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      HAXMOmr HALL . IBTIEB VI . 50 IBS EDITOB OP THB KOBIHXKIf STAB . Sis , —111 * RJ 3 s& letter I stated that I vrould lay Wore yonr readers tbe outline of an Organization which rftonH ^ © I *^ 16 of * P&eS 2 * Exhibiting tbe-jwwer of ^ pe » -. pl » on the land question , to an extent , that S cold turn the iioe of public opinion , now setting in -pqt , tbeuecesaity of some Mad of colonization "being ^ adopted , to the Buperiar advantages of home colonies ^ ^ ose vrbich ^ iay be established hj emigration . " ¦ gw yosr paper of to-Say , I am glad to Bee that this

      saQfrt is not only to receive Mr . O'Connor ' s povHrfnl f- ^ " in a series of letters , -which I look forward to ¦^ jth much pleasure , but also of receiving the attention ef many other enllghtended friends of humanity . There is « M leading principle of inestimable value , Jflm ejy > that union is strenfth ; and In nothing is xmioD , —jjBi ^ uow so mnch required , as In directing the TOirea and energies of the people , to thoie objects ^ jjcb BbftH Beenre at the earliest moment it is prac-£ oble , the cordial union and co-operation of all , who -Aufoa tbe removal of Tice , OTme , and misery from amsng - ^ f ^ lie purpose of effecting their object . of little Trhose shall be

      It wBl be importance plan a opted j proviaea "wb have perfect freedom of incn Jrt-ijito every sugpestien of importance ; the time -will temncb better spent in snch inquiry , than in acting ' jam hasty oriU-digested schemes , -which wbm applied to nra ^ JEfi TnU be found inadequate to the production offijB TesnltsanBcipatedfrom them . It ¦ btII . I think , be agreed byall parties , that one Mi and adeqnat « colony , placed in operation on a self , ¦ nwporting basis , ' that-will shevr that it is capable of i ^ oving the condition of BTery individual who ahall ie troagnt within its range ; of giving permanent bene-* aal emp loyment to those - who compose it j and -a SbS practical education to e-rery child , on terms of iCfert « roali 17 for aE of them ; and these combined and as be

      ^ jjb such recreation amusement shall necessary to g iTe a zsst and cheerfulness to their occupation , « mot MI at this moment to -stimulate ihe attention of fe « pifeusts , ana to Induce them to seek such » u jj ^ es&aent as shall procure for them 8 return not now ^ ainable , bnt by the -wildest and most hazardous ~ ndertal 3 s £ 8-^ 11 Out be true , it is the duty of all -who desire to lead the TotEng classes through theii present low and flezraasd poation to one of superior comfert and esjoyjaent , to lose no time in the establishment of one snch colon ? as a muclens from "which any number may jaoSato asMjMJy * ^ public stall pro-ride the means for establishing them .

      As I stated in my former letter ire hare now praegcslly « tabU « hed the meral fact that men can life together with one common interest , in peace and har-Bjobj . We hsTB also prorea that such a n > od 6 of Brmginrt ^ of being dull , tiresome , and mon&t * nouB , it Bome pre-srjued it would be , is a life of exciting and riJnnuatiBg acfrnty ; that ibe persons so associated are jjmtniafced by more than ordinary industry ; and that « wh day tends to give them a much clearer conception of vest they fisve undertaken , and consequently greater ¦ doth and ability to perform it it will be in

      If union be strength anywhere , bringing together under one common tie , the whole human funify and this may now gradually , but ispidly be aeae . AD Sat is wanting is the discernment on the pat of flis people generally that all interests are truly identified , and as soon as thisis seen , the practical steps sexless , plain , and simple . Whilst , howrrer , we can be contest with purzuing , I will not say personal lniBTEiia , birt anything short ef uniTBrsal ones , we shall be Yssting that time and energy , which , if directed to the main abject , win sot fail to accomplish what all will soon desire .

      TThat I would then propose to the Chartist body , and more especially to their leaders , is , tii&fc as many of them as possible should , at the earliert period they ?*" , Tiat thij place , and ascertain for themselves what we m really doing , and how far our members as a beSy sre satisfied and have confidence or the reverse . I am ike more desirous-that they should do this , as the Congress of the Rational Society is now fast approaching ( it is to be held here on the 10 th of the gruming inenth )

      and at this Congress we should be glad to hear how fax or otherwise our Chartist Friends are satisfied with TrhsX we are doing . If they sB&H report that colonies of united interests are easily practicable , and that they wiQ compete with any plan of business now in existence as a means for employing capital , then I btiieve there wQl be found among \ be working classes alone , if U should bs required , all -the money that will be requisiie , to fairly establish the one full and adequate Colony , to which I have referred .

      It was stated In your paper a few weeks since thai the Chartist bod ; alone could readily raise among themmetres , without . inconvenience , one miTlifm of pence weekly i and this was Intended a > a donation rather ffan a sum for permanent secure investment . I bare so doubt that if the minds of dU the writing dasstsean . be aroused to a sense of the importance of this TH ^ t" * to them , not -only that this sum , but one many times larger , may be soon placed in the fea&os of any body of men in w * om they haTe full confidence , that they will apply it with judgment and < ftKxetion to the objects for which it is forwarded . f * Wn ; fat granted , for Hie moment , -what I haTe little doubt but serious investigation would confirm , that the

      parties who came hoe to examine our position , were to bs ssQs&ed that it would prove highly remuner&tm , in proportion as it should be extended , a very much less Km than what I have named would enable us to proceed ob t&e work with a -rigour and energy that would «* nrn » ih all ranks and classes throughout the state . Bren as we are sow situated , & comparatrrely small body , in opposition to many of the prejudices of every its , sect , and party , ield together by principles which iif = been sot only -rilifi » d aid abused by our enemies , but which even some of on professed friends have been unable So act upon ; principles which allow of the meet perfect freedom of thought , of expression , and of KftPl ) . but principles which will prerent an ; true

      distipte of tbem from obtaining the popularity ot ih _ e Tttfimp nf ty btading is the slightest Tn » T > T ) pr to the prqudiees and ignorance which they contemn ; principle ! -rhich have hhherto lef 5 their followers exposed to sH the zidicsls which tmT « fa incapable of conceiTing jR&tasd enlarged truths can so liberally heap upon those who , for a fens , stand aboTe public opinion ; Botwiihsianding all these disadvantages , we are doing more dsQy and weekly is sound practical measures of rt&ef than all other parties combined . We haTe already many hundred acres of land on Jesses of each leogthu to be qaite equal to freehold ; we have a

      building capable of containing a nucleus of mind for the onying forward the organisation folly adequate to &s o > jsct to be secured , and what is of still hjghsr -raise , -we have already so far associated thbuudsus , that a . greater unit ; ef mind and devotion of poipose exists among us , than has ever done among « 5 "boay » f people befew associated for any object or purpos * . "With this land we are prepared to unite as apMlj ss proper drcumstances saa be provided for them , a population equal to the number ef acres we hare in oecnpation ; and , from the manner in which we hareconducted ourselves as tenants np to this period , " » e have no fear bnt that we may readily have any feriher quantity oflana tiiat vre shall requiTB .

      If the main body of the Chartista are ^ disposed to join ia one nsSional organlation , on a purely unsectarian » a » , allo-wiug equal liberty of thought , feeling , and ** on to every individual ; and will sho-w Qirfr readinas ealjniy ant Beriously to discuss and explain all 5 ° ^ ° * difference , with the view of adopting such a to **** u shall appear xiort practical and straightf or-* srf to the accomplishment of the object we all seek—^ sneij , the earlieBi possession of the land—there can WBoflonbt fcnt they will soon be enabled by their iBnheM to obtain the assistance and co-operation of all *» parties .

      5 o give you the outline of the organintion of which ^ jfpoie , which , in aecozdaase-with , the suggestion conned in a leading aiticle inserted in your paper of ~^» 7 j I should ^ ish to see considered and amended by sanuadiof others being brought to bear upon the aa subject , I would propose that a society be formed « tfer tha "Friendly Societies Act , " -whose declared « 3 eei Sioul-j be to educate and employ the people by «* a&ig them in Home Colonies of United Interests . Ifcat this society should consist of a centre , composed Wttsabss , resident in all parts vt the United E 3 ng-™ % earoDsd in books kept at Ow ofice of the Central

      w ttelsad fand . jj ^ 0 cf brajjehes composed of members enrolled in ^ books of the branch to which they are attached , 5 *™ J « jiag one penny and upwards weekly , to the t ^ oayimd , ia addition to any local charges that may WBe « essry to defray the expences of the branch . * ne sunn so paid on being made even pounds should f * Paeed to the credit of the individnala paying them , r 5 * ** k interest aB , in the © pinion of the dele-P ^ asBembled periodically in GongrasH , shall be consj J ^ n censhtent with the interests of the society " and » Sie parties subscribing

      ^ . "» 3 ei to preserve consistency and unity IbuI ! the ^ * ojng » of msb . a society it should be placed under T ?| ° TenHBent ° l a President and a Central Board of ^ bmb who should be located on the land of the first ? g ^ » that they may acquire that praetigl know-Z *** the details of the proceedingsnecessal ^ to cor-I My « iOTs tot may Biise , ^ ™» P « siient should retain his office so long as he gr ? f ? H » * &as to the satisfacaon of theaoeiely ; ** a cas& of dissatisfaction , the Congress to have £ " »« to make anew ippointment , and to < all a special ^^'' ngOf their > m < W tnmnriiln fKa niuM » eTfv nf Htlrn

      ~ £ V ***> that a msjority may deem it necessary . ^ >« re shooldbe one or more TTeasurers and Auditors , da * «^ bjr ^ Consress . independent ot the Preri-^ ttdCentol Board of Jioeetoit . j - ^ &Mtees . of aw gocieiy should also be elected vfhv *** and be persons ef bigh moral -worfi . j ^^ wjA a body « f Central Omcers , a good active ^^ ary « taff to disseminate aie objectscontemplated , a ^ J ^ f 61 " well-organirsd branches , in active operation Tj ^^ g ^ a » tengtfi and bieadth of the land , all ^ e ESS ** - ~ 7-with tfia ceitre , a power may soon XsAeSs Hl ™ 'M tierB t 25 Mver yet existed , and these fc&FsIT ? 7 ^^ bron ght together without one mofully jj ^^ 02 or delay , after the subject has been a ^^ 316 many other subjects connected with this **^ tion -BMeh 1 Ehali KqBire to tx&tet , but I * ce

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      that I have already occupied the ususal space I allot to these letters , and I will therefore break off fe * the prtaent and xesume the subject in my next I am , Sir , Your obedient servant , Wiluah Gauis . Harmony Hall , Hants , April 15 , 1843 .

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      TO THE MEMBERS OF THE KEPEAL ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND . " Hereditary bondsmen know ye not , Who would be frte , themselves must strike the blow V Ibishmeh , —In my letter of the 25 th ult , I endeavoured to point out the absurdity of yon * aiming to strike a •• blow" for liberty in alliance with the Whigs , and at the same time set before you the document of the People ' s Charter , as the only efficient remedy for all your political grievances . I have again taken np the words of my former text , and trust that my humble efforts to aaaisi yon in striking that essential " blow " which is to dethrone tyranny , and establish jnstlce and happiness amongst you , may not be altogether fruitless . Honesty of intention and consistency of principle are the most admirable qualities political men or parties can possibly possess . Without the first , a nation ' s

      energies may be so improperly directed that , instead of obtaining the object sought for , it may not only be retarded , but an accumulation of evils may be produced by the very means used to diminish them ' . whilst without the second , the energies of a people , although ever ao well directed , will most certainly fail to produce favourable results . We have seen how far inconsistency on the part of your leader has injured the prospects of Ireland , and blighted the ensanguined hopes ct thousands -who lived bat for the union ; and I had begun to examine the honesty of intention evinced by the ulterior measure Chartists , who exclude from their meetings ( on their leaders dint ) men who are xxowtt professors of Mb leadership ' s admitted principles . My last words were " the Whigs -would , like the Orangemen , rather than assist you to build up your political temple , sooner

      pull it down , and bury you in the rnlns . " I now repeat it . There is no hope , no mercy , no friendship , no benefit to be derived from such an unholy alliance And yet , with this gluing truth before your eyes , I find it , as an Irishman , to be my duty , after so many yean of sad experience to warn you of your danger , to open if I can , your eyes to your folly and your ears to troth , and I trust your hearts to conviction . Although "A Knoiro Chartist" is not admitted into the svMum sarxtoncm of your multifarious named Whigling Household , Manhood , Complete Suffrage , humbug assemblies , still the words of " Known Chartists , " and *• Enemie ' B to Political Dishonesty , " will reach yon even within yonr bolts and bars , and will ultimately , aided > y truth , and strengthened by the mighty moral voice of the millions , plant the standard of liberty , "the Charter , name and all , * on your very platforms .

      Irishmen , I know yon are sensible and capable of jndging fairly betwixt right and wrong ; allow me , therefore , to put a case in point . Suppose a parish in Ireland , say by way of difiliaction , the parish of Iveragh , was infested with » gang of housebreakers , and pickpockets , and , that the inhabitants were , from their peculiar drcamst&&ees , usable to defend themselves from the attatk ot the plunderers , and obliged to submit to be robbed and ill-treated , whenever they had anything to lose . Suppose things te be in thiB state , the inhabitants hold a council amongst themselves , for the purpose of adopting some remedy or means of prevention ; all give their opinions , but one man rise * and in- the wisdom of his sonl very discreetly (?) proposes that as the robbers are so strong , and the people used

      to their attacks , it would be perhaps as good to let matter * stand as they are , for fear of making things worse . This , however , meets with dissent , and then the wise mas is constrained to propose a better remedy , which is , that in future , the people shall , instead of fastening their doors with a "bosh" fasten them with a " latch , " very wisely keeping out of signt any mention of the string to be attached , and which the gentlemen of all work , knew very well how to pulL TJafor-¦ tanately for the wise inventor , some hot-headed fool -of an Irishman finds fault with this wise plan too , and sets the inventor upon a new discovery ; not is he long about it , he proposes as a safe aid certain remedy , that henceforth the doors shall be all built op with Btones or mud , and the windows be left open to admit the inmates

      as well as Ibe light ; this plan also fails , for the same hot-headed fool , who bjected to the fastening with a latch , obtrudes his senseless remark that the rognes might go in as well the day light . What think you is the remidy J Nothing more nor lass fhun that no inhabitant of the parish is to be allowed to give an opinion , unless he is a manl !! unless he can prove he is of the genus homo , he is not to dare to lift his voice against opprestion . This was proposed as a certain remedy , and might have had some weight , if some foolish wag had not remarked , it would be hard to prove who might be fualified , as there weie at present bo many old men in petticoats and old women in breeches , there would be an endless tack in examining the claims of the candidates . This we suppose

      was the position of the parish of Iveragh ; and the Solon who proposed the foregoing remedies ¦ we will suppose-was the landlord . Well , bavimg had a peep at one parish we have an exact resemblance of all the parishes of Ireland . The aristocracy and class interests leagued against the rights of labour , and wrung the last penny , and the last drop of sweat from the brows of toiling industry to satisfy the cravings of a-raricious tyranny ; every means which could be invented to grind the starving population was resorted to , in order to break the proud spirits of a liberty-loving nation . Coercion , imprisonment , gagging , banishment , and death were lavished with reckless profusion on tbe unhappy -rictims of claes-dominaHon ; bxA tyranny strove in vain , the voice of tha oppressed caused itoelf

      to be heard above the din of persecution ; the suffering millions felt that they were men , and demanded justice as their right ; the fright startled their oppressors , and fearful lest the storm should burst upon their heads , considered bow they could avoid the threateced fate . YesJ the cowards who wielded the iron sceptre of despotism were driven to seek measures of expediency , but not before they felt that the people whom they crushed conld crash in return . They who in power could bestow nothing but stripes , were now willing te assist t ?) the mrking classes to obtain their enfranchisement . But mark the shuffling mode they adopted , and couple it with promises of by-gone days , and say if you can , were -they , or are they , sincere ? Tbe principle of

      Universal Suffrage is very plain and simple in itself ; it requires no flourishes of oratory , or laboured comment , to explain its meaning ; its utility is apparent , and its justice cnqaestionable . " Taat every man of sound yase and unconvicted of crime should , at the age of twenty-one yean , be entitled to have a voice in the making of the laws which govern him . " This you will admit is no more than what he is entitled to , and consequently might expect to be awarded him . But how was it met by the would-be-sympathisers with the people ? Did they raise their voices in aid of the measure so necessary and so . simple ? 0 yes ! tbe honest hypocrites , they agreed that a man ought to hare a -roles in maiing laws to govern him , but they could not , or would not allow him to have such a

      powerfnl lever at his command , unless subject to their own controlling influence ; they feared a just retribution , asd , dreading the prospect of equality with their former slaves , sought to destroy the spirit in its infancy . I have punish » d , says the once bloated , but now - hungry wolf with the teeth , " that poor widow , and if I help her son to the franchise , he will nse it to keep me out of place for having murdered his brother . I have burned tbe " stack , " says the Parson , and , if I assist the fraudulent (!) debtor to my Godt ?) be will overturn tbe Constitution ; and , if that falls , bo must the Church , and mayhap I shall be buried in the ruins . 1 have ihed the blood of my countrymen , and done the dirty work of the tyrants , says the soldier ; and if I raise my voice in his favour , I will meet the worst fate

      of all . As a soldier , I ask no mercy , but , should he succeed , I will be struck not only off duty , but the pension list will be abolished , and then , indeed , I will h&ve a bard campaign . But I have a thought , says the soldier , which , like reynard's shifts , " I will torn to some advantage . I will fight for the present and erery future Government that may pay me ; and I will pray . Bays the parson , as devoutly for the salvation of the present church , as i would , if chance or tbe Chartista should give us a dissenting , or even a papist , ascend * ancy , in lieu of our meek and evangelical Mother (?); and I have a thought , says the welf , with a smile , that showed his ' great teeth , ready to eatyon up in a bite , " I fee ] myself growing hungry , and all tbe noisy litUe cubs are squalling for " wUtoh . " therefore I -will diBBemble

      a hit , and try if cunning won't serve my purpose . I have tried the Red Riding Hood method long enough ; I will now assume another species . I'll become amphlbiona and cry a few crocodile ' s tears for the poor dopes whom I would devour , and who knows but I may get a dinner for myself and a bone for the iquallers . No sooner said than done ; in pops the mas with the teeth , and begins to cry bo plteonsly that immediately he la g nzroonded by immbera of sympathisers , Who Wail as loudly as himself , hut unfortunately , like the ass is the lion ' s skin that was known by its braying , the fooliBh wolf epened bis mouth sowideth&t he shewed his monstrous masticators , and judging from such an appearanse and the portentous passage beyond them , the victims who had already been allured by the cry were frightened into a retreat . And so they should ! The beaten , detested , and defunct Whigs , feeling as they did , . the loss of office , found it convenient to declare the people Bhonld

      be free , bat they dreaded te be Instrumental in obtaining that freedom , lest they should , as they deserved , be repaid in their own cola . If we can ; said they ; divert the people * * attention , and wean them from that " madman O'Connor , * we shall succeed ; and as Ireland is tbe iot-bed and stronghold of Whiggery , and a * O'Connell Is one ' of ourselves , sad the Irish are used to his blarney , we will use him to further our designs , whilst our agents in Great Britain will be sp to the mark , and we can move quietly and unobserved behind tbe scenes ; we will bo confuse tbe question of the Suffrage that tiie ignorant Paddies -trill not be able to distinguish our real motives , and cannot resist the influence of their darling Dan i In this way did they conspire to strangle the mighty principle which was intended to be the redemptiow of tbe half-starved population of Jfcese countries . The work so vilely concocted btMin by lopping the Suffrage of its moat essential qualiUtb ; v&rWs mviificationa of the principle were

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      presented and nefariously ; recommended for the adoption of the people , and objections Btarted as simple in their value as contemptible in their intentions . Tbe original Universal Suffrage became a mark for the envenomed shafta of Whigling malise , and in its stead was endeavoured fobe intTOdaced suffrages of the moBt ridiculous and unmeaning pretensions . Amongst the list we find those of Educational , Household , Manhood , Complete Suffrages , or as they have been very properly called " Humbuga * ; theBe and such like were offered as baits to lurs the people from their darling object , the Charter , but as you may not generally be acquainted with the nature of such terms and the evil tendency which would resnlt from their adoption , I will in my next endeavour to explain why they would not be calculated to further the eause of liberty , Repeal the Union , or Btrike that blow which is to set the bondsmen free .

      UatU then , 1 beg to subscribe myself , Your very obedient Servant , Veeitas

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I have witnessed with sincere regret the necessity which too often exists for calling upon the people to contribute towards the defence of their persecuted brethren , and I know from the extreme indigence and numerous privations to which from the present system of Legislation they are subjeot , they can ill afford to meet the pressing demands for assistance so indispensible npsn snch occasions . It not unfrequently happens that a few individuals in the varions localities have almost uniformly to meet such demands , wkilst the greater number , it is to feared , render no more practical proof of their sympathy than the mere expression of regret that such circumstances exist .

      That much of this is , I grant , attributable to the poverty of the parties , but I cannot help thinking there is also a degree of apathy evinced , by no means creditable-to parties professing ChartiBt principles , for if all are to receive eqnal political benefits as the resnlt of our agitation , so all should , as far in their power , lend assistance , parHculajly in times of need . But it is not only to meet present difficulties I would have the people address themselves . I would remind them of the -wise maxim , that w prevention is better than cure . ' and would , therefore , with your permission , submit a plan for their consideration , and which I have little doubt would , if carried into effect land mark it is possible ) in future enable them to meet any difficulties which might arise in a pecuniary point of view , and at the

      same time ensure the strvices of the most able legal advocates whenever prosecution for principle sake would be instituted by political opponents againBt our " good men and true . " There can be no doubt that a properly organised defence fund would be invaluable to our cause , and would not only be relief to the anxious mieds of men who might unfortunately be placed in circumsUnces of prosecution by the Government , bat would tend to diffuse a degree of confidence in the Chartist ranks which there is too much reason to fear they have not heretofore felt when they had to contend against the wealth and influence of the crown . The very fact of having funds at their disposal available to meet

      cases of prosecution would ef itself be a means te check the spirit of oppression , and disarm '' might" of much of its terrors , whilst it would place tbe people in a position to demand justice , and as Mr . O'Connor says , enable them to " fight every inch of ground" to obtain it When we see the vast sums expended by the Government to procure tbe conviction of our friends , and contrast it with tbe comparatively small sum which we have had to oppose them , and daily witneiB the exertions of men who are left to their " own resources " to fight our battles , it is really time we did something for tbe general good , and the removal of a burthen ao onerous from the shoulders of our friends : and in order

      to do bo , I would respectfully submit : — 1 st—That although there is a vast amount of poverty and distress existing amongst our members , still if we axe CharlistB in principle as well as name , it 1 b poasible for even the very poorest to contribute one penny per week for bo desirable a purpose ; and certainly if men be patriotio , and truly desirous of carrying out their principles , they would contrive to save that small sum ven out of the most scanty pittance . Although I am not a professor of " tee-total" principles , I would nevertheless beg to suggest , that if only the price of one half-pint of beer was saved weekly for so desirable a purpose , it would be as easy and by no means painful sacrifice , and one which no Chartist and lover of bifl country could possibly object to .

      2 nd . —That if only 5000 out of the many thousands of Chartists is Great Britain were to contribute one penny per week , it would amount to the very handsome sum of £ 20 16 s . 8 d . weekly , or £ 1083 6 s . 8 < J . annually , a sum which would not only be adequate for the purposes intended , but would be a guarantee for fair play and provide a clear stage and no faveur , and give the working classes a feeling of independence , whilst it would redound to the credit sod success ot their

      cause . 3 rd . —That if this suggestion meet with the approbation of the Chartist public , that a committee , secretary , and treasurer be appointed to manage the same , consisting of such persons , and located at such plaoes , as may be deemed most eligible ; and that such funds , during the period of agitation , be Bolely devoted to tbe purposes of & defence fund ; bnt , if fortunately , when the Charter shall become the law of tho land , a balance should be remaining on hand , such balance to be applied to any otbex purposes the people may deem fit . I know not , Sir , what reception this suggestion may meet with from my brother Chartists ; all I can say is , it is the result of many reflections , and submitted with tbe fervent hope that it , or some more efficient means , be adopted to remedy the present evil and obviate future difficulties , and as a mighty lever to make our principles as triumphant as oar title to liberty is just

      Trusting that I have not submitted anything but what is consistent with the general good , and anxious that our frie&ds will turn it over in their minds , I beg to subscribe myself ; Sir , Your moBt obedient and Faithful servant , J vst ice .

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      EMIGRATION SOCIETIES . NEW SCHEMS FOR PROFITING BY THE PEOPLE . To ( he Editor of the Freeman ' s Journal . Sjr . —In my last lette ^ published in yonr paper of the 3 lst nltimo , 1 gave the extracts from the evidence of Lord Stanley , who originated the plan of forming Emigration Societies . Yon wHl see that he was afraid of tbe effects ef a wholesale ejectment of his tenantry on tbe Limerick property , but with such an alternative as an Emigration Society he means that ** he should feel no scruple in asserting his light . " All tbe sympathy which he expresses for the fate of the unfortunate Emigrants on their arrival in Canada , is mere affectation . The only danger he apprehended was that some

      of them night return , and make known the fate of their companions . But he hod no danger of exposure even from this , as the ejtcted tenantry are uniformly in such an impoverished state that they have not the means wherewith to pay ., their passage home again . Besides tba passage to Canada is not more than two or three pounds a head , ; and sometimes as low as thirty shillings . The Canadian vessels come here with timber , and the captains are glad to get Irish Emigrants by way of ballast , and if the vessels be old and advantageously insured , they are frequently wrecked within sight of some of the Beaport towns of Canada , and we read accounts occasionally that the captain , the mate , some of the crew , and a few of the passengers were saved , but all the rest perished ! No matter , they were all Irish emigrants , ejected tenantry from Lord Stanley ' *

      and other estates . Now , when Lord Stanley gave evidence befor « the parliamentary committee he waa&mte of the deplorable state of the emigrants in Canada . Mind that neither Lord Stanley nor any one else can give grants ef land in tho United States , and when tbey talk of land , fertile land in America , it in done to delude the ignorant and confiding , as neither Lords nor Emigration Companies can give any more title to land in tbe Illinois , hot In any other part ei the United States , than I can to tbe Ptceoix Part or Regent Park . Lord Stanley knew this , when he and his agent asked the tenantry upon the Limerick property , " who was ready to volunteer for America 7 " The poor people thought they were going to the United States of America , bat it was to Canada they were Bent , there to die quietly out of the hearing of their heartless landlord .

      Lord Stanley , and every other man connected with those cruel emigration schemes , are aware of the evidence of Mr . M'Taggart , a civil engineer , In the employment of Government , fie states , " That the emigration is planting misery in Canada ; that at Sydn ? y and Halifax the wretched emigrants were rescued from starvation'by issues from the public treasury ; that at St . John ' s , a cargo from Killala had arrived , sixteen of whom had died on the * passage ; that the vessels In which emigrants go to Canada are of the worst description , ealcalated for the carriage of timber , and that in one of these , five hundred Irish emigrants perished by shipwreck . * ' !

      In speaking of those who go into the interior , in the hope of locating themselves comfortably upon rich , fertile land , which was promised to them , and to which tbe Irish are still lured by Irish-patriots , some of whom would not shed one drop of human blood for the world ; but sending their confiding countrymen to perish in Canada is cot sheddiDg human bloed , forsooth ? Mr . M'Taggart says , " that the Irfeh absolutely die by the dt « en of disease in

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      winter by frost bites ; in sninme * by malignant fevera ol all kinds ; but that those who own wild lands in Canada , encourage this emigration by these falsehoods . " The medical report of the Quebec Emigrant Hospital , dated 13 th August , 1831 . says"That on the arrival of emigrants from Europe , many of them are obliged to be out in the Btreeta and on the whatfe » n Djgj , bj ca ^ g tne moat distressing scones , andabsolutely dying in Ithe atreeta and on the roads . "' But encouraging the poor Irish to quit their country and go to Canada , wh « re certain death awaits them , is not shedding human blood . Ifc is too bad to take their money from them under the pretence of giving them grants of "fertile land and comfortable homesteads ' in this ungenial dime .

      When I had the honour , and a high honour I shall ever consider it , of accompanying the late William Cobbetton his tour through Munster , in September and October , 1834 , be was Invited to spend some time at tbe hospitable mansion of the parish priest of Abtagdon , the Rev . Mr . Costello . While there , we visited Lord Stanleys Limerick property , and heard from the lips ef some of those who had volunteered for America , and returned home again , their own history , and an account of the melancholy fate of their companions . I have often seen my never-to-be forgotten friend Mr . Cabbett shed tears on hearing tbe recital of the sufferings of the deluded victims of those unfeeling landlords . Teara dropping down from that good man ' s eyea until they blotted the paper upon which

      he was writing . Ob f what a case he would have made out before Parliament if the Almighty had prolonged hla , life but for another year . His very heart and soul were full ef the hope of bringing the hard fate and crnel treatment of the Irish tenantry and labourers before Parliament , with a view to better their condition . _ No map ever stood by the working classes so determinedly and unflinchingly as he did . He always maintained that it was in their condition , and there alone , that men of sense and integrity looked for the character of a . govermnent , and net in the palaces ot the rich . The objeot of that great and good man , in coming here was just as he stated It First , to see a country of which he had heard and read bo much . Secondly , to see with his own eyes the effects of the rack-rent landlords upon their tenantry , with a view to either force

      them or shame them Into better treatment And thirdly , to put the Irish people on their guard against the intro duction into Ireland of such a measure as the atrocious Whig Poor Laws Amendment Act He was no advocate of emigration . He was no advocate fur benefiting a people by lowering the wages of labour , and keeping op tbe price of food and rack-rents by issuing one pound notes . No , he adhered all his life to the advocacy of tbe rights and tbe promotion of the interests ef tbe working classes . Bad as the case against Lord Stanley la 1 % is not quite so bad as that against Thomas Spring Rice , to pleaso whom an Irish patriot said , in my own bearing , in his place in Parliament , in the session of 1836 , " That tbe name of Ireland should be blotted oat for ever , and that henceforward it should be called Went Britain . *

      It would extend this letter to too great a length were I to state half tbe appalling cases of tyranny and oppression either on Lord Stanley ' s estate or on that of Thomas Spring Rice . However , I shall mention one which occurred to a family on Lord Stanley ' s estate who " volunteered for America" rather than be turned out pennylesa upon the wide world . This family consisted of a man , bis wife , two grown up daughters , and three sons , tbe youngest about eleven yeara of age . Their forefathers had resided on the same estate from time immemorial ; bat " rackrent , " the weapon of the wily tyrant , forced them to " volunteer for America . " Tbey embarked on board of one of those Canadian timber vessels ; but , before she got half-way to Quebec the mother of these five children

      died . Shortly after having landed in that land of promise , the father and two sons died of fever ; tbe other soon followed . Tbe two daughters were soon reduced to tbe ntmost state of want and destitution . The CaptaiB of a brig from Waterford , who knew their father , offered them a free passage home again . Tbey were landed safe on tbe quays of Waterford , but the younger one , who , it was said , was very handsome , fell a victim to some of those idle red-coated gentry , wh » prowl about , like Satan , seeking whom they can destroy ; the consequence of which was , that tbe elder Bister became a maniac , and was wandering wildly about the place of her nativity , when Mr . Cobbett viated that place . He saw her himself , and heard her story from others , for she , poor thing , though decently

      educated , knew nobody , looked at everything with a wild vacant stare , and ran up to every stranger , asking " What did yoa do with my father ? Where Is my sister ?* Others , who were once in nfflaence , were there begging ' , witb ulcerated legs and arms , brought on by frost bites , while the tales of the horrid death of their companions , made them forget their own sufferings . This is but a brief account of the state and deplorable condition of those who emigrate to the North American Colonies . Notwithstanding those facts , which can be verified , if necessary , and the Parliamentary evidenoe , which requires no verification , is it not melancholy , heart-rending to see a society formed

      in Dublin , and advertised in the moat fascinating terms for the purpose of inducing the Irish to quit for ever the land of their birth , and emigrate to Canada ? And this society , bearing the name of the " Catholic Emigration Society , " and purporting to have a capital of £ 200 , 010 , while in another part of their prospectus tbey say that the capital is all to be raised in shares , and that the shareholders shall have no other security for their money than the waste lands and the labour of the unfortunate slaves who become the dupes of this nefarious scheme . The prospectus of this accursed society also state that the plan has met with the decided approbation ef the Irish Catholic Bishops , and tbe very Reverend Theobald Mat how .

      I hope that tbiB latter statement is a wilful misrepresentation ; because if it be true it is utterly impossible that any honest , educated , or intelligent Catholic can feel respect for any Catholic clergyman who directly or indirectly sanctions this emigration scheme ; but it has always happened , and ever will happen , that there are some persons , both lay and clerical , who think it no crime to adopt any scheme which may present to their views » short , ready and easy way to make money ; and this emigration scheme is one of them Tbe trustees to this Catholic Emigration Society are set fortb in the prospectus in the following order : —

      TRUSTEES . Daniel O'Connell , Esq . M . P . Emanoel Lteardi , Esq . Kellett Green , E « q . Henry Green , Esq . Charles Matthew , ENq

      COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE IN DUBLIN . Daniel O'Connell , Esq . The "Very Reverend Dr . Tbe Rev . Dr . O'Connell . Yore , V . GK Patrick Vincent Fitzpa-Christopher Fltzslmon E « sq ttick , Esq . The prospectus seta forth , by way of inducement to sordid jobbers to become shareholders , that" This society is the only one hitherto established that can secure labour at a reasonable rate , as it will do under a pledge for a limited period from men who have already proved how they can remain faithful . "

      Now , Sir , for sheer , cool , heartless , sordid villany , this beats Lord Stanley and Thomas Spring Rice together . The devil himself never entertained sv more infamous Bcbeme than this . May I beg of yen as you value the lives of jour countrymen , to lend me tbe use of an occasional column in the widely circulated Freeman , and witb tbe blessing of God , humble as I am , I shall knock this hell-born project on tbe bead . It has been concocted by the perfidious Whigs and tyranical Tories of England . Letu 8 crnsb . it in the bad . Let us save our fellow countrymen front certain death . Where does this society purpose sending the people t Let Air . O'Connell ' s admirable and jost description of the country and tbe climate'to which be advises the Irish labourers to go , and in order to induce them to go ,

      places himself at the head of a society to send them there to die quietly ;—' Let them look at the two vessels opposite tbe quay —large and extensive as their accommodations werewhat were tbey there for ? Did they bring wealth into Ireland ? Would they take away her manufactures or the produce of their labour ? Oh I no , no , no ; but the blood , and bone , and sinew of the Irish people 1 They would take these things away to foreign countries by an unwilling emigration from the green isle of their birth—tbey would sever for ever the connexion between the mother , who consoled beraelf with the fond idea that her boo wonld close her eyes in death—between the Bister he should never know again—the brother he should never see , and tbe father , who . wept in vain

      oval bis child v ? tom his «> ea should never again behold 1 Were they guilty of any crime or turpitude t Oh 1 no ; they left Ireland by means of this traffic , with eyes full of tears and hearts bursting witb regret and sorrow . They go to an ungenial climate , where , for many , ; many months ot the year , they wonld be exposed to ail the rigonrs of a dreadful winter , and when the beat came on , surrounded by insects and crawling creatures , which absolutely made life itself disgusting . How few wonld thus emigrate if they knew that the approach of spring in these foreign climates brought myriads of insects at the sight

      of which the very flesh crawled upon the human body —where that apring waa folio wed by the heat of a summet u dreadful in its effeota , and as injurious in its consequences , and where they lie after these sufferings in a foreign grave , Innwepfc and f orgetten even by those who watched over their early childhood ( cheers ) I Oh ! it is a miserable traffic ; yet it was the only one left them . He ( Mr . O'Connell ) saw a great number of high Tories the othef day . petitioning Peel for an extensive plan of emigration ; bnt the Irish peeple wanted no each assistance . There waa abundance of land unreclaimed in Ireland , and why ? because there was no capital to do so . " ¦

      Sorely after this eloquent and true description of tha country , to which ' the Irish labourers ate to be sent , and that too by Mr . O'Connell himself , It is not asking too much , to implore and beseech the Irish Catholic Bishops and Clergy in general , and tbe Very Reverend Theobold Mathew lu particulM , to publicly withdraw their approval of this wholesale transportation of their faithful teetotallers and confiding flocks , to an ungenial clime which has been so justly , so peacefully , and so feelingly deBcribedby Mr . O'Connell himaelf Patrick O'Hiooins . No . 14 . North Anne-Street , April 1 st , 1843 .

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      An Extensive seizare of tobacco waa made in Belfast on Wednesday night , by the chief offiosr , who arrested a man driving aoancontain ! n « 2 ; 5001 b 3 weight . The man , being unable to give a satisfactory account of it , was committed to prison . ; The Liverpool AssrzES . —The heaviest and Mackest criminal list ever dispssed of in this place , was brought to a close on Saturday night , after three weeks of incessant labour on tbe part of jadgp and juries . OF the prisoners , t wo are left for execution , without hope of a reprieve , namely , Betty Eooles , for poisoning her three children , and Wilmot Buckley , for tha murder of his wife ; and at least on « other has had a narrow escape from the same punishment .

      . Gloccestershibe Assizes . —Seduction . —Grinnell v . Wells ( S . J . )—This was a very extraordinary and a very revolting case , and presen « d a novelty at the very commencement of the proceedings , which were not drawn up in tbe usual fora : ot a father claiming compensation for the loss of his daughter ' s services , but w . re specially drawn up and founded oa tha old poor- law of England , the act of Elizabeth , under which ( as well as by tbe present poor law ) a father is oomp lied to maintain his daughter when she ia unable to Diaintain herself . The cause of this novelty was , that the yonn < j girl who formed the subject of the inquiry was not Jving at-home at the time of her alleged seduction , bat was living in the service of her alleged aedweur ;

      and , therefore , the father could not plead tho loss of services on his own part . The plf > a was , that the daughter of the plaintiff was unable to maintain herself ; that she was seduced by the defendant aud became pregnant , and was delivered of a child ; and that thereby the plaintiff had been obliged to maintain her and her child . Jn this case the plaintiff , John Grinnell , formerly lived at Broadway , Worcestershire , on the borders of Gloucestershire , where he was one time a schoolmaster , then a shopkeeper ; aud he afterwards obtained the situation of National schoolmaster at Prestwich , near Manchester . The defendant , Robert Wells , was a farmer , in respeota , ble circumstances , also living at Broadway—a widower . Whose wife , when alive , was from her

      youth on terms of friendship with the plainUif ' 3 wife , Mrs . GrinnelL Oa the plaintiff , early in 1-841 , obtaining the situation of schoolmaster at Prestwich , be removed there with his family , which consisted of six daughters with the exception of the eldest daughter , Alice Grinnell , who still remained at Broadway ; Mrs . Wells , the defendant ' s wife , having received her into her house as nursery governess , she being at that time under fourteen years of age . The arrangement was made ou the 15 th of February , 1841 , but in less than eight weeks afterwards Mrs . Wells unfortunatelv died in childbirth ; this was on the 9 th of April , 1841 . The little girl , Alice Grinxiweli , continued to live in his house , and to have charge of two of the defendant ' s children till the night of the 27 th

      of May , mvna weeks * fter . the death of her mistress , when , on this night , her master , Mr . Wells , came home at a late hour and found her sitting up for him , and then he committed the offence for which damagey were sought . Mr . Justice Ertkine , in summing up , said that this was the most distressing case ever , in his experience , brought before a jury . It was one of those cases which might induce any one sitting in his situation to rejoice that the decision w is cast upon a jury , because it resembled charges brought in a criminal court , where nothing but a jury was competent to do justice between the parties . At the conclusion of the eummiug tip the jury requested to retire , and in about a quarter of an hour returned a verdict for the plaintiff . Damages

      £ 300 . Part of k Wreck has been -washed ashore at Duggernah reef , Kilkee , consisting of the after part of a deck , with deck timbers , a ship ' s backet , painted green , and two empty cask ? . They have been secured oy H . Baldwin , Esq . ohief officer of coast guards , but there is nothing in the materials to indicate the vessel ' s name , &c . The White Quakers are going about Waterford distributing printed papers j to tae effect that it waa a very wrong thing to impTison their leader , Joshua Jacob , and that the present poor-law is not the right way to relieve the wants of the destitute .

      NtWRY . —A Good Example . —Thomas Fortescue , Esq ., of Ravensdale Park , formerly member for Louth , who latelv succeeded to the extensive estates of Sir H . Goodrioke , has published the following announcement to his numerous tenantry : — "Mr . Fortesoue , having , taken into consideration the reduced prices obtained for agricultural produce during the past season , takes this means of informing his tenants that he intends to make an allowance of 20 per cent , on the gale new payable , to all persona holding at will , as well as to those whose leases do not confer a beneficial interest . Ravensdale Park , April 6 , 1843 . "

      Charge of Bigamy—Important Question . —A . man , named Burke , w »? recently tried at Cork for the above crime . It appeared in evidence that his first wife was his own second cousin , and that the parties had been married under a false representation that they were not so nearly related . The marriage was , therefore , considered null and void by the Catholic church , there being a pre existing impediment between the parties . The question raised was , whether a marriage , which was void by the discipline of the Catholic church , was equally so by the law of the land . After considerable discussion , it was agreed that a special verdict should bs framed , and then have it removed to the Queen ' s Bench , and ultimately ( if the crown or the prisoner thought fit ) to the House of Lords . The Right Rev . Dr . Crotty

      has written a letter to the Cork Southern Reporter , in which he states , "Had the jury found Burke guilty of bigamy , the law would compel him to ra * Bounce the wife to whom he was united by the indissoluble bond of matrimony , and to adhere to a woman , by cohabiting with whom he would of course Vise in a state of adultery . So it is decided by the rules of faith and discipline of the Catholio church . No bishop or priest of that church could obey such a law . They would , on the contrary , be guilty of a flagrant dereliction of duty , did they not require ol any Catholic , subject to their spiritual jurisdiction , to suffer exile , or eren death , rather than comply with what I suppose the law would require of Burke to do , had tha jury found him guilty . "

      Waterfobd . —The opposition to tho payment of the poor-rate is greater , if possible , here than ever . A few days ago tho newly appointed collector for the county . of Waterford , Mr . Fitzmaurioe , who has been elected in the place of Mr . Fleming , the solicitor of the board , waa surrounded by a large number of the country people in Gaultier , whither he went , unattended , who threatened him witb death , and but for the interference of one amongst them who possessed some influence over them , they would , it is sa'd , have pat their threat into execution . However , they contented themselves with swearing him

      not to go there again on the same errand . It is also said the figure of a coffin was affixed to the chapel gates of that district , which was pulled down by the police . A meeting of the magistrates took place on Wednesday at the Court House , when another proclamation was agreed upon . The police and military are iu readiness to be called out at a moment ' s warning . The proclamation of the magistrates cautioning the country people against their present combination not to pay poor rates , and warning them against the disastrous consequences that may ensue , has been posted about town .

      Barbarous Murdkr and Robbery in the CoofiY Kilkenny . —Friday morning as Laurence Hoynes , a farmer , living at Kathculban , near Newtown , and within two miles and a half of Callan , had beeo engaged in sowing cabbage plants , assisted by two labourers , he was interrupted iu his business by the sudden appearance of two men who pretended to be looking for employment , and asked some questions as to whether he would hire them , to which he answered in the negative , stating that he did not want them , particularly as the weather was broken . In an instant they threw off their guise and looked as fiends in human shape . One of them told Hoynes to go on his knees , pointing towards him the deadly weapon , but theoontentsof which hecontrived to avoid

      by letting it escaoe under hie arm , which was slightly wounded . The poor man now fought hard for bis life , and by the blow of a prong knocked down one of his antagonists who , thereupon , called aloud upon his brother assassin for assistance , the fellow being at the time in pursuit of the two timorous labourers ( who were strangers ) with a brace of pistols , to scare them away . They ran off on account of his tm-naces , leaving their master in a situation in which two native workmen would not have left him in the hour of peril . The villain having come up , both assassins aoon succeeded in despatching their victim . They fractured his . skull in a most frightful manner by repeated blows inflicted with the above prong which they had snatched ao

      during the struggle . Supposing they left him dead , they walked into the dwelling-house ,- coolly and deliber&wty broke open £ tbox in one * of the rooma and took the sum of £ 100 , a lease , and various other documents . They also took avray a gun , a piece of linen pearly bleached , and gome articles of dresa belonging to the deceased ,. including his riding coat , which one of them flung on , his shoulders . They walked away through , ihe Btttet seemingly in not the least hurry . The unhappy man- lingered in the greatest agony , until ten o ' clock oh" Saturday night , when death terminated his suffatinga . An inquest was on Monday held before the county coroner , W . Izod , Esq ., and a verdict " . returaeOf' wilful murder

      by two persons Unknown . Deceased has left behind him a poor decrepit wife , of unsound mind , with two children to lament his loss . Since the foregoing was in type we CKilkenny Journal ) have learned upon good authority , that one of the murderers , whose name we understand is Delany , was arrested on Saturday , by a sergeant of police , in Thurles , having tendered a ton pound note for change , for a one pound , which induoed suspicion , and led to his appreheusion . This was a poriio ? i of the money taken from the house of deceased . The unfortunata wretch had £ 43 more . He has offered to become aft approver , and it is said several otb « rs are involved in a . charge of conspiracy to murder .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sib , —The subjoined letter was » ent to the Freeman's Journal for publication on the 1 st instant , where it remained till Saturday last , vrhen it was returned to me by the Editor , not that he disapproved of it or was opposed to any fact or opinion it contained , but from downright apprehension of exposing their paper to tbe attacks of Mr O'Connell , -which no doubt would damage the paper to a very great extent Now as you have no sneb fear in yonr heart , I hope you will publish it in the Northern Star , and you will oblige me and render a great piece of service to my poor duped , deluded , and confiding countrymen . Patrick OHiggins . Dublin , April 17 , 1843 .

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      The most celebrated iron mines of Sweden , those of Danemora , the greater part of the produce of which comes to England , have yielded during this winter no less than 90 , 000 ship pounds of ore . Sweden , with a population of scarcely 3 , 000 , 000 persons , supports not less than seventy politioal journals , exclusive of others ; of a religious or scientific character . A Great sensation has i been oreated in New York , by the circumstance of a gaming-houBe keeper , named Corlis , having been ahot dead in the strett , about seven o ' clock in the evening , by a female . It appears that an improper intercourse had been kept up between Corlis and the wife of a Mr . Corllon , as well as with two other women , and that Corlia ' s life had been threatened several times before . The assassin had not been discovered . '

      We have seen a letter from a Scotch Cockney to his " friends in the north , " in whioh he Bays , "Dinna come up here just j noo ; ye'll find it very dangerous , as it disna matter whether ye look funny or sad , if ye happen to be Scotch , you will be sure to be taken up for daft . Since jM'Naughten ' s unfortunate affair , there have been nae less than five of ray daft countrymen before the magistrates for uaething ava ; so ye dinna need be surprised if you Phoul see me some of these days fignring in the London prints anither daft Scotch monomaniac .

      The Iron Trade in Wales . —On Saturday week a meeting of tho Incorporated Company of Copper Miner 8 was held at their office , in Old Broad-street , London , when the Governor of the Company , after stating the object of the meeting ( tho election of officers , &o . ) aud noticing the proceedings of the company , thus spoke of its prospects , arising from the discovery of the black band iron ore in Wales—a discovery likely , it seems to be agreed , to produce a great alteration in the iron trade : — "I may here refer to another subject of the greatest interest to the future prospects of tbe company , although not immediately affecting its present trade— £ mean the discovery of

      veins of iron ore in the Welsh mineral basin , analagous to the black band in Scotland , which will in all localities where it is fonnd , reduce the cost of pig iron 203 per ton . ( Hear , hear . ) Those veins have been found to run through the whole of the Cwm Avon , Byrn , and Oakwood takings ; it is , therefore , quite clear by reference to a map of Wales , that at no place oan it be produced with greater , nor , m fact , as regards the contiguity to the shipping ports , with equal advantage to the Qwm Avon Valley , and that it will form an object of serious attention on tho part of this company , how soon it may be advisable to avail ourselves of this discovery .

      Umted States . —The British and North American Royal mail steamer the Columbia , Captain Judkins , arrived at Liverpool on Saturday last . She sailed from Boston on the afternoon of ibe 2 nd inst . ( the mails not having arrived , in connpquence of the stormy weather , on the 1 st , )! and Halifax on the evening of the 4 th ; and has made the passage in thirteen days . She has brought ; forty-four passengers . Her outward passage from Liverpool to Boston occupied fifteen days and twelve hours . The papers by the Columbia are eight days later than those received by the Virginian . Their contents are quite unimportant . No change of importance had occurred in the money , stock , ox produce markets . The rate of exchange on England still stood at 105 . } to 106 , at which a fair amount of husineKS had been

      transacted for the steamer . United States Sixes were quoted at 107 i ; United States New Loan > had advanced | . There were some sinster reports relative to the Bank of New Orleans . Great excitement had been produced on the border in consequence of the arrest of Daniel { Savage , an American citizen , by a British officer on ] the Aroostook territory , on the south side of the j St . John River , and within the limits of Maine , as denned by the late treaty . A publio . meeting had been held , and strong resolutions passed . The trial of Commander M'Kenzie had closed , but th « j finding of the courtmartial would not be publicly known until the verdiot was published at Washington . It was supposed

      that the verdict was one of jacquittal . Accounts from Hay ti stated that the Jacmel had declared in favour ot the insurgents . The accounts from Canada mention the arrival of Sir Charles Metcalfe at Kingston , The health of Sir Charles Bagot was still in a state not to hold oat any hope of his recovery . The riots of the Laclune Canal l&bouters had been renewed . Advices from Guadaloupe to the 25 th uifc . state , that up to that time 4 , 500 bodies had been dug out of the ruins of Pointe-a- Pitre , and 2 , 200 of the wounded were in the hospital at Basseterre . Five shocks of earthquake , it is added , had been felt since the shook which proved so destructive . The papers do not contain any intelligence j either from Mexico or Texas .

      An Exciseman Frightened . ;—A few days ago , the inmates of one of the inns in ithe village of Beauly were suddenly alarmed by an Unaccountable noise , which took place in one of the apartments of tho house in which an exciseman hid been laid up , and was adder medical treatment , for a few days . With all convenient speed , the host of the house , < fcc , betook themselves to the scene of action , where , to their astonishment , they saw the invalid in great trepidation , presenting a pair of pistols , minus shot , at a terrible-looking object which . stood between his bed and the fireside , and which to him appeared

      supernatural . Upon further investigation into the cause of Btich an unusual seane , ] it turned out to be , that a harmless maniac , well known in the neighbourhood under the cognomen of " Foolish Kate , " had quietly ; Btepped upBtairs , and having fonnd the door of the room open , slipped in to warm her limbs at a comfortable fire which she noticed in it . This unhappy mortal was , nine or ten years ago , a blooming and handsome maid ; but having trespassed a little on the Excise laws , she was incarcerated in Inverness gaol , since which time reason haa left her empire , never to return . —Ross shire Advertiter .

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      TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . Friends , —I have everjheld it to be essential above all things , that those who are entrnsted witb the expenditure of public funds .: should , not only be economical in laying them out , but that they should be prepared to give a clear account of how they have been laid out ; and , as I am not able to give that detailed account of the expenditure of the fundB on the late trial of our friends Coaper , Richards , and Capper , which ia necessary for public satisfaction , owing to the enormous amount of labour ^ imposed on me , I must here appeal to the friends in the Potteries who were at the trial , to give you the benefit of their opinion , as to the manner in which I disposed of the funds .

      It will be seen by a reference to tbe balance sheet , that the amount received by me was £ 25 16 s . 6 d . ; that the amount expended was £ 27 16 s . 6 d . This wiil appear to he a large sum expeudad on one trial , particularly as none of it has been expended in law ; but when you reflect that the trial lasted ten clear days , being longer than any trial on record , in the Courts of law in this town ; and ( bat about sixty witnesses were here for tbe defeuce , whose expftuces were paid out of the above anm , ( if I except a patriotic few who bore their o"wn expences ) , I think you , will conclude there hafl not keen any extravagance , on the contrary , you will wonder bow it has been done for so small a sum .

      The first five days I keptadally account of the expences , but the last &r « days the labour I bad to perform so multiplied on my hands , that it was impassible for any one man to keep account of every thing , as it chiefly went out in small sums . I jattended at court witk our friends , eve * y day , as their assistant ; or , if you like it better , as their attorney , And certainly it -was a novel scene to see two " Bnobs " t and a blacksmith as defendants , and another " snob" acting as attorcey for thum in a civil court of law , opposed by one of the most talented advocates at the bar .

      Cooper ' s defence , which . ) occupied twelve hours in delivery , was , in toy estimation , the most noble defence ever yet made in a court of law in defence of our principles . I can only add , In conclusion , that if our persecuted friends generally will follow the noble example set them by Cooper , Government will not be so « ager in prosecutiag seditious conspiracies" aa they have been . 1 The Court was nothing less than a respectable Chaitlst meeting from the beginning to the end . I have it from good authority that this prosecution cost Government upwards of two thousand five hundred poonds t ¦ Yours ever faithfully , " In the good old cause , " : Wm . Peplow . Friar-stTeet , Stafford , April » th , 1843 . RECEIVED . £ s . d . From Mr . O'Connor ... 25 0 0 From Mr . Baily , for defence of Enoch Hurst 0 15 0 A Friend . ; 0 10 From the writer of an anonymous letter , London , 0 0 6 ; £ 25 16 6 EXPENDED . For defence of Enoch Hurst ; 110 For witnesses subf « ened for Cooper ' s defence « — , — 3 5 0 Witnesses train fare from jBirmingham , on behalf of Riohards , [ with messengers' expences , &c . ¦¦• 4 0 0 Food to witnesses , with bede , &c . for the same ; Messrs . Cooper and Peplow'a exponceB to the Potteries ; express to the Potteries for Mrs . Yates ; messengers' expenoes , paper &o . ... 19 10 6 ; £ 27 16 6 Dae to Treasurer , to pay out-standing debts 2 0 0 Wm . P . BPLOW .

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      " _ THE NORTHERN STAR . 7 _

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 22, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct930/page/7/