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WE ABE TWO MILLIONS ,. . w BOT&ET&HHQ BSOSXt . uI ^ t mfibaTB two millions of signatures , and then £ b » Ta authority te act" — Thomas Athvood . „ Qgjte use tree millions ef signatures , and who can ji oar demand . " —Dawd OComdL
TO THE FUSTIAN JACKETS . 1 % length , and at last , my dear friends , your own j _ jjj 5 done jour own work . ^ te never I write npon the question of "Universal sjjnge , I feel more or leas excited , and if 2 be now ^ tban usually so it may be aurely considered justice ? wj ffl endi , the fibst petition of the wotldng ^ of t his country ever presented to the House of QUBzsvip my suigect , while itsmagnifcude . and the brief ^ jatxpensive ptwrmpr in which it wa » got up and ^ fiei to its des tination , command some observations mb me , m the originator of the project
yon wiE recollect that I was charged with an act of , 0 p 0 ti sm in having mentioned tome of the material -j d wiiet the country could hastily form a Ccnven-$ 0 , while Mr . Hetfaerington and his friends did not ^ p } e to designate the body as my " hired tools . " jfr foends , let my £ rst act of despotism now speak jjioatL Bat I haTe yet to team why one man alone , , £ , has dose much in a cause , is to be the only . ggoa eidnded frwa eTen recommending what to him mt Beam prudent—for such is my case .
Sow , jot know that every inTention , erery change , Cfgj more , is at first suggested by one person . Ten 0535 * , at the game moment , say , " O , -we have just ^ ag jrt of a plan . " Xo ; one mast surest , aod the p kiic must decide ,. Well , Martin , shewed the necesja of a Convention ; I said there ought to be a Con-TffitKSi ; yon said there shall be a Convention , and God ]^ blessed the ConTention ; -vrhils , as regards my influg& oTer , or intimacy with , thai body of thirteen memlas , I never set eyes upon more than Dr . M'DouaU , jfssrs . Pitiethly , Smart , and IkeTington , and I was tie only person whose name was assailed . So much for "dsspotism !™
Sow for our glorious triumph . We must contrast gii -wim the petition presented in 1839 , and rejoice in {^ advan ce of our position , demonstrated by the compBBoa . Firstly , then , the former petition was aided sri supported by Attwood and party , by the moral forc e diqze and their party , by tbe London Working Hen s Association and their party , and was so cautdaaly worded as to be a mere declaration of general , commercial , and manufacturing distress , which could obIj be removed by the Charter . The time allowed for pnesxmg signatures was from October 1 S 3 8 to June IBS ; a powerful Convention was elected for the express purpose of adding to its numbers Bd magnifying its importance . A large
por-Sb of our funds went to pay missionaries , ibote sole object it was to propound the Charter , with irisv to the acquirement of signatures . The whole of S » metropolis was agitated by the Convention , in peris , for six months of the most propitious season . ytub money was spent in getting up public meetings , sd procuring signatures . Indeed , in London , we paid « t oo dear for our whistle , " as reference to the balance geek of the pjustixg and posting for convening f * Htg » -will ahotr . It not unfreqaently happened &C there iras a large balane * to be paid to tome jKrioSe printer , over and afeove what the subscriptions produced at meetings ; but then we got the signa-Sm . We had tha coantatanee ol tw » il . P . ' s in oni
ikner undertatring , and , after all , we got about memiUum two hundred and tkirfy thousand signatures ; ad now , bear in mind , that was the whole nest of ChK&t eggs laid for the whole season , from October , lB 8 , te June , 1839 , that no single petition was pre-KEtei -, and that time was given , from week to week , to get tie very hut name , and that the very last name w had , and then a supplement , and then a codicil , ad then a postscript , and all this before any disunion took place . Up to that period there were no Governseai prosecutions , but , on the contrary , the people were tented by the Bight Hon . and Noble Secretary for the Home Department , to meet , proclaim their grievances , Bd petition for their redress .
"Sow , observe the ii \ v ^ nm \ iit \ y ng features oub petjticn . Ij -was got up is a hurry ; not more than a full tefaaght being allowed for its completion . The whole expenea did not amount to £ 100 . We had no assistance from any clap-tap party or Association , but the veritable ladies and gentlemen of the industrious order . W « had no assistance whatever from the metropolitan gstters-sp of meetings and petitions . Oar petition had the sting of Frcst , Williams , and Jones restoration in
it , for the moral philosophers . I fr * i numerous letters , lUting that it would be much better for the prisoners ' pepose to omit that and the Charter , but I was relorred that in oar short cruize , we should all sail in the Bae boat . Thousands of paling , smooth-faced hypoedia « x £ ahaed , " Oh ! sign a petition for those traitors —sever . I will sign one for the liberation of all politiol offenders , because I thint they have already suffered eEcmih . "
We were all at sea about the last moment for sendis $ forsrard peiitions , and weeks were lost by not being lite to communicate at shorter intervals with the pespb ; while , in 1839 , we had the colonies of the & 3 J press at our hired service . W # had a party reviling the Convention and calling fisrn my "hired tools , " and every attempt made to firobaie their object and impede their progress . We lad petitions sent back , and petitions not sent . We t * d thousands upon thousands of signaturas to different " ise !* Presented from the Petition Committee , and sent
fc > M . P . ' b from different localities , making in all , in the fcisf space of less than six weeks , above 2 , 100 , 000 ^ itEres in is-41 . To ihessjgQwbacks add the threats rf faTcrameni , the law officers , aad the press , against ^ 7 farcrs Convention wldch sii 3 ald dare to assemble ; '• 2 * prosecutions for attendance upon public meetiugE ; Se cisnissal from employment , in times of unparal-^*< J Gi > tr& £ S , of every man who dared to attach his ^ Patare to a petiti . > n , or to- take acj open pan in Gartirt agitation . I say , add all thesa thinge togs-^ STj zzi say -srhetber or not the country has s right to K prctii cf my first and last act of despotism .
sapposs that the present crisis had some uyon ns * a&at such 3 marifestation of public feelin . » , and t *?? - ?^ that Hon . Gentlemen had been allowed occe C :-= to return to their constituencies with the p : ea = ing 2 « i-: £ = zctf uf " 0 , you ses tre have put the torck-and-% ? a-i ^ eii down ; you hear nothing of the Chartist 3 Ja What , T ask , must have been the tff = ct of saeh a impicision , especially in Ireland , "wLere the infant a daily increasing in strength and Ibvelinew ? Must it tot have paralyzed the energy of oar frisnds , and have isfeasecl the confidence and overbearing of our ane-Sua ? So . much for the impediments against which-we J * 4 to struggle in procuring signatures for the Honour->« ie House . . .. .
* ow , for what is much , very much , more important ; 8 s TTig'Tner in "which the pt . ition was carried
TO THE HOUSE . ttpoB tiiis sabject need I do more than remind you tf Qie fact that ' ' ' EIGHTEEN 3 IE ^ U PUSTI 1 N * oied the soul of their own body , and deposited itKt - : '
THE BAR OF THE HOUSE . ^ eed I remind you that the real petition of- the real Porting men contained , in 1 S 4 I , nearly , one million 6 £ atBm , from Erst to - last , over the petitUnr of i ^ S . Do not ^ ming events cast Iheir shadows before t ¦ ^ wm Eot omiBons that « neh " a bo ^ y shonld -be the ** 3 &i 3 oimth a message to the very bar . of the House ? Kfl not the dumb , but eloqpent . adTocate , in language fc » piua to be misunderstood , say * o the intruders , *¦ I ^^^^ et gite Tor soiicb to qcit . " Tes , tfiat above ~ ^^ Sisrs , is the importaht feature in oar " new move " tfiSi'Z , ana to say another word * upon it , jepuli . but * aiea the fact" " "' " ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '' ¦ the
^^ elnow to debate . . * That occu £ » b a ouich ^*» t ime of their hononrabie ' consideration than a ** t «> n " ma 3 e -a ^ petition Tor " th | - release f tarn gaol - i sirgle individual , ( Mr . " Thomas . 3 fhorcugoodj « d , . oihar comparatively iusignigcanJB . matters , list ** & ' f . of Parhament . I pass over the laughter and ^^* & * wm shortly be paid off upon * the hus : ir-cs , a tLe " grlnnegoss" come to grin through the coiiar ^ oa * " sweet Toiia ,.- " r '
. e n - ^ come to the diTision , and here is the moit ^ rtct point oralL The House divides CO and 60 , g as included , and , as is nsual in such eases , the P ^ er giTes his casting vote for BcgiUTicg the
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proposition upon which ttte House is balanced . This , which appears as an act of tyranny against as , ww intended as some kind of protection against . Ministerial . corruption . It is a custom for the speaker , in Bach cases , to negative the proposition , although the Leal * Times says it doee'ht envy his feelings . The Speaker had no . other course . Bat then the question arises—is there upon record any precedent for following such a eouzse as 'to hold the parties in custody after such a division ? . And , while npon the subject , give me leave to offer one word in opposition to what has been so frequently mged by the sleek and oily Baronet , against interference wiuh the prerogative of the Crown , and the trash about want of precedent I can furnish them with a precedent
In 1834 , I moved an address to the Crown for the liberation of Grant and Bell , proprietors of the True Sun , then confined in the Queen ' s Bench for libel , and who do you suppose seconded that unconstitutional appeal ? Why , Sir Henry Hardinge , Sir Roberta right-hand man , and a member of his Cabinet , in 1835 . Now , what think you of the j > reqecteilsnd " unconstitutional interference ?" I now come to the division ; the most immediately important part to us poor devils , pent up this roasting weather in Whig ovens . Now , then , I declare to yon a fact , and in corroboration of which I give yon the names of the parties , and this one instance will prove ay present state :
For more than , ten days I have been confined to my bed and cell with a violent rheumatism in my back , not able to stir . I have had the Doctor twice a day , and been drenched with drugs . Well , this is Monday morning , the last day of my thirteenth month j Bad this very moment I have returned to my bed , where I now write , propped up , after being roused by the whacking , knocking , and thumping . of the attendant of a poor fellow , I believe in the cholera , and within four yardB of me in the under hospital . I was obliged t » get up , and go down to desire the Doctor to be sent for , and I met the Doctor , his apprentice , and the turnkey , just at the entrance .
Now that is a pleasant situation in this weather , and in my condition ; , and I merely mention it to show the value of every vote for our relief . Now then to the division . It was sixty and sixty . Every man who was pledged to support" us did , with one single solitary exception , redeem thatpledga Who was that man ?
DANX 72 L OCONTTELL . Yes , fustian jackets , who subscribed your money and your names for our liberation , we are not now the law ' s prisoners ; we are not the Speaker ' s prisoners ; we are Daniel O'Covkblvs victims . Just follow me through a bit of plain argument , too clear even for the Corn Exchange earwigs to misunderstand . A deputation of Members of the Convention waited upon Mr . O'ConnelL To them he promised his speech , his' support , and his vote . At the meeting in Covent Garden , he was extremely loud and
vehement in . his good intention—yea , quite valiant , He said he would liberate " all , even O'Connor and O'Brien . " He received the petition from working men in company with Mr . Duncombe ; he Baid a few words upon it , just to have an opportunity o ! boasting that there were no political prisoners in Ireland . The answer to which is , that there is no opposition to tyranny in that country . Well , he spoke , aad feebly , and what then ? Why , just as the division was coming on , our pledged-eupporter " cut axd bpn ; " he , 0 * Connell , left the House , and left u > , who had the mMortnne td have his support , still in dungeons .
My friends , is this not very like the abandonment of the Canadians , and the casting vote against the operatives , and his speeck against the Dorchester Labourers , and then his denial of the report ? Bat he shall not have a loop-hole to creep out of here . You must know the custom and practice in all cases of any importance , when a memki desires to vote . It is this . Those intending to support a motion request of a friend to send for them , when Mr . A or B commences his reply , or when signs ef a division are at hand . When the division is about to take place , the galleries are cleared of strangers , and all the bells of the House communicating with the several waiting rooms where members lounjre are rune .
Each party has its rendezvous . The Reformers , as they call themselves , use the Reform Club , and the following , is the usual injunction left with some friend upon retiring to the " haunt . " " John , my dear , or Maurice , my dear , or some one my dear , send a cab for me to the club tefcra the division . " Now , there is a cab stand at the very do » r of the House , and the whole process of going for , and returning with , an honourable gentleman , does not occupy more than eight minutes . - Bnt why leave the spot for a moment ? Had the Bank of Ireland Charter been the sul ject , he would have remained stuck to his seat
But , my friends , why waste a word upon this disgusting piece of treachery ? Is not the fact just this ? —that this man was trebly pledged to support us—that he injured us by his Bpeech , and did not vote for ns , while his vote would have given us a majority ; and , consequently , the prayer of your glorious petition would have been granted , and we would have been released by you . My friends , is not this last act of refined treachery more . than flesh and bl od can be ar , and are we not now tie victims of
DAKIEL O CONNTUoI . ? This is not iha ordinary case of balanced parties , where it might be urged . O , if any other one had voted withycu , the question would hive been carried . Here we had a man pledged , offered , forced upon us , andwe were abandoned by him—so much fur the vote of one , and now read the following list of the division for asd against the motion . Motiou made , and Question put , "That an humble
Address &e yrzanied to her Majesty , humbiy praying that her Majesty vili be graciously pleased tp take into her merciful consideration the c ^ oes of all persons coiiiiscd in England and Wales for Political On ' =:. cr . s : "—lir . Tiioinas Duueombe . ; 'Jhe House divided ; Aye . 3 5 S , Xjt 3 5 S . Aad the curubers being tqr . i . ' , Mr , breaker slated , that he eousidcred that the Yute , if carried , would interfere with the Prerogative of the Cr ^ m , and , therefore , dtckared hiniself with tha Noes .
AYES . Agiionby , H . A ., Cocker- Lanedale , Hon . C ., n : G- > itif KuhJcsborouiih Barrard , E . G ., Greenwich Leader , J . Xe ; upie , West-Brrieit-y , Hon . P . E-, minster Bristol LiuhingtoE , C , Ashburton Bi'Tfcs , T ., PJjinout * * Moles worth , z ' * r W .. Letda Briclgeniiii , H ., EurAs Muuiz . ( j . F ., Biuiiic ^ uam Brodie , W . B ., Salisbury Muskett , G . A ., St . Alton ' s Brotherton , J ., Saiford O'Brien , C , Clare BuTler , C , Liskeard O'Connfcll , 21 . J ., Kerry Ba .-wer , Sir E . L ., Lincoln Pcchei ) , Capu , Brighton BusSeld , W-, Bradford Protheroe , E ., Halifax
, Batter , Hon . P ., Kiikenuy Prymo , G-., Cambridge ¦ Ci Bi ) che , E . B-, Cork Co . 1 Callaghan , D ., Cork City Bundle , J ., Tavi-tock ' Collier , J .,-Plymouth . Sa ^ wey , Lieut-Col ., Lud-! Cuiiins , W ., Warwick . . Jow , : i Carrie , R ., Northampton' Sinclair , Sir G ., Caithness j- Denistoun , J ., Glasgow Stewart , J ., Honitoa : Duke , Sp- James , Boston Strickland , Sir G ., W , R . 1 Ea £ th-jpe , J ., Leiccittr Yorkshire [ Eilis , Wyna , Lticesiar Tiiivurd , iir . S ., R * : wiing ; Evans , Sir " ( 1 . Da Lacy , Ttorne cy ., T ., Wuiver-! YVcstGiicsLer . hac ; p ; oB . .
Ewart , Wm ., Wigan Yalliers , Yisconnt , Wey-Fielden ,. Jcta , Oldham mouth ¦ . Gillon , "W . D-, Lialithgow Waklty , T ., Finpbury Greg , B . H ., ManchtbtcT ' Walter , J ., Nottingham Hail , Sir B , Maryiebofie WarLurton , H ., Bn-iport Hawes , B ., Limbeth ' Ward , H . G , SatSWd Hector , Cort&waite John , White , A ., SuEtiertand PetersSeld WilliamSj W ., Coventry Hindley , C , Ashton Wood , R , So ' uihwaik Hodges , T . L ., West Kent tellers . Humphery , J .,-Scu ! hwark Duncombe , T . ^ .. Flnsburj Jor . es , J-, Carmarthenshire Hume , J ., Kilkenny
. NOES . Adam , _ Rear-Adm . Sir C , Jermyn ,. F .. > rl , Bury , Sof-CiacknTanaiin folk .. Autrobui , " EdnuL , ' Surrey . 'Sanibie , H . East Surrey . Baring , F ' T-, Ports- Knight , H . G ., Nottingmoutli iarasiiire ~ i-- ¦ ^ ~ : ~ ' ¦ Btntinck , Lord G ., Lynn Lucas , Edward , M « caghan Bethell , Sd . Yorkshire Macauley , T . B . ^ Ediabur ^ Broadly , Henry , East Mackenzie , Thomas , Roas-Ydrkshire ' shire .. -. " ¦ .
Brace , C . L . C , Elginshire Maryland ,, ! ., Stockport BuHer ,. ' Srr J . Yarde , " * Uaule , Hob . Fyx , Eigin DcTonshire _ , Burghs . ' •• ¦ .. - " Clay < . Wm ., "powerHamlets ' Morpeth , Lord , Yorkshira Clerk , Sir"G ' Stamford Pa ' . mer , George , 'Etaex- : Cd ^ e , R . H . South SLrop- PaUiierstonVisct , Iiv # rt ^ n Ehire ' ' ' ¦ - Peel , Right Hon . Sir ' R ., D ^ rby Gea . East Sossfx ' ¦ T&mwortli ''* . ' DenisoH , "TT . J . : West : PXGOT , D . ' Ri , Clonmel Scssex : ' - ¦ ¦ ' ' " Plumptre , John P ., East Ei ' . iei , Hon . J . F ., "Rox- Kent ' ¦ ¦
burghshire -.- ' - Pusey , PaUip ^ Ber ^ ihirp Estcourt , T . G . B ., Osfoid KichsriJs , Rd ., " alerioneift Unireraity shire Fort , J ., Ciitheroe Rose , Sir Gecrge , Christ Fremantle , Sir T . Bucks churci
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Gonlburn , Right Hon . H ., Cambridge University Graham , Right . Hon . Sir J . R . G , Bt , Pembroke Greene , T . G ., Lancashire Greig , Davidi Perth Groareaor , Ld . B-, -Chester Halford , Henry , Leicestotsbire Harcourt , Q . Q . Y ., Oxfordshire : Hemes , Right Hon . J . a .
Russell , Lord Jno :, Strond Rn&erfard , Right Hon . A ., Leith Sandon , Lord , Lirerpool SibOtorp , Colonel , Lincoln SlafleyyR . A ., Shrewilnny Smyth ,. Sir G . H ., Colchester Stoart , Villiers , Waterford County Telgnmouth , Lord , ' Mary-. iebone
Harwich Howard , a W . Q ., Cunil berland Hurt , Francis , South Darby Inglis , Sir R . H . Oxford University Jackson , Mr . Serjt Bandon Bridge Having read that list , :
WUde , Mr . Serjt , Newark Wood , Charles , Halifax W 663 , T . J ., Middlesex Wyw , Thomas , Waterford TELLERS . Stanley , E . John , North Cheshire Parker , John , Sheffield I would ask the Corn Law
Exchange patriots whether or not they perceive any thing in it revolting to their Irish patriotic : blood , disgusting to them as Irishmen , and insulting to them as Catholics ? Do those who comment so freely upon unnatural alliances and actuaJntaneesh ' see any cause to blush in reading tha name which stands next to that of Sir Robert Peel ? Now patriots , Catholics , Irishmen , what say you to this union of the Orange Premier , that is to be , and the Catholic Liberal Attorney General that is .
Bat stop , stop , the English People who have been so vilely and cruelly slandered—as the enemies of Ireland—nust know who and what this said Right Honourable David Pigot is . He is , then , a county of Cork man , nobly sprung from the people ; he has honourably , honestly , and most highly creditably worked his way up to his present position . Thus , I admit that : there breathes not a better private character on the earth than Mr . Pigot , but , melancholy Is the fact , that so good a man should be found in such society . PiGOT is the Member for Clonmel , the most Radical Borough in the county of Tipperary ; he is a Catholic ; he is a brother barrister of mine ; we go the same circuit , are members of the same bar mess , and to the hour we parted , were personal friends .
And , O , Pigot , Pigot , Pigot , why tarnish your laurels so nobly won and so dear , by such an act of wilful oppression ? Will not the Irish people now begin to test your position by Mr . O'ConneU ' s own rule ? 41 What was that ? " yon ask . Some few weeks ago , when the repeal fire required slacking , poor Jackson and Sutton , the living ghosts of departed Orangeism , were thrown over it as dampers They made their usual speeches against Catholicity , upon a motion of a maniac Scotchman , and in those speeches O'Cennell saw quite enough to render their appointments to the Irish bench a question of importance—of greater magnitude than even Repeal for THE PRESENT .
O yes , what security could the Irish Catholics have as parties in a Court of Justice from such Judges ? They had the security of a Jury . But , I ask , what security for liberty , or justice , can they have from your appointment , who , as a juror , have given such a damning verdict ; and let it be borne in mind , that almost as a right , Mr . Pigot is now entitled to the first vacancy upon the Irish Bench ; and , npon behalf of my Chartist countrymen , who are to be proseccted . What security , I demand , can they have at your hands ? By a parity of reasoning , is not this a fair question ? 'Tis , and one which you mast and shall yet answer .
Again , Sir , do we net find you in company in this division , with the siid Sergeant Jackson ? and is not a man to be known by his company ? O how often does it happen that a young politician rashly commits an act which years of strained and studied policy cannot obliterate ! With thes * few observations I leave you , Pigott , to that sorrow and remorse which a foolish act must ever create in the good nan ' s mind . And , my friends , I leave you also , having thus contrasted our present position with our position when we were thought more formidable , but while we were literally weak In the perfidy of brooding treason , which , thanks t » your discernment and the over anxiety of the traitors , has been blown into air . I have also shown you that we now are the prisoners of
DANIEL O'CONNELL . Ever your faithful Friend And brother Chartist , Feargvs O'Connor
We are 4 , 000 , 000—So No Surrender . ' P . S . Let me net in my general duty forget that which is duty to a good individual . My friends , our g » od brother , Peter Hoey , has Io 3 t a leg in the service . An appeal has been mada to you to know whether his life is also to l » e sacrificed for want of the poor means of visiting his native laud . I have no response . Is he to die ? I now invoke you—I ask you to send me your pence . I will be treasurer . None shall stick to my fingers . It will gladden me to receive the good man's bounty for the sufferer , and when Hoey comes for it I will have nineh pleasure in not diminishing it . Let each send a letter direct to me , to York Ciistle . Give me something to do in my solitude . Yours , F . O'C .
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npon the wild stock , or your wild graft upoii the tamo stock has produced the best fruit . I dttte your political existence from about the year T&ll , and from that time to the present ;» period of oywr . thirty yoaa . You nav * raised millions of pounds upon the' poor Irish for thr- pnq ^^ of - i ^^^ a ^^ itte / ftutt of which was tobe foundin the n « pb f « ot ' si ^ nafiires attached to a petition for a , Repeal of the . Union . : ] Sir , I rejoice to be able to test your practice and succe * by » me recent decteatiotu Yoa cannot , you shall not , fly from it , because it ooiUtitutea my ;> $ oW triumph . You have said over and over agaim , within tke last six weeks , that 2 . . O 0 O signatures would
carry Repeal , You demanded a shilling a head as " blood money . " You | have not yet any signatures . You have never for thirty years , with a ] I your perfect practical machinery , got up one petition with 296 , 000 names to it You have never got up petition * upon any subject with one half the amount of signatures attached to bur last petition ; and mark , the 200 , 000 , at one shilling a head , is to be th «| test of your practical agitation , and is to entitle you to a Repeal of the . Union , while our petition , got up at aq expence less than a week ' s " rent /' with over 2 , 000 , 000 , commands but three columns of a debate , and does not insure your vote .
Now , Sir , reflect upon that , and think that while you at large , at the expence of millions , with a people more masters of their time than t&e poor English , and with an able agitator in each parish , have not been able to get half a million of signatures , for a great national purpose , and while no impediment or obstruction was thrown in yow . wav , yet hare I and my wild associates , -while I am in prison , at an expence short of ^ 90 , not one week's " rent * of your Association , in one fortnight , produced 2 , 000 , 000 atenaturea .
Now what say you to that f And again , Sir , upon the question of physical fores . Thanks be to God , and as you profanely say , which I devoutly pray , glory be to His holy name , no Chartist has ever yet , in general conflict , row , or single combat , shed one drop of human blood , while streams of Irish blood on both sides have freely flowed in furtherance of your practical , peaceful , divine agitation . ' Do you suppose , Sir , that in the long run , these startling facts will not tell ? or
do you imagine that because you have hitherto had a hireling press at your back , to circulate your slanders , and fire its batteries at your foes , that truth can be much longer held in abeyance . No , Sir , for believe me that the day is fast ) coming , when my voice will , and shall , be heard throughout the length and breadth of the land , notwithstanding' the many , the mean , the low , the lying , and the dastardly methods resorted to for smothering it
Yes , Sir , our day ia coming , and upon that day Feargus will be found , with his wild associates , fighting the battle of justice , equality and right , against all tyrants , morally if we may , physically if we must . Who Is now the practical man ,
DANIEL OR FEABGUS O CONNOR ? P . S . Every machination that the wicked mind of wicked man could invent , has been put into full operation to destroy me ,- but , Sir , I hurl defiance at you . I live in the heart of every working man of the land ; he inhales my spirit with bis breath ; we are flesh of the same flesh , and bone of the same bone ; and all your sophistry , and the sophistry of your tools , can never , never , never , eradicate the name of the " wild Feargus" from the memory of his " wild associates . " With them I will die , or with them I will conquer . F . O'C . ' ¦ ¦
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HOW TO CARRY THE CHARTER IN THIRTEEN MONTHS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —Will you allow me , a wwking man , a corner in the Star , to suggest a plan for the obtainment of the Charter ; one which is perfecily legal , and w » uld most certainly carry it if properly managed ; it is as follows : —For every working man in the country to save by every sixpence he can scrape together by every means in his power , to get as much as would keep him for one month , by making every sacrifice the cause demands . Surely this might be done in one year ; then every man having saved enough to keep him
for the said month , for the whole working population at one and the same time to strike work and take holiday far one month : then for a great meeting to be held in every town , under the direction of the * General Councillors of each town ; then for the Executive , accompanied by a million of men , to wait upon the Queen , to acquaint her of the just demands of her people . This would most certainly carry the Charter , « nd . alao restore Frost , Williams , and Jones , if fully carried out Yours , respectfully , ROBERT lOTT . Bermondsey , May 31 , 184 L — ——— — — — — Ti ii ^^^^^ fca —1 a— ~ i i " i ~ i ~ 1 " ¦ I 111 '
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ADDRESS TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR . Bridgeton , May 17 th , 1841 . Honoured Sir , —At a meeting of the Directors of the Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage' Association , held in their hall , College Open , ; Glasgow , ou the evening of Friday , the 14 th May , it was proposed- by Mr , Wright , seconded by another gentkni . ni , and unanimously agreed to , that the Secretary be instructed to write to Feargos O'Connor , Esq ., to inquire of him if , at his liberation , he would make it convenient at the earliest opportunity thereafter ,, to honour Glasgow with a visit . ¦ ¦ , ..-Suck , honoured Sir , Is the resolution of the Directors of the Lanarkshire Universal Suffrage Association ; and I am proud in being the instrument of conveying the resolution unto you for answer .
True , Sir , there may be intervening causes between this time and your liberation , which umy frustrate the wishes of both you and your iuviters ; but weinust leave this to the will of Providence , hoping , ' however , that you will be' spared to receive the congratulations of your friends , aud they to receive the honour of their noblest friend ' s visit . ¦ - But , meanwhile , it must bo consoling to the solitary prisoner to know that he llvesin the sympathies of the best portion of the community—to know that he has , their good wishes and their prayers , and that the grateful expressions of their gratitude are before the patriot's Qed for his welfare . ! ¦> ' . ' i ,- ] . ¦
And that you , do eo , I have only . tp . revert to the uh- ^ animity , ' and sincerity , aud impassioned manner with ,- ? hich the resolution of Friday evening- '; wag ' redeived far . proof ; and I know that you . will appi-eoiate the tender regard which the frieHds of freedom , in . Glasgow and Lanarkshire cherish towards you at their proper value . No , Sir ,, 'tis no flattery ; let no false delicacy obscure the truth . Such is the testimony of public opinion towards your patriotism , that ou all public occasions you havtj been brought forward as the lion of our cause—ud meeting concludes here- without the name of Fe&rgus ¦ O'Connor , coupled with tha Charter , receiving
three eceei-B ; and , on all demonstrations , the "Caged Lion" is held forward as the jiole star , to guide to freedom . ' That you may ever merit this—that you may ever live , as you now doy in tha hearts uf the people , as the friend of humanity , of truth , aad justice —as the fyarlesa andnoblest advocate of freedom , pi ; ' the people's cause , of the rights of ijian—is the prayer of Your admiring and wellmshiiJg ; ..- . . Friend , ; :. .. ..- ... William B . 90 WN , Secretary of the Lanarkshire Universal '' / ' Suffrage Associati 6 n . ' ' Feargus ¦ O'Conridr , Esq ., ' ¦ ' * ¦' ¦ ! - : ¦ ¦ ¦<¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦• • <>< : -1 YorfcCastle . . ; ¦ - . .. ' . < : * .. ib ' ¦¦" ' : ¦ : i P . S . —Letth'd people of England , know tUat Feargus O'Connor ia the admiration , of tlie . jpeaple , ot ^ cotland ., by this invitation . :-- - •¦¦ ¦ • ¦ . ¦ -. - ¦ . ¦ . . - . ¦¦ ' ¦ :: : :.: •• "VV : B . - ' -
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CHILD STEALING-SI ^ Gb L AR ; XikcffiPTrON . " ¦ ' - - ' - ¦ ¦ ' . " i . . ' ' . ¦ . : ¦ - ; , j .. ;' . , - .. t . ... . ; lo a the course of last week , a . female , from _ . ^ he Wgh ; lands , called at the hciisebf a ^ saiiorj nam ' ed M'Lacttfan , at Port-Dunrt&sYaTid inquired ' f < ir lodgings ; -which ; ho # *• ever , it was not ; found convenient to grant , her ; but as she seemed to , b » aetranger , and scarcelynable ,. to speak English , lodgings wete got foi her in ths neighbpur-. hoo . d . "She returned ne ' xt ' tiuirnTng ' and il ' sked - liberty ta mnktt breakfast for "herself , arid permission : was given hectodo-sor Mr * M . 'LacbUuii ; ba < i if her , |» tm 8 » nne . male . chiliL about fpur months , old , which the str angor began to fondle , ' and latterly offered ^ td ^ tsifee it to " - " tile door to give it ' the air .- The unsuspectingmother made uo objection . to this , ttnd the female left the house with the c ^ ild , to which , hgwever , sj ^ e never re tu pied . > , The affliction of the bereaved mother it . tbeloss'bf . hef mfatit was'bbundless ; '' and , after four " dats afcd '" to * gb . fa"Ii *< l
transpired ; nil hopes of recovery .-wero -almost ) giww . ujh OnFriday evening , however ,.. the child \ ras , J » stqrjed ( t ' fl her , and a Diot of , the Hjost ' reinarkabio character laid t bare—tlje thief being ; at the same tliiiB ' feafeiy ; Waged'in ' . the' ^ otice ' -Offiee . " - The following are Hie olrctoistantJea pftheroBsesW- / . J \ , !; , , : i ,,, , ^^ y . j •< ¦ ,., "fljejjaiiie of ,, the , woman , referred , W ia said to be Kirsty ^ ss . She had been for some ffuIe'Ve ' rvHnt ' witti a farmer in tha : parish of < Mehftnaof Stlriidg « iiii * , where she contracted au lntiraacy witbia tibfijjb&t $ ' on a ^ eighnwriag iaim ,. aud . - ^ bo , ; .. pre Tiouf , l ^^ his ,: . . bM , been . 'a . fbUpw-servant on , the same faiiji with herself . It Warttn - i&afiait , " iftie gave % her ^ I ^ ceV ^ lfeving , W pretending , that she was six months gone with child to the young man , who concurred in some arrangements which she suggested to conceal their shame . She took
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an affectionate leave of hex paramour for a time , came to Glasgow , and at the proper period made it known to him through'their . Correspondence , that he was to consider himself the father of one . of the finest male children he . faad erer aera . The yosng ^ man Mat her a little money s bat , it laalleged , ; not quite so . much assha considered lie might have dona And now comes the storjxit hat cblld ' ' 8 teallng . She waa eut of place from Martinmas to Candlemas , tho quarter-term , when she enterediutoan eqgagemenk here for balf-a-year . At Whitsunday , she employed a woman to do her workforafewdays , until " she woald see her friends , and left bee master ' s house , it was understood , with that intent On Tuesday Last , she went to the sailor ' s house at Port-Dundas , and entered into a confabulation in
Oaellc with ihe good -wife of the honest tar . She got the child in her arms , fondled it , and afterwards waa intrusted with it to the door to give it an airing , and thus found an opportunity to complete her design . Every publicity was gives to the circumstance , and means were taken to discover the wicked offender . A gentleman , -who had taken a deep interest in the case / gave infoiSnation at the police-office that a woman with a child , answering the description given , had been seen walking along Garscube Road , and inquiring for means of conveyance to Aberfoyie . As this was ascertained to be In the direction where she had formerly served , a Highlandman , named Ewen Kennedy , was despatched in pursuit , in the hopes of getting the woman in the neighbourhood of Aberfoyie . He found
it ueeessary ; . however , to proceed to the paiish of Dmiumond , and at the farm where her sweetheart , whose name is M'Nell , was employed aa a shepherd , she was found feeding the stolen infant with a spoon , its dress having been almost entirely changed . It appears that , before her capture ; the female had been at the ruling elder of the parish , to whom she stated that M'Neil was the father of the child , expressed penitence for her offence , in order to be subjected to Church censure , and expected to have the child baptised on the following Sabbath . The arrival of the persons by whom she was captured ,, however , broke up her whole design . The child had readily gained the affections of : the supposed
father , and the reader can easily conceive the change of feeling caused by the exposure . Campbell , the criminal officer , who had been likewise sent ia pursuit , earae to Glasgow on Friday night last , with the prisoner ; aud , having lodged h * r ia the Police-office , took the child home to its mother , whose excess of joy on the little one being placed in her arms was beyond the grief and pain she had suffered on account of its absence . Ross , who is a woman about thirty-fire years of age , of a coarse rustic appearance , was , on Saturday , remitted to the Sheriff ' s Chambers . Her object appears to have been either to extort money from AI'Nsil , or to draw him into a marriage . —ScottisA Patriot .
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THE NATIONAL PETITION . Hail spirit of universal liberty 1 glory to the imperishable cause of immaculate truth ! Justice will soon assert her empire over the vile pasBions of the spoiled children of luxury aud pride . Class supremacy , class vassalage , aristocratic profusion , and plebeian destitution ; pampered idleness and starved toil ; are nearing their social dissolution . It was said a few months ago that Chartism was dead as a door nail—honeat John Campbell declare that he had killed it The Whigs spent many thousands of the nation ' s money on its obsequies , aud their hirelings Bung its dirge in strains of exulting merriment Poor animals , did they really think that the people's demand for their just rights wasbut tho effervescence of temporary agitation ?
did their ignorance of human nature , and of the signs of the times , lead them to believe that because they bad consigned to their bastiles a few mighty spirits , who had contributed to the political storm , a dead calm was to ensue t Abject miscreants . ' they wiil now see that Chartism to immortal ; and , why not ? It dates its origin at the creation of man , aud the decrees of the eternal hallow its principles . Oar national petition is the response . That glorious testimony of the people ' s will , and the harbinger of the people ' s power , will tell trembling cravens of corruption that there is an accumulating , a deep and sweeping under current of Radical knowledge , feeling , and determination among the millions ; it will gather strength as it rolls on , and at last carry every obstacle before it
The National Petition of 1839 had 1 , 250 , 000 signatures . The agitation was then apparently in its zenith . Many , of our . noble-minded . friends , who are now exiles in distant lands , or languishing in the gloomy preeincta of the dungeon * were on the field . Demonstrations were held ia every Quarter of the country for the purpose of getting up the petition , and abundant time was devoted to the necessary arrangement ; but , in the pre : sent instance , it has been got up : without any extraordinary effort—indeed without scarcely any effort at all —a few simple newspaper addresses to the country ,
calling our unity of . desire into- operation , have , in the small space ef six weeks , affixed to our . National Petition of 1841 , 1 , 348 , 848 signatures , being nearly one hundred ithousaad'more than that of 1839 ; besides , there are many districts that we know who had not their signature sheets for Waal in time for presentation , and as we bare no doubt , but the same has oceurred in almost every county in England and Scotland , we have little hesitation in saying , that had another month been allowed , au additional quarter o £ million of names would have been appended—Scottish JPairiot , v ¦
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AN ECCENTRIC CHARACTER . The Glasgow Courier states that on a recent occasion , ak the conclusion of feho business in the Police Court , Glasgow , John Macpherson was brought into tbe hall , and placed at the bar . His hair was long aud matted ; and he respectfully begged permission to retain his cap on his head , to prevent his roped'' locks from falling over his face . The attitude he assumed'was commanding , and even graceful—his- braway well-formed limbs being exposed' below the knee , whiie his loins were girded by a piece of blanket , and over his shoulders , leaving bis arms bare , was thrown an old s . ck—which completed hia entire costume 1 His dark bhaggy beard gave a patriarchal cast to a countenance expressive of intellectual power ; and , except the oddity of bis dress , and a slight peculiar expression of bis dark eye , there
was nothing to excite suspicion of bis sanity , when he was rebutting the charge of having a vicious dog in his possession . He gave a distinct account of having been in company with tbe men said to be bitten by the dog . They , according to his statement , bid , on coming out of a house near Blue Vale , -where they bad ' met on business , attacked both him and tbd dog—when it had turned upon the asBailaritB—and the prisoner , in the hurry , had fallen down a steep place , and got both his leg and shoulder injured . Courts-Why do you not wear clothes ? Prisoner ( In a changed aud hurried ; manner)—Because I gave them to others , until I bad neither ca / thes nor money left . 1 found all those I assisted to be ungrateful-air ungrateful ! Court—You cannot be allowed to go about
the Btreetsin that manner . > Prisoner—Oh , no—I never leave the neighbourhood of G-len- Park , where I reside with . tuy faithful Uog alone , apart from ungrateful tuankindi Court—How do you support youriielf ? Prisoiier — 'I una twister ; and in the gloaming ^ when no-man sees me ' , I steal . but to those ' who ' emitloy me , and in the dull leaden hours of midniaHt , when , all is'hualied , I am butfy twisting in the damp shops of- the weavers ; proud that'tnere ia none near me bttfr my fnithful dog / Court - ^ Would you wear clothes , if J on had them ? Prisoner —Yes , if they were Jny-own—^( emphaticallyh- ^ j // J 5 wrchasedthem . Captain Miller— -1 >!»• present you witha
suitoi clothes if you will proiiuse to wear them . Prisoner —I have ' always beard of Captain Miller beiiic a benevolent gentleman ; 'now 1 Lave proved ¦ iti- 'I f « el obliged to him , niiich obliged , but I would rather not ; I wiUhave thcnl'of my own . GoUrt—Havey ' oumiideany voV ? Prisoner— -No , no ;' t ' iree years'have suen ' iftoiu this garb ; the black irigi-a'Hfote of mankind is its strong as a vow . 'But ( hia yoiei sof-tfcliiDg ) eVeii !; yet l extend uiy hand to the needy , and the cry of distress ni ' nhes my heavt thrill ! Cburt—We will continue thecase in the ni * S , utime , 'tod ' see what c » tt be done for yon . ¦ ¦ ' This b ' higular character was then conducted out of tile court , with a freedom of stop and dfghity ' of carriage worthy achief'df tte desert . " | ij ¦ ' : y ' ' - "' ¦ :
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A Rabbin , M . Kinn Meblan , died it Warsaw a short time since , ajcedlOS . He leaves mote than 150 descendants , and enjoyed his intellectual faculties to the last . A Wit . — " I am striving t b obtain a sufficiencyj " said a witness in the Court of Common Picas . " And what is a soffioiencyt" inquirod the Judge . " A . little more , nay Lord , ( replied ft witty banister ) , thau what-aperaott has already got . " Suitable RiFitBRNeE—A petition was presented to the House of RepreseB « * tives of Pennsylvania on tne loth just ., asking tta'it a tax mi « ht W imposed , upon bswfiefors ovet ' -. t ^ ie ? ge 1 of 30 years . Ino document was referred to the committee on domestic inanufactares . —/' t « st «/ & ^ ( American ) X ? axsile /
Hatmaking . —This important portion of ¦ t hi . farmer ' s duty has partially ; commenced in toe neighbourhood of Slierborne j and in a few days wiJl have , become very general . The crops are mo 3 t abundant in their yield , and superior in quality . ; The crops of olovor wero never known to be so uaiTersally good , and tlic fragrance imparted from the beawtifaliy scented flower of of this plant to the passing traveller is truly delightful . —Sherborner Journal . ;; , ;;/ ¦ The hat harvest has commenced in a fewfavonred spots in the neighbourhood of Devizes ; and there w a prospect of an abundant harvest . — Wilts pupvri Berlin , May 15— jLetters from Russia state that , with the beginning . of the spring , the hostility of the Circassians recommenced with , increased violence . Iii one of their late attacks Major-General Backuniwv a much-esteemed Russian officer , waa killed by a muskotshot ; ' - ¦ . '"'
Coun Laws . —The manufacturer who bawls for the total abolition of the Corn Laws really means nothing moreor less than reduction of iWagea 5 and the conclusion must be come toj at ono leap , that if bread stuff valuer are to be equalised with the current rates of continental Europe , so also ¦ must the rate of wages be . r If 1 , 000 ^ , 000 of rural workmen were ¦ ejected from land upon tbe ¦ manufacturing market for labour , would not . the necessary effect bo starvation wages to all ? Beware of the mouied traitors , who wish to fill their own pockets by
redueing the physical condition of : the English artisaa to the squalid wretchedness of the labourers in . Russia or Prussia . When ; it is said th © corn is cheap—( mark thia !)—money to you is , onanay . be , the nominal price of corn ; but labour is the real price of corn . Never forget , also , that the foreign is only one'Seventh of- the home and colonial ooneump tion of your manufactiires , and that as land and labour are the only real-values / agriculture ' . aad manufactures must stand or fail . together .- * Morning Herald . ;
Fatal Accident—Two Lives Lost . —On-Monday evening ^ between six and seven o ' clock , a deplorable and fatal accident occurred on the nver Thames , off Wandsworth meadowBi by which two youag men of the names of William Shield and Richard Carpenter , both linendrapors' assistants out of situation * were unfortunately drowned . It appears that' a party of young men , their companions , were returnr ing from Richmond in a" boat , whore they all had been spending the day . On arriving off Wandsworthmeadows , all being partly inebriated , some proposed to bathe in the river , which being agreed to , Shield and Carpenter undressed and plunged into the water , tneii companions for amusement rowing about , when suddenly Carpenter was seized with cramp ; he called to his friend Shield , who proceeded to his assistance , in rendering which he must have been fastened on by Carpenter , and both were drowned before those in the boat could render any assistance . Neither of the bodies were recovered , .
On Sundat an unusual spectacle ocourred on the banks of the Seine , between Charenton and Alfort . ' The river , in consequence of some violent storms cf rain in the middle of JFranco , had risen suddenly to a height of 75 centiinetres ( 27 inches ) . At the point of its jtiHction witb ' fhe Marne 22 boats , laden with charcoal , were stationed , which were all forced from their moorings by the violence of the current , and driren with such : a crash a-gafast-, tbe bridge afc Ivry , that the whole of them sunk . A maa who was perched on one of them , to fish ; was with difficulty rescued by some " people who witnessed the accident . The colour of ihe ' river , ; near the bridge , for eoine hours after , was changed to an inky hue .. The loss is estimated at 40 , 000 f .
Melancholy Suicide of a Religious Maniac —On Saturday , an inquisition was taken before Mr . Paynej at the Brakenhead Arms , Bartholomew-olosei on view of th&bodyof John Goodohild ,. aged 53 , a , retired publican , , who committed , self-destruction under the extraordinary delusion that he was past redemption in another world . James Goodchild , plumber and gUpicr ^ No . 52 , Bartholomew-close , deceased ' r brother , said that his unfortunate relative was of the most recluse . babit land would frequently ¦ remain in his be'd-room' the whole day . The previous evening , witness . b , ,. bcpasipn tp ^ o u ^> to his rooni about eight o ' clocki-tb'mduce Him to feo' to the iLahrdresser ' s to get : 8 haVe'a . " : Hehad a great disinclination . to . be seen out during tfie 'da ' v , ' . ' , The door was
not locked , and Wl eutisriug his rotim witness found him apparently in an attitude of prayer , at the foot of the bed , but , upon closer iri ' sp £ etioi $ , witness found that he was suspended by a handkai ; c , UieJ to the rail of the bedstead . Witness had noy terye to cut the handjterchief , and called for aEsIstati . cd ; aneighbour came , who cut t&e haidkerclnsf . ' Tho deceased wa 3 laid . upon the ' beri * V and a medical man arrived , y » 'Lo oponsd a vein iu the deceased ' s ar . m , but little blood , however , flowed , and Die siirgepn said thai ho had been dead . some time .. By tlje Corquer—Mr . Farr , the resident medical- genUemaa at ' the Aldersgafe dispensary , advised that my brother should be coafiaed in a .. lunatic , asylum . ' . He . saw deceased three months ago , . and then observed thafc he wa 3
labouring under a ,. ra . ental delusiou upon the suoject of religion . He hai been very o ' ssponding lor , months past . Coroner ^ -What has been the cause of his despondency " Witness—Ho has been eo ever since he has been out ' of business , lie was a publican for many years , a nd lost two v / iyes . , He used td remark that . he ., _ , was a ; great siniior , and that ha would never have fors ' weucsa ; his , conversation wa , 3 always upon that subject and Iqq w ^ s so much in the h ' abit of saving wli . oYi-calling upon pebplethat . he was a badman , and , that there was no hope for him , that hieiwa * latterly afraid to go into the street . He
has giypn himself up oh / charges at station-hpuses , buc was invariably turned 01 U , and to ! d to go \ . ioae By . the jury—About threo months a ^ ° » he tried te hang Iiimself . He" observed that ho knew he muss be hung , but that he liad not the flour ;; ge to make away ,.. with liim&clf . . The Rcv .: Dr . L <* - , of tte . chapeI j , Aldersgate-street , has pried to alter his ( dit > - ceas'idV ) opinions . 'Th ' p coroner remarked it was to be regretted that , the tiej ! eastd yvas not p laced m some asylum , as ' riii alt probability , thir di 3 trest-ir , g event would not hay < s occurred . Other 3 vidence was adduced , wheu the jury returned a Yetdict of " Temporaojy insaaityi" . j f . « ; .. ¦ ^ '
VfbLENf Thunder Storm . —LastThnrsdayr . ight , the Forest T ) ivisio-n , of Birk- ^ hirej wa s visitedby one of the modt tRrrffie thchv ' er and h ' ail" silirms . which ' tliis country ha 4 ';' eyer witnessed ' . ; ' The sky , which for tlio last two" " Aivl'had been unusually' b ' ri » ht aiifl sultry ; began . ab ' oat ' cight O ' clock in tlie ' -eveiling to present ' syinptoms" of e change , ' and' to / orbodethe coming tempest . A'S the ni ^ 'ht closed in , the atmosphere became move close aiid oppressive , ahd masses of . . . dark and threatening . cloudsibegaii to . ^ joileccfrom the south-west , illu-iuiiatod almcso ince 6 saaily , with vivid sheets of li ^ iuuiiig . . accompajuifd .-by the niost topific .. cragbes of thunder . About half-past- nine , vyithoufc a ipinute ' a - warning , ilie ' . iSs . ost . destructive shower , of hail " was dLjcharaed that it has ' ever been our lot to record . We have been favoured wilh . au
account of the storm by one family who were spectators o ? the sceneV ^ TheV wer # mtting at triete " atable , and the servant , who had fastened the elmeters in two of the roorasy ^ w-ao' ^ fcefjarfog to ' clcsstHe Others , when a crash was heard , as if the side of the houto had fallenrih , and in aninetant- the shutters were tuJKt open and . the room «< wer « dwitfi pieces of ioe , tmany iOf which were found under ; fcbo eot as half an houraftorjwajeds ^ ae . largearid , ne > i'lii . ft 9 _ iardaB marbles . To close the shutters a second time w . aa found ; . to , be . im ptfSMWe . f andj ^ tlif t , liahtnyig , almost blinjle . itb ^ se wo ^ ten ^ ed'i ^ ja ^/ hCsh ower -qf Mil wasirrtsi * £ ible . "' - T j ^ , ^ lae . ^ d-r gq ^ s ^ wlior e ijje windows had been leffopehjithe c jjajr ^ - ^ re . thrown down , the beds "drenched with haifetones , ' and the 1
floors coyewa '' with'fcje' .-and-glass" :: Aftfer raging m thisvawftilTnsHiUeT ? for tofeentjf-iininutieBj . thB storia 'abated . The chief weight of the tea » pest swms . to :- < ihave fallen on the country between ? ficaoknell and R ©* djqg , ft dis ^ nc ^ . pf aboutelevefl jmiks . In Brajek-• nell ; and (> Workin £ haflfc ^ he , windows ay , , one side of , ; the . street . iu ; . eap " i p } ace , were . i Jj ^ ra ^ ly ; ' sjmiwhed in ,,, and are likely to afFord work " to the glaziers for three ; ; 'mon ; hs . ; , At Easthsmpsteafi Park ,, the seat of the I Marquis ^ of Downshire ; gife ' atMlsemetHip bees done , to the n ^ insiou ai > d 4 ihei ; onservator " es . jAt BiiMjiy ;*' ' thgseatfof M ^' Leveson fitfwfer / t ! he ; ' 3 | sipafee . is iin ' ' menise , nearly " aNth 6 windows on 6 n 0-Side of tjie ' :: t house being broken . At Bear Wood 160 panes ' s « r - ubroken on one side" 6 rtn 6 lfdtIBe ; 1 > e 6 icteS all the glass 'in : 4 be . Sonserjtatories and skyJights . At Hurst -Horisej the residence of Sir John Conwy . tlie damage H is said to amouijt to nearly- £ 1 , 000 . At Sindleshan * . House , the residence of Mr . T . Hwman , 136 panes
arabrokon in the houee , and thegla ? B in 1 the con- > - » , servatories quite . destroyed * In the . Berfeshire Hos- ,-i pital at Reading . 150 . pane&I are broken ; and , » fc ^ Parley , near Reading , we h € ABthat , ip ^ addition ; to . „ other damage , several 6 . cows-Jiayev ]^ en . de 8 try | ia . " The -ravaged ; of : the 6 torn > out ? f ^ d ^ r ^ jare . ; £ ipt ; ¦ lesbco mplete , andifar . more distreeisin £ tk ^ n within \\ doara . Hhadevaatatioa of ike , ci 9 g § i if ^ mmeii ^ e j ; ,- " , whole ficlda of . teanli , peaa , and-r turrj i ^» beai ^ ^ - wtedl are as cawpletelyJevielied'ajB ^ f i h ^ nad been .. icubotf by a scythe ^ and fle teral / Biaali fagniers wil $ .. prQbahJyhe roinoii ^; . The jflower-gajrdenii , pres « u |^ .. .- - mosfemeianoholygpeotacJe , beiog oottrifi ^ iStxew ^ ^ With"tiie wrecks of ; their ¦ late ^ VtSfir ^ nfiPycan ^ tne j ^ shobta of : thetyouagfoEBst-treesftre . - 'jii [ i ^ wj ^ ri la ^ Bli , ^^ quite cut off . Tim ^ yution ' jba ^ . c ^ tain ^ y ^ e ^^ si ;^ awful , and will be long and painfully remembered ? We are thankful to add , that we have not heard of tke loss of any lives .
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FEARGUS O'CONNOR TO DANIEL O'CONKELL . " Hereditary bonclsmi n , know ye hot , Who would be free themselves must strike the blow . "
TO DAMEL O'CONNELL , ESQ ., M . P . Sir , —I have very of ten marreHed at the frequent use you make of the above neble sentiment of Byron ' s . I am at a loss to discover your application of it . However , I use it , as we are over 2 , » t ^ , » 0 # , to remind you of the moral Mow we gave phydcal tyranny on Tuesday , the 35 th ' of May ; a day ever to be revered in the annals of the country . While I truly deplore any circumstance tending to hold my friends and brothers yet in bondage , I cannot too fervently retuvn- tlianlrs to prov : der , ce that I hiive been sparod the infliction of owing my liberty to you , even in the reiuoto degree which
your name , standing among 121 others ,- wcu'd imply . Upon my own party , I maivel not at your perfidy , but 1 beg to reiiimd yon of the analogy between yiiur conduet and that of our degenerate countryman , Lord Carbery , upon the question of Catholic Emancipation-That Koble Lord spoke in favuur of the measure , and voted against it ; upon which yon very justly observed , that you trusted in future he would Si ) aat against you and vote for you . J wish most , sincerely , Sir , that you had been governed by your own recommendation ; though , in fact , the little that yon did say w * s caltnlated , as it was ntended , to injure us .
Sir , many who do not yet understand you , will sup . pose that iome reason may ba assigned for your absence , after your tiuice-pledged vow- to . set Va& captive free , but I feel convinced that yon , like all other politicians who loolr to -results only , wonld'hsre g ' ren the casting v . ote against u * . rather thairlet , us Io 6 s e . Tcs ^ Sir , you would prefer anytiier , torrent of . Ehat popular iiiiUgnation to wMch , y ») UE recant parfliijt must subject you , to meeting ua occeinore in the field . / •' ¦ ' * How is it , Sir , that . absence of IrJsU' li « nt > eri ? upon all paltry ' divisions has beea w- ' -say ^ eljf eommeoted ; upon by you ,- , -while you thus daie . ta outrage a nation in the v ^ -ry prestnee of neariy- * , < JQO , ' 0 t ) 0 -of-Jts people . It is not many" days since Uie absenw . of' ^ ir Divid
Roche , jupoajv goveranxtnVnitaBujftj- 'Wfis ' a&counUi fei by you in a letter to tiu > JIarning Chronicle . -Youjjtatecl that the expected death of hia amiable wife-was the causa of his absence , bat you have given too- excWBe'ftfr ybtit absence . Base perfidious man ! You fejoice iU j the result : you have obtained . yopr abject ; but you shall . answer forit Faraoma aayayou . vera foolLthlv tolarated in public upon th » ' presustptian alone that you- "were ' - going "to take a lead in behalf of'yonr victims '" ; ' _'; Kit 1 , ' ^ ixp know you better , assured every friend of " mine , that you vrould ,. again " Seiray or desori . ui ^ ifpu . hare done so ; neither you nor one of Jour toDBj . not . one single joint of your tall , voted for us , white many , very many , voted- ' againstpad ' ¦ ' ' ' . / . .
Sir , I dimiaa this disgusting part of my subjeo ^ . and cosae to . a question of-jihicIl more importance . , You hate rx&ntiy doae me UiB hoaom . to call me tbe " wild Feargus , " arid my-brother Chaftista «• miscruints , ' " my . ^ 'wild'associates , " while y 6 u have surfeited ' us with the- rei > etition ; oi / "I am & practlcil man . " . So now , Mr . Fxactiea * . man , as .. .. . . ¦• " Words are but wind , - '" " ' And actions speak &e mind , " '" " ¦ . ¦ ¦'¦ ' * : ¦• - i ~ . ' ¦ - *•• ' . * give ear to the " wild Feaigus , ' wi 41 « he reasons calmly witb the " p , ract ^ r ; i > > ir # : © Q « 3 aBll . You , are perhaps sufBdentof a gardener to know that the method of producing the best apple is by engrafting a tame scion on a wild stock , and let me see whether my tame graft
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Sidnet Smith ' s " Last . "— "Sir , "; aaid ; JLovd Ctto the Rev . Sidnoy Smith . do you think Parliament ) will Be * dissolved V "" X " tssd 7 i ; ecf ~ iny "Lord Id mnst be , f f thi ^ ¦ hot . wea ther . 'cputiuuesj . much longer . * " ' !/ . !; . ;>; . JJmiBp ; f 8 ^ 4 Tjs ^ -We OMi ^ ingvilerald ^ ix ^ ye received" "b y tKe Si Janieg ,. Capt . Sebo ' r , which arrived at Plymouth . on ^ Enday ,. accounts from New York to the 4 tlr imtatrt . ' ^ hfe tolro < viilg- extract are all that We , i « a « ^ tein , fro m tUe . fl af ^ irai bfiouglit by
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r A '> i * RawiNWo ;< " 3 JWLE ; w « A ' iiciOHJaspdndeht of the ' rotifenwtoiV > write 3 xtoc ) ta ¦ ' ¦ J ^ i ra :-s-f AmpngB ft ¦ ihe ^ feniale prisoner * W jiorJla . ^ e -recentr * ansived afc Al-^ iers ,-and h » ve ju 6 t-ieettieichaijgeditJwere-three remarkable tor sheir ; p 3 > B « nal appaaxarieet ; rOne , in partidnlarj ^ as vdry ^ rettyi "aiici : was-attended by ; a iiegi-eiSff ^ a tier servant . ! Tins Arab' . 'beauty , -jattii'od in a bltfofc bnrno * rs , ® nai'rivsngiat Al ^ ier ^ remained reclining on her mutey beuia womided ^ in tlie ; tliighi by- ;' tt ' baU . ii' She- ' « xoited ¦ iih&mast . liyely interest ainon * the toileK'aad-i the- moat romantic sympathy 1 ii ! told of
aradngst thfe feSaa'feai '' A ' t ^ o as-been her whiefc ' th * habitW « # th « Ara . 'bsii « hdir ubpinipiobable . ' ShB ^ wate ' . - 'tuey 1 gW j 'ihe'wite ' of a-Marabouli , whose ; tr ' ctfWas ^ iltt ^ dysitfd pue'to fine and ^ HMid-by our soldiers oa ^ lieSttt"fast . ' - ' . 'HeirHasband was mora / ly wourided , ahd " Hep feth « r iieed-the greatestiefforts to proveot he ¥ fall ' ng 4 ntd tbtfhiBds of the FrtirJch ^ bu ^; he himself felton the tenbomiks Her t ' oBter brother Bemktheiimpoysibililyof eafiffagh ^ r , and . unwillin # ihs ^ th&bh »\ il » bm ( MA tt ^» i «* aii 4 '' 'ireid . '« t- ' hbr - . almost point blank , but by some chance the bail only hit ; her in the thigh , and " she became the prize of the conquerors . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 5, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct552/page/7/
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