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_^ ENGLISH AND IRISH REPEALERS . A CHALLENGE . TSB _jarMB . ° _* THE KOMHE _*" - * t STASL * ° the Nation newspaper refused to _pnb-^ e ltfter which I herewith enclose , and as I $ sh - & tis to lay U before the people of England , I _** _- jX oWiS cabyyOUr _SWiDS _- P- _^ _e - _* _•**** j * -. _a-- | j SltP * _# p" _Bespectfolly _yonis , Patrick O'Higgins . _^ mTm * uuu ? m . -
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< n 0 _W TO REPEAL THE UNION ? ¦ _^ f y , _fliere ' s tte rud . * K ) THE EDITOR OF THE NATION * . _cnr—Vflien I saw the letter from _Blessiagton , " cd , ' Ternist , ' with the above admirable query % _ e beg inning of it ; I began to hope that I _*^ _j - See that for wbich lhave been long and [ _gj-rasiy looking for , namely , some feasible plan to teieal ' the _Uaion . _" It is quite _t _™** that _spcccbing at Conciliation ifjl ; collecting money ; and getting Repealere , _redt * Conciliation Hall Repealers , into snag cozey _JLes , unde ra government hostile to lU _jaal _. will not | _^ the Union .
-jour _correspondeat , « _Ten-isf _, ' appears , to my _^ understanding , to be as far from laying down _jjvplan to Repeal the Union , as the most brawling _baibon , either lay or clerical , belonging to the _Conpfi-tion Hall delusion . There is an excuse for a _jquan who has no other mode of making out a J _^ cai ' ous subsistence than by deluding his countrymen through the medium of fulsome disgusting halUigues , spouted hebdomadally at Conciliation
Hailbu t there is no excuse whatever for a clergyman joining in the delusion , every one of whom know -ight well tbat the sole object of the leaders of Bepeal , from its commencement in 1830 np to the assent how , was to get money from the people and p Uces from the "Whigs . Such of the Catholic eferey of Ireland as have joined the Repeal Associih ' on can be looked npon in no other light than in tbat of having countenanced and assisted to propartte a political delusion upon their poor confiding
"Sow I am neither a Young Irelander , nor eke an in Oldlrelander _. but I am a Repealer . And , _al-( _jflBgh I do not intend pining tbe Confederates or Young Irelanders , yet I do believe that they are famously and honestly desirous to effect a Repeal of the Act of Union , and to see a parliament in College Green , which , bear in mind , are two very dis-¦ _jnct things . The Union statute may be repealed , -jithout having a domestic parliament , as a
necessry consequence ofthe mere act of Repeal . Anew tet of Union might be passed . There is a popular oror upon this great question . A Repeal of the Act of Union does not involve domestic legislation ; fert I shall net pursue this line of argument farther , « t present , as it would lead me away from the object of this letter , which is to show that * Ternist , ' though a good writer , hag propounded no plan to teach the people * How to Bepeal the Union ? He objects to the plan proposed by ' Bibernicns , ' viz .:
—« Register , purchase land , create voters , secure 103 Repeal membere / This , le * says , is Tery good ia its way , but it requires time and money , mnch time and much money . He also says , that we can neither afford the one nor the other . ' It appears , or shonld appear , from the very nature _j-the objection , thai - Ternist' has some plan of Bepeal , which will require neither time nor money to 2 chieve tbe end in view . And what is this plan : Bad as the old delusion was , that proposed "fcy- ' Ternist' is fifty-fold worse . Here it is : — 'Repeal the Union with England' s v ! l . if possible ; _tfnot , without it . '
Now , good sir , is this the sapient plan which requires neither time nor money ? If so , why not _tary it into immediate effect ? After having proposed this profound plan , he eb—1 st . - Are there any rational means of winning the sent of England to the repeal of the Union Act ?' 2 nd . Have any means yet been put in operation , fram the first utterance of the word Repeal , to the present day , tending in the slightest degree to lesson tbe objections of an Englishman to the Repeal ? To this latter question he boldly answers , ' none , Aaiever , I am fully convinced ?
Fray , now sir , permit me to ask yon , by what process of reasoning , or through what medium , have _jtra arrired at this conclusion ? Upon what _autfcosty do yon presume to make this unfounded asser tkm ? Is it because that yon are fully convinced that yoa have made no effort to vin ' England , ' as yoa say , to'the Repeal of the Union Act / that therefore no one else has ? Verily fls premises are worthy of the conclusion . "Watts ad Whateley may hide _theiridiminished heads after this specimen of Blessington logic What do yon mean by winning the assent of _Engbid , and lessoning the objection of an Englishman to Septal ? What , Englishman ? Have you ever seen Abdel-Kader ? If you have not , it follows , therefore , _-xc-iuing to yonr logic , that nobody else has .
"Where have yon been doting the last ten years ? Surely , a public writer , even _usder a fictitious name , oaght to know something abont the proceedings of _fiase whose assent he professes a desire to win to tie Repeal of the Act of Union . But as it appears yrmknow nothing of the matter , just let me take "" _suby the arm and enlightenyonabit , in a friendly , "met way . It will do yon good , and perhaps have fie saJulaiy effect of inducing you before you write < _*" _*&> , to learn something of the subject on which Jon write .
Se it known to yon , then , and to all others whom it may concern , that in August 1839 , two millions oi Englishmen deputed a missionary to this city with _ia-tractions to tender their assistance to the people cf Ireland , to obtain a Repeal of the Legislative _ttnon ; that the name ofthis missionary was Robert hwrey : that a meetingof the citizens of Dublin * " 2 " duly convened by public placard , to hear this Kntlfanan tender ihe co-operation of two millions of &| fehmen to effect a Repeal of ( fie Union statute ; that instead of hearing this gentleman , as the _tifeens were bound to do by the well-known laws " _sdviHsed society , they assembled in vast numbers ,
a hour before the time appointed for holding the _Beeting , beat and abused the missionary , tore his tallies , and otherwise maltreated him ; that the fcpeal dopes were instigated to commit this base _® d brutal outrage , by T . M . Ray , the Repeal _secrecy , Tom Arkins who led the assault on the occasion , ind our present redoubtable City Marshal ; that Lord _ftringtou tben Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , pub-% thanked these worthies , for their manly and _Patriotic achievement ; that when a hearing was _'fecnently sought for at a Repeal meeting in the torn Exchangethe patriotic City MarshalMr
, , _Somas Reynolds , who has since had his reward , _*^; ' that no fnissionary should speak al that _meet-^ wdtss he should first show Ms credentials , and ¦ _itf then he would be taken into custody and lodged •"• Newgate , where he might rot before any good bishman would visit Turn ; that after all this _dispzceful conduct on the part of tbe soi-disant Tie-Mas , the generous , forgiving , and liberty-loving _People of England , petitioned parliament to tbe _fc & _ber of 3 . 500 , 000 , which is more than the whole j * _ale population of Ireland , for a Bepeal of the inion .
I am sure , sir , that yoa have the candour , and the jj torage to admit tbat yon are more enlightened now _-Bzn when 1 took yonr arm a while ago . But lest there shonld be any mistake or doubt " Specting the hearty good will of the people of f-gland towards the people of Ireland , and their _J-fcererit love of justice and fair play . I hereby chat cage you , or any one else , to a discussion of a Re-M of the Act of Union , in any part of England yjaeh yon or they may choose— -Exeter Hall , if you _% - The meeting to be an open one , and one fort-% tt ' s notice ofit to be duly advertised and pla-*** kd ; and I undertake to pay the whole expense
_° * the meeting , and your expenses there and back ! ° Dublin , shoald the meeting not affirm the follow-* S " resolution ; provided always that you pay all _^ s , expenses , and charges in _' the event of the _reso-* _8 <> n being affirmed . Resolved : — That in the opinion af this meeting , the Act of Union _£ _- * een Great Britain and Ireland was brought about y _fte most bate , bloody and brutal _meus ; that it has _jjf- ct 1 prievous injury on the people of Ireland ; and J *" " conferred no right or benefit ; on tbe p < -ople of Eng _* ; thatthe Irish people are justly and righteously _* _" * Ued to a R-neal of the Act of Union ; and that
_^ e but the King , Lords , and Commons of Ireland J _^ _d make laws fer Ireland . That the Irish have _^ n robbed , plundered and expatriated from their na"> l . ndby the hereditary oppressors ofthe peop leof _s 5 8 Und ; ihat a sincere , hearty , and cardial nnion be j ?* , from hencefor th aad for et / er , established between _^ People of England and Ireland , for the impose of ' throwing tyranny » nd oppression ia both countries , d steering domestic legislation based npon the _com-*^ e power ofthe people orer their repre _*' _tntativrs . _*«*• Patrick O'Higgins . * » Nn , 15 Ho-th _itme-itreet .
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A VOICE FROM TTIPPERARY . IHGHim 6 _M W OP _Tfflt COTOtat-HitBH ) TO _xxr . sv « , _„ , » ~ J 2 ° nnty _. _^ PPenuy _. Dec . 2 nd , 1847 . _Foriwme weeks past we have all been anxioudy _rSTrfS _^ aS _^ _-S _^ _P to this the _gometfin _g remams in _nuMbus . What her Majesty ' * _fcinisteii TOreationamong _^ classes , a _„ d all seem tocome to _Sh-S _^*/ that _b _V that _^ intcnd d « n _* _notoing . If I except theinposition oftaxesand the introduction of a Coercion BUI , which , of course , is to suffice as a remedial measnre for starvation , we have come to the conclusion , that the above _tonns the sum total ot their intentions towards Ireland . _iWB--gaHag _, ¦
Bufc _, in reality , weoften ask ourselves , * Are her Majesty s advisers mad ? or if they be wise , do they looknpon ns Irishmen aa _foolsf' The best proof , at all of their being governed by one feeling or other , w evinced in their determination to introduce a Coercion BiH , for onr future comfort . A Coercion Bill , forsooth ! Well , ' tis singular how _Ministere can reconcile it with the _duty they owe the constitution and jtheir sovereign , to attempt the violation of the _privileges which the former guarantees to , and the latter swears to maintain for her people , and on the suppression of which it is only natural that they should forewear allegiance . True ! This country is in a very disturbed state , mnrdenj are perpetrated openly and fearlessly . Every good member of society mnst deplore such barbarity , bat will they , before calling for a Coercion Bill , trace the effect to ite cause ? Let them say
'Murders , doubtless , are committed ; but sorely there must be some canse for it , as human nature is not so depraved as ta revel in crime for pleasure ; and then let them , if they find grievances unredressed , first remove them , and seo what effect it may produce in _tranquillizing Ireland . But let them not attempt to coerce ns nntil , at least , they remove onr manifold wrongs and persecutions . We are the descendants of a disinherited , proscribed race ; onr fathers were deprived of all their rights and privileges ; we 'inherit their sense of wrong , we feel what they have heen made to suffer , and they have left ob a legacy of evils to be atoned for . Let ns not be furnished with pretexts for taking vengeance , let ns set be supplied with causes to avenge our fathers ' murders , spoliations , and robberies , perpetrated on them by ruthless tyrants—the generators of the begeared servile crew , who would now seek to goad us
into madness . Let it be recollected that so long as the causes which produce _tuni-der be sot removed , so long have government no right to coerce us . They starved two millions of our brave and hardy Milesian race , and two millions more of as trne aad brave men would have met the same doom , had it not been for the generosity ef the English people . They robbed us of onr means to live , in refusing means to reclaim onr waste lands , and bring into play the available resources of our country . They insulted us , and called ns idle , thriftless sots . All this , and more we bore in patience , bnt let them attempt to coerce with ns , and we will see , can they calculate on onr dastard submission totvranta' will . No ! we will
not bear coercion , it smells too much of 'Russian serfdom / it ' s tinctured too much with penal times . Better die a freeman than live a slave . Bnt no ! right will triumph , and before we hand oar-elves over to tbe ' executioner many a noble fellow will pour ont the last drop of his heart ' s blood , —many a sword will be dyed with thecrimson gore of a ruthless tyrant , aad many ac . executioner will call heaven ' s vengeance down on onr task masters who drove ns , maddened by despair , to destruction . True ! Many will preach obedience to the law . Yes , by all means , let the constitution law of the realm be obeyed , but not the law which wonld man * onr manhood , and hold ns np as chained caitiffs to the gaze of scoffing Europe . Too long have we been slaves , —too long have we forgotten what be migbt be—too long
have we lain dormant nnder the thraldom of a cursed race of landlords , who tore outoar veryvitals , to furnish a _gratification to their profligate appetites , bnt we wili do so no longer . Progressive reform ia the order ofthe day , and no coercion . Let the Ministers of England remove the causes which produce crimes ; and then , if after the peasant ' s wrong 3 are redressed—the farmer ' s persecutions removed ,- — the tenant ' s rights guaranteed , and our social and political evils done away with , if , _after these things be done , crime continues , then , by all means , let a CsercionBillbe introduced , and , I am satisfied , it will receive the support of every man who would now risk * outlawry , ' before he would submit to it . But such an event is impossible . Give us remedial measures , and crime ceases !
Another topic being discussed among us * Wild Irish * is , tho conduct of the Parliamentary misrepresentativesofIreland . lt has been rudely remarked that little can be expected from men who either refuse or neglect to moot the great question of Tenant Right , to which they were pledged at the hustings , but on which they are silent , both in parliament , and in the programme of the ' r resolutions ' , —tbat no confidence need be placed in men who left it to an English member—an Irishman whom their vituperative spirits exiled—to start a motion on Repeal—in men who , before a Whig Secretary of State , cowed and withdrew a just amendment to the Whig _ministera * ill-boding speech .
No wonder tbat the man who styles himself leader ofthe Irish people , shonld be rebuked and jeered _[ by an English baronet , on the tame spirit of his dreams . Oh ! for Ireland , that she hai not afew _snowmen as O'Connor , Anstey , Grattan , Mahon , and O'Brien , representingher—men who fight her battles manfully , who weuld assume a tone of manly independence in advocating a nation's rights . Intelligence has just arrived _teconntins the interview ofthe Irish Conncil with Lord John Russell , and also John O'Connell's letter tothe Fbeemas _' s Journal . It has produced a dreadful sensation . Afew more facts like that , and Lord John will see how far
easier it wonld be to give people means to live , than to meet the expenses attendant on the suppression of an outbreak . It is really alarming to hear the ministers'decision regarding Ireland _, lie and his colleagues ought tobe made aware of the ill-boding aspect of _ehiogs in this country . There * is a deadly hatred of the _Ent-lish government being implanted in every Irishman's bosom . Society is in a ferment—it is like a volcano heaving its destructive lava , previous to its being _spraad out on the plains . A short time hence , and no man—not even the best disposed—will find it his interest to be quiet . Their motto will be , * That they have nothing to gain , bat everything to lose , by their quietness . '
Never was there such a hostile feeling being nourished against English legislature as at present , Not since the days of the first invasion , when Henry ( he _Secocdsent his cursed satelites to rob and plunder onr forefathers , at the instance of a traitor kin ? , _M-ifnrrongh of Afeathy—not since the days of bloody persecution , when the pitch cap , the rack , andthe gibbet , met an Irishman at every torn , —not since those days were Irishmen so completely opposed to the English government as at present . They are determined not to victimise themselves for any government Let Lord John and his cabinet digest that piece of information . We blame not the English people . No ; let that fact go further . The Saxon may be called a scoundrel ,
but tbe Irish will not believe it . They stretch forth their hands in friendship , to the honest nen of England ; they ask for their co-operation , and thank them for last year ' s assistance . Let the English hear onr grievances , asd they will not blame ns for our opposition to their government . When facts like the following are of daily recurrence , wiU the English say we have no cause of complaint ? Saturday last , 27 th Not ., the sub-sheriff of this county , Mr Going , proceeded to the lands occupied by fanners of the name of _Quinliks to eject then . These unfortunate men owed bnt one year ' s rent : they offered the rent in full—tbey offered the costs of the ejectment—but out they shonld go—the sheriff ' s _depot- was not authorised to take it . Further , hear !
These unhappy men had arms in their house . They said , ' We wish to give no opposition tothe sheriff , bnt let the bailiffs not enter , we will remove our own cattle and farnituro . ' For this they were arrested , are now in goal at Nenagh , and informations are sworn against them for resisting the sheriff deputy in the execution ofhis dnty . I will let thu fact speak with thelrish people _foritself _, and itisoniy melancholy it is not a solitary fact . Hear what the Tipperab ? _Visdicatos of the 1 st inst ., says , commenting on the above : — ' It is undeniable tbat the present lamentable state of this country is mainly o wine to the unfortunate
_relationa subsisting between landlord and tenant . It is certain also that in some cases it is a _strugele for existence with the tenant ; and we do not know tbat the appliances of the most stringent code of laws that can be imagined , will avail in checking the spread of crime , as long as ejectment processes are enforced with inflexible vigour , _wherehonestyand fair dealing have not abandoned the tenant . It is scarcely necessary to add , that all the Coercion Acts that can possibly be framed must fail utterly and disgracefully in their object , while prevailing pauperism is augmented by casting people eut from the homes of their fathera '
The above observations , I am sure , will meet with the concurrence of every unprejudiced reasoner . There ' s another fact , that will give some idea of the state ofthe country ; and recollect it is told of one ofthe richest counties ofthe South of Ireland . Let it speak for itself , facts are stubborn things . For the Nenagh division , inctuding only the North Riding of Tipperary . there are at leaBt one hundred and seventyfive insolvent debtors . Let the English government hear such statements as the above , and ask _themsalvos can the Poor Law work well in this coantry ? He ar another fact—the Rev . Mr Quaid , P . P ., told the Ennis guardians on Wednesday , that if the poor of Cl onlea are not quickly relieved , they must plunder or starve .
I feel pleasure in informing you that R . TJ . Bayly , Esq-, the chairman of the Nenagh board of guardians , who was shot at eight or ten days since , ia expected
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_tw _^ ' fa not _Jet out of danger . Major rf _fhSrV _*** " _*^ _^ _eftigating the circumstances _hL _£ _L atteffip _# * •? utdet " Sw « il persons w _* brought upon Monday , the 29 th ult . on suspicion , _dwee . rabB ** uent , y _^^ ed for want of evi ' Notices were postedup through the county , calling da _^ _lftnl th P _? _-- _^ * Toomevara , for Tue _4 _ImjJI _i ° K ' m orde _^ . to CBter Nenagh , and demolish the workhouse . The hour for the meetin _»» _..-..-. _ . - _^
g was two o clock , p m ., when a troop of dragoons , a company of the 77 th regiment , and a largTbodv of police , were placed under the directions of Captain Pollock , R . M . The meeting did not take place , ? - -8 _- ? -. tI , er * ° the Berera weather , or to the fear of tne _ military , so that the day passed off in quiet . m lbs Lord Lieutenant sent £ 15 per Mr Odell , sublMpector _. to young Grady of Garry Kennedy , in this county ,-a a reward for his bravery in resisting an armed assassin , who attempted to rob his father ' s house and shoot him .
Mr Gore Jones , R . M . Thurles , committed to the county gaol , Nenagh , five persons charged with the murder of Mr Anthony Burke , of Borrisoleigh , in the year 18 SI Their names are Pat Kennedy , Pat Uwyer , Pat Murphy , Edmund Dwyer , and Michael Kennedy . On Sunday night , the 28 th ult ., three men brutally attacked their companion , as they were going home from BorriBokane , assailing him with stones until he was insensible . He was saved from murder by a patrol of police who were on duty , and who arrested the inhuman brutes en the spot . The unfortunate man
was conveyed to the Borrisekane hospital , and a scarp pointed stone , two and a half inches long , was extracted from his skull . His death is expected . The notorious Hoganand his party were captured on the 24 th nit ., after leaving the house of a man named Hackett , of _Denanvilie _, near _Borrisokane , which they robbed of some clothes , being _disappsinted in finding £ 60 , a sum which they expected Was in the house ; but which was lodged in the bank that day . This is the fellow who was charged with murdering Mr Waller , of Finnoe . Fame attributes to him the perpetration of some terrible deeds .
The above state of things should make government cautious of exciting the people further by legislation calculated to drive anyone mad . They should' be terrible facts and strong weapons in the hands ofthe Irish M . P ' g , who are bound to oppose the government and if necessary try to oust it from power ; before it works ruin for the country which they represent . Z . T . O .
Repeal And The Charter. A Yoice From Ame...
REPEAL AND THE CHARTER . A YOICE FROM AMERICA ! There appeared in the Boston ( U . S . ) Pilot of October 9 th , 1847 , a very lengthy letter from an Irishman , whose name is honourably distinguished in his country ' s struggles—Thomas Mooney ; in which letter the writer sets forth his views as to the causes which had hitherto prevented the triumph of Repeal , and the means by which Repeal might be gained . One of the principal causes of failure has been , according to Mr Mooney , the disunion of the people of England and Ireland . Mr Mooney specially deplores the denunciation heaped npon Mr Feargu 3 O'Connor by the late Mr O'Connell , as the prime cause of the disunion he laments . The entire letter , which occupies nearly five columns ofthe Boston Pilot , is too lengthy to be transferred to our columns ; we must content ourselves with the following extracts : —
HOW BEPEAL HAS BEES RETARDED , AHD HOW _BEFEA & IS TO BE WON . . Tones Hotel , Rochester , September 27 , 1847 . Mr De aa Sis , —Tour paper of the llth , which met me here to-day , contains au extract from the Nation , refer . ring * to Feargas O'Connor is a Tather disparaging manner which gives me pain , and induces me to trouble you with tbe following remarks . Repeal has been retarded by the bickerings , divisions , and jealousies of Irishmen , among themselres . If we have not enough of good sense among us all to frown down this addiction , we have not yet acquired tbe political stamina to beget or sustain our national independence .
Feargas O'Connor is a distinguished Irishman , of great influence in England , who has worked , and is working , for the Repeal of the Union . Charles Gavaa Duffy is a distinguished Irishman , of great influence in Ireland , who is working for the same object . Ur O'Connor has established a newspaper in England , ( the Nobthebi * Sub . ) , which has , with one exception , the largest circulation of any newspaper in England . Mr Duffy bas scouted all the overtures for a junction of the Chartists aod Repealers , which Feargus O'Connor made to him , A few weeks ago I saw evidences ofthis in the Nation ; and to-day I read an extract which treats Feargus O'Connor ' s recent triumph , over a Cabinet Minister Id Nottingham , with something like a sneer , and instead ef hoping mnch for Repeal from tbat event , merely bints that 'Feargus O'Connor will be a thorn iu the sides of the Whigs . "
How long , may I ask , are those senseless asperities to be suffered in our ranks 1 What has Feargus O'Connor done against his native land , that he sbould thus be treated something like a political swindler ! Ihave heard a great deal in my time said against the' violence ' of the Chartists , It was a favourite theme of the lamented Liberator—a theme , however , in which I never joined , but against whicb I frequently remonstrated in private—evidences ofwhieh , in the handwriting of O'Con . nell himself in 1810 , were in my possession wbich restrained me from going orer to England to egitatefor the Repeal , and try to conciliate and indoctrinate the Chartists .
Seven years' experience have not altered my opinion in this respect . Seven years of bitter and painful experience have proved to me that the Chartists ooght to have been conciliated long ago , and onght to have been leagued with the Irish Repealers in a powerful _confedsration for the freedom of the two nations—the English and the Irish . I have suggested the same ideaB in my Irish History , pages 1397-8 , which was published in the lifetime of O'Connell , aud presented to him ; so that no one can say that my present expressed opinions grow from a hasty impulse , or from personal feelings . And it will appear , by tbis letter , that I am now somewhat at issue with the successors of O'Connell on the one hand , aud the leaders of the Young Inland party on the other . This is a very unpleasant predicament indeed . I should like to stand well in the estimation of both ; and I hope nothing may be construed from this letter to disentitle me to their esteem .
I think , sir , the day has arrived ) which calls upon every Irishman to make some sacrifice for the sake of the looked _. for freedom ef his country . From the mass of the people a sacrifice ofa few pence or shillings , and a little time occasionally , are required . From the ' wealthy a sacrifice of their vanity in favour of their own manufactures—from the leaders , a sacrifice oftheir offended feelings , their _wonnded pride , their excited enmities . The people are willing enough to perform their part , but the leaders don't seem equally willing to sacrifice ; aow this retards our progress , and will continue to retard it just so long as it will last , and no longer .
It is best to be plain then with our leaders , and tell them that we require of them a cessation of personal hostilities , and a gradual approximation to unity ; to tell them that we rejoice much when one of thera praises the other , and tbat nothing pains us more tban ( to read the expression of the slightest _unklndness from any one of them towards another . We with Mr John O'Connell to know that Ur Gavan Daffy is highly respected by the American Repealers—we with Mr Gavan Duffy to know that Jobn O'Connell is acknowledged by the great body of the American Repealers as the successor of his father—and , though he may not be gifted with his father ' s varied abilities , he hag , we tbink , that national integrity which it is admitted the father possessed' . We wish Mr O'Connell , Hr O'Brien , and Mr Duffy to know that we consider Feargas O'Connor , a very deserving , - a very patriotic , and a very great Irishman .
Feargus O'Connor entered into the Repeal struggle so long ago as 1831 , with the fervour of an impassioned Celt , He then , by his enerey , his eloquence , and , his exertions , brake down the Whig and Tory alliance that beld iu captivity the opinion and representation of the county of Cork . By his exertions were the county won toSepeal—andit has continued a , Repeal county ever since . In Parliament he was the seconder of O'Connell ' s celebrated motion for Repeal , io- _^ 831 . In 1835 he was unseated for the county of Cork , on the petition ofhis opponent . In 1836 O'Connell separated from and denounced him . The quarrel was long and painful , but Feargus did not abandon Repeal .
Denounced by O'Connell , excluded from Parliament , and abandoned by the Irish , Feargus O'Connor , if destitute ef ability and stamina , would have perished as a pnblic man . Buthe volunteered bis services to another battalion of straggling serfs—namely , the Chartists of England . Here , eagle-like , he soon soared to his wented natural altitude . He soen became the recognised and followed leader ofthe discontented English . For this he was admirably calculated , being well versed in history , law , politics , and literature—posseeslag an imaginative mind , a good voice , and an eloquent tongue and pen . His physical powers of endurance were _astonishintr , in truth , be had no superior in these respects , but O'Conndl alone . Mr Mooney next notices the Charter , which he trnW says , was at the outset , approved of by Daniel O'Connell ; Mr M . however , falls into the common error of talking of the 'five points' of the Charter .
Feargus O'Connor , as I have said , after his quarrel with OConnell , _iu 1836 , threw himself into the ranks of tbe men who demanded this farther reform of the English Constitution . . He soon obtained preat influence among them ; and he next _established the Nobthebh Stab , to advocate their demand for far greater reform than had yet heen proposed by any ofthe Whig champions of improvement . The quarrel which unfortunately " sprung up between O'Connell and O'Connor now extended itself to a quarrel between O'Connell aud the Chartist * , of which body O'Connor had become the recognised leader . Mr Mooney next notices the progress of the Char-
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tist movement , and the persecutions to > hich the Lngusb working men were subjected . — At Birmingham and one or two other places there were some collisions between the police and the _Chartistj , justai there were at _Ne-rtonbarry , _Castlepollard , Skibbereen and some other places between tbe anti-tithe wl l 0 t Irela _** a and tho police and army . The Chartists spoke « sedition' ( of course they did ) at their public meetings , and they were prosecuted by the Whig government for this . Yes , that very Whig party whose leaders In 1832 proposed to the men of Binning _, ham , tomarch . on London with the bayonet screwed on tbeir muskets , if their refonn bill were not accepted by the Lords . Eighteen or twenty of the Chartist leaders , including Feargus O'Connor , were found guilty of seamen by carefull y packed juries—were cast into prison for periods _varjiDg from twelva to eighteen months , just as O'Connell and his _fellow-martjrs _wtre found
guilty of ' sedition' and cast into prison on the ever memorable 30 th of May . 1844 . The persecution of 184243 is next described by Mr Mooney . He next says;—Then came the remedial fiaancial measures from Peel , by which four millions per annum were removed from the shoulders ofthe working classes , abd placed in the shape ofa ' property tax' on the wealthy . This was a sop to Chartist agitation and to nothing else ; The Chartists , all violent as they were , extorted this much as « n-Instalment from the aristocracy . I question whether the Repeal agitation of 1843 4 , with its terrific monster mettlng _. and its ' seditious ' resolutions on Tara Hill [ and _Mullagbmast _, extorted so much from the government The repealers , with all their deoorum , and legal caution , and extra loyalty , did not escape a prosecution for sedition , nor tbe dungeon _ and did not extort any thing fromtho government , save afew places for some of their chiefs .
The account thus appearing of Chartist and Repeal agitation , honestly tottea and balanced , would leave a far gi eater product to the credit tf Chartism than Re . peal . Now , during tho progress of these two movements O'Connell , tbe leader of Repeal , rejeoted all the offers of the Chartists to join with him or serve with him . _Thesa offers of cooperation and friendship were fte . quently made . On the contrary , be _attacked 1 hem in every mode of condemnation of which be was master : _ca ' uBed their subscriptions te the Repeal wherever paid .
in . London or ehewhere , to be returned , and all _assocls . tion between tbem and the R pealerstobefor ever forbid . This was done , as it was alleged , to keep the Repealers safe from tbe meshes and nets ofthe law . But alas ! the Repealers did not escape those meshes ! and were it not that by an accident there happened to be three Whig landlords in the House of Lords against two landlords , who refused to give a triumph to their enemy Feel , O'Connell would have served his twelve months in tbe dungeon , just as Feargus O'Connor , the ' violent * Cbartist did .
Between the treatment of the cautious , loyal , and legal leader of repeal , and the more ' violent * and direct agitation of the Cbartist chief , there was no literal difference . The loyal caution of the one , and the violent sedition of tbe other , were both rewarded with an equal quantum of prosecution and imprisonment , . Notwithstanding tbe hostility ofthe Irish leader to all their movements , the Cbartists did good for evil . In their celebrated monster petition , presented to parliament in 1843 , by _three-and-a . half millions of these Chartists , tbey prayed tbelm _*/ erial Parliament amongst tbeir other demands , to ' restore to Ireland its suppressed Parliament . ' They did , these violent cut . throats ! and Feargus O'Connor was tho man who drew up that petition .
Mr Mooney next notices the meetings in favour of Repeal and tbe Charter , held in London , Manchester , Sheffield , and other places , and adds—: I would ask the humblest of your readers , as the most exalted , to put the question to his heart , ' ought these men and their distinguished leader be regarded by us Repealers as enemies !' Mr Mooney then reviews the past and present position of Mr O'Connor , and says : — When . I view this Irishman—this Repealer , thuB surraonntlng the petty aod thegreat obstacles tbat impeded his progress—and placing himself at the bead of public opinion in tbe enemy ' s country , I cannot but rejoiceand pronounee bim a great Irishman ,
Is it wise in us Repealers to hold aloof from snch a man ! I hope we Bhall hear no more denunciations of English Chartists , or of French Infidels , or American Slaveholders , among Repealers . We Repealers pretend to the world tbat we seek the freedom of eight millions of Irishmen who reside in Ireland . Let us , then , do this duty with charity and fidelity , Leave the American _Slaveholders to the American Freemen ; leave the French Infidels to tbe French Priesthood ; and leave theEnglish Chartists to work out their salvation as well as tbey can And if any of these denounced classes volunteer tbeir services to our cause—we , poor serfs , ougbt to receive them , and with thanks . We ougbt , it ia thought by many , to conciliate inter _, nally as well as externally . These opinions I venture to express not as mine own but , really , of many Repealers whom I have met in the thousand public mee t _, ings I bave organised in America and Canada in behalf of Ireland , for the last seven years .
And now , sir , as to the question of ' How Repeal is to be won % ' I answer without hesitation , that the mode is to me as plain as that of any other great undertaking , such as the constructing ofa canal or railroad—but the engineering , and tha labour , and the time , aud the patience must be expended , else we shall have nothing but Repeal on paper . Might I suggest from this distance , to either Young or Old Ireland , to send a couple of their ablest speakers to England , who would make the question plain to the common capacities of the common people of England aBd
Scotland , and who would conciliate everybody—to se id a couple more , wbo can speak French , through France and Belgium , and make friends aad converts tbere—to send a ceuple more to go through Canada and thc United States , who would be well received and well entertained bythe friends of freedom at tbis side . Lit all the ° e missionaries preach the one political creed—the Independence of Ireland in connexion with tbe British Crown . This is the doctrine of all Repealers ; beyond this they do Bot aspire ; but ill-treatment may , in the course of time , drive them to imitate Franklin , Charles Thompson , and Patrick Henry ,
I would most rcspectfull ) urge on your Repeal brethren throBghout this new world , to consider the prospects of forming a great American association with an American cash fund in reserve , to be kept and accumulated here , and held in terrorem over the falling' aristocracy of Britain . A hundred thousand dollars could soen be collected from a hundred thousand Irishmen on this side ; and once such a capital were put together , its interest alone wonld pay all the expenses of agitating the question vigorously and effectively throngb tbe new world . Snch a fund and organisation would call around the came the advocacy of the entire American press , and soon after the sympathy , and armed assistance , if necesiary _, oi the whole American people .
In conclusion , let me implore my countrymen at borne and abroad to be kind and charitable to each other , and to remember that a bigotted , ignorant world is in arms against us , and that , for self-protection , we Bhould consider ourselres as one great famil y , whose individual characters affected one and all . I am , sir , your obedient servant , TnoHis Mooney .
Edinburgh.—An Interesting Game Case Is N...
Edinburgh . —An interesting game case is now before tbc first division of thc Court of Session . Capt , _VVemyss , the late liberal M . P . for Fife , came into court craving that his tenant a Mr Gnlland , at Newton , might be prevented from hunting , _purauin-f , or scaring game on the farm of Newton , by means ot muzzled dogs , or by discharging fire-arms loaded with blank cartridges , and likewise from entrapping game , killing or injuring game on the Baidfarm by means of snares , set nnder the pretence of killing rabbits . It appeared from the defender ' s answers , that the farm of Newton adjoins the grounds of WemyeB Caatle ; when he entered on his lease in 1839 , the game was not by any means plentiful ; and that game had since accumulated to sueh an extent , that he " employed persons with guns loaded with
powder only , and accompanied with muzzled dogs , to rid his ' fields of the destructive pestilence that had hitherto rendered them barren . ' This measure was successful , * and- not oue precious head of game fell a sacrifice to the experiment . ' The respondent also admitted that he employed a professed rabbit-killer to rid his faun of rabbits by means of snares . In pleading for the defendant the Lord-Advocate ad . mitted that a tenant , without a qualification , had no right to hurt or to kill game ; but he stated that he knew no authority in the laws of Scotland which bound a tenant to feed or „ to preserve gamo on his farm for the benefit of his landlord , to whom belonged the right to hunt or shoot . Game were ferce natures—they belonged to nobody . If a tenant planted a field of potatoes , or of wheat , he was entitled to put scare-crows up in different parts ofthe field ; and tbe landlord was not entitled to say that it was
illegal to do so because the ; scared not crows but pheasants . Upon the same principle , a landlord could not object to boya with rattles being plaoed on different parts ofa field to Mghten away either hares or pheasants . He went a step further than this . If the _harea or the pheasants bad _Bense enough to eat in spite of this noise , he held that the tenant , as in this case , was perfectly entitled to take dogs , and , having muzzled them so that they could not touch either tbe feathers of a bird or the wotl of a rabbit , to send these up and down the farm , to barkand to scare away pheasants and hares from destroying the crops . Ilis lordship said he had great compission for hares in the * family way , ' hut ifthe barking of the doss , or the firing of the blank cartridges , had the effect of causing them to miscarry , he could not help it . The court signified that interdict would be granted , but formal decision was deferred till
Tuesday . , . , __ . It is said lhat Lola MonteB , the _efiere amie of Louis of Bavaria , has been obliged to visit the south of Italy , being inclined to consumption . —Query—of brandy and water ? A fine woodcocki quite dead , was picked up a fen days ago on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway . It had flown against the wires of the electrio telegraph with so much iorce as to shatter its bill about a quarter of ah inch below the point where it joins fie skull ; and the concussion seems to hare killed the bird which , had no other wound .
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THE CRAYFORD BLOCK PRINTERS TO THE KOIT 0 B OF TflE _HOSTHES _^ STAB , Committee Room , Bell Inn , Crayford , K _« nt , and Bell Inn , Old Bailey London . November 23 rd , 1841 . Sin , —The London Block Printers' Society in looking over the statements of the Central Committee of the National Association , in the Stab ofthe 13 th ult . prepared by them for the ' million , ' find they have so artfully contrived to mix up a little truth , with a large quantity of error , as to make it appear , to those who are unacquainted with the case , or who are biassed by a desire in the future to fill the place s ofthe present Central Committee , and are determined to support them in their present practices , that they are compelled injustice to their cause , to
offer a few words in explanation upon their various paragraphs . In their first ; they state we havebeen misrepresenting them . This ia false , or why bave tbey ( the Central Committee , ) not been able to confute our delegates they have met before various trades in London ? How is it , we ask , if we havo misrepresented them , that after hearing both sides of the case , sereral hare stopped their payments ? 'Tis true that by the truth being told , the National Association does wear a gloomy aspect in London ; and if by their facts' they are not able to vindicate themselves in fair discussion , which has been tried in London , we know not what they may avail thera in the country . Their second is false—tbey know as well as ourselves , we never were members of the
association , prior to this year . ' Tis true , that at our own expense we sent a delegate to Conference , merely to watch the proceedings , which was openly stated at the time . 'Tis true , at his return , that many of our then membersagreed among themselves to pay a weekly levy to assist the Central Committee in carrying out the plan , to he forwarded to them as a voluntary contribution , and that Mr Peter Hoey was appointed from among themselves to receive and forward the same . Third . — Yes . he did apply for the self-made levy . Fourth . — Mr Williamson has either a very imaginative brain , or else he is addicted to a certain propensity that he cannot refrain from it : the fact is , he ; was not sent for by the ¦ _ . Crayford block printers , but he . cameto
solicit their adhesion to the National Association , and No . 2 shop was sent for to attend , when twelve of them attended , and he there made many _promises , not one of which has ever been verified . As to our being so very desirous of being dated back , we can assure you oar men were very much averse to it , when it was proposed to them by the Central Committee , who argued , that if a disturbance were to happen in our trade , such as a reduction , ( a thing tbey eould never suffer , ) how awkward it would be if they should want the whole trade out , that one part should be eligible to support , and another part not , when by paying back from the 1 st of February , No . 2 would he eligible at tho same time as No . 1 , * such was then the true reason why
we were booked back . Mr Winters is under a mistake : we were ( havinggiven up all hopes of their attendance ) , upon his arrival , drawing out a list , sho « - in ; at a glance , the immense reduction in the price sffered , and the price formerly paid—the highest reduction being la . Od . in'the pound , and the lowest as much as 3 s . 4 ( 3 . in the pound upon the various stylesshowing ; upon an average , tbe amonnt of os . 5 d . iu the pound reduction , so that a delegate might be dispatched to the Central Committee the next morning . And it was not till after much conversation thatthe medium list was named , and then by himself , which caused one of our men who came in at that moment , to make use of an expression , which we find they make use of in their
resolutions . Their first resolution we never saw , till we saw it in print—whether they ever passed such a one or not , we can't pretend to say . Fifth—It is true the gateB were shut for a number of weeks , but they were se for the purpose assigned in our address , which appeared in the Star of November 13 th . How is it they nave ' chosen the 1 st of August as the day on which , then , and not till then , they say the reduction was offered to us ? why surely their heads must be muddled with business , or something worse , for by referring to the almanac you will per ceive 'tis the Sabbath day—rather an awkward day ( we think , ) for the master of a firm , toeffer a reduction to his men . 'Twas an unfortunate thing for us , that our trade was so depressed , and our
having so little was the greatest _reas-on why we should be firm in our price and union . Sixth , —If it was an out-of-work question , we ask , what did he want with non-society men % But we know it was not so , neither did the _noa-society men do us se much harm , as some of our own men going in , and we firmly believe , that they would not have gone in , if the Central Committee had acted with justice and promptitude in our esse . Their second resolution we never saw , till we saw it in print , but even supposing we had , are we to be made believe that the 1 , 600 men of Lancashire , were a set of scamping vagabonds , so lost to all sense of right and wrong , as to leave their homes for the the purpose of bringing down to so great an extent the price of our trade . Why 'tis a gross libel upon our
honest fellow labourers . Now the fact is , thefirst time the masters went to the north , they only succeeded in obtaining four men from Middleton , and these were men who considered the Central Com mittee had wronged them ; three out of the four after trying the work a few days found they could not live by the pries ' , _andsolioited money from the trade to take them back to their families ; the second time they succeded in obtaining eleven men from Cobden ' s works at Chorley , who were induced to sign a docu . ment for six months , which men are weekly receiving more than they can earn . Seventh . —This is a mere artful dodge for the puipose of substantiating theirown shuffling positions , and to vilifyour charac-1 tors , for it is a tact well known and understood by
all honest tradesmen , that the parties in any trade , who are in dispute , have not even a voice whether they sball strike or not , and that , therefore , 'twas the whole trade , and not the No . 2 . society , who proclaimed it ( after everything bad been tried ) , a strike . ' : and 'tis not likely , if anything conld have been done to _prevent it , and having no funds left , they would have heavily taxed themselves to support the sixty men , beside the number that No . 1 shop were paying to support . We do believe that' every trade fares the same with them , ' , ( the Central Committee , ) by what we can judge by private letters and the public prints . Now as to the intimidation , surely those who live in glass houses shonld not throw stones . When our deputation ( Messrs Gardner
and Dixon ) waited upon them at the time stated , Mr Williamson himself began to bluster and bully in an artful manner , till Mr G . asked him if he knew to whom he was talking , and save him to understand he was not to be frightened by man or men out of the truth of his position ; and Mr W „ then , finding it of no use , cooled down , and calmly heard the case , which the Central Committee said was so very different to what had been before represented to them ; knowing this , however , tobe false , we wished them to refer to their minute book for the . _depoai _* tions given by Messrs Fairman , M'Vioker , and Gardner , but not one word spoktn by either was on record . But the Central Committee then said , they thought , that by reconsidering the case , we mieht
he made friends ; We said , we _nopea so too ; oi tnis thine we were certain , it would , by a fair understanding , make us better friends , and , if this could not become to , it would inevitably make us greater enemies . The Central Committee then said , if such was the case , they must publish a justification of their views , which would be bad for both parties . Mr G . said ho was duly authorised and fully prepared for peace upon an honourable adjustment , but , if such could not be got , he was also , kifowing he had truth upon his side , prepared for a paper war ; such , then , was the nature of the intimidation . Mr Pee did go to Crayford on the Friday , and remained there all night and part of the next day , and , before parting with the men , expressed himself satisfied , that
we had , in the first instance , been misrepresented to them , but that , from all he could learn , our present delegates were truly representing the case ; judge , then , our surprise upon receiving , on the 26 th , their third resolution . Their eighth is a continuance ot their seventh , and before the resolution . Their ninth is the only tenable ground upon which they can stand , and would have been the most honourable , but was nottakeu up by them till November 4 th ; if taken in the first instance it would have prevented the present unpleasant feeling , and have left ihe cose open for argument at the next Conference ; but , instead ofwhieh , their obstinacy is cut * ting the Association to ribbons , and they are endeavouring to vilify the characters of an honourable body
of men ; yes , men who havo ever proved themselves such , and who are still esteemed as such , which our balance sheet will prove , for , although we have had to contend against the unprecedented pressure of tbe times and the endeavours of the Central Committee to injure us , yet have we been enabled to raise among our friends , in the short space of ten weeks , the sum of £ 144 . 15 s . 9 d . —yes , in ten weeks ; for the first p lace we applied to for assistance was at Dait _* ford ( the cordwainers _. ) on the 16 th ot August , for on the 14 th , and not till then , did out trade determine we should resist the offered reduction by taking us on strike , although they agreed to pay us back from the 3 rd of August . Their tenth , we leave tbe nublic , after seeing even this much of the case , to r . A . ii I- *" .- iri .:. „!„_ ,.., ii , * , „ _ u . i . _„_ r " _* " - * _» - for themselvesTheir eleventhby what
judge . , we can glean from private letters , and' other information , we think , if they do not now regret , thoy will very soon deeply regret their position * , and , aftain , we know that in the north , Messrs Williamson and Robson have branded us with the name of impostors , and endeavoured to make us out everything that is odious , and say , that they have beon at somo little t' _-ouble to contute our misrepresentation in Lon don . WiU theso gents say where , and before whom , tliey have confuted us ? Now , if they have confuted us , ' - will appear very strange when it comes to bs known that parties , after hearing both _^ _de- rf * J « " -ft have stopped their payment . Now , ; . 1 the iw t ot tne Central Committee who rerna /» » . _^ _ ™ _JfJP , _™ been able to confute our _^ _Sf _RTCK _° _a _^ _'X will _thesegents undertake * . _Lj _^^ _SKSeft or at any house in London ? it so , Dy . giving us iimeiy notice we will attend to them . On the 1 st of . Nov . Wo made application to tho committee of the tin
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plateworkers , at the Craven JUead , _Drury-lano , for assistance After hearing our case they Baid _. ifbur ' case was right we _^ ought to he supported , but the Central Committee bad told the case so very different , ¦ that they must hear us face to face , so tbatthey might _judgf _^ i for themselves , for as they were members of the Association , they could not think of helping us if the Central Committee was right , as it would be nullifying their proceedings . November 4 th was then appointed forthe meeting , at that same house . Accordingly at eight o ' clock , the discussion commenced between Messrs _t reen and Peel , ofthe . Central Committee , and _Mensrs Dixon and Gardner , our deputies , before the Committee and many ot tbeir men , which discussion continued till past twelve at night , the Central Committee shifting from position to position till they assumed the one contained
in their ninth paragraph , and wben told of it they ' admitted we had so driven them till we had got them in a corner . This they admitted openly in the room , and Mr Green told one of the men , if we had not sent such ' b y muffs' to represent onr case in the first place things would have been very different . Here ' s justice ! with a vengeance !! Oh ! what a , thing is obstinacy . After thedebate the tin plate workers said they would , after looking over tbeir notes , consider if they could assist us or not . The next week tbey sent for us , to receive some money . That was our last meeting . It does not show that they confuted us . We now leave it in the ' hands of the public , and again beg to solicit their benevolent aid , either by loan or gift . Signed on behalf of the Committee , W . II . GardnerChairman .
„ _ . , P . S . —There being ao error in the ' twenty-sixth item , the second item , in tho second column , we would thank you if you would alter it for us . It is _putas £ 3 . 19 s . 8 d .. from the carpenters and joiners of London , It onght to bave been £ 4 . from the carpenters , Dun Horse , High-street , Borough .
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« _*«<**¦ FREE TRADE , CHEAP BREAD , HIGH EWAGES , AND PLENTY TO DO I Greenock . —On the 20 th ult ., it was announced to the mechanics in the employ of Scott , Sinclair , and Co ., at their foundry , East _Stewart-slrcet _, that a reduction of two shillings per week would be made on their wages after the 3 rd inst . The cause assigned by the employers for th 6 course they were , about to pursue was this , that last season they were necessitated to increase the wages through the high price of provisions , and now that provisions had fallen , they meant to make a correspondent reduction . The workmen held a meeting on the evening of Tuesday week to consider the subject , when they agreed to the following document , and appointed a deputation to wait on Mr Scott to reason the matter with him , —
TO _MESBES SCOTT , _SINCtAlE , AND CO . from the Operative Mechanics in the Greenock Foun . dry , East Stewart-street . Gentlemen , —It is with feelings of surprise and regret that we have learned tbat you contemplate making a reduction of 2 s . per week in the wages ef the mechanics in your employ , after the 3 rd of December . The document announcing your intentions states tbat you were necessitated last Beason , through the high price of provision _^ to increaie your workmen ' s wages , and now that provisions ate low jou intend making a _corres . ponding reduction , Gentlemen , we have yet to learn that any increase was made to our wages through tbe cause asBigned , belng well aware that it haB been the Invariable rule in the trade to regulate wages by the supply and demand inthe Labour market .
Gentlemen , we aro surprised that the firm of Scott , Sinclair , and Co ., should be the first to propose a reduction of wages , knowing the high standing that yeu hold in the trade as engineers , and the many facilities yott are possessed of over many other firms , and the fact that you are at present paying lower wages than is paid by others in the town . Gentlemen , we would earnestly ihtreat jou to rccon . aider the case beforo coming te a final decision , We are Bot ignorant of the present deranged state of the monetary affairs of the country , and ot the temporary _suspensions tbat bave taken placo in many branches of business through such derangements . We are , therefotc , willing to _agree to a reduction in tho Iwrt of labour , until such time as the present temporary a _^ eMon is relieved . Tours respectfully , The _TToeksen i » iopr Empmt . The deputation waited on Mr Scott and handed him the above , when the following answer was returned : —
PBICE LIST . Description of Goods . May , ' 47 . Nov . ' 47 , Oatmeal , per sack of 280 lbs . 64 s to 65 s —35 s to Flour , American , per barrel 49 s to 51 s —31 s _6 d to 32 s Sugar , crushed ordinary , per cwt . ... 5 ls to 53 s _—UstoiOB Treacle , per cwt 24 b 9 d to 2 _fjs—18 * Cd Cheese , American , por cwt . 48 s to 52 s —41 s to 4 Cs Bacon foreign 50 s to 67 s Gd- 35 s to 54 s Barley , per 112 lbs . .. 23 s _^ -153 to 15 s 6 dt Best SplitPeas _, per cut ,... 20 s —15 } Rice , per 112 lbs . ... 29 s —18 s
Best Peat _Brasemcal _, ptr 283 lbs . ... .., Big .. 363 It is a well known fact that the wages have never been regulated by the price of provisions , neither did the Messrs Scott offer any advance to their workmen when provisions rose to a famine price . It is true they had to raise their woikmen ' _s wages , but it was because they were all leaving ; there was a great de * mand for hands , and nearly one-half of the 600 in their employ had to work from quarter to half-day overtime every day during last year , and overtime waB only given up two or three days before the propassed reduction .
To The Wood Turners Of Great Britain. Br...
TO THE WOOD TURNERS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brother Operatives . — The Operative Wood Turners" Association of _Birmingham having long been convinced of the injurious effects _resulting to our trado through men on tramp applying to our employers for a job previous to consulting the men as to the probability of obtaining work , we earnestly solicit a correspondence with those of our trade who are in union ; with the view to the adoption of a simple , yet costless and effectual mode of regulating the means of support , and the conduct of tramps . The plan we have adopted in Birmingham is as follows : If any tramp comes from a town where we know there is a society of the trade , and brir gs not his clearance card irom such _society , we give him no support , but , if otherwise , he shows a clearance card ,
certifying that he has acted as a brother to those he ias left , we give him what pecuniary assistance we ban afford , as well as endeavour to procure him a job . We wish you , brother operatives , to follow our example . And , in order that the plan should work well , it is essentially necessary that each trade society should know the names of those who are unionists . We are prepared to send you the names of the few in Birmingham who have hitherto kept aloof from us . Let such men , wherever they may be , understand that unless they will act in unison with their _shopmates , for tho purpose of obtaining for labour its rights , we , thc unionists , will not assist tliem , neither will we work with them in society shops . We hear much of the tyranny of employers , but , bear in mind , that without a slavish disposition on the part of the men , employers would not tyrannise . All we seek is a fair day ' s wage ior
a fair day ' s work ; and I rejoice to inforta you , brothers , that nearly every employer with whom we are acquainted coincides with our object , and is wil * ling to assist us in attaining what we seek . In Birmingham we had a strike prior to our connection with the National Trades' Association , in which we were successful ) and it is _raainly owing to the honest intentions of those on strike , and the firm determination to accomplish what we sought , that we hold the position we do . In conclusion , brothers in labour , with the Northern Star as the organ of the trades' unions , there is no rational object can be sought that we cannot achieve , if only true to ourselves . To enable us and you to discriminate _between-the good , the honest , and persevering friend of mankind , —the Unionist , —and the cringing timeserver , —the Non-Unionist _. —we request that you will correspond with ,
Tours faithfully , in the cause of Labour , Tnos . Fbakt , No . 5 , Court , Great _Russell-street , St George ' s , Birmingham .
The Housewives Of Newcastle-On-Tyne Comp...
The housewives of Newcastle-on-Tyne complain bitterly ofthe inadequate supply of coals to the town for domestic purposes . In the whole parish of Aston _. commonly called Pipo Aston , in the county of Hereford , not one sing le baptism , marriage , or burial , took place throughout the year 18 _l 6 . T _Fatau _Accident on the River—Fitj * _/*™ Losr .-Before Mr Baker , at the Five Bells . Limehouse , on the body of David Sporle , aged 3 G years , who was drowned in the _«« r , off L _^ ehouse on _Sa-^^ _^^ _eKd Ta _% D e ar dfbaUn _' sl ? four other men pei . sbed . » P _^ _^ day _^ nntnu at _maom , eof j ou _Sther LlfasSd . ? er moored in the middle <» f the board baliaswifc 1
a a _-- " _,. _, , _„ _,. ... „ . „„ _. river _VnTeSng the lighter , one of the party rose faun his seat , and attempted to step on the gunwale , when lie slipped and was m the act of falling between the boat ' and the lighter , when three of his compa . ,, a roae .-it the same time for the purpose of catching him . The boat gave a BUdden lurch , and the five mcn wero all thrown into the river . The poor _fellowa caught hold of each other , and threo of them almost imm ediately disappeared . Two others were observed clinging to each otber a Bhort distance from the lighter , and they also sunk before assistance could reach them . The body of deceased , Sporle , was discovered on Saturday morning , aud the corpse of one of his companions , named Lewis & iaken outof the river off Poplar , on _smifiKen
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 11, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11121847/page/3/
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