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      [ COMMUNICATIONS OMITTED LAST WEEK ]

      Bebltk ^—Tbe cause ef democracy now prevailing topic Thaw are few working men who do not now xnderstand what the Charter means , ' hat from vaziou causes they are deterred from joining the ranka of the real friends of Ireland . Mr . O'Higgins has again been brought before the public by one of the " disciples of Judas , " bat on a charge w unfounded as any before made against him . He has written a short bat catting letter in answer to the charge brought against him by ibe '' milk and water politician , " who , no doubt , had a rehearsal or two , to " My dear Bay" aad others , before he made his appearance to month his lying charge at the Loyal Repeal meeting . The charge was that Mr . O'Higgins bad said tsjat "the union could not be resealed until all the High Churchmen were extermi Ttmted . " -

      Tss Irish IT arreml Suffrage AbsoobMou halo" their meeting on Sunday last , Mi . W . Woodward in the ekair . The mintues of the last meeting were read and confirmed , after which the Secretary read an address from the Boman Catholic Chutists of Bamsley to the Her . Patrick Ryan , P . P . of Donabate . He stated that a oopy of the address just read and the Rst . Mr . Byan ' s letters in answer to it had been sent to the Freeman ' s Journal , but the " liberal" proprietors of that paper bad not yet published them . Several letters were read from England , Scotland , and Ireland , the former of which give abundant proofs of the sincerity of the Cbartista towards their Irish brethren in bondage , and the latter indicating the spread of Chutist principles by means of circulating the Star , Here the harmony of

      the meeting was disturbed by some of the Loyal Repealers , -whom Mr . OHiggins bad admitted by courtesy , one of whom ( Mr . Matthew Tiernan ) said that our looking for Universal Suffrage was sheer nonsense , that General Suffrage or Household Suffrage was what Mr . O'Connell said was practicable ; that he placed implicit confidence in all Mr . O'Connell had said or done , or that be might do far Ireland ; that Mr . O'Connell had refused office from the Marquis of Anglesey ' s gOTernment ; lad asked did not the Chartists of England use physical force , and did they not , said he , join the Tories at Nottingham and other towns in England and Scotland . — The Secretary here said a few words contrasting the manner in which the last speaker had been heard , who was sot a member , and the manner he was

      treated at the Com Exchange Repeal Association , although he was known to be a member of that body . Mr . Atkinson , in a dear and dispassionate speech cf considerable length , depicted the miseries of Irishmen , which he attributed to class legislation , and said that Mi . O'Connell and those who thought with him , might grow grey like himself , and not obtain what they sought for ; and , in his opinion , the only effectual and Radical cure for the abolition of the monstrous erOs ander which the people groaned , was the adoption of the People's Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Dyot , in a speech that would not hare disgraced a senator , spoke to the principle of Universal Suffrage , and the importance of a free press in Poblla , and excluded tfie idea of working men paying to an assodati » n where they

      had no Toice , and where their interests nevar were attended to . Mosey , said he , is the only representative wanted by Mr . O'ConnelL Give him money and he can dispense with your presence . The associates have no Toioe in the Repeal Association . Not so here , where every man is on a perfect fo&tdsg of equality . Mr . Wood rose and said that he bad just returned from Scotland and England , where he had been on a fiait , and he assured the meeting that the people of Scotland , as far as he had been , were the real friends ef the people of Ireland . He said tint in Glasgow more than one hundred thousand persons bad pledged themselves to petition for a repeal of the iegialatire onion between Great Britain and Ireland . A Tote of thanks was passed to the friends of freedom in Rnrfunri and

      Scotland , for the liberal manner they ministered to the wants of the people of Ireland , by sending the two most liberal papers in Great Britain , namely , the Northern Star , and Scottish Patriot ; after which Mr . O'Higgins rate . and said , that he would answer the questions which were put by the gentleman , who said he was Mr . O"ConneU " s friend , and a mejiber of the Loyal Kational Repeal Association of Ireland , namely , " did tha Chartists of England not show their hatred of the Irish , by returning a Tory for Nottingham ? and by returning Tories in erery place they had power to do so at the late elections ? And was not Mr . O'ConneU ' s plan of general suffrage superior to Unitersal Suffrage , and all other plans' Could not the people go and Tote In several places if Universal Suffrage were adopted ?"

      To the first question , he ( Mr . O'Higgins , ) would reply , that the Chartists of Nottingham took Mr . OConnell ' e advice to the Irish electors , which was when they could sot get a pledged Repealer to support the next best The Chartists ef England abhor the infamous , atrocious Whig Poor Law Amendment Act , sn act which treats poverty as a crime of greater magnitude th * n murder , robbery , and rape ; because a man guilty of the latter shocking , revolting crimes , would be deemed innocent until found guilty by a jury of bis CiuiuUy , whereas , on the other hand , the moment that misfortunes drive an honest , sober , good man , to seek arena temporary asylum in a union -workhouse , his Bead is shaved , and a felon ' s dress is put on him . If he has a wife and children , they are all separated , never to

      meet again , unless some good fortune releases them from tha workhouse , and in the event of death , which frequently and unaccountably happens in those dens of hnman misery and suffering , the bodies are given up for dissection to some neighbouring hospital , for young surgeons to practice upon . Now , the English Chartists alwayB looked upon this Act of Parliament as one of the . greatest grievances of modern invention ; and the electors of Nottingham knew right well , that Mr . Waiter , of the Times , the Tory candidate , was the consistent opponent of this flagitious Act His adversary , the Whig , was the advocate of that bill , and the Chartists of Nottingham supported Mr . Walter , not because he was a Tory , but because he was the consistent opponent of the Poor Laws Amendment Act

      And even now , when the Tories are in power , he is opposed to them , and will continue to oppose and expose them , unless they repeal that Act . With regard to the second question . The Chartists did not retain Tories , as such , but they did return them in some places on the same grounds , and for the same reasons , tkat they returned Mr . Walter . Besides they were so foolish as to return their own friends , whenever they could do so , in opposition to both . Whig and Tory . The plan they adopted was a very judicious one , and one which we should follow at our election * They made the first offer to the Whig candidate to split their votes with him , provided his friends would split with tile Chartist candidate . " Begone , ye torch and dagger men , you midnight assassins , " said the Whig .

      Well , they made a »»™ flfty offer to the Tory , who said , " I do not like your principles , but you have a right to be heard , and to send as many members as you can to represent your views , wants , and feelings , in the House of Commons , and I will split with you . " The result of this wise and sensible poiicy on the part of the Chartists is , that they have upwards of forty friends sad advocates in toe present House of Commons , Whereas they bad but three in the last one ; and what it still better , these forty English members are pledged to extend the same rights , privileges , and immunities to Ireland , which they hope to obtain for England ; in fact , to treat Ireland , in every respect as if it were an ¦ English county . Does this look like hatred of Ireland ? ( No , no . ) As to the difference between

      Universal and General Suffrage , it is such a miserable , paltry , pettifogging quibble , tfca . it is unworthy of a serious reply , but , said Mr . 0 Higginr , I will give the gentleman who has asked the question , just one month to tell us the exact difference between the two terms .. Universal Suffrage always bore the same clear and simple meaning , which is , that every male inhabitant of this empire of twenty-one years of age , of sane mind and not convicted of a felunions crime , by -a jury , ahonld have the right to vote at the election of a Member of Parliament . Now , this is Universal Suffrage ; and if we had it , who would be the members for the County and the City of Dab ' . in ? ( Hear , hear , not West and Grogan , and Hamilton and Taylor . ) As to the people Toting in great numbers in several places at the same

      election , the accusation comes with a very bad grace from those who profess to be the friends of public liberty , and who declare that the Irish people are the best and most virtuous in tie world , when it answers a purpose , and then turns round and accuses them of the basest of crimes , when the accusation answers a different purpose . But to do away with all cavil and to obviate every apprehended difficulty whether real or imaginary , the People's Charter makes ample provision , sa < t the original of that Charter is to be found in Ja&flVs History of Ireland , vol Iv . aad page Hi . It iras copied from that book or from some other Irish book bj Mr . O'Connell , and handed by him to some members of the Working Men ' s Association in London ,

      desiring them , at the t ime , to agitate for it and for nothing less , and at the same time , saying-that " He who is not a Chartist is either a knave who profits by the evils of misrule , or a fool upon , whom facts ana reason make no impression . " ( Great cheering . ) The Charter provides that all the elections in Great Britain end Ireland , aball commence at the same hour and contrade before five o'clock the same day . ( Hear , hear . ) Howeould the people rote in several places under such drcamstanees ? Mr , O'Higgins concluded by hoping th « t he had given satisfactory answers to the questions , and wrm « d his seat Mr . Clarke was * called to the chair , and thanks wen given to the Chairman , when the meeting separated .

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      STJHSEBJbAJtD . GREAT MEETING IN FATOTJB OF THE : LONDON OPERATIVE MASONS . ygfrt gladly we record evidence that the country is fe » gfrwrtT » g to perceive that there are principles and considerations involved in the strike of the Parliament TTnM » JTTumni which imperatively demand that the latter should have the sympathy and support of every jddi&ajrtMl ""* " and woman in the kingdom . As a H ^ HBj ^ Hbontaneous movement having already commBmjBnb eli favour , we insert the following copy of pafiggMpaed at Sunderland : — : ^ sJUCJU ^ -OF LAB 8 UE A public meeting of the -Wktaf dtifas , and other inhabitants of Sunderland , « P-MjW 4 ^ Tuesday evening , Oct 19 th , in the JHlHlapiaVto take into consideration the case of the W 0 t § Mf ^ 6 j employed at the Parliament Works , ^ p"l % v * = "' ?* £ - i . , * . ft-E-S 5 "

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      London , and to determine the propriety of aiding thtm in their present struggle . An operative mason , from London , will address the meeting , and explain the cass of the workmen . —Working men , and enemies of despotism i the cause of the London masons is your cause . They have struck , net to procure an advance of wages , but to resist the intolerable tyranny of a taskmaster , Allen , the foreman of the above works , a man whose coarse and brutal nature unfits him to go vert any , bat those sunk so low in the scale of humanity as to be governed only by the whip of the slave-driver . Such a man is a disgrace to snch an employment , and utterly unfit to superintend a body of intelligent British working men . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . " In accordance with the above call , a pahne meeting was held on Tuesday

      evening—Mr . James Young , an operative stonemason , was unanimously called to the chair . He observed that whaterer difference of opinion might exist upon other ¦ objects amongst the capitalists , they all ijHtd In oae thing , that it was their duty to wring as mash wealth as possible from working men ; and , if this could net be accomplished by other means , they woold not scruple to coerce them to effect their purpose . The present meeting , however , was called , not to enable a portion of working men to mafahdir wages , but to convey to those engaged in resisting a system of degrading tyranny the assurance that they had the sympathy , and , if necessary , should also have the support of that meeting . ( Loud cheering . ) He would not , however , enter into any details ; these would be best communicated by a friend who had felt the system in operation . He , therefore , had much pleasure in catling upon Mr . Alexander Wilson .

      Mr . Wilson ( who is one of the eighteen Masons that carried the National Petition into the House of Commons ) then stood forward , and was received with great cheering . He commenced by observing that it was not his intention to attempt what might be called a speech , but he could tell them a tale of facts , which he would challenge any man to deny . His presence in the country would not have been necessary , bad it not been for the conduct of a corrupt press , in giving insertion to a tissue of falsehoods in fa / our of the masters , and refusing on aay conditions to publish a fair statement of the case between the workmen and Messrs Grissell and Peto their employers . That abominable paper the Times , and others had been guilty of such conduct towards them ; but , whatever might be their

      perversion of the case , he could assure the meeting that he had been nine months under that abominable monster Allen . During that period he bad seen him guilty of innumerable acts of tyranny . He bad seen him abuse men every way superior to him tit physical and moral character for no offence whatever , be had treated them worse than he could treat a " momgrel dog . " ( Laughter , and cheers . I His conduct was indeed most intolerable—so much so that he and his brother workmen generally , went in a morning fully prepared to take up their tools and march . In snch a state of mental agony and uncertainty were they that they never knew in the morning whether the tyrant Allen would allow them to work their day ont He " sack ? " the men at any time , without a moment ' s warning , and

      without any just cause of offence . ( Cheers . ) He would relate a few facts , illustrative of bis character and conduct After they struck , they sent a letter to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests , to sake them acquainted with their grievances . They stated that they were prepared to prove the following canes The first was that of an individual who had- been engaged on the werks , and had the misfortune to- get his leg broken by a fall from the scaffolding . He- ww off work some time , and when he recovered he came back to the works , and thovght that though not able to work hard , there might yet be some light work which he would be allowed to work at to procure bread for his family . He was not able to walk well , bat still knowing that he bad received his injuries at the

      works , he thought that , from the common feelings of humanity , they would sot exact too much from him at first However , be was mistaken . No sooner had hecommenced work than Allen cane , and finding him at it , and unable to walk without Kmping , thus unfeelingly insulted him by ordering him to take up his tools and go , as be " did not want smch d—d hobbling fellows about the works . " ( Load cries of " Shame . " ) The next case was one of a workman who learnt that his wife was very ill , and not expected to live . He wished to be present at her dying bed , and accordingly Allen not being on the works at the time , went to the under-foreman , and asked his leave , which was immediately granted . Well , when the nan retained , Alien came to him , and asked where he bad been . He told

      him , when the brnte said , " Tbe » go , and die with your wife , and be d—d to you r ( Shame , shame . ) Another case was a poor fellow who aad been tramping about for three months out of work ; he applied , and was set on , but , owing to his exhausted state , be had not been more than a few hoars at work , when he was taken bad , and was compelled to leave work . He was off three days , and when he returned Allen told him to " go back , be wanted sound mea . " A young man , belonging to Manchester , received intelligence that his mother had died ; he asked whether they would allow him to go down to her funeral , and sake some arrangements about the disposal of some little property . He was asked how long he would require ; he answered about three weeks . This was refused : he was informed

      that if he went fee might stop away . The young man then agreed to take a week , but this also was refused , yet the men advised him to go , and resolved that if he was discharged they would all strike . This was determined at a general meeting of the workmen . No sooner did Allen hear of this , than he discharged the man who presided at the meeting and six others . The man went When he returned , Allen was toe cunning to manifest his malice by discharging him immediately , but he found means to gratify his nature by setting him to work at th « roughest work about the building . The men observed this , and resolved that they would not allow the poor fellow to be thus trampled on . They addressed a letter to Grissell and Peto , stating that the conduct of Allen was past all endurance , and they would not in

      future work under him . Messrs . G . and P ., however , replied that they would not be dictated to , and that they , the men , might think themselves honoured in receiving as answer to their communication . The men wrote again and advised the masters to reconsider the matter as it might become a more serious affair than they anticipated . Messrs . Q . and P . then consented to receive a deputation from the men , when they promised that the men should not in future have cause to complain . Allen , they said , was a " rough diamond" but a good one . The men consented to go to work again , and they bad a calm for about four weeks , until the following circumstance occurred The works are carried on simultaneously , and Allen anxious to get as much work as possible from the men , devised the following scheme .

      He kept the men working about snail jobs , until be had as many stones up as would enable all to work regularly on , all round the building , calculating that by this arrangement , the men being spirited , would work against eaeh other , and make slaves of themselves to enrich their masters ; but the men , with but few except ions , resolved not to do so , yet , a few were such fools as to work like horses to beat their fellow-workmen . These got their work done seoner , and Allen when he found this resolved to compel the other workmen to work at the same rate ; he , therefore , " sacked " a number who had not produced the same quantity , and bullied and blustered about the works , in fact , it was evident that no matter what the mental and moral character of the workmen , the only man who ' would

      be respected by Allen was the man who produced the most work , no matter to Allen if be ruined his constitution by it He might go to the devil , or the dogs for aught he cared . ^ There was one individual in particular who was guilty of this folly and meanness ; he tore away like an old collier ' s horse—( laughter)—the consequence was , he was done before the others . The men considering this system of chasing an abominable one , and knowing that they had done , and were willing to do a fair day ' s work , met and resolved to fine thoaa who should be guilty of it They did not mind a reasonable difference in the quantity ; they did not wish to bring all down to the lowest standard , they only wished to restrain thai excessive spirit cf rivalry ; they therefore determined to fine those who should be

      guilty of it That individual was ordered to be fined , and was fined . This gave Allen an opportunity of breaking out again ; he accused the men of conspiring to rob the masters , and swore he would discharge 100 of them by Saturday night This they , the men , could prevent , and they determined to do it They wrote to the masters , and informed them they could no longer work under Allen , accordingly they all struck . He ( the speaker ) knew that he was a rational being , and ought to be treated as such . Allen did not know or care ought of this , and therefore be had left him ; and , by the blessings of God , never would return to work under snch a tyrant The men had an interview with the masters : the latter were asked whether the men bad not been doing a fair day ' s work ? whether they

      had not been industrious acd attentive t Mr . Grissell said they had . He ( the speaker ) then asked what they wanted ? Yet after this , and putting up on the works placards , acknowledging the men were industrious , the masters bad the folly and audacity to represent through the newspaper press that the men ware indolent and unwilling to work . The speaker then observed he mast give them one or two additional facts . At the Parliament works , there was no water to be had by the men ; but a beer boy came round once a day . This bear was supplied by a relative of Allen ; the men were compelled to buy of him , no other beerseller being admitted to the works . The beer was often so wretchedly bad that a pig would have ran away from it ( Loud laughter . ) There was a class of men employed who were , however too poor te buy beer—here were

      the labourers earning about 10 s . or 12 s . per week . Well there was a pump in the Parliament Yard , elose by , to which those fellows were wont to resort to quench their thirst ; bat Allen , when he learnt this , bad the base ness to procure a lock and get the pump locked down , tbus compelling them either to boy bii relative ' s bad beer or leave their thirst unquenched . ( Load cries of " shame . ") One morning" about fourteen men were standing at the gates a little before six o'clock , getting each a cap of coffee from a poor old woman who earned a livelihood by the sale of it Allen came up , and without making any observation went in and shot Use gates , the bell then rung aad a few minutes elapsed before the men could get in . They immediately went to their work , but Allen came round and having recog nised nice of tile men , he ordered them to take up their tools and walk off . He might have struck them off a

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      quarter of a day , bit he discharged them entirely and without any warning . ( " Shame , shame . " ) Mr . W . then described thefreatexertions which Messrs . Grissell and Peto were making in all parts of the country to get men , and the manner in widen the miserable creatures who had come were treated on their arrival , and having made some excellent observations upon the . bad spirit shewn by the masters , expressed his conviction that from the Losdon masons they would not get twenty men to go in , however long the struggle might last He then read a placard shewing that the masons employed at Woelwieb Dock Yard and at Nelson ' s monument bad resolved to strike also . ( Cheers . ) Toe press na * stated that these men wanted to strike , bat the onion would not let them at first , and now the press

      stated that these men bad been compelled to strike by order of the onion , which was utterly untrue . Tbe onion had nothing to do with it He thought there woold nowhe a vacancy for Allan , he xolght be meat to Wootwkh Doak Yard , and certainly there in not another place which he was more fit for . ( Lsughterand eheera ) He was sorry to find that Mr . Grissell appeared determined to screen and retain Allen . He ( Grissell bad stated to some of tbe men that he woold not keep a foreman who could not keep his workmen under as complete a state of discipline at that which prevailed in an army . Bat the men had replied that they considered

      themselves rational beings , and had minds too enlbjatened to be brought under any thing like the djsdptt ** of an army . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . W . then commented upon the conduct of the press , and gave the Weekff Dispatch a severe and well-merited lashing , denouncing it as utterly unworthy the support of working men . He then read placard shewing that the joiners of London had resolved not to support it , and concluded by observing that be came oat after deliberation , and would stand firm ; he knew they could not be defeated now , because they never had a- better cause , and they were all determined to stand to it Mr . W . then sat down amid great and oontiined cheering .

      Mr . Barclay t « mason ) then moved the first resold tion : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the conduct of Allen , the fneaan of Grisell and 1 Peto , baa been most tyrannical aad unjust , towards the workmen under his authority , and this meeting therefore considers that the said werkaen were folly justifiable in reeaesting his discharge , aad on refusal in- fitting their employment " Mr . Smith , another mason , in an excellent address , aecoaded the resolution . Mr . Williams also supported It in a long address , daring which be was much' cheered , but our limits-will not permit us to give bis- » or any other of tbesnbsequent speakers' excellent addresses . The second resolution war meved by Mr . Taysos , seconded by Mr . Bago , and > ably supported by Mr . BlNNS > 5—

      " That considering that the- strike of theaforemtta tioned workmen has been csftled forth , not from- » desire to obtain advanced wagesj k * t from a determination to resist tyranny which it would have been dis * - graceful to-submit to , this meeting feels , that the said ' workmen are deserving its sympathy and support , and therefore resolves to aid them b > every means in itspower , and urgently recommends * Che same to all wb . fr value manly independence of character . " Both resolutions were carried by acclamation . Mr . BiNNSi moved , and Mr . Bbaos seconded a voteof censure upon the Weekly Dispatch , and a resolution that it was undeserving the support of working men , which was carried with great cheering-- -: A liberal subscription was then entered into to aid the workmen on-strike , although

      Mr . Wilson * the delegate , stated there was no lack of funds—tiie object of the meetings being mainly to make the people acquainted with tb > merits of the workmen ' s case . . The meeting then dispersed .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1841, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct867/page/2/