Star.
London, England, 1828-11-18 00:00:00

IRELAND.

BOItRIS-IN-OSSOtIY, Nov. 13.
A very numerous and respectable Meeting w4as held
in this town yesterday, for the purpose of forming a
Brunswick Club. The Chair was taken sub die by
CHARLES WHITE, E•q who mai the following letter
amidst the acclamations t f the assembly :

" AVIKOTON, Nov. 3.

4‘ Stu—l have the honour to actnowledge your letter of the
25th, informing me that the•tertantry on the manor of. Villiers, in
theisarony of °wry, and many other Gentlemen of the neighbour-
hood of Borrisin-Ouory, are anxious to form a Brunswick Consti-
tutional Club; and also that you have been requested to commui-
eate to me their wish that I should become their President. lam
afraid that my numerous engagements here will not permit me at
present to attend the Meeting of the Club; but if you consider that
I am of the least service, [shall be most happy to comply with their
request and become their *President.
" I have the honour to remain, Sir,
" Your obedient humble servant,
"To Charles White, Esq. Charleville." "CIIANDOS.
The first resolution was proposed
.by th- Reverend
MARCUS MONK. in a very learned and eloquent address.
He was followed by. the Rev. JOHN ISERESPORDs He
was happy, he said, to see so many of his iriends and
Protestants fellow countrymen around him. It proved
that this part of the cout.try had been at length aroused
from its torpid state. The tune was now come when
every Piotestantmust declare his hostility to a faction,
who, uncler the pretence of equal rights, manifestly aim
at Popish Ascendancy, and make a boast that they will
trample upon the Established Church—fCi its of They,
never shall). We must now be either King GEORGE'S
MD or O'Connell's—facers). It was the common cant
of the day, that if you rread upon the worm, it will
turn against you. Bot he would say, that when the
viper lifts its head to bite, you have no alternative but
to tread the reptile into the g ound—(Great cheering).
WILLIAM WELLESLLT DESPARD, Esq. a ;late man
pith a mighty heartljumped upon the table, and made
,a very animated speech. He characterised the thing
called 41 the Pr otestrtnt Declaration" .15 the most feeble
attempt, and at the same time the most impudent,
which the Association had as yet had recourse to.
Agents of that seditious assembly had been sent through
the court y to extort, by menace andintio.idation, sig
natures to that paper ; but in the parish. to %shish be
belonged, comainkg I,lOO.Protestants, not more than
six or seven individuals had been frightened into com-
pliance. He legrette I that a 'few Gentlemen, who
might be termed the Aristocracy of the county, stood
aloof fiom their Protestant brethren; but toe time
might soon come whet they would be glad to take
refuge under the 'banners of the Brunswick Clubs. It
was a cheering sight, however, to see so many loyal
and respectable men coning f t ward at the call of
the Constitution; and he was paiticularly delighted
that a large portion of those whom he addressed
consisted of those tried champions of their count:
tbe ,toner.--'.that
Name sof fear,
• • Upleasing to the' Lawless ear.
—Mr. Despard was wdroply sheered.
she Rev. CHRISTOPHER GARSTIN regretted that an
opinion prevailed amotigst the Romati Catholic peasan-
try that the forrnati n of these Clubs originated in a
feeling, of hostility towards them ; such a n • torn was
perfectty unfounded. The measure wa., altogether a
defensive oi.e, and the only enemy they sec-onised
'was the Catholic Association. The Cath• Ise peasantry.
would, ere long, be convinced that the Biunswickers
'etre their best friends, ff he were nut persuaded Of
this, he would east have come here; for he had always
lived on the most friendly ter ms with his It man Ca
thole parishionets, betw Ist whom and himself a con-
stant exchange cf kind and neighbourly offices sub-
sisted. He should regret all interruption of that kindly
irriercoarse, nor would he :save joined the Bruns% ick
Club if he could have been persuaded that there was in
its constitution or objects any thing derogatory to that
Gospel, which united with "glory to GOD in the highest,
peace on earth and good w ill towards men."
Capain Nines! nought it peculially incumbent on
the inhabitants f the barony of Ossory to form a Blum-
wick Ciub, being situated on the confines of that county
(Tipperary.), out of which they were told that the thou-
sands should c,me who were "to drive the black

Brunswickers into the sea." The Otsory men mutt
bun the advance guard of a conlitutional force to
drive back those fierce invaders into their blood-stained
territoi y.(Cheers).
The Rev. FRANCIS LODGE spoke at consiierable
length, and was tolloArd by the Rev. Mr. MORTON,
Captain Bzwrora. M,. W. HAMILTON, and others.
At four o'clock Mr. WHITE left the Chair, and in a
few minutes the town WAS as dull and solitary as usual.
Upwards of 500 pers(,ns enrolled themselves in the
Club. No interruption was offered to the proceedings,
but the Brunswickers, in returning to their homes, were
assailed with loud yells and menacer by the diggers of
potatoes in the fields.

The East India Company's ship Reliance arrived at
Calcutta the 29th of May, and it was expected that she
mould sail for China early in August.
Thursday Mr. Samuel Knight, a farmer, residing in
Davies-street Oxford-street, was hustled by a gang of
thieves, at Kingston Fair, and robbed of four hundred
pounds in Bank of England notet and cheques. Amongst
the latter was ore for the sum of 2091.45. upon Wells
and Co. Lombard-street; and another for 501. upon
Grauze and Co. Threadneedle.street. A strange man
sent a lad, the same day, with the 501. cheque to the
banker's but the payment of it had been stopped; and
when the lad returned to the place whete the man had
app inted to meet him, he "cat not to be found.

EXTENSIVE COMBIATION OF WORKMEN

IN SA DDLEWORTH:

FROM THE. MANCHESTER HERALD.
A comiiina ion of the workmen employed in the
s'nnllen manufacture, in the large and populous district
f Saddleworth, is at present in existence, which pro-
tithes in it, effects to be highly detrimental to the pros
perity of that bitten° flourishing
township. It appears
that some time ago a few of the master manufacturers,
taking advantage of a temporary stagnation of trade,
began to pay their work people in kind instead of cur•
rency, in consequence of which the latter formed them.
selves into a union, and raised a fund for the purpose of
prosecuting those masters who were girilty of such
illegal proceedings.. So far the thing was good, and *as
encouraged by a number of the respectab!e manufac-
turers and other inhabitants. But this state of things
did not long continue. A number of designing persons
from a neighbouring township came amongst them, and
represented how formidable they might render them
selves to their employers, if they became masters of a
considerable fund. In consequence 4 this mischievous
advice, they formetithemselves into a union, for the pur-
pose. as they express it, of equalizing wages—began to
hold lodges or secret meetings, in different parts of the
township, and bound themselves by a secret oath to
abide by the rules of The society, and not leave it on
any account whatever. These proceedings were carried
on for some time unknown to the manufacturers; but
the fund having increased to upwards of 1,000/ they be-
gan to exult in the success of their plan, and no longer
made a secret of their intentions. In' short, a more
complete system of orgarization could not have been
formed ; and to such an extent has it been carried, that,
as we have been credibly informed, there is scarcely a
public-house or shop in the whole township which has
not subscribed to the union, in order to preserve their
bu.inesss' Their employers, alarmed at the attitude
which this combination of the workmen had assumed,
immediatelf formed a union amongst themselves to
counteract its effects, and came to a resolution not to
employ any men who continued in the union.. The
natural consequence of this is, that the men, sooner than
renounce the union, have lett their employment, and
nearly the whole manufacture ofthe place is in a com-
plete state of stagnation. The baneful effects of the
combination begin already to display themselves, and
numerous cases arising out of it are brought forward for
the decision e f the Magistrates, who sit once a fortnight,
alternately, at De bcross and Higher Mills

SPORTING 1N 1 ELLIGENCE.

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