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ORGANIZATION . ( Concludedfrom our seventh page- ) " I am lighi jdafi to £ ua that -sre are setting about the ? s-orgs 3 u 2 Tton of ecr lacTtraeat in g . ood e& : nesl ; f er HiB WEni of It has lately xsuder *? d otrr exertions comparatively inefficSialj and given ns the appearance of ¦» eafcnea at a time "When " we might Lave rendered more effectual service to cur cause , and have become a more powarfnl "body * han at any former-period * . We frequently hear om enemies xaj that 'ChsrSsm Is going down ;* and yet tbrcnghout Hie esteasve districts to ¦ which my occupation takes me , I have never seen so
much materialB f or ChsrtiHn as » t lbs present lime . Mechanics , agriofltarists , WfligB , ana ToriEs , are alike snfieriEg from ana disgusted with , the quaekery of factions , and ashamed ta Dim themselves of either party ; are zeady .. to embrace principles : and as our principles are based upon the rights of all , and isre tat their object the good of all ,-with a proper Organization there is not anything lhat caa prevent their progress and speedy triumph . How , then , shall -sreTffieot this ? We -win first look at " the obstacles -whlib stand in ttie Tray , and by ascertaining bow Ifeey can Ibe remedied , -we shall discover how it can be effected .
* MEbs Saa and great difficulty ib that of setting the machinery in motion ; when th ;« is accomplished , all otiier difficnltaea must yield to the united petseTerance and talent -which ysffl be ironght to bear npon the question . Bat to accomplish this , we find that one proposes thai the Conference shall be held at such a place End snch a time ; a second proposes another place and lame ; and a third different to father of the { burner ; and othsis , < t » f . an Executive should be first elected : but as each of these are individual or local proportions , there is some means -wanting to ascertain the % nee of th « "whole body opon each , and conyert ^ ome of than from local to general resolutions , which might be acted npon . To effect this I Tronid saggestlhi following
PLAS . 1— "ThataH propositions as to where and when the Conference shall ba held , and all other matters relating to the zame be sent to the northern Star offiscf- In tiice far publication in Ihe JVcrft « rn 5 iar of Angnsfcs . 2—" Thatthe votesof the various localities be then taken npon them and returned to the Northern Star Office -within a fortnight from such pablieation . 3— " That the votes asd decision be published in the Sorthem Star , the "week succeeding that on -which they sre sent . 4— " ! Ehe decision of the majority ef the localities J to be acted upon .
« 33 na I ieli £ ve"wonia obviate the difficulty in -which ¦ we are now placed , and learethe question fairly open to t 3 L As to the carcamstances under -vhleh we are about to form an Organization , they are most favourable —even that -which , to a casual observer , might appear to be against us , 3 s decidedly in our favour , viz . —the € h > TpytiTncwfr jioaa ^ nji / mii *> ni \ fy > e . rr seeming resolution to pnt down agitation , for it -will make ns cautious jnd arouse thought that -will enable us to mate our Organization such a one as -mil bear any future storms . Hoping and feeling confident that It 3 raB be so , and that each of . us vfUI manifest care , prudence , and it the game lima , decision and perseverance , ** 3 xemaia year taithlvl friend " Andfciothe * ChsxlM . "B . T . 2 Iossiso > . "KotUngham , Jnly SYh , 1843 . " M * - Habhkt says : — * WILL SCOTLAND WITH ENGLAND IJXIir ?
u TO THE EDITOB . OF THE JJOBTHBHS STAB . "* P * TtnnTTP Sir , —1 -was very glad to tee 3 ft 0 * Conncr ' s advice to the Chartists , In his letter in the Star of July 1 st , -warning them of the attempts that would he Biads by hired villains or brainiess enthnxia&s to seduce them into fresh * strikes * and * turnouts , " ' zonts , riots , rebellions , and insurrections . ' " The advice "was gcod . Let it not be forgotten ! ** Bn ^» St . -while -sre very properly -watch that we nay overcome . * does it not behove ns to taie advantage of yjesest cnxsiijsSsisci * to ¦ posh onr cause , so tttat if thecoaaB , « f vhich ctphJs seem fast accomplishing . Ehoaid tome , -we saay be prepared for it—prepared to 33 j » tnct * 5 sfnEy the banner of the { Barter , xonnd ¦ srhicli npiisai millions may rally , and find in the lecaj adopden cf its principles the basis of a system of « quil light and equal justice , to take the place of that ¦ NFhicJi is assuredly fast hastening to its dissolution . '—1 9 consummation devoutly to be -wished . *
" At the present time , "when an agrarian insurrection Is not only existing , bnt daily acquiring strength , in "Wales ; "when Ireland , from centre to circumference , is heaving lrith xevoln&msry excitement ^ and -when is America - » c find the plainest predic&OBS and fiercest threats be 3 < 3 cat tbst Hie dominions of * our Sovereign Lady the U ^ etsi" 'wSl and t ^» ti be zest asnndsr , and torn eves by * hlordshed , pikes , and jn-ojectiles , ' from the grasp of our Tnlfers—amidst these startling aicum ~ xbmees , tha spsdiy ol the English and Scottish Char-Hois is to all superficial observers moet sstonlshisg .
* ' Thatupatiij can only be accounted for en the Enppcaftt ^ i that the people are for the moment exhausted i , y the isjaJiciciia movements into -which lht-y have all jwed tbemsd » f « to he precipitated beforttinie ; sad Yy the sotles icjarioits bicteriug of * leaders , ' by -which the Chartist movement has ~ been so remarkably cmsixL But , perhaps , at this moment , the great cause of the -existing apathy is the -want of an cam—a plan , -which , liATiiu ? the concurrence and support of the majority , -would afford hope to the despairing , infuse vigoux into the councils of cur leaders , and nnicn and energy among the s > £ iil ** ed masses of our friends .
•» B » necessity of * thoroughly efficient Pisn of Organfntion is universally admitted ; and as ire are to have published immediately the placs and suggestions of different persons Trho have paid attention to the subject , I -wonld toplore of my Chartist brethren to give to them their most serious carndderaion , and-where ; necessary to scrpend all zueetingB tuS those called for ^ diberatins on these sabjeda oniy . Arsioas aa I am to > % e a goo-3 Tlan of Organizition in-wording order ^ ith the I « st posable delay , still the doing of our -work ¦ well , -when it is done , is to important that for the xtoaocB stated in last SaturdBy ^ s Star by the Editor , 1 hope that the country generally -will concur with the proposal to make tftejJrsitK ** in September the period for the commencement of the proposed Conference's sUinss . Let the date be decided en immediately .
•• A question arises -whether under all circumstances Bmnirgham-would be the beat place or meeting . If the Conference is to be confined to English delegates , then 3 sty , —yea ;— -Irofc if the people of Scotland "wsnld tp » it » a -with ns to fcrm a grand Organizition for the entire Island , then in my humble opinion , Tfevcastleon-Tyne -would be tha most fitting place . ** And -why should -sre not have the two nations united in all their movements for a cemmon redemption ? "We -want a union of the Scottish , judgment -with the less discreet and more exdteable English mind . I speak from experience . There is a degree of education { spoiled to seme extent bj the hnmbng philosophy « i Chambers' Journalism )^ a mental advancement , a hightoned morality , and self-denying spirit , to be found
among tho people of Scotland to a much greater extent than atmoDg soy own countrymen . AX the same time the English character has in zsaae respectB its points of advantstge over the Scotch . 'Why should -we not reap the iaunenwi advantages io he derived from the junction of the two ? I am sure I may say Sat a union in one Organization of the two tonnines -would be hailed -with delight by the English Chartists ; and I think could not fail to be agreeable to to the Scottish democrats- Jit CrConuor gave expreEsitm to a complaint In Ms prepilent lttisr o ! last "WBet , that the Scotch had not -well supported their •^ gBWTi hrethren dirring the recent trials . There is a
cause lor this . All fee persecutions since Chartism mi first agitated , have been , -with a few trifling exceptions , in England and Wales ; and I must say , Turne been broxiQht abend iy the not very wise coiaiseb of English leaders Scotland has not been the theatre of these movements ; yet Scotland has been expected , to pay a share of thfl piper ' s Expenses , and Mr . O'Connor acknowledges did pay her share , and handsomely , too , in the case of the 2 fexport affair . But the Scotch have giown vreary of the iazaium resulting from these movementa vhieh Siey think ought never to have taken place . Let the Scottish Chartists fee represented "with their English irethren in the chief conntil of the movement ; let the
sense of both nations bB taken on all movements projected fox the advancEinent of onr csuse ; and this dissafasfsction -will be unknown . As before remarked , diviaion among leadeishas been T'hw great bane of the movement . This , to a certain extent , is tme-of Scotland as -well as England . "Would not a union of the two countries go far to extingmah the accursed jealousies and plottings of one man against another , ¦ which has bo infamously disgraced , and miserably TetEifiea our cause ? Of comae , 1 am not
so ITtopan as to suppose that any measure that the -wisdom of man could devise would remove the viperons spleen and gna-wing envy -which is corrodinjf the breasts or some men Ttho once figured in the movement , but whom the people have veryproperly repudiated . I neither hope nor desire this . The « patriots" are no-w powerless for mischief , and the lies which in -which they indulge are harmless because robody believes than . It -would therefore be a pity to jpoil their pr ^ ent employment , They are like the siperin the fable , gna-wing ata file ;
"To me itappearsmost desirable thatScofland shonld ie represented in the approachiiig Conference . In that event , liave suggested Newcastle as the most proper place of meeting . Possibly for economical xeasons Liverpool -would be-preferable ; bnt even if so , these isasona should not , I think , "weigh againrt the mighty m » ral rfbetstobe erpeeted from the delegates of the two countries assembling at the former place . One Effect I should hope far , vould . be the rfftchnrt xonaug of the nobie men of the Tyne , from that despairing apathy into-which they have generally bt « n plunged alsce the fatal events of 1831 .
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** * Ihat a ConterencaJB to be held is both absolutely necessary , and ! believeTinnniTnoaBly agreed npon . " fXbis proceeds upon the supposition that , theEditor of QeiPor i&ern . K « r > wonld take the trouble to arrange and publish the propositions . ^ The votea might he taken in the rame jBanner as for an Executive , ily only reasons for having the "rotea taken in localities as a -whole , are to save time and trouble , and at the ^ ame time to have the general sera * of ttw irhoWbody . "
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•• Acain , -what a glorions sight the meeting of the tiro - " a - . k-ns , tcrcash their delegates , on the battle ground &f eo many ' border fights in olher days , to swan eternal union Viith each other for the subverlioa of that principle of aristocratic oppression which in the oiaen tiina ' too -crfttn srrayed man against his brother , and produced hatred and war , where fraternity and peace should instead have reigned ! " Men of Scotland , * brother ChartlstSj yon and I < tvere anca acquaintj * "will yon consider my humble suggestions ? If Glasgow , Edinburgh , Aberdeen , Dandee , Paisley , Qreenock , and the Yale of Leven say yea—all Scotland -will follow . ; " I am , Mi . Editor , Jl Yours , felthfuDy , •« Q . Julian Haenet .
" Sheffield , 94 , Sheaf Bank , Lead : Mill Road . July 10 , 1843 . " " P . S . I see that O"Cdnnell , in a speech made by him in 3 > nblin , on the 4 th Jnly , atawa XhsA ihree Scotch Chartistt have been engaged in i promoting lUbbcn Societies in the North of Ireland . This , I have no donbt , 1 b a vile lie , only used for \ the base purpose 61 preventing the people of Ireland litteniug to the truths of Chartism . What say the readers ef tbe Northern Star in Scotland ; do any of them know anything of these three Scotch Chartists ?"' We have ibus placed before our readers at one view the substance of nearly ail the
communications which have been made to us on this most important subject . We commend them all to careful deliberation . The length of space already occupied prevents the possibility of onr commenting upon them , or giving any suggestions of our own at present . This we shall do hereafter ; perhaps next week . Meantime let the people think .
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HOUSE OF LOBDS—Mokdat , Jvlt 10 . The House passed the second reading of Lord Campbell's Law of Libel Bui ? and the third reading of the Limitation of Actions Bill ; The chief portion of the sitting was occupied with discussing the Church Endowment Bill , the car © of which has been in the hands of the Bishop of London . The bill was read a third time , but some additional clauses are to be added , which are to be discussed to-day . After some other business ihe House adjourned . TCEFCAT , JOXT 11 . The business consisted in passing Lord Brougham ' p Slave Trade Suppression Bill through committee ; adding an additional clause to the Church Endow ment Bill , and passing it ; and in carrying the Scotch Church Bill through committee , which was reported with amendments .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Monday , July 10 . Mr . Ttjbnkr rcqnested information as to whether or not the Government were prepared to ad-rise Her Majesty to visit "with her signal diBpleas-ore all persons engaged in duelling , or if they woa'd bring in a measure next session on the subject ? Sir R . Peel was alive to the importance of tbe tubj . ci , but was not prepared to make any declaration ty itbont due and mature consideration . The adjourned debate on Ireland was resumed by Capu &EnsAi . who lamented , as one main cause of her evils , ihe absence of landlords and the ejection of trfiants . These subjects , he said , had been oharac : ei zed by Sir Robert Peel , as belonging to the head of morals rather than of legislation ; but law was only morality shaped by Parliament . "We had
a nrong Government , no doubt , ; but it sate wvh folded arms , impotent for good , and irresolute for evil . He wonld recommend the : abolition of the cfeeof Lord Lieutenant , an office -useless to all bnt liiose numerons yonng soldiers ( the aides-de-camp ) who wish- d to avoid the dull routine regimental dnty . He begged the Government lo remember the answer given by Charles 11 ., when someone asted him the best way to pnt down rebellion : " Why , " said ihe King , * to remove the cause of it . " Sir Howabd Doeglas reprobated the interference of America in fomenting Irish movements . He defended the Union , and showed , in detail , the commercial and other advantages which Ireland had derived from it . He lifted his voice against all kinds of political agitation ; and concluded by moving , rather unexpectedly , tbatithe House would entertain no Irish question until the agnation new in progress sbonld have been discontinued .
No seconder was found for this motion , which was received by the Opposition with sarcastic cheers . Mr . VniiEBS Stdxrt was of opinion tbst such an amendment , if entertained , -would , have flone verj little to pnt down agitation . He auributf d tbe over-population and general wretchedness of Ireland less to th * misconduct of landlordsjthsn to the want of any employment for tbe people , except upon the land , and the consequent snbdiviBion of occupations . The great grievance which was at I the bottom of all was that , badge of conquest , the Prot « stant
Establishment . ; Cap tain Hors said , that bnt for the bigotry of the Scotch and Knglish people , ncme great boon would long since have been given 10 the Irish Church ; but no Ministry who should propose ithat would stano four-and-twenty hours . The principle of the debt to the Roman Catholics was acknowledged in tbst instilment , the Emancipation ; and the remainder must be paid sooner or : la ^ er . The war cry had long been " No Popery , ami Protesjani ascendancy ;" yet the Papists were doubled , and the ascendancy \ T 23 descending .
Sir W . Somet . ville charged the present disturbances of Ireland on the Ministerial party . The Attobkey-Geskral for Ireland made along , dull , ineffective speech , which the House endured with a passive toleration . He defended tbe judicial appointments of ihe Government ;; spoke of himself , his opinions on education , and bis canvassing ot Dublin University ; and , amongst other topics , came upon tbe subject of the Church , and told Lord John Russell that Mr . O'Connell bid said ibe Whigs eonld not expect to regain office , or his support , withont a readjustment of tbe ecclesiastical revenues of Ireland . As to the Repeal of the Union , if there were any looking to foreign assistance to effect it , he hoped and be trusted there -were enough , both Protestant and Catholic to maintain it .
Lord Howjck . thouebt that ths adoption of Mr . Smith O'Brien ' s motion would be , the regnlar Parliamentary mode of intimating to Ihe people of Ireland that something more effective waB about to be done for them than bad ever yet been attempted . The agitation excited in his mind great alarm and terror ; not that he doubted the power of Government to put down any insurrection , but because it afforded proof of tbe growing alieniation of the Irish people , and showed , that in | onr hour of danger and difficulty , Ireland would be our weakness instead of onr strength . The meetings for Repeal were dangerous , and the motives of the agitators censurable ; but he shrunk from the prospect of an attempt to put these meetings down , without
doing something to allay tie discontents of the people . No direct interference of Government ot legisl&tit > n could Immediately remove tbe wretchedness of Ireland ; all they could do was to remove the obstacles which interfered with the development of industry , Bnt in this respect they could do niucb ; the country had stores of mineral wealth , magnificent rivers , and fertile soil ; and tbe people , as evinced by their conduct , either in America or England , showed that they were an industrious , cheerful , and active race . Engli&h capital went to Chili or Peru , and could not be wanting for Ireland ; all that iwas required was security ; and wretchedness was the moving cau . se of those agrarian outrages by which capital was
deprived of the assurance of security . The people , looking to the land as their only resource , clung to it with the tenacity of despair ; the legal power of the landlord had frequently been harshly and cruelly used ; and though what was asked under the name of " fixity of tenure" appeared to be inconsistent ¦ with the rights of property , something like what Mr . More O'Ferrail had recommend , seeuriug the tenant in outlay for improvements , ought to be considered ; the responibilhy of it lay on the Government , in whose hands it ought fitly and only to be placed . By removing the discontents of th * people tranquillity would , bexeetored , aiad capital would flow in , paving taa way for more extended application of labonr in public works .
Mr . Gaixy K ? fiGHT was willing to give the Catholics all he could get for them ; bnt be it bigotry , or what you please , the people of England and Scotland had made up their minds , and any attempt to subvert tbe Established Church jn Ireland would not only cost any Minister his place , bnt even the Sovereign the Crown . He hoped Sir R . Peel would keep ibe middle course in his policy , avoiding extremes . ; Sir Bekjajun Hall considered that the Government did not dare to put down the agitation m Ireland for tworeasons—fear of the Oraugemen , and fear of Mr . 0 'Coi > nelL
Lord Jocelyji condemned the agitation , felt that Eomeihing must be done to abate tbe aiarm which it created and to preserve the peace , sad declar-d that he had too good an opinion of his ! Roman Catholic countrymen to think that they would bo parties to * p y measure for the spoliation of the cWcb . The objects or the Repeal Association were revolutionary , and sufficiently warranted the resistance of tne motion . The debate was then adjourned . Tuesday , Jto . y 11 .
The adjourned debate on Ireland was resumed by ™« r ' -r ao ?^ AB JoHS O'Coitssu ,, wbo urged tbe « P ^ A ? - ^ ollOD ' combined of the absti-St ^ v " * " Ie ^« mg * rom indicating their SE ^ T ? * * ° belaud . He reviewed the ffi& ^ w ?* ** " times ' andi the present pewri-Sun ^ rSl ? ^^! 6 * " ** ^ respect to Uat conntryi reminded them of the obstructive spirit
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which they had evinced on municipal corporation reform , and the extension of tbe franchise ; and gave reminiscences of the bigotry of the party , when they went the length of threatening the Sovereign with the fate of James IL , because Mr . Sheil had been m a de » privy counsellor . Concessions must be ma 4 *; let them be mado in that generous spirit which would unite tbe two countries , npt by the parchment bonds of the union . bat with the more lasting ties of equali ty and brotherly love . M > . SMYTHEieaid the difficulty lay not so much in tho " Popery ? , as in the No Popery '' of Englandthat bitter spirit which still lingered in the olassio
preoinots of Exeter-hall ; This session there had been thirty-nine petitions against Maynooth : the number seemed ] sacred in the annals of ecclesiastical bigotry . If , instead of treating Ireland with the grudging parsimpny of a etepmotber , they had governed her with justice , she would at this moment have been a nursery of loyalty . After expressing something like pity for the fate of Lord Eliot , in being doomed to be the organ of the Irish Government , the honourable member , who spoke throughout with apparent warmth and feeling , sat down amidst cheering as loud and long as that which greeted the no less remarkable speech of Captain Rons , on the preceding evening , from the same benches- ^ the Ministerial .
Mr . Hawes denied that these Irish debates had retarded other business—tbe Government were themselves responsible for the delay of the Ecclesiastical ? Conrta or the County Courts Bills . The condition of England , no less than of Ireland , called on the Government for decision , instead of drifting on withont chart or compass . Mr . CoLQUHora attributed the present condition of Ireland to the rapid increase of its population , which had doubled within the last forty years , and outrun all means of suitable employment . The Highlands of Scotland , not distracted by religious or party strife , presented a somewhat similar spectacle in its social condition . He was prepared to give the Government new and additional powers , if the existing law was not sufficient to maintain tranquillity , and suppress the present movement .
Mr . Shabhan Ciulwfobd , amongst other enumerated causes of irritation , particularly dwelt on the consolidation of farms , which could only be accomplished through the ejectment , rain , and starvation of the small occupiers . United legislation was the- best for the empire , if based on equal rights and impartial justice ; but though desirous of maintaining the Union , he contended that it possessed no moral power , and under the present system was worse than separation . Mr . Bateson said , the real evil was absenteeism :
if tbe landlords were to reside , and set a good example , there was no country ik tbe world where the lower classes were more easily touched by kindness , more easily managed , or who looked up with more respect to the higher classes , in some places almost with feudal feeling . The opposition knew all this very well . He would , therefore , tax the absentees , and apply the proceeds to the improvement of the country . It might send them t o their estates , where they ought to be in the present alarming state of Ireland . '
Mr . Ross , as an Irish landlord , concurred in the sentiment that tbe Irish people were easily managed by kindness and conciliation—but tbe experiment had never yet been tried . Mr . MoNCKTON Milhes thought that the present debate afforded ample proof that Ireland was not neglected in the Imperial Legislature . Tho question with which they had to deal was as embarrassing to [ English statesmen , as tbat of slavery to American statesmen . —( This admission was received with much ckeering from tbe opposition benches ) .
Mr . Roebuck did not think tbat the debato reflected much credit on those in whose hands the government of this great country is placed . The only leading Minister who bad spoken was Sir James Graham ; and the conclusion of bis speech seemed to indicate that the Government could neither retreat nor advance without danger . The calm and temperate tone in which the Irish mem * hers had adduced their grievances contrasted strongly with tho petulant and party replies of ministerial members , who bad giveu to the Government their imbecile support . It was admitted by tbe Home Secretary that the very existence of the empire was at stake ; yet he , whose power of language , ot' argument , and of sarcasm were
unquestioned , grew frightened by the subject he was handling , and lost power , not only over the House , but himself . The next member of the Government who spoke , was the Attorney-General for Ireland , and he , to illustrate how that conntry was governed , at a time when it is on the ver ^ e of a civil war , harangued tbe House about his grandfather , and hoi * he waB not elected for tbo University of Dublin . ¦ : Sir Robert Peel was like an inactive general in hi 3 camp , receiving intelligence of one successive defection after another . Mr . Smythe , who had made his speech that evening , had spoken with great apparent feeling , as if he were ready for , any sacrifice of friendship ; he hoped bis feeling 6 peech would bo followad by tbe right vote .
Ireland must be governed either with or without the Orangemen—either as a conquered country , by the aid of the garrison wo had placed there , or on broad and liberal principles , seeking the happiness of the millions . The Protesiaot party were eight hundred thousand to eight millions ; and in no well-governed country could eight hundred thousand possess the wealth and the'land in a community of eight millions . But the opposition party had hitherto treated the question in a parry way—he hoped for larger and more generous views from Sir Robert Peel , whose fault was , not that he had done worse than his predecessors , but that he had not shown himself equal to the new exigencies of the case . No people had combined , against a government without being
impelled by pbyical suffering : in addition to wretchedness , the Irish had degradation and wrong . Mr . O'Connell , in the course which he had pursued , bad no doubt done much mUcbief , but he had also achipved much good , aud bad obtained for the people what they would otherwise not have gained . Like all enthusiastic men who governed enthusiastic people , he was alternately dupe and impostor—the glowing and graphic descriptions of the wonderful benefits to result from the Repeal of the Union he could not himself believe . But he had done this—he had made them decent in their language respecting Ireland . Tbe Church was the badge of conquest ; if not reformed by some Government , the people would destroy it . Mr . O'Connell had but to add the non-payment of rent to that of Tithe—( hear ! hear !)
M ayj you may cry hear , hear—for don't think we arevriiispering secretBto one another 1 " Were they to be told that the Protestant feeling of this country would prevent a minister from undertaking this great act of justice—from rising to this great emergency ! Was dismissal from office so great an evil , that they wonld rather risk civil war than encounter it ? The Tithe was national property ; it was created by the Catholica for Catholic purposes ; it was diverted by the will of the nation to other objects , and by the will of the nation may be diverted again . It was as sacred then as now—neither more nor less . ¦ He did not attack the failh , but the money , of the Established Church . Let them deal with all the grievances of Ireland , and save it from becominiian eating ulcer into the heart of England .
Sir R . Pkel then rose . He was anxious , in the first place , to obliterate all personal of party recollections . He would vindicate his own course , bnt he would not recriminate . The question was of too deep an 'interest for that . The real object of this motion was not an inquiry into possible remedies , but an expression of opinion adverse to tbe Government . 11 ' the Government did appear to the House unfit , from party connexions , or from other reasons , to govern Ireland , this vote ought to be against him ; for certainly the tenure of office by any party was a consideration of no value in comparison to the welfare with a kingdom . He then addressed himself to tho speech of the mover , and defended the Government from his charge of parsimonious treatment to Ireland , referring to documentary evidence , ^ and observing that Ireland pays no assessed taxes , no income tax , no soap duty , no duty on spirits . He adverted , with some
indignation , to the charge that official appointments , particularly judicial and ecclesiastical onee , had been made unfairly , and read the letter containinghisinstractions to the Lord-Lieutenant on the subject of patronage . He justified the proceeding on the mail-coach contract , observing that it was a disparagement to Ireland to treat that trifle as a grievance . Perhaps the most ungenerous charge of all was on the subject of education . It , would have been highly gratifying to the supporters of Government , and consequently conducive to its interest , if on this point a different course ' had been resolved on by the Cabinet . Tne general intention of the Government had been bonafide to fulfil the principle of the Relief Bill , which established equality between Protestant and Catholic . He showed the absurdity of the allegation that Irishmen had not had- their fair share of Irish patronage , and cited several instances where Irishmen
had been appointed to employments in England . The attention of tha house had been called tortbree Borts of Irieh grievances , the social , the political , and the reagious . Tho social or agrarian , were not now grievances ; nor was it possible for the Government to devise any immediate remedy for them ; ^ but if a committee had been proposed for inquiry into the law of landlord and tenant he would gladly have agreed to that . Ueatt , as to political grievances , He fully admitted , and had admitted long ago , that religion ought not to operate as a disqualification for office . He then proceeded to the
question of the church . On this head , ho would not consent to give the pledge required ef him by the Opposition- ; be would much xatber choose the other alternative suggested , —of leaving office , and taking the chance of what some other Minister might do . The propooiiion was , that as the Protestants are not a sixth of the population , they * ought to possess but a sixth of the Church endowments . Must they also retain but a sixth of the churches i Must the Roman Caiboiic Bishops sit equally with the Protestants in the House of Lords ! This was a somewhat larger change than had yet been contemplated . Again , what was to be the state of the Roman Catholic
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religion in England ;? Thus there was much beside revenue to be considered , in order to produce perfect ' equality . Ho- knew that such contracts as that of the ; Union could not be maintained in case of an adverse I necessity ; ^ utthey were not to bedepartedtrom unless | that necessity welre really paramount , ; any such depariture tended toshake public confidencemost injuriously to national welfare . How strong were the asstu > ; ances given at the time of the relief bill to the relucj tant people of England , that it would hot impair ( but increase the security of the Protestant Church 1 i The subject of a provision for the priests from any other source , was one upon which he was not disposed to make any declaration of opinion thus incidentally in the course of a general debate . He inow : approached theiquestion of Repeal , as to which
ihe had said that he was prepared to use all the | powers of Government for the maintenance of the Union , and in that sentiment be believed there was | a very general concurrence on the other side of the House . He was sorry to have heard it argued that fthe Repeal of the Union stood upon the same footjing with the repeal of any other act . On no other { aot ^ rould the Crown have made the declarations iwhffh it had made on this , in the times both of the jlateandof the present Ministry . He pointed out { the praotioal absurdities and inconsistencies which mu .-t follow a severance of Ireland from England , with separate Parliaments , revenues , armies , and navies . Such a severance could not last a single ( year without a conflict . To prevent such an evil tho Government had , without asking for any new ' measure , resolved to rest upon the existing powers of
the law and constitution . He was asked what course he was prepared to take ; he was prepared to govern with justice—to maintain civil equality—to consider the franchise , and the law of the landlord and tenant , strictly preserving the principle of the right of property ; and , on tho subject of the church , to maintain it inviolate . It was made a reproach to him that he hod stood with folded arms and bad apked for no new laws , which he believed would not have Strengthened the Executive Government . He relied on that abstinence for attaching to the Government all who foresaw the consequences of assembling a new Parliament for Ireland alone ; and then , if , at length , necessity thould arise , the claim for new powers would be the stronger for the past forbearance . In his reliance on the loyalty of the Irish people , he ; made no distinction between Protestant and Catholic The Catholics could not
want motives for rallying round ; the union ; the events and enactments of the last fourteen or fifteen years had made a great social and political change m their favour , and ! the favourable fueling to them still subsisted in the Imperial Parliament . He appealed to these considerations , to the long con nexion of the two countries , to their common interests , and to their common dangers . Lord John R « sseliL had not beard with satisfaction the speech of Sir ! R . Peel . It was more like the speech of a member finding fault with the proposal * of a government , than like the speech of one who was the head of a government himself . After enlarging upon the magnitude of the present danger , he acknowledged that he approved of the forbearance to
ask for any new law of coercion . But the course on which the government seemed to rely was that of doing nothing at all—of wa iting to hear the propasals of other members , and then commenting on the insufficiency of one suggestion and the doubtfulness of another . To him this appeared to indicate a want of capacity and of energy in the Ministers . If they had been afraid to propose mea&ureB , it was not because there had been any violence on the part of the Irish members to deter them . He denied tbat equality of civil rights existed between England and Ireland ; in proof of which denial he referred to the numbers of the Parliamentary constituencies , and to the difference between the English and the Irish Municipal Act . He then came to the question af the Church . On this subject he desired to explain the opinions ' expressed by him on a former
evening , by which he had meant to intimate , Chat though favourable to the principle of establishment , he though it a principle much misapplied to a church like that of Ireland , which had no connection with , nor influence over'the bulk of the people : and it was requisite , in order to make such a principle available to its real purpose , that it should be extended in a manner which might put the religion of the majority on the same footing with the reiigiou established in favour of the minority . : It was half-past two o ' clock when Lord John Russell concluded , and Mr . Sergeant Murphy moved the adjournment of the debate . A somewhat lively discussion ensued , Mr . Wallace stating that he saw Bixteen members rise at once to tatoh the Speaker's eye , and Sir H . W . Barron adding that he had risen nine times ineffectually . After a triumphant but useless division , the adjournment was agreed to .
WEDNESDAY , JULY 12 . The protracted debate upon the state of Ireland has been at length brought to a conclusion . The House divided , when , the numbers were : — For the motion 164 Against it ,...., 243 Majority 79 " Thursday , July 13 . On the question of the Speaker ' s leaving the chair for the purpose of the committee on the Iribh Arms Bill , Lord Clements made another very long speech against the measure . Mr . Wallace taid , that having listened to the debate on Irish grievances , he was B&tibfied that this measure was not Wanted ; and would move the postponement of it to to that day six months . Meanwhile Repeal was gaining ground in the west of Scotland , where there Were , many Irish .
: Mr . 5 . Crawford seconded the amendment . He was no Repealer : but from the moment this act should receive the Royal assent , he was prepared to say , you must either Repeal the Union , or repeal thisact . Mr . Oswald denied that Repeal was gaining ground in Scotland . ¦ Mr . V . Stuart justified himself against the attacks levelled at him by Mr . O'Connell for the course which he had taken on the Irish Arms Bill , aiid which he assured the House had been a strictly conscientious one . The House then divided-Forgoing into committee 104 Against it 27
, Majority tl Some short questions and answers followed ; and then the House went into Committee , -where the Opposition poceeded , to oanvass the details of the bill . Two clauses out of the sixty remaining for dissuasion were , after eight hours' debate , agread to ; and the Committee having upon a division affirmed the fourteenth clause , the House resumed .
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time , if successful , extend to England also—( hear ) . To maintain their character for moral excellence and Christian feeling as a nation , Englishmen were ealled npon to vindicate it by -wiping out the stain of oppression which had been so long exercised towards Ireland . He could assure gentleman tbat the state of Ireland was exciting the attention in France almost to aa equal extent as in ( England itself . In Belgium it was the all-at' 8 orbing topic ; and tbe result Would be , that the peace or tbe disquiet ! in Ireland wonld , in all probability , affect the destinies of Europe . What was now wanted was , that the English people themselves should step in between the oppressors and the oppressed ; that they should demand from the Government , without
reference to party , equal rights in franchise and religion ; and decide whether Ireland should be a province ot England , colonial Ireland , or whether it should be England Itself in every particular—( hear , hear . ) Now was the th » e for Englishmen to speak out ; but unless it was tha wealth and the intelligence , as well as the numbers , ix ^ yoULD be better hot t& h ake the attempt . He cordially approved of the proposed demonstration ; ' for with all the power of tbe present Ministry , there had never been one so completely awed by public opinion , and , if united and determined , he believed tha ipeopte of England could secure equal rights and equal liberties for Ireland—( cheers ) General EvJans , and a great number of gentlemen connected with the Borough , severally addressed the meeting , the general tenor of their observations being ,
the impolicy of petitioning Parliament , as at present constituted for any redress ef the grievances of Ireland ; and suggesting the propriety of calling upon the Queen , by a constitutional appeal to her Majesty , to dismiss the present Parliament and Ministry from power . Sir B . Hai | l concurred in thinking that it would be a most proper Sand dignified course to petition the Queen to direct her Ministers to adopt some measure of justice towards Ireland , and if they did not , to dismiss not only them but even the Parliament The Hon . Baronet here read a memorial expressive of alarm at the state of Ireland and of indignation at the policy of the present Ministry towards that country , and appealing to her MajeBtj iuj the event of their refusal to do justice to the people of that country , at once to dismiss them from her councils .
This was adopted unanimousty , as was also a resolution determining to hold a great public meeting of the Borough , over \ which Sir B . Hall was elected to preside ^ on Monday next . I
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Cabmabthen , Monday , July 10 . On Friday afternoon last a mob of lawless desredators assembled together , mustering about one hundred strung , fn the neifihoourhood of Nant garredig , about five miles from this town . They were on this occasion all disguised , had their faces blackened and wore something designed to imitate turbans They were all dressed in smock frocks and carried with them various implements of destruction . Their first outrage commenced at Llandua-rwnwns-gate which is attached to abridge called Newbridge , over the river Towy . This bridge was erected by the father of Mr * John Jones , M . P ., of Ystrad , for the convenience of the neighbourhood , and hig private
property . At the time oftbeir approach to the brid getwo gentlemen from Carmarthan were fishing uj the Towy on the meadow immediately contigions to the bridge , and they were at once directed' to leave the place at ihe p < yil of their lives . Tie appearance of the mob was alarming , and their threats b eing expressed in language both determined and violent ; the two anglers , conceiving , no doubt , that discretion was the better part of valour , immediately coiled np their lines and departed under more : than ordinary apprehension as to tbe result of the day's proceed . , ings . At the same time a respectable young man , a farmer , of the name of NichoHs , happening to be on tbe spot , was placed under examination and charged
with having on some former occasion volunteered to become a special constable , with a view to aid in quelling the riots and depradations committed by : this lawless tribe . He , however , did not escape so j well as the gentlemen of the rod and fly , but I had to endure the operation of a very severe horse- j whipping , after which he was allowed to depart . A man of the name of Lloyd , from Carmarthen , attempted to escape , but they pursued him and he I snared the same fate . The coarse being clear , Mr . Lewis , the lessee of the tolls , was the next object of attack . On Saturday week , Mr , Lewis had sum * moned a number of persons for refusing to pay toll in passing the gate in question , and this strongly excited their wrath . Lewis was brought out from the tollhouse , and unfortunately having his horsewhip in his hand , he was at once overpowered , and most severely and violently beaten . Rebecca was not however content with this , but on his bended
knees she compelled him three successive times to swear by all that was sacred that he would never I again have connexion with the tolls or the turnpike * I gates requiring the payment of toll . Then came the § work of destruction ; pickaxes , hatchets , crowbars I and saw 3 were set in operation , and the gate entirely I demolished . It is currently reported that Mr . § Lewis resigned his lesseeship into the hands of the trustees on Saturday last . An express was with I difficulty Bent down to Carmarthen j at about sac f o'clock tne . Dragoons were mounted and went off at f a very rapid pace through Abergwilly to the scene il of Rebecca ' s movements . Passing under Merlin ' shill , which commands an extensive view of the vale - ;
of i ' owy , a shot was fired , which , it is supposed , ' was the signal of the approaoh of the soldiers and '' - ¦ for the dispersion of the mob , for on the arrival of tbe military , and although aa active pursuit wag ; made by them to trace their retreat , nothing was x discovered beyond the destruction that had taken place . After the lapse of some hours , the Dragoons : - made their way back to Carmarthen ; but ids supposed there must have been spies placed in alldirec * ' : tions , and this conjecture is by no meau 3 improbable , because , nothing daunted , they proceeded
again to pursue their course of lawlessness , and destroyed the Mansel ' s Arms bar and tollhouse , the latter being & very strong building , and Llaafikangel gate , and part of the tollhouse , which is 8 iTHate on the mail road to Llandilo , immediately under Golden-grove , the seat of Earl Cawdor . The statements of several eye-witnesses are really of a very alarming nature , and the violent conduct , as well as the threatening language of tho Rebeocaites , seemed to indicate their intention of carry ing out their threats , though it be at the sacrifice of life .
Tuesday , Two o'Clock , p m . I have just heard that Rebecca and family mustered about 200 in the neighbourhood of Llanybyther and New Inn last night , and destroyed Penrallt gate , not far from the latter place , and also another bar . This renowned lady was , on this occasion , dressed gaily in female attire and sported a parasol . When the work of demolition was complete , the part } dispersed over the hills and were soon lost sight of . More military have been sent for , and a troop of t ' r . e 4 th Dragoons left Bristol on Tuesday for South Wales . ( From the Swansea Journal . )
About a quarter to twelve on Thursday night last , > a party consisting of about 200 men on foot , headed i by Rebecca , arrayed all in white , and who rode 8 1 white horse , were seen approaching Bolgoed tollbar fi from the direction of Pontardulais . The object of I their visit was easily surmised , and the inhabitants % of the few houses in the neighbourhood , apparently I apprehensive of danger , retired within doors . Re- ' $ bf . cca , advanced to the tollhouse and demanded i admittance , which having been given , she directed ] a few of her troop to carry out the toll-collector ' s ^ goods and chattels to the side of the road , and to protect them from all injury till they had completed the object of their mission . She then gave the word of
command for the total demolition of the house and bar , and actually , we are assurod , within five minutes , the bar was cut to pieces , the house in ruins , aud the whole party in full retreat . Daring the time they were engaged at work , a portion of their gang kept firing guns and huzzaing . They took the Car * marthenshire road , and separated in various ways . The farmers of the surrounding district strongly condemn this outbreak , and state their willingness to have abided by the decision of the turnpike trustees , whom they memorialised the preceding day This bar is situated near a place Called Goppa Facb , on the mail road , within a mile ef Pontardulais , aud eight miles of Swansea .
The latb Duel . —No information has yet beea received of the parties against whom warrants hava been issued in reference to the late fatal duel . [ Rich men can keep very snug . Greenacre and Good could be found and secured ; and so could Courversier . Let the poliC 9 FAIHLT TRT , and they will manage to " take" Lieutenant Monroe and the " other" man . It is mubdeb they are charged with !] Value of Health . —How valuable then is health ! and yet how little is it studied ! perhaps this results from its being considered a difficult and complicated
subject , whereas tbe contrary is the case—notMag is so simple ; its very simplicity is doubtless one cause of ita being neglected ; What say the wise old men ? one , the venerable Parr , tells us to ' * keepa 00 * 1 head and warm feet . " He looked upon herbs of the field as all-sufficient for every medical putpose , and made these his study ;—long practice demonstrated the correctness of his theory , and the world is now blest with his incomparable and invigorating medicine . The proprietors are receiving daily , the unsolicited testimonials of those who bats been bencfitted bv the use of Parr ' s Life Pills .
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LEtDS Woolen Mahkets . —So far as the quantity of goods is concerned , there has been about the same quantity disposed of at the Cloth Hails , as in the preceding week . - A . difference ia manifest between the amount of business done on Tuesday , and that done on Saturday ; the latter dayha , viug invariable the better markets . Bradford Mabket , Thubsdat , Jvtr 13 th . — Wool—The supply of Wool continues to come very freely to this market . Stocks are somewhat acca *
mulating , and the change in prices is a shade ia favour of the buyers . Yarn—The Spinners ate pretty busy , and the demand for both export and home consumption is quite an average of several weeks past . We are glad to hear that since oat last several houses both in this town and neighbourhood , have advanced the wages Of their woolcombers . Piece—This branch of trade continues very steady , and the demand for all kinds of goods suitable for tho approaching season , very healthy ; consequently prices are new firm .
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . Fbiday , June 14 .- — Wo have a short supply _ of gram io this day ' s market . The opinion daily hi * creases as to the deficiency of the stocks of Wheat on ; hand ; and it is now quite clear that an importation ~ . will be required to meet the consumption of the ; country . We experienced a firm tra . de to day fot Wheat , at an advance of fully 4 ? . per quarter from v tho rates of this day se ' nnight . Oats a penny per ¦ & stone , and Beans 2 s per quarter dearer . Shelling- M ready sale at an improvement of 2 $ . a load . Barley m , is in request at full prices . If
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THE STATE OF IRELAND . —METROPO-} LITAN SYMPATHY . '•'¦ On Monday , a meeting of influential electors of the borough of Marylebone , convened by Its Parliamentary representatives , took place at tbo mansion of SirB . Hall , In Portman-square , for tbe purpose of considering tne propriety of mabliig a public demonstration , -with reference to tbe present state and future prospects of Ireland . ¦ Sir B . Hall was called on to preside , and was surrounded by a large number of Irish Members of Parliament .
The Chairman having read a number of letters from Members of Parliament apologising for their inability to attend , but expressing their bearty concurrence in the objects of the meeting , said—a strong fueling' waa existing in Ireland that the English people had no sympathy with the sufferings of tbe Irish people , and it was tbe opinion of most of the Irish Members of Parliament tbat if a demonstration in this metropolis were made in favour of justice to Ireland that feeling would be allayed , and a tone and TEMPER WOULD BE GIVEN TO ALL DEMONSTRATIONS
WHICH MIGHT FOLLOW THROUGHOUT THE COUNtry . He and bis colleague ( Sir C . Napier ) bad thought it better that a meeting of the present bind should t ; ike place , and to invite to it parties of all shades of politics , in order that ; they might understand each othet ' B opinions upon so important a question . If there was not complete Union on such a question , AND I v OTHER MATTERS WERE INTRODUCED , THE OBJECT SOUGHT WOULD BE FKUSTKATED J therefore , it Was most desirous that they should hear what those opinions were , in order to see if they could co-operate in doing justice to Ireland , and in preventing the results which its present state was likely to lead to .
Mr . S . Crawford said much good weuld result / rom a metropolitan demonstration in favour of Irtland . It woulu in the first place show to Government that they could not rule the people of Ireland but upon the . same basis , giving them equal rights and privileges with those of England ; and secondly , it woulfl afford a practical proof to the ItiBh people that-there was no hostility existing towards them on the pare of the English— ( cheors ) . Lord Clements asked why should not one nallo : enjoy equal privileges with the other ?—( hear , hear ) .
They could cot shut their eyes to the fact that it was the bad government of Ireland wbich had raised tho question of Repeal , and for all the grievances which Ireland laboured under the remedy proposed by Ministers was no other than an IriBta Arms Bill—( cries of " Sbame" ! - Could the Irish nation look npon that measure in any other light than tbat of a disgrace ? — ( No , no ) . Let Ireland be governed by good , by equal laws , and no one could doubt but she would add considerably to England ' s greatness , but it was utterly hopeless that either peace ot prosperity would prevail under any other circumstances .
Mr . WTSE then came forward . —He said the Irish members of Parliament , and , indeed , the Irish people , would bail with joy the sound of co-operation in their cause emanating from the metropolis of England , for it would at once dispel tbe erroneous impression in Ireland , tbat there was a want of sympathy on vhe part of the English people —( bear ) . It was not merely an Irish question ; for , in all probability , the system of coercion adopted towards Ireland would , in course of
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"REBECCA" IN WALES . Carmarthen , Jolt 8 . Since my last communication I am happy to say that there has not been any interruption of the public peace , but at the same time the destruction of obnoxious gates by " Rebeooa" and her daughters is carried on ] with unremitted industry . It has , however , now | extended itself to the borders of Glamorganshire , j Un Thursday night they assembled in large numbers at the little village of Pont-aa-Dulais on the Swansea-road , and having marched to Belcoid , they destroyed the tollbar , and then levelled tie tollhouse rrith the ground . After which they proceeded to Stho Gross Hands , on the same road ,
where they destroyed the two tolJbars . There are houses within a very short distance of each of these gates , so that ( the whole proceedings must ha * e been witnessed by some of the inhabitants ; yet such is the sympathy felt [ by them that I venture to state . my belief that no reward would induce them to identify a single person engaged in their destruction . In a former communication I stated that , although special constables were sworn in , a respectable magistrate had stated that they were useless , as he did not think a constable could be found who either could or would execute a warrant . This appears to be the case not only with the special constables , but with the police also . ] On Thursday a meeting of the watch
committee was held at the Town-hall , Carmarthen , for the purpose of inquiring into the conduct of the police , at which it was stated , that when the police were required j to go to Tallog to execute certim warrants , t > ome of them had been been taken suddenly ill , and { others had refused to go altogether ; and that warrants against certain persons had been in tbo hands of the Superintendent for the last fortnight , who had not , however , attempted to execute them , although ; the parties were to be found every day . The mayor also stated that it was a somewhat singular fact that during the whole excitement consequent upon | the late disturbance , he had not
obtained one particle of information from the police ; all his information had been obtained by h ' a own individual exertions , and that too at a titno when information might nave enabled the magistrates to prepare for the coming events . Tne Superintendent , in justification ] said that he could not execute tho warrants , as no one would give the siightestjiuformation as to where any suspected party was to be found . One of ; tho magistrates having declared that it was useless in them to grant warrants it' the police refused to execute them , it was determined that the Superintendent should bedismissed , and tho Secretary of State applied to to recommend an efficient officer in his place . J
In Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire the iron trade still continues in a state of hopeless depression . Tho Dowlais j Company are about to discharge between two and three hundred hands , and other companies must also , we believe , reduce their mako , as there is an ] almost entiro absence of demand for iron of any description , ana no companies can &tand the . ruinous lops at which the make of iron is now carried on . —Times Correspondent . Cardiff , Jult 11 . Being now upon the spot , I find that the whole of Glamorganshire is equally with Carmarthenshire in a feverish aind excited state , and that tKere is a general and growing feeling of dissatisfaction and
discontent . The people in the hill districts here , it should , however , be remembered , are of totally different habits and character from those of Cardigan , Carmarthen , and Pembrokeshire . There they are a [ simple agricultural people , while here the greatj majority of the population are violent Chartist politicians . In the Menbyr district I learn from undoubted authority that secret political meetings are held weekly , andoftener , and that there are secret arms' distribution clubs , to which the men subscribe , and by which they are supplied with a musketj bayonet , cross-belts , &c , for £ 1 16 s . This state of things has been going on for some considerable time , land I am informed by a public officer
that ho has little doubt tbat in the event of an outbreak one district aloae could furnish 5 , 000 stand of arms , consisting of muskets , bayonets , rifles , &c . I am also informed that the Government have been made acquainted with this secret distribution of arms , although' they have not , as far as I can learn , taken any step 3 to prevent it . All the iron-Works are now under reductions , and men are continually being discharged , which , of course , adds tolthe misery and discontent ; and should any one of tho largo works stop , there would l » e considerable danger of an out-break . " Rebecca" also , it is said , is extending her sphere of operations to this county . Threatening notices have been served upon
some of the workhouses , and information was received that it was intended on Sunday night to destroy the Morris-Town gate , situate between Swansea and Neath , in consequence of which , Captain Napier and a large body Of police kept watch at the gate , and patrolled the neighbourhood during the night . Captain Napier tells me , that they heard the bugles of " Rebecca" in | tbe hills more than once during the night , and that several suspicious personages ( most likely scouts ) pk-ssed th 8 gato during tha night : finding it guarded Jthe attack was uot made upon it . — Times correspondent . So ! the Chartists are in for it now , are they I "Holding Secret Meetings "; "forming Arms ' Clubs "; " distributing Arms "; " supplied with a Musket , Bayonet , Cross-belts , &C , for £ 1 16 s
each " . How very minute , and how very circumstantial ! Yoa would almost swear it was truth ! There is but lone little fault about it : it is sheer invention , either on the part of the . Times Correspondent , in accordance with a nudge from Printing-House Square ; or he has been hoax id by some wicked wag , who has . been practising upon his organ of wonderment and simples I The Chartists of Merthyr diBtript know their duty much better than to join " Rececca" in a senseless crusade against toll-bars ! and -they know , too , that " secret meetings , " and " arms clubs , " aud " rifles and muskets " are not ' required far their peacoful agitation . It happens that we are in a position to be able to give the most unqualified contradiction to this infamous attempt to raise up
all the unworthy and unlovely prejudices of tho upper and middle men against the Chartists , by representingthatbodj asconneoted with the" Rebecca " movement . Tllis very week brought us a letter from the accredited agent of the Merthyr Tidvil Chartists , their Secretary }; sirengly urging upon Mr . O'Connor to cross the Channel , and pay a visit to Merthyr , when on his contemplated western tour : averring that if he deed so , he will find , whatever may be
the case elsewhere , that the Chartists of Morthyr hold no sympathy with those who "do battle " upon turnpike | Rates ! and averring also , that bitter and costly experience has taught them that no advaatago to tho people can ever be secured by riots or tumult ! This is from the . mouthpiece of the Merthyr Ch&rtists themselves 1 the very men ^ ho are now represented as " holding weekly secret meetings ]'; and " subscribing to Arms' Distribution Club 3 "l ] We advise the Chartists of Merthyr not to let this matter Bleep . Meet and refute the accusation ! Go before the magistrates , aud demand
a full inquiry . Crush this rascally attempt to excite prejudice at your expence ; put the foot firmly on it at the outset ; or you will have to pay dearly for 5 oar forbearance !!
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