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^ geibeineajiBofBnpportmgoDrejdled ^ idpersecDted ft&k JPEtonslL , and Ks femSy , Mdsuppljmg Mm ^ fl a Bfflsaffl ^ f iBtnia / ioif « raldI answer / or ^ jnuijTefiiEalfl fiiat I haw been com pelled to give I 05 oie of the skm * deserving « f « nr pariy , if I tras je com ply wifliilie lequest of the Sheffield men , ^ jd eDponihetehalf oF Eailton and Jphn Xeach ! jiive great regard for Mr . John Leaeh as a . Ghsag ^» nd acottntojnuui , I have a greii « ga * d for yocr Bsilion , who fell ^ fighting iy my side and had jganafcrofcen : hut greil as mj regard for ftein ^ my respect for jostiee 5 b sQl greater 5 and in jBsSce I am bound 46 decline eompliasoe . I hare jnown poor George "White , and poor Boyle , and any more poor fdlows , to trudge their "way "with
japty pockets aadempty bellies upon oni serviee , giaitwasont . cf any power to administer to their ¦ gmtsont of the public fimds . Moreover it should be borne in mind that there are still heavy outstanding demands npon the balance in haad , oneofTrhlchj Io theamouni ^ T ^ £ , 2 paid this week to Mr . Spenee & "Northampton , -who volunteered Ms services to fcecomebasl for Bairstow . I-ihink that Bairstow jronldhaTeboen ¦ well entitled to Ms expences from . ffiTram gnii-m to Bristol ,- San icam Ibsstol home 5 ia * . I "was obliged 4 o lefose compliance , and BairgioiT neve ? complained . Again , we must not lose iight of the fact that the trial is by no means orer ; and thai funds Trill "be required Sot its farther prosecniion . Ihe case of Peplow differs "widely from all othszs , and comes
legitimately "smhm the stnd role of compensation inasmnch as Mr . Roberts has informed me that he devoted his whole time to the Chartist Trials , and that he derived as much becefi j from his services , as if ie 2 od bees a practised clerk . Therefore , it is that 1 think Peplow is entitled to remuneration for loss of time j and that he should fnbmlthls claim to the Chartists of his own loca&fy , and which , when £ ated by them , I fhall feel mjsdf called upon to 3 iscbaige , i > y "return of pott . Farther it ia but fair so stase thai Bailton ' s letter which appeared the ¦ re ek before last in the Northern Slur , had been
withheld for many weeks ; and that the Manchester G&nists , the moment the case camB to their knowledge , and before the publication of that iiter , xemofed every cause of complaint bj jfagng justice to UsSllon . While iowerer I jeel myself thns jrelnetanlly compelled to take nponmeihe disagreeable task of refusing , I do hope fhat 2 » people fnB take thB case of John Leach into ifcdr serious consideration , and place him in a situation to receive his family once more ; for this purpose I beg-to head the list by an order npon Mr . Eejwood , of Manchester , for ten shilling , which iriU bepaid to Leach's application . My . great desire
ever has been to steer dear of all money matters ¦ mill the people ; and I iare only consented to become Treasurer 10 their funds , because I am convinced that while they would tolerate negligence in ©{ herSj they woald keep me , and properly bo , to sounds , thfllings , and pence . This is as it ought to 1 » . We "fcnow each other ; are perfectly aware of oar mutual positions ; I am satisfied with the most searching investigation ; and they , thank God , hare afrrajB been satisfied with the manner in which I have transacted their business . I remain , sincerely yours , Feasgcs O'Coksob .
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Tboxis StiKDFOBD , JfornifGHiM . —Their communication was received . It was judged not necessary io insert the portion ovntled , as we were much confined far room ; and the flan , itself was duly sel forth . The Manchester Chxbhsts asb Mb . Sxnsos . — In relation io the letter inserted a fortnight ago from Mr . Rcalion , tee have received thefoQowing explanation from the Manchester Chartists , which ice have pleasure in giving z—Sir , —Hiring B&sn your remarks upon the letter seat for insertion in the Star if Hi . BsHton , -we feel bound Injustice io thB Chartists of this locality to give a proper statement of the circumstances connected Tnti fee ease . la so doing ire shall confine
onrwives to a plain yfatfrnpint of facts , leaving cnrMeEds - throughout tte eonstrr to Judge bow lai joa are jmtlfisd 111 yftrt ^ -ttnliTxxi g p r KftfPffi ITedo sot attempt to deny the fact of 3 rr . Eailton ^ lafiiig to pledge 13 b tools in order that fce micbt bs aaWed to meet his expenses to Jjon&on . BntHr . Banton did » o -withoot the knowledge pf either the Conncal or members of the Carpenter's Hall Locality . True hs had made application to the Defence Fond Committee ; hut they decided that his : presence in London was unnecessary , and conseqcentlj refused him iEsney for that purpose . Mr . Paiiton -therefore jlBagEdhis toil chest , and took his departure before either tha Cotmtal or fft R ^ membersbficaniB atquainted
trOh the { set But on the Sunday following , the ose haviDg been inresUgsAed , * resolution iras unanimcnsly agreed to , that the sn cunt of money recejTed l . j Mr . BaHton in lieu of hia chest should be taken iroa Ite Association fnnusfor the purpose o ! redeemin ; it It wu then , discorered that Mr . O'Connor had idvanced thirty shillingB to Mr . EaUton : that ran -was conEegnenUyhacdei orer t > Mr . O'Connor xnd the Trmsisxag t * entj sbaSiBgs was trsnsmltted perptet iolon ^ onj sad ire isre Hr , Itailton ' 8 adauzaon ti ^ i he receiTed the money . Bj inserting this lfcVtor you will oblige the Chartists of Hancbestec 2 > . DokataB , GhainnaD , J . Mttbjllt , Secretary .
This exjZana&on sets the matter at rest . The eondud of the body , iraen they Jmea of Mr . RaUiorfs cirnzraslances , rrjtects great credit -on them . The error xansto have been the deeisiencf the Defence FiaidCovamUee that Mr . RaUlorfs presence ices not needed in London ivhUe thsgdedded that Mr . Leacffs and Mr . Doyle ^ s teas necessity , and gave thetvo iatler money to go tcith . tvhUe they refused if to Mr . Batilvn .- ihe fact hebjg , that the pre strict of-one was just as much nece&ary as the xXher ; and ihe fund in the Committee ' s hands Tailed Jot the -whole of the Manchester defendants , and not for apportion of them . That error , how ner ^ jhe Mtaahaler Chartists soon rectified , -when it vame io l& £ ir knmdedoe- And no one , tee are sore . vnU blame Mr . RaHlonfar talcing the steps he did , to ' Aio pet io London to save his character
as an Brflinching Chartist , and io set himself Tight trith the people , as regarded ihe decision and conduct nf which he complained . We ought ah * io state , in jusRcs io Mr . JRaiUon , that the Jeller ichich has called forth pits -explanation was mitten before ike Manchester Chartists acted in titcpTaisewoTlh y manner sel forth above . It iras in this office fer many weeks before it wot pub &itd ; and Mr , EaUtsn teas not a party to its appearance -when it was published . This expla-Tiation ^ cill , ice trust , satisfy all parties as far as Mr . Railton ' s case is concerned . The Manches ter < 2 i * neral Council unU , -we are sure , excuse us from publishing the resolution accompanying their address . Oar so doing might lead to a repetition of ihe practice they reprobate , As it Mj the altOTB ** jZxnaaon is the best answer that could be given .
5 he liHcisrEB CHjotnFis have published an adduts to the working classes of that toien , calling vpon them to take ihe necessary steps for the erectign < tf a Democratic Hall of Science , to be *« d for Lectures , USbrary , News-room , Schools , se , ^ t j and to be devoted to their mental , moral , « XMu \ and poTuical elevalien . 77 uj ? propose to nccostplish this end by a fund raised injhares of tea thUfwoi each . We heartily hope they will nceeed . If the working men in every large town had Uie command of such an institution , and used ^ for the many purposes to lehichit could be ap-Pfed in furtherance of their social and menial BxuRoTaSon , they * raidd cause MSB to march » rapidly that the reign of error would soon
een « . Gsj uxht 75 . —We are much obliged by his attadlon 3 *^ calls -upon Ms time stem io be many and *««? % . Bis reward unU be—good DOKB . w T , Lot-reran , reminds ik , thai in Ihe list of writ * set forth in last week ' s Star , in amwer to £ Jfilks , Chel' enham ., as likely ¦ ** to give anigno rant person a knowledge of his rights and duties « * c * 6 xen \ we might have welUncltidedGodma ' s -rbfineatJn ^ y ^—^ , work that contains the cabn-«>*> fullest , . nd most philosophical assertion of all ixosegreat prbipp les of morals and pdRdcs tiMcfc Vu the duty of every man thoroughly to imder-**•""*• Were every working man politician fuRy conversant irith the facts and reasonings , of that ttwi and imbued with Us spirit , instead of being ** 4 he position of svppRcants for poO&cal rights ,
"xSiBouid be able at once to command their atlam-¦•¦*• This work , as well as most of ihe others **^ amedi is published very cheaply ; and can W of those pvbtKfters and oookseRers who dis-J 8 * 1 ^ useful political information for 1 he mil * - JM osns . —No one at ihe rffice knows anything ^ V ^ elOler an d enclosure he speaks of . w Bbchaius . MiSEHESTER , eamiol be afforded $ *» * *» humble comer > . in ihe Srar for his jfJjf ^ T- -H * would deem us unfriendly were we ,, «> ki his Bttes appear m print . 'J ^ Sfiross KussET .- ^ TXere is too mveh bile in I ** * S-wL . o casligalum of the Tiffits- We far the , * 7 frill say . ' that b-z has raked Pctdledocr , " " his lute * + piin'ed B ^ sidts , they arc far «¦ •*» i-ii ^ rqusL . as a cimposilh-n , to some of hu '•*¦ '¦«*? rfjhrzs u » the " jmgiifg One " .
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Sxxusl Bxriss , BxBxmaiUM . —We cannot admit any discussion in Jhe columns of ihe Star , as to the . merits or demerits of the * Emigrant ? Mutual AU Society ? further itian ihe bare setting forth of 4 heir rules andxibjecls" in Mr . THkeihly ' s Observations on his Tour . All criticism must be addressed to ihose immediately ' concerned in its management . The scheme is not # ne of ours . We do not , nor do tee intend , io identify ourselves unih it . With respect io its likelihood , to accomplish its intended purpose , or the desiTabiRly , or otherwise , of joining it ,. every one must exercise his own judgment . Mr . Dames ' * letter shall be handed to Mr . PUkethly : it may be useful to him and his friends . E . A . Xnre , Wtoohbe , Bvcks , sends an *? address
io his fellow countrymen" on ihe pot and ihe jMjje " , which he avers " are ihe poor man ' s enemies" . He accompanies thai address with ihe fol lowing note ?— " WUlyBU please to insert ibis , and 1 shell often be a customer . " If his " custom" w io depend upon our insertion of ihe mailer he sends , we fear we shall have io lack it . At all events , we cannot afford to buy it by ihe i > ecupaiion of the reguisiie space to give his present address . We fear if we dul , some other readers would deem it a dear purchase . : Joseph Dixow xkp Johk Titlop , Souxh Hetton . T-Wefesr the letter in Question is not in being . It is not customary * cith us io preserve CWnmuntca-Hans vnJefs deemed of importance . Mr . HUl is not
at Leeds at present . It is possible thai he may have withheld ¦» ' Dayy Law" from the "Balaam Box ; if he has * and it can fe found on his return , it shall bejorwarded as desired . We trust they will be able io trace out the scoundrel who tried to make us parlies ie the doing of the " masters' business " . W . B ^ ~ RnrttmtT . it . —Of course . Meetings of the character of " camp meetings * ' should always begin and end with ringing . They are , or should be , io steer clear of the * fanes " , religious meetings : and IF . B . knows that at all such meetings singing * is an mdispensiUe . There are two books of 3 ymm caletUaledfbr the especial use of Chartists on such occasions . They can be had of the Chartist
publishers . Obgakizatios . —Several letters relating to this question have come to hand . We shall reserve them for -future oppoTtunUy . The Wabbikgton Woekhodss asd oxjb Cobbes"pootekt *• Washington " . —This week has brought us a ¦ communication from the Chartist Council of Warringlon , apprizing us that they have instituted inquiries into the allegations madeby ' W ' ashisgotn , " relative to the treatment of the Poor in ihe Warrington fiorkhouse ; and that they find most of his statements are correct ! They find it is true the Guardians did farm the poor to the Master , to be by him kept , —not for one-and-sixpence per head per week , —but one-aSB-thbeepencb PEB HEAD PKB week 3 They find that the food he kept them on was so thin , that the poor creatures had
not muscular strength to retain their wale * when asleep ; and , consequently , they wetted their bedst . They find that Jor so doing , EEMALES ¦ WERE FLOGGED ] They find also that ihe day on which ihe late brute of a master died—( would to God he had broken his neck before he was placed in Warrington Workhmise , to Jlog females j—he had , with his oven hand , TLGGG"ED one o * tiro out of a parry set aside far u punishment ?* They find that an old man , named Sill , drowned himself in the Sankey canal , in consequence of being refused admittance into the workhouse . They have not yet finished their inquiries ; and they expect io hove some still more horrible revelations io make . It is clear that this case cannot rest where it is . Parliament must
investigate . Catjtiqn- —Some time ago , we inserted a public caution respecting a man named Montgomery , who was examined before the " Truck Committee " * and who has used the connection he then had with several of the friends of the people as a means to levy contributions in different parts of the country , instead of-living by his labour or his talents reputably applied . This week the man had the impudence to call at this very office in pursuance of his Usual game , and exhibited his " ¦ papers" 05 a means to get ^ jtssistance " . It is needless io say he was sent away with a flea in his ear ; and we again caution the vubRc lobe on their guard against him . .
Thomas Datisob , Stockton . —The statement , a week or two ago , as io the " extraordinary guzzling" and li enormous drinking" , accompanied wiih apparent health and heartiness , was inserted on ihe authority of the Overseer of our Printing Office , he having a personal knowledge of ihe individual in guestion , and having seen him the week Ihe paragraph appeared . JrjTEJ ! A"L , Aksak—His dress for troth is not very comely . She is much more lovely without , ihan with , his adornment-Mbs . Sasab Wjid , ct Mohbam , wishes io acknowledge -the receipt of 5 s , from Mr . John Simpson , of Camberwell , for which she returns her thanks ie ' the donors . For Mrs . Ejchabds , Potteries , address to the care of Henry Foster , Etruria , Staffordshire Potteries .
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Tho"Has Fabber , Bathbose PiACE —No Cash has been receiYad at this Office . Say how it was seat . FOB THE DJEFE > CE FCSD . £ b . d . From Isabella . ... .. 010 POB . MB . T . BATLTOS A 5 D MB . J . M- LEACH . From file Chsrrlsts at the Cap of Liberty , * Brighton , per W . Flower 6 8 0 FOB MB . LEACH , OP BTDB . From the Female Chartists of "Nottingham 0 3 0
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BtalTGHESTES . —Melajscholt xpfects of Akgkb . —On Saturday afternoon , a-boy named John Frost , aged fourteen years , with a number of others of like ago , were playing at cricket in the neighbourhood of Bank-Top , Manchester , when some difference took place betwixt Frost and another of his playfellows , concerning the game . The boy Frost , seiz 5 d the ball , which he would not give up until what he considered his rights were conceded to him . This caused high words , and Frost ' s companion
threatened that if he did not give ap the bail , he would strike him with the batttick . Frost still persisting in keeping possession of the ball , tbe other struck him a severe blow with the bat across the neck , which knocked him down ; and he then kicked him in ¦» brnta . 1 manner about tbe head , until some of the bystanders interfered and took Frosthome in a dangerous state . Medical aid was immediately procured , but it was of no ayaH . Frost lingered untS tiro o'clock en Monday morning , when death put an end to his sufferiegs .
Splendid Pbocession to Welcome Fatheb M . TOEW to ilASCHtSTEB . —The Rreat Apostle of Temperance having intimated his intention of Tisitirjjr Manches'er , to administer the Total Abstinence Pledge to f hase of the inhabitants willing to join the Ten 3 p-. iasce Society , tho members of the Tarious Ttmperanee Societies in Manchester and the neighbourhood determined to give > im a hearty welcome , by j fining in procession and meeting him at the Station to cendnci him to his HoteL The Tarions Societies met in Stevcnson ' s-square , atfiVe o'clock on Tuesday evening last , when they formed into order of procession , tho St . Patrick's Temperance . Society taking the lead . At a few minutes before six o ' c ' ori , ihe procession began to move witb Ease playing and banners fljing . It proceeded
down Oldbsjs- ' -tre * -:, Mossley-street , Great Bridgwatex-street , L ^ erpool-road , and thence Jo the terminus of the Manchester and Liverpool Bailway , where it arrived at seTen o ' clock . The assembled thousands anzionsJy -awaited tho arrival of the train which was to bring them the man they had ass * mbled to honour , on account of the great and lasting benefits he has conferred upon his own conutrrmen * n the other side of the channel , and also for the benevolent object of h ? s mission to our town . At last the wished for train appeared in sight . The -cheering made the welkin ring again . But how futile are all human hopes asd calculations 1 The people were doomed to meet a Bad disappointment . The very Kev . Geptleman had missed hispassage and was not with the train . The procession then moved up Water-street , headed by four gentlemen on horse-back . Then came the carriage provided for tbe Rev- Gentleman , drawn by four horses , with
out-riders , foilevreti by eleven other carriages , it would fee impossible to say what might be the numbers that joined in procession ; in fact it wa 8 a street full of maving people , There were between forty and fifty banners , bearing different inscriptions . The members of the varioHs tents of the Independent Order « f BeobabUes made a good shew . They were all respectably dressed , and wore medals and the Bash of the order ; in fact , it was a splendid tnrn out of sober men . The procession turned to the right at tae top of Water-strset , and perambnlatcd the principal streets , and then made their way back to ihe Bailway Station , jsxpecting the BeY- Mr . Mathew woidd come by the quarter after nine o'clock train . Again they were disappointed , Tne train arrived , - but noi Father Mathew . Tbe assembled thonsindsthen dispersed , retnrninj ? home somewhat more fatigued than w"hen they commenced , ano also much disappointed at not iia-riag seen the gentleman that has made eo much noise in ihe teetotal world .
Maschesteb , "Wedkesdai Etkwisg , Iwira O'C-lgcb- —In my last J sent an account of the disappoimmem which the people of this town experienced in the con-arriTal of the "Great A pos ; le of Temperance * . But J am happy to have to state that he came by the sine o ' clock train this morning , and proceeded forthwith lo Ss . Patrick ' s Chnren , where he had to preach this " morning ; and , notwithBtSBQinii that parties attending the sermon were admitted l-y tipkeK , reeemd seats 7 s . 6 dH gallery 5 ?_ aad body < tf » be church 2 < . 6 d ., it was literally cran : E , « r « i . " ^ nch was ihe cewre to hear the Jtev . Gauirfnan , inat as much as 20 s , was offered for a
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Sicket . The reason why the Ber . Gentleman did [ not arrive last evening waa , rthat he was engaged in ^ dminiBtering the Pledge in Liverpool until a late -hour ; and even then thousands had to go away unattended to . The Re * . Gentleman therefore promised to return to Liverpool again as Boon jas he had terminated 3 his vJBit to Manchester . Immediately after the sermon , the lEev . Gentleman commeiMsed administering the " pledgein the burial groundladjoining St . Patrick ' s Catholic Chnroh , Livesy-street , and has continued p p to this hour almost iwithont interruption , * he } only cessation being this afternoon for a few minutes , ¦ wheu he retired to take refreshment ,. nature being completely exhausted . In faot , heiaso hoarse thai
It is with difficulty ho can make himself heard at a few yards distance . He administers the pledge to batches of from 200 to 30 $ at a time ; each batch [ will occupy abont half an hour ; therefore , upon a 'moderate calculation , he will , up to this time , have 'given the pledge to npwardr of 4000 persons ! 11 , ; must not be naderetood , thai the whole of the number ; are converts or new members io the Temperance Society . Such is not the case : for many that have been abstainers for years , both Catholics and ProtestantB , have taken the pledge again . It is not therefore possible to come to anything like an accurate conclusion , as io the number of members added to the Society . It is now nine o'clock j and
normthstanding the numbers that ] have taken the pledge , , the excitement increases . | Every avenue leading to the church is literally crammed : Oldham-road , [ Livesy-street ^ Georges-road , and all the cross [ streets are full . Yet every ! thing passes off in good order . The arrangements , that aro made for the accommodation of the public are excellent . A great number of the police force are on duty ; one party at the gate where the public are admitted , and [ another at the gates by whioh they return , after [ taking the pledge ; and a third to keep the area open , in which the people kneel to receive it . Up to the present there has not the slightest accident happened .
j F-ai&SWORTK , wear Maj . cb& 3 t *» . — - sAkotheb YicriM to Mammon . —An inqueBt was iholdea here on Thursday * the 13 th instant , before Mr . Butter , to inquire into the death of Mary ; Smith , aged fix years , ihe daughter of Andrew Smith , a poor man in this township . Nearly three jweeks previous to her deaths she had received a blow from a stone npon one Bide ! of the forehead , which ' caused a Blight wound . Tbifollowing day , Tuesday , she complained of being unwell , and on Thursday scarlet iever was fearfully developed . As the lever . advanced , the wounded part became red and swelled , ! and the inflammation assumed an erysipilative jappear&nce , indicative of a peculiar state of the con--stitulion . At this period ofahe diseasethree or four
, days af / er the commencement , I visited the child at the request of the father . I saw the girl again in about a week , and Bhe was then labouring under fever of a typhus character , and in a Btate of general . debility . The slight wound before mentioned was enlarged and gangrenous . I The opinion I gave the father then was , that cleanliness and generous food frequently given , were absolutely necessary for the salvation of the child . She ! wa « at that time under the care of the Burgeon of the Poor Law Union . I again visited her two days before her death . ] The above is , to the best © f my knowledge , a correct history of the case . "We will now inquire into the pecuniary situation of the father , and the condition , as to health , of the rest of the family .
I Sjx weeks ago , Alice , thirteen years of age , the oldest of six , five of whom : were living with their father , was attacked with Bparlet fever . The week following , another became similarly afflicted ; and about the third week Mary , caught the same complaint . The only children at thts tima not ailing , ^ yrere Hannah and Nancy ; ' the former two years old , and tbe latter five . Somej-Zaint idea may now be had of the situation of the -father , reduced to the most abject poverty , yet vfaose whole time must necessarily be devoted to attending to the wants of jfive helpless ohildren . He applied to the union for Irelief ; and received , I am told , three BhillinRB for ¦ the first week , foar shillings for the second , and [ when he wont the third week , out-door relief was
refused him ; but about the beginning of the fifth Jweek , he got five shillings , making the whole amount received from the Union during tho five weeks to be twelve shillings . Yet this sum , with the addition of « igbt shillings asd fonrpence , which he had earned by silk weaving before any of the family became ill , and two shillings and fourpence , Mary's wage for nursing , were all he had to support his family upon duriBg five weeks , except the little help he might receive from a few relatives and friends , until the very day of Mary ' s death , when the Guardians , having sent for him , gave- ; him ten shillings . It appears evident that this family , although in a most wretched condition , were left to the cold sympathy of a few friends during the whole of a fortnight .
rWe may therefore , I think , conclude , if we subtract six shillings for washing , that they were not too ^ vell fed 1 Hannah died the day after the is queBt , in consequence of hooping cough j and Nancy now lies on the verge of the grave . I have been sufficiently minute , I think , in my account of the situation of this family , to enable the public to appreciate what 1 am now going to say relative to tbe inquest . \ The Jury took cognisance of the blow upon the forehead , and their verdiot , I understand , was accidental death . But what induced them to bring in such a verdiot ! One would be led to answer , of course , the opinion of the surgeon who regularly attended upon the girl . No such thing ! No ; medical evidence was taken ; consequently the Jury , we may imagine ,
could have no stringent reason to infer that the wonnd had been of a dangerous nature . Its appearance might , undoubtedly , have a tendency to cause them to think that it had bton of considerable importance ; but they ought to have reflected that the child , at the very time she received the blow , had probably caught a disease not unfreqaently fatal ; that that disease mifibt produca such a etate of the body as might naturally alter tho appearance of any wound , however trilling . The wonnd could not at any period of the disease ba legitimately called dangerous . There was not the slightest reason to suppose that the blow affected the brain . The gangrenous ulceration cannot be ascribed , with even a shadow of proof , to injury resulting from the blow . A scratch with a pin or the application of a blister would have been followed by similar
consequences . ' My opinion upon the subject is decidedly opposed to the verdict of the Jury . : I think that death was produced by an union of circumstances—by scarlet fever operating upon a constitution previously debilitated by insufficient food ; and still further impaired by the want of the necessaries of life during the progress of that disease . PetebBbows , Surgeon . PaUsworth , July 19 th , 1843 . ItTIPiDS . —TJjVPORTUJfATK ^ OcCCTBBEKCE . DEATH OP A SoLDIflK AT THE HaXDS OF BIS CoHBADK . — On Tuesday afternoon two soldiers , named Scotland M'Feeley , belonging the 32 nd , stationed in Leeds in the temporary infantry Barracks , were practising the new mode of defence , lately introduced into the infantry regiments . Whilstjso engaged , attempting to parry tbe thrustB of the bayonet , and unscrew the bayonet , one of them , M'Feeley sliped on the floor , and his breast came in contact ~ n ith tho point of his
comrade ' s fixed bayonet . He fell to tho ground ; and on being raised to his feet he said '' he was hurt , " and blood was observed upon his clothing . Not dreaming that the wound was dangerous , one of hie comrades ran -c the hospital for a litllo stickingplaster ; while otherscarried the wounded mao thither himself . Medical skill was put in instant requisition ; but to no purpose . He died in a few momentB . On Wednesday an inquest was holden at tbe Court-House , attended by several of the officers ; when all the facts of the case were examined into , and a verdict of" Accidental Death" returned . Scott , who had been placed in confinement to await the decision of ihe « J « iry , was immediately released . On Tbnrsday , the remains of the deceased were interred , with military honours , in the yard ; of the Catholic Chapel , York-read . The deceased , James M'Foeley , was a iative of Belfast , about twenty years of age , and highly respected by his comrades and officers .
' SHEFFIELD . —State of the Town . —Worse and worse is tho order of the day in Sheffield . Thf tradesmen of all branches are gradually sinking into a state of miserable pauperism . Partial combinations and sectional strikes among the workmen seem rather to accelerate , than retard , the ruin which \ b fast overtaking all -classes . iTbe ** paupers j" as they are insolently called , are dally exposed to rules and regulations more and more oppressive and vexatious . 'W ithin the house the small allowance of tobacco and email beer hitherto allowed to the aged inmates has been stopped by order ; of the Guardians . A large Union Hi stile is to be erected in Sheffield at the cost of many thousands of pounds to the impoverished rate-payers . In this state of things an
apaihy and indifference foreboding a gloomy future pervades the ranks of all ; political parties . The Corn Law Repealers appear to be defunct . The Sturgeites are all bat broken up , having utterly failed in their vain-glorious movement . Other political srctions seem to have descended to the f tomb of all the CapuletB . " \ The democrats of Figtree-lane still keep the beacon-fire of liberty blazing ; but their energies are dormant for the want of an object , an aim , in the pnrsnit of which they could and would txert themselves . Happily a spirit of fraternity and brotherhood animates each and all of < mr little band , qnalifyinjl ub to march onwards whenever the line of operations shall belaid down f » r ns 2 > y tur leaders . Organization we must have ! and to have that , ws wust have the Conference .
i _ ITOTTIJrGrHAfiZ . — At the usual meeting held in the Dimocraiio chapel on Sunday , 9 th instant , JR . T . Morrison directed attention to the question of Organization , and sntmiuedfa plan , which appeared in the Star of the 15 th instant , for determining where and wLen c Conference should be held . After which a rps-jJi . it n aparoviag of the same and reip-i > - "fl ii-. i > - » : : ¦ : ¦¦ } oit . er ' ocaiitier was carried unau ' . iBOu- ' v > * wiitr ri-solu- ' - oa was passed at the "U iion Cvfivc H-fcf , Drury-hill .
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TW ?^?? 'r \> ^ * Shepherds , Ashton Sh ^ JW * ' - July 15 th , the members of the Honest View Lodge , celebrated their anniverswy ; ou which occasion eighty-four sat down to a ^^ " ^{ ^ tif ui dinner . The ! - * ££ waS spent ma most agreeable manner , BBADPOBB . i-WootcoMBBB ' s Meeting . —On SS ^^ " ' * announcement , the wooloombers held » meeting on the open ground !? S tSSSW * **» : *¦ * DavSA the fih ' J&i - at °° aPPoiated-at a former meet-/ ' « r « fi ? ® mp ^ oyer 3 and obtain if Possible , an ? ? ° l ? lf w ^'« a . Pri * " port , which was v \ ry favourable . The majority of those they had t { sited % Z ° ? Jt !* ^ i ^ * * -W * expreseod their anxious wiBhi that arrangement could be come to by the masters to advar . ™ th ^ ^^ nt th «
WOOk M « 2 y ? empIo y- - «• only ^ eption r £ r (! ^ - Md Walkw , who refused the deputation a hearing . The meeting was addressBd by several of tho trade , and a resolution 1 ^ S . ^*^ . INVkrt ^ - ^^» ^ on Monday next . A collection was made fcb'defrayexpences amounting to £ 4 & . , The mea belonging to each firm made arrangements to meet , some on Tuesday , others . oa Wednesday and Thursday m order to request an advance of wages , and form committees to raifiejsabsoriptions for those w&o may ba noabto to obtain employ . The Chairman announced that a meeting would be held on Monday evening , at Beven o ' clock .
DURHAM . _ CiTy Representation . —A commuteeot the Hoaso ^ f Commons having unseated our late member . Viscount Bungannon , an election will therefore speedily take place .. There are at present two candidate in tho field , Mr . Purvis , a Chancery _ barrister ; j a the Conservative interest , ?? n ' r oh » Sn ' Sht , of And-Corn Law notoriety . Mr . rurvia addressed the electors on Monday evening last , from- ( he-window . of Mr- Georgo Caldoleugh , spirit merchant ; when Mr . Aolaud , ah itinerant spouter of Free Traide humbug , appeared at an opposite window , for ths purpose of addrcssiug them
on behalf of ^ frienii" Bright . It was , however , " no go . " The feeling was so deoidcJly against him that he could not obtaia a hearing . —Correspondent , —[ Perhaps , as . the ^ 5 u , 000 Udonc , " frienU" Bright has not the means to buy the sweet voiocs of the corrupt . ' In it because Mr . Purvis has the cash , that he gets the feeling ! When will tho people leam to give euuntenance io neither of the representatives of faction I Did they know their duty , they would , in thi 3 case , : 6 end both Puivia and Bright . to the right about , saying , as tlio farmer 6 aid respecting the sheep : " All tarred with the same brush" ! l
KBLSO . —On Tuesday , 11 th instant , a , public meeting was called by placard to bo held in a large School Room , when it wad announced tha-t Mr . Dickinson would address them on * ' Kcpeal of the Corn Laws . " When the time arrived , the meeting was so large that no room in the town would have holden it ; so it was adjourned to ibe Knows , a large areen ; and after a Chairman had been chosen , Mr . Dickinson came forward and addressed tho assembled thousands for two hours in the most convincing manner , The Corn Law Repealers were challenged , but had not the confidence to come forward . They , like bass curs , stood at a . distance and cried " Bribery , " " Tory ! Tool , " and such other like foolish and cowardly expressions . The " Plague " had a placard posted on tho Town Hall , on which were the words—
** No , Monopoly ! No { Bribery !! Let us live ' !!! The Chartists got another printed , and placed it side by side with the other . The Chartist one was— : " NO WHITE SLAVERY I NO CHILD MURDER !! GOOD WAGES" !!! The h > I was felt by ' the monopolizing anti-monopolists ! They know who are the white slave-masters who it is that coins the blood of infants into gold ! j and who it ia that Hate good WAGts for the workmen ' . !! :
SOUTH SHIELDS . —Tho unemployed operatives or this town , to the number of 1 , 000 , held a public meeting in jtho Market-place , on Tuesday last , to consider upon the best means to be adepted to alleviate their present deplorable condition . Mr . William Gilfillan was elected as chairman ; Mr . Samuel Kydd , in an eloquent speech , laid bare that desolating system of [ class legislation , which carries poverty , wretchedness , and destitution into the cottages of the operatives , aud replenishes tho ccffbrs of the wealthy . He also reverted to the condition of the middle classed , whom ho described asbeing on the verge of bankruptcy , yet still pursuii | f their usual course of cruelty towards their poorer countrymen . He then , urged upon the meeting , tho
propriety of electing a deputation to confor' with the Poor Law Guardians , as to what should , ba done to procure relief for tfie starving . Three individuals were elected , and proceeded direct from ihe meeting . The meeting followed in an orderly manner to the union workhouse , where the GuarJians wcrn then sitting . The deputation were ' ushered into the Guardians' room ; and after a few questions had been put to them , they wore informed that > ht y should wait upon ttie relieving officers of Shields and Westoe parish the day following . The meeting then returned to the Market-placet and , after a ftw words from Mr . Samuel Kvdd , ir was agreed that the meeting should adfoura till o ' siit o ' clock on the following morning . | Thanks having been voted to the chairman and lecturer , the meeting separated in a peaceable and orderly manner .
STOB BI&Xi , WEAR Dalkeith . —A public meeting of the men of these extensive collieries was holden on Tuesday last in the open air , which was numerously attended , and was addr& ^ &d by Mr . U ' m-Daniel ' s . A resolution was passed in favour of joining in Union with ) the Minors o ? Kuglaad and Wales . The very best spirit pervaded tho entire meeting .
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— ¦ ? NOTTINGHAM . —Th > Rev . Mr . Hil ' s locture was announced to take place on Wednesday evening , in the Exchange Hall , which had been granted by the Mayor for that purpose ; and by eight o ' clock , this spacious room was densely crowded . The Rev . Gentleman made his appearance about this timo and was received with hearty Chartist greetings . On the motion of Mr . R . T . Morrison , M r . H . Ddrnian was called to tbe chair , ! and in an appropriate speech opened the business of the meeting by introduoiog the Rev . W . Hill ; who by hia lecture , chained our attention , improved our infonaatiou . auri eUouad the
Warmest applause , j At tho conclusion , a vote of thanks was proposed . and carried , amid . 'S the most enthusiastic cheering , to him for his able lecture . Votesof tnankBwere also Ri ? en to th . 3 Major for the qse of the hall , and to tho Chairman for hi 3 impartial conduct . It is now about seven years Bincewe have had the Exchange Hall , as a lecture room ; and it is a matter of great sacit-taction to know thut , all parties must concede that tnuro hasnoi , been a larger or more orderly meeting hold in itfro / u that time to the present , than the one we had on Wednesday night . ¦
m OEBBY . —The Rbv . Wm . Hill delivered a lecture in the Theatre , on Tuesday evening last , to an attentive audience , hisisubject being ** Cnartism in accordance with -ChrisM ' aMiiy . " The Lecturor first explained , in a moBt iolear and ouptivating manner , tbo Six Points of the Charter . He then dwelt on the life of Christ and ; his Apostles ; and , by quoting numerous passages iof Scripture , prove-. ! to fcia hearers that the ChristiHii must acknowledge the principles of the Charter to bo consistent with the Divine Law given fer his gui . iau . oe . Tue meeting , after listening with almost briathless si ' enco for near two h « ars , at leugth tlifpersod , highly delighted with their evening ' s treat .
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REPEAL ASSCClATiON .-TutSDAT . The usual weekly meeting of this body was held to day . The room was densely crowded . At one o ' clock the chair was taken by George John Hamilton , Esq ,, who observed tha , t :. « - rallying cry of the association until repeal was earned , should be " agitate—agitate—agitate" ( chetrb ) . Mr . O'Cqjwrfiu . sand , that he woaM attend a meeting at Baltinglas 8 , in ths county of Wicklow , on the 6 th Of August , his birtb-rlav , and he was suro the Repealers there would show themselves as ardent Repealers as there were in any other part of Ireland . The honourable and learned gpwh-. ivpn ihen m ;< vcd the admission of the ' . Right Rev . Dr . Cocn , Roman Catholic bishop of Clonf ' ert , wntcli passed with
acclamation . The next topic to which ha should advert , had reference ! to Lord Brougham ( groane ) . His Lordship was yery arxious to know what became of all tbe mouey thoy relieved , after the current expenses wiro paid . It was a laudable curiosity , and if he only sent a pound , they wouldno , they would not admit him & member . If any one else sent a poucd , he would bo admittod a member of the' association , and he could examine all the books and accounts . There was not a better kept set of b ' ooks in any mercantile housethere waB a voucher for "every Philling expended ; there was an aotivefinaBCo commafee . who e ^ amuiad every claim made « pra the fundp . and there was ihe
general committee , checking i hem again . Lord Brougham said that ] their accounts weiMUeverpublished . That was a falsehood ; they were punished every three month 6 ~( h > ar , hear ) . He had u < . ;\ the pleasure to iniorm big Lordship tha ^ 1 i-j ba'l this dsy purchased X 6 . 0 CO worth of 3 i por ecst . stock , and before jt- ' he oIoBQ ^ of the wo « k he would purchase £ 4 , 000 woTth more | for the Repeal Aseociation—( cheert . ) . Ha' did not liko to ordei * so much an £ 10 , 000 to be invested ' , as it wenid Le ojily rafai .: ^ the market on himself—( ohei ' rs and laughter ) . Tee current expencc ; o ; tho Asf . c " ii ' tv ; wen- ^^ ry heavy . Tne duties he pjrfof ; i . en for . << , , . . ; ¦ ., . ;; . ' nt ; of the Association were eoiisiui ; - -bro . f t . ^ u ' . d .. <¦
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borne in mind that every one who subscribed or collected . £ 10 , got a weekly paper for a year , and he who sent £ 2 Q , cota , threedaya week paper . They had advanced £ 1 , 000 towards the expense of a new building , and in a few days they should give another £ 1 , 000 . That building would , in all probability , cost £ 2 . 800 ; but it would bo such a building as ! would answer &Ii the purposes of the Irish House of * Cobmons , and DO Member of that Parliament need be ashamed to fit in it —( cheers ) , He next addressed the meeting in reference to the late debate ia the House of Commons , which he described as a most triumphant discussion for the Repeal cause . Thb next gentleman to whom be had to allude was bis friend Mr . Edmund
Roche—( cheers ) . The English j newspapers took good care not to give a good report of hia speech , but he kuew from private correspondents that it was a most excellent speech , and made a deep impression on the house . He then moved the appointment of a committee to ascertain the number of persons ejected from their , holdings during the last four years , and all the particulars that could be ascertained respecting their cases . |[ Motion passed . ] He next alluded to a meeting which was lately held in Pans , for fchopurposeof expressing sympathy with the Irish Repealers ; and while on this subject , he should mention that there was a man in the garb of a gentleman going among the Parisians , statins that
he was an . agent for the Repealers—that man was an impostor and a liar—the Association had no agent anywhere . . On looking atjthe report of that meeting , as published in the French papers and in the Morning Chronicle , he admitted that much cf his anger towards that journal was excited . That meeting was a spontaneous meeting on the part of the Parisians . It was got up without any suggestion—without thought , word , ! or deed of the Repeal Association of Ireland—( hear , hear , hear ) . There was one mistake on the pait of a gentleman who epoko at that meeting : Mr . JLedru-Rollin said he would come over here to consult with our " committee of directory . " Now this association had no
private committee of any kind , unless their finance committee was so considered , but' that body had no * thing to do but with the passing of accounts . If any of their French friei « ds came here , they must speak publicly in this room—( l ^ ear , hear , hear / . This bo . ly had ho ulterior objects in view . When they were threatened with attack , they declared they would defend th ^ ms ^ lves—fcheers ) . But , as some of the le&dera in the Lords declared thoy would not strike first , there woald bo no second blow at all ; for they ( the Repealers ) would not strike first . He repudiated all ! idea of carrying the Repeal by force : aud he repudiated all
sympathy offered to him , unless it recognised the principle of parfect allegiance to the Crown—( cheers . ) H ^ concluded by moving that arbitrators be appointed in every county in Ireland : this vvas the more necessary , on account of the magistrates who were dismissed by the government . He a [) po moved that a committee of the Association be appointed , of which Sir Coleman O'Loghlen should be' requested to act as chairman , to . draw up a plan for Organizing the proyer mode of carrying out the system to ba adopted . The mot > on passed . Ttie week ' s rent was announced to bo £ 1 , 464 , Iff * 7 Ad . ] The meeting adjourned at haif-past five o ' clock .
HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Wednesday , July 19 . Mr . T . Dunombe complained of the conduct of the Government aud its supporters , in not assisting to "make a . House" oh the previous night . Lord John Russell and himself had important motions , the one on education , the other on } prison discipline ; and the Government must not , therefore , complain of obstruction in the progress of public business , seeing they had prevented the discussion of these important subjects on the only day fin tbe week now left to independent members . If the Government did not wish to become as despicable in public opinion throughout England , as they were already in Ireland , they must manage the House better . He moved that the "dropped orders" should have precedence on Thursday . |
Sir Robert Pe ' el said he had come down at twenty minutes past four o ' clock , and was quite surprised when he found there was no House . The Members of the Government had the weight of their official duties on their shoulders ; and hei thought that the other side wore equally responsible for not making a House . He trusted that Mr . Duneomba would not press his motion j After a somewhat lively , but ] brief discussion , during whioh Sir Charles Douglas ( blamed Lord John Russell as the cause of there being " no House , " Sir George Grey recommendedjMr . Duncombe to withdraw bis motion , to which he assented , and it was accordingly withdrawn . i
The ' * dropped orders" were then fixed for other days . . | The Attorney-General moved that leave bo given to tbe Sergeaut-at-Arms to plead to tbe action commenced against him by Howard , the attorney . Mr . Thomas Duncohbe regretted that Sir Thomas Wilde was not . present . The country had already paid enough for the blunders committed m the progress of previous actions ; and now that it was seen that the Houe wavered in supporting their privileges , they might depend upon it fthat ( hey had uot heard the last of it . Their authority was gone ; aad , therefore , to arrest the progress of the mischief , he moved as an amendment , that ihe individual who had served the writ on the Sergeapt-at-Arms | should attend at the bar to-morrow ( Thursday ) .
Mr . Hume : seconded the motion , reminding the House that their privileges were important , not fer th tir own takes , but that of the public . Sir Robert Peel reminded tho House that the committal of the individual would not stay the action . It would only bring them once more into coi ; flct with the executive authorities of the law , as in tho case of the committal ofi the Sheriffs ; ana he hoped , therefore , that the House would adhere to ils fovcaer decision , and permit the Sergeant to plead to the present action . j After a few words from one or two other Members , the motion was carried by 105 to 44 . Mr . Mackianon ' s •? Health of Towns" Bill stood for second reading ; but Sir J . Graham and other members recommended its withdrawal , as in its present shape the measure was calculated to work prejudicially in many cases . j
Mr . Mackinnoh yielded , promising to , renew the Bill next session , unless the Government took the subject up . j The iJill having been withdraw ^ , Lord Wousley moved that the Coroners' Bill be committed pro formate , order to introduce certain amendments . | Sir Edward Knatchbull resisted this , and moved , as an amendment , that the Bill bo committed that day three months . j Mr . Craven . Berkeley seconded tho amendment , condemning the Bill as a orude attempt at legislation . j After some discussion , the House divided , when the amendment was njected by sixty-six to fortytwo ; and the bill was carried through committee , Vrofarmi .. \
Tno nejcfc business on the list vfas Mr . French ' s Irish Medical Charities Bill , whioh stood for consideration in committee . ] Mr . Fiiekch moved that they : should go into committee , and charged Lord j Eliot and the Irish Government with neglect of the interests of Ireland . j Lord Eliot entered into explanations ; but while he was speaking notice was taken that there wero uot forty members * present , which proving to bo the case , tho House necessarily stood adjourned .
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That the Almighty may give you grace and wisdom to seo your errsr , and moral courage to acknowledge it and atone for it , is the ferna !; prayer of your well wisher And obedient servant , Patmck . O'Higgins . DaWin , Ja 7 y 12 th , 1843 .
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account meir tase amvai Latk Communications . — . 4 gain we are obliged to keep back notices of meetings and ether articles of
news , on oj , rrom Stnckport and from London we have notices of meetings holden on Sunday last reaching us on Friday moraine ? // those % eho wish to have their proceedings recorded will not so far put themselves out of the way as to send ia time , they cannot blame us for passing them over in silence . We must have ail notices of Sunday mcelinys lieve by Wednesday , to eit $ ure insertion . Let the sub secretaries see to this rul * bring observed , and they shall have no cause of complaint from inattention from us . If they witi not observe it , weshall treat them accordingl y '
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MARRIAGES . On Thursday , at High-street chapel , Hwdforofield , by the Rev . W . A . Harndall , pastor of } kai ? denstreet chapel , Mr . Edward John Sinclair Cuuzans , master in the Royal N&vy , tO Maty , eldest daughter of Thomas Pitt , Esq , ail of HQddersfielrf . Same day , at the parish church , Leeds , by tho Rev . G . Hills , M . A ., Charles , fourth son of the lat © Mr . T . H . Granger , solicitor , to Sarah , second daughter of the late Sir . Dale , all of this town . Same day , at the parish church , Leeds , by the Rev . G . Hills , Mr . James Monkman , of Oldham , to Harriet Louisa , second daughter of the late T . Dixon , Esq ., of Barley-terrace , Leeds . Same day , at Aberford , by the Rev . J , Landon , vicar , Mr . William Read , grocer , of Leeds , to Catherine , youngest daughter of Mr . W ilka , farmer , of the former place .
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DEATHS . On Monday , the 17 th inst ., at Waltham Reotory , Leicestershire , tbe residence of her son-la-law , tbe Rev . G , ¦ & Giltett , Ann , widow o £ tne laiaJobn Woodall , Esq .., of Scarbro ' , in the 65 th year of her age . Same day , aged 54 years , Mr . Jesse Craven , of Halifax , reed maker . Od Thursday , the 13 th bst ,, at Bnrniston , Mr . Jataes Townend , aged 89 years . Same day , Emma Jane , wife of Mr . J . S . Stott , of Halifax , engraver , and daughter of Mr . Birch , Leeds .
Tarn Raeturn , the far-famed hermit of the Ark ) died on Friday the 23 rd uH ., i n his 74 th year- He was a man of robust and athletic frame , aud of very eccentric manners . His board , his almost entire stock in trade , . was the ohief source of his revenue , which , by parsimony and avarice , was . very . considerable , having left £ 24 , 000 ., besides o ' vUer ftoperty . —Ayr Advertiser .
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Registered at Stalybridge , on Sandsy , the 16 th inst ., Anu O'Connor Owen . Baptised , at Kennoway , in Fifeshiro , by Mr . M'Cullooh , Chartist preacher , RoberJ Emmett Melvill , son ef William Melvill , weaver , Kennoway .
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THE REPEALERS OF MANCHESTER AND TiiE CHARTIST-S . TO THB REV . DANIEL HEARNS . Ret . Sir , —I have read your letter in this day ' s Freeman with no ordinary degree of pain . I am < -orry , pxlremely sorry , for the sak ' e of that religion which both you aud I believe to be true , that you ever embarked on tho rtormy sea of politics . I had fondly cherished the hope pat all Catholic Clergymen were miaissers of peace ; but as far as your letter is concerned I am grievously disappointed . ) You say that " a deputation from the Chartists oal-ltid on you a short time back to ask you to allow the Repealers to join them in a petition to Parliament , ajjainst the Arms' Bill ]; £ ut you refused to sanction any cannotion with them .
As a Catholic , I bltish for you 4 My blood boils with shame and indignation while I copy your words ! The Chartiata , nobly forgiving the cruel treatment they received at the hands of the Repealers at Stevenson ' s-square , and in the Hall of Scionce , come with , the olive branch of peace to a minister of religion ; and he , instead of receiving them in tho spirit in which they came , publicly and ostentatiously proclaiming that he hurlsd an apple of discorji amongst them ! that he recommended bis flock to have no connection with them , not even to join them in a petition to Parl'ament against the Iriah Arma' Bill ! in which ths Repealers themselves arc deeply interested , and not the British Chartists who Bought their co-operation !! !
Are you , after this , not afraid , Rev . Sir , that when you raise your hands on Sunday , before the Altar of the living God , saying " 'Gloria in excslsis Deo , el in terra pax honrinilnts boiite VQlUntateS ? Lixdl lie may paraliza your tocgua ' for having acted the part of a minister of discord !| l ! Y ( * u Lave done great mischief ; not to the Chartists , as you intended , but ] to the Catholio region .
Just read the terms in whioh Mr . O'Conneli conveys the thanks of the Repeal Association to you for your conduct upon the occasion : ^ - That the thanks of this meeting be givenjto the Rov . Mr . Hearnc for his vigilance . " Fob ms viguasce i Ihe very terms m which thanks are usually returned fo a policeman ! Your letier bmst have stung WComieU to the soul when he didfthis . Lam a Catholic , the descendant of ancient Irish Catholic ancostors ; yet 1 can love my Charcisc brethren of every ' religions persuasion .
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«\^/^ A / 'AAA ^^^ Ha ^^ AAr ^^ V-A WHAT NI-. XT ? " Thou shalt not bear false tviincss against thy neighbour . " TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sib , —The above commandment bsio «? tha ninth article of the moral code forming " par : and parcel of Christianity . " is , I presume btJ ' . evod in , aad duly responded to , ia the course of bis devotional exerciaea , by that very orthodox Christian , Mr . Daniel O'ConneU . How much of the spirit along with the letter of the law is imbibed by the " Irish Moses" his actions and words exhibit In my last letter I made allusion to a speech of O"ConneU ' s , calumniating tue Chartists of Scotland . I made a mistate in stating that tbat speech was delivered on the 4 tSi , it was the 5 th of July . I am BOtty to have again to address you on the same subject . ¦' ¦ -. ¦
At a special meeting of tha Repeal Association at Dublin , on Friday , the 14 th iatt ., O'Coniiel " . after denouncing tbe Ribbon Societies alleged to exist ia the North of Ireland , next , ( says the Nation ) , " teamed the people to avoid Chartism and designated ihe Chartists as the enemies of free and fair discussion . " When tho Editor of tbe Nation refused to publish the reply of the Soeffield Chartists to the cafamr . iea t . f G'Cianell , tie fc-uve as fris reason fur sues unfair treatment , tbat the publication of toe letter would , tend to revive tne discussion which was inadvisable ; but here wa hava the
discussion revived by Mr . Daffy ' s master with all his wonttjd malice . O * Gona » U ssyB we are the enemies of fre « discussion ; and the Nation reports that at O'NiiU Dmat ' s meeting at Edinburgh , " there was a mo-Bi « utary interruption from a Chartist , Dr . G'over , but be was soan put out (!) and the proceedings continued undisturbed . " When O'Conneli says wu are the enemies of free discussion ; be ( to qa- > te his own elegant phraseoio ^ y ) telis ' a mighty big lie" ! « h-le hia own party at Edinburgh have been really guilty of tbat he so falsely charges upon us .
After repeating borne of his old slanders respecting Feargua O'Connor , he winds up by saying , " let tha Chartists , as the Repealers , meet in theopen-dfty ^ at , and court public observation . " Here he insinuates that we bold our meetings in secret He shall be answered in his tiwn language again , tbe only answer be is worthy of : " he lies , and ha knows he lies . " It will ba observed that he is constantly ro ' sliu ? up Chartism with Ribbonism , no oue can mU : » ~ -. bis obj > ct . No one who remembers tia deriuueiatiun of Stephens , " Oastler . and O'Connor , in 1839 , previous to tbe Whig persecution , but can see tbat he ispnct < 3 in < j his old craft of Informer-general . He concluded the speech in question by proposing the adoption of a series of resolutions : here is tbe second ,
" That . the duties of tho people of Ireland arc manifest . They consist—1 st In the most . unremitting perseverance in agitation for Repeal . 2 nd . In adopting for that purpose none other than legal , constitutional and unremittingly peaceable means . 3 rd . In totally abstaining from all Ribbon Societies , all connexion whatever with Chartism , from all illegaland unnecessaty oaths , arid from every other breach of Ihe law . Following these Courses , we can without hesitation , offer to the people of lie-land the speedy and total Repeal of the Union , aud the restoration of the Irish Parliament "
Here is no mistifying . The third dntyof the people of Ireland is to totally abstain from Chartism and Ribbonism , —just as if the two were identical ! What barefaced atrocity ! Having hugged in bis embrace the furious " physical-force" Yankees , Dan finds it necessary to change his tack ia abusing the Chartists . To abuse us on the ground of physical force would hardly do just now , with tbe threats of the New York " sympathizers" ringing through the Press ; so the infamous lie tbat we meet ia secret , connecting Chartism with Uibbonism , illegal oath ? , &c , &c , is now resorted to . Let the Chartists look out ! The "bloody Old Times" iB promulgating its lies concerning the Welsh Chartists , as . stated in your last week ' s paper , while O'Conneli is . pursuing the same game , no doubt with tbe laudable view of attracting the Government bloodhounds to a fresh persecution of the Eogiifib democrats . Let us defy the malice of both patties !
How lamentable it is tbat the millions are yet the dupes of wily politicians and unprincipled knaves ! It is bo in Ireland at the present time . Hatred of England ! not liberty—real liberty ^—is the theme ot orator ' s tongue and the editor ' s pen in that country . What is to be gained by setting people against people , and nation against nation ? inspiring one race with a ferocious antipathy towards and hatred of another race ? It is this system tbat has kept mankind in slavery . Let the people of Ireland obtain the Repeal—and I wish they had it ; and let them take care to have <; no con « neetioo whatever with Chartism . " ; let them be content with the empty sound of " nationality " , and consent to forego the rights of citizenship , and they'll find out their mistake I Their national vanity may be fhitered by the change from Saxon to Celtic tyranny ; bus unless they win for themselves tbe principles of much-abused Chartism , a change of masters will be the only result of victory , if trained in tbeir present struggle .
Tbe English-Chartists would have made any sarriSc © to serve tbeir Iriah brethren ; but their cffei s of co-operation have been rejected in a spirit which shews too plain the unalloyed hatred of the Irish leaders towards Englishmen of all classes aad parties . Be it so . We will do nothing to aid their enemies ,- but we may do what we ' have left undone for tbe past two months ; pay some attention to our own affairs . In England we have an object worth straggling for , not the Repea ? of one Act of Parliament , but THE comptete regeneration OF OUR COLNTRV , THE SOCIAL SALVATION OF THE SUFFERING MASSES THROUGH THE EKACTMENI OF THE CHARTFR OF " THE BIGHTS OF . MANANDOP THE CITIZEN 1 '—THE REAL . EMANCIPATION OF THB HEOPLE THROUGH THB ESTABLISHMENT OF THEIR LONG VIOLATED SOVEREIGN 1 TT .
I had intended this week to have ventured a few comments on the different schemes and suggestions on tho subject of " Organizition '' in your paper of last Saturday , but must wait until next week . I shall not further trouble myself or your readers with the " sayings and doings" of the " Liberator , " "the saviour of the nation not yet saved ; * ' but in conclusion would beg of the " Irish Moses , " aa his sycophants now style him , to be more mindful for the future of the command of the Jewish lawgiver- ^ - " Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour . " I am , Mr . Editor , Yours faithfully , Geo . Julian Harnet . Sheffield , July 17 , 1843 .
" P . S . —The Confere > 'ce . —I quite approve of Mr . R . T . Morrison's suggestion aa to the decision on the several dates proposed foT the assembling of the Conference . The Sheffield Chartiata have agreed to a resolution on the subject which will , I trust , be responded to . Let the decision ba come to as suggested by Mr . Morrison . Let us know tha date , and go to work in right good earnest , to make the Conference a truly National body .
More Young Patriots.
MORE YOUNG PATRIOTS .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 22, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1222/page/5/
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