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      fast Jhemesnsofsapporfing onr exiled and persecuted friend ,-M'Doaall , and Ms fasiCjj aBdsnpplying Mm irititbe means of return stow could I answer for gie ^ nxnyiefasalB that 2 iave been compelled to give to some of the most 3 e £ erans of onr party , if I -was jo comply Trifli JBb leqnesi of the Sheffield men , st ^ esppQ the behalf of Bailkra and John Leach I iiTBgreatxegardforMr . John Leach as * Gh&riistj and a countryman . I have a great regard for poor Haikon ,-whp fell fighting by my side and had Ia 3 snnrtroken : lint great as my regard for them a , my respect Jor justice 5 s still greater 2 and in

      jnsiice I am bound to decline compliance . I have £ nwrn poor George "W&iie , and poor Dojle , and nsny ^ nore poor fellows , to trndjje their -way -wSb empty pockets and empty bellies upon onr sernoe , and it was ont of my power to administer to their ¦ Bants on * of the public funds . Moreover it should te borne ic mind that there are still heavy outstand iug demands DjJonthebalaii co in haad , one of which , to fee amount of £ 4 , 1 paid this weetto Mr . Spenoe of Kortbampion , "who "volunteered hi 3 services to become bail for Bairstow . I think that Balrstow -srould haTebeen Tfell entitled to his ezpences from

      Birmingham to Bristol , and from Bristol home ; but I was obliged to refuse compliance , and BairstoT ? never complained . Again , we most notlose aght of the / act that tba trial i 3 by no means ever ; and ihat funds will be required for its further prosecution . The ease of Peplow fliSers -widely from all others , and comes legitimately within the strict rale of compensation ? in&smncli as Mr-Roberts lias informed me that he deroted his whole time to the Chartist Trials , and ihat &e derived as much benefit from his services , as if he had been & practised clerk . Therefore , it is

      that I think Peplow is entitled to remuneration for IosshdT time ; and that he should submit his claim to the Chartists of bis own locality , and which * when fitted by them , I Ehall feel myself called upon to discharge , by return of post , Further it is but fanto state that Ballton's letter which appeared the week l « fore last in the Northern Star , had been withheld for many weeks ; and thai ihe Manchester Cbartists , the moment the ease eamc to their inowleige , and before the publication of that letter , removed fivery Hjause of complaint by going justice to Hailton , WhHe however I

      feel myself thus reluctantly compelled to take upon me the disagreeable tusk of refuting , I do nope iiaS the people Trill take the ease of John Leach into then : serious consideration , and place him in a MtuaSon to receive Ms family once more ; for this purpose I beg to head the list by an order upon Mr . Heywoodjof Manchester , for ten shillings , which ¦ will bepaid to Leach' s application . My great desire etet has been to steer clear of all money matters ¦ mth the people ; and I hare only consented to

      becoffie Treasurer 10 their funds , because I am con-¦ shxaed thai wMie ihej vfould tolerate negligence in x& srs , &by yrould keep me , and properly so , to -pounds , EbflSng 3 , and pence . This is as it ought to be . We knov each otter ; are perFectly a ' -irare of onr mntnal positions ; I am satisfied wba the most searching investigation ; and they , thank God , have ahrays been satisfied with the manner in which I h&Te transacted their business . I remain , sincerely yours , Feabges G'Cokkgb .

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      Thoxas Stashfokd , xfO 3 H 5 GHi 3 L—Their communication was received , li teas judged notnecessary to insert the yxariipa- janilted , as -we vcere Touch tanfiaedfor room ; end Ihe plan itself was duly set forth . TSe MiTM-HBSiTl- 'ft CbaBHSTS JlKD Mr . HaJXTOK . — Jn relation to ihe letter inserted a fortnight ago from Mr . RmUon , ice have received ihe following explanation from theManchester Chartists ? which vce have pleasure tngivinffj—Sir *—Having seen your remarks upon the letter sent for insertion in tie Start ? Mr . Billion , ire ieel bound injustice to the Chartists of £ hur locality to give 3 proper * tatement of the arcumstancea connected ¦ wi& ibe case . In so doing ire shaft confine ourjrelres to a plain statement of liaets , leaving onr friends

      throughout the country to judge flow far you are Justified in yooi aniniadTerBions"Wedo sot attempt to deny the fact of Jit Bailion' 8 having to pledge his tools in order that be might be enabled to meet Ma expences to London . But Mr . p ^ ny / wi did so -without tee knowledge of either the ConneS xa members of tha-Carpenteri Hail X . otatitty-Xrne 2 is tad made application to tne Defenea Fund Xtenunitteej out t&ey decided that Ms presenef in London sna unnecessary , and conaegneDtly refosed biiaiBOEey for that purpose . IJr . Ballton therefore pledged Ins toDl tiest , anfl icoi his departure before either the ConncD or the members became aiqtsinted

      with the fact But on tbB Sunday ioHovins , the esseiafing been inTesdgated > ajeso ] ntioii -was nnanimondy agreed tOj that the smonnt of money received ty at Sallton in lieu of Ms chest should be taken besa the Aaaxaation fnsdsfbr the purpose of redeem * isf It . It-was fT » pn discoTered tbat 3 Sx . O'Concor iad sdTasced thirty abiHingB to Mr . EiTlton : that » nn -was cozEeqamBj banded over to Mr . O'Connor _ snd the rsmsinnuj twenty sbUSngB was trannflitted per post to iondon ; and we haye Mr . BaQtan ' s adxaiaiDD tb = the recerrcd the meney-By inserting this fetter yon win oblige the Chartists of Maucfceiter . D . Dotsxixh , Chairman , " J . iiiTEaAT , Secretary .

      3 Ms exftanaSm sets the -matter at resL Toe eonxhicivf-ihe hsdy , -alien they Tmew ej Mr . Rmlicm ' s ttrannslances * reflects great credit on them . The error seems to have l > een ihe decision ojfhe Defence Fund Committee , that Mr . Jiaikon ' s presence was 3 «>* neided in London ; whUe they decided that Mr . Leach ' s and Mr . Doyle ' s was necessary , and gave ihe l * n latter money to go tciih , while they refused 5 to Mr . Bailton : tlie fact &erngt ihat the pre sence of one vras just as much necessary as the other - and the fund in ihe Committee ' s hands raised Jor Hie izhole of the Manchester defendants , and not for a - person af them . That error , however , the 3 Izmchester £ hartists soon rectified , tchen it came to their knoicledge . And no one , me ore sure , tti /? blame Mr . Umlionfor inking the steps he&d , bo'h to get lo London to save his character

      ju mi szaincaing Charlisi , and to set himself right tn ! h the people , as -regarded the decision and conduct oftchvh he complained . We enght ahs to slate , in jusScs to Mr . Jtaillon , that the Jettp- ichich has called forth this explanation zcas mitten before ihe Manchester Chartists acted in the praiseworthy manner set forth above . It teas inihis office for many icceks before it teas pub lished : and Mr . Italltm . teas -not a parly to its appearance vshen it teas published . This expla * vuitwn iriZZ , tee trust , satisfy all parlies as far as Mr , Radian ' s ^ ease is concerned . The Manchester General Council iciB , we are sure , accuse us from publishing the resolution accompanying their address . Our so doing might lead to a repetition -of ihe practice they reprobate . As it U , the above explanation , is the best answer thai could he

      The Leicester CHiKnsra have published an addiess to ths working classes of that town , caVxng vpon them to take the -necessary steps for the erection of & Democratic Hall of Science , to be K * ed for Lectures , Iiibrars s Nevos-rom , Schools , 4 "c , ^ c ; and to be devoted to iheir mental , moral , sodaXand poUtical elevation . They propose to accomplish dor end ~ by a fund raised in shares of ten shUTtsps each . We heartily hope they vnll succeed . If the Tcorldng men in every large town had the command of such an institution , and vsed _ U for the many purposes to vchich it could be-appHed in furtherance of their social and mental amdiora'ion , they tcould cause MM ) to march " so rapidly that ihe reign < rf error icould soon

      cease . GfciccBUS . —We are much obliged by his attention . The calls -upon his time seem to be many and »« ffife . Bis reward urM be—GOOVrtoiSB . W . T . Leicestkb , reminds t « , Ihat m the Fist of ¦ Bxyrks setfvrih in lasttceeJc ' s Star , in aniicer to 2 . WUJcs . ChelttrOiam , as likely " to give an t ^ no rtnJperson a Jcnmcledge of his rights < md duties o * &eilixen ^ , icemig hthave teellincluded Godwin ' s PoMtal Jnst- « e , —a irmJe ihat contains the calme f ^ Jvitest i - ; nd most philosopMcalasserUon of all I ? 10 ** Steal princi ples of morals and politics vhich **« Ihe duty of every man thoroug hly io vnder-Stond . Were eoers txsorkmg man -politician full y € Oa ^ rsva \ l vMh the fads and reasonings ef thai fw * aed imbued tcith its spirit , instead of being » the position of supplicants for j » ntical rights , cttain

      iheyteovJdbeeble at once to command their - "otf- 33 iis -work , as -aeU as most of ihe others t » named , is yubHshed very cheaply ; ana can be had of those pvbTt&ers and booksellers vho dis-9 e"Bnate -useful political information for the miljfon * . *¦ G- Josrrs . —No one at ihe office Jcnoras anyOnng ^ fthelttlerandenclDsnrehespeais pf . *• W . Bcca&XiS . MjlsCHESTEB , canno ! be afforded vxn an humble corner" in the Star for his ^ potsf . Be teould deem its unfriendly -were tee io let Ms Rnes appear in print . _ " ¦ Sheehus 2 SB 3 SEY . —There is too rxach bne « z ^ s' % jBi--pcas % ofioBo / ifte Tjn : c 5- Wefe-irtht *'***»— j ^ staf . ihat b * has raked PrDDiEDOCK , *« fcd his fines V pnn'td . B- udrs , they are far ¦*> m b-i- ^ a ryiial , as p ctnzj > o >* tion , to some &j his 1 ' jnzu ? efforts tn the " ¦ jmgfwg fine " ,

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      Samuel Duties , Bibmikgham- —We cannot admit any discusnm in the columns of the Star , as to the merits or demerits of ihe ** Emigrants' Mutual Aid Society * further than the bare setting forth o f their " rules and objects" in Mr . Pitkethhps Observations on his Tour . All criticism must be addressed to those immediately concerned in its management . The scheme is not me of onrs . We do not , nor do tee intend , io identify ourselves with it . With respect to its likelihood to accomplish its intended purpose , or the desirability , or vtherwiu , of joining it , every one must exercise his own judgment . Mr . Dames ' * letter shall be handed td Mr , PUJcethly : it may be useful to him and his friends . 32 . A . Ktsg , Wtcombb . Bucks , sends an ** address 1

      to JAs fellott ) countrymen ? on the " pot and the pipe" , which he avers "are the poor man ' sUnemies " . He accompanies that address with the following note : — " Will you please to insert this ^ and I shall often be a customer ? If his " custom " , is to depend upon our insertion of ihe matter he sends , we fear we shall have to lack it . At all events , tee cannot afford to buy it by Ute occupation oflKe requisite space to give his present address . Wefear if we did , some other readers" would deem it a dear purchase . * Joseph Drxos akd John Tulup , South Hettqn . —Wefear the letter in question is not in being . It is not customary * cith us to preserve communications unless deemed of importance . Mr . HUlisnot

      al Leeds at present . It is possible that he may have withheld ** Davy Lun » f > from the "Balaam Box" ; if he has , and it can be found on his return , it shall beforaarded as desired . We trust they will be able 1 o trace out the scoundrel who tried to make -us parties te the doing of the " masters' bttsiness . W . B ., RocHDALS . —Of course . Meetings of , the character of " camp meetings" should always begin and end with ringing . They are , or should be , to steer clear of the * fangs " , religious meetings . and W . B . knows that at all such meetings singing is an indispensible . There are two books of Hymns calculaledfor the especial use of Chartists on such occasions . They can be had of the Chartist

      publishers . ¦ ORGJjnzanoy—Several letters relating to this question have come to hand . We shall reserve them for fuiwe opportunity . TBS WxSBJSBTOy WOBKBODSB ASK OB 2 COHRESpoxdeht ** Washington " . —Thfc week has brought us a communication from the Chartist Chttneil pf Warrixglon , apprizing us thai they have ipstiiutedinquines info the allegations , made by *• Wisu-I 5 QT 0 H , " relalite to ihe treatment of the Poor in the Warringtan Workhouse ; and that they find most of his statements are correct ! They find it is true the Guardians did farm the poor to the Master , io be by him kept , —not for one-and-sixpfnee per head per week , —but one-asd-thkeepenceter head peb week . ' They find that ihe food he kept

      them on was so tM-n , that the poor creatures had not muscular strength to retain their trater when asleep ; and , consequently , they wetted their beds . They find that jar so doing , FEMALES WERE FLGG&ED ! They find also that ¦ ihe day on which the late brute of a master died—( tcould to God he had broken ] his neck before he was pieced in Warringlon Workhouse , io flog females ) —he had , with his 01 m hand , itoGGED one or two out of a party set aside \ fer u punishment . 3 * They find that an old man , named Bill , drowned himeeif in tba Sankey canal ; in consequenoe of t > eing refused admittance intoiibe workhouse . They have not yet finished iheir inquiries ; and they expect io have some still more horrible revelations to make . It is clear that this case cannot rest where it is . Parliament mast

      investigate . Catttion . —Some time ago , we inserted a public caution respecting a man named Montgomery , who was examined before the ** Truck ComnAtlee" , and who has used the connection he then had with several of the friends of the people as a means io levy contributions in different parts of the country , instead ^ of ¦ living by his labour or his -talents reputably applied , This week the m an had the impudence io call al this very office in . pursuance of his usual game , and exhibited his " papers" as a means to get ** assistance " . It is needless io say he was sent away with a flea in his ear ; and we again caution the jsubHc to be on their guard against him .

      Thomas Datisos , Stockton . —The statement , a week or two ago , as io the extraordinary guzzUng" and ** - enormous drinking " , accompanied with apparent health and heartiness , was inserted on the authority of the Overseer of our Printing Gfiicei he having a personal knowledge of the individual in question , and having seen him the week the paragraph appeared . JrTEXAL , Axuxs —Bis dress for troth is not very comely . She is much more lovely without , than with , his adornment Mbs . SasaH Wild , o ? Mott £ am . wishes to acknowledge ihe receipt of 5 s from Mr . John Simpspn , . of Camberwell , for which she returns her thanks to the donors . -, Foil Mhs- Bichaess . Potteries , address io ihe care of Henry Foster , Etruria , Slpffordshire PotterUs .

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      o THOMAS Fa 3 . HBU , KaTIT&oke Placb —No Cash has teen receiyed at this Office . Say how it was scat , FOB THE DEFACE FUND . £ B . C \ Fiom Isabella .. 0 1 0 ' FOB HB . T . HAILTOS AND MB J . M . LEACH . From toe C&artists at ths Cap of Liberty , Brighton , per W . Fiower 0 6 0 F 0 R MB . LEACH , OF BIDE . From the Female Coarfeta of 2 Vottii : gham 0 3 0

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      Iff ANCHSSTEE .-Melascholt rFFECrs of A ^ gkb . —On Saturday afternoon , a boy named John Frost , aged fourteen year ? , with a number of others of like age , were playing at cricket in the neighbonrhood of Bank-Top , Manchester , when some difference , took place betwixt Frost and another of his playfellows , cenceraiBg the game . The boy Frost , ssized the ball , which he would not give up until what he considered nis rights were conceded to him . Tbis cau ? ed high words , and Frost ' s companion

      threatened that i * he did not give hd the ball , he -would strike Lim with tb «? baistjek . Froststi !) per-Eistinn in keeping possession of the ball , the other sirnek him a serere blow with the bat across the neck , trh : ch knocked him down ; and he then kicked him in a brutal manner about tbo head , until bodjc of the byrtasders inrerfered and took Frost home in a dangerous state . Medical aid was immediately procured , tct it wa 3 of no avail . Frost lingered untD two o'clock *> n Monday morning , when death pat an end to his sufftrinc ? .

      Splendid Procession to Welcome Fathhb M . TiiEW to ilASCHisTER . —The great Apostie of Temperance having intimaied his intention of Yiatinjr llincbester , to administer the Total Abstinence Tledge to those of the iuhabitanta willing to join the Temp , raaee Society , the members of the Marions Tunpcrsyce Societies in Manchester and ihe nei ^ bbourhoo-J de' trained to giTe feiin a hearty welcome , bv j fining in procession and meeting him at the Station jo conduct him lo his Hotel , The Tarious Societies met in Stevenson ' s-square , at fire o ' clock on Tuesday evening last , when they formejd inio order of processioa , the St . Patrick's Tenjperance Society taking the lead . At a few minutes before six o ' clock , the © recession began to moTe

      with music plajingand bacne-s flying . It proceeded dawn Oldbaa- 'free * , Mosslsy-street , Great Bridjj water-s ^ fcet , Ls ^ erpool-road , and thence to the terminus of the Manchester and Liverpool Railway where it arrived at seven o ' clock- The assembled thousands anxiously awaited the arrival of tnje train which was 10 briag tfeeni the maa they bad as » xcbled to honour , on account of the great and lasting benefits he has conferred upon his own countrymen r-n the other side of me channel , and also for the benevolent object of his mission to our town At last the wished-for train appeared in Eight . The cheering made the welkin ring again . But how futile are all human hopes and calculations J The people were doomed to meet a sad disappointment .

      The rery Rev . Gfcutleman had missed nis passage and was not with the train * The precession tbep moved ap Water-street , headed by four gentlemen on horse-back . Then came the carriage provided for the Rev . Gentleman , iJrawn by four horses , with oui-rsders , followed by eleven other carriages . It would fee impossible to say what might bo the numbers tha * joined in procession ; in fact it was a street full of ma-ring people . There were between forty and fifty fcsnner ^ , bearing different inscriptions . The members of tbo varioas tents of tbe Independent Order of Recbabites made a good Bbew . They were

      all respectably dressed , and wore medalB and the sash of the ordtr ; in fact , it was a splendid tnrn ont of sober men . The procession turned to the right at tbe top of Water-street , and perambulated the principal streets , and tber » made iheir way back to the Railway Station , ezptctiDg the Key . Mr . Mathew would come by tbe quarter afternineo dock train . Again they w ^ re disappointed . The train arrired , but not Father Mathew . The assembled thousands then dispersed , returning home somewhat jnor « fatigued than when tbey commenced , and also much disappointed at not having seen the gentleman ihat has made so much noise in ihe teetotal world

      Manchester , Wednesda y Etesisg , Nbcb O'Clock- —In my last J seat an account of toe 01 sappoii / imezR which tbs people of this town experienced in the Don-arrivsl of the "Great Apostle qf Temperance " . But I am happy to have to state that he came bv the Bine o ' clock train this morning , and proceeded " forthwith to St . Patrick ' s Church , where . he had to preach this morning : and , notwithstanding that parties attending thn sermon were admitted by ricfeets , reserved feats 7 s . Gd ., gauery 5 ? ., and boay of the church 2 s . 6 d ., it was literally erannned . * ^ ncb was the de ?» re to hra r the Rev . Gentleman , that as much as 20 s * was offered for a

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      ticket . The reason why the Rev . Gentleman did not arrive last erening was , that he was engaged in administering the Pledge in Liverpool until a late hour ; and even then thousands had to go away unattended to . The Rev * Gentleman therefore promised to retnrn to Liverpool again as soon as he had terminated his visit to Manchester . Immediately after the sermon , the Rev . Gentleman commenced administering the pledge in the T > urial ground adjoining - St . Patrick ' s Catholic Church , Livesy-streec , and has continued np to this hour almost without interruption , the only cessation being this afternoon for * few minutes , when he retired to take refreshment , nature being completely exhausted . ! In factbe is so hoarse that

      , it is with difficulty ho can make himself heard at a few yards distance . He administers the pledge to batches of from 200 to 300 at a time ; each batch will occupy about half an honr ; therefore , upon a moderate calculation , he will , up to this time , have given the pledge to upwards of 4000 persons ! It most not be understood , that tbe whole ot the number are converts or new members to the Temperance Society . Such is not jthe case : for many that have been abstainers for years , both Catholics and Protestants , have taken the pledge again . It is not therefore possible to come to anything like an accurate conclusion , as to the number of members added to the Society . It is now nine o'clock ; and

      notwithstanding the numbers that have taken the pledge , the excitement increases . Every avenue leading to the ohurch is literally crammed : Oldham-road , Livesy-8 treet , George's-road , and all the cross streets are full . Yet every thing passes off in good order . The arrangements that are made for tbe accommodation of the public are excellent . A great number of the police force are on duty ; one patty at the gate where the public are admitted , and another at the gates ; by which they return , after taking the pledge ; and a third to keep the area open , in which the people kneel to receive it . Up to the present there has not the slightest accident happened . i

      rAtl » SWOHTH , jjkab MAJ » CHi 8 TWi . — - Another "Victim to : Mammon . —An inquest was holden here on Thursday , the 13 th instant , before Mr . Rutter , to inquire into the death of Mary Smith , aged fix years , the daughter of Andrew Smith , a poor man in Hhis township . Nearly three weeks previous to her death , she had received a blow from a stone upon one side of the forehead , which cansed a slight wonnd . The following day * Tuesday , she complained of being unwell , and on Thursday scarlet Jever was fearfully developed . As the fever advanced , the woun ^ e ( J part became red and swelled , and the inflammation assumed an erysipilative appearance , indicative-of a peculiar state of the constitution . At this period of the disease , three or four

      days after the commencement , I visited the ohild at the request of the father . I saw the girl again in about a week , and she was then labouring under fever oF& typhus character , aud in a state of general debility . The Blight Wound before mentioned was enlarged and gangrenous . The opinion I gave the father then was , that cleanliness and generous food frequently given , were : absolutely necessary for tbe salvation of the child . ; She wa « at that time under tbo care of the surgeon of the Poor Law Union . I again visited her two days before her death . The above is , to the best of my knowledge , a correct history of the case . We will now inquire into the pecuniary Situation of the fatter , and the con-Qitien , as to health , of the rest of the family . Six weeks

      ago , Alice , thirteen years of age , the oldest of six , five of vfhom were living with their father , was attacked with scarlet fever . The week following , another became similarly afflicted ; and about the third week Mary caught the same complaint . The only children at this time not ailing , were Hannah and Nancy ; the former two years old , and the hitter five . Some iaint idea may now be had of the situation of the father , reduced to the most abject poverty , yet whose whole time must necessarily be devoted to attending to the wants of five helpless children . Ho applied to the union for relief , and received , 1 am told , three shillings for the first week , four shillings for the second , and when he went the third week , out-door relief was refused him ; but about the beginning of the fifth week , he got fire shillings , making the whole amount

      received from the Union daring the fivo weeks to be twelve shillings . Yet this sum , with the addition of eight ahillings and fonrpence , which he had earned by eilk weaving before any of the family became HI , and two shillings and fourpenoe , Mary ' s wage for nursing , were all he had to support his family upon during five weikg , except the little help he might receive from a few relatives and friends , until ihe very day of Mary ' a death , when tho Guardians , having sent for him , gave him ten shillings . It appears evident that this family , although in a most wretched condition , were left to the cold sympathy of a few friends during the whole of a fortnight . We may therefore , 1 think , conclude , if we subtract six shillings Sot washing , that they wero not too well fed ! Hannah died the day after the inquest , in consequence of hooping cough ; and Nancy now lies on the verge of the grave .

      I have been sufficiently minute , I think , in my account of the situation of this family , to enable the public to appreciate what I sm now going to say relative to tbo inquest . The Jury took cognizance Of the blow upon the forehead , and their verdict , I understand , was accidental death . But what induced them to bring in such a verdict One would be led to answer , of course , the opinion of the surgeon who regularly attended apon the girl . No such thing ! No medical evidence was taken j consequently the Jnry . we may imagine , could have no stringent reason to infer that the wound had been of a dangerous nature . Its appearance might , undoubtedly , have a tendency to cause them to think that it had beon of considerable

      importance ; bnt they ought to have reflected that tbe child , at the very time she received tho blow , had probably caught a disease not unfrequently fatal ; that that disease might produce such a state of the body as might naturally alter tho appearance of any wound , boyrerer trifling . Th « wound conld sot at any period of the disease bo legitimately called d&ngerous . There ; was not theblightestrcaPon to suppose that the blow affected the brain . The gangrenous ulceration cannot be ascribed , with even a shadow of proof , to injnry resulting from the blow . A scratch with a pin or the application of a blister would have been followed by similar consequences .

      . My opinion upon the subject is decidedly opposed to the verdict of the Jury . I think that death was produced by an union of circumstances—by scarlet fever operating upon a constitution previously debilitated by insufficient food , and still further impaired by the want of the necessaries of life during the progress of that disease . Petkb Bbown , Surgeon . Failsworth , July 19 tb , 1843 . IiT 7 EP 3 . —UsroRTUWATS OcCORREIiCE . — DKATH OP A SoLDIEB AT THE HaNDS OF HIS COMIUBB . — On Tuesday afternoon two soldiers , named Scotland M'Feeley , belonging the 32 nd , stationed in Leeds in the temporary infantry Barracks , were practising the new mode of defence , lately introduced into the infantry regiments . Whilst so engaged , attempting to parry the thrusts of the bayonet , and unscrew the bayonet , one of them , M'Feeley riiped on the floor , and his breast came in contact with tho point of his

      comrade ' s fixed bayonet . He fell to the ground ; and on bsing raised to his feet he said * 'he was hurt , " and blood was observed upon his clothing . Not dreanriDg that the wound waa dangerous , one of hiB comrades ran 'o the hospi . ' al for a little suckingplaeier ; while others carried the wounded man thither himself . Medical skill was put in instant requisition , but to no purpose . He died in a few moments . On Wednesday an inquest was hoJden at tbe Court-House , attended by Beveral of the officers ; when all the facts of the case were examined into , and a verdict of Accidental Death" returned . Scott , who had been placed in confinement to await the decision of the Jury , waa immediately released . On Thursday , the remains of the deceased were interred , with military honours , in the yard ofthe Catholic Chapel , York-read . The deceased , James M'Fceley , was a native of Belfast , about tvraaty years of age , and highly resDected by his comrades and officers .

      SHEFFIEIiD . —State of the Town . —Worse and worse in the order of . the day in Sheffield . Thr tradesmen of all branches ' : are gradually sinking into a state o miserable pauperism . Partial combinations and sectional strikes among the workmen seem rather to accelerate , than retard , the ruin which is fast overtaking all classes . The " paupers , " as they are insolently called , are daily exposed to rules and regulations moro and more oppressive and vexatious . Within the house the Email allowance of tobacco and small beer hitherto , allowed to the aged inmates has been stopped by order of the Guardians . A largo Union B « stile is to be erected in Sheffield at the cost of many thousands of pounds to the impoverished rate-payers . ' In this state of things an

      apathy and indifikrenco foreboding a gloomy future pervades the ranks of all political parties . The Com Law Repealers appear to be defunct . The Sturgeitea arc all but broken up , having utterly failed in their vain-glorioua movement . Other political srciions seem to have descended to the " tomb of all the Capulets . " The democrats of Figtree-lane still fewp the beacon-fire of liberty blazing ; but their energies are dormant for the want of an object , an aim , in the pursuit of which they could and would exert tb < imso 3 v < s . Happily a spirit of fraternity and brotherhood animates each and all of onr little band , qoalif jing us to march onwards whenever the line of operations shall be laid down f # r es by cux leaders . Organization we must have I and to have that , u-s wust have the Conference '

      _ NOTTINGHAM . —At the nsual meeting held in the Dtmocrauc cbapsl on Sunday , 9 ih instant , R . T . Morrison directed attention to the question of Organization , ana submitted a plan , which appeared in tbe star of the loin instant , for determining where and when a Conference should be held . Alter which ; .- ies . »; .. i n si previsjg of the same and rectiiota iiuisist i o oi »» i-r l ocalities was carried unaujmo'i- v . -imi . ' sr rtsbin : iou was passed at the U son Cofi li u ; c , DruiY-mlJ .

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      tt ^ v 7 ?? r ~ 7 ANGieJfT Shepherds , Ashton the Honest View Lodge , celebrated their anniversary , on which occasion eighty-four eafc down to a sumptuous and plentiful dinner . The evening was spent ma mo ^ t agreeable manner . M ??^ WX-WOOLCOMBEE ' S MEETING .-On US&SSTfi accordiD « ' 0 announcement , the ^ Th ?? ^ a meeti 5 g on the open ground Svfe ? ? HaU - Mp < Dawson in the chair . 1 Ihe deputation appointed at a former meeting , to visiS the employers and obtain if possible , an filStI ! 2 * i ? Sf **' 7 e their report , whioh wasvtry ¦™ f . * * majority of those : they had visited received them w , tQ great civilityU &nd expressed iheir anxionsf wish , that arrangements could be come to by the masters to advance the wages of the woolcombers in their emolov . Th « <™ iv fix ^ m . ;™

      were Messrs . j Wood , and Walker , who refused wa . Tk **""* W * The meeting was addresssd by several of the trade , and a resolution passed that W ^ ood and Walker ' a men do leave work on Monday next , Acollection was made to defrayexpenoes amounting to £ i 33 . ^ d . The men belonging to each firm made arrangements to meet , some on Tuesday , others on Wednesday and Thursday , in order to request an advance of wages , and form committees to | raise subscriptions for those who may be unable to obtain employ . The Chairman announced that a meeting would be held on Monday evening , at seyea o ' clock . P ^^^^' -dTY ' UapR . BSEM . moN . —A committee Ot the House of Commons 'having unseated our late member , Viscount , Dungannon , an election will therefore ) speedily take piacs . There are at

      presenuiwo candidates in tho field , Mr . Purvis , a Cflancery _ barrister , in tho Conservative interest , and Mr . John [ Bright , of Anti-Coin Law notoriety ! Mr . furviB addressed tho electors on Monday evening last , from tbo windowof Mr . George Caldcleugh , spirit merchant ; when Mr . Aeland , an itinerant spouterof Free Trade humbug , appeared at an opposite window , for tho purpose of jaddressing them on behalf of ^ friend" Bright . It wag , however , " no go . " The . feeling was so deoidealy against him that he could not obtain a hearing . —Correspondent —[ Porhaps , as tho j £ 5 l ) , 000 is done , " friend" Bright has not the means to buy the sweet voicea of the corrupt J I « it because Mr . Purvis has the cash , that he gets the fooling ? Whm \ will the people learn to give countenance to neither of the reprfM . n . » tative&of' /« e / i < j »? Did they know their duty , they would , in this case , Bend both Puivis and Bright to the right about , saying , as the farmer said respecting the sheep : " All tarred with the same brush" !]

      KELSO . —On Tuesday , 11 th instant , a public meeting was called by p lacard to be held m a large School Room , when it was announced that Mr . Dickinson would address them ou " Repeal of the Corn LawB . " When the time arrived , the meeting was so large that no room in the town would have holdeu it ; bo it waa adjourned to ihe Knows , a large green ; and after a Chairman had been chosen , Mr . Dickinson came forward and addressed tho assembled thousandsifor two hours in the most convincing manner . The Corn Law Repealers were challenged , but had not the confidence to come forward . They , like basa cur ? , stood at a distance and cried " Bribery , " " Tory Tool , " and Buch other like foolish and cowardly expressions . The " Plague " had a placard' posted on tko Town Hall , ou which were the wordsru Monop . uv I No Bbibery !!

      , Let us livjj" !! I The Chartists got another printed , and placed it side by side with the other . The Chartist one

      was" NO WHITE SLAVERY . ' NO CHILD MURDER . ' ! GOOD WAGES" !! [ The h * t was felt by the monopolizing anti-monopolists ! They know who are the white slave-masters who it is that coins the blood of infants iuto gold ! and who it ia that hate good wages for tho workmen !!! SOUTH SHIEliDS . —The unomployod operatives or this town , to tho number of 1 , 000 , held a public meeting | in the Market-place , on Tuesday last , to consider upon the best means to bo adopted to alleviate thefr present deplorable condition . Mr . William Gilfillan was elected as chairman ; Mr . Samuel Kydd , in an eloquent speech , laid bare that

      desolating system of class legislation , which carries poverty , wretoJiednesa , and destitnljon info the cottages of the operatives , and replenishes the c < fibre of the wealthy ., ; He also reverted to tho condition of the middle classes , whom ho described as being on the verge of ] bankruptcy , yet still pursuing their usual course of cruelty towards their poorer countrymen . He then : urged upon the meoting , the propriety of electing a deputation to confer with the Poor Law Guardians , as to what should bo done to procure relief foe the starving . Three individuals were elected , and proceeded direct from the

      meeting . The meeting followed in an orderly manner to the union workhouse , where the Quartans were then sitting . The deputation were ushered into the Guardians' room ; and after a few questions had been put to them , they wore iuformed ihat tlu : y should wait upob the relieving officers of Shields and Westoe parish the day following . Tho meeting then returned to the Market-place ; and , after a few words from Mr . ' Samuel Kydd , it was agreed that the meeting should adjourn , till ei ^ lit o ' clock on tho folio wing morning . Thanks having bt : ei > voted to the chairman and lectaror , the meeting separated in * peaceable and orderly mauaer .

      STOB BZZilrl ; NBAB Dalkeith . —A . publjc meeting of the men of these extensive collieries was holden on Tuesday last in the open air , which was numerously attended ,, and was addressed by Mr . Win . Daniells . A resolution waj passed in favour of joining in Union with the Miners of Euglaud and Wales . The very best spirit pervaded tho entire meeting .

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      NOTTINGHAM . —Tho Rsv . Mr . Hil's lecture was announced to take place on Wednesday evening , in the Exchange Hall , which had been granted by the Mayor for that purpose ; and by ei ^ ht o ' clock , this spacious room was densely crowded . The Rev . GenUenian made his appearance * about this time and was received with hearty Chartis ' . greetings . On the motion of Mr . Rl T . Morrison , Mr . H > Daman was called to the chair , and in aw appropriate speech opened tho business of the meeting by introducing the Rev . W . Hill ; who by his lecture , chained our attention , improved our information , anu ehoueri the

      warmest applause . At the conclusion , a voto of thanks was proposed and carried , am-dn the most enthusiastic cheering , to him for his able lecture . Votesof thanks were also given to tho Mayor for tho use of the hall , and to fche Chairman for his impartial conduct , lit is now about , saven years since wo have'had the Exehange Hall , as a lecture room ; and it is a matter of great satisfaction to know that ail parties must Concede that there has not been a larger or more orderly meeting h > 4 d in it fr"oi that time to the present , than tho one we had on Wednesday night . . '

      DERBY . —The Rev . Wed . Hill delivered a lecture in the Theatre , on Tue&day evening last , to an attentive audience , jhis subject being " Chantem in accordance with Christianity . " The Lecturer -first explained , in a moBt clear aud captivating manner , the Six Points of the Charter . Ho then dwolt on tbe life of Christ and his Apostles ; anti , by quoting numerous passages of Scripture , proved to his hearers that the Chnsn ' an mu > t acknowledge the principles of the ! Charter to be consistent with the Divine Law given for his gu . iaiw . . ' The meeting , after listening with almost brvathless si'ecco for near two hjurs , ; at length aspersed , highly delighted with their ! evening ' s treat .

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      REPEAL ASSOCIATION . —TutsoAT . The usual weekly meoHng of this body was held to day . The room was densely crowded . At ono o ' clock the chair was taken by George John Hamilton , Esq ., who observed that th » rallying cry ofthe association until repeal was carried , should be " agitate—agitate—agitate" - ( cheers ) . : Mr . O'CoNNEiiiBaid , that be wnuld attend a meeting at Baiting-lass , in th ^ county of Wfciiiow , on the 6 th of August , his birth-riay , and he was sure the Repealers there would eiiow themselves as ardent Repealers as there were in any other part of Ireland . The honourable and learned gcnfl- ' -f .- 'J ' n-then ni-ved the admission of the Right Rev . Dr . Coon , Roman Catholic bishop of Cjnnfert , which passed with

      aoclaroation . The next topic to which he should advert , had reference to Lord Brougham ( groans ) . His Lordship was very arxious to know what became of all thd money they recioved , after the current expenses were " paid . It was a laudable curiosity , and if he only 6 ent 3 pound , thov wouldno , they would ] not admit Aim a member . If any one else sent a pound , he would be admitted a member « f tho assocfatroii , and he cduld examine all the books and accounts . There was not a better kept set of booka in any -nu . rcautile housethere wa 8 a voucher for every shif' . iug expended ; there was an aotive . finance commutes , who examined every claim madeiaprn the fundf , aud there was the

      general committee , checking th « m again . Lord Brougham said that f heir accounts weiv never published . That waa ; a falsehood ; they \ vieic pu ! sshed every throe months—( hear , hear ) . H < j ho-i ucw flip pleasure to inform h's Lordship thai L > cad this day purchased XiB . OOft worth of 34 p el- cent , stock , and before the close of tb «> week be vtuld purchase £ 4 , 000 worth mote for the Re- > ea-i iAspociation—( unewb ) . Ho did not Mo " to order bo much as jei 0 , 000 to be inveelt , as it wonld be only rai"" : : ^ the market on him ? ' -If—( choc ™ and laughter ) . Tno pnrreiit expence ^ ot the As- ' ^ iauvii wpr » vry heavy . Tne dutios he performed tin itir pru ;¦ . . ; . vuLini ; of the Association were euusidt rablo . <\ , ; . u ! a be

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      borne in mind that every one who subscribed or collected £ 10 , got a weekly paper for a year , and he who sent j £ 20 , jrot a three day a wjeek paper . They had advanced £ 1 , 000 towards theexpenseofa new building , and in a few days they should give another £ 1 , 000 Tlut building would , in all probability , cost £ 2 , 800 ; but it would bo such a building as would answer all the purposes of the Irish House of Commons , and no Member of that Parliamentineed be ashamed to sit in it—( cheers ) . He next a ' ddressed the meeting in reference to tho late debate in the House of Commons , which he described as ! a most triumphant dis * oussipn for the Repeal cause . The Dexfc gentleman to whom he had to allude was his friend Mr . Edmund

      Roche—( cheers ) . The English newspapers took good care not to give a good report of hia speech , but ho Ltiew from private correspondents that it was a most excellent speech , and made a deep impression on the house . He thenj moved the appointment of a committee to ascertainjthe number of persons ejected from their holdings during the last four years , and all the particulars that conld be ascertained respecting their cases . [ Motion passed . ] lie next alluded to a meeting which was lately held in Pars , for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the Irish Repealers ; and while on this subject , he should mention that there wws a man in the garb of a gentleman going among the Parisians , stating that

      he was an ageufc for the Repealers- ^ that man was an impostor and a liar—the Association had no agent anywhere . Ou looking at the report of that meeting , as published in the French papers and in the Morning Chronicle , h « admitted that much of his anger towards that journal was excited . That meeting was a spontaneous meeting on the part of tho Parisians . It was got up without any suggestion—without thought , jword , or deed of the Repeal Association of Ireland ^ - ( hear , hear , hear ) . There was ono mistake on tho part of a gentleman who spoke at that meeting : Mr . Ledru-Rollin said he would come over here to [ consult with our " committee of directory . " Now { this association had uo

      private committee of any kind , unless their finance committee was so considered , but that body had nothing to do but with the passing of accounts . If any of their French friends came here , they must speak publicly in this rooin—( hear , hear , hear ) . This body had no ulterior objects in view . When thoy were threatened withj attack , they doclared they would defend themselves —( cheerp ) . But , as soma of the leaders in tho Lords declared thsy would not strike first , thero would bo no second blow at all ; for they ( thel Repealers ) would not strike first . He repudiated all idea , of carrying the Hopes ! by force ; and he repudiated all

      sympathy offered to him , unless it recognised the principle of perfect allegiance to thoj Crown—( cheers . ) He concluded by moving that arbitrators be appointed in every county in Ireland : this was tho more necessary , on account of the magistrates who were dismissed by the government . IHe also moved that a committee of the Association be appointed , of which Sir Coleman 0 'Logb . len should be requested to act as chairman , to draw up a plan for Organizing the proper mode of carrying but the system to ba adopted . The mot on passed . The week's reut was announced to be £ 1 , 464 , Ws- ff £ d . The meeting adjourned at half-past five o'clock .

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      keep back , notices of meetings and ether articles of news , on account ef their laie arrival . From Slockporl and from London we have notices of meetings ho ' . dm on Sunday last reaching us on Friday moruina ? If those vho wish . to h'tve their proceedings recorded will not so far put themselves out of the way as to send ia time , they cannot blame us for passing them over in silence . We must have all notices of Sunday meeiinys here by Wednesday , to ensure insertion . Let the sub secretaries see to thi < ml ? being observed , and they shall have no cause of complaint from inattention from us . If thry will not observe it , loeshall treat them accordingly .

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      On Thursday , at High-street chapel , Hutfdcrsfield , by tb < 3 Rev . W . A . Harndall , pastor of Riussden-6 treet chapel , Mr . Edward John Sinclair Ccmzons , master in the Royal Navy , to Mary , eldest daughter of Thomas-Pitt ,. Esq , all of Huddersfield . Same day , at the parish ohurch , Leeds , by tho Rev . G . Hills , M . A ., Charles , fourth boh of tbe late Mr . T . H . Granger , solicitor , to Sarah , second daughter of the late Mr . Dale , all of this town . Same day , at the parish church , Leeds , by the Rev . Q . Hills , Mt . James Monkman , ot Oidh&m , to Harriet Louisa , second daughter of tho late T . Dixon , Esq ., of Barley-terrace * Leeds . Same dayj at Aberford , by the Rev . J . L&ndon , vicar , Mr . William Read , grocer , of Leeds , to Catherine * youngest daughter of Mr . Wiiks , larmer , of the former place .

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      • - ~ ? HOUSE OF C 0 MMONS . -J WEDNESDAV , July 19 . Mr . T . Dunombk complained of the conduct of tho Government , aud its supporters , in not assisting to "make a House" oh the ) previous night . Lord John Russell and himself had important motions , the one on education , the other on prison discipline ; aud the Government must not , therefore , complain of obstruction in the progress of public business , seeing they had prevented the discussion of these important subjects on the onlyjday in the week now left to independent members . If the Government

      did not wish to become as despicable in public opinion throughout England , as they were already in Ireland , they must manage the House hotter . He moved that the " dropped orders' * should have precedence on Thursday . j Sir Robert Peel said he had come down at twenty minutes past four o'clock , and was quite surprised when he found there was no { House . The Members of tho Gavernmens had the weight of their official duties on their shoulders ; and he thought that the other side were equally responsible for not making a House . He trusted that Mr . Duncombe would not press his motion

      After a somewhat lively , ! but brief discussion , during which Sir Charles Douglas { blamed Lord John Russell as the cause of there heing " no House , " Sir George Grey recommended Mr . Duncombe to withdraw his motion , to which he assented , and it was accordingly withdrawn . I The " dropped orders" were then fixed for other days . ' j The Attorney-General moved that leave bo giveu to the Sergeant-at-Arms to plead to tho action commenced against him by Howard , the attorney . 1

      Mr . Thomas Duncombe regretted that Sir Thomas Wilde was not present . The country had already paid enough for tho blunders committed in the progress of previous actions ; and now that it was seen that the Houe wavered in Supporting their privileges , they might depend upon it that they had not heart ] the last of it . Their [ authority wag gone ; and , therefore , to arrest the progress of the mischief , he moved as an amendment , that the individual who bad served the writ on the S ^ rgeant-at-Arms should attend » t the bar to-morrow ( jThursday ) .

      Mr . Hlme seconded the motion , reminding the House that their privileges were important , not for th tir own bakes , but that of the public Sir Kobert Peel reminded the House that tho committal of the individual j would not stay tbe action . It would only bring them once more into conflict with the executive authorities of the law , as in the case of the committal of tho Sheriffs ; and he hoped , therefore , that tho ] House would adhere to its former decision , and permit the Sergeant to plead to the present action , j After a fow words from one or two other Members , the motion was carried tjy 105 to 44 . Mr . Mackiknons " Health ( of Town 9 " Bill stood for second reading ; but Sir J . Graham and other members recommended its withdrawal , as in its present hhape the measure was calculated to work prejudicially in many cases , j

      Mr . Mackinnok yielded , promising to renew tho bill next tession , unless the Government took the subject up . } The Bill having been withdrawn , Lord Wousley moved that ] tbo Coroners' Bill be committed pro forma m order to introduce certain amendments . I Sir Edward Knatchbuu ; resisted this , and moved , as an amendment , that ' the Bill bo committed that day thrco months . | Mr . Craven Berkeley seconded the amendment , condemning the Bill as a crude attempt at legislation . After some discussion , the House divided , when the amendment was rejected by sixty-six to fortytwo ; and the bill was carried through committee , proformd . ¦ j Tno next business on the list was Mr . French ' s

      Irish Medical Charities Bill , which stood for consideration in committee . i Mr . Fjiekch moved that they Bhould go into committee , and charged Lord Eliot and the Irish Governmeut with neglect of the interests of Ireland . ( Lord Etrorentered into explanations ; but whilo he was speaking noice was taken that there wero not forty members present , which proving to bo the case , tho House necessarily stood adjourned .

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      THE REPEALERS OF MANCHESTER AND THE CHARTISTS . TO THE REV . DANIEL HBARNE . Uev . Sir , —I have read your letter in this day ' s Freeman with no ordinary degree of pain . I am Mirry , extremely sorry , for thejsakeof that religion which both you and I believe to be true , that you ever embarked on the stormy sea of politics . 1 had fondly cherished the hope that all Catholic Clergymen were ministers of peace ; but as far as your letter is concerned I am grievously disappointed . ! . _ . ...

      Youeay that " a deputation from the Chartists caliod ou you a short time [ back to ask you to allow the Rvpealers to join them in a petition to Parliament , against the Arms' Bill ; but you refused to sanction any cannction with them . " As a Catholic , I blush for you ! My blood boils with shame and indignation while I copy your words ! The Chartists , nobly ( forgiving the cruel treatment they received at tho hands of the Repealers at StevensonWquare , and in the Hall of Science , come with the olive branch of peace to a minister of religion ; and he , instead of receiving them in the spirit in which they came , publicly and ostentatiously proclaiming tnat he hurled an apple of discord amongst them 1

      that he recommended his nock to have uo connection with them , not ev « n to join them in a petition to Parliament ag&inst the lush Arms' Bill 1 in Yfhioh the Repealers themselves arc deeply interested , and not the British Chariists who sought their co-operation !! j Are you , after this , not afraid , Rev . Sir , that when you raise yonr hands on Sunday , before the Altar of the living God , saying ] " Gloria in excelsis Deo , et in terra pax hominibus bonce votunlates , " tLjt He may parahzo your tongue for having acted the poit of a minister of discord % !! Y&u Lave done great mischief ; not to the Chartists

      , as you intended , but to the Catholic religion . j Jtist read the terms in which Mr . O'Connell convey * the thanks of tbo Repeal ! Association to you for your conduct upon the occasion : — " That the thanks of this meeting be givlen to the Rev . Mr Hcarne for his vigilance . " For his viqilaxcb The very tnrms in which thanks are usually returned to a policeman ! Your latter must have stun " O'Connoll to the soul when he did this . I am a Catholic , the descendant of ancient Iriph Catholic ancestors ; yet 1 can love my Chartist brethren of every religious persuasion .

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      Tiiat the Almighty may give you grace and vmdoni : o see your error , and . moral courage to acknowledge it and atone for it , ia the fernm prayer of your well wisher And obedient servant . Pathick O'Higgixs . Dublin , July 12 th , 1843 .

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      WHAT NT XT ? " Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbour . " TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAK . Dear Sib , —The above commandment \> nv % the ninth article of tbo moral cofle fcraiing " pwt and parcel of C&ristisnity , " is , f preenme belfsrpfj in , and duo : responded to , iu the coarse of his dt ? o : ion . i ! exercises , by that very orthodox Christian , Mr . Diafe ! O'Connell . How much of tbe spirit alorifr with the letter of tbe law is imbibed by the " Irish Moses" his actions and words exhibit In my last letter I made allusion to a speech of O'Canrielt * 8 calumniating the Chartists of Scotland . I made a mistake in s tating that tbat speech was delivered on the itb , it was the 5 th of July . I am sorry to have again to address you on the same subject .

      At a special meeting of tbe Repeal Association at Dublin , on Friday , the 14 th iiv < t ., O'Connel ! , after denouncing the Ribbon Societies alledg ? ii to exist in the North of Ireland , next , ( says the Nation ) , " warned the people to avoid Chartism and designated the Chartists as the enemies of freehand fair discuts ' on . " When the Editor of the Nation refused to publish tbe reply of the Sheffield Chartists to the cainranies < f O'Connell , be fwve as his reason fur such unfair treatment , that the publication of ths letter would tend to revive tns discussion which was inadviaable ; but here we have the

      discussion ruvived by Mr . Daffy ' s master Witt ; all his wonted malice . O Conneil says we are the-enemies of frei- discussion j and the Nation reports that at O N * iII D-tun& ' a meeting ; at Edinburgh , " there was a moniBntaiy interruption from a Chart sfc , Dr . Giover , but he was soen put out (!) and tbe proceedings continued ¦ undisturbed . " When OConnell says ¦ we aw the eceniies of free discussion ; fee ( to quote his own elegant pbta-86 olog 5 ) tells "' a mighty bvjj lie" ! whle his own party at Edinburgh have been really guilty of that be bo falsely charges upon us .

      After repeating tome of his old slanders respecting Feargua O'Connor , be winds np by saying , <« ki the Ciiartists , as the Repealers , meet in the open-day i ght , and court public observation . " Here he insina . Ltsfi that we hold our meetings in secret He shall ba anawe : ed in his t > wn language again , the enly answer he is worthy of : " he lies , aud he knows he lies . " 16 will be observed that he is constantly tn ' r ' n up Chartism with Ribbonism , no out ) cm m > r . ; l- 4 his obj'ct- No one who remembers his denunciation of Stephens , Qastler , and G'Cunnor , in 1839 , prwicusto the Whig persecution , but can see that be ffl-nTnc * J" ! i . r > r ; his o £ d craft of Informer-general . He concluded the speech in question by proposing the adoption of a series of resolutions : here is the second .

      " Tnat the duties of tke people of Ireland are manifest . T . bey consist—1 st . In the most unremitting pera&verance in agitation for Repeal . 2 nd . In adopting for that purpose none other tban legal , constitutional and unremittingly peaceable means . 3 rd . In totally abstaining from all Ribbon Societies , all connexion wlimi evetwith Cfiartism . from allidegatand unnecessary oaths , and from every oilier breath oj ihe law . Following these coutses , we can without hesitation , offer to the people of Iieland the speedy and total Repeal of the Union , and the restoration of ths Irish Parliament "

      Here is no mistifying . The third duty of the people of Ireland is to to t ally abstain from Chartism and Rihbosism , —just as if the two were identical I What barefaced atrocity ! Having hugged in his embrace tbe furious " physical-force" Yankees , Dan finds it necessary to change his tack ia abusing the Chartists . To abuse us on the ground of physical force would hardly do just now , with the threats of the New York " flympathjzers" ringing through tbe Press ; bo the infamous lie tbat we meet in secret , connecting Chartism with Ribbonism , illegal oaths , &c , &c , is now resorted to . Let the Chartists look out ! The "bloody Old Times" ti promulgating its lies concerning the Weteb Chartists , as stated in yonr last week ' s paper , while O'Connell is pursuing the same game , no doubt witb tfee laudable view 0 ? attracting the Government bloodhounds to a fresh persecution of the English democrats . Let us defy the malice of both parties !

      How lamentable it is that tbe millions aie yet the dupes of wily politicians and unprincipled knaves ! It is so in Ireland at the present time . Hatred of England I not liberty—teal liberty—is the theme ofthe orator ' s tongue and the editor ' s pen in that country . What ia to be gained by setting people against people , and nation against nation ? inspiring one race with a ferocious antipathy towards and hatred of another race 1 It is this system that- has kept mankind in slavery . Let ihe people of Ireland obtain the Repeal—and I wish they liad it ; antl let them take care to tmva no connection whatever with Chartism" ; let them be content with , the empty aouad of " nationality " , aud consent to forego the rights of citizenship , and they'll find out their mistake I Their national vanity may be filtered by tbe change from S ixon to Celtic tyranny ; bat unless they win for themselves the principles of raueti-abused Chartism , a change of masters wiH be the only result of victory , if gained in their present struggle .

      The English Chartists would have made any sacrifice to serve their Irish brethren ; bat their offeis of co- operation have been rejected in a spirit which shews too plain tbe unalloyed hatted of the Iru ' u leaders toward s Englishmen of all classes sad parties . Be it so . We will do nothing to aid their enemies ; but we may

      I had intended thia week to have ventured a few-comments On the different schemes end suggestions on the subject of " Organfz ition" in your pap ^ r of last Saturday , bu . must wait until next week . I shall not further trouble mygelf or your readers with the " saytugs and doings" of the "Liberator , " "the saviour of the nation not yet eaved ; ' ¦ but ia conclusion would beg of the " Irish Mosei , '' as his sycophant * now siyle him , to be lsoie mindful fo » tee future of the command of the Jewish lawgiver— " Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbour . ' I am , Mr . Editor , YourB faithfully , Geo . Julian Hab . net . Sht-ffieW , Jttiy 17 . 18 i 3 .

      P . S . —The Conferekce . —I quite approve of Mr . R . T . Morriseu'a suggestion as to the decision ou the several dotes proposed for tbe assembling of the Conference . Tbe Sheffield Chartists have agreed to a isolation on tbe subject which will , I trust , be responded to . Let the decision be come to as suggested by Mr . Morrison . Let us know the date , and go to work in right good earnest , to make the Conference a truly National body .

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      Registered at Stalybridge , on Sunday , tho 16 tb inst ., Ann O'Connor Owen . Baptised , at Kennoway , in Fife ^ hire , by Mr . M ' Cuiroeh , Chartist preacher , Itobiro Emmett Melvill , sou ef William Melvill , weaver , Kennoway .

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      n DEATHS . On Monday , the 17 th inst ., at Waltham RevvOry , Leicestershire , the residence of her son-in-lasr , tbe Rav . G . E . Gillett , Aim , widow of tbe late John Woodall , Esq ., of Searbro' , in tho 65 th year of her age . Same day , aged 54 years , Mr . Jesse Craven , of Halifax , reed maker . Od Thursday , tha 13 th iDst ., at Burniston , Mr . James Tbwnend , aged 89 years . Same day , Emma Jane , wifo of Mr . J . S . Stott , of Halifax , engraver , and daughter of Mr . Birch , Leeds .

      Tam Raoturn , ths far-famed hermit cf the Ark , died on Friday the 23 rd ult ., in hi * 74 th \ c-: r , He was a njan of robust and athleiio frame , and of very eccentric manners ^ His beard , his aiinost eutir « stock in trade , was the chief source of his - revenaej which , by parsimony and avarK ; , in- < . ry considerable , having left £ 24 , 000 ., besides ouitr properly . — -Ayr Advertiser .

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      L . atr CoMMomcATiOff 3 . —Again we are obliged to

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 22, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct491/page/5/