -Mr- O ' Uenuell ' s assertion , tou will aliow me to correct him , iukL thus remove the &tain vrLith Mr . 0 'CuBr . rIl , through the Chartists here , wiShes to fix on that body generally . I will here quote the statements I allude to , and then answeT them in as mild and brirf a manner as possible . The first is from a speech of Mr . O'Cosnell's , Biade at the Lujal National R-peal Association , and tee other from another speech iiiuw * nt n « , Ttat Ktpe&l Meeting at Dru ^ heda -.

      —" What was the courts pursued at Carlisle at the . jite fciett-. t-n ? ilr . Uwwaid , a iugt-iiiiL . dt ( i ai . ¦ . j . uiiiotic gentleniin , a R-jiuin Catholic Liberal Re-fonuer and Jir . Marshall , of Leeds , were the candidates on U > lib-. rai side ; I u : the chivalrous Chartists , instead of ailowicg ' the = e gtntienien to get the votes of the electors , im they 'the Chartists ; had but few among themselves , turn iheir backs traitorously on the friends of liberty . the Q-ieen , and the people ; use every unholy inSutrk-t : Lat tvuid te deviee-ii , to deter the librr . il electors iroui supx-orv . ^ ij VhcUi , ki > ti iUVc wLatcVtl Vi-tes viere ai iLtir

      owi , uiifusal to 5 tTge-at Guulburn , the Tory . " ¦ ; I will tell you how the Chartists acted at Carlisle . Mr . Howard , a man of ancient family , is oce of the n-eii-bers , DJid Mr . Marshall , of Leeds , is the olhtr 2 : iem \ . er . What did the Chartists do ? Did they join the lirfvrrners ? No ! they joined the brother of that snivel-eyed fellow who was Secretary for irelcnJ . and who let no man , "when he was in Ireland , g-t office bnt an Orangeman . There is the man whose brother the Cbartists support against the Reformers . Durine that tleCtk-n OEe of tLcsu killed a man , a » d was to be transported for fifteen yeats . 'Hear , hear . ;'

      Their- are the passages to which I have alluded , and I must i-ay , a grosser tissue of falsehoods I never befort saw put together . The facts are asfoliow .- —Previous to the late election the Chartist body here held a public meeting , at which they formed an Election Committee , for the purpose of bringing forward a gentleman ol ; iiLre liberal priiiCvpWs than any of the three gentlemen to whom Mr . O'Caunell has alluded . To accomplish that or-jret , the Committee immediately put itself ia correspondence with a gentleman in London , who professed very liberal pripciples , and who was "willing to come forward , provided there was a probable chance of success . The Comii . ittee instantly canvassed tbe eltctcrs in his btha ' . f , tut owing to their beirjc late in the field , most of the electora ob

      whom they waited , Lad already promised their votes , so that the Committee soon ascertained , there would be do chance of success . This fact they immediately announced to the ekctors , who had promised them support , and left them to act for themselves . The Committee stricily refrained from giving ar . y advice as to how the electors should vote , but left them entirely to themselves , to act as they might deem proper under the circumstances . In regard to the " few" Chartists voting for Sergeant Goultura , I can only say that they did not vote at all , fur they considered they could Dot consistently support either faction . I myself was one of that small but honourable band ; and . were it necessary , I could give

      you the names of twenty more who icted in the same way . So tbat so for from supporting Sergeaat Guulburn , they did cot vote at all . Had they dene so , and used tbetcilicEce they possessed , I have little hesitation in saying tliit tbey could Lavu icturntd Mr . Gtmlburn , fur he was only in a n-inority of about forty ! It is true that a man was kil ! ed , atd it is a pity it is so true , but this unfortunate circumstance nro&e from the forwardness and want of discretion on the part of the policeman who was killed . He was striking violently abeut him with a great bludgeon , in all directions , payirg no regard to age , nor sex—having knocked down a woman and two little tojB , and struck several others ; te then aimed . two blows at the piisonrt RUpatrick ,

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      who warded them off , and , in self-defence , struck a blow at the policeman , which knocked him down , and caused his deaifc . What . I have here stated are the real facia of the case , wWeh can be fully borne out by men of all parties . When Mr . O'Connell sees this statement , j anvs ^ re he vill regret having been to fir misinformed ia regard to facts , as to hare warranted him in . goto * to so great a length in abusing the Chartists of Carlisle ia the speeches alluded to . T remain , Sir , Tour obeditnt 8 ervant , Jjlhes Abthur . Riekeygate , Carlisle , Aug . 24 th , 18 * 1 .

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      TO MR , PATRICK O'HIGGINS . Sir , —As you have been so plentifully supplied with Stars , and as we have got a few here , may I beg you will let us have some—say half-a-dozen every week . You can have no idea of the effect , which they have upon the mind of every parson , who reads them , the most prejudiced 1 bobliged to acknowledge , the bitter truths which they are so fearlessly promulgating , and which are so strikingly manifest . The exposure of those hollow principles , by which he has been governed , needs only to be read by him , to be certain of his ignorance ; and proves to him the necessity of obtaining a knowledge , which , he thought , he did not want Every person wbo reads this journal , even only once , looks for it with avidity again ; and as he increases in the political knowledge he naturally deteststhose plausible , but ill-defined and lucrative opinions , which have kept him in blind and wilful subjugation .

      The most straight forward , and certainly , the cleverest man ia our city , has , upon a late occasion , recommended the unfortunate people of this country to make common cauiu with the mucb-caiuuiumted and persecited Chartists of England , who , as may be observed , are more active and practical repealers than his own fellow-countrymen in general , and , I might say , his auditory in particular , He is blamed vetj much for putting fyr ward such valuable sentiments ; but on looking to the past and the present system of agitation , we nad an ample apology for those who believed him te be their enemy ,

      But if the mists of ignorance and prejudice were once dispelled , there would not be a town , a village , or a hamlet , or even a valley or a hill , from " Giant's Causeway to Cape Clear , " or " from Conaeinarra to the Hill of Howth" tbat would not reverberate with the sound— " Tho Cbarter , the whole Charter , and nothing buc the Charter . " Permit me Sir , to subscribe myself , Your obedient and faithful servant , JOUN 0 ROURKE . Cork , Sept . 11 th , 1841 .

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      Dublin , July 26 th , 1841 . Dkar Sir , —Be so good as to accept of my most sincere thanks tot your kind and fluttering letter of the 22 nd instant I really feel wholly undeserving of the high compliments which you are pleased to bestow upon me . I do assure yen , that in refusing to vote for Mr . O'Consell at the last election , and at the election of 1837 , I felt that in refusing him my vote upon those occasions , it was refusing to vote for the Wnigs , whom he has justly described as a base , bloody , and brutal faction , and , be might now add , the most treacherous and deceitful faction that ever ruled the destinies of a nation .

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

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

      Against Mr . Crawford ' s motion for the Total Abolition of Tithes ; Against Mr . Crawford ' s motion for the Repeal of the Coercion Act ; For jrocuring a charter for the North American Colonial Association , whose duty it . s to ship off the tenantry whom the Irish Protestant Colonization Society turn off their estates . Whenlsawhimmultiplyicgvotesinthe House of Commons against the Repeal of the Union , vehile he at the same time led his deluded followers to believe that he was working htaven and earth for the accomplishment of that measure . "When I saw that his sole object for agitating that question was to make it the means of obtaining places for his relations .

      When I saw liis son-in-law sell the County Dublin to a non-Repealer for a situation in the Uanuptr Office , 3 Ed another son-in-law give up the Coauty Kerry to a non-Repealer , and his son Monjan O'Connell sejl the County Meath to another nou-R pwder— -when I Baw these things , and when I saw the authors ef the Coercion Act giving him £ ii , 000 public . ' y through the bands of " honest Joe Hume , I could no longer vote for him , as I consi . iered that , by doing so , I should be Toting my approval of all these misdeeds , and a thousand others . 1 therefore did not vote for him iu ! S . "i 7 .

      SiLce vheu he lias bec-Jine the veriest Whig hack that eTt-r crossed the Irish Channel . He has sunk his C-uutr ^ nien , those who trusted him , below ntgiailatioij itself . There was scartly a public meeting helri in Ireland , at which he attended , ( .. uriug the last four years . nt which the eternal gratitude of Ireland was net voteci to her Majesty's Misisters , " the authors of the Irish Coercion Act . How could I vote for the man , and lie too a great criminal lawyer , who pronounced the GIa > g < jw—the :-liroccnt Glasgow Cottuu Spinners guilty before tLey *• ¦ re tiied ? How could I vote fur the man 'who called out , loud and long , for the blood of the Stephens , thi *

      Oastlers , and the O'Connors ? How could ( vote for ih- man who threatened to bring over 500 , 0 # l > Tippcrary fcojs to cut the throatB of Englishmen who were it ^ kirg for their just rights—rights in the benefits of which those very Tipperary boys "would be equally participators ? How could I vote for the man who drew up the Churttr , signed it , toldtue people to agitate for it , and then turned round and disowned it , and viiititil its peaceaMe advocates ? How cou . 'd I vote for the man who joined the Whigs in sending spies amongst tin .-Chartists for the purpose of entrapping their leeders in some crime , or supposed crime ? 1 thank God tbat 1 did Dot vote for him .

      He says now that he will not bring forward the Repeal quest-on until he has two millions of shillings from Repealers , and four millions of signatures to a petition for Repeal . He knows right well that these two conditions cannot be complied with ; but his dupes do cot see the utter impossibility of complying with these conditions . He might as well say that he would never brii ; g the question forward , because lie never can get , two millions of shillings , nor four millioES of Irish names to a petition for arjy measure . It is absurd and niiculous . Truly yours , P . O'HIGGINS . Sir . Alexander M'Kensle , Bristol ,

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      {¦ ¦ "'V f '"; - ' ' ¦••" ¦ . • - ¦ - ¦ f — - . - / . - - tenth ia inVin ' eibte , and WiU prevail ; and it ia an exhi"" SS . wwfrtfct'OB' to the humble and honest adTocate of truth , that the waVaavfr jWt * vanquished " to » fch and open encpoater . " ^ Iam . willing flierefore . to meet Mr . Fewgu . 0 'Coaf JiuL ™ L pt ^ k "ember of the Association , 1 ^^ , K ™ aP » ra * ive . - . motto of Chartism as refffj * adyoeafcid by Stosra , Lotett and O'Connor ; or Lovett , Watson , and myself will meet any three of m ! 2 ? « "' * * " » ****** " > we wiU discuss the subject in a publip meeting , in which , the discussion shall be open to all oompeteafc persons . - . " ' ¦ ' I am Sir , ' . ; ., , , ; ' . Year humble servant , Henry Hethebihgton . P . S . In the event of this challenge being accepted , each party shall appoint two or three frienda , or aa many as may be agreed upon , te arrange the proceedings , H . H .

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

      audiences in four towna ; there were good meetings , and yet there is not on association in any ono of those towns ; there are at the present moment ten persons engaged lecturing , now if these tea formed twenty associations weekly , or two each , that would amount to about iOt associations more with those already formed , before the Convention will meet in February next , aBd this I am sure can be done ; what might not the people do with 500 associations in England and Wales , backed ont by Scotland , and also by their friends who are Uklng a stand in Ireland ? why , any thing and every thing for liberty ; let therefore all these towns where the Star is taken in , and who have not enrolled themselves under our sacred banner , immediately communicate with u ? . We have one poworful advocate unchained , who does the work of half a dozen men without fee or

      reward , namely , F . O'Counor , and by the 24 th inst we will have another who will assist by his energetic pea to crush tyranny and establish liberty , namely , J . B . OBrien . Then yon have M'Douall , Leach , Philp , and Williams on the Executive ,- these backed out by such talented men as Bairstow , Vincent , Bolwoll , Ridley , Wheeler , Binns , Williams , Morgan , Morling , Wilkinson , Bell , Doyle , Mason , Clarke , Marsden , Horney , Pitkeithly , Clayton , Arthur , Cooper , White , and a host of others , may guide successfully the greatest agitation tbat ever took place in England for democracy . Hoping , ray friends , that you will not lose time in writing to me for cards , and joining the National Charter Association . I remain your brother democrat , John Campbell , Gen . See . SaUord , Sept . 14 , 18 * 1 .

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      CITY OP LONDON . —The City members of the National Charter Association held their weekly meeting , as usual , on the evening of the 8 th instant , in the room 65 , Old Bailey . The memberis expressed a wish that their delegates of the County Council could make it convenient to attend their weekly meofcings ; they particularly wish to know ia what way they are to assist the Council in defraying the expencts of the public meetings held in the metropolis . Mr . Ckter introduced his motion , of which he had previously given notice , viz . to form a City Political Loan Tract Society , to saturate the city with a knowledge of the doctrines of the People ' s Charter . The motion was seconded by Mr .

      G . Wyatt , who hoped the plan would be carried into effectual operation . After some excellent remarks from the membei 8 it was agreed to , n « m con ., and a committee waa appointed to prepare a plan to bring the same into effect . —On Thursday evening , W . D . Saul , Esq . merchant , delivered a very excellent and instructive leature in the samo place to a very attentive audience . Subject —the social and political condition of the country . Mr . Cater Baid , that in rising to propose a vote of thunks to their excellent Lecturer , he must apologise for the absence of most of the city members , who had availed themselves of the pleasing opportunity of going ta hear their much beloved and patriotic champion , F . O Connor , E * q . in the White Conduit House , but trusted tbat the excellent Lecturer will again visit the city locality ,

      when be would guarantee that the Hall should bo filled t # overflowing . He ( Mr . C- ) begged leave to inform the Lecturer , as he had in bis lecture made allusions to what took place in the Hall of Science , the other evening . th % t Vhat disturbance had its origin through a sermon preachtd in this room , which he ( the Speaker ) considered disgraceful to the Chartist cause . He ( Mr . C . ) could assure the Lecturer that the managing committee yf tbe shareholders of this Institute were totally ignorant that tbat sermon would be of a personal nature -, thit they do not-encourage personal bickerings ; and that he , as well as many other members of the National Charter Association , were ready to forgive and forget the opposing party , if they would cease their endeavours to stop the progress of Chartism . The vote of thuJtkn

      being seconded by Mr . Kuox , was carried unanimously . The Lecturer , in returning thanks for the same , stated that when he came into the room he expected to meet witb much opposition , but it was plessiug to him to have to * ay that he never attended a more orderly and rational assemblage o ? working men before , and that he would pledge his word to give them a lecture once a quarter , and that his next would be on Geolovy ; and invited the omipany and their friends to visit his gveat Museum in Aldersgate-street , any Thursday morning , at eleven o ' clock , free of any expence , and that at that time he is always present . — On Sunday evening , in the same place , Mr . Williams preacbod a short sermon from the corujuandinent , " Thou sha . lt not st « al , " after which a discussion tnsued . > Ir . Cater delivered the following notices . That F . O" 0 onnor , E ^ q . had promised him that , after he hail visited Brighton , be will attund a puMScmeeting iu this Hail , due notice cf which Will be givtn on Thursday eveHini ? , the 23 rd of September . L . T . Clancv ,

      Esq Foundtr and late Secretary of tbe Dublin Repeal and Cbarter Association will deliver a lecture for the benefit of poor Kobert Ptnldie ; subject , Chartism and Hibonism in Ireland . Next Sunday morning will be the monthly meeting of the shareholders of this Institute . In the evening of the same day Mr . Cameron , of Fics bury , will preach ; and the Sunday evening following Mr . Balls will preach . The City members of the National Charter Association -will hold their "weekly meetings on Tuesdays instead of Wednesdays for the future ; and the conoort is put off from the 13 th instant , on cccount of tho benefit for Mr . O'Brien , till the fallowing Monday , in this Hall . Mr . C . also observed , that on the previous Sunday evening Mr . Neesom bad publicly read a letter to the congregation in this Hall , "which is thought by the Committee Hiay tend to create in the minds of many a false impression , nnd get the plaC 9 into disgrace , if the following answer is not publicly Tead also : —

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

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

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

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      TfcaWBfUDeE :--On Saturday last , a puttie : tei meeting wa 4 held a * tile Democratic Cnapel , to celebrate the releaitf'df-Mr . Will . Carrier from the tyrant * dungeon . The cnapel wair decorated , u on former occasions , witb portraits , garlands , sad other devises . Over the portrait of John Frort was the following : — " A nation of sober and intelligent teen cannot be slave * " At six o ' clock ,: upwards of two hundred « at down to an excellent tea , which did honour to the committee for the tasteful manner in which it was served « pt After , tea , Mr . John Moore was called to the chair , and after mating some remarks he . ' gave .- the first toast , " The sovereign people , the legitimate source of all wealth , " which was ably responded to by Mr . Hawkins . The

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      damning to tbe great humbug , called forth a defence from a young satelite of Dan ' s which produced much jeering and laughter . Mr . Rodger , who had ju » t arrived from a meeting in the Calton , and whose master mind at once grasped tbe subject of dispute , cut up Mr . O'Connell ' s past career in a genteel , though sarcastic style , which perfectly electrified those within and without The discussion was Jtept up for at Jeast an hour after Rodger hudspoki-u , every one whom we spoke with acknowledging that they had never got so much fun in one night . Dan ' s backers shook hands with the kind-hearted and conciliatory John Rodger , and stating at the same time that they were now convinced tLat they were , as Con , their countryman , had stated , notliing better than sea-gulls , crows , and sea-maws , who supported Dan . A vote was then asked for a procession or demonstration when O'Connor camo to G . asguw ,

      ¦ when the entire assembly voted for a procession and demonstration . Cheers , of course , "were givca for O'Connor , the Charter , Chairman , &c , after which a lai-gc party , after the IriBh fashion , arm in arm , cleeked Con to a house , where he got his Irish whistle "wet with a glass of good Scotch whisky . I have , however , forgot in writing out the above that Con , seeonded by myself , moved the following resolution , which was Oai-rievi uuli clayijiug of hands , waving of hats , stamping of feet , and the usual bursts of approbation which proceeds from a well pleased meeting : — " Thut this meeting sympathises with the Irish nation , and that they ought to be no longer a province , but a Republic , having legislators sitting in Dublin , elected by the voice of the people in accordance with the principles of the People ' s Charter . " This waa carried -wiili great cljeerinff . — Correspondent .

      Extraordinary meeting of Delegates i > St . Ann ' s Church . —The largest mteting of Delegates ever held in St . Ann ' s Church , Glasgow , took piace on Friday evening . No less than eighty-nine shops , districts , and factories were represented by somewhejoabout 200 delegates , to discuss the manner in which they wonld Teceive tlv . it great and good man , Feargus O'Connor , when he came to Q ' . n . s *< jv ? . After a brief dificussion , seeing that each delegate or delegates were furnished with instructions from the various bodies "which they represented , the vote was taken for the following motion : — " That in order to insure the largest possible meeting on Glasgow Green , where the powerful voice

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

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

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

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

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      J » ACCLTBSFIEM > . —On Sunday evening , Mr . West lectured on tho " Errors of onr Commercial System . " He proved that the great evils we have to oomplaia of originated is a false dread of foreign competition ,, which caused « ur maaafaotarers and the Government to force dovrm the meney prioe of British productions to the level of what the produce which might be obtained in return w « nld realise ; and that , consequently , we have beea « I » rt"Jg increased Quantities at ieereawd value , iuku the JaboureM have been rained , and the mann&flturers fast following them ; from 1783 to 1816 , the value of exporta to EHrope , Africa * and America , exceeded the imports from thence by j £ 33 , 000 , 00 e ; andmnee

      1816 , we have enabled the federal Government to discharge the greater part of their debt of about £ 27 , 000 , 000 , by reducing wages so as to enable other countries to levy 60 , 75 , and eveH 2 f * per cent , on ( he products of our labour , so as to enable them to erect joint-stock manufacturing establishments and public improvements in canals , roads , &o ., and thus establish that evil eo much dreaded . Mr . West entered largely into the subject , and from tables aad documents proved that our trade was given away to foreigners ; and that all the efforts of the free trade party cannot regain it . The subject created considerable interest , and Mr . West will resnme it in his next lecture .

      HAW 1 CK . —At an adjourned meeting of the Hawick Chartist Association , held in the ChartiBt Hall on Saturday evening last , the following resolution was agreed to , and ordered to be sent to the Northern Star and Scottish'Patriot •—" That this meeting cannot but consider the conduct of those individuals professing Chartist principles , who can allow mere personal reasons or motives to keep them from joining the great body of . their fellow countrymen in their exertions for their political emancipation , as having a tendency to weaken the agitation for , and retard the attainment of , the object they profess to have in view , and , ? con 8 equently , detrimental to the Chartist movement . "

      NOTTINGHAM .- —We have just concluded a spleudid and most * enthusiastic meeting , held ia our Market-place , the object of which meeting waa to make known the present circumstances and situatiou of James Bronterre O'Brien , of him who , for years past > has been the political schoolmaster of the age , and to shew that the poor man ' s guardian , for hia powerful advocacy of tight against might , has by means of Whig prosecution and toxture , been made poorer than the poor man himself . At the close of Mr . Dean Taylor ' s lecture a collection was made , which amounted te £ 1 Os . 7 jd . Mr . Taylor then announced that Mr . Cooper , of Leicester , Editor of the Illuminator and Whig Extinguisher , would address them on the same topic , and in tfce same place , on Tuesday evening , at six o ' clock . After a vote of thanks had bean awarded to Mr . Taylor , and Mr . J . Bostock , Chairman , three tremendous cheers were given for Messrs . O'Connor , the

      uncaged lion , and for B . O'Brien , who leaves bis dungeon on the 24 th instant ; three cheers were given for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and three more for the gallant Sharman Crawford , and the glorious 39 , when tbe meeting quietly dispersed , and parties adjonmed to the democratic chapel , to hold their usual weekly meeting , and several new members joined the association . Petition sheets were also plentifully distributed amongst the members , both male and female , for the Charter . A vote of thanks was proposed by Mr . Russell , and carried unanimously , with great applause , to Mr . O'Higgins , for his clear and dispassionate answers to the questions of a Mr . Toole , and also to Sir . P . M . Brophy , and all the other members ef the National Charter Association , Dublin , for their Bteady , persevering , and uncompromising line of conduct towards tbe Liberator himself , and every other tool he has made use of .

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

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

      LIVERPOOL . —The Chartists of this town met en Monday last , \ o receive the Secretary ' s report for the quarter , and elect officers to conduct the affairs of this Aajociation for the ensuing quarter . The following persons were then , elected to serve as Councillors : — Mr . James M'Kenna , Mr . Charles Grwilliams , Mr . John William Magee , Mr . Thomas Ashwith , Mr . Thomas Lindsay , Mr . Edward Benbow , Mr . John Cowan , treasurer ; Mr . E wan Da vies , sub-secretary , 42 , ( ieiardstreet Ma . DoTfLE lectured here on Wednesday , the 3 rd iost . The room was crowded , beisg by far the most numerous meeting we have had in this towu . Mr Butterworth , of Manchester , briefly addressed tlie meeting . Several new members having been enrolled , tbe meeting broke up—three hearty cheers having been given for Mr . O'Connor , tbe Chairman , and lecturer .

      TODMORDEN . —The weekly meeting of the National Charter Association was held , as usual , on Monday night , when the number of members increased again , and it watf resolved to take the lecture room of ttiu Mechanics' Institute , ami the absent members are requested to attend there on Tuesday night next , at eight o'clock . ¦ SOWERBY . —Mr . Loach , of Manchester , lectured bore on Mondoy last , to a crowded audience . At the conclusion , thanks were given to Mr . Leach , a . ud the Chairman ; three cheers for Feargus O'Connor , three for the Executive , three for the National Charter Association , and three for tho txile 3 of Cambria , Frost , Wil-Jinnis , and Jones . After which the vast assembly separated .

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      ^ — . TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —You will not only oblige me , but some of your English readers , by publishing the enclosed letter . It was written in answer to a letter which 1 received on the 24 th of July last , from Mr . Alexander M'Kenaie , of Bristol . It lay the usual time at the Post-Office , and was returned to me from the Dead Letter Office , on Friday , the 10 th instant . My object in writing this letter to you is , to acquaint all those who may be kind enough to favour me with letters , that my general habit is to answer all letters as soon as possible after the receipt of them ; and that those answers will be found at the Post-Offices of the towns from whence the letters have come . I am , Your obedient servant , Patrick . O'Higgi * 3 . Dublin , Sept . 12 th , 1841 .

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

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      Jo ktr Mj ^ hs / s Principal Secretary or ite Heine Ltepirtmeni . The 3-Ier . c-rlil of t > ? Citizens cf Bath , agreed to at a P-Kl-c Mcr ± : g held is . the said City , September - i ; 41 ( j * - * -, R £ ? P £ CIPVLLT SlIilVIIH , Ten : K : » bert Peddie is a political prisoner , ia Bevtrley H : i :-e cf Correction , Yorkshire . That H- >' r > erE Peddie was sentenced , at tie March

      A 5- ' z-3 . h : ! fP . ia the said coqeit , ia 1 » 4 o . to * . r ; re ^ year ' s imrrisL-irnieiJt- That the ch-irge against Lim , riotir . z zi Bra ' . ' . fjrd , ¦ wis founded oa the evidence cf one J ~ jz * s Harrison , who was admitted as witness en the par ; cf tbe Crown . That th ; s James Harrison was , at the time , a sotoric-us izf'rn ' iernzsiEst poor publicsns , and continued to be rich , rll the rr . nziitntes refused to take tis evidence ; tLit he lef : his ¦ wife ami family to tbe care cf the parish ; scd that he is now in Preston Gaol , waiting " to take his trial for horse stealing , cnrler the following di ^ rcetful ciretrmsiarces : —

      Kirn ^ n iio . e Vhe horse , hired two b « js to take it from Prest / . n to Blackburn , in the county of Laccist-er ; gave irfjni ^ itioa to the police there , to the tficct that " he expected a party over to Blackburn with some stolen proptriy , s = d that he would give a tLarp 1- ^ vk ecu " ' That tie boys were subssquettly taktn befure the presiding magistrate at Preston , Mr . CrerUiaB , when ttrj raid bin hew they came by the horee , which was in the " manner aforesaid . That Itemun told ttu pohce that ix was a fabrication , " and that , " if they waitcl airLLe , -arhtn a reward tou-u be i . if = red for the mare , ti .= y Wv-si-i r&ike a good ; , jt > of iu" That Harrison Vis , hu - cTer , tuksa into ci ^ : c ^ y , and foliy committed to tale hia trial at the enquiry ; Quarter Sessions fo ; Prciiv . a , uptn the charge cf " " horse stealicg , " as sioreiv . d .

      Tnat yo ^ r Memorialists submit these facts your Lordship , ia the hope that they cuy induce your Lordship \ . j rec-inucen-i the czs ~ of Tivbtrt Peddie to Royal faTu ^ r , h- hsri : g been cczTictni upon the evidence of £ 0 bil a character as ihe said Janies Harrison . And we will . 4 c

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      TO THU ED 1 TOB OF THE SOUTHERN STAR . London , September 10 , 1841 . Sir , —You will oblige me by inserting the following in the Northern Star : — CHALLENGE TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . The intolerant and unjust proceedings of the London Members of tb . 9 National Charter Association ( about 300 strong ) have determined me to challenge Mr . Feargus O'Connor , or the btst man they have in their Association , to a discussion of tbe merits of Jir . Lovett ' s Chartism ; . in which 1 will undertake to prove that Lovett ' s

      Ch 3 rtism is as superior to Feargus O'Connor ' s Chartis > n as tbe conduct of the professars of the one is , in moral and intellectual fitness , superior to the conduct of the intolerant adherents of the other . Knowing that it is only by fair , and optsn , and searching discussion tbat the tiutb . can be elicited , I fearlessly invite Mr . Feargus O'Connor and his friends to defend themselves and their principles . I am { ally a ware tflat I place myself in a disadvantageous position in meeting my superiors in tslont and scholastic acquirements , but il am more than compensated for this disadvantage in the fact , that

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      NOMINATIONS FuE . TLIE GENERAL COUNCIL . BILSTON . John Stiran , tallow-chandler . John Cadley , container . Jodv'ph Jarvis , moulder . Joseph Nicholis , screw-turner . James Damaine , cordwainer . JijLu NichoKs , sub-i ' rc ^ iU . vi . James Moseley , cordwainer , sub-Secretary . V / ALZALL . Thomas Almark , tailor . William M'Cullum , tailor . James M'Minn , tailor . Kichard Hutit , spur-maker , Joseph Craddock , soafila-maker . John Griffiths , p ' atpr Jiiuiea Scholefield , sub-Treasurer . Kobart Valoise , sub-Secretary . WJSEECH . Robert Anderson , bookseller . Heury Breeze , tailor . James Bunn , carpenter . Henry Carman , shoemaker . George Bruce , ditto . Thomas Howitt , ditto . John Day , ditto . Saunckrs Cheney , tailor . John Fiiich , slioemaker . NORTHAMPTON . William Halle well , shoemaker , Tedd's Line , Northampton . TR 0 WBR 1 DGE . John Stevens , weaver . Wm . Birnes , ditto . Wm . Vince , ditto . Henry Lamo , stay-maker . Jacob Moore , dyer . Arthur Heatb , grocer . James Haswell , cordwainer , Mortimer-street . Thomas Carpenter , weaver , sub-Treasurer , Mortimerstreet Daniel Lukos , carpenter , sub-Secretary , Mortimerstreet .

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      Departure of LordFortescub . —His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant held an undress Levee thisday , ( Thursday ) which was numerously attended . From eleven o ' clock , carriages continued to arrive until nearly twelve , at which hour hia Excellency appeared in tho State apartment , accompanied by tho officers of the Household . In the course of the presentations his Excellency conferred the honour of Knighthood upon Nicholas Fitzsimon , Esq ., Magistrate of Police , aad formerly M . P . for the King ' s County . Shortly after ono o ' clock Mb Excellency left the Castlo on horseback , accompanied by his

      Aides-de-camp , and followed by a train of-private carriages and gentlemen on horeback . The cortege , composed of a vast number of carriages and other vehicles ; arrived at Maretimo , the seat of Lord Gloncurry , wheru the Countess of Fortescue and the MisscaGeale awaited his Excellency ' s arrival , and then proceeded with it to Kingstown . Opposite the Jetty the Shamrock steamer was in readiness to receive their Excellencies ,, who immediately vfent on board . Lady Burke , oi ' . Alasbie-Mll , and several other ladies were also on board to take leave of the Countess Foriescue . At a quarter-past three o ' clock the steamer left the quay ,. amidst the cheera of a numerous assemblage on the beach . —Dublin Evening Post .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 18, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct862/page/7/