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THE ffORTHEftff STAR. SATURDAY, AUGUST 34. 1341.
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TO THE EDITOB 0 * THE H 0 ETHES 5 STAB . S : b , — From eb expression made use of in a leading jrtkle ' benied " The Contested Seats , " in tiiia day ' sSfor , M -well as from the case and opinion regarding the Xewcsstla election therein pnplisbed , I infer that it is proposed to petition agaion both , the individuals jetnrued bj the Sheriff It is with ranch diffidence that I Tonld venture to impawn the propriety of a £ > nrse sanctioned by such high legal authority as I have bo doubt was consulted in this case ; but since it appears to me that petitioning against both Ord and jjiadfi is directly calenlaied to prevent the return of # r . O'Br ien , I am induced to write you on the jobject There being two members returnable for Newcastle
O'Brien alone could not ( as stated in the case , and re-Iter&ted in the opinion ) hare the show of hands ; either Ora or Hinde must have been associated with him ; ind as there were more hands held up for Hinde than &i Ord , it follows Hat Hinde ' s position is equally Jjvonr&ble with O'Brien ' s , and that if the petitioners jacceed in annulling Hinde ' s election , the same decision fill prevent O"Brien from taking his 6 eat- O'Brien claims his seat on the ground that he had the show of jjjikU in his faTour , and that no poll was taken to K Terse that decision . Hicde is similarly circumstanced , and Ord alone , of tb » three candidates , standB in the anomalous position of being nominally a il . P . ¦ without eiih-r show of hands or poll , but simply by the dictam of the Sheriff whose representative he is , and not that rX ; be men of Newcastle .
I would suggest then that Ord alone should be pg-iuoned against . In the article I nave alluded to , it is said " as to jTe ^ csstle , we haTe nothing to expect from a party committee , as each faction has a seat to defend . " ghould both be petitioned against , this will , no doubt , prove tree ; but if the return of Ord alone be iinpngned , gay Tories who may form pan of the committee will like ;? be more disposed to do justice » " >¦ " if tha fecision aficcted tbe aeat ef one of their own party . Should j-on publish thwe hitts , they may be of use to ± r parties concerned . Tour ' s , &c ., A . iL Edinburgh , August Tib ., 1 S 41 .
P . S , —At the election for Fifeabire the Sheriff declared g » i Join Duncan , Esq ., ( Citanist candidate ) had tbe jsijority at the ahow of hnnriK . yo poll was taken , bn : Capt Wemyss i » Whig . , is relumed . You may ih-Tifore add this seat to the list
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jjOTTINSSAM- —The Chartists held thtir uroal ¦^• e-tly meeting in the Democratic Chapel , a goodly iu&I'cT Live iJready paid fur the new c&r < is of mtm-^ jiiijj , which """ill be i ^ sned on Moad ^ r mxi tor the ts : tlue by the Executive . > -ZWCASTLE- PUBLIC MEETING IN THE 5 t * tt » l . —Last TVe-iEesdsy evening , a meeting vas Jje ] . ' here , Mr . Sinclair in the chair . Mr . Morcas r- -Ti . ^ thefollo-sriDg resolution which was seconded by
jir . Mison , Sind earned unanimously . " Thst this in-: ; .- ? piedies itself to agitate for rwttire short of the Prciic ' 5 Canter , btlns consciousthat n ^ riuiig less than % f £ l&EZ iree representation in the state can remova tir cis ' . reiB of the iuSeriag minions . " The Chartists trld " -iisir Trtriiy meeting in tr . e Chartists rx > m , Ci . ii cellar ' s Head yard , ' on Monday evening , Mr . y , _ Z-i in the chair . The Secretary rtad the mintites of jsr , Tceetiae , likewise a circular which he h ? . 'l rec < - . Ted fc ^ t lie Executive . The trfcastutr rcp-orte-i the coaaitz'J . - ^ -or the weei whi ch are greatly on the increase . Ct-i : iiEi is proeressirg rapidly .
OLD BAM . —On Sunday last , Mr . R . K . Piiilp , of Bi := , one of the Executive of the National Charter Assx -&tion , delivered two aigumtiitauve and animating fer . uT ; : in the Chaiti&t Room , Gre&ves-strett . He e ^_ 2 ieEced bj" staling he Tras great !? pjrased wijls the t ' ja of e--ndneling the meetings , ted said , that -srhtn hr ?¦ - ¦ ' tack to bii own iocality ht Wuald recommend i 2 adoption . Tee ChaEiists of Oldham , at their weekly meetjlz en Monday last , unanimously agreed to the following resolution : — " That -we disapproTe of the p ' -in reevdmenced M te brcugbt before tfce delegate meeting at Het-dtn-briuge . on Sunday , the 15 " -h instant , Thichappeared in the Star of last Saturday , respecting a ecarty demonstraticn , for this reason , that , in conie-j % rLce cf hs-rir . s to go ten ur fifteen raiies , the loss
cf time , beg the great txptnee ttut woula be inearred by attending such a demonstration , oar opinion is that i : weuld be a failure , particularly at a time when the labourer is so much bounrl down with low wagts sx-d ihoit cf ei'iployiaeiit . That , with respect to a >* v . io ^ al Petition , the EsectttiYe having taken up tie cuestjcn , we deem it imprudent to interfere so as to cltsh with thfcir proceediegs ; we consider we ihould hj : be doing them justice , after haTir . g pkced th = m in the rtsponsible situaticin ¦ we have don . ?; and \ re are IznbiT of opinion tiat aU national QHLitiDnj to be sti ; atHi oi petitioiitd foT , ought to proceed from the bky , so that we may hare one central point to look rsto , that all localities may racTe and act i * t one and fee sa » e time , and for cce and the same o > jecL We cs faTocrable to a National Petition , but that ail pesnrns should Lsts only ose ofj&ct . "
BiACKBUR . V . —3 Jr . Ciinpbe ]] Jectsred iere on KiDuay . The iiusical Hail , ¦ nhica is sipible of hui-1 icg bOO persons , was densely crowdtd . Mr . C . addres » l then ) aboaJ an hotir , after which Mr . Wii . iiin Beesiy , from Acringicn , addressed them in a speech Kplcte with good senia , in an excellent strain of elocjiesce . The Electing was highly gratified with the proceedings . —ilr . C . left luu cards for those already enrolled . There are upwards of 100 members joined lae&dy ; snd erery likelihood of baring more . B : ackbEtn will soon take its stand as one cf the most promi-S £ s : t » wcs for the ChaTLer in Iincashire . The friends
here consider a delegate meeting o ! yorth Lancashire ocfht to be held in Blackburn , on Sunday , the otli of September , to better ana ^ ge the Northern tinriikiB . Let , then , HasliEfGec , Cc '< zv , Bimi ^ ey , Padiham , Ac-CEgtoa , Loncasur , Pieston . Chorley , Clitheroe , Darwen , lad all the intermediate towns and villages send dciefit £ S M the house of Mr . MictJe , bookseller , King-street , s = a ake steps immediattiy to carry out tbe plan of oKK ^ Ziticc , by employitg a lecturer td spread oar holy priteplfcs , and let thrm , if abie , employ Mr . Kic ' iiaru M&rsdes , trho Eerrcd them so well and so faithfully in ike £ rst coETenti&n .
BAE 2 JSIET . — The Cl artists held their weekly Eseedug at Mi . Hoe ;" s house , on Monday night . An asinittid discussion toi-t place en the necessity o ' . SJE ' -ing a ctlrgite to the forthcoming nierttng at Ecbden Bricgr ; Mr . Julian Harrc-y was nnanta ' -us ' y tlKted to r > . present the men of BarcsJey at that roeeticz . A T&t ^ of thacks ^ as uEaniuiously given to the Bi \ . Mi . Hill , for his able advocacy or the poor mac's Bjjra upon all occasions ; but more particularly for h ' Ef tbk exposure of the infernal miscreants who are conti-EEiHy perpttratiEc the most diabolical crimes in the
Else of justice , in that bloated Whig hell-hole at VakcStld . A vote of thinks was also given to the Set . Hi . Ryan , P . P ., of Itonnabate , in tbe diocese of Dzbiin , for so nobly coEiing forward to join the ranks cf the men who are seeking real justice fsr all mar .-fc = i After the gentrai business bid been gone ttroagh , the Irish members of the association resolved ^ sasrlTe * into a committee upon Irish affairs , when * » addres from tbe Working Men ' s Association ol Droghrda , which appeared in the Drofncda Ar-jus , of S « e S ^ ih cf JnJy , was read , and comaented upoo .
TOOWORDEK . The weekly meeting of tbe ^^ anists took plaw as usual , on Monday night , when teveral zjames were enrolled- The fallowing resolutions * £ re imanimously passed : — " That five shillings be fes » to the National Executive Council , with a promise «? r ; ore a : some fature time . " " That there be a ^ kgate Beat to Hebden Bridge to Uie forthcoming to ^ ata meeting , and tb&i Robert BrooK be the kk ? ate , ~ Thst the delegate support the iaggestior . < £ the Editor of the Sonhern Star , i . e . that a petition b * presented to the Hoose of Commons , in 1 S 42 , P ^ Jinr for the Charter to become the law of tbe land , " it " That "Wm- > 3 axshap wait upon James Tajlor , Cf Rothdale , to see wK ^ tt ^ r he can attend the public Same intended to be civen to Dr . M'D&ualL "
^ BSRDETN . —The National Association of Abertea fcr " elevating the moral and intellectual standard & < hi people , " precursory to the Charter , has recently Eids & desperate effort to declare exist , cce in tbe place « f cinh , but the Inckitsj tffort wa * a death struggle . ? WfrilDw : thesiicEceuf the grave se * as Lercrforth his CEhmsntea lot . —Mr . John Lvgge , cne uf the ch ^ ir-Ea t is rnm&n . ' r'i , hid sctrully withdrawn at the J ^ T pt ri * d his tlxoxk was placarded and advertised tarsngh the whale of the iocality , in official station . Tben - » ras alSD anothtr came cot very creditably held * P to nstoricty in the sasce document , throughout the « &pire , as the mover of a bigotted resolution , which if * ? retd at the meeting above referred to , that indi-Juml w » g heard to declare the statement was false , and 2 penaitted he would prove the assertion by reading
~* « 7 ternj of the real resolution , from the very **«* lead MS . drawn up on the platform , submitted to ^ F * Btd by the Charter Union of Aberdeen , on May ^ , Bj request he moved towards the Chairman and ^• iined , that a resolution previously passed by that «* 7 . aad published in the Xorthern Slar of 3 Iay Sth , 7 »» tit truly fatal statute , -which being disputed as to ^ E&port , by amendment npon amended motion be jyV **** ^ succeeded in a resolution simply declaratory w fonnei one , tIz ., " That those gentlemen of the •??? * ho recc . mmfended the adoption of the Lovett r ^^ ias fcheme by this L ' uion , be required to give * »« r recantation , or i » e = cefor : h be excloded fr ^ m 7 " . He stated that the recommendation was written ^ signed , and handed in due form , the recantation T *^ so offensive , merfeiv * \ tham . \ ral of or from the the
^^ ; u " ^^ s evident by question bticg sub-¦ fa to , acd concnrrecce declined by the subscribing IT * * o » tha council , and none else- He therefore T - f ^^^ j ^ c -nili > on fairness , as an act of justice to ali 2 ^^ . that tfcs correction should be circulated as far j j ^ ausrspresentaticn , by those wUo had given cur-- ^ w the letter , and inquired would they do it : *•** MTe not done it—Correspsuint .
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SALISBURY . —The usual weekly meeting was held atMr . "Wiliinson ' a , Market-place , on Monday evening , 9 th instant , when Mr . Wilkinson , agent for the Star , and general-news agent , delivered an address , which was duty applauded . STOCKJ » ORT— According to announcement , Mr . Phiip addressed the Chartists of Stockport , on Monday evening , in his usual calm and instructive style . THOENTON .-One of the " victims of Whiggery " Thomas Drake , who has lately been released from Beverley hell , after suffering nineteen months of torture in that accursed inquisition , having returned to his home and family , his fellow-townsmen of Thornton determined to celebrate his release from tyranny ' s
fangs by holding a meeting , dinner , &c . A requisition having been presented to the Constable of Thornton , I requesting him to call the meeting , and that gentleman having assented , placards Were posted through the district It was one o ' clock when the chair was taken . At that hour an excellent gathering was i assembled . There were present Mr . Bell , of Manchester , S Messrs . Smith and Alderson , of Bradford , and others . ' ilr . John Illingworth was called to the chair . Mi . i Joseph Bouse moved the first resolution—" That , in j the opinion of this meeting , the enly remedy for the ! existing distress and difficulties of the country is in ! making the People ' s Charter the law of the land . " ilr . James Leech seconded tb& resolution , which was '
j supported by Mr . Bill , of Manchester , and adopted j j nnauimsusly . Mr . Thcmss Rouse moved the second I resolution— " That the more speedily to carry OUt the I foregoing resolution , it ia absolutely necessary that the [ : working and the middle elasa do unite together in ; ! one firm bond of union . * " Mr . Alderson , of Bradford , j ; seconded the resolution , which was supported by that \ sturdy veteran in the good cause , Mr . Benjamin J : Bushton , of Halfax , and carried unanimously . Mr . j Simnel Steak moved the third resolution— " That this ! meeting pledge themselves to become members of and i support the National Charter Association , as the only
! « "ay to obtain a redress of grievances and the restora- 1 tion of their rights . " Mr . George Grey seconded tbe ; resolution , which was ably supported by Mr . Smith , of Bradford , and unanimously screed to . Mr . Harney then a-idressed the meeting in a lengthy and spiriti stirring appeal—illustrating the Pcop ! e ' = Charter , and ' showing the necessity of union . A vote © f thanks was ; civen to the Constable , for his kindness in having called the xneetin »; anil three cheers having been i given for Fcargus O'Connor ; three for O'Brien and all ¦ the victims : thr « . e for Frost , Williams , and J ' . > r , fcs ;
i and three for the Charter ; the meeting formed in pr >> - > ' cession , and , with banntrs & } lx > g and music playing , proceeded through the town to the Waggoner ' s Inn , ; where was prepared the dinner in hon-jur of Mr . Drake . The room was tastefclly adorned with laurel , ic . i £ C ,, E . nd the arraugeraents WtTe such as to rtfisct great credit on all concerned in the labours of the day . ' She gcestshaving done fu ' A justice to tbe very excellent . dinner provided by " mine hast , " s-veral exceliens and appropriate toasts were given , which were responded ; to by various gentlemen , and the hilarity of the meeting was prolonged to a late hour .
1 DALKSITH . —A social meeting was held in the Free Mason ' s Hall here , on 3 Jonciay evening , the 9 th : current , the proceeds fur the benefit of the Lecturer ' Fund , Mr . William Taylor in the chair . There was a fall and most respectable company , the hall being nearly i full ; the meeting was delighted with s-jme comic and ' sentimental singing , recitations , a . ud addresses upon political suhjecis , thus blending instruction with amusement . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . ' Potter , Cockbum , and Port eous , cf Dalkeith , acd Mr . William Doniells , of Losswada Tiie xaeetics- was : kept in the best of spirits by the imitative powers of ' Mr . Milne , of E'iinbnr ^ h , Af : er three cheers for the | Chairman and speakers , three cheers for the Charter , ! and three cheers for Feargns O'Connor and the i : nj prisoned ChaxtiEts , tbe meeting broke up in the best I humour .
NEWARK . —On Saturday last Mr . Skevington delivered an able and talented lecture in a large room at this town , on the principles of tha People ' s Charter , but in consequence of it being an awkward night for the working men to attend , several friends prevailed upon him to stay and give another on Monday evening , which he did to a very numerous and attentive an ^ ience The roos ; -which ia capable of holding several fauudreds , was crowded . The lecturer frfqnently elicited freat applaud , and at the conclusion three hearty cheers : were given to the lecturer . Abont tvrenty enrolled ! their names as members of tha National Charter Association .
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" Tile Chabtists have proved themselves jiobe accukaxe calculators ihas the middle classes . Whether thlir mj-tkum would have siexded MaTT £ F . S 1 ? NOT . VOW THE qVESTlOX ! BCT THE RESULT HAS SUtV-X THAT TH £ T WERE C 0 ER * CT I . N THEIR OPINION—THAT IS THE PRESENT STATE OF THE REPRESENTATION , rr was vain to think of a repeal of the cobs monopoly . ******* Political power in this cot ; ntbt , though it resides ! n a comparatively small class , can only be exercised bt the sufferance of the masses . "Morning Chronicle foioon of the Whig Minister ! J , Friday , Juy \< oth . 284 L
ASCENDANCY OF THE PEOPLE . For a moment we leave the people out of our present consideration , which is the relative value of the respective social , pohiical , aad polnico-social parties in the State ; and before we introduce our hero , " The . People , " to our readers' notice , vre shall attempt fairly to class each party according to their influence . The four great political estates we estimate thu ? : —Firstly , the Press ; secondly , the Commons ; . thirdly , the Lords ; and fourthly , the Monarch .
Of the social todies , the dealers in fictitious moiiey , and who thereby command cur monftary system to a certain extent , be they Whigs or be they Tories , deserve the first notice . They also command the labour market , and have , both directly and indirectly , a powerful influence orer the actions of the millions in times of adversity- as well as in times of prosperity . Thsy may be denominated the movement pressure of Whiggery from mthout ; while tho priest 3 of nearly all denominations , with the most wealthy of their &ocks , who Bee perfection in things as they are , may be fairly admitted to constitute the out-movement
staff of tire Tories . The electoral body , in itself , caii ' no : be very influential , as it is compelled to blow hot and cold ; mayhap , a majority of the Commons being lie representatives of a minority of the electoral body ; and Ibxs does the msjority lose all preeminence in the House of Commons . As long as a struggle was carried on inside for popular rights , " our hero" lost all distinctive character , and became a Tery docile force , moved by the press at will , for tbe support of some undefined principle , aid never could " the People" have appeared as a distinct political party , so long as they placed a blind reliance upon others to do fcr them what ihej muij do for themselves .
The great force given to the non-electors during she two Srst years of Reform , when three hours of each day were set apart for debating their petitions , was the foundation-stone of that powerful temple which the people have been since engaged in erecting . And however the wily Whigs succeeded , as hosts , in ill-treating the guests whom they had invited to their House , yet do we fearlessly assert that the seed of democracy was for the first time well sown , and in proper ground , during the years ! S 33 and 1834 . Those petitions , which flocked in by thousands , taught the Government and
representatives that there was another and a more powerful party than their lessors of power . The Reform Bill taught them nothing : they were ignorant enough to suppoBe that tbe whole excitement in favour of Whiggery was created by those who hoped to be enfranchised by the sweeping principle that taxation and representation should be co- extensive , while the fact was that Peterloo , the six acts , persecution of the unstamped pres ? , and the long reign of Tory misrule , added to to the great promised change , had wrought tbe whole public mind up to a pitch of insanity against the old offender , Toryism .
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article in a sevenpenny newspaper . Yes , they had an electrical effect ; and the fire of patriotism was sure to communicate the sparks of its burning eloquence to stacks , farm buildings , and machinery , the supplanter of man ; and all of which the poor were taught , by the mild Reformers of the day , to look upon as their natural enemies . About this time , we say , the character of our " hero" was
unformed ; but long service in the Whig camp , and a close observance of the duties performed by the press-gan ^ , added to a succession of sore and vexatious disappointments , taught him wisdom from experience ; and , passing over the last ten years of of his probation , we now introduce him as the commander-in-chief of all those sections , parties , and powers , to each and all of which he bent himself in succession in the days of yore .
We have witnessed , and are daily witnessing fresh instances of" the People ' s" strength . Firstly , we find an appeal from the throne , under the captivating title of relief , not only not thanklessly but ungraciously received , and answered in the language « f total indifference . Secondly , wo find all appeals to the passions of the People formerly commanding easy access to their hearts , tbeir heads , and their most violent actions , and now , redoubled by an increased and cheaper pre $ 3 , falling harmless at the feet of democracy . If the wisest man had been told some teu years since that the monarch ,
backed by three hundred of the old favourites of iho People , a large majority of the press , the influence of masters holding command over life itself , the terrors of the law , the thundering eloquence of the dissent church and a portion of the law church , the horrors of the cold bastile as a last resource , and the delightful anticipations Of " PLENTY TO DO , HIGH P 210 FITS , GOOD wages and chkap buead ; " —the invitation to erect " barricades . " the requisition to ask for " bread on
blood ;"—the gallant recommendation to decapitate obnoxious ladies , and trail their lifeless heads through the gutter ; if , we say , the wisest man had been told that all such inducements would fail to produce say other efi ' cciupon the people than a strong resolution and firm resolve to resist the impious temptation , and to p ' sc ; reliance upon their own powers , put forth at their own proper time and in their osvn way , —the wisest man would have laughed and said , " O , the press is all-powerful , it will do it !"
Has not the press , then—heretofore the politica l firebrand of tbe nation—lost all power for evil ] Has not the Monarch lost all power of peisuasion ? Have not the Commons lost all popular respect I Have not the Lords been passed , over in public consideration as a party not worth a thought ? Has not the Church lost i : s hold upou prejudice ? Have not the masters lost all controul over those vfhose
very Iivo 3 are at their mercy : Have not the money mongers in their assault upon labour , and the rights of the people fallen victims to their own infernal machinations 1 And are not the Tories , through their leading organ and their most popular popularity-hunters , compelled to speak respectfully of the people , and seriossly of alterations in the two great measures to which they , in common with the "Whigs , gave their undivided support 1
The Poor Law Amendment Act , the Times tells us , must b 8 all but repealed , and its provisions and workings t&Ken away from the Commissioners aud placed entirely in the hands of local boards , and outdoor relief extended to the pauper . Upon the other hand , Lord Ashley revives the factory agitation which has lain nearly dormant for some time , and rather significantly on thj approximation of Downingstreet by his political friends , seeks prominency for a course of action which its advocates—ourselves especially—have hitherto sedulously regarded as sacred to benevolenc-, and disallied from party . However , we take them as " signs"from the Tories—a kind of bidding against the Whigs ; for this , however , there i 3 no occasion , for tho people are uow anti-Whig to a mwi , as they ever have been anti-Tory .
Upon the other hand , we find the Whig press making daily discoveries that the very things for which the Chartists have been prosecuted are the very things for which they themselves now declare . For ten years they have had the means of doing these very things which they not only refused to do , but which they persecuted ' others for asking them submissively to do ; and , alas ! one short month of reflection ou their tour to the other side of Downing-street , has taught them the jnstice and propriety of adopting a completely new course . Ah ! these are the things which disgust the people , and teach them that pelf ,
not justice , is their object , and " expediency , not " principle , " their means . How could it be otherwise 1 Was any , the most stupid , ignorant enough to suppose that men would see all the comforts of the few daily increased , and their comparatively insignificant difficulties remored , while the grievances and wants of those whocaused tbe improvement and removed the difficulties , increased in the 3 amo ratio ! If the rich man can now make more of hi 3 time , and save his money by travelling as far in one hour as he was wont to travel in four , will not the poor man also begin to
look for a corresponding improvement for himself in the change ? If a man can now , by attending machinery , earn £ 200 a-year , instead of £ ' 20 by the old process , will he consent to work harder , and a greater number of hours , for a lesa remuneration ? and will he receive as a boon that law which tells him that his child shall only devote the whole livelong day to eating , walking to and from slavery and slaving , while the master , by machinery , makes all the profit , and holds dominion over his very life ? Because he was fool enough to believe that a " free trade" in postage would have the effect of
lightening his burdens by some millions of pounds a-year , do his tyrants suppose tnat he will much longer consent to make good a million of a deficiency , although productive of an increase of aristocratic correspondence , aud & reduction upon the postage of bankers , traders , and merchants 1 Are any fools enough to imagine that a people so educated as our people have been in the school of adversity , can be again duped or led from the high road of Reform down the bye-ways of expediency No , no ; and any scbemo now tried to insure
a kind of sectional outside-support for the old foe , will fail to produce other sensation than that of scorn and contempt for a faction who would give just what they cannot withhold , while they would much prefer the free exercise of their olden sway . The days of bit-by-bit Reform are gone , and tho new light of Mr . O'CONXEIX , who now declares himself for Triennial Parliaments , Household Suffrage , and the Ballot , and the glimmer of the Ttmes and the Tories' will shine with equal dulness through the chinks of Chartism .
We ever have asked , and ever shall ask , for an equal share ia every improvement for the working classes ; and if a man can earn plenty for hia warns in twenty minutes by machinery , instead of working , as of old , twelve hours for the same amount , reason , justice , and prudence declare that he should not work more than twenty minutes , and also that every minute of after-work is an unjust competition against himself in his own labour market . Such ever has been , and such ever shall be , oar demand for the people ; an equal advantage from all improvements , to that which othar classes derive from those improvements , and wUsh the people are certain to achieve if they only , by uaiea , preserve theii Ascendancy .
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MR . O'CONNOR'S REPLY TO THE HON . AND REV . BAPTIST NOEL . We beg to claim the very best attention of every working man for the able the searching and conclusive reply of Mr . O'Connob to Mr . Noel ' s" Plea for the Poor , " which will be found in our fifth and sixth pages . We regret that the people have not more organs for the circulation of sound doctrines , inasmuch as we feel convinced that nothing could long withstand the demands made on behalf of . the working classes , if the same facilities were afforded
for the publication of sound views as are presented to those who argue tbo people ' s cause for their own benfit , or according to the prevailing political fashion of party or of the day . This is a document which all must retain aa a book of reference . We need make n » apology for a scarcity of leading articles this week , as the space could not be better occupied , or more pertinently to the times and all engrossing topics of tho day , than it has been by Mr . O ' Connor's letter .
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DTJBXilN " . —Tbe Irish Universal Suffrage Association of this place held their usual weekly meeting on Sunday last , Mr . Charles Freebairn in the chair , who opened the business of the meeting by stating its objects ; after which , a man , who was admitted by courtesy , and who said his name was Luke Kuliy , " a Repeal Warden , " rose and insisted on his right to address the meeting ; aud although he was told by the Chairman that none but members had a right to speak , yet he persevered in a most outrageous manner , using language which would disgrace a blackguard . He said the meeting was composed of Orangemen , ami that he would put it down , to effect which he called for a cheer for O'Connell . Mr . Patrick O'Conndl rose , and said he
was a Roman Catholic , a member ot' the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , and also : i Repealer . Ho s ; iw nothing in tha principles of tho People ' s Charter to which any Roman Catholic could object . Mr . O'Connell ( the "liberator , - as he wus caJJeii ; wrote the Charter ; and all Dan or any other person could say against his ( ilr . P . O'Connell ' s ) opinions would not alter them . If ( said he ) we are wrong , we are the willing sacrifices of our own folly , anil are willing to be sacrificed at the shrine of our country , to which aionu we are answerable for our conduct . The speaker concluded n powerful speech , which would have done credit to the Liberator himself , amidst great cheering . Here the meeting was again disturbed by tho " personal friend * of Mr . O'Connell , " as they called themselves , a Mr .
Reynolds , a nailer , and one Tom Ainger , another nailer . Order being again restored , Mr . O'Higgins read a speech of his , published in Freeman ' s Journal of the l Sth of January , 1837 , which was a complete answer to the accusations of Aiiigtr , ami the others who joined bim . Luke Kelly and his party now became furious . Kelly jumped upon the form , and said they would put down the meeting ; that he iKelly ) was tho friend of O'Connell , the Liberator , and that thoso -who assembled in that room were his enemies ; that they were a Society paid and supported by the Tories . It was apparent that Lulre K « lly and those who were with him thought to create a r . ot , in which they were foiled by the cool , steady , and good temper of the members , and by Mr . O'Higgins telling them that the house
was his , and if they would not conduct themselves in a peaceable and orderly manner , he would take means to compel them to do so . Kelly and his friends theu declared that Mr . O'Connell aud every member of his family had pronounced & sentence upon Mr . O'Higgias eight years ago , declaring him a slanderer , and setting forth , as his and their reason , that he ( Mr . O'Higgins ) had brought certain charges against a Mr . John Reynolds which he did not prove , and read a paper , which he got from the Corn Exchange , to that tfiect . The ruffians were then ordered to leave tbe room , and were shewn out to the street-door ; in passing between the room in which the meeting was held and the dwelling-house , one of " Mr . O'Connell ' a friends '' took a stone from hia pocket , and broke a large square of glass in a window . Soon after this , a party ef police arrived , tbe Serjeant of whom naked for the owner of the bouse , declaring , at the door , tnat he bad no right to enter without permission . Mr .
O Higgina invited tbe Serjeant aud bis party in , and , on being admitted , they said that four or five men had stated , at the Police-office , that there was a riotous and illegal meeting in that houBe ; and , in consequence of this information , he and hia party felt it their duty to coma there to preserve tho peace , but that he had never seen a more orderly or peaceable meeting in his life . Mr . O'Higgins explained the objects and rules of the Association , and handed the Serjeant aud hU party each a copy of the objects and rules . The police retired , declaring that the rioters were all outside and not in , and tnat they would prevent them from doing any mischief . Mr . Henry Clarke , Mr . John Dwyer , and Mr . James Howard were admitted members . Several notices for the admission of new members were given , and thanks having been given to the Chairman , the meeting separated , highly delighted with the triumph tbey had gained over the " personal friends of Mr . O'Connell . "
LEICESTER . —The audience attendant on Mr . Cooper ' s political preaching in the Market-place , last Sunday night , was more nnmerous than ever . A resolution is now avowed te raise a commodious building wherein rational worship and instruction can be had twice a-day , on the Sunday , and sufficient accommodation cm be provided for all other meetings of working men throughout the week . Mr . Smart gave the first of a series of lectures on tho People ' s Charter , on Monday night , in tbo room , at All-Saints' Open ; and Mr . Cooper follows , next Monday night , with a familiar lecture on " Geology , and tho advantages of a knowledge of science to working men . " Messrs . Stuart and Cooper purpose lecturing oh politics and science alternately . Previous to the commencement of the lecture , a poetical address , written by Mr . Smart , by way of invitation to our " caged lion , " was read and agreed to
by the meeting . A resolution was also passed to the effect , that a petition , for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and for passing the People's Charter into a law , should be , forthwith , put in course of signature , for Leicester ; and , that drafts of similar petitions should be forwarded to the care of our friends in Melton-Mowbray , Hinckley , Shilton , Counteathorpe , Wigston , Kibwortb , Thurmaston , and in short , all towns and villages in tbe county where it is possible to obtain names . It is intended that all these petitions shall be committed to the brave ami patriotic F « argus , by deputation , when he honours " the eye of the Milllaud" with a visit , after the expiry of the term of his incarceration . The next business of the committee will be to determine on the manner in which the people can be 3 t demonstrate their regard for their honoured champion , when he comes amongst them .
SAtFORD . —On Sunday last , Mr . Linney delivered a powerful and eloquent leoture in the Chartists ' -room . Mr . Linney exposed the factory system and showed up the blessings of'the New Poor Law in the r true colours . OnMonday evening , a members ' meeting was held for . the purpose of forming aa Election Committee , as it is intended to try what the middle classes are made of . This body intend to become agents for the Northern Star , tne week after the portraits are given . Mr . Campbell has handed over his subscribers , as he thinks the Association should have the benefit of the Star . The subscribers will be furnished with the papers , the week after the portraits are given , on Saturday mornings , as usual . Mr . Suinner , East Marketstreet , near the Town-hall , Salford , will be appointed general agent : the subscribers will receive their papers there instead of at Mr . Campell ' s .
HALIFAX . —On Tuesday evening , Mr . Charles Connor delivered an excellent lecture in the Odd Fellows' Hall , Halifax , on the subject of the Corn Laws . Mr . Connor invited discussion ; but although there were two Whig toolsipresent , neither of them had anything to say . The people listened patiently to Mr . Connor ' s long and able address , which he conoluded by exhorting them to agitate for nothing less than the whole Charter . At the termination , cheers were given for the Charter , for Frost , Williams , and Jones , and for O'Connor , and thanks having been voted to the lecturer and the chairman , the meeting seDarated .
PRESTON . —Mr . Campbell lectured here on Tuesday night to a good audience . The Preston Chartists are re-organizing themselves , and are going on well . Our correspondent , in referring to Mr . Marsden , of Preston , 6 ays , " Although I Was glad to meet a man of Mr . Marsden ' s sterling worth and integrity , yet was I sorry to meet him in his present position . Is it just or right that a man whose honesty has been tested like hia should bo doomed to go into a factory , to be driven like a slave , as hundreds of thousands of oisr countrymen are 1 " He suggests that the delegate meeting , which will take place in Blackburn , on Sunday the 7 th of September , should take steps to secure his valuable services as a lecturer for North Lancashire . FOLEBHIUk— Mr . George White lectured here to a Bumerou& » adiaac * , ou Sa&tdacr evening .
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GAINSBOROUGH . —On Friday , the 6 thinst . Mr . Skevington visited the town of Gainsborough , where he lectured on the principles of the People ' s Charter , and the state of the country , to an aUentirq audience , in the Limb Inn Boom . A vote of thanks was given to the Lecturer and Chairman . There is now an Association of about twenty friends , with every prospect of success . The County of Lincoln is much in need of a lecturer , which , if they had , great good would be effected . IINDLEY . —On Friday evening Mr . Vevera and Mr . Chas . Conner visited the village of Lindley , where , up to the present time , the principles of the Chatter were bnt indifferently aud lukewarmly spoken of . Mr . Vevers occupied the chair , aud in a few brief remarks , introduced Mr . C . Connor , who , in his usual strain , explained the principles of the Charter . His lecture occupied more than an hour , and a favourable impression was made for tha Charter .
OTEr / THAItt . —On Sunday , Mr . Connor visited Meltbam , where also he bad a glorious meeting , COVENTRY . —Mr . George White lectured here m his usual excellent style on Friday evening last . The meeting was numerous ; several members were enrolled ; and at the closo the sum of ten t hillings was cellected to defray expences . The cause prospers gloriously . X . EES&—O'CONNOR akd O'Brten ' s Demonstration . —The men of Leeda have come to the determination of doing honour to the brave patriots , O'Connor and O'Brien , when liberated from prison ; they are acting with zeal and energy in preparing for the event . The committee met ia the room , Cbeapside , on
Tuesday night , when what mouios had been coll ected were paid over to the treasurer . If every -week follows up what was done on Tuesday , there is every promise that the demonstration in Leeds will outshine every other place . Let the men of Leeds and the out-townships see to this , they can do it if they like . The committee came to the determination of holding a meeting weekly in the out-townships , taking them in rotation , ami make , i collection for tJi » demonstration fund . Tiie first meeting will be held at the Swan with Two Necks , Woodhouse , on Wednesday night , to commence at eight o'clock . The friends ia Woodhouse are respectfully requested to make necessary arrangements ; as mauy of the committee as can make it convenient will at ' end . Mr . T . B . Smith is expected to be present .
the Association held its weekly meeting on Monday night , when many respectable persons were proposed aa members , after this was done , two frien . ls addressed the meeting , and then a new council was elected for the ensuing three months . The thanks of the meoting were tendered to the late president for his active and efficient exertions during the time he has held office After he had acknowledged the compliment , the meeting broke up highly pleased with the growing success of the Society . The men of Loedshavoit now iut ' ieir powor to nuke the society a strong and influential body . Let every member prove by hia couclust that he has tho causa at heart , by endeavouring upon all and every occasion , to spread the seeds of Chartiam everywhere . Let them act as Town Missionaries .
O'Biuen s Pkess Fund . —J . O # den has received of Timothy Thatcher , contributed by tho King George on Horseback Charier Association , 5 s . From tha Charter Association meeting ia Bethel Chapel , Burker ' s-tfate , Nottingham , 5 s . Duffy , the Sick Chartist . —Received since our last for Mr . Dully by Mr . Hick : — s . d . James Walker , Leeds 0 ti A Chartist , ditto 0 6 Ditto ditto 0 3 A few friends from Horaforth ... 6 7 Mr . Vevsrs , Dog Inn , Huddersfield 5 2 D . Weatherhead , Keigliley ... 5 0
18 0 Duffy was out this morning for the first time , and , calling at our office , we were happy to see Vie appears to be recovering , although still very woak . His medical adviser writes as follows : — I certify that James Duffy is in a very delicate state of health , and I beg leave to recommend him to the waters of Harrogate . Charles H . Ronaynf , M . D . August 12 th , 1841 . It is quite necessary that Daffy should attend to this advice , which wo are sure the people will enable him to do by forwarding their assistance as usual .
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Coventry . —A public meeting will be held at the Chartist meeting room , Pavk-street , on Friday evening , the 20 th instant . Ail lovers of freedom aro invited . Edinburgh . —The delegate meeting about to be held in Ediuburgh , is fixed for the 23 rd of August . The subjects to be brought before the meeting arethe better organization of the county ; to issue an address to tho couuty , ill order to remove the prejudice that at present exists ; to bring out a monthly tract ; and to appoint » lecturer for the county . Lambsbhead Orekn , near Wigan . —Mr . William Dixon will lectnre here on Sunday , August 15 th , at two o ' clock , and in the Chartist Association R ) om , Mill-gate , Wigan , at eight o ' clock in tbo evening .
Tvdisley Bank . —Mr . Dixon will deliver a teetotal lecture at half past two o'clock , and a political lecture at half past six , on Sunday , August 22 nd . Keigiiley . —The Rev . W . V . Jackson , of Manchester , will preach two sermons on Sunday next , towards a fund for defraying the expence 3 of building him a new preaching place . Services will be in the afternoon and evening , and collections made after each . New Leeds . —An adjourned meeting of the Chartists of this district will take place on Sunday next . The good men and true are particularly requested to attend .
Nottingham . —On Sunday , August 15 th , Mr . W D . Taylor will proach at Nottingham Forest , at two o ' clock , and again at six in the evening . —On Monday , ho will lecture at Bedston ; Tuesday , at New Lemon ; Wednesday , at Radford ; and on Thursday , at Lamley . West Rain-ton . —On Sunday morning , August 15 th , at half-past ten , Mr . Williams will speak at West Rainton . Bishop Auckland . —On Sunday evening , August 15 th , Mr . Williams will speak on tho Bait , at halfpast six ; and on Monday evening , at seven o ' clock , Lie will speak at West Auckland Green . Sundebland . —On Sunday afternoon , at half-past two o ' clock , Mr . Binns will lecture at the Life-boat House .
Hebden Bridge . —Mr . Brook will attend as the Leeds delegate at Hebden Bridge , to-morrow ( Sunday ) , as announced in last week ' s Star . Derbtshirk . —Mr . Bairetow will lecture at the following p laces at seven o ' clock each evening : — At Loughborough , on Monday , August 16 ; Holbrook , on Tuesday , the 17 th ; Duffield , on Wednesday , the 18 th ; Ripley , on Thursday , the 19 th ; Alfreton . on Friday , the 20 th ; South Winfield , on Saturday , the 21 ; and will preach in Belper Market Place , on Friday evening at half-past five o ' clock . A collection will be made at the close of each lecture , to afford the friends » f Chartism an opportunity of aiding the funds .
Cheshire Delegate Meeting . —A delegate meeting is fixed to be held in Stockport , om Sunday , the 5 th of September , at ten in the forenoon , when delegates are requested from MacclesSeld , Congleton , Sandwich , Nantwich , Hydo , Mottram , Entwistle , Bradbury , Haslegrave , and Chester . Preston . —Mr . Marsden will lecture in the above place on Sunday evening uexs , to commence at eight o ' clock precisely . Admission free . The adjourned meeting that should have taken place on Tuesday last , will be holden in Chadwick Orchard , on Tuesday evening , the 17 th inst ., if the weather will admit . If the evening ia unfavourable , the meeting will be holden in the Association-room .
Yorkshire and Lancashire Delegate Meeting . —This meeting will take place at ten o clock tomorrow ( Sunday ) morning , the 15 th . Delegates are requested to bring their credentials . On reachin « Hebden Bridge the delegates will inquire for Mr . Abraham -Marshal ) , boot and shoemaker , St . George ' s Square . West Riding . —Mr . George Julian Harney will visit the following place 3 in the course of next week : —Monday , the 16 th , at Selby ; Tuesday , the 17 th , at Doncaster ; Wednesday , the 18 th , at Sheffield ; and on Thursday , the 19 ; h , at Dewsbury , instead of
Friday , as last week advertised . N . a . Upon this occasion , a public meeting will be held at half-past seven o ' clock , in the Market-place , to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament for an inquiry into tho treatment of political prisoners , and the immediate abolition of the atrocious silent system . Mr . T . B . Smith , of Loeds , is expected to be present with Mr . Harney . as * Mr . G . J . Harney has postponed his visit to Barnsley to Monday , the 23 rd , at whioh place , a publio meeting for ihe like purpose will be held on hat day . Mr . WbJ&Iiy is also expected to be there .
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S ' / £ ? . * lu 45 X - y ^^ Z ^ & ^ v ¦ ' / # ,. ** & ** y ^ j ^ L . > % >^ -A TO TK » lOIfOB OF THZ NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Tn reply to a resolution in the Starot Saturday . last , saying , that Mr . Spurr ought to have been called to the sittings of the Executive in preference to Mr . PbiJp , aliovrme to state , that Mr . Thicfclll , one of the sub-Secretaries , wrote to me informing rue , that Mr . Spurr , at a meeting in Clerkenwell . gave in his card of membership , and moreover , Mr . Spurr is not one of the General Council , eo that we acted perfectly correct in sending for Mr . Philp .
My letters to Messrs . Thfckill , WaAta , and Spurr , with their answers , are ready for publication any moment the public require them . Joikv Campbell , Secretary .
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THE CONTESTED SEATS . We publish the following directions for the mode of procedure respecting the "Contested Seats ;" by it will be s ^ en that a petition must be lodged w " fourteen days after the meeting of Parliament , and that it must be accompanied by securities entered mto by not more than four persons for the sum of £ i , 000 to cover expences . This the Committee roust look to , and no doubt the required securities of four persons worth £ 250 each , may be easily found . However , it is our duty to announce the fact , while it is the duty of the people to provide the means . MODE OF PROCEDURE OW A * ELECTION PETITION . The petition must be subscribed by some person or persons claiming therein to have had a right to vote—or to have had a right to be returned—or alleging himself to have been a candidate .
The Petition must stato with certainty the facts intended to be relied on in evidence—and the title of peiitior . ee to petition—the charge must be stated m the form of complaint , and not of mere recital ; the prayer must be specific . The petition must be presented within fourteen days of the sitting of the House . Recognizances must be entered into before the petition be presented , —the petitioners in £ 1000 , with not more than four sureties in a second £ 1000 ; there may be one , two , three , or four sureties , but not more . The conditions of the recognizances are for payment of costs which shall be adjudged payable by tho petitioners , either to witnesses or the opponents of the Petition . No Petition will be received unles 3 at tha time it is presented , it shall be endorsed by tho Examiner of Recognizances , that the recognizances have been entered into and delivered to him
with the necessary" affidavits thereto annexed—th © recognizances may be entered into before the Examiner or a Justice of the Peace , before whom each of the sureties must maks an affidavit that lie is possessed of property of the clear value for which he shall bo bound by his recognizance , above what will pay his debts , aud such affidavits must be annexed thereto—the Member petitioned against , or tho electors admitted to defend tho return , may object to the sureties for insufficiency , improper description , Sa . ; tbote objections must be delivered in writing within ten days after the petition is presented it * the sureties reside in England , or fourteen if in Scotlaud or Ireland ; these objections are to be heard before tho Examiner of Recognizances within five days after tiie ^ are delivered , who may exami . no witnesses on both sides , and whose determination is final ; and he is then to report to tho Speaker whether or no the sureties a'c objectionable .
If a paticioner prefers it ho may p 3 y any part of the sum of £ 1 , 000 , ( not less than £ 250 , ) mto tha Barik of England instead of having sureties After the time for objecting to the sureties bas elapsed , the Examiner of Recognizances is to make out a list of all Petitions on which he has reported that the sureties are unobjectionable , in the order in which he shall have reported them ; the committee lor trying the Petition is theu formed .
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THE DROGHEDA ARGUS AND THE LOYAL VliOGHEDA TRADES' ASSOCIATION , Versus FEARGUS O'CONNOR AND THE CHARTISTS . Tl > THE EPITOE OF THE DROGHEDA ARGDS . Sir , —An Irish Chartist has just sent me a copy of the Argus of July 31 st , containing " an address of the Loyal Drogheda Trades' Association to the icorking classes of Ireland , " and to which address you have prefixed the following editorial frontispiece : — "Chartism . —TnE LOTAL DliOGHEDA TlUDES ' Association . —The Loyal Drogheda Trades' Association , have put forth an address to the -working classes iu Ireland , cautioning them against having anything to do with Chartism . The address shows up Chartism and its leaders in proper style . We wonder what will Fearguj say for himself . How will he defend himself and his party from the allegations here set forth ? " ..
Sir , this is an invitation , nay , a challenge to reply , and an implied promise of course , that my reply shall have publication through tho same channel that contained the indictment . I accept the challenge , and rely upon your sense of justice for publication of my answer . You shall see cay reply ; ill the JVortheru . SiwijtiSajburr day 'he 2 Isc . I could not lety ouhaveTit this wcefe , in consequence of tho great leDgth to which my answer to the Hon . and Rev . Baptist Noel ' s pamphlet has run . In tho meantime , Sir , the allegations , as you properly cali the grounds of appeal , being very old and musty , will suffer no great damage by a further week ' s keeping . Sir , I care not hoiverar venomous , vicious , or fabricated tha allegations contained iu any indictment against myself and my party may be ; 1 will answer , and I undertake to say , manfully and
satisfactorily refute them every one . However difficult it may be to defend an outlawed , beauso a surplus , population , ( made such by man ' s artifice ) against the exuberance of Irish loyalty , which at present swells the hearts and quickens the pulsation of tha hyper-loyal Irish , yet do I fearlessly join issue with tho Loyal Drogheda Trades Association ; and I venture to say they will soonreceive aainjunotiou from head quarters to discontinue the controversy . Meantime , Sir , I assert for the present , as I undertake to prove next v&jck , that there is not a single aus ' . ainable count in the whole long column or accusation : uot one : it is an awkward toss up from' the cold and heartless and ignorant sayings of others , mado up in a hurry for an immediate feed for the poor Irish who are beginning to ask for their share of agitation , and among whom tho Star has sown the clean seeds of righteousness .
Sir , i ask for discussion ; I will neither blink , balk , or evade anything ; and , therefore , I thank you ior you implied promise of opening to mo your columns for all honourable and gemlemauly controversy . Sir , you shall have no 'hard names or scurrillous ep ; thets from me ; my cause is sufficiently strong to rest npon its own merits . In conclusion , Sir , 1 shall thank you to insert this letter as an advertiaement in your paper of the 21 dt : it will serve as my apology for not having sooner replied to the Lo > al Tradesmen of Drogheda . You will please transmit your charge for advertising to Mr . John Ardill , Northern Star Office , Leeds , and the amount shall be sent by return . Sir , as I am now about to engage myself in addressing six
letters to Mr . O'Malley , upon the question ol a Repeal of the Union , and as of course the Loyal trades of Drogheda are all Repealers , I take the liberty or " asking you if you will publish my letters as advertisements , at £ 2 10 = i . each , that is , £ 15 for the series . Tiie Argus is taken at my office ; and , perhaps , you will have the goodness to give your answer , with names at full length , in your notice to correspondents . The Star of the 21 st shall contain the address of the Loyal Drogheda Trades' Association , at full length . I am , Sir , Your obedient Servant , Feargus O'Connor . York Castle , 11 th of 16 th month of Solitary Confinement .
[ Since the above came to hand we have also received a long reply to the address of the Loyal Drogheda Trade 3 Association , from the Chartist body of that town . It is an able aud spirited document ; and it will be for Mr . O'Connor to decide whether or not it shall stand as a substitute in our next for his promised rejoinder . One thing is quite certain , however , that no man belonging to the Chartist ranks has rendered more essential service to the cause than the Whig invalided Peter Hoey , whose presence at Drogheda , however Mr . O'Connor may be made the
object of attack , is the real casus belli of the Loyal Association of Trades ; and it must be nattering indeed to the recent inmate of Wakefield , to think that his humble exertions in the cause for which he has so nobly suffered , requires the personal attendance of the " Liberator " - himself to obviate their effects . Yes , in truth , Monday will be a proud day for poor Peter Hoey , when he sees Mr . O'Connell dragged in triumph by an . association of Shopocrats to neutralize by blarney the stinging truths propagated by an humble Irish sufferer in the cause of genuine liberty .
While upon this subject , we cannot avoid expressing our regret that Mir . O'Connor has not , as yet , received much more than £ 2 for the relief of the Whig-made invalid . Surely , eurely , gome little stir will now be made to support our Irish friend Struggling for ours and his own country ' s liberty , and bearding opposition iu the very stronghold of faction . ]
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At a late meetikg of the Dublin Repeal Association , Mr . O'Connell observed— " Conquest—conquest is the cry ! But let the Tories Jha « K& 4 % in ? t 3 They shall walkover the dead bodies SSWin ^ i- ^ tJ ^ V ere they shall subjugate the people * or faWffe&SXi&F' ^ fc ^ iibertic ;!! " rw ^^ m $ All the Lawyers on the " Wel ^ £ Sati | ST arJ ^^ % V starving . There has been little o ^ 6 | M ^^ Wk % ^ -yi there in the way either of civil or ormulA ^ SumBw ^^ lr-1 and at the Denbighshire Assizes theJMMS £ flrr J oj £ ' £ &- M small case of rape , but "what ia tMkg # ili |§ i /^ many "—lawyer ? . >^ J ^^ ' iTii iv _ . avxs « H » HXUOM
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j YOL . IY . NO . 196 . SATUKPAY , AU&UST 14 ^ 1841 . > RK \ Z ™ ™?^™^
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