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      flOUSB OF COMMONS—MossDii , Mat 29 . / Continued Jrom our sisih page . J Ybich t = 3 s brongbi in by "Lord Melbonms ' a -GoTerisient He aamnted thai afl such enactments are in scjne degree jg fcminht on fire liberty of file subject ; jci iB argued $ ha& the present state of Ireland made jt necessary to impose them . The reports of the lead-£ i ^ persons connected "with Qie coastabnlary fores £ 03-^ j j ned iiapartant evidence respecting the propensities -fH the ?^** peasantry to Tiolenc * and intimidation , and -&E 3 crireiae sviiSly for Hie possession of arms . "Now , the = — — . _ i -mm ^^ " » m - ^ »^^^^ mm ^ v ^

      gje dose ^ ss ^ of fire-arms faeffitated aBsaasnataons ¦ wladi l » a TrahappQy been so nuEerons -within the 3 sst fe-ff years ; and mnrfieis committed , -with such vaspoDS -srHe more difficult to be traced t >™> -wfiere ^ aih tad been Eiflicted in any other -way . He referred , by Trayx ) f sample , to S » cases of the late Lord ynrtarr , aed -several other -sictisffl , Tshoss Hsnrderea j ^ d never been deferred , and to a great number of atjaefcs made npon houses -with a -new of procuring jjjns . Es then pointed out the most material alte » - gjaisEs ^ e by thependiEg bin in the lair as hitherto gjjB ^ JTlSied .

      2 Sx Siuamis Cbattfoed opposed the bTIL After i&Sxng "silh some considerations of a more ffecera jattre . be cams to the repeal agitation , -which be snppned -srcnld be relied on as a main ieasan for the 3 BeSsije . Bet If that agitation had lately been revived , ^ ng tebl -sras fasrself thfr cause of its Tevtval , by breikjug all b £ T promises of redress for Irish erisrcnees . He - ^ as friendly to BriQah connexion , ba % e-ren that consexjon might 1 » pnrchasei at too dear a Tata . This $ 511 sraa 3 degradation to the magistracy and gemiy . jjirasinaeed foended on precedents ; bat to none of jjam k = a he been a party , and he felt himself thers-^ asfree to more tha t it ahonld be re&d a aacona time mi that day six months .

      lard CLEaisrcs seconded 3 It & Cra-wford ' s amendjnent . He M ^ jstted thai it -was so moderately -worded ; ¦ Jmr ke -would gladly bare supported a proposal that the gaqesaisnonldbBOideredioiickthe bin out « f those qmbs . Be thanked lord Eliot , howeTer , for having jntroSnced thB monster in Its proper shape ; for , in . jgnoer years , the course had been to bring in a mere jBnfisiiiiion-blJl ofbalf a dozen Hues , TFhereas bow the jbiEaEstion appeared entire on the face of tha bilL 31 jas -was a -rariety of measures seeded for Ireland , sans of -which were brought forward by Government : joBs , grand janes , registrations , manor-courts , and jjsny other subjects required legislation ; bnt BoOms nsefal wcnia e-rer be enacted -while he &DTernmeni of Ireland -was left in the \ jjj fc > n uifa i \* ± 41

      ^ n CULUU sroa iciit 111 tOB lunds of the derto in Dublin Castle . The presant 2 seszBre , 3 TU passed ,-wonld pass against the sense of 8 » majority of the Irish memDers . SirK . Peel had aedared himself generally adverse to extraordinary measures © f coercion , as -widening the breach -between Ss&ghsrsnA lewer classes , and "weakening the efficacy of the ordinary law . Now , allthess ctiIs-would bo projftaseil by the present bill , and a milder measure would iare ^ ffisctea aH -Qie really legitimate objects ofit Since fhe year 1792 , there had nsrer been a period when Ireland "was so lonjj ¦ without coercive measures as she had sow been . There liad been times at which the Arms Ast was snfisred to expire , and to Be nnrenewed far

      two or three years together ; and be -did not and that in those inierraJs all Ireland had been shot I < ord Clements , atTery great length , went on throngh the list of the enactments passed from time to time for the preserf&Son cf the public peace in Ireland , TtmrVrn g ths cixcmnst&Bces under which each had bsen respectively passed , its date , and its duration . Tue present Jail , he said , contained a clause respecting the arms of the Teomsnry Corps . These corps , though they called fitemsslres loyoS . Protestants , bad refused lo give tit > Sheir arms at the order of Government when disbanded . Thej had since , in many cases , sold those anus into the TKsstiands ; and thus it was that an Arms Bill had 3107 come to be ihonzbt necessary .

      3 &r . JBaxescki felt sasos relBstanee in foBowing tie speech of ihe Kdble lord , because that speech , if it proved anything , proved the necessity = of this SilL It was not a Coercion 2531 ; its operation was to disarm tire disaffected , and protect those who needed protection ; and it was a mercifnl measure to those whom it ssved from being hurried into crime by blustering talkers , ever -ready to inflame others by discoursing of TOr and-weapons , bnt never ventnringto toneh even fbe bandies of tfeeir own swords . He wishad that those -who talked so loudly about dying for tbelr country would take to the easier and more ustfol duty of Ihinrfor her—instead of living , as they now did , only ibr themselves .

      Mr . Sheix was persnaded that this Bin -would be altogether inefficient . The spirit of outrage in the count ? with which , he was best acquainted , that of Tipperary , arofs , js ' ot from the want of antSective Arms Bill , but from the want of a dnB administration d justice . -The Grown Solicitor who conducted the prosecutions at the assizes was sot resident in the -ec-EBty , "bui in Dublin ; he £ new nothing of the parties or witnesses , . and thus be was easily foiled by the legal assistants of the prisoner , who were men acquainted with everybody and everything there . AffHBj it was the practice of the Crown to bribe informers , bnt to lesTe witnesses unprotected . Thirdly , the higher classss were relnctant to serve on tLe petty Jnries s& the assizes : the only remedy for whicn

      rsinctance would prtbably be a fine of £ 500 or j £ 600 . Snt be objected to this £ 31 ; it took from the honest the means of defence ; it conM sot take from the TPffinTi the means cf annoyance . ; and even if it could deprive him cf his most noisy weapons , it -would bOH leave to him the moresilens and fearful means of death . Ee objected to it also at this particular moment , because it went to make a distiacrion between England and Tw 3 a-ndr Mi . Canning T ^ fl said , Hspeal the Union J Sestoie the Heptarchy i But suppose there -wers one law hi Kent and another in Wessex , one in Merda and ano&er in 2 ? orthnmberlacd , would the notioa then be absurd ? "We-were told that Ireland was an ~ RngH « h county , and s member of the great imperial copartneramp ; but by keening np different laws for the two

      kingdoms , yon yourselves inevitably suggested the idea of different law-givers . In 1819 , England too had an anas bin ; . a nerolutianiry conspiracy -was then on foot ; lord Castiersagh , a firm man , was at the head of yonrafiairs ; yet even he , bred a 3 he had been in Irish politics , did not venture to propose such a measure as thisijQL There was no transportation in lord Castlexeagh's Act . It oeenpiad bnt one paga of the statute btwi , buihere was a bill of seventy clausaa . Against lard GasUereazh' s bill , lord Grey entered a protest in the journals of the lords ( some passages of which protest Mr . Shell read alond ); and in the House of Commons Henry Brcu ^ hsm—not lord Sroughamdeclaimed with all bis energies . How would ins lightning h » ve shivered the Government

      of that day , had their bill been such * » thing as this—a t ' firng ta xEqnire that every blacksmith shall have a license , and every mu = keta brand . What Was its defence ? Your own perseverance in oppresskm . The WMga , it was said , originated the measure , Sir Arthur "Wellesley bsong then the Irish Secretary But lTzlzvd in 1806 was not as Ireland in IS 43 . Sir Arthur WeDesley , as lie cffidal of Dnblin Castle , was not more different from ths > her © -whose fame now filled the world , fhm ths Irelind cf 1806 was from Ireland -Bm » T » j » jp 3 t ? d aufl grown too largeaad too powerful for the fetters which with you esU would bind her . He then deferred to a speech in whkh Sir K Ped , after review * ing the long series of harsh acts against Ireland , had fzlatmed asainst the further continuancs of so

      melancholy 3 system of legislation . What tfects ths Catholic esissdpatacn might have produced , if it had been given as a timely boon , he knew sot ; but extorted , or won , as it bad been , how could England expect that the Irish would acquiesce in anything short of perfect egnaliry ? Ton talked of the Union as a bond to be preserved at all events ; bnt were yon sure fiiat yon Would be wholly in the right ? Ton had made a dif-JertEce in Ireland ' s municipal franchise . Again , you had § 5 ven England a Registration Bill for Parliamentary fcascbise . "Wiiere was the Registration BUI for Ireland 7 ttat bai which Mr . lefroy , 3 Si . Jackron , Mr , lotton , lard Stanley , bad all said two years since must be brought in without a week ' s delay 1 Instead of it ,

      Ireland had got a Poor law , which had done more toward repeal cf the "Union than any efforts of his could accomplish . Had the men who expressed such sriBciiude for Irish morality bees always equally conariairjotts on that hesd ? Jio , thej were the men wbo ? to raise a little contingent revenue , "had opened all the private stills of Ireland , asd exposed her peasantry to ¦ &B strongest stimulants of . crime . When Sir R . Peel gave his answer to lord Jocelyn , lie rg&ryea to the declacajon-of a former soveMign against repeal ; but fca , on that occasion , omitted all winch bis lato Majesty "bad added of conciliation , while be re-asEErted in the * trasg € Et tone Trhate-rer in the Bang's message was sevss and sb&n . He Jiad nse 9 the name of the Queen

      —snd tbst was& mhib which so Minister could deprive of its popularity in Ireland . The -Queen , on her accession to the throne , bad caused to be declared , in a letter addieseed at her command by lord John Russell to the Isrd lieutenant , her desire for a perfect equality hetwetn the t » o countries . She hsd read of Ireland ^ ¦» oes —« hs f eltifaai compEasstion was fine for Ireland ' s " ^ WEgs . 2 Hr . Shell then drew a poetical contract be-**«« i what be supposed to bsve been the aspect of her ilsjary on _ gning that instruction to lord John Itas-¦ fil , and her aspect in authorising Sir B . Ted to make hislate declaration . How was it that the GoTeminent , vhkhiad seen the necessity of condliatlqn aadliber-* Bty in-Canada , did sot see the necessity of the same Policy in Ireland , of which Canada waB the counterpart ? He besought them to attack the Irish peopJe , to banish file Orangemen , to conciliate the Gatholic dergy , Bnd to « arn for themselves an honourable xenowa and s tran-9 nB eoHscieiice .

      &i . Sxrm ( the Attomgf-Gensral for Irelaad ) said is wocia not lexer to the authority of lord Brey ot Mr . BroughaHj he -ceuld refer to the anihority of ^ r . ^ jeiiijimsdt a former Arms Act was on the P ^ Snt of expiring in 1 « 38 ; it was renewed by fee " 3 ng Government ; tiie bill for the renewal weit ^ ttongh ejery ose of itt stsges . ; and in not one cf * hem Tiid Mr . 5 hei 3 s » y a angle word against that -y 5 o-HtiDnof the coEsatution of which he sow so Tfche-^ leaay complained . In 1839 ie became a msmbtJ of the Wh ^ CovernHieiit ; in 1810 fliat GoveinmEnt Egain ioawfed ihe feiU ; ^ aa st £ ii Jfir . Shdl did sot , rer did aEjoneo ! tbtliiih msxnbaa , open his lips upon it . * b ifce &E 5 seF 3 HH 2 of 18 i 1 , fiw same CraTermnect ^^ Sii 2 E E 3 cth = r Arms Bill , lEaking proviidoES more fe ^ sgeiSiiaa befgisj thai was ths bill bow absmtto

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      ^> be ; agamst it , neither Mr . Sneil nor any other ££ lX ^ ^ * " 8 jyaDle ' lhon 8 h Mr . Hume cahsd the > attenbon of the House to it in an especial manner . Mr . Smith then iuEtanced a great maaycLs , showingiheprevalencsand violence of ontrage in Irefif fl ^ consequent necessity of & « preventive measure . Bsforatte plea of justice to Ireland was set up we onght to know what was meant by that sort of justice . In tte Tery year succeeding the Queen ' letter just quoted , the Precursor Association was set up . The ^^ L ? 16 P" 5 ^ " !** 1 agitator * were-first , the total abohtion of Gie

      Tithe Commutation Rent-charge ; ^ ext , the extension of the Parliamentary Suffrage to all fiina male adnlts not convicted or a crime ; next fixity of tenure—3 phrase meaning the transfer of the whole fended property of Ir ? land from the landlord to the tenant—aed Tfith these were reqnired Tote by Ballot , and one or two other extreme propositions of the same class . This measure bad been in " existence , with little intermission , for tlmost a century : its necessity was cogent ; and , though at s = > late an hour he should not atteEpi to analyse its dfctailB , he was crepared to vste for its second reading .

      lord J . Russell said , that after the speech of the Irish Attorney-General , who had out his argument , not upon ths merits of the bill or its present necessity , bnt mainly on the conrse taken by the late Government , he begged to hs-ve an opportunity of justifying the course wMcq , as a member of that Government , he bad pursued on this snfeject . The policy and cirenmstances under which the bate Government bad to legislate were ¦ JTidfcly different from those under which the present legislation was bronght forward . At the ? r accession Ireland had long been misgoverned ; it wss necessary to bring her round ; bnt that was a work requiring a mixed policy—Mndness to the people , bnt repression of those who had been but too long acenstomed to violence . 13 rd Xormanby so governed as to have the sympathies of tho people with him ; and as these should have ! been

      more and niue secured , it would have become practica ble from time to time to let go ths harsher measures But when a new Arms Ac ; was introduced , he would ask whether any attempt was now making to cucclliats these popular sympathies ? Whether the recent deprivations of the magistracy -were conducive to the peace of Ireland ? He believed that Irird ISiHot was sincerely desirous to govern on principles of justice and conciliation ; but yet , somehow , the Irish Government was a Government conducted by a small minority . The Irish could not but feel it a hardship that promotion was not distributed in Ireland as impartially as in Canada . ConBiderinsk

      howeTei , the whole case , he would not go so far as to withhold his Tote from the second reading of thia Bill . As to the Repeal of the Union , be was wholly averse ^ to it , for the sake of Ireland as well as of England ; and if it were attempted by force , the Executive Government must put that force effectually down ; bnt , while only legal means were taken , he disapproved harsh inflictions ob the part of tte Government , as tending needlessly to aggravate disssKsfaeHon . Now , as to those outrages , which in the time of ihe late Government bad been ascribed to political causes , he mnsi observe that the last speaker had furnished a defence against that charge ; for his enumeration had shown that these onthrealrs

      eccnr under all AdministraUens , and are unconnected with political erases . He and his colleagues had bean unfairly treated by the Opposition in this particular ; but they had been generously supported by thd Irish people . Tiie debate was then adjourned . ^

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      REPEAL OF THE UNIOH . ( Omitted in our lad for leant of room . ) Mr . O'Cosxos lectured on thiB subject on Wednesday evening , at the City of London Political and Scientific Institution , Tur&agaiE-lane . Charge for adm s 3 ion , 2 d . lasg before the chair was taken the Hall was crowded to excess , the audience being composed of about equal HHinbira of Repealers and Chartists . About eight o ' clock , Mr . O'Connor having arrived , and the applaure subsided , Mr . Wheelkk proposed , and Mt . Shaw seconded , that 3 ir . Dwai ?< e , an Irishman and Repeater , should take tho chair , which was carried by acclamation , a Toica demanding whether he was an Irishman and a volunteer . Mr . Dwaise thanked them for the high honota

      they had conferred npon him ; it was sot the first time be had presided over a similar assembly . He had been a member cf the National Union of the Working Classes , and had asnisted in the marriage ceremony between the Irish and the English at tile time of the Coercion BUI , which ended in driving the ebcrpion Stanley from office , as Secretary for Ireland . ; They lived in eventful times . He was prond to think that a conciliation was taking place between the wsrking men of England and Ireland . He would read an extract from The SalUm , an Irish paper possessing the confidence of the millowners , apd no trimmer to either Whig or Tory . ( The chairman then read the extract , eulogising the Northern Star , and giving an extract froui that paper , wherein it was asserted that the Government shocid not coerce Ireland , unless they also

      defeated the English workingmen . This , and the mention of the Northern Star , was received with tremendons applause . ) In that extract he cordially concurred ; for 600 years , since the Saxon invader had polluted ths scii of bis father land , had the factions been strengthened in their deeds of oppression and misrule , hj inculcating jealousies and division between ths men of the two countries ; and thus had the demons been enabled to ride roughshod over them ; bnt the mists of error which for 600 years had enshrouded them were bet g driven away , John Bull was shaking hands with Paddy ; a long pull and a pull altogether , and the demon of aristocracy which already in this and every other country tottered on its pinnacle , would with one blow

      be reduced to atoms . Let them make a stand then for the Repeal and the Charter , and unite in their moral majesty together . The same of O'Connor was ; a name great in the snnalB of Irish History ; ha loved and Tenerated the memory of Arthur O'Connor , and ; though he had differed so much from Feargus O'Connor as to assert that he would sever stand on the same platform with rpra , yet now be would bury all past animosity , and he tmrted that Mr . O'Connor would throw his great name into the scale of his country , and would act with whatever leader or system the great majority of his conntryaien should determine upon —( loud [ cheers . ) Mr O'Coskoh on rising was greeted with vociferous applause , waving of hats , &c , and commenced ; by addressing them as Irishmen and Englishmen . He said

      he had attended scores , hundreds , thousands of public meetings , but sever in his fife had lie attended one so consolatory to his feelings . He would answer the question which perhaps had been properly asked regarding their Chairman . H « was an T ^ 'Tr " "" and a volunteer in bis country ' s cause . The Chairman had stated thai he had differed from him , perhaps he had properly done so , and he ( Mr . O * d ) had properly j differed from him ; but no tone Irishmen eould differ when their country ' s cause was in danger . He had been in England ten years , and he Ind not b 3 en a caim unobservant spectator of tile public mind ; sever in the midst of Brgttah agitation bail the dear recollection of his native land been obliterated from his mind , and though be had differed from some of their leaders , that was no

      reason when he saw the nation in earnest , when he saw that the movement was ripe , that he should not give them his helping hand . He acquiesced in the truth , -virtue , and propriety of the extract read , from the 2 ialien . The press of this eonntiy , the Saxon press , a press which had engendered the worst feeling against Ireland—which had created jealousies and divisions , that the legislature might take advantage cf them ; that press no longer looked with contempt , but with doubt , on their present movement , They were told that not « nly the press bnt the Sovereign was against them . Suppose she was : there is a woman for you ( pointing to one on the platform ) . They ttH ns the Lords , the Commons , and the whole of the oligarchy are against us . This gave rise in an

      Irishsian's mind to the Question , when weie they ever for vsi The lion Duke and Peel had vowed rengeance against Ireland . In coming that evening te the meeting he bad seen a caricature of the Duke at ope end of a rope , with Peel at the other , and Dan OConnell being pulled to pieces in the middle . How easy would it have bsen to bave reversed it , and have put Dan at one « id , the T ^ sh satite at the other , and Wellington asd Peel in the centre—daughter and cheers ) . There was a power which to work immediate evil he dreaded more than that of the Dnke or Peel : it was ! the "vindictive feelings of the Joctlyns , the BodenB , and the londcnderrys , with tfee local authorities at their back , which he fra-ed wcnid lead to mischief . Already waB the organ cf the State Church party , the Standard ,

      hounding them on to warfare . If there was any charm in the dread or anticipation of defeat , it " might be gleaned from the Times newspaper . It no longer boasted cf triumph over a nnited nation . The Times now said that sectional reforms must be granted , and that justice njuBt bs done to Ireland . It was now too late ; and he tfeanked God for it . He now trusted that ere he died—aye , ere a jear had passed over—that Ireland -would be raiEed from provincial degradation to national independence . The articles in the Times proved tisat threats and denunciation were giving Way to blarney and chicanery . The wrath of \ the aristocracy was equally as great as ever j it ^ was ; but prudencecompeaed them , ins measure , to hide it He had read all the articles in the papers , and laughed at the ignorance they manifested . In ths Times there was some ztib poilcsopner , some © xonianjor Cantab just imported to tiie office by TnTlrnnfl , without « ven a to

      knowledge in what latitude Ireland lay , pretending chalk out a plan to remedy Ireland ' s grievances . He asks , with an air of triumph . "Will snyMnem&n demand a Repeal of the Union , when he sees that « nce thB Union the exports of Ireland are three times greater than they were before 7 " The blockhead ; sot knowiBg thatit the period healludes to the population of Ireland was only three millions , and } that it is sow sice maiions , and that sins millions ought to produce asd excart three times aa much as three millions . But why measure the prosperity of Ireland by exports and imports ? If siie exported less pigs and imported fp-trer parsons , ii Wonld be a benefit feBeed . Iha WeMy Dispatch ( slight bfcBlng ) had a very plausible article on x ^ c Bs-pw . t * the Union , an article T « y much euccl 2 . * ed Jo Irful a ^ -y the uninformed ; it r . p&eu vroiiid fjif * « o a * fcj ^ -h t * 1 * Union- * hen Irt 4 r ^ - - -sas so d-is'JTBCtet ; -sntriu ittdf that the men cf the X ^ rtb ? . n «! tie South ^ rere arrayed agair-st each ovber , era that if

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      the Union was repealed she would fall to piecaa from interns ] divisions ? Wasnot this a reason why she should have a Parliament sitting in College Green , to heal these distractions and to administer justice fairly to the whole people ? The Standard , the organ ef the Protestant parsons , said it was no uae Peel wasting his * weet breath upon the sulgect . The Orangemen of Derry , th . 9 twe millions of men of the North were to be "let at them . " Hosv theso mea magnified their numbers while it suited their object ; there were not 600 . 000 Protestants in all Ireland , yet tha Standard was talking of two millions of adult ffcjbtins m ? n . Tfceso vrere like Falstaffs men . But if 200 . 000 men registered their oaths for freedom , then they dwindled down to n few ^ .

      thousands . If the Union was sa beneficial to Ireland ac ^ not to England , why were they so anxiou 3 to continue it ? why express their determination come wsal or ¦ woe to uphold it ?* Was itaiota complete proof that it had proved beneficial to themselves ? How had that Union been bronght about ? . Englishmen -were not uninformed upon that subject . He had never addressed a meeting in England , in which he had not dwelt on Ireland ' s wrongs , and he had ever asserted that if he could prevent it , England should not obtain her liberty one moment before Ireland . ( Cheers ) He asked what rights waa every man entitled to ? Were tboy not entitled to be free ; to be born in a laud . they couhl call their own , and not to be mere slaves in the lau . l of their birth , to five enly to produce for their Saxon

      taskmasters surrounded wua bristling bayonets and murdered if they dared to resiBt oppression ? If the contract of Union was to stand good , he asked where was tha bond ? He wonld prove that all the conditions hart been violated ; cue of the conditions was that the question of Catholic Emancipation- should be referred from Ireland to the calm phlegmatic St Stephens to | be adjusted . Was this done ? He had seen the brand of slavery on the brow of bis countrymen ; he had seen a little upstart weaver dressed in uniform stand by the side of a poor widow digs-ins B P e » ery tenth potatoe for the service of a church opposed to he ? principles . They were told that Ireland was not prepared for self government , that she wasnot equal to the task , and this too came from ihaxa who for 43 years had tried their bands at it , and

      proved indeed but sorry legislators . Catholic Emanc - pntion was bnt half granted them , and then it ¦ was given as you would throw a bone to a snarling Aug . They had not been relieved from the impost of a Steio Church , kept up not for their benefit . But for tho purpose of keeping them in bondage to the aristocracy . Was not the contract vitiated in 1832 ? Did not the Sing , lords , asd Commons say , by passing the Reform Bill , that they had been corrupt and unfit to govern ? Did they nr > t , de facto , say that their past acts were illegal ? Since then they had repealed many laws ; was it tnen too much for a great nation , like Ireiaud , second to no nation on' earth in courage , hospitality , or generons feeling ; was it too much for snch a nation to ask for the repeal of one law , to ask tbem to set aside

      a contract which they had violated and broken ? Tiiey , the Jrish people , were : determined no longer to htand by this contract , and for this reason the press were dipping their goost > quills in gall , endeavouring to write down his country ; they declared that the agitation was unreal , and that it Tvas not intended to ( to on . ile said it must go on ; it -was intended it should go on ; and because it should go on , he was there that night te advanca its onward progress . The Times said that Mr . O'Connell ' s speech had lowered the price of the funds at thR Stock Exchange ; but they were glad to see that Mr . O'Connell still held out the olive branch , and that sectional reforms must be granted to Ireland . They had , as was their constant practice , misconstrued O'Conneir 8 speech ; he had tried fer twenty years to do

      away and impede sectional reforms , knowing that while there were so many grievances , it was impossible that ought could rectify them except restoring to Ireland ber sative Parliament . In these days , when the mind was enlightened , when knowledj ; 6 ' was advancing , rsheu the understanding was cultivated , questions began to b ? stripped of their hub / goblinisra . Take away from tho Repeal question its horns , hoof , and tail , and he asked what more dreadful was there in local government for Ireland , than for Manchester , or Birmingham . He agreed with their chairman and the Nation newspaper , that they should prerent a front of moral majesty ; that they should give no excuse to Government to mow them dowa . The Times , in commenting on a letter of the Bishop of Ardaeh for the lirat tiuw iu its

      columns , called him' ? my lord , " a title denied to their Bishops bj the Emancipation BilL The Bishop , in his letter , declared that Ireland must stand in her own defence—that she muss carry on no aggressive warfaro ; but if -attacked , they would betake themselves to tbt > sanctuary of God , and there determine on their future course . When the mouthful of sawdust , uttered by Peel , arrived . in Ireland , what , said O'Connell ? that ha would not be driven out of the law—that he would * tand on the back and the front , the inside and the outside of the law , and , if attacked in that sanctuary , they would say ve victas , which in English , was " Woe to the conqueror . '' Even the strong Government "was beginning to bait in its court e ; with the opposition of all the industrious classes , the opposition of the Chartists , the Corn law Repealers , the Irish Repealers , and with the poor inda 3 trioua Church of Englnnd and Scotland , all firing a ^ ay at the bastions

      of corruption , how could the Government nad means to attack the game cock of the Corn Exchange ? Hew ¦ was the Union brought about ? When the wrongs of their country had goaded them to desperationwhen the green 5 eMs of Erin were died red with the blood of her patriot sons—when hsr children , who "would have protected her , were slain or banished —was that a time to : force upon her a Union ? When her sons were in exile , or laid under the cold turfwas that a time for a bride to be courted by a bridegroom smeared with the blood of hex children ? He appealed to history whether this was not the first step taken by their Saxon taskmasters to prepare the w&y for the Union , ere the Irish Parliament was bribed to betray their country ? In England a member of Parliament was ousted for- bribery . Why , then , should thu acts of that bribed Parliament stand good ? Why should they not be impeached for bribery ? They were told that the condition of Ireland was worse before the

      Union than at present Granting it was so , was not the condition of England worse at that period than at present ? Were all : the advantages of civilteition and the spread of knowledge to be taken into account for England , and not for Ireland ? look even for a period of twenty years back . Was the condition of America or Belgium then equal to their present condition ? Was the principle of progression to be annulled in Ireiaud only ? He trusted that he should live twenty years after Ireland was again a nation ; asd be would then proudly point back , and show them how Ireland had progressed when Ireland had a native Parliament . It was is some degree an index to the public mind that they were then upheld by popular opinion j the grosser pasaions of their ariBtocraey -were kept back ; they then

      stopped at home and spent their money in Ireland . He did not say that the Irish Parliament had ever done justice to Ireland . In fact they never had a Parliament , for the Irish Catholic was not allowed to vote for a member . Yet Ireland waa tb ? n better governed by a native Parliament , ebesin by Protestant electors , than by a Saxon Parliamtnt , elected partly by Catholic voters . They had then some cf the unities of a nation —they had one Duke ( Heaven save the mark !); they had their aristocracy and country gentlemen residing on their estates . What made London such a great and noble city ? Was it not partly their aid ? Did not they , when carrying the hod—when assisting in rearing the stately edifice—when disposing of their earnings , help to raise the sffluence ef the city ? And why-should

      they not carry that labour to a city of their own ? Why should they have empty halls and deserted streets to swell the grandeur of others ? They had got occular demonstration that a Saxon Parliament did not legislate for them . A great law officer , who had filled the first law office of tho crown , asserted they were " aliens in language , religion , and blood "—( shame ) . Then why not Jet them go back and be governed by their brother alieus ? In considering this question , they must not be guided by their own enthusiasm or zeal , but by circuni ' stances as they were . In speaking of this all-absorbing , this everything-elee-destroying question , they must look at it as affecting the interests of Englishmen . He would dwell bat a moment on the cold subject of interest , bnt he could prove that a Repeal of the Union , if beneficial

      for Ireland , was equally indispensable for EngUud . An Irishman never left his home , if a subsistence could bs obtained ; but they were compelled , fey dire necessity , to leave their native land and to Bwallow up every year twenty millions of capital oat cf the English labour market ; besides the additional harm of constituting an unemployed reserve for the masters to fall back upon . ThiB brought him to the important subject of over-population . He agreed -with Maithns that there was a surplus population ; he admitt -ii tr-nt ib every parish in Irelaad there was a suro ^ 3 .. vipalatwnr . Out of every parish he would pick out * " um ~ state church parson ; the ope locust which t-evoured evsry gre « n thing ; and then there would be ample room for the flock to ronge at liberty . The same

      argument applied equally to England . When they dreve the bugs away boaesS mev could live in peace ; and they would nave the consolation of knowing that at the close of life their bones could rest with those whsm , in life , they held most dear . Now that the great struggle had commenced , adverse circumstances were rapidly disappearing . Fite or tax . months back he could not see hia way clear ; bnt when on every Saturday he saw tho national rent amount to £ 500 or £ 600 , and this too is the very wprst month in tha year , when poverty was staring them in the face ; when he saw this amount cheerfully given , he asserted that any pow « which woold attempt lojinrade the Irish people mnst be more than human . They might in their freny attempt to do so ; their organs might hound on the men of the d

      north acainBt the men of the south ; but he had rea -with -deUght , in the Government organs , that an Irishman , whether in a green coat or a red , whether with a Ehill 3 lec in his hand or ft musket on his shoulder , in the day ef his country ' s tronble , never forgot that ie was an Irishman . He was almost inclined to make an exception against those eaves-dropping , green-coated , yidlow-turnea-npipblice , whom , when in Ireland , from their uniform , he i » d christened Cockatoos . $ appeared from the papers that one of these eavesdroppers of the came of Cassidy had fallen into oonT * rsation frith arifleman of the name of Pearson , who asserj ^ djliat if it o&mo to a struggle he would never fire oitiWfefiPuntirymen . The eavVs-dropper carried it w tiJeS ^ mniissiity-Grr . Tal , ssd Pes-Eon . cn beirff f ^ PiiDSd . irfatfia that Cnssi ^ y had forced tho conversatior upon him , and he

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      had merely said ; that he would fire over the people . It mattered not which was the trua version , it was evident from the examination that somothing passed between a soldier and a policeman about firing . God forbid it should ever come to such ; a sad result ! If Father Mathew had lived in 1797 , to have Inculcated that cpirlt of temperance and forbearance which he so successfully inculcated in the present dajfc . Ireland would not then have been l *> st . The IrisBmever , no matter what were the caus 88 , turned their backs apoa the foj , ; or shuddered in the gale ; and it was ettll on record , that until they got drunk—until . hey were disordered by intoxication—in every encounter the Irish defeated the red-coated rebete ; that , instead of flying in every battle , the halfarmsd Irisb > . _

      tnen mowed down the rebels to Ireland . At that period , under the influence of spirits , they were goarted into premature warfare ; but now they were nnrter the influence of the mind , and were guided by reason , and they wonld find that mind was their greatest safeguard . He had no doubt th&t spies were employed iu Ireland , eamo as now in Enjjlaud ; he had no doubt but an attempt would be made to ceerce them ; he had always said that , bsweyer corrupt a legislature might bo , it still had a restraining power over the Executive . He now told them—aid be called upon them to mark his \ vords—Sir Robert would allow the agitation to go on unheeded 5 &e would at an early period prorogue Parliament—he would thea let slip the dogs of wari The best blood * fe — - — ^~ ~ w W ^ * * h * AW W % rfh # V "VAWV * in Ireland

      might ha shod in the struggle to defend taeir rights . Pe&l would come down to Parliament , and state tout he had warned them that , if necessary , fciB should call on them for increased powers , and assert there was not much difference between having them when asked for aad taking them on * n emergency . But , as the chairman had said , he thanked God that the two countries were unitad ; and if they coerced Ireland , tbpy must also , coerce England . ( Lout ; cheers . ) ¦ He did not know in that case -what , ns an Trisfemar ., he sbould do ; he would say nothing . Ha hid the day afttr to-morrow to appear btfore the Queen's Bench- ; but if his countrymen in Irelaad were invaded and in peril , La as an Irishman should feel himself invaded in , England . There were good men in

      England—( hear ) . He saw before him »! ' m&v , who at Biriatngham had saved his lifo from 1500 men . He did not stop to inquire whether he was a Repealer or not—( shouts of " arouse . " ) He ( Mr . O'Cj . annouacad in the firstEumber of the Northern Star in 1837 , that a Repeal of the Union Waa essential for the prosperity of Ireland —l" that ' s true . ) " Since then , him and hia countrymen had fought like men , lor rather like man and wife—( sheers ) He had been knocked down five or six times , and rendered insensiblo from a cat on the temple —( " It wos all for love " . ) Ho did not stop to inquire what it was for , he knew it was for sonic Irish purpose , : ind that satisfied him . He had lived through turmoil and persecution ; he had attended more public meetings than any man in the world , and he had never missed an

      opportunity of inculcating into Englishmen the wrongs of his country . They need cot be alarmed that he should damage them by the mention of physical force ; he would caution / them not to be shot down by factions j as man increased ; in mind and dignity , brute forco receded from his ideas ^ . They had now began to ta 3 te tha fruits of misrepresentation ; they now began to seethe falsepicture ' given of thsir objects and desires , and they wouki be mrre capable pf doing justice to him and saying the reports about ! O'Connor may have been as false as those about ourselves . He would never praise Ireland at the exprnce of E . 'gland , or England at the txpauce of Ireland ; bus he had always assertsd tbat Piildy was . a better agitato * than John Bull . After the dark November set in . Paddy got in potatoes and was always

      provided with a . resource , and if a warfare should occur , the stock of his neighbour be wna equally welcome to as hta . owii ; but the cause that paraJysed working men in England , which prevented even thoir tonguas from wagging , was , that if they had uo Saturday nigut , they had no , -Monday morning . If over Ireland ' s rights should be achieved , it would bu by tiie means suggested by O'Conneil . If three hundred good man should napperi to meet in Dublin—if "spontanietj" should happen to bo the result , then he had hopes that the day of Ireland's regeneration was not far distant Mr . O'Connor then aliuile < l to tho Reform Bill , which was neS only blotted lut blooded by the Coercion Bill , and showed tho manner ia which ha bad predicted that measure . The Coartists of England were now to bo tested ; he did not

      like to Jsay too much for other persons , but whtrn tho forthcoming address of the Irish nation to tha English people was issued , he pledged himself it would have such a response as every Irish heart would delight to hear . He would spend £ 200 of his o- » n money ia carrying tbat National Edict uud .-r his arm to every large town , in Eogland , aye , and small ones should not be forgotten ; and it would meet such a reception as its weight deserved . It had always been the policy to divide the Eaglish and tha Irish , that no simultaneous action might ; take place ; but if ones united the pigmy power of the . aristocracy would bu insignificant against them . A friend of his , Mr . Collins of Mallow , said at the meeting ' Et Cbarleville , tbat the Bishopssaid , " be united ; " the Suffragists saul , " be determined , " and the

      people said , " we will have it . " . What force could oppose this determination ? A cannon bail could not damage an opinion , nor a sabre cut down a sentiment . Now they were united they would never again bend to faction , but ° ould stand firm in that liberty in which God had created them ; they would then deserve tho name of Iiishmen , -they would then be worthy < sf their country . His countrymen must suppose him to be less than man and much less than an Irishman , if he bad not sighed fjr the freedom of Ireland . If whi ? G looking to achieve liberty fovithe whole world , by aid of ChartUt principles , his first thoughts had not been to his native land , it might be said why not keep to the Charter , why aot join the Repealers ? It was to show the triumph . mind , to show the advantages of union , to leave a reeord

      to posterity , that for a nation to be free 8 he has only to will it . If , as a party , the Chartists were not determined to oppose every body and support every good measure , even if the Repeal of the Unionfcame fresh upon thorn as a May flower , still it wonld be their bounden duty to support it , for it was a contest of liberty against injustice , knowledge against unjust power , and religion against infidelity . Mr . O'Connor then went into the subject of the injustice to Ireland of a state church , aad tiiso showed that the Repeal , unless accompanied by the Charter , would not abolish this land other evila . Give to Ireland , said Mr . O'Connor , ajParliament of 300 men fairly electeddby the . whole people , and instead of a slave land , Ireland would be a paradise fit for the residence of a noble

      people . When that happy day should ^ arrive the tear of joy would flow as rapidly down the cheek of age , as down that of the blooming niaideu . There would not bean Irish heart that would not leap with joj to think that though born ! a slave , he was likely to die a free man . Was it to be endured that Prince Ed ward ' a Island , tbat Newfoundland , that Canada , aud other countries should have ; a domestic legislature , while Ireland was deprived of it ? They were now giving a boon to Canada , bnt they bad never civen a boon to Ireland . Yes , they bad given her one ; like a careful nurse fearful a child should cut itself , takes away the knife , so had they behaved to Ireland ; fearful that an old barrel should explode , or'that in mistake they Bhould put the vtvsng end of the musket on their shoulder , they kindly deprived

      tbem of their arras . No man could be so foolish as to suppose tbat he was not putting & nail in his own coffin , that he should not be puuished , not so much for what he had done , as for what he had promised to do ; but to the winds he flung all 6 uch paltry speculations . For what was mind given to man but to use it ? an « l words were given to express bis feelings . He" would rather die a freeman than live a slave . Hte country was too good and too great to be a colony ; her sons wera too noble to be slaves . Though he had opposed some of their leaders , yet during his nine years residence in England 116 one had ever heard him utter a word against ther Catholic Priesttaoodr- ( 8 hout 8 of "that ' s tru 9 . '') God forbid he should ever have said a ward to damage the influence c t those men to whom Ireland

      must look \ for counsel and aid in their day of struggle . Mr . 6 Connor then bJghly jeulogised the priesthood of his country , andJKpressed his pleasure that tbey were convinced of the necessity of active operation . 1 He rejoiced that tbe Repeal had not been carried bsfore , while Ireiaud was infested with druukonuess . He also rejoiced that the Charter had not been attained at the time of tha Reform Bill ; Tho minds of the two nations were now prepared ;; the recruiting serj ^ aats , fcnowlo . ge aad poverty , had well performed liaeir duty . Mtf O'Conner here alluded to the immense number of ' improvements lately invented , and enquired where wasjtbe working man ' s share ? He also showed tbat disunion hail been kept between the English and Irish by mutual jealousies and fears . Much of Pael's

      confidence lay in tbe belief tbat the English people would take no part in the present struggle ; if they did not , they had no ears ; he had no tongue , and tbey had no voices . ; If be bad looked on apathetic they must have taken him for a poot vindictive politician , Veaa than 11 man , and much less than anl Irishman . Sines the agitation jbegan in earnest , avety mornius ? , ere breakfast , he read every thing in the papers pertaining to the subject ; every Bight , ere he went to rest , he prayed God to sbiiid the patriots of his country . He suffered more here than if ha was © a tbe sphere of action , but still the news came with a freshness to his heart which nought could destroy . When he received the news of ! how Peei ' B threat waa received in the Irish camp , it gave him the sincerest joy . He lO'Gonnor ) was the first to tender tbe olive branch ; ill feelings he had buriud for ever . They must

      take heed to allow no personal or vindictive feelings to creep Into thek counsels . ( Hear . ) If England was the mistress of the world , Ireland had been her cradle , her nurse , arid protector . They loved the land ot their birth ; they were determined to render ber free ; yet fer these holy aspirations the ; were taunted with being rebels . That which , when successful , was patriotism , when defeated , was rebellion : but they could not bo defeated . j The fiat of tha nation had gone forth ; she had risen from the tomb of apathy ; she had calculated " her own strength , and the power of her foe , and had come to the determination that the land of . the slave should " become the land of liberty . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . O'Connor then announced tjtjst he should write weekly article * in the English Chattiti Circularjj en the Rs-ptal question , and sat down amidst tremendous applause .

      Mr . . kHAW uiovad . and MivM'CaKTIIY seconded , a Ifote of tbar . ks to Mr . O'Corv . Oi * . Mr . RiNGnovB . a . well fenown sne ? vcmiahte Repealer , ia an address , of considerable length , tiup-

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      perted the motion , and highly eulogised the O'Connor family , promising ths meeting , at some future period , to explain to them the villarious manner in which th 8 Government had treated Mr . O'Connor ' s father and brother . The motion was ,-carried amidst tremendous applause . •;?* : ;¦ j »| iS 'frv Mr . O' ^ jEjfNOR m reply ? stated , that words would be a poor return for the reception they had given hi «; and , 03 actions spoke the mind , he tendered to the Chairman one sovereign as tus first instalment to the rent—( tremendous cheering , waving of hats , dec . ) He wished to be enrolled aa one' of a corps of reserve on this side of the water , and tofbe enrolled as a Repealer

      in the nearest ward ; and if the sinews of warfare should fail , if 200 Repealers could be found to do the same , he would fiubsoribe £ 5 per wejek until the measure was gained—rgreat applause )—this would bring £ 1 , 000 per week . It was but little use clamouring : 1 st every Irishman give up his pot and his pipe until bis country ¦ was free . He had uevor beforeJgiven augh » to the cause ; but he had given his money and his sweat—which coined into money—to the Chartists of England ; but now he would preach fer Jthem- ^ as he prayed for them—with equal alacrity that ho did , for his brother Chartists of E . igland . The Repeal of the Union was as much an Eaglish as an Irish jquestion . and would tend to push forward their / own ' cause . He thanked God

      that he stood before a mixed audience of Irish and of Eaglish united for one common object . He trusted the past would be buried in oblivion , and that on that night they should seal , the contract of union between the two countries , and never rest till their liberties were achieved . . : | Mr . O' ( fpi > Nq $ \ then left the room , and was greeted with the greatest enthusiasm ; h' £ ihis Irish brethren , who declared they would livejancf die for him . Mr . Haynes having been [ loudly called for , briefly addressed the meeting * expressing bis approval of Mr . O'Connor ' s discourse , and thought tbey should never forget the absent . He therefore proposed three cheers for O'Connell' ( Three hearty , cheers were given . ) He heaTd a few hisses . ( Shouts of " No . " ) He believed so , but it did his heart good to hear them drowned in that tewific i . . flho \ it of cpplauBe . J

      Mr . Clancy moved , and Mr . Wheeler seconded ,, a vote of thanks to the Chairman , who briefly replied , and the meeting closed by cheers . for the Charter and Ropbal , the Northern Star , an ' the Nation ,

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      took plnce of ths Delegate for Harmony , Mr . Joshua Hill . This examination , entered into as it was by almost every member of Conjfress , with the view of eliciting the tru * Ii or falsehood of rumours which he had heard in his own branch , or district , has tended , and will tend , to dispel an immense amount of errone ous impression , and will enable every person who read it , to contrast in his mind . the d'fiferf-nce between a position in the old world and one in the rww . What , however , has hitherto bepn done is nothing when taken in relation with ths object to he effected ; it bears in fact only tha comparison 6 f a few drops to the waters of the ocean . L 6 t tHo public generally awaken to the truths of tha rational system , aad let so » e f ; w leading minds among them undertake the formation of such a society as I point out for tV . e effecting of the happiness they will lead to , and all miner and petty contentions will cease to be beard auioag us . ... __

      Whenever this shall be the casa we shall have no more desire to exist among men , tbat : hgy shall individually be thought much of for the little Service they can render to tbeir fellow-beings . Edch one will cordially assist every other one , in discus * ng the truth in proportion as he acquires it , and each will ardently contribute whatever lies in his power , either physically , mentally , morally , or pecuniary , to accomplish what all will desire as the only boon for which existence will be valuable . I am , Sir , Tour obedient servant , " William Galpij * . Harmony Hall , May 27 th , 1843 . _ . . _^^^ . .

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      HARMON Y \ HALL . LETTER XII . * TO THE EDITOR OP THB NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —The subject of organizing a society to act in entire unity is so little understood—so much opposed by all the feelings and prejudices that have hitherto been generated among men—and so absolutely essential for any successful results , to be obtained , on a scale at all commensurate Vfith thej present wants and dis tresses of the people , that I { shall offer no apology to to the

      your readers for a ^ ain revesting subject , but shall feel much obliged for the correction of any ideas I may put forth respecting iti that may appear to them erroneoaa . < j I am the more induced to take this course , as I have during the past fortnight had to attend the sittings of the Congress of the Rational' Society , and to deliberate with . a body of men .. chosen by election from the branches ^ of that society ? " = f ; : I have ' no hesitation in saying-that the parties thus assembled ware as intelligent , as conscientious , and sa determined to act justly as any body of men that ever assembled : and . being , under the guidance of correct

      principles , tpera has been exhibited mste unanimity and discernment of truth , wjith less personal or party consideration , than could be procured under any circumstances that have yet been formed for such a purpose . \ It will , however , be manifest to any one who reads the report of the proceedings of tho Congress , whiob . is now being published weekly } in the New Moral World , tbat there Lave been occasionally decisions come to , in consequence of tbe customjof voting being adopted , which are inconsistent with the general spirit , and would not have occurred , ] if the suggestive form of council had been observed , and each delegate had calmly and carnfully examined tfee bearings of every question proposed , simply j with the view of laying before whichever might have been considered the superior mind such facts als would have allowed the individual selected Lti 9 iiave digested all the information receivedjfn the moatxonaistcnt manner .

      In speaking o £ j | hto 3 e decisions , however , I by no means do so in tneclinguage of complaint ; tbey were arrived at after calm . and deliberate investigation , in accordance with those views ! andr feelings , which for tho time actuated the minds of the delegates ; and the resolutions adopted are as far in advance of the present opinions of the public generally , as it would be prudent for any associated body ' of men to go . I bave for sometime shown my individual acquiescence with the proceedings of the Rationalist ^ or Socialists , as they are more generally called , by ( having devoted myself in every manner to their cause , and I have again accepted the office of their General Secretary ; so that any remarks I may make will be with the desire to forward

      their movement , it beine my conviction that the changes we rtquire must be made in entire accordance with the spirit of those principles , which are the declared prineiptesrdf the Rational system . This Association ;/; then , jwfeich I propose should be formed for the reconstruction of society , I again reyeat , must he based on unity , and every operation must be carried forward in entire accordance with the feelings nnd convictions of seme onejsin ' gle mind , aided and supported : by every one . ' - " who / bins the Association , with every means in his ' p ' owor . j Tbe individual thus selected must have the largest and most comprehensive ( grasp of intellect that the human mind has yet attained to , and he must j . iin with

      this a c knowledge of detail : sufficient to prevent his -givin § f * v ?| ong counsel on any matte * th . it may be submitted to him . He musf have the mildness necessary to bear any reproach , however painful it may be to bis feelings , without exhibiting the slightest murmur or dissatisfaction ; and he must at the same tims have tbe firmness requisite to meet aud overcome any difficulty that may beset his path . He must have self-confidence sufficient to believe tbat he is able to accomplish the great work he will be call eh on to undertake ; hut this must be unaccompanied by tbe slightest conceit or personal vanity . He muat strongly desire the good opinion of every individual ! to whatever class , sect , or party he may belong ; but be must never be tempted to act by tbe love of approbation .

      Some of your readers will , I have no doubt , smile at these qualifications being { required of any individual ; but I would tell them they must be combined , and Accompanied by many others ' , before the true and entire redemption of man shall take place ; but , in tbe mean time , our duty as practical reformers will be to take care that we do not neglect the immediate resources at onr command , becrutpfwe have not everything tbat is nece 8 sar # f& > comp | fo the wtjole work . No G ^ y < - > f ™ en w ^ o have associated , in any age or country , hate done bo much for the progress of humanity as those who have enlisted under the princioles promulgated by Robert Oweti- From the period of his first declaration of the errors on which human society was based to tho present , a gradual , rapid , and

      geometrically progressive advance has taken place , until , without their being ( ippardntly at all conscious of doing so , nearly every public waiter and speaker assists in prodncing the conviction that the character of man is formed for him , and not j > y him ; that he has not the power to believe or disbelieve at his pleasure , and that he ciinnet love or hate except in accordance with the feelings and convictions that are made upon his mind , and therefore , that he can be in no manner responsible for his actions . These truths daily become bo apparent that it will be impossible ! for tke Government long to resist their admission ; and , whenever this shall be the case , then may be introduced every practical measure necessary for the relief of man from vice , crime , and poverty , and every misery that attends him .

      With regard to organization , the Rationalists , notwithstanding the imperfections I h * ve before alluded to , are , as a society , in advance of aay other that has eve * yet been formed ; ancl I say this , without seeking to disparage tbe efforts of our Chaitist or any other friends , for- ~ 3 ? 3 TJSfcl thai t , ner < j were many superior to thegi , that % e $ 6 might be ( enabled to take examples by the ;!? working- ! In estimating this organization , however , I can . only speak of it as a theory jor abstraction : the viviiyina power has not yet been given to it , nor can it be until those who bave associated shall become alive to tfee universal principles on wliich they profess to act Then and not till then—wilf the rights of man be respected ; and every individual wili be prepared far more readily to sacrifice bis existence than to do an injury to others , or to permit an injury to be done to anj being in existence . j

      Respecting practical measures , the Rationalists have , as I have sfcewnpn tbe ( early portion of these letters , secured to themselves several of the elements for the emancipation of their fellow men . They have many hundred acres of land ; iine labour market is entirely at their controul ; and tkeyj have among their rank-5 many of the most skilful and intelligent of tbe operative classes of this country . jWbat they now chiefly require is that capital fchall be provided in proportion to the other elements for the production of wealth , and they will then be enabled to progress with a rapidity that ehall astonish all raaka , classes , sects , and p » ttes , and

      convince them that they , have hitherto entirely mistaken , not orly what human nature really is , and the mannsr in which society can be best formed , but alao the means of eimply helping themselves most abundantly to rich anftipreolons gifts , with which th& : creati $ f ; p 9 wer of this iiniy ^ isB most liberally aurro ' tittds thein . A | fb . oW 67 OT the ^ per 3 , tions on the land , and the other rneana foi - produoing" profitable rtjsulla th-it will be joined with it , will allow of the payment of a liberal interest , there can be little < £ oabt but capital will be supplied as Readily us the other elements required for successful operation aa soon as tiie subject Bh&ll be clearly understood .

      Much misconception has existed , and still txiats , Tritb . tegard to tho views and objeots of the Founder 0 ! the R itional System , and with regard to the mann « t in V / hich he brs proceeded in niauott to the workm ? classes , and I would ou this s , u ! j ^ t aso iv frr you * rfeacieis to ( ha report of tbe pr < c 1 J ? n £ s of the Congress , anfl ejo *« ( . specially to tb « Ion ? f < xacn \ n , &Uon . wlrieh

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      HAMPDEN COMMEMORATION MONUMENT . ( From the Ayhsbury Ncirs ) After the lapse of two centimes since the death cf John Hampden , a monument is about to be raised to bis . memory on Chalgrova-fleld » where he , one of the greatest men England ever produced , lost his life in defence of those liberties which were saved by the gallant struggles of the seventeenth century . The project of raising this memorial wm suggested , we believe , sometime ago , by Lord Nugent , and is now to bec 3 rried into tSecb by the zealous efforts cf his Lor « iship , assisted by the Duke of Bedford , t ' he Marquis of Bredalbaue . the E ^ rl of Buckfnj » ht » nsh , ire , Lords Brougham , Dsnman , Lovelace , Leigh , Fortescue , and some other gentlemen , who have joined in this testimony of their veneration for the memory of this great patriot .

      The monument consists of a large block of Portland stone , sixteen feet high , surmonnted by a Ceppo Cap , and resting on a massive plynth of the siuie material . It is raised where tbe Oxford aud Wntliugton road is crossed by tbe lane leading on one side to tha village of Chalgrove , and on the other to Warpsgrcve farm-house . It was here that Prince Rupert , in his retreat towards Oxford , from the country round Poetcomb , Chinnor , and Lewknor , having repulsed the main body cf the Parliament ' s ' troops under Guoter and Cros 3 , waa encountered by Harnpden , who led a party of horse to the attack from the direction of Warpsgrove . It must have been very near this spot that H mipden received bis death-wounda shot by some of tbe musketteers of the Prince , who lined the hedge which still encloses the south side of the lane .

      Ou the side of ike monument facing Warpegrove is ths medallion portrait of the patriot in bold relief ( in marble ) -by Secular ; on the opposite side- ara hu arms , on the third the names of the subscribers by whom the monument is raised , and on the fourth is the following inscription from the pen of Lord

      Nugent"Here , m this field of Ccalgrove , John Hampden , "After an able and strenuous , but unsuccessful resistance in Parliament and before the judges of the land to tbe measures of an-arbitrary court , first took : irms , ' assembling the levies of the associated counties of Buckingham and Oxford , in 1642 . " And here , within a few paces of this spot , he received the wound of which he died while fighting in defence of the free monarchy and ancient liberties of England , June 18 th , 1643 . " In the two hundred ch year from that day this stona was raised in reverence to his memory . " A grand dinner wili bo given ou Monday , the 19 th of Jane , on Caalgrove-fieid , Lord Nugent in the chair , in commemoration of the 200 ch anniversary of the fight . The ' company will assemble at nine o'clock , when the medallion portrait of Hampdsu will bs fixed in its place on the monument , and the dinner wilt take place at three . A very numerous company ia expected .

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      The Repeal rent for tbe past week amounted to £ 70918 i .-6 d . Dudlkt and Leicester are likely soon to have vacancies in their representation . A PfiTrriON against Lord Dungannon's return fpi Durham will shortly be pves-inted to Parliament . The Cambridge Election Committee h ? t , ve decided that Mr . jKelly was duly eke'ed member for Lhat borough , although one ciso 01 bribery to tha amount of £ 13 la 9 d . was fully proved . The Marq ? is oe B ^ ead \ lbane . —It is rumoured . that the noble Marquis who has signified his adr . esion to the " Niv ? Secession , " has resolved to mase a contribution of £ 10 , 000 to its funds . The Tuam Herald states that the result of a day ' s labour of a collector of poor rates , in ; he Ballinasioo Union , backed by ono hundred policemen , last week , was ll ^ 1-The French' papara state ( hat a vessel laden with negroes , under English ooiours , and bound for Jimaica , had been captured by the French brii < , tho Vigre , off Goree . There are no slaves in Jamaica , so that , those negroes cannot have been intended for slaves . The Editor of the Iowa Reporter wishes 5 , 000 young women to ecr . ^ raie to that territory , and he pledges himself to marry them all . The total numbkb of grammar-schools in England aud Wales is about 450 . ef which no fowvr than 150 were founded iu tho 16 th century , out of the spoils of religious houses destroyed during the Reiormation .

      Hamilton Gibbet Post . —This obnoxious object was hewn down last Sunday afternoon , in the most mysterious manner . Tao pariios who hare rid tho county of so riiajju 3 tiug aa object are at present unkuown . —Lincoln Mercury . Green Hams . —On Friday an order was received in this towu irom tha Commissioners of Customs , which revorsas previous decision , under which green hams imported in pickle have been , till now . charged only as pork . It is now decided that " all logs of pork thoroughly cured and imported in a state fit for drying and raaking hams . " are chargeable with tha duty on hams ; which is 1-ij . if foreign , and 3 s . 6 d ., if colonial , mstead of 8 s ., and 2 s . per cwt . ; so that this last d"ci--ion makes a material difforaaci to importers . —Liverpool Times .

      At a meeting of th 8 States held in ths island of Gnernsfcy-last week , the * following ,-among many other subjects , was proposed for consideration , viz ., '" Whether there shall be granted the sitniof £ 70 par " annum for the destruction of spoiroirs for two years . " After a grave and lengthened discuisio , the proposition was rejected by a majority of 17 to 12 . Pleasant Prospect for an Amiable Lady . — We Bud in the columns of a contemporary thd following very modest announcement , which might be classed under the head ' singular , if tr-ia !"—* ' Matrimony . —A gentleman , just arrived in England iu rather delicate health , but wh ? has an independent fortune , which will die with him , uulw hehas an heir , wishes to lead to the altar a young lidy . Sha must be of a respectable family and amiable deposition . "

      In Consequence of the farmers in th - > parish of Cavendish , in this county , having reduced tho wagej of their agricultural labourers from 8 s a week to 7 a , we uadeirStaud upwards of 200 have refused as ; ain to proceed to work urtU their usual wages am paid . The farmers in the parisa are suffering great inc > nvonienee from this state of aff&irs . —Bury and it */ - folk Herald . Nicety at the Gallows . —There existed soma Curious old cuatotn . 9 in Abbeville : a mm , con huried to be hungj might be saved if a woman offered , of her own accord , to marry him . This pi jco ot good fortune happened to a robber at Hamviiiiers ia 1400 ; but the girf was lame , and he actually rc-msed , saying to tho hangman , " Alle oloquo , j ; nVn re-ux mia ; attaqa' me 1 "— "She limps , I do no-: a : all like her for a wife ; tie me up ! ' '

      Caption . —At a coroner ' s inquest , recently held in the neighbourhood 01 Easton-squarc , it w 1 , .- •' . . tsJ in evidence by a gentleman o ? the London College of Surgeons , that the deceased , with whom he was intimato , was in the habit of taking lar ^ e do * e 3 of morphia , td'deaden the pain 3 of the goat , wiiii wnich he was afflicted . This produced a melancholy depression of spirits , and terminated thus fatally a most useful life . —Tt is diffisalt to aewnat for the tendency that many well-informed mind ) havo to seek refuge in the use of temporary aud dangerous palliatives , whea more happy results , cau 03 proeared by efficient modern chemical discoveries . In this , as in numerous other Cases , had tho suffarer only known of that woll-testodrgmaoy . Bail ' s iJaus and Rheumatic Pill * , his friends would no ; have to deplore his loss . .-

      ImmobtaUTT . — Competitors for fame have at rngglcd and played their parts upon the «' . !„" . > 1 f human life , each witb one grand object in view , and to that obj-JC ^ the aoms of their desire ? , th&y Jito pushed upwards aud onwards . True immortality , however , ia attainable only by proper means ; \ vu < TsiUty aud benevolence aro " the path . Tho modest and uaissuia-[ ing aspirant comts not the Bmiies of di-ju , but , like i th . Q venerable Parr , moves steadily on . h ; n > y ra tbe ! conviction that hi ? butnbk labour will ons be day ' appreciate i , and s' ^ iousJy iVent n- ] ! ¦•¦ . inz b-hind ' a legacy w ^ - ^ "t ^ i be a biasing to tw »? rhoa - V 8 an |? v "

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      and I \ _ ______ THE NORTHERN STAR . 7 - . . : . ___ : I - " I -

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 3, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct936/page/7/